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Looking back on Ray Pfeifer's legacy as Zadroga Act progresses in Congress
The late Ray Pfeifer received the key to New York City from Mayor Bill de Blasio for his efforts during and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He was a nationally known advocate for the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
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By Brian Stieglitz
A group of first responders and lobbyists led by retired East Meadow firefighter Kenny Specht gathered in Washington, D.C., on June 11 to press members of the House of Representatives to vote on the extension of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Footage from NowThis Politics shows Specht clutching the bunker jacket of the late Ray Pfeifer, who served with him in the East Meadow Fire Department's Engine Company No. 3. Pfeifer spent eight months at ground zero after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He eventually developed kidney cancer and died in May 2017 at age 59.
"The East Meadow Fire Department taught me brotherhood," Specht said before giving the jacket to a teary-eyed Jon Stewart, the former host of "The Daily Show" and a longtime friend of Pfeifer's.
Even in the throes of his illness, Pfeifer traveled to Washington to urge Congress to extend the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which provides health care coverage to 9/11 first responders fighting illnesses related to exposure to the toxins at the World Trade Center. Stewart became a leading advocate of the bill, and met Pfeifer along the way.
"I don't deserve this, but I will treasure it like I treasured Ray and our friendship and all of you," Stewart said of Pfeifer's jacket. "We're going to do it today, not just for Ray, but for all you guys and all the people he was fighting for."
Hours later, Stewart spoke to a half-full House Judiciary Committee, arguing passionately for the extension of the Zadroga Act. He called it "shameful" that so few members appeared, while many first responders were there to appeal to them. "Thank God for people like Ray Pfeifer," Stewart said. "The disrespect shown to him and the other lobbyists on this bill is utterly unacceptable."
On June 12, the Judiciary Committee approved legislation to extend the bill, which will be debated on the floor of the House before it is voted on and, if approved, sent on to the Senate. On Fox News's "Fox and Friends" on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, "There is no way we won't address this problem appropriately. We have in the past and we will in the future."
If the bill is passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by President Trump, Manhattan emergency officials who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks will be granted compensation until 2090.
"It's no surprise that [Pfeifer] worked this hard to get this passed," said EMFD Chief Eric Becker. "Some people would worry about themselves to make sure they're healthy. That's not Ray. Up until his dying moments, he'd work to help out other people."
Pfeifer joined the EMFD in 1978, and became its youngest captain in 1982. He was also a member of the New York City Fire Department, with which he responded to the 2001 attacks. Becker, who joined the EMFD in 1992, recalled seeing Pfeifer numerous times in the rubble initially known simply as "the pile."
Becker was also a member of the Emergency Services Unit of the New York City Police Department, and spent nine months combing through the wreckage at ground zero.
"Luckily I'm healthy," Becker said. "But it concerns me for my future. God forbid I do get sick. It's a shame that this is what we have to do to protect people . . . I'm very thankful for people like that who are fighting for us."
Becker said that Pfeifer often concealed the fact that he was ill, because he didn't want attention and was so used to helping others. "You've got to know Ray — he was a very humble guy," Becker said. "You'd never know he was sick. He'd tell you he had cancer, and then he'd laugh it off."
After Pfeifer died, members of the FDNY formed the Ray Pfeifer Foundation to benefit first responders with medical needs not covered by insurance. Pfeifer's friends said that his motto was "Do the right thing, even when no one is looking."
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The fact that it made front page news said it all. Julia Somerville being invited back to read the BBC evening news at the age of 63 shouldn't warrant a mention.
At least not in a world where your age doesn't matter. But sadly, despite all manner of well-meaning initiatives and legislation, age discrimination it is still with us – albeit in a subtle form.
Towards the end of this month I will become something I thought I would never be—a pensioner.
Time was when I reckoned I would be lucky if I reached 30, never mind 65.
But here I am, like most of my generation healthier and wealthier than my parents were when they were my age.
And, exceptionally for my business, I am still employed.
I cannot think of a single man who started working in television alongside me who is still in a media job.
But others can. Last week-end I met a producer and director, now in his late fifties, who despite being extremely well experienced and well thought of, hasn't worked for years.
"But you don't have to put your age on your CV do you?" I asked.
"No" he replied, "but just by looking at what you have done they can tell."
Another friend, in his sixties, reckons he's applied for more than 150 jobs in the computer business without success.
In my business, indeed any business these days where appearance counts, it can be even worse for women .
Witness the case of 53-year- old Miriam O'Reilly who won her case for age discrimination after being dropped from the BBC's rural affairs programme Countryfile.
Now with the re-instatement of Julia Somerville and the higher profile being given to Rip Off Britain presenters like Gloria Hunniford, it seems Auntie Beeb is, commendably, having a change of heart.
No–one has the right to go on forever. Not even dear old Brucie.
And in complaining about a nation that seems to have become obsessed with 'yoof' you run a real danger of being dubbed a boring old ... fellow.
But in many respects we have. It is a culture, a mind set, created in part by an advertising industry that for years believed the only people that really mattered commercially were the young .
The media followed suit. One producer I worked with didn't even want stories about old people on air.
It is nonsense. Even in these financially stricken times us post-war baby boomers have more disposable income than any other group.
Economically we are a force to be reckoned with. And, given that one in six of us will apparently live to be 100, we are not going away.
In the market place and in the employment field grumpy old men – and women – have a lot to offer.


