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Grantsville junior Whitney Wangsgard pushes the ball toward the goal during an August 2018 home game against Cyprus. Wangsgard, who has 83 goals over her first two high school varsity seasons — leading the state in goals each year — hopes to lead her team to a deep run in the Class 3A state tournament this season.
Tooele senior Makenna McCloy and Stansbury junior Reagan Didericksen each finished among the top goal-scorers in Class 4A girls soccer last season. They will return in 2019 to lead their teams in the pursuit of a Region 10 championship and a potential high seed in the Class 4A state tournament.
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Soccer season kicks off today
Three Tooele County teams dare to dream big in 2019 ♦
The 2019 high school girls soccer season officially gets under way today across the state of Utah with the first games kicking off this afternoon.
As the season begins, optimism is running high for all three of Tooele County's teams, as Tooele, Stansbury and Grantsville all believe they have what it takes to make some noise this season.
Each team boasts one of the state's top scoring threats — Tooele has senior Makenna McCloy, Stansbury features junior Reagan Didericksen and Grantsville is led by junior Whitney Wangsgard.
The three teams also boast talented goalkeepers in Tooele's Maddy Lyman, Stansbury's Ainsley Thurber and Gracey Hinton and Grantsville's Adalyn Enslen.
However, that represents only part of the story for the Buffaloes, Stallions and Cowboys.
Here's a closer look at each team.
GRANTSVILLE COWBOYS
Last year: 9-6-0 overall, 3-5-0 in Region 13 (fourth), lost 2-1 to Juab in first round of Class 3A playoffs
First game: Aug. 13 vs. West Jordan
First Region 13 game: Sept. 5 vs. Providence Hall
The scoop: Grantsville has an experienced, talented team returning, and looks to be competitive in a loaded Region 13.
"We've got two powerhouses in our region with Judge and Morgan," Grantsville coach Travis Lowry said. "We're hoping, knowing what we're up against, we can go battle with them. I think we'll end up pretty much middle of the region and hopefully, that will set us up for a decent state game."
The Cowboys are led by Wangsgard, a junior who led the state in goals in each of her first two seasons — scoring 43 as a freshman and 40 as a sophomore. She has a strong supporting cast, including sophomore forward Elizabeth Whitworth, senior midfielder Laura Sandberg, junior midfielder Alyssa Roberts and senior defenders Raegan Carter and Erin Hurst.
"Whitney is a total predator," Lowry said. "She can score at any time she's a threat. What's really exciting is that our two center midfielders (Roberts and Sandberg) have been working with her for the past couple years, and their whole goal is to feed the predator, feed the animal. That's not even coming from us coaches — they've worked on their own skills and their own game in the offseason to make that their priority. Instead of just hoping, their whole goal is to keep (Wangsgard) busy, and they're pretty good at it."
Enslen returns for her sophomore season in goal for Grantsville, and has worked hard to refine her game over the summer, Lowry said.
"We're really excited about our goalie," he said. "Adalyn has been to quite a few camps this offseason. She even got invited to the EXOS camp down in Phoenix, and that was a camp that sought her out for her skills last year as a freshman."
The Cowboys will have to replace some key pieces, as both of last year's center backs graduated. However, if they can get things sorted out on their back line, they could contend for a home playoff game under the Utah High School Activities Association's new playoff format, which uses a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) to seed the teams for the postseason.
"I think we're right in the middle of our region, and that probably puts us toward the top of our state, to be honest," Lowry said. "That's why we scheduled some (Class) 6A teams. Hopefully, that will get us some better points and results."
TOOELE BUFFALOES
Last year: 4-11-1 overall, 3-9-0 in Region 11 (sixth), missed postseason
First game: Today at Hillcrest
First home game: Thursday vs. Kearns
First Region 10 game: Aug. 21 vs. Cedar Valley
The scoop: Coach Stephen Duggan knew this year's team had potential, but what he's seen through the first week of official practice has surprised even him.
"I'll be honest about it — the girls have surprised me," Duggan said. "The girls are further along than I thought they would be at this stage."
McCloy scored a team-high 12 goals last year as a junior, but with a rapidly improving team around her, those numbers should increase in 2019. She'll get help from fellow seniors Lyman, Rosslyn Stone and Gabby Asay as leaders of a group eager to prove itself in a wide-open Region 10.
"Makenna is a huge part of the team and she won't just stand out on our team — she'll stand out in the region and she'll stand when we play in state as well," Duggan said. "She's at that level."
Duggan lauded the improvement of a number of underclassmen, particularly sophomore Sydnee Gustin, junior Cami Eldredge, junior Liz Lundwall and sophomore Cecily Wolfe. Eldredge, in particular, has taken over a major role as a passing midfielder and should give the Buffaloes' offense a boost, as should a new possession-focused style that Duggan said his team has taken to like "a duck to water."
"Cami Eldredge, above everybody, has taken to that role and that understanding of the game at a level that has really caught me unawares," Duggan said. "Some of the passing — she's playing with her head up, she's seeing the passes early and she's playing like a quarterback. She's sitting back in the pocket and spraying the ball about, and her pass completion rate is phenomenal."
Ogden is the favorite to win the Region 10 title this season, but Duggan believes the rest of the region is up for grabs — especially with a Tooele squad he feels is capable of reaching the same heights as the 2017 team that advanced to the state quarterfinals.
"If what I've seen is right and I'm right about where we are about the progress we've shown and the progress we continue to show, I think we're going to be dangerous if we can keep everyone fit," Duggan said. "There's absolutely no reason why we can't scare Ogden, and there's absolutely no reason why we can't finish in the top two — there really isn't. That would be a huge achievement for us."
STANSBURY STALLIONS
Last year: 6-10-0 overall, 4-8-0 in Region 11 (fifth), missed postseason
First game: Today at Orem
First home game: Thursday vs. Jordan
First Region 10 game: Aug. 21 at Ogden
The scoop: The Stallions have a new coach in Spencer Call, and a young team with a boatload of talent. Stansbury will definitely have a new look this season, but that's not to say the expectations have changed.
"I believe we have the talent and the coaching staff to take it to the next level," Call said, noting the contributions of assistant coaches Michelle Moore and Dominic Silvestri. "I'm really excited. I think the talent's there and I'm really excited for what they left me and the tradition here. It's a really good tradition and I'm excited to continue that."
Didericksen led the Stallions with 15 goals and 33 points last year. Midfielder Chloee Corbett scored a pair of goals in 2018, while Merissa Redington scored once. Those three, along with Hinton and defenders Bethany Johansen, Rylie Klenk, Grace Woolsey and Lucy Jones will be looked at to step up into leadership roles for Stansbury, which doesn't have many players with much varsity playing time otherwise.
"You've got a lot of girls who didn't really have a whole lot of varsity experience last year — maybe they played 5-10 minutes a game, and they're right there," Call said. "I'm excited to see how they play. This really is a new team.
"I've got six or seven varsity players with varsity experience returning. I've got about 10 more who I think they have the talent, but who's going to step up? You never know until the whistle blows and you're on the bright stage. The talent's there, though."
Call has quite a bit of familiarity with the Stallions' freshman and sophomore classes, having coached in the Elite FC club program for several years. His goal is to mesh some of that young talent with the veteran leaders to build a team that can compete in Region 10 and be at its peak when the postseason begins.
"There's a ton of talent on this team," Call said. "(Former coach) Jeremy (Alverson) left me a very good cupboard of a lot of talented players who are still here."
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Best of the KLAA West: No. 4 girl, Grand Blanc's Gabrielle Anzalone
Bill Khan
The realignment of the Kensington Lakes Activities Association means the end of the KLAA West, which was home to Brighton, Hartland, Howell and Pinckney sports teams since the 2008-09 school year.
The KLAA West featured some great athletes during its nine seasons of existence. There were state champions, all-staters and others who were just outstanding all-around athletes in multiple sports.
This is part of a series on the top 10 male and female athletes in the history of the KLAA West as chosen by Livingston Daily sports reporter Bill Khan. Unlike our annual Livingston County Athlete of the Year selections, great single-sport athletes are recognized on this list.
