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UP Election 2017: In drought-hit Bundelkhand, a village parched by political apathy hopes for change
Residents of Gusiyari village in drought-hit Bundelkhand have for decades relied upon a single well for drinking water. Close to 10,000 people have no other source of water in the area.
Hamirpur: Residents of Gusiyari village in drought-hit Bundelkhand have for decades relied upon a single well for drinking water. Close to 10,000 people have no other source of water in the area.
But, what would happen if one day this solitary well dries up? Will the entire village be forced to evacuate? Or will the villagers be left to fend for themselves?
It seems that no one has ever given a serious thought to this question; the political class, that can actually do something about it, has been apathetic. During every election, promises are made, only to be broken. A candidate gets elected each election to represent the people of this village in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, but never looks back at his voters and life moves on.
This Hamirpur district village, that has over 3,000 registered voters, is one of the many in the region that had faced the wrath of one of the worst droughts in the summer of 2016.
But despite drawing a lot of attention in the media and high decibel debates in the Assembly, no concrete steps have been taken till date.
The solitary well, located some three km from the village, is almost a 100 years old and has been the only safeguard for the villagers during the droughts.
Be it schoolgoing children, farmers or the elderly, everyone can be seen fetching water from the well with buckets, pots and plastic containers. It is a routine exercise for all, irrespective of age.
Change of legislators, ministers, governments and no amount of public demand has changed the destiny of this village. All of the other 40-odd wells in the village are dried up and water from the dozen hand pumps installed can’t be consumed due to high salinity.
“This well has been our only source of drinking water for decades. There is only one pond here and we use it for other purposes as well. The water from hand pumps can’t be consumed, neither for drinking nor for washing clothes, due to high salinity. Irrespective of caste and religion, we all consider this well as an object of worship as it’s our lifeline. God forbid, but if this well dries up some day, we don't know what will happen to us. But, we know it won’t,” local resident Sagir Ahmed told Firstpost.
There is a folklore in Gusiyari, that long back, the villagers refused to give water to a fakir and as a result he cursed them that the groundwater would become saline and nobody would be able to consume it.
“But, after the villagers pleaded with the fakir, he blessed them that only the well outside the village would supply ‘sweet water’ perennially. We’re still living that curse and for decades we’ve got accustomed to it. There is no discrimination among villagers on the basis of caste and religion, and this single water source is as pure as water from a purifier,” said Rekha Gupta, owner of a small grocery shop, while offering a glass of water (of the well) to this correspondent.
Gusiyari village, which has 90 percent Muslims and 10 percent Hindu Brahmins and Dalits, symbolises the acute water crisis in the Bundelkhand region. The story is almost similar in neighbouring villages and districts. However, this village stands out as no other village has this high salinity in the groundwater, and political apathy has compelled the villagers to manage with this single source of water.
According to scientists, the salinity in the water in this Hamirpur village is due to underground rocks in a radius of six km. The water of the well is consumable as it is in proximity to River Shyam.
Today, the villagers have no hope from any political leader or party. In 2012, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi came to the village and assured people that their problems would be sorted.
Traditionally, Hamirpur has been a BJP bastion, with the majority of the population belonging to the SC category. At present, the sitting MLA of Hamirpur is Shivcharan Prajapati from the (BSP), who according to the villagers, has never visited them since getting elected.
However, this time, his son Manoj Kumar Prajapati is in fray, along with BJP’s Ashok Chandel, an ex-BSP leader known as ‘muscle-man,’ and Sanjay Dixit from Congress.
“Rahul Gandhi came and assured us, but nothing happened. Our MLA never visited us in the last five years. Now his son who’s contesting told us to forget what couldn’t be done and vote for him, assuring of solving the crisis. But, we know who-so-ever wins, he won’t do anything. We’ve been demanding to lay a pipeline connected to Shyam river and draw water from there, with a reservoir inside the village. Our chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has introduced several welfare measures, but our representatives in the government from this region are blind towards our water crisis,” said Ghulam Farid, a local farmer.
Besides political apathy, local administration too has chosen to remain silent over the crisis. In a bid to combat the drought, the state government had ordered the construction of 2,000 ponds in the region. But, at the ground level, one can see that the so-called ponds are nothing but big pits dug on agriculture fields with no water.
“The ponds have been dug for the sake of it... they are of no use because there’s no catchment area, only mere pits. Rainwater can hardly flow into it, so now they are dry and parched. We’re unable to provide water for our cattle,” remarked Haneef Khan, a 60-year-old farmer.
The villagers face another sociological problem due to the water crisis. Getting a bride has become difficult for eligible bachelors of the village.
“No father would like to get his daughter married in this village, knowing that the girl will have to fetch water by covering six km to and fro every day, especially under scorching heat in the summers,” remarked Badruddin, an old village herdsman.
However, another sociological evil exists at Gusiyari in the form of untouchability, which reminds us of eminent Hindi literatteur Munshi Premchand’s story ‘Thakur ka Kuan’ (Thakur’s well).
About three-fourth of the families of Basora or Valmiki community (sanitation workers) live on the outskirts of this village. Though the villagers claim communal harmony and non-discrimination, the people from this community are not allowed to climb the pedestal of the well and fetch water by using a rope and bucket inside the well.
“We stand below and others pour water into our containers. We are not allowed to climb the pedestal and fetch water directly. This is an age old tradition and there is no politics in this. The problem here is of water scarcity and not tradition,” a member of the Basora community added.
Right now, the only options before the Gusiyari villagers is to pray to the heavens that the well doesn’t dry up in the forthcoming summer, or to rely on the new government to be formed in Uttar Pradesh.
With a reluctant Ambika Soni and Sunil Jakhar in mix, Congress struggles to find Amarinder's replacement
The names of former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, current state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are doing the rounds.
Fernandes, a former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member, died at a private hospital in Mangaluru on Monday. He was 80, family sources said.
Addressing the foundation day of the All India Mahila Congress, Gandhi said that the ideology of the Congress was completely opposite of the BJP-RSS and only one of the two ideologies can rule the country.

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By Brett Callwood
At the City Council meeting on the evening of Tuesday, May 9, the council unanimously voted in favor of a moratorium on new tobacco/smoke shops.
Public Hearing Item 13B read, “an Ordinance Extending the Moratorium Prohibiting New Significant Tobacco Retail Businesses from Establishing in the City. Staff respectfully recommends that the Council conduct a public hearing and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1853, an extension of the moratorium prohibiting any new Significant Tobacco Retailer businesses from establishing in the City.”
The issue was previously discussed at a meeting on March 28, when a staff note read, “The number of Significant Tobacco Retailers has increased significantly within the City from ten (10) in October 2021 to sixteen (16) in March 2023. The proliferation of these types of businesses and the harmful effects of tobacco on the residents, and more specifically the youth, is of concern to the City… The adoption of Urgency Ordinance 1850 would allow staff time to conduct the necessary research, hold study sessions if desired by the Council, and ultimately bring back an ordinance related to Significant Tobacco Retail businesses. Successful adoption of this Ordinance requires a 4/5 vote of the City Council and would become effective immediately for 45 days.”
That has now been extended, and it’s an area where all five members are in full agreement. This, despite the fact that there has been some tension in recent meetings, particularly between Mayor Tasha Cerda and Mayor Pro Tem Paulette Francis. The cross words tend to be over process, rather than any opposing political views.
Earlier, the council voted to approve the continuation of the Gardena Police Department’s use of equipment classified as military. This is an issue which will come up annually.
There was some debate over the issue of whether to completely upgrade the Council Chambers’ audio visual equipment to allow for hybrid meetings. Eventually they decided to hire a consultant and take note of the findings.


