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Modern Space Flight: Robert Goddard & Wernher von Braun
The "Father of Modern Rocketry" was American scientist Robert H. Goddard .
He ushered in the "Space Age" by creating the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
Goddard was born in 1882 and raised Episcopalian.
He wrote of a pivotal moment when he was 17-years-old, after having read H.G. Wells' 1897 science-fiction novel War of the Worlds:
"On the afternoon of October 19, 1899, I climbed a tall cherry tree and, armed with a saw which I still have, and a hatchet, started to trim the dead limbs from the cherry tree.
... It was one of the quiet, colorful afternoons of sheer beauty which we have in October in New England, and as I looked towards ... the east, I imagined how wonderful it would be to make some device which had even the possibility of ascending to Mars.
I was a different boy when I descended the tree from when I ascended for existence at last seemed very purposive ..."
"The dream would not down ... for even though I reasoned with myself that the thing was impossible, there was something inside which simply would not stop working."
In 1919, he published a ground-breaking work titled "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," where a rocket would be guided by a gyroscope connected to steerable thrust to provide three-axis control.
In 1924, he married Esther Christine Kisk at St. John's Episcopal Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. She faithfully assisted him as his secretary, recording his research and applying for patents.
Goddard's team launched 34 different rockets between 1926 and 1941, setting records of 550 miles an hour and an altitude of 1.6 miles.
He received funding from Charles Lindbergh and the Guggenheim family.
The press ridiculed him during his life, as Ronald Reagan explained to the National Space Club, March 29, 1985:
"In Dr. Goddard's case, The New York Times claiming rockets would never work in the vacuum of space ridiculed his effort. 'He only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools,' the Times editorialized."
Only after the successful launch of Apollo 11, decades after Goddard's death, did The New York Times published a short correction, July 17, 1969:
"Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed ... that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error."
After his death in 1945, appreciation for Goddard's work increased so much so that NASA named the Goddard Space Flight Center after him in 1959. He was posthumously inducted into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, 1966, and the International Space Hall of Fame, 1976.
Robert Goddard stated:
"Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace."
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."
"Set goals, challenge yourself, and achieve them. Live a healthy life ... and make every moment count. Rise above the obstacles, and focus on the positive."
President Reagan continued his address to the National Space Club, March 29, 1985:
"Personally, I like space. The higher you go, the smaller the Federal Government looks ..."
"Robert Goddard, our American rocket pioneer ... exemplified the ingenuity, the perseverance of individuals who make lasting contributions to their fellow countrymen and to mankind.
Dr. Goddard persevered for decades of intense research and development. ...
... But due to the efforts of Dr. Goddard and other individuals of vision and tenacity, America is now on the edge of a new era.
By standing on the shoulders of giants like Robert Goddard , this generation is moving forward to harness the enormity of space in the preservation of peace ...
American freedom was once protected by musket and ball. Today scientific advancements are changing the way we think about our security ... If you'll pardon my stealing a film line: 'The force is with us' ..."
Reagan continued:
"We have used and will continue to use space to make ours a safer world ... Space technology has already revolutionized communications and is assisting everyone from farmers to navigators ...
Space, like freedom, is a limitless, never-ending frontier on which our citizens can prove that they are indeed Americans.
Dr. Goddard once wrote a letter to H.G. Wells in which he explained: 'There can be no thoughts of finishing, for aiming at the stars, both literally and figuratively, is a problem to occupy generations, so that no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning.''
Well, let us hope that Americans never lose that thrill ... God bless you all."
Wernher von Braun stated:
"Don't you know about your own rocket pioneer? Dr. Goddard was ahead of us all"
Braun added:
"Goddard's rockets ... may have been rather crude by present-day standards, but they blazed the trail and incorporated many features used in our most modern rockets and space vehicles."
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After Robert Goddard successfully launched his first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926, news spread.
Wernher von Braun read the newspaper reports and began corresponding with him.
The next year, 1927, Wernher von Braun started the German Rocket Society.
1927 was also the same year that Charles A. Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris. World relations with Germany had not yet become hostile.
In 1929, Lindbergh began supporting Goddard's work.
In the 1930s, Lindbergh was sent by the U.S. military to Germany to assess their aviation. While there, he was presented with the Service Cross of the German Eagle on behalf of Adolf Hitler.
In 1936, the Olympics were held in Berlin, where Hitler had built a 100,000 seat stadium.
Not suspecting their ill-intent, Goddard naively answered telephone inquiries from German rocket engineers.
By 1939, Goddard ended this when he suspected his research was being co-opted by Germany's National Socialist Workers Party.
In 1940, Goddard began warning officials in the U.S. Army and Navy of the growing Nazi rocket threat, although his warnings were largely ignored.
The U.S. Army was not interested, but the U.S. Navy was.
From 1942, till his death in 1945, Goddard was director of research developing experimental engines at the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics at Annapolis, Maryland.
When World War II started, Wernher von Braun was a graduate student
In Nazi Germany, as on many campuses today, if a scientist refused to comply with the prevailing politically correct view, his or her career in academia was ended.
Von Braun was recruited by the National Socialist Workers Party to work as a scientist developing the V-2 rocket.
The V2 rocket was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile, and it wreaked devastating destruction on Allied cities, including London, Antwerp and Liège.
As the War neared its end, in May of 1945, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were racing against each other to capture the German scientists.
Von Braun and the other Germany scientists decided to escape to the American side rather than the Soviet Union.
Suffering a broken arm during his escape, Wernher von Braun stated:
"I myself, and everybody you see here, have decided to go West. And I think our decision was not one of expediency, but a moral decision.
We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as ... to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else ...
... We wanted ... to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through,
and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured."
Wernher von Braun emigrated to the United States where he became a U.S. citizen in 1955, calling it "one of the proudest and most significant days of my life."
In 1958, he launched America's first satellite.
He became known as the "Father of Modern Space Flight."
Von Braun worked on the U.S. guided missile program and was director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Wernher von Braun was the chief architect of the Saturn V booster rocket, the most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status, being over a football field in length from top to base.
The Saturn V was the only launch vehicle powerful enough to lift beyond low Earth orbit a spacecraft capable of carrying humans.
The Ares V rocket was designed to surpass the Saturn V, but President Obama canceled the Constellation Program in 2010.
Wernher von Braun received the National Medal of Science in 1975, and is considered "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history."
The Founder of the National Space Institute, Wernher von Braun stated:
"In this age of space flight, when we use the modern tools of science to advance into new regions of human activity, the Bible - this grandiose, stirring history of the gradual revelation and unfolding of the moral law - remains in every way an up-to-date book.
Our knowledge and use of the laws of nature that enable us to fly to the Moon also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb.
... Science itself does not address the question whether we should use the power at our disposal for good or for evil.
The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God ...
It is no longer enough that we pray that God may be with us on our side. We must learn to pray that we may be on God's side."
Wernher von Braun wrote in This Week Magazine, January 1, 1961:
"But I can't help feeling at the same time that this space effort of ours is bigger even than a rivalry between the United States and Russia ...
... The heavens beyond us are enormous beyond comprehension, and the further we penetrate them, the greater will be our human understanding of the great universal purpose, the Divine Will itself."
Wernher von Braun wrote to the California State Board of Education , September 14, 1972:
"Dear Mr. Grose:
