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After the fall of Rome, the sport was not as popular, but was revived in the 18th century when James Figg held the heavyweight title for over 20 years. In the Industrial Revolution the game was known as the workingman?s sport with matches resembling street fights, rather than an organized event.
In 1773, English born Jack Broughton became the second heavyweight champion. The bouts became more organized at that point and rules and regulations came into play. Hitting below the belt was banned, and matches were decided using the point system. The bouts were held in a ring with spectators sitting around the squared off area – much like today's fights.
Today, boxing competition is divided into a set number of rounds, three minutes long with a one-minute rest period between each round. Championship bouts usually last for 12 rounds, but because there is no real governing body, rules vary from state to state in the US. Judges determine the winner using scorecards as the fight goes on. There is a referee who determines if illegal moves are made or if a fighter is too injured to continue the match. In some cases, the referee calls a "knockout" when an opponent has been knocked down or knocked out.


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Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends
By Elmyra Powell
In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public radio that an organization of African American Quakers was meeting that weekend on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. I was curious and tried to locate the gathering, but to no avail.
Sandy Spring Meeting, with over 300 members and attenders, had only one African American member and two other persons of color before I began to attend. My young cousin, who had attended meeting with me regularly, complained that its lack of diversity undermined her ability to center down in the silence. Eventually she stopped attending.
I persisted. Unprogrammed worship spoke to my condition like no prior religious practice. I thought of myself as having always been a Quaker without ever having known it. I did not feel that the dearth of persons of color in meeting, particularly African Americans like myself, was having any particular effect on my spiritual life. In meeting for worship I became centered without much difficulty. I felt free to share vocal ministry when led, and I knew myself to be fully accepted by other members and attenders. I also became involved in other meaningful ways in the life of the meeting.
Then some-thing happened. The first incident was an experience I had during meeting for worship. I happened to open my eyes for a moment, and there, directly in my line of sight, was the back of a dark brown neck with a head of dark, kinky hair. (As it happened, one of our college students had invited a young black fellow college student home for the weekend.) This perfectly ordinary occurrence, however, prompted some rather unusual stirrings in me.
While casually gazing upon the back of this young man's head and neck, my forehead and temple muscles began to relax when I had not been aware of their tension. It felt as if warm water were flowing gently around my eyeballs. My breathing slowed, and I noticed myself feeling calmer, more serene—happier even. "How weird," I thought. What was going on? My responses puzzled me. Why was I reacting in such an unusual way to the sight of a nameless, faceless stranger?
The second incident occurred many months later. It involved a black woman who spoke during meeting for worship. She said that she had come to visit the old farmstead near our meetinghouse where her family still worked land deeded them by Friends almost 200 years earlier. She could not leave Sandy Spring again, she said, without expressing her deep appreciation for the Quakers' emancipation of her ancestors from slavery. As a token of her gratitude, she sang a religious song I cannot now remember. She sang with such great beauty and depth of feeling that many in attendance, including me, were nearly brought to tears.
After meeting, several of us went over to welcome and thank her for her wonderful offering of song. When it was my turn, to my great surprise, I threw my arms around her and gave her a big hug. I felt immediately connected to her, related in some way, as if she were a long-lost friend or family member. I wanted her to commit herself to coming back to meeting again, but she indicated that she did not live anywhere near the area. I felt acutely disappointed—but why?
After this encounter, I began to wonder whether underneath the unmatched joy I felt in silent worship, underneath my secure knowledge that I was meaningfully and fully embedded in Quakerism, and despite the absence of any conscious feeling of racial or cultural distance from others in meeting, I was subconsciously experiencing a degree of alienation. I was missing the presence of African Americans as a regular part of my religious experience. I wondered if my commitment to Quakerism had to come at the price of ethnic isolation. I wondered if my African American spirituality was somehow inherently incompatible with unprogrammed Quaker worship.
I began researching African Americans in relation to the history of Quakerism in the U.S. I found Henry Joel Cadbury's 1936 article, "Negro Membership in the Society of Friends," from the Journal of Negro History (see www.qhpress.org). After reading it several times, I came to understand the dearth of African American Quakers today as an outgrowth of prior patterns of racial exclusivity that Quakers and most other European American religions shared at the time, but which other denominations, unlike Quakers, offset later by subsequent evangelistic efforts focused on the black community. I concluded that there was nothing Quakerly or even natural about the overwhelming whiteness of Quakerism in the United States. It was historically created by artificial means, and it has simply gone without an effective historical corrective.
Despite my newfound understanding of Quaker history, I nevertheless felt I wanted and needed to become acquainted with more African Americans who were unprogrammed Friends. I wanted very much to share silent Quaker worship with more than just one or two other black folk. I wanted to know whether I would discern differences between my usual worship experience and one in which there was more than just a sprinkling of fellow African Americans. I determined then, to try again to find the organization of African American Quakers of which I had previously heard.
I had met a few black Quakers from Philadelphia doing volunteer work with American Friends Service Committee. They surely would have heard of the group I was seeking. Upon inquiring, I found out how to get on the mailing list and learned of their next gathering. Unfortunately, it was scheduled during the same time my family would be driving cross-country to our new home in southern California, and I couldn't go.
Two years later, in 1996, I was finally able to attend my first gathering of the Fellowship of Friends of African Descent (FFAD). I traveled back east to Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, filled with anticipation. A group of about 30 African American Friends and their family members attended. I was overjoyed to be there. Everyone was so warm and friendly. It felt like some kind of homecoming. I paid my dues, joined up, and, some years later, I became a member of the FFAD Continuing Committee.
In the late spring and early summer of 2002, we members of the Continuing Committee were very worried. Having the responsibility of planning and executing the semiannual gathering and for keeping FFAD functioning between gatherings, we had been dutifully holding our monthly telephonic committee meetings with a growing sense of concern as the time for the gathering drew nearer.
Our gathering preregistration numbers were abysmal. Like other organizations having nationwide membership, we depend upon the willingness of people to travel by plane. Lingering uncertainty felt by many toward air travel after the events of September 11, 2001, was giving us pause. Recognizing that under normal circumstances our gatherings are small (under 50), we wondered whether anyone would actually come that year.
April became May; then June and July were upon us. Still our anticipated registrations were significantly below the year before. What was going on? We could only speculate. Admittedly, our site this year was less exotic than Jamaica, the gathering place in 2000. Was that a factor? Were we being negatively impacted by recent overseas travel of the significant number of our members just back from the 2002 Friends United Meeting Triennial in Nairobi, Kenya?
In addition, by the time I was actually en route to Pendle Hill, I was experiencing spiritual concerns on a much more personal level. I had been out of town much more this year than was my custom, and perhaps my spirits were dampened by an inability to get to meeting enough lately. I wondered whether my needs for spiritual expression in meeting for worship were a bit too overt, perhaps; a bit too intense, somehow; tolerated, but still maybe just a little out of place among silent meeting Friends. Tiny doubts about the fit of my spirituality within Quakerism began taking root.
My husband and I attended his mother's church on the Sunday just before the FFAD gathering. There, among a congregation of hundreds of African Americans, I was uplifted by the energy of spirit-filled gospel music and rejuvenated by fervent prayers emboldened by our common, yet unspoken, experience of life in the United States. I wondered aloud to my husband: "How much longer can I survive spiritually as a Quaker when it means being cut off from other African Americans to such a degree?"
I arrived at Pendle Hill with these concerns weighing heavily on my spirit. The theme of the 2002 FFAD Gathering was, "Come, Holy Spirit, Revive Us Again," and one more fitting for my condition could not have been chosen.
For reasons of which I have little understanding, during my five days at the gathering, every experience of unprogrammed Quaker worship felt somehow deeper and more intense. I consistently experienced the silence more profoundly. I related more intimately to the spoken ministries of others. I was soothed and comforted by the many ministries of song flowing spontaneously through the gathered group. Time after time our silent worship felt "covered." In remembrance of our dear departed ones, we poured libation in an unprogrammed experience that today I still find difficult to put into words. Still more surprising for me were the two occasions during this five-day gathering when I found myself, for the first time in my ten-plus years as a practicing Quaker, actually quaking in meeting for worship.
Since my return from that FFAD Gathering, I have been trying to rationalize my experiences there. I have even been tempted to embrace old stereotypical ideas that we blacks are just naturally more musical and more spiritual than others.
Then, while reading the July/August 2002 issue of Friends Bulletin, I came across an article, "Embodying Spirituality as a Quaker Man," by Stanford Searl.
The further I read into the piece, the more astounded I became. Stanford Searl's article describes his experiences at a Quaker men's weekend in England at Woodbrooke, and in instance after instance his words described experiences I'd had at the FFAD Gathering. He wrote:
Being with more than 20 other Quaker [men], singing together, sharing our pain, sorrow, and joy, allowed me to emerge as a more embodied, centered [man]—one who could bring more of my heart and soul, as well as my mind, to my identity as a Quaker.
I shared parts of my journey with them, listened to their journeys, and became absorbed in a shared spiritual pilgrimage of emerging Quaker identity, tentatively groping towards a more embodied Spirituality.
Stanford Searl's research sources, his observations, his questions, and his conclusions could easily have been written word for word by me. My insights since the 2002 FFAD Gathering match those in his article with a precision that is astounding to me. What is it about these two different settings that explains the profound similarities in our experiences? I think the answer may be in this observation of Stanford Searl's:
I've felt in [30] years of participating in Quaker business meetings, committee meetings or similar instances of Quaker time, that there's a socially defined tendency to regress to some sort of Quaker norms, particularly when it comes to the treatment of and tolerance for emotions.
Before reading his article, I could have easily attributed my FFAD Gathering experience to the common denominator of race/ethnicity. I might have even succumbed to theories attributing special spiritual and musical characteristics to African Americans. But his experience of the men's weekend in England seriously undermines those convenient explanations, however seemingly attractive in their quaintness.
