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Delta, Ball State alum Nichols nearing baseball broadcast milestone with Dayton Dragons
August 4, 2018 stvkrh905	2 Comments
An Indiana native is about to reach a baseball broadcasting milestone with an Ohio-based team in Michigan.
Tom Nichols, a Muncie native, will work his 4,000th minor league game (radio and television combined) on Wednesday, Aug. 8, if the Dayton (Ohio) Dragons of the Low Class-A Midwest League are not rained out between now and then.
All Dragons games (140 during the regular season) are broadcast on WONE 980 AM and http://www.daytondragons.com.
In his 31st season as a baseball play-by-play announcer and his 11th in Dayton, Nichols is in some rare company.
Jim Weber (Toledo Mud Hens) and Howard Kellman (Indianapolis Indians) have been at the mike for more than 40 years and have done upwards of 6,000 games apiece.
Larry Ward (Chattanooga Lookouts) has been on the call for more than 35 years.
By his calculations, Nichols trails Curt Bloom (Birmingham Barons) by a few games. He counts Bloom as his longest friendship in the business. Though Bloom is a year older than Nichols, they share the same birthday — Feb. 9. They first crossed paths in the Carolina League and then for years in the Southern League.
"I'm sure I'm in the top 10, but not sure if I'm in the top five," says Nichols of the longest current radio voices in the minors.
Nichols, 54, was born in Muncie, Ind. At age 7, he became a fan of Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine."
Al Michaels was the Reds play-by-play from 1971-73 and young Tom only missed games when he was playing himself.
Marty Brenneman took over Michaels' role in 1974 and is still the No. 1 man in the Reds booth. For years, he was paired with former Cincy pitcher Joe Nuxhall.
"You used to be able to your ride bike through neighborhood and listen to the game because someone would have Marty and Joe on there porch," says Nichols. "In those days, only 10 or 15 games were televised."
Another way to keep up with the Reds — and baseball — in the '70s was by subscribing to The Sporting News. The publication came in the mail each Friday and Nichols devoured the box scores and stories after getting home on the school bus.
He played baseball at Delta High School in Muncie, where he graduated in 1982.
While at Ball State University, where he got his diploma in telecommunications in 1986, Nichols called high school football, basketball and baseball for WWHC in Hartford City and one season of Ball State baseball for WERK in Muncie.
He was the news director WLBC in Muncie for almost three years after college when he got his professional baseball broadcasting break.
Getting up the nerve to call Kellman for some advice, he was presented with the opportunity to be a No. 2 voice when musician duties took away.
Nichols did that during the 1988 and 1989 seasons.
"I'm eternally grateful to Howard Kellman for giving me that opportunity," says Nichols, who has taken the opportunity to pay it forward mentoring young broadcasters as they serve as his second during Dayton home radio broadcasts, take the whole game when Nichols is on the TV side and work extensively in media relations.
"I do that because somebody did it for me," says Nichols. "We've had one every year. Many have gone on to be No. 1's."
Owen Serey was in Dayton in 2008 and went on to be the voice of the Midwest League's South Bend Silver Hawks.
Jason Kempf was with Nichols and the Dragons in 2017 and 2018 and is now the No. 1 for the MWL's Quad Cities River Bandits in Davenport, Iowa.
Others who assisted Nichols in Dayton and moved on to lead play-by-play roles include Mike Couzens (Fort Wayne and now with ESPN), Brendan Gulick (Delmarva and now in Cleveland area radio), Keith Raad (Staten Island) and Alex Vispoli (Winston-Salem, Frisco and then the Ivy League).
Bill Spaulding has carved his niche in the broadcasting world by calling Olympic sports for NBC.
While Nichols is with the Dayton all-year and does many things including speaking engagements and has come to thoroughly enjoy audience Q&A's, the Dragons No. 2 position is seasonal — March-to-September.
Nichols' first No. 1 gig was with the Kinston (N.C.) Indians of the Carolina League, where he worked for the 1990 season. Jim Thome (just inducted into the Ball Hall of Fame) led the future big leaguers on the Cleveland Indians-affiliated team. A couple others of note were Curtis Leskanic and Robert Person.
He came the Midwest League to lead airings of Peoria (Ill.) Chiefs games in 1991-92. There, he got frequently have former Harry Caray sideman Jimmy Piersall as his analyst.
"He had a tremendous knowledge of the game and was very colorful person," says Nichols of Piersall. A Chicago Cubs farm team at the time, Nichols followed the exploits of future MLB players Brant Brown, Mike Harkey and Amaury Telemaco.
Moving over to the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Wizards (Minnesota Twins), Nichols surveyed action from since-razed Memorial Stadium — aka "The Castle" — and saw future big leaguers LaTroy Hawkins (who went into the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January), Torii Hunter, Corey Koskie, Matt Lawton and A.J. Pierzysnki come through town from 1993-96.
Nichols' career path took him south to present diamond descriptions to fans of the Mobile (Ala.) BayBears (San Diego Padres) from 1997-2004. Matt Clement, Doug Dascenzo, Brian Lawrence and Jake Peavy were among those on their way to the majors. Lawrence is now the pitching coach for the Midwest League's South Bend Cubs.
During much of the time Nichols was in Mobile, he was also an executive director for a franchise management company — Victory Sports Group.
From 2005-07, Nichols was director of broadcasting of the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the independent Northern League. Jermaine Allensworth, an Anderson, Ind., product who had played in the bigs, was with Gary in 2006-07.
Nichols took his current position — Director of Media Relations & Broadcasting at Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball — prior to the 2008 campaign. Dayton's affiliation with the Reds was one of the things that attracted him about the job.
Over the years, he has got to have former Reds sit in with him. That list features Todd Benzinger, Tommy Helms, Lee May, Ron Oester, Jim O'Toole and many more.
Hall of Famer Joe Morgan was on the TV broadcast with Nichols this season.
"That was a thrill for me," says Nichols, who was also pleased when he got to regularly interact with one of his boyhood idols — Ken Griffey Sr., when the former Red was Dayton's hitting coach in 2010.
Indiana's own Tucker Barnhart (who was with Brenneman and others for the 2018 Reds Caravan stop in Muncie) plus Zach Cozart, Didi Gregorius, Billy Hamilton and many others have been Dragons and later big leaguers during Nichols' tenure.
When a Cincinnati player makes a rehabilitation appearance with Dayton and the Reds don't play at the same time, flagship WLW often picks up the Dragons broadcast.
In his one game on the Reds Radio Network, Nichols worked the 2017 Reds Futures Game with color man Jeff Brantley and former Cincy broadcaster Jim Kelch.
"Put this one in the win column" is the phrase Nichols uses to cap every Dayton victory.
He says he may have subconsciously picked up descriptive phrases from all those years of listening to Reds broadcasts and recordings of them on his parent's living room stereo.
But other than the win-capper, Nichols makes it a point not to have signal calls.
He had the belief reinforced by Ernie Harwell when they spent the day and worked side-by-side with the Hall of Fame broadcaster for the 1994 Midwest League All-Star Game in Fort Wayne.
"He told me, 'People tune in for the game, not for you," says Nichols of Harwell. "When you put yourself ahead of the game, you're cheating your listeners."
Nichols does not cheat on his homework either.
"Preparation is key," says Nichols. "I believe in that strongly.
"That's the most important thing. The more experience you get, the better you get at preparing."
Nichols gathers plenty of facts and has them at the ready to use during the game. He knows that he has a three-hour broadcast to fill. On the road, that's solo. He familiarizes himself with players and coaches and any pertinent storylines around the Dragons or the opponent.
He has at his ready a sheet full of the "last time" nuggets. Who was the last Dayton player to go 4-for-4 or hit three home runs in a game? His list tells him.
For the past two decades, Nichols has been using a ledger-sized scorebook that he devised with the help of veteran Adams, Blackford and Wells County radio man Bill Morris. It gives him room to right in facts about each player, including key statistics. For opponents, he will list things like their college and draft round.
"This way you're not looking through a media guide," says Nichols. "Without wasted time, you can quickly mention how many homers has if he just hit another one.
"It is time-consuming. But if you're willing to put in the time, there will be rewards."
The most rewarding thing to Nichols is spending time with family.
His parents — Tom Sr. and Fran Nichols — are retired and live in a country house outside Muncie during the summer months and in Marco Island, Fla., other parts of the year. He was a firefighter in Muncie and she an accountant.
Tom Jr. is the oldest of three. There's also brother David Nichols and sister Kelli (Nichols) Dulaney.
David Nichols is a former Delta basketball player who was one year ahead of Matt Painter (now the Purdue head men's basketball coach) and played hoops at Huntington University. He works in claims resolution in Indianapolis.
"David is the better athlete," says Tom Jr., who was inducted into the Delaware County Athletic Hall of Fame in the coaches, contributors, media, officials category in 2009. "I was very average."
