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In Duke case, a bid to tilt public opinion
In rape case against three lacrosse players, lawyers seek to sway views of potential jurors.
By Patrik Jonsson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
@dixiebureau
RALEIGH, N.C.
The court of public opinion heard its first real witness in the Duke sexual assault case this week: lacrosse team captain Dave Evans, the latest of three players to be charged in the episode.
In speaking before TV cameras and a bank of microphones on Monday, he not only declared his innocence and called the allegations against him "fantastic lies," but he also showed the public and potential jurors a clean-cut, freshly minted graduate of one of America's top universities, rather than a day-of-arrest mugshot.
Deliberate strategy? Legal analysts who have watched this investigation unfold since mid-March say the temptation to try rape cases in public can be hard for lawyers to resist, but that both sides in the Duke case - with its overtones of class disparity and racial tension - are going to new heights in playing to the public.
"This is all about poisoning the jury pool," says Christine Goodman, a Pepperdine University law professor.
Going public is a strategy that has succeeded in the past, especially for defense teams who want the accuser's sexual history to be part of the trial, but who have been impeded in that aim by state shield laws intended to protect rape victims. Such was the case for NBA star Kobe Bryant two years ago, after his accuser decided not to testify amid public scrutiny of her previous sexual liaisons.
Three Duke lacrosse players - Mr. Evans, Reade Seligmann, and Colin Finnerty - have been charged with first-degree forcible rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman at an off-campus party on March 13. If there's no plea agreement, they are likely to stand trial, probably together, next year. Mr. Seligmann is scheduled back in court Thursday for a hearing to lower his $400,000 bail.
Some evidence in the case has already become public. Defense lawyers, for instance, revealed that DNA tests found no link between the woman and the team players. News media aired police tapes in which an officer who found the woman later that night declared she was intoxicated. She identified Evans with 90 percent certainty in a police lineup, the Charlotte Observer reported, citing a transcript of the lineup. Her uncertainty centered on his lack of a moustache, which she said he had on the night of the party.
The defense countered that Evans never had a moustache and that he passed a polygraph test.
Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, however, has insisted that a sexual assault took place at the hands of the three team members. He said he plans to try the case himself to show the community he is taking the charges seriously.
But the court of public opinion works two ways, and unflattering things have come out about the behavior of the lacrosse team in general and some of the defendants in particular.
Nearly a third of the 47 members of Duke's lacrosse team had been previously charged of misdemeanors, including underage alcohol possession and noise violations, according to the News & Observer. Evans was cited last summer for having an open alcohol container in a vehicle and in January for violating a noise ordinance. Mr. Finnerty was ordered to perform community service in connection with assault charges in Washington in November.
Because the accuser is black and the players are white, because she works as an exotic dancer and they are star athletes at an exclusive university, the case touches on closely held beliefs about race, class, and sex. As a result, legal analysts say, jurors may have difficulty distancing themselves from their emotions to focus on the facts of the case.
"These assumptions are going into an assessment of the class differential between the players and the women who were hired to come to [dance] at the house," says Michelle Anderson, a law professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
A trial would also be likely to test how North Carolina's rape shield law will apply in this case. Such laws prevent a jury from hearing a rape victim's sexual history. But the defense will be looking for ways around this, and may find some. For one, the accuser worked as a stripper. Also, tests found semen that did not belong to any of the lacrosse players, which could be a factor in admitting her sexual history into court, says Ms. Anderson.
Some people "don't feel it's possible, since rape is a crime of taking away dignity, chastity and purity, that someone who is not pure to begin with can be the victim or survivor of rape," says Ms. Goodman.
But in the college community, many students and staff are sensitive to the victimization of minorities, says Mike Adams, a criminologist at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. "This is one of these things in the court of public opinion for which there is no variance: Everyone's against [sexual assault]," says Mr. Adams.
And however case is resolved, it may help Americans confront their beliefs, some say.
"I think these are predictable circuses," says Jeff Fagan, a law professor at Columbia University in New York. "And maybe it's good because it reminds Americans of the difficulties of race in this country."
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After playing for many years in different blues bands, Renaud Villet, a singer, guitarist, and producer based in Clermont-Ferrand (France) launched his solo career in 2012 under the name Rivherside. His first album, "Something on My Mind," was strongly blues / roots orientated. It received great reviews and as a result Rivherside did more than 80 concerts as a one-man-band. In 2014 he decided to broaden his horizons and began to mix Blues with Electro and Hip-Hop sounds, releasing the self-produced, 4-track "Electraw Blues EP." Rivherside also began performing live in this electro configuration, playing samples and using Ableton Live software. In 2015 he collaborated with rapper TDB and together they released the "Inner Voices" EP in early 2016 . And now, the french electro blues pioneer is back with a new 12-track album.


I go by Shine0n, I found this forum searching dunder pit uses... Go figure right!
AG, Rum and pure fruit brandies are what I make 90% of the time as I run a 15.5 gal 2" pot still and same thumper into a 40' 5/8" ID worm.
I will be making a 36" 1"over 1/2" liebig in the near future.
I'm currently in the middle of a rum experiment using infected dunder at 25% in low wines at 35% in a spirit run. I'll post in the appropriate thread about my experience.
Looking forward to giving what I know to others and lookin to get advice where I need as well.
hi shineon. welcome. a good crowd here.
please share some details on how you make your fruit brandies.
My fruit brandies are all fruit NO SUGAR, the list of my brandies are.
On everything except the apple I crush the fruit, take as many stones (pits) out as possible, I use a stainless steel mortar mixer with sharpened blades to thoroughly chop through the fruit. I ferment on the pulp as I think I get a fuller flavor with them in.
I like ec1118 yeast for fruit as it ferments very dry (.995 usually) and makes cuts easy because it doesn't add additional esters.
Once fermentation is complete and the cap falls I get as much cleared liquid off the top to load my primary boiler and put pulp and the thicker wash in the thumper as it acts like a steam srtipper and I don't have to worry about burning crap to the bottom of my boiler.I heat with propane.
I run once with the thumper as I get 160-170 proof in one run, I'll take a pint of fores and early heads then switch to small jars because in my experience alot of the fruit flavors comes in the heads. Small jars are key because I may not want to miss on the cuts by going on memory alone (for me that's pretty dangerous lol) plus that's the way I learned from a very well known brandy maker.
I'll air for 24-36 hours with coffee filters on the jars, I'll start my blending from the middle jars as I know they are the hearts and work my way twards the tails until I smell or taste something I don't care for, I don't want any tails in my brandies, then work twards the heads and go into the fruity part of them but not to deep.
The strawberry took the longest to develop a nice flavor.
The peach is my pride and joy, sweet, smooth, very nice on a night on the dock watching the Chesapeake bay.
Oh I didn't mention, I only oak age or wood age my apple everything else is white as it's too damn good to even think of adding wood and ruining the flavors I worked so hard to get.
Man! one more thing, I freeze the fruit then thaw. they seem more given of their juicesd.
If you're brave and have enough fruit, do a starter in a bag with some crushed fruit and see if the wild yeast are strong enough to handle a 55 gal ferment. If it starts to slow before fermenting dry always go back to ec1118 to keep it going.
Well I hope I covered a few things without being too scattered. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask here or in a pm.
I'm sure I missed something or another but it's been a hot, long day and I'm ready for some of this infected dunder rum I fell in love with.
Excellent post mate. Moonshine will stop by to give it some punctuation and tag it i'm sure.
That's funny, the way I wrote it out showed up nothing like it posted. I knew I seen your name before, I was on another forum earlier and seen your recipe in the tried and true. If in fact that is you, if not my apologies.
The formatting is a bit funny here, you have to double space to make a line break and double enter to make a paragraph break. They're the only ones i know but there are lots of other little tricks that @Moonshine knows.
