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<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
    <string name="dk_app_name">DoKit</string>

    <string name="dk_category_biz">业务专区</string>
    <string name="dk_category_comms">常用工具</string>
    <string name="dk_category_lbs">LBS</string>
    <string name="dk_category_performance">性能监控</string>
    <string name="dk_category_large_image">大图检测</string>
    <string name="dk_category_ui">视觉工具</string>
    <string name="dk_category_platform">平台工具</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_network_mock">数据Mock</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_health">健康体检</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_file_transfer">文件同步助手</string>
    <string name="dk_category_weex">Weex</string>

    <string name="dk_kit_ui_performance">UI层级</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_sysinfo">App信息</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_develop">开发者选项</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_local_lang">本地语言</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_service_running">运行中服务</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_list">工具列表</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_demo">demo</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_file_explorer">沙盒浏览</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_frame_info">帧率</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_frame_info_desc">帧率检测</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_gps_mock">位置模拟</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_gps_mock_manual">位置微调</string>

    <string name="dk_kit_gps_mock_route">实时导航</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_color_picker">取色器</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_align_ruler">对齐标尺</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_log_info">日志</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_log_min">最小化</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_web_door">H5任意门</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_temporary_close">隐藏</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_crash">Crash</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_data_clean">清理缓存</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_cache_check_all">全选</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_db_debug">DBView</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_weak_network">模拟弱网</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_setting">更多</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_view_check">控件检查</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_net_monitor">网络</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_net_monitor_white_host_tip">白名单(默认全部拦截,如有添加白名单则只会拦截白名单中的网络请求,同时白名单规则在关闭当前页面时生效。白名单host示例:m.baidu.com)</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_net_monitor_white_host_edit_tip">请输入白名单host</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_net_monitor_white_host_edit_toast">请先输入host</string>

    <string name="dk_kit_ui_monitor">UI显示实时数据</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_time_counter">启动耗时</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_method_cost">函数耗时</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_comm_webview">......</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_mock_template_preview">数据预览</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_method_cost_desc">
        <![CDATA[
            函数耗时不提供UI操作界面,在你需要分析的代码之前插入

             MethodCost.startMethodTracing(\"doramemon\")

            或者

            MethodCost.startMethodTracingSampling(\"doramemon\")

            结束的地方加上

            MethodCost.stopMethodTracingAndPrintLog(\"doramemon\")

            注意:start和stop的文件名必须配对才能打印出函数耗时。

            编译完成以后即可在控制台中通过MethodCost TAG过滤出函数耗时

            分析完成以后你可以手动删除相关代码也可以保留便于下次调试因为release环境下相关代码都是空实现,并不会影响线上性能。

            详细的操作可参考demo中的实现
        ]]>
        </string>

    <string name="dk_kit_db_debug_desc">
        <![CDATA[
            温馨提示:

             请确保当前手机和PC处于同一局域网内

            想要对当前app的数据库进行修改可以在pc上通过以下地址进行操作:
        ]]>
        </string>
    <string name="dk_kit_db_detail">数据库查看</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_top_activity">当前Activity</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_pkg_name">包名:</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_class_name">类名:</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_path_name">路径:</string>
    <string name="dk_category_mode">悬浮窗模式</string>
    <string name="dk_category_exit">退出</string>
    <string name="dk_category_version">version</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_mode_desc">悬浮窗模式:
        \n
        1)系统代表系统悬浮窗(需要系统权限)
        \n
        2)常规代表内置浮标(不需要系统权限)
    </string>
    <string name="dk_kit_mode_rb_system">系统</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_mode_rb_normal">常规</string>

    <string name="dk_kit_exit">退出 DoKit</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_version">当前版本:V%s</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_layout_border">布局边框</string>

    <string name="dk_sysinfo_device_info">手机信息</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_app_info">App信息</string>
    <string name="dk_third_library_info">三方库信息</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_info">权限信息</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_info_unreliable">权限信息 (App未做6.0权限适配,以下信息仅供参考)</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_brand_and_model">手机型号</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_android_version">系统版本</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_package_name">包名</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_package_version_name">应用版本名</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_package_version_code">应用版本号</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_package_min_sdk">最低系统版本号</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_package_target_sdk">目标系统版本号</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_ext_storage_free">sd卡剩余空间</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_rom_free">系统剩余空间</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_display_size">分辨率</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_display_inch">屏幕尺寸</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_location">地理位置权限</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_sdcard">磁盘权限</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_camera">拍照权限</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_record">麦克风权限</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_read_phone">设备信息权限</string>
    <string name="dk_sysinfo_permission_contact">通讯录权限</string>

    <string name="dk_frameinfo_fps">帧率</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_cpu">CPU</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_ram">内存</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_custom">自定义</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_upstream">上行流量</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_downstream">下行流量</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_avg_value">平均值</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_big_img">大图检测</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_leakcanary">LeakCanary</string>
    <string name="dk_tools_dbdebug">DBView</string>

    <string name="dk_log_info_edt_hint">输入想要过滤的关键字</string>
    <string name="dk_log_info_verbose">Verbose</string>
    <string name="dk_log_info_debug">Debug</string>
    <string name="dk_log_info_info">Info</string>
    <string name="dk_log_info_warn">Warn</string>
    <string name="dk_log_info_error">Error</string>

    <string name="dk_web_door_hint">输入地址,点击按钮跳转</string>
    <string name="dk_web_door_explore">点击跳转</string>
    <string name="dk_web_door_clear_history">清空搜索历史</string>

    <string name="dk_gpsmock_open">开启模拟定位</string>
    <string name="dk_gpsmock_tv_location">模拟</string>
    <string name="dk_gpsmock_hint_longlat">请输入经纬度</string>

    <string name="dk_kit_block_monitor">卡顿</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_block_monitor_list">卡顿列表</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_block_monitor_detail">卡顿详情</string>
    <string name="dk_item_block_switch">卡顿检测开关</string>
    <string name="dk_item_block_goto_list">查看卡顿记录</string>
    <string name="dk_item_block_mock">模拟卡顿</string>
    <string name="dk_cpu_memory_remind_user">抱歉,您当前系统版本高于8.0,由于谷歌权限收紧,只能用adb的方式获取性能分析的数据,请手机连接电脑并输入adb tcpip 5555以保证功能正常运行</string>
    <string name="dk_block_class_has_blocked">blocked %s ms</string>
    <string name="dk_block_notification_message">Click for more details</string>

    <string name="dk_third_sort_name">按名称</string>
    <string name="dk_third_sort_size">按大小</string>

    <string name="dk_crash_capture_tips">DoraemonKit正在为您记录Crash</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_capture_no_record">暂无crash记录</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_capture_switch">Crash日志收集开关</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_capture_clean_data">一键清理Crash日志</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_capture_summary_title">Crash日志列表</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_capture_screenshot">Crash截图开关</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_need_permission">请授权读写权限,避免crash文件丢失</string>

    <string name="dk_weak_network_switch">模拟弱网开关</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_off">断网</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_timeout">超时</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_speed_limit">限速</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_request_limit">请求限速:</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_response_limit">响应限速:</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_limit_message">请求限速会在上传时限速,响应限速会在下载时限速,0则不限速</string>
    <string name="dk_weak_network_speed_unit">K/s</string>

    <string name="dk_kit_network_monitor">网络</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_network_monitor_detail">流量监测详情</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_network_filter_hint">支持筛选</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_network_time_format">%1$s 耗时:%2$s</string>

    <string name="dk_view_check_info_class">控件类型:%1$s</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_id">控件ID:%1$s</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_size">控件尺寸:宽%1$d,高%2$d</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_desc">背景颜色:%1$s</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_padding">内边距:%1$d, %2$d, %3$d, %4$d</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_margin">外边距:%1$d, %2$d, %3$d, %4$d</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_text_color">文字颜色:%1$s</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_text_size">文字大小:%1$d</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_activity">当前Activity:%1$s</string>
    <string name="dk_view_check_info_fragment">可见Fragments:%1$s</string>

    <string name="dk_back">返回</string>
    <string name="dk_setting">更多</string>
    <string name="dk_edit">编辑</string>
    <string name="dk_reset">还原</string>
    <string name="dk_complete">完成</string>
    <string name="dk_export">导出</string>
    <string name="dk_manager_kit_title">管理我的功能</string>

    <string name="dk_net_monitor_title_summary">流量监控摘要</string>
    <string name="dk_net_monitor_list">流量监控列表</string>
    <string name="dk_net_monitor_detection_switch">流量检测开关</string>
    <string name="dk_net_monitor_show_summary">显示流量监控详情</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_body">消息体</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_size">数据大小</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_url">链接</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_request_time">请求时间</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_response_time">响应时间</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_request_header">请求头</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_response_header">响应头</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_request_body">请求行</string>
    <string name="dk_network_detail_title_response_body">响应行</string>
    <string name="dk_network_request">请求</string>
    <string name="dk_network_response">响应</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_number_time_tips">总计已为您抓包</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_number">抓包数量</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_data_upload">数据上传</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_data_down">数据下载</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_http_method">HTTP方法</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_data_type">数据类型</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_time_default">0秒</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_time_second">%d秒</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_time_minute">%1$d分%2$d秒</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_time_hour">%1$d小时%2$d分</string>
    <string name="dk_network_summary_total_time_day">%1$d天%2$d小时</string>
    <string name="dk_network_get_method">GET</string>
    <string name="dk_network_post_method">POST</string>
    <string name="dk_network_method">Method</string>

