With a great smile on our face, we're delighted to announce that our very own Kurt 'Kurt0411' Fenech has officially qualified for the first FUT Champions Cup which is coming up soon. The youngster revealed his success through Twitter, modestly stating that another "goat" apart from Messi is on his way to Barcelona. His confidence is fantastic, but hopefully it won't get the better of him.
Part of the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series, the Road the the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018, the event is bringing the very best competitive professionals from around the globe. The top competitors will be taken to iconic football localities, in this case Barcelona, further merging the virtual and the physical aspects of the sport. A total of 128 players have been invited to this event specifically, with $200,000 of cash prize on the line and the chance to continue to the coveted eWorld Cup later on in 2018, perhaps becoming the FIFA 18 World Champion. All the action will take place between the 26th and 28th of January, so make sure you free up your week to support Kurt0411. Speaking of whom; how good are his chances heading into this event?
If you've caught a glimpse of Kurt0411's streams, it's probable that you've gotten slightly bored since he's simply unstoppable. Most recently, his recent invitational stream was extraordinary fun to watch. Kurt0411's sense of pride and determination make him a top contender for the event, he has such a strong love for the game and is an incredible critic of the in-game mechanics. If he continues forward with more practice and focus, Gamers.com.mt is sure that Kurt0411 will find success at the Barcelona event.
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The following largely unconfirmed records have appeared in Bulletins of the African Bird Club and are for information only.
from ABC Bulletin 26.1
A Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata photographed c.3–4 km from the summit of Mutumba in the direction of Nyamatete, Akagera National Park, on 22 December 2018, would be the first for Rwanda (GV per www.hbw.com/news/firstcountry-reports).
On 2 December 2017, a group of c.100 Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa was observed at Bugesera, in the south-east (Fig. 23; CN); there is just one previous record for Rwanda, of a single in ricefields of the Nyabugogo Valley on 28 December 1986 (Vande weghe, J. P. & Vande wege, G. R. 2011. Birds in Rwanda)
A Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius remained on the Kilala Plain, Akagera National Park, from 22 October until at least 13 November 2016; according to Vande weghe & Vande weghe (2011. Birds in Rwanda—An Atlas and Handbook) the species is an irregular visitor, with only five previous records, the last being from 1990 to the south of the park. In August, a Shoebill Balaeniceps rex was showing well on the Kilala Plain; this scarce resident breeds in the large swamps of Akagera, but sightings are rare. A Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri was observed near rice paddies in Rusumo District, south-east Rwanda, on 13 November; this uncommon and irregular visitor was probably a wanderer from Burundi or Tanzania (JH)
The first Eastern (Long-tailed) Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea for the country was photographed near Ibanda-Makera Forest, Kirehe District, on 15 May 2016 (JHo & JdG); the species is not mentioned in Vande weghe & Vande weghe (2011. Birds in Rwanda). Possibly the same male was observed c.30 km away, at itta Pitta angolensis was photographed near Bambou Lodge, at the edge of Volcanoes National Park, on 15 May—a notable sighting (per JHo). A male Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis was noted in Kigali on 18 March; this species is seldom recorded in Rwanda (JHo).
A Black Stork Ciconia nigra was roosting in a tree in Akagera National Park on 22 March 2015; according to Vande weghe & Vande weghe (2011. Birds in Rwanda) this is the first record of this species since 1969.
The most noteworthy records from the period September–December 2014 include the following. A Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor was photographed at Hippo Beach, Lake Mihindi, Akagera National Park (=NP), on 11 September; according to Vande Weghe & Vande Weghe (2011. Birds in Rwanda: An Atlas and Handbook) this is the first confirmed record since 1987. White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus and Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis, both reported as very rare and probably locally extinct due to habitat loss (Vande Weghe & Vande Weghe 2011) were observed in good numbers by the Rwanda Birding Club; the former was present at a dam near Nyamata in Bugesera District and the latter at two locations in Bugesera District and at Rugezi Swamp. An injured female Striped Crake Amaurornis (=Aenigmatolimnas) marginalis was found in Akagera NP on 13 December; there are fewer than ten records in Rwanda. An immature Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni was observed at Lake Garharwa, Bugesera District, on 15 October; although field guides state that the species is frequent in Rwanda, Vande Weghe & Vande Weghe (2011) mention no records since 1984. A subadult male Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus was seen in Akagera NP on 19 October; this species is very irregularly recorded in the country.
A presumably over-summering juvenile Osprey Pandion haliaetus was observed at Lake Muhazi on 8 and 14 June 2014; the only record in the boreal summer months mentioned by Vande Weghe &Vande Weghe (2011. Birds in Rwanda) is that of a bird in Akagera National Park in July 1971. A Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus seen in Kigali on 15 May is a late date; the previous latest record is 5 May.
A Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii was observed near the golf course in Kigali on 18 May 2013; this is apparently a new locality for this species, which was previously known only from Akagera National Park (=NP) on the eastern border. After having been observed for six consecutive years during its migration through the country in May, no African Pittas Pitta angolensis were recorded in 2013; the first sightings date from May 2007, when it was found in Buhanga Eco-Park and Musanze. Peter's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus, a rare bird in Rwanda, was recorded in Mashoza Forest, a small and unprotected patch in the east; the species was previously known only from Akagera NP.
A Rockefeller's Sunbird Cinnyris rockefelleri was reported from Nyungwe (Forest) National Park on 18 November 2010. The bird was being chased by a Regal Sunbird C. regia and at one stage both birds perched next to each other. The extensive red and limited yellow on the underparts, as well as the call, which was totally different from that of Regal Sunbird, were noted.
What appears to be the first Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina for Rwanda, a male, was photographed in a eucalypt and pine plantation, c.4 km east of Kibungo town, Ngoma District, on 21 August 2010; it was accompanied by a second bird, presumably a female. Other noteworthy records from 2010, with one from late 2009, include a Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus at Gahini on 7 February; four Madagascar Pond Herons Ardeola idae at Kageyo on 6 June; a Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesii photographed on a small reservoir near Kageyo village on the western fringes of Akagera National Park on 22 August; a Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, a rare vagrant, at Gisenyi, on the shores of Lake Kivu, on 28 December 2009; a Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus at Lake Bulear on 20 March, a Brown-backed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi at Gahini on 7 February; and a Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis at Nyankora on 28
February.
A pair of Green-backed Eremomelas Eremomela canescens found in open woodland in Akagera National Park on 8 April 2010 appears to be the first for Rwanda. The grey crown and nape, blackish mask, contrasting green upperparts, white throat and upper breast, and yellow lower breast and belly were clearly seen. A Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea, a generally scarce Palearctic winter visitor, was observed at Bugarama, near the Rubyiro River, in December 2008.
Records from Nyungwe Forest from the period June - October 2008 include the following. Breeding records include the following species seen on the nest: Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus (13 June), Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus (3 August), Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus (15 June), Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus (3 August), African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis (12 July), Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri (13 June), Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus and Dark-backed Weaver P. bicolor (28 June). An African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta was seen feeding a nestling on 2 August. A flock of ten Red-collared Babblers Kupeornis rufocinctus with two short tailed juveniles were found on Bigugu trail on 25 July and on 2 August an adult was seen carrying nesting material. A Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni was nest building in vine tangles near Kamiranzovu swamp on 13 September.
Notable migrants in Nyungwe included a flock of 12 European Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus flying south on 12 October, an African Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii at Kitabi, at over 2,000 m, on 22 August, and three large flocks of
European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster on 13 October.
House Sparrow Passer domesticus has now reached Rwanda: it was observed in Gitarama in June and in Kigali in September.