It was called Thai Terror, I'll keep the tricks of the trade in mind.
Things are definitely a bit different from the other forum I'm in but hey... Maybe I'll learn something new here along the way and pass some stuff as well.
You must have a cast iron guts punkin. I made ginger beer and followed your advice and chucked in a handful of hot chillies. Actually used less than you were suggesting and it still COMES ON. And I really like hot stuff. Must be getting weak in my old age.
good stuff, idk if I'll try it though.
Once you get used to the various formatting differences,,,,its pretty easy to scoot around in here.
If you get stuck trying to figure out how to drive,,Moonshine is very good at roadside assistance.
You'll likely notice that its a lot easier to post pics here once you get yourself up to speed .
Thanks Smaug, it's a bit different from what I'm used to.
While I wait for fall apple season to start I've been on a rum kick. Trying to make a more "dunder funk" style of rum. I have a great recipe for my rum and it's sweet, buttery and full of flavors BUT I wanted something more funky!!!
Now I've added 1 cup of malted barley to the dunder and started a lacto infection, after 18 hours it was nice and sour of lactic acid.
I monitor the pH regularly and adjust accordingly trying to hold a 6.0 on the meter. I should have enough low wines in the next 2 weeks to do a spirit run then I'm off to the Swiss cheese culture infection.
I also found that I like lacto in most everything, as it really contributes to the buttery, creamy flavor. Which is good for me, because lactobacillus might be a critical part of unlocking the dunder puzzle.
Co-fermentation with lactobacillus and propionibacterium might be key to keeping lactate levels high, thus favoring propionic acid over acetic. This is important, see above.
I'm doing all my infections in separate buckets inorder to not muck a whole wash, plus I can control what goes into it and monitor it better.
These are all just experimenting with different infections to see what the difference in the esters produced will be.
After my spirit run I let the pit lay dormant for future use and age.
After I run all 4 experiments I will have 4 pits to mix and match and blend if I choose.
The potatoes pit and a funky meaty, puke smell until added to the low wines before the spirit run, that's when the pineapple and fruity esters came about and carried over well into the final spirit.
With the lacto I'll find out shortly as I need to do 2 strips to get my low wines to fill boiler and thumper.
Next is a Swiss cheese culture then a soil pit.
So much to think about!!!!
Don't waste your time attempting to use random fruits or vegetables to inoculate your cultures. You won't ever be able to replicate it, worse, you'll end up inoculating with something you don't want, ruining your cultures. Or, if you use a large single culture, you'll end up destroying your whole program.
@CothermanDistilling - Lacto first or co-pitch, but don't pitch lacto into existing dunder sitting at a very low pH. You'll likely get no lacto growth, lacto byproducts are important for the propio.
I really believe that while dunder worked previously, it was not because of how they did it, it was in spite of how they did it, if you follow what I'm saying.
I believe that the open air and hot temps help move things along ALOT faster, if it's closed and it's a "live" pit the blanket of c02 will retard the growth of anything I would believe rendering it inactive.
@grim said: Don't waste your time attempting to use random fruits or vegetables to inoculate your cultures. You won't ever be able to replicate it, worse, you'll end up inoculating with something you don't want, ruining your cultures. Or, if you use a large single culture, you'll end up destroying your whole program.
no brett No Brett NO BRETT!
Don't do it. Brett is the devil. Your entire run of distillate will smell and taste like the worst box of phenolic bandaids you ever encountered. People will ask you why you are selling heavily peated rum.
Grim, to me a pure hearts cut can be pretty bland. Smooth as glass but a bit bland.
That's one of the reasons I collect in small jars is so I can take some late heads and have them small enough to be able to smell the changes.
Even on the tails, early is good then I collect in quarts until I pass the cloudy stuff then it goes clear again. I'll use the 10-25% sweet water to dilute my final blend so that I use less water. Although it's very low in alcohol it's still packed with flavor that water is lacking.
I don't necessarily agree with all of it, I suspect that it was largely a sacc. fermentation they saw, and less brett overall. In a lower starch/lower long chain wash like a distillers wash, with active enzyme through fermentation, I suspect that the brett contribution was pretty small. The lambic brewers are realizing that brett needs very special care and feeding (increasing turbitity, etc).
sadly much of the sourness is lost in distillation. It is a very odd distillate, with lots of very strange of flavors.
Sourness was never going to carry through as acid, but as ester. I know he knows this, it would result in sweetness, if anything.
Agree with the strange flavor comment, but in my experience, the vinyl/phenols overpower everything. I know there are Brett strains lower in 4VG (bandaids/medicinal) - so maybe this is the trick, along with long, long, long term fermentation. I used Brux.
Which is probably why the rum trial I did was so bad.
I'm in love with phenylethyl acetate (and 2-) these days, she's the new elusive mistress.
Honey ... but also cocoa. Big honey on the nose, but also this weird cocoa contribution. You wouldn't think they are related, but both are common esters in chocolate, and common byproducts of cacao fermentation. There are probably other compounds involved, but damn, when you get the honey coming through, it's always paired with the cocoa.
Larry - I think you might have ran into her once or twice before.
May be as a result of Pichia kluyveri, which CHR Hanson now sells as FROOTZEN yeast.
After a bunch of years of making swill that I thought was good stuff I joined a forum that taught me more than I ever thought was out there.
Hell the list goes on and on and now I'm better than an average stiller, I make a fine bourbon, brandy and rum.
What else can a man ask for???
Yah, all crazy talk and conjecture mostly.


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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2023-2027
Background/context
Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust (Chimpanzee Trust) is a Not for Profit, Non-Governmental Organization that was established in 1998 to contribute to the quality of life of chimpanzees in a captive environment and ensure the survival of wild chimpanzee populations.
Chimpanzee Trust believes in the need to conserve wild species and in particular the chimpanzee, man's closest relative, from whom humanity has learned and gained so much, but also exploited and driven to the brink of extinction through habitat destruction, illegal wildlife trade, and the bushmeat trade. Chimpanzee Trust develops and implements programs for the welfare of chimpanzees in captivity and the protection of wild populations, reduction of the illegal bushmeat trade, and wildlife trade, particularly in chimpanzees, and increasing awareness of the plight of chimpanzees, in Uganda, Africa, and the world over.
The Trust operates and manages the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, home to now 52 orphaned and rescued chimpanzees as well as education and community conservation programs countrywide.
The Chimpanzee Trust believes that through deliberate action, and home-grown solutions, can we be able to stem the decline of chimpanzee populations, protect and increase existing habitats and positively change the attitudes of humanity locally and internationally towards wildlife species, the environment, and the world.
The Chimpanzee Trust in the current strategic plan envisioned a stable chimpanzee population in the northern Albertine rift and self-sustainability in captive management, by 2023. Our vision at the time was achievable and hence time-bound. The Chimpanzee Trust has seen an increase in the chimpanzee population in the Albertine region in the last four years.
The Chimpanzee Trust works to sustainably conserve chimpanzees in their natural habitats and provide optimum captive care for those that can not survive in the wild.
The Chimpanzee Trust manages the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, home to 52 orphaned and rescued chimpanzees, providing the best possible welfare in the nutrition, facilities, and veterinary care for these chimpanzees. The sanctuary also offers unique tourism products to a select market as a sustainability mechanism for the operations of the sanctuary.
