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Home/Uncategorized/Bill Pearson, CWT, Legionella Expert, Joins Arthur Freedman Associates
CHICAGO, Illinois, February 5, 2018 /PRWeb/ — Arthur Freedman Associates, Inc. (AFA) announced today that Bill Pearson, CWT, has joined its team of independent water treatment industry consultants as a Principal Consultant. As a biologist, biochemist, and certified water treatment professional, Pearson brings more than 40 years of leadership and experience in the water treatment industry, including participation in multiple professional and trade organizations in which he specializes in bridging the gap between water treatment and Legionella risk management programs. Bill has written many publications covering various aspects of water treatment and Legionellosis, and is the primary author of the Association of Water Technologies (AWT) Legionella document. View, share and download the full press release on the web here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/02/prweb15168571.htm.
Pearson's most recent position was as Senior Vice President of Business Development at Special Pathogens Laboratory (SPL), where he helped advance an affiliate program to provide the water treatment professional and industry with specialized Legionella risk and water management plan resources from SPL. Prior to SPL, Bill spent 40 years serving the industrial water treatment industry at Southeastern Laboratories, Inc., the last 25 years of which as Executive Vice President and Director of Sales, Consulting & Technical Services.
"I'm honored to have the privilege of working with my friends and peers at Arthur Freedman Associates, said Bill. I've had a long-standing respect for the water treatment consulting firm that Art Freedman started more than 35 years ago. Art was as a friend of mine, as were so many others in the industry that came to know and respect his technical knowledge as well as his unwavering integrity as an independent consultant." Dr. Arthur J. Freedman, Ph.D founded AFA in 1981, with a passion to advance knowledge, prevent corrosion, improve system performance and reliability, and importantly help prevent damage and disease due to water borne pathogens such as Legionella.
"As a biology major fresh out of academia in 1976, Bill continued, I became passionate about learning all I could about Legionella and Legionnaires' disease – with the historic outbreak in Philadelphia that same year. Since the passage of the ASHRAE (Legionella) Standard 188 in June of 2015, that I was very honored to have played an important role in its development, the landscape of codes, regulations and 'best practices' around Legionella and building water safety have intensified. Following the New York City Legionnaires' disease outbreak in 2015 and subsequent state and local legislation, I knew that building and facility owners and operators would need the kind of independent expertise and advice that my fellow consultants and I at AFA can uniquely provide.
Bill is an Executive Committee member on the ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee (SSPC 188) for Standard 188, and is Chair of the Cooling Tower Institute (CTI) Legionellosis committee (CTI 159). He currently serves as Liaison for AWT to the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and to CTI. Bill has contributed to numerous technical manuals, educational training workshops and seminars. He is currently an ASHRAE Learning Institute instructor for ASHRAE Standard 188, and an instructor in AWT's Training Seminars program covering Legionella for the water treatment professional. He is chair of the AWT Legionella Task Force and serves as the voting member for AWT on the NSF Standard 444 (Legionella) joint committee. He is a past chair of the AWT Technical Committee, served on the AWT Board of Directors, and was President of AWT in 2003. Bill received the prestigious Ray Baum Memorial Water Technologist of the Year Award in 2005.
"I'm very pleased that Bill has decided to advance his consulting career as part of the independent water treatment consulting team here at AFA, said Peter Freedman, President. I know my father would have been very pleased to have Bill as part of the team. Bill is not only a recognized technical expert in the water treatment industry, but is one of the driving forces in the industry for the prevention and management of risk due to Legionella. Bill is a highly regarded industry professional, who shares the principals of honesty and integrity which are foundational to the contributions my father and the team at AFA have made to our clients and to the water treatment industry over the past 35+ years." Test
Since 1981, Arthur Freedman Associates (AFA) has been providing independent consulting services to the Water Treatment Industry. AFA consultants provide Audit, Inspection and Failure Analysis services for Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Government and Healthcare institutions. AFA consultants also provide Legionella Risk Management Consulting and Training services, along with Water Management Plans and WMP Certifications where required. AFA uses only the services of certified outside labs, and sells no equipment or chemicals in order to maintain unbiased, technically sound consulting with the highest standards of integrity.
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Mets watch: Wilpon says GM Omar Minaya made a mistake
WILPON: OMAR ON NOTICE -- Chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said that general manager Omar Minaya made a mistake by singling out a reporter during a bizarre news conference, and put the GM on notice.
"Ownership is not happy with the direction of the team," Wilpon said before the game against Colorado.
Minaya held a messy news conference Monday to announce the firing of his longtime friend and vice president of player development Tony Bernazard. Minaya questioned the motives of a local beat writer who had written stories critical of Bernazard -- Minaya said the writer had "lobbied" him for a job.
"I can only apologize from the club's point of view," Wilpon said.
Wilpon said Minaya remained "visibly shaken" and was not available to comment.
"I think he really understands he made a very large mistake here. He apologized to ownership, he apologized to the staff," Wilpon said. "Omar has told me he's remorseful about what he said."
Bernazard was dismissed after Adam Rubin of the Daily News had written stories about the executive's volatile behavior. Rubin denied that he had asked Minaya for a job and said he had merely sought career advice.
Wilpon added that he often gives advice about careers in baseball and real estate and does not believe that Rubin did anything wrong.
UP NEXT -- Tonight vs. Colorado, 7:10 (SNY). Johan Santana (11-8, 3.12) vs. Jason Hammel (5-5, 4.28).
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By United FriendsJuly 2, 2013UFS News
Dear Families,
I am pleased to announce that Carol Robinson, our Anthony Class teacher, has accepted the position of Middle School Social Studies, 6th grade math, and 7th grade homeroom advisor. We are delighted to have Carol move into this position and look forward to the insight and energy she will bring to the Middle School. Although we are sad to see Louis leave, I know that Carol will quickly become a significant member of the Middle School team and key to the continued rollout of our Middle School STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum. Carol began teaching at UFS in 2008 and has 17 years teaching experience. Her student teaching was in Niger and she taught at Johnston Elementary School in North Carolina and various schools in England. Carol holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and has done graduate work in this country and abroad. Carol is a lifelong learner and has traveled within Europe, Central America and Africa. Carol embraces children's different learning styles and provides a variety of challenging, interesting, and exciting educational experiences and promotes respect within the classroom. She enjoys traveling, reading, writing, technology, and gardening. Carol lives in Emmaus with her husband Mark and her daughter Katie. Please join me in welcoming Carol to her new role.
Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Peter Goode as our new Technology Manager. Peter is an experienced and Microsoft/Apple certified IT professional with a background in project and database management, IT support and troubleshooting, and training. He has a degree from Norwich City College in electronics and electrical engineering and was trained in aerospace systems in the Royal Air Force. With this strong technology and engineering background, Peter is looking forward to a career change into the world of education and on developing, applying and passing on skills through the application and review of new technologies. Peter will be providing an after school technology class and is looking forward to working with the Middle School in their one-to-one laptop program, as well as being an integral part of the STEAM program. Peter enjoys music, going to the movie theater, watching the local IronPigs baseball team, golfing, and bicycling. He and his wife live in Whitehall. Please join me in welcoming Peter to UFS.
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DPP to establish new platform to formulate China policy
By Dennis Engbarth, Taiwan News Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party will set up a new task force that "will propose policies to cope with changes in the cross-strait situation."
DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen announced the decision to set up the "China Affairs Task Force" during a scheduled meeting of the party's Central Standing Committee.
The announcement followed a discussion of an analysis by Central Police University Public Security Department Association Professor Tung Li-wen, who is also deputy director of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, on the six-point statement made Dec. 31 by People's Republic of China State Chairman and ruling Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao.
Tsai, who was herself formerly chairwoman of the Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council from 2000 to 2004 under the previous DPP government, named former National Security Council deputy secretary-general Chen Chung-hsin to convene the new committee, whose members will include senior party leaders and legislators, former DPP government officials with experience in China affairs and scholars.
DPP Culture and Information Department Director Cheng Wen-tsan related that Tung had stated that Hu's speech was issued at the point of the change of power in the United States and the realization of cross-strait "direct links" as "a programmatic document to promote unification" and excluded any room for the advocation of Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) President Ma Ying-jeou of "one China with separate interpretations."
Tung said that Hu's speech represented "three restrictions."
The CPU associate professor stated that Hu aimed to "narrow Taiwan's future" to unification with the PRC and "drew a red line for Ma Ying-jeou" by declaring that "the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will restore unity" and by declaring that cross-strait differences do not involve "sovereignty or the recreation of national territory, but the ending of political antagonism."
"In another words, the unification of China excludes the possibility of a federation or a commonwealth," said Tung.
Second, Tung said that Hu defined the "Consensus of 1992" under the "one China framework" and "drew a second red line against Ma Ying-jeou" by excluding any room for the new president's notion of "mutual non-denial" and by insisting that the two sides are "divided" but not "separate."
Moreover, Tung said Hu also restricted any influence or "interference" from the United States in cross-strait affairs and also declared that there was only a question of "international participation" for Taiwan and excluded any question of "Taiwan's international space."
The CPU professor stated that "Taiwan democracy" is the "weak abdomen of Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT-CCP forum" and Tung urged the DPP to issue an official response in which the opposition party would review the three decades of Taiwan's democratic experience and clearly raise the principles of "democracy, sovereignty, peace and prosperity."
In addition, Tung said the DPP should also raise the issue "democracy across the Taiwan Strait" and use the manner in which the PRC regime treats dissidents on the China mainland as "an index to judge whether the CCP can be trusted."
"At a time when the KMT and the CCP are mutually giving each other moral support and taking concerted action together, the DPP must represent the mainstream Taiwan public opinion and raise different views," added Cheng.
"The DPP must clearly manifest Taiwan's democratic experience and the principle of 唼overeignty rests with the people' under which only the 23 million Taiwan people have the right to decide Taiwan's future," said the DPP spokesman.
Besides continuing negotiations on cross-strait issues between the KMT and CCP governments, Cheng related that the coming year will feature numerous events and major issues in cross-strait policy, including the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act in the United States, the 50th anniversary of the revolt against CCP rule in Tibet led by the Dalai Lama and the 20th anniversary of the Beijing regime's bloody suppression of the Chinese democracy movement in the Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989.


