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JSR #282
RTSJ version 2.0
Public Review Final Approval Ballot
Ballot duration: 2019-10-29 to: 2019-11-04
These are the final results of the Public Review Final Approval Ballot for JSR #282. The EC has approved this ballot.
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On 2019-11-04 Arm Limited voted Yes with the following comment: Would be good for JCP to update the specification title to match the spec "RTSJ 2.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 Hazelcast voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 Tomitribe voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 Goldman Sachs & Co. voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 Oracle voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-31 London Java Community voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-31 BNY Mellon voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-01 Credit Suisse voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-03 Fujitsu Limited voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-03 IBM voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 JetBrains s.r.o. voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 Hewlett Packard Enterprise voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-30 Software AG voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-30 Intel Corp. voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-02 Eclipse Foundation, Inc voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-03 SouJava voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-11-04 SAP SE voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-30 Alibaba Co. Ltd. voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-30 Azul Systems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-30 V2COM voted Yes with the following comment: Really glad to get this final version! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-31 MicroDoc voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-10-30 Twitter, Inc. voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Chris Mercier - CV
Chris Mercier (1951), artist and printmaker lives and works in Reading, Berkshire (UK). He studied at Berkshire College of Art and Epsom College of Art. He then moved to Italy where he studied violin making in Cremona before working as a craftsman in Venice. On his return to the UK he has practiced as an artist and printmaker for many years and has also collaborated with many artists in the role of master printer in print and editioning studios.
He studied Fine Art at The University of Reading and completed an MA in Fine Art printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London.
He runs his own art editioning studio making multiples for artists. He is a member of the RGA, arjeea21 and the Printmakers Council.
Artist's Statement.
I describe myself as an artist and printmaker. I frequently use printing processes as a tool for creating art work. The difference I see between an 'artist-printmaker' and the 'printer' is that the printmaker takes an idea, a thought to the printing machine; whereas the printer may only be concerned in reproducing previously created art works. So I see the print process as just another component in the tool-box of the artist. However I consider thought as the essential instigator of my art.
I am intrigued by the device of metonymy used in visual imagery. Add to that the viral image and the virtual image, both companions to the digital age and to the internet. I am very interested in the way a work can exist on two planes, the real and the virtual, existing perhaps in a dormant mode until the virtual unfolds replicates and performs.
My recent work has focused on the frontier between analogue and digital technologies, an "in between" place. I have previously described this as "a zone to be explored where print as an artist"s medium can falter or be reborn as it comes up against the digital vehicles of dispersion".
Currently I am making work that explores process and the repertoires of objects and their articulation through motion and time.
June 2013 – In-Print-Out Print Triennale, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.
April 2013 – Casual Ties Portfolio Launch, TinType Gallery, London.
March 2013 – PhotoGraphics Printmakers Council, Great Western Studios, London.
March 2013 – RCA Secret Postcard Exhibition, Battersea, London.
February 2013 – Hot off The Press 2013 Curwen Gallery, London.
December 2012 – RGA & arjeea21 Christmas print sale, Reading Museum.
November 2012 – Face to Face, Peacock Gallery, Reading.
October 2012 – Multiplied 2012 RCA Graduates, Christie's, London.
September 2012 – Works on Paper The Printmakers Council at R.K. Burt Gallery, London
September 2012 – Reincarnation London Design Festival, venue: London Print Studio, London
June 2012 – Royal College of Art Degree Show Battersea London.
June 2012 – 'Shorts' RCA Short film Festival.
March 2012 – Lost for Words Printmakers Council – The Street Gallery UCLH Arts London.
March 2012 – Cafe Gallery Show The Second Exhibition Royal College of Art Printmaking Show
May 2011 – Interim WIP show Royal College of Art, Kensington, London.
May 2011 – This Time – Arjeea21 show in St Andrews Church, Caversham. Reading
April 2011 – Café Gallery Show First Exhibition Royal College of Art Printmaking Show
October 2010 – Parcel Fever, Nuit Blanche (W.A.F.) OpenHand Gallery, Reading.
September 2010 – Out of Print Printmakers Council show South Hill Park, Bracknell.
July 2010 – Reading Arts Week – New Directions, Forbury & Reading Museum.
July 2010 – Consequences RCA printmaking, group show at The Parfitt Gallery, Croydon.
June 2010 – Dream Ticket The Retreat, Reading.
June 2010 – Please Touch CoExist Galleries, Southend on Sea.
April 2010 - " Room to Manoeuvre Open hand-Open space, Arjeea21
March 2010 – Café Gallery Show Anything I Can Do You Can Do Better Royal College of Art & CGL Southwark Park London.
Jan - March 2010 – Reading Guild of Artists 80th annual Exhibition, Town Hall Reading.
Jan 2010 Working Drawings Exhibition – The Peacock Gallery
Nov 2009 – Man Photography Prize Exhibition (RCA)
Oct 2009 – RCA Secret Postcard Exhibition
Oct 2009 – University of Reading Open Day Art Exhibition.
Sept 2009 - Printmakers Council Show at Impact 2009, Bristol.
Sept 2009 – Art in Science Exhibition, Department of Physics, University of Reading.
June 2009 – Final BA Show at the Fine Art Dept.,University of Reading.
June 2009 – Caversham Open Studios, Reading.
July 2008 – Allotment, Arjeea21 show at The Marksman Gallery Reading.
June 2008 – RGA Corridor Exhibition at Royal Berks Hospital.
June 2008 – Caversham Open Studios Reading.