The Trust has a conservation program whose objective is the protection of wild chimpanzee populations, the protection, and restoration of destroyed, degraded, or degenerated habitats, and the improvement of livelihoods of communities that live in close proximity to chimpanzees and chimpanzee habitats. This program engages with target communities to identify and recognize the conservation challenges in these areas and communities and then works with these communities to develop local solutions and integrated with known and proven initiatives to address these challenges. The program is focused on the Albertine region of western Uganda, particularly in areas around the Bugoma Central Forest reserve as well as other areas where chimpanzees and other wildlife are known to exist outside the Uganda Wildlife Authority's protected Conservation Areas or National Parks. The program activities are primarily funded through grants from donor agencies local and international
The Trust also has an Education program whose objective is to increase the awareness of the plight of the chimpanzee as a species in the communities in which we operate, the country, and the world over. The Education Program started by educating visitors, the community and schools on the chimpanzee as a species, its similarity to humans and why it is endangered, why it is important to protect the species and the environment in which they thrive. The program has since grown to encompass environmental issues like climate change, environmental degradation and habitat destruction. The program engages with target audiences to devise the appropriate means of addressing the recognized challenges using the most effective and innovative means of communication. The program includes school and community outreach programs, education sports activities with conservation themes, and a radio drama program, going into its 4th season. Each of these programs has activities designed for different target groups including; children from the ages of 5-10 years, 12-16, 17-21; family activities, and adult activities for the communities.
The Trust's scope of operation is; Conservation Education whose focus is on creating awareness of the plight of chimpanzees, Eco-tourism which supports the sanctuary, and the sanctuary which is the key business of the Trust.
Over the last 25 years, the Chimpanzee Trust has evolved from a project under the Jane Goodall Institute, Uganda, into a fully registered NGO with a governance structure that includes a board of Trustees, a management structure, and staff with three operational sites to include the sanctuary, the field office for the conservation programs and a head office to coordinate all the programs.
Over the years, the Trust through its operations, and in partnership with Government agencies and other NGOs, has reduced the annual average rescues of baby chimpanzees from 10 annually to less than one. These programs have reduced incidences of illegal wildlife trade in primates and chimpanzees in particular, in Uganda. Recorded incidences of illegal primate trade have reduced to nil over the last few years.
As of 2022, the conservation program has been especially successful in the restoration of about 5000ha of forest and the protection of over 2000ha of natural forest through tree-planting projects, habitat monitoring, and PES projects. The Trust has also been able to improve the livelihoods of an estimated 2 million people in the Albertine region and reached over 5 million through its education and awareness programs. In Uganda, and especially the Northern Albertine Rift region, the Chimpanzee Trust brand is recognized for its work in the communities with chimpanzee conservation.
Our education program has over the years reached millions of children and students as well as adults, in the communities in which they live, through the interactive outreach programs, drama and sports events, and activities, a radio drama program that is into its 4th season and through the production of educational material including posters, story books, and audiobooks.
The Chimpanzee Trust programs have been supported by individual donors, donor institutions, foundations, local and international governments, companies, and major nongovernmental Agencies.
Chimpanzee Trust realizes the value of strategic planning and is currently implementing its third strategic plan since 2006. Strategic planning allows us to assess the strengths and weaknesses of our approach to chimpanzee-focused conservation as well as look at internal and external factors that have influenced our successes or failures to date. The Trust intends to develop a new strategic plan to affirm our vision and mission and adapt to the changes in our operating environment and establish a design process and approach for effectiveness and sustainability towards achieving our vision over the next five years. The Chimpanzee Trust believes that its staff members, board, partners, and stakeholders are valuable contributors and drivers of this effort to strengthen the impact of the organization now and into the future.
Purpose of the Consultancy
The strategic planning consultant will facilitate a directional analysis of Chimpanzee Trust and communication, monitoring, and evaluation plan, using the theory of change approach. This includes assessing the programs of Chimpanzee Trust and examining how they serve to deliver the Trust's mission. The purpose of this consultancy is to support and lead chimpanzee Trust staff, partners, and board in a participatory planning process, ensuring a sense of ownership and engaging meaningfully with key partners, funders, and other stakeholders. The substantive outcome is a five-year strategic plan for the period 2023-2028.
The plan must address, among other things, the development of strong partnerships and resource mobilization initiatives, and how to strategically engage partner organizations, major international donor agencies, government agencies, and communities more meaningfully in the realization of Chimpanzee Trust's mission and vision. The consultant will draw from any best practices within similar strategic plans for other non-governmental organizations with similar modus operandi as the Chimpanzee Trust.
Elements of the plan will include but are not limited to:
Develop a theory of change for the Trust, outlining the strategic direction and steps towards achieving its goal.
Develop a sound methodology that grounds the strategic plan and
facilitates a directional analysis of the Trust's current operations.
Conduct a needs assessment of the Organization including consideration of
situation analysis and identification of constraints and opportunities for
growth and development.
Guide stakeholder mapping and consultations and understand, obtain, and
analyze qualitative and quantitative data relevant to stakeholders and
Develop a plan that includes a clear strategy or roadmap to reach the organization's goals through programs with clear deliverables, indicators
and tools that address the constraints and create the needed support
systems and incentives
Development, validation, finalization, and costing of the strategic plan
2023-2028, including outcome mapping for monitoring and evaluation,
detailed implementation for 2023, and general activities for
2024-2027/8.
Recommend methodology and tools for evaluating outcomes and develop
monitoring and communication strategy.
The Consultant will collect, evaluate and lead in the presentation and
validation process. Some of these elements may be included in the final
document, as an appendix, or cited as separate literature.
Specific Task
The Consultant will:
Carry out a desk review of documents relevant to an understanding of the mandate, legal framework, and context of the work Chimpanzee Trust undertakes.
Assess existing programs employed by Chimpanzee Trust and support the Chimpanzee Trust team in establishing an Organizational Theory of Change for 2023-2028, including the goals identified to achieve the organizational mission through its programs. This exercise should include a process through which the organization can reassess and confirm its mission and determine specific goals it will center its efforts in the subsequent 5-year period.
Conduct a needs assessment of Chimpanzee Trust, which shall include a review of the existing structure, financial strategy, and sustainability.
Develop a comprehensive methodology and work plan for a participatory process with a view to achieving support from members and partners, which includes holding consultations and facilitating interviews with relevant stakeholders including, but not limited to, donor and development partners, private sector, international donor agencies, and civil society NGOs.
Together, with the executive team, lead a program of wider consultations to
receive feedback on the draft strategic plan.
Support the strategy for reaching target populations and map and characterize the community needs in the target area.
Understand, obtain and analyze data relevant to the target populations.
Provide a risk matrix for each program and an overview of the major challenges of implementation.
Finalize the strategic plan, including the log frame and detailed implementation plan, for 2023 and provide general activities for 2024-2027/8.
The plan should include the organizational goals, expected results for each, the priority programs and strategies to achieve them, performance metrics (i.e: indicators with baselines and targets), timelines, and resource allocations required to accomplish them, as well as a monitoring and evaluation plan and a communication plan. The strategic plan will identify synergies between key programs and activities to advance the organizational goals.
Include a plan to align actions with existing relevant sectors' strategies
informed by best practices locally and internationally.
Deliverable Outputs
Based on the above, the Consultant shall prepare and complete the five-year
strategic plan. This shall entail, among other things the following:
An inception report detailing the work to be done, methodologies to be employed, and a work plan with a clear timeframe for all deliverables.
A draft strategic plan with clear deliverables, key milestones, and direct guidance on implementation to strengthen Chimpanzee Trust's mission and vision (including an organizational monitoring and evaluation plan).
Presentation to the management, board, and stakeholders to validate the strategic plan.
A final strategic plan document.
The consultant shall obtain disaggregated data, review relevant literature, and interviews, and undertake field visits in selected areas.
The consultant is permitted to form a team for the delivery of the objectives of the consultancy.