In response to your inquiry about my personal views concerning the 'Case for DESIGN' as a viable scientific theory or the origin of the universe, life and man, I am pleased to make the following observations.
For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without evoking the necessity of design.
One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
... In the world round us, we can behold the obvious manifestations of an ordered, structured plan or design. We can see the will of the species to live and propagate.
And we are humbled by the powerful forces at work on a galactic scale, and the purposeful orderliness of nature that endows a tiny and ungainly seed with the ability to develop into a beautiful flower.
The better we understand the intricacies of the universe and all harbors, the more reason we have found to marvel at the inherent design upon which it is based ..."
Von Braun continued:
"While the admission of a design for the universe ultimately raises the question of a Designer (a subject outside of science), the scientific method does not allow us to exclude data which lead to the conclusion that the universe, life and man are based on design.
To be forced to believe only one conclusion - that everything in the universe happened by chance - would violate the very objectivity of science itself.
Certainly there are those who argue that the universe evolved out of a random process, but what random process could produce the brain of a man or the system or the human eye?..."
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Von Braun added:
"Some people say that science has been unable to prove the existence of a Designer.
They admit that many of the miracles in the world around us are hard to understand, and they do not deny that the universe, as modern science sees it, is indeed a far more wondrous thing than the creation medieval man could perceive.
... But they still maintain that since science has provided us with so many answers the day will soon arrive when we will be able to understand even the creation of the fundamental laws of nature without a Divine intent.
They challenge science to prove the existence of God . But must we really light a candle to see the sun?
... Many men who are intelligent and of good faith say they cannot visualize a Designer.
Well, can a physicist visualize an electron?
The electron is materially inconceivable and yet it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it to illuminate our cities, guide our airlines through the night skies and take the most accurate measurements ..."
He stated further:
"What strange rationale makes some physicists accept the inconceivable electrons as real while refusing to accept t he reality of a Designe r on the ground that they cannot conceive Him?
I am afraid that, although they really do not understand the electron either, they are ready to accept it because they managed to produce a rather clumsy mechanical model of it borrowed from rather limited experience in other fields, but they would not know how to begin building a model of God.
... I have discussed the aspect of a Designer at some length because it might be that the primary resistance to acknowledging the 'Case for Design' as a viable scientific alternative to the current 'Case for Chance' lies in the inconceivability, in some scientists' minds, of a Designer.
The inconceivability of some ultimate issue (which will always lie outside scientific resolution) should not be allowed to rule out any theory that explains the interrelationship of observed data and is useful for prediction ..."
Von Braun concluded:
"We in NASA were often asked what the real reason was for the amazing string of successes we had with our Apollo flights to the Moon. I think the only honest answer we could give was that we tried to never overlook anything.
... It is in that same sense of scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom.
It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happened by chance.
With kindest regards. Sincerely, Wernher von Braun."
Wernher von Braun wrote an article titled "My Faith: A space-age scientist tells why he must believe in God" (American Weekly, February 10, 1963, Foreword to his Anthology on the Creation and Design exhibited in Nature):
"The two most powerful forces shaping our civilization today are science and religion.
Through science man strives to learn more of the mysteries of creation.
Through religion he seeks to know the Creator. Neither operates independently.
It is as difficult for me to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
Far from being independent or opposing forces, science and religion are sisters. Both seek a better world. While
science seeks control over the forces of nature around us, religion controls the forces of nature within us ..."
"As we learn more and more about nature, we become more deeply impressed and humbled by its orderliness and unerring perfection.
Our expanding knowledge of the laws of the universe have enabled us to send men out of their natural environment into the strange new environment of space, and return them safely to earth.
Since we first began the exploration of space through rocketry, we have regularly received letters expressing concern over what the writers call our 'tampering' with God's creation.
Some writers view with dismay the possibility of upsetting the delicate balance of the tremendous forces of nature that permit life on our globe ..."
"One letter revealed an honest fear that a rocket would strike an angel in space high above the earth.
And one of the Russian cosmonauts stated flatly after his earth-circling flight in space: 'I was looking around attentively all day during my flight, but I didn't find anybody there - neither angels nor God ...' Such shallow thinking is childish and pathetic.
I have no fear that a physical object will harm any spiritual entities. Manned space flight is an amazing achievement. But it has opened for us thus far only a tiny door for viewing the awesome reaches of space.
Our outlook through this peephole at the vast mysteries or the universe only confirms our belief in the certainty of its Creator.
Finite man cannot comprehend an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, and infinite God.
Any effort to visualize God, to reduce him to our comprehension, to describe him in our language, beggars his greatness.
I find it best through faith to accept God as an Intelligent Will, perfect in goodness, revealing himself in the world of experience more fully down through the ages, as man's capacity for understanding grows.
For spiritual comfort I find assurance in the concept of the fatherhood of God.
For ethical guidance I rely on the corollary concept of the brotherhood of man ..."
"Scientists now believe that in nature, matter is never destroyed. Not even the tiniest particle can disappear without a trace.
Nature does not know extinction - only transformation.
Would God have less regard for his masterpiece of creation, the human soul? Each person receives a gift of life on this earth.
A belief in the continuity of spiritual existence, after the comparative mere flick of three score and ten years of physical life here in the endless cycle of eternity, makes the action of each moment like an investment with far-reaching dividends.
The knowledge that man can choose between good and evil should draw him closer to his Creator ..."
"Next, the realization should dawn that his survival here and hereafter depends on his adherence to the spiritual rather than the scientific.
Our decisions undeniably influence the course of future events. Nature around us still harbors more unsolved than solved mysteries.
... But science has mastered enough of these forces to usher in a golden age for all mankind, if this power is used for good - or to destroy us, if evil triumphs.
The ethical guidelines of religion are the bonds that can hold our civilization together. Without them man can never attain that cherished goal of lasting peace with himself, his God, and his fellowman."
Erik Bergaust's book, Wernher von Braun: The authoritative and definitive biographical profile of the father of modern space flight (National Space Institute, Washington, DC, 1976), quoted Wernher von Braun as stating:
"The laws of creation and the divine intentions underlying the creation. Through science man attempts to understand the laws of creation; through religious activities he attempts to understand the intentions of the Creator.
Each approach is a search for ultimate truth ..."
"There have been conflicts in the relationship between science and religion ...
Personally, I find this state of affairs unsatisfactory, for I wish to regard the Creator and His creation as an entity ... science and religion are like two windows in a house through which we look at the reality of the Creator and the laws manifested in His creation.
As long as we see two different images through these two windows and cannot reconcile them, we must keep trying to obtain a more complete and better integrated total picture of the ultimate reality by properly tying together our scientific and religious concepts ..."
"The more we learn about God's creation, the more I am impressed with the orderliness and unerring perfection of the natural laws that govern it.
In this perfection, man - the scientist - catches of glimpse of the Creator and His design for nature.
The man-to-God relationship is deepened in the devout scientist as his knowledge of the natural laws grows."
Wernher von Braun died JUNE 16, 1977.
As Vice-President of Engineering and Development at Fairchild Industries, Germantown, Maryland, Wernher von Braun wrote the forward to Harold Hill's book From Goo to You by Way of the Zoo (Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1976):