TOP ATHLETES SO FAR
No. 5 male: Grand Blanc's Omar Kaddurah
No. 5 female: Brighton's Jenna Sica
No. 6 male: Brighton's Joey Clifford
No. 6 female: Milford's Rachel Barrett
No. 7 male:Hartland's Austin Eicher
No. 7 female: Brighton's Taylor Seaman
No. 8 male: Brighton's Luke Ready
No. 8 female: Brighton's Julia Dean
No. 9 male: Hartland's Matt Poches
No. 9 female: Howell's Veronica Pezzoni
No. 10 male: Howell's Bryce Lindberg
No. 10 female: Hartland's Maddie Pogarch
No. 4: GABRIELLE ANZALONE
School: Grand Blanc
Graduated: 2011
Sports: Cross country, track and field
College: University of Wisconsin cross country, track and field
Accomplishments: Anzalone was one of the top distance runners in state history, but her career coincided with others who were all-time greats. She ran to seven all-state finishes in cross country and track and field, but didn't get a state championship until her final race at Grand Blanc, the 3,200-meter run at the 2011 Division 1 state finals. Anzalone won a battle with future University of Michigan star Erin Finn of West Bloomfield, then a sophomore, in a personal-best time of 10 minutes, 23.07 seconds. It was the seventh all-state run of Anzalone's distance career. She was second in the 3,200 as a freshman, fifth as a sophomore after taking a fall and second as a junior. In cross country, she finished in the top five three times. She ran the third-fastest time ever at Michigan International Speedway in 2010, but it was good for only second place behind Rochester's Brook Handler in the fastest 1-2 finish in Michigan history. Later that fall, Anzalone took 11th at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in San Diego. Anzalone was fourth in 2007, fifth in 2008 and unable to run because of an injury in 2009. Anzalone was the 2011 Midwest Meet of Champions winner in the 3,200 in 10:29.48. Raced in the NCAA cross country meet four times at the University of Wisconsin.
Comment: "If I didn't have the competition, I wouldn't have been as happy as I was about winning," Anzalone said. "It really motivated me to continue working through high school and not to settle for anything. I knew I had to push that much harder and do that much more in order to get to where I wanted to be."

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Sail-WorldCruising.com Newsletter: Not a segue
Not a segue
Cruising cat sans stick after Cyclone Debbie went through Hamilton Island - photo © Supplied
No there is not one being built right now. And to some, the next item is even a dirty word. So before we get back in to talking about boats, as started last time in The School Bus, we are going to have a quick word on the subject of insurance.
It is true that the last 18 months have been particularly challenging for people all over the globe, as a result of weather conditions. Whilst reading away recently, I saw a note about an insurance renewal that had gone up by 20%. That is certainly significant, and obviously eye catching as well, but like always, a little further digging can reveal a lot!
The first factor to consider in the equation was the insured was moving the boat from the Mediterranean to Australia. This means a different taxing structure. There is Stamp Duty at 10%, and also the Goods and Services Tax of 10%. So the policy could easily be 20% more expensive just as a result of the taxes alone. In the new-age global economy, the world's largest insurers underwrite the sweeping majority of world's policies, irrespectively of where you, or your boat, are domiciled.
West end of Paraquita Bay, Tortola half way through Irma. Back side of eye yet to pass. - photo © Glenn Ashmore
That brings us back to weather, and certainly the catastrophes in places like the Caribbean, and Australia over the last 18 months have meant the insurers have had to make significant payouts. That means those global entities we just spoke about are substantially out of pocket, and like any business, they have to firstly survive, and then also show a return to shareholders. Equally, they too will have to go cap in hand for their own reinsurance, and all these costs will no doubt have a bearing on the final premium to be paid.
Need a quantum for that? Well the Australian insurer, QBE, declared an AUD1.2b loss the last financial year, and they are underwritten by the giant known as Lloyd's. Ultimately, whilst large, none of them are bottomless pits. Even if they had the Mariana Trench filled with gold bullion, you could argue that the value would be diminished if it were all used up, which is of course why Federal Reserves hold onto it in ultra-secure locations.
Ultimately you are left with it will be harder to secure cover for named storms, or the clauses presiding over them will be super stringent, but we'll leave all of that to the insurers and lawyers. You can take that up with your own insurer/agent, but the crucial element will always remain good seamanship.
Right oh. Back to all things boat like. In The School Bus we looked at how changes to many things had afforded a new type of sailor to hit the seas, what you are intending to do with your craft, what form your hull, or hulls, should take, and important bits like keels and rudders.
The 102ft aluminium ketch Maramar originally designed by Dominiqe Presle - Superyacht Challenge Antigua 2018 - photo © Claire Matches / www.clairematches.com
Construction and materials seems like the next logical step. Many a production GRP boat is now vac-bagged, and if done so with a vinylester resin, it does provide you with the strongest and lightest possible craft in the end. This is one of the reasons they can now offer such space down below.
Steel and aluminium should not be ruled out, however, for their strength is unsurpassable. Steel certainly needs good initial preparation and then lots of maintenance as time goes by. There are countless tales of the sailor who gets the paint tin out, the very moment there is a scratch. These days alloy does not suffer so badly from electrolytic reaction with the water, but you can check out all of that with a specialist corrosion surveyor.
Of course knowing if you are buying a production boat or a custom craft is important, but also with this, you go straight back to answering just where are you going, and what kind of cruising you're doing? There is a reason boats heading into the Arctic are metal, but if you are in the tropics, then they are as comfortable as a plastic or timber boat with a dark deck!
If you take something like an X-Yacht for instance, it has a steel keel box, which gives immense strength, and also piece of mind, but the other side of the coin is the cost. Still, second hand versions are more approachable, and given their initial quality, their overall appearance years later has not diminished greatly. A craft like this could offer a good compromise between a lot of the variables at hand.
So then. If all that we have done to date is at the waterline or below, then maybe it is time to reach for the stars. That of course means the spar, as well as the standing and running rigging. Now a cat has a cathedral rig, and the stays are large and aft to account for apparent wind and also the stiffness of the craft. Generally, they take a larger load further up range, as well.
Control lines all fed aft and within easy reach of the helmer and the powered winches - photo © John Curnow
I can always remember cruising monohulls with masthead rigs and huge, overlapping genoas. It was good for power and pointing, but gear changes had to happen early, and it required experienced sailors for most manoeuvres. Going to a fractional rig, these days more like nine tenths, in conjunction with a self-tacking jib, swept back spreaders, and then running all the control lines back to the helmer, IMOCA style certainly made short-handed sailing of large cruising boats all the more easier.
Of particular interest is to now see the deck sweeper furler being offered on production boats. This improves the light wind performance astronomically, and depending on your standpoint, looks way better than a sail above the fence. The Code Zero on its own furler out on the bowsprit has also come to the fore. Once only for light wind, they now go up range to the mid-teens and offer a very usable package across a great divide, and can go fairly deep too.
There was a time when a permanent baby stay was favoured to allow for a cutter rig in the light, and then run a Solent in heavy airs. The above package has removed this requirement somewhat, and with Genoa and Spinnaker Staysails having their own stay as part of the furler, the interesting element is that now just the one 'snake' could indeed perform all three jobs.
Michael Coxon, the Managing Director of North Sails Australia says, "This is very much a reality now, especially due to the benefits of 3Di technology. It is both strong enough, and light enough to perform across the range with totally safety, whereas previously your heavy weather jib would have been too inefficient to use in light airs."
"So we don't have to compromise with the design of the sail, and of course 3Di holds its shape for the life of the sail, because of its structure, and lighter weight with no membrane holding it all together. Downwind reaching and going uphill in heavy weather is now possible with the one sail."
Shearwater, 57 foot performance cruiser - photo © Andrea Francolini
The recent launching of the very state-of-the-art Shearwater express cruiser really places an exclamation mark next to all of this. She has no Diesel auxiliary, but two electric motors driven primarily by solar with a genset to back it all up, including powering her winches.
She very much personifies the new thinking, and if you look closely at Comanche, for instance, you'll note that her storm job is actually also part of her downwind package, eliminating the need to carry additional sails. As for the Code Zero versus asymmetric kite for cruising, Coxon explains, "It all depends on your performance requirements, as the Code Zero does not have as much roach on the front and back, so is a smaller triangle overall, but certainly these days does have the ability to work across a much larger wind range than previously."
If selecting the kite option, then the correct dousing equipment will also need to be deployed, because having spent so much time and effort getting everything to be simple, you would hate to have to work hard to get your kite down in a hurry.