Commitment to Work Quality
The consultant shall use an evidence-based approach and ensure the highest standards of work and timely deliverables at every stage of this assignment. The
consultant shall ensure clarity of objectives and process during the consultations,
counter check all facts and figures cited, and ensure that the content and format of the draft strategic plan meet a high standard for such documents, including proper editing, clarity, and use of design and graphics.
The consultant shall, at the onset of the planning process, work with Chimpanzee Trust to identify all stakeholders having a direct and indirect interest in the strategic plan. Listing people, groups, and institutions that influence the work of Chimpanzee Trust. All stakeholders must be able to make inputs into the strategic plan to promote ownership of the plan.
Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Chimpanzee Trust is seeking the services of a professional individual or a consultancy firm to develop a five-year strategic plan. The firm/individual must possess the following:
A demonstration of relevant work experience in strategic planning and theory of change, particularly with conservation and welfare organizations, NGOs, and or Government agencies.
Possess an understanding of animal welfare, tourism, and sustainability for NGOs.
Excellent and proven analytical skills.
Excellent organizational and communication skills, ability to prioritize, and work with minimum supervision.
Possess knowledge of the general social, economic and political environment that influences conservation in Uganda.
Understanding of participatory approaches to management and operations.
The consultancy shall be for a period not longer than 60 working days, beginning on October 15th, 2022.
Remuneration for this assignment shall be negotiated with the best-evaluated individual or firm
The Consultant shall receive 20% of the final cost after delivery and acceptance of an inception report with a work plan and deliverables; 40% of the final cost after the delivery and acceptance of a satisfactory draft report based on the terms of reference; and 40% of the final cost after submission and acceptance of all deliverable outputs
Penalty:
The consultant is subject to a 15% reduction of the total agreed if the report is submitted after the agreed timelines (without a just and reasonable mutually agreed explanation).
Non-delivery against any of the agreed tasks and or deliverables shall lead to withholding of subsequent payments until receipt and approval of all deliverables' outputs.
Interested parties, (firms and individuals) should submit a concise proposal for undertaking this consultancy.
Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their bids alongside detailed technical and financial proposals, indicating their work schedule from the commencement to the end of the consultancy.
Included should be:
Technical approach and suggested timeline (maximum 5 pages)
Case studies of previous experience in strategic development planning, animal welfare, conservation, and tourism. (maximum 2 pages)
Budget for work to be undertaken (submitted in a single Excel worksheet and broken down into personnel, fees, travel, and others)
Any restrictions on consultant availability to begin work
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Q: Linux backup all files with known extensions with timestamps I want to backup all files with a given extension in a directory but I want them to be with timestamps.
Given a directory:
Sample/ with multiple subdirectory and a subfolder name BACKUPS.
cd Sample
find . -name '*.xml' -exec cp {} BACKUPS \;

Say I have multiple xml files in this Sample folder and I want them to be copied to the BACKUPS folder but I want them to be timestamp
say..
text.xml.20171107
conf.xml.20171107

I am able to backup the files but I could not figure out how to append a timestamp to the files using the find command.

A: You could try this:
find . -name '*.xml' -execdir cp {} "$PWD/BACKUPS/{}.$(date +%Y%m%d)" \;

As before, we use find . -name '*.xml' to locate all the files. However, in order to get rid of the names of subdirectories, we use -execdir instead of exec. This causes the specified command to be run from inside the subdirectory the current file is in and replaces {} by its base name.
This means we have to modify cp's second argument (the target filename). We now pass "$PWD/BACKUPS" to create an absolute path ($PWD is the current working directory). This way cp always targets the right directory, even when invoked from a subdirectory of Sample.
Finally, the filename we use is constructed from {}.$(date +%Y%m%d). $( ) runs the specified command and substitutes its output (the current date, in this case). This is done by the shell before find is invoked, so find just sees .../{}.20171107. The {} part is replaced by find itself just before it runs each cp.

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Education That's Just for the "So-called Talented Young People" is "Sort of a Bullshit Construct"
Camberwell of Arts' Darryl Clifton on how illustrators can be entrepreneurs in the social media age
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Portrait of Darryl Clifton by Fredrik Andersson. Andersson received his BA in illustration from Camberwell College of Arts in 2016.
As illustration programme director at London's Camberwell College of Arts, Darryl Clifton couldn't be better placed to consider the complexities of an illustration education in the current climate. Illustration agents are less common, graduates are weighed down by steep student loans, and working life is—as it is for many—increasingly precarious.
With degrees in illustration from Kent Institute of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art, Clifton has co-founded Mokita, a curated event platform for critical debate around the subject of illustration, is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Illustration and Varoom, and is a board director at the UK's Association of Illustrators. We couldn't think of a better person to speak with about the value of art education, especially how technology and social media is impacting the potential to build a community in an art school. Here, he also considers how illustrators might be employed for their thinking process as much as their ability to draw.
What are the core values that are at the heart of an education in art and design?
I'm conscious of how personal liberty has been co-opted by a really aggressive, neoliberal, capitalist model. Education is shifting—we're moving towards mass education systems—and I personally don't have an issue with it. I'm happy to move away from the highly selective notion of education for the so-called talented young people, because it's sort of a bullshit construct. It has to do with access, privileges, and the implicit and explicit biases of people who are making the selection. We need to rethink our approach: What does it mean to effectively operate a diverse, contradictory, and ambiguous education program? I think it's feasible if we're able to countenance the idea of not being experts, not in the sense of "let's punish the experts," but in terms of reconsidering our sense of where authority and knowledge lies.
Are we able to support the handing over of the education to the students? It's a fight, because this is a generation of students who've been brought through an incredibly instrumental, formal education system, particularly in the UK, which is driven by grades and outcomes. We aim to offer scaffolding and support, which can be easily removed when students are developing their own mode of learning. They have every capacity, they just need the affordance to do it. To flourish and be agents of change, they need to hold on to the controls.
How have you observed the sense of community shifting within student cohorts?
There are a number of obvious factors [impacting the viability of forming communities at university]. A fundamental factor, and it's in relation to a profound cultural shift, is the ubiquity of mobile technology. It's an obvious thing to say, but you can't discount the effect social media has had on a generation of young people.
People are so willing to share every aspect of their work—the literal physical process via something like Instagram—in reward for likes, followers, and potentially money. There's an absolute openness about that, and with a proportion of the students, a total embrace of the notion of the entrepreneurial self—and worryingly, a lack of critical objectivity, in terms of what that larger structure might ultimately mean. Working harder and harder, adjusting one's own subjectivity in order to become more and more pliable and synchronized with the mindset and desires or a large-scale corporation.
Questions around community-building can't be disentangled easily from issues around sense of self, and identities that are formed online as much as they are in the 3D world. They are bigger issues that institutions in isolation can't necessarily address, but what we have to be, is open to the possibility that these changes are happening. We have to support young people through a difficult transitional period.
What potentials do you see for the role of the illustrator, and how can new applications of illustration and illustrative thinking be encouraged within the curriculum?
It's about trying to extend the role of the illustrator beyond the artifact or the product. What would it mean if an illustrator didn't make an illustration but was situated inside of a place affecting some sort of change? Now seems like a good time to be having that discussion, particularly in the UK where, to bring it back down to a brute reality, the fee structure [for editorial illustration] hasn't really changed in the last 25 years. If it can't function on that level, if it's tailing off financially, and if we're looking at widespread automation being a significant affecting factor, there has to be something else that we can utilize. There has to be something in the vast majority of the work that leads up to the production of the artifact that has value.
What would it mean if an illustrator didn't make an illustration, but was situated inside of a place affecting some sort of change?