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import api.web.gw2.mapping.core.DateValue;
import api.web.gw2.mapping.core.IdValue;
import api.web.gw2.mapping.v2.APIv2;
import api.web.gw2.mapping.v2.characters.CharacterProfession;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Defines a PvP game.
 * @author Fabrice Bouyé
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@APIv2(endpoint = "v2/pvp/games", requiresAuthentication = true, scope = "pvp") // NOI18N.
public interface PvpGame {

    /**
     * Gets the id of this game.
     * @return A {@code String} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    @IdValue(flavor = IdValue.Flavor.STRING)
    String getId();

    /**
     * Gets the map id of this game.
     * @return An {@code int}.
     */
    @IdValue
    int getMapId();

    /**
     * Gets the time on which the game has started.
     * @return A {@code ZonedDateTime} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    @DateValue
    ZonedDateTime getStarted();

    /**
     * Gets the time on which the game has ended.
     * @return A {@code ZonedDateTime} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    @DateValue
    ZonedDateTime getEnded();

    /**
     * Gets the result of the game.
     * @return A {@code PvpGameResult} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    PvpGameResult getResult();

    /**
     * Gets the team on which was the player during the game.
     * @return A {@code PvpGameTeam} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    PvpGameTeam getTeam();

    /**
     * Gets the profession played by the player during the game.
     * @return A {@code CharacterProfession} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    CharacterProfession getProfession();

    /**
     * Gets the scores for each team.
     * @return A non-modifiable {@code Map<PvpGameTeam, Integer>} instance, never {@code null}.
     */
    Map<PvpGameTeam, Integer> getScores();
}

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There are a number of ways to make a home safer, and one of those ways is to have a good security system that includes glass break sensors. But if a homeowner has a DIY installation of their system, how do they know if they're doing things right? A more traditional security system offers a professional installation in a lot of cases, which can give homeowners the opportunity to have everything put right where it belongs. A DIY installation doesn't offer that, but it doesn't have to be difficult. There are still plenty of ways to learn how to properly locate equipment.
One of the most important pieces of equipment that really has to be placed right is the glass break sensor. A lot of people mistakenly think that it has to be placed on the glass, but that's simply not true. It can be located elsewhere — and if it's on the glass it would be too easy for someone to see it and potentially try to remove it. Having it in a location where it will "hear" the glass break, but where it won't be damaged by the glass when it breaks, is actually the best way to ensure that the sensor does its job correctly.
What Does a Glass Break Sensor Do?
The job of a glass break sensor is to actually alert a homeowner when glass is broken. The sensor does this by detecting the high-pitched sound that glass makes when it breaks. There are other noises that can set the sensor off and cause false alarms, and there are also noises that can be used to test the sensor without actually breaking anything.
The main job of the sensor is to be sure that glass stays intact, and to let the homeowner know if there's a problem.
Glass break sensors often notify alarm companies and authorities along with a homeowner, so there's a good chance of catching someone who has tried to break into a home. It's not always possible to catch someone like that, but the sound of the sensor and alarm going off may be enough to scare them away before they can take anything or do any more damage than a broken window.
Where is the Best Place for a Glass Break Sensor?
There are several places that a glass break sensor can be placed. Homeowners who work with a traditional security company will get those sensors placed for them. Those who are doing a DIY installation should put the sensor on the ceiling or the wall. Either option is all right, as long as there's fewer than 20 feet between the sensor and the glass. It's also important to remember that heavy drapes, curtains, or blinds can be a problem because they can muffle the sound and stop the detector from hearing what it needs to. In that case, the sensor may need to be much closer than it would otherwise need to be.
Most security companies are comparable, but those that aren't will need to start doing better if they want to stay competitive. Homeowners are expecting more and more today, and because of that security companies will need to refocus on what they need to offer to customers.


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A few weeks ago, N. and I took some friends to Agate Alley bistro, and one of them ordered the Pumpkin Enchiladas. I was intrigued. I took a mental note: these would soon appear in my humble little kitchen.
Then summer came to a close. School started. And that means I went crazy. This is my first year dissertating, which means I need to stop playing on the internet and start playing with ideas. And so the pumpkin enchiladas, and my ability to post here, went on hold.
Pumpkin, Roasted Garlic, and Goat Cheese Enchiladas in quick mole sauce.
Enough people have asked me for my recipe (hah!) that I'm going to post in a more traditional ingredient-and-process list format, to make it easier to follow. This is approximate, however, so tweak and twiddle as you so desire. I ended up making 5 enchiladas.
Quick Mole Sauce, or your favorite mole, ready to go at the time of assembly.
(I know, this is not a "homemade" mole sauce, and it doesn't taste exactly the same. But it's a good shortcut, I think, and let's face it: if you want to make these enchiladas to enjoy on a weeknight, most of you aren't going to take the time to make a mole from scratch. I'm not ashamed. I added extra unsweetened chocolate to this recipe, but otherwise kept it mostly the same).
Preheat your oven to 400F. Place the garlic halves in a small dish, drizzle with oil, salt and pepper, and cover tightly with aluminum foil (or just wrap loosely in foil). Roast in the oven for about an hour, or until cloves are very soft and very golden. Burnished but not burnt. Cool, then squeeze the cloves out of the papers and mash them into a paste. During this time, you can take advantage of the oven being on to roast your pumpkin seeds. They will only take 5-10 minutes, though, so don't lose track of them or they will burn.
Caramelize shallot slices in a skillet. They should be dark, dark, like French Onion Soup onions. Set aside to cool.
Turn oven down to 350F. Spread the bottom of a baking dish (I used glass) with mole sauce.
Prepare and assemble enchiladas: working with one tortilla at a time, spread the tortilla with the garlic paste, then top with 2-3 TB each pumpkin puree, goat cheese, and shallots (or to taste). Carefully roll up the tortilla and fit it, loose edge down, into the baking dish, pressing each enchilada tightly against its compatriots.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cheese is soft and the sauce is bubbly. Queso fresco and goat cheese, depending on which types you use, don't melt and burble the way other cheeses do, but they will soften and collapse on themselves a bit.
To serve, sprinkle with toasted pumpkin seeds and enjoy with spicy refried black beans, Spanish rice, guacamole, or whatever you so desire!
I was a bit concerned, at first, that the mole would overpower any other flavor, but it didn't. This dish executed an intriguing and intricate dance between dinner and dessert. Ingredients that often appear in sweet circumstances remained decidedly savory. The pumpkin and the goat cheese were so creamy and rich, like a harvest cheesecake enfolded in a tortilla. I could have used more roasted garlic paste, but there's always next time. The chocolate in the mole, too, holds the expectation of sweetness but none of the sugary suggestion of a dessert. Instead it provided a perfect bite of creamy-spicy-chewy-oozing-warmth, with an almost unexpected nutty crunch from the pumpkin seeds.
Also good were last scrapings and bites of loose cheese crumbles, sticky caramelized mole sauce in the bottom of the baking dish, and a last, perfect, creamy green square of avocado.
Dark beer, perhaps even a chocolate stout, would be a lovely accompaniment.
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Embracing a Vision: The Hood Museum of Art Midyear Report
Hood Quarterly, spring 2007
Katherine Hart, Associate Director and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming, and Juliette Bianco, Assistant Director
Recent Acquisitions: Augusta Savage, Gamin, modeled 1929, plaster by 1940
Gamin is the best-known work by Augusta Savage, the most admired and influential woman artist associated with the Harlem Renaissance. The life-size bronze version of this work (Schomburg Center, New York Public Library) won Savage the opportunity to study in Paris from 1929 to 1931.
Recent Acquisitions: Apphia Amanda Young, Sampler, 1838
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the making of samplers gave girls and young women the opportunity to practice a variety of embroidery stitches and to reinforce rudimentary lessons in spelling and penmanship.
A Space for Dialogue: Fresh Perspectives on the Permanent Collection from Dartmouth's Students
Susan E. Knapp, excerpt courtesy of Dartmouth Life (February 2007)
Hood Collections on the Road
This spring, the following works from the Hood's collection of 65,000 objects are on view around the country.
Saint Agnes Manderson, S.D. Pine Ridge Rez by Arthur Amiotte is featured at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as part of their exhibition Arthur Amiotte: Collages, 1988–2006, on view through April 29, 2007.
Staff News Spring 2007
BART THURBER, Curator of European Art, delivered a paper in December at an international conference on late Renaissance art and architecture in Bologna, Italy, in conjunction with the exhibition on Annibale Carracci at the Museo Civico Archeologico.
Community of Learners: Family Programs
For more than two decades, the Hood's weekend programs for families and children have provided opportunities for younger audiences to explore works of art in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Some events are designed for adults and children to learn about art in the galleries together, create studio projects, watch demonstrations, or participate in performances.
Letter from the Director: Winter 2007
Communal Creations: The Art of El Anatsui
Dartmouth Arctic Collections and the International Polar Year, 2007–8


