The AssociationFirstService Residential began managing 3470 North Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association in mid-2015. The 28-story, 61-unit building had numerous issues including a rooftop pool that was closed for five years; the penthouse was regularly impacted by water leaks from the pool area as well as the roof; major pieces of mechanical equipment were at or past their useful lives and repair parts were difficult to source.
The SolutionWith initiation of part-time on-site hours, the new manager was able to provide more attention, detail oversight, and coordination with trusted vendor partners to address remediation of the buildings issues. A building that is more than 50 years old presents unique challenges when undertaking major capital improvements. Modern solutions do not always fit easily into old infrastructure design. On-site hours provided the manager with opportunities to work closely with Board Members and vendor partners to strategize about the best solutions for the building.
To date, the pool has been rebuilt to address safety and leak issues; the old roof was replaced with a new modern waterproof membrane with a 20-year guarantee against leaks; north and south brick facades were repaired; and a new A/C chiller was installed, which was completed by a crane lift requiring closure of Inner Lake Shore Drive for 24 hours.
The ResultsOngoing capital planning includes carefully negotiated short and long term credit facilities supported through our affiliate, FirstService Financial and Insurance (FFI). The credit facilities are providing the funding for the current east balcony renovation and modernization project that removes crumbling brick knee walls and rusted iron railings, and repairs to damaged balcony decks.
Installation of new leveling material and waterproofing membranes on the decks and new aluminum railings will complete the project in the spring of 2022, providing an updated facelift to the building and improved views over Belmont Harbor. The credit facilities are also providing funds for the recently completed installation of a new domestic hot water system and a complete boiler replacement project anticipated to be completed in the summer of 2022.


R682, Road Closure, Tramore Rd at Ballinaclough
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| R682 , Road Closure, Tramore Road Ballinaclough, Tramore; Waterford City & County Council wishes to advise that due to essential drainage improvement works involving the installation of a new Culvert pipe laid beneath the R682, Tramore Road at Ballinaclough. This Regional road will be closed to through traffic on Saturday 2nd Nov 2019 only, from 06:00a.m until 18:00p.m on this date, one day only. Please avoid this road if possible and use alternative routes via the Main Tramore to Waterford Road, R675. Waterford City and County Council apologise for any inconvenience caused. Delays expected. Please slow down on approach. Diversions in place, local access only.


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The Power of Letter-Writing
I'm traveling on assignment this week, so my posts will be short and sweet. I love this mini TED talk from Lakshmi Pratury on the lost art of letter-writing. Putting pen to paper for a loved one or friend not only makes connections, but it's a great exercise in letting ideas just flow. Enjoy.

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wild Up & Martha Graham EVE Project at The Soraya
wild Up and the Martha Graham Dance Company: The Eve Project
Time & Location
The women who hit the streets for voting rights in 1920 forged a path still followed by the Women’s March today. That 100-year history is celebrated by the Martha Graham Dance Company with a program choreographed by women, featuring female protagonists, and including “Chronicle,” Graham’s unforgettable 1936 anti-war masterpiece. Artistic Director Janet Eilber says, “The EVE Project is designed to explore the many different facets of womanhood — all with an underlying statement about female power.” The two-year worldwide program launches at The Soraya following their previous sold-out performances here. They are again joined by conductor Christopher Rountree and his path-breaking musical ensemble wild Up. Rountree and the Graham Company, first paired at The Soraya in 2017, make their Paris debuts in 2018 with Rite of Spring.