We're moving towards a point of revalidation [at Camberwell], we're re-writing courses and talking about this a lot. I'm interested in pre-existing educational models, like that at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, where there's a focus on thinking about how you contextualize your practice, how you flavor or inflect it with an understanding of a context. At Camberwell we're thinking about introducing these "flavors," which students will be able to align themselves with. We call it 'Illustrator as…' and then the inflections will be 'as activist,' 'as author,' 'as educator,' and 'in industry.'
My aspiration would be that we'd be able to take inspiration from dynamic groups like Artist Placement Group [a London-based, artist-run organization formed in 1965, which sought to refocus art outside the gallery]. The organization announced itself as an artist consultant for big business. It seemed ridiculous, but in reality there's massive potential—through the type of education and the organization that goes on just in terms of running your own project—to do that. I like the idea of breeding a bunch of sort-of saboteurs, who are able to go and change things from the inside, and be convincing and persuasive.
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So it seems even the best of them are not exempted from bad research or short memory, when the cancer awareness poster emphasizing the letter N in arabic with "2aN al awaN" (now is the time) by using the N in Arabic ن in the shape of breasts, The original poster appeared in 2008. I thought the poster was genius, now AUBMC comes up with an ad that says "bet7ebiyouN f7as 7alek kermelek w kermeloN" - you love them? have a check up for you and for them. The problem? They used the N in Arabic in the shape of breasts.
In defense of AUBMC the original poster dates back to 2008 so whomever did the AUB thing was perhaps in diapers back then.
Sounds very familiar - compare and contrast.


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Welcome to Cowes Enterprise College
Cowes Enterprise College is a dynamic and yet disciplined place to learn. We believe our mission is to educate for life and we benefit from the guidance of Ormiston Academies Trust. Our last Ofsted inspection judged us to be 'Good' and in recent years we have consistently achieved progress that places us highest for the Isle of Wight.
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Thank you so much for your support in organising our visit to Cowes yesterday. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit, it was both informative and insightful in terms of informing our work here at Gatsby.
Lesley Thain - Gatsby Education
The maritime curriculum is a brilliant example of what can be achieved when we make learning relevant for young people. It connects students to the real world, whisks them away to new places and opens their eyes to new possibilities – all with rigour and focus. This is a model we can all learn from.
Oli de Botton, CEO of the Careers and Enterprise Company
Superb visit to Cowes Enterprise College – thank you for showing me how you pair the highest of academic expectations with brilliant practical careers work.
Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary - Department for Education
A pleasure to show Department for Education Permanent Secretary, Susan Acland-Hood the fantastic careers programme at Cowes Enterprise College this morning. Great demonstration of a school working with their Careers Hub to deliver world-class careers education, linking the curriculum to the local economy.
The Careers and Enterprise Company
I am just emailing to express my thanks and gratitude to the Year 7 team, SEN department and my child's teachers. We were very anxious and worried about his transition. We needn't have been. He has had an amazing transition and has coped exceptionally well with the change. He is extremely happy at school and is determined to do his best.
Year 7 parent 2022
Congratulations to all the pupils and staff at Cowes Enterprise College and the wider team at Ormiston Academies Trust, on such an impressive set of results. A Level results day marks the moment so many young people will make choices that can shape the rest of their lives, so whatever path they choose, every pupil at Cowes Enterprise College should do so full of confidence.
Schools Minister Lord Agnew
Cowes Enterprise is a real beacon of success in giving students realistic and sustainable career opportunities. Island education is extremely fortunate in having such a trail blazer in its ranks.
Island Careers Partnership, Nick Hayward
Looking back, my time at high school and sixth form at CEC was certainly some of the best time of my life, and it also well equipped me in terms of the knowledge, skills and mindset needed. I've kept in touch with a lot of friends too.
Former student
I'm very grateful for the excellent education I received at Cowes, and the exceptionally positive environment at the high school and 6th form. So, thank you very much to everyone who taught me and generally made it a great place to be, and somewhere I am proud to say that I was taught.
It is apparent that the strong employer engagement with the Enterprise and Skills Company and HE networks ensures that learners are aspirational, optimistic and focused on their personal career journeys. Learners are able to identify major employers on the Isle of Wight, the mainland and more globally.
The Quality in Careers Standard Award
The results of the evaluation framework using the Compass + tool is impressive and exceptionally high – It was evident that learners were flourishing, happy and purposeful and aware of the need to be adaptable, resilient, and agents of change economically and politically.
The destination figures at KS4 and KS5 are exceptional – 0% NEET for 3 years and likely to be sustained for 2021 leavers despite the challenges of the 2019 COVID pandemic and is a testimony to the tireless work and dedication of the CEIAG team. The CEC has a clear commitment to social mobility and widening access agenda.
Many, many congratulations to you and all your colleagues on your recent Wellbeing award. Such an important provision, especially so in these difficult times.
2012/2013 High Sheriff - N W T Hayward
We have seen you all going way 'above and beyond' in helping the students to grow in confidence and achieve their potential. Both of my girls have enjoyed their time at the college and will have many happy memories. You have all worked hard to make Cowes Enterprise a college that the whole community can be proud of and we hope that you continue to grow from strength to strength.
Parent July 2020
Here at Cowes I've been able to play a key role in collaboration with Isle of Wight Councillors, devising sustainable energy policies and providing a youth voice for consultation. Young Enterprise and The Duke of Edinburgh Schemes have also been fantastic opportunities.
Mimi Poulton, Selwyn College Cambridge University
It is so important that pupils feel valued, listened to and cared for by their teachers. My son feels this from all his teachers at CEC.
Bob Seely, Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight commented it was the best hustings event he had been to in his career, whilst the school enjoyed positive feedback from other delegates.
Bob Seely, Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight
I have thoroughly enjoyed my year with the students (who really do want to work) and I work with an excellent department who are a real can do team. I made the right decision to join an amazing group that I feel values staff and students and a wider context of community with clear communication and well being at its heart.
Staff member July 2020
I wanted to thank you and the CCF and the College for inviting me to your very special Remembrance Day service. I was very impressed with the way in which the whole school took part and hats off to you for the organisation.
Visitor to the Academy
Can you mention my praise in one of your staff meetings as coming from a parent with a child who has struggled for years to feel 'good enough' Mr Harding has made a huge difference!
I know he is very proud of his school and I'm sure he would agree that he would not be the person he is had it not been for everyone there.
"You know how much I love coming to CEC, it's a great very well run School"
"The combination of outstanding leadership and exemplary student conduct made for a first class trip"
Proprietor of a venue visited by our Year 7 & Year 8 Students
"We were so impressed by the way that every single member of the CEC team clearly had the highest possible expectations of the students"
"All the team here were delighted by the positive way that the students approached their tasks. They were a real credit to the school and their teachers. They were a pleasure to be with"
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Craig Derrick is an award-winning, creative executive with a track record for developing some of Hollywood's biggest brands into hit games and his leadership with the storied Star Wars franchise.
Craig currently manages a portfolio of global, interactive products and initiatives at Lucasfilm and most recently directed all phases of Fifth Journey's creative, gaming and VR/AR initiatives with a focus on the Chinese and Asian markets. Prior to that, Craig was the head of production at TinyCo and instrumental in the development of the studio's first licensed IP title, the top-grossing mobile game, Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff.
During his time at LucasArts, Craig oversaw the development of groundbreaking titles including Star Wars: 1313, Kinect Star Wars, and the remastered Monkey Island: Special Edition series while building Team 3, an original IP team focused on developing innovative story and interactive experiences for emergent digital, mobile, and next-generation platforms.
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Innovator Spotlight: Julie Bliss Mullen of Aclarity
An innovator's journey from idea to market can be challenging and complicated—but also rewarding. Our Innovator Spotlight series explores how inventor-entrepreneurs in our network have evolved since they started their journey. Our goal is to share key learnings and best practices with early-stage science and technology inventors embarking on a path of innovation and entrepreneurship. Our latest Innovator Spotlight is Julie Bliss Mullen, co-founder and CEO of ASPIRE team Aclarity. The startup has created an electrochemical technology to easily remove pathogens, metals, and other impurities from residential and commercial water systems.