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This history was inspired by a submission from Richelle McGarva to the Lord Tweedsmuir Alumni Research Competition. In a part of her submission Richelle had a short history of the Woodward Family. Richelle is the grand daughter of Ray Woodward. Extensive research by her Uncle Tom Woodward made this family history possible.
This Historic Marker just north of the Colebrook Road overpass marks the location of one of the first farms in Surrey. This picture was taken in 1989. Woodward's Hill runs through the William Woodward family farm that was first preempted in 1873 and settled within the next year.
William Woodward was born in Norley, Cheshire, England April 7, 1821. He was the fifth child of William and Sarah (Spruce) Woodward. William Woodward's father, also named William Woodward kept The Red Lion Inn in Norley. William Woodward married Hanna Spruce in the Parish Church of Norley in the County of Chester, Oct. 1, 1845. William and Sarah had a family of seven; one son, John, and six daughters; Sarah, Mary-Jane, Ellen, Anne, Elizabeth and Henrietta. Tragedy struck the family when William's wife Hanna died of tuberculosis in 1864. The tragedy was compounded when during an epidemic the two oldest girls, Sarah and Mary–Jane along with the youngest Henrietta died in 1866. As a result William Woodward came to Canada in 1870 along with his son John, who was thirteen years of age. The surviving three daughters remained in England at the time. William arrived in Victoria but moved to Nanaimo and then on to New Westminster. He was a stone mason by trade but had started farming, in approximately 1850 in Onston Hall near Norley, England in the years before coming to Canada.
Cut clear all trees, logs, brush etc. to a width of 16 feet and graded 12 feet wide with hard material and sufficiently rounded to allow the water to run off the road. All soft places to be corduroyed 12 feet wide and laid. On the solid ground covered with 4 inches of dirt or gravel.
All bridges were required to be 12 feet in the clear and substantially built and covered with cedar slabs of not less than 4 inches thick and 4 stringers. All timbers, in a bridge and corduroying, to be cedar.
The blazed line to be followed as near as possible, that is not to deviate more than one chain (66 feet) either side of the blazed line with the privilege of going round any large stump that may be in the way.
The whole project is to be completed to the satisfaction of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and works or his agent on or before 30th September next.
Section 2 from B to C was awarded with $800. At completion of B and C a sum of $2137 was awarded. An additional contract for the Serpentine Bridge was awarded for $700. Upon final inspection at completion an additional $1600 was awarded. Total for the road work and bridges competed by Oct. 1873 was $5237.
Prior to construction of the Semiahmoo Road and probably while cruising the slash line, William saw the possibilities of homesteading in Surrey. On January 8th, 1873 he registered his preemption of 160 acres of land (Preemption #977) along the Semiahmoo Road which he would open that same year. His son John preempted an additional 160 acres. The preemption, north of the Serpentine River and along the Semiahmoo Road, was preempted from Crown Land and purchased for a $1.00 an acre upon improvement. William was granted clear title to 197 acres of improved lands on June 14, 1886. William initially built a log cabin but by the following year he had built a substantial frame house, one of the first in Surrey. His land extended from the crest of the upland to the Serpentine lowlands in the vicinity of the crest of the hill below Highway #10 and along King George Highway, at what is now known as Woodward's Hill. In time, the farm would extend across the Serpentine River. John Brewer preempted the quarter section just east of William Woodwards.
Preemption of Crown Land was allowed in British Columbia until a general land survey of the Fraser Valley was undertaken in 1879. William Woodward's preemption #977 involved 197 acres of land. This could only be held in freehold if the land was improved and the Government paid $1.00 per acre. William was granted clear title to the improved lands on June 14, 1886.
In about 1880 William returned to England and brought back his unmarried daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, to the Surrey homestead. Ellen remained in England as she had married John Weaver. While there the couple lived in Cheshire and their first seven children were born. Another four children were born in Delta, BC.
This photo was taken in England about 1880 when William Woodward went back and brought out his two unmarried daughters to live with him and his son John in their Surrey home at Woodward's Hill.
Middle Row Adults L to R: Ann Woodward, Ellen (Woodward) Weaver and John Weaver.
Front Row: First four children of John and Ellen Weaver. *Julia, Florence, William and Francis.
*Later on the Weaver Family immigrated to Surrey, BC and Julia ended up in marriage with her Uncle John Woodward.
The Weavers, John and Ellen immigrated to Canada with their young family in 1887. John and Ellen eventually had a family of eleven: three girls and eight boys. Initially the family stayed at William Woodward's home for a few years, but in 1889 John Woodward bought 200 acres (District Lot 173) in South Burnaby and John Weaver moved his family to Burnaby to manage the Rose Hill Dairy. He remained in this position for a few years until he bought his own farm in Delta.