    <string name="dk_cpu_detection_switch">CPU检测开关</string>
    <string name="dk_frameinfo_detection_switch">帧率检测开关</string>
    <string name="dk_cpu_title_cache_log">检测记录</string>
    <string name="dk_item_cache_log">查看检测记录</string>

    <string name="dk_ram_detection_switch">内存检测开关</string>
    <string name="dk_ram_detection_title">内存检测</string>
    <string name="dk_crash_capture_look">查看Crash日志</string>

    <string name="dk_large_picture_switch">大图检测开关</string>
    <string name="dk_large_picture_look">大图检测记录</string>
    <string name="dk_large_picture_list">大图列表</string>
    <string name="dk_large_picture_threshold">大图内存检测阈值</string>
    <string name="dk_large_picture_file_threshold">大图文件检测阈值</string>
    <string name="dk_large_picture_threshold_desc">
        <![CDATA[
        描述:关于图片文件大小和文件被加载到内存以后的区别。

        参考:https://juejin.im/post/5bc406b9f265da0aa664ea1e

        ]]>
    </string>

    <string name="dk_float_permission_toast">哆啦A梦需要打开悬浮窗权限才能正常使用</string>
    <string name="dk_gps_location_change_toast">地址变为: %1$s , %2$s</string>

    <string name="dk_layout_level">布局层级</string>

    <string name="dk_align_info_text">位置:左%1$d 右%2$d 上%3$d 下%4$d</string>
    <string name="dk_align_info_include_status_bar">包含状态栏高度</string>

    <string name="dk_error_tips_permissions_less">请进行授权才可以使用该功能</string>

    <string name="dk_item_time_counter_switch">Activity跳转耗时</string>
    <string name="dk_item_time_goto_list">查看记录</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_block_time_counter_list">耗时列表</string>
    <string name="dk_kit_block_time_app_start_info">启动详情</string>

    <string name="dk_submit">提交</string>
    <string name="dk_cancel">取消</string>
    <string name="dk_discard">丢弃</string>
    <string name="dk_delete">删除</string>
    <string name="dk_db_tips_insert">添加</string>
    <string name="dk_success">成功</string>
    <string name="dk_fail">失败</string>
    <string name="dk_confirm">确定</string>
    <string name="dk_post">提交</string>
    <string name="dk_app_data_clean">确认要删除本地数据</string>
    <string name="dk_hint">提示</string>
    <string name="dk_share">分享</string>
    <string name="dk_save">保存</string>

    <string name="dk_platform_monitor_data_button">开始测试</string>
    <string name="dk_platform_monitor_data_button_stop">结束测试</string>
    <string name="dk_platform_monitor_view_stat_data">查看统计数据</string>
    <string name="dk_platform_monitor_page_data">页面数据</string>
    <string name="dk_log_text_loading">日志加载中...</string>
    <string name="dk_data_clean_toast">清除系统资料</string>

    <string name="dk_view_render_analysis">View渲染统计</string>
    <string name="dk_max_level">最大层级: </string>
    <string name="dk_view_id">控件id: </string>
    <string name="dk_total_draw_time">总绘制耗时: </string>
    <string name="dk_max_draw_time">最大绘制耗时: </string>

    <string name="dk_mock_search">搜索</string>

    <string name="dk_jsonViewer_icon_plus">expand</string>
    <string name="dk_jsonViewer_icon_minus">collapse</string>

    <string name="dk_data_mock_et_hint">支持筛选</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_bottom_table_mock">Mock数据</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_bottom_table_template">上传模板</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_group">接口分组</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_switch_status">开关状态</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_switch_all">全部</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_switch_opened">打开</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_switch_closed">关闭</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_plugin_toast">请先到https://www.dokit.cn申请projectId,并参考使用中心进行接入</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_template_tip">本地是否存在mock模板数据:%s</string>
    <string name="dk_data_mock_template_upload">上传模板</string>

    <string name="dk_health_upload_successed">上传数据成功</string>
    <string name="dk_health_upload_failed">上传数据失败,请重新上传</string>
    <string name="dk_health_upload_droped">本次测试用例已丢弃!</string>
    <string name="dk_health_upload_title">健康体检</string>
    <string name="dk_health_upload_message">是否确认开始执行健康体检?</string>
    <string name="dk_health_funcation_start">App即将重启并开始进入体检模式</string>

    <string name="dk_health_funcation_running">正在体检中...</string>

    <string name="dk_health_step_index">向上滑动查看功能使用说明</string>

    <string name="dk_health_title_step1">第一步</string>
    <string name="dk_health_title_step2">第二步</string>
    <string name="dk_health_title_step3">第三步</string>
    <string name="dk_health_title_step4">第四步</string>

    <string name="dk_health_step1">点击开始体验按钮开始本次的性能测试</string>
    <string name="dk_health_step2">在每一个页面至少停留10秒钟,如果低于10秒钟的话,我们将会丢弃该页面收集到的数据。</string>
    <string name="dk_health_step3">测试完毕之后,重新进入本页面并点击结束测试按钮,填写测试用例名称和测试人的名字,即可上传本次性能测试数据</string>
    <string name="dk_health_step4">打开www.dokit.cn平台,进入app健康体检列表,即可查看本次的性能测试报告</string>
    <string name="dk_health_back_top">回到顶部</string>

    <string name="dk_health_dialog_title">结束前请完善以下信息</string>
    <string name="dk_health_dialog_test_name">测试用例名称</string>
    <string name="dk_health_dialog_test_name_hint">测试用例名称</string>
    <string name="dk_health_dialog_test_person">测试人</string>
    <string name="dk_health_dialog_test_person_hint">测试人</string>

    <string name="dk_log_btn_clean">清空日志</string>
    <string name="dk_log_btn_export">导出</string>
    <string name="dk_log_btn_back_top">回到顶部</string>
    <string name="dk_log_btn_to_bottom">滚至底部</string>

    <string name="dk_header_reset">下拉刷新</string>
    <string name="dk_header_pull">下拉刷新</string>
    <string name="dk_header_pull_over">释放立即刷新</string>
    <string name="dk_header_refreshing">正在刷新...</string>
    <string name="dk_header_completed">刷新成功</string>

    <string name="dk_brvah_loading">正在加载中...</string>
    <string name="dk_brvah_load_failed">加载失败,请点我重试</string>
    <string name="dk_brvah_load_end">没有更多数据</string>
    <string name="dk_brvah_load_complete">点击加载更多</string>

    <string name="dk_weaknet_type">弱网类型:</string>
    <string name="dk_weaknet_type_off">断网</string>
    <string name="dk_weaknet_type_timeout">超时</string>
    <string name="dk_weaknet_type_speed">限速</string>

    <string name="dk_plugin_close_tip">未引入插件或插件未开启</string>

    <string name="dk_plugin_network_close_tip">网络插件未开启</string>

    <string name="dk_plugin_method_close_tip">慢函数插件未开启</string>
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"On the Administration's side and some on the left, the stimulus is defended on crude Keynesian grounds (as in the CBO report) without recognizing that there are much more promising alternatives that would address the economy's structural needs, instead of a failed attempt to restore the pre-2008 consumption bubble. On the Republican side, there is a far more reckless clamoring for further tax cuts on the vague notion that tax cuts would spur growth and that spending cuts would follow on to offset the tax cuts.
This summation is significant to INET, in that it adds some insight into our big question about the current financial crisis: "Why did so many economists fail to predict the global financial crisis, and so many policymakers mishandle it - while some saw it all coming?" Faulty economic models and the politicizing of the debate were certainly some of the factors that led to the crisis - how do we overcome these obstacles in the future?