Enjoying their spinnaker and all set for the douse with the sock in place. - photo © John Curnow
In closing, vessels like the ketches from Amel offer the power of a very substantial rig, but the quick and motorised ability to reef or shake all at the touch of button. If your budget extends to this, then it is certainly something that needs to be a part of your consideration set.
We'll come back with more, but in the meantime you will find that we have information for you about Antarctica, the Great Barrier Reef, North Sails, deliveries from Bavaria continue as they seek investors, apparel from Musto, shipwrecks, the South Pacific, corals, new Swan 78, new Beneteau 46.1, new and really good looking custom 57 (it's gold), the British Isles, saildrones, the ten best boat names, as well as much more. It is also really great to learn that the European Union looking to ban single use plastic.
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Team with one of their Saildrones - photo © CSIRO
So you see, there are stories, lessons, inspirations and history to regale yourself with. Please do savour… We're really enjoying bringing you the best stories from all over the globe. If you want to add to that, then please make contact with us via email.
Remember too, if you want to see what is happening in the other Hemisphere, go to the top and the drag down menu, select the other half of the globe and, voila, it's all there for you.
In the meantime, do you love being on the ocean? Well remember to love them back too. They need our help. Now more than ever! Until next time…
John Curnow, Editor, Sail-WorldCruising.com
ARC Europe 2019 - Entries now open!
As the participants of 2018 edition of the west to east transatlantic rally, ARC Europe, arrive at the mid-Atlantic sailing mecca of Horta in the Azores, the first entries for next year have already started rolling in.
The Great Barrier Reef has escaped death at least 5 times in the past 30,000 years
For the last 30,000 years the Great Barrier Reef has experienced all kinds of sea level rises, temperature changes, and sediment increases.
Caledonian Canal cruising
Lying in almost perfect alignment down the massive geological fault that is the Great Glen, are four natural Lochs. Loch Lochy, Loch Oich, the famous Lock Ness and Loch Dochfour.
New Oceanis 46.1 - Shaping the future of a bestseller!
The new Oceanis 46.1 is a superb progression of the bestselling Oceanis 45, which has been very successful worldwide and was awarded the title of "European Yacht of the Year" in the Family Cruiser category, in 2012.
Celebrating Mid-Atlantic Reunions (whatever the weather)
Sailors always talk about the weather. Before you leave a port all you hear is whether the weather will be windy or whether the weather will be wet. As sailors, we all watch the weather from wherever...
RYA launches Safety Advisory Notice in Boat Fire Safety Week
Compiled for the recreational boating community and first launched in 2014, the RYA Safety Advisory Notice offers a simple digest of critical safety issues including those that have arisen from incidents and tragic accidents in the past year.
Adaptable and driven by renewable energy, saildrones voyage into remote waters
In March 2009, engineer Richard Jenkins broke the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle by sailing a bright green sailboat on wheels across a dried lakebed in Nevada at 126 miles per hour.
Seven easy ways to boat safely and be kind to nature
Whether you are boating, fishing or on a sightseeing cruise, NOAA and our partners can help you safely enjoy time on the water and keep the marine environment healthy and protected with these tips
Get wise and get alarmed this RYA Boat Fire Safety Week
During the national 2018 Boat Fire Safety Week, the RYA and firefighters across the country will be urging boaters to fit and test smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
Swan 78 arrives in elegant style
The Swan 78.001 Haromi, the first of four already sold, designed by Germán Frers, has just been launched on an auspiciously sunny day in Pietarsaari. The cold waters of the Baltic became at once familiar with the beamy powerful hull of this 24-metre yacht
Vancouver Island Cruising Experience (VICE) 2018 Edition
There is no preparation for going offshore quite like being offshore. You can do this by joining VICE (Vancouver Island Cruising Experience).
Remote camera network tracks Antarctic species at low cost
An international research team has developed a simple method for using a network of autonomous time-lapse cameras to track the breeding and population dynamics of Antarctic penguins, providing a new, low-cost window
Three mistakes boaters don't want to make with a DSC-VHF Radio
For recreational boaters, sailors and anglers, having a Digital Selective Calling (DSC) VHF radio aboard to call for emergency help will always be the fastest way to summon assistance from your closest rescuers.
World ARC 2018 and Niue Tourism Centre
After departing Bora Bora almost two weeks ago, the "little fleet" encountered some challenging weather en route to Suwarrow however by the time the fleet arrived, the skies had cleared and Bijou was the first to enter this paradise atoll.
Study reveals how sub-tropical corals cope with the cold
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2018 Top 10 Boat names released
Boat names can reveal a lot about the personality, passion and life experiences of a boat owner. This year, BoatUS decoded the most popular boat names ordered through its online boat graphics and lettering service at BoatUS.com/BoatGraphics
Dare to sail to Alaska?
For the past seven years, Jim Rard, founder of Sail Alaska, has spent his summers leading a group of adventure seekers up the Inside Passage to Alaska.
Fun in Bora Bora
When last we wrote we were happily snorkelling the Coral Gardens in Tahaa in company with friends Rob and Sue on 'Athanor' and looking forward to a relaxing month or so ahead. However the best made plans etc.
'Holy grail' of shipwrecks laden with treasures worth £12.6 billion
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Explore in style on a Sunsail 47
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Continuous delivery resumed, Investor process started at Bavaria Yachts
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B&G's Vulcan Range: More affordable than you may think
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Gustave's adventures in the Mediterranean
One couple, three young children, a catamaran, and six months sabbatical to make the most of the Mediterranean. That was the project in 2017 for Jérôme Aubert, 40, and his wife Hélène, 35.
Scotland via the East Coast for Spring
It has been a great spot to hang out for a couple of very wintry months. The snow gave way to rain and cold wind for several weeks. An occasional glimpse of the sun was a welcome indication that spring was around the corner.
Passamaquoddy Bay
Long popular with New England and St. John area boaters, Passamaquoddy Bay is too often overlooked as a destination by cruisers from Nova Scotia.
Escape to an Ionian Idyll with Sunsail
The shimmering, mystical Ionian is where it all started for us, back in 1974, and has been calling to sailors for thousands of years. An intriguing and enchanting history surrounds this sun-baked region, filled with secluded beaches and storied islands.
Havana Cruising - The automotive dreams edition
While Havana has thousands of beautifully restored tourist taxi's, the city also has many more un-restored versions, doing just what they were built for, more than 60 years ago.
Partnership in Education Program begins 10th year
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The ultimate test on an unforgiving ocean
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West System International helps give young people an Oarsome Chance
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The Munch Museum
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The Stenersen Museum
Newtons colors
Shown on TV: 25 August 1986 NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) discovered that white light consisted of all colors. Helmut and Otto recreate the experiment. By sending white light through a prism they get a color range of seven colors. A rule of thumb for these rainbow colors are ROGGBIV. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
Colors in a messy room
Shown on TV: 09 December 1983 NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)Sendt:
What is really happening when we see different colors? Is a box painted red inside really red inside when the lid is on? We'll see how light consists of several colors and what it means for the colors we see, as in a rainbow. Anyone who has painted is acquainted with mixing of colors. Mixing yellow and blue becomes green. But what happens when we mix light?
Image of the sun captured by NASA
Posted: 04 April 2014 NASA
A mid-level flare, an M6.5, erupted from the sun on April 2, 2014, peaking at 10:05 a.m. EDT. This video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the flare in a blend of two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light: 171 Angstroms and 304 Angstroms, colorized in yellow and red, respectively.
CERN Besøk webside
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe.
They use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles. The particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.
Dawkins Foundation Besøk webside
Our mission is to support scientific education, critical thinking and evidence-based understanding of the natural world in the quest to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and human suffering.
NASA Besøk webside
A one-minute video of Asteroid Redirect Mission highlights featuring concepts of capturing an asteroid by encapsulation and robotically collecting a boulder from its surface.
The Munch Museum is a monographic art museum, dedicated to the life and work of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. In our museum at Tøyen, we have the world's largest collection of Munch's art, with almost 28 000 works of art in addition to personal effects, tools and even Edvard Munchs private library.
Audio Guide in Apple Appstore 16. juni 2014
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New poster 16. mars 2014
The big earthquake 7. mars 2014
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Dystopian, Fantasy, Sci Fi, YA/NA
Is YA Grimdark still YA?
Grimdark is "a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction that is particularly dystopian, amoral, or violent," according to popular sources.
