The Push-Up has been one of the core movements in the fitness industry.
It is often used as a marker of fitness and of upper body strength. What makes the push-up so great is that there are many push-up variations, making it one of the most scalable exercises possible.
Unfortunately, many people perform this exercise incorrectly.
This post is going to change that.
Keep your glutes and your core tight throughout the movement. Keep your spine neutral and do not allow any change from this position.
It is important to retract your scapula and lock your shoulder into an externally rotated position. Allowing your shoulder to rotate internally under load can cause wear and tear of your shoulder joint.
Are Push-Ups Good For You?
Yes! This is one of the best exercises you can perform to develop great upper body strength. It does not matter if you are a novice, an advanced athlete, a male, a female, whatever. This exercise can benefit you tremendously.
Is It Ok To Do Push-Ups Every Day?
I do not recommend that you perform push-ups every day. As with all exercises, you want to take at least a 48 hour break before training the same exercise again. Training them 2-4 times a week is sufficient.
Yes. Building muscle requires progressive overload, recovery, and adaptation. The push-up is one of the easiest exercises to progressively overload.
You can simply do more repetitions, you can perform a harder variation or you can add external resistance to yourself to make it harder.
I Can't Do Push-Ups, What Should I Do?
Watch the video above. In it, I show 3 different push-up regressions you can do to achieve your first push-up.
This is because you are letting your shoulder internally rotate at the bottom of the movement. At the bottom of the exercise, retract your scapula and screw your shoulders back into their sockets. Do your best to maintain this position throughout the exercise.
If you are still experiencing pain, then work on your shoulder and chest mobility.
This is likely due to poor wrist flexibility. Focus on stretching your wrists and forearms and in the meantime, use two dumbbells on the floor when performing push-ups to maintain your wrist in a natural position.
What Is The Best Push-Up Variation For Chest?
The best push-up for chest are wide grip push-ups. In this variation, you set your hands wider than shoulder width and let your elbows flare out closer to 90 degrees.
This variation places the chest on a much greater stretch. However, you can easily strain your tendons with this exercise so it is important to exercise caution. Because of that, I prefer the standard push-up with your elbows tucked at 45 degrees from your body.
What Is The Best Push-Up For Upper Chest?
The decline push-up (with your feet elevated) is the best push-up for the upper chest. This exercise increases the weight you have to lift and changes the angle in which you are pressing to an acute angle. As such, the shoulders and the upper chest do a lot more of the work.
What Is The Best Push-Up For Triceps?
The best push-up for triceps is the close grip push-up. This exercise requires you to tuck your arms completely at your sides to about a 15 degree angle from your body. As such, it emphasizes the arms much more than the chest. See the video above for a demonstration.
When Should I Do Push-Ups With Weight?
If you can successfully do 25 clean repetitions of the standard push-up, then feel free to add some weight. However, you can also perform any of the more difficult variations listed above and continue to use just your body weight.
I Have Seen People Do Push-Ups With A Clap. Is This Necessary?
The clapping push-up is a form of a dynamic push-up that trains your explosive ability. It is an advanced variation and you should first ensure that your standard push-up form is on point. Clapping push-ups aren't necessary however, they are pretty cool.
Push-Ups Vs Dips: Which Is Better?
Both the push-up and the dip are great exercises to develop upper body strength. Neither one is better, and I recommend that you use both in your training. Keep in mind that they do train similar muscles however, the dip emphasizes the triceps much more than the push-up. As a result, the dip is much harder.
Push-Up Vs Bench: Which is Better?
The push-up is a calisthenic exercise. The bench press is a weight exercise. Calisthenics have their advantageous over weights, and weights have their advantages over calisthenics.
Now contrast that with the bench press.
Because each have their own unique benefits, I recommend that you use both in your training. However, it is important to keep in mind that they both train the same muscle groups, which can affect recovery.
How Can I Do A Push-Up With One Hand?
By getting really strong in a lot of push-up variations. First master the basic push-up. Then get good at close grip push-up. Then get good at decline push-ups. Finally, get good at uneven push-ups, and then lever push-ups.
Once you have mastered all of those exercises, then should you practice 1 handed push-ups.
How Else Can I Make The Push-Up More Difficult?
Aside from all of the variations shown above, you can also perform weighted push-ups. This can be accomplished by wrapping a resistance band around your back, placing a weight plate on your back, or wearing a weight vest.
How Can I Integrate This Exercise Into My Training?
Check out our workout template for busy individuals to learn how to incorporate the push-up and every other functional exercise into your training routine.
Here's a quick challenge you should strive to achieve. Or, you can check out our push-up standards along with a few others we have created.


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This huge, "most researched" generation is here and we are in danger of losing them to the church and to missions. Digital natives are often exasperated by digital nomads and digital tourists. We need them in missions! How can the generations come together? What can churches and missions do to bring them on board and benefit from their skills and uniquenesses? We offer some ideas.


Dubai: A new global study has just named Dubai one of the world's most fascinating places to visit on earth, trumping other popular destinations like Las Vegas or Venice.
The latest travel rankings by the US News and World Report ranked Dubai as the tenth best destination in the world, and number one place to visit in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), thanks to its mega attractions, spectacular "Persian Gulf views" and adrenaline-pumping activities.
The study was based on independent user opinions and expert analysis on tourist spots, including parks, resorts and cities that are frequented by travel and adventure junkies from around the world.
It also identified which destinations are best for budget family trips, beach honeymoons, spring break and national parks, among others.
There were more than 300 places analysed for the study. Each spot was assigned a score in a number of categories, including sights, culture, romance, adventure, food and nightlife.
Rome claimed the top spot in the global rankings, followed by Sydney, Porto, London, Paris, New York, Florence, Prague, Barcelona and Dubai in the top ten.
Dubai is ahead of other hotspots like Santorini, Honolulu, Vancouver, Phuket and Machu Picchu.


Steve Clarke has made two changes to the side that drew at Bolton in midweek in naming his starting eleven for this afternoon's FA Cup quarter-final at Valley Parade.
Stephen Kelly regains his place at right-back with Chris Gunter named as a substitute, while Danny Williams is named in midfield as Garath McCleary drops to the bench.
Midfielder Hope Akpan is named on the bench, while Nick Blackman misses out on a place in the eighteen this afternoon.
Bradford: Williams, Darby, McArdle, Davies, Meredith, Liddle, Morais, Knott, Clarke, Hanson, Stead.
Substitutes: Pickford, Sheehan, Zoko, Yeates, MacKenzie, Routis, Halliday.
Reading: Federici, Kelly, Obita, Pearce (c), Hector, Chalobah, Williams, Norwood, Robson-Kanu, Mackie, Pogrebnyak.
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Let's say we have 10 users who stream video from web cameras via WebRTC. We need to display thumbnails of their streams on one page.
Surely, we can simply display videos instead of still pictures, but let's calculate the bitrate first assuming each stream consumes 1Mbps of the entire band. If all ten are playing, we end up with 10 Mbps. A little bit too much for previews, isn't it?
A better solution is to request the server for a frame of the video stream, receive this frame as a PNG image and then display the image in a browser.
At first, we implemented downloading of a PNG image by request.
The server saves the image in the file system.
The user who requested the snapshot receives a link to the image via http and can embed it to the page with <img> HTML tag.
The solution worked, but didn't seem elegant. Perhaps, because we would have to store thumbnails on the server or invent some way to upload them to Nginx or Apache for further static downloading by clients.
As a result, we decided to wrap PNG into Base64 and send the snapshot to the client this way. With the approach like that, files are not downloaded from the server via http. The content of the file is sent to the client via Websockets.
1. Alice sends a video stream from the web camera to the server via WebRTC and calls it stream1.
The full sources of this example is available here.
In this example you can send a video stream to the server and then receive snapshots of this video stream by clicking the Take button periodically. Of course, this can be automated with an appropriate script that will take snapshots of video streams, for example, once per minute.
For normal playback streams are not decoded and goes to the client as is. If a snapshot is requested, it is taken from the decoded branch of the video stream.


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A description of Cowee-Davies, relative to the other 9 watersheds studied during our CBJ Natural History Project, is basically all superlatives: wildest, biggest, fishiest, beariest, most forested-glaciated-uplifted and most ecologically indispensable to our borough. Its most popular attractions today are trails threading the lovely lower meadows. But the upper watershed is equally rich and spectacular.
This brochure gives you a brief introduction to the natural history of the Cowee Davies watershed. You'll find information about forests, fish, Tlingit history, and more.