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Children's Encyclopedia Selection. Related subjects: Europe; European Cities
|Motto: Semper invicta (Always invincible)|
|City rights||turn of the 13th century|
|- Mayor||Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz ( PO)|
|- City||517 km² (199.6 sq mi)|
|- Metro||6,100.43 km² (2,355.4 sq mi)|
|Elevation||100 m (328 ft)|
|- Density||3,297.3/km² (8,540/sq mi)|
|- Metro Density||549.14/km² (1,422.3/sq mi)|
|Time zone||CET ( UTC+1)|
|- Summer ( DST)||CEST ( UTC+2)|
|Postal code||00-001 to 04-999|
|Area code(s)||+48 22|
|Car plates||WA, WB, WD, WE, WF, WH, WI, WJ, WK, WN, WT, WU, WW, WX, WY|
Warsaw ( Polish: Warszawa [varˈʂava] ( listen); also known by other names) is the capital city of Poland and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula River roughly 370 kilometers (230 mi) from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2007 was estimated at 1,704,717, with a metropolitan area of approximately 3,350,000. The city area is 516.9 square kilometers (199.6 sq mi), with an agglomeration of 6,100.43 square kilometers (2,355.4 sq mi) (Warsaw Metro Area — Obszar Metropolitalny Warszawy). Warsaw is the 8th largest city in the European Union.
Warsaw gave its name to the Warsaw Pact, Warsaw Convention, Treaty of Warsaw and the Warsaw Uprising.
An older spelling of Warsaw in Polish is Warszewa or Warszowa, meaning "owned by Warsz". Folk etymology attributes the city name to a fisherman Wars and his wife Sawa. Actually, Warsz was a nobleman (12th/13th century) who owned a village located at the site of today's Mariensztat neighbourhood.
The official city name in full is The Capital City of Warsaw ( Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa). Warsaw has been known in Latin as Varsovia. A native or resident of Warsaw is called Varsovian. See wiktionary:Warsaw for the name in other languages.
Warsaw straddles the Vistula River. It is located in the heartland of the Masovian Plain, and its average altitude is 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level, although there are some hills (mostly artificial) located within the confines of the city.
Warsaw's climate is continental humid. The average temperature is −2 ℃ (28 ℉) in January and 18 °C (64 °F) in July. Temperatures may often reach 30 °C (86 °F) in the summer. Yearly rainfall averages 680 millimeters (26.8 in), the most rainy month being July.
|Weather averages for Warsaw|
|Average high °C (°F)||2 (33)||5 (34)||11 (44)||12 (54)||18 (65)||24 (70)||30 (86)||31 (88)||28 (82)||15 (54)||10 (42)||5 (36)||12 (53)|
|Average low °C (°F)||-5 (24)||-5 (24)||-1 (31)||3 (37)||9 (47)||15 (52)||16 (55)||18 (54)||9 (47)||2 (40)||0 (33)||-3 (27)||4 (39)|
|Precipitation cm (inches)||2.8 (1.1)||2.6 (1)||3 (1.2)||3.8 (1.5)||5 (2)||6.6 (2.6)||7.6 (3)||7.1 (2.8)||4.6 (1.8)||4 (1.6)||3.8 (1.5)||3.6 (1.4)||54.9 (21.6)|
|Source: Weatherbase 2008-02-11|
|Mokotów||226,911||35.4 km² (13.7 sq mi)|
|Praga Południe||185,077||22.4 km² (8.6 sq mi)|
|Ursynów||143,935||44.6 km² (17.2 sq mi)|
|Wola||142,025||19.26 km² (7.4 sq mi)|
|Bielany||135,307||32.3 km² (12.5 sq mi)|
|Śródmieście||134,306||15.6 km² (6 sq mi)|
|Targówek||122,872||24.37 km² (9.4 sq mi)|
|Bemowo||107,197||24.95 km² (9.6 sq mi)|
|Ochota||91,643||9.7 km² (3.7 sq mi)|
|Białołęka||76,999||74 km² (28.6 sq mi)|
|Praga Północ||73,207||11.4 km² (4.4 sq mi)|
|Wawer||66,094||79.71 km² (30.8 sq mi)|
|Żoliborz||49,275||8.5 km² (3.3 sq mi)|
|Ursus||47,285||9.35 km² (3.6 sq mi)|
|Włochy||39,778||28.63 km² (11.1 sq mi)|
|Rembertów||22,688||19.30 km² (7.5 sq mi)|
|Wesoła||20,749||22.6 km² (8.7 sq mi)|
|Wilanów||15,188||36.73 km² (14.2 sq mi)|
|Total||1,700,536||517.90 km² (200 sq mi)|
Warsaw is a powiat (county), and is further divided into 18 boroughs, each one known as a dzielnica ( map), each one with its own administrative body. Each of the boroughs includes several neighbourhoods which have no legal or administrative status. Warsaw has two historic districts, called Old Town (Stare Miasto) and New Town (Nowe Miasto) in the borough of Śródmieście.
The first fortified settlements on the site of today's Warsaw were Bródno (9th/10th century) and Jazdów (12th/13th century). After Jazdów was raided, a new similar settlement was established on the site of a small fishing village called Warszowa. This settlement Warszowa (at present Warsaw) a Płock prince established (about 1300), Bolesław II Mazovian (from 1294 prince of entire Masovia). In the beginning of the 14th century it became one of the seats of the Dukes of Masovia, becoming the capital of Masovia in 1413. Upon the extinction of the local ducal line, the duchy was reincorporated into the Polish Crown in 1526. In 1529 Warsaw for the first time became the seat of the General Sejm, permanent since 1569. In 1573 Warsaw gave its name to the Warsaw Confederation, formally establishing religious freedom in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Due to its central location between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's capitals of Kraków and Vilnius, Warsaw became the capital of the Commonwealth and at the same time of the Polish Crown in 1596, when King Sigismund III Vasa moved the court from Kraków. Three times between 1655- 1658 the city was under the siege and three times it was taken and pillaged by the Swedish, Brandenburgian and Transylvanian forces. Warsaw remained the capital of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia to become the capital of the province of South Prussia. Liberated by Napoleon's army in 1806, Warsaw was made the capital of the newly created Duchy of Warsaw. Following the Congress of Vienna of 1815, Warsaw became the centre of the Congress Poland, a constitutional monarchy under a personal union with Imperial Russia. The Royal University of Warsaw was established in 1816.
Following the repeated violations of the Polish constitution by the Russians, the 1830 November Uprising broke out. However, the Polish-Russian war of 1831 ended in the uprising's defeat and in the curtailment of the Kingdom's autonomy. On 27 February 1861 a Warsaw crowd protesting the Russian rule over Poland was fired upon by the Russian troops. Five people were killed. The Underground Polish National Government resided in Warsaw during January Uprising in 1863–4.
Warsaw flourished in the late nineteenth century under Mayor Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1875–92), a Russian-born general appointed by Tsar Alexander III. Under Starynkiewicz Warsaw saw its first water and sewer systems designed and built by the English engineer William Lindley and his son, William Heerlein Lindley, as well as the expansion and modernization of trams, street lighting and gas works.
|“||The history of contemporary civilization knows no event of greater importance than the Battle of Warsaw, 1920, and none of which the significance is less appreciated.||”|
— Sir Edgar Vincent d'Abernon
Warsaw became the capital of the newly independent Poland in 1918. In the course of the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1920, the huge Battle of Warsaw was fought on the Eastern outskirts of the city in which the capital was successfully defended and the Red Army defeated. Poland stopped on itself the full brunt of the Red Army and defeated an idea of the "export of the revolution."
During the Second World War central Poland, including Warsaw, came under the rule of the General Government, a Nazi colonial administration. All higher education institutions were immediately closed and Warsaw's entire Jewish population — several hundred thousand, some 30% of the city — herded into the Warsaw Ghetto. When the order came to annihilate the Ghetto as part of Hitler's " final solution" on April 19, 1943, Jewish fighters launched the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Despite being heavily outgunned and outnumbered, the Ghetto held out for almost a month. When the fighting ended, almost all survivors were massacred, only few managed to escape or hide.
By July 1944 the Red Army was deep into Polish territory pursuing the Germans toward Warsaw. Knowing that Stalin was hostile to the idea of an independent Poland, the Polish government-in-exile based in London gave orders to the underground Home Army (AK) to try to seize the control of Warsaw from the Nazis just before the Red Army's arrival. Thus, on 1 August 1944, as the Soviet army was nearing the city very fast, the Home Army and the civilian population started the Warsaw Uprising. The armed struggle, planned to last 48 hours, went on for 63 days, and eventually the Home Army fighters were forced to capitulate. They were transported to the POW camps in Germany, while the entire civilian population was expelled. Hitler, ignoring the agreed terms of the capitulation, ordered the entire city to be razed to the ground, and the library and museum collections taken to Germany or burned. Monuments and government buildings were blown up by special German troops known as Verbrennungs und Vernichtungskommando (burning and destruction detachments). About 85% of the city had been destroyed, including the historic Old Town and the Royal Castle. After the war, large prefabricated housing projects were erected in Warsaw to address the housing shortage. The city resumed its role as the capital of Poland and the country's centre of political and economic life. Many of the historic streets, buildings, and churches were restored to their original form. In 1980 Warsaw's historic Old Town was inscribed onto UNESCO's World Heritage list.
In 1995 the Warsaw Metro opened, and with the entry of Poland into the European Union in 2004, Warsaw is currently experiencing the biggest economic boom of its history. The opening match of the UEFA Euro 2012 is scheduled to take place in Warsaw.
Warsaw has historically been a destination of internal and foreign immigration, especially from Central and Eastern Europe. For nearly 300 years it was known as the "New Paris" or "Second Paris". It was always a centre of European culture, existed as a major European city, and was a destination for many Europeans. Demographically it was the most diverse city in Poland, with as much as 20% of its population being either Jewish Poles or foreign born. World War II changed all of this, and to this day there is much less ethnic diversity than in the previous 300 years of the city's history. Most of the modern day population growth is based on internal migration and urbanization.
The mayor (the President of Warsaw)
According to the Warsaw Act (Ustawa warszawska) of October 27, 2002, the President of Warsaw carries out the executive duties in the city. The president's prerogative is, among others, governing the city-owned property that constitutes a major part of the city. The current President of Warsaw is Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.
The Warsaw Act abolished all the former counties around Warsaw and formed one city powiat with a unified municipal government.
Legislative power in Warsaw is vested in a unicameral Warsaw City Council (Rada Miasta), which comprises 60 members. Council members are elected directly every four years. Like most legislative bodies, the City Council divides itself into committees which have the oversight of various functions of the city government. Bills passed by a simple majority are sent to the mayor (the President of Warsaw), who. may sign them into law. If the mayor vetoes a bill, the Council has 30 days to override the veto by a two-thirds majority vote.
Each of the 18 separate city districts has its own council (Rada dzielnicy). Their duties are focused on aiding the President and the City Council, as well as supervising various municipal companies, city-owned property and schools. The head of each of the District Councils is named the Mayor (Burmistrz) and is elected by the local council from the candidates proposed by the President of Warsaw.
As the capital of Poland, Warsaw is the political centre of the country. All state agencies are located there, including the Polish Parliament, the Presidential Office and the Supreme Court. In the Polish parliament the city and the area are represented by 31 MPs (out of 460). Additionally, Warsaw elects two MEPs.
Although many streets were widened, and new ones created, during rebuilding of Warsaw in 1950s, the city is currently plagued with traffic problems. Public transport in Warsaw is ubiquitous, serving the city with buses, tramways, and metro.
Roads and highways
Warsaw lacks a good circular road system and most traffic goes directly through the city centre. Currently two circular roads are under consideration. The first (called OEW, or Obwodnica Etapowa Warszawy) is planned to run approximately 10 kilometers (6 mi) from the city centre through the city streets and across two new bridges. The other is planned to become a part of both the A-2 motorway (itself a part of the European route E30 from Berlin to Moscow) and the S-7 ( Gdańsk– Kraków) express road, and will run through a tunnel under the southern area of Ursynów. It is to be completed between 2010 and 2012.
Warsaw has one airport, Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (usually referred to as Okęcie airport), located just 10 kilometers (6 mi) from the city centre. With over 70 international and domestic flights a day and with over 8,270,000 passengers served in 2006, it is by far the biggest airport in Poland. Immediately adjacent to the main terminal complex Terminal 1, is the Etiuda terminal, serving routes flown by low-cost carriers. Domestic flights operate from a domestic terminal, adjoining Terminal 1. A new Terminal 2 has been opened in March 2008 in order to alleviate current overcrowding, and to extend the airport's capacity by another 6 million passengers.
There are plans to convert disused military Modlin Airport, 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of the city centre, into the second Warsaw airport, mainly for low-cost carriers. It will not be ready for use before 2010 at the earliest.
There also are long-term plans to build an entirely new international airport. Its location has not yet been decided.
Public transport in Warsaw includes, buses, trams (streetcars), metro and regional rail. The first three are operated by the ZTM (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego, the Warsaw Transport Authority). There are also some suburban bus lines run by private operators.
There are three tourist routes: "T", a vintage tram running in July and August; bus "100" which runs on weekends and which operates the only double-decker bus owned by the city; and the "180" bus, a regular scheduled service that follows the "Royal Route" from the War Cemetery in the North, near the Old Town and down city's most prestigious thoroughfares – Krakowskie Przedmiescie, Nowy Swiat and Aleje Ujazdowskie – and terminating at Wilanów Palace.
Bus service covers the entire city, with approx. 170 routes totalling about 2,603 kilometers (1,617 mi) in length, and with some 1,600 vehicles. Between midnight and 5 am the city and suburbs are served by night lines.
The first tram (streetcar) line in Warsaw was opened on 11 December 1866. The last horse-drawn tram run on 26 March 1908. In the period between the world wars, the tram network was nationalized and extended significantly. After the German invasion of September 1939 the service was halted for approximately three months due to war damage, but the trams were back in service by 1940. In 1941 the present colours of the cars were introduced (yellow and red, in the colours of the Flag of Warsaw. Previously, trams were painted either white and red, or entirely red).
During the Warsaw Uprising the tram system was destroyed. The first tram line was reopened on 20 June 1945. Following the Second World War the tram network in Warsaw underwent fast development. The tracks reached all the principal parts of the city. However, in the sixties the official policy of both Polish and Soviet authorities promoted the use of Soviet oil, hence more buses were purchased and the tram network was shortened.
Currently the Tramwaje Warszawskie company runs 863 cars on almost 470 kilometers (292 mi) of track. Twenty-odd lines run across the city with additional lines opened on special occasions (such as All-Saints Day).
See also Warsaw Trolleybuses for the history of this type of transport. Trolleybuses no longer operate in Warsaw.
The first railway opened in Warsaw in 1845 (the Warsaw-Vienna Railway). Nowadays Warsaw is one of the main railway hubs in Poland.
The main railway station is Warszawa Centralna serving both domestic traffic to almost every major city in Poland, and international connections mainly to Germany, Czech Republic and former Soviet Union countries. There are also 5 other major railway stations and a number of smaller suburban stations.
The main railway line crosses the city in a tunnel (tunel średnicowy) approximately 2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi) long and running directly under the city centre. It is part of an east-west line connecting the Warszawa Zachodnia, Warszawa Centralna and Warszawa Wschodnia stations through the tunnel and a railway bridge over the Vistula River.
The principal railway stations are:
- Warszawa Centralna and Warszawa Śródmieście
- Warszawa Gdańska
- Warszawa Wileńska
- Warszawa Zachodnia
- Warszawa Wschodnia
Legia Warszawa — men's football team (est. 1916), (Polish Champion: 1955, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1993,1994, 1995, 2002, 2006; Polish Cup winner: 1955, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1995, 1997, 2008; Polish SuperCup winner: 1989, 1994, 1997; 1st league in 2006/2007 season)
Polonia Warszawa — men's football team (est. 1911), (Polish Champion: 1946, 2000; Polish Cup winner: 1952, 2001; Polish SuperCup winner: 2000; 2nd league in 2006/2007 season)
Polonia Warbud Warszawa - men's basketball team, 3rd in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
Legia Warszawa (basketball) - basketball team
Volleyball was played in many places in Poland. It was very popular.
Theatre in the past
From 1833 to the outbreak of World War II, Plac Teatralny (Theatre Square) was the country's cultural hub and home to the various theatres.
The main building housed the Teatr Wielki from 1833–4, the Rozmaitości Theatre from 1836 to 1924 and then the National Theatre, the Reduta Theatre from 1919 to 1924, and from 1928 to 1939 — the Nowy Theatre, which staged productions of contemporary poetical drama, including those directed by Leon Schiller.
Nearby, in Ogród Saski ( Saxon Garden), the Summer Theatre was in operation from 1870 to 1939, and in the inter-war period, the theatre complex also included Momus, Warsaw's first literary cabaret, and Leon Schiller's musical theatre Melodram. The Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre (1922–6), was the best example of "Polish monumental theatre". From the mid-1930s, the Teatr Wielki building housed the State Institute of Dramatic Arts — the first state-run academy of dramatic art, with an Acting Department and a Stage Directing Department.
Plac Teatralny and its environs was the venue for numerous parades, celebrations of state holidays, carnival balls, and concerts.
Warsaw is home to over 30 major theatres spread throughout the city, including the National Theatre (founded in 1765) and the Grand Theatre in Warsaw (established 1778).
Warsaw also attracts many young and off-stream directors and performers who add to the city's theatre culture. Their productions may be viewed mostly in smaller theatres and Houses of Culture (Domy Kultury), mostly outside Śródmieście (downtown Warsaw). Warsaw hosts the International Theatrical Meetings.
Thanks to numerous musical venues, including the Teatr Wielki, the Polish National Opera, the Chamber Opera, the National Philharmonic Hall and the National Theatre, as well as the Roma and Buffo music theatres and the Congress Hall in the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw hosts many events and festivals. Among the events worth particular attention are: the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, the International Contemporary Music Festival Warsaw Autumn, the Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, the Mozart Festival, and the Festival of Old Music.
Museums and art galleries
There are many museums and art galleries in Warsaw, the most notable are:
- National Museum - Muzeum Narodowe
- Zachęta Art Gallery - Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki
- Centre for Contemporary Art - Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej
- Museum of Modern Art - Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej
- Museum of the Polish Army - Muzeum Wojska Polskiego
- Royal Castle - Zamek Królewski
- Warsaw Uprising Museum - Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego
- Fryderyk Chopin Museum - Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina
- Historical Museum of Warsaw - Muzeum Historyczne miasta stołecznego Warszawy
- Polish History Museum - Muzeum Historii Polski
- Museum of Independence - Muzeum Niepodległości
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich
- Museum of Sports and Tourism - Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki
Since World War II Warsaw has been the second most important centre of film production in Poland. It has also been featured in numerous movies, both Polish and foreign, for example:
- Kanał and Korczak by Andrzej Wajda
- Eroica by Andrzej Munk
- The Decalogue by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Miś by Stanisław Bareja
- The Pianist by Roman Polański
Warsaw is one of the most important education centres of Poland. It is home to four major universities and over 62 smaller schools of higher education. The most important are:
- University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski)
- Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska)
- Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa)
- Warsaw University of Life Science (Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego)
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego)
- Medical University of Warsaw (Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny)
- Military University of Technology (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna)
- Academy of National Defence (Akademia Obrony Narodowej)
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Warszawie)
- Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina)
- The Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy (Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza)
The overall number of students of all grades of education in Warsaw is almost 500,000 (29% of the city population; 2002). The number of university students is over 255,000.
In 2007 Warsaw was ranked the 67th world's most expensive city to live in. It was classified as a gamma world city (also known as a 'minor world city') on par with cities such as Rome and Beijing by Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network from Loughborough University.
Business and commerce
Warsaw, especially its city centre ( Śródmieście), is home not only to many national institutions and government agencies, but also to many domestic and international companies. In 2006, 304,016 companies were registered in the city. Foreign investors' financial participation in the city's development was estimated in 2002 at over 650 million euro. Warsaw produces 12% of Poland's national income which per capita is estimated at around 290% of Polish average. The nominal GDP (PPP) per capita in Warsaw was about $28,000 in 2005 and $38,000 (€15,000) in 2007. It also has one of the fastest growing economies, with GDP growth at 6.5 percent in 2007 and 6.1 percent in the first quarter of this year.
At the same time the unemployment rate is one of the lowest in Poland, not exceeding 3%, according to the official figures.
The city itself collects around 8,740,882,000 złotys in taxes and direct government grants.
It has been said that Warsaw, together with Frankfurt, London and Paris, is one of the tallest cities in Europe. 11 of the tallest skyscrapers in Poland, 9 of which are office buildings, are located in Warsaw. The tallest structure, the centrally located Palace of Culture and Science, is the 7th tallest building in the European Union.
Warsaw hosts the headquarters of Frontex, the EU's border control agency.
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) is according to many indicators the largest market in the region. Although Warsaw was home to a stock exchange from 1817, because of political changes after World War II, it could not be reopened after 1945. The WSE only started operating again in April 1991, after the reintroduction of the free-market economy. It is now the biggest stock exchange in the country, with more than 300 companies listed. Ironically enough, from 1991 until 2000 the stock exchange was located in the building previously used as the headquarters of the PZPR (Polish Communist Party). The capitalization of the exchange was US$440.92 billion (as at 28 December 2007). The Warsaw Stock Exchange offers both cash and derivative products under one roof. The city is now considered to be one of the most attractive business locations in Europe.
During Warsaw's reconstruction after World War II, the communist authorities decided that the city would become a major industrial centre. Numerous large factories were built in the city or just outside it. The largest were the Huta Warszawa Steel Works and two car factories.
As the communist economy deteriorated, these factories lost significance and most went bankrupt after 1989. Today, the Arcelor Warszawa Steel Mill (formerly Huta Warszawa) is the only major factory remaining. The FSO car factory produces cars mostly for export.
The number of state - owned enterprises is regularly decreasing and the number of companies with foreign capital growing. The largest foreign investors are Daewoo, Coca-Cola Amatil and Metro AG. Warsaw has the biggest concentration of electronics and high-tech industry in Poland and the growing consumer market perfectly fosters the development of the food-processing industry.
|Historic Centre of Warsaw*|
|UNESCO World Heritage Site|
|Region**||Europe and North America|
|Inscription||1981 (4th Session)|
|* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
** Region as classified by UNESCO.
- Although today's Warsaw is a fairly young city, it has a lot of tourist attractions. Apart from the Warsaw Old Town quarter, carefully reconstructed after World War 2, each borough has something to offer. Among the most notable landmarks of the Old Town are the Royal Castle, King Sigismund's Column, Market Square, and the Barbican.
- Further south is the so-called Royal Route, with many classicist palaces, the Presidential Palace and the Warsaw University campus. Also the popular Nowy Świat Street is worth mentioning.
- Warsaw's oldest public park, the Ogród Saski, is located within 10 minutes' walk from the old town.
- Warsaw's biggest public park and said to be the most beautiful is the Łazienki Park. It is also very old — established in the 17th century and given its current classical shape in late 18th century — is located further south, on the Royal Route, about 3 km from the Warsaw Old Town
- The Powązki Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Europe, full of sculptures, some of them by the most renowned Polish artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Since it serves the religious communities of Warsaw, be it Catholics, Jews, Muslims or Protestants, it is often called a necropolis. Nearby is the Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery, one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe.
- To the north of the city centre is the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
- The borough of Żoliborz is famous for its architecture from the 1920s and 1930s. Between Żoliborz and the Vistula River is the Warsaw Citadel, a monument of 19th century military architecture.
- Former royal residence of king Jan III Sobieski — Wilanów Palace is notable for their baroque architecture and beautiful parks.
- Notable examples of contemporary architecture include the Palace of Culture and Science, a Soc-realist skyscraper located in the city centre, the Stadion Dziesięciolecia which used to be the biggest open-air market in Europe and the Plac Konstytucji with its monumental Social realism architecture. The central part of the right-bank (east) Praga borough it is a place where very run-down houses stand right next to modern apartment buildings and shopping malls.
- Ulica Kubusia Puchatka, probably the only street in the world named after Winnie-the-Pooh and located in the very centre of a metropolis.
- The modern architecture in Warsaw is represented by:
- Metropolitan Office Building at Plac Piłsudskiego (Pilsudski Square) by Sir Norman Foster
- Warsaw University Library (BUW) by Marek Budzyński and Zbigniew Badowski with a garden on the roof and beautiful view on the Vistula River
- Rondo 1 office building by SOM
- Zlote Tarasy retail and business centre
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Museum of Modern Art
- "Kopernik" Science Centre (Copernicus)
- Złota 44 — Apartment tower of unique shape by Daniel Libeskind
- Lilium Tower - Apartment tower by Zaha Hadid
- Planned reconstructions:
- Saxon Palace
- Brühl Palace
Warsaw's mixture of architectural styles reflects the turbulent history of the city and country. During World War II, Warsaw was razed to the ground by bombing raids and planned destruction. After liberation, rebuilding began as in other cities of the communist-ruled PRL. Many of the old buildings that preserved in reconstructible form were eradicated in the 1950s and 1960s (e.g. Leopold Kronenberg Palace). Mass residential blocks were erected, with basic design typical of Eastern bloc countries.
Public spaces attract heavy investment, so that the city has gained entirely new squares, parks and monuments. Warsaw's current urban landscape is one of modern and contemporary architecture.
The mermaid, or syrenka, is the symbol of Warsaw. This symbol can be found on the coat of arms of Warsaw and on statues throughout the city. Image of a mermaid have been used on the crest of Warsaw as its symbol, since the mid of the 14th century.The oldest existing armed seal of Warsaw is from the year 1390. It is a round seal bordered with the Latin inscription Sigilium Civitatis Varsoviensis. City records as far back as 1609 document the use of a crude form of a sea monster with a female upper body and holding a sword in its claws. In 1653 the poet Zygmunt Laukowski asks the question:
|“||Warsaw of strong walls; why was the emblem Mermaid with sharp sword, given you by the kings?||”|
The origin of the legendary figure is not fully known. Tellers of many stories and legends have tried to explain where she came from. The best-known legend, by Artur Oppman, it that a long time ago two of Triton's daughters set out on a journey through the depths of the oceans and seas. One of them decided to stay on the coast of Denmark and ever since we can see her sitting at the entrance to the port of Copenhagen. The second mer-maiden reached the mouth of the Vistula River and plunged into its waters. She stopped to rest on a sandy beach by the village of Warszowa. Local fishermen came to admire her beauty and listen to her beautiful voice. A greedy merchant also heard her songs; he followed the fishermen and captured the mermaid.
Another legend says that a mermaid once swam to Warsaw from the Baltic Sea for the love of the Griffin, the ancient defender of the city, who was killed in a struggle against the Swedish invasions of the 17th century. The Mermaid, wishing to avenge his death, took the position of defender of Warsaw, becoming the symbol of the city.
Every member of the Queen's Royal Hussars of the United Kingdom light cavalry wears the Maid of Warsaw, the crest of the City of Warsaw, on the left sleeve of his No. 2 (Service) Dress. Members of 651 Squadron Army Air Corps of the United Kingdom also wear the Maid of Warsaw on the left sleeve of their No. 2 (Service) Dress.
One of the most famous people born in Warsaw is Maria Sklodowska-Curie, who achieved international recognition in Paris for her scientific discoveries. Another famous person from Warsaw is the musician Fryderyk Chopin. He was born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, about 60 kilometers from Warsaw, and when Fryderyk was seven months old, the family moved to Warsaw.
Warsaw in rankings
- Largest cities of the European Union - ranked 8th
- Most expensive cities - ranked 62nd out of 144
- Best cities in terms of quality of living - ranked 86th out of 100
- Best cities in terms of health and sanitation - ranked 100th out of 215
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Cell Strike takes students beneath the skin of the human body to control the blood cells and platelets that protect us all. It’s a real-time strategy game where players have the power to devise and execute their own tactics for success. By freely exploring a rich 3D environment, they observe how various parts of the immune system work together and, crucially, how they can be co-ordinated in different ways.
With direct control over four ‘units’, the player develops an instinctive understanding of how these component parts of our immune system work as a team, gathering information and adapting to invading bacteria. The key to success is understanding then effectively managing the body’s resources to locate, study and overcome the enemy. Platelets are cast as ‘Engineer’ units, playing a vital role in sealing wounds. ‘Killers’ are the footsoldiers of the immune system, attacking bacteria to release antigens. ‘Scouts’ gather up this useful information and pass it on to ‘Specialist’ units so they can pinpoint weaknesses.
Cell Strike was developed in close collaboration with blood expert Lawrence Hutchinson from Edinburgh University and the Amplify science team. It draws on a fascinating area of biology and plays out in real time to capture the real life dynamics and drama on the front line of immune defence. The game has been rolled out to a number of US schools as part of the Amplify pilot programme.
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NREL Drops the Bass on Solar Panels (for Science)
Subwoofers Help NREL Researchers Study the Spread of Cracks in Solar Panels
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers are not only skilled at making photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules. They are also world-class destroyers of PV modules. The goal is to discover and understand how these modules might degrade when installed outside for many decades. This helps other NREL researchers and engineers in the PV industry design better, longer-lasting modules.
Recently, NREL researchers, working with colleagues at the Electric Power Research Institute as part of a DuraMAT project, have been studying how small cracks in the solar cells inside modules might or might not cause power loss over time. On windy days, modules can flex and bend slightly, which could wear out cracked solar cells. Computer simulations have shown that the pressure cycles panels experience in real-world windy conditions are likely much smaller than those used in today’s reliability tests, so the researchers needed a new way to test this type of weathering in the lab.
Rather than installing modules outside and waiting years for the wind to act upon them, the NREL team found a faster way—powerful speakers. Strapped into a large wooden frame, PV modules are hit with rapid pulses of infrasonic sound waves (deeper in pitch than human ears can detect), causing them to vibrate. This mimics the effect of years of outdoor exposure in only a few hours or days.
NREL researchers will soon publish findings from this work, but you can already catch a peek of it in this video.
Learn more about NREL’s accelerated testing and analysis of PV cells and modules.