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Since 2009, Rhythmplex has presented the music and multi-disciplinary projects of drummer and percussionist Jon Mueller. Project partnerships have included organizations such as AIGA, Alverno Presents, Eaux Claires Festival, Shaker Heritage Society, Bjorklunden and Viva! Art Montreal. Whether involving teams of people from various disciplines or simply Mueller himself, the aim for all projects is to reveal something personally meaningful that resonates onward.
The following people have contributed to Rhythmplex projects: Marielle Allschwang, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Crumbs, Martha Bayne, Matt Blair, Betty Blexrud-Strigens, Stacy Blint, Jeff Bradley, Sarah Bradley, Reverend William Bradley, Amalinda Burich, Alison Chesley, Hans Christian, Faith Coloccia, Tyler Damon, Starlyn D'Angelo, Mark Dawursk, Chris DeMay, Loren Dempster, Ariele Ebacher, Kim Eckstein, Mark Fairbanks, Scott Fields, Jaime Fennelly, Mark Franke, William Ryan Fritch, Angelique Grandone, Sally Haldorson, Samantha Hall-Saladino, Ken Hanson, Adam Heathcott, Chris Hefner, Nathaniel Heuer, Ania Hildago, Rebecca Hinsdale, Dixie Jacobs, Chris Koelle, Jessi Kolberg, Andrew Lange, Sharon Lanza, Rollie Layman, Tom Lecky, Laura Lippert, Jeff Lipton, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeff Lutsey, Andrew McKenzie, Grace McKirdy, Blyth Meier, Ann Marie Meiers, Janel Meindersee, Jon Minor, Meredith Miller, Andrew Morgan, Gretchen Morganstern, Jon Mueller, Teresa Mueller, Margaret Muza, Sara Padgett-Heathcott, Margaret Paek, Ken Palme, Bruce Collin Paulson, Natasha Pickowicz, James Plotkin, Jeremy Popelka, Hal Rammel, Lillian Rammel, David Ravel, Alexandria Reindl, Jessica Reinke, Maria Rice, Chris Rosenau, Jen Schattschneider-Roach, Aaron Schleicher, Dylan Schleicher, Molly Shanahan, Kaveh Soofi, Daniel Spack, Dawn Springer, Damian Strigens, Katie Stimson, Phillip Sudderberg, Rory Trainor, Stephanie Trenchard, Aaron Turner, Matt Turner, Todd Umhoefer, David Utzinger, Ken Vandermark, Christal Wagner, Mark Waldoch, Jim Warchol, Erin Wolf, and Milan Zori.
The fire illustration on the the homepage was done by artist Chris Koelle. This site was designed by Jon Minor. Photo below by Margaret Muza and Guncotton Tintype.
Renowned percussionist and drummer Jon Mueller is celebrated for his uncommon technique, rigor and virtuosity.
"…an audacious ringleader for new music."
– Pitchfork
"The drumming is euphoric and revelatory, somehow both meditative and bombastic, and sounds absolutely huge."
– Decoder Magazine
"The music registers as a vibrating, moving force rather than a mere drum solo."
– Wire Magazine
"…cerebral, emotional and spiritual in nature."
– a closer listen
Mueller's aim has been to move drums, percussion and rhythm from its anticipated backbeat to a central musical focus, something more intuitive and natural than usually imagined. Audiences throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United Kingdom have experienced this idiosyncratic point of view as, paradoxically, both 'cathartic' and 'meditative'. Notable solo performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Alverno Presents, SXSW, Big Ears Festival, Hopscotch Fest and Witching Hour Festival.
"If something interests me, it comes out in various ways, or if I favor a certain feel, attitude, approach, etc., any work I do is going to contain elements of that. When one wholly engages in something―physically, mentally, spiritually―that thing will carry through to something else we do. It's now a part of our thinking and understanding. In that sense, we are like drums. How we are struck determines our response."
– Excerpt from an interview in Paris Transatlantic
Two examples illustrate Mueller's goal of an ever-deepening mindfulness on the part of both performers and audience, joining the two as equal participants in the act of creation.
INITIATION is a record by Jon Mueller. Written and recorded over the winter months of 2014, using four bass drums, voice, and bells, the compositions reference ritual, trance and origins of music at a hypnotic and rhythmic bpm. This record, however, is not available on an LP, CD, DVD, or even digital format. Instead, the recorded compositions are only presented during venue-based events incorporating projected video (Chris Hefner) and live dance (Dawn Springer). In essence, each performance venue becomes a discreet, non-reproducible media format. INITIATION is intended as an exclusive live experience, a new way of living inside a record. INITIATION premiered at the 2015 Eaux Claires Festival.
From 2013-15, Mueller created and directed the multi-disciplinary project DEATH BLUES. DEATH BLUES is a multivalent project that boldly asks big questions: "What happens when we thoroughly hold and understand that our lives are finite? How does this understanding of our end shape our present? How do we become more 'present'?" DEATH BLUES utilizes a number of methods of communication, writing, recording, images, movement, video, taste, performance, and more, creating an experience that's understood in a more personal way that develops over time. At the premiere of its first iteration at Alverno Presents in November 2012, each of the audiences' five senses was consciously engaged – a menu of small, custom confections that asked, among other things, what was the taste of your first kiss – a labyrinth from the lobby to the stage with artisanal scents at each turn – all leading the audience to join 30 plus performers on stage. Mary Louise Schumacher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote "It makes such sense that a drummer, as a sort of ascetic, would offer up a meditation on the measure of time. And what it means to end. "
The project issued four critically acclaimed recordings. Rolling Stone cited Non-Fiction as one of the '20 Best Avant Albums of 2014'. Ensemble, created with multi-instrumentalist William Ryan Fritch, was featured on NPR's 'First Listen'.
In the late 1990s/early 2000s, Mueller was the drummer in the bands Pele and Collections of Colonies of Bees, both of which released numerous records and toured internationally. He later joined with band mates from these groups and vocalist Justin Vernon of Bon Iver to form Volcano Choir. Volcano Choir's 2013 record Repave debuted at number 40 on the Billboard charts. The group performed on the NBC show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, experienced multiple sold out tours in the US, Canada, and Europe, and performed at international festivals such as Primavera and Osheaga.
In 2016, Mueller began working as part of the expanded lineup of Jaime Fennelly's Mind Over Mirrors. The initial record featuring this lineup, Undying Color, received critical acclaim from NPR, The Quietus, and more. The group toured the U.S. in support of the record throughout 2017. In 2018, they released Bellowing Sun, a large-scale performance beneath an immersive light installation that premiered in April 2018 at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Mueller has also worked in depth with artists Jason Kahn, Asmus Tietchens, Z'EV, Aaron Turner, Faith Coloccia, Andrew McKenzie, Rhys Chatham, Jarboe, James Plotkin, Duane Pitre, and Raymond Dijkstra.
From 1999 – 2009 Mueller owned the record label and promotion company Crouton, which published and promoted over 40 releases in deluxe presentations from artists such as The Hafler Trio, Asmus Tietchens, Z'EV, Osso Exotico, Daniel Menche, Jason Kahn, Raymond Dijkstra, Richard Chartier, Lionel Marchetti, Robert Hampson, Jarboe, and more. Crouton also organized events in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas with artists from around the world. These were documented by the press and filmed as part of a PBS documentary on jazz musician Ken Vandermark.
Mueller has given talks about listening and creativity at Witching Hour Festival, Loyola University, Viva! Art Action, Wesleyan University and PechaKucha, focusing on how to think of one's work outside of the usual parameters, in other words, preaching what Mueller has long practiced.
In 1990, Mueller studied music theory at Columbia College. Private drum lessons with Hal Russell led to the frantic energy of Pele and was further distilled during Collections of Colonies of Bees. As he focused further on minimalism, repetition and overtones, with a goal of achieving ecstatic states of being, his practice led him to private voice lessons from La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela in 2018.
The recording discography of Jon Mueller since 1997. Click on each image to open that collection of recordings.
Mind Over Mirrors
Death Blues
Volcano Choir
Collections of Colonies of Bees
Telecognac
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"The Great March of Return" 230 killed
33 Gazans injured in IOF quelling of March of Return
At least 33 Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) heavily opened fire at the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return on Gaza border.
The PIC reporter said that hundreds of Palestinians marched along the border fence east of Gaza for the 37th week of the Great March of Return despite the cold and stormy weather.
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege early on Friday called for the largest participation the border march which is set to commemorate the anniversary of the First Intifada.
Member of the committee and the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Talal Abu Zarifa, said in press statements that the Palestinians are determined to continue their protests until they achieve their goals, particularly a complete halt of the Israeli blockade on Gaza.
"Today we take part in the Great March of Return armed with international legitimacy after the failure of the US draft resolution condemning the resistance at the United Nations General Assembly," he added.
The Palestinians have been protesting since 30 March along the border fence between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied territories to demand an end for the 13-year-long blockade on the enclave and call for the return of refugees to their lands from which they were expelled in the 1948 war.
Since the start of the border protests, 247 Palestinians have been killed by the IOF, while 22,000 injured, 500 of whom are in critical conditions.
Foreign Ministry Issues Complaint to ICC over Investigation into Israeli Crimes
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad al-Malki, presented a complaint, on Wednesday, to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, for procrastination in opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people.
The ministry said, in a statement, that al-Malki expressed his disappointment to Bensouda with the initial study carried out by the prosecutor's office on the situation in Palestine.
Al-Malki's comments were made during a meeting with Bensouda on the sidelines of the 17th session of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC; the event opened in The Hague, on Wednesday.
He also called upon Bensouda to speed up opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people, to bring justice to the Palestinian victims of the Israeli atrocities.
Al-Malki said that a probe will restrain Israel from continuing to carry out war crimes and will bring justice to the Palestinians.
He told Bensouda that "any delay in the investigation is a delay in bringing justice and gives the occupying power impunity and more time to commit its daily crimes."