Quinny is the one of European baby products listed company - Dorel Industries Inc.'s stroller brands. Dorel, founded in 1962 in the Netherlands at present has distributors in over 70 countries around the world.
Except the launch of BUZZ, ZAPP and SENZZ four series , the newest model YEZZ and MOODD are also based on fashion, sports oriented, appearance are simple, and the sense of science and technology for the design elements.
Nowadays, Quinny is represented strollers with three wheels; model SENZZ were included innovative technology design elements and leads baby stroller into the 21st century love out of the Earth. Quinny brand products were undergo rigorous testing to achieve the European safety standards.
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From the Twitter Files: Twitter, The FBI Subsidiary, by Matt Taibbi
It is clear that Twitter was acting as an agent for the FBI. From Matt Taibbi at taibbi.substack.com:
The latest documents show, in bulk, the grotesque master-canine relationship between the FBI and Twitter
Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi
1. THREAD: The Twitter Files, Part Six TWITTER, THE FBI SUBSIDIARY
The Twitter Files has to be the craziest story in the history of journalism. There's new drama every three minutes, it seems. The latest development had my phone blowing up with queries from multiple outlets. These included the New York Times and the Washington Post, two papers which didn't call after the original story (although the Post, amusingly, did take time to temporarily label me a "conservative journalist") but are suddenly hot for comment now.
The new controversy is over the apparent banning of a series of high-profile journalists, including Middlebrow Retweet Specialist Aaron Rupar and the post-ESPN, post-MSNBC, Fangoria version of Keith Olbermann. I'm against the banning of journalists and will be happy to say so in this case once I've had time to look at it — I haven't — but I'm beyond puzzled that media writers seem to think this has anything to do with me. I don't work for Elon Musk, and I'm not his keeper. I'm just a journalist working a story, and the piece published today — "Twitter, The FBI Subsidiary" — I think moves the needle forward significantly on an unrelated, more important topic.
A few housekeeping notes. One, the weekly America This Week podcast with the incomparable Walter Kirn is coming, later tonight (we discuss the FBI story). Also, I'll be posting today's Twitter thread tomorrow morning (please excuse me for not having it ready tonight, I feel like I haven't slept for a year). Lastly, I'm hoping sometime this weekend to have another story out, explaining in greater detail what we're finding and what we think it means.
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So in one months time, I have been to two Greek restaurants in the neighborhood. It just so happens that when anyone comes to meet me in Astoria for lunch or dinner, they always want to try a Greek restaurant, understandably so. This time we headed to Taverna Kyclades and I can see why this is one of the most popular greek restaurants around. They have a great seafood selection and the portions are plentiful. You definitely come here for authentic greek food and seafood.
We made it one Sunday afternoon and the place was crowded, it didn't take long though to get a seat but even as crowded as it was, we never felt rushed. We spent time talking, catching up, and enjoying a range of lamb, greek salad with some of the best feta I have ever had and stuffed fish entrees. I see why this is one of the must go to spots in Astoria!


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Built for Speed is the third studio album by Australian recording artist Adam Brand. The album was released in January 2002 and peaked at number 24 on the ARIA charts. It was certified platinum in 2009.