I’m not ashamed to admit that I have a strict stay-far-away-from-snakes policy.
That’s apparently not the case for Hunter, a 7-year-old junior firefighter with Bomberos de Nosara on the Nicoya Peninsula.
Hunter and his father, Ryan Kerr-Bombard, who is the (adult) chief of firefighters, responded to a snake relocation call for a Boa imperator that had been trying to eat a dog.
The 1.8-meter snake is nonvenomous, and Kerr-Bombard says Hunter “has proven the ability to handle snakes safe and well.”
We’ll let Hunter — who is braver than I’ll ever be — take it from here:
Kerr-Bombard said Bomberos de Nosara does not permit Hunter to handle any venomous snakes.
Bomberos de Nosara is a volunteer fire department that is not affiliated with Costa Rica’s Firefighters Corps.
The Boa imperator was not harmed and was transported to a safe location.
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CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR and NMPA Hall of Fame member Waddell Wilson received another jewel in his career crown Sunday when he was named the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Wood Brothers Award of Excellence.
The award was determined by members of the beloved Wood family and presented during the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the Great Wolf Lodge. It honors crew members, crew chiefs, engine builders and race engineers that offer outstanding contributions to NASCAR through on-track success. Previous recipients are eight-time NASCAR Cup championship crew chief Dale Inman, NASCAR innovator Leonard Wood and NASCAR Cup championship crew chief Harry Hyde.
A Western North Carolina native, Wilson graduated from Nashville (Tenn.) Auto Diesel College before joining the famed Holman-Moody racing operation in Charlotte, N.C. He initially gained recognition for building the engine Fireball Roberts used to win the 1963 Southern 500. His potent engines were favored by Fred Lorenzen and the drivers they powered to victory included David Pearson, Buddy Baker, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, and Darrell Waltrip.
Wilson’s engines recorded 109 victories and 123 poles. While in the dual role of engine builder and crew chief, Wilson guided three cars to victory lane in the Daytona 500: 1980 with Baker and 1983-84 with Yarborough. The Oldsmobile known as the “Grey Ghost” that Wilson assembled for Baker still possesses the record for the fastest ever Daytona 500 with an average speed of 177.602 mph.
In 1982, an engine built by Wilson allowed Benny Parsons to become the first NASCAR Cup driver to break the 200-mph barrier in qualifying when he posted a 200.176-mph lap during Winston 500-time trials at Talladega.
During Wilson’s years as a crew chief, he directed his drivers to 22 victories and 32 poles.
Wilson retired from racing full time in 2000, but remained active in the sport in various capacities, including serving as a consultant for Jerico Performance Products.
Wilson and his wife, Barbara, have four children – Gary, Greg, Lisa, and Freddie – who all followed in their father’s footsteps by working in motorsports.