What challenge did you seek to solve with your innovation and why?
Many lack access to safe drinking water. One source of contamination is aging pipe infrastructure. Take Flint, MI. Thousands of residents have consumed water with elevated levels of lead, toxic chemicals, and bacteria. While conducting my PhD research, I was motivated by the growing number of communities like Flint that are impacted from contaminated water. I wanted to find a way for residents to feel confident that their water is clean and safe, offering peace-of-mind to families regardless of outside water issues.
What have you learned along your innovation and entrepreneurship journey?
I've learned that it takes a team to make an impact through innovation and entrepreneurship. I now surround myself with people who can provide different perspectives, and who I can trust for advice and support. I've become very good at seeking advice if I lack expertise in some area.
Tell us how you've integrated environmentally responsible practices into your innovation or process?
Aclarity is a cleantech company. Environmental responsibility is key to our mission. We are constantly working to ensure our products are sourced, manufactured, operated, and reused or recycled to decrease environmental impact. Our technology produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions and uses less energy compared to competing technologies. We also aim to power our devices with renewable sources such as solar.
How has support from VentureWell impacted your innovation and venture?
Aclarity participated in the VentureWell ASPIRE program in late 2018 to prepare for an equity financing round. We met with various investors and VentureWell staff who mentored us on pitching, running an effective board meeting, piloting product tests, and preparing us to make difficult decisions. Since the program, we have received regular mentorship from the VentureWell team, which has resulted in introductions to investors, pitch deck reviews, and feedback on company operations. We are extremely grateful for VentureWell support.
What is next for you?
We recently returned from a successful pilot installation in the Bahamas, and are working with a nonprofit to distribute our device to community water kiosks around the Caribbean and Africa. Later this year, we aim to expand our field pilot program to include at least five pilot projects. We are also in the middle of a seed fundraising round, and are looking forward to expanding our team as well as begin the certification process for our first product.
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Grand Prairie (Georgia), a swamp in Georgia
Grand Prairie, Texas, a city
Grande Prairie, a city in Alberta, Canada

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Grand Prairie Township (disambiguation)

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MSP Angela Constance responds to 'fundamentally flawed' Edinburgh Airport Consultation
Angela Constance MSP has published her consultation response to Edinburgh Airport for all areas affected across West Lothian – here is her respomse on Flight Path A
Edinburgh Airport 2nd Stage Consultation Response from Angela Constance MSP
Flight path A – Runway 24 departures left turn
We investigated seven flight path options however flight path A7 was ruled out on
safety grounds. All flight path options for flight path A are examined in full on page 40 of the consultation book.
Our preferred option is flight path A6. To what extent do you agree with our preferred flight path A6?
Please explain your answers and provide us with any other comments in the space
You have indicated in your guidance that all EA proposed routes for the purpose of this consultation are routes of 0-7000ft; that EA has two runways 24/06 and 30/12, the latter used when 24/06 is undergoing maintenance or wind direction prevents landing. In addition, on "new population impact" you stated that you used the 2011 census population figures but that EA also identified known areas of housing development. However, under "community impacts" you state that the population information was taken from the most recent census only i.e. 2011.
In the interests of all my constituents, I want to ensure that those who have already experienced aircraft noise for many years do not bear any additional burden and that those who are in the preferred flight path options have their views fully represented. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of EA's expansion should be dispersed proportionally and equitably. Whilst I accept that there are advantages that would accrue to the general population of Scotland, I am of the opinion that the greater level of advantage would be to the benefit of Edinburgh as the capital city, its businesses and tourist industry.
As such, identifying routes over my constituency is an unfair distribution of disruption as opposed to the level of benefit it would secure. West Lothian has no direct transport link to Edinburgh Airport and no representation on the Edinburgh Airport Community Board despite the considerable disruption/noise pollution experienced by my constituents from existing flight paths for many years. The proposals put forward should also take account of cumulative impact on some householders e.g. those adjacent to busy roads or railway lines.
Many of my constituents have asked that EA extend the consultation or withdraw it in its
entirety. Either of these options would allow EA to address what my constituents feel are
serious deficiencies in the process and content of the 2nd Stage Consultation e.g. to afford EA the opportunity to correct the out-of-data population figures and revisit the conclusions it has drawn based on those figures and which underpin the statements made in the 2nd Stage Consultation as well as addressing the change of focus on the flight paths.
I believe that this is essential because the consultation at this stage is fundamentally flawed.
EA have stated "You spoke, We Listened". This statement is erroneous as the First
Stage of the consultation was directed at a different audience. Individuals who were
unaffected by the 1st Stage consultation did not respond because they felt that there was
no need to as their areas would not be affected. To come back in the 2nd Stage and say
that Preferred Route/s are now routes outside the original design envelopes and would
affect communities that were hitherto unaffected, is unacceptable.
 the population figures are inaccurate – six years out of date – and grossly underestimated
 the use of inaccurate and incomplete population figures undermines the conclusions drawn in the 2nd Stage Consultation
EA has indicated that it seeks to modernise the airspace to accommodate growth. I am informed that although passenger numbers have increased as a result of larger aircraft, the actual number of aircraft movements has decreased e.g. in 2016 EA website states that these numbered 121,800 which in turn is less than any year between 2004-2008. Moreover, there is no information on the envisaged potential increase in movements.
EA has not offered an option of "no change" to existing flight paths using the M8 corridor – an area less densely populated because it has been under a flight path for many years and where industrial estates are common.
EA has successfully lost all credibility in this consultation as a result of the initial faulty community engagement over the Tutor flight trials and how the 1st Stage Consultation was presented leading on to a completely different scenario for the 2nd Stage.
 The Department for Trade Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority states that in
considering airspace change, the CAA should bear in mind the Government's policy to
minimise noise impact of aircraft and those affected by it as well as considering the
value of maintaining legacy arrangements i.e. where route design options below
4,000(amsl) are similar in terms of impact on densely populated areas. The EA's
proposal would lead to a significant number of people in West Lothian closest to EA
being directly impacted for the first time.
EA has not undertaken or produced safety and noise assessments on how these
proposed routes would affect local communities in terms of health, environment and
natural habitat.
In addition, I find that the consultation form questions are devised in such a way that they could be interpreted as leading to a desired EA outcome by default; that they promote division between local communities and without the extensive guidance do not have sufficient information on the form to allow an informed response. In addition, EA's website has two versions of the consultation guidance – one a PDF version of 156 pages and one an easy read version of only 11 pages. The latter has no information relevant to completing the feedback form.
EA's on-line information on route A indicates:
The Route A design envelope covered areas in West Lothian including Livingston, Kirknewton, Polbeth, Addiewell, Blackburn, East Calder, Mid Calder and West Calder.
Yet the A6 route falls outside the original design envelope and impacts on communities that were informed at earlier stages of the consultation that they would not be affected by new routes. In addition, no trial has taken place to establish the impact of this change on the communities it will fly over. In effect, it can be considered a new, untested and unmonitored route. Your returns do not list what the impact would be for Wilkieston, Calderwood, East Edinburgh
Calder and Mid Calder as these communities are omitted from your tables. Only Kirknewton is mentioned.
In terms of preferred option A6, you have noted in Table 3 page 43 that
Noise – population overflown is less (positive impact)
Noise – new population impacted is slightly more (no change/neutral)
In terms of Kirknewton you have indicated a negative impact as it is closer.