On May 22nd, the Palestinian Authority had submitted a referral to the ICC, for the first time, calling on the prosecutor to open an immediate investigation into Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories; the referral was presented after Israeli forces had killed 62 Palestinians, mostly in the Gaza Strip, on May 14, who were protesting against the opening of the United States embassy in Jerusalem.
47 Palestinians injured in IOF quelling of Gaza protests
Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Monday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked peaceful protesters on northern Gaza coast.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that 47 Palestinians were injured in the protests.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF heavily fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at the Palestinian protesters who launched balloons attached to portraits of the Great March of Return martyrs.
Dozens of Palestinian fishing boats took part in the protests and marched near the sea border, north of the Gaza Strip.
9 Palestinians injured as Israel suppresses 18th naval march
At least nine Palestinians were injured with Israeli live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets, while dozens of others suffered from tear-gas inhalation, on Monday, as Israeli forces suppressed the 17th naval march setting off from the Gaza seaport in an attempt to break the nearly 12-year Israeli siege.
A Ma'an reporter confirmed that nine Palestinians, 1 with injured with a live bullet, 4 with with rubber-coated steel bullets and 4 injured by tear-gas bombs, were transferred to hospitals for treatment.
He added that dozens of others suffered tear-gas inhalation.
Some 30 boats, along with hundreds of Palestinians arrived to the northern border to participate in the 18th naval march.
Israeli forces fired live bullets, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs towards Palestinian crowds while the Israeli navy opened fire at Gaza boats attempting to break the siege.
Member of the politburo of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), Talal Abu Tharifeh, said that naval marches would continue until their goals are achieved.
The National Committee for Breaking the Siege, organizer of the march, called on the United Nations, the European Union, and fellow Arab countries to immediately intervene and carry out their legal responsibilities to force Israel to end the occupation and break the siege.
PCHR: On 36th Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, Israeli Forces Wound 58 Civilians, including 14 Children and Paramedic
On Friday evening, 30 November 2018, Israeli forces wounded 58 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children and a paramedic in the peaceful demonstrations in the eastern Gaza Strip despite the decreasing intensity of the demonstrations there for the fifth week consecutively and absence of most means usually used during the demonstrations since the beginning of the Return and Breaking the Siege March 7 months ago.
According to observations by PCHR's fieldworkers, for the fifth week since the beginning of the Return March on 30 March 2018, the demonstrators abstained from setting fire to tires while the attempts to cross the border fence and throw stones and incendiary balloons were completely absent.
Though the demonstrators were around tens of meters away from the border fence, the Israeli forces who stationed in sniper positions and military jeeps along the fence continued to use excessive force against the demonstrators by opening fire and firing teargas canisters at them, without the later posing any imminent threat or danger to the life of soldiers.
On 30 November 2018, the incidents were as follows:
At approximately 14:30, thousands of civilians, including women, children and entire families, started swarming to the five encampments established by the Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege adjacent to the border fence with Israel in eastern Gaza Strip cities and raised flags, chanted national songs in addition to organizing sportive and folklore performances inside the encampments and its yards. Hundreds, including children and women, approached the border fence with Israel in front of each encampment and gathered tens of meters away from the main border fence. Further, setting fire to tires, throwing stones, incendiary balloons and Molotov cocktails were almost absent.
Despite the prevailing calmness, the Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets in addition to hundreds of teargas canisters, particualry in eastern Jabalia, Gaza and al-Bureij refugee camp. The Israeli shooting, which continued at around 17:00, resulted in the injury of 58 Palestinian civilians, including 14 child and a paramedic. Doctors classified 4 civilians' injury as serious. In addition, hundreds suffered tear gas inhalation and seizures due to tear gas canisters that were fired by the Israeli forces from the military jeeps and riffles in the eastern Gaza Strip.
The following table shows the number of civilian victims due to the Israeli forces' suppression of the Great March of Return since its beginning on 30 March
Notes Medical Crews Journalists Women Children Total Casualties
Among those Killed, there were 6 Persons
with Disabilities and a girl. 3 2 1 33 175 Killed
148 118 274 1717 9621 Wounded
Among those wounded, 508 are in serious condition and 94 had their lower or upper limbs amputated; 82 lower-limb amputations, 2 upper-limb amputations, 10 finger amputations and 17 children had their limbs amputated according to the Ministry of Health.
The number of those wounded only include those wounded with live bullet and directly hit with tear gas canisters as there have been thousand others who suffered tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises.
PCHR emphasizes that continuously targeting civilians, who exercise their right to peaceful assembly or while carrying out their humanitarian duty, is a serious violation of the rules of international law, international humanitarian law, the ICC Rome Statute and Fourth Geneva Convention.
Thus, PCHR calls upon the ICC Prosecutor to open an official investigation in these crimes and to prosecute and hold accountable all those applying or involved in issuing orders within the Israeli Forces at the security and political echelons.
PCHR hereby condemns the excessive use of force and commission of crimes by the Israeli forces despite the prevailed calmness, believing it is as a result of Israel's enjoying impunity thanks to the U.S. and so encouraging the Israeli forces to commit further crimes upon an official decision by the highest military and political echelons.
PCHR also reiterates its call upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
PCHR calls upon Switzerland, in its capacity as the Depository State for the Convention, to demand the High Contracting Parties to convene a meeting and ensure Israel's respect for this Convention, noting that these grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians' right to protection in the occupied territories.
Gazans' Injuries Risk Permanently Shattering Lives
~Doctors Without Borders/Days of Palestine
The vast majority of the 3,117 patients treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) between 30 March and 31 October – out of the total 5,866 the Ministry of Health says have been injured by live fire – had been shot in the leg. Around half suffered open fractures, with severe soft tissue damage to many of the rest.
These are complex and serious injuries that do not quickly heal. Their severity and the lack of appropriate treatment in Gaza's crippled health system means that infection is a high risk, especially for patients with open fractures.
Gaza currently lacks the ability to properly diagnose bone infections, but from experience MSF expects that at least 25 per cent of patients with fractures are infected. Out of roughly 3,000 open fractures, this means it is likely that more than 1,000 patients are infected.
Based on a preliminary analysis of MSF's patients in Gaza, we estimate that at least 60 per cent of the total number of injured patients treated by all health providers – a massive 3,520 people – will need further surgery, physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
A significant proportion of those patients will require some form of reconstructive surgery to properly heal, but untreated infections will prevent that from happening.
This burden is too much to bear for the health system in Gaza in its current form, weakened as it is by more than a decade of blockade.
Such a large number of injuries affects not just the injured; it also puts a strain on the provision of regular healthcare in Gaza.
The consequences of these wounds – especially if untreated – will be lifelong disability for many, and if infections are not tackled then the results could be amputation or even death.
Although MSF and other organisations are working hard to provide treatment for these patients, the scale of the needs is quickly becoming overwhelming, challenging our continued ability to respond.
The situation is also worsening as more people are shot, wounded flesh and bone dies, and the risk of infection increases.
An adequate response will cost tens of millions of euros – money that urgently needs to be found.
"MSF has already tripled its capacity in Gaza but the required volume of surgery, carefully managed antibiotics, intensive nursing care, and long-term physiotherapy and rehabilitation is staggering," said Marie-Elisabeth Ingres, MSF's head of mission in Palestine.
What is required now is:
for the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to do all they can to facilitate the free access and work of all healthcare providers in Gaza that are trying to build the advanced capacity to care for these people;
for other countries in the region and around the globe to step forward and offer funding and space in their hospitals where advanced surgical capacity exists; and
for authorities in Palestine and Israel to facilitate the transfer of these patients abroad.
As Ingres concludes, "the alternative – that thousands of patients will be left to deal with terrible injuries, with many permanently disabled and dependent on their families – is unconscionable when adequate treatment is within the world's grasp."
28 Palestinians injured in Gaza border protests
At least 28 Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return on Gaza border.
Spokesman for Gaza's Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that 28 Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire, including a journalist, and an ambulance was partially damaged after it was attacked with teargas canisters.
Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday marched along the border fence between Gaza and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories, holding Palestinian flags and portraits of the Great March of Return martyrs.
The Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return in a statement on Thursday said that the demonstrations of the 36th week of the Great March of Return are aimed at marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
For his part, Abdullatif al-Qanou', Hamas's spokesman, said in a press statement that the solidarity with the Palestinian people should be translated into actions toward breaking the 13-year-long blockade on Gaza and ending the occupation.
The Great March of Return was launched on 30 March with the aim of highlighting the Palestinian refugees' right to return, and breaking the siege on Gaza.
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians have died and thousands injured as a result of Israel's use of lethal force to quell the border protests.