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(Color online) Emission current vs. applied field characteristics measured for the CNT emitters considered in this study. The inserted pictures are the FESEM images of the CNTs deposited on the conical-type W-tip substrate and the magnified image of the CNTs’ surface, respectively.
(Color online) XPS results for C 1s and Hf 4f, measured for all the CNT samples.
(Color online) Results of the nano-scratch test performed with all the CNT samples. The pictures on the first row represent the first peel-off states of each CNT, and the pictures on the second row show the final peel-off states of each sample at the force of 3mN.
(Color online) Long-term (up to 24 h) emission stability results measured for all the CNT emitters considered in this study.
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Combining his passion for music and film, former MCTC cinematography student Dan Huiting is living his dream. Before pursuing film, Huiting strived to make it as a musician, but found himself dissatisfied. It wasn’t until he worked on a music video for a song he and his friends wrote that he discovered a passion for film that launched him into the career of his dreams.
During his time at MCTC, Huiting took every opportunity to strengthen and showcase his film skills, leading to opportunities with MPLS.TV, Bon Iver and Pitchfork. He is now the senior producer of the City of Music series at MPLS.TV and the director of photography/editor of Minnesota Original on Twin Cities Public Television.
Have you always had a passion for the music industry? What inspired that passion?
I have always loved music. My dad gave me my first guitar when I was nine, and I’ve been playing ever since.
What led you to pursue a profession as a musician?
I found myself playing and recording for hours. I moved to New York City when I was 20 to try to make it as a musician, but I quickly became disillusioned and moved back. I only played guitar and bass, so I had to join other bands instead of starting my own. I never really clicked with any particular band.
What were your thoughts when you discovered that being a professional musician was not your best fit?
I felt pretty bummed out and lost for a while—I wasn’t sure what I would do with my life.
When you were working on the music video for the song you and your friends wrote, what did you love about the shooting, lighting and editing process?
I fell in love with the collaborative aspect. Working with my friends toward a common goal—and having fun in the process—was something I hadn’t experienced when I recorded by myself.
What led you to MCTC?
I had always taken photos and felt I had a decent eye, so I decided to pursue MCTC’s cinematography program. I felt filmmaking might be in the cards for me.
What are the top three takeaways from your time at MCTC that helped you most in your film career?
First, my professor, Adam Olson, who spent countless hours answering my questions about cinematography, was a great resource. Second was my first-year production courses, where I learned the basics about lighting, camera and the language of film. Lastly were the people. I made valuable relationships with like-minded students who were as passionate about film as I was. I work with many of those people today.
What’s your favorite part about your current job/gigs?
I love getting paid to make art all day. I can’t believe I get paid to travel and work with the bands I love. I also enjoy meeting talented artists and musicians around the city—it’s really inspiring.
What are your hopes for the future regarding your career?
I want to continue making art and challenge myself with new projects. The more I do this, the more confident in my craft I become, and I’m able to take bigger risks with my work. It’s exciting to try something new that you aren’t sure will work, but it’s better than doing the same thing. That’s how I stay excited about my career.

