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"The Spring dawn chorus over 55 years"
Sally Elliott - long-term Woodbury Salterton resident, wildlife campaigner,
and former parish Tree Warden,
William Keble Martin had a lifelong interest in birds. Pages from some of his notebooks in the archive at the University of Exeter include records of the birdlife on Christchurch Meadows in Oxford (while he was a student there), complete with very delightful miniature drawings in the margins.
With similar careful attention, local resident Sally Elliott (who has lived in her present house in Woodbury Salterton since 1964) has kept a meticulous set of observations year by year on the natural world, in her garden and in the nearby lanes towards the Common. She writes below about her long record of the dawn chorus each spring, and reflects on what they reveal about the changing make-up of the wild bird population locally. More general observations about birdlife in the parish can be seen here in her article on the reduction in wildlife diversity locally over the same period.
Prof Patrick Dillon gave a talk in May about landscape change over the last 50 years and its effect on wildlife. He believes that "long runs of natural history records like Sally's are of immense value. Most importantly, they are valuable as part of a long-term tradition of recording, which goes back to Gilbert White. But also, in an age where everything is measured in terms of 'data', the records provide a means of playing policy-makers at their own game. Through records like the ones Sally has painstakingly collected, we can demonstrate the catastrophic losses inflicted on wildlife over the last 50 years.
"Few people recognise the magnitude of the land-use changes - especially in agriculture - since Keble Martin's time, because the countryside still looks 'green'. But there is 'green' and 'green' - and the uniform, sterile green of today's farming landscape is not one that is conducive to rich biodiversity. Sally's records add local relevance to the general cultural and ecological points in my presentation."
The spring dawn chorus is one of Nature's most miraculous events. I advise everyone to get out there during April and May to watch and listen. The reward for effort is twofold: experiencing the aesthetic qualities of early morning, and gaining knowledge of the natural world. At that hour there is an other-worldly hush and, as darkness retreats, the effects of the dewy half-light hold a special place in the memory.
Anticipation mounts for the chorus. While still dark, with the stars bright, the sounds to be heard come from owls, barking foxes, the commotion of pheasants and (in earlier days) the song of the skylark, who sees what we below cannot: the creeping return of the light. I term this period as " pre-chorus."
Timing is crucial, which implies being outside - with senses poised - at least an hour before sunrise. The main intensity of song lasts about 30-45 minutes, before dwindling down to normal daytime levels. In my experience the robin or blackbird lead the choir of day, while the chaffinch and returning warblers close it. My regular listening posts are my garden and adjacent stretches of lane. In the early years, I sometimes walked on up Dog Lane to Woodbury Castle, where more riches awaited.
Within our family, Dog Lane was, and always will be, called 'Turtle Dove Lane.' Turtle Doves were so commonplace along its whole length that this name became appropriate. I clearly remember seeing a flock of eight on the stretch between the Lyndhayne turn-off and the entrance to Cannonwalls. Now they have become so rare nationally that efforts are being made to save them from extinction.
The following examples, drawn from my written records over the past 55 years, cover each end of the period since Keble Martin's time in Woodbury. They serve as comparisons between the 1960s/early 1970s, and recent years up to the present day, and illustrate changes that have occurred. My conclusions about these changes follow below.
Immediately apparent from my observations is the loss of species diversity. Some of the birds listed in the early records are now in decline, rare, endangered or actually facing extinction. Examples include the skylark, cuckoo, nightingale, and wood warbler. The turtle dove population is down 98% since 1970. Swifts, swallows, and house martins are also increasing rarities as my records unfold.
Loss of richness and volume, reflecting very recent population reduction, is confirmed by comparisons between 2014 and 2018. Rapturous outbursts and lively exchanges, previously heard throughout the day, are replaced by too much silence. I blame the loss and fragmentation of habitat (hedges, trees, scrubby undergrowth) that have taken place generally over the countryside. Birds sing to attract a mate, and to define and defend the enclosing territory of the chosen nest site. Territorial ownership is declared from prominent song posts such as roofs, trees and hedge-tops. If a safe site is not secured, there is no song, no nest and no offspring, and a circle of destruction is formed.
There is an urgent need to reconnect with Nature, to go out and meet her for real, to understand the intricate functioning of her web of life, which is a source of wonderment. As long as Nature is regarded as expendable, a mere commodity, an expedient for financial gain, the avian silence will deepen in an increasingly desolate landscape.
Since publishing this piece, a Woodbury Salterton resident wrote to say, "I can report a cuckoo on the common on Sunday, 12 May 2019, 10.15 am. about 500 meters to the ENE of the castle. But as recently as 15 years ago I would pass 3 or 4 cuckoos en route to the Common."
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To explore the range of children's own feelings and emotions (positive and negative).
To introduce children to the concept of being a refugee.
To understand that children, regardless of circumstances and where they live, have the same needs and feelings.
To empathise with the feelings and needs of child refugees.
A simple front page of a newspaper - with headlines, subtitles, pictures, captions and stories.
Worksheet 1: KS2 'Feelings' word bank.
1) Whole class: Introduce children to pictures of people and elicit ideas on what they might be feeling, and why?
Worksheet 1 can be used to extend pupil's vocabulary, with aid of class discussion and use of dictionaries.
2) Distribute photos of people. Each child takes one photo, imagines they are one of the people in the picture, and writes a sentence about 'themselves': What are they doing? What are they feeling?
Introduce concept of 'refugee': Some children have to leave their homes because they are in danger. Discuss reasons why people may need to leave their homes.
Discuss what pupils would take with them if they were suddenly in danger and had to leave home in 10 minutes time. See worksheet 1. Distribute one copy of worksheet 2 to each pupil.
Worksheet 2: What would I take and what would I leave behind? Activity.
Worksheet 3: What would I take and what would I leave behind? Pupil worksheet.
Children bring in one photograph from home that is special to them.
A) Children talk about their own photographs, to whole class, or in groups, and say why it is important to them, what it makes them feel, remember.
B) Look at the four photographs of children on the computer with the class. Discuss the pictures. Who are they? What are they doing? How do they feel? Discuss similarities and differences with themselves.
Worksheet 4: Refugee children's stories.
Worksheet 5: Refugee children's stories - comparison table.
Pupils can use an atlas, globe, or world map to find the countries from which the children in the stories come.
Class read the refugee children's stories. Discuss the stories with the class.
Class complete the comparison table in groups.
They can discuss the reasons why the children fled from their homes.
Discuss the feelings of the children in the stories with the class, at the different points in the story.
Pupils use the information and ideas they have gained to produce their own front page of a newspaper to tell a story about child refugees.