Suzy earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1997 from the University of Notre Dame and master's degree in physical therapy in 1999 from Northwestern University. She has achieved success in the treatment of injuries and conditions in the ankle and foot and rotator cuff tears and shoulder impingement. Suzy has completed numerous continuing education courses and strives to assist all patients in restoring and improving their quality of life through their clinical rehabilitation experience.


Molecule—a rapidly growing company in the commodities trading (CTRM/ETRM) software industry—is looking to grow our Enterprise Sales team. This person serves their team by a) prospecting future customers and b) making strategic outbound calls and contacts. The ideal candidate for this mid-to-senior level position will be hungry, highly detail-oriented and organized, with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities.
If you have a strong desire to make a big impact on a nimble team, then Molecule may be the right place for you.


Mr. Langlois has served as Algodon Wine Estates' Executive Chef since 2007, after moving to Mendoza "in search of the wine terroir". His past experience includes working as chef instructor of the Instituto de Gastronomía de Mendoza. Mr. Langlois has also served in distinguished hotels and restaurants in Buenos Aires including the Four Seasons and La Bourgogne at the Alvear Palace Hotel. The privilege of working by the side of eminent chefs has allowed Mr. Langlois to perfect traditional cooking techniques, and apply them to a modern Argentine-French signature cuisine. Mr. Langlois has received training and attended special seminars to complete his education in Argentine regional cuisine, French cuisine, Haute gourmet cuisine and human resources in gastronomy. He graduated from the Instituto Argentino de Gastronomía, Buenos Aires, with a degree as a Culinary Professional.


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Phoenix Contact – producent automatyki przemysłowej w tym złączek szynowych, złącz przemysłowych, ochrony przed przepięciami i urządzeń automatyki, m.in. dla energetyki, telekomunikacji, przemysłu samochodowego, chemicznego, naftowo-gazowego.

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Przedsiębiorstwo powstało w Niemczech w 1923 roku i obecnie główna siedziba Phoenix Contact znajduje się w Blomberg. W latach 80. powstały pierwsze oddziały zagraniczne – w Szwajcarii, USA i Szwecji. Aktualnie przedsiębiorstwo posiada ok. 50 oddziałów na całym świecie.

Phoenix Contact w Polsce

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Spółka handlowa istnieje od 1997 roku, zatrudnia ok. 50 osób. Od 2015 siedziba mieści się we Wrocławiu, we Wrocławskim Parku Biznesu 3. Nawiązując do tradycji Wrocławskich krasnali, firma ufundowała krasnala imieniem Phoeniksik.

Phoenix Contact Wielkopolska Sp. z o.o
Zakład produkcyjny z siedzibą w Nowym Tomyślu istnieje od 1994 roku, zatrudnia ok. 2400 osób, pracujących w 6 halach produkcyjnych o łącznej powierzchni 45 tys. m2.