Uncle Tom is close with David's two children — Kaylee Nichols (a volleyball player at DePauw University in Greencastle) and Matthew Nichols (a former Delta basketball player).
Kelli is employed by Delaware County 911.
With his trusty ledger-sized scorebook in front of him, Tom Nichols broadcasts a Dayton (Ohio) Dragons baseball game. He is in his 31st season as a play-by-play man — 11th with Dayton — and is nearing his 4,000th game broadcast, most of those on radio and about 200 for Dayton on television. (Dayton Dragons Photo)
Tom Nichols, a graduate of Delta High School and Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., does a stand-up during a Dayton Dragons telecast. Nichols has been doing minor league baseball play-by-play since 1988 and has been a No. 1 voice since 1990. He started in Dayton 2008. (Dayton Dragons)
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RoundTripper, Indiana Mustangs founder Estep emphasizes work ethic, grades, playing with fire not anger
June 28, 2018 stvkrh905	7 Comments
Providing instruction and tools for players to get better and helping them get to the next level.
Chris Estep has been doing that for more than two decades. He founded RoundTripper Sports Academy in 1993 in Hamilton County, Ind. In 2001, RoundTripper and the Indiana Mustangs travel organization has been housed in a 40,000-square feet facility in Westfield.
Estep, an Indianapolis native, was an All-American at the University of Kentucky and was selected in the 12th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He began has career as an instructor and coach after retiring from minor league baseball in 1992.
When he's not traveling with a team, Estep is at RoundTripper giving up to 12 lessons a day or conducting classes with players with ties to many different organizations.
"When I'm here, it's contact teaching," says Estep. "On the road, it's constantly marketing the players and working to try to get them signed."
Estep is proud to see long list of RoundTripper and Indiana Mustangs alumni going on to higher levels of baseball and giving back to the game as coaches, scouts, instructors and tournament directors.
Among those are current or former big leaguers Micah Johnson, Dillon Peters, Kevin Plawecki, Drew Storen, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Tommy Hunter, Lance Lynn and Cory Wade.
Former Mustang and RoundTripper employee Blake Hibler is now program director/event manager for Bullpen Tournaments at Grand Park in Westfield.
"This is a place they grew up and it's pretty awesome," says Estep. "You've got guys out their teaching and coaching the game the right way."
The Mustangs field 17 baseball and four softball travel teams in 2018.
Much of Estep's focus right now revolves around the 17U baseball team. Former pro player and current scout Mike Farrell manages the team, Chase Estep is an assistant coach and Chris Estep does his part to help athletes through the college recruiting process.
"Our biggest thing is making sure we're getting all the kids signed," says the elder Estep. "We've had up to 20 colleges in every game we played in. They're evaluating these guys.
"The process moves very quickly when they identify the kid they want. We have kids who are not committed that have interest from 15 to 20 schools. They still have choices."
Estep, 51, notes that verbal commitments can be made at any time, but players can't sign a letter of intent until they begin their senior year.
He sees the current trend of early commits and shakes his head.
"Slow down a little bit," says Estep. "Nobody knows what this kid is going to be in eighth grade or their freshman year. Nobody has any idea.
"You may think he has this trajectory. But he may be what he is in that freshman year. Conversely, you may have a pipsqueak that grows to become this unbelievable dude."
Estep says it's too early to knowing what a player at 12, 13 or 14 will be at 16, 17 or 18.
"If anybody can tell you what they're going to be, they're lying to you," says Estep. "You don't know that until he turns 16.
"You may have a fully-developed kid at 13 and 14. All he's going to do is get hairier. He's a big, strong kid. But all he's got is what he's got.
"Now it's going to be up to his work ethic."
That player may not be getting any bigger, so they need to continue developing their skills, learning how to hit for power and to all fields, getting in the weight room to increase their strength and doing what they can to enhance their speed by a tick or two.
"If the skill sets are good, it all comes down to work ethic," says Estep. "Every kid that comes (to RoundTripper) for a reason. They want to play at the next level — whatever that level may be. The thing they'll get from us is how hard they need to work.
"You don't have to take 25,000 lessons. You take a lesson and you have your marching orders of what I need to work on that week."
Players are asked to answers a series of questions.
How many swings are you going to take?
How many throws are you going to make?
How balls are you going to block?
How many ground balls are you going to take?
How many fly balls?
Are you going to work on your angles?
"The game is just not hitting or defense, it's all of those things," says Estep, who has built a reputation in the baseball world and relationships with college coaches and pro scouts.
"When you've been in the business for 25 years, they start to trust that you might know what you're doing," says Estep. "So they listen to what you might have to say and what your evaluation is.
"As long as your honest about what the kid can do and how he projects, they'll watch them play and say 'you're dead on.'
"You cannot be used car salesman."
Shooting straight with players and parents also helps the process.
"When you get to this level, parents have to pretty good idea of what their kids are," says Estep.
Estep says it all comes down to the 16U and 17U summers.
"That's where (college recruiters) are putting their real (player) boards together," says Estep. "They call the 16U year 'The Arms Race.' Everybody's looking at arms. They're seeing position players. They all want to gobble up catchers, shortstops and center fielders.
"They're the ones making the big bucks so they should know what they're doing."
Many times, college coaching jobs are dependent upon winning and claiming championships.
But priorities can change prior to a player signing on the dotted line.
"(Players) can get a commitment, but come November they can get a phone call (from the college) saying, 'listen, we went in another direction,'" says Estep. "Now the kids out there flopping in the wind."
Estep and his staff also emphasize the importance of good grades.
"They must understand what the ACT and SAT can provide for you," says Estep. "The academic money is a big deal."
Only 11.7 baseball scholarships are offered yearly at the NCAA Division I level. It's 9 at NCAA D-II, 0 at NCAA D-III and 12 for the NAIA. For the National Junior College Athletic Association, it's 24 for Division I and II and 0 for D-III.
In the past week, Estep talked with one school and learned that an 1150 SAT will bring a player $20,000. The Mustangs have a half dozen players who have the baseball skills and SAT scores high enough to get interest from Ivy League schools.
Learning to stay cool when the heat is on is another important lesson taught by Estep.
"Baseball is a massive game of failure," says Estep. "You have to control your emotions. We tell kids, 'anger is not your friend.'"
In other words: The sport can't be played in a blind rage.
"We see them turning corners and getting a little better every year," says Estep. "It's fun to watch.
"Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong in playing with fire. There's a very thin line between playing with fire and playing with anger. Anger sets you up for failure. Playing with fire allows you to succeed."
Estep has watched Indiana baseball enjoy growth in recent years. He submits the 2018 IHSAA State Finals as one piece of evidence of the high level. Fishers edged Indianapolis Cathedral 4-3 in Class 4A. Andrean bested Silver Creek 6-1 in 3A. Boone Grove shaded Southridge 5-4 in 2A. Daleville defeated University 4-2 in nine innings in 1A.
"It was phenomenal," says Estep, who completed his 10th season as University head coach in 2018. Guys played great. Everyone is extremely well-prepared.
"I was so impressed with how the Indianapolis Indians and IHSAA ran things (at Victory Field)."
Then there's the explosion of travel baseball and player development.
"At facilities like ours, you're seeing them preparing themselves and honing skill sets," says Estep. "They're trying to reach their fullest potential."
The game has also grown with the help of talent identifiers like Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report.
"(PBR Indiana owner/director) Phil Wade is doing a phenomenal job," says Estep.
The 17th annual RoundTripper Showcase is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 26. Coaches from 50 or more college programs are expected to attend.
RoundTripper Sports Academy and the Indiana Mustangs travel organization were both founded by Chris Estep in Hamilton County, Ind.
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Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative launches repo...
Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative launches report with focus on youth
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, YOURS News
Every year in Commonwealth countries over 210,000 people are killed in road crashes and millions more are seriously injured. Today road traffic injuries are now the leading cause of death for children and young people aged 5-29 years. This is a major challenge for the Commonwealth as over 60% of its countries' population is under 30. Road safety in the 53 countries of the Commonwealth is very diverse. Fatality rates in road crashes range from 3 to above 30 per 100,000 population. However, in nearly all Commonwealth countries fatality and injury rates are rising rather than falling. Across the Commonwealth, the level of road deaths remains unacceptably high and urgent action is required to prevent the loss of over 2 million lives in the decade to 2030.