However, you have quoted the 2011 census population figure and there is no mention of theimpact on Wilkieston, Calderwood, East Calder or Mid Calder as separate entities despite EA's on-line information stating that the route design covered East Calder
You also state that this route would be for non-jet aircraft.
I am concerned that the preferred route A6 does not appear to take into account
the current and future housing developments in East Calder extending through to
Wilkieston and as a result does not accurately reflect the growth in population or
the anticipated growth in population. In brief, the consultation findings appear to
be based on out-of-date 2011 census data about population in the area, which in
turn has influenced and determined EA's choice of the A6 route alongside C02
emissions. The core development at Calderwood alone involves 2,800 new homes
with a potential population of circa 7000. East Calder has a population of 5,600.
I am informed that East Calder and Kirknewton residents were informed following
the first part of the consultation that they would not be affected by any proposed
changes. To claim that the routes will be operating over 25,000 less people when
the population data used appears to be incomplete undermines the case for any
preferred option.
This route falls outside the original design envelope under Stage 1 of the
consultation and its introduction at this late state is detrimental to the interests of
those living within its range and undermines the consultation process.
There is concern at the height at which Kirknewton and the Calderwood development will be overflown. If it is 500-1500ft and not 3000-4500ft, the altitude difference could increase noise pollution to unacceptable levels. Kirknewton is nearer the airport and is 500ft above sea level, so the route over Kirknewton will have flights operating at full power at a much lower level than the other options. As a consequence, the noise disturbance will be greater.
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The Ministry of Defence has located all cadet glider training for Scotland and
Northern Ireland at Kirknewton. I am informed that the Letter of Agreement with
the MOD means that during glider operation the A6 route would not be available.
EA has indicated that it is in discussions with the MOD but clarification on how
this would impact on the A6 route would be appreciated.
I am in receipt of complaints from East Calder, Kirknewton, Mid Calder, West Calder, Harburn and Deer Park in Livingston indicating an increase in aircraft noise. As EA has indicated that as there has been no change in the routes at present, it follows that there should be no change in the level of noise experienced by my constituents. Since my constituents are reporting increased noise disturbance and in some instances experiencing it for the first time, this would suggest that even if aircraft are flying on unchanged routes, current practices are changing e.g. they are flying at different ranges within the route and possibly flying at lower levels.
There is concern that there has been no health impact assessment for the A6 route or impact assessments as this route falls outside the original design envelope with respect to Kirknewton, East Calder etc.
EA has indicated that it needs to expand provision and capacity. There is no information on the numbers of increased flights, whether they are short or long haul, internal or external, passenger or cargo and how these are allotted to aircraft type.
I believe that EA has no flight restriction times and is classified as a 24-hour airport. What guarantees can the airport give to ensure that night time disruption is kept to an absolute minimum especially in areas that would now be open to noise disruption especially from low flying aircraft. In brief, I would seek assurances that there would be no night time flights across my constituency on any flight routes.
The A6 route has not been properly trialled to assess impact on the Kirknewton, Wilkieston and East Calder communities. Such a trial should be undertaken to allow a proper assessment of the impact especially in terms of noise from low flying aircraft. Following a meeting with Edinburgh Airport officials and at the request of the Calderwood Residents Association, I have written to EA formally requesting a flight trial and/or test flights with decibel monitoring. Other constituents object to the A6 in principle and believe that the route option should be withdrawn completely.
The proximity of communities is not well represented. Illustrations imply that they are further apart than they are in actuality and that the impact of the flight paths is more localised and direct.
Constituents have queried the carbon footprint information and the impact on home and natural environments.
The proposed route exposes my constituents to an increase in noise and air pollution. This is aggravated by the fact that the vectoring allows a significant divergence from the route. This proposed route will fly over the planned sites for the new Calderwood Primary School and East Calder High School.
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Basketball Championships #BOSHSunday
by nolahistoryguy | Mar 14, 2021 | 1970s, Basketball, BOSH, Brother Martin High, Gentilly, Holy Cross
Brother Martin High School has a rich history of basketball championships.
Crusader forward Leroy Oliver (1975) goes up over Felton Young of Holy Cross in second-round district play, 1974. Center Rick Robey (1974) looks on, hoping he doesn't have to go for a rebound. (photo courtesy Brother Martin High School)
I was reminded of the 1973-74 season yesterday because of the current story of St. Augustine defeating Scotlandville High School yesterday (13-March-2021) to win the state championship.
This year's story is of a team that wouldn't be denied three years in a row. St. Augustine lost to Scotlandville in the championship game in 2019 and 2020. The story in 1974 was of two teams that played each other five times in the same season.
Brother Martin vs. Holy Cross
Two top-flight teams in the Catholic League make for a grueling season. Brother Martin, state champions in 1970 and 1971, returned as a contender in 1973-74. Coach Tom Kolb returned to coach the Crusaders after running the Jesuit program. Four letterman, Leroy Oliver, Rodney Montgomery, Jimmy McCulla and Rick Robey, along with Donald "Duck" Newman, started.
The Crusaders defeated the Holy Cross Tigers in their first district game, at Holy Cross. Both teams ended the first round with 6-1 records. They played for the first round championship at Tulane. Holy Cross won. They met in their very next game, at Brother Martin. The Crusaders defeated the Tigers. They went on to win the round undefeated.
So, the teams met a fourth time, again at Tulane, to decide the district champion. The Tigers lost, 57-58. The teams advanced to the playoffs. Each team won four games on the road to the championship showdown in Alexandria, LA. The Crusaders won that fifth meeting of the season, 67-56.
As Brother Neal Golden, SC, wrote about that year:
Robey completed an outstanding senior year.
He made All-District, All-City, and All-State and was selected the best player in the Top Twenty tournament.
Rated as one of the top four seniors in America, he signed with Kentucky where he played four years before going to the NBA.
That was three state championships in the first four years since Brother Martin opened. Crusader basketball continued to bring hope district and state titles.
Brother Martin vs St. Augustine
So, the big basketball rivalry wasn't always with St. Augustine. Like many successful runs (like the Scotlandville run that just came to an end), a school gets that one (or maybe two) players who stand out. The Crusaders experienced this in 2002-2003, when DJ Augustin came to Elysian Fields. The Crusaders were state runner-up that season. They won the championship in 2004 and 2005. Augustin and his teammates were odds-on favorites to win a third championship, but Hurricane Katrina had other ideas.
My band kiddo's sophomore year was an exciting, albeit grueling one for Crusader basketball. The team played St. Augustine four times that season, losing to the Purple Knights three times. Fourth time was lucky, as they defeated their Catholic League rivals in the state semi-finals, going on to win the championship.
Andy Bourgeois leads Cor Jesu football #BOSHSunday
by nolahistoryguy | Jan 25, 2021 | 1960s, Basketball, Brother Martin High, Cor Jesu, Football, Gentilly, St. Aloysius
Andy Bourgeois becomes the first football coach at Cor Jesu.
Andy Bourgeois
Mr. Andy Bourgeois was the first head football coach at Cor Jesu High School. The school announced it would compete in Catholic League athletics in the fall of 1964. So, Cor Jesu's administration named its first athletic staff in January, 1965.
From its opening in 1954 until 1965, Cor Jesu High School's defined its mission as a college prep school. While the other BOSH school in New Orleans, St. Aloysius, had athletics, Cor Jesu focused on academics. St. Aloysius High School operated as a holistic school. Cor Jesu, on Elysian Fields in Gentilly, went for the "smart boys."
By the mid-1960s, the BOSH changed Cor Jesu's mission. The BOSH looked ahead at the viability of the St. Aloysius campus at Esplanade and N. Rampart. Since the Aloysius building opened in 1925, it aged poorly. The Institute decided their future was on Elysian Fields, with the newer facilities.