Wytwarzane są tam wyroby z grupy produktów elektrotechnicznych:
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Mellon Square
John Ormsbee Simonds
Simonds and Simonds
Built in 1955, Mellon Square was the first Modernist garden plaza built over a parking garage. Designed by landscape architect John O. Simonds, of Simonds and Simonds, in collaboration with architect James Ritchey, of Mitchell and Ritchey, the plaza was paid for by the Mellon family foundations and conceived as an oasis, a gathering space in the midst of dense corporate buildings. It was a cornerstone of the Pittsburgh Renaissance, an initiative established by the Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association at the end of World War II to transform the industrial downtown area into a modern city of plazas, parks and new corporate buildings.
Sightlines from within the park obscure the surrounding streets, reaching across instead to frame the space as a void within the surrounding towers. From within the buildings, the harlequin-patterned terrazzo of the sizeable plaza played against the tiles and jets of the fountain and with the diamond patterned façade of the Alcoa headquarters building by architects Harrison & Abramovitz.
The multi-functional plan and Modernist design has provided Pittsburgh with a vital downtown civic space for over 50 years. Between 2009 and 2014, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Heritage Landscapes led a massive revitalization of the plaza, which included the restoration of the Cascade and Central Fountains, an updating of the lighting, and the installation of a new terrace based on original designs by Simonds and Simonds. In 2013 the historic district surrounding the plaza was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Please take public transport to our Open House.
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Introduced in 2004, the DSA scheme provides students with the opportunity to seek admission to Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH), based on a diverse range of academic and non-academic achievements and talents that they can demonstrate beyond the PSLE.
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We strongly believe in fostering and nurturing our students' talents and abilities in a fun yet challenging environment. Under the guidance of experienced instructors and teachers who exemplify excellence and character, our programmes provide our students with the opportunities to grow and discover themselves.
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Dr Elizabeth Farrelly is a Sydney-based columnist and author.
voodoo economics
October 10, 2011 Elizabeth Farrelly	0 Opinions	SMH Archive
Pub: Sydney Morning Herald
Pubdate: 27-Jan-2011
Subsection: Opinion
Wordcount: 976
Why post offices are going the way of cheap airport parking
ELIZABETH FARRELLY
Gabon's recent arrest of smugglers in possession of the head and hands of an endangered gorilla, plus 30 chimpanzee heads with assorted hands, shows the ongoing cost of voodoo. But what of the ongoing cost of voodoo economics?
Voodoo economics – aka Reaganomics, Friedmanism, Thatcherism or, endearingly in NZ, Rogernomics – dispatched into the wild those services that had long been protected as civilisation's core, including aviation, banking and post. So it is hardly surprising that now, although the sharp-toothed among them have flourished, those gentler, service-oriented species (such as cheap airport parking, local banks and post offices) are now endangered to the point of extinction.
Australia Post is the latest poacher to be caught red-handed. Entrusted as guardian of some of our most treasured building stock, Australia Post has been sneaking neighbourhood post offices across the border into private hands for a good 20 years.
Glebe, Woollahra and Turramurra are the latest casualties in a long list of post office closures and relocations. My local in Redfern has gone from a handsome, purpose-designed and civic-minded old building into a trashy and mindless new one. From Dubbo to Widgiemooltha, if Australia Post is allowed its ruthless profit-taking, more will follow.
Allowed? It is pretty much obliged. Certainly its 1989 enabling Act sets Australia Post's commercial obligations above those to the community, although it is silent as to which should prevail in case of conflict.
It's silent, too, on the question of buildings. They may be some of the best we'll ever have, our communities' staunch point-of-origin, but in time-honoured Aussie tradition, they're classified "expendable"; expendable to the business, and expendable, period.
I speak from experience. In the early 1990s, as a Sydney City councillor, I was closely involved with the GPO redevelopment. From the first, Australia Post acted with breathtaking cowboy nonchalance. The GPO is probably the best building in the country but I swear they would have demolished it if they thought they could. "Just treat us like any other developer," argued the nice chaps from Australia Post.
But it was worse than that, because they were developers with total government protection who, being only "semi"-privatised, didn't actually need development consent. We were confronting jackals with a pea-shooter.
Eventually, desperate, we flew to Canberra to beg Paul Keating's architectural sympathies. He responded somewhat wistfully (and I'm paraphrasing): "When we were in charge, we could tell them to stuff their heads into their rubbish bins."
And regret he might, since it was down to Keating, voodoo primate, that we were in that pickle at all.
The track from corporatisation to sell-offs to closures was clearly signposted back in 1989. Yet at last week's Glebe rally, not a single political speaker made the connection. Not Clover Moore, not Meredith Burgmann, not Tanya Plibersek – who, as Minister for Human Services and Social Inclusion (no, really), was so moved by Australia Post's breach of the accessibility obligation that she developed a touch of the Max Headrooms.
"Hands off Glebe Post Office, hands off Glebe Post Office," Plibersek exhorted her appreciative crowd (posing, as you do, for the cameras). "We must show them we value this community service, value this community service."
Even Senator John Faulkner – Glebe resident, rally attendee, long-time opponent of privatisations and, as it happens, member of the Hawke-Keating government that shooed Australia Post from the kraal – regards corporatisation and closure as "completely separate issues".
They had their emotions on show but did either of them undertake to tackle the feds on leashing its solely-owned enterprise? Not a bit of it.
It took historian Max Solling to point out what the rest of the audience knew: that "having sold off our post office, the Australian Postal Corporation's handsomely paid executives are telling us we're not economically viable and … we should trek off to that dingy little thing at Broadway".
And a dingy little thing it is, this low-rent hole tucked sideways into a crevice near the car park entrance. Dingy, yes, and small but it represents a triple tragedy.
First, there's the death of civic-ness, once valued, now despised. What with both post offices and churches now indistinguishable from the tackiest of two-dollar shops, we're almost accustomed to towns without landmarks or centres. We used to measure distances to post offices; to what will our grandchildren measure? The TAB? The mall? The pub?
Then there's the obscenity of those who, like Australia Post's chief executive, Ahmed Fahour, suck $3 million a year from a system that increases executive salaries 11 per cent while their profits drop by 70 per cent and they sack 1000 workers. After the GFC, and what you might call GSS (Goldman Sachs Syndrome), we're almost used to that, too.
But what's really infuriating is that, despite these sacrifices, they're not even decent shops. They're dreadful, selling a desultory range of wares from camping lanterns to first-aid kits to dog-ball throwers that gives more the feel of some failing import-export outfit than anything resembling a post office.
In other words, even their commercial obligations are swinging in the breeze. You mightn't mind so much if they'd grabbed the wide-open opportunity to create a first-rate stationery chain, such as Officeworks or Britain's Ryman. But to kill the Post Office for a bit of rubbish retail is yet more proof that jungle law may favour the strong but does not favour civilisation.
Governments provide services. That's why we have them. Jungles provide competition. Semi-privatising Australia Post condemned it to fail at both, being neither wild nor tame. But it also gives a single slender hope, since its sole shareholder, the minister, may direct its board in the public interest. Deluge Stephen Conroy.
But let's be clear. The GFC shows plainly that while civilisation's role is to rescue us from the jungle, voodoo economics drops us straight back in, sociopaths in charge.
In Gabon, at least they bother catching the smugglers.
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Dr Elizabeth Farrelly is a weekly opinion columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and an award-winning critic and author. She has engaged with Sydney as a writer, blogger, academic, City Councilor, designer, planning bureaucrat, cyclist and, most importantly, a human who loves cities. With a background across philosophy, literature, science, city planning and architecture, Farrelly has written several books, fiction and non-fiction, as well as countless book-chapters and articles in several countries and is a regular public speaker and broadcaster. She is currently building an off-grid dwelling in rural NSW. Her latest book, KILLING SYDNEY, was due out in April 2020 (and is now due some time later).
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Disney on Ice returns to Kent in November
Tickets on sale for Dare to Dream at ShoWare Center
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 11:30am
The popular Disney on Ice returns in November's to the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent with Dare to Dream.
Ten shows are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, through Monday, Nov. 5. Ticket prices vary per show, but generally range from $25 to $70. For tickets, go to accessoshowarecenter.com, call 253-856-6999 or visit the ShoWare Box Office, 625 W. James St.
The show features Moana as she goes on a quest with demigod Maui to save her island and find her own identity. Anna's devotion to her sister Elsa sets her on a journey to stop an eternal winter. Rapunzel goes to great lengths to realize her dream. Fearless Belle befriends the enchanted castle staff and uncovers the Beast's gentleness. With help from her friends, Cinderella is determined to make her wish come true. Along with Mickey and friends, fans can discover their inner hero at Dare To Dream.
Tickets are required for ages 2 and older. Costumes are not permitted for guests 14 years and older. Doors open one hour prior to the performance.
The schedule:
• Thursday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m.
• Friday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 3, 11:30 a.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 4, 11:30 a.m.
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• Sunday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m.
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Pacific Ballroom Dance to perform 'Rise'
This political biography is unlike any others
Man and the moon
Programs this week honor Apollo program and the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing
California's Starfire Singers perform benefit concert at Kent United Methodist Church on July 26
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Cirque Musica presents Holiday Wishes Nov. 21 at Kent's ShoWare Center
Concert features cast performing to songs by symphony orchestra
Kent Cornucopia Days to feature street fair, parade, fun run
48th annual festival July 12-14
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Named after a lake in Kent, company began here and became a giant in the fish pole-selling market
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Foodie destination sizzles with tasty, authentic local and global fare
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African heritage comes alive in Teen Voices program
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S Soul news 02/03/2013
Elias Sahlin / Until I'm There
I'm still wild – Sahra da Silva
Interview with the raw and fresh Danish soulful blues singer.
I'd been looking forward expectedly to Saturday night.
No, tonight I wouldn't be out showing my dancing skills (which, by the way, have deserted me years ago) instead I sat with a cup of Coffee resting beside me, a pen and paper poised, and my phone fully charged. Tonight I'd be interviewing the compelling Danish Singer Sahra da Silva whose EP 'Sahra da Silva and the Jagged Soul' has been extremely well received here on Scandinaviansoul.com.
As she answers my call I hear her voice float in my ear and it's distinct but not as raspy as one might expect. We began by discussing her name, background and influences.
Sahra da Silva –My dad is from Portugal which explains my surname. My parents separated when I was young and my mum worked hard to support us. Basically, my brother and I didn't have much growing up.
My mum loves to dance and sing but not seriously, but she sang to me a lot, I just felt it was fun [to sing too]. My mum influenced me with country, Rock and Blues and we listened to artists like Dire Straits, The Beatles and a great 70's Danish singer/Songwriter called Kim Larsen.
As a teenager, I was into R&B and Nu Soul and I was eager to find out more about it. I downloaded loads of songs and when I was about 18/19 I discovered Joss Stone. I think it was her who opened my eyes to old soul singers like Aretha Franklin and Al Green. I would then listen to a Radio channel that played old disco every Friday night.
SSoul: Were you writing around this time?
I wrote my first real song at 14. At that time I was playing in a music school band and -choir and knew I wanted to spend my life in music.
One day my friend called me and said, "you have to enter this show [she'd heard of]" so at 15, I entered a small local talent show; it was [shown] on a special channel. I played on the Keyboard but only knew a few chords so I figured out how to use the "One Touch System", haha, which means I could press only the A-key and it would play the whole chord with a little "mini-MIDI-band".
It came easier to me the singing than playing instruments, I still try but I prefer to sing. Anyway I won it… but it was a really small show.
Congratulations, but how did that make you feel?
Well, I was sure this was what I wanted to do. After that a lot of people started calling up me, some of them wanted to feed me with "hits" and make into 'a Danish Britney Spears'! (I can hear her smiling as she says it) but I really wanted to write my own stuff and not go down the Pop route. I had heard so many bad things about the industry that I didn't know who to trust. I decided to cut them all off and take the time instead to write songs and basically grow up.
In 2004 I began working with a producer/beat-maker. We made a lot of tracks; it was electronic soul, all programmed – actually the first version of "Soulmate" was made with him. I really yearned to play live with musicians instead of backtracks so a friend of mine took me to Mojo Blues Bar where fell in love with the place and the good vibe right away.
That is, without doubt, where I found myself as a real musician and a person. Also during these years, I collected my fantastic band "the Jagged Soul".
You then went on to appear on 'Denmarks Got Talent' in 2010 on which the Judges and the audience gave you a standing ovation, how did you find it?
It was a good experience; fun, exciting and stressful. There are so many things that can go wrong! It was fun to see how everything worked with strict arrangements. It was great.
How far did you go in the competition?
To the semi-final, then I got kicked out on my ass! (we both laughed!). That week I got the least amount of votes. I sang 'Leaving you Behind', and it was a good performance but maybe too angry for Denmark.
I do good angry
Really? Which is a good point. How would you describe yourself?
I'm a bit of a rebel. I understand rules are there to follow but if I feel it's just a rule then I don't give a shit. I cross when it's red! I do whatever makes sense.
I do have a temper. It's rare but I can get frustrated and sad but I now know how to handle it. I can see things from another perspective. I do good angry now.
I also read that you'd lost your voice
Yes. Autumn 2011. My voice just couldn't take it. I'd recorded the EP and in particular 'Soulmate' with smoke in my lungs. On 15 February 2012, I said I didn't want to smoke any more. It's not nice to be smoking and it resulted in edemas (blisters) on my vocal cords and a whole year of coaching but now it feels great to sing again. I was scared to push it at first but it's slowly coming back. I'm still wild!
Ahh, I love the track 'Soulmate' (I called it a Scandinavian Soul Classic), how has the single and EP been received and what's your future plan?
Thank you. I feel the songs are long so it's hard [to get it played] but I'm also writing lots of new stuff. We hope to make a video for 'Don't you Dare'.
…and finally, how will you be spending your wild Saturday night?
Haha, cooking Coq Au Vin for my friend who will be here soon!
www.sahradasilva.com
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"""UE4 connection module.

Responsible for maintaining a TCP connection to the UE4 Editor's
m2u-Plugin.  Provides basic connect, disconnect and command-sending
functionality.

"""

import sys
import logging
import socket
import struct
import time

_lg = logging.getLogger(__name__)

this = sys.modules[__name__]

this._socket = None
READ_BODY_TIMEOUT_S = 3.0
SOCKET_TIMEOUT_S = 30.0

def connect(*args):
    """Connect to the specified address.

    The first arg is used as the ip address, the second as the port
    number. The first arg may also be a colon separated string of the
    form 'address:port', the second arg will be ignored then. If None
    is provided as the first arg, a default value will be used.