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High School Basketball
Peters Township’s Journey Thompson Remains Focused on Growth
In March of 2019, the Peters Township girl’s basketball team capped off a 30-0 season with a 62-49 state title victory over Garnet Valley. For Journey Thompson, a freshman at the time, there was no better way to start a high school career.
She was a staple for the team all season long and had a 16-point effort in the state title game in Hershey. Naturally, her skillset led to rumblings between coaches and relatives about her receiving college offers, noise that Thompson attempted to block out while she continued to develop her game during her freshman year.
Not long after the final whistle blew in the state championship game, Thompson got a phone call.
“I got home and got in bed,” said Thompson. “My parents were still coming home, so I was home alone, and I got a call from the Pitt staff. They told me that they wanted to offer me. It was such a mix of excitement and relief. The first one is a real special moment, and I don’t think that I’m going to forget that.”
Since her freshman year, Thompson has continued to solidify herself as one of the best girls basketball players in the Pittsburgh area. With offers coming in from the likes of Boston University, Bucknell, Charlotte, Cleveland State, Duquesne, FIU, Indiana State, Kent State, Lafayette, Manhattan, UMass, Miami-Ohio, UNC Wilmington, Oakland, Penn, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, St. John’s, Stony Brook, Western Michigan and Wofford, she has many options going forward when it comes to deciding on a place to call home after high school.
But if you were to ask a young Journey Thompson which sport she would be getting Division-I offers for, she likely would have replied with soccer. On a visit to a Nike outlet to purchase a new pair of cleats for the upcoming season, Thompson happened to have a chance encounter with someone at the store that encouraged her to come to a basketball clinic.
“I went there and it ended up being the AAU SMAC,” said Thompson. “So I ended up playing for them.”
With all of this transpiring when Thompson was in fifth grade, she attempted to play both soccer and basketball in middle school. As she continued to get taller, Thompson realized that she was finding more success on the court than on the pitch.
“As I started growing, it was harder to control my feet, but in basketball, height is kind of almost everything,” said Thompson. “I just started getting really into it. I really liked the people that you get to meet and come across playing it. It just kind of felt like my calling.”
Another opportunity came calling when Thompson tried out for the AAU Bruins. Known for boasting strong rosters filled with future college talent, the team is one of the top AAU programs in the state. Considering how young she was when she got the opportunity to compete with the Bruins, Thompson wasn’t quite sure how significant this break was for her progress as a player.
“At the time, I hadn’t realized what a big deal it was. It was only sixth grade and I didn’t realize, but obviously, as the years have gone by, you realize that the Bruins is the best AAU in our area. There’s a certain confidence that you get with the Bruins.”
Thompson and other Bruins players have the right to feel confident in their abilities. The team has produced WNBA players in Swin Cash, Kayla McBride, Ashley Battle and countless college athletes as well. With the girls playing for different schools come high school basketball season, some might guess that there are some tensions on the team. In Thompson’s eyes, those inclinations are far from the truth.
“We’ve never been fighting each other for positions and stuff. It is like a family, we are like sisters and we all get along.”
There is a certain pressure that can weigh on the mind of a high school recruit when they take the court. Some players might play with a more conservative mindset and be concerned about hurting their value and making mistakes in front of the watchful eyes of college recruiters.
“I think when you play like that, you are playing in fear,” said Thompson. “You are afraid of losing your offers, you are afraid of them being disappointed in you. That’s not going to get anything done.”
Thompson hopes to get things done during the rest of her career with Peters Township as well. An undefeated state championship run in her first year may be hard to top, especially with the competitiveness in the WPIAL this season. A main goal for Thompson is to help lead her team and take them to the next level once again.
“I really want to get my team back into the WPIALs,” said Thompson. “I think it is going to be tough because we have a hard section and our team, we have a lot of work to do to get ourselves together. I really have intentions to try and get us back pretty high in the playoffs.”
Also, with the remaining time in her high school career, Thompson wants to develop her game. She is a talented rebounder and scorer on the inside, but with a pending leap to college ball, she admits that she cannot become complacent and has to figure out ways to remain versatile on the offensive side of the ball.
“I’ve always been a big, I’ve always been put under the hoop. So, for the past year or two I’ve been trying to work on my outside game. Being 6’2”, I’m not necessarily going to play center in college because girls are taller, they’re bigger, so I’ve been working on my three, driving, being able to make moves and go to the hoop.”
Meetings with college coaches might be held over Zoom and she might “visit” colleges from the confines of her own bedroom. Still, Thompson chats with current players at schools that have shown an interest in her and has tried to get as good of a feeling as she can about certain programs without physically setting foot on campus.
“It’s trying to figure out as much about the school as you can before you jump into it.”
Thompson and Peters Township will soon jump into WPIAL playoffs with hopes of replicating that feeling that the team experienced just two years ago. Much has changed since then, but Thompson’s determination to succeed and forge her own path has not.


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This is a course about the “long shadow” nuclear weapons cast over the international system. In its simplest terms, the class focuses on whether international politics still works essentially the same way in the nuclear age as it did prior to 1945 or if the world has truly experienced a nuclear “revolution” in the word’s most basic sense. The course begins with an examination of the key events and theories that led ultimately to the development of the world’s first nuclear weapons, including some basic technical concepts and the Manhattan Project. From there, the course covers a number of topics, both conceptual and historical, that bear directly on the question of how nuclear weapons shape international politics. Specifically, the course will cover the U.S. decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the Japanese response; the body of theory and concepts that underpin fundamental debates over nuclear strategy; the U.S.-Soviet nuclear rivalry; the influence of nuclear weapons in crises; how nuclear weapons shape alliance politics; whether nuclear weapons have political utility; nuclear accidents; nuclear technologies; the problem of nuclear proliferation and the nonproliferation regime; the importance of regional nuclear powers; and contemporary issues like the North Korean and Iranian nuclear questions.
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Esther Armah was the young reporter with the task of winning their trust.
Here she recalls the enormity of the task and her own education in completing it.
Esther Armah was the young BBC journalist who had to win the trust of a South London housing estate where a terrible murder had become national headline news.
But in her role as fact finder for a television documentary she needed a guide.
In this, the second of her talks, she remembers the woman who opened doors and the impact of what the parents and children she met had to say about their daily life.

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Abu Dhabi: The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities at Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) has opened one boat and jet ski slipway each at Al Hudayriat Island, Al Mina and Abu Dhabi Gate.
The ADM has finished constructing 40 boat slipways, in addition to a car park and pavements for slipways at Al Hudayriat Island. The municipality and its partners are currently working on other facilities of the slipway.
Investing and operating Al Hudayriat Island slipway is part of a series of projects that include Al Mina and Abu Dhabi Gate slipways. All of these projects aim to promote the safe use of boat and jet skis in Abu Dhabi.
The services of loading and offloading boats and jet skis will be free of charge in case boat owners do it themselves. In case of requesting the investor or operator of the slipway to undertake the process, a fee of Dh100 will be charged. Around 10 to 16 free car parking spaces are allocated for each slipway. The parking of boats and jet skis will entail a subscription fee of about Dh15,000 per year.
Al Hudayriat slipway covers an area of 3,500 square metres and a floor area of 436 square metres. It includes a security office, a service desk, a workshop, retail stores, a mosque and a store, in addition to 40 parking slots for boats. Construction works in the remaining facilities of Al Hudayriat Slipway Project are expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2018.
Al Mina slipway is now available for all community members and the municipality has finished the pavement of loading and offloading of boats. The remaining components and facilities of the project are expected to be completed in the last quarter of this year. The slipway includes 40 slots for boats and covers an area of 3,500 square metres with a floor area of 436 square metres. It also includes a security office, a service desk, a workshop, retail stores, a mosque and a store.
The Abu Dhabi Gate slipway is now ready to attract seafarers. The municipality and its partners have completed the pavement for loading and offloading of boats, in addition to 40 parking slots for boats and a parking space for cars. Work on the remaining components of the project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.