I think it more likely that we Quakers who organize and attend these kinds of spiritual gatherings do so because we need them. I think we seek a setting where our outward expressions of feeling in worship seem more genuinely affirmed as being wholly within the range of traditional Quaker spirituality. It is my opinion that meetings may so discourage expression of emotion in worship that some participants resist true promptings of the Spirit rather than risk disapprobation, however subtle. In my opinion, such self-restraint is un-Quakerly, and undermines the vitality of unprogrammed worship.
Stanford Searl's article cites authorities that, in my opinion, speak cogently to this issue: "Ben Pink Dandelion pointed out [that] the culture in British Quakerism [including self-censorship] has become a sort of orthodoxy, [my italics] almost a kind of noncreedal creed, with many strictures and rules" that "undercut a free ministry" and are likely to work against achieving a comfort level in meeting by those not sharing these cultural norms.
Stanford Searl wrote for me when he observed, "Can I rock in Quaker meeting? I can hear the various voices: Well, of course you can . . . after all, nobody's standing in your way. Unfortunately, my very training and education as a Quaker stand in the way, don't they?"
When I joined the Religious Society of Friends over ten years ago, I remember silently making a commitment to myself that I would not become "a brown-skinned white person." I had sensed early on that on some level my African American culture might be put at risk not by any religious tenets of Quakerism, but rather, by certain of its cultural expectations and assumptions. Adhering to the practice of unprogrammed Quakerism too often means adopting cultural norms and values that constrain and censor a truly free and sincerely spiritual witness, thereby directly contradicting the foundational principle of Quaker worship: that we are to be fully centered upon and led by the Spirit. If we were to practice the essence of true Quaker worship, we could not be so confined by culture, cut off by mechanical measures of time, or inhibited by notions of propriety not rooted deeply in Quaker spiritual principles. We would strive, instead, to be free in worship, fully open and responsive to a full range of leadings of the Spirit, from deep silence to joyful singing and even—dare I say it?—to dance. I think that fearlessly following this path consistently over the long term will eventually obviate all issues of multiculturalism, multiracialism, and inclusiveness. And I believe our meetings will experience vibrant renewal and growth in the process.
The other option, of course, is for us to continue in our present ways. And if we choose this path, we will eventually lose those who are faithfully and ceaselessly seeking what Stanford Searl calls, "the deep life of the Spirit." The choice is ours. Shall we devote ourselves to practicing the deep spiritual principles of Quakerism, or to preserving cultural styles and manners so as to appear Quakerly? I seek the former, and participating in the gatherings of the Fellowship of Friends of African Descent affirms and encourages me along that path.
This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in the January 2003 issue of Friends Bulletin.
©2003 Elmyra Powell
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Elmyra (Amhara) Powell is a member of Orange Grove (Calif.) Meeting and the only Quaker in her entire extended family. A retired trial attorney and former student of theology who was eventually drawn to the mystical aspects of Quakerism, she pursues a ministry of encouraging and supporting other Friends in their ministries and in their spiritual lives.
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Twilight (film series)
D: Catherine Hardwicke
Summit/Temple Hill/Maverick/DMG (Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian & Mark Morgan)
Fantasy/Romance
W: Melissa Rosenberg [based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer]
DP: Elliot Davis
Ed: Nancy Richardson
Mus: Carter Burwell
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Peter Falcinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale), Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black)
Before my opinion on this movie is torn to shreds by its huge fanbase (why?????) let me just say, if you're not in the target demographic for Twilight, you won't enjoy it. I gave it a watch simply to make up my own opinion instead of making assumptions and I thought it was tacky shit. Sue me.
The enjoyment factor of this movie depends heavily on whether or not you've read the Stephanie Meyer novels. If you haven't, you're pretty much screwed because you won't have a clue what's going on as the only information which is put across is through the poor use of voiceover narration.
I haven't read the books because they appeal more to teenage girls rather than thirtysomething heterosexual males like myself, so I can only review this film based on it's cinematic merit. It doesn't look good.
I attempted to watch this three times and fell asleep during the first two attempts because it's just so boring and disingenuous.
Before I get hate mail from girls on my Facebook page, I'll explain further...
This isn't an adaptation for the screen, it's merely an accompaniment for the successful novels. There is no great build up of characterisation or back story, the characters just exist because they do. And their actions happen because they do. In a nutshell, Bella Swan (Stewart) falls in lust with the CREEPIEST guy in her new school, Edward Cullen (Pattinson), who's basically a stalker but it's okay because he's really an age old glittery vampire. He saves her from getting squished by a token black guy's terrible driving and getting attacked by three guys who have 'vile, repulsive thoughts' about her (Pasty-faced Eddie can read everyone's thoughts except Bella's, presumably because she's incredibly vacuous with absolutely no personality).
He then gives her a 100mph piggy back up a mountain so he can shit all over centuries of vampire folklore.
The acting is about the same quality as you'd witness in GCSE Drama Class, the dialogue is delivered as though it was read in a script, memorised and spoken, rather than flowing naturally. Not that the dialogue is anything to write home about.
Kristin Stewart goes through the entire movie with only two expressions, the first being a vacuous pensive look, supposedly to evoke the feeling of dramatic tension, and the second being a masterclass in "eyebrow scowling". In fact, her acting is so terrible, she can't even put ketchup on a portion of chips without hamming (seriously, it's true).
Robert Pattinson is actually very good at perfecting Derek Zoolander's pout, but I doubt that's what he was going for. Seriously kids, Edward Cullen is an absolute douche, and if anyone in real life shared his character traits, he's be branded a psycho, not a protagonist.
If I haven't touched on it earlier, the chemistry between these two characters exists because it does.
As for the production values: The direction is poor, provoking a thought that Catherine Hardwicke should have seen a few vampire films prior to directing one. Everything else is amateur, from the misty-wreathed mountain cinematography to the pasty makeup and low-budget CGI effects (particularly the 'action' sequences where you can still make out the wires flying the cast around the set). The suicidal editing and sound mixing are also an amateurish low (you can hear dialogue when actors mouths aren't moving, and vice versa).
I actually think this amongst the worst movies ever made and I couldn't bear to put myself through another 4 movies. Fans of the books, teenage girls and people with no concept of what a proper romance movie should contain will probably love it. I thought it was 2 hours of absolute shit.
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in Twilight
TWILIGHT: NEW MOON (12)
D: Chris Weitz
Summit/Temple Hill (Wyck Godfrey & Karen Rosenfelt)
DP: Javier Aguirresarobe
Ed: Peter Lambert
Mus: Alexandre Desplat
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale), Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale), Rachel Lafevre (Victoria Sutherland), Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley), Michael Sheen (Aro), Dakota Fanning (Jane)
Kristen Stewart is back as vacuous, disingenuous and ungrateful little girl Bella Swan in this sequel to a movie I didn't really like in the first instance.
This one has "Romeo & Juliet" references throughout, probably so author Stephanie Meyer can add plagiarism to her résumé following the romanticisation and bastardisation of vampires in the first book/movie.
After being abandoned by her bloodsucking lover R-Patz, K-Stew is hounded (literally) by creepy werewolf Taylor Swift (or Lautner, whatever) and there's some love triangle bullshit with a beastly twist.
It's all porn for teenage girls. If you're not in the target audience for these movies, it's all pathetically laughable, poorly acted crap where two creepy guys fight for the love of a teenage girl without a personality.
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in Twilight: New Moon
TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE (12)
D: David Slade
Ed: Nancy Richardson & Art Jones
Mus: Howard Shore
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria Sutherland), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Dakota Fanning (Jane)
The continuation of THE WORST SAGA IN CINEMA HISTORY continues with the 3rd in the series of Twilight. I'm not a twelve year old girl, I've not read the books, I can only review these movies from my own perspective and not the niche demographic they're aimed at.
As I've already stated, I've not read the books, but they seem like Stephanie Meyer just makes them up as she goes along. It's just more bastardization of vampire/lycanthrope legend for girls too young to read proper literature.
The first two films were cheaply made with poor production values and terrible special effects to fully exploit the cult success of the books. A ploy that worked since the first two movies grossed millions of dollars.
There is no reason for the third movie to look so cheap, as if it were thrown together over a weekend by a bunch of kids.
Personally, I am bewildered as to why any two people/creatures (whatever) would be involved in a love triangle over Bella. She's the most boring, passionless cocktease in the history of cinema.
Twilight: Eclipse
TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN, part 1 (12)
D: Bill Condon
Summit/Temple Hill (Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt & Stephenie Meyer]
DP: Guillermo Navarro
Ed: Virginia Katz
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen), Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen)
So... The last in the series of these BAD movies is split into two parts, presumably to extort more money from its fanbase and no other reason whatsoever. I don't buy the statement that it's because the book is longer than the others and therefore they had more to cram in. This is a cinematic adaptation, of which screenwriters are paid to truncate unnecessary scenes, dialogue and exposition to make a snappier narrative.
I really don't understand the appeal of these films (or the books), they're just lazily written man-hating diatribes by a loathsome woman author who has no connection with reality whatsoever.
The first three movies were seemingly about a girls choice between necrophilia and bestiality, it's no surprise that this movie has to throw some paedophilia into the mix.
The wussiest vampire in the history of cinema and literature marries his cardboard lover Bella, they have sex, play chess, have sex again, play chess, have sex, play chess and break beds. She gives birth to a CGI baby and shirtless man-wolf Taylor Lautner instantly falls in love with it. Honestly.
Utter bollocks!!
Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 1
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen), Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Michael Sheen (Aro)
And so ends the worst series of movies I've ever seen, I'm just glad to get it all over and done with so I can pretend they don't exist and watch some proper vampire movies like Dracula, Near Dark & The Lost Boys.
First of all, I can't believe two guys would spend 4 movies fighting over a girl who is so uninteresting, emotionless & frumpily unattractive, but what this climatic episode to the saga does is simply OUTRAGEOUS!
All the build up from the previous four movies ends with Taylor Swift (whatever) suddenly being cool with Bella being transformed into a creature of the night (whatever) because he's destined to get jiggy with her daughter- who's not even one-year-old yet.
The werewolf-vampire battle to end all battles also turns out to be a damp squib, since it doesn't even happen, despite being the main selling point of this movie.
I'm not a teenage girl, I've not read the books, I can only review the movies from a cinematic point of view and I can quite honestly say that they are all amongst the worst movies ever made.