So I have this friend, we been friends for 8 years. She's younger than me by 4 years, but to me she seems so mature. She dresses more adult than me and her point of view seems more mature than me. Then you have me, this very cheerful person. I'm 25, going to be 26 this year but I feel that I'm so immature compared to her. I already have a career and worked hard to be where I am, but I feel my personality is not what should be for someone my age. I'm an happy person, I am serious when I have to and can be I guess to put it simply, From a hufflepuff to a slyternin pretty fast. I guess what I'm trying to say, that I can be a very happy person, laid back, but when stuff happens, I can be the most serious and thoughtful person there. As well I tried to dress nicely, but I feel that I don't look as cute or beautiful like her. I feel like I'm trying to be like her, and I don't like that. I like being myself, but I feel that I'm so immature compared to her and my other friends and other people my age. I been told that someone didn't like me because how immature I am. It hurts when they said that, because I was just being nothing but nice and myself.
I don't know why they'd say sch a thing (not liking you because you're immature), but just don't listen.
Yeah but I feel I'm doing something wrong because the way I'm acting v.s my younger friend. Like what's wrong with me?
Nothing is "wrong" with you. Everyone has their own personalities, we're not mass-produced machines. We don't have a specific "maturity level" that we must achieve at a certain age. It sounds like you are happy and you have a career, which is far more than I can say for most people. Having a career alone means that you are responsible, which is honestly more important than most "signs" of maturity.
You sound like a pretty chill person tbh. I don't see how being laid-back by default but serious when needed is "immature", it just sounds like you take things seriously when it's necessary. We need people who aren't super-serious drones all the time.
Maturity does not equal personality. You can be naturally fun-loving and enjoy the more pleasurable things in life, this is part of your personality, especially when you are in the comfort of your friends and family. Being able to conduct yourself professionally for work or school is part of the maturity, because you know when it's time to be serious. I'm assuming based on the fact that you have a career that you know this, and your job finds your work ethic efficient enough to keep you around.
Perhaps your friends just find your personality off putting, and don't know how else to describe it because they just simply don't know what it means. That is there problem, not yours, and you shouldn't have to compare yourself to your friend because they are ignorant. Each person is different, and we all act based on how we perceive our world around us. I know I was always told how "mature" I am growing up, only to be left behind later because "I was too boring" during high school. Now that I am in college, they are looking for that more "mature" nature, but that's only because we have been conditioned to believe that proper work ethic comes from robotic consistency and "no fun".
You are fine just the way you are, and I feel that you can conduct yourself properly when the time calls for it. There is no reason not to be yourself and force your feelings away because other people can't accept you.
I'm 27, going to be 28 this year... I lived about 25 years of my life trying to be someone else. Trust me, ish not worth it. All I felt during those years was dead inside and life passed me by without a second thought, and I still got people trying to tell me who to be. Ish just best to be chuself so chu don't have any regrets when chu have chu final moments. " Did I live my life to the fullest?" Things like that I'm always going to regret, like I wasted my childhood. Ish not worth chu time to be someone else for someone else and miss out on life, in the end they don't care that they wasted chu time, and chu only have chuself to blame in the end, while they're living their own lives.
While I'm still around four years younger than you, I often have people mistake me for a young teenager. That's partly because of the way I look and partly because of the way I act.
I wouldn't really give it too much thought though. If what you want from life is to be happy and you can be happy by just being yourself, do it! People trying to stop you from that because they find it immature kinda only sounds jealous to me, tbh.
Everyone covered lots, but one tidbit not mentioned is that you shouldn't compare yourself to others. Everyone has a "journey" through life and the best advice is just to live through yours; not others.
Very key words, right here. It's something I struggle a lot with myself, but I need to stop.
People are all uniquely different. Just because your friend acts differently from you, does not necessarily mean that you need to, as well. Personalities are different, and while I'm sure her own is wonderful, your own can be wonderful too. Everyone has their own quirks.
Looking at yourself in the eyes of others can be off-putting as well. I feel we automatically assume people think the worst, but that's the thing, we don't know what they think. It's usually just our own insecurities convincing us that's how they feel, when in fact, we simply can't know - maybe the thought hasn't even crossed their minds.
I been having a lot of anxiety lately mostly because of my adderall along with coke is making me feel this way. I been without soda and I been fine, so I'm guessing this is the reason why I been feeling this way.
I get it, we all get like that when we're anxious Also, I forgot to say this earlier, but I totally relate with your last sentence on your post. I'm way too nice to everyone I meet, and I feel like I'm losing a part of myself doing it. Everyone always calls me immature or irresponsible as well, and I always think that if I didn't give everyone a free pass to be a douche in real life that I'd be called more responsible or more mature, you know?
I totally hate that. I'm a happy person at heart, I'm not Sora annoying, but I used to be. But I calmed myself down because I saw how badly it could affect people and relationships. So I'm a Sora, I guess you can say, but with some Riku in me. I can be serious when I have to, but most of the time I'm generally happy.


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'Bourdeaux Bandit' wanted in Bernardsville heist
Police are looking for a New York man wanted in a string of high-end wine thefts from liquor stores
'Bourdeaux Bandit' wanted in Bernardsville heist Police are looking for a New York man wanted in a string of high-end wine thefts from liquor stores Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: https://mycj.co/1N3e7OJ
Mike Deak, @MikeDeakMyCJ Published 6:12 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2015
A surveillance photo of Scott Deluca, who is wanted in connection with a number of thefts of high-end wine bottles from liquor stores throughout the Northeast, including Bernardsville.(Photo: ~Courtesy of Somerset County Prosecutor's Office)
BERNARDSVILLE - Police are looking for a New York man wanted in a string of high-end wine thefts from liquor stores throughout the Northeast, including one in Bernardsville.
Scott M. Deluca, 25, of, Wynantskill, New York, who is known as the "Bordeaux Bandit," has been charged with going into a Bernardsville liquor store on Sept. 9 and shoplifting two bottles of wine valued at $1,858, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said.
After leaving the store, Deluca left the area in a dark-colored 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a spare tire on the front passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle also has New York "Adirondack" personalized vanity license plates bearing the letters "SPA ND " Soriano said.
Deluca is wanted in a string of high-end wine thefts throughout New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut. He is accused of stealing a $4,800 bottle of wine from a Groton, Connecticut, restaurant this month.
With surveillance footage from the Bernardsville store and with the help of detectives assigned to the New Paltz (New York) Police Department, Bernardsville detectives were able to identify Deluca as the suspect, Soriano said.
A surveillance photo of Deluca's vehicle. (Photo: ~Courtesy of Somerset County Prosecutor's Office)
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Deluca is asked to call the Bernardsville Police Department Detective Bureau at 908-766-0037, ext.139.
Staff Writer Mike Deak: 908-243-6607; mdeak@mycentraljersey.com
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Mark Johnson – KTVB
by The Voice Staff | Jul 8, 2017 | Game Plan For Life, Skip Hall
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 30:38 | Recorded on July 8, 2017
Today Skip traveled to the KTVB Studios to get an interview with KTVB news anchor Mark Johnson. Mark and Skip's relationship goes back about 30 years. Skip was the head coach of Boise State when Mark stepped in as the Sports Director for KTVB.
After spending 5 years between 1983 and 1988 at KTVB, Mark traveled to WISN-TV in Milwaukee where he continued his award winning style of sports broadcasting, winning the State's top Sports Story in 1990 and 1991.
He left Milwaukee in 1995 for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh where he covered the Steelers in the 1996 Super Bowl while anchoring the Nightly Sports. But in the Spring of '96 Mark was given the opportunity to return to his favorite place on earth and was KTVB's Sports Director until December 2003 when he was promoted to the station's main anchor.