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Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize diets selected by steers grazing sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)-infested native tallgrass pastures.
Study Description: The experiment was conducted on eight native tallgrass pastures located in Woodson County, KS, at the Kansas State University Bessner Range Research Unit during the 2015 and 2016 growing season. Pastures were burned annually in April and stocked with yearling steers (n = 281/year; initial body weight = 582 ± 75 lb) at a relatively high stocking rate (2.7 acres/steer) from April 15 to July 15. Basal frequency of sericea lespedeza was 2.9 ± 2.43% during the period of our experiment.
Four 328-ft transects were laid out in a north-south gradient in each pasture. Following a 2-week adaptation period, fecal samples were collected bi-weekly from fresh fecal pats along each transect from May 1 to July 15, annually. Fecal samples were prepared and viewed under a compound microscope to identify and count plant fragment species. These data were used to determine the frequency of which plant species appeared in steer diets.
The Bottom Line: In this experiment, grasses comprised not less than 88.4% of steer diets, whereas forbs comprised not more than 11.6% of steer diets. Sericea lespedeza comprised only a minor proportion of grazing steer diets. This finding highlights the difficulty in achieving control over sericea lespedeza using grazing by yearling cattle alone.
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Fans of the hit Netflix series “Anne with an E” are taking to social media urging Netflix to renew the series following news on Monday that the beloved Anne of Green Gables retelling will end following the season three premiere in January. The news was revealed on Monday when the social media accounts for the show promoted the upcoming season by saying it was the final season. “Anne With An E” is a modern retelling based on the Anne of Green Gables books made popular in Canada. The series is produced by Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Company and stars Amybeth McNulty in the title role of Anne.
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This season marks Whitelines' 20th winter documenting the UK snowboard scene, and as we set out to cover the latest edition of the British Championships in Laax, we thought it would be fun to look back at a few highlights.
Over the coming week – between reports on the latest kids tearing up the pipe and park – we'll delve into the archive to bring you some choice videos, interview a few of the legends and even solve a decade-long faecal mystery. What's more, we'll reveal which UK riders have been voted the best of all time.
The last time we asked this question was in 2007 - when the mighty Danny Wheeler took the top spot - but so much has happened since then that we felt it was high time for another go-round.
"We posed the question to over 100 stalwarts of the British snowboarding world"
So, where do you start? How does one compare the amatuer trailblazers of the early days, the part-time hellmen that followed, and the world-beating uber-pros of today? It's all subjective, obviously, but if any criteria could determine the best then we figure it'd be something along the lines of these key points:
- Technical ability (What tricks/lines they can do. Or used to do...)
- The Haakonsen Faktor (How far was this person ahead of their time/peers? E.g. Having a 900 in your bag of tricks back in ‘96 is more impressive than doing the same trick today)
- Career Longevity (Giggsy-esque or flash-in-the-pan?)
- Media profile (Have they gained tons of coverage and inspired other riders, or flown under the radar?)
We posed the question to over 100 stalwarts of the British snowboarding world; from modern-day contest killers to retired pioneers, as well as long-serving photographers, filmers and team managers. In their droves they told us who made the cut, and why. Some kept it brief and to the point, while others wrote Ulysses-esque opuses about their choices' contribution to UK shredding.
Without further ado, here's #20 to #16. Check back tomorrow for more!
#20 - Lesley McKenna
Lesley will always be remembered as the first British snowboarder to attend a Winter Olympics – she rode the halfpipe at Salt Lake City in 2002, as well as Turin in 2006 and Vancouver in 2010. However, her contribution goes far beyond the five rings.
In an era when UK snowboarders had very little support – and women even less so – she made it happen for herself, working summer jobs and sleeping on floors across Europe in order to enter World Cup events (at which she occasionally topped the podium).
Away from the contest circuit she brought female-only snowboard films to their highest level yet, co-directing Chunkyknit Films’ Dropstitch, Last Winter and Transfer with Josie Clyde.
Still based in Aviemore, she splits her time between guiding the next generation of British freestylers as part of the GB Park & Pipe coaching team, and raising her daughter Kora – whom we wouldn’t be surprised to see dropping into a halfpipe before long…
"Managed to qualify for three consecutive Olympic games with World Cup podiums along the way. That takes some doing!" - Dan Wakeham, former halfpipe Olympian
"The UK's first Olympian, and right behind the current crop" - Duncan Worrell, SCUK
#19 - Gary Greenshields
Gary is a lesson to any young rider in the merits of hard work. Though he wasn't bottle-fed on snow like your typical scandi (or even on dryslope à la Nicholls) this Scottish shop kid had a dream of riding for a living and clung to it doggedly. While still working at Boardwise, he got his first hook-up with Burton UK and was given a set of business cards by Stu Brass introducing him as "Gary Greenshields: Professional Snowboarder". He might've been too embarrassed to use them, but the fact is he was on his way.
Several winter seasons followed, where Greenshields honed his tricks and ditched the Scottish diet for a healthy lifestyle that mixed climbing and surfing in the off-season. The sacrifice all paid off with a career-defining part in the Lockdown movie Show Offs in which he moves seamlessly from park features to backcountry lines in Russia – with a memorable stop at the infamous Avoriaz Gap. Having made the step up to the Burton Euro team, 'Gadge' followed it up with another solid section (and more self deprecating humour) in Isenseven's Don't Panic.
A grafter like Greenshields was never going to lose focus when it came time to hang up the boots, and sure enough he was soon hired by Quiksilver to mentor their stellar team. These days, though, he can be found filming his own projects for Single Cask, a production company he established in 2016 with longtime partner in crime Mark Ruparelia. If you're in need of a hard-working videographer, just ask him for a card.
"When I first started out, I always looked at Gary and thought he was pushing UK riding to the edge" - Jason Rickwood, rider
"Filmed many memorable parts for UK movies, but was never shy of striking out of the small pond to rub shoulders on a Euro level" - Tom Copsey, Onboard Editor
#18 - Ben Kilner
For the career of high-flying pipe rider Ben Kilner, we have some unknown snowboarders ripping it up on Banchory Golf Course more than two decades ago to thank. So inspired was six-year-old Ben that he pestered his mum and dad for a lesson at Glenshee, and things progressed from there at the rate of a rocket.
In the years since, Kildog has done it all. He’s been a multiple British champion at both junior and senior levels, made it onto the podium of the World Cup circuit, and turned out for queen and country at two Olympic games.
All the while he remains one of the sport’s nicest folks, with an obvious love for snowboarding that runs far beyond his results in the stunt ditch. Just watch his cameos in the Lockdown films, or how much he still appreciates a foggy day at Glenshee.
These days Ben’s as committed and driven as ever, with a work ethic that’s almost as impressive as his lofty backside airs. To put it simply, Kildog kills it.
"Double Olympian, with some British titles too. Was doing huge backflips aged 13 at the Brits in Mayrhofen in 2002 so has longevity!" - Euan Southcott, rider/producer
"Massively underrated, incredibly talented rider and Olympian" - Tom Kingsnorth, Transform Gloves
#17 - Mark Kent
It was heart-warming when the polls came back and amongst all the Instagrammers and contest riders, the British scene still has room for Mark Kent.
The perpetual seasonaire, he’s never sought the limelight, instead choosing to do his own thing with a few friends in the Avoriaz backcountry for the best part of 20 years, but thanks to sneak appearances in some of the Lockdown Projects movies and Danny Wheeler’s Skyrocket, there’s a reverent appreciation for ‘Kenty.’
A well-deserved mention amongst some of the other British greats, we’ll bet in another 20 years he’ll still be sending it way away from the beaten path.
"Silent but deadly, no bullshit" - Chris Orchard, TSA
"The most underrated UK rider of all time. He's happy just chilling and making furniture, but can still turn up to a pipe and do the biggest alley-oop of the day" - Jono Wood, rider
#16 - Katie Ormerod
As is often the case, Bradford-based Katie Ormerod caught the snowboarding bug when an older member of the family got into it. In her case, it was cousin Jamie Nicholls, so finding inspiration to make the most out of Halifax dry slope came easily.
With a natural flair for flipping, at the age of just 15 she became only the fifth woman in history to stick a double backflip. Just over a year later, she’d raised the bar for riders everywhere by landing the first ever backside double cork 1080 by a female rider. The rest of the field still haven’t caught up with her.
This year Katie stormed the Pleasure Jam, and even bagged an invite to the X Games in Aspen. Despite being one of the youngest competitors – not to mention the first to drop – she kept a cool head and proved she belongs on snowboarding's biggest stages.
It’s still early days, too; expect her to soar up this list in the years to come.
"The world's first female double cork….Come on. I genuinely hope that I am commentating on a Team GB Gold in Peyongchang. It’s obviously in the blood" - Tim Warwood, rider/presenter
"Without question the best girl rider I've ever seen, and I don't doubt that she's destined to be officially recognised as the best in a few years time" - James Stentiford, rider/guide
Come back tomorrow when we'll reveal the next five riders to make the all-time list!