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The light at the end of the rabbit hole
To survive the topsy-turvy world of animal rescue, you need a mission, a guide and a plan
By Julie Falconer
Animal Sheltering magazine Summer 2019
Illustration by Rachel Stern/The HSUS
On bad days, a friend of mine, who leads an all-volunteer rescue group, likens rescue work to falling down the rabbit hole. Just like the heroine of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland, she sees herself navigating a chaotic landscape with unexpected twists and turns, trying to make sense of people and situations that defy logic, and questioning whether she's making any real progress.
Other rescue friends have their own favorite analogies: Running on a treadmill that they can't get off, or getting sucked into a black hole.
If you've been in the field long enough, you can likely relate. Rescue work is emotional and often unpredictable. The foster kittens test positive for ringworm, the adopter is moving and can't find housing that will accept her dog, the hoarding case explodes, the landowner wants the community cats removed by this weekend, volunteers are up in arms over a recent board decision, no one remembered to file for an extension for the group's tax return.
It's easy to become overextended and feel out of control, trapped in an alternate reality while your non-rescue friends lead "normal lives."
But while rescue work will always have some element of unpredictability, there are time-tested strategies for giving structure and direction to your group's efforts—ones that can help minimize chaos and burnout.
Here's another popular analogy: Animal welfare is a lifesaving business. And just like any business, your rescue needs clarity, thoughtful planning and a firm grip on reality to ensure it succeeds and survives for the long haul.
Finding your purpose
"I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then."
—Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
In the rescue world, a common path to self-destruction is known as "mission creep."
This happens when you gradually broaden your original objectives and find yourself taking on more than you and your group can reasonably handle.
Rescue organizations often start with a "passion to tackle everything before building capacity," says Sharon Harvey, president and CEO of the Cleveland Animal Protective League in Ohio. Before long, the spay/neuter program serving one county has morphed into a tri-state spay/ neuter, foster care, trap-neuter-return, community outreach, lobbying effort. And since there are still only so many hours in the day, people can start to sink under the weight of an unrealistic load.
Harvey cites the example of a rescue group that was "doing wonderful work" and filling a gap in animal services for families fleeing domestic violence in Northeast Ohio. "Unfortunately, they started to experience mission creep when they began to expand the definition of the types of families and animal situations they were trying to help with. They couldn't keep up, and eventually they dissolved, which was a real shame. When they were very focused on what was already a big goal … they were making an impact that mattered. They simply tried to take on too much."
Most rescue groups rely on volunteers, who often struggle to balance the demands of their volunteer roles with those of their paying jobs, personal and family obligations, and the mundane tasks of living. But even organizations with paid staff and multimillion-dollar budgets have limits. Determining your parameters and where to focus the bulk of your efforts can require a close examination of your community's needs and existing services, as well as a lot of soul-searching and group discussions.
When counseling organizations that have taken on too much and are struggling to set priorities, Tom Tholen, senior vice president of marketing and development at The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement, starts with a fundamental question: Why does your organization exist?
This isn't just a question for new organizations; many established rescue groups struggle to articulate a clear identity. Helping animals is a given. But who decides what form that help will take and which programs will be top priorities? Lack of clarity on these points can lead to mission creep and the burnout that comes from working beyond your capacity.
At meetings with a group's stakeholders, Tholen hands out index cards and asks people to write down the words and phrases they believe best capture the organization's reason for being. Then he prods them with a series of questions: Who benefits from the organization's work, and what sets it apart from other animal-focused nonprofits? What are the organization's overarching goals, and how would the world be different if it achieved everything it wanted?
These thought exercises produce the building blocks for the organization's mission statement (a brief expression of what your organization does and why), which is often supplemented with a vision statement (the change you want to see in the world) and a statement of core values (how you operate, typically focused on concepts like "collaboration" and "respect").
"Disputes over what the mission and purpose of the group is ... tend to create fractures in groups."
—Bonney Brown, Humane Network
While you may have thought of a mission statement as simply a marketing tool—a way of introducing your group to the community and potential supporters— a well-crafted one will also serve as an organizational touchstone, says Tholen. "It aligns your resources, focuses your efforts and prevents you from wandering off to things that don't really fulfill your mission."
And since intragroup conflict can consume an enormous amount of time and emotional energy, just the process of creating a mission statement can lessen your workload by nudging everyone to home in on a common purpose, says Bonney Brown, president and principal consultant of Humane Network.
Disputes over a group's purpose and whether the group has lost sight of its mission are among the top reasons organizations fracture and fall apart, Brown says. One disagreement leads to another, and before you know it, one group has splintered into three.
Planning your path
Alice: "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
A mission statement by itself won't keep you from going astray, but it's a solid starting point for another essential for reality-based rescue operations: a strategic plan.
In its simplest form, this is a document setting forth your group's goals for the near future (typically three years) and detailing how they will be achieved.
Many people are intimidated by the idea of strategic planning, Brown says. "They're sure it has to take six months, but it really can be quite simple when you think about it." For smaller organizations, the final document can be just a few pages that guide your efforts and "help people understand the decisions that get made and why."
"You need someone not involved in the organization who asks the right questions."
—Dana Andresen, Feline Rescue
That said, strategic planning can be an emotionally charged process. You may be looking at cutting or scaling back programs that aren't central to your mission or that you simply lack the funds and people power to maintain. "It's very hard, because it's always someone's pet project," Brown says.
Dana Andresen found herself in that exact situation in 2017, a year after she joined Feline Rescue in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Founded as an all-volunteer organization, the group had operated a small shelter and foster care program for nearly two decades. "There was some serious mission creep," says Andresen, who was hired as the organization's first paid executive director. A variety of side programs and a hodgepodge of processes were detracting from the group's core goals. At the same time, some longtime volunteers were resistant to change, leading to some "really vicious, nasty exchanges."
The group hired a business consultant with a background in strategic planning to survey staff and volunteers, moderate discussions and help formulate a way forward. Today, the organization has nine paid staffers, including a veterinarian, and is positioned to help more cats while maintaining high standards of care in its shelter and foster programs, Andresen says.
In Andresen's mind, having an outside perspective was essential to getting the organization back on track and setting the stage for growth. "Smaller groups will try to do strategic planning on their own, but it's so difficult to stay objective. You need someone not involved in the organization who asks the right questions."
Brown agrees. By the time an organization realizes it has lost its way, relationships among board members and other stakeholders are often strained at best. "I often feel more like a marriage counselor," she says, and in this environment, it's especially important that anyone leading the planning process be viewed as a neutral party.
If your budget doesn't allow you to hire a consultant, your local or state nonprofit center may be able to connect you with a qualified professional willing to do it for free. You can also look for a volunteer among local business leaders, who are often well-versed in strategic planning.
The important thing, says Brown, is to find someone whom "everyone agrees they'll defer to as an expert."
Right-sizing your goals
"It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very simply and neatly arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it."
As your organization embarks on the strategic planning process, it's important to keep in mind that you're not drafting a dream list of all the programs you'd love to bring to your community.
"Specific, measurable and attainable" are common bywords in the numerous books and articles devoted to strategic goal setting. Determining which goals meet those criteria requires a clear-eyed examination of your organization's strengths and weaknesses.
Are you keeping records of animals helped, returning calls and emails within a reasonable time, thanking donors, supporting volunteers, filing legal documents, paying bills on time, updating your website and accomplishing all the myriad tasks necessary to running an effective nonprofit?
For organizations that are struggling with the basics, Brown recommends a plan focused on capacity building. That doesn't just mean crafting a solid fundraising strategy, but also ensuring you have the right people and processes in place to support your current operations so that you can one day progress toward bigger goals.
Many rescue groups and their core members operate in a near constant state of chaos simply because they're "unable to recognize the necessity of engaging people in the group other than those who want to do direct animal rescue," Brown says. But there are people who love the behind-the-scenes work, from fundraising to filing: "You just have to value them and be willing to find them and engage them."
A strategic plan focused on recruiting people to fill specific gaps in your operations may not feel as inspiring as launching new services, but it will alleviate the pressures on your team and enable everyone to work based on their strengths and interests.
If the free spirits among your team balk at the idea of being confined by a three-year template, emphasize that a strategic plan can be "a living, breathing document," one that your organization will revisit at least once a year, says Harvey.
"Nobody should singlehandedly be able to say, 'Yeah, I don't care what's in the plan; I'm going to do these other things,'" she adds. "But has an amazing opportunity come up that we can't say no to or don't want to say no to?" If so, and your board agrees it's more important than something in the strategic plan, you can simply do some reprioritizing.
In this way, a strategic plan can be flexible while also imposing some discipline and preventing your organization from exceeding its capacity, says Lisa LaFontaine, CEO of the Humane Rescue Alliance in Washington, D.C. "You can only say yes to something new if you go back to the strategic plan and amend it. You can't just keep adding."
"You can only say yes to something new if you go back to the strategic plan and amend it. You can't just keep adding."
—Lisa LaFontaine, Humane Rescue Alliance
Saying no, for now
Door: "Why it's simply impassible!"
Alice: "Why, don't you mean impossible?"
Door: "No, I do mean impassible." (chuckles) "Nothing's impossible!"
Setting priorities, sticking to a plan, being proactive, working within your capacity, living your mission—these are common catchphrases in the nonprofit world.
How they often play out in real life is in the act of saying no. No to intervening in certain situations, no to launching new programs, no to bending to outsiders' opinions of what your group should be doing.
And in animal rescue, saying no isn't easy. "We all suffer every time we have to say, 'We can't do that; we can't help with that right now.' It's a horrible position to be in," Harvey says. Yet "the groups that can do that are the groups that have been the most successful and long lived: the groups that know who they are and don't try to be everything to everyone."
After all, Harvey points out, even with 90 staff members and more than 1,000 active volunteers, the Cleveland Animal Protective League can't address animal suffering and homelessness from every angle. Its core programs include running a shelter; conducting humane investigations; and operating an animal welfare clinic, a trap-neuter-return program and a community outreach program that provides pet care services to low-income Cleveland residents. Yet occasionally someone will ask why the organization doesn't have a humane education program for local schoolchildren.
"I sit down with the person and explain that, 'Yes, what you're suggesting is amazing and wonderful, but our current facility won't allow us to execute a program that would have a high impact,'" Harvey says. She pulls out a copy of the strategic plan and explains that the organization has selected the programs it believes will have the biggest lifesaving impact and is operating at full capacity; to go off track and launch another initiative would require taking resources away from one of those programs.
"You have to stay the course, keep yourself on track, and then you set yourself up to be as effective as you can."
—Sharon Harvey, Cleveland Animal Protective League
Rejecting a proposal for a worthy project or a request for assistance can feel demoralizing, but it helps to remember that a "no" today doesn't mean "not ever." In fact, Harvey foresees a time when her shelter will have a humane education program; it will just take time to increase the organization's capacity and improve its facility.
"As you say no in order to remain focused on your larger strategy, you get to a day where you can say yes to those worthy projects," she says. "You have to stay the course, keep yourself on track, and then you will set yourself up to be as effective as you can."
Envision your mission
Much has been written about what makes an effective mission statement. It should be bold, inspirational, actionable and easy to memorize. It should be clear, concise and compelling. It should be timeless while also conveying the scope of your activities and setting you apart from other organizations.
If that sounds like a tall order for one or two sentences or short paragraphs, that's because it is. Look at the mission statements of other nonprofits, and you're unlikely to find one that meets all those criteria.
Some organizations aim for broad, inspirational and evergreen and rely on their strategic plan to contain the scope of the organization's activities. That's the route the San Diego Humane Society took in its recently revised mission statement: "Create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people."
Others opt for a mission statement that incorporates their core activities and parameters. For example: "The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon's mission is to improve the welfare and reduce the population of feral and stray cats through spay/neuter programs and education. Our program serves Oregon and SW Washington."
There are pros and cons to both approaches, says Tom Tholen with The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement. A broadly stated mission allows room for growth and flexibility in the quickly changing world of animal welfare. A narrower statement leaves less room for confusion about your services and makes it easier to identify programs that fall outside your scope.
"Ours is the worst for avoiding mission creep," admits Dr. Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society.
But San Diego Humane is a long-established organization with a wide variety of programs and services, three campuses and a reach beyond its region. "We feel this is an organization poised to do more in the world," Weitzman explains. While the mission statement "doesn't give us guidance," he adds, "it gives us permission to emphasize a global perspective."
For smaller or grassroots organizations, the authors of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies recommend starting with a narrow focus and broadening it over time. "The narrower your mission statement," they write, "the easier it is to convey your organization's purpose and activities and to focus your attention and resources on achieving success."
"Defining Mission and Vision" (free webinar by GrantSpace)
The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Nonprofit by Jim Goettler
Nonprofit Kit for Dummies by Stan Hutton and Frances N. Phillips
The Rescue Group Best Practices Guide
"You're in the lifesaving business: Will you be the rescue group that roared ... or the one that whimpered?"
As senior editor of the award-winning Animal Sheltering magazine, Julie Falconer writes and edits articles for the sheltering, rescue and animal control fields. Before joining the staff of the Humane Society of the United States, Julie was a longtime volunteer with rescue and animal advocacy organizations in Central Virginia. She spends much of her free time assisting with trap-neuter-return programs for community cats.
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In this issue: New study highlights the importance of targeted TNR; "Community hero" award winner pushes Pets for Life in Louisiana; Maryland shelter's canine pool parties make a splash; rethinking the best response to rabies-vector species; shelters use transport partnerships to evacuate animals; and more.
Michigan dogs blossom following release from testing facility; shelter programs focus on finding new homes for shy or frightened 'spirit' cats; D.C., New Jersey organizations combine in a historic merger to increase impact; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend actor and co-creator inspires people to #AdoptPureLove with the Shelter Pet Project; adoption center spreads love for 'grown-ass adults'; and more.
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Are Crystals Bad For My Fish?
7/10/12 - "Okay so my daughter bought a betta and put all her gemstones in it including a huge quartz crystal. The bowl is regular fish bowl size. The Betta wasn't there today. My daughter hasn't been home. And I have fed it. The bowl was sitting on our kitchen table which is round and big. There's no way the fish would've made it off the table if it jumped out. I'm super confused???? Did the crystals and big rock gemstones zap it or something??? -A"
Thank you for your question, not many people really know what is safe for their fish and what is not.
There are a few different things to consider about any set up with fish and crystals.
First - Take the crystals out and be sure he has not managed to bury himself. Many fish are fairly lazy when given the change (in my experience), or like to feel safe in a hiding place, and will choose to wiggle into somewhere that holds them still so they do not have to swim all day, or they feel safer from perdators. Some Fish ever burrow in their natural enviornments, so the behavios translates into the aquarium. They sell little suction cup leafs at the pet store that make a great place for bettas to hang out where you can see them, and caves for larger fish to have a good hiding place. Most fish will be braver about being in the open when they know they have somewhere reliable to hide if they get frightened.
Second - Bettas, like Gouramis and paradise fish, are Labyrinth fish which means they actually have lungs and can breather air when the water is bad or they find themselves in need of a new water source.
Asia's rice patties are the natural habitat of bettas. These rice patties have very shallow water. The water is also muddy and may not contain enough oxygen. When the water level in their puddle gets too low, the bettas will jump out in search of another puddle.
Many Bettas live in an area with extreme rainy and dry seasons. During the rainy season, a Betta will find itself in a shrinking puddle, and hop from one puddle to another.
Anywhoo, the point of that information is that, your fish may have, in fact, lept from his bowl and made it off of the table. This could have been caused by bad water quality, or your fish may have just been too crowded or bored in his bowl. If you keep a fish in a bowl, the ammonia level will slowly build up to intolerable levels, so you must be certain to change out some of the water on a regular basis.
Third - You should know that some crystals are not safe for fish. They will leach some minerals or elements into the water that are toxic to fish. Your daughter (assuming she's old enough to do it) should do a little research into the types of crystals she has put into the bowl. If the water was becoming toxic, this may have been a good reason for your Betta to go in search of a new puddle.
Lastly - Should you choose to replace your Betta (assuming he does not turn up) consider getting a plant to put on the top. Many pet stores carry little plastic trays that fit into the mouth of a fish bowl, along with plants that like their roots in water. This will help add O2 to your Betta's water, and provide a lid so that he can not jump out.
SO!! I hope I have provided the answer you were looking for, and you are able to locate your fish.