"Six Apollo crews have visited the moon and returned safely to earth. The Skylab astronauts have spent 171 days, 13 hours, and 14 minutes working and living in space, and all have returned hale and hearty to earth.
Why are we flying to the moon? What is our purpose? What is the essential justification for the exploration of space? The answer, I am convinced, lies rooted not in whimsy, but in the nature of man.
... Whereas all other living beings seem to find their places in the natural order and fulfill their role in life with a kind of calm acceptance, man clearly exhibits confusion.
Why the anxiety? Why the storm and stress?
 Man really seems to be the only living thing uncertain of his role in the universe;
and in his uncertainty, he has been calling since time immemorial upon the stars and the heavens for salvation and for answers to his eternal questions: Who am I? Why am I here? ..."
"Astronomy is the oldest science, existed for thousands of years as the only science, and is today considered the queen of the sciences.
Although man lacks the eye of the night owl, the scent of the fox, or the hearing of the deer, he has an uncanny ability to learn about abstruse things like the motions of the planets, the cradle-to-the-grave cycle of the stars, and the distance between stars.
The mainspring of science is curiosity. There have always been men and women who felt a burning desire to know what was under the rock, beyond the hills, across the oceans.
... This restless breed now wants to know what makes an atom work, through what process life reproduces itself, or what is the geological history of the moon.
But there would not be a single great accomplishment in the history of mankind without faith. Any man who strives to accomplish something needs a degree of faith.
But many people find the churches, those old ramparts of faith, badly battered by the onslaught of three hundred years of scientific skepticism ..."
"This has led many to believe that science and religion are not compatible, that 'knowing' and 'believing' cannot live side by side.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Science and religion are not antagonists.
On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator ...
... For me the idea of a creation is inconceivable without God.
One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be a divine intent behind it all.
... Some evolutionists believe that the creation is the result of a random arrangement of atoms and molecules over billions of years.
But when they consider the development of the human brain by random processes within a time span of less than a million years, they have to admit that this span is just not long enough.
Or take the evolution of the eye in the animal world.
What random process could possibly explain the simultaneous evolution of the eye's optical system, the conductors of the optical signals from the eye to the brain, and the optical nerve center in the brain itself where the incoming light impulses are converted to an image the conscious mind can comprehend?
Our space ventures have been only the smallest of steps in the vast reaches of the universe and have introduced more mysteries than they have solved ..."
"Speaking for myself, I can only say that the grandeur of the cosmos serves to confirm my belief in the certainty of a Creator.
Of course, the discoveries in astronomy, biology, physics, and even in psychology have shown that we have to enlarge the medieval image of God.
If there is a mind behind the immense complexities of the multitude of phenomena which man, through the tools of science, can now observe, then it is that of a Being tremendous in His power and wisdom.
... But we should not be dismayed by the relative insignificance of our own planet in the vast universe as modern science now sees it.
In fact God deliberately reduced Himself to the stature of humanity in order to visit the earth in person, because the cumulative effect over the centuries of millions of individuals choosing to please themselves rather than God had infected the whole planet.
When God became a man Himself, the experience proved to be nothing short of pure agony.
In man's time-honored fashion, they would unleash the whole arsenal of weapons against Him: misrepresentation, slander, and accusation of treason..."
"The stage was set for a situation without parallel in the history of the earth. God would visit creatures and they would nail Him to the cross!
Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, 'Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'
Thus I am certain that, were He among us today, Christ would encourage scientific research as modern man's most noble striving to comprehend and admire His Father's handiwork.
The universe as revealed through scientific inquiry is the living witness that God has indeed been at work.
... When astronaut Frank Borman returned from his unforgettable Christmas, 1968, flight around the moon with Apollo 8, he was told that a Soviet Cosmonaut recently returned from a space flight had commented that he had seen neither God nor angels on his flight.
Had Borman seen God? the reporter inquired. Frank Borman replied, 'No, I did not see Him either, but I saw His evidence.'"
John F. Kennedy stated at Rice University, September 12, 1962:
"William Bradford, speaking in 1630 of the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony, said that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be ... overcome with answerable courage.
... But if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston,
a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field, made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented,
capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival,
on an untried mission, to an unknown celestial body, and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that of the temperature of the sun ...
and do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is out -- then we must be bold.
... Space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.
... And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."
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March 2, 2016, 11:12AM Follow @WiganWarriorsRL
Well, what a couple of weeks it's been for us. We had the open training session the other week which was really good. It's always nice to see people turn up to see us, even in the rubbish weather and it's great to be able to have a chat to the fans and have some photos. Thanks to everyone who came down for that.
We were massively disappointed with the result against Brisbane, it wasn't what we wanted at all. It's probably fair to say that they outplayed us that night, and beat us in many areas of the pitch, which for us was a huge blow for us. We pride ourselves on our defensive game, and for them to put 40 points on us, we really felt like we'd let ourselves down. We had some harsh words after the World Club defeat, but we always try to build on the positives.
It was a quick turnaround then leading into the Salford game, with the game being on the Thursday. Salford had a short preparation period as well, so for both teams it was probably a very tough week. Again, it was one of those games where you just have to keep pushing for the full 80, luckily we did that and we got the win thanks to Dom Manfredi's try near the end. I still think we aren't at the level we would like to be though, our defence could be better and the attack hasn't quite hit top form yet.
Looking ahead we've got a big one at Hull this week, before Leeds come to our place. The KC is never an easy place to go to and they've recruited well in the off-season, so that should be a really good game.
The week after we're back at the DW for the game with Leeds which is being dubbed as "The Rematch" after the Grand Final, but for us it's just about getting the job done and carrying on the winning ways. It's been a long while since we lost at home in the league, and we hope to carry that on for as long as we can.
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Can You Recognise The Baahubali Actress In This Throwback Pic?
It's not Thursday yet but that does not mean there's a dearth of throwback posts on Instagram. There arrived one from actress Tamannaah Bhatia, who shared an old photo of hers with her mother and accompanied it with heart-touching caption: "Just her shadow... throwback to this beautiful memory with the best friend, the confidante, the support system. #Mom #Throwback." The photo posted by Tamannaah garnered as many as 1,25,652 'likes' in two hours and elevated itself to the status of a viral post. Her colleague Shruti Haasan was one of the first ones to spot the photo and wrote: "Awww... look at you!" We too have the same reaction.
However, a section of netizens thought that Tamannaah still looks the same. "I can't find any difference between this picture and current picture," read a comment from a fan while another added the resemblance between Tamannaah and her mother is quite uncanny: "Your mum and you look so much alike it's uncanny."
Here's another throwback photo, featuring baby Tamannaah: "Happy Children's Day! Stumbled upon this childhood picture and couldn't stop myself from posting it. Never let the child in you die. Be curious, ask questions, be cheerful and love with no prejudice," she captioned it.
Happy #ChildrensDay! Stumbled upon this childhood picture and couldn't stop myself from posting it. Never let the child in you die. Be curious, ask questions, be cheerful and love with no prejudice!
Tamannaah Bhatia is best known for her starring role in S S Rajamouli's Baahubali series of films - she played the role of Avanthika, a warrior from Devasena's Kuntala kingdom, and also the love interest of Mahendra Singh Baahubali. She also has films like Paiyaa, Happy Days, Himmatwala and Badrinath on her resume. Tamannaah is also working on the Telugu remake of Kangana Ranaut's Queen.