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FAA Air Traffic Control TowersSeptember 17, 2019
At the beginning of his presidency, John F. Kennedy had many lofty goals: End the cold war and achieve world peace; bolster the civil rights of minorities and improve the economic plight of the poor; and, of course, explore outer space and put an astronaut on the moon. Less well known but equally ambitious was his desire to raise the quality of the architectural design of federal buildings. Kennedy’s definition of this category was broad and not limited to courthouses and museums. He included any structure built by the government to serve the public, even buildings used by the FAA at airports. As a result of the president’s commitment to this goal, I.M. Pei was chosen in April of 1962 to develop a new prototype for air traffic control towers. Three months later—57 years ago this summer—Pei chose Severud Associates to perform the necessary structural engineering.
Pei was selected by the FAA Design Advisory Committee, a panel of several notable industry professionals. Their pick was not particularly surprising—Pei had already received acclaim for his work with developer William Zeckendorf on such projects as the The Helix, a cylindrical apartment building planned for New York City (that was never built), Mile High Center, an office building in Denver, and the Society Hill housing development in Philadelphia. The control tower project would be one of the first that Pei’s new company, I.M. Pei & Associates, would undertake independently. Pei’s choice of structural engineer was no more surprising as Severud had designed these and several other projects for Zeckendorf’s firm Webb & Knapp, starting back in 1948.
Historically, air traffic control towers were designed and built on an ad hoc basis, usually at the same time and by the same team as the airport at which they were located. The FAA wanted to assume responsibility for the design in an effort to establish a consistent approach to siting and geometry, standardize the control room layout and technology, and reduce construction costs. To that end, they had already developed a pre-fabricated control room, or cab, that could be shipped to the site and placed atop the tower by crane. The cab is pentagonal in plan to minimize internal reflections with sloped walls to reduce glare. Pei embraced this unusual shape in his design and extended it downward to the ground, gracefully tapering the shaft inward from the top and leaving only enough space within for an elevator, stair, and mechanical risers.
Because it would be employed at airports throughout the country, the prototype tower needed to be adaptable to different volumes of air traffic, topography, and soils. For the engineers at Severud Associates, this translated into at least five tower heights, ranging from 60 to 150 feet, and two foundation types, spread footings and piles. The engineers chose reinforced concrete to accommodate these variations. By changing the outside dimension of the tower (there were two cab sizes) and increasing the wall thickness, they could keep the amount of reinforcement reasonably constant, regardless of the tower’s height. Concrete was also the best choice for the control building, which was placed below grade so that it did not interfere with visibility from the tower or the cockpit of taxiing aircraft. As a result, although many combinations of tower, control building, and foundation were possible, all would appear essentially identical to the average airline passenger.
In the years after the prototype was completed, 16 were built at airports such as Chicago O’Hare International Airport (the tallest), Sacramento Metropolitan Field, and Houston Intercontinental Airport (now Bush Intercontinental). However, as technology progressed—and politicians and bureaucrats came and went—requirements for the tower evolved and the FAA moved on to different designs. Many of the original towers remain in use although some have been made obsolete by newer, taller towers. Sadly, at least three have been demolished but several others have been landmarked by their local community, ensuring that they endure as elegant examples of the heights to which architectural and structural design can reach. Severud Associates continues to be a leader in the design of airports. The firm’s list of innovative and creative airport projects includes the fabric roof of the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport, the American Airlines Terminal Redevelopment at JFK International Airport, and the Terminal A Redevelopment at Newark Liberty International Airport. Currently, the firm is at work designing the new Terminal 6 at JFK.