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Becoming a more diverse and inclusive workplace
What does diversity and inclusion in the workplace really mean? This is one of the big questions we're asking ourselves as we lay the foundations to become a more inclusive company.
Aidan Rasmussen
I'm a man. A white-passing, heterosexual, university-educated, middle-class man. My gender and my skin colour have given me a headstart in life. This quirk of fate has insulated and protected me from many, if not most, of the challenges others not in my privileged position encounter every day. What do I know about diversity and inclusion? If we're talking lived experience, not much at all.
But, here I am writing about it. Not because I'm an expert, or because I understand what it feels like to be excluded, abused or forgotten. Sure, I was teased for being a 'half-caste' at primary school because my father is brown (he immigrated to Wellington from the Cook Islands in the 1950s). But, I've lived a very white life. I'm writing because it's what I do and I care. And, because I'm representing a group of people working towards making Springload a more diverse and inclusive workplace. But more on that later.
What are Springload doing to become more diverse and inclusive?
Awkwardly stumbling towards inclusivity
Good question. We're currently running at one women to three men. The split used to be 50/50 before we merged with Touchtech who had a much larger proportion of male staff. We're lacking representation in a number of other areas namely female, but also Māori, Pasifika, LGBTQI, and differently abled people.
We try. For two years we ran Django Girls workshops, which empower and inspire women to fall in love with programming. Just the other day, we wanted to acknowledge Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori language week by translating the top level nav of our website. Even though we weren't sure we had the correct translations, we published the changes. Only to roll back to the original version later that evening because our translations had been literal rather than colloquial. By the time we had managed to find someone who could provide a correct translation it was Wednesday and the opportunity had passed. This was disappointing, but symptomatic of the 'living by the seat of your pants' approach inherent in agencyland. Throw in a recent merger, rebrand and company website relaunch, and diversity was in danger of being put to the side.
Turning our passion into a plan
Thankfully that hasn't been the case. Internally, I think we were all aware of our white hetero maleness. Even us white guys. Conversations were happening and we were asking ourselves how we become less vanilla. Ideas were being thrown out, such as how to:
become more conscious about the groups of people we're hiring
get guest speakers in to talk to us about diversity and inclusivity-related topics
align ourselves with like-minded organisations
get involved in a meaningful way with schools.
But before we ran off and fucked everything up with our unbridled passion but lack of planning, we took a step back. We needed a strategy and/or a policy. Most importantly, we needed to form a group consisting of a range of voices who could lead this project.
Luckily, we'd already been experimenting with a distributed form of leadership that involved creating 'circles' to improve the way Springload functions. These are cross-functional groups whose goals sit outside the prescribed job descriptions of those who join. The people who join bring certain skills to the table that may benefit the circle. For example, our marketing circle is responsible for our external newsletter, website updates, and blog articles. It includes designers, writers, performance and optimisation specialists, and project managers. There are other circles such as Learning and Growth, and Internal Comms. It seemed logical to form a diversity and inclusion circle. And ask for volunteers.
Our route to greater diversity and inclusivity
We're a small group of individuals – as diverse as we can be right now at Springload – who meet once a fortnight. We haven't been given any specific objective or goals. But, we have been exploring exactly what diversity and inclusion means here at Springload. Gender and ethnic diversity are top of the list. But we also need to consider the experiences of people with disabilities, mental health, solo parents, people with children, and related things like flexible working hours and parental leave. Some of these are already taken care of at Springload. Another priority is attracting and meeting the needs of gender-diverse people. One action we're planning to take is to make our bathrooms gender inclusive.
There's also diversity of thought. Obviously, you get this when your workplace includes people from many walks of life with a wide range of experiences and worldviews. But even within these groups there are differences. So, what we need to be thinking about is how we design, develop and create content. Are edge cases really a thing anymore, especially when we should be attempting to design for all? How accessible are our digital products? What we're saying is we need to become more diverse and inclusive across the board. Always consider other people, but not 'other'.
So, one of the first things we're going to do is work on a diversity and inclusion policy/code of conduct. We've been looking at how others do this, to get a better handle on what's required. But, we're not entirely sure what shape this will take or if we'll even get it right. But we can't hold ourselves back because we're afraid of getting it wrong.
We know we've got a long and potentially uncomfortable road ahead. But we're up for it. Because this is what we want to do, and really — there's no other route for us to take.
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Q: Norm equivalence constants Take a polynomial $g\in\mathbb{R}[\mathbf{x}]$, in $n$ variables and having some degree $d$, with $g(\mathbf{x})\geq 0$. We define the $p$-norms of $g$ as
$$
\vert \vert g \vert \vert _{p} = \left( \int_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}} \vert g \vert^{p} d\mu \right)^{\frac{1}{p}}.
$$
Given the finite dimension of the space, there are constants $A,B>0$ such that
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A\vert\vert g\vert\vert_{2} \leq \vert\vert g\vert\vert_{1} \leq B\vert\vert g\vert\vert_{2}.
$$
Is it possible to change restrict/modify one of the constants given that the other can change freely?
For example, if you know $A=\frac{1}{2}$, is it possible to enforce $A>1$? (you have the freedom to adjust $B$ as needed).

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This article Moscow to St Petersburg is the copyright of Jim Shead - Cruising the waterways of Russia. First published in Waterways World November 2007.
Stalin's monumental Uglich Lock on the River Volga.
Moscow's Northern River Terminal, a full hour from the city centre.
Copper replicas of Christopher Columbus's Santa Maria on Lock 3 of the Moscow Canal.
the White Lake, part of the Volga-.Baltic Waterway.
is Lake Onega, the second largest in Europe.
Kizhi Island, a World Heritage Site for its intricate wooden buildings.
A trip around St Petersburg's waterways is essential.
The stunning interior of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg.
Hydroelectric plants, 1 000ft locks, and Europe's largest lakes - yes, but also World Heritage Sites, cathedrals and markets.
A holiday in Russia can be a startling experience - especially for the waterway enthusiast.
The inland waterways of Russia are truly on a different scale to those of Britain. A trip between the country's two most famous cities, Moscow and St Petersburg, is around 1,150 miles with just 18 locks - in this case, including a couple of detours and the largest and second largest lakes in Europe. So I left behind my 57ft narrowboat and boarded the 423ft Viking Lomonosov, at Moscow's Northern River Terminal on the Moscow Canal.
The River Terminal is an hour's drive from the centre of Moscow. Our ship moored there for three nights, giving a full day and a half to see the sights - travelling by coach and accompanied by experienced English-speaking guides. Perhaps the most unexpected sight was the three cathedrals within the Kremlin walls: truly amazing at the political centre of a state that was officially atheist for some 70 years.
The Moscow Canal was completed in 1937, but canal building in Russia was actually started in 1698 by Peter the Great, after he returned from the Netherlands. Although his early attempts proved unsuccessful he persevered, and by the end of his reign, hundreds of miles of waterway had been made navigable.
But although in the brochure our trip was called 'Waterways of the Tsars', it is Stalin that must take the credit for the waterways we travel today - and the blame for the human suffering that his ruthless methods caused. A special Gulag was set up to provide the army of forced labour required to build the Moscow Canal and the Northern River Port Building. This building has a tall spire surmounted by a gold star, which adorned the Kremlin walls before the more impressive ruby glass stars that are there now.
The port is still busy with cruise ships, commercial craft and private pleasure boats. We also passed swimmers and fishermen in small boats, and on the banks, walkers, sunbathers and picnickers: Muscovites make full use of their canal. various points there are semi-circular constructions on each side with steps down to the water. From here, concrete stop gates can be raised to cut off sections of canal in emergencies or for maintenance.
Six locks take the canal down to the River Volga, each one 951ft long and 98ft wide. We were able to share the locks with our sister ship, Viking Pakhomov. The locks are not only massive but grandiose, having tall monumental towers at each end of the lock, some ornamented with statues. Lock number 3's towers are surmounted by huge copper replicas of Christopher Columbus's ship Santa Maria!
The river varies greatly in width as the journey progresses. This is because of the damming of the Volga for a reservoir and hydroelectric plant at Uglich, pened in 1940. One visible sign was the flood belfry of St. Nicholas Cathedral at Kalyazin: erected in the town's Market Square in 1800, it is now the only visible part of this drowned town. As our journey progresses, this story will be repeated as we navigate rivers and lakes dammed to provide water, hydroelectric power and shipping routes as part of Stalin's modernisation juggernaut.
At unsubmerged Uglich, though, there is a clear view of the cathedral from the quay. The path from the ship to the town was lined on both sides by about a hundred stalls selling a great variety of souvenirs: in contrast there seemed to be very few shops of any sort in the town centre, demonstrating the importance of the tourist ships. Like many Russian towns and cities, Uglich has a Kremlin (fortress or citadel), and although its walls disappeared long ago the buildings they enclosed still remain. In the Transfiguration Cathedral of 1713 (like most Russian churches, richly decorated with icons, gold leaf and frescoes), we listened to a professional choir who filled the church with a sound as rich as its decorated interior. We were to hear several more like this before the end of the trip.
For most of the cruise, the scenery was rural land with forested banks, broken by the occasional village or town. The locks were always a highlight. As we rose in one at Rybinsk, hundreds of seagulls swooped to catch the fish brought to the surface by the turbulence; after leaving, we passed the statue, in the true tradition of Soviet art, of Mother Volga holding in one hand the plan for harnessing the Volga's waters for hydro power. We had entered the Rybinsk Reservoir, completed in 1947. Built by Gulag forced labour, this reservoir flooded 700 villages to form a 37-mile long lake that covers 1,768 square miles - when built, the largest man-made body of water in the world. It is now part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
Europe's second largest lake, Lake Onega, was two days further on. Here, we were invited to visit the captain on the bridge, situated on deck 5 at the front of the ship a good place to steer from, as there is little headroom below the lowest bridges on the route. Within Lake Onega is Kizhi Island, less than four miles long and a little over half a mile wide, but with a collection wooden buildings in a delightful rural setting. Its cathedral has 22 cupolas roofed with 30,000 shaped aspen wood singles. The island is now on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
There was a whole day of cruising left before St Petersburg, during which we made our way onto the River Svir passing through Upper and Lower Svir Locks: Lower Svir Lock was one of the few Russian Locks which boasted any sort of garden, the general style than horticultural. The Svir runs into Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. We were miles to the exit into only crossing the width of the lake rather than its length so it was a mere 93 the Neva River that flows into St Petersburg.
St Petersburg's River Passenger Terminal was by no means the most picturesque stop on our voyage, but a good base for three full days of sightseeing. At the start of the 18th century, Peter the Great decided to build a new city in the European style on land recently captured from Sweden, with valuable access to the Baltic Sea. In 1712 the new city of St Petersburg became Russia's new capital, which it remained until 1917. Briefly Petrograd, then Leningrad, it is now St Petersburg once again.
A voyage on the Russian waterways is truly memorable friendly people, outstanding architecture and stunning scale. If you ever hanker for wider horizons than those afforded by 72ft locks, go east for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.