RAIN CHANCES: 30% Wednesday afternoon, 50% Wednesday evening, 90% Thursday morning, 30% Thursday afternoon.
RAIN TOTALS: half an inch likely, locally one inch possible. Roadway ponding is possible; flooding is unlikely.


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2022-12-9-fda-releases-cybersecurity-modernization-plan
FDA Releases Cybersecurity Modernization Plan
Medmarc
The FDA has released an action plan for modernizing the agency's cybersecurity capabilities, a component of the FDA digital transformation project. This plan uses the Zero Trust paradigm for cybersecurity, which requires authentication for all users both inside and outside the agency, an approach that helps to ensure that proprietary information included in a manufacturer's regulatory submissions will remain secure.
This cybersecurity Modernization Action Plan, or MAP, is a response to the 457% increase in attempted hacks of the agency's website during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase included activities such as attempted denials of service and a total of 9.5 billion firewall intrusion and detection blocks each month. The Office of Management and Budget announced Jan. 26 that federal government agencies would have to adopt the Zero Trust framework to ensure the security of those agencies' web portals.
The underpinnings of the FDA approach to Zero Trust are found in a special publication by the National Institute for Standards and Technology, which requires both authentication and authorization of a user, regardless of location. This approach also presumes that the location of the network in question is no longer the prime component of the organization's cybersecurity posture, a consequence of the increasing range of points of access, such as any use of cloud IT storage and the increase in remote use of the network.
The FDA MAP also leverages the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Zero Trust Maturity Model and will make use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to evaluate ongoing activity for any potential for cybersecurity breaches. The plan acknowledges the need to invest further in the FDA's cybersecurity team but offers no details as to how many new hires this will require.
The implementation plan consists of five elements of Zero Trust, beginning with a robust set of identity credentialing and access management tools and multi-factor authentication. The second element, or pillar, is the deployment of a series of tools to track the activities of computers to evaluate any potential illicit activity. The third, fourth and fifth pillars consist of surveillance of the network environment, application workload management, and protection and encryption of data found in the FDA's IT systems.
The deployment of the MAP will require the enactment of three support pillars, including analytics that feed into a dashboard for FDA staff to monitor activity in the various systems in use at the agency. The second support pillar consists of a greater degree of automation of cybersecurity tools and the formation of governance committees to oversee the implementation of the MAP.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) released a white paper on cybersecurity in November, which states that American citizens experienced a 32% increase in cyberthreats in 2021 compared to 2020 because of attacks on health care IT systems. The paper cites a reliance on legacy IT systems as a source of concern about these events, along with the ever-increasing number of connected devices. Warner stated that the value of health information on the black market now exceeds the value of credit card information, adding that the health care industry suffers the highest cost per target of any industry in the U.S. The paper poses several questions about U.S. national cybersecurity policy, such as whether the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is adequately fulfilling its role as the sector risk management agency (SRMA) for agencies operating under the HHS umbrella.
Warner stated that the cybersecurity question implicates protection of intellectual property, citing the People's Republic of China as a source of such concerns. The paper also raises the question of whether the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) should be updated in order to reflect the more routine threat posed by cybersecurity breaches, including the possibility that a wider range of entities would be subject to regulations promulgated under HIPAA. However, the paper also suggests that privacy and cybersecurity might be more appropriately addressed in separate legislation and distinct regulatory regimes.
Stark law and the Anti-Kickback Statute may also be revised, Warner stated, because of concerns that existing safe harbors may be an impediment to the sharing of cybersecurity resources. However, the risk of an expanded safe harbor might include that the health care organizations that receive donated cybersecurity resources will externalize the cost and responsibility for cybersecurity to the detriment of patients.
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My bot "lebot" was set up for a game against "Ghandi" a couple of hours ago, but the game has not yet been finished? If you take a look on the game log, both the column indicating time and rounds just reads "...". Are there some hiccup somewhere, or are our bots just really slow when playing?
That game still haven't finished, I guess it is a bug?
Something else I noticed today. It took some hours between one match and the next today, and suddenly my bot began to behave just like a previous version? Is this a known bug?
That is weird, I'll look in to it. For your second question, are you sure you set that version to ranked?
I know I have set the correct version to ranked. BUT. I am not 100% sure if I understand the I/O against the heuristics I have (tried) to program, so I won't complain until I have looked further into this.


Rural scene | like an alley cat . . .
A windy day, but bright and sunny. We packed a basic picnic and headed out. This drawing took maybe an hour, or a little more.
and a photo which I edited to black and white later. Most of the drawing was done outside, with minor adjustments at home.
Next time, I'll include more sky, and avoid squashing the scene.
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Mircea Anastasescu (Bucarest, 18 de marzo de 1931) es un exdeportista rumano que compitió en piragüismo en la modalidad de aguas tranquilas. Ganó dos medallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Piragüismo en los años 1954 y 1963, y de dos medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Piragüismo en los años 1957 y 1963.

Participó en tres Juegos Olímpicos de Verano entre los años 1952 y 1960, su mejor actuación fue un cuarto puesto logrado en Melbourne 1956 en la prueba de K2 1000 m.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Anastasescu, Mircea
Nacidos en Bucarest


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Q: ant failed when building project from source The below is the code in build.xml file throwing error. I googled and found some solutions like.. add ant contrib jar file to resolve the issue. Even after adding the jar file also facing same issue. Please see the below code.
<target name="copyHtdocs" depends="init">
        <export srcUrl="${svn.htdocs.url}" revision="HEAD" destPath="${htdocs.dir}" />
    <export srcUrl="${svn.htdocs.url}" destPath="${htdocs.dir}"/>
  </target>

Added Ant-contrib jar file:-
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties">
      <classpath>
        <pathelement location="${libs.dir}/ant-contrib-0.6.jar" />
      </classpath>
    </taskdef>

Error:-
C:\source\xxxx\xxxx\build.xml:156: Problem: failed to create task or type export
Cause: The name is undefined.
Action: Check the spelling.
Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.
Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.