An African Pitta Pitta angolensis was seen in Buhanga Forest, on the outskirts of Musanze, Ruhengeri, Northern Province, on 17 - 18 May 2008. Interestingly, single African Pittas were reported around the same dates in 2006, in Buhanga Forest and in a garden in Musanze, and also elsewhere in Rwanda / south- west Uganda.
A male Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica was seen in Buhanga Forest, on the outskirts of Musanze (Ruhengeri), on 26 July 2007; the small forest has no formal protection, but local people maintain it as a sacred site. This would constitute the second record for the country, the first having been reported in November 1989 from Akagera National Park. Previous records of the similar-looking Bennett's Woodpecker C. bennettii in Rwanda are presumed to be based on misidentifications.
An African Pitta Pitta angolensis was found in a garden in the town of Musanze, Ruhengeri, Northern Province, on 19 May 2006, and stayed for several days. It fed on a wide variety of insects and worms and could be approached to within 2 m.
Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies was found to be still common in what remains of Akagera National Park, where at least 13 were seen on 1-2 June 2005; this species has a very restricted range and Akagera is probably the site where it is most easily observed.
In June 2003, a short, hassle-free trip to the country produced the following records. In Nyungwe Forest, the majority of the Albertine Rift endemics were found, including Handsome Francolin Francolinus nobilis, Rwenzori Turaco Ruwenzorornis johnstoni, Abyssian (Kivu) Ground-Thrush Zoothera (piaggiae) tanganjicae, Grauer's Swamp-Warbler Bradypterus graueri, Red-collared Babbler Kupeornis rufocinctus, Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni and others. Uniformly dark swifts, uttering tic calls similar to those of Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus but much less frequent, possibly were Schouteden's Swift S. schoutedeni, which has been recorded less than 70 km away. In Akagera National Park, which is now about one-third of its former size but has the new boundaries apparently properly defined (and marked on a new map), sightings included Shoebill Balaeniceps rex and Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies.
In Nyungwe Forest Reserve, the endangered Grauer's Swamp-Warbler Bradypterus graueri and Kungwe Apalis Apalis (rufogularis) argentea (the latter treated as a race of the widespread Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis by the African Bird Club) were still well represented and easily found along the tarred road around the campsite, during a short and quite safe visit in June 2001.
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A suicide bomber and his victims are set to become travelers, but the bomb explodes and only Donner, the bomber, survives. Devastated by his failure, Donner tries to betray the traveler program to the authorities, but the entire hearing is populated by travelers who hold a trial and convict Donner of treason. Donner is overwritten by a new traveler, who must serve Donner's prison sentence, and reports that things in the future are getting worse despite the changes enacted by Traveler teams in the 21st. Luca approaches Donner in prison, implying that he has lost faith in the Director. Ken, David's boss, believes David's relationship with Marcy is inappropriate. Upon meeting Marcy, he believes she has defrauded the system. Marcy saves David's job by repaying her benefits. Grace, Trevor's guidance counselor, and Jacqueline, Carly's social worker, genuinely care about them, respectively. Grace tries to help Trevor with his academics, and Jacqueline promises that she will not let the system fail Carly and her child. Philip discovers that gambling outcomes are deviating slightly from the historic record.
In 2018, four unconnected people suddenly undergo personality changes at what would have been their moments of death: Marcy, a young, intellectually disabled woman, is assaulted but fights off her attackers and is no longer impaired; high-schooler Trevor concedes a mixed martial arts fight after being overmatched; heroin-addicted college student Philip drops his syringe just as his roommate injects a fatal overdose; and young mother Carly stares down her baby's abusive father. FBI agent MacLaren tracks their subsequent communication and confronts them; they reveal that they are among thousands of time travelers sent from the future to avert a global crisis, and that MacLaren was to die that night while pursuing a murderer they have already killed; MacLaren is taken over by a fifth traveler, who happens to be the team's leader.
Visitors may want to return to the Belgian capital in 2018 to visit two cutting-edge museums. The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art opened in the once-infamous Molenbeek district's old Belle-Vue brewery this past spring, to showcase contemporary art from around the world. There's also the Citroën Cultural Centre, a new collaboration with Paris's Centre Pompidou, which will launch its first exhibition in May. The edgy JAM Hotel, an industrial-chic property with exposed brickwork and concrete beams housed in a former art school, is the perfect place for culture-lovers to stay. Don't leave town without paying homage to Belgium's UNESCO-recognized beer culture at youthful breweries like Brasserie de la Senne or Brussels Beer Project, both of which are shirking brewing traditions in favor of more experimental microbrewery techniques. —Meredith Bethune
Certain that his team erased his memory of the previous day, MacLaren retraces his steps in the case of a disturbed youth with a horrific future. The future is changed due to his positive impact on the boy. Jeff, confronting the Travelers with his knowledge of their existence, is overwritten by a new Traveler. Grace grants the predecessor of the Director, an AI called Elsa, access to the Internet so MacLaren and his team can use it to find Traveler 001.
The Director can invoke three other protocols in special situations: Protocol Alpha temporarily suspends all other protocols when a critical mission must be completed at all costs, Protocol Epsilon can be invoked when Traveler archives are threatened, and Protocol Omega permanently suspends all other protocols when the Director abandons the Travelers because the future has either been fixed or deemed impossible to fix.
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After asking Marcy to move out, David admits he cannot bear to be without her. She tells him she is dying, and they kiss. Trevor tries to connect with his father. Jeff files assault charges, preventing Carly from finding a job. She asks him to take the baby for an afternoon, unaware he has tipped Kat off to Carly's relationship with MacLaren. Under orders, a traveler murders her host's Cabinet-member husband, and instructs MacLaren to board a flight as Congressman Bishop's seatmate. In flight, MacLaren learns he is to activate a stasis field to save himself and Bishop, while all others aboard will die in a crash. MacLaren discovers Kat followed him on board, believing she would witness his infidelity. He instructs Kat and Bishop to use the stasis device, and attempts to survive impact unaided, using only Philip's knowledge of the crash. At the crash site, the team resuscitate Kat and Bishop, and Bishop is overwritten. To Carly's dismay, MacLaren is taken away by traveler paramedics before the team can reach him.
The capital may be set on banks of the Potomac, but it's never had a reputation as a great waterfront city. That could all be about to change, thanks to the $2.5 billion, 24-acre District Wharf, which opened in October just south of the National Mall. The shiny new InterContinental Washington D.C.-The Wharf offers access to the development's new parks, music venues, 50-plus shops, and 20 restaurants — which include projects from area chefs like Fabio Trabocchi, Mike Isabella, and wunderkind Kwame Onwuachi. This is also set to be a banner year for culture: the Freer and Sackler galleries, sister museums that champion Asian art, recently reopened after a 20-month renovation, the National Gallery of Art will host the first-ever show dedicated to Cézanne's portraits from March to July, and the Kennedy Center continues its inaugural season of hip-hop programming curated by Q-Tip. —Brooke Porter Katz
With an exciting influx of new and revamped hotels, an up-and-coming restaurant scene, and a blossoming wine industry, Idaho's capital city—traditionally known as a convention destination — has started to attract the attention of leisure travelers. Boise's invigorated downtown is evidence of the trend, with the newly opened Inn at 500, a 110-room boutique property whose perks include balconies overlooking the capitol, and its on-site restaurant, Richard's, owned by James Beard Award-nominated chef Richard Langston, leading the way. (Meanwhile, Hotel 43 and The Grove both recently unveiled swank renovations.) The city's craft-beer scene continues to impress; one noteworthy newcomer is White Dog Brewing, whose rustic taproom features a 24-foot "frost rail" that keeps your beer, well, frosty. In other toast-worthy news, Boise has become a hub for Idaho's growing wine industry. Oenophiles shouldn't miss a stop at the new downtown tasting room of Coiled Wines. Owner Leslie Preston — a native Idahoan who sharpened her skills at Clos du Bois and Stags' Leap in California — makes a spectacular dry Riesling. Getting there is easier than ever: to meet rising demand, American Airlines has launched new nonstop service from Chicago O'Hare, while Southwest now runs a nonstop from San Diego. —Blane Bachelor
In 1998, the Travelers Group merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup.[10] However, the synergies between the banking and insurance arms of the company did not work as well as planned, so Citigroup spun off Travelers Property and Casualty into a subsidiary company in 2002,[12] although it kept the red umbrella logo. Three years later, Citigroup sold Travelers Life & Annuity to MetLife.[13] In 2003, Travelers bought renewal rights for Royal & SunAlliance Personal Insurance and Commercial businesses.[14][15]