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Kevin Kennedy Moves to Pacific Life: Personnel Matters
By Allison Bell | April 17, 2020 at 04:50 AM
Chris Flint will lead Farmers New World Life.
Chris Flint (Credit: Farmers)
Pacific Life has hired Kevin Kennedy to be senior vice president, sales, and chief marketing officer at the company's Retirement Solutions Division.
Kennedy previously was managing director and head of individual retirement at Equitable Holdings.
(Related: American Enterprise Names 4 Regional Managers: Personnel Matters)
He has a bachelor's degree from Penn State.
In other personnel matters news:
Farmers Insurance has hired Chris Flint to be president of the company's Farmers New World Life Insurance Company unit.
Flint previously was as president of ProEquities Inc. and senior vice President, distribution companies, for Protective Life Insurance Company.
Flint has a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and master's degree in business from Creighton University. He is a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) large firm governor and previously was a Financial Services Institute (FSI) board member.
ClaimVantage has hired Kelly Wells to be chief operating officer.
Kelly, who joined ClaimVantage in January as the Head of U.S. operations, will focus on increasing ClaimVantage's operational efficiency and enhancing the customer service aspect of the business in her new role, the company says.
Before she began working for ClaimVantage, she was director of technology at Benefit Harbor Insurance Services.
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"It's been amazing, simply amazing." Freedom Fest 2021 wraps up in Buchanan
A patriotic display at Freedom Fest 2021.(Will Thomas)
By Will Thomas
Published: Sep. 26, 2021 at 5:33 PM EDT
BUCHANAN, Va. (WDBJ) - The New Freedom Farm has been a part of the Buchanan Community since 2016. It focuses on helping veterans and first responders suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. For the last three weekends in September, it has been transformed into "Freedom Fest 2021."
"I would never have been able to do it without all these volunteers. The people that stood behind me, they've been here from 6 in the morning to 6 at night. It's been amazing, simply amazing," said New Freedom Farm Founder and Director, Lois Dawn Fritz.
Fritz has been delighted with the event's success, but continuing to provide the resources to those in need is what it is all about.
"The most important thing is if we had one veteran or one first responder in crisis and they reached out, that's all that mattered."
She's also been speechless with the amount of support the farm has received over the years. They hope to go bigger and better next year as the Freedom Fest will return in April.
Volunteers had three words to close out the weekend. "Thank you, Lois."
For more information on the New Freedom Farm, you can find its website here.
Copyright 2021 WDBJ. All rights reserved.
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#BlogTour: Guest Post Veronica's Bird by Veronica Bird and Richard Newman. @Authoright
January 22, 2018 January 21, 2018 if only I could read faster
When I first heard about Veronica's Bird I was immediately intrigued and I wondered what would it be like to be one of the only women working in a men's prison. So that is what I asked Veronica Bird to write about. I hope that you find it as interesting as I did.
Guest Post:
'Being a woman among male prisoners'
Veronica's Bird
Veronica came to male prisons following several years in female jails – some would say she was taking on a far harder job, solely because the cells were filled with men. But, one should understand that running a female prison is just as difficult, and certainly as dangerous. One female inmate managed to put all six of her nurses in hospital with broken limbs, and described by the doctors as: 'capable of attacking with murderous severity.' As she was escorted to a prison van she required six prison officers to attend to her.
Men may be physically more powerful, but one can die from a well-placed shard of glass, as a squeeze to the throat. It is, perhaps, the sheer bulk of some of these men, the silent ones especially, who are the most intimidating, but staff are well-trained to understand each prisoner's characteristics and react accordingly.
Veronica's time with men began when she took over at a male young offender's prison where they stood deferentially when she entered a room. Packed with testosterone they often got up to high jinks, but it was just that, and she began to earn their full respect. This was never more clear than the time she arranged for Frank Bruno, the heavyweight boxer at the height of his fame, to spend a day in the prison, flying in by helicopter to be met by almost hero worship. Frank spent the day talking with the inmates, exhorting them to stay on the straight and narrow. His visit must have been worth a hundred visits by official visitors' groups and when he left at the end of the day at least one prisoner was heard to say to Veronica: '…that was the best day of my life, Miss.'
In Veronica's experience over thirty-five years, she found men would respect a Governor if she was to keep her word on pledges made. Fairness as well as strict attention to the rules to both staff and prisoners, allowed prisoners to see where she was heading and they, along with her. In all of her time as a serving Prison Officer, she was never assaulted, though, naturally she has never down-played the inherent danger of her job. She had two mantras: never to find out what they were in for, and always to honour a promise to help a prisoner with a particular problem in life. Her plan was to get the inmate through his term with as little disturbance to the life of the prison as was possible.
Some prisoners show a curious mixture of gentlemanly behaviour, being polite and co-operative and at other times they could 'lose it', making restraint a task for half a dozen burly officers. Charles Bronson was one of these, a man who Veronica looked after for a month, to give Wakefield Prison respite from the day to day stress which arose from his conduct. Bronson, now renamed Salvador, after his hero artist, is one of the best-known prisoners in the country with a documentary film to his name, his paintings sell all over the world. He has written books with proceeds from sales going to charities of his choosing. Reputed to carry out two thousand press-ups a day and built like a bull, this same man who would politely discuss the time of the day with Veronica through an open cell door, could also wreak havoc when '…the demons take hold of me.' She was never allowed to come too close to him, but Charlie was always a gentleman and never swore.
To be a woman in a male only prison means understanding each and every one of one's charges, getting to know their foibles, fears and faults in equal measure but refusing to allow them to overstep the mark. There is a red line which, from time to time, they may lap against, but Veronica never permitted them to cross to the other side. It is probably not surprising, therefore, to find that, given a 'basket case' of a prison to take over, with no extra money, she turned it around in a year making it into a model against which all others would be judged.
Male or female, they both have their own demands, their own strengths whether it is physical or mental; both have to be watched just as carefully as the other, for unpredictability is the watchword.
Veronica's Bird – Copyright © Richard Newman 2018. Authors Veronica Bird and Richard Newman. Publisher Clink Street Publications January 23rd 2018.
Veronica Bird was one of nine children living in a tiny house in Barnsley with a brutal coal miner for a father. Life was a despairing time in the Fifties as Veronica sought desperately to keep away from his cruelty. However, a glimmer of hope revealed itself as she, astonishingly to her and her mother, won a scholarship to Ackworth Boarding School where she began to shine above her class-mates.
A champion in all sports, Veronica at last found some happiness. That was until her brother-in-law came into her life. It was as if she had stepped from the frying pan into the fire.
He soon began to take control over her life removing her from the school she adored, two terms before she was due to take her GCEs, so he could put her to work as cheap labour on his market stall. Abused for many years by these two men, Veronica eventually ran away from him and applied to the Prison Service, intuiting that it was the only safe place she could trust.
Accepted into the Prison Service at a time when there were few women working in the industry, Veronica applied herself every day to learning her new craft even training in Holloway Prison where Myra Hindley was an inmate. With no wish to go outside the prison, Veronica remained inside on-duty. While her colleagues went out to the pub, the theatre or to dine she didn't feel able to join them.
Her dedication was recognised and she rose rapidly in the Service moving from looking after dangerous women prisoners on long-term sentences to violent men and coming up against such infamous names as The Price sisters, Mary Bell and Charles Bronson. The threat of riots was always very close and escapes had to be dealt with quickly.
After becoming a Governor, Veronica was tasked with what was known within the Service as a 'basket case' of a prison. However, with her diligence and enthusiasm Veronica managed to turn it around whereupon it became a model example to the country and she was recognised with an honour from the Queen. With this recognition the EU invited her to lead a team to Russia and her time in Ivanovo Prison, north east of Moscow, provides an illuminating and humorous insight into a different prison culture.
Through a series of interviews with Richard Newman —author of the bestselling A Nun's Story— Veronica's Bird reveals a deeply poignant story of eventual triumph, is filled with humour and compassion for those inside and will fascinate anyone interested in unique true life stories, social affairs and the prison system.
After thirty-five years working for the Prison Service, Veronica Bird is now retired and living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. She is still an active proponent of the justice system and continues to lecture across the country and is a supporter of Butler Trust, which acknowledges excellence within the prison system.
A qualified architect and Swiss-trained hotelier, Richard Newman enjoyed a forty-year career designing and managing hotels worldwide before retiring in 2001. Since then he has gone on to publish a number of novels: The Crown of Martyrdom, The Horse that Screamed, The Potato Eaters, The Green Hill, Brief Encounters and most recently The Sunday Times bestseller, A Nun's Story. He is currently working on a new novel about retirement and an autobiography of his time in the Middle East. He lives happily with his wife in Wetherby, West Yorkshire where he enjoys being close to his family.
Veronica's Bird is released on 23rd January 2018 and is available from Amazon UK and Amazon US.
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Driver gets lost in DC, fueling worry over 'missile' near White House
By: Emily Yussum
Posted: Mar 2, 2018 3:56 AM EST
A giant missile-looking item raised concern near the White House as it drove down the street on the back of a tractor trailer. Photo courtesy Getty Images
By Noah Gray
(CNN) -- A giant missile-looking item raised concern near the White House as it drove down the street on the back of a tractor trailer Thursday night, the same day Russia announced new missile systems.
"There's a missile driving up 15th Street," was the alert that went out over police radios near the White House, causing the Secret Service and DC's Metropolitan Police Department to stop the truck and investigate, law enforcement told CNN.
"US Secret Service conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle carrying what [was] military equipment. MPD assisted," DC police spokesman Sean Hickman confirmed to CNN.
The truck and perceived missile were pulled over at 15th & H streets NW around 8 p.m. A law enforcement source said the equipment perceived as a missile turned out to be a fuel tank for a jet, also known as a "drop tank." The equipment was being transported from somewhere outside DC, and the driver accidentally ended up near the White House due to a GPS error.
After the driver's story checked out and law enforcement deemed the equipment nonthreatening, it "was escorted out of the District," according to police.
No further information about where the missile-looking item was heading or how exactly it ended up just across the street from the White House was provided to CNN.
Secret Service spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan told CNN: "Routine stop. Nothing significant."
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To help SMEs cope with rising energy costs, the SME Energy Efficiency Initiative (SME³) was launched on 10th July at the Standards eXchange for Resource Efficiency by Minister S. Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade & Industry. This S$17million initiative will be led by the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), with support from SPRING Singapore, the National Environment Agency (NEA), and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The goal is to help at least 300 manufacturing SMEs achieve a minimum 10 % savings in energy costs over the next three years.
Mr S. Iswaran said, "energy cost accounts for 13% of operating costs of all manufacturing SMEs which is more than the 11% average for all manufacturing companies in Singapore, including larger companies. To remain competitive and to grow, we need to be smart users of energy".
The initiative is a 4 step process for SMEs: they can start by assessing and understanding their total energy usage from which they can participate and implement a sustainable long-term energy efficiency solution. SMEs can apply for existing government grants at each stage of the process. SEAS will lead by being the one-stop shop for information about the initiative, like advising them on which energy service provider they can get in touch with to begin an energy audit or seek advice about energy management solutions. SEAS also provides training courses for SMEs to understand how best to apply energy efficiency to their business to improve productivity, maximize returns, and achieve energy efficiency out of their manufacturing processes.
With the number of people increasing in resource-scarce Singapore, energy demands are rising, and so are the prices of energy. Companies are highly dependent on fluctuating oil prices, but together with renewable energy, energy efficiency is the first step for Singapore to fight high energy costs, and sustainably meet this rising demand for energy.
The Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) represents the interests and provides a common platform for companies in Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Financial Institutions to meet, discuss, collaborate and undertake viable projects together. The Association's mission is to assist its members in achieving sustainable growth locally and regionally through enterprise development, market development, as well as training and learning platforms.
SEAS plays a strategic role in aiding the realisation of Singapore's vision; to be a global centre for sustainable energy, where products and solutions are developed and exported. SEAS has also built strategic collaborative relations with regional clean energy industry organisations, multilateral and key government institutions enabling projects for its members.
SME³ aims to help SMEs lower operational costs and improve productivity by optimizing energy consumption through energy efficiency. Developed by SPRING Singapore, this initiative will be led by the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), with support from SPRING Singapore, the National Environment Agency and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. $17 million has been set aside to help more than 300 SMEs achieve energy savings and at least 10 % cost savings over the next 3 years.
There are 4 steps in the process: Energy Audit, Energy Monitoring System, Energy Efficiency Project Implementation and Energy Efficiency Thought Leadership. Through these steps, SMEs will be able to audit, manage, and implement energy efficient solutions using existing government grants coupled with private sector project financing where required. The initiative also offers technical training to equip SMEs with the knowledge required to maintain and continually improve their energy usage while lowering operational costs.


