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North and South (Paperback)
By Elizabeth Gaskell, Patricia Ingham (Introduction by)
As relevant now as when it was first published, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South skilfully weaves a compelling love story into a clash between the pursuit of profit and humanitarian ideals. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Patricia Ingham. When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. In North and South Gaskell skilfully fused individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale created one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature. In her introduction Patricia Ingham examines Elizabeth Gaskell's treatment of geographical, economic and class differences, and the male and female roles portrayed in the novel. This edition also includes further reading, notes and a useful glossary. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was born in London, but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford. In 1832 she married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters, and one son who died in infancy. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848, winning the attention of Charles Dickens, and most of her later work was published in his journals, including Cranford (1853), serialised in Dickens's Household Words. She was also a lifelong friend of Charlotte Brontë, whose biography she wrote. If you enjoyed North and South, you might like Jane Austen's Persuasion, also available in Penguin Classics. '[An] admirable story ... full of character and power' Charles Dickens
Patricia Ingham is Senior Research Fellow and Reader at St Anne's College, Oxford. She has written on the Victorian novel and on Hardy in particular. she is the General Editor of all Hardy's fiction in the Penguin Classics and has edited Gaskell's North and South for the series.
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Alcoa Continues Transforming Upstream Portfolio, Announces Strategic Review of Smelting and Refining Capacity
500,000 Metric Tons of Smelting Capacity and 2.8 Million Metric Tons of Alumina Capacity Under Review
Friday, March 6, 2015 8:30 am EST
"Alcoa continues to take decisive action, transforming its upstream portfolio to create a lower cost, globally competitive commodity business"
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lightweight metals leader Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced that it is continuing to aggressively transform its upstream portfolio to create a lower cost, globally competitive commodity business. The Company said over the next twelve months it will review 500,000 metric tons of smelting capacity and 2.8 million metric tons of refining capacity for possible curtailment or divestiture. The review will include facilities across the Alcoa system.
The potential actions could affect 14 percent of Alcoa's global smelting capacity and 16 percent of its global refining capacity. Currently, the Company has 19 percent, or 665,000 metric tons, of smelting capacity and 7 percent, or 1.2 million metric tons, of its global refining capacity idle.
"Alcoa continues to take decisive action, transforming its upstream portfolio to create a lower cost, globally competitive commodity business," said Bob Wilt, President of Alcoa's Global Primary Products. "Our goal is to move down the global aluminum cost curve to the 38th percentile and the global alumina cost curve to the 21st percentile by 2016. The results from this review will help achieve those goals. We'll take action only after a thorough strategic review to determine the best outcome for our shareholders and in consultation with our stakeholders."
When reviewing capacity, Alcoa will consider a wide variety of alternative actions, ranging from partial to full plant curtailments, permanent shutdowns or divestitures. Decisions on curtailments, closures or divestitures will be announced as reviews are completed.
In its Primary Metals business, the Company has curtailed, closed or sold 1.3 million metric tons, or 31 percent, of its highest cost global smelting capacity since 2007.
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Seeking Identities:December 2022 and Annual 2022 Recaps
January 6, 2023 - 9:53pm -- Dave Robinson
As has so often been the situation in 2022, December's weather never settled into any persistent pattern. Unless, of course, a pattern of frequent variations constitutes persistence! In any case, it seems appropriate to co-label this combined monthly and annual report as intervals in search of identities!
Looking first at December, the statewide average temperature of 35.5° is 1.1° below the 1991–2020 normal. This ranks as the 44th mildest December dating back to 1895. The statewide average maximum temperature of 44.9° is 0.1° below normal and ranked 31st mildest. The average minimum was 26.1°, which is 2.1° below normal and ranks 54th mildest. North Jersey averaged 33.3° (-0.8°, 36th mildest), south Jersey 36.8° (-1.3°, 49th mildest), and the Jersey coast 37.7° (-1.4°, 50th mildest).
Statewide precipitation averaged 4.76", which is 0.49" above normal and ranks 35th wettest. North Jersey averaged 4.93" (+0.68", 32nd wettest), south Jersey 4.68" (+0.40", 37th wettest), and the Jersey coast 4.49" (+0.13", 43rd wettest). The wettest locations were in the northeast and along the northern coast, while the northwest and much of the south were on the drier side.
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ONJSC's Top 10 NJ Weather and Climate Events of 2022
For the 14th consecutive year, we in the state climate office have evaluated the myriad daily, monthly, and annual observations gathered across New Jersey during the course of the year to choose what we feel were the most significant and impactful 10 weather and climate events of 2022. More about each event can be found in the monthly narratives posted on our website. You might be tempted to rearrange the rankings, particularly as some of the events on the list may have affected you more than others ranked higher. Or perhaps you best recall one that didn't make the list. That's the enjoyment and frustration of lists! Unless stated otherwise, statewide values are based on an average of several dozen stations. The period of record for monthly, seasonal, and annual departures is 1991–2020; while for extremes and rankings it is from 1895–present. Observations are mainly drawn from National Weather Service Cooperative Observing Program stations, Rutgers NJ Weather Network stations, and NJ Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network locations.
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A Tale of Two Novembers, and Leaning Warmer and Wetter Than Normal: November and Fall 2022 Recap
December 12, 2022 - 4:31pm -- Dave Robinson
Last month's report spoke of how "classic" the weather was during October. November's weather could be classified as being anything but such. The month began with perhaps the warmest first ten days of November on record in the Garden State, an interval that ranked up there with early November 2020. Then came winter-like temperatures for about ten days leading up to Thanksgiving before the month ended on a closer-to-normal note. There were only two mid-month events that brought more than an inch of rain to parts of the state, one associated with the remnants of a late-season hurricane that struck Florida. Portions of central and northern NJ saw the first snowflakes of the season during the cold spell, though aside from some minor accumulations at higher elevations, mostly traces were observed.
With the ups and downs of temperature, November came out averaging 47.5° for the state as a whole. This is 2.4° above the 1991–2020 normal and ties as the 15th mildest eleventh month on record. Ten of the twenty mildest Novembers since 1895 have occurred since 2001. The statewide average high temperature of 58.1° was 3.4° above normal, ranking 10th mildest. The average low of 36.9° was 1.4° above normal, ranking 20th mildest. North Jersey averaged 45.2° (+2.1, 15th mildest), south Jersey 48.7° (+2.4°, 17th mildest), and the Jersey coast 50.0° (+2.7°, 13th mildest).
Statewide precipitation averaged 3.08", which is 0.28" below normal and ranks as the 63rd driest (66th wettest) on record. The north averaged 2.98" (-0.28", 63rd driest), south 3.14" (-0.15", 71st driest), and coast 3.14" (-0.20", 68th driest). As the monthly map shows, central and northern coastal areas were wettest, while the driest areas were scattered in the far south, central, and north. It must be noted that the rain falling during the second half of the 30th is not included in the monthly totals for the state, regions, or individual stations presented later in the report. By convention, the reporting day for most National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative and Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) stations used in this report ends at morning observation time on the last day of the month. Totals from the afternoon of the 30th, to be included in December totals, ranged as high as about an inch, though mainly 0.25"–1.00".
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True Fall Colors: October 2022 Recap
November 7, 2022 - 6:00pm -- Dave Robinson
There are years when many say that New Jersey didn't experience "classic" fall weather. This October is not one of those years, as the month included rain, wind, and coastal flooding from the persistent remnants of a hurricane, many locations received their first frost and freezing temperatures to end the growing season, and there were days with a cloud-free deep-blue sky. October certainly showed its true fall colors.
October temperatures averaged 54.1° across NJ. This is 1.3° below the 1991–2020 normal and was the coolest October since 2009. It was the 57th coolest (tied with 4 other years) of the 128 since 1895. The average high was 64.5° which is 1.3° below normal and is the 48th coolest (tied with 3 years). The average low of 43.6° is 1.3° below normal and ranks 65th coolest (tied with 4 years). Northern NJ averaged 52.1° (-1.2°, 59th coolest [tied with 2 years]), southern 55.1° (-1.4°, 56th coolest [tied with 3 years]), and coastal 56.6° (-1.0°, 70th coolest [tied with 1 year]).
Rainfall was abundant, averaging 6.45" statewide. This is 2.26" above normal and ranks 10th wettest on record. It was the wettest since the record October 2005. Ten different decades are found in the top 15 years. The north averaged 5.88" (+1.43", 21st wettest), south 6.75" (+2.72", 6th wettest), and coast 7.53" (+3.44", 3rd wettest). Coastal Monmouth, Ocean, and Atlantic counties were wettest, coming in at two to three times normal totals. While coming in close to normal, the driest areas were in the north central, far southern, and southwest regions.
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Comparing the 1981–2010 and 1991–2020 Normals
October 21, 2022 - 4:44pm -- Erica Langer
Human-induced climate change is no longer an abstract concept or a threat to be faced in the future. It is currently changing the workings of Earth's atmosphere and causing extremes in weather events (Arguez et al. 2012). It is the warming of the environment from human activity that is indicated through variables such as temperature, precipitation, and sea level. This global phenomenon influences regional climates. In particular, New Jersey has been one of the fastest warming states throughout the country (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 2020) and observing how is fundamental in understanding how climate change is affecting the natural state of the environment.