Tragically, road traffic injuries are reaching crisis proportions globally and we lose over 1.35 million people and seriously injure many millions more every year. Road trauma does not affect everyone equally, with inequalities seen between world regions and a death rate 3 times higher in low-income countries (where progress appears to have stalled) compared to high-income countries. It affects greatly the most vulnerable in our communities, our children and young people, as well as the most vulnerable on our roads, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. This all paints a picture of why road trauma is still very much a public health concern.
The expert panel meet in London on 8th December 2019 to launch the Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative Report.
The report places a special focus on youth and calls for meaningful youth engagement with young people in road safety as beneficiaries, leaders and partners to be part of the solution and be seen as assets in road safety. (Recommendation 4 - reducing road trauma of children and young people):
There is a strong potential for youth action for road safety, for example, by supporting the safe routes to school campaign of the Child Health & Mobility Initiative, better road design & speed enforcement to protect vulnerable road users, and effective road safety education & training. Such initiatives are also closely linked to other priorities in sustainable transport such as improving air quality, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting healthy lifestyles. Neglect of these issues are estimated to result in the deaths worldwide of 350,000 children and young people each year.
There is also a strong case for meaningful youth participation in road safety in line with the Commonwealth Youth mission to 'Engage and Recognize Young People'. When decisions or road safety programs are being made, or when policies are being developed that concern young person, they have the fundamental right to co-decide on these issues. Active youth participation creates stronger policy outcomes for this unique demographic of society. Young people can and should meaningfully participate in all stages of decision-making in road safety, especially for policies designed for youth, where they exist. Young people have a role to play during the development, implementation and evaluation of road safety initiatives and it is crucial to ensure that road safety initiatives foster meaningful participation with youth that avoid manipulation, decoration and tokenism. Young people have a massive opportunity to improve road safety through active engagement in road safety and stimulate positive road safety change as bene ciaries, partners and leaders in road safety across the Commonwealth.
Putting Road Safety on the Commonwealth Agenda
HRH Prince Michael of Kent speaking at the launch of the Commonwealth Expert Panel Report.
Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning, I am delighted to welcome you all to the Royal Society of Arts. We are here to launch the Memorandum and Expert Recommendations of the Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative. Our aim is to put road safety on the Commonwealth agenda. And briefly this morning I would like to tell you why.
The Commonwealth has a proud record of encouraging knowledge sharing and co-operation among its 53 member countries. It promotes networks of expertise and shared interests in every world region. Commonwealth leaders have well established commitments to the sustainable development goals, especially for health and a strong focus on the well being of young people. But to date the Commonwealth has not actively engaged with the issue of road injury prevention. With respect I think this is a missed opportunity.
According to the World Health Organisation, Commonwealth countries suffer over 500,000 road fatalities every year. And today road injury is the world's number one cause of death of children and young people between the ages of five and twenty nine. What more reason do we need to recognize road safety as an issue of relevance to the Commonwealth?
That is why I am very pleased that the Towards Zero Foundation has launched the Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative. The CRSI has brought together a distinguished panel of experts, co-chaired by Dr Agnes Binagwhao and Iain Cameron. Their work has resulted in clear recommendations to the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Kigali, Rwanda next June. They have set out a compelling case for Commonwealth leaders to devote some of their important discussions in Kigali to road safety. I am looking forward to hearing from the co-chairs very shortly.
With many High Commissioners here today, I would like to take the opportunity to encourage you all to send back to your capitals the positive case for Commonwealth co-operation on road safety. As the CRSI experts will explain there are great opportunities for sharing best practice in road injury prevention across the Commonwealth. Among Commonwealth countries there are world-class centres of excellence and expertise in road injury prevention and in others, there is an urgent need for capacity building in road safety policy-making, legislation and programmes. This is why I believe the Commonwealth is very well placed in the decade ahead to bring together this potential supply and demand for stronger road injury prevention.
Commonwealth action would also be very timely as next year important meetings will determine a new 2030 framework for global road safety co-operation. In February the Swedish Government is hosting in Stockholm the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. This meeting will reflect on the results of the current UN Decade of Action and hopefully set a new target to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030. Then in April the UN General Assembly will hold a special debate on 'Improving Global Road Safety' which is expected to endorse the main recommendations of the Stockholm Ministerial Meeting.
These important high-level events are another strong reason why Commonwealth leaders meeting in Kigali should reflect on how their countries can refocus and re-energise their road safety commitments.
I am very grateful to the Swedish Government for enabling me to host a special lunch for Commonwealth Ministers attending the Stockholm meeting. This will allow us to share the CRSI recommendations with Ministers and I hope to build the case for including road safety on the Kigali agenda. I have just sent invitations to all Commonwealth Transport Ministers and I would greatly appreciate the assistance of High Commissioners to ensure that as many as possible come to Stockholm. The Ministerial meeting and our side event will be a great opportunity to discuss with us the issues we are sharing with you today.
We are also very much look forward to contributing to the Kigali meeting next June. I am very pleased that the High Commissioner for Rwanda, Her Excellency Ms Karitanyi is with us today. Together with Dr Binagwhao and the University of Global Health Equity we plan to organise a side event on road safety. We also hope to engage with other stakeholder events such as the 12th Commonwealth Youth Forum which will bring over 1,000 young people to Kigali.
And that brings me back to the question why should the Commonwealth put road safety on its agenda? Over 60% of the Commonwealth's combined population is under 30. We know that children and young people face the gravest risk of road traffic injury. So I think perhaps we should put the question in another way. How can road safety not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth?
Read the report here
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The Heartbreaking And Uplifting Story Of Quinitta Underwood
By Waldo Rastel Feb 15, 2012, 9:30pm EST
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Quinitta Underwood's story starts long before she became one of the top women amateurs in the US. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
This story is horrific in its detail and inspiring in its potential. The New York Times had one of the top amateur Olympic hopefuls, Quinitta 'Queen' Underwood tell her sordid tale of growing up. The tale of a father who put out such a good image that he was featured in the 'Family Portrait' column in The Seattle Times. However, he had a secret. He beat his young daughters frequently and started to rape them on a regular basis as well. The mental and physical abuse this man put both Quinitta and her older sister through is absolutely staggering. Please read the full article no matter how painful and heart wrenching the story gets (Warning: It's painful).
After the girls told their mother about what was going on, her father was arrested and was given a sentence of only 7 years. Quinitta was a great athlete in high school and wanted to enlist in the Air Force. However, she fell in with the wrong crowd and started to value drugs and alcohol over all other pursuits. She was saved from this terrible life by one thing, boxing. She wasn't very good at it in the beginning; in fact she had a terrible showing in the 2006 nationals. This initial failure only motivated Quinitta to dedicate herself further to the sport. Now she is one of the favorites to make the US Olympic Team in London 2012. Quinitta is an inspiration to anyone who has been abused in his or her life. More on the Queen's journey through the Olympic Trials will follow later on tonight.