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How to grow Inspired Art in the Garden
Even the driveway is part of the art in Scotland's inspiring private sculpture park, Jupiter Artland.
The crowds that cram the path between Bronte and Bondi every spring when Sculpture by the Sea sets up along the coast is an indication of just how much we love to see sculpture in an intimate relationship with its environment.
Words and images by Robin Powell
Welcome to Jupiter Artland. 'Cells of Life' by Charles Jencks
The pieces that each year are the firm crowd favourites are those that match position, idea, materials and workmanship in a way that creates a total much more than the sum of its parts.
That same intimate link between environment and artwork is the key to the success of Jupiter Artland, a sculpture garden in West Lothian, 45 minutes south of the Scottish capital Edinburgh. The garden belongs to Nicky and Robert Wilson, who bought Bonnington Manor, a 17th-century manor house set in a 100-acre estate, in 1999. Robert, a keen sporting shooter, was envisioning an 18th-century style hunting park, but Nicky had other ideas. Trained as an artist, and inspired by the nearby creations of artist-gardeners Ian Hamilton Finlay at Little Sparta and Charles Jencks at The Garden of Cosmic Speculation near Dumfries, her idea was to devote the property to art, by commissioning sculptors to make site specific works, or collaborating with them to position and landscape their work.
'Firmament' by Anthony Gormley
And so Jupiter Artland was born, opened in 2009, and christened in reference to both to the Roman god of creation and to the largest planet in our solar system. It was envisaged as the centre of gravity for a wide range of art projects which will orbit Jupiter Artland like the planet's moons, but more of that later.
The Wilson's first commission was to Charles Jencks, who makes landform art on a massive and deeply intellectual scale. His own Garden of Cosmic Speculation traces the development of the universe since the Big Bang, outlines ideas about fractal geometry, celebrates DNA, and considers the possibility of time travel. Given that heavy agenda you might be surprised to hear that itis also beautiful and serenely restful. Jencks' work at Jupiter Artland is called 'Life Mounds', and you arrive by driving through it, which is a disconcerting but wonderful experience.The roadway snakes through a series of perfectly turfed hillocks and curving reflective pools that makes you impatient to explore it on foot. The land forms are based on human cells, with a nucleus at their peak, but you don't have to think about how human life is embedded in the land to feel a spiritual connection as you walk the paths through the work.
'Landscape with gun and tree' by Cornelia Parker
The Jencks piece took five years to construct, and while it was underway the Wilsons approached other artists. Fellow artist-neighbour Ian Hamilton Finlay, famous for both his garden, and for his poems, either on paper, or carved into stone, explored the site and found a faultline in the bedrock. He created a small arched bridge of Northumbrian limestone that connects the two sides. At each end of the bridge are milestones inscribed with the words 'Only Connect', a plea for different worlds to find common ground.
Other artworks weren't built on site, instead their position was chosen by the artist in collaboration with the Wilsons. So Antony Gormley's giant steel figure is positioned as if just fallen to earth, in a clearing framed by oaks. The clearing is kept at just the right level of wildess by a head gardener and team of 15 full and part-time gardeners. Other artworks, such as Pablo Bronstein's 'The Rose Walk'are much more intensively gardened, and the mind boggles at the job of mowing the Jenks landforms (twice a week in summer).
There are 35 permanent site-specific works, as well as many more temporary works, five galleries, and a cafe. Jupiter continues to expand its ideas and its engagement, from an ambition to connect with every child in Scotland, to participation in the Edinburgh Festival this year, with a performance by choreographer Trisha Brown which takes place on floating rafts on the water lily-filled lakes.
Jupiter Artland is open every day from Saturday May 18 to 29 September 2019, 10am - 5pm.
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Date: 21 August 2019 Author: Robin Powell
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Hi Friends: There is a new challenge today over at the Crafting When We Can Challenges Blog, where the current theme is Favorite Medium (pencils, pens, paint etc).
Please visit our fabulous sponsor this week, Star Stampz, to see all of their wonderful products!
My creation for this week is a Princess Birthday card.
I printed the digital image onto smooth white cardstock, then fussy-cut her and colored her with LSG Magicals and Sprays (one of my favorite mediums - you know how I love the sparkle!) On a separate panel of watercolor paper, I used a flourish stencil and embossing paste to add a beautiful embossed image to the background. Then I colored the background with the same LSG Magicals and Sprays. To create the card, I layered papers from the Prima Rondelle collection onto a blank A2 card. I used a border punch to decorate the top of the mat panel. I cut my words using the dies and Slice cartridge, then added them to the image and the colored panel. I added some ribbon and a princess crown charm to the watercolor panel and added it to the card. The bow was made using the fork technique - I have a whole stash of them that my daughter made because she was fascinated with the technique. I used some foam dots to pop the image up from the watercolor panel, then finished off with gems to dot the "i's" and add some more glimmer around the card.


Kiskep Art Galleria is one of the most underrated and less known galleries of Budapest. It is a complete visual treat for an art lover and is tucked inside a little corner of the city. The main things that you will find here are glass paintings, pots and various other show pieces. You are sure to pick up something or the other to gift people or just to simply adorn your house. It is also surrounded by some amazing eateries and you will basically have a good time visiting this place.
How popular is Kiskep Galeria?
People normally also visit Miklos Ybl Square while planning their trip to Kiskep Galeria.
Nice boutiqe gallery for Hungarian contemporary artworks. They specialize in smaller sized items, especially glass sculptures. Owners are usually there in person, always worth a visit.


Maroon Dam is 25km South of Boonah and is stock with silver perch, golden perch and australian bass (spangled perch also present). No camping is permitted at the dam, but private accommodation is available nearby.
*There is a single concrete boat ramp, there are some boating area restrictions (see map below), and a fishing permit is required.