    """
    use_default = True
    ip = '127.0.0.1'
    port = 3939
    if len(args) == 1:
        # Check if only one arg, if it contains a valid ip:port string,
        # split it. If not, replace ip or port, or use both defaults.
        if args[0] is None:
            use_default = True
        else:
            parts = args[0].split(':')
            ip = parts[0]
            use_default = False
            if len(parts) > 1:
                port = int(parts[1])

    elif len(args) == 2:
        ip = args[0]
        port = int(args[1])
        use_default = False

    if use_default:
        _lg.info("No TCP-endpoint specified, using localhost:3939")
        _open_connection()
    else:
        _open_connection(ip, port)

def _open_connection(tcp_ip='127.0.0.1', tcp_port=3939):
    # Make sure the address is freed if we have an old connection.
    disconnect()

    this._socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    this._socket.settimeout(SOCKET_TIMEOUT_S)
    this._socket.connect((tcp_ip, tcp_port))

def send_message(message):
    if this._socket is None:
        _lg.error("Not connected.")
        return
    content_length = len(message)
    # Convert to Big Endian int32 and send as header.
    this._socket.sendall(struct.pack('!I', content_length))
    this._socket.sendall(message)
    return _receive_message()

def _receive_message():
    if this._socket is None:
        _lg.error("Not connected")
        return None

    # Get the content length header (4 bytes)
    content_length = this._socket.recv(4)
    if not content_length:
        _lg.error("Could not retrieve message header.")
        return None

    # Convert from Big Endian int32.  Note: unpack returns a tuple.
    content_length, = struct.unpack('!I', content_length)

    time_read_body_start = time.time()
    # Retrieve data from the stream until we read the proposed length
    # of the message or we time out waiting for data.
    message_buffer = b''
    while content_length:
        chunk = this._socket.recv(content_length)
        if not chunk:
            # If the content_length indicates a bigger message than
            # has actually been sent, we might hang in this loop
            # forever, unless we time out.
            time_read_body_duration = time.time() - time_read_body_start
            if time_read_body_duration > READ_BODY_TIMEOUT_S:
                _lg.error("Failed to retrieve full message. "
                          "Expected %i more bytes.", content_length)
                return None
        else:
            message_buffer += chunk
            content_length -= len(chunk)

    return message_buffer

def disconnect():
    if this._socket is not None:
        _lg.info("Closing connection")
        this._socket.close()
        this._socket = None

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James Webb Space Telescope's actual 'spine' now being built
Scientists and engineers at Northrop Grumman work with the Backplane Structure Test Article (BSTA) or "spine" of the Webb Telescope. The BSTA is only 1/6 the size of the backplane that will fly on the telescope. Image credit: Northrop Grumman
Date:22 February 2009 Tags:eric smith, europe, James Webb Space Telescope, JWST
Scientists and engineers who have been working on the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb telescope) mission for years are getting very excited, because some of the actual pieces that will fly aboard the Webb telescope are now being built. One of the pieces, called the Backplane, is like a "spine" to the telescope. The Backplane is now being assembled by Alliant Techsystems at its Magna, Utah facility.
The Webb telescope stands as big as a two-story house, and the Backplane is a core part of the design as it will support the telescope's 6,5-metre primary mirror. Not only will the Backplane be carrying a large mirror, but it will be supporting a lot of weight. It will be carrying 2 400 kg of telescope optics and instruments during space launch to the telescope's operational position 1 584 000 km from Earth.
"The Webb telescope's ultimate ability to discover the first stars and galaxies is critically dependent on the mirror backplane performing to fantastically demanding standards," said Eric Smith, Webb Telescope program scientist at Nasa Headquarters, Washington.
Being the "spine" of the mirror requires it to essentially be motionless while the mirrors move to see far into deep space. Imagine holding the handle of a magnifying glass to see a tiny object. If your hand shakes a lot, it will be hard to focus on the object. So, just as you have to hold the magnifying glass handle steady with your hand, the Webb Backplane has to hold the telescope mirrors steady, to allow them to focus.
This structure is also designed to provide unprecedented thermal stability performance at temperatures colder than -240C. That means it is engineered to move less than 32 nanometers, which is 1/10,000 the diameter of a human hair in the extreme cold of space.
Alliant Techsystems' (ATK's) Backplane represents an improvement in dimensional stability performance of 1000-times, a threefold increase in size, and operational capability at temperatures far colder than any prior space telescope.
The Backplane is made with advanced graphite composite materials mated to titanium and invar fittings and interfaces. Invar is a nickel steel alloy notable for its uniquely low changes due to thermal expansion. It will be completed and delivered to Northrop Grumman in late 2010 for integration into the Webb telescope.
The Webb telescope is expected to launch in 2013. By observing in infrared light, it will be able o see faint and very distant objects, explore distant galaxies, formation of star systems, and nearby planets and stars. The Webb Telescope will be able to see "back in time" to the first light after the Big Bang. The information it will send back to Earth will give scientists clues about the formation of the Universe and the evolution of our own solar system.
ATK is an aerospace and defence company under contract to Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems for the engineering, design, fabrication, and testing of the Webb telescope's composite components and subsystems. ATK is a key partner with Northrop Grumman.
Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland is managing the overall development effort for the Webb telescope. The telescope is a joint project of Nasa and many US partners, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.
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Innovative Performance drivers TJ Koyen, Josh Hotz, and Matthew Northrop look to capture the Route 66 Sprint Series championships this weekend, in their respective classes, in Dousman, WI! We're finally coming home for the Route 66 Sprint Series finale, and what a ride it has been! This season is nearing its end and we plan on ending it with a big bang!
TJ leads the Yamaha 100 Senior class with style. With the 2 allowable drops, he leads Collin Griffin by a whopping 180 points and Brandon Lemke by 230 points. Something big would need to happen in order for this guy to not win!!!
Josh is in the hunt running only 82 points behind Kindra Hurlbert in the Leopard Senior division. Between Hurlbert, Hotz, and Ramsey, this weekends finishes will ultimately determine who will wind up victorious and champion! Hurlbert will be having Mike Giessen run for her as she has a medical issue, and Ramsey, who was hurt last weekend, will have Brandon Lemke as his reserve driver running for him. Easy to say that this weekend will be a battle of some of the best talent Leopard Senior has ever seen.
Matthew is currently sitting in 4th place in the Yamaha 100 Junior category, but he has some stiff competition to beat and hold off! With drops, Matthew is sitting in 3rd, 133 points behind leader Alex Bertagnoli. With 1st through 5th being within 264 points, it's really anyone's championship to win. We're hoping it's Matthew! Matthew will be looking to take this weekend by storm and pulling off an awesome victory.
Zach heads into this weekend battling for a top 5 in Yamaha Rookie. He is currently in 4th with Camrin Cass and Connor Churchill right on his heals! In addition, he is also running 4th in the Micro Rok class ahead of Dylan Julien and Connor Churchill who are within striking distance. He will be looking to capitalize this weekend, in hopes to take a top 3 in both classes!
Good luck to all of the drivers fighting for championships and all of the other drivers in our tent looking to grab their best result of the season!


Poplar typically has a straight, uniform grain, with a medium texture. Low natural luster. Our poplar usually runs $6-$7 per board foot.
Cedar is light and porous. It stands up against moisture and pests well compared to other woods.
Pine develops a nice, rustic patina from age and use, and it resists shrinking and swelling. It's a softwood, therefore it's prone to scratches and dents.
Oak wood is heavy, strong, and durable. It has a light color but can vary from tree to tree and with finishes and stains.
Pecky cypress has an incredible texture to it with holes all throughout it.
Most of our barn siding is black, however we occasionally get red siding in stock. Running the boards through the skip-planner uncovers the grain and natural beauty of the wood.
Ship lap has notches and grooves in each board so that they fit together. This makes them stronger and more durable. Our ship lap is priced at $7/sqft.
Mara is pulled from the rain forests of Sri Lanka. Due to conservation efforts it's illegal to cut down living trees, you may only use fallen trees so there is a limited supply.
Spalted Tamarind is another one of our exotic woods from Sri Lankan rain forest. The spalting occurs due to a fungus that grew in the tree.


Ballycroy National Park Education Centres aims to raise awareness of the natural world and our Dark Skies. Programmes are free of charge to schools.
To inform the public about the National Parks & Wildlife Service and their role in conservation.
Presentation on bogs/peatlands, the main habitat in Ballycroy National Park with special emphasis on the plants and animals found within this habitat.
A hunt to find mini-beasts using pooters.
Examining the wild plants of the bog.
Pond dipping to see what mini-beasts live in our pond.
EDUCATION CENTRE IS OPEN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER.
Please note that our diary can fill up very quickly. If you wish to book a place, ring as early as possible.
These leaders are responsible for the supervision of the group.
Minibuses and coaches can drive up to the visitor centre and park in the designated bus parking spaces.
Visitors are advised to bring full rain gear and suitable footwear and to bring a spare pair of clothes.
How to Find Us: The Visitor Centre is located in the village of Ballycroy on the N59 road between Mulranny and Bangor Erris. View map here.
Important Note: As many of our activities take place outdoors, visitors are advised to learn about Lyme Disease, information can be found on this link.