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Extruder Stepper Motor (Y Axis)
This is the replacement stepper motor for the Original Prusa i3 series.
Includes: Y-axis motor (1 pcs)
Note: Not compatible with MINI & MINI+.
Connector: MOLEX 50-57-9404
Rated current: DC 1A
To replace this part, please consult the Prusa Assembly Manuals. Make sure to follow the manual for your printer model.
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Avira and Ruflotse: Setting new standards in Internet security together
The next evolutionary step in IT security: Partnership broadens existing IT security options to include privacy and reputation protection on the Internet
Munich, April 26, 2011 – Under a new partnership agreement, security and antivirus expert Avira and online privacy and reputation protection provider Ruflotse have joined forces to promote safe and carefree use of Internet and Facebook. To kick-off this partnership, between April 26 – 30 Avira customers can use Ruflotse’s Protect Plus online reputation protection services for 30 days free of charge. What’s more: Avira customers will receive a 25% discount on the regular Ruflotse offerings.
“The demand for Internet security has reached a new stage in its evolution. Until now, protection has mainly involved computers, laptops, networks, and Internet surfing. Since so many of us are now making our most personal data available on the Internet, standard antivirus protection is no longer sufficient. With the onset of social media sites, we have more to protect than just our computers, we have our privacy and our reputation to think about, namely our identity on the Internet, especially on Facebook. This is precisely where Ruflotse steps in,” explains Mario Grobholz, founder and CEO of myON-ID Media, the operator of Ruflotse.
With Ruflotse Protect Plus, users can monitor their own names as well as their children’s names and are routinely updated on new entries on the Internet. Moreover, Ruflotse protects their personal data on Facebook. If a new photo of the user appears on the Facebook network, the user is identified through biometric photo monitoring and then informed of this posting. Through child protection and content filters, Ruflotse customers are informed of any content in comments and posts in the world’s biggest social network that put children, careers, and businesses at risk.
“Thanks to this partnership with Ruflotse, we are promoting free and safe use of the Web that goes beyond standard virus protection and also covers personal data on the Internet and Facebook. According to the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom), 72% of all Germans are online and three-quarters of them are members of social networks, with 16 million alone active on Facebook,” says Thorsten Bruchhäuser, director of consumer business at Avira. “Protecting personal data on the Internet will assume a similarly high priority in the coming years as is currently the case with anti-virus software. We are pleased to be working with Ruftlotse to raise the security level for Internet users a few more notches."
Ruflotse protects the privacy and the reputation of private users and companies on the Internet and on Facebook: The online service finds entries on users’ names, children’s names or companies on the Internet. If negative or unpleasant entries, comments, photos, or videos appear on the Internet, the reputation experts at Ruflotse will delete them upon request.
With its Facebook security package, Ruflotse also makes it possible to use Facebook without users having to worry about their reputation. Photo monitoring informs the users when new photos of them appear on Facebook. Child protection and content filters check comments and posts for content that puts children, careers, and businesses at risk. Surf protection warns of phishing attacks, viruses, and other malware and prevents them from spreading further.
As a leading online supplier for privacy and reputation protection, Ruflotse is constantly monitoring and checking the reputation of its customers online – for the benefit of their private lives, careers, and company image. Ruflotse is a product of myON-ID Media. Further information is available at www.ruflotse.de.
About myON-ID Media
myON-ID Media is a pioneer for social media technologies. Core products include iMedia Lounge, myonid.de, and Ruflotse. The iMedia Lounge is a social media content management system (SCMS) that companies use to integrate all social media activities seamlessly into a social media newsroom on their website or to build independent social media portals. Through www.myonid.de, Internet users can set up their personal homepage to present themselves professionally on the Internet. www.ruflotse.de informs private users and companies what is being reported about them online, protects their personal data on Facebook, and deletes, upon request, undesired entries, comments, photos, or videos.
T-Venture, Bayern Kapital, and nexum AG are investors of myON-ID Media. The company was founded in 2007 with headquarters in Munich, Germany, and is headed up by Mario Grobholz and Christian Sigl. Further information is available under www.myonid-media.de.
Avira protects people in the connected world – enabling everyone to manage, secure, and improve their digital lives. The Avira umbrella covers a portfolio of security and performance applications for Windows, Android, Mac, and iOS. In addition, the reach of our protective technologies extends through OEM partnerships. Our security solutions consistently lead in independent tests for detection, performance, and usability. Avira is a family-owned company that employs 500 people. Its headquarters are near Lake Constance, in Tettnang, Germany, and the company has additional offices in Munich, Bucharest, Beijing, and Silicon Valley. A portion of Avira's sales support the Auerbach Foundation, which assists education, children, and families in need. For more information about Avira visit www.avira.com.


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Samoa Air’s lone aircraft no longer flying
By Lagi Keresoma
APIA: FRIDAY 20 JUNE 2014: One of the recommendations from the Parliamentary Finance Committee in its report discussed in Parliament today was for the financially troubled Samoa Air company to pay the debt it owes Polynesia Airlines company.
This is one of four recommendations cited by the Committee following their investigations and reported to Cabinet in June 2013.
The Committee said for Polynesia Airline to continue it’s good financial results, Samoa Air needs to pay up.
Polynesian Airlines outgoing Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Taua Fatu Tielu named the amount owed in a letter to Samoa Air owner Christopher Langton in April last year.
The amount owed, $49,318.63 was for the use of Fagalii airport for domestic flights between Upolu and Savaii.
The amount was disputed by Chris Langton of Samoa.
Taua Fatu Tielu ultimately resigned as CEO when seemed he had no support from Government over what he thought was best for Polynesian Airlines and protecting its interests from Samoa Air as a competitor.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister responsible for the government state own airline company, Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo said Government understands the importance of loans in developing a business, but Cabinet is looking into it.
Polynesia Airlines received credit from the Committee for being upfront and reliable in their managerial operations.
This is due to the profits they received every year after the financial report.
The Committee also recommended that Polynesia Airline should be privatized.
The recommendation is based on the financial stability, sustainability and the good managerial status of the company to manage their own work.
The Airline has recorded annual profits of $1.5 million for the last two years according to the Committee report.
“If it does become privatized, then an advisory committee should be created under the Ministry of Finance to work with the company,” Fonote told the House this morning.
“Government is also looking at this recommendation,” said Fonotoe.
The Committee also recommended to Government whether there is a need to keep Fagali’i airport or direct all flights to Faleolo international airport.
Fagalii airport was closed in January 2005 and re-opened in 2009.
Government saw the need to re-open the airport purely for the economics of the airports vicinity to town and the main business centre.
“Since the re-opening of the airport, more people are travelling between American Samoa and Samoa on business,” said Fonotoe.
“The airport is an asset in boosting the country’s economy,” said Fonotoe.


Georgia House votes to require watermarks on election ballots
Georgia voters could see a watermark on their ballot beginning in November, a move Republican supporters said would assure citizens that their ballots are authentic.
The House on Wednesday voted 167-1 for House Bill 976, sending it to the Senate for more debate.
“It will bring more confidence from our people who vote, and it’s something we need to restore.” said Rep. Steve Tarvin, a Chickamauga Republican.
Georgia ballots are already printed on special security paper, under a law passed in 2021 after Georgia's disputed 2020 presidential election. But a laser wand is required to detect the paper. And some Trump supporters continue to pursue claims that ballots in 2020 were forged, especially in Fulton County, despite investigators repeatedly failing to find any.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger supports the measure, with his chief operating officer, Gabe Sterling, telling a House committee earlier this month that a machine to stamp watermarks on the ballot would cost the state about $100,000, and not increase the current cost to counties of 13 cents per ballot.
“This is a low-cost, high-value measure,” said House Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman John LaHood, a Valdosta Republican.
Sterling said the secretary of state's office believes the measure is more important for absentee ballots sent through the mail, saying ballots produced in polling places never leave the supervision of poll workers.
The bill would take effect July 1. Counties could use up un-watermarked ballot paper now on hand in March and May elections, Sterling said.
Lawmakers are also considering other election measures. One would require that bar codes be removed from ballots produced by Georgia's electronic voting system. Opponents say voters can’t be sure the computer codes match the choices printed on their ballots. Raffensperger has said he supports a move to scan “human readable text,” the names printed on ballots, to count votes. But he has said it’s impossible to make such a change before the November presidential election.
Another measure would require two after-election audits of ballots to make sure results matched what machines counted. A third measure would make permanent a program requiring scans of ballots be released for public inspection.