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Note: citations are based on reference standards however, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study the specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. Article shared by toru dutt was born in march 1856, in calcutta as the third daughter of govin chunder dutt the dutt family was a family of distinguished intellectuals and poets and toru had the double advantage of a wealthy parentage and an intellectual and cultural inheritance of a high order. She is often called the keats of the indo-english literature for more than one reason - her meteoric rise on and disappearance from the literary firmament, as also for the quality of her poetry toru died, like john keats, of consumption and the end came slow and sad.
Toru dutt was an indian poet who wrote in english and french, and made a mark in literature in spite of her premature death early life she remained in calcutta till november 1869, after which she and her sister aru traveled to france, italy and then england. Indo-english poetry began to be written and until rather recently continued to be written under the influence of the english romantic poets such as wordsworth, coleridge, shelley, keats, byron and even walter scott the poetry of the period is marked by a highly subjective tone and uninhibited expression of personal feeling. Rightly observes dr szh abidi, toru dutt can be called the pioneer in children's poetry and the first poet to tell the indian tales in english (abidi 61) toru dutt's poetry is a depiction of children's life, its qualities, joys, aspirations, zeal and vigour. Toru dutt (march 4, 1856 - august 30, 1877) was an indian poet who wrote in english like a huge python, winding round and round (objective description) the rugged (age) trunk, indented deep with scars (endurance), up to its very summit near the stars, a creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound no other tree could live.
Indo-english poetry began to be written and until rather recently continued to be written under the influence of the english romantic poets such as wordsworth, coleridge, shelley, keats, byron and even walter scott. Toru dutt was born on march 4, 1856, in rambagan, 12 manicktollah street, calcutta, to father govin chunder dutt and mother kshetramoni, a family that become christians in 1862 toru was the youngest child, arriving after sister aru and brother abju (who died in 1865. Toru dutt was the 0rst indian woman to write poetry in english—and it was ex- traordinary poetry writing in english, or writing at all, was an unusual accomplishment, for very. As the keats of indo english literature, toru dutt was the first indian poetess to write in english born in rambagan in 1856, toru dutt mastered french during her short stay abroad in the 1870s.
Among the early english writers of indian renaissance who gave independent outlook, right direction, original subjects, the name of toru dutt stands first. Toru dutt left for europe with her family when she was thirteen and attended a french school in nice with her elder sister, aru the dutts then moved to cambridge, england, where toru participated. Toru dutt (1856-1877),who died at the age of 21 ,left behind her an imperishable legacy she lived and wrote at a time when cultural studies were at an incipient stage of development , and the idea that mythologies hold the key to understanding a people , was not properly realized. Toru dutt and transnationalism thank you to alison chapman & co for a wonderful new resourceâ i am especially excited by the thought-provoking engagements with transnationalism in alison's post and in linda hughes's postâ â i wish i had time to contribute a substantial original post along these lines, but for now, i will have to content myself with posting a [. English poetry - with the entry of sri aurobindo ghose (1872-1950) educated in england and proficient in english, latin, greek, italian and german, aurobindo came back to india and chose to live the.
In his review of toru's ancient ballads and legends of hindustan, he had written: these poems are sufficient to place toru dutt in the small class of women who have written english. Rabindranath tagore wrote in bengali and english and was responsible for the translations of his own work into english other early notable poets in english include derozio , michael madhusudan dutt , toru dutt , romesh chunder dutt , sri aurobindo , sarojini naidu , and her brother harindranath chattopadhyay. Of all the indo-anglian authors, toru dutt stands out as a poet a hindu by birth and a christian by education, this illustrious daughter of bengal wrote with restless energy of a haunted creative writer, like keats, while waging a grim yet heroic battle against her delicate health. Toru dutt was a natural linguist and in her short life became proficient in bengali, english, french and, later on, sanskrit although she died at an exceptionally early age she left behind an impressive collection of prose and poetry. Toru dutt was the first indian woman writer in english and french tragically, she died at the age of 21, but she left behind enough writings to prove that she was a rare talent this daughter.
John keats and aubrey beardsley also spring to mind but whereas they are very well known, toru dutt outside of india has been somewhat forgotten born in 1856, toru's family converted to christianity in 1862 and by 1871 toru was at cambridge and immersing herself in her french studies. Dutta, also spelled datta, dutt and datt, is an indian family name and surname that is found primarily among bengali kayastha and punjabi brahmin, also present among assamese, and haryanvi hindus. Toru dutt (1856-1877) was a remarkable indo-anglian poetess who was like keats toru dutt interpreted indian visit and her english education could not blur her toru dutt was an indian poet who wrote in english and french, and made a mark in literature in spite of her premature death early life she remained in calcutta till november 1869, after which she and her sister aru traveled to france, italy and then england.
Keats's own name is deliberately missing on his gravestone, and poems about the grave speak not only about the unjustly neglected poet, but also about the cultural capital of poetry, as if the grave is a marker for poetry itself. Indo-anglian literature has occupied an outstanding place not only in india but in european countries also toru dutt (1856-1877) was a remarkable indo-anglian poetess who was like keats but her poetic genius was a blend of diversified linguistic cultures. Toru dutt toru (torulata) dutt (march 4, 1856 - august 30, 1877), born into the rambagan dutt family, was an indian writer, who wrote in english and french she, along with her sister aru, went to france at an age of 13 and then to italy and england and stayed there till 1873. People in indo-anglian poetry toru lost her brother - toru dutt r yeats greeted life and death' indian writing in english tagore (1861-1941) tagore was a.