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Julie Gilbert is Locke Lord's Chief Marketing Officer. In this capacity, she leads all media relations, branding, strategic communications and business development efforts.
Julie has a unique and diverse background which has allowed her to work in multiple areas of marketing and communications throughout her 30-year career. In her current role, she spearheads innovative, results-driven business development initiatives across the Firm. She also leads all communication efforts directed to lawyers and staff, clients, and the media, and works closely with Locke Lord's Executive Committee and Board of Directors to develop and maintain a viable strategic communications plan. Additionally, Julie works with clients on internal, external and crisis communications.
Julie sits on numerous Locke Lord committees and task forces and plays an active role in the Marketing & Practice Development Committee.


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Q: How to improve your knowledge in php development I wanted to ask for tips from experienced php developers, Please what are the tips and any general advice that you would give for someone who is trying to imporve her php knowledge?
I am currently a junior level developer, but I need to get to the mid-level/intermediate level of knowledge within the next two months.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

I want things in along the lines of:

Improving your logical thought flow process,

Improving your php programming knowledge,

Improving your communication skills,

Minimizing the need for micromanagement.

I just want to get to the point where I feel confident enough to carry out a task within a logical time frame and deliver in an oo standards compliant way. Also, to get to the point where I can be trusted to lead small to mid-level projects.
Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing from you

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I just want to get to the point where I feel confident enough to carry out a task within a logical time frame and deliver in an oo standards compliant way.

This one is simple to answer: use a framework. Too bad, there are plenty of them for PHP. CodeIgniter, ZF, Symphony and Yii are major of them. My friends tend to use the latter one but in general terms they're all equal.

to get to the point where I can be trusted to lead small to mid-level projects.

To lead projects is somewhat different and require more organizing skills rather than programming ones.

A: Another way is to give yourself projects to do on your own for example create shopping carts or booking systems, read discussion forums try new techniques. And yes frameworks is also a good way to improve and with your current work you have done try make improvements on that where you were not using classes use classes. Lynda.com tutorials are also a good way to set your foundations.


The Blockchain ecosystem is not only creating innumerable innovations and never-seen before use cases, it is also unveiling tremendous career opportunities for those audacious enough to take them.
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Byron Bay is the home of world-class tapas restaurants, with tastes from around the globe to be found in every cosy corner and laneway. Dip into some Mediterranean entrees among the Greek style, all-white walls of the Mez Club, or for a creative cocktail, pull up a stool at St Elmo Dining Room & Bar.
Intrepid diners can take the Byron Bay Train to Sunrise Beach estate where chilled, poolside cocktails await at the luxurious Elements of Byron.
What could be better than nachos and Sangria in a bustling atmosphere with your amigos? Miss Margarita puts a Byron Bay twist on authentic Mexico, and dishes up some of the best Jalapeño poppers you'll ever devour!
For a cruisy afternoon, well spent in flip flops, with a beer in hand as you watch the Byron Bay sun melt into the horizon, the Beach Hotel will deliver the perfect combination of soulful tunes and easygoing vibes.


Grupa 15 lub więcej osób podróżująca do Zadar?
The Hostel is 10 km away from the airport.
When you arrive at airport there is a bus that will take you to the old town for 25 kunas per person.
Get off at the second step. The hostel is a 5 minute walk from there.


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that is licensed by the Oregon Department of Community Health. If you or your loved one is looking for this type of care there are many Hospice Care providers in Portland, OR. A Hospice Program involves a coordinated program of home and inpatient care, available 24 hours a day that utilizes an interdisciplinary team of personnel trained to provide palliative and supportive services to a patient/family unit experiencing a life threatening disease with a limited prognosis.
Hospice Care is comforting care designed for individuals who may be battling the last stages of a serious illness. It may also offer multiple care services such as physical, psychological and other health related services. Some Hospice Care providers offer counseling services for families and patients. When receiving hospice care patients may have a team of medical support that may include doctors, Nurses, Counselors, Hospice aides and social workers. Although Hospice care is intended for the home, it is possible for a patient to receive care services in a hospital setting. Sign up today and save your Portland hospice listings.
There are many Hospice Care providers in Portland, Oregon that may be the right fit for your family. Click below to view Hospice Care providers in Portland, OR. Hospice care is a specialized type of care that can be coordinated to meet your loved ones daily needs. Personalized care services may be provided everyday and can be available on a 24 hour basis. The sole purpose of hospice care is to provide comforting care to all patients as well as support services to their families and friends.
Portland is Oregon's largest city that is located on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. The city is known for its parks, bridges and bicycle paths. A few cities that are near the Portland area include Gresham, Tigard and Beaverton, OR. Some fun things to do in Portland are go to the International Rose Test Garden, visit Washington Park and visit the Lan Su Chinese Garden. The Portland, OR area is sure to provide you and your loved one with all your needs.


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4 Years Later, This Restaurant Owner Returned to Congress to Say Obamacare's Mandates Still Don't Work
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Restaurant owner Scott Womack (center) testified about Obamacare before the House Ways and Means Committee in 2011. Photo credit: Ian Wagreich / © U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Four years ago, restaurant franchise owner Scott Womack testified before the House Ways and Means Committee about Obamacare's many problems:
The goal of providing health insurance coverage is noble, but the restaurant industry can't afford the steep fines and mandates loaded upon us by the health care bill. Paying the penalties will be devastating for most. The health care law does not include the kinds of solutions that would have made it easier and more affordable to offer health insurance.
Between then and now, Womack sold his IHOP franchises and bought some Popeyes restaurants in Kansas City. But as he told the House Ways and Means Committee, Obamacare remains a big problem for him and the rest of the restaurant industry:
Our reality today under the ACA is very different than what was promised. Over the last four years, our insurance premiums have risen 60%. Our single coverage now costs $6,400 annually and family coverage costs $19,200 annually. However, we have also had to double our deductibles to $2,500 and raise the out-of-pocket limit by two thirds.
While our insurance offering complies with the ACA as affordable, only 4% of our hourly staff have enrolled. As I sampled my fellow franchisees, I discovered that 3% to 4% enrollment is the norm across the industry. Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants (Carl's Jr. and Hardees), wrote in a January 13, 2015 Wall Street Journal op-ed that only 2% of his company's 6900 employees had enrolled.
We are required to offer the same benefit to all our staff. We have been paying a portion of our managers' dependent coverage, but now we are unable to do so, due to the potential cost across the company. This is a big loss for our management and office staff.
"It is clear to me that the law hasn't delivered," Womack concluded.
Congress should repeal the employer mandate, and lift this burden off business owners like Womack.
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Common interests between China and Vietnam far outweigh differences.
Common interests between China and Vietnam far outweigh differences, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Vietnam's prime minister on Tuesday, calling for their maritime dispute to be resolved through talks.
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, which Vietnam calls the East Sea, where about $5 trillion worth of seaborne trade passes every year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims in the sea, believed to have rich deposits of oil and gas.
A court of arbitration in The Hague in July said China's claims to the waterway were invalid, after a case was brought by the Philippines. Beijing has refused to recognise the ruling.
Meeting in Beijing, Xi told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that "China and Vietnam can manage their differences and promote maritime cooperation through friendly negotiations", the official Xinhua news agency said.
"The common interests between the two countries far outweigh the differences," it paraphrased Xi as saying.
The South China Sea issue should be resolved by bilateral consultations and maritime challenges transformed into opportunities for cooperation, Xi added.
Phuc met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang a day earlier.
Li told Phuc that the South China Sea involved both issues of sovereignty and maritime rights as well as "national feelings", China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered Vietnam a credit line of half a billion dollars for defence cooperation.