A: "export" is not a task that is part of the ant-contrib extension

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*http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/tasks/
I suspect you're trying to export a git repo so I would suggest using this ANT task, instead:

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*http://subclipse.tigris.org/svnant/svntask.html#export

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GSK exits U.S. penicillin market with Dr. Reddy's ($RDY) deal
GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) says so long to penicillin in the U.S. The drugmaker is selling off its penicillin-manufacturing facility in Bristol, TN, along with the U.S. rights to branded penicillin meds Augmentin and Amoxil, to the Indian generics maker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories ($RDY). The terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Both Augmentin and Amoxil have generic rivals in the U.S., so they're not big sellers for GSK. The would prefer to spend its time and money on other projects, SVP Jean-Paul Reynaud said in a statement. "This sale will enable the facility to provide oral penicillin-containing antibacterial products...and will allow GSK to focus resources on our newer portfolio of differentiated products," Reynaud said. GSK will keep the rights to sell Augmentin and Amoxil outside the U.S.--for instance, in emerging markets where GSK could market them as branded generics.
For Dr. Reddy's, the purchase is a chance to get into penicillin meds in the U.S. Plus, the purchase will give the Indian company "manufacturing capabilities that did not previously exist within Dr. Reddy's," global generics chief Abhijit Mukherjee said in a statement. "This acquisition is in line with our strategy to significantly scale up our generics business in North America."
- check out the release from GSK
- see the WSJ piece
- get more from Reuters


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The Bayreuth Festival wraps up another season
A "Lohengrin" of vivid imagery, a "Mastersingers" with clever direction and a widely panned conducting premiere by time-tested singer Placido Domingo were the highlights of the year. And what lies ahead?
The 107th Bayreuth Festival draws to a close on August 29 with The Valkyrie in the stage presentation directed by Frank Castorf and conducted by Placido Domingo. The 77-year-old Spaniard, celebrated as a singer, was mercilessly booed at his Bayreuth conducting premiere on July 31.
As one might almost stereotypically expect from a vocalist, he scaled back the orchestral sound to highlight the singers, leaving them full front and center. But even their abilities were tested by Domingo's slow tempos, and critics found that the "speaking orchestra" called for by Richard Wagner was relegated to a perfunctory supporting role.
Departure from tradition
Not only was this the first time a singer had conducted in the history of the Bayreuth Festival — although Domingo is by now also an accomplished conductor elsewhere. The Valkyrie as a stand-alone work on this year's program, divorced from the other three operas in the Ring of the Nibelung tetralogy, was another anomaly.
The departure from long-sacrosanct tradition was the latest of many in the now 10-year-old era of Katharina Wagner, Richard Wagner's great-granddaughter, as festival director. Long-time loyalists feel that there are few sacred Bayreuth cows left to slaughter.
What remains in mind this year are the images from the stage set designed by the German artist Neo Rauch for the new production of Lohengrin. Katharina Wagner's description of "artwork coming to life" describes the experience best.
The scenes and objects in cool blue hues overshadowed the message of the stage direction. That might in fact have been thoroughly intended: Rauch himself described the production's effect as "subcutaneous." Only after one thinks about it does the message become clear: a loveless marriage — of the characters Elsa and Lohengrin — must fail in order for the woman to free herself from male-dominated social structures. It's a timely message in the #MeToo era.
Meanwhile, the star stage director Barrie Kosky returned to Bayreuth this summer to refine his lauded Mastersingers production of 2017.
This year's presentation was followed by lengthy ovations for the impeccable coordination of music and drama, and for his bitter critique of Nuremberg, no longer portrayed as a nostalgic utopia but instead as a community drawn together out of hate and ostracism of "the other." That, too, was a message for today's world of growing nationalism and xenophobia.
2018 also marked the departure of a legendary singer from the Bayreuth Festival: German soprano Waltraud Meier was frenetically cheered in her last-ever performance on the "Green Hill."
Barrie Kosky's production of The Mastersingers is likely to go down as one of the all-time greats in Bayreuth Festival history
And what's to come?
The 2019 season will see a new production of Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser, with the celebrated American tenor Stephen Gould in the title role. Directed by Tobias Kratzer, it features the Bayreuth debut of Russian star conductor Valery Gergiev.
Another long-awaited Bayreuth debut is in store for festival-goers next year, with Russian soprano Anna Netrebko appearing as Elsa in two performances of the opera Lohengrin.
The season ahead will also commemorate two anniversaries: 150 years after the birth of Siegfried Wagner, Richard Wagner's son and a later festival director; and the 100th birthday of one of the composer's grandsons, Wolfgang Wagner.
The latter will honored with a commemorative event preceding the festival, while the former will be remembered in a new theatrical work by Feridun Zaimoglu, a Turkish-born, German author and artist. Presented in the "Discourse Bayreuth" side-program, the work "may also include music," Katharina Wagner said.
The festival routinely attracts celebrities such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Defense Minster Ursula von der Leyen, here with their husbands Joachim Sauer and Heiko von der Leyen
The 2019 season may in fact be the lull before the storm: A new presentation of Wagner's four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung has been announced for 2020, although the production team has yet to be announced.
Numbers and fire escapes
There have been 2,694 performances in Richard Wagner's Festspielhaus from 1876 until the end of the current season. All 32 performances this year were sold out, with over 62,000 visitors coming from numerous countries.
Conceived by Richard Wagner as a "temporary solution," the composer's self-designed Festspielhaus has been undergoing ongoing restoration. With the facades now finished, work will now begin on fire protection and accessibility. The goal is to have all work finished by 2026, the Bayreuth Festival's 150th anniversary. Whether that can be achieved within the planned budget of €30 million ($35 million) is questionable, said the festival's business manager, Holger von Berg.
The durable tenor: Plácido Domingo at 75
He's sung 145 roles and won numerous prizes. He's a conductor, impresario and businessman as well. Is there anything about Plácido Domingo that is not superlative? His ego, perhaps. (21.01.2016)
Between the reeds and the power plant: 'Lohengrin' at the Bayreuth Festival
The Wagner Festival opens the season with a production dominated by powerful images and strong voices – meeting with loud ovations for the soloists and only polite applause for the production team. (26.07.2018)
Curtain comes down on Frank Castorf's era at the Volksbühne
Unconventional and provocative: As the artistic director of Berlin's Volksbühne - the "People's Theater" - Frank Castor wrote theater history. Here's why his productions were so unusual. (29.06.2017)
Richard Wagner's 'Mastersingers' given a grim-funny take in Bayreuth
The issue of anti-Semitism has long been delicately danced around at the Richard Wagner Festival, but stage director Barrie Kosky tackles it straight on - with results that make one stop and think. (26.07.2017)
A Bayreuth reset for Polish tenor Piotr Beczala
When Bayreuth called, Piotr Beczala dropped everything. His premiere as Lohengrin was warmly received. Then he sat down with DW to talk about the production, festival stress - and growing nationalism everywhere. (03.08.2018)
Of space and time: a new opera in Bayreuth
The first commissioned work of new music in Bayreuth Festival history and the first world premiere there since 1882: the multimedia fairy tale "der verschwundene hochzeiter" (The Bridegroom Disappeared) by Klaus Lang. (27.07.2018)
Bayreuth Festival 2018: The latest Wagner celebration begins
Next year, superstar Anna Netrebko will sing in Bayreuth. But as the current season begins, visitors are looking forward to a new production of Wagner's "Lohengrin" — including a stage set designed by Neo Rauch. (25.07.2018)
Yuval Sharon: 'You really feel the Bayreuth myth'
Staging Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" at the opening of the Bayreuth Festival, the American finds himself inspired by the ambience on the Green Hill. (23.07.2018)
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Opera star Jonas Kaufmann at 50 09.07.2019
One of the world's top tenors, feted on opera and concert stages across the world, Kaufmann looks back on a quarter century of stellar singing — and shows no sign of slowing down.
Young Euro Classic launches a new season 19.07.2019
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the world's largest parade of youth orchestras has music by Beethoven in its sights – but audiences can also expect surprises.
Bayreuth Festival 2018: The latest Wagner celebration begins 25.07.2018
Next year, superstar Anna Netrebko will sing in Bayreuth. But as the current season begins, visitors are looking forward to a new production of Wagner's "Lohengrin" — including a stage set designed by Neo Rauch.
'Oh Boy' director Jan-Ole Gerster finally follows up with 'Lara'
Following his hit Berlin-set debut "Oh Boy," director Jan-Ole Gerster presents his new film "Lara," an unsettling portrait of a desperate woman, at the Munich Film Festival. He spoke to DW about the pressure to succeed.
Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss wins prestigious Georg Büchner Prize
German's most esteemed literary prize has been awarded to the prodigious Swiss author, playright and essayist, who was praised for examining the "fundamental existential condition of modern life."
Cosmic sound - Brian Eno
British musician Brian Eno has composed music for films and space. An asteroid has just been named for him. He's reissuing his legendary album "Apollo" to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. A talk about the sound of the universe:
A festival of stars
The Starmus Festival has seen greats such as Hans Zimmer, Brian May, Neil Armstrong and Stephen Hawking. This global festival of science communication and art is taking place in Zurich for the fifth time this year. The star of 2019 is the moon.
YouTube in schools: A digital revolution in the classroom
Teachers and parents might not have noticed, but students don't only use YouTube for fun. According to a new study, about half of them watch videos to learn things as well. How does this affect the educational program?