It has spread thanks to the success of A Song of Ice and Fire, The Walking Dead, Dark Souls, and similar emotionally mutilating franchises. We are seeing new Grimdark pop up everyday in video games, film, TV, and books, even self-proclaimed Young Adult titles.
But I'm not convinced something can be YA and Grimdark.
To begin with, Grimdark is by definition excessively violent and lacking in moral standards. Young Adult books are definitely allowed to explore heavier themes. However, there are much stronger boundaries. What's acceptable for Mark Lawrence isn't necessarily acceptable for Morgan Rhodes.
Having a book belong in the YA section is about more than having characters under 18. (Just like Game of Thrones isn't Middle Grade despite having a seven-year-old as the first POV main character.)
Young Adult as a genre centers around growth, hopefulness, and coming-of-age.
There should be an underlying sense of optimism, even if there aren't your usual "happily ever afters." (This is why Romeo and Juliet is not YA.) Even The Fault in Our Stars ends with the promise of a future for Hazel. Regardless of how dark a YA book gets, it must always end on an encouraging note.
Endings can be bittersweet, but they cannot be Tragedies.
Young Adult is a popular genre and many people have tried to combine "on trend" genres to appeal to a wider readership. You see this in Romance, Sci-Fi, and ever other thing that has been popular or ever will be popular.
By definition, YA and Grimdark are two totally separate things.
You can have Grimdark. You can have YA. You cannot have a Grimdark YA. Those writers who attempt to mash Grimdark and YA are trying to mix oil and water.
I think Grimdark became popular because people were disillusioned with the "perfect hero" archetype. They wanted something more "realistic," and now I see Sci-Fi/Fantasy writers going off the deep end the other way.
I support books with tough topics and difficult themes 100%. All the same, the world is not pure doom and gloom any more than it is all white knights and faultless heroes.
Having gruesome scenes and themes does not make a story "deep" or "sophisticated."
Readers aren't stupid. We know when writers do things for shock value. It's not hard to tell that's the purpose of the violence and amorality the vast majority of the time.
I mean, why have a storyline when you can just murder everyone? There are stories where it's called for, but we've all read that book where it totally wasn't.
It's okay to have Grimdark. It's okay to have YA. It's just plain wrong to try mixing them to be "edgy."
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Decision Tree: Basel Convention on Functionality
Worst Reuse of a Computer
With the best of intentions, NGOs and representatives of Parties to the Basel Convention have designed a "decision tree" or flow chart to regulate the sale of used and surplus computers to emerging economies in developing nations. The strongest opinions expressed about the "Decision Tree" were submitted by Basel Action Network (BAN) an industry watchdog which describes its opinion of "export for repair" in this 2008 paper, Preventing the Digital Dump: Ending Re-Use Abuse. It lays out the basis for BAN and other NGOs breaking away from the interpretation of "repair" language in the Basle Convention interpreted by EPA, WR3A and R2. It's well written, and its flow diagram case for "tested working" and "fully functional" deserves scholarly attention.
The flow chart in BAN's paper appears to be based on a battery flow chart or a fluorescent lamp flow chart. Test it and see if it works before you sell it. That's where EPA started in the 1990s, before the more recent CRT Rule. It's attractive for its simplicity. When implemented, it would indeed reduce the number of bad units in a random load of collected computers. Unfortunately, it fails where it should stop the export of bad PCs, and also arrests exports of some good equipment. A computer is not a light bulb.
Electronics are more complex in their functions - involving software, magnetism in different hemispheres, upgrade availability, and demand fluctuations. Because of the complexity, the degree of human skill level becomes the determinative factor in whether a PC results in "waste" (disposal or discard of components which bear Annex III toxics, forbidden in Annex VII). I'm going to split this blog into two parts. First I'll look at how "functionality" tests fail to stop some wastes, where testing doesn't guarantee that no waste is produced. In a future post, I'll describe how "functionality" tests create false positives for waste - there are many repairs which produce no discards at all, and treating these repairs as exactly the same as dumping will cause the USA to destroy working products in high demand.
The BAN decision tree may be better than nothing. But in at least in some cases, shocker of shockers, the free market does a better job of preserving value and limiting waste than the "command and control" of used electronics exports. We hope to arrive at export rules 3.0 in the coming year.
The question is, can we safely depart from a simple test, like BAN has prescribed, without opening the barn door to rationalization, fraud, pretext and abuse? WR3A's proposal is to take a system which doesn't even reuse material BAN would accept, California, and then properly track the equipment California companies propose to ship, and see which materials got reused and which ones were junk. If we ship California monitors to the same refurbishing factories, replacing WR3A supplies, we can then look historically and compare how well the new E-Stewards suppliers do compared to historical shipments, tested for repairability and need (getting the right volume is half the battle). Both organizations will make progress if we rely on people smarter than me. Techs of Color.
Part I: Tested Working product produces waste. The BAN paper, in reaction to piles of e-waste on foreign shores, correctly describes how repair can become a pretext for exporting harm. My problem is that if they shut down supplies and don't replace them, it's a "war on drugs" approach which creates bad traffic. But aside from that, if the decision tree works as it is designed, can't it also provide the same pretexts?
To illustrate how well the BAN rules work logically, lets take some examples. I'll just grant that a smashed or cancelled tube with the vacuum released - as is required by California law - will not get exported, and that BAN's rules will capture the worst examples of junk exports in its net. But let's also look at 3 computers which pass all the functionality tests designed by groups such as E-Stewards.
"Internet-free, color-blind" market
Software Issue: The first computer is a working, functional Macintosh SE computer, made in 1992. All of its programs work. But it does not run java script, which means it is useless on most web sites. A few may sell, but these are not going to be sold by the thousands in a nation which needs internet, and an importer who winds up with them is more than likely going to scrap them.
If you can read this you're too close
Degaussing Issue: The second computer is a fully functional, tested working computer with a 2003 computer monitor which has had a good 3 hour burn in test. It worked when it left the USA, but it won't work when it arrives in the southern hemisphere. CRT manufacturers made CRTs for either northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, or neutral (equator), and there will be a picture distortion that makes text illegible. There are several fixes for this, from putting a magnet near the monitor to taking the monitor apart, flipping the tube, and reversing the wires. The point is that if the CRT is not sold to a technician (like WR3A works with), the person receiving the computer may think it doesn't work. Computers which are fully functional may still demand repairs.
"Los gringos agradable dejado algunos desechos funcionales para nosotros"
Elective Upgrade Issue: The third computer, also tested and fully functional, is sold with two sticks of 256k RAM memory. The retail buyer, unknown to the USA / EU shipper, is savvy about computers and elects to replace the two sticks of RAM with two sticks of 512k RAM. He doubles the memory of the computer and discards or recycles the two sticks of RAM.
These are not the only three examples of a repair, a recycling, or disposal "slipping through the cracks" of the decision tree model insisted on by Basel Action Network. TVs with analogue signals for USA can be exported to PAL or SECAM countries. Power supplies designed for 110 volt USA current may all be working, but they won't be used in a 220v country. And warranty repairs for used electronics manufactured in China cannot be legally refused under WTO agreements.
We do not want to panic and try to redesign a flow chart to further restrict trade as a solution to these problems. The best outcome is a "fair trade" agreement between prospective suppliers (e.g. R2 or E-Steward "e-waste" recycling companies) and repair people (e.g. WR3A and TechSoup Global parterns) in the developing world. WR3A drafts very detailed contracts, explaining how many of THESE and how many of THOSE computers a buyer can handle, and requiring the buyer to prove they can handle the types of refurbishing that may be warranted.
Binding civil law contracts are used to avoid sending obsolete but "working" products (example A), to ensure the buyer in the south has capacity to degauss the CRTs (a routine and simple repair for WR3A partners and contract manufacturers), and to require proper recycling of electively replaced parts, like the RAM in the computer they have upgraded in example C. These techs can be given incentives to do these things correctly, and to recycle properly in safe and humane conditions.
What I have learned, as a student of international relations, as a Peace Corps volunteer, as director of a non-profit recycling organization, as a recycling regulator, and as a small business person, is that the skill of a person creates value in an object. No matter how perfectly working a computer is, it will be useless in a village without electricity. And no matter how few Americans refuse to repair a cell phone, more people in emerging countries will choose to repair it. One man's trash is another man's treasure. But the use of a decision tree makes the "trasher" man the judge.