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The unintended benefits of online sports streaming
I first heard about Mazarin in 2007.
I was watching a cricket broadcast online. Before YouTube had live streaming capabilities and before the likes of Sony LIV dumped games without broadcast partners on to their streaming platform, the only way to watch cricket online was painfully.
It involved painstaking amounts of Google searches, things like "zimbabwe bangladesh live streaming odi". Sifting through endless amounts of rubbish until finally, a dodgy site with a strange flash player would show a grainy live video of a game. Not in high definition, naturally. Barely standard definition, blown up from something the size of a postage stamp.
It's the sort of thing that the television stations would be dead against, often a stream would disappear mid-way through the game.
I understand why.
Last decade, if a cricket match was being broadcast on TV, they naturally wanted you to subscribe to their service and watch it on TV. However, for me in Australia - where nobody picked up the rights to obscure cricket matches - the choice was either find it in the online backwaters or don't watch it. So I appreciate Sony's modern take of just putting it out there for free, for those outside their subscription regions. It's a common sense approach.
Whether you are paying for the subscription or not, advertising is still advertising though so a free stream isn't truly free.
I remember seeing an advertisement for Puma with the song "For Energy Infinite" being played. I really liked it, so I was quick to buy the entire album off iTunes. I was also fortunate enough to buy a hard copy of the album when I saw it in New York a year later.
For the band Mazarin, they effectively received two album purchases from me - all because their song was playing in the background of an advertisement during the coverage of a cricket match which I shouldn't have been streaming online.
It's not the first time Mazarin found themselves in the position of being in the right place at the right time.
The band has long since disbanded, but as their drummer Quentin Stoltzfus recounted to CricketMX.com, it was fortuitous that their song was even in the Puma commercial in the first place.
"The music director for the Puma ad ran into our manager, Morgan Lebus, at a party in NYC and told him he was doing this commercial for Puma and was still searching for the right song", Stoltzfus said.
"The next day Morgan sent him 'For Energy Infinite', and apparently it was exactly what he was looking for. I think he selected it immediately".
You can listen to the full album "We're Already There", of which "For Energy Infinite" was the lead single, on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3pzcuKS6OcaJxnQ3dgmDbn
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Congratulations to University of Surrey ISC graduates
Determined international students who started their academic journey at the International Study Centre have graduated from one of the UK's top universities.
There could not be a better time to be graduating from the University of Surrey. The university was recently ranked sixth in The Guardian League Table for 2015, and it is 12th in both the new combined league table from The Times / Sunday Times, and The Complete University Guide 2015.
Surrey's graduate employability rate has also just risen to 97 per cent according to new figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This puts the University in first place for graduate employability when compared with chartered universities in England.
Graduation ceremonies were held at Guildford Cathedral on Thursday, 17th July for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, and on Friday, 18th July for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Study Group would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the graduates. We wish them all the best of success for their future.
Meet some of our University of Surrey ISC graduates:
"I won a Surrey Business School prize. It's for the highest mark student. I felt proud of myself for the achievement and for the four years here in Surrey."
Min Xiao from China.
Studied IFY Business, Economics, Law and Politics at Surrey ISC.
Graduated BSc Accounting and Financial Management.
"My parents are very proud of me. I'm going to do a Masters degree next."
Yanchen Zhang from China.
Graduated BSc (Hons) in International Hospitality Management.
"I feel very happy. It's my honour in my life. I worked very hard."
Xian Hu from China.
Graduated with a first-class BSc (Hons) in Business Management.
"I think I've changed a lot as a person. I'm more confident and mature."
Abdulla Alshafei from Bahrain
Graduated BSc (Hons) in Business Management.
"I feel so proud. I've come a very long way."
Kenneth Obinugwu from Nigeria
Graduated BSc (Hons) in Economics with Finance.
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How MLB coronavirus testing broke down and put teams in flux
July 6, 2020 by Erin Clark
MLB endured a perfect storm of obstacles to its testing program over the holiday weekend — in part because it was the holiday weekend.
The Oakland A's, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals at minimum did not receive results back from tests taken on Friday by Monday morning. Therefore the Astros and Nationals cancelled workouts Monday and the A's delayed their workout to the evening at the earliest.
MLB's safety and health protocols, which is conducted with joint oversight by the Players Association, called for on-field personnel to have intake testing last week and then begin a rhythm of being tested every other day until the end of the season, with results delivered within 48 hours. It is the hope of the league and the union that such frequency and quick turnaround will enable the sport to locate positive cases quickly and prevent the kind of virus spread that threatens teams and the season taking place.
Thus, when multiple teams had breakdowns in the chain so soon after beginning spring training 2.0, it raised questions whether MLB could pull off having personnel tested at 30 sites and delivered to a lab in Utah, which would be processing roughly 14,000 tests per week.
MLB believes the problems came from a combination of issues. FedEx is the delivery service used, but on the holiday weekend it was not picking up or delivering. So, there was an audible to the backup delivery company, World Courier, which MLB and the Players Association use for its backup system for its performance enhancing drug testing. But unlike FedEx, the backup does not have its own fleet of planes and was at the mercy of commercial flights, which were more infrequent due to the holiday weekend and COVID-19-created limitations.
Also, in general MLB believes there was a testing backlog because there were intake testing last week and in some cases teams staggered when their personnel took the intake testing. There was also the first group of every-other-day testing beginning and the holiday weekend. So a decision was made not to test Sunday because the Utah lab would not get the tests before Monday anyway, which is why — for example — the Angels did their own testing Sunday.
This is a joint testing effort between MLB and the PA, like the PED testing, and so both sides are alerted in real time to any issues that are arising, such as delays in delivery.
MLB is hoping that with the intake testing done, further knowledge of the process and the next holiday weekend not until Labor Day, that a successful rhythm of testing will be found that will allow confidence to be regained in this system.
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Smoking Volcanoes and Steaming Pools
200 CE the volcano Taupo erupted. 20.000 square kilometers of ash and lava were blown out and poured over the island. The crater lake, which had been created thousand of years ago, widened extremely. Historical sources say as a result even the sky over Rome and China turned deep red. Though the whole island is located on the rim of fire, the centre of the North Island has the largest volcanoes in New Zealand. This is evidence for the incredible forces, which shaped and still shape the landscape. It is not surprising that this wild and slightly uncanny region became backdrop for the Land of Shadow in the trilogy "Lord of the Rings".
Make Love
A trimedial format for TV, WEB & RADIO
The successful Grimme Online award nominated timedial documentary format "MAKE LOVE" is entering its second season, starring Ann-Marlene Henning, author of the worldwide best seller "Make Love" and the new book "Make More Love". In our allegedly enlightened society where sex is omnipresent in the public sphere, the true taboos are the silence, insecurities and knowledge gaps within our private relationships. The documentary series MAKE LOVE takes us into the authentic and individual realities of different couples between the ages of 20 and 100 alongside sexologist, couple therapist and best selling author Ann-Marlene Henning. Her expertise, tact and exhilarant naturalness allow Ann-Marlene Henning to help the couples (and us) break the silence. While interacting with Ann-Marlene Henning, the partners learn to really perceive themselves and their significant other, thus finding true intimacy. Using model couples, MAKING LOVE additionally shows many lesser known facts about good sex - be it alone or in pairs.
The Zarah Leander Files
A Film by Torsten Striegnitz and Simone Dobmeier
Zarah Leander was the Third Reich's greatest film star. Admired by the Nazis she became the best-paid film diva ever signed by the UFA. Until today Zarah Leander is intrinsically tied to our collective memory. At the peak of her career in early 1943, Zarah Leander suddenly leaves her mansion in Berlin and returns to her home country Sweden. Around the same time, rumours are starting to spread which will ultimately determine the myth of Zarah Leander: a Nazi diva, a non-political actress or a soviet spy. THE ZARAH LEANDER FILES immerses into the life of the Swedish film diva and asks who is is really behind the mysterious look, the frivolous songs and pompous gestures? Who was Zarah Leander really?
Buddha and the Snow Leopards
A documentary by Zhou Bing
Snow leopards are one of the most endangered cat species worldwide and are strictly protected. Their habitat continuously shrinks because of environmental destruction and the local herdsmen broadening their pastures. A conflict between humans and nature. Buddhist monks try to solve this conflict with an extraordinary project: The herdsmen are given cameras to document their daily lives and rediscover their traditional understanding of nature.