When one looks to observe how the climate of New Jersey has changed, one way to explore any adjustment in the climate system is by examining climate normals. These normals reflect 30-year averages of weather observations. They are the basis for judging how daily, monthly, and annual weather conditions compare to what is "normal" for a specific location in today's climate. Normals provide a baseline that allows an individual to compare a location's current weather to average conditions one would expect to see. Normals are updated every ten years at (e.g., 1991–2020), similar to how a Census provides an updated snapshot of the populace and economy of the United States. They replace the previous 30-year normals (e.g., 1981–2010), and are calculated within the United States and elsewhere around the world. Gaining new information from them every ten years is useful in the work of public and private stakeholders, including the energy and agricultural sectors of the U.S. economy, building design, infrastructure, construction, and many governmental organizations such as the United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services.
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Flipping the Seasonal Switch: September 2022 Recap
October 6, 2022 - 11:47am -- Dave Robinson
Following a hot and dry summer, the questions of the day in September were when the temperature would begin to cool and would more abundant rainfall arrive. Signs of a rainfall resurgence were mixed, with drought conditions diminishing in spots but worsening in others. The temperature answer came in almost a flash on the 22nd (the first day of astronomical fall!) when a powerful cold front sent the thermometer quickly downward with an early-fall-like pattern arriving and remaining through month's end.
September temperatures averaged 67.8° across NJ. This is 0.9° above the 1991–2020 normal and ties as the 22nd mildest September since statewide records commenced in 1895. The average high temperature was 78.2°, which is 1.0° above normal and tied for 23rd warmest. The average low was 57.3°, 0.7° above normal and ranking 23rd warmest. North Jersey came in at 65.7° (+0.8°, tied for 23rd warmest), the south 69.0° (+0.9°, tied for 21st warmest), and the coast 69.7° (+1.0°, 15th warmest).
NJ precipitation averaged 3.16" for September, which is 1.00" below normal and ranks as the 57th driest of the last 128 years. The north was wettest at 3.64". This is 0.82" below normal, though ranks as just the 67th driest. The south came in with 2.86" (-1.13", 51st driest) and the coast 2.98" (-0.91", 57th driest).
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Roasting: August 2022 Recap and Summer Overview
September 7, 2022 - 8:17pm -- Dave Robinson
Much like this past July, August was a hotter and drier month than normal. Despite a June with rather close-to-normal numbers, the two most recent months brought the summer temperature and precipitation to top-10 levels for hot and dry conditions. More on summer '22 later in this report, but first to discuss is a record hot and quite dry August.
The August average temperature of 77.4° was 3.8° above the 1991–2020 normal, ranking as the hottest on record. Eight of the ten warmest Augusts since 1895 have occurred since 2001. The average maximum of 88.5° was 4.7° above normal, the hottest on record, while the average minimum of 66.2° was 2.9° above normal, tied for 5th warmest. North Jersey averaged 75.7° (+3.8°, warmest on record), the south 78.4° (+3.8°, warmest on record), and the coast 77.9° (+3.2°, 3rd warmest).
Statewide, August precipitation averaged 2.61", which is 1.96" below normal, ranking as the 22nd driest. The north came in at 2.31" (-2.25", 18th driest), south 2.82" (-1.75", 29th driest), and coast 2.54" (-2.06", 25th driest). As the map shows, virtually the entire state had a monthly total below the statewide 4.57" normal. Exceptions were found in isolated west central and central coastal areas where several storms quickly deposited hefty totals. Less than half the normal monthly rainfall fell in a good portion of the north and in scattered areas of the south and north coast.
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Once Again Hot, and This Time Around, Dry: July 2022 Recap
August 6, 2022 - 11:14am -- Dave Robinson
When it comes to recent hot Julys in New Jersey, the beat goes on. This year the heat was joined by quite limited precipitation, something not often seen in recent years. The statewide average temperature of 78.1° was 2.7° above the 1991–2020 normal, ranking 6th warmest since records commenced in 1895. Eight of the ten warmest Julys have occurred since 2010, leaving only 1955 and 1999 as top-ten outliers. The statewide average maximum was 88.6° (+2.9°, 6th warmest) and the minimum 67.5° (+2.4°, 4th warmest). Northern counties averaged 75.9° (+2.2°, 9th warmest), southern counties 79.5° (+3.0°, 3rd warmest), and coastal areas 78.8° (+2.6°, tied as 4th warmest).
Statewide July precipitation averaged 2.19", which is 2.52" below normal, ranking as the 13th driest on record. Of the top 15, only two have occurred this century. The north averaged 2.03" (-2.69", 14th driest), south 2.30" (-2.44", 14th driest), and coast 2.16" (-2.22", 17th driest). The central portion of the state was driest, with less than 2.00" accumulating, and under an inch in the driest areas. Closer-to-normal totals were found in the northwest, northeast, and southwest. At month's end, portions of central NJ were classified as being in moderate drought (D1) on the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. This denotes conditions not seen more than once every five to ten years. Surrounding central and northern areas were considered abnormally dry (D0), as was the southeast corner of the state. This all coincides quite well with the most pronounced precipitation deficits of the past month.
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Nondescript: June 2022 Recap
July 7, 2022 - 3:24pm -- Dave Robinson
As reported multiple times during the first half of 2022, the day-to-day weather and overall climate of the Garden State have varied frequently, exhibiting lots of variability and never "locking" into a given pattern for an extended period of several weeks or longer. Such was the case this June, making it difficult to define any conditions that dominated. June was somewhat drier than average, but eight events brought over an inch of rain somewhere within the state. It was also dry enough at one point for a wildfire to scorch over 13,000 acres of the Pine Barrens. Low temperatures fell into the upper 30°s and low 40°s at multiple locations on the 20th, yet three days earlier, the majority of the state saw highs in the low to middle 90°s. "Non-descript" seems the best way to sum things up.
Statewide, rainfall averaged 3.44". This is 0.86" below the 1991–2020 normal and ranks as the 61st driest of the 128 Junes since 1895. The north received 3.59" (-1.02", 61st driest), the south 3.39" (-0.75", 61st driest), and coast 2.90" (-0.95", 54th driest). As the map shows, the far south was driest, continuing a pattern seen in recent months. The June 30th U.S. Drought Monitor map has the bulk of the southern area seen on the Figure 1 map receiving less than 4.00" for the month classified as "Abnormally Dry" (D0). This rating is also a function of both low streamflow and ground water levels. Further north, pockets of above-average rainfall surrounded a below-average central region that has yet to have prolonged enough water deficits to qualify for D0 status.
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Transition Complete: May and Spring 2022 Recaps
June 7, 2022 - 1:31pm -- Dave Robinson
Many across NJ wondered if the incessant back and forth of weather conditions from early spring into May would ever cease and the more consistent warmth of late spring would arrive and persist. It took time this year, with a cool, damp start to May that included a nine-day interval of almost continuous onshore easterly flow. Come mid-month the seasonal transition was finally complete, and daytime highs mostly remained above 70° away from the coast and higher elevations. This included two episodes where temperatures exceeded 90°. Whether it was cool or warm, rainfall was rather plentiful through most of the month. Seven events produced an inch or more at multiple locations, two of which found some spots exceeding 3.00".
The statewide average temperature was 63.3°. This is 2.1° over the 1991–2020 normal and ties as the 14th mildest May since 1895. The average maximum of 73.6° was 1.3° above normal and ranked 35th mildest while the average minimum of 53.0° was 2.8° above normal, ranking 7th mildest. Regionally, the north division came in at 62.0° (+2.1°, 15th mildest), the south 64.3° (+2.1°, tied with two others at 13th), and coast 62.4° (+1.4°, tied with one other at 20th).
Rainfall averaged 5.37" across NJ. This is 1.62" above normal and ranks as the 23rd wettest May of the past 128 years. Even with the Highlands being somewhat dry, the north was wettest at 5.98" (+1.96", 18th wettest). The south averaged 5.03" (+1.43", 25th), despite the far south being on the dry side. The coast came in with 4.77" (+1.26", 26th).
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by Miles Durrie June 5, 2013 May 28, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 5 p.m. Blind Beggar Pub (106 5211 Macleod Tr. S.W.) Admission: $10 plus a non-perishable food donation It all comes down to Paul Anka. (Doesn't it always?) The appeal of the Canadian music icon and one-time teen idol was a key reason Calgary musician Matt Moya's grandmother…
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It all comes down to Paul Anka. (Doesn't it always?) The appeal of the Canadian music icon and one-time teen idol was a key reason Calgary musician Matt Moya's grandmother brought the family to Canada when fleeing strife-torn Chile.
"She chose Canada over Australia due to a hidden love of Paul Anka," Moya says with a laugh.
But there's a serious side to the backstory: during that time, Moya's grandfather, Juan Rojas, was a prisoner of war in Chile's Atacama Desert. After two years he was released and joined his family in Canada, and ended up being a role model for Moya – and inspiring the name of his band, Atacama Republic.
The rock trio, which includes bassist Dylan Johns and drummer Dan Olafson, will play Saturday night at the Blind Beggar Pub as part of the inaugural Billapalooza fundraiser for the Calgary Food Bank. The event is named for Bill Laplante, whose Big Bill's Indie Underground webcast is closely linked to the original music scene at the Blind Beggar.
"It'll be a fun party with a great cause," Moya says. "I'm stoked."
The night of original Calgary music begins at 5 p.m., with 10 bands slated to perform. Atacama Republic will be one of the anchor acts for the latter part of the night.
The band's music could be described as melodic hard rock, with hints of Silverchair and Big Wreck – or Pearl Jam and Soundgarden at their most accessible. To these ears, Moya's clear, midrange-y vocals stand up favourably next to any and all comparisons.
Billapalooza is a great chance to hear some of our city's original bands, and at $10 plus a non-perishable food donation, it's hard to argue with the value.
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Leikkaan kortit : More papers!
Hauskaa lauantaita, tervetuloa viikon Allsorts haasteen pariin: Käytä ainakin kahta kuviopaperia työssäsi. Malliksi tein joulukortin kolmella paperilla samasta setistä ja vanhalla Forest Friends- leimasimella.
Hi; Happy Saturday, it's time for a new Allsorts Challenge! "Use at least 2 patterned papers!"
I made a Christmas card with 3 papers from same paper pad.
Like the soft earthy colours Mervi and such a sweet image. Hope you have a good weekend.
Lovely card Mervi, those bears are so sweet.
Super cute card Mervi. Adorable image and wonderful sketch.
This is wonderful Mervi, love your image and papers.
Gorgeous card, fabulous design and a super cute image. Love the browns and beiges with the addition of the pinks.