Savory Corn Waffles Recipe & Instructions | Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Great for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Start with your favorite pancake mix and add a can of Cream Style Golden Sweet Corn—so creamy that you can skip adding any butter or oil.
In a medium bowl, stir together all ingredients until dry ingredients are moistened.
Coat top and bottom of waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray. Pour about ¾ cup batter onto center of waffle iron bottom; close lid. Cook until crisp and golden brown, according to waffle iron manufacturer's directions.
To keep cooked waffles warm, place uncovered on baking sheet in 200°F oven until ready to serve.
Delicious with with bacon and eggs, with maple syrup and apples or berries, as a substitute for bread in a BLT, or as a substitute for a tortilla in tostadas.


The other day my wife and I walked to the nearby Chevron gas station where we commonly pick up beer for the home. I'm not a big proponent of supporting gas stations in any way, but this particular one has a pretty quality beer selection in their "beer cave" out of which we grabbed a twelve-pack of PBR (quality, right?). Everything was normal for your typical gas station purchase. Even to the point of the cashier talking on the phone as she was ringing us up. I hardly thought anything of it until the manager, whom I've had good friendly conversations with before, walked up next to us and berated the cashier.
She ended her telephone conversation and gruffly finished our transaction, and we left with our beer.
The entire interaction made me think though how nice it was that that attention to customer service was actually important to the manager. That's because good customer service is an important matter. We've all had bad customer service experiences I'm sure. Since I've begun working in bike shops I've seen a progression towards delivering better customer service in myself. Not that I ever talked on the phone in front of a customer like the above example, but I know at times I can deliver less than patient service. This surliness that can be sometimes evident may be waning. It's certainly not going to disappear entirely I'm sure, but I think I've learned a patience and a hospitality that a paying customer would value. It is, afterall, all about them, right?


Plessey Semiconductors announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Matrix Electrónica S.L. for the Iberian market for Plessey's GaN on Si LED products.
Jose María Vilallonga Presas, President and CEO of Matrix, said, "We are very excited about partnering with Plessey. I am confident that the combination of Plessey's innovative products and our extensive knowledge of the market will be very successful. The GaN-on-Si technology is going to be a revolution in the solid state lighting market and Matrix will be a pioneer in introducing the new technology in Spain and Portugal." David Owen, Regional Sales Director for Plessey, added, "Plessey are very pleased to work with a distributor who has been focusing on the solid state lighting market for a considerable number of years. Matrix has a dedicated team working in the lighting segment and therefore considerable knowledge of the lighting industry and customer base in the region." Matrix is headquartered in Madrid with offices across Spain, Portugal and Chile.


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Harold Poole
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Harold Poole was a legendary American bodybuilder known for being on the most formidable competitors throughout the 60s and 70s. Harold was born on Christmas Day in Louisville Kentucky. From an early age, he displayed a great skill in physical activities, excelling in American football, track, and wrestling.
Later down the road, after he began weightlifting, Harold graced the bodybuilding world with a physique that was never seen before. At his very best, Harold boasted a perfect balance of muscle size, proportion, and definition. He was ahead of the curve.
In over two decades of competing, Harold claimed numerous titles. Including the 1962 Mr. America, North American Champion, 1963 IFBB Mr. Universe, and many more. Harold also competed in three consecutive Mr. Olympia contests, becoming the first bodybuilder to achieve such a feat.
He was later voted the Greatest Teen Bodybuilder of All Time, among many accolades he'd gathered throughout his gleaming career. This is his story:
Athlete Statistics
Full Name: Harold Poole
Height Age Date of Birth Nationality
6' (183cm) 77 December 25, 1943 American
Profession Era
Professional Bodybuilder 1960, 1970, 1980
Height 6' (183cm)
Date of Birth December 25, 1943
Profession Professional Bodybuilder
Era 1960, 1970, 1980
Mr. America – AAU, 18th
Mr. Mid-America – AAU, Most Muscular, 2nd
Mr. America – AAU, 4th
Junior Mr. America – AAU, Overall Winner
Mr. America – AAU, Most Muscular, 1st
Mr. America – AAU, 2nd
North American Champion – AAU, Winner
Teen Mr. America – AAU, 2nd
Universe – IFBB, Tall, 1st
Universe – IFBB, Overall Winner
Mr. America – IFBB, Tall, 1st
Mr. America – IFBB, Overall Winner
Mr. Olympia – IFBB, 2nd
Pro Mr. America – WBBG, Winner
Mr. USA – IFBB, Tall, 1st
Mr. World – IFBB, Tall, 3rd
Night of Champions – IFBB, 12th
Grand Prix California – IFBB, 7th
Grand Prix New England – IFBB, 9th
Night of Champions – IFBB, 6th
Canada Pro Cup – IFBB, 8th
World Pro Championships – IFBB, 9th
IFBB Hall of Fame
WBBG Hall of Fame
Athletic Early Years
Born and raised in Kentucky, Harold Poole was an athletic child since his early youth. At the age of 12, his pursuit of sporting activities began – including wrestling, boxing, track, and American football.
In his first year of training, Harold grew by leaps and bounds in his power and speed, which was evident by his results in sports.
He was able to run a quarter mile in just 54 seconds, in addition to placing second in his high school wrestling tournament at 175 lbs of solid muscle.
Beginning of Weight Training
Harold's track coach, Roy, suggested to Harold to try weight training to improve his results in sports even further.
At the time, weightlifting practice was looked down upon – it was still somewhat a taboo topic in the mainstream. But this didn't hold Harold back, who soon took on weight training and started his journey towards a bigger and stronger body.
By the time he was 18, Harold carved out a muscular and lean physique, weighing 200lbs. With his improved physicality, he soon became the heavy-weight wrestling champion in his school.
He also took 2nd place at the Indiana State Heavyweight competition. Along with throwing a 12lbs shot, 55-inches, displaying his sheer explosive power.
A New Path
Seeing the benefits of strength training, Harold soon became infatuated with his new lifestyle. One thing led to another, and he soon turned all of his focus to bodybuilding. He excelled quickly at it.
Even though Harold first discovered weight training thanks to his coach, his further developments came when he took mentorship from his close friends and training partners, Dossie and Loren.
Harold and his two friends trained together for many years, following a three-day-per-week workout plan. According to Harold, they trained religiously and never missed a single workout.
Junior Mr. Indianapolis
Harold's hard work in the gym paid off in 1960. It was then that he took part in his first bodybuilding show and subsequently claimed his 1st place title. With this victory, he was now known as Junior Mr. Indianapolis.
But this wasn't all. Harold also qualified for his first ever AAU Mr. America contest, which he would later win on multiple occasions – in 1964, 1967, and 1968.
Although he was still in his early 20s, Harold possessed a physique that was ahead of his time. He usually competed against more experienced and mature bodybuilders, yet was still able to take home titles on a regular basis.
If his first year of competing was anything to go by, it was clear Harold would eventually become one of the world's best bodybuilders.
Further Success
By 1961, Harold was achieving success on multiple 'fronts.' He not only competed and won regularly in athletics, but also added to his trophy room in bodybuilding.
He went on to win two shows, the Mr. Junior America and Mr. Indianapolis, along with placing amongst the top five at the AAU Mr. America.
A year later, Harold stepped it up to claim his AAU Mr. North America title, which was one of his biggest victories up to this point.
However, it wasn't until 1963, after transitioning to the IFBB league, that Harold would reach the peak of his career.
Taking IFBB by Storm
Having entered the elite IFBB league for the first time, Harold was ready for new challenges.
He quickly made a name for himself by winning both the Mr. America and IFBB Mr. Universe titles. The former saw him become the first ever African-American bodybuilder to win such a prize.
Harold Poole on a bodybuilding magazine cover.
Almost Mr. Olympia
In 1965, a new type of show was introduced to bodybuilding, something that would eventually become the biggest event in the sport. It's name – Mr. Olympia.
Harold, with his previous success and a spectacular physique, was one of the favorites to win the show. In the eyes of many, he was the man to claim the prize.
However, this never happened. In the first ever Mr. Olympia, Harold took second place to Larry Scott, whom the judges saw as the champion.
The following year brought the same result – with Harold finishing 2nd behind Larry. This time, however, the results sparked controversy, as some people, including Harold, believed the victory was set up and that the true champion was Harold Poole.
Battling Against Sergio Oliva
In 1967, Larry retired from bodybuilding, leaving Harold as the main favorite for winning the show.
Again, Harold was very close to claiming the ultimate prize, but this time he lost to the legendary Sergio Oliva, also known as "The Myth."
Cementing His Status
Although he never won Mr. Olympia, Harold still set some impressive feats in the contest. He was the first bodybuilder to compete at Mr. Olympia three times in a row.
He was also the youngest man ever to stand at the world's biggest bodybuilding stage, being only 21 years old at the time.
With these feats, along with numerous other titles he'd previously won, Harold established himself as one of the best of his era, and beyond.
He also became known for popularizing the famous most muscular pose. In fact, Harold's posing in general was thought to be one of the most dynamic and elegant in the history of bodybuilding.
Harold retired from competing in the IFBB after his participation at the 1982 Night of Champions. He finished outside of the contests top 10.
Over the years, he replaced the limelight of the bodybuilding stage with a new career and athletic pursuits. These included personal training, Taekwondo instructing, and professional wrestling, just to name a few.
Harold later moved to Florida where he continued with his active lifestyle consisting of weight training, coaching others, and playing sports.
In 2004, Harold was introduced to the IFBB Hall of Fame. Three years later, he also earned his place at the WBBG Hall of Fame. The ultimate stamp on his bodybuilding career came in 2008, when Harold won the vote for the Greatest Teenage Bodybuilder of All Time.
Harold Poole passed away on August 7, 2014, in New York City.
Harold Poole in his 60s.
Early Days Training
During his early days, Harold Poole worked out three times per week. It was extremely rare for him to miss a workout.
He'd typically train legs on Monday, upper body on Wednesday, and legs again on Friday. The following week, he'd alternate his regimen by starting with the upper body on Monday, legs on Wednesday, and upper body again on Friday.
He would do 5 sets of 15 reps on each exercise. Harold said his favorite exercise used to be squats. His reason was: "I used to do many squats because at that time most of the bodybuilders had no legs. And that is because they did not like squats. It's hard work." – Harold Poole
When he prepared for a competition, Harold spent a lot of time running. On top of this, his high-rep sets served him as both strength training and cardio.
Exercising in His 60s and Beyond
As Harold entered his 60s, he changed his training for the purpose of health and longevity.
He stopped doing heavy exercises. Instead, he replaced them with light isolation movements which he would perform with many reps – more than 30 per set.
With this approach, Harold was able to maintain a healthy and ripped physique well into his late 60s.
Harold Poole's Exercises
During his prime, Harold trained with basic compound exercises. He didn't follow any secret or special regimen, it all boiled down to his hard work and consistency in the gym.
Here are some of the basic exercises and routines Harold used to do:
3 Sets Barbell Press Behind Neck
6 Sets of Barbell Bench Press, Wide Grip
3 Sets of Barbell Rowing
3 Sets of Chins Behind Neck
5 Sets of Triceps Kickbacks
3 Sets of Cheating Barbell Curl
3 Sets of Front Squats
6 Sets of Donkey Calf Raises
1 Set of Sit-ups
Back when Harold Poole competed, he didn't have a lot of knowledge of nutrition as modern bodybuilders have today. He based his diet on high amounts of protein and complex carbs "to get huge."
In Harold's own words: "Then you would eat meat and potatoes and you would eat your eggs and drink your milk – anything that would help you to put on weight. It was all about trying to get huge."
Idols and Influences
People who had the biggest impact on Harold's early bodybuilding career were two of his friends and training partners, Loren and Dossie.
Here's Harold talking about them; "When I was a teenager in Indiana I had two friends, Loren Comstock and Dossie San Sing, who were older than I and who were also bodybuilders. They took the time to teach me how to pose. They were competitors themselves. "
What we can learn from Harold Poole
Harold Poole has shown us that even the greatest bodybuilding icons start somewhere.
Harold was initially an avid sportsman during high school, but was later introduced to weightlifting by his track coach.
Through his own dedication and help of his friends Loren and Dossie, Harold sculpted a physique that would see him win numerous bodybuilding trophies.
If anything, Harold's story shows us the importance of learning from more experienced people. They will help steer you on the right path and provide you with the knowledge necessary for reaching success -just like we've seen with Harold Poole.
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Q: Copy Values from Worksheets in a different Workbook to Existing Worksheets I need to copy data from the (origin) Workbook to the (destination) Workbook with pre-built existing worksheets in the destination Workbook. I need the code to loop through the worksheets in the origin file and copy and paste values to the specified worksheets in the destination. There are around 100+ sheets that will need this to be done for.
I found this code online and am trying to modify it to fit my needs. The issue is that the sheets are being made after the existing sheets, and  I need the data to be copied over to the already existing sheets.
Sub CopyWorkbook()
Dim sh As Worksheet, wb As Workbook
Set wb = Workbooks("Destination.xlsm")
For Each sh in Workbooks("Origin.xlsm")
sh.Copy After:=wb.Sheets(wb.Sheets.Count)
Next sh
End Sub