In 1889 John Woodward purchased 200 acres at District Lot 173. He developed "Rosehill" a small farm beside the North Arm Trail (Marine Drive). In the 1890's he was well known for the operation of a dairy farm and the production of root and hay crops. Woodward leased much of the excess land to Chinese farmers who farmed along Holland Road and below Trapp avenue on the Fraser River and sold their produce to the residents of New Westminster as wagon peddlers. In 1892 John sold 40 acres to A.M.S. Chalmers.
In 1906 the Canadian Pacific Railway began construction of a branch line to connect Eburne and New Westminster. John Woodward drew up an agreement with a real estate syndicate to subdivide the District Lot into twelve blocks each with 10–12 lots for sale. A Street grid followed the city grid plan of New Westminster incorporating the old North Arm Road and a railway spur. This spur line served the waterfront lots which were leased by the Municipality of Burnaby for unloading gravel for road construction. However, very little development occurred as the majority of the property was continued to be leased to Chinese Farmers. John sold the property in 1908.
This was the dairy farm "Rosehill" of John Woodward of Burnaby.
Julia (Weaver) Woodward and daughter Gertrude on the horse.
John and Ellen (Woodward) Weaver sitting on the wagon.
Man standing on the wagon is probably John H. Lewis.
Elizabeth Woodward married, an East Delta farmer, John Oliver. Together they had five sons and three daughters. John developed a very prosperous farm in East Delta. At age 44 he entered BC politics. In 1916, at age 60, he was appointed the first Liberal Minister of Agriculture and Railways for British Columbia. In 1918 became the Premier of British Columbia and served until his death in 1927. Through out his political career he was known Province wide as "Honest John Oliver". Elizabeth died in 1952 at the age of 93.
John Oliver and Elizabeth (Woodward) Oliver. The Oliver's and their family of eight.
Ann Woodward remained a spinster. s a child, in England, she was brain damaged from a bought of Black Measles. She lived with her family at Rose Hill Dairy and later with her sister Elizabeth and John Oliver in East Delta. Ann died in 1916 at age 61.
John Woodward married his niece, Julia Weaver. John and Julia had four children; Harry, Gertrude (Mrs. Cecil Collishaw), Hilda (Mrs. Percy Rumble), and Evelyn (Mrs. Ken Armstrong).
John Woodward and Julia (Weaver) Woodward and their family.
John was a very successful dairy farmer with Rose Hill Dairy in South Burnaby. In addition he operated the Woodward Family farm after his father's death in Dec. 1893. The family operated a stall in the Farmer's Market in New Westminster where they sold the products from the farm.
This picture is taken inside the Woodward Family home, on Woodward's Hill, in around 1910..
This picture is taken on the porch of the Woodward home..
Middle Row: John Woodward, Julia Woodward, Nellie Brown, Nellie Oliver, Gertrude Woodward with her hands on the top rail.
Front Row: Evelyn Woodward is in white, and Hilda Woodward is leaning on the post.
The Woodward family home was built by William Woodward beginning in 1874. The driveway was part way up 144A street just off King George Hwy on Panorama Ridge. It was continuously occupied by the family until the farm was foreclosed on and sold after 1933. The Woodward family home was torn down in 1946 after the family had used it for over 60 years.
The Woodward home became a Stage Coach Stop on the road from New Westminster to Blaine. This stage stop operated until the New Westminster Southern Railway began operation in 1891. The stop became the first Government Post Office, known as Mud Bay. The Mud Bay Post Office opened on July 1st, 1881 and closed May 4th, 1889. William Woodward was the Postmaster, which was Surrey's first postmaster. The Woodward home was the centre for social and religious activities in the area until Elgin became the main settlement centre about 10 years later. With the opening of the Victoria Terminal Railway in 1903, the Alluvia Station was located just south of their farm near Colebrook Road and the Semiahmoo Road. The station operated as Alluvia Post Office from March 1st, 1890 to Jan 1st, 1904. Alluvia Station was an important stop where farm and timber products were shipped. William served on the inaugural Surrey Council from 1879 until 1881. He was an active farmer and continued to take road improvement contracts. William Woodward died December 28, 1893 at his son's home at Rose Hill. He was 72 years of age.
John Woodward took over possession of the family farm. In 1898 he along with his neighbours Chantrell, John Stewart, and William McBride formed a company to dyke the farms with outside help. The total cost being $5,162.20 to dyke 538.73 acres. This price also included the necessary flood boxes. Milk was sold to Crescent Beach, with any surplus being made into butter with the skim milk being fed to pigs and calves. The grain and hay were usually shipped to Victoria, via the boat The Grainier, which drew so much water that it had to wait for the high tide to come up to the dock on the river.
John Woodward died from pneumonia on June 18, 1919. Mrs. Julia Woodward continued to live in New Westminster and for many years lived at 912 Tenth Street. She passed away in March 1955. From 1919 until his early death in 1932, their son Harry continued to operate the family farm. Harry Woodward married Gwendolin Ruth Ash in 1926. Harry and Ruth had three children; John, Beverly and Raymond.