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Gary pens new Home Park deal...
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GARY Sawyer has signed a new Argyle contract.
The left-back, who has played 178 times for the Pilgrims, has renewed ahead of Argyle's first season back in Sky Bet League One.
Gary came through the apprentice ranks at Home Park, playing just over 100 times between 2006-2010, before leaving for Bristol City. He also played for Bristol Rovers and Leyton Orient before returning to Argyle as Derek Adams' first signing, in 2015.
Gary was ever-present in 2015-16, although made just 22 appearances last season, in a campaign truncated by injury.
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This week we commemorate a milestone on Flickr Commons.
We've recently passed 25 million views of our images on Flickr Commons.
To celebrate, we are sharing a recent image from the Commons.
Thank you to everyone who has viewed, used, commented on and enjoyed our photographs. We love them, and it looks like you do too.


The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued three new Frequently Asked Questions clarifying what hospitals and eligible professionals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program must do to meet the public health reporting objective in 2016. Feb. 29 is the deadline for hospitals and EPs to register their intent to report electronic public health data to a registry for 2016. The new FAQs clarify how a provider can register their intent to report to a registry that becomes available after that date, and the public health reporting measures for which EPs and hospitals may claim an alternate exclusion; for details, see FAQs 14393, 14397 and 14401. CMS also updated three FAQs on the specialized registry measure; for details, see FAQs 13657, 14117 and 13653.


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Minouche Shafik | You cannot solve a global pandemic with national policies
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As we lock ourselves down to contain the spread of COVID-19, it is tempting to think that the solutions to the pandemic lie at a national level, writes Minouche Shafik (LSE Director). But although it will probably stall world trade, the virus respects no borders. International co-operation, woefully inadequate so far, will be vital if the pandemic is not to re-emerge.
One of the paradoxes of this pandemic is that even as we are forced to turn inwards, we need each other's cooperation more than ever. Most of us are becoming more self-reliant — staying at home, engaging less with others, even braving baking and home haircuts. And yet, only if everyone behaves in a collectively responsible manner will we be able to reduce infections and eventually normalise our economic and social lives.
Minouche Shafik at the LSE, January 2020. Photo: LSE. Copyright LSE
That same paradox applies to the world economy and the global health challenges we face. Nation states too are turning inward and throwing unprecedented resources at containing the pandemic. But the pandemic does not respect borders. Even if one country defeats it, the risks of it returning are high as long as it continues to plague the rest of the world. The world is still interconnected, just in different ways.
What are the implications of the crisis for the world economy? And what does it mean for the balance of solving issues nationally versus globally?
Trade growth has probably peaked
Trade grew faster than GDP for several decades, but recent years have seen that slow. This crisis will accelerate that trend as supply chains will become shorter and more local. There are many reasons for this move toward localisation of production. Because of the crisis, companies will give greater weight to security of supply over efficiency and cost. Automation is reducing the importance of wages in production costs, making it possible for firms to "re-shore" facilities nearer to home markets. And localisation is also a way to shield oneself from protectionism and trade wars.
Globalisation will become more digital
While the movement of people and goods is likely to decline, trade of online services will grow rapidly. We have already seen the boom of online shopping, entertainment, and financial services during this crisis. The movement of data across borders is increasing exponentially. This makes resolution of issues like digital taxation, profit shifting by platforms across borders, and the prosecution of cross-border digital crime even more imperative.
Interest rates will be low for a very, very long time
Countries will emerge from this crisis with huge debt burdens. In past crises, those debts have been reduced through a combination of budgetary surpluses and economic growth rates that are greater than the rate of interest. Given how large debts are likely to become, it is hard to imagine being able to impose enough austerity to achieve the surpluses necessary to bring debt ratios down. Instead, many countries will likely resort to financial repression whereby savers earn returns below the rate of inflation to make it possible for governments to "inflate away" their debts. This will have implications for cross-border financial flows.
Demand for social insurance will rise
Warren Buffett famously said that when the tide goes in, you can see who is swimming naked. The coronavirus crisis has shown that millions of citizens around the world were in effect swimming naked – with no savings to fall back upon and no public safety net to support them and their families. Both poor and rich countries now have informal labour markets, as flexible modes of working have spread everywhere and employers' commitment to their workers is ever weaker. So much of social policy in recent decades has shifted risks onto individuals in the name of efficiency and flexibility. The years ahead are likely to see a backlash against this as citizens demand that more health, work and old age risks be shared. While these are mainly national challenges, some will spill over into international agreements, especially around trade.
All of these trends will reinforce countries' tendency to focus on their domestic issues. Yet everything we know from history tells us that restoring economic prosperity and global health will require countries to look outwards and cooperate globally.
The economic response must be global
Many commentators from emerging markets took to referring to the 2008 financial crisis as the "North Atlantic Financial Crisis" to signal that the problem emanated from the US and Europe and was not truly global. This time is different. The economic consequences of coronavirus will adversely affect every country in the world. Commentators like Gordon Brown and Larry Summers have pointed out that while governments have broken all the economic rules to respond to coronavirus at the national level, the international response has been woefully inadequate. Even in the rich world, highly indebted countries like Italy or Spain have been less able to support their economies and populations than others like Germany or the Netherlands. For poor countries, many of which now have well-developed systems to transfer income to the poorest households through cash transfers and mobile banking, even fewer resources are available. This crisis needs a truly global response that includes more resources for the IMF and other multilateral institutions, comprehensive debt relief for the poorest countries, and a coordinated stimulus for economic recovery.
The health response must be global, too
You cannot solve a global pandemic at the national level. Just as the economic response must be global, so the health response must include helping the poorest countries´ health systems to cope. The risks of spread in countries where social distancing is not possible (especially in slums, refugee camps and densely populated urban areas) may be devastating. Urgent funding is needed for essential equipment, vaccine development, therapeutics and support for weak health systems and vulnerable populations around the world. Without that, the epidemic will rage in highly populated parts of the world only to reappear in the countries that were hit first.
At a time when there are strong forces pushing inward, we need to remind everyone that it is in their national interest to think outwardly and globally. This is not just about generosity — though that is a great thing — but also self-interest.
This post represents the views of the author and not those of the COVID-19 blog or LSE.
Dame Minouche Shafik is Director of the LSE. In 2014-2017 she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and before that Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Posted In: Economics and finance | Global development | Governance and state capacity | Politics and global governance
Soeren Hars says:
Very intelligent start into that discussion on how the pandemic will effect the future global social and economical life, and how technology will play its fundamental role in upcoming changes (digitalization).
Maybe a few things are missing in Mrs. Shafiks approach which are in addition interesting to think about:
First I think the pandemic is a chance to achieve more human rights in the aftermath of the pandemic. Which could be by:
A.) Culturally and socially: I think the need to discuss the universal declaration of human rights and add that humans are social beings with a fundamental right to closeness, community the the unlimited access to cultural life and events. [This was taken during the pandemic, and we should evaluate how it can be avoided, that this never happens again]
B.) We should start to define "freedom" in the universal human rights declaration as being able to move freely across the planet and borders, to be globally mobile (however this can be achieved, and especially affordble to all on the planet) – > Thus, to get as humans really as global as trade and the mobility of goods are already today… I say: Freedom is realized by access to mobility in a global world!
Secondly we need to start the discussion how to sustain the economy that it would work with less crashes and overheating, while save-guarding the climate and natural resources on the planet…
And honestly, I think that discussion is a very long way to go…
Dr. Abdul Latif says:
A wonderful read amidst COVID-19 urging a global response to handle pandemics (formulation and implementation of policy decisions related to pandemics at international levels). Am also thinking an idea which if considered will help in bringing some new concepts in Welfare Economics during pandemics.
Dr. Abdul Latif
Dr Irfan Al Hasani says:
Very interesting stuff indeed!
Of course global solidarity and coop was and still considered key in several aspects of societies, yet one of the critical (albeit early) lessons learnt from covid-19 crisis, among many others, is self-sufficiency hence sustainability due to urgency need to mitigate the negative consequences of pandemic on health and economy, and also due to difficulty to rely on trade cross-borders, especially when countries set, in such situations, to force great lockdown internally and externally.
In other words, the urgent and pressing need to provide basics and treatment items to citizens will make states rethink about the envisaged role of national entities, public and private, to produce those stuffs that keep citizens survive, healthy and in reasonable welfare. Look at those (advanced) countries that were in pressing need to other countries to supply those most needful items. It was really unbelievable!
tim frost says:
Crystal clear thinking….must be an LSE graduate.
And of course international cooperation is a good thing…like fatherhood and apple pie….who could argue with it. But but but; Isn't it appropriate that we have different responses in different parts of the world. Whilst its the same virus won't responses be more or less appropriate in different cultures, for different demographies and for communities with different policy choices. And then don't we all learn from seeing what works and what doesn't? Better a bunch of different local responses than one global guiding intelligence. Shouldn't we be pleased that there are a bunch of different pharma companies working to discover/create vaccines…or should we end this "wasteful competition" and cooperate for the global good.
Global government…a solution looking for an answer.
Tex Doc says:
Tim – Thank you for your insight – one of the lessons of this Spring will be the value of "different responses in different parts of the world". I have found it odd in years past the casual indifference to the conflict between Global Government folks and the Every culture is valuable and autonomous folks – often one and the same, depending on the topic and the ability to place blame on Western Civilization for any issues engendered.
And in addition: I hope in the post-pandemic world all liberals will agree that (global) lockdowns do not become part of policy making… That this was an exception, an error that will never be repeated…
Attila Emam says:
You present a clear assessment and offer a sensible mandate. But if a fully globalised approach is difficult to co-ordinate, then maybe stronger regional co-operation may be the next-best solution. Groupings like ASEAN need to be willing to find ways out of their national lockdowns together. In this regard, Australia and New Zealand are leading the way.
Assan Jallow says:
This is a compelling read. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and perspectives based on a balanced approach regarding the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. It's through collaboration and partnership with resiliency that will make nations to contain this unfortunate international international public health emergency.
ALI GOUTALI says:
Great input and pertinent thoughts!
I coauthered in the same vein an article, a few weeks ago ,under the theme" Covid-19 and OIC Rapid Response Capacitation".Sharing the belief that a global pandemic needs co-operation globally to be addressed and dealt with
Successfully,we proposed regional co-operation as a component of the global approach.Hence the proposed EPM
(Epidemics Prevention and Management Center for OIC countries).
Kishor Dere says:
Dame Minouche Shafik is indeed right. It is true that cosmopolitanism, open-mindedness, greater international cooperation through transparent, robust and resilient international institutions among many other pragmatic measures can go a long way in alleviating pain and mitigating suffering of the planet. It is also high time that we instituted effective mechanisms for pandemic surveillance, cyber security surveillance and similar ones. Next attack is staring us in the face. Better late than never. Once bitten twice shy.
A no-deal Brexit may still be more costly than COVID-19
The Orbán veto is no accident: following EU law would threaten the Hungarian PM's business empire
Is it all quiet on the inflation front, still?
Less red tape, more local entrepreneurship and FDI: the path to COVID-19 recovery