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Support worker performs lifesaving first aid
A banker turned charity worker from Gloucester has saved the life of someone she supports by performing an abdominal thrust while at work.
Angela Burrows works for national charity Hft at a service in Stonehouse, where she supports people with learning disabilities to live independently. The 57-year-old was at work late last year when she noticed that someone who lives at the service was choking while eating dinner. Realising that he needed assistance, Angela acted quickly and performed an abdominal thrust. When this didn't work, she performed two further thrusts which eventually dislodged the food and ensured the individual's wellbeing.
Other staff members present during the incident were impressed with Angela's quick thinking and her ability to stay calm under pressure, and have since nominated her for the charity's staff rewards scheme.
Despite her first class first aid, Angela has only worked in social care for around 15 months, after three decades climbing the corporate ladder in the IT and banking industry, which saw her working in Switzerland and London. Seeking a change of pace and a role where she could make a difference to the lives of others, Angela now spends her days supporting adults with learning disabilities in all areas of their lives. She has even recently been promoted to a senior support worker at the specialist service, which is designed to meet the needs of people on the dementia pathway or receiving end of life care, and was rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2018.
Angela Burrows said:
"When I noticed the person I was supporting struggling, it was just instinct to take action. My first aid training from when I first started at Hft came flooding back and I didn't have time to hesitate – if I hadn't done something the consequences could have been grim.
"Since becoming a support worker in 2018, I haven't looked back. You never look at the clock in this job. After working in banking for over 30 years, I was happy to make the switch into a role where every day is different. There are some surprising similarities between my old and new roles, including problem-solving and juggling priorities, although I now support people rather than software! If you're thinking of becoming a support worker, all you need is a positive attitude – it doesn't matter what career path you've taken before."
Janet Humphry, Regional Manager at Hft, said:
"Support workers are the bedrock of care, and people like Angela exemplify why this role is so crucial to ensuring people with learning disabilities are able to live the best life possible. When her first aid training was put to the test, Angela displayed qualities we strive to find in all our support workers, including compassion, skill and bravery. We hope that anyone considering support work is inspired by Angela's story, which highlights that there is no set path to this important and valued profession."
Hft currently supports more than 2,500 people with learning disabilities across the country. This includes supporting people with learning disabilities to live independently in their own homes, providing employment services to help people develop skills and experience for work, and helping people to pursue hobbies, make new friends and get involved in their local communities.
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Time for Ontario Liberals to reform its leadership selection process?
The tension was high on the floor at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, the site of the old Maple Leaf Gardens, as more than 2,000 delegates to the Ontario Liberal leadership convention in 2013 awaited the results of the third and final round of voting.
When Kathleen Wynne was announced as the winner over Sandra Pupatello, delegates erupted in wild cheers. It was a dramatic victory for Wynne, who defeated Pupatello by a vote of 1,150 to 866, especially because Pupatello finished ahead of Wynne in the first round of voting.
Senior Liberals declared the exciting convention a huge success because it generated widespread enthusiasm among party loyalists and bolstered the party's standings in the public opinion polls.
But the delegated convention also exposed the Liberals to serious criticism that the way they select their leader is highly restrictive and a throwback to an era when backroom operatives and loyalists had a huge say in who headed the party.
It was especially evident at the 2013 convention when, even though the Liberals had 44,421 members, barely 2,000 got the chance to vote on the final ballot to decide the ultimate winner.
Today, the Ontario Liberals are the only major party in Canada that still clings to that old style of a high-profile delegated convention.
That may be about to change though, albeit over the objections of some Liberals who fear a new selection process may do more harm than good.
The drive to scrap the current system is being spearheaded by Mitzie Hunter, one of only seven remaining Liberal MPPs at Queen's Park. She wants the party to switch to a one-member, one-vote system that the federal Liberals adopted in 2009. Hunter will propose a constitutional amendment at the Liberals' annual general meeting in early June. Such an amendment requires a two-thirds majority to pass. If approved, the new system would be in place for the next leadership contest, expected in the spring of 2020.
Under the current system, some 1,700 delegates to the convention are chosen in riding elections. Another 420 ex-officio delegates, such as current and former MPPs and party officials, are automatically allowed to vote. Elected delegates are expected to vote on the first ballot for the candidate whose slate they ran on in their riding election. But they can vote for whichever candidate they want on subsequent ballots.
Proponents argue there are multiple benefits to such a system. First, every member is treated equally and can vote, usually electronically, on all ballots. Second, there's no special status for party officials or insiders. Third, it's easier to attract members if the party is seen as more open.
In Ontario, the Conservatives have used such a system since the late 1980s and the NDP went that route in 2007.
But there's great reluctance to change among some party veterans, who believe a one-member, one-vote system leaves the party open to disproportionate influence by single-issue groups, such as happened with the religious right and its ability to get both Patrick Brown and then Doug Ford elected to the Conservative leadership.
"Before this wave of populism, I would have been entirely in favour," a veteran Liberal organizer said. "I now think it is a horrible idea. More democracy will not give us qualitatively better democratic results — we've witnessed this in the U.S.," as well as here.
Despite the appeal of a more open system, Hunter is facing an uphill struggle to win approval for her proposed amendment. Similar efforts have failed in recent years and there may be little appetite for change now.
But she is at least asking the right questions, namely: why are the Ontario Liberals the only party with a leadership selection system stuck in the past? She should also be asking the party, if it won't change it now, will it ever?