Harry and Ruth Woodward resided in the original Woodward Family Home and worked the Woodward farm property. Their children are shown on the steps of the Ash farm house, which was located on New McLellan Road (Hwy. #10) across from the original Woodward farm. Ray on the left, John in the centre, and Beverly on the right.
Over the years all the Woodward and Weaver children had always gone to Mud Bay School, but when it closed in 1921 the children had the long walk over to Elgin School. As a result in 1924, Harry Woodward and a neighbour, Mr. Twist, donated an acre each to the Surrey School District. Woodward Hill School was built on those two acres at McLellan Road and Goldstone Road (Highway #10 and 146th Street).
Woodward's Hill School operated from 1924 to 1951 when it was closed and the students were accommodated at the new Sullivan Elementary that had been built after the destruction by fire of the Johnston Road School. The original Woodward School building was moved to 6945 134th Street and used as Unwin Hall at Unwin Park in Newton and was used as a facility for different occasions. The building was torn down in approximately 2002.
This is Grace Selina (Lougheed) Keery and her class in Woodward Hill School in 1925–26.
Front Row: Jimmy White, Frank Jones, Neil Smith, Tommy Dadson, Jack Grey.
Harry Woodward died in 1932 from pneumonia that was caused by his inhaling wheat husk dust into his lungs and the infection killed him. His wife, Ruth, could not manage the farm with three young children. This was the beginning of the Great Depression, land prices were depressed and a mortgage was being called in by the mortgage holder. Ruth was unable to pay. The estate was forced into bankruptcy and Westminster Trust took over the land and sold it off later. Louie Sangters had sold Harry $20,000 in life insurance. There was a $10,000 mortgage on the farm. Ruth chose to give up the farm. Ruth's youngest son, Raymond Woodward, was only two at the time. Ruth took her three children John, Bev and Raymond to White Rock after leaving the farm. They all lived there in a rental home from approximately 1933 to 1935. Ruth then met John Lihou, and remarried. She became pregnant with her fourth child but died in child birth Feb. 13th, 1937, six months before her 30th birthday. As the Great Depression was on John Lihou could not afford to look after four children. After about a year he was forced to give up the older children. The baby, Ruth Lihou, had survived at birth and was raised by her father and his new wife. The two oldest Woodward children, John and Beverly, went into foster homes in New Westminster until 1942. Eventually John and Bev were taken in by their grandparents, the Ash Family, whose farm was on Highway #10 almost across from the original Woodward Farm House and property. John and Bervery attended Lord Tweedsmuir High School.
Harry Woodward's sister Gertrude had married William Cecil Collishaw of White Rock. Ruth Woodward's youngest son, Raymond, was taken in by his aunt and uncle and raised in White Rock. Ray attended White Rock Elementary and Semiahmoo High School. Cecil and Gertrude had a family of their own; a son, Len, and two daughters, Edythe and Doreen.
Ray Woodward went into the automotive garage business, operating one on Marine Drive in White Rock, in partnership with Byrl Darling, before moving to the corner of 16th Avenue and 152nd Street (North Bluff and Johnston Road) and operating Coast Motors, a Shell Service Station and car wash. Today that is the site of the Royal Place Mall and Ray remains the owner. Ray married Jacqueline (Jackie) Carol Smith and had four children. William Thomas(Tom) whose extensive research is the basis of this history, Robert Steven(Steve), Cynthia(Cindy) Louise McGarva, and Kenneth James(Jim).
This is Ray and Jackie Woodward's wedding, June, 30th 1952.
Adults are shown L to R.
Ken Rumble, Gloria (Harris) Magley, John Woodward, Jacqueline (Smith) Woodward, Bonnie (Smith) Melko, Len Collishaw.
Girls L to R: Linda (Woodward) Stanton, Valerie (Arell) Galey.
John Woodward married B. Louise Wade and resided in New Westminster. John went into the Real Estate business with J.K. Cooper Real Estate. John and Louise had one daughter Linda (Woodward) Stanton and a son Eric John(Jack). This is John and Louise's wedding picture. On the left is Beverly Woodward and on the right is Norman Wade. In 1952 John bought two acres of land his great grandfather had settled on and built his family home at 14615 56th Avenue (New McLellan Road), now Highway #10. This property had been the two acres that Mr. Twist and John's father (Harry) had donated, in 1924, to Surrey School District for Woodward's Hill School. When the school closed in 1951 John bought both acres. He built his family home on Mr. Twist's acre and still holds the one acre that the actual school was built on. This is the last acre left from the original preemption of his great grandfather William Woodward in 1873. John now resides on Salt Spring Island and his brother Ray owns a summer house right next door.
Beverly Woodward married Waverly Spetch on April 7th, 1951. The couple lived in Burnaby and Waverly was an electrician contractor with his own company. They had three children; a son, Alan, and two girls, Marcia and Cathy.
This is a picture of the extended Woodward Family taken June 27, 1954 at Peace Arch Park to celebrate the 75th birthday of Lilian Ash.
Back Row: Ruth (Lihou) Sather,(half sister to John, Bev, & Ray) Ray Woodward, John Woodward, Wave Spetch, Carl Stenvold.
Middle Row: Jackie Woodward, Louise (Wade) Woodward, Lilian Ash, Bev (Woodward) Spetch, Dorothy (Ash) Stenvold.