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Dominic Macaluso
January 6, 1939 - May 14, 2021
Dominic Macaluso, age 82, of Bourbonnais passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. He was born January 6, 1939 in Chicago Heights, the son of John & Marie (Battaglia) Macaluso. Dominic married Diane Hartquist Benoit on November 9, 1979 in Kankakee. She preceded him in death on July 9, 2015. Don was the former co-owner of Kankakee Distributing Company in Kankakee. He was also an associate at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes. Don was a member of the Sons of Italy. He enjoyed woodworking and gardening. Don was a former parishioner of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kankakee and a parishioner of Maternity B.V.M. Catholic Church in Bourbonnais. He was an active choir member in both parishes. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, John & Jamie Macaluso of Bradley; two daughters and one son-in-law, Therese & Rob Dupuis of Champaign and Lisa Macaluso of Westminster, MD; four stepsons, Ray J. & Allison Benoit of Asheville, NC, Andy & Judy Benoit of Phoenix, AZ, Tim & Linda Benoit of Burbank, CA, and Dr. Dan & Raquel Benoit of Bourbonnais; one stepdaughter, Kricket & Dean Hoppes of Phoenix, AZ; twenty eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and one sister and brother-in-law, Janice & Richard Harrison of Cedar Point, IA. In addition to his wife, Diane Macaluso, Don is preceded in death by his parents. Visitation will be held from 12 p.m. until the time of the 4 p.m. funeral service on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. Rev. Scott Henley will officiate the service. Face masks and social distancing will be required of anyone not vaccinated. Cremation rites will be accorded following the services. Private family inurnment will be held at Mt. Calvary Mausoleum in Kankakee. Memorials may be made to Uplifted Care.
Dominic Macaluso, age 82, of Bourbonnais passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. He was born January 6, 1939 in Chicago Heights, the son of John & Marie (Battaglia) Macaluso. Dominic married Diane Hartquist... View Obituary & Service Information
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  - 7.0