Has this already been done? Just spotted this on youtube - electric T3 syncro!
How the transaxle likes taking the immense torque at 0rpm is another matter.
I presume its wise to programme in some kind of limiter to the power-delivery?
silverbullet wrote: How far can it go on a charge?
I think they've only recently got it running for the first time, and the video only shows it doing laps of the private roads by the workshop, so they probably don't know themselves yet. Doubt it will quite have the range of an actual tesla!


The NDT Certificate Course in the Management and Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Neuromotor Disorders utilizes principles of motor development, motor control, motor learning, and other supporting current scientific research, to address functional goals of children with Cerebral Palsy and other neuromotor disorders. Instruction involves a mix of lectures, audiovisual presentations, demonstration treatments, movement labs and treatment practicums with children while getting individualised feedback from the instructors.
The child's individuality is considered the central focus of NDT.
NDT for children with CNS pathophysiologies addresses specific task related posture and movement issues in aiming for the children's highest functional participation in their individual and family chosen daily skills.
• Is an advanced 'hands-on' therapeutic approach for children, which utilises principles of motor development, motor control, motor learning, and other supporting current scientific research, to address functional goals of children with Cerebral Palsy and other neuromotor disorders.
• Is family centred, built on children's functional strengths, and cognisant of daily function related to participation in life.
• Engages children's motivation through playful intervention and includes both 'hands on' physical guidance strategies, and verbal cues and feedback, gradually changed and withdrawn according to the needs and emerging skills of the child.
• Examination, evaluation, and intervention, grounded in an on-going process of clinical problem-solving to consider both the strengths and limitations of the individual.
• Task Analysis: NDT clinicians analyze each person's functional activities and limitations by observing the task related postures and movements that support and limit these functions, and by hypothesizing their relationships to underlying system integrities and impairments.
• 'Systems Theory' is employed to evaluate the underlying reasons why an individual moves the way s/he does. The Musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular, Sensory, Respiratory and other systems of the body - and the task related environmental demands - are examined in detail. Task specific strengths, impairments and components are identified and specifically addressed, in intervention, towards improving the child's task/function.
• Each treatment session is based on functional outcomes, and has specific functional goals which are pre and post - tested within each treatment session, and which guide the intervention. Treatment session goals are directly related to the components needed in the child's short and long term goals.
• A step-by-step analysis to help the therapist prioritize & determine where to start, & how to plan & carry out effective treatments.
• Specific individual feedback given to therapists, designed to advance their skills. This is done through verbal and written communication. Templates are used to show each participant his/her progress. Mid-term meetings with instructors are held, along with any other requested discussion time.
• An adult-learning, open and supportive atmosphere.
Our previous courses have been held in Geelong (2009) and in Brisbane/Melbourne (2011). One of our participants wrote an article about her experience of the course for the NDTA Network.
Why do an NDT course?