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Чоха е националният костюм на Грузия. Първоначално дрехата се е наричала талавари на грузински и името чокха е въведена от персийски, което означава "облекло от плат". Чохата е направена от плътна тъкан и се разширява отдолу. Някои части на Кавказ също имат chokhas за жени. Чоха има три различни типа: Картл-Кахети, Хевсур и общата кавказка чоха. Културата на тези костюми предполага не само висококачествения текстил и способността да се изработи, но и начинът на носенето му. Чоха се комбинира заедно с подходящи обувки, шапка, изработена от овча кожа, колан със сребърни струни и ножна мушица. Той се използва широко от 9-ти век до 20-те години на миналия век. Днес хората все още го носят като символ на национална гордост при тържества и фестивали. Чоха е смятан за символ на смелост и всеки истински мъж е трябвало да притежава такава, но и в миналото, и днес, това облекло си остава скъпо удоволствие. Не всеки е можел да си позволи да носи чоха, особено селяните, те слагали само "архалуци".

Хевсурули чоха
Смята се, че районът Хевсурети в типичната за Грузия чоха е най-близо до средновековната версия. Предимно е къса и има трапецовидни форми. Отпред има разкошни декорации и дупки отстрани, които продължават до кръста. Тези декорации на Khevsur chokha са предимно икони и кръстове.