The volcanic plateau is home to still active volcanoes like Taupo Volcano, Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Ruhapeo. Another volcano located a bit isolated further west, Mount Taranaki. Because of its' symmetric peak it is the most beautiful of the region. The isolated location is the foundation for one of the most amazing Maori legends: A long time ago Mount Taranaki lived with the other volcanoes in the centre of the island. He fell in love with the beautiful mountain lady Pihanga, but Tongariro got jealous. A violent battle broke out between him and Mount Taranaki. Their violent fight turned the skies pitch black and the earth shook. At the end Pihanga stood close to Tongariro and the upset Taranaki, wrenched his roots from the ground and left, leaving behind a big wide gorge, which filled with water. Today it is known as the Whanganui River. Tongariro stayed with Pihanga and the other volcanoes. Taranaki withdrew to the west coast, where it is still found today. Constantly threatening to return for his revenge and warned of by the distant angry rumbling of Tongariro.
Further in the north is lake Rotorura, another crater lake. At the shore hot steam escapes the surface and vapour arises over the lake. During our journey we pass by surreal looking jade green Sulfate lakes. The whole landscape seems to fume and boil, the smell of sulphur is everywhere and geysers blow water towards the sky, creating impressive fountains. This impressive landscape is home to Nanny Christina Gardiner, member of the tribe of the Te Arawa. She introduces visitors to their costumes and shows them typical handcraft. For generations the Maori have adapted to geothermal landscape. The hot springs are used as cooking pots: After being dipped in the boiling water for seconds the food is ready to eat.
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Four Seasons New York Downtown
Redefining Relaxation
By Vaughn Lowery
Every now and again, we all should consume some time out of our hectic lives to enjoy a stay at one of the most sought-after institutions in lower Manhattan – the Four Seasons New York Downtown [FS NY Downtown]. Since its conception three years ago, this micro-resort is poised to be an award-winning campus with offerings geared towards a more youthful clientele.
By far one of the more prestigious properties within the five boroughs, containing 189 rooms and suites. This five-star accommodation is perched in the prominent Tribeca area of downtown NYC within walking distance from an array of activities, including Brookfield Place and the conspicuous West 4th Street. Guest floors are from the 7th to 24th with the lobby, CUT by Wolfgang Puck and meeting suite on the lower levels. The swank, slim facade also incorporates a 157 private residences which are housed between the 38th to 82nd levels.
An architectural digest of diversity with symmetrical designations throughout, celebrating geometrics alongside of high-caliber appointments. It was fabricated and brought to life by design firm Yabu Pushelberg to delight the senses and erupt an emotional connectedness to its surroundings. After all, its parents are known to construct immersive environments where pedestrians can both coexist and congregate. Particular thanks to the warm tones, recessed lighting and Italian marble.
Minutes away from downtown Brooklyn and the newly bustling Jersey City neighborhoods, Four Seasons Downtown is poised to become an influential millennial safe haven for digital nomads and senior level executives alike. Staying true to the Four Seasons marquee, the degree of service coupled with attentive staff is unprecedented. This pet-friendly, modern-lux lodge possesses a 24 hr fitness center, which easily rivals an Equinox facility: kettlebells, free weights, ample high-tech machines, yoga mats, stretching area, foam rollers, group instruction and a Peloton stationary bike.
The day spa area bears Marc Jacobs collaborative merchandise, a 75-foot indoor lap pool (open daily from 6am-9pm with on-duty lifeguard) and steamroom. Within the spa lounges, there's plenty of toiletries at your disposal for decompression: shaving kit, dental kit, shower shoes, robes, mouthwash, hair gel, deodorant spray, q-tips, disposable combs/brushes and electronic programmable lockers. Complimentary bottles of water are readily available and rose petal hydration facial mist to make you feel even more reinvigorated. And, there's a plethora of onsite services which are offered from aromatherapy to facials.
The Barclay, Tribeca as well as Hudson suites possesses dual vanities and can hold up to 4 adults with 2 bedrooms, full bath and a half bath/powder room. Some of the suites come equipped with a butler kitchen and patio. If available, the bang for your buck are the executive suites, which contain spacious great rooms; even so, they don't have a balcony.
With ample views of the One World Trade Center and its Oculus, the Four Seasons New York Downtown is an emerald which is certain to stimulate your heart chakra as well as drizzle positivity onto spirits. If you're seeking a white-glove experience in a contemporary environment, then this is your spot.
27 Barclay St, New York, NY 10007
24-hour curbside valet.
Reliable high-speed complimentary internet access.
All units are equipped with Samsung state-of-the-art smart TVs which are capable of screen mirroring.
Most celebrities and VIPs fly into Teterboro Airport.
The spa hosts wellness installations which conduct holistic healing sessions.
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Four Seasons Hotel, Boston x Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston – New Boston: Art + Fashion Experience
In celebration of Virgil Abloh's upcoming Figures of Speech exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street, Boston and the ICA have collaborated on an exclusive experience entitled New Boston: Art + Fashion Experience.
Designed with art aficionados and style mavens in mind, New Boston: Art + Fashion Experience includes:
Two tickets to the Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech exhibition at the ICA
Two art-inspired cocktails in Trifecta
Limited edition sweatshirt from the exhibit
Overnight stay at Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street, Boston
Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech isthe first museum exhibition devoted to the work of the multi-disciplinary artist and designer Virgil Abloh, opening to the public on July 3, 2021 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. The Founder and Creative Director of Off-White and current Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton's menswear, Abloh is known for his work in music, visual art, philanthropy, and the fields of design.
Organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and set in an immersive space designed by Rem Koolhaas's renowned architecture firm OMA*AMO, the exhibition will offer an in-depth look at defining highlights of Abloh's career, including signature clothing collections from his stand-alone fashion brand Off-White, video documentation of iconic fashion shows, distinctive furniture, graphic design work, and collaborative projects with other artists. The exhibition comprises nearly 70 works, including two new works that will be on view for the first time in the Boston presentation.
On view July 3 through September 26, 2021, Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech is organised by Michael Darling, former Chief Curator at MCA Chicago. The exhibition is designed by Samir Bantal, Director of AMO, the research and design studio of OMA. The ICA's presentation is coordinated by Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator.
New Boston: Art + Fashion Experience is valid for stays from July 3 to September 26, 2021, with rates starting at USD 640 per night.
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Upset customers are part and parcel of the retail industry. Unfortunately, no matter how good your customer service is, something will inevitably go awry in the order process at some point, and you could be left with an unhappy customer.
However, a mishap in the order process doesn't have to be a calamity. It can be an opportunity to show off the impeccable customer service your company offers. When handled the right way, dealing with a customer complaint effectively can leave the customer happier than they would have been had the problem not occurred.
These are five steps to handling a customer complaints that will allow your business to turn mistakes and complaints into a positive experience and increase your customer loyalty and brand image.
The first person that the customer reaches out to when making a complaint, should be the person to solve the issue. When a customer reaches out to report a problem, they want a champion who is going to find a solution, not someone who wants to pass responsibilities on to someone else.
No matter what the complaint, the first person should take steps to solve the issue and only pass them over to another employee if that employee will be able to solve the problem immediately.
When listening to the customer's complaint, you want to do two things. Firstly, empathize. The customer wants to know that you agree that what has happened to them is unacceptable and that you are both on the same page.
Apologize to them without trying to shift the blame onto someone else. Say something like, "I am sorry this happened to you," rather than try blaming another department.
Secondly, thank the customer for bringing it to your attention. Many customers don't bother to complain, they simply avoid using the service or product again. These are the customers that didn't even give your company an opportunity to rectify the issue.
The fact that this customer has elected to make a complaint means they are effectively willing to give your company a chance to defend itself and solve the problem. For that, they deserve thanks.
Give the customer an input in what the solution should look like. Ask them what a solution would look like in their eyes or what you can do to make it up to them.
Once you know the customer's expectations, you can commit to solving the issue. If you need some time to do so, give them a set time frame for when they can expect a solution. Say "I need some time to do this, I will call you back in an hour," and then stick to this deadline. Don't leave the customer waiting to find out if you have solved the issue.
Once the problem is solved, follow up with the customer to inform them that you heard their complaint and took it seriously. In this conversation, it is a good idea to provide a brief explanation of what measures are now in place to avoid the issue occurring again.
The final part is to carry out internal working modifications. There should be a lesson taken away from every single complaint. That could mean a more stringent customer verification process. Verify your customers any time with Netverify. It could mean updating your IT solutions to ensure a more seamless order process, or it could mean investing in further staff training. Each complaint is an opportunity for business development.
By handling complaints in this way, you ensure each customer has a positive experience when interacting with your company, even when they file a complaint. It could mean the difference between a customer never using your company again, and telling ten friends never to use your company, and earning a customer for life.