FORDHAM HEIGHTS, the Bronx — An NYPD officer was shot in the Bronx in what is being described as an "unprovoked direct attack," police said Wednesday.
The officer was shot near the intersection 183rd Street and Morris Avenue around 12:30 a.m.
The suspected shooter, Alexander Bonds, 34, was fatally shot by by anti-crime cops after fleeing the scene, police said.
The officer was inside a mobile command center when she was shot through the window, police said. The alleged culprit ran and was fatally shot.
The FDNY received a call about the shooting just after 12:30 a.m. and are currently responding to the scene on Morris Avenue.
The officer, who was on duty when she was shot, is in critical condition at Saint Barnabas Hospital, a spokesperson with the NYPD said.
There are no outstanding suspects as of 1:48 a.m., a police official said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has been briefed on the shooting, a spokesperson said.
NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill is scheduled to share additional details on the shooting Wednesday morning.
The officer was shot less than two miles away from where Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo was fatally shot in November. He was a 19-year veteran of the force and a father of two.


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Shubhashish Homes announces Results for FY 21-22, Posts 115% Y-O-Y Growth in Sales
dsprime April 1, 2022
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 1: Jaipur Based Real Estate Startup Shubhashish Homes has posted a massive Y-O-Y growth of 115% in terms of Sq. Feet Booked.
FY 20-21 had Bookings of 77549 sq. ft. & FY 19-20 (for January and February) had bookings of 33065 Sq.Ft. For FY 21-22, the firm has booked 166833.7 Sq.Ft.
Even after having lean Sales in Q1, 21-22 due to the Second Wave of Covid-19, the company bounced back and delivered Strong Results on the back of a very successful launch of Phase – 3 of Shubhashish Geeta (Project Located in Medical Hub, Mansarovar Extension, Jaipur).
Shubhashish Homes has successfully delivered Phase 1 of Shubhashish Geeta, 10 Months before Committed Delivery Date & already 120+ Residents have moved in. Phase 2 of Shubhashish Geeta is making fast progress and is scheduled to be delivered much before the committed delivery date.
Shubhashish Geeta is the first Project in the country to have Electric Car charging provisions for 100% of the parking (approx 400 Cars), Pre Paid Smart Water Meters and the Highest per Acre Water Harvesting Points.
"Shubhashish Homes has targeted Sales of 2.25 Lac Sq. Ft. for the FY 22-23 & Delivery of Phase 2 of Shubhashish Geeta. We have planned the launch of Phase 4 & Phase 5 of Shubhashish Geeta & also plan to enter into a JV Agreement for a Land Parcel in Jaipur for another project by the end of FY 22-23. Our focus for this year would be on two major aspects:- "A) To make Shubhashish Homes a Digital First Company, B) Enhancement of Customer Service & Experience", Says Mohit Jajoo, Executive Director & CEO, Shubhashish Homes.
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Karim El Zoghby's hopes of reaching the 2016 Rio Olympics equestrian individual jumping final were dashed, after he was eliminated in the third round.
Karim El Zoghby, Egypt's top equestrian, eyed a historic place in the individual jumping final after he qualified for the third round yesterday.
The 39-year-old had finished among the top 45 riders to go through.
He was penalized nine points in the third round to bring his total record of penalties to 18.
He had also committed nine penalties in the second round, in contrast to his first round which saw him complete a 'perfect' ride.
El Zoghby needed to finish among the top 35 riders to qualify for the equestrian individual jumping final.
However, he just missed out by finishing in 40th place in the 2016 Rio Olympics.


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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific ..., Bind 2
Af William Mariner
however taken in the procession, as the young prince considered the measure now unnecessary, every thing appearing perfectly quiet, for if
any party had intended to reyólt, they would have done it on their way from Neafoo to the grave, whilst they had clubs and spears in their possession, and not during the ceremony of burial, before which every man, according to eustom, deposits his arms in the neighbouring houses. It is true they might afterwards have taken up their arms again and planned mischief, but the prince, who had always his spies about, neither perceiving nor hearing of any symptoms of disturbance, did not wish to seem fearful of revolt, which would have been the case had he taken the guns with him to the back of the island, and which he could not have done with any plausible pretence, such as he had for carrying them to Felletoa,
In their road to the back of the island they sang loudly the whole way, as a signal to all who might be in the road or adjacent fields to hide themselves as quickly as possible, for it is sacrilegious for any body to be seen abroad by the procession during this part of the ceremony; and if any man had unfortunately made his appearance, he would undoubtedly have been pursued by one of the party, and
soon dispatched with the club. So strictly is this attended to, that nobody in Mr. Mariner's time recollected a breach of a law so well known. Even if a common man was to be buried, and Finow himself was to be upon the road, or in the neighbourhood of the procession, whilst going to get sand at the back of the island, he would immediately hide himself; not that they would knock out the king's brains on such an occasion, but it would be thought sacrilegious and unlucky, the gods of Bolotoo being supposed to be present at the time. The chiefs are particularly careful not to infringe upon sacred laws, lest they should set an example of disobedience to the people. The song on this occasion, which is very short, is sung first by the men, and then by the wo. men, and so on alternately, and intimates (though Mr. Mariner has forgotten the exact words) that the fala (which is the name of this part of the ceremony) is coming, and that every body must get out of the way.
When they arrived at the back of the island, where any body may be present to see them, and, on this occasion, it was at the part called Mofooé, every one proceeded to make a small basket of the leaves of the cocoa-nut tree, holding about two quarts, and to fill it with
sand: this being done, each of the men carried two upon a stick across the shoulder, one at each end—while the women only carried one, pressed, in general, against the left hip, or rather upon it, by the hand of the same side, and supported by the hand of the opposite side, brought backwards across the loins, which they consider the easiest mode for women to carry small burdens *; they then proceeded back the same way, and with the same ceremony, to the grave. By this time the grave above the vault was nearly filled with the earth lately dug out, the remaining small space being left to be filled up by the sand, which is always more than enough for this purpose, that the mount, of which the fytoca consists, may be strewed in like manner, it being considered a great embellishment to a grave to have it thus covered, and is thought to appear very well from a distance, where the clean sand may be seen on the outside of the fytoca ; besides which, it is the custom, and nobody can explain the reason why,—which is the case with several of their customs. This
* This mode, which the women use, is called fafa; that which the men use, as just described, ámo; carrying in the hand by the side, taggi-taggi;-whilst the general term for any mode of carrying is fooa.
being done, the temporary house is taken to pieces, and thrown behind the fytoca in the hole, out of which the earth was originally dug to raise the mount on which the fytoca stands * : in this hole also are thrown all the baskets in which the sand was brought, as well as the remaining quantity of earth not used in filling up the grave. The ground within the fytoca is now covered with mats, similar to what are commonly used in the houses, and which are made of the leaves of the cocoa-nut tree. During the whole of this time the company was seated on the green before the fytoca, still clothed in mats, and their necks strung with the leaves of the ifi tree : after this they arose and went to their respective habitations, where they shaved their heads, and burnt their cheeks with a small lighted roll of tápať, by applying it once upon each cheek bone ; after which, the place was rubbed with the astringent berry of the matchi, which occasions it to bleed, and with the blood they smeared about the wound, in a circular form,
* Or rather the house upon the fytoca, for the latter is a term given merely to the mount and the grave within it, for they have several fytocas which have no houses on them.
+ Tápa differs from gnatoo merely by its not being stamped or imprinted with any pattern.
to about two inches in diameter, giving them. selves, a very unseemly appearance*. They repeat this friction with the berry every day; making the wound bleed afresh : and the men, in the mean time, neglect to shave, and to oil themselves during the day; they do, however, at night, for the comfort which this operation affords. After having, in the first place, burnt their cheeks and shaved their heads, they built for themselves small temporary huts; for their own accommodation during the time of mourning, which lasts twenty days. The women, who have become tabooed by touching the dead body, remain constantly in the fytoca, except when they want food, for which they retire to one or other of these temporary houses, to be fed as mentioned in the note, p. 150, but they sleep in the fytoca. The provisions with which these tabooed women and mourners in general are provided were sent, on this occasion, with bales of gnatoo, first to the 'young prince, by the different chiefs and matabooles ; the prince then ordered the greater
* Those whose love for the deceased is very great, or who wish it to be thought so, instead of burning their cheeks in the way mentioned, rub off the cuticle by beating and rubbing their cheeks with platt wound round their hands, made of the husk of the cocoa-nut; and this is a most painful opera tion.