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By Anne-Marie Carrick 4 May 2016
Hostmaker – Hotel-style Airbnb management services
"We reimagine the streets of a city like the corridors of a hotel. We believe that every home can be on Airbnb and every host can be 'guest-ready'. We take the hassle out of hosting. We solve the complex logistical operation of coordinating housekeepers, fresh linen and key exchange. We further add value with our capabilities in dynamic pricing strategies, interior design and hospitality experience that makes a Hostmaker listing on Airbnb stand apart from the rest." Nakul Sharma MBA'11J, CEO and founder.
Indian born Nakul Sharma was expected to become a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer instead he took a less conventional route by attending hotel school at The Shannon College of Hotel Management in Ireland. "It was the first time that I had left India and the culture shock couldn't have been bigger. I grew up in Bombay, a city of 10 million and found myself in the small town of Shannon with a population of just 10,000!" It was here that Nakul learnt everything about the complex operations in the hotel industry.
A year later Nakul attended the National University of Galway where he earned a joint First class honours degree in Hotel Management and Marketing, graduating in 2005. He then became a graduate management trainee for the Starwood Hotels Group in London – a fast track 18 month programme where Nakul worked in revenue management dealing with the pricing strategy. With just three weeks' notice he was then posted to Dubai with the mandate to open two hotels for the Starwood Hotels Group. The experience was invaluable with the many challenges he had to face: "On the first day the hotel opened for business, the pricing went wrong on the website – instead of posting US$200 rooms they had been listed as just US$20 per room leading inevitably to many bookings especially in the peak seasons."
Despite the numerous teething problems Nakul overcame and the global economic crisis that hit Dubai hard, within six months the hotels were leading its competitors. After a challenging and successful stint in Dubai he decided it was time to make a move from operations to thinking more strategically and applied for an MBA. It was at INSEAD that the seed for Hostmaker was sown in Professor Karan Girotra's class although it was just that – an idea – and Nakul didn't really entertain the idea of developing it further at the time.
On graduation from INSEAD in 2011 Nakul worked as Director of Commercial Strategy and Planning for the Intercontinental Hotels Group. While working there he co-wrote a paper on Airbnb's impact on the hotel industry. Nakul was convinced that Airbnb was an attractive alternative for travellers who were tired of the mediocre offering in the 3 or 4 star hotels and that Airbnb was making homestays a real alternative travel accommodation category. He quit his job at the end of January 2014 to pursue the idea using his own savings for the first six months. Initial clients were generated from Nakul's conversations on the Airbnb platform. As an Airbnb host himself Nakul could use his home as a test ground for the services he proposed.
Hostmaker is launched
A group of Nakul's INSEAD classmates flew to London from LA, Seoul and Toronto to brainstorm on the venture – they had previously worked together post-INSEAD on a project to acquire a hotel in London but this had fallen through. Following this meeting Hostmaker was officially launched in July 2014. The group of INSEADers later became some of the company's initial investors. A first round of funding was closed after winning the INSEAD investor pitch in London in 2015 of £250K.
"We successfully grew in the high double digits throughout 2015 which resulted in a second fundraise of almost £1.5 million led by DN Capital and DSGCP, a Singapore based fund run by Deepak Shahdadpuri, INSEAD MBA '98. The investor group now includes five INSEAD MBA'11Js; Professor Girotra and Deepak; together with experienced and successful entrepreneurs. This group are convinced by the project's ambition; the speed of execution and the quality of the service delivery. We expanded into Barcelona and Rome in 2015 adding Paris at the beginning of 2016 – with more European cities to follow."
But with the rapid growth come challenges as Nakul explains:
"As it is an operations business it is people heavy and quite difficult to automate aspects of it. However, we are developing proprietary operations and pricing tools that will help create our secret sauce.
I made a conscious choice in the investor note I drew up at the beginning about the housekeeping team. I do not want them to be treated as just a pair of hands. These are the people who bring the home alive and represent the brand on the frontline. The majority of the staff are employed full time and are not contractors – they are paid well over the living wage. We keep them at the heart of our decision-making and are always optimising their daily routines, reducing travel times and making it easy to service the homes with well documented notes about each and every flat.
We also need to attract and employ high quality talent. At the pace we are expanding we need to find people who are inspired and excited about our business proposition and will join the team and stamp their mark on it."
Nakul is convinced that Hostmaker is the first among many ventures that will be developed using Airbnb's ecosystem.
"We believe this 'secret sauce' of operational excellence is the platform through which we will earn the trust of our hosts and expand into new services and cities. We aim to be the world's first truly global homestay hospitality management company.
I am truly inspired by leaders who battle against all odds to realise their vision. Sustaining success in the long term is another matter and I tip my hat to individuals who do that in any discipline."
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Fort Walsh And Cypress Hills: It's all concerning the glass here at Everyonedoesit, they love the glass, they breathe glass, they worship you get the image. For medical marijuana customers, there have been two areas set up for consumption of cannabis. Carrie Underwood attended the 2014 CMT music Awards at the Bridgestone Area on June 4 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jennifer Lopez in the 2014 Billboard Music Awards Press Room held on the MGM Grand Backyard in Las Vegas, Nevada on Might 18. Sir Ian McKellen attended the UK Premiere of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" at Odeon Leicester Sq. on May 12. Emma Watson wowed at the UK Premiere of "Noah" at Odeon Leicester Square on March 31 in London.
Within the theatre, at explicit intervals throughout the day, museum employees play a brief documentary that tells the story of the whisky commerce the Cypress Hills Bloodbath that prompted the untimely formation and dispatch of the North West Mounted Police. The Miccosukee Tribe in the Miami-Dade space alleges former chairman Billy Cypress embezzled $26 million from the tribe during his term from 2005 to 2009 earlier than he was voted out.
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No. 96 brings the Alife model to the fore, looking at what made the clothing company cool when it first began and why it's nonetheless the most effective manufacturers to have come out of downtown New York 15 years on. In this issue, Tony A sits down with now-proprietor, Treis Hill, to speak about a number of the loopy times between the start of the brand and the handing over of the reigns to Treis, from the lootings of the NYC blackout, proper by means of to the newest collabs and tasks Alife have lined up with musicians like Wu-Tang and Cypress Hill.
However as a result of Michael never performed video video games, it was only in July 2010 did he learn about "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," and its lead character, "CJ." Upon seeing the character, Michael mentioned it was clear that Rockstar (the developer of Grand Theft Auto) had stolen his image and never paid him. This is just unhealthy journalism: Cypress Hill consists of B-Real, Sen-Dog, DJ Muggs and Eric Bobo on percussion.
The album received optimistic essential acclaim with Rolling Stone and The Supply giving it Glorious four star ratings. Around this time, Rolling Stone journal named the group as the perfect rap group in their music awards voted by critics and readers. With this album the band turned in the direction of a more tranquil, sedate, slower, spooky sound with beats. The clothing line infuses a singular punk rock design esthetic.
An alternafest, acts like American Music Membership, Shonen Knife, Babes and Toyland, and Matthew Sweet share time with SY, who cover Superstar In late 2007, the music would make an appearance in the movie Juno. Several acts made friends appearances, together with Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill, Peter Frampton, and Sonic Youth. The song is later featured on Rhino's Go Simpsonic With The Simpsons: Original Music From The Tv Series compilation. Moore additionally served as a music consultant.
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Caratteristiche tecniche
Giocava attaccante, ricoprendo il ruolo di centravanti. Le sue principali caratteristiche erano la forza fisica, la potenza nel tiro (effettuato in prevalenza con il piede sinistro) e la personalità in campo. Héctor Veira, suo ex allenatore, sottolineò la sua velocità e la sua efficacia nel contropiede.