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Blog Archive: May 2018
Dunn Secures Eight Week Trial at Southampton
Published Friday 25th of May 2018 04:42 PM
[25/05/2018] Left-back Ellis Dunn is on trial for one of the most distinguished academies in world football, at Southampton Football Club...
Noor Mbaza Training with West Ham
Published Monday 21st of May 2018 02:55 PM
[21/05/2018] 15-year-old Noor Mbaza was scouted at our trial in West London and has since gone on to train with West Ham...
Ethan Scouted by Colchester
Published Wednesday 16th of May 2018 03:54 PM
Spotted last summer during his first UK Football Trials event, Ethan was scouted by Colchester FC as an Under-11 player...
Australian Midfielder Flown to UK For Trial With Sheffield United
Published Monday 14th of May 2018 03:35 PM
[14/05/2018] Australian playmaker Alex Stelco has flown to England for a trial with Sheffield United, after he was scouted from our event in Melbourne in January...
Isaac On Trial For Wolves & Interest From 3 Other Clubs
[11/05/18] After securing promotion to the Premier League, Wolves fans could soon have more news to celebrate after talented midfielder Isaac Kohou has joined the club on trial...
New Partnership with Sports Recruiting USA – Now US College Opportunities For Players!
Published Thursday 10th of May 2018 10:58 AM
The team at UK Football Trials are delighted to be partnering with the team at Sports Recruiting USA (SRUSA)
Sheffield United Take Brothers On Trial
Published Tuesday 8th of May 2018 03:55 PM
[08/05/2018] Brothers Daniel and Micah Jebbison were scouted from our trial in Birmingham this April and were subsequently invited to play for Sheffield United...
Rayhaan Trials for Two Clubs with European Football
Published Friday 4th of May 2018 04:49 PM
[04/05/2018] Rayhaan attended our trial in Manchester in February, 2018. After some fantastic performances, Rayhaan was approached by no less than five club scouts.


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Northern Ohio Opera League
Board/Officer/Donations Information
NOOL History
Upcoming Opera
Opera Info
Northern Ohio Opera Companies
Great Opera Stars
June 29, 2017 by Gregory Polyak
Renata Tebaldi
Born Feb. 1, 1922 in Pesaro, Italy
Died Dec. 19, 2004 in San Marino, Italy
Renata Tebaldi was an Italian soprano renowned for her angelic voice, her stardom at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Italy's La Scala and her media-fueled rivalry with Maria Callas.
Tebaldi was considered to have one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century, relying on rich, perfectly produced tones. The late conductor Arturo Toscanini once said she had "the voice of an angel."
Tebaldi made her debut in 1944 as Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele" in the northern Italian town of Rovigo. She was soon performing in some of the world's most noted opera houses and sang in a concert of arias conducted by Toscanini at the 1946 reopening of Milan's La Scala, which had been damaged during World War II.
She made her London debut at Covent Garden as Desdemona in "Otello," on the opening night of the Scala company's London season in 1950, and returned to London in 1955 to sing "Tosca."
Her American debut was in San Francisco in 1950 as Aida. She made her Met debut as Desdemona on Jan. 31, 1955; she also sang Desdemona in her final role there on Jan. 8, 1973.
In all, Tebaldi made 270 performances at the Met, invited back season after season as one of the opera house's most popular singers. The Metropolitan's late general manager, Rudolf Bing, called her "dimples of iron," a reference to a sweet appearance that belied an iron will.
In 1976, Tebaldi retired from performing publicly and devoted much of her time to teaching. In a 2002 interview to mark her 80th birthday, she said she stopped singing while her voice was still powerful to avoid seeing "the mortifying season of decline."
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Donors/Sponsors/People of Recognition
Mary Hamlin was NOOL's President for 7 years before her passing in 2017. She also led the local chapter of Daughters of the British Empire, was a Board Member of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation and the personal British Garden caretaker for decades. She was a proper, gentle lady who helped NOOL in its early years with steadfast devotion to Opera. Such dedicated board members should always be remembered. She is pictured below with her husband Clive during NOOL's Dancing With the Dinosaurs Benefit at the Cleveland History Museum.
Clive Hamlin & wife NOOL President Mary Hamlin.
John Ingold and Phyllis Donnelly Ingold. This couple have been worker bees in numerous organizations for decades including the Cleveland Opera League and Charter members of NOOL. In many instances they maintained address lists, created fliers and invitations as well as reserving venues, ordering meals and almost everything else needed to create benefits. John was more of the administrator, set up and tear down worker for Phyllis while Phyllis was the creative half of the partnership. No one ever donated so many silent auction items as John and Phyllis. Fussy how everything gets done their personal friendships helped fill many a venue.
John Ingold and NOOL Membership Chairlady Phyllis Donnely-Ingold.
Greg and Marcia Snavely Polyak. This couple were on the Cleveland Opera Board and Charter members of NOOL. Marcia is locally famous for her piano playing just about every benefit gig and party. Most often she donates her professional playing abilities helping each organization make a profit. She is known to have music put in front of her moments before playing it for the professional. This sight reading ability allows her to play just about any style of music making her a very busy pianist for so many groups they can't all be listed. But being a professional musician continually since age six was only half of her story as she was also a Chemist for 40 years.
Greg is a worker bee having been the following: V.P., Secretary, NOOL Webmaster/creator as well as NOOL's Facebook web page master, 2nd V.P., event Chair, Master of Ceremonies, usually hired the entertainment, helped with event set up and tear down and more. Together they always Donated Silent Auction items as well as buying many of other silent auction items at every single benefit. Greg is also on numerous other nonprofit boards doing similar work on each board be it an Orchestra, Arts, Ethnic, International Grant group or Wine Tasting Society. With 10 kids, 20 Grandkids with 2 more arriving in 2019 they are the Energizer Bunnies of Cleveland's nonprofits.
Greg Polyak and Marcia Polyak
Important Donors/Sponsors: There are a number of ways to donate to NOOL. There is Cash, Silent Auction Items, Membership dues at different levels, Hosting a benefit in one's home, and providing Prize money or by Paying stipends to entertainers. The list will never be perfect. It contains names of people who have donated over many years to those who have donated for shorter periods of time but in larger ways. So please excuse any failures, exclusions or other wrongs but feel free to contact me for additions or corrections. Additions to the list will continue making it a living expanding praise of thanks. To be continued.
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CPA INSIDER
How CPAs bill for financial planning services
Hourly, fixed-fee, and fee-for-service models all have their advantages.
By Erica Gellerman
CPAs who expand their services to include financial planning often find themselves facing a change in billing methods. However, deciding between different options and finding the right billing method can be a challenge. There are a number of options, each with their own advantages and drawbacks.
Traditionally, many CPA firms billed tax clients on an hourly basis, while many advisers across the financial services industry use the assets-under-management (AUM) method of billing, in which their fee is based on a percentage of the assets they oversee. Today, however, many CPA financial planners are using other types of billing structures. They may charge clients a fixed or flat fee for a certain service, or use the fee-for-service billing model, in which they charge clients differently depending on the services they require.
Choosing which billing method or methods to use, and how to assess fees, is one of the logistical issues CPA financial planners need to consider as they start offering services. To shed more light on billing methods, we spoke with four CPA financial planners about how they chose to structure their billing, why they chose the method they did, and why it works for their firm.
Paraklete Financial
Paraklete Financial Inc., in Atlanta, uses the fee-for-service billing model. The process begins by providing the client with a two-hour complimentary personal financial planning meeting. During the meeting, advisers assess the amount of work a client will likely require over the next year and come up with an appropriate engagement fee.
Because this method doesn't require a minimum net worth or minimum investible assets, it enables the firm to work with a broader range of clients, said Susan Tillery, CPA/PFS, president of the firm. This model has been especially attractive to their clients who are business owners, she said. Many of these clients weren't initially able to meet the minimum AUM required by other advisers, as their net worth was tied up in their business.
Paraklete doesn't automatically raise fees every year, Tillery said, but instead reassesses and potentially raises its fees every two to three years. This policy gives clients a chance to get to know Paraklete's advisers and see the value in their services before they raise prices, she said.
L.K. Benson & Co.
L.K. Benson & Co., in Towson, Md., uses both hourly and fixed-fee pricing models. The firm's fixed-fee work includes planning, investment management, tax work, and tax planning, said Chris Benson, CPA/PFS, principal of the firm. The firm uses hourly pricing but is moving more clients to a fixed fee. It mainly reserves hourly pricing for tax return preparation, family office services, and financial planning engagements that aren't ongoing.
When setting a fixed fee, Benson said, "the key is to make sure it's fair for the clients, fair for us, and that we're able to run our business while providing good service to our clients. We know what our minimum fixed fee is that we can't go under in order to accomplish these things."
While this method is simpler for the firm logistically, Benson does see two drawbacks to fixed-fee billing compared to the AUM model. First, the AUM model can be more lucrative as prices naturally increase as the portfolio size increases. To help counteract this drawback, Benson said, his firm started including an annual cost-of-living increase in fees.
Second, describing the firm's billing to clients who are used to the AUM model can be challenging. "To someone with investible assets of $1 million, a $10,000 fee sounds like a lot more than a 1% fee," said Benson. It can take a longer conversation, but they explain to clients that they find a fixed fee more transparent than an AUM fee model.
Libra Wealth
Libra Wealth, with offices in Silicon Valley in California, offers both financial planning and investment management, which are covered under one fixed, annual fee.
When considering different billing methods, owner Mark Astrinos, CPA/PFS, felt strongly that charging a flat fee would best align his interests with his clients' interests and would ensure his pricing was transparent — two things that were extremely important to him when structuring his business.
"Say a client with $5 million in investments wanted to take $1 million out of their portfolio to buy a home. Billing using AUM might lead an adviser to be worried about the $8,000–$10,000 in fees they'd lose. Instead, by charging a flat fee, I don't even have to think about that," he said.
At the midyear point, Astrinos said, he reviews the amount of work that he's doing for each client. If there's been a material change in his client's situation, he'll talk with the client to adjust the fee at that point.
CLW Financial Planning LLC
CLW Financial Planning, in Raleigh, N.C., uses both an hourly and annual fixed-fee billing model. While hourly isn't the preference of owner Carolyn Larsen-Wieber, CPA/PFS, she uses it strategically with new clients. It allows her to work with new clients while putting less pressure on them.
"When a new client comes to me without being referred by one of my current clients, they might be hesitant to sign on for a full-year engagement," she said. "Instead, they can opt for an hourly rate. I'll give them an estimate of how many hours they'll need, and we'll go from there."
Her goal is to ultimately move these clients to an annual fixed-fee model, which most end up doing as they continue to work with her. She prefers the fixed-fee model because it allows her to provide the most value to her clients. It's also her preference from a business standpoint because it has a more predictable cashflow.
However, the fixed fee isn't completely without its drawbacks. She acknowledges that there is a lot of administrative work that comes with setting up a new plan each year, including letters and invoices that need to be sent. But for her, the benefits outweigh these disadvantages.
Finding the right billing method for your practice and your clients can take time, but it's a process that is well worth the end result.
PFP Section members can learn more about the retainer model by viewing this webcast.
— Erica Gellerman is a freelance writer based in Hawaii. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact Courtney Vien, a JofA senior editor, at Courtney.Vien@aicpa-cima.com.