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The Ghosh Circle Blog
2018 Blesie Tree Walk
Every year, the Blesie Tree Walk gets better and better. This year, the weather was bright and beautiful, the music got us moving, and the speeches touched us and left us in tears. Watch speeches f...
The Health Benefits of Hypnotherapy
Have you ever been hypnotized? Would you ever want to be? In popular culture, hypnosis is often depicted as someone being talked into doing something silly, such as quacking like a duck. True hypno...
A Cool Place to Work
If you've been to our office, you know it's a positive place. Some of our patients tell us they even look forward to coming for treatment. We like coming to work, too. The vibe is warm and friendl...
Helping Patients Pay for Needed Treatment
A few months ago, we shared an interview that the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation conducted with Becki Tinder about our efforts to help patients afford their prescriptions. Shortly after joini...
Cultivating Faith
Debbie Stark's faith was the bedrock of her life. It was the foundation of her marriage to her husband, Buck. It was the catalyst for a deep relationship with dear friends. It was the source of kind...
Climbing Above and Beyond Cancer
In our March e-newsletter, we shared Laurie's story of her second chordoma diagnosis (a very rare form of bone cancer), subsequent surgery and road to recovery. Four months later, she's come to a new ...
2018 Celebration of Life Picnic
The warmth filled the air during our seventh annual Celebration of Life picnic. We felt it on our shoulders and saw it in the faces of so many special people. Nearly 500 current and former patients...
Empathy Amplified and Affirmed
We were honored to be one of five finalists for the 2018 Empathy Amplified Award, an international recognition presented by the Cleveland Clinic. The award celebrates a healthcare provider or care tea...
What Not to Say to Someone Who's Grieving
When someone's suffering, it's natural to want to make them feel better. It's even human nature to want to take away their pain. But you can't, no matter how good your intentions. In fact, you...
The Difference Between Grief and Depression
To many, grief and depression feel the same. You may experience dark days and long, sleepless nights. You may cry, feel sad and have trouble eating. Life has lost its luster, and it's hard to move...
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"Romane Event" goes shoulder to shoulder with a competitor during the Garnet Grit Betties' mashup bout at Evergreen Elementary School's basketball court on Saturday. The friendly match featured roller derby girls from Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan playing together on a joint team. Despite a few hard falls on the concrete, no injuries resulted from the match.