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Augusto Bracca (23 April 1918 – 25 December 2012) was a Venezuelan  folk composer.

Biography

Bracca was born in Trinidad de Orichuna, Apure.  In addition to his activity as a composer, he became a singer, through the help of Cándido Herrera, who also helped him in the interpretation of his compositions.

Augusto Bracca recognised in the singers José Catire Carpio and Juan de los Santos Contreras (El Carrao de Palmarito) two of his best interpreters. The former recorded, among others, two of the most famous pieces in his career -  "Mi llano es un paraíso" and "Mi rancho llanero", and the latter made popular the famous piece "Chaparralito llanero".

There are many other singers who have successfully interpreted works of Augusto Bracca, for instance Eneas Perdomo, and Roiman Meza with the song Traigo polvo del camino, Cristóbal Jiménez with  Dios te puso en mi camino, and Edith Salcedo, who recorded Amorcito de mi vida; also the Cuarteto Pueblo, María Teresa Chacín, Quinto Criollo, Lila Moreno, Juan Galea and Lilia Madrigal. The compositions of Bracca have travelled beyond the borders of Venezuela, to become favourite pieces of singers like Javier Solis, Olimpo Cárdenas, Irma Dorante and the Mariachi México.

Some of his most famous songs are: A mi ranchito escondido, Alto Apure, Amorcito de mi vida, Chaparralito llanero, Cariño lindo, El beso que te di, El negro José, Fiesta llanera en Elorza, Lindo amanecer, Traigo polvo del camino yo no olvido mi llanura, Qué bonito es Camaguán, among others.

Bracca died in Guasdualito, Apure, on December 25, 2012, aged 94.

See also
Venezuela
Venezuelan music

References

 Venezuelan cuatro blog

1918 births
2012 deaths
Venezuelan composers
Male composers
Venezuelan folk musicians
People from Apure