Good intentions set up a decision tree which treats a computer like an light bulb - good or bad, black/white. But the process of marketing that model of improvement involved denigration of opponents, casting the world in a black vs. white map of "exporters" and "stewards". The truth is that repair and refurbishing is sometimes NOT a pretext, and the buyers are smarter than you think.
Technicians in Ghana, Indonesia, Egypt and Pakistan need to meet the people drawing the diagram. The problem is Americans with strong opinions on either side - pro export or anti-export - may never fly over to Guiyu or Shenzhen or Accra or Semarang or Mumbai or Cairo. They may never meet the people who are going to burn or degauss the monitors, and never get feedback on the quality of goods - either "as is" or "tested working" - which they ship. If they have their cell phone repaired in New York or Paris, of course, they are extremely unlikely to encounter a WASP.
The Basel Convention allows Parties (countries) to interpret whether a repair is definitely legal under Annex IX B1110, or counts as "major reassembly" (not allowed). The environmental officials in these countries have other choices than to keep their people offline (though some I suspect consider that a benefit), or to continue to rely on white people to make new computers for them. The representatives of the Parties are getting to see lots of pictures of kids sitting in ash piles, but they are not getting to meet Techs of Color.
Without question, the people I trade with in developing nations are smarter about technology, reuse and repair, and in many cases recycling as well, than the "nanny state" regulators who try to protect them from buying the equipment they need and can afford. The fact that Hamdy knows more than Robin Ingenthron or Shiela Davis or Jim Pucket about laptop repairs is a fact, not an opinion. The mistake is to treat Hamdy as equivalent of the people who burn computers for copper wire. Had we spoken to Hamdy before designing the diagram, we would have less scrap being burned in the first place.
Free and Fair Trade between educated people in different countries is kick ass. What we need is hard numbers. I can state with precision how many of the 300,000 computer monitors I shipped needed repair, how many were working, what the value was of each, and what happened to accidental breakage in shipping and human error.
I'd like to see those numbers from the Stewards. How many "tested working" did they ship, and the breakdown of how the residue was managed. If their system is better, and I'm wrong, California will show it.
In Part II, I'll share more of the details about how the WR3A's sophisticated trade model provides data, and that the data allows us to respond to minute changes in market demand, and that reduces net discarded waste. WR3A sees people for what they can do, not for what they cannot do. Vicki in Mexico, Jinex in Peru, Souleymane in Senegal, Su Fung in Asia - they are not my equals. They are my superiors. I have equipment they want, and they are willing to pay far more than the value of metal scrap for that equipment. This demands rigorous and enforceable fair trade contracts. I'd like my buyers to be able to call BAN if WR3A ships them junky product, without fear that their sophisticated repair and recycling capacity will be held against them.
I basically think that the complexity a repair job gives advantage to skilled people in emerging nations. Rich nations don't need the skill, and are designing systems based on what we are willing to do, not what the Techs of Color are ABLE to do.. Too many recyclers prefer to put money in a shredding machine than to hire an American to plug devices in - and in California, if they do sell a working device, they are punished severely through lost subsidies. This is where BAN and WR3A have an opportunity to work together... taking California's big stupid system, and running computer monitors tested to e-Steward specifications, and running them through WR3A Fair Trade vendor reconciliation programs.
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If our ancestors look at the technology onto which we run our transportation these days, they might not actually believe it possible.
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'You're a Ticking Time Bomb': Dr. Oz Makes A House Call to Dog the Bounty Hunter
After a major health scare, Dr. Oz travels to Colorado to talk some sense into Dog.
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Just a few days after appearing on The Dr. Oz Show to discuss his late wife Beth's battle with lung cancer, Dog the Bounty Hunter had a health crisis of his own.
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Dog was hospitalized with chest pains and shortness of breath. To make matters worse, the TV star checked himself out of the hospital — against doctor's orders — shortly after arriving. Given what Dog has been through the last few years, it's not surprising that his personal health may have been the last thing on his mind. The loss of a spouse is a terrible weight to bear. But Dog's heart health is now more important than ever, so Dr. Oz flew to Colorado to make a house call. The goal: get Dog's health back on track.
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When he initially went to the hospital, Dog's symptoms included pressure in his chest, which caused shortness of breath. This wasn't the first time Dog experienced shortness of breath. The symptoms first popped up a few years ago, but Dog ignored it. He told Dr. Oz the symptoms went away with a cold glass of water, so he thought it was fine. When the pain appeared again this year , it was Dog's assistant who forced him to go to the hospital. "I held still. It went away at five, eight minutes. And then I went to the hospital," Dog explained.
Here's what Dr. Oz learned about Dog's health crisis, and what he thinks Dog should do needs to do to confront the deeper issues at play.
Mini Heart Attack
Dr. Oz quickly spotted something suspicious in Dog's medical records: Dog likely had a small heart attack the first time he felt pain all those years ago.
"When I look at your records, there's an EKG in here, electrical lines. I see that there was some damage. Not a lot, but a little bit of damage. If you had the heart attack which killed the tissue, you wouldn't have that pain anymore," Dr. Oz explained.
It was only a matter of time before Dog's symptoms flared up again, which is exactly what they did this summer, landing Dog in the hospital.
What Dr. Oz Found After Analyzing Dog's Medical Tests
Dog's lungs aren't getting enough oxygen into his body. After analyzing Dog's blood tests, Dr. Oz noticed that his blood's oxygenation levels were only at 94 percent. hey should be at 99. A self-proclaimed nicotine addict, Dog's habit could be one of the underlying causes of this situation.
"The fact that you [Dog] don't have 99 percent means that your lungs are not getting enough oxygen into your body," Dr. Oz explained. "If you have a heart and lung problem, they are supposed to back each other up. It's the buddy system."
High blood pressure was also a point of concern for Dr. Oz. Dog's blood pressure, when measured, was 148 over 97. "You are not supposed to be over 140 over 90," Dr. Oz explained. "Hypertension is the biggest ager of all. It's the fire hydrant that has popped off its lid and is squirting water, scraping off that delicate lining of your arteries. Your body is going to have to heal that. And you are using the bad cholesterol that you have to heal it."
Smoking is the major driver of Dog's bad cholesterol, but there are additional changes Dog needs to make as well. "Not sleeping well enough, general diet issues, and the stress that you are feeling are all triggers," says Dr. Oz.
Dog's next step was to undergo a cardiac catheterization, which would require further analyzing once results were in.
What Dog's Family Has To Say
Dr. Oz caught up with one of Dog's daughters, Lyssa, to see if there was anything else he needed to know about Dog's condition. The result was an emotional plea from a daughter to her father.
"I think he didn't want me here because he doesn't want us seeing him weak," says Lyssa Chapman, also known as Baby Lyssa on Dog's show, Dog The Bounty Hunter. Lyssa flew from Hawaii to Denver to be by her dad's side as soon as she heard he was in the hospital.
Dr. Oz emphasized how important the role of family and loved ones is to active recovery. "I've learned practicing medicine all of these years — my biggest mistake was when I didn't have the family on my team," Dr. Oz said.
Dr. Oz remains hopeful that he can get Dog back on track. "I'm hoping we find something that we could fix with the stent and one day, this is just a bad memory of the acute process. Then we get to the big battle and the trench warfare to rehab your health. If we find something that's bad and it requires a bigger procedure, it's going to take longer," he says. "But we can do it, we can do it together."
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Some of you could use the term Adobe Casita House Plans pretty frequently on day to day basis. A number of you might even work in such a field at the moment. But did you really know what it's all actually about? Or did you just perform by ear and kind of only experience it to produce it perform? Improving the appearance of a house should indeed be work that will require sense and sensibility. But if you just throw every thing together, odds are the outcome wouldn't be satisfying. Understanding the concept from its basis might help a great deal because you'd know what to do and how to handle problems if they manifest facing you.
Home renovation and home remodeling are just other names that complement well with the thought of home improvement. Essentially, to make sure about particles renovation or adding something to a home. The definition of improvement website applies to 3 major aspects: 1) it will consult a project that seeks to upgrade the preexisting interior of your house (e.g. plumbing and electrical), 2) the improvement is centered on the exterior (e.g. roofing, siding, concrete, and masonry), or 3) it could be focused on improving other parts of the property (e.g. garage maintenance or garden work.