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Wellesley Selectmen approve 900 Worcester St. lease
March 8, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment
Wellesley's St. James Church, before. Photo credit: Town of Wellesley Historical Commission.
The Board of Selectmen voted on February 27, 2016 to approve the ground lease of 900 Worcester St. between the Town of Wellesley and Wellesley Sports Center, LLC.
The Lease has been executed and finalized. Lease documents can be found here:
Finalized Executed Lease
Finalized Lease Exhibits
A Special Town Meeting has been called for April 3, 2017 at 7pm to ratify the lease, proposed zoning modifications, and to allow for the Town to enter into agreements for the use of the facility. If all goes according to schedule, Groundbreaking for the Wellesley Sports Center is expected to occur in September 2017, with partial occupancy slated for a year later.
900 Worcester St. is the former site of St. James the Great Catholic Church, which was officially shuttered by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2004 as part of measures to pay costs associated with the church's many abuse cases. Parishioners, however, maintained a vigil at the church, maintaining occupancy for seven-plus years.
Eventually, the Vatican asked the parish to end its vigil, and the St. James later received results of its final appeal, which was that St. James would no longer remain a sanctified church.
From there, the Town of Wellesley approved a $3.8M purchase of the 7.85 acre property and started on plans to convert it into a recreation area featuring a pool, ice skating rinks, and playing fields.
Wellesley St. James the Great church, site demolition, 2015
Wellesley Sports Center proposal
Pool, walking track plans revealed
Wellesley's St. James Church goes down in a heap
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Q: uninitialized constant ActiveStorage::Analyzer::ImageAnalyzer::MiniMagick I'm getting this error on a Rails app on Heroku:
NameError: uninitialized constant ActiveStorage::Analyzer::ImageAnalyzer::MiniMagick
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/activestorage-6.1.3/lib/active_storage/analyzer/image_analyzer.rb:46:in `rescue in read_image'

It's happening in Sidekiq jobs generated from ActiveStorage::AnalyzeJob and seems to trigger whenever I try to upload an image to my AWS storage (the images are not reaching my bucket).
What is odd is I have a duplicate staging version of the app on Heroku that uses the same config and it does not trigger these errors (the images do reach my bucket from staging).
Both versions of the app are using the same gems and buildpacks.
Both versions have  ImageMagick 6.9.10-23 and mini_magick 4.11.0 installed.
And both versions show the same error at the console if I reference the class mentioned, e.g.:
$ heroku run rails c -a my-staging-app
Running rails c on ⬢ my-staging-app... up, run.9122 (Free)
Loading staging environment (Rails 6.1.3)
irb(main):001:0*  ActiveStorage::Analyzer::ImageAnalyzer
=> ActiveStorage::Analyzer::ImageAnalyzer
irb(main):002:0>  ActiveStorage::Analyzer::ImageAnalyzer::MiniMagick
Traceback (most recent call last):
        1: from (irb):2:in `<main>'
NameError (uninitialized constant ActiveStorage::Analyzer::ImageAnalyzer::MiniMagick)
Did you mean?  MiniMime

But I have no idea why the staging app doesn't hit the error when uploading to AWS.
Does anyone know how I can fix the uninitialized constant? (Where does the referenced class need to come from?)

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Benjamin Pye LL.D. (1726 – 1808) was Archdeacon of Durham from 1791 to 1808.

Pye was educated at New College, Oxford. He was Rector of Whitburn from 1769 to 1791.
He married (and was the second husband of) Elizabeth Bathurst-Sleigh 3rd daughter of Mary, who in turn was the second child of Charles Bathurst, MP for Richmond 1727.

According to (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp in his The Bishoprick Garland Benjamin Pye wrote the second "Stockton's Commendation".

He died on 26 March 1808.

See also
Geordie dialect words
Cuthbert Sharp
The Bishoprick Garland 1834 by Sharp
List of Archdeacons of Durham

References

Archdeacons of Durham
English male poets
English songwriters
People from the City of Sunderland
Geordie songwriters
1808 deaths
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Place of birth unknown
Alumni of New College, Oxford

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OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, carried out the first delivery of the first satellites for the OneWeb constellation. OneWeb Satellites will now turn its focus to ramping up production of the full constellation of satellites in its new factory in Florida.
The satellites were manufactured at the OneWeb Satellites facility on the Airbus Defense and Space Toulouse site, and the first six have been shipped to Kourou for launch. The first launch of the mega constellation is scheduled for Feb 19. on a Soyuz rocket — the beginning of a long series.
The Toulouse OneWeb Satellites facility is being used to validate the production methods necessary to manufacture these satellites at scale, de-risk any potential issues, and lay the framework for the larger multi-line OneWeb Satellites factory near the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The satellites weigh approximately 150 kg and will operate in near-polar, 1,200km Low Earth Orbit (LEO) orbit.


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Brad Houser named BankTennessee executive president
Brad Houser has been elected by the BankTennessee board of director to lead the Middle Tennessee market as executive president, according to a press release from the bank.
"Brad has been instrumental in expanding Middle Tennessee relationships. He understands the needs of the area and helps people make the right decision to achieve their goals," BankTennessee President and CEO Wright Cox said in a news release.
In the news release Houser said, "Middle Tennessee is a vibrant market, and BankTennessee is growing with it. In the near future, we plan to expand our reach with new locations and to build our team with talented employees."
Houser has 35 years of experience in banking and began his career with BankTennessee in 2008. He is a 32-year veteran TSSAA high school football official, past president of the Mount Juliet High School Baseball Booster Club, and a member of Hermitage Church of the Nazarene.
Houser graduated magna cum laude from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a concentration in finance. A resident of Mt. Juliet for 21 years, he is married to Marla. They have 3 adult children Alex, Isaac, and Morgan.
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EU Regulatory Authorities Grant Orphan Status to Eisai's Lenvatinib for the Treatment of Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Eisai Europe Limited
07 May, 2013, 00:01 BST
HATFIELD, England, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Orphan status also granted in Switzerland
The investigational multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), lenvatinib (development code: E7080), has today been granted orphan drug designation (ODD) for the treatment of follicular and papillary thyroid cancer by the European Commission.
ODD is for medicines developed for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of rare diseases that are life-threatening or very serious. In the European Union (EU), a disease is defined as rare if it affects fewer than five in 10,000 people across the EU.
Lenvatinib received ODD from the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, on 13 March 2013 for the treatment of follicular (FTC), medullary (MTC) and anaplastic (ATC) thyroid cancer. Orphan drug status was granted in February 2013 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the treatment of FTC, MTC and ATC thyroid cancer. Japan's Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare also granted ODD for thyroid cancer in August 2012.
"We are extremely pleased that lenvatinib has received orphan drug designation in the 27 countries of the EU plus Switzerland in the EMEA region. The ODD highlights the unmet need in the treatment of people with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RRDTC) and the important potential for this investigational drug. Eisai is dedicated to providing a new option for people with this difficult-to-treat form of the disease," says Gary Hendler, President & CEO Eisai EMEA & Russia.
Discovered and developed by Eisai in Europe and Japan, lenvatinib is an orally active, small molecule multi targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor. It has a unique inhibitory mechanism acting on tyrosine kinases involved in angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels by cancerous tumours) and tumour proliferation. The results of clinical studies conducted to date, suggest that lenvatinib may be effective in the treatment of people with RRDTC, a life-threatening form of the disease, that has a significant unmet treatment need.[1]
A Phase III clinical trial (SELECT) of lenvatinib in people with RRDTC is currently underway across sites in Europe, North and South America and Asia.[2] Eisai has also initiated a global Phase III trial with lenvatinib in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is conducting Phase II studies of lenvatinib in several other tumours, including endometrial cancer, melanoma, and non-small cell lung cancer.
The development of lenvatinib underscores Eisai's human health care mission, the company's commitment to innovative solutions in disease prevention, cure and care for the health and well being of people worldwide. Eisai is committed to the therapeutic area of oncology and addressing the unmet medical needs of patients and their families.
Lenvatinib (E7080)
Lenvatinib is an orally active inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), including KDR (VEGFR-2), Flt-1 (VEGFR-1), FGFR1, PDGFR-β and c-kit involved in angiogenesis and tumour proliferation.[3],[4] It is currently being investigated as a treatment for thyroid, hepatocellular, endometrial and other solid tumour types.
About Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid cancer refers to cancer that forms in the tissues of the thyroid gland, located at the base of the throat near the trachea. It is more common in women than in men and usually occurs between the ages of 25 and 65.
The most common types of thyroid cancer, papillary and follicular (including Hurthle cell), are classified as differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and account for approximately 95 percent of all cases. While most of these are curable with surgery and radioactive iodine treatment, a small percentage of patients do not respond to therapy. There are limited treatment options for this difficult-to-treat, life-threatening and treatment-refractory form of thyroid cancer.
Eisai in Oncology
Our commitment to meaningful progress in oncology research, built on scientific expertise, is supported by a global capability to conduct discovery and preclinical research, and develop small molecules, therapeutic vaccines, and biologic and supportive care agents for cancer across multiple indications.
About Eisai
Eisai is one of the world's leading research and development (R&D) based pharmaceutical companies.
Eisai concentrates its R&D activities in three key areas:
Oncology including: anticancer therapies; tumour regression, tumour suppression, antibodies, etc.
Neuroscience, including: Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, pain and weight loss
Vascular/Immunological reaction including: thrombocytopenia, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease
With operations in the U.S., Asia, Europe and its domestic home market of Japan, Eisai employs more than 10,000 people worldwide. From its Knowledge Centre in Hatfield, UK, Eisai has recently expanded its business operations to include Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia (EMEA). Eisai EMEA has sales and marketing operations in over 20 markets, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Middle East and Russia.
For further information please visit our web site http://www.eisai.co.uk
1. Data on file. Eisai Inc. Woodcliff Lake, NJ; 2011
2. A trial of E7080 in 131I-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. ClinicalTrials.gov Web site.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT01321554. Accessed November 2, 2011.
3. Matsui J, Funahashi Y, Uenaka T et al. Multi-kinase inhibitor E7080 suppresses lymph node and lung metastases of human mammary breast tumour MDA-MB-231 via inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor-receptor (VEGF-R) 2 and VEGF-R3 kinase. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14: 5459-65.
4. Matsui J, Yamamoto Y, Funahashi Y, et al. E7080, a novel inhibitor that targets multiple kinases, has potent anti-tumour activities against stem cell factor producing human small cell lung cancer H146, based on angiogenesis inhibition. Int J Cancer 2008; 122: 664-71.
Job code: Lenvatinib-UK0015
Date of preparation: May 2013
SOURCE Eisai Europe Limited