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Overview of Income Tax
Taxation of income in Sierra Leone has come a long way since the enactment of the first Income Tax Act in 1943. Several reviews and amendments have been made to this legislation as the economy evolved and the needs and priorities of the government changed in ensuing years. The 2000 Income Tax Act which was enacted in April 2000 and amended in 2009 as the Consolidated Income Tax Act governs the payment of income taxes.
Scope of Income Taxes
Income Tax is a direct tax imposed on:
Employment income including benefits
Property (Rental) income
Any other income or gain (Capital Gains Tax)
Pay-Roll tax which is governed by the Pay-Roll Tax Act of 1972 and its subsequent amendments &
Income also administer as Indirect Tax – Foreign Travel Ticket Tax which was imposed by the Foreign Travel Ticket Tax Act of 1975 and was amended by Act No. 4 of 2004.
Methods of Collecting Income and Other Taxes
Fifth Instalment
Corporation/Trade Tax
Advance Tax
Accounting for Pay-Roll Tax, Foreign Travel Ticket Tax and Standard Assessment
Income Tax Returns Form are issued by the Commissioner General at the start of a tax year in which one declares his income and all taxes paid and withheld. Income Tax Returns must be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the accounting period; when this coincides with the tax year it must be filed on or before the 30 April and for substituted year not later than 120 days after the end of the accounting period.