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Copy Sheets to Another Workbook

*

*The following will delete existing destination sheets and replace them with the new versions of the source sheets. If a source sheet doesn't exist in the destination workbook, it will get copied to the last position.

Option Explicit

Sub CopySheets()
    Const ProcTitle  As String = "Copy Sheets"

    Const sExceptionsList As String = "Sheet1,Sheet2"
    Const dFilePath As String = "C:\Test\2021\69957615\Destination.xlsm"

    Dim swb As Workbook: Set swb = ThisWorkbook ' workbook containing this code

    Dim sExceptions() As String: sExceptions = Split(sExceptionsList, ",")

    Dim sshCount As Long: sshCount = swb.Sheets.Count
    Dim sshNames() As String: ReDim sshNames(1 To sshCount)

    Dim ssh As Object
    Dim sshName As String
    Dim dIndex As Long
    Dim n As Long

    ' Write the Source Sheet Names to an array.
    For Each ssh In swb.Sheets
        sshName = ssh.Name
        If IsError(Application.Match(sshName, sExceptions, 0)) Then
            n = n + 1
            sshNames(n) = sshName
        End If
    Next ssh
    If n < sshCount Then
        sshCount = n
        ReDim Preserve sshNames(1 To sshCount)
    End If

    Dim dwb As Workbook: Set dwb = Workbooks.Open(dFilePath)
    Dim dshCount As Long: dshCount = dwb.Sheets.Count

    Dim dsh As Object

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    For n = 1 To sshCount
        sshName = sshNames(n)
        Set ssh = swb.Sheets(sshName)
        On Error Resume Next
            Set dsh = dwb.Sheets(sshName)
        On Error GoTo 0
        If dsh Is Nothing Then ' copy new sheet
            ssh.Copy After:=dwb.Sheets(dwb.Sheets.Count)
            dshCount = dshCount + 1
        Else ' copy existing sheet
            dIndex = dsh.Index
            Application.DisplayAlerts = False
            dsh.Delete
            Application.DisplayAlerts = True
            If dIndex = dshCount Then
                ssh.Copy After:=dwb.Sheets(dIndex - 1)
            Else
                ssh.Copy Before:=dwb.Sheets(dIndex)
            End If
        End If
        Set dsh = Nothing
    Next n

    Application.ScreenUpdating = True

    MsgBox "Sheets copied.", vbInformation, ProcTitle

End Sub

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This month's cookstrip for the Get Active supplement of Scouting magazine is a little unusual. Partly because the editors gave me a full page for a change, and partly because they were mining the archives for a bit of a vintage issue.
So instead of some modern piece of eccentric outdoor cuisine, dreamed up by Matt Jones or Del Wright, I've got an old-fashioned piece of eccentric outdoor cuisine, dreamed up by Robert Baden-Powell himself.
Obviously I've tinkered with the wording a little to make it fit, but I love the notion that keeping the mess of sticky dough on the inside of your jacket (and thus presumably smearing it all over your shirt as well) is infinitely preferable to looking a bit scruffy.
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Hawzah News Agency (Tehran, Iran) - Iran problems can be resolved with solidarity and consultation, Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said in the second sermon of his Friday prayers speech.
He noted that Islamic Republic can defeat the enemy sanctions and threats.
They seek to make the Iranian people disappointed about the leadership, authorities, the managers and in general, the whole system; the Americans want to dominate the country by implementing these programs, the cleric added.