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Accueil ::> Pédagogie ::> Les travaux d'élèves ::> Les Critiques cinématographiques des élèves ::> La méthode Williams
La méthode Williams
vendredi 20 mai 2022, par La Roque Véronique.
Tous les élèves de 3e et les élèves de l'ULIS ont eu la chance de voir le film King Richard (La méthode Williams) en VOSTF au cinéma le Trianon de Valognes. Voici donc la présentation et l'avis d'une élève de 3e sur ce film, in English of course !
King Richard
The movie King Richard is a biography movie about two young tennis women, Venus and Serena Williams, and their father and tennis coach, Richard Williams.
The movie was released in 2021. It was shot in the USA and it was directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. The screenplay was written by Zach Baylin. The movie lasts 2 hours and 24 minutes.
The leading role, the father, is played by Will Smith who got an award for best actor at the Oscar ceremony because he played the role perfectly. The supporting roles, the daughters Venus and Serena Williams, are played by Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton.
It's based on a true story, on their lives. The movie is about racism and the Ku Klux Klan (as the father remembers segregation in the USA when he was a child) but it also deals with hope for African American girls and equality between black and white people and between men and women.
In my opinion, the film King Richard is very interesting. I like movies about a family that experiences inequality every day because of racism and finally succeeds in life and I'm fond of movies about sports. Therefore I recommend this movie because the story is great.
Jade Calas (3B)
La Reine des neiges, vue par Antoine
9 février 2021.
PERDUS DANS L'ESPACE


Aphasia is a devastating condition following stroke which negatively impacts all aspects of communication including speech, comprehension, reading and writing. The opportunity to harness spontaneous brain recovery to achieve communication independence occurs in the early recovery phase following stroke. Research undertaken by ECU has shown that more than 80% of people with aphasia after stroke cannot access early, intensive aphasia therapy. This research has also revealed that people treated with daily, intensive aphasia therapy commenced within 14 days of stroke onset have greater communication independence than those who receive less intensive or no therapy. However, the longer-term effects of very early aphasia therapy are unknown.
The VERSE study is a speech rehabilitation trial which targets those who have had a stroke and are having difficulty with their speech and language (aphasia). This is an international trial taking place in 16 hospitals and healthcare sites around Australia and New Zealand. This study is aimed at finding out whether regular and structured aphasia therapy is more effective and cost saving than current standard aphasia therapy. Due to the lack of information about what amount and type of therapy is best, this trial will help us to understand what type and how much therapy would be the best for people in the early phase of recovery.
The cost-effectiveness of aphasia therapy in the long term.
Burgeoning healthcare costs and an aging population dictate that finite aphasia resources must deliver the right type of therapy, provided in the right amount, at the right time to the right person.
In addition, the project will provide the first prescribed therapy package for people with aphasia following stroke. This therapy package will assist healthcare workers and speech pathologists across Australia and overseas to deliver the best services available to improve communication for people after stroke. VERSE aims to assist in the understanding of the relationship between aphasia, stroke brain recovery patterns by using a novel 'brain mapping' technique to help identify people who will respond well to early, intensive treatment. VERSE will provide Australia's first full evaluation of the costs of aphasia on the healthcare systems across the country.
This project is funded by National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia and The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia, UK.
The VERSE project collaborates with the University of Melbourne and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Dr Tapan Rai1, Professor Sandy Middleton2, Associate Professor Anne Whitworth3, Associate Professor Miranda L. Rose4, Professor Audrey Holland5, Professor Graeme J. Hankey6, Professor Dominique Cadilhac7, Professor Julie Bernhardt8.


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Q: Gson custom deserializing logic based on field name My class is like:
class Foo {
   public String duration;
   public String height;
}

And my json data looks like
{"duration":"12200000", "height":"162"}

Now I want to deserialize it by
 Foo foo = gson.fromJson(jsonStr, Foo.class);

So that,
     foo.duration is "20 mins" (number of minutes),
     foo.height is "162cm"
Is this possible to do using Gson?
Thanks!

A: GSON allows creation of custom deserializers/serializers. Try to read here.
Sorry for without an example.
class FooDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Foo>{
   @Override
   public Foo deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT,
   JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {

    JsonObject jo = (JsonObject)json;
    String a = jo.get("duration").getAsString()+" mins";
    String b = jo.get("height").getAsString() + " cm";

//Should be an appropriate constructor
    return new Foo(a,b);
    }
}

then:
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(Foo.class, foo.new FooDeserializer()).create();

and you should receive result as you wish it to get using fromJson(...).


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Нэнси Кэрролл (,  — ) — американская актриса.

Биография
Нэнси Кэрролл, урождённая Энн Вероника Лахифф () родилась в Нью-Йорке. Актёрскую карьеру она начала с участия в бродвейских мюзиклах. С 1927 года она начала регулярно появляться в немых фильмах, а кинокартина 1928 года «Легко пришло, легко ушло» сделала Нэнси Кэрролл звездой. Благодаря успеху в мюзиклах на Бродвее, ей легко удалось перейти в звуковой кино. За роль в одном из первых таких фильмов, «Праздник дьявола» в 1930 году, актриса получила номинацию на премию «Оскар».