Картл-Кахети чоха
За разлика от Khevsur chokha, този е по-дълъг с подобни на триъгълник форми на гърдите, които разкриват вътрешния плат, подобен на риза, наречен arkhalukhi. От двете страни на гърдите има бандьолери - "джобове", заредени с подобни на куршуми аксесоари, наречени masri.

Обща кавказка чоха
Подобно на версията на Картл-Кахети, общата кавказка чоха в повечето случаи има различни декорации. Той има черни кожени колани, украсени със сребърни парчета и обикновено е по-дълъг от този на Картл-Кахети. Цветовете също могат да варират: има черно, бяло, синьо, сиво, червено или дори кафяво. Азерците го носят за изпълнение на своя жанр на народната музика, наречен мугам. Традиционно цветът на техния чоха определя възрастта на човека, който го носи.

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Trick Pony est un groupe américain de musique country fondé en 1996 par Keith Burns, (chanteur et guitariste principal), Ira Dean (chanteur et bassiste) et Heidi Newfield (chanteuse principale et guitariste).

Le groupe enregistra trois albums studio dans cette configuration : Trick Pony (2000), On a Mission (2002), et R.I.D.E. (2005). Il classa huit singles dans les charts américains.

En 2006, Newfield quitta le groupe pour poursuivre une carrière solo. Audrey Collins la remplaça mais un an plus tard, elle quitta aussi le groupe.

Biographie
Trick Pony fut fondé en 1996 par le guitariste Keith Burns et le bassiste Ira Dean. Les deux musiciens expérimentés avaient déjà de leurs côtés travaillés avec d'autres artistes country comme Joe Diffie pour Burns ou Tanya Tucker pour Dean. Ils décidèrent ensemble de composer un groupe avec deux hommes et une femme. Heidi Newfield, une amie de la femme de Burns fut choisie pour être celle-là. Le trio commença à se produire à travers le sud des États-Unis, développant leur propre style influencé par le rock sudiste et l'outlaw country.

En 2000, Trick Pony signa son premier disque avec Warner Bros. Records. Leur premier album sorti cette même année et fut directement placé à la  du Billboards country music charts grâce au single « Pour Me ». Les deux singles suivants remportèrent aussi un grand succès ("Ona Night Like This" et "Just What I do" nommé aux Grammy Awards). L'album est disque d'or.

En 2001, le trio reçu le prix de l'artiste de l'année par la Country Music Association.

Leur deuxième album (On a Mission) sort en 2003, en seront issus deux singles (On a mission et A Boy like you)

En 2004, le groupe signa son troisième album avec Asylum-Curb, nommé R.I.D.E. (abréviation de "Rebellious Individuals Delivering Entertainment"). Sur cet album on peut entre autres retrouver une reprise de la chanson It's a Heartache chantée à l'origine par Bonnie Tyler et Juice Newton. La version de Trick Pony fut classée  aux country music charts.

En , la chanteuse Heidi Newfield annonça son désir de quitter le groupe pour poursuivre une carrière solo. Elle fit son départ officiel juste après la fin de la tournée du groupe, en . Elle enregistra son album en juin 2007 toujours chez Asylum-Curb.

Aubrey Collins, une auteur compositrice de Littleton, dans le Colorado, qui avait auparavant été éliminée de l'émission de télé-réalité The One: Making a Music Star, diffusée sur la ABC fut choisie pour remplacer Heidi Newfield. Elle fit ces débuts officiels au sein du groupe en  au Country Thunder festival, en Arizona.

Elle quitta elle aussi le groupe, en  et enregistra elle aussi un album solo à la suite.

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Groupe musical américain des années 2000
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Groupe musical formé en 1996
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Artiste de Warner Bros. Records


Weird Lights Over Norway -- What the Heck Is This?
One news site carries this breathless headline: "Mysterious light appears over Norway before Obama Peace Prize speech."
I don't know about all that, but I do know that this is a very odd light in the sky. As a born-&-raised native of Southern California, I have seen with my own eyes several of those spectacular missile launches from Vandenberg AFB and the amazing lightshows they can give off in the night sky. But this doesn't look anything like those. I'm not sure what to make of this. What do you think?