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New Bedford Hurricane Barrier, Massachusetts
A hurricane barrier extends across the mouth of the harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts, the location of New England's largest fishing fleet. The barrier consists of 3.5 miles of dikes and gates, creating a wall roughly 20-feet tall, meant to protect the city and its harbor from the waves and flooding that would accompany a hurricane. A 150-foot wide opening allows ships to move in and out of the harbor under normal conditions. In the event of a major storm, the opening can be sealed by closing two 59-foot tall steel gates, which weigh 440 tons each. The gates are under the control of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The barrier is continued on shore around the coast as a rock-covered mound, broken by three steel doors, normally open to allow cars to pass through. Buildings outside the barrier, although not protected, do enjoy an unobstructed view of the ocean. Construction of the barrier began in 1962, and was completed in 1966, at a cost of $18.6 million.


I have a problem with OneDrive popping up and reminding me to set it up. How do I disable it and stop it from popping up?
- Press the Windows key + R shortcut to open the Run command window.
- Type in gpedit.msc.
Click the OK button.
- Click on the Administrative Templates folder.
Double-click on the Windows Components folder.
- Double-click on the OneDrive folder.
Double-click on Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage.
- Click the option button beside the word Enabled.
Click on the OK button.
And that's all. OneDrive should now be disabled — you won't be able to open the application, but the icons are still going to be there.


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Good Ship Comedy
Date: 25 Nov 2023
Time: 20:00 - 22:30
Where: SLT Fire Station
South London Theatre welcomes:
Good Ship Comedy
Founded in Kilburn, migrated to Camden Town and now south of the river in West Norwood, Good Ship Comedy is your friendly neighbourhood comedy club.
For the past fifteen years they have featured some of the finest comics from the UK and international festival circuit including Josh Widdicombe, Sara Pascoe, Sindhu Vee, Nish Kumar, Rich Hall, Katherine Ryan and many, many more. All presented by resident compere, Ben Van der Velde.
“The perfect comedy club host – he is a master of audience interaction. The audience weren’t just warmed up, but pretty hysterical even before the first act of the night hit the stage." Huffington Post
DOUBLE EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE
Darren Harriott is one of the most exciting comedians on the circuit. Over the last few years, he has hosted Live at the Apollo, become a regular face on panel shows such Mock the Week and Don’t Hate the Playaz and recorded his own 4-part series - ‘Black Label’ - on BBC Radio 4. His work is recognised across the creative industries. Not only did he receive Nominations at Edinburgh for Best Comedy Show in 2019 and Best Newcomer in 2017, but he has also been immortalised in a mural in Birmingham which celebrates the city’s rising Stars. A confident performer with a captivating charm, Darren’s comedy deals with everything from subverting stereotypes, to everyday observations, to that juiciest of topics, religion – all with a cutting edge.
“Passionate, articulate, witty.” Evening Standard
“Properly funny.” The Times
Plus support from Anuvab Pal and Fiona Ridgewell
Running time (estimate): 2 Hours 15 Minutes including two intervals
Adult themes, recommended ages 14+
£17 On the door
£12 SLT Full Member/Friend (only available until 31st October 2023)


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DAYTON — A 21-year-old man accused of firing a gun and striking multiple vehicles during rush hour Monday on U.S. 35 is formally charged.
Micheal J. Blair, of Dayton, turned himself into police Tuesday evening, Dayton police Lt. Jason Hall said.
Today, the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office filed several charges against Blair: two counts of felonious assault and one count of discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, each with firearm specifications; and one count of having weapons while under disability for a prior violent offense.
Police were called not long after 4 p.m. to the area of U.S. 35 and Liscum Drive on a report of a gunman hanging out of an older model silver Pontiac shooting at a blue car.
“We know that multiple vehicles were struck in addition to the blue vehicle,” Hall said.
No one was injured in the attack.
“It was not a random incident, it was targeted,” Hall said. “It did stem from a long-running dispute. ... We believe that the suspect was targeting the (blue) vehicle, believing that his intended target was inside.”
Blair remains in the Montgomery County Jail on a $200,000 bond.
Hall said the investigation is ongoing, but that police need the public’s help.
“We have yet to retain the weapon that was used in this crime. We are also looking for an older silver Pontiac, possibly Grand Prix or Grand Am, that was used in the commission of this act, and also any other information about anyone else who might have been aware or had any part in the attack,” he said.
Anyone with information is urged to call police at 937-333-COPS(2677) or Crime Stoppers at 937-222-STOP(7867).