Hawk Response is a new, free app for smartphones that lets you immediately contact public safety and security personnel on any HACC campus.
This personal safety app provides an additional platform for the HACC community to alert security about routine safety issues or emergency situations. The app will provide campus public safety and security personnel with the user's campus location and thus help minimize response times.
Hawk Response can be easily downloaded on a smartphone. Directions on how to register, install and use the free app can be found on myHACC or by using the links on the right.
This collegewide project is provided at no cost, thanks to the generosity of the HACC Foundation.
For assistance, please email HawkResponse@hacc.edu.


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Protection from Two Enemies with One Defense
Posted on April 22, 2020 by Adam Hasik	Leave a comment
Image Credit: Connor Long, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, Image Cropped
Of poisons and parasites—the defensive role of tetrodotoxin against infections in newts (2018) Johnson et al., Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12816
Many organisms in nature produce powerful (and sometimes deadly) toxic substances, often taken as evidence that prey evolved chemical defenses against predators. Interestingly, these chemical defenses are deadly not only to predators, but also to parasites. This complementary defense, in addition to the ubiquity of parasites themselves, indicate that parasites may have had a hand in the evolution of host toxicity.
One particularly potent toxin found in the animal kingdom is tetrodotoxin (TTX). It can cause paralysis, difficulty with breathing, and even death in some cases. Newts in the genus Taricha are notorious for having high concentrations of TTX in their skin and eggs, and this has long been thought to have evolved as a defense against predators. In particular, Taricha newts and garter snakes (Thamnopholis spp.) are a classic example of arms-race dynamics (see Did You Know). Despite this relationship, newt toxicity and snake resistance to the toxin don't always match up perfectly in nature, suggesting that other factors may influence newt toxicitiy. The goal of today's study was to study parasitic infection and compare it to variation in toxicity among two newt species, the rough-skinned newt (T. granulosa) and the California newt (T. torosa).
The researchers sampled 42 ponds in the Eastern San Francisco Bay area, allowing them to sample habitats in which both newt species occurred. Each collected newt was sampled for a variety of parasites, including the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Chytrid causes a potentially lethal skin disease and has decimated amphibian populations the world over. In addition to checking for parasites, each newt was also sampled to determine how much TTX it had.
Did You Know: The Poisonous Predator Prey Arms Race
Garter snakes consume their prey by swallowing it whole, and as such toxic newts are well-suited to discourage these predators from attempting to make a meal out of them. That being said, some populations of garter snakes have evolved a tolerance to TTX, which leads the newts to become even more toxic. Because the snakes feed on the newts, they must continue to evolve increased tolerance in order to feed on them. Hence the "arms race", with the prey becoming more and more toxic and the predators evolving increased resistance.
A fun little aside: the snakes that can eat these newts retain TTX in their livers for weeks after consuming a newt, meaning that they become poisonous themselves! So garter snakes can be both venomous (mildly, don't worry about it if you're a person, and I hope you are if you're reading this) AND poisonous for a time.
TTX has long been thought to be the result of an arms race between newts and garter snakes like this, but today's study has shown the multi-faceted nature of its potential benefits (Image Credit: Wilson44691, Public Domain)
The researchers found at least one infection at 95% of the sites, with 79% of all of the newts sampled infected with at least one parasite. Increasing amounts of TTX correlated negatively with parasite species per host, meaning that more toxic newts were infected with a smaller number of parasitic species. Relating to chytrid itself, the more toxic newts were the less likely to be infected with this deadly fungus.
Of the 42 sites sampled, only 17 had both the rough-skinned newt and the California newt. While not a problem for this study, I would have liked to see more data from sites in which the two newt species co-occurred. Ecological systems are incredibly complex, with many different organisms interacting with one another in countless ways. Because both newt species are toxic and prey to garter snakes, I am interested in potential differences in their toxicity at sites where snakes may prefer one newt over the other. If garter snakes prefer one species over the other, it may be more toxic, and thus more protected against parasites than the other newt species.
Recent work has focused on the role of chemical defenses beyond predator-prey relationships, and this study showed that TTX in newts may serve a dual purpose by protecting hosts against both predators and parasites. Research that bridges the gap between separate disciplines (predator and parasite ecology) to unite theory and evidence (natural enemy ecology) are increasingly important for explaining patterns in the natural world.
Adam Hasik is an evolutionary ecologist interested in the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of host-parasite interactions. You can read more about his research and his work for Ecology for the Masses here, or follow him on Twitter here.
tagged with chytrid, disease, evolution, hosts, newts, parasites, predator, prey, tetrodotoxin, TTX


Got students who are interested in video games? There's science and engineering to be discovered and leveraged—even as they rack up points and level up! The December 2011 issue of the Science Buddies newsletter focused on video and computer game design projects.
I remember when one of my boys wanted to be a firefighter. That may well be a rite of passage for many toddlers, right along with an interest in cars, trucks, and every form of construction vehicle you can possibly pass on the road. I don't know exactly when the shift occurred or how much overlap there was, but it seems as if he has "always" wanted to "be a game designer." The firefighter costume and hat ended up in a pile of castoffs, but the allure of being a "game designer" has persisted—no costume required. His younger brother's genes didn't fall far from the tree, and he, too, at seven, wants to work on video game development, although I've often heard him clarify that he wants to 'test' video games, which I think he interprets as more 'playing' and less 'working'!
We really are a 'gaming' household. It is something that other parents often don't agree with or understand. That's not to say we're not well-rounded. We are. We do academics. We play sports. We read lots. We build LEGO. We specialize in paper airplanes. We have strong art interests and hobbies. But we do play video games—lots of them.
When I started working on this month's issue of the Science Buddies newsletter, a special issue on video and computer game projects and their relationship to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, it was exciting to be reminded that while my immediate parent community on the play yard after school may not be embracing video games en masse, there is, in fact, a strong push for viewing gaming as a foundation upon which to teach, build, and apply STEM skills.
As part of my research for the newsletter, I watched AMD's Changing the Game video. I watched a video of winners from the 2010 National STEM Challenge and checked out this year's competition. I took a look at the video game design category in the 2012 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
I looked more closely at the information on our Kid-Friendly Programming Languages page. And, one by one, I started visiting many video and computer gaming sites and resources sponsored and developed by AMD Changing the Game, the AMD Foundation, and its partners, sites like Level Up!, Ludo Dojo, and Activate!. As I jumped from site to site, I was amazed and excited by the glitzy, glossy, fun, energetic, and very 'clued-in' world of support and engaging content available for K-12 students who are interested in designing their own computer and video games. A wealth of materials is available on these sites for teachers and families, too, making it easier for adults to help support these projects both in the classroom and at home.
The message on all these sites is clear—video game projects can help engage kids on an academic and STEM level. By supporting game development projects, research, and investigation, we can encourage and empower students to turn an activity they enjoy into a platform for learning, creative thinking, and problem solving.
The team at Science Buddies has developed a number of new video and computer game Project Ideas and resources to support video and computer game science and engineering projects. Many students begin their exploration of "programming" using the free Scratch environment, developed by MIT. There is much to like about Scratch's drag-and-drop interface and approach to learning the "logic" of programming, and Science Buddies has Project Ideas and resources to help jumpstart student exploration.
Our Scratch-based Project Ideas let lets students explore animation and computer program design and logic in interesting ways, like customizing a drum-set, controlling a pinwheel, making a greeting card, or creating a simple game of dog chases cat.
More recently, a number of Project Ideas have been added to our growing Video and Computer Game area that involve game creation using GameMaker. In these Project Ideas, students can explore an exciting array of video game design topics, including the importance of physics engines, procedural music, and even issues related to accessibility. Students can also explore video games as a way to help educate others and spread the word about important issues or environmental concerns.
On the list of sites I visited during my survey of video and computer game development sites was Gamestar Mechanic. As soon as I realized that Gamestar Mechanic "is" a game, I knew it was something we had to explore! Created by the Institute of Play and E-line Media, Gamestar Mechanic is an online game development environment that revolves around a "game" that teaches some of the fundamentals of video game design. As players work through the on-screen comic book storyline and solve the "quests" presented, they earn sprites (characters), backgrounds, music, colors, and other game elements that can be used in games they design. Some of the quests involve "fixing" existing games, for example, making changes in gameplay or layout to make the games work properly. Players are, in other words, "mechanics" in this virtual storyline. By working through the quests, players earn the ability to create their own games.
I logged both of my kids in at Gamestar Mechanic one evening, just to see how they would respond to the interface—and to see if it really was as cool as it seemed like it might be. They sat side by side at different computers, each going through the story, and the excitement and enthusiasm was palpable. They loved it! As I moved around doing other things, I was hearing talk about "platform" games and "top down" games and "oh, I'm going to change the gravity this time!"
Gamestar Mechanic was a total hit. They worked through all the free content in a short amount of time, but they were completely engaged in the process—and definitely wanted more. (Note: there are a limited number of quests available for the free membership; a paid membership contains a larger number of challenges, more elements available for use in games your student creates, and access to special game content. My review is based solely on their exploration of the free membership.) Parents can find out more about Gamestar Mechanic here.
My work on the December 2011 newsletter, sponsored by AMD Changing the Game, was inspiring on many levels. I can't wait to see what kinds of games my students develop in the next few years.
Science Buddies Video and Computer Game Project Ideas and resources are sponsored by the AMD Foundation.