env:
  - TEST_SUITE=unit
  - TEST_SUITE=phpcs
  - TEST_SUITE=marketplaceeqp

before_script:
  - sleep 60

script:
  - wget https://github.com/magento/magento2/archive/2.0.2.zip
  - unzip -qq 2.0.2.zip
  - cd magento2-2.0.2/
  - wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/centerax/5e42abec89d62a1308ba/raw/4b3242361c0690e234266afb3520c2940ac1055a/auth.json
  - composer require --prefer-source --no-interaction ebizmarts/magento2-magemonkey:dev-develop
  - sh -c "if [ '$TEST_SUITE' = 'unit' ]; then /bin/cp ../phpunit_config.xml dev/tests/unit/ && ./vendor/bin/phpunit -c dev/tests/unit/phpunit_config.xml --coverage-text; fi"
  - sh -c "if [ '$TEST_SUITE' = 'phpcs' ]; then composer require --prefer-source --no-interaction "squizlabs/php_codesniffer=*" magento-ecg/coding-standard && vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/scripts/phpcs --config-set installed_paths vendor/magento-ecg/coding-standard && ./vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/scripts/phpcs -n --standard="EcgM2" ./vendor/ebizmarts/magento2-magemonkey/; fi"
  - sh -c "if [ '$TEST_SUITE' = 'marketplaceeqp' ]; then composer require --prefer-source --no-interaction squizlabs/php_codesniffer magento/marketplace-eqp && vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/scripts/phpcs --config-set installed_paths vendor/magento/marketplace-eqp && ./vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/scripts/phpcs -n --standard="MEQP2" ./vendor/ebizmarts/magento2-magemonkey/; fi"

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• The South Willamette Street Improvement Plan's six design concepts for the street, which will be repaved in 2014, were presented last week to a big crowd. Willamette between 24th and 32nd avenues has needed an overhaul for a long time — its four-lane configuration and redundant driveways that act like tiny intersections have led to an accident rate almost twice the state average for similar roads. Bikers must choose between sharing the lane with impatient drivers or risk riding on the sidewalk. Six proposed designs use variations of motor vehicle lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks to revamp the 60-foot right of way, and we hope Option 3 makes it to the final three. It has a center turn lane (instead of two inner lanes often used as turn lanes), bike lanes and consistent 9-foot sidewalks. See all the options at http://wkly.ws/1fn. Public comments are due by March 13.
• It's great that a new VA outpatient clinic is finally coming together to serve local vets, but as we reported in our June 2, 2011 issue, the VA might be violating federal law in picking a new clinic site that promotes urban sprawl rather than downtown redevelopment. Federal Executive Order 12072 requires that "the process for meeting federal space needs in urban areas shall give first consideration to a centralized community business area." The order says "federal facilities and federal use of space in urban areas shall serve to strengthen the nation's cities and to make them attractive places to live and work." The order requires "serious consideration" of social and environmental impacts of siting decisions. Building a spread-out facility on agricultural land on the outskirts appears to fly in the face of this federal order. Few wounded warriors will be walking or biking to Chad Drive.
• Big turnout at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference this past weekend and we will be running PIELC stories for the next few weeks. We've started blogging videos of the conference, including the Saturday keynote talk by attorney Thomas Linzey that generated such a big buzz at the conference. Congrats to UO Law School students Zachariah Baker, Lauren Ice, Chris MacMillan, Robin Meacher and Margaret Townsend, who were co-directors of this year's excellent conference.
We hear law school applications at UO and around the country are down due to the scarcity of jobs for new lawyers and high student debt. But the need for public interest lawyers is greater than ever, not only to hold corporations accountable but also to make sure regulations are enforced. One international lawyer at PIELC, professor Jolene Lin of the University of Hong Kong, says the word "law" can be a misnomer. She prefers to talk about "governance" since on-the-books laws are so easily manipulated for political and economic gain. We've seen this happen right here in Lane County where land-use laws and other environmental regulations are politicized, money rules and people who protest illegal and destructive practices are subject to intimidation, physical violence and prosecution. Fighting for better governance is a noble cause.
• What's happening with the UO's Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) and its Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP)? We did a cover story on it Feb. 10, 2012, and noted that, for the first time in three years, no major ($250,000-plus) city contract was in place for the 2012-13 academic year. But we now hear from one of the founders, Marc Schlossberg, that replication of the program is happening across the country and "We will be announcing our city partner for 2013-14 in a few weeks." The UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts is planning a big national conference April 9-12 in Eugene and Portland to show other universities and cities how they can duplicate the SCYP. It's not too late for the city of Eugene to buy into this remarkable collaboration between city staff and UO students, professors and community professionals. Eugene, despite all its green talk and green intentions, has a long way to go to becoming anything close to a true "sustainable city."
• EW's Camilla Mortensen is the host of Occupy TV. Join the Occupy Eugene Media Group for a season premiere party from 6 to 8 pm Tuesday, March 12, at Growers Market, 454 Willamette. Watch Occupy TV on the big screen, online or on cable Channel 29. More fun than The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Light refreshments will be available.


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Hard to believe the blog has been live now for two years. The time has certainly flown by. I've been averaging reading 3 to 4 books a week for another year, and haven't forgotten to review and post even one - though a couple barely deserved it.
Not a lot of progress on the Followers front, and I understand Google/Blogger is discontinuing that feature anyway. I appreciate everyone who has been faithfully following my blog, and hope y'all continue to stop by and comment on my thoughts.
Let's raise a toast to another good year!
Hey, congrats on the anniversary. I would encourage you to stick with it. It does take some time to build up a following sometimes, but in the end as long as you are doing it for your own enjoyment first and foremost then it continues to be a worthwhile pursuit.