Our first turkey egg of the year!
Yesterday when I was gathering chicken eggs, I came across a strange egg under the roosting area. Could it be? Yes…it was a little pointed on one end, kind of big. Speckled, too. A turkey egg! Wow. Were we excited. Our turkey project is underway…sort of. The turkeys aren't mating yet, but that will soon be happening, as they are strutting now. Won't be long. We plan on raising quite a few turkeys this year to eat, sell, and barter with, so this was a start. I think the egg was from our Bourbon Red hen or a young Narragansett hen. It was kind of small for a large turkey egg. As we have four toms, we're hoping to trade a Narragansett tom for a Bourbon Red tom so we can raise some pure Bourbon Reds, too. We really like their beautiful red and white coloring. Heritage turkeys are the answer for homesteaders wishing to grow their own turkeys. I'm glad they're finally getting some recognition.
Last July I canned several different types of cheeses using the instructions in your canning book. All sealed just fine and I stored them away. Today (Feb) I pulled out a jar of Swiss and the seal had failed. After checking every jar, it turned out that only the Swiss had a problem (but all 4 jars did), and none of the others; cheddars, colby jack, pepper jack. Do you know if there is something about Swiss cheese that doesn't like being canned? I just bought some mozzarella on good sale that I want to can, but I'm a little gun shy now.
Hello from a fellow Minnesotan. I live in West Central Minnesota. When you moved up north, how did you go about finding land that was affordable and what you wanted?
I would like to know of Jackie's suggestions for fruit trees for my area. Also what should be done to protect them from the elements here.
Some of the apples we've had good luck with are: Haralred, Honeygold, Norland, Mantet, Sweet Sixteen, State Fair, Fireside, and Dutchess of Oldenberg. Check out St. Lawrence Nursery and Fedco Trees online. Their catalog lists tons of Zone 3 trees! Plenty of growing information, too, for cold areas. They even have Zone 3 pears. Cherries are limited to pie cherries now; we are growing Garfield Plantation, Meteor, Mesabi, and Bali, Bali being the most hardy. We also grow Hansen's Bush Cherries, Joel and Joy Bush Cherries, and Nanking Bush Cherries. There are many plums that grow in Zone 3, including Toka, Alderman, La Crescent, Superior, Waneta, and Black Ice.
Be sure to protect the trunks from voles and rabbits during the winter, as they will girdle and kill young trees under the snow. And watch out for deer all year. Fencing is the only way to keep the beautiful pests out of your fruit trees!
I'm searching everywhere, but can't seem to find a basic mac & cheese recipe using the Cheese Blend powder from my dehydrated food storage. Everything I've tried comes out not-so-good tasting. I'm hoping you've got a standby recipe!
What I do when I make plain mac & cheese is to mix about 1/2 cup of milk with a cup of the Cheese Blend powder, to make a paste. Pour into a saucepan and add 2 Tbsp butter. The gently heat and stir in enough milk to make a cheese sauce that is as thick as you wish. Pour over your cooked macaroni and stir well. I usually put my mac and cheese into a casserole and top with bread crumbs and drizzle with melted butter. Bake at 350° F for about 12 minutes until the top is golden.
I would like to grow horseradish this year. I think that I can grow in a container to keep it from spreading. Just wanted to find out if you know for sure.
Which canning lids to use?
Having read your work for a few years I have taking my prepping to the next level. my problem is I am gone from home 6-8 months a year @ 2-3 months at a time (therefore gardening is out of the question for me) where I used to keep a lot of money in reserve and called it emergency funds I no longer have any confidence in our government supplied money so I have been building a store of dried and canned foods as well as keeping emergency cash.
I have decided that even if I can not garden I can in fact start to can foods from the food markets when I am home I am looking forward to this new endeavor. My question to you is after reading your article about reusable canning lids (and because I have the tendency to be quite frugal) should I start with the reusable lids or use the one time lids first to learn with? I know that you gave a very good report on the reusable lids, but have not heard you say that you have switch over yourself I understand the difficulty of your answer, what with Tattler being an advertiser of yours.
I had brought about 30 bananas home from work to make banana muffins and bread, this was too much, so I canned it. I did 5 pints in the pressure cooker, after I took the jars out the bananas were pink, I had them in there for about 15 minutes, was this to long or can you not can bananas?
I find this disturbing but I'm not sure how big of a problem it really is. It is mice. Some small. Some big. Are they rats? I don't know. I found one near my stored apples (outdoor small root cellar) but I have the apples in a hardware cloth container so I don't think it got in. Late last summer after adding a lot tomato pulp to my compost pile I found one in there too. I don't compost meat or dairy. Other than the fact that I don't like them, how much of a problem is this? Is there anything non toxic that I can do?
Also, I bought Cherokee Trail of Tears beans for the first time this year. Do they germinate easily? Should I soak them overnight? How tall do they get? I've read some people say they grew to their second story window! I plan on harvesting as green beans and also dried beans. When do I harvest for the dried beans? Do I just leave them on the vine till our first frost?
Mature rats are quite large, with a body about as long as your hand. Mice (deer mice and house mice) are quite a bit smaller, with a body about half to a third that size. Voles are sometimes called field mice and are quite a bit larger but have shorter tails and are "fat" bodied and dark.
Other than being "not nice" they usually don't cause too much trouble unless there gets to be lots of them. Non-toxic ways to rid yourself of these rodents include a good hunting cat (most are!), traps (live and snap), and reducing food-hiding areas. A combination of these will quickly get rid of your not-so-friends.
Cherokee Trail of Tear beans are great. They germinate as easily as any other garden bean. No, you don't need to pre-soak them before planting. Generally, they will climb about 5-6 feet. I've never had any that climbed as high as a second story window yet.
My mother use to can monkey butter and she has since passed away and I can not find her recipe. I would love to get it from you so I can share this wonderful memory with my kids and grandchildren.
Canning bananas is possible! Monkey butter is what it is called in the old canning books. It is equal parts pineapple and banana's. We have done it and have about 11 pints left on my shelves. It is delicious in baking banana bread. Smoothies, ice cream. Pretty good possibilities. Send me and email and I will work on digging out the recipe for you all. I may do a post on my blog with pictures.


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        ('digest', '0035_itemclscheck'),
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            name='itemclscheck',
            options={'verbose_name': 'Проверка классификатором',
                     'verbose_name_plural': 'Проверка классификатором'},
        ),
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62800 16th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, CA, 92240
Courtesy of: M1 Properties
5 acres in Riverside County near the CVP Sentinel Power Plant and Devers Substation. Power storage or solar land. The zoning is liberal (W-2) and the land use is Public Facilities. Great time to invest before all the area land gets assembled and developed for energy storage and support. APN 668 140 005
Address: 62800 16th Avenue
City: Desert Hot Springs
Neighborhood: 340 - Desert Hot Springs
Courtesy of: M1 Properties Provided by the California Desert Association of Realtors. Updated: 28th January, 2023 9:45 PM (UTC)


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TV Series and Contemporary Lives
It has been said that the 19th century saw the rise of the novel as a major art form, whereas the 20th century saw that of the cinema. Could we one day say that the 21st century was the turn of the television series or Who knows!
For the last twenty years or so they have certainly achieved considerable importance in contemporary culture. Countless publications testify to this. "It is too early to say that television series are the main art of the 20th century. On the other hand, as a form of expression they have undoubtedly acquired a maturity and a dose of inventiveness that make them complex and exciting, with a freedom of tone that many cinematic films no longer enjoy. Their division into episodes also allows them to adapt to our increasingly unstable and fragmented rhythms of life."
Long considered a minor cultural genre, TV series, which have multiplied exponentially, have also seen a significant overall improvement in their quality. There are now series that, aesthetically and, in terms of narrative quality, compete with the best films. Their omnipresence in contemporary culture, especially – but not only – among the younger generation, raises many questions: Do they bring an original artistic form to storytelling? Do the particularities of screenplays, generally determined by their length, contribute to a representation of human life and its choices that impoverishes or enriches the viewer? Do they constitute a radical innovation or a visual variation of the old genre of 19th-century feuilletons (the section of a newspaper devoted to fiction)?


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Undercover Boss Season 8 Episode 3
Greg Scott, CEO of New York & Company, works undercover to meet the people who keep his fashion retailer "en vogue."
Series: Undercover Boss
Episode Title: New York & Co.
Related TV Series
Le Monstre
Inspired by the story of Ingrid Falaise. A young woman meets a foreign student and falls in love. They quickly get married. The groom soon becomes physically and emotionally abusive….
Trolls: TrollsTopia
Inspired by the beloved DreamWorks Animation films, this series is the next chapter in the hair-raising adventures of the trolls. Now that Poppy knows there are other musical trolls scattered…
The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.
The Big Shot with Bethenny
The next generation of business moguls compete for a chance to be second-in-command to business tycoon and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel, and win a coveted position working on her executive…
After the Night
A 4-part true crime documentary series exploring a killer's harrowing legacy – of tragedy, grief, responsibility and redemption – through the eyes of those closest to the killer and his…
With help from her dad and grandmother, Nora Lum navigates young adulthood in Flushing, New York with her cousin.
A spinoff of The Goldbergs set in the 1990s that follows the faculty of William Penn Academy who, despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, are heroes to their students.
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you're a criminal for hire.
Rob Riggle's Ski master academy
A man going through a mid-life crisis buys a jet-ski school.
Chip Baskets has a dream: become a classically trained French clown in Paris. Things don't go as well as he'd like, though, largely because of an impenetrable language barrier. With…
A look at the lives of employees at a big box store.
Based on the true events which led to the outbreak of war in Gaza 2014.
Country: Israel,USA


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Q: Is it possible to create a select statement with the result of another select statement? Is it possible to create a select statement with the result of another select statement?
Important is, that Table2 can have a different number of columns.
Example:
Table1:
+------+------+
| colA | colB |
+------+------+
| colE |   0  |
| colF |   0  |
+--------+----+

Table2:
+------+------+------+
| colE | colF | colG |
+------+------+------+
|   1  |   1  |   1  |
|   1  |   1  |   1  |
+------+------+------+

select colA from Table1 where colB = '0';
Result:
colE
colF

and now I want to sum all values of the columns in Table2 where the column names are the same as in the result above (sum of all values of colE and colF). The result should be 4 in this case.
I use mariaDB.