This registration system was already used last year as well as this year in Humpolec.
If you already have a profile, it is enough to "Register" to Event. Please update your data (mainly Transponder number and your Competitor)!
Online system serves both for registration to the event (as entry form) and for reservation of place in paddock.
The organizer reserves all changes regarding reservation of place in paddock.


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The Supremes, Nirvana, Nile Rodgers Named 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
Bobby McFerrin, Ma Rainey, Slick Rick, and Heart members Ann and Nancy Wilson will also be awarded with the honor at a special merit award ceremony on February 4
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The Recording Academy will host a Special Merit Award ceremony in February ahead of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards to honor the recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Supremes, Nirvana, Nile Rodgers, Slick Rick, Ma Rainey, Bobby McFerrin, and Heart members Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson have been announced as the show's 2023 honorees.
"The Academy is proud to celebrate this diverse slate of influential music people spanning numerous genres and crafts as our 2023 Special Merit Awards honorees," Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, shared in a statement. The Special Merit Award ceremony will also see the distribution of the Trustees Award, Technical Grammy Award, and Best Song For Social Change Award. The awards will be presented in their own separate ceremony for the first time since 2020.
"Each creator on this list has made an impact on our industry — from technical to creative achievements — representing the breadth of music's diverse community," Mason Jr. continued. "We're excited to celebrate this group of legends next month that continues to inspire and shape the music world."
The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to artists who "have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording," according to the Recording Academy. As the Supremes receive the honor, Diana Ross becomes the first woman to receive the award twice, once as part of a group and once as a solo artist. She first earned the honor on her own in 2012. She joins the Beatles Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison, and the Weaves singer Pete Seeger as the only double honorees.
Ross received a Grammy nod in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category for Thank You, her 25th studio album and first in 15 years. The Supremes members Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard will be honored posthumously, as will Ma Rainey and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic accepting for the band.
The 2023 Special Merit Award ceremony will be held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 4. The 65th Annual Grammy Awards is scheduled to take place the following day.
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The Sing Thing is not biased to one style of singing; it offers a series of well-structured and progressive exercises with an instrumental backing to help make practising your singing technique a musical event.
The Sing Thing 2 is for more experienced singers who already know their voices well, it features exercises for vocal accuracy and agility based around the Major, Chromatic, Whole Tone and Diminished scales. There are a couple of tricky exercises using Tri tone intervals and alternate Major and Minor arpeggios.
I'm aware that most of the aspiring singers I work with do not read music and are put off by its presence. The Sing Thing is expressly designed to work without any written music – without any written material at all! I hope The Sing Thing will be easy to use and will help improve your singing technique and your enjoyment of singing practice.
I 'm a working singer (pianist, guitarist, bass and percussion player) in the Soul, Blues & Jazz genres, I've been doing it since the '70's and I'm still doing it now - music is my thing. The tracks are based on tried and tested singing exercises and approaches which I have found invaluable for keeping my - and my students' voices - in shape and as a platform for developing advanced techniques.
Please visit my YouTube channel and check the 'Playlists' for performing and teaching evidence in amongst the other stuff.


Re: "Police officer killed in shooting," June 9 There has always been this rivalry between East and West, and certainly some view Toronto as an elitist city. But on a day that one of Edmonton's finest was lost, Const. Daniel Woodall, we have become one caring nation.
There has always been this rivalry between East and West, and certainly some view Toronto as an elitist city. But on a day that one of Edmonton's finest was lost, Const. Daniel Woodall, we have become one caring nation.
Within minutes of the news breaking in Toronto, flags were lowered throughout the city as a sign of respect and solidarity. We feel your pain as we have been down this sad road before. While the loss of an officer directly affects the citizens of Edmonton, the entire country mourns with you. Canada has lost a great citizen in the course of his duties protecting persons and property.
Please accept our condolences and sadness at this difficult time. God bless all of our fine women and men who keep us safe.
I fully agree with Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht that the killing of one officer and wounding of another is a tragedy for all Canadians, but in the wake of the senseless dismantling of our once-excellent gun control, we will see more such tragedies. In particular, there will be more suicides and even murder/suicides, like those in Tisdale, Sask., and Langley, B.C., which took the lives of the Gosling and Janzen families.
Those who think it crass to remind Canadians of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's laissez-faire approach to gun control before Const. Daniel Woodall is even buried and mourned must understand the timelines involved here: Bill C-42 is, as usual, being rushed through both Parliament and the Senate, and soon will codify into law Harper and Public Safety Minister Minister Steven Blaney's endless amnesties to gun owners who, for one reason or another, fail to renew their gun licences. Most of those forgetful gun owners are likely harmless, but some have mental issues. Others — like Moncton Mountie killer Justin Bourque, Montreal election-night shooter Richard Bain or the hateful man who shot these officers, likely with a semi-automatic rifle that does not even have to be registered — simply view themselves as above the law.
We can't afford this laxity on guns. The provinces and cities will have to relieve the feds of this file.
Really, Edmonton Journal? 35,000 attend Edmonton Pride March on Saturday, including our premier and other major political figures and organizations, and not one word in your newspaper?
The Edmonton Rush played an exciting and intense game Friday to capture their first lacrosse championship. Where did their story end up? The second page of sports, behind the FIFA Women's World Cup story, and Connor McDavid's experience with the draft process.
I can understand the former, because international soccer in this city is very big news, but the latter? No wonder all other sports teams — apart from the Eskimos and Oilers — fail to attract as many people in their seats as they seem to be regarded as second-rate and buried in the back pages, even when they win a championship.
This past weekend, as done every June 6 since 2001, surviving 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion soldiers, members of the Airborne Social Club (Edmonton) together with their family and friends remember D-Day. In doing so, they commemorate it with a ceremony held at 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Monument at Siffleur Falls in David Thompson Country.
The monument is situated at the staging area off Highway 11, south of the Cline River, on the Kootenay Plains.
For many of us, these words are etched in our minds and hearts for "we will remember them." Always.
The "cooling off" cartoon is an outrageous pandering to public apprehension and ignorance about public-sector compensation.
As a lawyer, Gary Mar would have given up a high salary and regular paycheque in return for a contract position that could be ended at any time. No one in that position would agree to termination without some compensation.
When Lars-Erik Sjöberg and Anders Hedberg came to play with the Winnipeg Jets, the late sportscaster Don Wittman made a special effort to learn how to pronounce their surnames.
Now the sports people have trouble with Niklas Hjalmarsson, a Chicago Black Hawks defenceman. They say Chalmarsson, but "hj" is pronounced "y," and Swedes would say yahl-marr-son. The Black Hawks website indicates his name should be pronounced jahl-muhr-suhn, but they forget that "j" in Swedish is also pronounced "y," so Jens is Yens and Johan is Yohan.
The same website indicates former Black Hawk Dustin Byfuglien's name should be pronounced buff-lihn. Byfuglien is a Norwegian family name. I have asked several friends who are from Norway about the meaning of his surname and the way people in Norway would pronounce it. By is a place, village or city, fugl is a bird, en on the end in English is the, so a literal translation would be "a place where the birds meet." Pronunciation would be close to bee-foog-lee-en.
Local honorary consuls or embassies could help sports announcers and others to get a handle on names like Hjalmarsson and Byfuglien.
Gasoline prices shot up 16 cents a litre to 108.9 from 92.9 in Red Deer and Calgary. And oil prices haven't risen.
By rights, gasoline prices should be about 81-85 cents a litre even with the four-cent extra tax.
Again we're getting gouged by the refinery and service station companies. We need price controls so these companies can't manipulate consumers at their greedy whim.
High fuel costs raise the cost of everything from food to clothing to services.