В 1930-е годы Кэрролл блистала на «Paramount Pictures», появившись в картинах «Смех» (1930), «Недопетая колыбельная» (1932), «Жаркая суббота» (1932) и «Обвиняемая» (1933). Согласно её контракту со студией, актриса могла отказываться от непонравившихся ей ролей, что она собственно часто и делала, заслужив тем самым репутацию, капризной и неподатливой актрисы. В итоге студия не стала её долго терпеть и в середине 1930-х разорвала с ней контракт, несмотря на то, что Кэрролл была одной из самых популярных актрис начала десятилетия, пользовавшейся большой похвалой со стороны критиков и публики, и успешно справлялась с ролями, как в музыкальных комедиях, так и в драмах и мелодрамах. После этого Кэрролл подписала четырёхлетний контракт с «Columbia Pictures», но все последовавшие фильмы на этой студии уже не принесли ей никакого успеха.

Видя свои неудачи на большом экране, в 1938 году Нэнси Кэрролл покинула кинематограф. В начале 1950-х годов она возродила свою актёрскую карьеру на телевидении, где продолжала работать до 1963 года, снимаясь в различных телесериалах. Актриса также попыталась возродить свою театральную карьеру, но в этом направлении её постигла неудача. Вскоре после этого, 6 августа 1965 года, Нэнси Кэрролл скончалась от сердечного приступа в возрасте 61 года. Её вклад в кинематограф был отмечен звездой на Голливудской аллея славы.

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Похороненные на кладбище «Голгофа» (Куинс)
Актрисы мюзиклов США
Киноактрисы США

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WV Senate votes to create Intermediate Court of Appeals
by: Mark Curtis
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WOWK) — The State Senate's plan is to create, an "Intermediate Court of Appeals." Right now the state has a Circuit Court level, and all decisions there can be appealed to the State Supreme Court. But 41-other states also have an intermediate court, so people can have a chance at two appeals, rather than resting all their hopes in a Supreme Court.
"The Supreme Court, a lot of their decisions are memorandum decisions rather than actually hearing a case. So in other words, you'll have something that's appealed to the Supreme Court, and they'll decide, 'well we're not going to hear the case, but we'll write a memorandum on it.' And that memo becomes the law and those memos can become very inconsistent," said State Sen. Eric Tarr, (R) Putnam.
Critics point out that all nine states that don't have an intermediate court, have populations under two million people – although West Virginia is the most populous of the group. Still, critics say the state has a lot of other needs such as roads and schools, and the mid-level court will cost too much.
"I think they're expecting it to be around six million, but I don't think we'll know until it actually kicks in. And at this point I think we have a lot of other priorities for that six million we could spend it on, that'd be a better expenditure of that money," said State Sen. Corey Palumbo, (D) Kanawha – Minority Whip.
But Republicans argue that is only the start-up cost, and that once the Intermediate Court is established the cost will be less than $4 million per year.
"The Intermediate Court Bill now comes to the House of Delegates for a debate and vote, with the outcome uncertain. But as with so many things before the State Legislature, it may all come down to the money," said Mark Curtis 13 News Chief Political Reporter.
Washington DC Bureau / 2 mins ago
PM Rain/Snow Precip: 47%
Justice: West Virginians 70 and older can now receive COVID-19 vaccines


After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's – and to her best friend, Lissa. It is at long last graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives beyond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere.
She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. And this time he won't rest until Rose joins him . . .forever.
In following the subplot of Dimitri having turned intro Strigoi, keeping Rose hostage while trying to convince her to "awaken" with him, and her eventual escape, Spirit Bound does a really great job of keeping up the adrenaline level. Even after giving a short time lapse before the beginning of the novel, the intensity of the relationship between Dimitri and Rose manages to stay high. Higher, even, given the personal notes he's now been sending her at school, letting her know that she'll be coming for him.
Most of the book maintains this high action level, keeping the reader kind of on their toes, since you never quite know what's going to happen next. Several smaller plotlines are followed through from earlier books – like busting out Dashkov to find his spirit-wielding brother in a crazy attempt to re-create a fairy tale story – and it felt like all the foreshadowing from the rest of the series finally came together to create a more cohesive whole. The grim reality of Dimitri's new self has finally come to bear, rather than the wishful thinking Rose had in the previous book, thinking that he could still be himself in there somewhere, and it feels almost like a million things are happening all at once.
By the end of Spirit Bound, I actually kind of wanted to smack some sense into some of the characters, particularly Dimitri. Some of the way things came together seemed too pat, too perfect, but at the same time, enough drama kept flying at the main characters to keep things moving. Just as one thing finally goes right, another two fall to the wayside. And by the end of it all, everything was perfectly set up for the final book. As I did with most of this series, I just went straight from finishing Spirit Bound into reading Last Sacrifice: I had to know how it ended. And by the time you finish reading this book, you'll feel the same way.


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Q: Error while initializing FMOD Im having a weird issue while initializing FMOD, FMOD enters in some kind of 'infinite loop' and the program stops. What i'm doing wrong?
This is the function:
FMOD::System   *fmodsyst = 0;
FMOD::Sound    *sound = 0;
FMOD::Channel  *channel = 0;
FMOD_RESULT     result = FMOD_OK;
unsigned int    version = 0;
unsigned int    soundlength = 0;
bool            dspenabled = false;
void           *extradriverdata = 0;
unsigned int    recordpos = 0;
unsigned int    recorddelta = 0;
unsigned int    minrecorddelta = (unsigned int)-1;
unsigned int    lastrecordpos = 0;
unsigned int    samplesrecorded = 0;
unsigned int    playpos = 0;
float           smootheddelta = 0;
int recordrate = 0;
int recordchannels = 0;
unsigned int adjustedlatency = 0;
unsigned int driftthreshold = 0;
FMOD_CREATESOUNDEXINFO exinfo;

bool Basics::InitializeFMOD()
{
    FMOD_RESULT    result;
    unsigned int   version;
    result = FMOD::System_Create(&fmodsyst);
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);
    result = fmodsyst->getVersion(&version);
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);
    if (version < FMOD_VERSION)
    {
        return false;
    }
    result = fmodsyst->init(100, FMOD_INIT_NORMAL, extradriverdata); //this is the line which crashes the .dll
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);

    result = fmodsyst->getRecordDriverInfo(0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, &recordrate, 0, &recordchannels);
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);

    adjustedlatency = (recordrate * LATENCY_MS) / 1000;
    driftthreshold = adjustedlatency / 2;

    memset(&exinfo, 0, sizeof(FMOD_CREATESOUNDEXINFO));
    exinfo.cbsize = sizeof(FMOD_CREATESOUNDEXINFO);
    exinfo.numchannels = recordchannels;
    exinfo.format = FMOD_SOUND_FORMAT_PCM16;
    exinfo.defaultfrequency = recordrate;
    exinfo.length = exinfo.defaultfrequency * sizeof(short)* exinfo.numchannels * 5; /* 5 second buffer, doesnt really matter how big this is, but not too small of course. */

    result = fmodsyst->createSound(0, FMOD_LOOP_NORMAL | FMOD_OPENUSER, &exinfo, &sound);
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);

    result = fmodsyst->recordStart(0, sound, true);
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);

    result = sound->getLength(&soundlength, FMOD_TIMEUNIT_PCM);
    FMOD_ERRCHECK(result);

    return true;
}

Also the function FMOD_ERRCHECK doesnt say anything.