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December 10, 2010 by Adel Crag
Einformation – Tree Removal outside 41A Farrar Lane
Publisher: Cllr Barry Anderson:
Some of you may have noticed that an oak tree has been removed outside of the above property and this action has caused concern with a number of local residents as to why this was allowed to proceed.
I was first notified about this at 8.30am on 7th December by a local resident. I took this up with the Council's Forestry section who are the Department that usually authorise work that is done to Council Highways trees as based on the information made available to me I made the assumption that the tree was on Highways land. As a result of my enquiry Mr. Rolf Neugebauer the Arboricultural Officer visited the location very quickly to ascertain what was happening.
In précis Mr. Neugebauer advised me of the following:
The owners of the property contacted the Council's Sustainable Development Unit who are responsible for issuing Tree Preservation Orders to ensure they did have permission to remove the tree and this was given.
The reason the request was put forward in the first instance was that there was subsidence at this property and Mr. Neugebauer had seen this for himself and did consider it to be of a serious nature.
It had also come to light that in Mr. Neugebauer's opinion that despite information given to the owners to the contrary that the tree is on Highways land and he has undertaken to ensure that the definitive map of the area is updated accordingly but this will entail obtaining proper legal confirmation of the land ownership but in the meantime it was his view that the owners of the property had taken all required steps and these had been duly authorised.
Since then I have been in touch with the house owners and have been furnished with the following information:
The text of a letter from the house owners
"Dear Neighbour
As you may have noticed, the oak tree outside of our house (41A) has been removed. It is with regret that on the advice of our insurance company and a structural engineer we had to take the decision to remove the tree due to the huge amount of damage it was causing to our house.
The tree and its roots were taking so much moisture from the ground that the house was suffering from severe subsidence causing significant cracking to the front of the house, both downstairs and upstairs, because the house was being pulled towards the tree. The subsidence has been so bad that at its worst during the summer, we could see the outside world through the gaps in the window frames in the upstairs bay because the front of the house moves according to the amount of moisture being taken out of the ground.
Oak trees can drink up to 2000 litres of water a day and the roots can extend up to 3 times the size of the tree's canopy which means that the tree could also have been affecting your property. If you have ever experienced large cracks in your walls which fluctuate in size throughout the year then it is likely that you have had subsidence caused by the oak tree. We are not yet sure whether or not the roots have affected the drains but we will let you know if this is the case and if it is likely to affect your property.
We made every effort to find out who owned the tree contacting both the council and Land Registry but neither of them could provide us with any answers. Having done all we could to establish ownership, it seems that under certain legal presumptions the area up to the middle of the road belongs to the adjoining householder, which is why we have had to assume responsibility for the tree.
We hope that you understand why we were left with little choice other than to remove the oak tree. We really didn't want to have to do so as we loved the tree but in the end it came down to a choice between our home or the tree and we chose our home. We hope that you would've done the same.
If you would like to talk to us about anything, please feel free to call in."
It is my understanding based on contact with the house owners that they carried out the following actions:
They contacted their house insurer who sent a surveyor and in his report he concluded that the house is suffering from subsidence caused by the close proximity of the oak tree and its roots and that the only way to remedy the situation would be to remove the oak tree. As a result, the house owners contacted the council and the land registry to find out who owned the tree and the land which the tree stood on. The council confirmed that the council did not own the tree, there was no TPO on it and that consent was not needed from the council to carry out any work to the tree. The land registry also confirmed that they did not know who owned the land.
Hence based on the information above and the comments by the Council they instructed their contractors to remove the tree.
As stated above I am aware that this action has caused some residents to become very concerned at this action and why it occurred and the hope that it does not set a precedent for the future and this point has been made to Mr. Neugebauer who has confirmed he will be taking the appropriate steps to sort out the misunderstanding that has occurred within the Council and caused the problem that was not of the house owners making. The problem was one of the fact that two Council departments did not speak to each other and there has been an obvious gap in the process within the Council's internal procedures.
I hope the above goes some way to explain what happened and the major point I have made to the Council as a result of this is that they need to get their procedures sorted out. They need to improve the accuracy of their database as I had always been told they did not put TPOs on Council-owned trees and this had been accepted by myself and residents, in good faith, who had tried to get TPOs put on to trees they felt might be in danger. In order to ensure that something is done I am trying to set up a meeting between myself, Mr. Neugebauer and Robert Dracup who is the officer responsible for TPOs in the city so that I can point out to them the problems they have caused in the area.
I'm also trying to identify some funding sources so that a number of new trees can be planted in the area covered by the Cookridge Garden Covenant as for many and varied reasons a number of trees have been lost recently.
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A. "Parsu" Parasuraman
Board Member Since 2022
A. Parasuraman ("Parsu") is considered one of the most influential figures in the field of services marketing and service quality, and is widely known for his work on SERVQUAL, E-S-QUAL, and the Technology Readiness Index (TRI). He has published over one hundred articles in prestigious academic and management journals. In addition to coauthoring Marketing Research, a college textbook, Dr. Parasuraman has co-authored books for management audiences including Delivering Quality Service: Balancing Customer Perceptions and Expectations, Marketing Services: Competing Through Quality, and Techno-Ready Marketing: How and Why Your Customers Adopt Technology (with Rockbridge president Charles Colby). He is a Professor in Marketing and Director of PhD Programs at the University of Miami school of Business. He collaborates with Rockbridge on the National Technology Readiness Survey and consults for Rockbridge on measurement and service quality issues for clients.
University Affiliation:
EducationPublicationsAwards
D.B.A., Indiana University (1975); Major – Marketing; Minor fields – Quant. Bus. Analysis & Statistics
M.B.A., I.I.M.-Ahmedabad, India (1972); Major – Marketing
B. Tech., I.I.T.-Madras, India (1970); Major – Mechanical Engineering
Parasuraman CV 2021
Recognized by Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science as one of the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers(https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly- cited/2020/?utm_campaign=EM1_Highly_Cited_Researchers_Recipients_SAR_Global_2020_EN& utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua); one of around 20 scholars in the overall business discipline from among around 100 scholars listed in the "Economics & Business" category.
Recognized by Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science as one of the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers(https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly- cited/2019/?utm_campaign=EM_1_Research_Smarter_Newsletter_SAR_Global_2019_December&utm_medi um=email&utm_source=Eloqua); one of five Marketing academics in the "Economics & Business" category, which contains a total of 113 researchers across all economics and business disciplines.
Recognized by the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, as the "Distinguished Alumnus of the Doctoral Program" (April 2019)
Recognized by the American Marketing Association Higher Education Special Interest Group (AMA Higher Ed SIG) as the recipient of their 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for "distinct accomplishments and dedication to the area of higher education in the marketing discipline."
Included in 2017 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers(https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/campaigns/highly-cited-researchers-2019- archive/?utm_source=HCR&utm_medium=recognition_page&utm_campaign=2019); one of five Marketing academics in the "Economics & Business" category, which contains a total of 93 researchers across all economics and business disciplines.
Appointed by Bocconi University (Italy) to serve on their Committee for Appointments and Promotions for a two-year term (2016-2018).
Recognized by the American Marketing Association for "lifetime achievement and contributions to the field of marketing," with the naming of one of the workspaces in AMA's new Global Support Center in Chicago as "Parasuraman's Grateful Room" (August 2016).
Recipient of the Bank of America Senior Faculty Research Award, School of Business Administration, University of Miami for "sustained, outstanding, and continuing contributions to scholarly research in the field of business and noteworthy contributions to building and maintaining a strong research environment at SBA" (May 2016).
Inducted as a Fellow of the American Marketing Association (one of only four inductees selected for 2016: https://www.ama.org/academics/Pages/2016-AMA-Fellow-Inductees-Announced.aspx).
Appointed to the International Jury Team of experts to assist the Federal Government of the UAE in the evaluation of different government entities as part of their "Vision 2021" Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program (2016).
Included in 2014 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers(https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/campaigns/highly-cited-researchers-2019- archive/?utm_source=HCR&utm_medium=recognition_page&utm_campaign=2019); one of eight Marketing academics in the "Economics & Business" category, which contains a total of 95 researchers across all economics and business disciplines.
Appointed as Distinguished Visiting Professor for a second two-year term (2014-2016) at the Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), largest public university in Malaysia.
Appointed as an external member of the Center for Services Leadership (CSL) Faculty Network Executive Committee at Arizona State University (December 2014).
Inducted as an Academician member of the International Academy of Quality—IAQ (January 2014).
American Marketing Association's 2013 Gilbert A. Churchill Award [an award given by the AMA Market Research Special Interest Group for lifetime achievement in the academic study of marketing research].
Appointed as Honorary Guest Professor of South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China) for a three-year term (2013-2016).
Appointed as a Member of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Supply Chain Integration and Service Innovation at South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China) for a three-year term (2013-2016).
Appointed as an external member of the Executive Steering Committee of the Center for Services Leadership (CSL) at Arizona State University (September 2012).
Appointed as Distinguished Visiting Professor for a two-year term (2012-2014) at the Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), largest public university in Malaysia.
Appointed as Honorary Fellow of the METEOR Research Group, Maastricht University, Netherlands (June 2012).
Proposal for establishing a "Global Consortium of Service Research Centers" submitted to the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) in response to a CFP for their Ideas Challenge competition was recognized as one of eight winning proposals out sixty-four that MSI received (2012).
American Marketing Association's 2012 Paul D. Converse Award [an award given out once every four years to 4-5 marketing scholars for significant contributions to the field].
Recipient of Honorary Doctorate, Maastricht University, Netherlands (January 2011).
Appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of "Custommerce," a nonprofit organization charged with promoting customer service excellence throughout India (2010).
Appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Service Innovation, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (2010).
Appointed as a member of the International Advisory Panel for the "Dubai Model for Government Service Delivery," commissioned by the Government of Dubai (2010).
Honored by regular MBA students as the "Best Elective Course Instructor" in their 2-year program (May 2010).
Honored by EMBA (Management Group) students as the "Best Professor" in their 2-year program (December 2009).
Society of Marketing Advances' "Elsevier Distinguished Scholar Award" (November 2009).
Designated by the Center for Services Leadership (CSL) at Arizona State University as a member of their CSL Distinguished Faculty (March 2009).
"Parasuraman Service Excellence Research Prize" – an annual research award established in April 2008 by Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University in Dubai to encourage pioneering research on service quality, service excellence and service innovation by scholars in the Middle East.
Appointed as "Honorary Professor" by the Oslo School of Management, Oslo, Norway (March 2008).
Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Business Administration, University of Miami, 2007.
Designated as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Customer & Service Science Lab (CSSlab), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2007.
Designated as a Fellow of the Center for Services Leadership (CSL), Arizona State University, 2007.
Designated as an "International Fellow of the Service Research Center (CTF)" by Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden on the occasion of the CTF's 20th anniversary on October 5, 2006.
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science "Outstanding Reviewer Award" for 2003-2006.
Designated as one of two Senior Fellows of the Center for Excellence in Service (CES), Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2005.
Outstanding Research Award, School of Business Administration, University of Miami, 2005.
"Distinguished Alumnus Award" Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2005.
Named "Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science," 2004.
Journal of Retailing "Outstanding Reviewer Award" for 2003.
Academy of Marketing Science's "Outstanding Marketing Educator" Award, 2001
Selected by students as the "Best Professor" in their two-year EMBA Program (Nassau, Bahamas), University of Miami, 2000.
American Marketing Association's "Career Contributions to the Services Discipline Award," 1998 [an annual award bestowed upon one individual who has had a sustained and far-reaching impact on the field].
Provost's Award for Scholarly Research (university-wide award), University of Miami, 1998.
Selected by students as the "Best Professor" in their two-year EMBA Program, University of Miami, 1998.
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Business Administration & Graduate School of Business, Texas A&M University, 1993.
Selected as one of the "Ten Most Influential Figures in Quality for 1988," by the editorial board of The Quality Review, co-published by the American Quality Foundation and the American Society for Quality Control.
Outstanding Research Award, College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University, 1987.
Business and Technology Research (BATR) Faculty Fellow, College of Business Administration, 1984 (one of two such fellows selected).
Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award (for distinguished teaching among all associate instructors, university-wide) given by Indiana University, April 1975.
Distinguished Teaching Award (for distinguished teaching among School of Business associate instructors) given by the School of Business, Indiana University, April 1975.
G.P.A. of 4.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in Doctoral Program at Indiana University.
Indiana University Academic Fellowship, 1973 – 1975.
In the top 5% of graduating M.B.A. class in 1972.
Hindustan Lever Limited Industrial Scholarship, 1971 – 1972.
Government of India Merit Scholarship, 1970 – 1971.
Obtained Bachelor of Technology degree magna cum laude.
Merit Scholarship, I.I.T., Madras, 1967 – 1968 and 1969 – 1970.
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This function allows you to write nice looking labels over your charts. All the drawing parameters are given trough a $Format array. To learn more about this please read the Format array guide.
SeriesName is the name of the data serie on which we want to write labels.
SerieWeightName is the name of the associated serie containing the points weight.
Points is an array containing the position of the points where you want to write a label.
Customisation array - Tune up your label!
It is possible to customize the rendering by playing with this array. Providing a detailled configuration is not mandatory.
You can remove the label title setting NoTitle to TRUE.
You can force the label(s) title with OverrideTitle.
You can force the label(s) values(s) specifying each displayed values in the array ForceLabels.
You can draw a box marker over the data point setting DrawPoint to TRUE.
You can draw a vertical line over the data point setting DrawVerticalLine to TRUE.
You can specify the vertical line color with VerticalLineR,VerticalLineG,VerticalLineB,VerticalLineAlpha.
You can specify the vertical line ticks width with VerticalLineTicks.
You can specify the minimum label width with BoxWidth.
You can specify if you want to draw the serie color box setting DrawSerieColor to TRUE.
You can specify the size of the serie box with SerieBoxSize.
You can specify the vertical margin with VerticalMargin.
You can specify the horizontal margin with HorizontalMargin.
You can specify the name of the font to use with B]FontName.
You can specify the size of the font to use with B]FontSize.
You can specify the title color with TitleR,TitleG,TitleB.
You can specify the title background color with TitleBackgroundR,TitleBackgroundG,TitleBackgroundB.
You can specify the box gradient starting color with GradientStartR,GradientStartG,GradientStartB.
You can specify the box gradient ending color with GradientEndR,GradientEndG,GradientEndB.