Carriera

Club
Nato nella capitale della Provincia di San Luis, Funes iniziò a giocare a livello professionistico con l'Huracán, compagine di tale città. Nel 1982 passò al Sarmiento di Junín, e successivamente militò in Villa Mercedes e Jorge Newbery. Ebbe la prima opportunità di giocare in Primera División con il Gimnasia y Esgrima di Mendoza, con cui disputò per due volte il Campionato Nacional: 1983 e 1984. Nella prima segnò 2 reti in 5 gare, mentre nella seconda marcò 6 volte in 8 partite; in seguito scelse di espatriare, firmando per i colombiani del Millonarios di Bogotà. Militò tre stagioni nel Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (1984, 1985, 1986), mantenendo una buona media gol (55 in 81 presenze). Il River Plate lo acquistò nel 1986, e Funes rimase nella rosa del club di Buenos Aires per due annate, vincendo anche la Coppa Libertadores 1986; in questo torneo Funes risultò decisivo, grazie ai due gol segnati nel doppio incontro contro l'América de Cali. Nel 1988 andò in Grecia, all'Olympiakos, dopo essere stato rifiutato dai francesi del  dopo le visite mediche. Con la squadra del Pireo rimase una stagione, e successivamente tornò in Argentina, al Velez, dove concluse precocemente la carriera per via delle cattive condizioni di salute; morì di arresto cardiaco l'11 gennaio 1992.

Nazionale
Il 10 giugno 1987 debuttò con la Nazionale maggiore; fu poi convocato per la Copa América 1987. In questa manifestazione, scese in campo per la prima volta il 9 luglio, sostituendo José Percudani al 45º minuto della sfida con l'; lo stesso accadde l'11 luglio contro la .

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River Plate: 1986

River Plate: 1986

River Plate: 1986

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Both of the resulting structures in the example are valid resonance contributors. However, some resonance structures are more equal than others (George Orwell): Structures in which every atom has an octet, like the one on the right, are better than those in which an atom is missing electrons, like the one on the left.
Let us now look at resonance structures in more specific details. We will also look at some of the examples of the same. Resonance Structures. From few experiments, it was observed that the bond parameters of some molecules were not same as what was calculated on the basis of different bond theories.
For example, the nitrate ion can be viewed as if it resonates between the three different structures below. Each of these structures is called a resonance structure. The hypothetical switching from one resonance structure to another is called resonance, and the convention is to separate the resonance structures with double headed arrows.


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Northern Territory Election-Small Business Association-Lemonthyme and Southern Forests Legislation-Fairy Meadow Surf Lifesaving Club-Australian Tourist Industry Report-Assets Test-Rural Australia-Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER
Mr Lee
Mr BRAITHWAITE
DEATH OF MR A. N. FULLER
(Mr HOWARD, Mr HAWKE)
(Ms FATIN, Mr KEATING)
IMPUTATION OF DIVIDENDS AND FOREIGN TAX CREDITS: PROPOSED LEGISLATION
(Mr SINCLAIR, Mr KEATING)
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTATION
(Mr O'KEEFE, Mr HAWKE)
(Mr SHACK, Mr HAWKE)
(Mr MARTIN, Mr HOWE)
QUEENSLAND INLAND AIR SERVICES
(Mr KATTER, Mr PETER MORRIS)
GREAT BARRIER REEF ISLANDS
(Mr CHYNOWETH, Mr COHEN)
AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL AND COUNCIL OF NATURE CONSERVATION MINISTERS
Mr HOLDING
COMMISSIONER FOR EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION
Mr HOWE
Mr BLUNT
Mr BARRY JONES
Funding for Education Centres
Landscaping for New Parliament House
Funding for Pacific Highway Improvements
Radio Reception in Mackay Region
Rent Assistance to Pensioners
English as a Second Language Programs
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
Mr SHACK
Mr STAPLES
Mr McGAURAN
Mr FREE
Mr IAN CAMERON
STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURE
Mr MOUNTFORD
Mr LEO McLEAY
PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1986 [COGNATE BILLS: PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX BILL 1986 PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX (INTEREST ON UNDERPAYMENTS) BILL 1986 PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 1986]
PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1986
Mr CHYNOWETH
Mr GOODLUCK
Mr WRIGHT
Mr EVERINGHAM
Mr DOWNER
Mr ROBERT BROWN
Mr PETER FISHER
Mr McVEIGH
Mr HODGMAN
Mr CUNNINGHAM
Tobacco-Related Diseases, Deaths and Fires
(Mr Tickner, Dr Blewett)
Australia Card: Pamphlets
(Mr Porter, Dr Blewett)
Word Processing or Computer Equipment and Repetition Strain Injury
(Mr Hodges, Mr West)
Prescription Drugs: Cost
(Mr Moore, Dr Blewett)
Health: Natural Remedies
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Mr MARTIN(10.30) —On several occasions during the last 2 1/2 years I have spoken about the contribution which has been made to Australian society by the Surf Lifesaving Association of Australia. Tonight I would like to put on record some words of praise for one such surf lifesaving club that operates within my electorate. It is the Fairy Meadow Surf Lifesaving Club of which I happen to be not only the patron but also an active member.
On 15 March this year a very significant event took place involving a number of members of that particular club. The veterans squad of people who have been tied up with the surf lifesaving movement for some time were subjected to the rigours of going for their Surf Lifesaving Association bronze medal. I am very pleased to be able to report that that veterans squad was most successful and was commended by the Surf Lifesaving Association as being a well drilled outfit, one which performed all the tasks necessary for a Surf Lifesaving Association bronze holder. That squad spent some two months in training. It is interesting that these people all had an active interest in surf lifesaving, both through junior and senior associations with the Fairy Meadow club. But because of one reason or another they had never attempted the surf bronze medal which is, of course, a prerequisite for anybody wishing to participate as a surf lifesaver on the beaches of Australia.
Those five gentlemen as I indicated trained extremely hard and were very successful. It is important that this contribution to the surf lifesaving movement should go on record because those same people have continued an active interest in the surf lifesaving movement over many years. In fact, they have put their children through the Fairy Meadow Junior Surf Lifesaving Club or still have their children going through the surf lifesaving club. Those five gentlemen were Bruce Allen, Ray Camilleri, Jim Milne, Peter Patterson and, dare I say it, the erstwhile member for Macarthur, Stephen Martin. The honourable member for Throsby (Mr Hollis) indicated that he did his bronze in Bellambi in 1956. He must have been a very young man--
Mr Lee —The test was rigged.
Mr MARTIN —The test was rigged, as the honourable member for Dobell said. In my era when one was growing up on the beaches of Wollongong, one either went into the surf lifesaving movement when one reached the age of 13, or went surfboard riding. I chose the latter rather than the former and consequently I never had the opportunity to go through the bronze medallion test. I was very pleased to participate because it gives one first hand experience in what is necessary in surf lifesaving, which I am sure every member of this House agrees is a very important community activity and contributes a very worthwhile service to the public of Australia.
With respect to the Fairy Meadow club I would also like to pay tribute to a number of those gentleman who participated in the bronze test this year; I refer in particular, to Bruce Allen and Peter Patterson. Both of those gentlemen have had a long association with the Fairy Meadow junior club. In fact, Bruce Allen was the President over the last couple of seasons of the junior surf lifesaving club and has indicated that he will not be standing for re-election in the coming year. He, along with the secretary, Ashley Neil, have done a magnificent job in bringing the young people of the Fairy Meadow- Balgownie area into the surf lifesaving movement. They have spent many valuable hours coaching and taking these children to surf carnivals and participating in a range of activities associated with surf lifesaving in the Illawarra region. They, along with the rest of the committee from the 1986-87 season, are to be congratulated. They have left a wealth of talent to go into the senior ranks, not only in the Fairy Meadow Surf Lifesaving Club but also, I am sure, to represent the Illawarra district in the not too distant future. My congratulations go to them. I thank the examiners and the coach of the Fairy Meadow senior squad for taking us through our surf bronze. He had to put up with a lot. It was not easy to swim around those buoys three times in the one day, and I was the youngest and the fittest of them all.
Madam SPEAKER —Order! The honourable member's time has expired.


We popped to the farmers market this morning, which reminded me of something we were meant to post a few weeks ago – a picture of our damson crumble that we made with damsons bought last time we were at the market.
Is crumble an autumnal thing? I always think of it so, maybe because a good fruit crumble is such a satisfying way to use autumn fruits: damsons, plums, apples, blackberries etc.
Apparently some people don't (de)stone their damsons before cooking. I can't really agree with that and, while stoning them does take time it's also vaguely therapeutic. You know you've earned a good pudding when your hands are all black and blue with juice.
We didn't stew the damsons first, just popped them straight into the ovenproof dish with a fair bit of sugar and spooned the crumble mixture (recipes widely available – just search the web) on top and cooked in the oven till the fruit was starting to bubble up through the golden crumble top. Oh yes, and I do like to put some oats into the crumble mixture too, especially with darker fruits. I'm not sure why.
So, yes, damson crumble. Easy and delicious.