A: It might be that you want FMOD_STUDIO_INIT_NORMAL instead of FMOD_INIT_NORMAL because you are, in fact, initializing the Studio component and not the low level audio system (at least not via that pointer).
We may have different versions, as mine requires an extra parameter:
_pAudioSystem->initialize(32, FMOD_STUDIO_INIT_NORMAL, FMOD_INIT_NORMAL, nullptr);


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Category Archives: Education
Education, Youth
July 10, 2019 stvkrh905	Leave a comment
They were at the start of something.
Playing on the same field in Frederick Douglass Park where Hank Aaron — then with the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns — once launched a home run over 25th Street, young athletes participated in The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic for the very first time.
Teens came from Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh to share fellowship and the game they love with young men from Indianapolis, where a chapter of The BASE Indy was launched in the spring and will be headquartered in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.
"This is just an extraordinary moment in time for us," said The BASE Indy executive director Rob Barber as he honored family members of Indiana native Harmon, the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds.
The Indianapolis clubhouse scheduled to open in the fall will be located in the former Safeway grocery at 25th and Sherman near Douglass Park which features Edna Martin Christian Center.
A picnic in the park brought supporters and neighbors together and they witnessed a "first pitch" ceremony.
Participants went to an Indianapolis Indians game, toured NCAA headquarters, attended a college fair, played more baseball at the University of Indianapolis and Bishop Chatard High School and took part in a scout showcase and career roundtable at Victory Field during the four-day event.
"The BASE is more than just a facility," said Barber. "A lot of people think you're going to come into a community and get the kids of color, put your hands in and say, 'let's play some baseball, hit the books and stay out of trouble, let's break on three!'
"That is not at all what The BASE is. It's about a methodology that expects excellence. We look at the young people in the community as assets and treasures that the world doesn't know about. But we know about them and there's talent all across this city.
"What they don't have like some of the other communities across the country and other parts of the city are the same opportunities. The BASE comes in to change mindsets. We want to come in and find out the barriers they have and knock those down."
Baseball is used to start a conversation and to provide mentoring and a direction for young people.
"We play hard and we compete," said Barber. "But we ask that they work as hard in the classroom. We ask that, in their personal lives that with the choices they make and the respect they give as a citizen, they contribute back to the community."
Robert Lewis Jr., who founded The BASE in Boston in 2013, was in Indianapolis to forge relationships and grow the organization.
Lewis shared hugs and encouraging words.
When he asked players how they were and the response was, "good," Lewis let them know that "good is not good enough."
"You are exceptional young men," Lewis told them. "We are going to treat you like you're exceptional."
Mike Farrell, a former professional player and current pro scout, was among the coaches in The BASE Indy dugout, sharing his knowledge of baseball and life.
Three of the young men playing for The BASE Indy are Robert Snow, Travis Stumpf and Will Weingartner.
Snow, 17, lives on the east side of Indianapolis and is entering his junior year at Warren Central High School. He plays middle infield, outfield and pitcher.
"What I like most about baseball is that it gets me away from home and away from the outside distractions," said Snow. "I do what I love to do and play with the people I love to play with.
"The BASE is going to help me get where I need to go college-wise."
Advice from Barber and Lewis sticks with Snow.
"They told me, 'always keep my head up and play hard, you never know who's watching.
"(The Urban Classic) is a pretty fun event. You get to meet new people. You get to have fun with baseball."
Stumpf, 18, resides on Indy's west side and the Broad Ripple High School graduate recently completed his freshman year at the University of Louisville. He is majoring in accounting and considering a minor in finance. This coming school year, he plans to participate with College Mentors for Kids. He was a catcher in high school and plays all over the diamond in the summer.
"(Baseball) is a place for me to go when I'm stressed or feeling down," said Stumpf. "(The BASE) wants to make the environment better for us to live in.
Weingartner, 17, lives in Irvington and is heading into his junior year at Scecina Memorial High School.
"Baseball has always been something I've loved to do," said Weingartner. "It helps me pass time and keep my mind off stuff.
"The BASE means a lot to me. So far, it's given me the opportunity to play in Chicago. I like my coaches and the opportunities they give me."
Weingartner attended the Urban Classic college fair and is interested in studying law.
The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic was staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic was staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. Indiana native Harmon was the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic was staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. A college fair was held during the event at the Edna Martin Christian Center at Frederick Douglass Park in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE founder Robert Lewis Jr. (left) shares a hug with a Pittsburgh player at The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic was staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE Chicago players warm up at the University of Indianapolis during The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
Bishop Chatard High School's Dave Alexander Field was a venue for The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
A "first pitch" ceremony at Frederick Douglass Park was part of The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic was staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. This same field in Frederick Doulgass Park is where Hank Aaron hit a home run over 25th Street while playing for the Negro League's Indianapolis Clowns. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE founder Robert Lewis Jr. (left) talks with The BASE Indy team at the The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
The BASE Indy executive director Rob Barber shares in the fellowship at a community picnic during the The BASE Indy Chuck Harmon Urban Baseball Classic staged July 7-10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Steve Krah Photo)
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Setting the bar high, The BASE launches in Indianapolis
April 25, 2019 stvkrh905	1 Comment
With the objective of serving under-appreciated youth, The BASE was officially launched Wednesday, April 24 in Indianapolis.
At a gathering of leaders and supporters at the downtown Strada Education Network, the game plan was presented for The BASE Indy.
Founded in 2013 by Robert Lewis Jr., The BASE was started in Boston as a outgrowth of that city's Astros youth baseball program.
Lewis began coaching the Astros in Boston's Villa Victoria public housing develop in the 1970s and the president was in Indiana's capitol to talk about the organization that has now expanded to Chicago, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.
Rob Barber, president of The BASE Indy, spoke about the need and the vision of the group.
Tysha Sellers, executive director of the Edna Martin Christian Center, explained a community partnership.
Milt Thompson, attorney and a familiar voice on Indianapolis TV and radio, told the folks how they can lend financial support.
Indiana native Chuck Harmon, the first black man to play for the Cincinnati Reds and a long-time leader in the sports world who died March 19 at 94, was remembered and honored.
Videos were shown that showed how The BASE operates in Boston and how Pete Rose is on board as a supporter.
Another featuring players from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis pointed out the need.
Lewis rallied the troops Wednesday.
"We're going to be where our young folks need us most," said Lewis. "We have to be here.
"Is it about the money? Yes. But engagement is what it's all about. We are who we've been waiting for. Superman and Superwoman are not walking through that door.
"We're not going to take a day off. We're not going to take an hour off. We're going to be right in the grind."
Lewis talked about empowering the community and that parks and playgrounds that build communities.
"Folks, we have an opportunity to do something special," said Lewis. "We can change and uplift communities. We have to stand for something bigger than ourselves. Indy, let's do this."
From those parks and playgrounds, those young people can be educated and enter the workforce, be productive citizens and provide for their families.
"Let's not kid ourselves, it's about the jobs," said Lewis.
Chuck Harmon's daughter and caregiver, Cheryl, traveled from Cincinnati to receive a mementos, including a proclamation from Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett declaring Chuck Harmon Day in the city. Harmon was a native of Washington, Ind.
"It's Cheryl's cousins that I grew up with and had a tremendous impact on our family," said Barber, who grew up in southern Indiana and played baseball at Indiana University. "It's probably a big reason why I'm here today."
Barber talked about walking about from his former long-time occupation and that The BASE is where he's supposed to be.
Last summer and fall, Barber visited kids around the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.
"There is a movement happening on the near northeast side of Indianapolis," said Sellers. "There's 12,000 people within Martindale-Brightwood. There are a number of people within this community that believe there is a vision to be a thriving community.