AKC Reg'd English Springer Spaniel breeder located in Stuart, Florida; Cathy and Joe Baker, Sunkissed Kennels.
We started breeding Springers in 1990 after acquiring our first Springer, Autumn. She was a fabulous dog and the one that inspired our journey into breeding this wonderful breed.
We breed for health, temperament and conformation. Our dogs are active in Conformation, Agility and Therapy work, as well as making wonderful house pets.


Here's the video clip from Christmas special of The Morning Brew with Larry Ahrens in Albuquerque. I give the hosts gift baskets and my New Year's cocktail is given Santa Claus' stamp of approval! You can find the recipes that I made on the show (Silent Night and Orange You Glad it's New Years?) here.
This entry was posted in recipes, video and tagged chocolate cocktail, christmas cocktail, greg mays on morning brew, greg mays on the morning brew, morning brew, morning brew with larry ahrens, new years cocktail, orange and chocolate cocktail, orange you glad its new years cocktail, rumchata, rumchata cocktail, silent night cocktail, simple cocktails on the morning brew on January 8, 2014 by Greg.
Merry Christmas! If you caught my segment on the Christmas special episode of The Morning Brew, welcome to Simple Cocktails! Here are the recipes I shared – the second one was a favorite of The Big Man himself.
This entry was posted in liqueur, recipes, rum, vodka and tagged chocolate cocktail, christmas cocktail, greg mays on morning brew, greg mays on the morning brew, morning brew, morning brew with larry ahrens, new years cocktail, orange and chocolate cocktail, orange you glad its new years cocktail, rumchata, rumchata cocktail, silent night cocktail, simple cocktails on the morning brew on December 25, 2013 by Greg.
Out here in the southwest United States, we have a tasty beverage called Horchata (OR-cha-tah). It's a sweet, creamy drink that's a combination of rice, almonds, cinnamon, and other flavors. You might see it served out of a big glass jar by ladle or out of a waterfall juice machine.
This entry was posted in liqueur, recipes, reviews and tagged horchata cocktails, horchata liqueur, rumchata on November 30, 2012 by Greg.


Strap Hinge Definition - What Does Strap Hinge Mean in Construction?
A strap hinge is normally used on gates and large barn doors to ensure that there is no racking of the door or the gate within the opening. Racking is a tendency for the weight of the door or gate to interfere with the opening and closing function. A strap hinge was originally made by the local blacksmith out of iron and was made large enough to ensure that the function of the assembly was smooth and even. The term strap refers to the long strap type piece of the hinge that is mounted horizontally on the front of the door or gate. Strap hinges have become very popular architecturally and are now being manufactured or aluminum, vinyl as well as other composite materials. The normal installation of a strap hinge is on the face of the assembly and positioned to maximize the stability and strength of the hinge. In many instances the hinge is mounted with heavy screws or for additional stability, through bolts with nuts and washers are used.


AUDI GRAPEVINE is part of fast growing Group 1 Automotive, a leader in automotive retail and we are looking to add a qualified TECHNOLOGIST to our team. Group 1 is a Fortune 500 company that offers a team environment, great benefits and ongoing training and support for its associates. If you've got the horsepower to join a fast paced environment and hit our high standards - apply today!


This page shows businesses on Howard Road. Click on a business to bring up its details and a map showing its location.
Addenro House Hotel is a hotel offering a range of accommodation and other facilities.
Teddies Nurseries Ltd is a day nursery providing care for children while their parents are not available.
Find out what people are saying about places on Howard Road.


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Joaquim Vicente Ferreira Bevilacqua (São José dos Campos, 27 de março de 1944) é um advogado e político brasileiro. Ele foi vereador (1973-1975), deputado federal (1975-1978), prefeito de São José dos Campos (1979-1982, 1989-1990) e secretário do Trabalho e da Ação Social no governo Orestes Quércia (1990-1991).

Carreira política
Começou a carreira política ao ser eleito vereador de sua cidade natal São José dos Campos pelo antigo MDB.

Em 1974, foi eleito deputado federal pelo MDB.

Em 1978, foi eleito prefeito de São José dos Campos.