A: You can use Dynamic SQL along with information_schema.columns table, which provides information about columns in tables, in order to derive the columns of the Table2by joining to the Table1 to get only matching columns such as
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT( CONCAT('SUM(',colA,')') SEPARATOR '+' )
  INTO @sql
  FROM ( SELECT t1.colA
           FROM( SELECT *
                   FROM information_schema.columns
                  WHERE table_name = 'Table2' ) AS c
           JOIN Table1 AS t1
             ON t1.colA = c.column_name ) AS t;

SET @sql = CONCAT('SELECT ',@sql,'  AS total FROM Table2');

PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

Demo

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O'Sullivan To Name Squad Today
Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan will name a squad of 35 players for the 2006 RBS Six Nations Championship today at 2.30pm.
….Ireland Coach Eddie O'Sullivan to name the Ireland squad today….
Ireland Coach Eddie O'Sullivan will name a squad of 35 players today for the 2006 RBS Six Nations Championship.
The squad will be available exclusively at 2.30pm on www.irishrugby.ie, the first and last stop for all the latest news on the Irish team during the RBS Six Nations Championship.
The long injury list that plagued the Ireland camp during the November Internationals has largely cleared up, with internationals Brian O'Discoll, Paul O'Connell, Denis Hickie, Guy Easterby and Eric Miller all recovered and back playing.
Only Munster duo Alan Quinlan and Frankie Sheahan remain the long term injury doubts as they continue to make progress from knee and neck injuries respectively.
Coupled with the good form of players for their provinces in the Celtic League and European competition, the Irish Coaching staff will have plenty of food for thought in selecting the squad.
Don't forget to click onto www.irishrugby.ie to see the Ireland squad first…….
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Code of conduct and speak up
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Together with the Manufaktur we developed the first part of the series "High Potentials" where young professionals are portrayed to inspire students in how a potential work live can look like. In this part a young mathematician tells her story of how her passion for codes and numbers lead her to the job as a business consultant.
The design contains stylized elements of the student life. Line paper, neurons, formulas and marked quotes. The whole layout is inspired by collages.


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'Powerful' telling of U.S. camp history
July 23, 2015 by CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor Leave a Comment
INFAMY: THE SHOCKING STORY OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT IN WORLD WAR II
By Richard Reeves (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2015, 368 pp., $32, hardcover, $18, paperback, $16.99, e-book)
"I had wanted to write this book for a long time for the simplest of reasons: to answer the question, 'How could this have happened here?'" With these plain words, Richard Reeves, award-winning journalist, author of best selling biographies, writer for The New York Times and The New Yorker and correspondent for the PBS series "Frontline," sets out in "Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II" to answer the question. Of course, the use of the words "infamy" and "shocking story" give away his take. The story, it turns out, was shocking.
In the interest of full disclosure, I spent three and-a-half years of my adolescence in a concentration camp during World War II, so I can't be fully objective. I confess that I was reduced to tears in reading parts of this book, tears of anger and pain. This reaction surprised me, since over the years, I've studied this piece of history fairly closely. Much in this book is familiar to me, but Reeves' narrative is so well done that it hit me all over again.
Reeves has taken full advantage of the tools and resources that are now available and he seems to have looked deeply and broadly. There are a few questions that I would raise: The Manzanar "riot" section seems slightly different from the accounts that I was told, and he also left out mention of William Hohri's Supreme Court class action suit that was fought in the 1980s. And there is the question of the use of the word "internment." Reeves understands that there are objections to its use to define the camps, but he says that he still finds it the best overall word.
Quibbles aside, having a journalist/historian of this stature tell the tale is a blessing because his words carry the weight of authority and he doesn't pull his punches. He says of two army officers most responsible for carrying out the mass incarceration, John DeWitt and Karl Bendetsen, "both bigots, the former a fool, the latter a brilliant pathological liar." And "the villains of this story include California Attorney General Earl Warren, who rode the anti-Japanese tide to the governorship of California," Cordell Hull, Henry Stimson, John McCloy, Roger Baldwin, Tom Clark, William O. Douglas, William Randolph Hearst Jr., Walter Lippmann, Edward R. Murrow, Dr. Seuss, and "hundreds of other raving journalists." Of course, there's also President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These are the men who put us behind barbed wire and kept most of us there for the war's duration.
Their roles are amply documented here.
Once the war started, the scapegoating began quickly and unrelentingly, and the government moved fast. We, American Japanese, were demonized and dehumanized, obvious targets for venting the frustrations and fears of the people due to the Pacific War. It shocked me to realize the virulence of the campaign against us and how it continued throughout the war. Isolated in my camp, Poston, Ariz., relatively cut off from what was happening outside, I was not fully aware of all that hate being directed at us.
Reeves uses diaries, memoirs, testimonies and histories, both written and oral, and the cumulative power of the stories he chooses brings home how devastating the camp experience was, especially for the Issei, the immigrant generation. You won't forget Stanley Hayami, the boy who kept a diary during his days in the Pomona Assembly Center in California and the Heart Mountain, Wyo. concentration camp who was killed in action in Europe in the final days of the war; or the Issei father who wept when he realized that the farm he thought he would return to could only be had by buying it back for an impossible sum of money. It had been sold without his knowledge.
Throughout the narrative, Reeves' sense of moral indignation propels it forward. This is a powerful book, an especially appropriate read for younger Nikkei who were never told much by their parents and grandparents. The trauma of the camps was so great that many retreated into becoming the "quiet" Americans and exhibited behavior that earned us the label, "the model minority." Now, in this one volume, I believe that they can get a good understanding of concentration camp history and how we became who we are.
But just about everybody can learn about the workings of our democracy and how easily it can be subverted. Reeves points out that this story is just one example in America's long history of abusing and mistreating immigrant groups and peoples of color. This should be a cautionary tale to keep us from acting so hastily again, for instance, in today's world, of scapegoating Muslim and Arab Americans. Have we learned any lessons? Maybe, and maybe not.
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Book Reviews, Featured, Featured Top Story Tagged With: book reviews, concentration camps, executive order 9066, wartime incarceration, World War II


This is an oil sketch 9.75 by 11.75 inches, and later, based on this, Constable produced a finished picture last seen in public in 1926, then it disappeared. It will most likely be in a private collection somewhere, probably in the USA.
If you could find the finished version, it would be worth a lot now.
Moving around to see more of the mill we can see the views below. You can't see any further down the river due to unmanaged tree growth where the towpath was.
As you can see, the main components of this image is still there, the lock design has changed and the whole lot is overgrown, but a small team with a chainsaw could recover this landscape.
Getting there: See Flatford Mill, crossing the bridge and turning left you reach this lock and the mill is just beyond.