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Staying or leaving – the situation of exchange students in Jyväskylä during Corona
In English | 17.03.2020
Since the weekend, everyday life in Finland has rapidly changed. Before last Thursday, Corona was not that noticeable for most of the students. But that changed when the University of Jyväskylä amongst other universities decided to ban all contact teaching and events.
Finnish government declared a state of emergency on Monday the 16th of March and introduced new measures. This came as a surprise for many exchange students and the uncertainty about whether to stay or to leave is growing.
The situation in Finland
According to the latest information, there are 272 confirmed cases of Corona in Finland, a country with a population of about 5.5 million people. The Director-General of the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Markku Tervahauta, said in an interview on Yle Radio Suomi that the actual number of infected people is suspected to be up to 30 times higher.
Since Saturday, only seriously ill people or members of risk groups and social and healthcare workers are tested on the virus. So in many cases, it stays unclear whether people with mild symptoms are infected or have a regular illness.
This uncertainty also includes the University of Jyväskylä.
Ágnes Stojcsics, Specialist in International Affairs from Student Union, said: "We got information during the weekend that some people at University have Corona-like symptoms, but they are not confirmed cases."
Some universities, including the University of Jyväskylä, decided during the weekend to move all teaching online and most of the staff is working from home. This is valid until the 22nd of March with the hope that there will be more information about the development then.
Also shared facilities are closed and sports courses, trips, and other events are preventatively canceled.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced at a press conference on Monday that schools, universities and other educational institutions will be closed until the 13th of April.
"Most of the courses can easily be moved online and guidance for technical support will be provided by the Digital Services", says Ágnes Stojcsics.
"The main question is how courses will be handled which can't be given online, for example sports courses. The Student Union is working together with the university to ensure that students can carry on with their studies and to minimize the negative impacts of the current situation."
The International Office has recently announced that exchange students will remain registered students at the University of Jyväskylä until the previously planned end of their studies abroad. According to this, there should be no problems to continue the studies from home whenever it can be arranged through distance learning.
Preparations are taken to close the country's borders except for Finnish citizens and Passenger traffic to Finland should be suspended soon. It would still be possible to go out in the public, but everything unnecessary should be stopped and meetings of more than ten people should be banned. Many public facilities as museums, hobby facilities or youth clubs will be closed.
The newest developments spread uncertainties among the exchange students in Jyväskylä whether they should leave or stay. Some exchange students have already been called to return by their home universities, others haven't heard anything yet.
The International Office in Jyväskylä has called on exchange students to follow the advice by their home universities. Those who received no other instructions would be welcome to continue studying and living in Jyväskylä and should follow the given instructions as any other student.
A concern of many students is that the next few days might be the last chances to go back home. Countries as Canada, the USA, and Spain closed their borders to most foreign travelers. Citizens are still allowed to go back to their country, but flights could get reduced or become very expensive. Stojcsics: "There is a lot of speculation at the moment and so much new information is coming in."
In general, universities can only give advice and everyone should decide for themselves. But in Stojcsic's view, the situation in Finland is not bad at the moment.
"It is, of course, important that safety instructions are followed and that we take care of each other, especially of people in the risk groups. But I don't see more danger here than in most of the other countries."
It would be important that students regularly check the email accounts that they have provided the University with and have a look at the latest updates at the university webpages.
What do the exchange students say?
The reactions of exchange students at the University of Jyväskylä are very different. Here you can read statements of some students from different countries:
Aude (22 years old) from France: "I am not going back to France because I think it is safer here. I thought about going back, but when I talked to my mom, she told me to stay here. Finland has less population so it is statistically safer. I don't even know if I would have enough money to pay an emergency flight and I fear that I might not be able to go back if something happens at home. But if someone of my family would get ill, there is nothing I could do for them anyway. So I try to be around as a supportive person via Whatsapp and calls."
Marion (20 years old) from France:
At first, I did not take the virus too seriously, but now it scares me. It is growing in a way I did not expect it, although I am not sure if we dramatize the situation or not. I am a bit lost right now about going back home or not, because I am afraid to get stuck in Finland.
David (21 years old) from Spain: "I think it surprised everyone how serious the situation has become. But I didn't consider going back home because many of my family members are part of the risk group and I don't want to put them in danger by possibly transmitting the virus to them."
Dominik Braun (28 years old) from Germany:
I am not scared because I don't feel like the people I know are in the danger group. The virus is not that bad on a personal level, the problem is more about the state level. But I think the measures which are taken at the moment are needed, necessary and the right way to handle it. At the moment I don't plan to go back because I don't have to be physically back in Germany and I still find things to do here in Jyväskylä. I don't fear not being able to go back home. Airlines are shortening their operations, but I think there will always be flights available now and then.
Hana (21 years old) from the Czech Republic:
"The development of the last four days changed my opinion absolutely. On Thursday I was worrying that my university or government might force me to go back. But with every day I realized that the situation got worse. I was afraid that eventually, all my friends will have to leave and that I am stuck here alone if I don't decide to leave now. That is why I am leaving Finland in two days. I feel that in the current situation it is better to be home with my family. But I can't even express how sad I am about it. I am still worried about if the situation will turn better in one or two weeks and my decision turns out to be the wrong one."
Shannon (20 years old) from the US / Chicago area:
"In general I think the situation here in Finland is pretty calm at the moment. I don't feel the sense of panic that people seem to experience elsewhere and I would prefer to stay here rather than going back. I feel safer here than in the US. But I will leave Finland nevertheless because my family is worried about what might happen when I stay. It seems very possible that I could get stuck here for an indefinite period of time. And my home university highly recommended to all students abroad to return. But I still plan to finish my semester via online courses.
Chloe (20 years old) from the US / Montana:
"Right now I am just waiting for more information from my university because they are making the final call. My parents think it is probably safer here in Finland than in the US. I agree with them because traveling seems like not the best thing for me right now. I am just trying to stay calm and go on with my life until I get more information."
Hang Man (21 years old), from Hong Kong, studying in Germany:
"The last days didn't change my opinion on the topic too much. But it got difficult to find bread or pasta in the supermarkets till WHO declares the virus a pandemic. I don't consider going back to my home country because the airport is the easiest place to get infected and it is just a question to rather stay in my dorm in Finland or Hong Kong."
Tamara (23 years old) from Slovenia:
I don't feel so much pressure about the virus here, but it bothers me that most of the conversations and news are about it. It is exhausting, but currently, these are just the circumstances right now and we have to live with it. For me it is not such a problem that they are closing everything, I can always find ways to keep busy. I definitely don't think about going back to my home country. I was meant to stay here till the end of May and I don't want to interrupt it at this point. And even if I would get stuck for a time, I think it would be no problem to stay even longer than planned."
The Coronavirus in a nutshell
The Coronavirus alias COVID-19 was first detected at the end of December 2019 in China. Scientists assume that it was first passed on to humans from an infected animal and spread with an unimaginable speed afterward.
On the 11th of March, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the situation a pandemic, affecting people across national borders. In total, nearly 165,000 cases have been globally diagnosed, but the numbers are changing daily and a high number of undiscovered cases is suspected.
Symptoms of a Corona infection can be different in type and strength, but most common are high fever over 38 degrees Celsius, cough and shortness of breath. The virus spreads mostly from person to person directly, but can also survive on surfaces for a certain time. Incubation time can vary and lies between one and eleven days.
All in all, about 80 percent of the reported cases have been mild and most of the infected persons have recovered, but yet around 6,500 people died of the consequences. Still, scientists don't know much about the virus, especially about how it might spread further.
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In English, Mielipiteet | 26.11.2018
Last words: Exchange is a unique experience to meet new people. Yet, few exchange students mingle internationally.
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President Bill Clinton will deliver a keynote address in Temple University's Liacouras Center April 10, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Temple Law Foundation, a group founded in 1959 to promote excellence in the Beasley School of Law, and will launch the Foundation's new, annual guest lecture series benefiting student scholarships and the Barrack Public Interest Fellowship Program. Additionally, former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell will moderate a question-and-answer session. To choose seats and purchase tickets, visit law.temple.edu/lawfoundation-lecture and click "Event Tickets," call Comcast Tickets at 1-800-298-4200 or go to the box office in the Liacouras Center on Main Campus. The foundation also is providing full-time undergraduate Temple students with complimentary tickets. Students with a TUid may pick up tickets at the Liacouras Center box office.