"We can come together and make things happen with partnerships. (Young people) are only looking for opportunities to succeed. And they sometimes need people to help connect the dots. We don't do it alone."
Sellers, who was born and raised in Martindale-Brightwood, said the Edna Martin Christian Center focuses on education, financial stability for families and community health.
"We want them to move on to college and career and be successful so that they can come back and invest in a community at a higher level in order for us to break the poverty cycle," said Sellers. "This is about us empowering this community. This is about us working with the community.
"They're not only going to rebuild this community, but others as well. They'll come back to wherever they came from to give back to that area."
There are many other partners, including Play Ball Indiana (part of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) and universities around Indianapolis.
Barber, who coached Jeff Mercer (the current Indiana University head coach) when he was younger, took some players from The BASE Indy to their first collegiate baseball game in Bloomington in March.
"I cannot believe how well those young men handled themselves and how polite they were," said Barber.
One of those youngsters — a player at Arsenal Tech coached by Bob Haney named Josh Morrow — has dreams of being an astrophysicist. Some of the debate at the ball game was about gravity on MIrars.
Barber believes that such high aspirations can be obtained through The BASE Indy and its partners.
He spoke about most people being born on second base with their children coming into the world on third base.
Many of those who The BASE Indy will serve have not even gotten up to the plate.
"One of the things that The BASE is extraordinary at doing is equipping and strengthening the legs of the kids so as they get to first base, they have the resources they need in life to begin to be successful and knock down some of those barriers," said Barber.
Relating a conversation that he had with Irvington Preparatory Academy coach Davon Hardy, Barber heard about the struggles some of the players have to go through just to get to school and the baseball diamond.
One has no electricity at home.
Another is without food.
A third has a father who is incarcerated.
"What priority would baseball be in there life?," said Barber, echoing Hardy. "At The BASE — before we can get to the part of teaching the baseball skills (former big leaguer Justin Masterson and scout Mike Farrell are among those who will lend their expertise while Indianapolis Indians president and general manager Randy Lewandowski is also involved) — it's about giving them an incentive to do something.
"There are some walls we're going to have to run through to create some opportunities and I'm OK with that. I'm a baseball person. But I'm also passionate about doing the right thing."
Barber said the The BASE has a proven methodology. But it's a four-letter word that drives it.
"The thing that drives it is love," said Barber. "It's that simple."
That love in Indy is going to headquartered in Martindale-Brightwood.
"We want to raise their expectations," said Barber. "I was the first person in my family to go to college."
A passionate advocate of the baseball community, Thompson also talked about raising the bar.
"Expectations are set so low sometimes we don't know how low we set them," said Thompson. "How can we achieve anything unless we're lifted up?"
Thompson, who has represented several professional athletes, recalled a conversation he had with Indiana basketball legend Oscar Robertson.
He asked the Big O, what he would do against Magic Johnson.
"Milt, what would Magic Johnson do against me?," said Thompson of Robertson's reply. "It's mentality. It's how you think. You set your expectations higher."
Thompson talked about how one of his school counselors told him that he was best-suited to work with his hands.
"I didn't get bitter. I got better," said Thompson. "That was the best advice I ever heard. My first 10 jury trials, during closing arguments, I was using my hands.
"You set the bar higher, you can go get it."
Thompson said it is necessary to be honest with yourself in all adversity.
"It's not always easy," said Thompson. "You've got to take a chance.
"We're going to fill in the gap. We're going to do unnecessary things because they are necessary."
Thompson said the dialogue is being changed in inner cities.
"We don't have underprivileged kids anymore we have under-appreciated kids," said Thompson. "That's the people we're talking about. They have every have every possibility of greatness. They're going to use their hands when they talk.
"Want to play the game? Want to pitch in? There are several things we can do."
Among those things are hosting a fundraiser for the Urban Classic (which will be staged in Indianapolis for the first time in July), sponsor a college tour or career day, serve on an advisory board (education, baseball/softball or life skills/career), connect your personal contacts to The BASE Indy and make a donation to the cause.
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Dirt road, Crossroads, Cape Town
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Dirt road at Crossroads, Cape Town.
Albian Road, Cape Town
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House on Albian Road, Cape Town.
House on Meadway Road, Cape Town
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No. 4 Meadway belongs to Mr D.B. Sides.
Man walks down road with his supporters in the background, Cape Town
Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Activists, Demonstrations
The leader: wearing blue shorts, Mr Philip Kgosana, the Pan African Congress secretary, leaves his supporters on De Waal Drive above Roeland Street on his way to Caledon Square Police Station
Policemen march up a road, Cape Town
Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Determined policemen with gas masks slung across their chests advance up Burg Street in an attempt to clear rioters from the city centre.
Platbos road from the slopes of Platberg
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District: Caledon, Location: Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Platberg, Platbos., Ecology: Unknown.
Protesters stand at the side of the road with placards, Cape Town
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1950s traffic in Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Cape Town
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Saturday morning traffic. A view of the island where Voortrekker Road and Durbanville Road meet at Bellville.
Apartheid-era military parade down Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Cape Town
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The Regiment Westelike Provinsie exercises its right of freedom of entrance to the city of Bellville by marching down Voortrekker Road. The regiment was honoured by the mayor, Mr Danie Uys, during a ceremony at the weekend.
Damaged Spoornet road tanker, Cape Town
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Spoornet officials inspect the damaged chemical road tanker after the "accident."
The remains of a road block erected by protesters, Cape Town
Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Vandalism, Law enforcement
Police clear a street in Tiervlei where eight people were reported injured after demonstrators erected a road-block and set it alight and police used shotguns and revolvers to break up a band of stone-throwing youths.
Modderdam Road forced removal, Cape Town
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Modderdam Road squatter camp in Bellville South, home to Africans regarded as being in Cape Town illegally by apartheid authorities, was destroyed by two bulldozers during one week in August 1977
Police fire teargas across road at students, Cape Town
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Police fire teargas across Rhodes Drive at students on the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus yesterday.
Rondebosch Main Road, Cape Town
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Flower sellers bargain in Belmont Road. In the background is the old fountain, once the drinking place for horses.
Furnace room in Dock Road power station, Cape Town
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The furnace room in the Dock Road power station. The long pipes on each side carry the coal to the furnaces which will not go out when the power is shut off, but will be kept going at a fraction of their usual heat to make it possible to start up again on Monday morning.
Walmer Road resident declared coloured and will have to move, Cape Town
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Mrs Mercia Marquardt, who has lived for 13 years on the side of Walmer Road, was recently proclaimed coloured. She will probably have to move.
People watch as branches and tyres burn in the road, Cape Town
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Burning branches and tyres block the entrance to Bonteheuwel yesterday afternoon at the corner of Jakkalsvlei Road and Vanguard Drive during unrest there.
Road repair crews on the Bakoven-Llandudno road, Cape Town
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Operation 'Mop Up' continued through the Cape Town area today and among the busiest workers were the road repair crews clearing the Bakoven-Llandudno road. Thousands of tons of rock and earth were forced down on to the road by flood water rushing down the mountainside. Heavy earthmoving equipment is clearing the road and Divisional Council officials say it will be about 14 days before the road is opened to traffic.
Security forces, Modderdam Road forced removal, Cape Town
Police and dogs out in force during the bulldozing of Modderdam Road squatter camp
An unfinished road in the Southern Suburbs, Cape Town
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Road to nowhere: the uncompleted Kromboom Parkway scars the landscape in the vicinity of Claremont and Rondebosch.