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Much of the CGCA's work on the public realm is carried out through its membership of Westminster City Council's Area 1 and Area 3 Steering Groups. These groups meet every few months and bring together local stakeholders, including (unusually) officers and members from the two local authorities, freeholders and local amenity groups to discuss and refine public realm schemes and strategies.
On the Camden side of Covent Garden, we work closely with the Seven Dials Trust to implement the vision for Seven Dials laid out in the Seven Dials Renaissance Study. In October 2015 Camden also issued some draft proposals for a street strategy for Seven Dials, and a more detailed draft of proposed improvements to the public realm in Earlham Street. These drafts are still under discussion with us and others, but a version will go to public consultation in April 2016. The latest version of the street plan is here. Contentious ideas like pedestrianisation and shared surfaces have been shelved, and specifics like hours of loading are yet to be agreed. If you have comments that you would like CGCA to put forward prior to the consultation, please email us at PublicRealm@Coventgarden.org.uk.
We press the authorities to take enforcement action against dangerous street clutter such as 'A boards' and piles of refuse being left out. We take 'walkabouts' with council officers and liaise with responsible landlords to exert pressure on their tenants.
The major Crossrail project also affects our area. We attend meetings that discuss its progress and monitor proposals.
We consider greenery, particularly trees, in urban spaces to be not only attractive but essential in contributing to the improvement of air quality and providing habitat for birds and pollinating insects. Our policy is to promote greening and to protect the trees and planting we already have. In particular, we encourage developers to incorporate greening into their schemes.
Public Open Spaces
Because Covent Garden is a very busy inner-city area, our open spaces are particularly precious as a respite from the hustle and bustle and as a resource for the many children living in and visiting the area. Historically the CGCA built a number of temporary gardens on sites awaiting development. Those opportunities no longer exist but we are blessed with a surprising range of gardens, parks and playgrounds which are open to both locals and visitors.
The award-winning Phoenix Garden is the last remaining community garden, created in 1984. It is managed by volunteers and provides a green retreat, a vital habitat for urban wildlife and a study resource for local schools. It is situated in Stacey Street, behind the junction of Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue.
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London and is owned and managed by Camden Council. It lies to the east of Kingsway. In addition to lawns, trees and shrubberies, there are three tennis courts and two netball courts which can be booked via the park attendant on site. On the borders of the Fields can be found The Soane Museum, dedicated to the life and work of the great architect Sir John Soane, and the Royal Society of Surgeons' Hunterian Museum, which houses one of the oldest collections of anatomical, pathological and zoological specimens. Both of these museums offer free entry and guided tours.
Drury Lane Garden is a small park on Drury Lane between Russell Street and Martlett Court. It is owned and managed by Westminster City Council. It has a quiet seating area, a raised play area with equipment and a multi-sport court for ball games.
There are two churchyard gardens open to the public: St Giles-in-the-Fields, which also has a newly renovated children's play area, and the secluded gardens of St Paul's Church in the Piazza.
Other open green spaces within easy walking distance include St James's Park, the Victoria Embankment Gardens and Coram's Fields, which is only open to adults accompanied by children.
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Deprecated since version 2.6: The htmllib module has been removed in Python 3.
Use HTMLParser instead in Python 2, and the equivalent,
html.parser, in Python 3.

This module defines a class which can serve as a base for parsing text files
formatted in the HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML).  The class is not directly
concerned with I/O — it must be provided with input in string form via a
method, and makes calls to methods of a “formatter” object in order to produce
output.  The HTMLParser class is designed to be used as a base class
for other classes in order to add functionality, and allows most of its methods
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The following is a summary of the interface defined by
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The interface to feed data to an instance is through the feed() method,
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p.feed(a+b).  When the data contains complete HTML markup constructs, these
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The interface to define semantics for HTML tags is very simple: derive a class
and define methods called start_tag(), end_tag(), or do_tag().
The parser will call these at appropriate moments: start_tag() or
do_tag() is called when an opening tag of the form <tag ...> is
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is encountered.  If an opening tag requires a corresponding closing tag, like
<H1> ... </H1>, the class should define the start_tag() method; if
a tag requires no closing tag, like <P>, the class should define the
do_tag() method.

The module defines a parser class and an exception:

class htmllib.HTMLParser(formatter)¶

This is the basic HTML parser class.  It supports all entity names required by
the XHTML 1.0 Recommendation (https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1).   It also defines
handlers for all HTML 2.0 and many HTML 3.0 and 3.2 elements.

exception htmllib.HTMLParseError¶

Exception raised by the HTMLParser class when it encounters an error
while parsing.

New in version 2.4.

See also

Module formatter

Interface definition for transforming an abstract flow of formatting events into
specific output events on writer objects.

Module HTMLParser

Alternate HTML parser that offers a slightly lower-level view of the input, but
is designed to work with XHTML, and does not implement some of the SGML syntax
not used in “HTML as deployed” and which isn’t legal for XHTML.

Module htmlentitydefs

Definition of replacement text for XHTML 1.0  entities.

Module sgmllib

Base class for HTMLParser.

19.3.1. HTMLParser Objects¶

In addition to tag methods, the HTMLParser class provides some
additional methods and instance variables for use within tag methods.

HTMLParser.formatter¶

This is the formatter instance associated with the parser.

HTMLParser.nofill¶

Boolean flag which should be true when whitespace should not be collapsed, or
false when it should be.  In general, this should only be true when character
data is to be treated as “preformatted” text, as within a <PRE> element.
The default value is false.  This affects the operation of handle_data()
and save_end().

HTMLParser.anchor_bgn(href, name, type)¶

This method is called at the start of an anchor region.  The arguments
correspond to the attributes of the <A> tag with the same names.  The
default implementation maintains a list of hyperlinks (defined by the HREF
attribute for <A> tags) within the document.  The list of hyperlinks is
available as the data attribute anchorlist.

HTMLParser.anchor_end()¶

This method is called at the end of an anchor region.  The default
implementation adds a textual footnote marker using an index into the list of
hyperlinks created by anchor_bgn().

HTMLParser.handle_image(source, alt[, ismap[, align[, width[, height]]]])¶

This method is called to handle images.  The default implementation simply
passes the alt value to the handle_data() method.

HTMLParser.save_bgn()¶

Begins saving character data in a buffer instead of sending it to the formatter
object.  Retrieve the stored data via save_end(). Use of the
save_bgn() / save_end() pair may not be nested.

HTMLParser.save_end()¶

Ends buffering character data and returns all data saved since the preceding
call to save_bgn().  If the nofill flag is false, whitespace is
collapsed to single spaces.  A call to this method without a preceding call to
save_bgn() will raise a TypeError exception.

19.4. htmlentitydefs — Definitions of HTML general entities¶

Note

The htmlentitydefs module has been renamed to html.entities in
Python 3.  The 2to3 tool will automatically adapt imports when
converting your sources to Python 3.

Source code: Lib/htmlentitydefs.py

This module defines three dictionaries, name2codepoint, codepoint2name,
and entitydefs. entitydefs is used by the htmllib module to
provide the entitydefs attribute of the HTMLParser class.  The
definition provided here contains all the entities defined by XHTML 1.0  that
can be handled using simple textual substitution in the Latin-1 character set
(ISO-8859-1).

htmlentitydefs.entitydefs¶

A dictionary mapping XHTML 1.0 entity definitions to their replacement text in
ISO Latin-1.

htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint¶

A dictionary that maps HTML entity names to the Unicode code points.

New in version 2.3.

htmlentitydefs.codepoint2name¶

A dictionary that maps Unicode code points to HTML entity names.

New in version 2.3.

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Merlot is the most planted graper variety of any color in France, while Ugni Blanc is the widest planted white grape variety in France.
Rene Renou (director of INAO) shook the very foundation of French Culture tradition when he proposed a superappellation, later called Appellation d' Origine Controlee d' Excellence (AOCE), would be bestowed on wines of "demonstratably superior quality". The reason behind this is the French produces both the best and the worst wines in the world becasue of its fixation with tradition.
Burgundy was one that was able to try it, but they were given a set time to present modifications and proposals for putting plans into place. For Burgundy to even become eligible for an AOCE, a minimum of 75 percent of the producers in an appellation would have to approve the tighter regulations.Also the problem was the AOCE designation would be granted only to areas that agreed to a series of strict regulations in every area of vineyard management and winemaking, including lower yields, higher planting density, harvesting, aging, grape varieties, wines judged by tasting panels.