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Tom, Melissa, James, Laurel and Merrick are adorable siblings born around August 20th who have just come into rescue with Caring Hearts. Melissa is a sweet female brown tabby. These little ones are so precious. They will be vaccinated on October 24th and will be ready for adoption right after. Click the button below to reserve little Melissa.
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Songs of Selah
September 22, 2019
On tonight's episode I'm pleased to welcome Douglas Cole to the program...
Douglas Cole has published six collections of poetry and a novella. His work has appeared and is forthcoming in anthologies and journals such as The Chicago Quarterly Review, The Atlanta Review, Chiron, Louisiana Literature, The Galway Review, The Coe Review and Slipstream. He has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net, and received the Leslie Hunt Memorial Prize in Poetry. His website is douglastcole.com. He was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Berkeley California, went to college in England and eventually finished a BA in Literaturea at San Diego State University and a Master's in Creative Writing at Western Washington University. He lives and writes and teaches in Seattle, Washington.
If you're interested in appearing as a guest on a future episode please contact Scott at 17Numa@gmail.com.

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EAST RUTHERFORD -- The Giants will take the field on Tuesday morning for their 10th practice of training camp, and NJ.com will be there.
The team will start practice at 10:40 a.m. at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, with head coach Ben McAdoo and players meeting with the media after practice ends about two hours later.
If you can't make it out to practice, you can follow along with all the news and action here. Giants beat writers Dan Duggan and James Kratch will be at practice, providing updates and analysis which will be found in the Twitter feed below.
The practice is open to the public, weather permitting. Free parking is available in Lot K on the grounds of the MetLife Sports Complex. There will be limited seating in bleachers along the field. Restrooms, concessions and a free kids' activity area will be available. The parking lot will open one hour before practice, with gates opening 30 minutes prior to practice.
In the event of inclement weather that pushes practice into the team's indoor fieldhouse, that day's session will be closed to the public.
The team will also an autograph session after the practice. For more on the autograph program and the team policies, follow this link.
REMAINING OPEN PRACTICES:
Wednesday, August 10, 10:40 a.m.
Sunday, August 14, 11:10 a.m.


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Think retail, think detail: More calibrated retail banking growth ahead
Retail banking is showing early signs of stress, and growth may well have peaked
I have been a career corporate banker, but this isn’t the way forward anymore,” says Samit Ghosh, founder of Ujjivan Financial Services. It could be that he helms a small finance bank wired to cater to the unbanked in the smaller towns and cities. But what you can’t get away from is that retail banking has been the engine of growth for banks (of all hues) ever since toxic corporate assets came into full glare. But the retail party, too, may be winding down.
The latest data from Experian Credit Information Company India (for the period July’FY20) suggests that stress is building up in the personal and two-wheeler loan categories. The delinquency rate, particularly in the 30-day past-due (DPD) bracket, may indicate that a weak job market, and the economic slowdown are starting to pinch wallets.
Amber (not red) lights flashing
For Ashish Singhal, managing director of Experian Credit Information Company, the worry is the increasing trend of “loan stacking”, or the practice of availing a personal loan within a year of availing a secured loan. Given that secured loans are usually taken to buy a house or car, Singhal suggests that customers are perhaps picking a personal loan to meet near-term EMI obligations.
“These are the first signs of stress building up in retail loans”, he says. You also have increased demand for “pay-day loans” or loans against salaries. “It also indicates that in most cases, the borrower’s intention is to repay, but it is taking time,” adds Singhal; it perhaps also explains why the 90-DPD rate is lower than the 30-DPD.
And as far back as in June 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Financial Stability Report (FSR), had more than hinted that trouble is rearing its head even in the most secured part of retail – home-loans. The FSR noted that gross the non-performing advances (GNPAs) ratio for housing finance assets went up to 1.51 per cent in FY18 from 1.28 per cent in FY17.
“Given the growing dominance of the retail housing segment in incremental credit allocations, any potential dilution in credit standards for incremental growth needs to be eschewed”.
Arjun Chowdhry, head of cards and unsecured lending at Citibank (India) is unlikely to tell you that the plot is changing, but admits: “In the current economic environment, all lenders must be proactive and should respond to changes in customer behaviour and the environment”. He does “not see any trends that are worrying as yet; we believe caution and a close watch on segment performance are prudent steps at this juncture”.
The retail party will do well to pay heed (and may well be doing so within banks) to another warning in the FSR – of the dangers associated with the use of technology. It observed that banks are increasingly leveraging technology to deliver retail services, and the significant buy-in from customers by their adoption of these delivery channels are anecdotally validated.
“The sharper increase in the number of frauds owing to card/internet banking related issues are pointers to the underlying vulnerability of the delivery channels.
Go slow and be careful was the underlying message from the central bank.
What’s on now
“The festive season demand has held up well so far. But how it will pan out in December needs to be seen,” says Pralay Mondal, executive director-retail banking at Axis Bank. It’s hard to buy into this view considering that malls weren’t brimming with business.
Nilufer Mullanfiroze, senior vice-president and country head (retail assets and cards) at Federal Bank, sees it differently: “The analogy that hotels are empty whereas Swiggy and Zomato are busy, applies to banks as well”.
What she means is that the demography of customers seeking loans, the products for which they require credit and, more importantly, the form in which they consume credit is vastly different from what it was a few years ago. “The introduction of EMI facility on debit cards gives customers the comfort to shop, and most of the sales generated is online”, she says.
While smaller than Axis Bank in size, Federal too, had invested organically in the retail business on reading the first signs of stress in corporate loans a few years ago. For both banks, the culture of cross-selling or harvesting the existing pool of customers to vend them more products and services has increased over the years.
A few points need to be made out here. There is no data in public domain on the cross-sell ratios of local banks, but it is surmised the best in class may be topping at 3; it will be some time before we catch up with the “six-plus” of a Wells Fargo in the US.
The larger point is that the growing realisation that cross-selling is a more effective manner to tap into incremental business, and by conserving capital at the same time.
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Banks are forging partnerships with e-tailers, a strategy that would not only improve their digital footprint, but help create a database of customers typically outside the coverage of credit bureaus. Mondal says that Axis Bank’s tie-up with Flipkart for credit cards is helping its analytics’ engine address a larger ecosystem. “We get a new customer base. We will build this model in the next two-three years, and it will become a meaningful part of our overall portfolio,” he says.
While it may be too early to call out the retail credit quality, Mullanfiroze believes “it (such data) doesn’t stand very different from the clients rated well by the credit bureaus”, and adds “Relying too much on credit bureaus makes for lazy lending. Where there is a liabilities’ relationship with a customer who may be new to credit bureaus, we leverage on this profile to create a credit score. It may not be in the 800-points zone as the bureau data would be, but it’s not lagging the bureau score either”.
The nature of loans sought is also undergoing a massive change. Bankers say much of the demand is of late coming for the purchase of mobile phones, electronic appliances, and personal use products. “The demography of borrowers who have a need for loan is in the 20 to 30-years category, and the idea is to catch them young. When their aspirations increase, we would have established a relationship with them,” says Mondal. For Citibank, international travel and overseas spends have been key areas of customer spends this festive season.
But here’s the catch. Increased competition is already eating into the profitability of retail loans. With cost of funds increasing by 100 basis points, the yield on retail loans have also seen a compression, pointing to the fact that growing competition isn’t allowing banks to freely price products; and are forcing them to swallow the increasing cost of funds.
According to a banker, the blended retail yield has reduced to about 11 per cent in FY20 so far from the 12–13 per cent in FY19.
As for the retail party, it is winding down; just that it may not be so for individual banks, or in certain segments. “Growth in the retail space has peaked out in some sense,” says Mondal.
Most bankers agree with this view and believe that, going forward, growth would be more calibrated and measured.
The role of credit bureaus in profiling customers and improved internal rating system may also avert the retail credit turbulence seen in FY09. Threat or no threat, it’s time to turn cautious on retail loans.
After all, the devil may lie in the details.