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We’re going to mix things up this week and start with some good news. Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of awfulness to get through after that! Seriously, so many terrible people. I’m sorry. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)
Maryam Mirzakhani just won the Fields Medal in Mathematics! She’s the first woman to do so since the award was founded in 1936. Yay!!
Two girls are playing in the Little League World Series this year. Mo’Ne Davis and Emma March, y’all are fucking badass!
California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez has introduced a bill that would give parents on welfare $80 per month to help cover the cost of diapers.
In September, the CBS Sports Network will be launching a new weekly sports talk show starring women and with women running the show behind the scenes. It’ll be the first all-female cast of a show about sports; fingers crossed they don’t fuck it up.
In what the fuck?!? news, women who want to become teachers in Sao Paolo, Brazil have to either prove that they’re virgins or get a Pap smear to prove that they’re healthy enough to teach. (Men also have to undergo prostate exams, but not until age 40.)
The Jezebel team finally got so fed up with Gawker Media’s unwillingness to address the trolls who were leaving rape gifs in the comments of posts that they finally called them out publicly. Which prompted the trolls to spread their bullshit to the other sites in the Gawker empire, but at least the public shaming worked and they’re working on a solution. (And on behalf of everyone here at PMag, THANK YOU for not pulling that shit here.)
Terrible people of the week!
- Wisconsin State Sen. Glenn Grothman, for saying that women shouldn’t be paid the same as men because we don’t care about money as much, trying to pass a bill allowing the parents or in-laws of an adult woman to stop her from having an abortion, and holds all sorts of other charming racist, homophobic, and anti-worker beliefs. Oh, and he just won the Republican nomination for Congress.
- Rand Paul, for saying that civilization will collapse unless we grant personhood rights to the “unborn.”
- Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver, for severely beating his ex-girlfriend and a friend who was at her house when he showed up uninvited, and tried to claim it was in self-defense even though he’s a fucking cage fighter and participated in the Ultimate Fighting Championship until they kicked him out in 2008.
- Judge Mark Fuller of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, who was arrested on misdemeanor battery charges after assaulting his wife (and this isn’t the first time he’s been accused of domestic violence).
- Associate Pastor Jeff Beltz of the Hydesville Community Church in California, who was arrested for hitting his wife so hard that he broke her glasses.
- Trooper Eric Roberts of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, who’s being investigated for raping a woman during a traffic stop in July.
- The unnamed 17-year-old who was arrested for raping and murdering a 6-year-old girl in Washington.
- The Virginia man who shot his 16-year-old daughter as she tried to sneak into the house after curfew (and then crashed the car while trying to rush her to the hospital after he realized she wasn’t actually a burglar).
- Highway of Holiness Church in Oklahoma City, for allowing a registered sex offender (who was once the church’s youth pastor) to attend a children’s event because “God can change people.”
- Massey University in New Zealand, whose response to a student’s rape was to tell other students to wear running shoes and carry a rape whistle and flashlight, which of course is a form of victim-blaming and doesn’t address the people who commit rapes.
- The California parents who freaked out that their kids’ sex ed textbook was pornography because it actually taught them about sex; they forced the school to pull it even though the health teachers unanimously decided Your Health Today was the best resource from their available options.
- OnePlus, a startup that just launched its first cellphone in a very limited initial quantity, for having a “Ladies First” contest to choose the first people to get the phone by asking women to draw their logo on their bodies and have men vote for their favorite pics.
- The 63 Texas Republicans who signed a legal brief stating that legalizing same-sex marriage could lead to legalizing polygamy, incest, and marrying children.
- Richard Woods, the Republican nominee for state school superintendent in Georgia, for joking about Democrats “dust[ing] off their copies of their VHS copies of The Color Purple” in order to try to win votes. And yes, his Democratic opponent, Valarie Wilson, is a black woman.
- Keith Ablow, for calling Michelle Obama fat and accusing her of eating too many french fries instead of “kale and carrots.” (Apologies for the fat-shaming of Ablow at the link, but the irony, it hurts.)
- Dear Abby, for telling a woman who was upset that her mother told her she shouldn’t wear a bikini around her family because her body made them “uncomfortable” that she should listen to her mom and by the way, go see a doctor about “your weight problem.”
- The W.W. Bridal Boutique in Bloomsburg, PA, for refusing to sell gowns to brides in same-sex couples. (And Pennsylvania, for making it perfectly legal for them to do so.)
- The Joe Rents & Contractor Supply store in Fargo, ND, for advertising an “ex-wife sale” with discounts on duct tape, chainsaws, and shovels.
- The catcallers who punched a man unconscious when he told them to stop harassing women on the street in Philadelphia. (And people wonder why women rarely speak up in the moment. Fuck’s sake.)
- The horrible fuckers who were so cruel to Zelda Williams in the wake of her father’s death that she had to quit using social media.
- Kevin Burke, who blamed Robin William’s depression and addiction on the fact that his girlfriend had an abortion back in the 1970s. Even though Williams was pro-choice.
- The Associated Press, for choosing to announce the conviction of Renisha McBride’s murderer with the following tweet. (They deleted the original tweet and replaced it with a reworded announcement, but screencaps are forever!)
Massive WTFs at Amanda Hess, who I usually like, for arguing that we need to leave the Steubenville rapists alone because statistically speaking, they probably won’t rape anyone else. (Or at least, they won’t get caught, since most rapes aren’t reported and those that are rarely get prosecuted, so you can’t assume that only those juvenile offenders who are re-arrested are repeat offenders.)
Annoyed eyerolls at TIME Digital Operations Editor Sarah Begley, who’s really upset about ironic misandry setting back the feminist movement. Oy fucking vei.
Glare and side-eye at Lucy director Luc Besson, who thinks it’s awesome that Scarlett Johansson “is totally gorgeous… But what is amazing about her is she absolutely never plays with that [beauty]. Scarlett doesn’t care. It’s about the part.” Yet another man telling us that our value is in our looks, but only if we don’t care about our looks.
(Apologies for the lack of the usual recommended reading list; I’m sick. I’ll try to have it for you early next week.)
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I’m really surprised that Jezebel went off, but I’m not expecting any big changes, a second Exodus, and so on.
New Zealand, this isn’t the way I want to see you on PMag. Shame on you, kiwis.

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Jessica Szohr, the Gossip Girl hottie strips down to her lingerie posing for Men’s Health magazine June 2009 issue. Jessica really likes beef so much that she described it as orgasmic tasting her boyfriend’s burger after being a vegetarian for 10 years. Burger is orgasmic, wonder if she has had ribs since converting back to non-vegetarian?
On eating like a man:
“My family makes fun of me. They say I eat like a man. But I love food that much. When I have a craving for something, I just can’t hold myself back.”
On no longer being a vegetarian:
“After 10 years of eating vegetarian, I tried my boyfriend’s. I was overwhelmed. It was orgasmic.”
Well, if you can eat this much and be this slim, I say what to you have to lose?
Szohr born March 31, 1985 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Szohr is of Hungarian and one quarter African-American descent. Szohr started modeling when she was only six years old and her first national ad campaign was for Quaker Oats at 10.

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Is it possible to compile the kernel on one machine and then install it on another one? I want to install a new kernel on a computer that's rather slow so I'd like to compile it on a faster one.
Yes, if your machines use the same processor architecture.
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text: There's a massive petition to have it changed in Britain. Fucking conservative, grey suit wearing, chicken rearing old people. I personally think its funky beans. Its meant to appeal to the multimedia media generation and is late 80s techno chic. People complain that it has no symbolism and is ugly and although it says 2012, it actually looks like Lisa Simpson sucking off Bart. What do you guys think?


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MIDDLETOWN - "We forget Martin Luther King, Jr. died for a purpose; we owe his generation much more."
The packed church audience intently listened in as guest speaker Reverend Michael Williams uttered these words on Sunday night. The message was crystal clear and resonated throughout the entire three hour program.
For the seventh year, the Middletown chapter of the NAACP presented "A Celebration of the Life of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Middletown. A non-denominational tribute, the event featured an array of religions, races, and age groups. Although attendees and presentations varied, the themes and purposes remained constant.
"Our purpose today is to keep the memory and spirit of Martin Luther King alive, particularly for the young people," said Wyletta Barbee, Vice President of the Middletown chapter of the NAACP. "We try to appeal to everyone as well as all topics; if King was alive today, he would have been particularly upset by bullying; we have a skit on that very topic."
In addition to the bullying and intolerance segment presented by Teen Experience, the program further included praise dancing, choir selections as well as remarks by several key religious and political dignitaries. Sean Patrick Maloney, the newly sworn in area congressman, incited applause several times after speaking about the iconic King and his lasting influence.
"Dr. King shows the power one man and a dream can have; his big contributions made reconciliation that was necessary for all to move forward as one community," said Maloney. "We still have a lot more work to do, and I want to make sure I’m part of making this country more free and united."
One man who has been living that very mantra is Reverend Michael Williams of the Greater Upper Room Apostolic Church, who served as the guest speaker at Sunday’s MLK event. The Middletown native immediately challenged his audience, asking them to look at themselves today in the year 2013.
Williams asked, "What is our responsibility to continue the work of MLK?" Within moments, he answered the rhetorical inquiry.
"We have a responsibility not only to the saving of men, but our communities," affirmed Williams. "It’s no good to just sit behind the pulpit. We need to be able to pull people out of their situations; we cannot do that by distancing ourselves from the problems of the world." He added, "We need to be talking about the human condition, not prosperity."
Alluding to the dire need of our youth to be more versed in their history as well as the struggles of their ancestors, Williams reminded those in attendance of the obligation all have to understand and continue the work and sacrifices of Dr. King, deeds that serve as a barometer of excellence.
"Dr. King put himself in the line of fire, something he did not have to do coming from an educated and church background. He could have gone into any field, but he chose to help the people," stressed Williams. "He could have had it easy, but he felt a real need to reach his community."