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01/01/2019 08:07 pm ET Updated Jan 02, 2019
Border Patrol Agents Fire Tear Gas Into Mexico As Migrants Attempt To Cross Into U.S.
The agency accused migrants of throwing rocks at Border Patrol officers.
By Nick Visser
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents fired tear gas and pepper spray into Mexico on Tuesday after 150 migrants attempted to cross a fence along the southwestern border, the agency said in a statement.
CBP said it was investigating the incident after the group attempted to travel into the U.S. near the border crossing in Tijuana shortly after midnight. The agency said officers fired smoke and other chemical agents into the crowd after some people began throwing rocks over the fence at border agents.
"To address the rock throwers assaulting agents and risking the safety of migrants attempting to cross who were already on the U.S. side, both smoke and minimal countermeasures were deployed," CBP said in a statement. "Agents deployed smoke, pepper spray and CS gas [tear gas] to a position upwind of the rock throwers and south of the border fence."
The agency said several teenagers were hoisted over the fence at the border and that officers saw some toddler-size children being lifted over the barbed wire barrier. Twenty-five people were arrested after crossing into the U.S., including two teenagers.
Mohammed Salem / Reuters
A migrant from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands of Central Americans, jumps from the border fence to cross into the U.S., in Tijuana, Mexico, Jan. 1.
A person who spoke to Reuters did not witness any rock throwing on Tuesday but reported that at least one migrant appeared to have been hit in the head by a tear gas canister.
The event is the latest encounter between Central American migrants and Border Patrol agents in recent months. In November, CBP said it fired tear gas into Mexico during a similar run on the border fence.
Last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen addressed the Christmas Eve death of an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala who was in the custody of CBP at the time by partly blaming migrant children's parents for endangering their kids. The child was the second to die in agency custody in recent weeks; a 7-year-old girl died from dehydration while in Border Patrol custody in mid-December.
"Our system has been pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders," Nielsen said in a statement before she headed to the border. "Smugglers, traffickers, and their own parents put these minors at risk by embarking on the dangerous and arduous journey north."
A migrant throws back a tear gas canister launched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents into Mexico, near the border crossing at Tijuana, Jan. 1.
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LORDE RELEASES NEW SINGLE, "YELLOW FLICKER BEAT." COUNTDOWN TO MOCKINGJAY BEGINS NOW!
It's always confusing when a movie soundtrack comes out, yet the actual songs do not appear until the credits start rolling. It may be a tricky decision to make, but for the Hunger Games producers, it was an ingenious idea that allowed avid fans to have another outlet in exploring the world of Panem. The soundtrack for The Hunger Games and Catching Fire allowed major artist such as Coldplay, Of Monsters and Men, and Lorde, to give their voice to the movie, putting the themes from the book into sounds.
This time they have done it again and Lorde is back contributing in a major way. The two-time Grammy winner is the curator on the Mockingjay soundtrack and will have full creative input towards the project. The first single off of the soundtrack, "Yellow Flicker Beat", shows off the insight and tone that will be featured in the film.
In typical Lorde fashion, it begins with the deep beats trickling into a darker tone. Any fan of "Royals" and "Tennis Court" will be impressed. Lorde's lyrics can get dark, but it spells out Katniss's thoughts from the book, right onto paper. The full soundtrack will be released November 18th.


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Tales From The Backstage
Flyer Design by Samantha Mighdoll
"Get yer Albatross!!!"
When I was twelve I was taken to see Charley's Aunt in the West End of London. After the show we went backstage.
The stage doorkeeper announced us as visitors. We had to cross the stage to get to the dressing room on the other side, and I had my first view of an auditorium from an actor's point of view. All those seats upholstered in red velvet. They were empty now, but only ten minutes ago had been full of people laughing. How could I get from out there to up here?
It's a question that has never left me.
The set was latticed windows and ivy on stone walls. But the walls were facades, braced on wooden struts, held by stage weights. We crossed into the dark of the wings, and I caught a whiff of that unique backstage aroma, the mix of size (that they used to use to seal the canvass), tea (this was England), and sweaty humanity. Then into the warm glow of a dressing room. The naked light bulbs around the mirror and good luck cards and flowers. There was a small towel on the counter and sticks of greasepaint laid out neatly upon it and all kinds of cosmetic equipment. The place went into soft focus, like some moment-of-destiny scene from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
I was introduced to the middle-aged actor that we had just seen running around at full tilt in the show, chasing Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez, the lady from Brazil (where the nuts come from). He seemed calmer now, jolly and friendly. He shook my hand and uttered some powerful words, "So you want to be an actor?"
That washed over me like an electric tsunami. I flushed beetroot red. I couldn't speak. I just nodded. But I knew that I had to find a way to involved.
I'm at Dramaworks at the moment playing Hector in The History Boys until January 3rd. It's an excellent production with a fantastic company. In Tales From The Backstage it's as if Hector breaks out!
If you're around in West Palm Beach on Tuesday 29th December at 3pm and at a loose end, come on over to Dramaworks …
This entry was posted in Acting and tagged 29th December, Backstage, Colin McPhillamy, The History Boys, West Palm Beach on December 13, 2015 by Colin McPhillamy.
New York, I Love You. But We Needed A Break.
Great extra perspective from one of our Boys!
This entry was posted in Acting on December 4, 2015 by Colin McPhillamy.
We Open Tonight!
Photo by Samantha Mighdoll
Tix and info at http://www.palmbeachdramaworks.org
That's me, as Hector, and the boys above.
Also splendid in the cast are: Rob Donohoe, Cliff Burgess and Angie Radosh, playing respectively: the ambitious headmaster, the new teacher on the block, and the lady who's seen it all. They are pictured here in their agreeable daytime personas, but trust me, these are fine actors capable of startling transformations as anyone who saw them as the profoundly disturbed and disturbing characters from Dramawork's last season's production of Buried Child can tell you.
I find generally that there is a welcome appreciation of British theatrical product in the USA. Enhanced these days by what could be called the Downton Abbey Effect. So perhaps it's worth mentioning that the last time I was in a play by Alan Bennett was half a lifetime ago in 1993.
It was The Madness of George III, a National Theatre production out of London, UK and we toured for 13 weeks along East Coast USA, completing the tour at BAM in NYC.
Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren as King George III and Queen Charlotte
The film version was (at Nigel Hawthorne's suggestion) renamed The Madness of King George lest anyone expect sequels. I played the small (but crucial) role of Sir Boothby Skrymshir, and my performance in the film survives in the director's cut only, but that was the show that gave me a first real look at America.
The amazing Dame Helen has of course lately appeared on Broadway in The Audience giving a stunning performance as the current British monarch. One feature of that show was the impossibly fast costume changes she achieved. Our costume designer is the profoundly talented Erin Amico with whom I had the pleasure to work ten years ago. Though I say it myself, I think this is a terrific production in all its elements, and it's no spoiler to tell you that although I'm not playing royalty, my costumes in The History Boys include seven bow ties in quick succession.
This entry was posted in Acting and tagged Alan Bennett, Colin Asercion, Colin McPhillamy, Jelani Alladin, Kristian Bikic, Kyle Branzel, Mike Magliocca, Palm Beach Dramaworks, The History Boys on December 4, 2015 by Colin McPhillamy.


February 16, 2016 – Thales In-Flyt Experience has secured a contract to equip Singapore Airlines with its AVANT IFE and Ka-band connectivity systems on the airline's future fleet of A350 XWB aircraft configured for medium-haul operations.
Patrice Caine, chairman and CEO of Thales, stated, "The investment and efforts that Thales has put in developing its operations in Singapore have borne fruit with this announcement. Thales will be supplying Inflight entertainment and connectivity systems to Singapore Airlines' brand new fleet of Airbus A350 XWBs configured for medium-haul operations. This is an important announcement for Thales because of the reputation Singapore Airlines has across the world for its excellence in cabin experience and passenger comfort".