Here are a few things to consider before taking a payday loan in East Orange New Jersey.
1. In the case that you have no idea how you can budget and save your hard earned cash, at that point you may need to debt counselling in order to reduce the requirement for payday advances down the road.
2. Pay day advances more often than not have a ton of fine print at the lowest part of the agreement. Make sure you read through and comprehend everything written prior to signing.
3. In the event that you wish to receive a payday loan or cash loan, see to it that you get access to your most recent work pay-check stubs in addition to your checking account details.
4. In order to assure that you pay off your advance on schedule, verify that you keep up on when ever the payday loan or cash loan is scheduled to be paid and take the mandatory measures to ensure it's paid off.
5. To avoid needing to get payday advances later, start stashing an urgent situation fund of at the very least $500.
6. Execute a integrity check on the agency you're looking into working with for the payday loan assistance. Anyone can do this by checking the BBB or other Rating departments.
7. Submit a grievance with your state agency in the case that you believe you have been dealt with unfairly or dishonestly by a payday advance or cash advance provider.
8. Not sufficient funds fee and even bounced check service charges could build up fast and may be quite pricey, so be careful not to over extend your resources when getting a cash advance.
9. Never fail to make an effort and repay your payday advance or cash loan completely when it is due without going past the due date.
10. As unpleasant as it may be to ask a good friend or relative for funds , it can come out a lot better than receiving a payday loan . If that's not an possibility, try applying for a credit card or any credit line before a payday loan , frequently times the rates on these are much lower than what you would spend on a payday advance.


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Cincinnobotrys speciosa är en tvåhjärtbladig växtart som först beskrevs av Abílio Fernandes och Rosette Mercedes Saraiva Batarda Fernandes, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Jacq.-fél.. Cincinnobotrys speciosa ingår i släktet Cincinnobotrys och familjen Melastomataceae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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