There are certain the various models of Adobe Casita House Plans and are categorized into groups dependent on their functions. A marked improvement project can be carried out to increase the degrees of comfort a house can offer. Not limited the upgrade of systems of HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning). Adding luxuries to your house falls under this category on top of that while does increasing the capacity of both electrical and plumbing systems. Improvement could also take on the form of maintenance and repair this kind of includes replacement of roof or windows.
A different type ofhome improvement is the one that is done to be able to create additional space. This is done either to enlarge the square footage of a residence or take advantage of an otherwise unused corner for the sake of spatial efficiency. Your basement, as an example, is usually evolved into a home business, real estate theater, or even a recreational room. A new room can be added sideways of your home or built upward above an existing roof. Improvement project may also be done in the name of reducing utility costs. Used in one of these project are addition of thermal insulation, us going for energy-efficient lighting, and installation of solar panels.
The final kind of Adobe Casita House Plans is one dedicated to boost safety measures and increase emergency preparedness. They can do this by, as an example, installing alarm systems for burglary or home fire—or both, installing systems of fire sprinkler, and adding security shutters, windows, and doors. Safety could be improved further by creating storm cellars to take shelter in through the hurricanes—especially in areas where such happening is common. It is additionally smart to install backup generators so that your house might as well function even during power outages.


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Fact: No responsible editors would touch this rubbish. They'd forthrightly denounce it.
Fact: It bears repeating. Putin is the world's preeminent peacemaker – polar opposite Obama's rage for endless premeditated wars of aggression, responsible for millions of deaths, countries raped, destroyed and pillaged, along with unspeakable human misery.
Fact: Putin violated no sovereign borders of any country, nor does he intend to. No credible evidence suggests otherwise.
Fact: Washington's 2014 coup replaced Ukrainian democracy with illegitimate Nazi-infested putschists – waging naked aggression against their own people.
Fact: Crimeans overwhelmingly voted by independently monitored referendum to rejoin Russia and correct an historic mistake. Putin forthrightly accommodated them.
Fact: Kiev systematically violated Minsk I and II ceasefire agreements, bearing full responsibility for continuing conflict – with full support and encouragement from Washington.
What's most important to report, NYT editors systematically suppress, substituting state-sponsored propaganda for real news, information and analysis.
Readers are consistently lied to. Credibility isn't The Times long suit – a longstanding mouthpiece for wealth, power and privilege exclusively, the public interest be damned.
They irresponsibly bashed Putin's vital anti-terrorist Syrian air campaign. They deplore peace and stability, in lockstep with US imperial lawlessness, its endless wars of aggression threatening humanity.
They consistently blame Russia and other regime change targeted nations for America's high crimes, pure evil on an unprecedented scale.
Truth and full disclosure are systematically banned from its pages on issues mattering most. Managed news misinformation and Big Lies substitute.


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Anne Marie Steinocher, RETIRED CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
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July 12, 1924 – May 18, 2011
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Captain Anne Steinocher, Nurse Corps, United States Navy, died Thursday, May 18, 2011. She is survived by sister Stella Nelson and brother Charles Steinocher. She was predeceased by brothers Jaroslav (who died in infancy), Frank, John, and Jim (Wes) Steinocher, and by sister Mary Steinocher.
Anne was born July 12, 1924 to Vaclav and Anna Steinocher in Moulton, Texas. She attended Novohrad Grammar School and graduated from Moulton High School in 1942. She graduated the Seton School of Nursing in 1945. Anne remained in Austin for several years, working in a private physician's office. In 1948 she moved to College of the Pacific, Stockton, California and worked for several years as an infirmary nurse. In 1951 she moved to Los Angeles to again work as a private physician's nurse.
Anne joined the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps in 1959 and remained until 1984. She was stationed at St. Albans, New York for Indoctrination, and then at the Naval Hospital at Newport, Rhode Island; Guam; Mariana Islands; and Yokosuka, Japan. She did Duty Under Instruction at the University of Washington in Seattle. She worked at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, California and at the Hospital Corps School in San Diego, California as an Instructor. Additional stations included the Naval Station in Da Nang, Viet Nam; Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan; Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida; Naval Communications Station in Asmara, Ethiopia; Naval Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas; and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C as Deputy Director of the U.S. Naval Nurse Corps.
Anne's most memorable assignment was her time in Asmara, Ethiopa, where she had the honor to meet His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie when he visited the Naval Communications Station. His visit was to the station's chaplain, who had access to an airplane that His Imperial Majesty intended to request use of.
During her tour of duty, Captain Steinocher was awarded eleven service medals, among them the Legion of Merit, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as Senior Nurse Corps Assignment Officer of the Medical Assignment and Distribution Branch, Naval Nurse Command, and as Deputy Director of the Navy Nurse Corps. The medal was awarded on September 19, 1983 by President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and signed by Secretary of the Navy John Lehman.
During her duty as Deputy Director, Captain Steinocher was cited for performance of the highest caliber and for her dynamic leadership, excellent judgment and positive attitude. She was instrumental in refining the responsiveness of the Nurse Corps as it assumed new requirements for providing anesthesia support to naval carriers. She met many new challenges and ensured each one was added to the already committed duties while still maintaining optimal staffing of the Navy Medical Department.
Anne retired to Escondido, California in 1984, and then moved to Austin, Texas in 1989 to be near family. She was active in the Military Officers Association of America, Navy Nurse Corps Association and the St. Louis Women's Club and the Altar Committee of St. Louis Catholic Church in Austin.
Family will receive visitors Sunday, May 22 from 6 to 8 pm at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home, 14501 North IH-35 in Pflugerville. A rosary will be prayed at 7 pm. A memorial mass will be held Monday, May 23 at 10 am at St. Louis Catholic Church, 7601 Burnet Road in Austin. Anne will be laid to rest at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Cemetery in Georgetown following the mass.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Louis Catholic Church Building Fund, care of St. Louis Catholic Church, 7601 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas, 78757, or to the Laura M. Burns Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Fund, 1201 West 38th Street, Austin, Texas, 78705.
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http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/files/Menking%20Decision.pdf
The Lyon Court has published on its website the attached Note prepared by Dr Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon, in respect of the Petition of George David Menking, Feudal Lord of the Garioch. In addition to the specific comments relating to Mr Menking's Petition Lyon Morrow also makes a number of generai comments which are relevant to any future Petitions and to current Petitions in respect of which the Warrant for Letters Patent has not been issued.
The pertinent points in Lyon Morrow's Note are as follows:-
• Lyon has confirmed that he is content to follow the existing practice of accepting registration in the Scottish Barony Register as proof of ownership as long as the Custodian is "a person of skill". Lyon will therefore continue to play no role in establishing the legai validity of a feudal dignity, and the issuing of Letters Patent by him will, as now, have no relevance in relation to the validity of a Petitioner's legai title. (paragraph 5)
• Ownership and registration of a feudal dignity brings the holder within the jurisdiction of the Lyon Comi and allows the holder to petition for Arms. Lyon states unequivocally that "this is the primary function ofthe Lord Lyon in such matters." (paragraph 8)
• In relation to the recognition of future Petitioners who fall within his jurisdiction by reason of ownership of a feudal dignity Lyon will adopt the same "common sense and pragmatic way forward" as he is proposing to adopt in relation to Mr Menking. (paragraph 21)
• Lyon Morrow has now addressed the previously contentious issue of "other feudal titles". Section 63 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 refers "any other dignity or office (whether or not of feudal origin)" however the Act gives no guidance as to what is being refened to. To answer the question of whether these can be held to include the dignities of Feudal Lord, Feudal Earl and Feudal Marquis Lyon has looked to the institutional writers and to more modem case law for guidance and on the basis of these concludes that "In essence the higher dignities are ofthe genus ofBarony''. (paragraphs 24 and 28).
• On the basis that (a) Barony is a generic term which includes Feudal Baronies, Lordships, Earldoms and Marquisates, (b) Lyon's function is purely jurisdictional and (c) such matters fall within his discretion Lyon has decided that in future Petitions for Arms proceeding on the basis of ownership of any form of Barony should include wording of recognition along the following lines:-
"By Deed of Assignation recorded in the Scottish Barony Register, the Petitioner holds the Barony/Lordship/Earldom or Marquisate of X being of the genus Barony, which ownership brings the Petitioner within the jurisdiction ofthe Lord Lyon, Kingof Arms". (paragraph 30)
• The effect of Lyon's Note is that by endorsing the decision of the Custodian of the Scottish Barony Register Lyon will acknowledge a Petitioner as the 'Baron/Feudal Lord /Feudal Earl or/Feudal Marquis of...... ' in conformity with the wording in the Crown Chatter which the
Petitioner presented to the Custodian of the Scottish Barony Register when applying for registration of his/her Assignation.