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8 Secrets of Central Park
Central Park may be the best-known park in the world, but even so, it has secrets.
There's a secret way to help you get around, a secret nature sanctuary, secret leftovers of buildings long-gone, a secret tunnel underneath it.
There's also many fun facts that aren't secrets at all, but help make Central Park more interesting and special.
Here are our top eight secrets of Central Park:
Best picnic spots in Central Park
Orient yourself with the lampposts
It's easy to get lost, when the foliage is too thick for you to see the buildings and skyline that you would normally use to help you find your way.
Look to the lamposts instead.
There are two sets of numbers on each one. The first set indicates the nearest cross street, from 59th to 110th. The second set tells you if you're on the east or west side—odd means west, even means east.
A nature sanctuary steps from Fifth Ave.
The four-acre Hallett Nature Sanctuary is on the southeast corner of the park, just steps from the Apple Retail Store and The Plaza hotel.
It's an oasis of native wildflowers, ferns and birds and other wildlife open briefly for wandering and enjoying at your own pace.
Hallett was closed off as an experiment in 1934, to see what would happen if an area were left completely untouched and allowed to grow naturally. After all, Central Park is mostly landscaped.
No groups, dogs, bikes or strollers are permitted in Hallett Nature Sanctuary.
Wear sturdy shoes since you'll be walking on uneven wood-chip trails. FREE, of course, but you are welcome to make a donation to the Central Park Conservancy.
Hallett is one of three natural woodlands in Central Park. The others are The Ramble, on the west side, and North Woods, at the northern edge of Central Park.
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Look for the ruins of an old tavern
The dilapidated remnants of a century-old stone structure can be found behind the Conservatory Garden, at 105th St. and Fifth Ave., called McGown's Pass. It's named for McGown's Pass Tavern, which closed in 1915.
Originally, the site was the Academy of St. Vincent, built in 1845. Then it was occupied by a hotel, then a restaurant and then a museum before burning down in 1881 and replaced by the tavern. The Central Park Conservatory now uses it as a compost pile
Everything in the Shakespeare Garden is in a Shakespeare play or sonnet
The Shakespeare Garden, on the west side of the park near 79th Street, is a four-acre patch of lovely flowering plants.
Everything cultivated here is mentioned in one of Shakespeare's works, and most are labeled with the quotation, so you can find a rose by any name that smells so sweet.
Every year on Shakespeare's birthday, April 21, every one of his 154 sonnets is read in order, by top Broadway actors and other fans.
Shakespeare Sonnet Slam is held at the Naumberg Bandshell mid-park at 72nd St.
There are countless relics from the NYC subway's past hidden beneath the streets, and in city parks.
One of the most intriguing is a so-called Ghost Tunnel under the corner of Central Park at Fifth Ave. and 59th St. It was built in the 1970s as part of the attempt to bring the Second Avenue Subway to life, and abandoned when the city went into recession.
Forty years later, the Second Avenue Subway (SAS) is reality, and the loop is alive, helping move the Q train link to it's new northern route.
The roads are curved to prevent horse and carriage races
No drag racing allowed in Central Park! The pathways in the park were designed in the 1850s with deliberate curves, to prevent horse-drawn carriage racing.
Today, those curves still prevent speeding, and add some scenic benefits for cyclists, skateboarders and pedestrians.
The Ramble Cave was real and dangerous
Back in the early days of the 20th century, when Central Park was under construction, workers discovered a natural cave near the Ramble.
Not surprisingly, the cave became a magnet for shady, underground activity (both literally and figuratively), and the city filled it with asphalt.
There was once a Central Park Casino
The children's playground on the east side of the park near Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street was once the site of the Central Park Casino.
Originally, it was designated as the Ladies' Refreshment Salon for afternoon tea and gossip. During Prohibition, it became a speakeasy serving both women and men, and just after Prohibition it became an upscale nightclub.
When the Depression hit, it lost popularity because of its high prices, and NYC master builder Robert Moses demolished it in 1936.
Be Seated
Central Park contains 9,000+ benches, and 4,500+ of them have been adopted with a personalized plaque.
The Adopt-A-Bench program was established in 1986 as a permanent fund to maintain and endow the care of Central Park's benches and their surrounding landscapes. In recognition of contributions to the fund, Central Park Conservancy installs a personalized plaque on a park bench of the donor's choosing.
Benches may be endowed for $10,000.
Bow Bridge (pictured here)
Far from a secret, the Bow Bridge is one of the most popular spots in Central Park, and has been featured in many films and TV shows.
It's also the cover of my recent NYC guidebook, Peaceful Places in NYC.
If you want an autographed copy, email me evelyn@nyconthecheap.com
See the Central Park website for additional information on all these fabulous features.
This post was first published in 2017 and is updated periodically.
Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 5, 2020 | Updated June 16, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Central Park · Exploring NYC · NYC Parks Tagged With: Central Park· Secrets of New York


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// Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef CONTENT_RENDERER_INPUT_INPUT_HANDLER_MANAGER_CLIENT_H_
#define CONTENT_RENDERER_INPUT_INPUT_HANDLER_MANAGER_CLIENT_H_

#include "base/callback.h"
#include "base/callback_forward.h"
#include "base/macros.h"
#include "content/common/content_export.h"
#include "content/common/input/input_event_ack_state.h"
#include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebInputEvent.h"
#include "ui/gfx/geometry/vector2d_f.h"

namespace ui {
class LatencyInfo;
}

namespace cc {
class InputHandler;
}

namespace ui {
class SynchronousInputHandlerProxy;
}

namespace content {
struct DidOverscrollParams;

class CONTENT_EXPORT InputHandlerManagerClient {
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  virtual ~InputHandlerManagerClient() {}

  // The Manager will supply a |handler| when bound to the client. This is valid
  // until the manager shuts down, at which point it supplies a null |handler|.
  // The client should only makes calls to |handler| on the compositor thread.
  typedef base::Callback<
      InputEventAckState(int /*routing_id*/,
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                         ui::LatencyInfo* latency_info)> Handler;

  // Called from the main thread.
  virtual void SetBoundHandler(const Handler& handler) = 0;

  // Called from the compositor thread.
  virtual void DidAddInputHandler(
      int routing_id,
      ui::SynchronousInputHandlerProxy* synchronous_handler) = 0;
  virtual void DidRemoveInputHandler(int routing_id) = 0;
  virtual void DidOverscroll(int routing_id,
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 protected:
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 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(InputHandlerManagerClient);
};

}  // namespace content

#endif  // CONTENT_RENDERER_INPUT_INPUT_HANDLER_MANAGER_CLIENT_H_


These trainings will prepare adult volunteers to plan safe, fun indoor activities that their Girl Scouts can enjoy. Girl Scouts River Valleys offers these trainings throughout the year so you will be ready to help your girls plan the perfect indoor event!
The Girls Sleep In training is for volunteers who are planning an indoor, overnight adventure of up to two nights and three days.
In this training, you will learn to walk your girls through the process of planning and preparing for overnights, including required procedures and forms. Additional topics include girl readiness, progression, group living skills, and safety guidelines for fireplace fires. You will also become familiar with River Valleys' properties and policies, safety activity checkpoints, and Leave No Trace principles.
The Girls Cook In training is for volunteers who are planning on cooking indoors with their girls.
In this training, you will learn to walk your girls through the process of safely preparing food using no-cook or indoor cooking methods. Additional topics include techniques for girl-led budgeting and shopping for groceries, planning menus, following safety guidelines, and making healthy food choices.


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MTA Contiues To Throw Money Away
In the span of 5 days, New York Daily News Transit reporter Pete Donohue wrote 2 articles highlighting how the MTA has thrown money away due to poor operational practices. The first story showcased how bus drivers were compensated for nearly 19,000 hours of overtime which was not needed. Here is a brief sample of Pete's report:
Bus drivers racked up nearly 19,000 hours of annual overtime transit managers now say was flat-out unnecessary.
Managers can reduce overtime by that much with "better monitoring" of shifts and a "more advanced reporting system," the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's preliminary 2009 spending plan says.
The MTA's bus and subway division, NYC Transit, also can trim the ranks of an obscure contingent of drivers called shifters, who don't drive routes but move buses within depots, according to the plan, which proposes cutting 21 of about 340 shifter positions.
Combined, the two actions will save $2.1 million next year, according to documents and officials.
Click here to view the full report.
The next story highlighted how the MTA spent almost $1 million dollars since 2000 to pay token booth workers who worked overnight shifts at two stations in Harlem which no overnight service existed. Here is a sample of that report:
Token booth clerks collected about $1 million since 2000 for working overnight shifts at two Harlem stations – where no trains run during those hours.
Between midnight and dawn, seven days a week, clerks have been stationed in their cubicles at the 145th St. and 148th St. stations even though the No. 3 train didn't run during those hours.
NYC Transit announced Thursday that the service will resume at those stops Sunday, 13 years after it was halted for low ridership.
A spokesman for NYC Transit yesterday said clerks have been on duty as a deterrent against vandalism, and to unlock turnstiles if an emergency ever required a train be rerouted to one of the depots.
For the record I do acknowledge that the money wasted with these actions is only a drop in the bucket of the overall amount of money the MTA owes. However it is good to see attention being called to such actions that result in an unnecessary waste of funds. If you take a second & think about it, you would realize why this is just the initial signs of an agency that is completely run wrong.
When you factor in the amount of money it seems to be next to nothing. Now just take that amount & continue to add to it with all the other money wasted due to poor oversight & one could see how the amount gets more significant by the second. This is the MTA we are talking about, so we all know there are a laundry list of other examples of financial mismanagement.
When your everyday commuter reads stories such as these, how do you not expect them to be outraged at any sort of a fare hike? Why should any of us pay more money to help fund an agency that for years has shown no care to proper financial management? The answer is we clearly should not have to fork over more money. Answering the question is quite easy, the hard part is finding legitimate ways to avoid a fare hike that is truly not justified.