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Originally from Wellington fellow NZer Simon Brandon will saddle up to ride the Pan Mass Challenge in the first week of August. Simon and 6500 fellow cyclists will ride to raise money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). His ride takes him from the border of NY state across Massachusetts, finishing at Provincetown; a total of 300 miles in 3 days.
The PMC donates 100 percent of the money raised to Dana-Farber, and since 1980 more than half-billion dollars has been raised for adult and pediatric cancer care and research. In 2016, the PMC gave a record gift of $47 million and was honored as Program of the Year by the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum. In 2017, the PMC aims to raise $48 million to support patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber. If accomplished, this fundraising goal will bring the PMC's 38-year contribution to Dana-Farber to more than $595 million.


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The Perpetual Virginity of Mary Pt. 1
Perhaps the two most commonly employed texts by those who deny Mary's perpetual virginity are:
Matthew 13:55-56: "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all of his sisters with us?"
Matthew 1:24-25: "And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife. And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn [Greek, prototokon] son: and he called his name JESUS" (Douay-Rheims).
A surface reading of these texts seems to raise some questions. If Jesus had brethren (brothers) and sisters, doesn't this mean that Mary had other children? If Jesus was Mary's firstborn, doesn't this imply there was at least a second-born? And doesn't "he knew her not till" imply that he "knew her" at some point thereafter? We'll begin with Matthew 13:55-56.
Oh, brother!
First, we must understand that the term brother has a wide semantic range in Scripture. It can mean not only a blood brother but an extended relative or even a spiritual brother. Abraham and Lot are classic examples of "brother" being used for an extended relation (see Genesis 13:8 and 14:12). Though they were actually uncle and nephew, they called one another "brother." Moreover, in the New Testament, Jesus told us to call one another "brothers" (see Matthew 23:8). Obviously, this doesn't infer that all Christians have the same physical mother.
Second, if we examine more closely the example of James, one of these four "brothers" of the Lord mentioned in Matthew 13:55, we discover him to actually be a cousin or some other variety of relative of Jesus rather than a blood brother. For example, St. Paul tells us:
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother (Gal. 1:18-19).
Notice, the James of whom St. Paul speaks was both a "brother of the Lord" and an "apostle." There are only two apostles named James among the twelve. The first James is revealed to have been a son of Zebedee. He would most likely not be the James St. Paul speaks of in Galatians, because this James, the brother of John, was martyred early on, according to Acts 12:1-2. And even if it were him, his father was Zebedee. If he were the blood brother of the Lord, his father would have been Joseph.
The second James who was an apostle, according to Luke 6:15-16, is most likely to whom St. Paul refers, and his father was Alphaeus, not Joseph. Thus, James the apostle and Jesus were not blood brothers.
Easy enough. However, some will argue that the James spoken of in Galatians 1 was not an apostle—or, at least, he was not one of the Twelve. Though this is a possibility—there are others in the New Testament, such as St. Barnabas in Acts 14:14, who are referred to as "apostles" in a looser sense—the argument from Scripture is weak.
When St. Paul wrote about going "up to Jerusalem" to see St. Peter, he was writing about an event that occurred many years earlier, shortly after he had converted. He was basically going up to the apostles to receive approval lest he "should be running or had run in vain." It would be more likely he would have here been speaking about apostles proper, or the Twelve.
But for those inclined to argue the point, the Catechism of the Catholic Church uses another line of reasoning:
[T]he Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus," are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew significantly calls "the other Mary." They are close relations of Jesus, according to an Old Testament expression (CCC 500).
The Catechism here refers to the fact that, fourteen chapters after we find the "brothers" of the Lord listed as "James, Joses, Simon and Judas," we find "James and Joses" mentioned again, but this time their mother is revealed as being named Mary—but not Mary the mother of Jesus. The conclusion becomes apparent: "James and Joses" are "brothers" of Jesus, but they are not blood brothers.
The Problem of the "Firstborn"
So what about Matthew 1:24-25 and the claim Jesus was Mary's "firstborn son" and that Joseph "knew her not until" Christ was born? Does St. Matthew here teach Mary to have had other children?
Exodus 13:1-2 reveals something important about the firstborn in Israel:
The Lord said to Moses, "Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and beast, is mine."
The firstborn were not given the title because there was a second-born. They were called firstborn at birth. Hence, Jesus being referred to as firstborn in Matthew 1 does not require there to be more siblings after him.
Propositions About a Preposition
Scripture stating Joseph "knew [Mary] not until she brought forth her firstborn" would not necessarily mean they "knew" each other after she brought forth Jesus. Until is often used in Scripture as part of an idiomatic expression similar to our own usage in English. I may say to you, "Until we meet again, God bless you." Does that mean after we meet again, God curse you? By no means! A phrase like this is used to emphasize what is being described before the "until" is fulfilled. It is not intended to say anything about the future beyond that point. Here are some biblical examples that may help clarify things:
II Samuel 6:23: "And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to [unti] the day of her death." Does this mean she had children after she died?
I Timothy 4:13: "Until I come, attend to the public reading of scripture, to preaching, to teaching." Does this mean Timothy should stop teaching after St. Paul comes?
I Corinthians 15:25: "For he [Christ] must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet." Does this mean Christ's reign will end? By no means! Luke 1:33 says, "[H]e will reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
In recent years, some have argued that because Matthew 1:25 uses the Greek words heos hou for "until," whereas the texts I mention above from the New Testament use heos alone, there is a difference in meaning. Heos hou, it is argued, would indicate the action of the first clause does not continue. Thus, Mary and Joseph "not having come together" would have then ended after Jesus was born.
The problems with this theory begin with the fact that there is no scholarship available that confirms it. In fact, the evidence proves the contrary. Heos hou and heos are used interchangeably and have the same meaning. Acts 25:21 should suffice to clear up the matter:
But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be held until (Greek, heos hou) I could send him to Caesar.
Does this text mean that St. Paul would not be held in custody after he was "sent" to Caesar? Not according to the biblical record. He would be held in custody while in transit (see Acts 27:1) and after he arrived in Rome for a time (see Acts 29:16). The action of the main clause did not cease with heos hou.
A Positive Outlook
Having dispatched some of the objections to Mary's perpetual virginity, perhaps some positive reasons for faith would be in order. In my book Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines, I give eight positive reasons, but for brevity's sake, we will briefly consider three:
1. In Luke 1:34, when the angel Gabriel told Mary that she was chosen to be the mother of the Messiah, she asked the question, literally translated from the Greek, "How shall this be, since I know not man?" This question makes no sense unless Mary had a vow of virginity.
When we consider Mary and Joseph were already "espoused," according to verse 27 of this same chapter, we understand Mary and Joseph to then have had what would be akin to a ratified marriage in the New Covenant. They were married! That would mean St. Joseph would have had the right to the marriage bed at that point. Normally, after the espousal the husband would prepare a home for his new bride and then come and receive her into his home where the union would be consummated. This is precisely why St. Joseph intended to "divorce her quietly" (Matt. 1:19) when he discovered she was pregnant.
This background is significant, because a newly married woman would not ask the question, "How shall this be?" She would know! Unless, of course, that woman had a vow of virginity! Mary believed the message but wanted to know how this was going to be accomplished. This indicates she was not planning on the normal course of events for her future with St. Joseph.
2. In John 19:26, Jesus gave his mother to the care of St. John even though by law the next eldest sibling would have the responsibility to care for her. It is unthinkable to believe that Jesus would take his mother away from his family in disobedience to the law.
Some will claim Jesus did this because his brothers and sisters were not there. They had left him. Thus, Jesus committed his mother to St. John, who was faithful and present at the foot of the cross.
This claim reveals a low and unbiblical Christology. As St. John tells us, Jesus "knew all men" (John 2:25). If St. James were his blood brother, Jesus would have known he would be faithful along with his "brother" Jude. The fact is, Jesus had no brothers and sisters, so he had the responsibility, on a human level, to take care of his mother.
3. Mary is depicted as the spouse of the Holy Spirit in Scripture. When Mary asked the angel how she was going to conceive a child in Luke 1:34, the angel responded:
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
This is nuptial language hearkening back to Ruth 3:8, where Ruth said to Boaz "spread your skirt over me" when she revealed to him his duty to marry her according to the law of Deuteronomy 25. When Mary then came up pregnant, St. Joseph would have been required to divorce her, because she would then belong to another (see Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Jeremiah 3:1). When St. Joseph found out that "the other" was the Holy Spirit, the idea of St. Joseph having conjugal relations with Mary would not have been a consideration for a "just man" like St. Joseph.