Depois da passagem ao PDS e PFL, Joaquim Bevilacqua ingressou no PTB, onde foi eleito deputado federal em 1986 e prefeito de São José dos Campos em 1988.

Em 1990, convidado pelo governador Orestes Quércia, renuncia ao mandato de prefeito de São José dos Campos para ser secretário do Trabalho e da Ação Social.

Membros do Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro
Membros do Partido Democrático Social
Membros do Democratas (Brasil)
Membros do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (1966)
Membros do Partido Socialista Brasileiro de São Paulo
Naturais de São José dos Campos
Prefeitos de São José dos Campos
Vereadores de São José dos Campos
Deputados federais do Brasil por São Paulo
Advogados do estado de São Paulo
Membros do Partido Socialista Brasileiro

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It has been easy living in Cleveland as a Cavaliers fan over the past couple of years. Although this season has tested the determination and grit of these hardwood competitors, the city remains committed to the conviction that we will be strong contenders to bring another championship to Cleveland. As I was refreshing my browser last week to catch up on the latest score, I was surprised to instead be enthralled by an elegant piece by NBA star Kevin Love. The article painted an intimate portrait of how mental health problems can occur even in someone who is at the pinnacle of their field; by reaching out without being judged, one can seek help, and can overcome and persevere.
This theme has permeated into the medical field, where doctors have now been empowered and tasked to no longer suffer in silence, but to recognize signs of burnout and reach out to people and services to help them find balance. We also have underestimated the prevalence of depression in our patients with cancer, and have led efforts to screen and recognize the signs of trouble and seek help for our patients diagnosed with depression during their cancer journey.1 Although these are all movements in a positive direction, a patient encounter highlighted that we must not forget about caregivers, the valuable role they play, and the emotional burden they carry.
I had met my patient and his wife one afternoon as I was rounding in the hospital. We instantly bonded over the fact that we each have two daughters born 2 years apart, and joked about how blessed we are to have three ladies running our homes. He had neglected a growing lump in his testicles for many months and his wife finally convinced him to come into the emergency room after he developed unrelenting abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer with spread into the lymph nodes in his abdomen. We had a long talk about his life, expectations, and wishes when it came to potential treatment. He demanded nothing less than a cure for his disease; I gleamed with rare pride, as this is truly one of the few situations in advanced cancer where I as an oncologist could grant his wish. The dramatic survival rates that can be seen even in advanced testicular cancer have served as the benchmark to what we all hope to offer all our patients with advanced tumors. I sat in the chair and described the journey ahead, the risks/benefits of chemotherapy and potential future surgery, never losing the sight of cure. We shook hands and I hugged his wife, and as I walked out of the room it was not lost upon me that I could easily be on the other side of this interaction.
He left the hospital after his orchiectomy and we scheduled a visit to my office for embarking on chemotherapy. He quickly delegated to his wife during our conversations and she was the de facto leader in coordinating his care while she was balancing work, kids, and the daily tribulations that life brings. We started chemotherapy with the expected hiccups, yet they both sailed through and preserved with strength, courage, grace, and dignity. At home, I would often reflect to my wife how much they were juggling and how they did it with such composure that really put our own daily grind into perspective. We celebrated the end of chemotherapy, negative markers, and negative scans. We embraced like we did that day in the hospital bed where we first met, and this time I got to high-five his two beautiful daughters. I remained optimistic that although his life would never be the same, he would most likely remain cancer-free.
The key to guaranteeing that his cancer remains in remission was that he continue to be monitored with labs, scans, and physical exams with me. Three months passed and I saw his name on the list for that afternoon. I welcomed the opportunity to reconnect with him and his family and to learn whether he was successful in getting his oldest to successfully ride a bike by herself. Their appointment time passed and before I knew it the day had come to an end without him showing up. We were able to get in touch with him the next day and he apologized and explained, "Life has just been hectic…," and promised to reschedule. The same song and dance persisted with scheduling of appointments and then no-showing for appointments for months. Every time I would phone, there was always a rational explanation. After multiple attempts, time passed and life continued for the both of us.
I would often question whether it was something I did that led to the lack of follow-up. Second-guessing is a daily affliction in oncology and is par for the course for any dedicated oncologist. One night many months later, I was making late rounds and was seeing a new consult in the emergency room. As I walked by a room, a familiar voice resonated through the chaos of the emergency room and I reconnected with my former patient. Immediately my mind started racing with the fear that his cancer had returned.
He quickly allayed my fears and apologized for not following up. You could see the anguish and the worn look in his eyes. He explained that they were not in the emergency room for him, but for his wife. She had developed severe chest pain and was brought in for further work-up. He told me how stressful life had been ever since his diagnosis, and although he was thankful to be cured, the toll of being a caregiver had just been too much for his wife. I did my best to listen not as an oncologist, but as a friend and a husband who is blessed to have an amazing wife also. He felt that his wife had taken on so much without any help for too long and now had finally reached her breaking point.
"Doctor, I need her to be all right. I can only go so far to fight this all by myself," he said. We embraced again and I did my best to let him that she needs to know how your feel about her and that I would keep hoping for the best for them. I told him to please keep me updated and we went our separate ways.
Two weeks later, I saw his name on my schedule, and to my surprise he and his wife were both in the room. She, as usual, started the conversation and reassured me that she had only experienced a panic attack and everything checked out during her emergency room visit. They held hands, unified as one, and told me that they had found some amazing resources to help them cope and succeed with the challenges of their lives ahead. I could see in their conviction again the same courage I saw when they battled this disease initially. We shared the good news with negative scans, tumor markers, and exam, and looked forward to new stories about our kids in 3 months.
A diagnosis of cancer infiltrates both the individual and their support system. Although my focus as an oncologist usually remains on the patient sitting in front of me, I am only a success if I respect and recognize that it takes a village to successfully treat that patient. Caregivers are a key part of this village and they can sometimes neglect to realize how important their well-being is. Studies have highlighted that spouses of cancer survivors are less likely to receive treatment for depression.2 If we could address this inequality and make sure caregivers get mental health support we could potentially improve the well-being of the whole family.
I clearly don't have all the answers and solutions to addressing this problem. Yet my humble approach is to try to ask everyone in the room how they are coping and handling the situation. I also try my best to be more cognizant of red flags and try to reach out to social workers, support groups, and make sure the caregiver is following up with their own doctor. I emphasize that the value and importance of taking care of themselves. We are clearly in a renaissance where the stigma has been removed from talking about mental health in many facets of life, and by addressing the well-being of caregivers we could also improve outcomes for our patients with cancer. This is part of our responsibility as oncologists, but more importantly, as human beings.
Massie MJ. Prevalence of depression in patients with cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2004;(32):57-71.
I would not second guess his non-compliance as something you said or did. Instead I would ask him if his missed appointments with you were because he couldn't pay the cashier in the lobby. Ironic as it is, something "that has nothing to do with you."
Twice a month, we run a free, drop-in, audio-visual (optional) virtual support group for advanced cancer caregivers and recently bereaved. All our groups are peer-led and can be joined online or by phone; for more information, please visit our Answer Cancer Foundation (MN 501c3) website.


This is the sixth post in my series about a sample Marketing Intranet site. In this post we are going to be adding a Marketing video to the home page using the Media Web Part. This web part comes out of the box with SharePoint and can be used to display media files on any web part page. There are several configurations you can make that will allow you to customize how the video is displayed.
In our example we just want to display the most recent marketing campaign video on the Intranet site. Whenever the page loads we want the video to start to play. We can do this by adding the Media Web Part to the home page of our Intranet site.
Once the web part is added to the page, we will edit the web part properties to configure our video.
Change Media When selected the file will you choose will be uploaded to SharePoint and then configured to play in the web part. When you want to select the media file to be displayed or you want to change the existing video to a new video.
Change Image This image is the preview image that is displayed in the web part prior to the video playing. This is what the web part will display if the video does not start automatically. Use this option to select or change the preview image for the web part.
Title Sets the Web Part Title (visible in Chrome). If you want to have a custom title. In most cases you would set this to something other than Media Web Part.
Start Media Automatically Plays the media on page load. If you want the media to auto play you would select this, otherwise it users will have to push "play" in the web part for the media to start.
Loop Until Stopped Keeps the media playing on a continual loop until the user stops in within the web part. If you want the media to keep looping you would use this option. Be careful on this one because you don't want to annoy your site visitors.
Styles Sets the color scheme for the media. This is the strip above and below the media file on the page. You have two options, Dark and Light.
Size Sets the height and width of the web part. You can configure the horizontal and vertical width of the web part. You can also elect to use the Lock Aspect Ratio option to ensure that the height and width are expanded or shrunk at the same scale. This should keep your media file from displaying distorted.
For my example Intranet site I have the media web part displayed in the top right corner of the page. I have it configured to play automatically but not to loop. This means it will play when users first hit the page but it won't keep looping. I figure they really only need to see it once. Each quarter when we have a new media message we will update the home page. This will be a good way to get people coming back to the site because they will want to see the new quarterly marking message. Here is a screenshot of my home page.
Not all file types are supported in the Media Player web part. To see a list of what is supported, check out these links.