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Music and Readings for Christmas, a major outreach celebration at St Finbar's Catholic Church, Glenbrook, will take place on Sunday 16th December. This includes St Finbar's organ played by Amy Johansen with opening and closing prayers by Father Jolly. Service commences at 7.30pm. 46 Levy Street, Glenbrook. There will be a request for donations ($15/$35 Families). For more information please call 02 4758 6067.
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth cordially invite family and youth (age 18-35) to join us for a Celebration Vigil for the Feast of the Holy Family. Saturday 29 December 2018 at 3:00pm. Join us also for pizza at 5:30pm. 116-132 Quakers Road, Marayong. RSVP to Sr Paula by 27 December via vocationscsfn@gmail.com or 0449 656 406.


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Q: multiple master pages for 1 calling page I have 2 master pages with same (href) links on top of the page. Now these links load on the same master page when clicked on (by requirement). The problem is both these master pages have same links, so basically the same page shall be loaded in the master page.
Now what i need is when the person is on Master Page 1 and clicks on the link it should load in the same page. Whereas if the user is on Master Page 2 and clicks on the same link, i should be able to change the master page from 1 to 2 and load that in Master Page 2. Something like DirectCast.
any ideas?

A: You can switch the master page in the Page_PreInit event.  For more of an explanation check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178472.aspx
It would look like
    void _Default_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.MasterPageFile = "NewMasterPage.master";
}

A: I don't think I fully understand your use case, but here are some ideas:

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*You could track which MasterPage the user is on through Session state, and use that to remember which MasterPage to show in subsequent visits.

*If you can alter the hrefs slightly, you could use a query string to indicate which MasterPage should be utilized.

*Depending on your application, you could store which MasterPage should be used in your database, tied to each user.

I assume you're dynamically switching MasterPages based on some logic, so it just comes down to choosing a method to store which MasterPage should be used.

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It was planned to review and update Guide 73 in tandem with ISO/CD 31000. The Work Item was cancelled on November 13th, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.
This new standard was intended to be consistent with ISO 31000 and to be designed to be a companion standard, providing guidance on working with disruption related risk applicable to both organizational and social objectives. The Work Item was cancelled in November 2016 on formal grounds.
The new standard was to provide guidance and current best practices for developping and embedding a framework and process of risk management in supply chain management applicable to any type of organization, and its supply chain, regardless of size. The Work Item was cancelled in November 2016 on formal grounds.


Please contact for a winter price list 2011-2012 as well as for information on tours available.
The area is teeming with great sites for adventure and is the perfect base for visiting as many of them as time allows. Trout and char fishing in this pristine area is world-class and it has still barely been discovered by guests from outside Iceland. The hotel is easily reached (almost without exception) by paved road all year round. We offer 16 rooms with private facilites & television and 4 suits. The hotel has a very good restaurant with a la carte menu, hot tub, sauna, solarium, wireless internet connection and even its own helecopter platform.
The Guesthouse Grái hundurinn is situated at Hjalla in Hallormsstadur just between The Household school and the elementary school. The house was built in 1952 by Hrafn Sveinbjarnason and was considered to be rather large. The house was sold to current owners in 2005, which took the ground level for total reconstruction and changed it from an apartment to guesthouse. The guesthose has room for 10 persons in 6 bedrooms. Four double room from which one has private bathroom. Two single and three double share 2 bathrooms.
The Guesthouse is run all year around and during summer time breakfast is served at the Hotel Hallormsstadur but in wintertime the guests have access to a refrigerator with prepared breakfast and coffee machine.
During the summer season the Grái hundurinn also offers accommodation in comfortable chalets on the premises.
Thorisstadir – Countryhotel is right by Road nr. 1 with a great view over Eyjafjörður. The location gives good option for day trips to places that have a lot to offer. For those who want to enjoy the countryside, beautiful nature and a peaceful environment.
11 dbl rooms with private facilities and 8 dbl rooms in 4 cottages sharing facilities in each cottage. 4 big cottages, fully equipped with kitchen, TV, bathroom etc. A hot pot on the veranda of each of the 8 cottages.
A nice dining room, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Wireless Internet connection. Conference facilities and parking. Hot pots in every bungalow. Rowing boats on the lake available to guests.
The cabins are in a Finnish style, all with hot bubs on the veranda.


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Feb 23, 2016 / Ben Hecht and Brandee McHale
Cities Build Up Innovation to Tackle Breakdown in Urban Infrastructure
In the City Accelerator's new Cohort III, cities will disrupt old ways of planning, prioritizing and budgeting for infrastructure projects.
Ben Hecht President & CEO, Living Cities
Brandee McHale Head of Community Investing and Development, Citi, and President, Citi Foundation
This post originally appeared on Governing.com/CityAccelerator on February 17, 2016.
The unfolding water contamination issue in Flint, Mich., which led to the declaration of a federal emergency, is the latest example of the challenges we are seeing across many of our nation's cities when it comes to aging infrastructure. From transportation and storm-water to broadband and energy efficiency, cities are juggling limited resources to build and maintain vital capital assets to meet even the most basic needs of residents, especially in low-income communities. It is estimated that the growing demand for infrastructure improvements totals more than $60 trillion nationally. Increasingly, cities and states have to cover these costs on their own, requiring enormous coordination and new financing mechanisms to address that large and growing need.
This redirection of funds can take a toll on a city's most vulnerable populations, diverting scarce resources from other critical services. Cities must develop their capacity to smartly resource their infrastructure priorities, so they can be better equipped to tackle issues such as poverty, education and job creation, and have more funding to do so.
Philadelphia is helping low-income residents through the application of behavioral economics or "nudges."
In the recently released 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, local leaders noted they are receiving little funding and support from the federal government, and are increasingly taking the challenge into their own hands. That's why Living Cities and the Citi Foundation have designed the third cohort of City Accelerator — an initiative that is helping 11 select U.S. cities foster innovation and collaboration among urban leaders — to test, innovate and codify new ways of building, repairing and maintaining much-needed infrastructure.
The City Accelerator is focused on standardizing emerging state-of-the art practices in the municipal innovation field and encouraging others to adopt them. In the first cohort, for example, Philadelphia is helping low-income residents through the application of behavioral economics or "nudges." By testing what impact changes to envelope sizes and handwritten letters make when communicating with taxpayers about rebates and subsidies, the city is gaining a new understanding about what motivates people to enroll in these programs. By providing the resources and structure for cities to work together in new ways, City Accelerator helps cities experiment more rapidly and effectively to develop scale-able solutions to systems-level hurdles.
Washington, DC is a high-growth city where there is an incredible urgency to secure resources for both existing and new infrastructure - including support for the Metro system.
Cities selected for this third cohort will disrupt old ways of planning, prioritizing and budgeting for infrastructure projects. Exposure to one another and cutting-edge financing models from across the country – and around the world – will help the cohort model more effective ways to overcome infrastructure financing challenges. Other cities will be able to draw lessons from the infrastructure finance cohort to apply to their own systemic roadblocks and improve planning and budgeting for addressing city infrastructure needs.
What the current situation in Flint shows is that, to meet the infrastructure challenges of our time, our cities require governments to think and act creatively.
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Saturday, April 13th from 9am-5pm!
Admission is $3.00 at the door only. 12 and under are free!