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Politics|Michelle Obama Adds New Role to Balancing Act
Michelle Obama Adds New Role to Balancing Act
By JODI KANTOR and JEFF ZELENY MAY 18, 2007
Correction Appended
Michelle Obama has thrown herself into her husband's campaign and become one of its roving ambassadors. Credit Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
It was a triumphant moment for Barack Obama: He was walking through the Capitol for the very first time as a United States senator in January 2005, trailed by photographers, hangers-on, and finally, his amused wife. Rolling her eyes as she pulled a reporter aside, Michelle Obama said, "Maybe one day, he will do something to warrant all this attention."
Two years and one presidential announcement later, the sarcasm is gone, and a woman who has said she dislikes politics is assuming a starring role in her husband's campaign for the White House.
Last week, in Windham, N.H., Mrs. Obama charmed a houseful of Democratic voters, speaking of her romance with the candidate and kneeling next to two little boys and their sister to inquire, "Which one of you is the troublemaker?"
She was still a bit irreverent: "I'm sure this guy is weird," she said, describing her initial reaction to her husband's name. But she turned earnest when talking of the presidency. "I know Barack is something special," she said. "If I didn't, I wouldn't be here."
Mrs. Obama's is the trickiest of political performances. She is a black woman in a campaign in which no one knows quite what role race or gender will play. She has a propensity for bluntness and a fierce competitive drive. ("She's a little meaner than I am," her husband jokes.)
Her counterparts include Bill Clinton, the former president and consummate campaigner hoping to become the First Gent; and Elizabeth Edwards, who has been praised across the political spectrum for her tenacity in dealing with incurable cancer.
Even successful first lady auditions can be remembered as political don'ts: take Nancy Reagan (regarded as too adoring of her husband) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (too eager to share his job), to say nothing of spouses of losing candidates, like Judith Steinberg Dean (too absent) and Teresa Heinz Kerry (too outspoken).
Faced with those discouraging precedents, Mrs. Obama, 43, is trying a fresh approach: running as everywoman, a wife, professional, mother, volunteer.
While her husband's story is singular — how many other Hawaiian-Indonesian-African-Midwestern sensations are there? — Mrs. Obama is his more down-to-earth counterpart, drawing parallels between the voters' daily balancing acts and her own. The role suits her natural frankness — she has gone so far as to talk about how she had to cope with an overflowing toilet — and yet confines it safely to the domestic sphere.
In an interview, Mrs. Obama said that she is still unprepared to take on the role for which she is trying out.
"My God, who can sit here and say, 'I'm ready to be president and first lady?' " she asked. But like her husband, she is running on biography, suggesting that her most important qualifications are her life experiences. Daughter of a Chicago city pump operator who had multiple sclerosis, she graduated from Princeton and Harvard and juggles her job as a hospital executive with motherhood and civic work.
Mrs. Obama dislikes politics, friends and family confirmed, but not as much as she dislikes losing. Craig Robinson, her brother and the Brown University men's basketball coach, said his sister did not enjoy organized sports when she was younger because she so hated defeat and even now pouts when a board game does not go her way. His sister is brainy and warm, he said, but also a force to be reckoned with.
"Everyone in the family is afraid of her," he said with a smile. Asked if Mr. Obama used a nicotine patch to quit smoking, Mr. Robinson cracked up. "Michelle Obama!" he said. "That's one hell of a patch right there!"
Accordingly, she threw herself into her husband's campaign from the start, asking to meet with aides running every aspect of it. Friends says she is decisive and pragmatic, perhaps more so than the candidate.
At a meeting last October, when some advisers were impressing upon Mr. Obama the importance of discipline and telling him he could not rely on oratorical talents alone in a national campaign, he began offering explanations. One participant recalled that Mrs. Obama cut him off, saying, "We're talking about you right now." He did not say another word.
Now she is traveling as much as three days a week, headlining events and becoming an attraction in her own right. Aides say that she will not make policy speeches or attack other candidates, and Mrs. Obama says that she makes a sharp distinction between her role and that of the campaign staff.
For instance, after the first Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina in April, she walked on stage and gave her husband a big hug. But she did not offer a critique of his performance because, she said, she wants to keep her marriage "sort of stress-free, free of the discussion, free of the analysis, free of the assessment."
Instead, she serves as roaming ambassador. For African-American audiences, Mrs. Obama is one of their own, with a more familiar background than that of her husband. At a black church in Cincinnati last week, the audience mmm-hmmm-ed approval throughout her speech.
To female audiences, Mrs. Obama emphasizes her struggle to balance travel, work meetings and homework detail. Last Monday, for instance, Mrs. Obama zoomed out of bed, to the airport, onto a flight to New Hampshire, through two campaign events and a McDonald's drive-through, then back to the Midwest and into her two daughters' waiting arms.
"I wake up every morning wondering how on the earth I am going to pull off that next minor miracle of getting through the day," she said at a "Women for Obama" event last month in Chicago.
Most politicians draw a curtain of privacy around their families. Mrs. Obama takes voters into daily life in her Chicago kitchen (where Mr. Obama sometimes fails to put the butter away, she says), and even, with an anecdote about an overflowing toilet, her bathroom.
Such patter draws a contrast with the lives of other presidential contenders, including those of John Edwards, who lives in a 28,000-square-foot mansion; Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor whose remarriage has strained his relations with his children; and Mrs. Clinton, with her past marital trials.
"I think that that sort of statement is all about the Clintons, and it's also designed to resonate with middle-income Americans who have quote unquote normal marriages in which the spouse at home calls the other and asks to bring home a bag of salad," said Nancy Beck Young, a history professor who has made a study of first ladies and will teach at the University of Houston this fall.
Mrs. Obama is learning political wife speak: She claims, for example, she has not thought very much about what kind of first lady Mrs. Clinton was. She still shows flashes of frankness, especially about the cost of Mr. Obama's political career.
The couple once pledged to give their daughters — Malia, now 8, and Sasha, 5 — the kind of dinner-together-every-night childhood that Mrs. Obama had growing up in Chicago. Now, the senator is mostly on the road or in Washington.
Although Mrs. Obama describes her husband as a loving father, she worries about the actual amount of fathering he is doing. Mr. Obama has acknowledged in his book that his absences caused tensions when the girls were younger. And his wife initially resisted his presidential ambitions, fearing the impact on their family life.
"Barack and Michelle thought long and hard about this decision before they made it," said Valerie Jarrett, a family friend.
Even before the presidential race, life was a whirl of how-does-she-do-it multitasking for Mrs. Obama, with 4:30 a.m. treadmill sessions and meals prepared at lightning speed. "She's kind of low on the Martha Stewart scale," said Verna Williams, a longtime friend, "more like Rachael Ray, get it done in 30 minutes." To help out, Mrs. Obama's mother will retire this summer from her job as a bank secretary and care for the girls more frequently.
The Obamas began their careers as equals, and Mr. Obama is fond of saying that his wife has the skills, if not the experience or patience, to run for office. But now she is ceding her career to his, reducing her time at the hospital to a 20 percent commitment (and her paycheck to $42,436 from $212,180), though she remains on the board of TreeHouse Foods, a supplier of Wal-Mart.
She expresses no regret about scaling down her job at the hospital, where colleagues say she excels at tackling thorny problems. But this winter, after spotting a book on the Obamas' coffee table celebrating Mr. Obama's Senate victory, her staff created a matching volume of her accomplishments. Mrs. Obama wept when she saw it.
At campaign appearances, Mrs. Obama gets approving reviews. "People do judge a candidate by his wife — or her husband," said Lynne Snierson, a marketing executive who has watched countless candidates trudge through New Hampshire.
When Mrs. Obama mentioned her daughters at an event in New Hampshire, one woman cooed about "bringing laughter back to the White House," while two retirees whispered that she was the picture of "everyday elegance" in her red sweater set and smooth flip of a hairstyle.
It was the same perfectly calibrated look reflected in a recent cover of Ebony magazine. Seeking to make the couple look as presidential as possible, Harriette Cole, the magazine's creative director, said stylists at the photo shoot offered Mrs. Obama a strand of West Wing-appropriate pearls.
She had already brought her own.
A front-page article yesterday about the role that Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, is playing in his presidential campaign rendered incorrectly a word in a quotation from Valerie Jarrett, a friend of the Obamas who commented on their decision that he would run. She said in a telephone interview, "Barack and Michelle thought long and hard about this decision before they made it" — not that they "fought" long and hard.
A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: Michelle Obama Adds New Role to Balancing Act. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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She's Not Buttering Him Up APRIL 25, 2007
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Purple Heart recipients honored at Commission meeting
Photo courtesy of Dennis Filler.
Purple Heart recipients and veterans with the courthouse staff.
Tucker County is now considered a Purple Heart County. A proclamation was read at the meeting, which stated, "The mission of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, chartered by an act of Congress, is to foster an environment of goodwill among the combat wounded veterans and their families, promote patriotism, support legislative initiatives, and more importantly, make sure we never forget."
Three Purple Heart recipients were honored at the meeting, including Daniel Evans, Truman Phillips, and Lester Hinkle. Family members of recipients and veterans were also honored at the meeting. All of the courthouse offices were present at the meeting in honor of those who served.
Tucker Community Foundation Development Director Kelly Stadleman asked the Commission for $5,000 for the 12th annual Run For It event. Over the previous five years, the Commission contributed $45,000 to the event.
Stadleman reported that the Commission's investment return was over $750,000. Tucker Community Foundation is seeking to raise $110,000 for the project.
"What I like about the event is, that it not only engaged over 700 Tucker Countians in a healthy activity, but the impact of the money that goes to over 20 organizations is impacting thousands of people," Commission President Diane Hinkle said.
The Commission will consider this proposal during their budget meetings in March. "It's a win, win situation, we know that. We just have to wait until our budget," Commissioner Lowell Moore said.
The Tucker County Libraries presented their recent projects and missions. For this year, they requested the $11,000 in funding as they received from the Commission in years passed, plus an extra $1,000. Again, the commissioners asked the libraries to wait until the they consider their budget.
County Clerk Sherry Simmons reported that the clerk's office received $8,660 in grants for the 2018 fiscal year to restore and encapsulate the assessor's 1899 land book, to purchase three computers, and a scanner system.
Office of 911 Director Brett Ware presented the January statistics. There were 514 requests for service, "Which is approximately 200 more than average," Ware said. The office is seeking to reduce the number of 911 hang up calls they receive.
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Dunkirk City Hall is located at 342 Central Avenue, Dunkirk NY 14048; phone: 716-366-0452.
The first settlers came to Dunkirk as surveyors marking the western boundary of New York State in 1790. The area at that time was known as Chadwick's Bay, in reference to its natural harbor on Lake Erie. The name Dunkirk was given to the village by Elisha Jenkins, a trustee of the Dunkirk Land Company and a proprietor of the village. After conducting business in France, Jenkins renamed Chadwick's Bay for the bay at Dunkirk, France. Dunkirk was incorporated as a village in 1837.
Much of Dunkirk's history has been the result of canal and railroad expansion. Dunkirk was settled predominantly by those who hoped it would become the western terminus of the Erie Canal. After much speculation, Buffalo was chosen over Dunkirk in 1841. The shops maintained by the railroad stimulated the local economy until 1869 when the Erie Railroad moved to Buffalo. The shops were reopened in 1870 as the Brooks Locomotive Works, later to become the American Locomotive Company. The town's industrial base was strengthened further when the Atlas Crucible Steel Company came to Dunkirk in 1891.
Gobrecht, Larry, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Dunkirk Post Office, in United States Post Offices in New York State -- 1858-1943, thematic resources, nomination document, 1986, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.


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BTS' 'Dynamite' tops Global Top 50 on Spotify
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SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- The hit song "Dynamite" by K-pop superstars BTS has topped Spotify's main chart, making the band the first K-pop act to achieve the feat, the group's agency said Sunday.
The K-pop septet's EP garnered 7,778,950 streaming hits on Friday (Korea time) on the Global Top 50 chart compiled by music streaming service provider Spotify.
It marks the highest streaming record by a K-pop song on Spotify on the day of release this year, Big Hit Entertainment said.
The song beat the previous record by "How You Like That," a hit by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK that won the No. 2 spot in June.
In addition to the Spotify chart, "Dynamite" rose to the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 104 countries and regions as soon as it was released.
The upbeat disco-pop song is BTS' latest release after the album "Map of the Soul: 7 — The Journey" was rolled out in Japan in July.
In a press conference held online Friday, the group said "Dynamite" was a "refresh project" for themselves and was meant to send out cheerful, bright messages for people across the globe who are going through a hard time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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