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use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;

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Analysis, Israeli elections 2019, Talking politics
Netanyahu's wake
Yacov Ben Efrat • October 1, 2019 •
Binyamin Netanyahu lost the second round of elections big time, and yet his opponent could not manage to win. The imbroglio created in the first round only became more complicated following the second. Netanyahu lost not only because his number of supporters decreased, but because he failed both in his attempts to crush Avigdor Lieberman (a right-wing party leader who refuses to join a Likud coalition with the Ultraorthodox) and to minimize the Joint List of Arab parties. After failing to form a government in April, the Likud launched a campaign of "Lieberman is to blame and we'll eliminate him". As for the Joint List, toward the end of the last campaign the Likud incited wildly against it under the slogan "Arabs are stealing the elections". The attacks on Benny Gantz were adorned with images of the Joint List's Ayman Odeh and Ahmed Tibi. The result? Lieberman gained three additional Knesset seats, and the percentage of Arab votes rose from 50% to 60%, thus giving the Joint List another three seats. The Likud dropped by three, even though this time its tally included four from Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party, which had merged with it. A delusional political agreement with right-winger Moshe Feiglin also failed to bear fruit.
Netanyahu's failure is not only electoral. While he kept his "base", those million voters who follow him through fire and water, he lost everything else along the way. Like his friend Trump, Netanyahu perceived social divisions and incitement as a recipe for maintaining his rule. It didn't work the first time in April, and it failed this second time too. In addition, Netanyahu's legal entanglement, his obsession with the judiciary and media, his connection to extremist settlers and the successors of Meir Kahane, the concessions to the ultra-Orthodox parties, have turned even members of the Likud's liberal wing against him. This is the broadest possible front: It includes President Rubi Rivlin, Benny Begin and Limor Livnat, who did not support Netanyahu; former Likud members such as Moshe Ya'alon, Yoav Hendel and Zvi Hauser, who joined Benny Gantz; not to mention a wide electorate divided between Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid and the Labour Party. As soon as Lieberman abandoned Netanyahu and the Arab public turned out to vote, Netanyahu's fate was decided.
Bibi's failure marks the end of an era. The 23 years that he has acted in the political arena have drastically altered Israel's character. The fact that his tenure as PM has endured for 13 of those years, longer than that of David Ben-Gurion, stems from the fact that, like Ben-Gurion, he adopted a political and economic agenda, albeit completely opposed to the latter's. While Ben-Gurion established the public economy and gave power to the Histadrut labor union, Netanyahu privatized the economy and gave power to big capitalists at the expense of the workers. While Ben-Gurion's Mapai party was anxious to safeguard the Jewish majority by expelling Palestinians in 1948, and after 1967 by seeking an arrangement in the territories Israel conquered, Netanyahu acted to undermine any peace agreement, to strengthen settlements and to impose Israeli sovereignty on the West Bank. While Ben-Gurion and his successors maintained the status quo on religion and state, Netanyahu strengthened the religious nationalists who persisted in all fields: judicial interference, religious imposition in schools, and censorship of critical thinking in art and culture; they pushed secular liberals into a corner, accusing them of being leftists, traitors and Arab lovers.
This is the country that Netanyahu leaves in his wake: a state that includes, in effect, 2.5 million Palestinians from the West Bank and another 2 million imprisoned in the Gaza Strip; an economy biased toward monopolies and large capital; a security budget that sustains a bloated military; and a deficit budget that cannot cover the growing needs for public service in health, education, transportation and housing.
The neoliberal economy that Netanyahu warmly adopted, trimming public services in favour of the private sector, has proven to be a major failure in the countries where it was implemented. In the United Kingdom and the United States, it created an economic crisis that has led to populist leaders Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, harming the democratic system while creating chaos. Taking into account that the situation in Gaza and the West Bank will explode under internal and external pressure, including the current diplomatic dead end, and that the existing financial system cannot support the standard of living desired by most Israelis, we will see that Netanyahu also leaves chaos in his wake, reflected in the fact that the second round of elections failed to produce a stable government.
Benny Gantz is portrayed as a saviour who will rescue Israel from the ongoing nightmare, but it is not at all clear that he can address the fundamental problems which Netanyahu leaves behind. The leaders of his Blue and White party, three former chiefs of staff and one treasury minister who worked with Netanyahu in a previous government, represent a change of form but not of substance. On a strategic question like Iran, they support Bibi's rejection of the nuclear agreement; they welcome every Israeli air force bombing in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon; they refuse to speak about any arrangement with the Palestinians; and they believe that Netanyahu is soft on Hamas.
At the economic level, Yair Lapid as finance minister under Netanyahu demonstrated that he is continuing in Bibi's path. He advocates the same principles of fiscal restraint, preference of the private over the public sector, prevention of renewable energy, and refusal to expand budgets for education, health, welfare and transportation. The fact that Benny Gantz is distancing himself from the support of the Joint List shows that he too wants to continue in Netanyahu's path, albeit in a more pleasant tone and without incitement, factional rhetoric, or religious extremism.
Two election campaigns have been wasted through mutual denigration and lack of substance. Not only did Gantz avoid such discussions but so did the Labour Party, which joined with the right-wing Gesher party of Orly Levy and thus jettisoned any pretence of an alternative political plan. Meretz did the same by joining forces with Ehud Barak. The post-Netanyahu Israel has lost its way, and no party with a true alternative has emerged. Yes, Israel has gone off course. Meanwhile, as the country quarrels over who will take the helm, Trump abandons Bibi. Instead of bombing Iran, he desperately seeks to meet with Hassan Rouhani and scolds Netanyahu for his electoral promise to annex the Jordan Valley, while the Pentagon worries about Israeli bombings in Iraq. Netanyahu's "magic touch" is gone, despite his bragging about belonging to the league of world leaders.
That is why in these elections, like the previous ones and the ones to come, the Da'am Party will continue to provide a revolutionary political-economic alternative while refusing to take part in the current political game. It is a game that takes place off the field and has no clear rules or goals; its players wear jerseys that make it difficult to identify who belongs to which camp, and the result is that all parties lose while the problems remain. The electoral impasse reflects a broader political and social impasse that has accompanied us for many years. The old paradigms have collapsed, including Netanyahu's neoliberal economy as well as solutions based on separation from the Palestinians, whether through the Oslo Accords or any other plan.
The continued insistence on a two-state solution, with no Palestinian partner or political conditions that allow for a truly sovereign Palestinian state, leaves the foundations of fascism in Israel unchanged. Da'am does not want Netanyahu but does not support Gantz either. The only way out of the current deadlock is to adopt a democratic and green political program that crosses national lines, connecting Jews and Palestinians on the basis of universal principles of civil, economic and social equality. The refusal of the existing oppositions to cross those lines, the Jewish opposition adhering to Zionism and the Arab to Arab nationalism, leaves the right wing unchallenged, whether it appears in the form of the Likud or Blue and White.
Tags: Benny Gantz Elections 2019 Likud Netanyahu
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This week I had my students use Voicethread to provide feedback on the latest round of their cigar box panels.
Help spread the word. Post these public service announcements (PSA) video embed code on blogs, websites and social networks (myspace, facebook, livejournal, etc.).
I am trying to recycle paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum. The major problem I am having is with recycling contractors. When the recycling market is down, They don't want our stuff. Like right now. So we are having to pay a fee to recycle. That's a bunch of hooey. I am ashamed to tell any of the teachers or students that we are having to pay to recycle because they would drop the program in a heartbeat. Anyone else going through the same situation?
Thought you might be interested to know that registration is now open for teachers of students 13 years of age and older who want to participate in "Letters to the Next President: the Video Campaign."
Almost through our first month blogging, and TeachPaperless now boasts over 80 posts!
Recent topics include: the '21st century pedagogical fad' argument, troubles in email-land, the awesomeness of Finland, and problems for Ed Tech in the Stimulus bill.
Join the discussions by commenting on the issues posted. A great way to have your students discuss issues in a global forum. We'd love to hear from you!
Children like all families; here at Santa's Village we also have our day to day problems.
I am a 5th Grade Math and Technology teacher from Greenville, Michigan. I am interested in ichatting with a classroom.
Next week we'll be presenting our iPod Touch pilot at the NCTIES conference in Raleigh, NC. Our session is titled Touch the Possibilities- Using iPod Touch mobile computers, To enhance... and disrupt... teaching and learning. We'll have iPod Touches on hand for an interactive session on Thursday. We'd love to meet some of you in person if you're planning on attending the conference.
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Pale (heraldry)
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A pale is a term used in heraldic blazon and vexillology to describe a charge on a coat of arms (or flag), that takes the form of a band running vertically down the centre of the shield. Writers broadly agree that the width of the pale ranges from about one-fifth to about one-third of the width of the shield, but this width is not fixed. A narrow pale is more likely if it is uncharged, that is, if it does not have other objects placed on it. If charged, the pale is typically wider to allow room for the objects drawn there.
The pale is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, fess, and chief. There are several other ordinaries and sub-ordinaries.
The word pale originally referred to a picket (a piece of wood much taller than it is wide such as is used to build a picket fence) and it is from the resemblance to this that the heraldic pale derives its name.
Derived terms[edit]
In British heraldry when two or more pales appear on a field, they are conventionally termed pallets. While a pallet is generally classified as a diminutive of the pale, the pallets on a shield of two pallets may be no narrower than the pale on another where it has been narrowed to accommodate other charges on either side.
paly
A shield with numerous pales may be termed paly, especially in early heraldry, though this term is now properly reserved to describe a variation of the field.
in pale
In pale refers to the appearance of several items on the shield being lined up in the direction of a pale.
palewise
A charge palewise is vertical like a pale.
party per pale
A shield party per pale is divided into two parts by a single line which runs in the direction of a pale.
Special cases[edit]
A pale may be couped ("cut off" at either end, and so not reaching the top or bottom of the shield); however, while other charges if couped at the top would just be blazoned as "couped in chief," the special term for this in the case of the pale is "a pale retrait" (this also applies to pallets; see below). If couped at the bottom it is blazoned as "a pale retrait in base".
The Canadian pale, invented by George Stanley for the flag of Canada, occupies fully half the field. On a 1:2 flag such as Canada's, it is square. The name was suggested by Sir Conrad Swan, and used when Elizabeth II of Canada proclaimed the new flag on 28 January 1965.[1]
^ Kibbe, Stephen, ed. (September 2006). "Did you know...?" (PDF). The Seaxe (PDF). Middlesex Heraldry Society (52): 12. This in turn credits A King in Canada, by Conrad Swan, pp. 242–247.
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Near Anderson in Anderson County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Wilton E. Hall Bridge
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 22, 2009
1. The Wilton E. Hall Bridge Marker
The Wilton E. Hall Bridge. . Named in honor of Wilton E. Hall Publisher of The Anderson Independent and Daily Mail For his dedicated service to Anderson County and South Carolina. . This historical marker was erected in 1962. It is Near Anderson in Anderson County South Carolina
Named in honor of
Wilton E. Hall
The Anderson Independent
For his dedicated service
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Erected 1962.
Location. 34° 32.324′ N, 82° 49.306′ W. Marker is near Anderson, South Carolina, in Anderson County. Marker is on Interstate 85 south of South Carolina Highway 187. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Anderson SC 29625, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Saylors Bridge (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been reported missing. ); Portman Shoals (approx. one mile away); Townville Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.9 miles away); Roberts Church (approx. 5.9 miles away); Sandy Springs Camp Ground / Confederate Muster Ground (approx. 5.9 miles away); Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church / Townville Presbyterian Church (approx. 6 miles away); Oliver Bolt's Cotton Gin
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(approx. 6.8 miles away); Anderson Regional Airport (approx. 6.9 miles away); Woodburn Historic House (approx. 7.2 miles away); Woodburn Plantation (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anderson.
1. Wilton E. Hall. Wilton Earle Hall (March 11, 1901 - February 25, 1980) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. (Submitted on September 25, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
2. Anderson Independent. The Anderson Independent-Mail, known as Independent Mail, is the local newspaper for Anderson County in the state of South Carolina, published by the Independent Publishing Co., a division of the E.W. Scripps Company. (Submitted on September 25, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
3. Wilton Earle Hall (1901-1980) - Find a Grave Memorial. Birth: Mar. 11, 1901. Death: Feb. 25, 1980. (Submitted on September 25, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
1. Wilton Earle Hall (1901-1980)
Wilton Earle Hall, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Starr, Hall Township, Anderson County, S.C., March 11, 1901; attended
3. The Wilton E. Hall Bridge and Marker
the public schools and Furman University, Greenville, S.C.; founded a morning newspaper in Anderson, S.C., in 1924, and in 1929 acquired an evening newspaper; in 1935 established a radio station; chairman of the South Carolina Planning Board 1934-1938; appointed on November 20, 1944, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ellison D. Smith and served from November 20, 1944, to January 3, 1945; was not a candidate for election to the full term; resumed the newspaper publishing business as publisher of the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail of South Carolina; founder of a television station and owner of two radio stations; publisher of "Quote" Magazine; resided in Anderson, S.C. where he died February 25, 1980; interment in a mausoleum, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. (Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.)
— Submitted September 25, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on May 31, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,128 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 5. submitted on September 25, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.