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Institute of Advanced Studies
2021 George Seddon Memorial Lecture
George Seddon Memorial Lecture
This lecture is co-hosted by the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies and the UWA Friends of the Grounds.
Earthquake Landscapes of Western Australia
The 2021 George Seddon Memorial Lecture by Professor Myra Keep, UWA School of Earth Sciences
Most of us know of the processes of geomorphology that shape our natural surfaces. Weathering and erosion from rivers, precipitation, wind and even ice play a key role in crafting the landscapes we see around us. Less well known are the effects of earthquakes on landscapes, over thousands to billions of years. Western Australia has a rich history of earthquake events, including at the present time, and the effects of these temblors, over a 2 billion year time span, form the basis of landscapes all over WA. From the Swan Coastal Plain to the Stirling Ranges, Gascoyne and Pilbara, the underlying control of earthquake structures can be seen all around us, and continue deep into our offshore areas. This presentation explores the interaction of seismicity and landscape in WA, from early in our geological evolution, to the present day.
Myra Keep is a Professor of Structural Geology and Tectonics at the University of WA. A former winner of the Premier's Science Prize (Science Ambassador of the year) 2013-14, her research involves examining fault evidence of earthquake activity, both onshore and offshore, and how very old geological structures affect present day events, including resources.
Emeritus Professor George Seddon AM
George Seddon (1927-2007) was an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Melbourne and a Senior Honorary Research Fellow in English at The University of Western Australia. He was a Fellow of the Royal Australian Planning Institute, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, and the Australian Academy of Humanities. His books include Swan River Landscapes, A Landscape for Learning and Sense of Place. He was awarded the Eureka Prize from the Australian Museum in 1995, the Mawson Medal from the Academy of Science in 1996 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Planning Institute of Australia. This annual memorial lecture honours his life and work.
A note for attendees at our event:
For the wellbeing of our community, we ask that attendees at our events please follow WA Health Recommendations. Please stay at home if you are feeling unwell. To find out more about current health measures for Western Australia, please read the latest Western Australian Government guidelines.
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Home ASP Galileo Int'l Enters Managed Hosting Services Business
Galileo Int'l Enters Managed Hosting Services Business
By Randy Scasny | January 19, 2001
Galileo International, Inc. (NYSE: GLC) today announced it has formed an alliance with EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) to offer new managed hosting services based on the EMC's E-Infostructure. Additionally, Galileo announced its participation in EMC's exclusive xSPerience Provider Program.
Galileo's new offering includes fully managed, scalable infrastructure and data storage resources in response to the growing number of customers with advanced, mission-critical, Web applications.
One unique feature of the offering is the ability to handle mainframe managed-hosting environments. Galileo will also provide traffic hosting for application service providers (ASPs) in a comprehensive environment for running network-based applications. Services will be provided at Galileo's world-class Data Center near Denver, CO.
"We are combining Galileo's 30-years' experience in managing large-scale systems in our world-class Data Center with EMC's unrivalled storage solutions that are part of the E-Infostructure," said Galileo's James E. Lubinski, executive vice president, Operations. "By offering managed hosting services as a new line of business, we are also creating value for Galileo through a new revenue stream complementary to our core business."
Galileo's membership in the xSPerience Provider Program deepens the company's 10-year working relationship with EMC, which now includes a 100 percent EMC storage environment across all of Galileo's mainframes and open systems platforms, providing better data manageability and superior information about customer data, such as capacity planning and historical analysis.


Meet Angie and Her Sweatshop!
Our line is born from Angie's 15 years in the clothing biz as a pattern maker, professional seamstress, and production manager, combined with husband Brian's home-grown silk screening methods. Between us, we have a fashion design degree and a textile art degree, so basically, we're both fabric nerds. And we're not above putting our 3 kids to work, either.
Luckily for you, we're fabric snobs, but we also believe in clothes that are wearable and washable. All of my pieces are made from 100% Japanese shirting cotton. We always prefer to use shirting cottons because they're a really tight weave, meaning that you can throw them straight into the washing machine and dryer with no shrinkage! Some of our customers treat their Angie's Sweatshop items delicately, washing by hand and carefully pressing before each wear. Others wash and dry on the highest heat and throw them on right out of the dryer. Just as the styles are flexible between work and play, we urge you to make your pieces your own!
All of our pieces are produced in small batches and then printed-to-order. Since all of the silk screening is done on pieces that are completely sewn, we print each one carefully by hand. Brian builds each printing frame in the backyard, and then stretches each screen himself. All of our inks are 100% water-based and non-toxic.
Don't see a color/print combination you have in mind? Just ask! There are so many potential fabric/print combinations that we couldn't possibly list them all on this site! Our print-to-order system keeps things flexible and fun. In fact, some of our best-selling skirts began as suggestions from customers.