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Which way to Jorvik?
Class: Year 3 Year: 2013 - 2014
The Vikings came to Britain from Scandinavia - Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
We found the countries they came from and went to and labelled them on our map. Can you see our wonderful Longships approaching Britain?
The term 'Viking' comes from an old Norse word meaning 'pirate'!
The Normans in Normandy also descended from Norsemen (the Men from the North) and William the Conqueror was the Grandson of a Viking who settled in Normandy.


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Festival café bar
As part of your Festival experience, join us at the Festival café bar for a free programme of music and dance.
Featuring the Americana folk of Finfolk, the guid folk of The Cognac Twins, Festival favourites Folksville, and the exuberance of Castle Chorus.
Relax in our iconic Garden Lobby with a drink or see what is on offer at our food stalls.
Friday 11 October
2.45pm to 3.15pm Carluke Primrose Orchestral Flutes
5pm to 5.30pm Finfolk
6.45pm to 7.15pm Ross Arthur
Saturday 12 October
12.30am to 1pm Castle Chorus
1.30pm to 2pm Xander
3.15pm to 3.45pm Chinese Dancers
5pm to 5.30pm Cognac Twins
6pm to 7.30pm Folksville
Carluke Primrose Orchestral Flutes
Carluke Primrose Orchestral Flutes are an award-winning amateur community orchestra from Carluke in South Lanarkshire. Eight different types of flute, accompanied by a full range of percussion, give the ensemble their distinctive sound.
Finfolk met while at university in St Andrews. Having come to study in Fife from across Scotland, the UK and North America, they draw on their multicultural musical background to produce a sound that combines elements of country, Scottish folk and bluegrass. Finfolk take their name from the sea creatures of Orcadian mythology who use their shapeshifting abilities to charm unsuspecting humans. Like their mythological counterparts, Finfolk will charm you with their music.
Ross Arthur is a professional musician whose repertoire runs from Elvis through to George Ezra. Based in central Scotland, Ross has been performing full-time for several years. His latest single, Soar, has been played on BBC Radio and received over 100,000 streams.
Xander Lyons is a singer-songwriter from the village of Stow in the Scottish Borders. Now based in Edinburgh, his songwriting focuses on challenging issues such as homelessness, war and poverty as well as the struggles young people face in their daily lives.
The Cognac Twins
The Cognac Twins are Craig Anderson and Paul Connelly from historic Dunfermline Town. Described as playing 'authentic guid folk for authentic guid folk', The Cognac Twins' debut album brings Scottish folk music back to the fore. Influences range from John Martyn and Townes Van Zandt through to The Humblebums, CSNY and Elvis Costello.
Edinburgh Chinese Arts Association
Edinburgh Chinese Arts Association is a voluntary, non-profit, and independent arts association formed in 2013. Its members are music and dance lovers and both professionals and amateurs.
The renowned Edinburgh contemporary folk club will present some of the country’s finest emerging talent in the Café Bar. Join hosts ‘Paper Sparrows’ and more on October 12th for an evening of great free live music.
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Textile Artist & Maker
Sugandha Gupta is a textile artist, designer, maker, disability advocate, and educator. She creates multi-sensory textiles and wearables which can be experienced through the senses of touch, sound, smell, and sight. Through her creative practice and advocacy, Gupta hopes to bridge the gaps between the able-bodied and the disabled communities.
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After an unusually warm autumn, the north east finally had a good snowstorm. We had much-needed snow days which allowed us to go outside and play in the snow. At least, that’s what I did. I intend to spend as much time as I can in the snow since we seem to be getting less of it each year. Though the abnormally warm weather could just be a pure coincidence, a much more likely cause is climate change.
One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding climate change is that singular weather events are substantial proof for or against climate change. A snowball is not proof that climate change doesn’t exist (I’m looking at you, Senator Inhofe) in the same way that a warm day in winter does not prove that climate exchange does exist.
Climate is defined as the average weather of an area. When scientists talk about climate change, they are looking at weather data that spans over multiple years. The past decade has broken record temperatures with 2020 tied for the hottest year on record with 2016. In fact, the top six warmest years on record have been the last six years. The story created by analysis of global data is echoed by data on a more niche level in individual states.
According to the Department of Environmental Conservation, New York has experienced an increase in temperatures of 2.4℉ statewide since 1970. In addition, annual precipitation has increased since 1900, with more in the winter and less in the summer. This change in annual precipitation is due in part to the ability of warm air to hold more water. With a warmer climate in New York has also come a shift in the length of seasons. The induction of spring now occurs earlier, with leaves appearing eight days earlier than in the past. Sea levels along the state’s coast have been rising (over a foot since 1900), causing widespread concern, as over half of New York’s population lives on the coastline.
Scientists expect that climate change will cause an increase in the number and severity of hurricanes that hit NY. The number of Atlantic Hurricanes this year broke records. There were thirty named storms, twelve of which made landfall in the United States. When hurricanes have hit New York in the past, low-income families were the most impacted. They did not have the resources to rebuild their communities while many still had to work, even in dangerous circumstances. This trend is not exclusive to New York; climate change will disproportionately impact impoverished communities from across the world.
We have enough concrete evidence to support climate change—it is not a theory. The climate is changing at a much faster rate than it should be. The effects are felt worldwide, yet the United States is still laden in climate denial. Oil companies have poured billions of dollars into denying the science that 97% of scientists agree with. Climate change has been dangerously politicized and has unfortunately become a polarizing issue. Climate action is not a matter of political alignment, but one of life or death. Our future depends on waking up and taking action to save our environment.