An obvious question remains: Why did St. Joseph then "take [Mary] his wife," according to Matthew 1:24, if she belonged to the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is Mary's spouse, but St. Joseph was her spouse and protector on Earth. This is not a contradiction. All Christians have a nuptial relationship with our Lord. The Church is, after all, "the bride of Christ." But in the case of Mary and Joseph, Joseph was essential in the life of Mary, his spouse, for at least two obvious reasons. First, as St. Matthew points out in his genealogy in chapter 1, St. Joseph was in line to be a successor of David as King of Israel. Thus, if Jesus was to be the true "son of David" and king of Israel (see II Samuel 7:14; Hebrews 1:5; Revelation 19:16, 22:16), he needed to be the son of St. Joseph. As the only son of St. Joseph, even though adopted, he would have been in line for the throne.
Also, in a culture that did not take kindly to espoused women becoming pregnant by someone other than their spouse, Mary would have been in mortal danger. Thus, St. Joseph became Mary's earthly spouse and protector as well as the protector of the child Jesus.
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SSS Invades CBN, Takes Over Emefiele's office
The operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, have invaded the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, taking over the office of the embattled governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele.
According to reporta, there has been a running battle between the SSS and Mr Emefiele over alleged terrorism financing.
The secret service had earlier sought a court order to arrest Mr Emefiele but has been out of the country for his annual leave which is expiring tomorrow, January 17.
But the FCT High Court had in December barred the SSS from arresting, inviting, or detaining Mr Emefiele.
Arriving at the CBN headquarters Monday noon, the SSS operatives came in with about 20 vehicles with armed personnel.
The operatives also barred all staff of the bank from gaining access to Mr Emefiele's office.
Peter Afunanya, the SSS spokesperson, is yet to respond to the query sent to him by this reporter.
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LAGOSIANS Calls for Removal of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner over alleged bias against Igbos in Lagos
LAGOSIANS Calls for Removal of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner over alleged bias against Igbos in Lagos.
By Ifeoma Ikem
A group known as Leaders After God's Own Spirit Initiating A New State, LAGOSIANS, have called for the immediate removal of INEC REC, Segun Agbaje, following reports of a statement he made during a live TV interview on Channels where he gave reasons why people in Okota, Oshodi Local Government Area, cannot get their PVCs and inferred that the Igbos in the area were immigrants.
A statement by the Convener of the group, Dr. Bolaji O Akinyemi which was titled: Conspiracy against Democracy: INEC REC; Segun Agbaje's Outburst, Other Matters Arising, accused the INEC REC of being complicit in a plan to disenfranchise Igbos in Lagos.
"in a reckless political communication known only with thugs, he made it clear that the reason they cannot have their PVC is because many of them are from the South East part of the country, inferring that they are immigrants."
The group also alleged that there is fear in Lagos about a possible repeat of the Inconclusive election as it happened in Osun 2018 governorship election while Agbaje was the INEC REC at the time before his redeployment to Lagos.
"One could possibly have overlooked his transfer to Lagos as an internal issue to which the commission has right to, but not after his uncharitable comment about Igbos in Lagos. On moral grounds, Segun Agbaje should by now be on his way out of INEC without a petition or protest. Agbaje is a stigma on the integrity of the Mahmood Yakubu led INEC. INEC Chairman can't keep a tribal bigot and nepotistic personality in his system and keep the integrity of his organization," the statement read.
The group while dismissing any planned protest against the fuel and cash scarcity which it said is being instigated by those who crushed the #ENDSars protest in Lagos using the army, however asked LAGOSIANS to rise against what it called injustice meted against the Igbos in Lagos.
The statement said: "The only protest acceptable for now is Segun Agbaje must go! Our only hope for a better and greater future is the grand national protest scheduled for the 25th of February 2023! Our placards being our PVCs, anything that will compromise the system to oversee a free and fair election must be gotten rid of.
Agbaje has done it before and by his comment on the Igbos, the signs are obvious of what he is capable of. If Igbo will votes in Lagos, and their votes will count like that of every other tribe, then Agbaje must not remain INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos state," it added.
Dr. Akinyemi who is also the Convener of the Apostolic Round Table, while appreciating the endurance of Nigerians affected by the economic woes occasioned by scarcity of cash and fuel, also encouraged registered voters to ensure they collect their PVC in order to vote in the election, adding that any attempt to manipulate the polls should be met by the mother of all protests.
"Be prepared for pay back with figures beyond their manipulations and if in conspiracy with INEC, they serve the BVAS breakfast after the people's victory as they did in Osun recently, then the mother of all protests can follow but till then, Segun Agbaje must go! We will cast our votes, ensure it is counted and our elected President announced, inaugurated and running the country!"
Valentine Bash: As He dey Hot! Oritsefemi and your Boy SEIDU are set to light up Roseview court hotel & Apartment as it celebrates its 12th Anniversary and special St. Valentine's day Celebration.
All road leads to the renowned hospitality outfit, Roseview Court Hotel & Apartment situated in the Alagbole Akute Ogun state Nigeria. As their mission statement connotes "hospitality unspeakable @budget price" Roseview court is synonymous with all-round top-notch service in hospitality.
The outfit is set to mark its 12 years anniversary of Scintillating hospitality services at budget price to all its customer across the world.
According to its public relations officer, famous double wahala crooner will be performimg live along side your boy SEIDU and other major artiste across the country to celebrate its 12 years anniversary, and lovers day on valentine.
At a media parley with the press on line up of activities to celebrate the outfit 12 years of service, The chairman of Roseview Group Hon.Bemigho Eyeoyibo said we are very happy to celebrate our 12 years of good service to our numerous clientele, though the entire globe with Nigeria not an exception is experiencing a downtime especially in the hospitality industry but we still keep and maintain our standard all glory to God, Roseview Court Hotel & Apartment today can compete with any Hotel around the world when it comes to modern hospitality service, we have been able to give our service above board, this explains it is a yearly ritual to celebrate our customers.
Programme lined up includes dance,Karaoke,games,raflle draw,drinks,candle light dinner amongst other freebies.The celebrations will also herald the launching of our new 3 bed apartment wing.
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the Governors of the 36 states for standing on the side of the Nigerian people over the Central Bank new Naira and cashless policies that have subjected the masses to pains.
According to Asiwaju Tinubu, the Governors especially the APC Governors who instituted the suit against the CBN and Federal Government at the Supreme Court acted well on behalf of the hapless Nigerians who have been made to bear the brunt of Naira redesign policy that has been poorly implemented.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning in a law suit brought before it by the governments of Zamfara, Kogi and Kaduna States gave an interim injunction against the CBN and Federal Government, allowing the old N200, N500 and N1000 to remain legal tender beyond February 10 deadline until the case is fully disposed.
Following the apex court ruling, Asiwaju Tinubu noted that the governors have saved the country from a needless political and economic crises and miseries which have clearly become the unintended consequences of the monetary policy of the apex bank.
Asiwaju Tinubu noted that the Supreme Court ruling coincided with the advisory of the International Monetary Fund urging for the extension of the deadline for the swap of the old naira notes, going by the problems being experienced across the country in getting the new notes.
"I want to salute the courage of our Governors and most especially the Progressives Governors in APC who acted to save our country from avoidable and dangerous political crises and social unrest which the Central Bank policy on new Naira notes has brought on our country.
"Our country was dangerously careering toward anarchy and political and economic shutdown. But with the Supreme Court interim ruling our country has been pulled back from the precipice. We thank our Supreme Court Justices for ruling wisely on the side of the people who have been subjected to undue agony and pains since this policy was announced.
"The Federal Government and relevant stakeholders can now sit down and work out better framework on how to proceed with the new policy without causing any social and economic disruption and inconvenience to our people. We have examples of other countries that have successfully and seamlessly changed their currencies to learn from.
"Those countries give a long time, at least 12 months to effect the currency change. They do not engage in CBN-like Fire Brigade approach.
"We have seen how a good policy can be poorly implemented to cause unintended problems for the people who should be the beneficiaries. While lessons have been learnt, we must now move on as a country and people with a Renewed Hope for a better tomorrow.
"The sole aim of my running to be the president of our country is to make life better and more abundant for our people and this is an ideal for which I will remain eternally committed to."
Asiwaju Tinubu called on the CBN to ensure that the Supreme Court ruling is effectively executed by taking all necessary steps to (i) ensure sufficient availability of Naira notes (whether old or new) and (ii) properly sensitising the public on the ruling and the consequent validity of old Naira.