• Lyon has confirmed that he intends to continue the practice of granting the additament of the Great Helm to Feudal Barons but does not intend to re-introduce the other additaments granted prior to 2004.
• In conclusion Lyon's Note appears to end the uncertainties of recent years and will give potential purchasers of Scottish feudal dignities the comfort of knowing exactly what the Lyon Court's policy is in relation to such dignities.
Note issued with Warrant for Letters Patent from Lord Lyon King of Arms in the application of
GEORGE DAVID MENKING
of date 21 August 2014
1. The Petition was lodged on 21st August 2014. The Petitioner seeks to be officially recognised in the name George David Menking, Lord of the Garioch with a grant of Arms suitable and according to the Law of Arms, to himself and his descendants, together with all the additaments appropriate to the dignity of Lord in the Baronage of Scotland.
2. In considering this petition, I had before me the following evidence:-
(i) Registration in the Scottish Barony Register dated 11 December 2012, registered 12 December 2012.
(ii) Assignation by Mark David Menking in favour of George David Menking, registered in the Scottish Barony Register 12 December 2012 Volume 2, folio 112.
(iii) Correspondence from the Petitioner' s agent (Lindsays Edinburgh) dated 21 August 2014, 28 October 2014, email of 9 December 2014.
3. After outlining the questions outstanding for me, I asked for submissions from the agent and a letter of the 28 October 2014, noted above, provided those submissions.
4. The issues in this Petition related to the status of the ' Lordship and Regality of the Garioch' as well as the question of feudal and other dignities in general. The central legal point being whether such ownership of the Lordship and Regality of the Garioch is sufficient to bring the Petitioner within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon for the granting to him of Arms.
5. My starting point for considering these matters is the present practice and law. The Scottish Barony Register is the only register for the Lord Lyon to have reference to in these matters, albeit a non-statutory register. The present practice was established by previous Lord Lyons. The practice is that ' a person of skill' who is at present the Custodian of the Register (Mr Alistair Rennie) provides a report based on an examination of a prescriptive progress of title that the owner is entitled to the dignity. This system has in practice operated efficiently and effectively in relation to baronies. I am content to follow this practice as long as the present Custodian is ' a person of skill' . I noted that the Register is a ' Barony Register' and, as such, is protecting the dignity and legal entity of barony in Scots Law. The Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (' the 2000 Act' ) at Section 63 led to the Register being set up.
6. The part of the question before me relates to the extension of the practice to other dignities which may be covered by the words in Section 63 ' or any other dignity or office (whether or not of feudal origin)' . Section 63 states:-
Baronies and other dignities and offices
(1) Any jurisdiction of, and any conveyancing privilege incidental to, barony shall on the appointed day cease to exist; but nothing in this Act affects the dignity of baron or any other dignity or office (whether or not of feudal origin).
(2) When, by this Act, an estate held in barony ceases to exist as a feudal estate, the dignity of baron, though retained, shall not attach to the land; and on and after the appointed day any such dignity shall be, and shall be transferable only as, incorporeal heritable property (and shall not be an interest in land for the purposes of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c.33) or a right as respects which a deed can be recorded in the Register of Sasines).
(3) Where there is registered, before the appointed day, a heritable security over an estate to which is attached the dignity of baron, the security shall on and after that day (until discharge) affect—
(a) in the case of an estate of dominium utile, both the dignity of baron and the land; and
(b) in any other case, the dignity of baron. (4) In this section—
" conveyancing privilege" includes any privilege in relation to prescription;
" dignity" includes any quality or precedence associated with, and any heraldic privilege incidental to, a dignity; and
" registered" has the same meaning as in Part 4 of this Act.
7. A review of the available correspondence between the Lyon Office and the Scottish Barony Register does not include discussions of Lordships, Territorial Earldoms or other dignities. I have noted that previous Lord Lyons have made grants of Arms on this basis. I am not bound by these previous decisions and, as far as I can see, these were decided on a case by case basis. They are also relatively few in number and spread over a number of years. For the sake of clarity I do not regard these decisions as setting any precedent.
8. I also observe that the 2000 Act is silent on dignities and captures them only using the words towards the end of Section 63 (ii). In the established recent practice the dignity of barony establishes for its owner jurisdiction to petition the Lord Lyon for a grant of Arms. This is the primary function of the Lord Lyon in such matters.
9. I turn now to address the question of the nature of the Lordship and Regality in Scots Law. It is my opinion from the Institutional Writers and textbook writers that Baronies and Regalities are to be considered together. The dignity of a Regality was the highest feudal dignity and included higher jurisdictional rights and privileges as well as all the privileges of barony.
10. The principle source from the Institutional Writers is Bankton (see II. III, 83, 95, 96, 97 and 106). He writes:
" 83 – Baronies and Regalities come next to be considered … This leads me to the distinction of fees Noble and Ignoble … Noble fees, are those which conferred nobility to persons vested in them; these were baronies and regalities; and anciently all nobility, in the modern states proceeded from such fees; thus the title of baron included Duke, Marquis and Earl, as well as that of Lord. All barons were equally entitled, as lords of parliament, to sit and vote on it; … Some persons of greater merit or interest with the Sovereign, were vested with higher privileges than barons by erection of their lands into regalities…
95 – Regality was the highest feudal dignity … The erection of lands to a Dukedom, Marquisate or Earldom, did not extend the jurisdiction and privileges beyond those of a barony, which is called Feudal Lordship, unless there were likewise erected into a regality …
96 – Besides the rights and privileges included in a barony, divers other Regalia, and valuable
Franchises, were implied in a regality …
97 – ' Lords of Regality…' [NB: The style used to describe the person]
106 – … for Regality, as the greater, implied all the privileges that were included in Barony, which is the lesser dignity ..."
11. This position is further strengthened by the view of Erskine, (see Institutes I. IV. 7 & 10)
where he states:
"7 – Regalities were feudal rights of land granted by the king in liberam regalitatem; so that regality jurisdictions, while they subsisted, were properly territorial, and attendant on the lands. The grantees, though commoners, were called Lords of Regality, on account of the high and regal j urisdiction implied in these grants … No lands could fall under this jurisdiction but such as belonged either in property or superiority to the grantee …
10 – … for the erection of lands into an earldom or lordship imports no higher jurisdiction than barony, D Montrose, 9 July 1713, M. 10, 919 …"
12. It is my opinion that these passages, especially the Bankton references at paragraphs 96 and 106, help me conclude that a Regality was a higher form of Barony and that it included " the rights and privileges included in a barony" .
13. Green' s Encyclopaedia of the Law of Scotland (Dunedin Edition, Vol 12 p 359 paragraph 398) refers to " the Lordship of Regality" and states " 753 – Regality was the highest feudal dignity, and, in addition to all the privileges of barony, included …" .
14. These sources apply only to a grant of a Regality prior to the Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions Act, 1747, (' the 1747 Act' ). In summary, prior to 1747 a grant of a Regality was the grant of a heritable right, which included all the rights and privileges of a barony. A Lord of Regality is therefore a feudal baron with higher jurisdictional rights and other privileges.
15. With regard to the effect of the 1747 Act on the Lordship and Regality I am of the opinion on a proper construction of the 1747 Act, that " jurisdiction, powers, authorities and privileges" relating to the Regality were abolished. I am, however, also of the opinion that this did not affect the baronial rights and privileges which were inherent in the Regality. In essence, after the 1747 Act Regality became a barony and, at a more specific level, Lords of Regality became Barons.
16. I should also note that, whilst agreeing that it is arguable that they retained the right to be called ' Lords of Regality' but only with the jurisdiction of a baron, I am not persuaded by that position. I am of the opinion that, while Lords of Regality were abrogated by the 1747
Act, they continue to retain the dignity of baron. They are a genus of barony.
17. I have reached my opinion on this matter, taking into account that the enactments which take away rights are to be strictly limited, and if there is any ambiguity the construction which is in favour of the freedom of the individual should be adopted. This provision of Section 1 of the 1747 Act states:
" That all heritable jurisdictions, and all regalities … belonging unto, or possessed or claimed by any subject or subjects, and all jurisdictions, powers and privileges thereunto appurtunent or annexed or dependent thereupon, shall be, and they are from and after the twenty-fifth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight, abrogated, taken away, and totally dissolved and extinguished."