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by Filter Staff September 16, 2019
The battle to hold corporations accountable for their involvement in fueling chaotic opioid use and overdose deaths in vulnerable communities reached a major landmark after pharmaceutical giant Purdue agreed to a multi-billion dollar settlement and filed for bankruptcy.
The Sackler Family, owners of the company that manufactured and engaged in misleading and predatory marketing practices for opioids like OxyContin, announced on September 15 that it has agreed to relinquish ownership of Purdue Pharma and pay out $3 billion—a sum much larger than that initially projected (a "hypothetical $1 billion") by the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit.
Settlement funds are planned to be distributed to counties according to their numbers of residents with opioid use disorder and opioid-involved overdose deaths, as well as the the amount of prescription opioids distributed within the jurisdiction, according to the allocation model proposed by the plaintiffs, a class of cities and counties. West Virginia and Kentucky will receive the most funds under this model.
Under new leadership, Purdue Pharma said it will provide "tens of millions" of doses of opioid overdose reversal medications, like naloxone and FDA fast-tracked nalmefene—an opioid antagonist that may require fewer doses than naloxone and could more effectively reverse fentanyl-involved overdoses—at "no or low cost."
"This settlement framework avoids wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and years on protracted litigation, and instead will provide billions of dollars and critical resources to communities across the country trying to cope with the opioid crisis," said Steve Miller, chairman of Purdue's board of directors, in a press release.
Drug policy experts are skeptical of what the settlement agreement will mean for efforts to reduce the harms of opioid use. "Although settlement money has tremendous potential to help fund programming to address the overdose crisis and its collateral consequences, it still remains unclear how much of this money will go to evidence-based programs and interventions," Drug Policy Alliance's Dr. Sheila Vakharia* told Filter, referring to things like syringe service programs and medications for opioid use disorder, such as methadone and buprenorphine.
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Purdue Pharma will now likely be removed from the federal class-action lawsuit that will head to trial in October. Other Pharma giants, like Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson and Johnson, and Walgreens, are still involved in the litigation as defendants.
*Drug Policy Alliance has funded The Influence Foundation, which operates Filter, through a restricted grant to support a Drug War Journalism Diversity Fellowship. Dr. Vakharia is a member of the board of directors of The Influence Foundation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Canadian travel industry reacts to Transat sale
BLAKE WOLFE, CHRISTINE HOGG & MICHAEL PIHACH
Clockwise from top: Greg Luciani, CEO, TravelOnly; Wendy Paradis, president, ACTA; Flemming Friisdahl, founder, The Travel Agent Next Door; Zeina Gedeon, CEO, TPI; Richard Smart, CEO, Tico, and Dorian Werda, VP Operations, TICO; Ronny and Mary Tereshyn of 510 Travel.
Following this morning's announcement that Air Canada will acquire all outstanding shares of Transat for $13 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $520 million, mixed reactions have been pouring in from the Canadian travel industry.
READ MORE: BREAKING: Air Canada acquires Transat A.T. Inc.
A previous bid was put forth by Quebec-based Groupe Mach for $14 per share for ownership of Transat, a billion-dollar offer and nearly twice the $520 million valuation of Air Canada's offer.
PAX spoke with several travel agencies, travel agents, and regulatory bodies to get a better sense of how the travel community is handling the news.
Flemming Friisdahl, founder of The Travel Agent Next Door, said that he looks forward to seeing what will happen over the next six months, raising the question of Transat's future as a tour operator under the ownership of Air Canada.
"We look forward to seeing what Air Canada will do with the tour operator side of Transat – will they continue that at its present level, or enhance it with connectors that weren't available in the past, or will they turn Transat into just an airline?" Friisdahl told PAX. "The question everyone will ask is 'do they combine ACV and Transat into one?' No one knows what they're going to do – but they're a smart company. The next six months will be very interesting."
Friisdahl is also wondering about the future of Transat Distribution Canada, the company's retail travel agency division, specifically whether Air Canada will want to get into the business of agency ownership.
"It'll be very interesting to see what happens to Transat Distribution Canada; they're pretty much Canada's largest retail agency chain, when you consider all of their stores. Will they retain that? Will Air Canada want to run a retailer? Air Canada has become very pro-travel agent, which is something I'm happy about; overall, they're seeing the value of travel agents."
Justin Clarey of Marlin Travel Port Hope also questions the fate of the company's retail division, saying:
"I'm interested to see how this will change the landscape in the industry. Things change daily in this business and always seem to work out. It will be interesting to hear more details on how they plan to operate the new company and what it will mean for Transat's retail division."
A clash of cultures?
Greg Luciani, president and CEO of TravelOnly, says that as soon as the news broke, he started getting emails and phone calls from his agents.
While he ultimately wishes both Air Canada and Transat A.T. Inc. the utmost success, he's got mixed emotions on the acquisition, and what it will ultimately mean for his travel agent partners, stating that he foresees a clash of cultures between two very different Canadian companies.
"Obviously, we all know what happens with government-run monopolies; consolidation isn't necessarily bad, but corporate culture is not a cliché," Luciani told PAX by phone earlier this morning. "There are differentiations between how people operate within different companies and within the culture of the organizations, and that's why most mergers fail. When you combine two cultures that are so diabolically opposed, or so different, it can make for a very difficult transition. From a cultural standpoint, Air Canada and Transat have very distinct cultures of their own, and so when you bring two companies together who have very different cultures, that's an area they'll have to work through. Ultimately, I always want what's best for the agent and the client, and that's not necessarily what's best for the airline. If this is good for the agent and the client, then I'm happy, but if this deal is done strictly to boost airline profits at the expense of the customer and the agent, which is I'm sure why people are upset, because that's where they believe this is headed, then I'm obviously against it."
Kelly Klassen of TPI Travel also weighed in on the differences between the two companies.
"In some ways it's really surprising and in other ways it's not," Klassen told PAX. "Where Transat is weak, AC is strong and vice versa. Having them under one umbrella could be a force to be reckoned with. I'm hoping it brings Transat back to Saskatchewan; we need more competition in the marketplace and since our winters are brutal, everyone wants to fly south! I'm really hoping that it's a positive thing overall for Canadian aviation and that they both can remain competitive."
Travel agent Jen Hardy of Nexion Canada added, "As a veteran agent in the travel industry you grow to expect and accept change on a daily basis. Whether you agree with the change or not the best thing to do, as I am now is to remain optimistic."
Questioning job security
Ron Tereshyn, president of Toronto's 510Travel, also raised numerous questions about the purchase and what it means for the future of Transat, citing previous acquisitions in the Canadian aviation sector.
"Is Air Canada taking a competitor out of the market, or will it be business as usual on Monday morning?" Tereshyn told PAX. "It's all up in the air – no one knows what's going to happen. When Wardair was bought out by Canadian Airlines, Wardair disappeared. Is Transat going to disappear because they were bought by a national carrier? Canadian Airlines was a national carrier.
"There are going to be a lot of questions and people worried about their jobs. It's not like they bought Sunwing where they have all the Royalton Resorts and their own product line, they bought another company that has contracts with hoteliers; so did they buy it to let the ITC business go, or was it for the transatlantic flights?"
Tracie-Marie Landry of OHANA Travels Inc., a TravelOnly associate, wonders whether or not the acquisition will affect rates.
"I rely on the Group Coordinators at both Transat and Air Canada to help in getting the best possible rates and rooms for my clients to choose from," she told PAX. 'In the past I have loved having a choice of two great companies to submit my quotes...ensuring that I have found my clients the best possible rates with a quality supplier. This is a little concerning as I feel that Air Canada will definitely corner the market for groups, leaving us agents with little to no choice in choosing another reputable supplier to compare with."
"A great opportunity"
For Zeina Gedeon, CEO of Travel Professionals International (TPI) – and formerly of Air Canada and Air Canada Vacations – the purchase is a positive move for the travel industry.
"It's a really interesting idea and I think it's a very good merger between the two companies," Gedeon told PAX. "Both are Canadian, Air Canada has a huge network and when combined with Transat, they will have amazing reach. It's a great opportunity for the industry; Air Canada is an amazing company to work for – I know from experience!
"Many people think it's going to be a monopoly, but it's not true – we still have Sunwing and WestJet Vacations… it will open a much bigger world for all of us in the travel industry."
Consumer confidence remains key
Dorian Werda, VP of operations at the Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) told PAX that "while TICO's mandate doesn't include airlines, both companies operate vacations divisions that are TICO registrants. For us, it's about consumer protection and ensuring consumers remain confident purchasing from registered travel agencies, websites and tour operators in the province.
"At TICO's AGM on Tuesday, we touched on the ever-changing landscape of the travel industry and increasing industry consolidation, and this is another example," she added.
And ACTA President Wendy Paradis added:
"Air Canada and Transat are both excellent travel companies and we look forward to learning more details in the coming months, as they become available. ACTA believes in robust competition in the Canadian Travel Industry, and also understands the critical importance of having healthy and sustainable airlines that can service Canadian travellers."
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