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Mike Walton: Executive Director (email)
Ph.D., Geography
Mike's involvement with conservation has spanned over 30 years with federal, territorial, provincial and municipal governments including seven years in Yukon with Parks Canada. In his various capacities Mike advanced Indigenous relations, ecosystem based management, cultural resources management and landscape scale conservation through shared decision-making with local communities. Presently, through strategic and operational decision-making, organizational management, and engaging with Yukon First Nations, other governments and organizations, and the public, Mike supports the Yukon Conservation Society's Board of Directors, team of staff, contractors and volunteers in meeting the Society's environmental conservation mandate. Mike holds an Honours Bachelor Degree in Outdoor Recreation from Lakehead University, a M.Sc in Parks and Recreation Resources Management from Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, and a diploma in Economic Development from the University of Waterloo. Mike recently completed his PhD at the University of Victoria in British Columbia where he investigated the governance of protected areas, particularly, sharing power and decision-making.
Sebastian Jones: Fish, Wildlife & Habitat Analyst (email)
Sebastian has been a member of the Dawson Renewable Resources Council and a Community Steward for the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board. He has also worked for the Northern Climate ExChange and the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation. Sebastian was a Director of the Conservation Klondike Society from 2005 to 2009, and was on the board of YCS until becoming the Peel Watershed Coordinator in 2011. He then became one of YCS's Energy Analysts, commenting on government policy related to energy, oil and gas, and climate change. He is now the YCS lead on fish, wildlife and habitat issues, including land use planning, wetlands protection and land use policies. Sebastian also keeps our membership informed through writing and media and he works on mining issues.
Lewis Rifkind: Mining Analyst (email)
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
Lewis' engineering background equips him well to produce recommendations for reducing environmental impacts of mining projects, and oppose mining projects with impacts that cannot be mitigated. Prior to becoming YCS's Mining Analyst he was the Energy Analyst from 2000 to 2008. Lewis addresses environmental impacts associated with urban sprawl and general industrial development in the Yukon. Prior to his involvement with YCS, Lewis worked with the Raven Recycling Society dealing with public education campaigns around waste management. He has also worked with the Northern Climate ExChange at Yukon College developing community climate change adaptation plans. Lewis can be found most mornings holding court in the trendier downtown Whitehorse coffee shops.
Cody Reaume: Energy Analyst (email)
Cody is a mechanical engineer (EIT) with a passion for clean energy technology. He previously worked on the development of cutting edge CO2 capture technology and also brings experience with solar photovoltaics. His engineering background and appreciation for both the advantages and challenges of renewable energy technologies position Cody to provide valuable input and recommendations on energy development. Cody also aims to take a proactive approach to demonstrate the viability of clean energy solutions and help educate the Yukon public and decision makers. In his free time Cody is an amateur inventor and also enjoys soccer, board games, and long talks about the future of humanity.
Dr. Davon Callander: Outreach & Communications Manager, Webmaster (email)
Ph.D., Ecology
Davon has worked as an environmental research scientist for over 15 years in New Zealand, the USA and Canada. Before joining the YCS team she was working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the BC Ministry of Environment to develop environmental DNA (eDNA) tools for invasive fish detection in BC freshwater lakes. Davon has significant experience in science outreach and environmental field research programs. She holds a B.Sc. in Physiology and Developmental Biology from the University of Alberta, an M.Sc. in Neuroscience from the University of Calgary and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Davon is responsible for outreach and communications with YCS members, supporters and the Yukon community, including YCS website and social media channels. She manages our trail guiding program and works closely with the YCS analysts.
Joan Norberg: Administrative Manager (email)
Joan comes from a farming background and is part owner of Grizzly Valley Farms. She brings to YCS experience in retail sales and non-profit societies, as well as having a background in bookkeeping and financial management. In the past she has been part of the Fireweed Community Market as a vendor selling crafts, preserves and farm produce as well as a board member from 2005-2013. For years growing and selling food has made her aware of how delicate our food systems are and she does what she can to live sustainably. She has written for What's Up Yukon about her farming experiences. Joan is passionate about local food and loves to garden, with a soft spot for honeybees.
Reach our staff by telephone at 867-668-5678.


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Did you know that The Ferri Group was the first safety services company to become a member of the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild and that I have spoken at the Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference (CBC)? There's open resources from my industry partners and me available at MN Craft Brewers Guild site and on the /BEER page here on my site.
My journey in craft beer safety started when I became aware of local OSHA inspection and enforcement activity involving craft breweries, I wanted to help them understand safety so they could be proactive. Now, three years later, I'm proud to be an Allied Trade Member of the local Guild, encouraged another safety company to join, and have shared my expertise at local, regional, and national craft brewery events.


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Rauner wrote that he was concerned such a measure would limit local control and burden districts with an unfunded mandate. The legislation does not provide any additional funding for teacher salaries.
Jim Reed, government relations director for the Illinois Education Association, disagrees. The IEA crafted the teacher legislation, he said, after several years of study. The measure was introduced as a means to combat the state's teacher shortage. Reed said Illinois's new school funding formula would help districts pay for the salary increases.
"It would provide additional funding for school districts to be able to plan and to manage finances to get their staff up to what we believe is certainly a minimum salary for what they're worth," Reed said.
The IEA estimates that only about 7,700 teachers in Illinois would be directly impacted by the legislation. The union represents roughly 135,000 educators. Reed says most of the affected teachers work in districts in central and southern Illinois. Reed notes that those areas are also home to districts that benefit the most from the new funding formula and suffer the brunt of the teacher shortage.
In his veto message, Rauner encouraged local districts to offer pay incentives for teachers in hard to staff schools or subject areas, among other measures, as a means to attract qualified educators to their area.
But Reed said local efforts alone won't turn around the state's teacher shortage.
He describes the shortage as a "crisis."
"And you don't address that by sort of sitting back on your hands and letting districts decide over months or over years what kind of incentives they can provide," Reed said.
Reed said the IEA will consult with lawmakers to see if there's enough support to override the veto.


Historic Beacon Hill is historically known for having the most expensive real estate in the Massachusetts. Beacon Hill was named after the location of a former beacon, which sat atop the highest point in central Boston. Although this landmark was originally used for alerting Bostonians of invasion, today it serves as a piece of history.
Beacon Hill is made up of brick rowhouses and is famous for its numerous one way, gas lit streets and classic brick sidewalks. Quaint Charles Street runs through the flat of the hill and is lined with independently owned restaurants, stores and lovely cafes. The perfect location is next to the Boston Common and borders the Esplanade on the Charles River where recreation is right outside your door.


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Top 10 weirdest studies in the Quantum Mechanics of the brain.
So, let's jump down the rabbit hole and through the quantum tunnel, and take a peek at the 10 weirdest research projects of this woefully neglected field.
No 10: The Quantum Field Theory of Mind.
What we have here is simply a theory of faster than light consciousness which helps to explain why your keys go missing only to reappear in the place you first looked.
"mind appears to be a tachyonic (faster-than-light) and therefore atemporal field embedded throughout space-time which came into existence along with matter starting with the big bang and continuing to present day, in what makes up for the sought for Higgs field in particle physics colliders. "
No. 9: Probabilistic Quantum Thinking.
What have we here. In all probability something that could mean something astonishing but which may, on second inspection, mean nothing at all. A theory whisked up by Prof. Elio Conte which unashamedly enjoins two things analogously; which is another way of saying it's not really this but it's very similar.
"My discussion is articulated under the neurological as well as the psychological profile. I Insist in particular on the view that mental events arise in analogy with quantum probability fields."
To do his work justice it is probably only fair to say that experiments in quantum cognition have been conducted in which quantum interference in mental states was observed. Professor Conte approaches quantum mechanics from Clifford algebra. Which is surely a relief to us all.
No.8: Dark Matter and how Mind influences Brain through proactive spin.
"Our thoughts are that the manifestation of free will is intrinsically associated with the nuclear and/or electron spin processes inside the varying high electric voltage environment of the neural membranes and proteins which likely enable the said spin processes to be "proactive," that is being able to utilize non-local energy (potential) and quantum information to influence brain activities through spin chemistry and possibly other chemical/physical processes in defiance of the second law of thermodynamics."
Yep, it's a very long sentence but, I think, if you read it closely enough you will see the sense of what they are saying. Oh, and I'm so very happy they placed the word proactive in speech marks because that word was a real hurdle.
No. 7: Thought Carrying Particles.
Whoah, there are actually particles that can carry thought. Yep, just ask Au De and Dhananjay Pal whose paper on thought carrying and thought retaining particles was received by the academic community to much critical acclaim. A copy passed around at our local farmers market was received less favourably.
John Dee and Leibniz would surely approve of this one. Quantum monadology offers a view of reality in which the sharp conflict between matter and consciousness are thoroughly resolved. According to Teruaki Nakagomi there is, "nothing (in the universe) other than monads, no common space in which monads are located, and no common time axis on which the now of each monad is located."
Monads might need explaining a little further so I'll introduce David Harrison whose work on Quarks, Bootstraps and Monads is unparalleled in the world of straight lines. For Harrison, monads are similar to quantum bootstraps, which is a term used in quantum physics to describe how subatomic particles are all reflections of all the other particles. In short, the universe is a self consistent web of interrelations. Which comes as no surprise to any Buddhist.
Things are hotting up. This one is actually of study of quantum entanglement inside the brains of two non-sibling people. Brace yourselves for this one, it's good.
"Four pairs of strangers met and remained within one meter of each other for one hour, twice per week, for four weeks. After this period, the brain of the stimulus person of the pair, who was seated in a closed chamber, was exposed successively to six (5 mins each) different complex circumcerebral magnetic fields that were rotated clockwise. Quantitive monopolar electroencephalographic measurements over the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes were collected by computer for the response person of the pair who was sitting in another room. "
The technical knowledge required to produce an interpersonal connection by means of a "consciousness-structured, continuously accelerating, circumcerebral magnetic field," is truly beyond my capabilities, but, sure enough, the response person in the experiment experienced persecution anxiety, sexual arousal and anger. Personally I can achieve these results just by striking up conversation with the woman on the train.
Sometimes it seems we know too much. The theories multiply but do we ever really get nearer to the truth.You've got this far but did it occur to you that the quantum effects we've been talking about would likely breakdown with the fluctuations in brain temperature. Quantum states just don't survive in those conditions. What's that you say? Quantum Tunneling, why, of course. Quantum tunneling may just be the concept we need.
Saving the day, and therefore taking the No.4 spot, is a piece of research by Friedrich Beck which looks at a quantum tunneling process that is "stable against thermal fluctuations and consistent with the physiological conditions of the synaptic membrane."
Proposed by Erol Basar, these little beauties have been devised as a means to show brain oscillatory detail in a more visual form. All those elementary particles floating around in the minestrone of the mind can be represented on a sheet of A4. How the critters know what to make of the little black marks on the paper is, again, just a little bit beyond my reach. Hey ho.
Can an elementary particle have self-awareness? Look, there I am. Oh, there I am again. Oh no, I've disappeared.
No. 2: Quantum Psychiatry and psychopathology.
OK, so we've got to the point of recognizing the quantum events that occur in the grey matter within our skulls. But what are we going to do about it? Person A thinks one thing, and Peron B who has been in close proximity of Person A begins to feel persecuted. It is possibly time to bring on to the stage the Quantum Psychiatrist. Yep, you thought you were mad but you weren't actually mad until we told you so. Donald Mender, that stalwart of psychopathology, is one of the first in the field offering his take on the quatum-neurodynamical alternative to the biopsychosocial paradigm.
Incidently, I once knew a man who was so obsessive about psychology he once took an undergraduate degree in it. Not satisfied he then went on to take a Masters and then a PhD. Still not satisfied he decided to spend the rest of his life working as a psychiatrist.
Yep, taking top spot is the burgeoning field of Neurotheology, that area of academia that hopes to explain our experience of the numinous by recourse to quantum physics. Out-of-body experiences, lucid dreaming, premonition, and all manner of transcendental experience is being explained as the activity of quarks, positrons, mesons, and all manner of subatomic particle. God, it seems, is not omnipresent so much as ever elusive. The Higgs-Boson does it again.
So there we have it. A whole field of research dissected for yet another top 10 list.
Teruaki Nakagomi "Picture of the world as a quantum nomadistic system." Neuroquantology. 4 (2006): 241-248.
Friedrich Beck "Synaptic Quantum Tunnelling in Brain Activity." Neuroquantology. 6 (2008): 140-151.