18. I am of the opinion that the 1747 Act at Section 24 did not intend to deprive a Lord of
Regality of his baronial jurisdiction. I refer to Section 24 which states:
" Provided always … that all and every person and persons who shall appear to have been lawfully possessed … of any such justiciary, regality, or other jurisdiction hereby abrogated, shall … retain such jurisdiction of barony, or other lower jurisdiction, as such person or persons would have been entitled to, in case of such jurisdiction, regality or other jurisdiction had never been erected, granted or existed..." ."
19. In summary on this issue I am of the opinion as a proper construction of the 1747 Act that while jurisdiction, authorities and privileges pertaining to the Regality were abolished, the Act did not affect the baronial rights and privileges. A Lord of Regality in the context of Scots Law today is a baron.
20. On the basis of the established practice in the Lyon Court, I accept jurisdiction on the basis that a Lord of Regality is of the genus of baron and would grant Arms accordingly. The grant would be based on the established present practice with regard to additaments. It is worth noting that the Scottish Barony Register have offered to make such entries in the Register Minute Book and Style of Assignation to include the words ' being of the genus Barony' . This is a pragmatic way forward and if all the proofs are in order allows me to accept jurisdiction and grant Arms to owners of such dignities.
21. With regard to the aspect of the Petition which deals with the ' official recognition of the Petitioner in the name George David Menking, Lord of the Garioch' , I have sought a common sense and pragmatic way forward, bearing in mind that in Scotland anyone is at liberty to call themselves what they wish subject to it not being the intention to deceive another person, for example to avoid bankruptcy by becoming someone else. Further, in the context of this petition the recognition of feudal titles such as a 'feudal Lordship' is a matter for the discretion of the Lord Lyon.
22. Let me now turn, for the purpose of completeness, to the subject of ' other feudal titles' in terms of Section 63 of the 2000 Act. These titles include the dignities of feudal lord, feudal earl and feudal marquis where such titles are established on the basis of a Crown Charter.
23. There are a number of decisions where previous Lord Lyons have recognised the existence of such titles. There are only a few such petitions and I have carefully examined those petitions in which these issues were addressed. Bearing in mind that I am not bound by the decisions of previous Lord Lyons and the petitions on these matters have turned on the facts and circumstances of the petition, I have decided to review the approach of the Lyon Court on these matters.
24. As might be expected, the legal basis for such petitions can be found in the writings of various institutional writers and in the case law.
25. In ' Jus Feudale' Craig states at 1.12.15:
" Dukes, marquesses, and earls are all comprehended among the barons, and originally they were all known under the latter description; but as the number of barons increased and the distinction attached to the title was correspondingly diminished the newer style of dignity into request."
Craig states clearly that dukedoms, marquisates, earldoms and baronies are all of the genus of barony.
26. The case of Spencer Thomas of Buquhollie v Newell 1992 SLT 973 provides us with a summary of the institutional writers in the opinion of Lord Clyde. His lordship also gives use a core analysis of the nature of a barony and other dignities.
27. The opinions of Craig, Stair and other leading institutional writers are summarised by Lord Clyde in his seminal decision in Spencer Thomas of Buquhollie v Newell, in which he provided a concise analysis of the nature of a Barony and the more noble dignities of Lordship and Earldom:
" Before going further I should say something about the nature of a barony in Scots law. A barony is an estate of land created by a direct grant from the Crown. the original grant is said to have ' erected' the lands into a liberia baronia, a free-hold Barony (Bell' s Principles, s.750). The right can be conferred only by the Crown and cannot be transmitted by the baron to be held base of himself (Bells' s Dictionary (7th ed.), p.99; Bankton' s Institute, II.iii.86). In feudal classification a barony falls into the class of noble as opposed to ignoble feus. That classification is discussed by Craig (Jus Feudale, I.x.16) and Bankton (II.iii.83). In Scotland the distinction was recognised between the greater barons and the lesser barons, the former acquiring such titles as Duke or Earl. It was at the earliest a territorial dignity as distinct from the later personal peerage. Thus when one was divested of an estate the title of honour ceases (Bankton, II.iii.84). In the feudal system, however, whether the dignity was that of a baron or of the greater dignity of an earldom, the feudal effects were the same (Erskine' s Institute, II.iii.46). As Stair put it (Institutions, II.iii.45): " Erection is, when lands are not only united in one tenement, but are erected into the dignity of a barony; which comprehendeth lordship, earldom, & c. all of which are but more noble titles of a barony; having the like feudal effects" . The grant of barony carried with it the right to sit in Parliament, but as the number of lesser barons increased, steps were taken from 1427 onwards to restrict attendance to a selected number of them (Erskine' s Institute, I.iii.3). The grant in liberam baroniam also carried a civil and criminal jurisdiction (Erskine' s Institute, I.iv.25). But Erskine also states that while such an erection or confirmation is necessary to constitute a baron ' in the strict law sense of the word' , all who hold lands immediately of the Crown to a certain yearly extent are barons in respect of the title to elect or be elected into Parliament (Institute, I.iv.25)." 1
28. Lord Clyde therefore states the legal position in 1992, namely that a barony in a generic sense was a noble feu and that there were distinctions within the barony which are sometimes referred to as higher dignities. In essence the higher dignities are of the genus of barony. If so proved, taking into account section 63 of the 2000 Act, any petitioner with such dignity would come under the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon and could be considered for a grant of Arms. It should be noted that the additaments would be as a baron and the wording on the Letters Patent with regard to jurisdiction would be in similar wording to those later in this note. The law establishes that such higher feudal dignities are of the genus of barony.
29. I also note that in the past baronies have been recognised in the Letters Patent under the signature of the Lord Lyon as–
" baron of X for aught yet seen"
30. I have reached the opinion that for this Petition the wording of recognition should be:
' By Deed of Assignation recorded in the Scottish Barony Register, the Petitioner holds the Lordship and Regality of the Garioch being of the genus of barony, which ownership brings the Petitioner within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms.'
31. As this recognition gives an appropriate recognition to the dignity and clearly identifies the jurisdictional basis, I can proceed to consider the granting of Arms to the Petitioner. I would propose to adopt this jurisdictional approach with all future petitioners involving feudal and other dignities, as these matters fall to be dealt with under the discretion given to the Lord Lyon. I have also concluded that the approach I am adopting is appropriate to the practice of this area of law in the 21st Century. I note for the sake of completeness that my
decision in this Petition will apply to this Petition and to any further petitions involving feudal dignities or any other dignities. I also considered if this change in practice has any implications in terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (1953) and have concluded it does not.
32. The findings in fact in this Petition are as follows:-
(i) The Petitioner is the owner of the Lordship and Regality of the Garioch being of the genus Barony;
(ii) The Petitioner has established jurisdiction to be granted Arms by the Lord Lyon;
(iii) The Petitioner's grant of Arms will follow the established practice of the Lyon Court after the 2000 Act;
(iv) The Petitioner's Arms will reflect the additaments at present in practice for the dignity of a baron;
(v) The Petitioner' s Letters Patent will recognise the Petitioner as the holder of the
Lordship and Regality of the Garioch being of the genus Barony.
33. I have reached the findings in fact for the following reasons:
(i) The documentary evidence lodged supports the findings;
(ii) The Law on Lordship and Regality dignities establishes the dignity today as of the genus of barony.
34. I have reached my understanding in this Petition after considering the totality of the evidence before me including that of the Institutional writings and the relevant case law. I also considered the submissions made by the Petitioner' s agent in the correspondence. The burden of proof rests with the Petitioner and he has discharged that burden to the extent that the Petition should be allowed, but only to the extent that–
(i) the Petitioner be granted Arms to himself and his descendants with the additaments appropriate to a baron; and
(ii) the Petitioner's Recognition be in the following terms:
' by Deed of Assignation recorded in the Scottish Barony Register , the Petitioner holds the Lordship and Regality of the Garioch being of the genus of barony, which ownership brings the Petitioner within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms.'
35. The Petition is therefore allowed in terms of paragraph 32 (i) and (ii).
Joseph John Morrow
Lord Lyon
Dated: 30 April 2015
1 1992 SLT 973 at 976B
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