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In this chapter we are going to talk about the most common task: purchasing a product.
I would use paypal express checkout for example because it is popular.
All examples are written in plain php code (no frameworks).

_**Note**: If you are working with [symfony2 framework check out the payum bundle documentation instead](https://github.com/Payum/PayumBundle/blob/master/Resources/doc/index.md)._

![How payum works](http://www.websequencediagrams.com/cgi-bin/cdraw?lz=cGFydGljaXBhbnQgcGF5cGFsLmNvbQoACwxVc2VyAAQNcHJlcGFyZS5waHAAHA1jYXB0dQAFE2RvbgAnBgpVc2VyLT4ANQs6AEUIIGEgcGF5bWVudAoAVAstLT4rAEsLOgBbCCB0b2tlbgoKAGcLLS0-AIE2CjogcmVxdWVzdCBhdXRoZW50aWNhdGlvbgoAgVkKLS0-AE0NZ2l2ZSBjb250cm9sIGJhY2sATg8tAIE-CDoAgUsFAHsHAIFTCC0-VXNlcjogc2hvdwCBQQggcmVzdWx0Cg&s=default)

## Configuration

Before we look at `prepare.php` we have to configure payum:

```php
<?php
//config.php

use Buzz\Client\Curl;
use Payum\Extension\StorageExtension;
use Payum\Paypal\ExpressCheckout\Nvp\PaymentFactory;
use Payum\Paypal\ExpressCheckout\Nvp\Api;
use Payum\Registry\SimpleRegistry;
use Payum\Storage\FilesystemStorage;
use Payum\Security\PlainHttpRequestVerifier;

$tokenStorage = new FilesystemStorage('/path/to/storage', 'Payum/Model/Token');
$requestVerifier = new PlainHttpRequestVerifier($tokenStorage);

// You way want to modify it to suite your needs
$paypalPaymentDetailsClass = 'Payum\Paypal\ExpressCheckout\Nvp\Model\PaymentDetails';
$storages = array(
    'paypal' => array(
        $paypalPaymentDetailsClass => new FilesystemStorage('/path/to/storage', $paypalPaymentDetailsClass)
    )
);

$payments = array(
    'paypal' => PaymentFactory::create(new Api(new Curl, array(
       'username' => 'REPLACE WITH YOURS',
       'password' => 'REPLACE WITH YOURS',
       'signature' => 'REPLACE WITH YOURS',
       'sandbox' => true
    )
)));

$payments['paypal']->addExtension(new StorageExtension($storages['paypal'][$paypalPaymentDetailsClass]));

$registry = new SimpleRegistry($payments, $storages, null, null);
```

An initial configuration for payum basically wants to ensure we have things ready to be stored such as
a token, to identify our payment process. A request verifier will take that token and be also initialized.
We also would like to have a registry of various payment mechanisms supported and the place where they are going
to be storing their information (e.g. payment details).

_**Note**: Consider using something other than `FilesystemStorage` in production. `DoctrineStorage` may be a good alternative._

_**Note**: You are not required to use this PaymentDetails. Payum is designed to work with array or ArrayAccess._

## Prepare payment

```php
<?php
// prepare.php

include 'config.php';

$storage = $registry->getStorageForClass($paypalPaymentDetailsClass, 'paypal');

$paymentDetails = $storage->createModel();
$paymentDetails['PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CURRENCYCODE'] = 'EUR';
$paymentDetails['PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT'] = 1.23;
$storage->updateModel($paymentDetails);

$doneToken = $tokenStorage->createModel();
$doneToken->setPaymentName('paypal');
$doneToken->setDetails($storage->getIdentificator($paymentDetails));
$doneToken->setTargetUrl('http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'/done.php?payum_token='.$doneToken->getHash());
$tokenStorage->updateModel($doneToken);

$captureToken = $tokenStorage->createModel();
$captureToken->setPaymentName('paypal');
$captureToken->setDetails($storage->getIdentificator($paymentDetails));
$captureToken->setTargetUrl('http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'/capture.php?payum_token='.$captureToken->getHash());
$captureToken->setAfterUrl($doneToken->getTargetUrl());
$tokenStorage->updateModel($captureToken);

$paymentDetails['RETURNURL'] = $captureToken->getTargetUrl();
$paymentDetails['CANCELURL'] = $captureToken->getTargetUrl();
$storage->updateModel($paymentDetails);

header("Location: ".$captureToken->getTargetUrl());
```

With a basic configuration now we proceed to update payment details, use the payment details stored
reference to create and relate to it two tokens, one is the done token, and the other is the capture token.
We relate the tokens back to the payment details by assigning its return and cancel urls which now contain
specific hashes from the tokens. After all is prepared, finally we start the capturing process.

The main purpose of using tokens is to hide any sensitive\guessable information from a spying user.
All a spying user sees is the random hash so it would be a bit hard to hack your payment process.

## Capture payment

If you read the previous chapter carefully you may noticed that in the `prepare.php` script we set
`capture.php` as the target url of capture token.
On the last lines of `prepare.php` we delegated the job to `capture.php` script.
This file is designed to be reused by any possible payment process.
So if you don't want to dive into details just [copy\paste it](capture-script.md).

## Show payment status (done.php)

After the capture did its job you will be redirected to `done.php`.
The `capture.php` script always redirects you to `done.php` no matter the payment was a success or not.
In `done.php` we will check the payment status and act on its result.

```php
<?php
include 'config.php';

$token = $requestVerifier->verify($_REQUEST);
$payment = $registry->getPayment($token->getPaymentName());

$payment->execute($status = new BinaryMaskStatusRequest($token));
if ($status->isSuccess()) {
    echo 'payment captured successfully';
} else {
    echo 'payment captured not successfully';
}
```

_**Note**: Success is not the only one status available. There are other statuses possible: pending, failure, canceled etc._

Next [The architecture](the-architecture.md).

Back to [index](index.md).

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As I Am — третий студийный и четвёртый по счёту альбом американской R&B и соул-исполнительницы Алиши Киз, выпущенный в ноябре 2007 года. По итогам продаж в 2008 году занял в США первое место (см. годовой чарт Billboard 200). Песня получила номинацию на «Грэмми» 2009 в категории Лучшее совместное вокальное поп-исполнение.

Список композиций
 «As I Am» (Интерлюдия) (Киз) — 1:52
 Содержит интерполяцию Ноктюрна № 20 в До-диез минор, op. posth Фредерика Шопена
 «Go Ahead» (Киз, Mark Batson, Бразерс, Marsha Ambrosius) — 4:35
 «Superwoman» (Киз, Линда Перри, Steve Mostyn) — 4:34
 «No One» (Киз, Бразерс, George D. Harry) — 4:13
 «Like You'll Never See Me Again» (Киз, Бразерс) — 5:15
 «Lesson Learned» (при участии Джона Мейера) (Киз, Мейер) — 4:13
 «Wreckless Love» (Киз, Jack Splash, Matthew Kahane, Harold Lilly) — 3:52
 «The Thing About Love» (Киз, Перри) — 3:49
 «Teenage Love Affair» (Киз, Splash, Kahane, Lilly, Josephine Bridges, Carl Hampton, Tom Nixon) — 3:10
 Содержит семпл песни The Temprees «(Girl) I Love You» (Josephine Bridges, Carl Hampton, Tom Nixon).
 «I Need You» (Киз, Batson, Lilly, Paul L. Green) — 5:09
 «Where Do We Go from Here» (Киз, Бразерс, Mary Frierson, Johnnie Frierson) — 4:10
 Содержит семпл песни Wendy Rene «After Laughter (Comes Tears)» (Mary Frierson, Johnnie Frierson).
 «Prelude to a Kiss» (Интерлюдия) (Киз) — 2:07
 «Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)» (Киз, Novel Stevenson, Ron Haney, Brothers, Green, Mostyn) — 4:28
 «Sure Looks Good to Me» (Киз, Перри) — 4:31

Формат iTunes
 «Waiting for Your Love» — 3:53
 «Hurt So Bad» (бонус при предзаказе) — 2:56

Британский формат
 «Waiting for Your Love» — 3:53

Бонус DVD
 Karma (вживую в Голливуд-боул)
 Heartburn (вживую в Голливуд-боул)
 Wake Up (вживую в Голливуд-боул)
 За сценой: фотосессия для As I Am
 За сценой: съёмки видео No One