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The Georgia Courts Journal
A newsletter for Georgia's judges highlighting the judicial branch across the state – both on and off the bench.
COVID Response in the Magistrate Courts
September 29, 2020 September 30, 2020 ~ gacourtsjournal
by Robert Aycock, Governmental and Trial Court Liaison at the Administrative Office of the Courts
On March 2, 2020, the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Georgia. As cases rapidly increased, it became apparent that the virus would present the state and its people with an array of difficult and unique challenges. As a vital aspect of society, courts of every level were forced to rise to meet the challenges and find ways to ensure that the administration of justice could be maintained in this crisis. One class of courts, the magistrate courts, are sometimes called the "people's court" as they are often the public's first point of contact with the judicial branch. These county-level courts handle a variety of issues including bond hearings, warrants, dispossessory proceedings, and small claim civil cases. The following article is based on interviews with the Chief Magistrate Judges of Camden, Cobb, and Harris Counties.
Left to Right: Judge Jennifer E. Lewis, Chief Magistrate of Camden County; Judge Brendan F. Murphy, Chief Magistrate of Cobb County; Judge Jennifer B. Webb, Chief Magistrate of Harris County.
Like nearly every other part of society, the court system had to react to the pandemic swiftly. To protect public health, the judicial system was forced to postpone many cases and focus on its most essential services. Many of these essential services such as bond hearings are handled by magistrate courts. Because of this, magistrate judges had to find ways to continue operating throughout the pandemic. Pre-existing technology proved immensely helpful to these efforts. All three of the interviewed courts already had some form of virtual hearing technology in place for either warrant applications, bond hearings, or first appearances. These tools proved invaluable in adapting to public health concerns, especially as the virus forced staff to fundamentally alter their working arrangements. At various times during the pandemic, both Camden and Harris County were forced to close their doors to the public either because of general safety concerns or due to outbreaks within the courts themselves. Cobb County was able to stay open 24/7 but rotated staff to ensure that social distancing could be maintained in court offices. Despite the stresses of the situation, at no point during the pandemic did any of the courts fail to find some way to continue operating in some form or another. Services may have been limited, and staff may have had to change how they did their jobs, but the courts never shut down and continued to serve the public.
A Continuing Crisis
During the early stages of the pandemic, many assumed that it would be a short-term event and that actives would return to normal sooner than later. However, as the weeks wore on and the virus persisted, judges and other court personnel realized that substantial and sustained changes would be necessary. To start, internal practices had to be modified. Judge Jennifer Lewis of Camden County stated that she had a glass barrier installed on the front clerk desk and also began to run the office on a rotating skeleton crew. In regard to court proceedings, all three counties have worked to increase the use of virtual hearings but have run into an array of issues. The most common problem experienced with virtual hearings are connection issues. Judge Jennifer Webb of Harris County spoke to one instance where a litigant took the hearing videoconference in their car as they attempted to find a suitable mobile connection.
Beyond connectivity, certain case types are not suitable for virtual hearings, and not all litigants wish to argue their case over the internet. Because of this, the courts had to find a way to offer in-person hearings while safeguarding the health of both the court personal and members of the public. This focus on public health is even more imperative in courts as they can compel people to be present. All of the interviewed counties mandate that all visitors wear a mask or face covering. While such mandates have proven to be controversial, all three Chief Magistrates stated that visitors largely comply with the mandate without major incident. This fact was largely attributed to effective and consistent communication regarding the mandate and that it was for the health of everyone including visitors. On top of the requiring facial coverings, the courts took various additional measures. Camden county spoke to sanitization efforts such as using disposable seat and table covers throughout the courthouse, and Judge Brendan Murphy of Cobb County explained how his court had replaced their traditional case calendar with a schedule that included a larger number of calendars that each have shorter case dockets.
Towards the New Normal
It is still too early to tell how long the pandemic will continue, but even when it subsides and society can return to something closer to normal, the changes brought about by COVID-19 will likely endure. All three Chief Magistrates stated that they hoped to continue using the technology they employed to improve their public service during the pandemic. A decrease in county budgets may complicate this effort for some courts, but it can be hoped that the COVID-19 crisis can lead to some sustained improvements across the judicial branch.
Regardless of how long the COVID-19 pandemic lasts, one day it will end, and the world will have the opportunity to look back and examine one of the most impactful events in recent history. When this happens it is, to quote Judge Murphy, "Imperative that we include court staff when we celebrate essential workers; they kept the wheels of justice turning."
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Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated by the Jain community commemorating the birth of Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism. It is the most important festival for Jains. Mahavira is the 24th and the last Tirthankara, who preached the essence of life, virtue and non-violence towards all living beings. On Mahavir Jayanthi, Jain temples are decorated with flags. The day of his birth is celebrated in a massive procession around the cities. The jains make offerings of milk, rice, fruit, incense, lamps and water to the poor people that day. All sections of the community participate in a grand procession. Lectures are held to preach the path of virtue.
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A huge congratulations to Hannah in Year 3 and Faye in Year 5 for winning top prizes in the Stockport Totally Local Christmas Competition. As runner-up, Hannah wins a family ticket to the Light Cinema in Stockport and, as overall winner, Faye gets to treat her whole class to a private screening of a film in the New Year! The competition received over 600 entries and was judged by the Mayor of Stockport. All entries will be displayed in the Light Cinema over the Christmas period.


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Spireites Defeat Stags
Chesterfield defeated local rivals Mansfield Town by a single goal as they progress through to the next round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Gary McSheffrey scored the only goal mid-way through the second half to secure their passage through to the third round of the competition.
Chesterfield made a couple of changes from the side that started against Morecambe on Saturday. In came Ryan Edwards, Jamie Devitt and Chris Porter replacing Tendayi Darikwa, Eoin Doyle and Ritchie Humphreys.
Chesterfield instantly started the game on the back foot. From the kick off, Sam Clucas had an opportunity to open the scoring, but Liam Cooper cleared off the line and away from danger.
The Spireites were nearly caught napping again on five minutes as Lee Stevenson found himself with a sight of goal, but Ian Evatt did enough to put the striker off and he skied his effort over the bar.
Stevenson was causing Chesterfield problems and again found himself with a clear opportunity to put the Stags ahead, but Tommy Lee stood tall and pulled off a wonderful save.
The North Derbyshire side had their first half chance of the game through Porter. Jay O'Shea's cross was kept alive by Devitt and with his back to goal, Porter could only hit the goalkeeper with his shot.
Hird received the first booking of the feisty encounter after he cynically brought down Colin Daniel on the edge of the area with only 15 minutes of the game played.
Chesterfield started to gain a foothold in the game and O'Shea tried an audacious effort from 40 yards, but his cheeky effort sailed over Alan Marriott's crossbar.
The Irishman was finding a lot of space in the midfield and unleashed an effort mid-way through the first half from 25 yards out, but it wasn't troubling the Mansfield goalkeeper.
Calvin Andrew started to find holes in the Chesterfield backline and nearly opened the scoring for the Stags on two occasions. Goalkeeper, Lee blocked his first effort and the striker blasted his other effort wide of the goal.
With five minutes of the first half remaining, Devitt and Cooper quickly entered the referee's notebook. Both players caught their marker late and the official brandished the yellow.
As two minutes of additional time was announced, Chesterfield earned themselves a free kick, 25 yards out and Devitt's effort was well saved by Mansfield stopper, Marriott.
The second half started at somewhat of a slow pace with chances coming few and far between.
It was the Spireites that should have opened the scoring seven minutes into the second half. O'Shea picked up the ball out wide and whipped a superb ball into Porter, but the striker couldn't control and the effort went wide.
The striker, on loan from Sheffield United, was causing the visitors more problems minutes later as he headed a Jimmy Ryan cross wide.
It was the Spireites who was in the ascendency and Irishman, O'Shea forced Marriott into another save, which he tipped over and out of play.
As Chesterfield were dominating, the home side nearly caught them on the break. Clucas fed Stevenson, but Hird was back on the line to clear the danger.
Chesterfield goalkeeper, Lee was forced into action once again and pulled off another beautiful save to deny, Daniel. The attacker found himself one-on-one with the keeper, but he stood firm and saved from close range.
A quick free kick almost caught the home side out. Gary McSheffrey played the ball through to O'Shea; he turned his defender but he dragged his right-footed effort wide of the near post.
The Spireites took the lead on the 72nd minute through McSheffrey. Hird's ball into the box was well contested by Porter and the ball broke perfectly to the former Coventry man to comfortably tuck home into an open goal to give the Spireites the lead over their local rivals.
The game was held up for ten minutes after the goal as defender, Sutton was injured as he collided with Porter and the goalkeeper during the Chesterfield goal.
Astonishingly, 14 minutes of added on time was announced due to Sutton's injury. Mansfield forced a succession of corners which the Spireites defender superbly.
Chesterfield midfielder, Ryan, was the fourth player to receive a booking as he kicked the ball away after the referee blew the whistle.
The Spireites made a couple of substitutions during added on time as Darikwa and Olly Banks were introduced in place of Devitt and goal scorer, McSheffrey.
Substitute, Banks, who was making his Spireites debut, picked up the ball on the half way line and drove at the defence, but his effort was struck well over the bar.
With only a minute remaining, Lee pulled off another wonderful save to deny substitute Palmer a goal. He tipped over the striker's effort from the edge of the area to preserve the Spireites lead.
They could have made it more handsome towards the end of the game as Porter had a chance to double the lead, but his effort was struck over the bar.
Mansfield Town: Marriott; Sutton (Jennings 83'), Dempster (c), Riley, Murtagh, Stevenson (Palmer 87'), Clucas, Beevers, McGuire (Howell 70'), Andrew, Daniel.
Subs not used: Rhead, Meikle.
Chesterfield: Lee; Edwards, Hird, Evatt (c), Cooper; Ryan, Morsy, Devitt (Darikwa 90+4), O'Shea, McSheffrey (Banks 90+10'); Porter.
Subs not used: Chapman, Togwell, Brown.
Goals: Mansfield Town 0 - 1 Chesterfield (McSheffrey 71')