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Located between the Mountains of Eryri and the Menai Straits, the Club can boast some magnificent views. Having been established for over 100 years it has become an important part of the community of Caernarfon and surrounding area. It has true running greens and some challenging holes. Stand on the 1st tee and its difficult to imagine a better place to start what can only be described as pure inspiration for any round of golf.
The course and clubhouse has everything required for a great day out golfing with family and friends. The course is situated in Morfa Bychan, about 3 miles away from the harbour town of Porthmadog. This is a traditional links course, beautifully challenging and not to be missed. The front nine is predominantly heathland and the back nine links, with stunning views of the Cardigan Bay coastline and Snowdonia mountain range.
This golf course is not for the faint-hearted. On the front nine holes there some strategically placed hazards to watchout for. The back nine are no less difficult and you need to hit long and straight to score well.
Be in no doubt, this is one of the most exquisite golf courses in the world. But don't just take my word for it:
The course is situated on one of the most beautiful sites I have ever seen: John Henry Taylor-
A rugged finger of rock swathed with a ribbon or emerald fairway. The nearest thing to playing golf on the upper deck of an aircraft carrier: Nick Trend - golfing journalist
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From end to end, 2.2 miles [3.5 km] of white fine sands, a sea of coconut trees, a soft fog on the rocky shores. Txai’s location could well be its main advantage: a 92-hectare farm perched on the beach at Itacarezinho. But it isn’t. Txai’s greatest virtue is discretion. It’s hidden in the middle of the deep green Atlantic Forest, in an environmentally protected area. All this exuberance for just 38 bungalows. From the entrance hall and the beach, all you can see is green.
This hotel boutique is located by the banks of the Villarrica Lake, surrounded by five hectares of vegetation and volcanoes in Pucón, in central Chile. The décor uses local raw materials, like wool, rocks, and wood to compose the settings — the araucaria panels in the restaurant and the Antumalal room were made when the tree wasn’t protected in the region.
At this resort, a 10-minute drive from Valle de Uco, guests won’t feel like leaving the complex: between grapevines, they offer wine tasting sessions, bike rides, and outdoor dinners. In addition, they have cinematic pools and the restaurant Siete Fuegos, owned by acclaimed Argentine chef Francis Mallmann.


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The year of the Dog is upon us. As it draws near, I pray that it will be filled with joy for each and every person in and outside of Korea, and that Korea will continue taking the brightest passage toward a shining future with the blessings of Buddha.
Looking back at the past year, the year of the Chicken, I can see that there were many good things and bad things that happened. Relations between North and South Korea improved considerably in the midst of abundant difficulties. Koreans all over the world rediscovered the common roots that connect them.
However, domestically, we endured stormy conflicts among many interest groups: strife between right-wing and left-wing, liberal and conservative political parties, the rich and the poor, leaders and followers of different religions, the well-educated and those lacking access to a proper education, and even among different geographic regions. These complications, conflicts, and struggles have been deepening our wounds and elevating their negative energies. Internationally, the very existence of mankind is threatened by terrors and counter-terrors, not to mention an increasingly polluted environment. Because our species is still largely ignorant of the twin truths of interdependence and impermanence, it is leading itself, in frenzies of murder and exploitation, to the very brink of extinction.
Dear brothers and sisters, let us do our utmost to put this darkness behind us, to create a future filled with less wanton death and despair, with more hope and precious life. Let us bloom freshly scented in the blessings of the three jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Let us rid ourselves of these destructive conflicts while cultivating the spirit of reconciliation and cooperation. Let us douse the fires of anger and hatred with our oceanic reserves of bodhisattva compassion.
Let the hungry be fed and the naked be clothed. Let the workers work, let the students study, let everyone observe and perform their correct functions. Let us all be continually willing to offer help wherever appropriate and without any hesitation. Let us work to untangle our egos’ knots, subdue our selfishness, and always extend our most thoughtful consideration to others, so that we can all bring out the best in each other, and thereby cultivate a more harmonious world society.
May we all practice as the bodhisattvas of Mah?y?na Buddhism have done, with firm determination to help all beings attain enlightenment. May we transcend the purely mind-made distinction between “self” and “other”. May we develop the wisdom and the compassion to find lasting joy in practicing true bodhisattva action that benefits everyone.
Family itself is a small universe. May all your families be happy and filled with laughter. I thank you again, brothers and sisters.
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Upcycle It! Plastic-Bottle Zipper Container We came across this cool DIY and had to give it a try for ourselves. This fun project comes together in no time with the help of a zipper and hot glue.
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Over the last few months, several research participants have expressed an interest in the “why” of my research – what I’m hoping to achieve, what good I think it might do, if there’s any human behaviour I believe could be changed or encouraged by it, and so on. Their questions made me realise how little I’d really considered this recently: I’d started to take for granted, I guess, that what was interesting to me would be obviously relevant to others.
Crafting responses to my research participants’ questions turned out to be a great exercise in thinking through the way I justify my work, and particularly in thinking through how to express the more abstract value of the kind of research I – and perhaps other surgeons, too – am doing. So I wrote a post about this on my research blog, excerpted below:
Over the last few months, a few research participants have asked me variations of the same question, which is something like: What’s your research for? What do you hope it will change or inform?
It’s a good question, and one that, until recently, I hadn’t really given much thought to. On the one hand, I’m wary of overplaying the potential implications of my research, and it would be disingenuous for me to claim that I’m aiming to directly influence policy, or that I have some grand notion that my project is going to change the world. On the other hand, I do believe there’s value to what I’m doing beyond just the satisfaction of personal curiosity.
To some extent the project is about highlighting the potential good that swimming can do (physically, emotionally, societally), and recognizing the importance of the pool as a site for this activity – particularly through an exploration of the extent to which specific material aspects of the pool environment may help or hinder regular participation. So I hope that the research may shed some light on how people are using and interacting with indoor pools, what about the pool environment is important to them and encourages or enables a regular practice and what about the environment is discomfiting or discouraging.
I’m also interested in the way people experience places via their bodies, and vice versa – the way they experience their bodies via certain places. So I think there’s also an opportunity here for the research to illuminate ways in which habitual lap swimming changes or brings to the fore people’s awareness of and attitude towards their own bodies. I’m thinking, for instance, of the participant who told me that she likes what swimming has done to her body both in terms of what it can do and also what it looks like; it took exercise, she said, for her to learn to love her body. So the value here may lie partly in using an exploration of people’s relationship to their swimming bodies as a way of exploring what facilitates comfort in/with one’s body more generally. The body, after all, is the home we cannot leave, and the pool provides a uniquely intimate and anonymous environment in which to exercise and experience this home.
Fundamentally, though, I’m just fascinated by swimming pools as places, particularly given how banal they often seem, how ugly and purely functional and even unwelcoming the architecture and environment can be. So the project is, at its heart, about not only valuing the place of the pool – which may be easily overlooked – but also about valuing other everyday places more generally: it’s great to write about grander landscapes, but I think it’s also important to pay attention to the kinds of smaller-scale places that people encounter repeatedly in their daily lives.
You can read the full post here – and I’d be interested in hearing from fellow surgeons who’ve grappled with similar questions!
Miranda Ward (PhD Candidate)

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Ogboni Fouad Alade Oki has declared his intention to contest for the position of State Chairman of the party.
According to a letter of intent by the politician whom some regard as strongman of Lagos politics, his decision to contest for chairmanship of the party, came after careful analyses of the challenges confronting the party and on the strength of clear understanding of his personal ability to provide the needed leadership in the collective search for solutions.
The letter of intent added that his decision was also influenced by his experience as a team player and a unifier as well as a loyal party man who desires the best for the party.
Oki said the party at the state level had gotten to a cross-road where experienced people in political administration were needed to mend the divisions being created by the inexperienced leadership that currently permeates the political landscape.
He said his main priority is to see the party bond in unity, preparatory to the next general election.
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has indicated that it is not rushing to implement new rules for financial technology firms that are posing potential challenges to banks.
In a report on the implications of fintech on banks and regulators, the committee said: "Despite the hype, the large size of investments and the significant number of financial products and services derived from fintech innovations, volumes are currently still low relative to the size of the global financial services sector."
The report summarizes results from the work of a task force set up by the committee to provide insight into how technological changes could impact banks' business models, and what the implications are for bank supervisors.
The regulator noted that the scope and nature of banks' risks and activities are rapidly changing and the rules governing them may also need to evolve as they will struggle to keep their current operating models in light of financial technology innovations and customer expectations.
However, it said that, currently, the scenario that banks would become irrelevant as fintech firms become the "face" of financial services appears to be far-fetched.


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