As I Am: The Super Edition

Список композиций
 Стандартный набор из 14 треков
 «Another Way to Die (с Джеком Уайтом)» — 4:24
 «Doncha Know (Sky is Blue)» — 4:24
 «Savior» — 3:22

Бонусный диск — Вживую из The Coronet Theatre (Лондон)
 «You Don't Know My Name»
 «Fallin'»
 «Superwoman»
 «No One»
 «Teenage Love Affair»
 «If I Ain't Got You»

Примечания

Альбомы Алиши Киз
Альбомы J Records
Альбомы, возглавлявшие Billboard 200
Альбомы, сертифицированные как мультиплатиновые Американской ассоциацией звукозаписывающих компаний


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require 'active_record'
require_relative '../lib/activerecord/abstract_adapter_ext.rb'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.order = "random"
end


text:
100 Years of Swansea City FC
The Vetch Field
Jack Fowler
by Huw Bowen
During the 1920s, the spectators who stood on the rough stone and ash banks that formed three sides a Swansea Town's 'rubble heap' of a Vetch Field ground often indulged in enthusiastic bouts of community singing. The songs they sang echoed the Welsh hymns and arias usually associated with the crowds that gathered in rather smaller numbers at the nation's rugby football venues. Indeed, followers of the 'dribbling code' gave as good as their rugby counterparts, and observers were often moved by the strength and passion of their impromptu renditions of 'Cwm Rhondda', 'Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau', 'Sospan Fach' and other favourites. It was reported that the volume of noise generated by the Vetch Field crowd could be heard 'ordinarily' as far away as Fforestfach, and the effects of massed Welsh voices on opposition players and supporters could at times be quite overwhelming. One Stoke City supporter was taken aback when he heard a section of the Swansea crowd launching wholeheartedly into 'Yn y dyfroedd mawr a'r tonnau', and on finding that he was listening to a funeral hymn, he was moved to suggest that the visiting contingent from the Potteries should perhaps starts humming 'Show me the way to go home'. These choral outpourings allowed many spectators to give vocal expression to their identity and celebrate their Welshness, if only for ninety minutes on a Saturday afternoon, and visiting English teams often felt that they were playing in an unfamiliar foreign land.
The Vetch Field, however, was not an exclusively Welsh sporting theatre. The changing and expanding nature of Swansea, the 'dirty witch' of a town evoked by Edward Thomas, was such that many immigrant-working men of English, Irish, and Italian descent also took their place in a cosmopolitan crucible. Alongside the deep-rooted influences of Chapel and choir was also to be found a liking for choruses of a quite different type, and this enabled Swansea supporters to find a place for themselves within mainstream popular British culture. 'I'm for ever blowing Bubbles' was taken up with gusto during the early 1920s, and the crowd swayed vigorously, and often dangerously, from side to side in time with the chorus. Only later did 'Bubbles' become more exclusively associated with the followers of West Ham United. Swansea supporters, who before 1914 had sung their own 'war song', also adapted a favourite contemporary ditty by supplying appropriate words of their own which served to elevate one player, Jack Fowler, to the status of popular hero. To the tune of 'Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me', the Vetch Field crowd often sang 'Fow, Fow, Fow, Fow, Fowler, score a little goal for me. We haven't had a goal since the last match, and now it's half past three.' On the North Bank terraces of modern times it often has been loudly proclaimed that there is only one Alan Waddle, or one Alan Curtis, but during the mid-1920s there was, in both song and deed, most definitely only one Jack Fowler. He wasSwanseaTown's first footballing hero of the professional era, a talismanic figure who became the idol of thousands.
Jack Fowler earned canonisation for the remarkable goal-scoring feats he achieved with Swansea Town between 1923 and 1930, and especially those he recorded in his most productive years between 1924 and 1927. He played in a largely successful side that contained a number of players, most notably Joe Sykes, Wilf Milne, and Billy Hole, who would find a place in any all-time Swansea XI, but it was Fowler who became the main focus for the adulation of supporters. In the League alone he scored 101 goals in 167 games, and this gave him a strike rate bettered only by Cyril Pearce, Wilf Lewis, and Frank Rawcliffe, who all played far fewer games. Only Ivor Allchurch and Herbie Williams have scored more League goals for Swansea than Fowler, but their careers were considerably longer.
John Fowler was born in 1899 in Cardiff, where he grew up in a large family with seven brothers and six sisters. Like many of his contemporaries he lied about his age and saw late service in the First World War as a member of the Royal Naval Air Service. The return of peace saw him begin to make his mark as a footballer with Maerdy, and in 1921 he followed in the footsteps of the great Welsh stalwart Moses Russell and transferred to Plymouth Argyle of Division Three (South). Many Plymouth supporters felt that Fowler was never given a fair opportunity to shine, but he managed to score 25 goals for the Pilgrims in 37 league games, including two in April 1923 against promotion rivals Swansea. The Swans manager Joe Bradshaw was impressed and in February 1924 he secured Fowler's services for a fee of £1,280, a figure which stood as a record until 1938 when Newcastle United were paid £1,500 for Bill Imrie.
The first clause in Fowler'sSwanseacontract stated that the player agreed to 'play in an efficient manner and to the best of his ability'. There can be no doubt that he more than fulfilled his obligations on both counts. During his first full season, in 1924/5, he was the leading marksman in the Division, scoring 28 goals in 42 games as Swansea were promoted as Champions. In the next campaign, in Division Two, he took advantage of the change in the offside law to record a further 28 goals in only 32 appearances. The following year he returned figures of 18 goals in 38 games, and even though his powers then declined somewhat, he still managed to score, on average, once every two games during his remaining time with the Swans. Impressive by any standard, these outline statistics only conceal the concentrated bouts of scoring that became Fowler's trademark. He scored nine League hat-tricks between April 1924 and September 1927, setting a still unbroken club league record when he netted five goals in 6-1 thrashing of Charlton Athletic in September 1924. He also set an individual club scoring record in the F.A. Cup when he scored four times in the 6-3 defeat of Stoke City in 1926; a feat that has only been equalled by David Gwyther, againstOxfordCityin 1969.
At 5ft 10ins and 12 stone Fowler was powerfully built, and his portrait carries more than a hint of aggression, determination, and menace. He certainly relished the physical aspects of the game and he was regarded as a player who 'put himself about'. Yet it would be quite wrong to suggest that he was merely a bludgeoning or barnstorming type of forward. On the contrary, observers commented on his speed, constructive play, quickness of thought, and 'weaving' skills. He was regarded as a 'clever' player who made use of all his attributes, most notably when, with his characteristic bursts of speed and physical strength, he carried the ball between defenders into goal-threatening positions. He developed the ability to unleash ferocious shots when in full flight, and the adoption a shoot-on-sight policy meant that he peppered the goal from all angles and distances. Those who saw him play recall a player who would explode into action, and 'always have a crack', and it is little wonder that an adoring crowd took him to their hearts. The Welsh selectors adopted a somewhat different view, however, and Fowler won only six caps, failing, along with other aspirants, permanently to dislodge Len Davies of Cardiff City who occupied the centre forward position for much of the 1920s. Nevertheless, Fowler managed to score three international goals, including two in a rare Welsh away victory over England at Selhurst Park in March 1926 when he was at the very height of his powers.
The bulk of Jack Fowler'sSwanseacareer was spent in Division Two of the English League, and this might suggest that, as with Ivor Allchurch thirty years later, he never performed at the very highest level. This cannot be denied, but several Swansea cup runs during the mid-1920s enabled Fowler to demonstrate that he was able to continue his high goal scoring record against some of the best sides in the country. More generally,Swansea's success, sandwiched betweenCardiffCity's Wembley appearances in 1925 and 1927, represented a sustained Welsh challenge on the English FA Cup. This captured the imagination of the nation, and offered association football the prospect a permanent place in the sun alongside a rugby game that was experiencing dismal times at both national and club level in Wales. Indeed, Fowler played a leading part in effecting a near-total eclipse of the 'national' game, not least in 1926 when the eight goals he scored in five successive ties carried Swansea through to the semi-finals of the F.A. Cup.
In Swansea, the F.A. Cup served fully to illustrate the powerful hold that soccer was establishing on the sporting public of South West Wales. Indeed, as Martin Johnes has argued, it was the Cup rather than international fixtures that attracted most attention and carried the Welsh nation's hopes against English opposition. In 1915 Southern League Swansea had beaten League Champions Blackburn, and between 1920 and 1925 epic encounters were played out once more against sides from higher divisions in front of packed Vetch Field crowds of over 20,000. In 1925, however, not only did Aston Villa administer a dose of disappointment by beating Swansea for the second year in succession, but also the West Walians could only watch with envy as Cardiff City progressed as far as Wembley. It was against this background that in 1925/6 Swansea embarked upon a campaign that promised to bring them a promotion and Cup 'double', enabling Jack Fowler to step forward as the figure who represented the sporting hopes and ambitions of town, region, and nation alike.
There were many remarkable aspects to Swansea's FA Cup adventure of 1925/6, but perhaps most extraordinary was the fact that the team personnel remained unaltered through seven ties. Even today, it is a line-up recalled with ease by those who saw them play: Denoon, Langford, Milne, Collins, Sykes, McPherson, Hole, Deacon, Fowler, Thompson, and Nicholas. This mainly English side, constructed by manager Joe Bradshaw over the previous two or three seasons, was noted as possessing two particular attributes. Opposing managers considered that Swansea were, in the words of Major Frank Buckley of Blackpool, a 'tough lot' and this equipped them for the demands of away ties which often required a robust approach. Sykes, a small man for a Centre Half, was regarded as a supreme organiser and marshal of the defence, while Wilfie Milne was widely respected for the quality of his tackling. The team was not, however, in any way negative in its outlook and it developed the ability to score plenty of goals. As centre forward, Fowler benefited from this approach, but Thompson and Deacon also contributed their fair share to an impressive goals tally in both League and Cup. London-based critics agreed that no side could visit Swansea with any degree of confidence, and it was reported that the better the quality of opposition, the better the side would play.
The 1925/6 Cup campaign began with two relatively low-key victories, 3-1 away at Exeter and 3-2 at home against Watford, with Fowler scoring one goal in the latter game. Momentum began to develop when, away from home, Blackpool were defeated 2-0 (Fowler scoring once) and then StokeCity were brushed aside 6-3 at the Vetch Field, with a rampant Fowler scoring four times. At this point Cardiff City fell by the wayside and Swansea were left alone to carry Welsh hopes. In the fifth round Millwall were defeated 1-0 in London with Fowler scoring a dramatic winner in the last few minutes, and this set up a home quarter-final tie against First Division Arsenal. Charlie Buchan's team was unable to cope with the Swans on the day, the headline in the Times declaring 'The Arsenal beaten for pace'. Fowler, it was reported, 'outwitted the Arsenal backs to score' and amid scenes of great excitement and tension Swansea clung on desperately to record a famous 2-1 victory. This earned the team a semi-final place against Bolton Wanderers at Tottenham's White Hart Lane ground in North London.
Newspaper accounts of this enthralling Cup run reveal much about the nature of football at this time. The players' preparation for the ties was, for example, based upon a training regime supplemented by 'tramps around the bays', walks at nearby Mumbles, water polo, and so many 'brine baths', that local wags suggested that the team was spending more time in the tub than on the training ground. The team might not reach the final, it was declared, but they would certainly be the cleanest in the competition. The players themselves became the focus for considerable press and public interest, and this manifested itself in a variety of different ways, not least in the form of 'behind the scenes' photo-opportunities. One such 'humorous interlude' at the Vetch Field revealed that, much to the amusement of Fowler and his great friend Lachlan Macpherson, Jock Denoon had joined the ranks of 'spectacle-wearing goalkeepers'. Local entrepreneurs were swift to take advantage of this interest, and it is recalled that one enterprising confectioner in Morriston produced a range of boiled sweets, each of which, in seaside-rock fashion, had the name of a Swans hero running through it.
The excitement of supporters knew bounds. They gathered at newspaper offices to hear first news of cup draws; they cheered visiting teams at High Street station; they flocked to Swansea on match days to queue for hours to gain entry to the ground; they sang their hearts outs; and at the Vetch Field they let their emotions run wild. Against the Arsenal, the crowd was 'packed' onto the banks by a megaphone-wielding police force that would shortly be dealing with crowds of a different type during the General Strike. This 'packing' strategy, based on the notion that 'The closer the crowd, the less danger there is', was undoubtedly distressing and dangerous for those crushed at the front of the bank, but it had the effect of greatly enhancing the atmosphere as the crowd swayed, surged, and sang together. The success of the team, the drama of the occasion, and the vigour of the action all combined to create a rich brew of heady excitement that at times was translated into extraordinary scenes of rejoicing. At the Stoke match, it was reported that 'as the clever Fowler piled up a continuous succession of goals, the enthusiasm passed all limits. The frantic fervour of the crowd was a wonderful thing. It must have left thousands of people hoarse and voiceless long before the end.' But this was surpassed by the scenes following the victory against the Arsenal, a game that ended with Swansea pressed back and resorting, rather shamefacedly, to booting the ball as far as possible up the field. The match report in the South Wales Daily Post declared that 'The final whistle at the Vetch Field on Saturday was the signal for the most amazing outburst of enthusiasm that Welsh soccer has ever known. It was roar of relief as well as joy. A dense mass of almost hysterical supporters – shouting, cheering, brandishing flags, rattles, sticks, and even leeks – yelled in unison for the heroes of the afternoon. Several women were in tears of joy.' Not surprisingly, Fowler was mobbed as he left the field.