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Q: Shortest distance between two rectangles in 2D Given the center points and dimensions of two rectangles and the angles $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$, how to calculate the shortest distance between two rectangles ($d$)? $\theta$ is the angle that the length of rectangle makes with $X$ axis on a $2D$ plane.

A: This is not a trivial problem and requires a lot of effort. In other words, you need a computer. I will also assume that you are familiar with elementary calculations from analytical geometry. In particular you should be able to:

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*Calculate coordinates of all corner points of both rectangles.

*Determine if two segments AB and CD intersect or not. Basically, you have equation of line AB and equation of line CD; if the intersection point M is between A and B and also between C and D, the segments do intersect.

*Find a line $p$ through point A perpendicular to line BC and find the intersection point D of line $p$ and line BC. You should also be able to determine if the point D lies between points B and C.

All of this is fairly trivial and I won't go into details.
Step 1: You have four segements of the first rectange and four segments of the second rectangle. By using (2) find out if any segment from the first rectangle intersects with any segment from the second rectangle. If any pair of segments has an intersection point, the rectangles overlap (or touch) and their distance is zero. If not, go to step 2.
Step 2: For every corner point from the first rectangle find distances to all segments from the second rectangle by applying (3). You have two particular cases:
Case 1: Line through corner point A of the first rectangle perpendicular to segment BC from the second rectangle intersects line BC at point D between points B and C. In this case:
$$d=AD$$

Case 2: Line through corner point A of the first rectangle perpendicular to segment BC from the second rectangle intersects line BC at point D which is not between points B and C. In this case:
$$d=\min(AB,AC)$$

This gives you four distances for every corner point of the first rectangle. For the whole first rectangle you will get a set of 4x4=16 different distances $(d_1,d_2,...,d_{16})$.
Step 3: Repeat step 2, but this time consider distances from corner points of the second rectangle to segments of the first rectangle. This gives another set of 16 distances: $(d_{17},d_{18},...,d_{32})$.
The distance between rectangles is:
$$D=\min(d_1,d_2,...,d_{32})$$

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Will Pro-Charter Victory in Los Angeles Spread to Other Cities?
Nick Melvoin, newly elected to the Los Angeles school board, greets supporter Amy Baker, right, at his election night party in May. Melvoin, with millions of dollars in backing from charter school supporters, unseated a two-term incumbent who was heavily supported by the city's teachers' union.
—Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS
In L.A., it was a pricey fight for control of the school board
By Arianna Prothero
Now that pro-charter-school forces have taken control of a coveted piece of K-12 real estate—the Los Angeles Unified school board—proponents of school choice are hoping the expensive and hard-fought victory in the nation's second-largest district will lead to a more robust expansion of charters around the country.
After years of trying, charter school supporters succeeded in seizing the majority of seats on the Los Angeles board in a runoff election earlier this month, guaranteeing that the panel with broad powers over the 640,000-student district will support stalled efforts to expand the city's charter sector.
It was a stinging defeat for the city's teachers' union, long the dominant player in the district's politics.
Los Angeles Unified is the largest district in the country governed by an elected board, and the race for influence over its future direction pitted pro-charter forces who want to significantly grow charter schools there against teachers' unions that have been aggressively fighting to hold the line on charters.
The election's price tag—which brought an unprecedented $15 million in independent spending—underscored the tactical importance these groups see in Los Angeles.
Some view the Los Angeles race as a harbinger for battles over school board elections in other cities, and possibly bigger legislative battles in states over the expansion of the charter school market.
"I think this is a tectonic shift," said Steve Zimmer, the union-backed school board president and one of two incumbents who were ousted.
"This was financed by private-sector reformers," he said. "You can't get away from that [...] the way that they're going to be emboldened now, in terms of other school districts, in terms of the California legislature and beyond."
Zimmer, a two-term incumbent, lost his seat to Nick Melvoin, whose candidacy was heavily bankrolled by pro-charter forces, including billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad. (The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has provided support to Education Week.)
With wealthy pro-charter-school backers like Broad and Netflix founder Reed Hastings, and the powerful 35,000-member United Teachers of Los Angeles in its backyard, the district has become well-trod turf in the proxy wars between charter supporters and unions.
Spending in the 2013 school board race—the last time Zimmer was up for re-election—was also driven by a heated battle between charter- and union-backed candidates and broke campaign spending records at that time.
Marketplace for Charters
But while charters have made meaningful inroads into Los Angeles, they have nowhere near the market share that charters have in Detroit, the District of Columbia, and New Orleans, which enroll 40 percent or more of students in their respective cities.
Twenty-four percent of Los Angeles students attend charters, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Nationally, charter school growth has remained relatively flat in recent years, with just about 5 percent of public school students enrolled.
Upping the ante in this election was the future of an initiative spearheaded by the Broad Foundation to expand the number of charters in the city.
Initially the plan, which was leaked in its preliminary stages to the Los Angeles Times in 2015, called for doubling the number of charter schools in the city. After strong pushback, the plan was subsequently revamped to include investments in district schools. Any charter school expansion depends on the school board, which gets first crack at approving or denying new charter school applications.
"I certainly think that the elections signal an appetite for reform as opposed to a status quo," said Myrna Castrejon, the executive director of Great Public Schools Now, the organization that was set up to carry out the Broad plan for charter expansion.
The group is currently developing grant programs to create new schools and tackle other issues such as teacher retention and recruitment for charters and noncharters.
"I think this election opens up the possibility for the district to increase innovation … and that should happen in both sectors," Castrejon said, "and we stand ready to be part of that citywide conversation."
The city is already home to several fast-expanding, nationally recognized charter networks run by nonprofit management organizations.
A Confidence Booster
Nationally, charter school advocates are trying to glean lessons learned from the election's results and how they might replicate their success in Los Angeles to other jurisdictions. The victory in Los Angeles comes a few months after a bruising defeat for the charter sector in Massachusetts.
"If you invest in a strong set of candidates in a city that has a base of support for charter schools both in terms of the sheer number of charters and public knowledge of charters, you can impact the outcome of a board election," said Nina Rees, the president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the country's largest charter-advocacy group.
"The fact that it happened in Los Angeles is very significant; it gave us confidence that we can play in these school board races and win," she said.
Rees said outspending opponents is no guarantee of victory. Charter advocates are still smarting from last fall's loss in Massachusetts, when their pricey ballot initiative to lift the cap on the number of charters in the state was soundly defeated.
The effort to keep the cap was organized and mostly funded by teachers' unions.
Although charter backers spent handsomely on their campaigns—$26 million was poured into lifting the cap against the $16 million raised to keep it—62 percent of Massachusetts voters sided with the unions.
Governing Realities
In Los Angeles, the California Charter Schools Association (and various groups it funds) and Broad accounted for nearly $9.5 million of the almost $15 million in independent expenditures that flooded the school board race, according to campaign-finance records.
"It's important to note that what the key distinguishing factor was between these two scenarios was the fact that a lot of people were already familiar with charter schools [in Los Angeles]," said Rees. "Whereas in Massachusetts, you only had a handful of people impacted by charter schools."
The winning charter-backed candidates also had backgrounds working as teachers in Los Angeles Unified, an important asset, Rees added.
But even with a newly configured school board that's supportive of robust charter growth, those ambitions may shatter against the realities of running the vast school district, said Lawrence Picus, a professor of education finance and policy at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education.
All the school district's baggage—declining enrollment and a largely failed effort to put iPads in the hands of every student—which haunted Zimmer throughout his campaign, remains.
"The school district faces what appears to be some difficult financial times due to declining enrollment," said Picus, who lives in the district that was represented by Zimmer.
"The new board members will find themselves enmeshed in very complex budget challenges that will distract them from more charter schools."
Coverage of how parents work with educators, community leaders and policymakers to make informed decisions about their children's education is supported by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, at waltonk12.org. Education Week retains sole editorial control over the content of this coverage.
Vol. 36, Issue 33, Page 6
Published in Print: May 31, 2017, as Charter Win Brings Big Shift to L.A. Unified
"Los Angeles Offers Playbook for Charter School Expansion Efforts Nationally," (Charters & Choice) May 24, 2017.
"Will a Pro-Charter Victory in Los Angeles Build Momentum in Other Districts?," (Charters & Choice) May 22, 2017.
"Charter Advocates Win Majority on Los Angeles School Board," (Charters & Choice) May 17, 2017.
"Charter-Union Showdown in Los Angeles: Massive Spending on School Board Race," (Charters & Choice) May 16, 2017.