This morning I wrote about NetBase Solutions' healthBase, a semantic search engine that aggregates medical content from millions of authoritative health sites including WebMD, Wikipedia, and PubMed. But is it a semantic engine or an anti-semitic search engine?
Several of our readers tested out the site and found that healthBase's semantic search engine has some major glitches (see the comments). One of the most unfortunate examples is when you type in a search for "AIDS," one of the listed causes of the disease is "Jew." Really.
The ridiculousness continues. When you click on Jew, you can see proper "Treatments" for Jews, "Drugs And Medications" for Jews and "Complications" for Jews. Apparently, "alcohol" and "coarse salt" are treatments to get rid of Jews, as is Dr. Pepper! Who knew? I've included the screenshots of the results below if you don't believe me. Now, I don't think that healthBase is being intentionally anti-semitic, but for a technology which is supposed to understand the nuances of human language, this is about a big a fail as you can get. It is plainly obvious that its technology needs to be fixed before it is parsed out to other companies and media corporations.
This is an unfortunate example of homonymy, i.e. words that have different meanings.
The showcase was not configured to distinguish between the disease "AIDS" and the verb "aids" (as in aiding someone). If you click on the result "Jew" you see a sentence from a Wikipedia page about 7th Century history: "Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses the Jews of aiding the Muslims, and sentences all Jews to slavery. " Although Wikipedia contains a lot of great health information it also contains non-health related information (like this one) that is hard to filter out.
Personally, I think such basic distinctions should have been ironed out before launching the site. This is just the most flagrant example of site giving non-health answers to health-related questions. If you look at the pros of AIDS (yes, it thinks here are pros to having AIDS), it comically lists the "Spanish Civil War." One of the causes of hemorrhoids is "Bronco" (I don't even want to know).
HealthBase is touted to be a showcase for NetBase's semantic technology, which can supposedly understand language. Clearly, it doesn't understand language well enough. And if the technology is going to be peddled to other companies to be used to power additional search engines, it needs to be improved immediately.
ready-for-primetime consumer search engine it is not.
healthBase yesterday surfaced a few embarrassing and offensive bugs.
more determined than ever to showcase the power of this new technology.
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Lifting the Veil: Fashion & Modesty in the Middle East
Joana Mollet is an artist and mother of two small children. She has been living in Muscat, Oman since 2013.
When I tell people I live in Oman, the first question they ask me (after "Where? Amman?" - "No. O-man") is:
"Can you wear what you like?"
The short answer is basically "yes", given that my mini skirt days are (sadly) behind me...Dress code is conservative but there are no official restrictions. You're expected to cover up when visiting mosques and official buildings but there are places where your teeny bikini won't raise an eyebrow. Just be prepared to be swimming next to someone in this year's speedo burk-ini.
In Oman, if you're underdressed, no one will arrest you, but a "nice" lady might come up to you, pat your inappropriately exposed shoulder and say "what a lovely dress you are wearing". That's definitely happened a couple of times (and everyone gets it wrong at some point.)
But I guess what people are really asking is - what do local ladies wear? There's a perception that all women in the Middle East are wrapped up to the eyelashes in black and in some countries, they practically are.
In Oman, you get a mixed bag. It's the liquorice all-sorts of conservative women's attire: from full-face veils and traditional masks to uncovered heads and trendy mismatched layers, belts and turbans. In Muscat, as in any city, the healthy obsession with shoes and handbags is alive and well.
So let me pull back the veil on the veil in daily life in the Sultanate:
The full-face veil (Burka): I'm talking about a gossamer-thin black veil worn over a full-length abaya (robe). It's actually pretty rare to see this. A ghostly black figure glides towards you at the mall. Tantalisingly, you can actually see the contours of her face and you just can't help stealing a stare to see what's underneath.
The Niqab: A thicker face veil with the eyes peeping out. Nothing new there, plenty of those on Shepherd's Bush Road. More common but still rare.
The Hijab headscarf: Most women go for this and it comes in loads of styles and colours. The scarf covers the hair and neck but leaves the face clear. Some women wear it tightly secured around the head with a pin and spend hours fiddling, constantly tucking it in, others take just let it float on their heads, styled locks of luscious hair showing. It's worn with a full-length (usually black) abaya robe or with trendy but conservative western clothes.
The Batoola or Burka mask: Truly traditional, you'll see these worn by Bedouin tribeswomen and in rural communities. Handmade in leather it's said to emulate a falcon's beak. Up close and personal, on the ferry to Masirah, we sit together in the segregated "family cabin" pretending not to stare at each other. Make no mistake, we look as outlandish to them as they do to us: out come the mobiles wedged between the seats to snap a pic of blue eyes and pink faces.
The "Moustache" mask: If you're really lucky, you might spot one of these. This Batoola has a thin copper strip running over the nose, forming an exquisite moustache above the lip that would put Poirot to shame.
Accessories: Did I mention the obsession with shoes and handbags? In a world where many women choose to robe up in black, accessories become the focus of individuality. Handbags take up a hefty part of the budget: Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Prada swing from shoulders all over the sultanate. And there's no mistaking what 6 inch studded heels flashing under a black hemline is saying: "I'm covered - but hey! I'm a sexy woman!"
A lorra lorra make-up: Similarly, make-up and nails are huge. HUGE. After all, if you're only showing your face and your hands you'd better make it count.
The great unveiling: Lastly, it's worth remembering women only cover up in public, which includes if there's a guy around who ain't your husband, dad or brother. Given that the whole issue of covering up is based on your interpretation of Hijab (modesty), women can wear any kind of 'modest' dress they choose.
So yes, some women don't cover their hair or wear abayas over their clothes. Not many, but an ever-growing number. But while glossy black manes flow freely, sleeves remain long to the wrist and an ankle is risqué…even if it does sneak out every once in a while.
Follow Joana on Instagram @thedesertpaintbox to see more of her life and work in Oman
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