The Swans were representing the town and its industrial hinterland, and the enthusiastic celebrations of victory can be seen as expressions of local pride, but the team was also taken up and supported by large numbers of people drawn from across south, west, and mid Wales. As such, it can be said that Swansea carried the hopes of a significant part of the nation, including those in Cardiff. This much can be inferred from the elaborate transport arrangements that were put in place on match days. With a precision and timing of the type associated with military manoeuvres, the GWR and LMS provided trains to carry supporters into Swansea and out of Wales. For home ties, football excursions arrived in the town from all points near and far, with services running from Craven Arms, Gowerton, Llandovery, Llandrindod, Llanelli, Loughor, Pontardulais, and Pembroke. Trains from Cardiff and Newport brought in large numbers from the east and the Valleys. As groups of supporters from Caernarfon and ColwynBay mingled with those from Ireland and the North of England, the cosmopolitan nature of the crowds was a matter for comment.
The number of supporters travelling away was also increasingly substantial and they were carried on excursions which offered discounted prices, guaranteed match tickets, and all the steam-heating comforts of fast modern 'corridor expresses'. On the day of the Millwall match five day-excursion trains were booked from Swansea and a half-day trip ran from Cardiff to London. With the game being for the Swans 'an event calculated to be the biggest moment in their history', supporters went to great lengths to get to the match. These were reported in the local press as 'astonishing stories', especially the tale of the '200 South Wales men who left their pits on Friday night without bothering to change, went straight to their reserve carriages, and arrived in London in their "Yorks"'. It was thought by some that this story was 'scarcely credible' but it was reported on good authority that the miners had in fact been seen driving in a specially hired charabanc to the game in New Cross. Popular folklore in Swansea still suggests that the Millwall game was marred by punch-ups with South London dockers, but reports of violence did not make their way into the local press.
In the event, Swansea's Fowler-inspired cup run ended at the semi-final stage of the competition, although by that point many confident supporters were already planning their trips to Wembley and worrying about the size of ticket allocations for the finalists. Indeed, it was reported in the press that some people remained at home in Swansea over the semi-final weekend because they were saving their money for the excursion to the final. Others were no doubt offended by the fact that the price of tickets was more than double the amount they were used to paying. Those who did travel to London formed part of an 'early morning invasion' and a 'human avalanche at Paddington'. Over 2,300 football supporters travelled by train from Swansea, and over 700 from Cardiff, to take their place in a 25,000 crowd. As the Swans' followers poured onto the platforms at Paddington, they held aloft a replica of the F.A. Cup with Fowler's picture on it. They carried daffodils, flags, leeks, miniature swans, and rosettes decked out in blue, a choice dictated by the fact that Swansea had been obliged to change their playing colours because of a clash with the white of Bolton. Rugby supporters and players from Llanelli – soccer converts for the day – carried 'sospans' with them. As they spilled out onto the streets of London, groups of supporters struck up the Fowler song. Local residents were taken aback by the sudden arrival of this seething mass of humanity and were baffled by the unfamiliar Welsh accents they could hear. 'Who are the Swans?' asked one old woman, to which a supporter in an 'Ystalyfera muffler' replied, 'Wales!' Two Londoners listened intently to the words of the Fowler song. Not surprisingly, they could not understand them, one declaring to the other 'It is Welsh they are singing, Bill'. Logic dictated to one bystander, a 'precocious youth', that the many blue favours in evidence belonged to those who had come to watch the university boat race, also taking place that day. He was put firmly in his place by three 'women ofWales' wearing large blue hats who 'promptly reminded him that they were members of the proletariat'.
As the crowds mingled in central London any class tension was overridden by a general sense of excitement, and it was reported that 'The 'varsity drawl blended with musical accent of the Welsh'. The meeting of two quite different class and athletic cultures passed off peacefully enough, but over fifty undergraduates were charged with drunk and disorderly behaviour as they celebratedCambridge's boat race victory. Although the Swansea supporters were described as being 'boisterous' and 'feverish' only two men from South Wales found themselves detained at Marlborough Street police station. One of the men, a miner, was discharged with a caution after being arrested for pushing people off the pavement, while the other was fined £3 for being in possession of a revolver. The magistrate does not seem to have been impressed with the latter's defence that he had brought the weapon toLondon'for safety as he was going to the cup semi-final'. Quite what this man expected to encounter in London is not clear, although perhaps tales of violence in circulation after the Millwall tie had heightened his fears about the dangers awaiting him in the metropolis.
While two Swansea supporters spent an uncomfortable night or two in the cells, the rest of the human avalanche melted away and trickled back to Wales feeling dejected and dispirited. The Swans fell badly at the penultimate hurdle, as they put in an uncharacteristically limp performance during a one-sided defeat. The Welsh cause was not helped by an early Denoon error that gifted a goal to Bolton, and a further two goals were conceded before twenty minutes had elapsed. Observers, including the reporter from the Times, agreed that all of Bolton's goals were 'lucky' but it seemed that the Swansea team was also badly affected by an attack of nerves. The players were 'in a flustered condition' and they watched their opponents in a 'kind of trance'. Although the Swans rallied in the second half, Fowler, like his team mates, was unable to rise to the occasion and he failed to find the back of the net for the first time in six cup ties. After the Millwall tie, Fowler had been carried on the shoulders of supporters when the team arrived back at High Street station; on this occasion his sense of failure and humiliation was such that he chose to leave the returning train at Landore.
The side's confidence was badly dented by the cup defeat and the promotion campaign suffered. The Swans eventually finished in a very disappointing fifth position in Division Two and a season that had promised so much in February and March ended on a decidedly flat note. Indeed, in retrospect, it can be seen that the quarter-final victory against Arsenal marked something of a watershed in the fortunes of both Swansea Town and Jack Fowler himself. Although football in Wales continued briefly to offer a serious challenge to rugby, none more so than in 1927 when Cardiff won the F.A. Cup, Swansea and Fowler performed only fitfully during the second half of the 1920s. Fowler continued to score regularly, but he recorded only one of his League hat-tricks after the end of 1926. Of great importance inSwansea's slump was the departure of Joe Bradshaw to manage Fulham and the subsequent decision of the Board of Directors to take over responsibility for team affairs. This was a mistake to rank with the worst of many made by Vetch Field Boards over the years, and an opportunity was lost to build on the solid foundations laid down by Bradshaw. Instead, in a steadily worsening economic climate, Swansea Town marked time, selling good players and failing to entertain in the way that they had during the early 1920s. Slowly but surely, there was a resurgence in both national and local rugby fortunes, and the pendulum swung back towards the union game in the town. This movement appeared to be complete when the All Whites recorded their famous victory over the All Blacks in 1935. By that time, the Swans were engaged in a grim annual struggle to avoid relegation and there were no cup runs to offer much by way of solace.
Fowler left Swansea Town in June 1930, his hundredth league goal for the club having been scored in a 4-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in November 1928. As with several other Swans of the period, he signed for Clapton Orient, having secured an additional 7/6 on top of the £7 a week he earned with Swansea. He started his career in East London with a characteristic bang, scoring 5 goals, including a hat-trick, during his first 3 appearances. In total, Fowler made 80 appearances for Clapton, first as Centre Forward and then as Centre Half. He was appointed Captain and scored 14 goals, including the first one to be recorded at the Lea Bridge Ground. These were unhappy times, though, and the hard-pressed club did not always pay the players' wages. Fowler, always a generous man, found it necessary as club captain to distribute his own wages among his junior team mates.
Fowler remained popular in Swansea, where he had often organised boxing matches and performed on stage during benefit concerts. Thus, after retiring through injury in 1932, he returned to run The Rhyddings Hotel in Brynmill. Always with an eye for the main chance, but never as accurate as he had been with a football, he was an enthusiastic small-scale entrepreneur dogged by bad luck. He moved easily in theatrical and popular entertainment circles, however, and he continued to perform on stage, where, as a local favourite, he told jokes and read his own monologues. His theatrical connexions ensured that popular performers of the 1940s and 1950s such as Billy Cotton and Rob Wilton found their way to the Rhyddings, and the hotel became the watering hole of Kingsley Amis and his university circle. As a landlord of thirty-five years standing, Fowler is remembered as having 'stood no nonsense', but his establishment also became renowned as a venue for Saturday night singing. For a Swansea sporting hero whose own exploits had been so loudly celebrated in song, this seems peculiarly appropriate.
In his later years, Jack Fowler lost interest in football in general and the Swans in particular. While always happy enough to reminisce about his glory years or to act as a referee in charity matches, he turned his attention to other sports, notably rugby, cricket, and horse racing. Nevertheless, he must have been dismayed bySwansea's desperate plight during the mid-1970s. The feeble performances produced by a team of anonymous players in front of tiny crowds stood in marked contrast to the thrilling exploits performed by Fowler and his team mates. The success of the Swans during the 1920s had helped to galvanize the support of town, region, and nation for the association game, and Swansea had been etched firmly onto the football map. By the time Jack Fowler approached the end of his days, however, the outlook for professional football in Swansea could not have been bleaker. When the former hero died in February 1975, the club whose playing ranks he had graced with such distinction were stuck firmly in the lower reaches of Division Four, destined shortly to suffer the indignity of having to apply for re-election to the Football League. This humiliating experience for the Swans could not have been further from the heady days of 1926 when a rampaging Jack Fowler was so often able to satisfy the vocal demands of Swansea supporters to 'score a little goal for me'.
During the writing of this short essay I received generous assistance from a number of people, notably those who responded to my appeal for help, kindly published by the Editor of the South Wales Evening Post. My greatest debts, however, are to Jack Fowler's daughter, Maureen, who supplied me with many anecdotes as well as the splendid photograph of her father; to historians Professor David Farmer and Dr Martin Johnes, who made available their own research to me; and to John Conibear, whose attendance at over 2,000 games at the Vetch Field has not in any way diminished his extraordinary enthusiasm for the Swans. The essay is dedicated to Bertie Miller, whose mother took him by pony and trap to watch Jack Fowler play.
This essay was first published in the book For Club and Country: Welsh Football Greats (2000) and is reproduced by permission of the author.
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Expanded Partnerships with Greenland
Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
IGERT: Polar Environmental Change
Primary Strategic Goal:
Discovery: Foster research that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, emphasizing areas of greatest opportunity and potential benefit and establishing the Nation as a global leader in fundamental transformational science and engineering.
Secondary Strategic Goal:
Learning: Build the Nation's research capability through critical investments in advanced instrumentation, facilities, cyber infrastructure, and experimental tools.
Achievement/Results
The Dartmouth IGERT has developed an unusually close and productive relationship with Greenlandic institutions and leaders that is a result of our careful, ethical and respectful work in a country facing some of the most challenging affects of climate change, during a critical time in their political development.
Greenlanders watch as researchers from all over the world study the momentous environmental changes taking place in their country. But these researchers rarely stop to talk with the local community or explain the meaning or consequences of their research before flying home. From the beginning, trainees and faculty in the Dartmouth IGERT took a different approach. They offer to talk with the local communities in Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk about their research, but they also ask questions. They actively invite the perspective and observations of the local community, and listen to their concerns respectfully, even if it differs from their own.
The Dartmouth IGERT's partnership with the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth has made possible an exchange of students from the University of Greenland to Dartmouth, and Dartmouth fellowship support for ICC (Inuit Circumpolar Council) members to visit Dartmouth, including Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC President. Mr. Lynge's support of IGERT and his national leadership in environmental issues in Greenland has now resulted in the announcement that he will receive an honorary degree from Dartmouth.
This ongoing interest and dialogue with Greenland has resulted in a number of trainees choosing to do research in Greenland, with the support of our Greenlandic partners. This partnership has provided our trainees with unique perspectives on their work, and unusual opportunities. Simone Whitecloud's interdisciplinary work on plant communities is the most direct recipient of these benefits. ICC helped facilitate her access to local experts and indigenous knowledge on local plants and their Greenlandic names.
A number of other trainees are also doing work in Greenland, including Sam Fey, Lauren Culler, and Marcus Welker in ecology; Ben Kopec, Alex Lauder, Laura Levy, Alexandra Giese, Gifford Wong, and Ashely Corbett in earth sciences; and Kaitlin Keegan in engineering. Six of these trainees have research results based on work in Greenland that were recently on display at the International Polar Year Conference in Montreal in April.
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Discovery and Learning: The Greenland-based research being undertaken by our trainees is providing new data on a critical and controversial scientific issue: climate change. Their data, as well as their ability to articulate the issues and concerns of the people of Greenland towards this issue, is critical to the nation understanding the real, and not imagined, issues facing the not just Greenland but the world, due to climate change.
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