Last summer, I ran across some fun old water skis at a vintage garage sale. I had no idea what I'd end up doing with them, but clearly for 10 bucks for the set they needed to come home with me. I'm not going to lie – I set one of them just like this on my work bench and stared at it for a good 20 minutes before it hit me. It was going to make a wonderfully awesome coat rack. At least in theory.
My first task was to remove the hardware, which just required a screwdriver. Easy peezy. That left a bunch of yucky gunk that had collected under the pieces I'd just removed. Here's where I grabbed a warm, soapy rag and scrubbed it all off.
Once I let it completely dry, I gave it a good, thorough sanding. Like, to the point where if you closed your eyes and ran your hand across the surface it was smooth. I just used a palm sander with 120 grit sandpaper.
After I finished sanding, I opted to keep it just the way it was with the original paint and the edges well-sanded. It added to the rustic, vintage appeal and I loved it.
The last step in prepping the ski was to seal it with Polycrylic sealer. I recommend Minwax water-based. Give the entire thing a first, even coat and allow to dry. Follow with a second coat and allow to dry.
NOTE: to ensure the removability of Paper Riot Decals without damaging the surface of your project, we recommend allowing at least 21 days for paint and sealer to thoroughly cure before attempting to adhere decals. Should you need to remove them and reapply elsewhere, this will decrease the likelihood of damage to the surface. ALSO NOTE: Due to the variations in paint that may be older (such as on a vintage project like this one), we recommend not attempting to remove & reposition decals if at all possible, as it's difficult to predict how older paint will perform with our decals.
Once your paint and/or sealer has cured, apply decals. We recommend that you cut decal designs out while still on backing paper and pre-position them for spacing on your project. Include any hooks you intend to adhere as well. This will allow for proper spacing of all components. Once you're satisfied with the placement, begin applying decals carefully.
After decals have been applied, fasten hooks and apply any hanging hardware to backside.
Proudly hang or prop your new project wherever you'd like to display it.
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Edward Hopper's 'Shakespeare at Dusk' to be auctioned at Sotheby's
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People pass by a Sotheby's auction house logo in the Russian History Museum in Moscow, 23 May 2007. (AFP/Maxim Marmur)
Sotheby's revealed on Friday that Hopper's painting will be offered at its upcoming American Art sale. The announcement coincided with the date scholars believe to be the playwright's birthday.
"Shakespeare at Dusk" depicts a statue of the Bard made by John Quincy Adam Ward in New York's Central Park at twilight. The 1935 oil painting is part of a series of New York cityscapes, which also comprises the iconic "Nighthawks".
In celebration of William Shakespeare's birthday, we are pleased to announce that Edward Hopper's 'Shakespeare at Dusk' will highlight our American Art Auction on 21 May in #NYC. Painted in 1935, the work depicts the famous #Shakespeare statue located at the southern end of the Mall in #CentralPark and belongs to Hopper's celebrated series of New York cityscapes— a subject matter the artist explored early in his career. A lifelong lover of poetry and prose, 'Shakespeare at Dusk' is among the only major works in Hopper's career that overtly references the profound influence of literature on his emotional response to specific times of day, particularly the evening. Visit the statue at twilight in Central Park to see the same tranquil skyline depicted in the present work, and make plans to view the painting in our public exhibitions beginning 17 May in #NYC #SothebysAmerican #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #SothebysBreakingGround #OTD
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It is estimated to sell for between $5 and $7 million -- a far cry from the artist's auction record of $91.9 million set last November at Christie's for "Chop Suey".
Head of Sotheby's American Art department Kayla Carlsen told the Art Newspaper that a "recalibration of Hopper's market" occurred last year -- making it very likely that "Shakespeare at Dusk" will fetch its pre-sale estimate.
Read also: Christie's tops Sotheby's in monster week for auction sales
"Shakespeare at Dusk" testifies to Hopper's interest in literature and poetry, which is alluded to in most of his paintings. Art historian Gail Levin states that the title is a reference to Shakespeare's famous "Sonnet 73," which describes an autumnal twilight:
"That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest."
Hopper's "Shakespeare at Dusk" will be offered on May 21 during Sotheby's American Art sale in New York. Other highlights of the auction include Frederic Edwin Church's "Ruins at Baalbek", estimated between $1.0 million and $1.5 million and Milton Avery's "Two Figures on Beach", estimated between $1.2 million and $1.8 million.
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Home News Swimming for a cause
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McConnell didn't make it from Nantucket to M.V.; effort raised funds for ALS.
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Reception in honor of Doug McConnell at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown. — Nicolas Ruderman
From left to right : Debra Taylor (, Bernard Chiu (owner of the Harbor View hotel) and Jean Wong (Director, Marketing at Harbor View hotel). — Nicolas Ruderman
Doug McConnell (front right), and his entourage on the Harbor View hotel steps. — Nicolas Ruderman
Doug McConnell and his wife Susan after Monday's swim. — Nicolas Ruderman
On Monday, Doug McConnell attempted to swim from Nantucket to Martha's Vineyard for the second time in three years.
Despite falling short on his attempt Monday due to extreme currents, McConnell was greeted at a reception at Harbor View Inn in Edgartown, where he talked about his past swims and his ongoing cause.
Although he was not able to complete the crossing, the 63-year-old man from Chicago is not a novice at this, and has been swimming for decades. He crossed the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, swam in Hawaii from Molokai to Oahu, and also swam the Manhattan Island marathon swim, he told The Times. And he swims for a cause: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gherig's disease.
After preparing himself for such swims, McConnell does a lot of endurance training, distance swimming, as well as dry-land exercises for core strength and shoulder mobility. "One of the most liberating things about marathon swimming is that they throw away the stopwatch," McConnell said.
For the swim, McConnell followed the English Channel rules: No wetsuit, no paddles, no fins or anything else that would make you faster. Basically, anything that would make you comfortable is off-limits. The uniform is a Speedo-style swimsuit, a swim cap, and goggles. One has to start and finish on dry land. One cannot touch the escort boat, or anybody in the escort boat. This means that every 30 minutes or so, McConnell's crew would throw him a high-carbohydrate, high-calorie drink for him to stay hydrated.
Debra Taylor, who completed her swim from Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket in 2000 in a little over eight hours, was there to support McConnell in his latest attempt. (An attempt in 2019 was cut short by jellyfish stings and currents.) So far no one has completed the reverse swim, starting from Nantucket. "They are both equally challenging," Taylor said. "When we did the swim in 2000, we got in the water and had a foul tide, so imagine running a marathon and having to start with a sprint. When you are swimming in opposite directions, you have a fair tide, but when you land over on the Vineyard, it's a lot riskier, with the possibility of a foul tide. So you are going to get it on one end or the other."
The window to cross is very short, and only presents itself twice a month. Monday morning, McConnell left Martha's Vineyard on Harbor View Hotel owner Bernard Chiu's boat at around 3:30 am to head over to Nantucket, where he jumped off Eel Point Beach at 8 am.
According to Dana Gaines, the navigation expert on the team, the current they thought they would get during the first three hours never materialized. "By the time he had made it west, Muskeget Island, the current in a big part of the channel had already changed. No matter how he would swim, he would have ended up on the Cape or something," said Gaines.
He went on to add, "We learned a lesson today; we will be able to factor that in for the next one."
"What makes it very challenging to cross this channel are the six miles of semi-protected water and then the eight miles of unprotected water to get to Chappaquiddick," he said.
Despite being pulled out of the water after around 5 hours at 1 pm, McConnell was nonetheless greeted as a hero when he arrived. His Swim for the Cure was a big success. Chiu organized a reception in his honor at the Harbor View Hotel, attended by 30 close friends and family, to congratulate McConnell on "his very noble mission."
Chiu, on behalf of the Harbor View Hotel, donated $10,000 to the cause.
McConnell's son and all-time supporter, Mack McConnell, looks up to his father. "He's not doing it for him, he always talks about his team and charity." says Mack. Robert Von Goebem, Doug McConnell's brother-in-law is also very proud of Doug's accomplishments. He and his wife came from Portland to support him. "I wouldn't miss it in the world," Von Goebem said.
McConnell's father and sister, who both suffered from ALS, passed away. "My sister came up with the idea of borrowing the acronym for ALS disease and coming up with the name A Long Swim," McConnell said during the reception.
McConnell and his family are grateful for raising more than $1.4 million for a research lab at Northwestern University of Chicago.
McConnell and his team hope to come back next summer to complete A Long Swim.
If you are interested in supporting this cause, go to alongswim.org.
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Ali Murphy July 21, 2021 At 2:27 pm
What a story and what a cause. We'll be routing for you next year, Doug!


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Fry till leaves are cooked. Add Salt, tamarind and required water. Grind to smooth paste.
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