Athletics at Cor Jesu
If the BOSH were to consolidate their efforts on Elysian Fields, the campus needed an athletic department. They had the land for this. They needed the staff. On January 30, 1965, Brother Roland, SC, Cor Jesu's principal, introduced Andy Bourgeois at a meet-and-greet dinner. The school cafeteria provided the setting for the event.
Bourgeois was known to New Orleans, and specifically to the BOSH faith community. He graduated from St. Aloysius in 1956. As an undergraduate at LSU, Bourgeois was one of the "Chinese Bandits" that won the football national championship in 1958.
About 400 boys from the school attended the dinner event with their parents. Brother Roland introduced Coach Bourgeois. Brother presented Coach with the first "letterman" sweater for Cor Jesu. Bourgeois drove around to elementary schools in Gentilly. He introduced himself and kicked off the school's recruiting.
Bobby Conlin
Brother Roland introduced two coaches at that 30-January-1965 dinner. While Bourgeois and football received top billing, Brother also introduced Cor Jesu's first basketball coach. Robert Conlin, a graduate of De La Salle and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, led the Kingsman's basketball program. He also assisted Bourgeois with football. When the two schools combined in 1969, Bourgeous left. Conlin became Brother Martin's first head football coach. So, that's how Conlin's legend began. Andy Russo, moved from head basketball coach at St. Aloysius to Brother Martin.
The decision to add athletics sparked new development on Elysian Fields. Cor Jesu built the massive gymnasium building. Brother Martin later named the gym for Coach Conlin.
NOLA History Guy Podcast 25-May-2019 Doberge and Baseball
by nolahistoryguy | May 25, 2019 | Basketball, History, Podcasts, Sports
https://media.blubrry.com/nolahistoryguy/p/content.blubrry.com/nolahistoryguy/nolahistoryguy_20190525.mp3
Talking Baseball on NOLA History Guy Podcast 25-May-2019
Early Baseball in New Orleans by S. Derby Gisclair
NOLA History Guy Podcast 25-May-2019
Our first long-form pod in a while! We feature this week a conversation with S. Derby Gisclair on his book, Early Baseball in New Orleans. We also drill in on this week's "Today in New Orleans History" Pick.
Beulah Ledner
Ms. Campanella notes that Beulah Ledner moved her bakery on Metairie Road on 21-May-1970. I remember Ledner's well, so it's our pick of the week from her Today in New Orleans History page/website. I don't have memories of Ms. Ledner as much as friends of my dad who worked for her. Her first bakery on Metairie Road was just a couple of doors down from American Legion Post 175. My dad was quite active in that post, and he would take us to the club when he wanted to hang out with his friends but needed to entertain the kids.
Beulah Ledner defined the doberge cake in New Orleans. This article by Judy Walker talks about the cookbook Ledner's daughter wrote and includes some recipes.
Campanella also mentioned Beulah's son, Albert. He passed away in 2017, at the age of 93. Here's his obit. Quite the fascinating man!
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S. Derby Gisclair
This pod features the first of several conversations we'll have with baseball historian S. Derby Gisclair. Derby is a fascinating man who out to write an autobiography! His first baseball book, Baseball in New Orleans, came out in 2004. He's also written Baseball at Tulane University, and the book we're discussing today, Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play.
We started our conversation with the Early Baseball book, for two reasons. It's where the whole thing begins, and also, Derby talks about the book this week. He presents the book and subject at Octavia Books, on Octavia and Laurel Streets, uptown. The talk is at 6pm on Tuesday, 28-May. As Derby says in our talk, you can't see the props on a podcast. So, go see him in person!
Last week's pod.
Donald Newman, BM '75, 1957-2018
by nolahistoryguy | Sep 13, 2018 | 1970s, Basketball, BOSH, Gentilly
Donald Newman
Brother Martin High School Varsity Basketball Team, 1973-1974. LHSAA AAAA State Champs. Don Newman is #11, bottom right. (courtesy Brother Martin High School)
Donald Newman, BMHS Class of 1975
We lost a good guy yesterday. Don Newman was a year ahead of me at Brother Martin. He was a basketball player, a member of the 1973-1974 Louisiana LHSAA 4-A championship team. Newman was point guard for that team, and the next year, as a senior. He also played baseball while at BMHS.
After Brother Martin, Don went to LSU, for a year, where he played basketball and baseball. He transferred to Lake City, then Grambling, he played one game at Lake City and not at all for Grambling. Newman landed at University of Idaho, where he played from 1978-1980.
Pro Career
Don was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the third round in 1980. He was the last person they cut before the start of the 1980 season. He signed with the Montana Golden Nuggets of the CBA.
In 1981, Newman tried out for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, as a cornerback. He never played football in high school or college. He didn't make the team, but did play in Canada,first for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Concordes, Ottawa Roughriders, and Hamilton TigerCats. He began his coaching career at high schools in Idaho. Newman got his degree from Idaho in 1987, and moved up to collegiate coaching.
After coaching at Moscow (Idaho) High School, Newman took an assistant job at Washington State. He moved from there to head coach at Sacramento State, then Arizona State. He moved to the NBA from ASU, working as an assistant for the Bucks, Nets, Spurs, and Wizards. While with the Spurs, he earned two rings, as an assistant coach on the 2005 and 2007 championship teams. Newman was still with the Wizards when he passed yesterday.
High School Memories
Don was point guard on the "Robey team" in 1973-1974. Rick Robey was the classic big-man-in-the middle, and Don was the ball handler. Don was as important to the team as Robey, because when Rich would get into foul trouble, it was up to the rest of the guys to pick up the slack. Newman was the leader. Mind you, the rest of the team was pretty good as well, but Don was the best athlete, and I'll go as far to say that he was a better overall athlete than Robey.
After the state win, Robey graduated and went on to the University of Kentucky, and then the Boston Celtics. That next year, it was up to the four juniors from the state team to keep it going. Newman, along with LeRoy Oliver, Reggie Hadley, and Rodney Montgomery were the subjects of many a "can they do it without Robey" articles. Junior Mike Litwinowicz stepped into the center position, when they weren't running more of a small-ball offense. Sophomore Dwayne Vantress also got a bit of varsity time in 74-75.
The team didn't repeat as state championships, but they did win the Catholic League a second year. While many at the school and in the media considered that a let-down, I was proud of those guys. They were under incredible pressure. Brother Martin won state in 1969-1970, 1970-1971, then again in 1974. The school also won state in football in the 1971 season. The combining of Cor Jesu and St. Aloysius made the teams from those early years powerhouses.
Statistician Memories
I didn't know Don well, even back on Elysian Fields. I had one class with him, a one-semester religion class. I pretty much kept my head down in religion, but that's a story for another time. I knew a lot about Don even though we weren't really friends because I was a sports statistician. In the days before even electronic calculators, you had to be able to do two-digit division in your head to knock out shooting percentages. When Johnny Vitrano (JV coach and assistant Varsity coach) was breathing down your neck to get the halftime percentages back to Head Coach Tommy Kolb, you had to think fast!
But having coach bug us was part of the fun. The best perquisite of the statistician's job was you got to sit at mid-court, at the scorer's table. Front-row center to see these guys play. While Robey was gone, my junior year was much more exciting. There were a number of games in my sophomore year where I didn't get to do the book for varsity. There were juniors and seniors who got the mid-court seats. By junior year, though, I was one of the lead statisticians. Keeping the score book or the shot chart for Don, LeRoy, Reggie, Snake, Mike, Bean (Vantress) was a blast. Yelling our lungs out for them up front, even on the other team's home side–don't tell Brother Neal, SC, but he should have charged us a fee for doing the games.
Rest in Power, Don. You were one of the good guys.


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