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The incredible USS Trout story …lives on through Tim McCoy
Over the last 20 years, I have had the chance to meet a number of members of the Greatest Generation. It's been a mission (if not an obsession) of mine. My purpose for the large part has been to find and meet people who knew or were somewhere near my grandfather, Lt Cdr Minter Dial, after whom I was named. So, it was only natural that, since I was headed to Austin Texas for SXSW 2014, I connected with a USN veteran of World War II. His name is Charles "Tim" McCoy, who served in the US Navy, aboard a number of submarines, before becoming a prisoner after the USS Grenadier was sunk (April 1943).
I came across Tim thanks for an article published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, written by Ray Westbrook.
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Tim and Jean McCoy (via Lubbock Journal)
Tim McCoy, who is 90 years old (born in 1924), showed that he is in great mental and physical health. For two hours, I listened to him talk about his experience in the Pacific, including his captivity as a prisoner of Japanese for over two years. Anybody who has come across the book Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrad (soon to be a film, directed by Angelina Jolie), or any other book about the Japanese POW treatment will know just how horrible that experience was. During our chat, I was lucky enough to hear directly from Tim, about his participation in a truly epic and well-documented mission aboard the USS Trout.
The USS Trout (202)
The USS Trout story is one of extreme bravery. For a submarine that usually had a crew of 60 men, as Tim recounted it to me, this particular mission was filled of volunteers, and numbered less than 40. The Trout's mission was to supply ammunition to the beleaguered island of Corregidor. For this purpose, the USS Trout left Hawaii without its usual set of torpedoes and defenses, in order to load it to the hilt with ammunition and supplies for the troops on Corregidor, where it arrived February 2, 1942.
Trout fishing for gold
In the stealthiest of maneuvers, coming under cover of night, the men of the Trout unloaded all its cargo during the night. Then during the day, the Trout spent daylight under refuge of the sea. On the second night, per Tim, they were given a new assignment: to load all the existing gold bullion that had been ferreted away from Manila before its capture. In this manner, the Japanese were deprived of the Philippines' gold and silver reserves.
USS Trout returning to Pearl Harbor with the loot
The story in History
As with so many of these war stories, there are some discrepancies in the various accounts. The most interesting one regards the reason why the gold was taken. Either the gold was taken because of a need for ballast. Or it was a pre-meditated reason for going to Corregidor in the first place (alongside bringing the supplies).
A second 'story' regards the amount of gold. It seems that one of the ingots got "lost" in the shuffle. Apparently, the 'missing' ingot showed up in California when Mr Willoughby, who had been overseeing the Philippine treasures, "turned up in San Francisco with a sheepish grin and one bar of gold, which he turned over to authorities, saying, 'Here's one I forgot.'" This was reported by TIME magazine. (Source: Home of Heroes)
In the story that I heard from Tim and the various accounts online about the USS Trout, there were some other small differences. But, no matter, it was wonderful to be able to hear about this story from someone who was there.
Two months later, Corregidor was invaded and captured by the Japanese. My grandfather and more than 12,000 allied men and women were taken prisoner. And, as I have documented before, only 6 of every ten prisoners made it back alive. Most of these survivors were scarred forever by the horrific experiences they suffered as prisoners of the Japanese. Tim transferred to USS Grenadier after that mission. The USS Trout, after making some 10 missions, was sunk in 1944, losing all 81 crew.
The words and memories of Tim McCoy were crisp and level. To think that this man was only a few hundred meters from my grandfather, just before his captivity, was incredibly meaningful for me. Tim kindly drove me all the way downtown, driving with greater precision and verve than the vast majority of other drivers. Kudos!
Thank you, Tim, for sharing your story, and for inspiring me to do more important things with my life.
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Thanks for coming by, Tim! Honored.
Jerry Landrum
My father was also on the USS Grenadier when they were captured. I have been trying to fill in some of the blanks about the Grenadier and their POW experiences. One was if the fairwater had been converted to the "low profile". In my search, I read that it was scheduled to be done but could not confirm if it was before or after the 6th and last patrol. I have read that the first plane that attacked was a twin-engine light bomber, a sea-plane, and a monoplane. I read that the second plane was possibly a single engine plane that they managed to hit with gunfire. I have gotten several latitude and longitude sites where they sank and that they were possibly near the Pilgrim Islands. There are groups of technical divers that are looking for the wrecksite and if they find it, I plan to visit. There is a photo of my Dad when he was liberated from Omori POW camp on 29 August 1945 in which he is waving an American Flag that he and several other POWs made. Also in the photo is another Grenadier crewmember, Norman "Al" Albertsen who also helped with the Flag. After many years of searching, I found the Flag with the help of Jeanna Johnson Smith (Johnny Johnson's daughter) and "Al's" future niece at the Washington Navy Yard. It is currently on display at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia. I am trying to put names on the people in the photos from that time. Both photos from their submarine experiences and POW photos. I have been trying to contact Tim McCoy but have had no success.
Phil Jaskoviak
If you are still out there and looking for answers and information regarding USS Grenadier please get in touch with me. I am at [email protected]
I will make sure Jerry gets your message! Thanks Phil.


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