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Gamescom hasn’t officially begun yet, but press conferences are already underway, and kicking off this morning was Capcom. Their most exciting announcement? The unveiling of their brand new title, Remember Me.
The new IP comes from new French developer Dontnod Studio – previous work from members of the team includes Rainbow Six and Heavy Rain.
Set in a futuristic Paris where a corporation controls people’s memories, Remember Me follows female protagonist Nilin on her quest to discover why her mind has been erased. Using a cool-looking device, she can get into the heads of enemies and extract their memories, allowing her to piece the truth back together.
While the trailer looks suitably moody, the gameplay Capcom’s showing off looks even more impressive, combining the cinematic action of Uncharted with settings that evoke Blade Runner and Total Recall. The most interesting aspect of the game is its “Memory Remix” feature, letting the player can enter characters’ memories and alter them to suit their own purposes.
If the premise this sounds familiar to anyone, that’s because information about the game was leaked last year, when it was being developed under the name Adrift and before Capcom was involved. But now we’ve seen something solid, we have to say we’re extremely excited.
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I believe in my clients’ resilience and ability to overcome challenging life conditions. Sometimes however, clients can benefit from professional help that is empowering and safe and promotes clients’ readiness to address concerns and receive evidence-based treatment.
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In 1996, based on my academic excellence, I was selected by the World University Services of Canada to settle in Canada (this is an agency that enables refugee students fleeing war to pursue higher education). Coming to Canada exposed me not only to a journey of reconciling my multiple cultural identities but also shaped my choice of a career in the helping profession.
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THE 44 players selected last week in the British Isles squad to tour New Zealand this summer came together for the first time near Cardiff yesterday.
The purpose of the two-day gathering was to discuss Sir Clive Woodward’s vision for the tour, the logistics and to work out the ground rules that will govern the 11-match expedition. Those who addressed the squad included players who have captained their respective countries this season.
Among them was Martin Corry, the Leicester and England No 8, who faces disciplinary proceedings in Coventry this evening arising from Sunday’s incident with Richard Hill, his England and Lions colleague, at Vicarage Road.
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text: Nico Rosberg drew first blood for Mercedes in the new Formula One season with a dominant Australian Grand Prix victory on Sunday after pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton and world champion Sebastian Vettel retired with reliability problems. “That was an incredible day for us. To start the season with a win is unbelievable and I have to say a big thank you to everybody who was involved in building our car over the winter,” Rosberg said. “I always dreamed of having such a strong Silver Arrow and now it seems we are there." Vettel’s early exit ended the Red Bull driver’s record run of nine successive victories racked up since last August. As one German smarted, another celebrated with 28-year-old Rosberg capitalising on a brilliant start from third on the grid. Brilliant stuff, what a car you’ve given me! What a car! Nico Rosberg He snatched the lead before the first turn and roared to a 24.5-second victory ahead of Red Bull’s Australian Daniel Ricciardo. On an overcast day at Albert Park, Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen shone with a brilliant third place finish for McLaren, emulating Hamilton’s first effort for the British team at the same Grand Prix in 2007. The result meant all three men on the podium had beaten world champion teammates in a stunning triumph of the underdogs. But the celebrations were short-lived for Ricciardo, who was stripped of his first F1 podium finish at his home track after his car was found to have broken fuel regulations, the governing FIA said. The decision meant McLaren’s Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen moved up from third to second, with teammate Jenson Button taking third place. Red Bull said they had notified the governing body immediately of their intention to appeal. “Inconsistencies with the FIA fuel flow meter have been prevalent all weekend up and down the pit lane,” the team said. “The team and Renault are confident the fuel supplied to the engine is in full compliance with the regulations.” Rosberg, tipped to duel with teammate Hamilton for the championship, celebrated his fourth race victory and first since last year’s British Grand Prix, when he was also the beneficiary of technical mishaps to Hamilton and Red Bull’s Vettel. “Brilliant stuff, what a car you’ve given me! What a car!” the thrilled German said over the team radio after crossing the line. “The car was just really, really quick today,” the German later said, looking forward with relish to the next race in Malaysia in two weeks. “A really good engine, not much problem with fuel consumption. It just all worked perfectly.” The gaping margin of victory underscored Mercedes’ superior preparations for F1’s technical revolution, which saw all teams struggle during winter testing with the new V6 turbocharged hybrid engines. The glitches continued as only 14 of the 22 cars finished on a gusty day at the bumpy street circuit, which was doused by a brief shower of rain early in the race. Hamilton, who snatched pole position at the end of a wet qualifying session on Saturday, noticeably lacked power on his start and was called in by his team to retire on the third lap. Mercedes later clarified his car had suffered a misfiring cylinder. “We will recover from this, it’s only a small hiccup. There’s a long way to go still,” Hamilton told Sky television. “At the moment I’m not concerned about anything.” First Aussie Twelfth off the grid, Vettel also struggled at the start and retired only a few laps after Hamilton, complaining of engine performance problems. Ricciardo, who replaced compatriot Mark Webber at Red Bull after crossing from sister team Toro Rosso, thrilled home fans earlier by taking his maiden podium spot in his first race with his new team and drove with admirable composure after being challenged by Magnussen over the closing laps. First Aussie on the Aussie podium, so really proud Daniel Ricciardo The finish was a boost for the Milton Keynes-based team, who endured a dismal winter testing in which neither driver was able to complete a race simulation. “Two, three weeks ago, I would have bet pretty much anything we have that we would not be standing up here,” the 24-year-old said before his disqualification. “First Aussie on the Aussie podium, so really proud.” Magnussen’s podium was the first by a Dane in Formula One and McLaren’s first since 2012, the 21-year-old outshining 2009 champion team mate Jenson Button, who finished fourth in front of Ferrari’s two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas finished sixth for his best F1 result after an outstanding race from 15th on the grid, having also overcome a punctured rear tyre after brushing a barrier. His eight-point haul was more than his team scored in all of last season. His new teammate Felipe Massa was unable to add to the tally, however, having been taken out of the race at the first turn by Caterham’s Kamui Kobayashi. The Japanese ploughed into the back of Massa’s Williams, enraging the Brazilian and prompting an FIA investigation. Kimi Raikkonen’s eighth-placed finish behind Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg capped a frustrating return to Maranello for the 2007 world champion, who started 11th on the grid after a crash during qualifying. Russian rookie Daniil Kvyat finished 10th on his debut for Toro Rosso, becoming at 19 years old the sport’s youngest points scorer. Lotus’ insipid race weekend finished with both Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado unable to complete the race due to reliability problems. The race stumbled at the start, with Marussia driver Max Chilton stalling on the grid before the pre-start installation lap and his team mate Jules Bianchi then repeating the mishap. Bianchi, along with both Caterhams, was unable to finish.


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Pakistan is in the final stages of negotiating a deal to increase its electricity imports from Iran tenfold, a government spokesman said Tuesday, part of a push to boost trade if sanctions relating to Iran's nuclear programme are phased out.
Pakistan's trade with Iran, worth $1.3 billion in the financial year 2008-9, plummeted to $217 million dollars in the 2013-4 financial year.
The drop came after the United States, European Union and UN imposed sanctions aimed at halting Iran's nuclear programme, which Western powers suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.
A deal reached last month means the sanctions could soon be phased out. US Senator Brian Schatz said on Monday he backs the US-led international nuclear deal with Iran, moving President Barack Obama one vote closer to locking in enough Senate votes to make the deal fly.
Read: China-funded LNG project to turn into Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: petroleum minister
Iran currently exports around 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the areas of Pakistan that border Iran. Pakistan is in the final stages of negotiating a deal that will increase that to 1,000 MW, said Zafar Yab Khan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Water and Power.
"It's likely to be finalised shortly," he said. "The power purchase agreement would include a transmission line." He declined to give details until the agreement is signed.
Energy-starved Pakistan suffers about 12 hours of power cuts per day and is keen to import Iranian oil and gas, said Robina Athar, additional secretary in Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce.
"The biggest issue right now is the payment mechanism," said Athar. "Both central banks are in communication and hope to find a mechanism before sanctions are lifted."
Read: Nuclear deal will open up doors of Pakistan, Iran trade: Fatemi
She said Pakistan was upgrading its current border post with Iran and preparing to open a second one in anticipation of greater trade
Iran was interested in Pakistani textiles, surgical goods, sports goods and agricultural products, she said. Pakistan wanted energy products, iron and steel. She said that Pakistan would set up industrial sites in the impoverished border area, especially petrochemical storage, and link the infrastructure to a $46 billion project with China dubbed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Plans for a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan have also been given new impetus, said Mobin Saulat, head of state-run Inter State Gas Systems, which oversees the Pakistan's pipeline network.
Most of the pipeline - stretching from Pakistan's industrial heartland of Punjab to a planned terminal for liquefied natural gas at Gwadar port in the south - would be built as part of the Chinese project, Saulat said.
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CleBer is an Alabama-based open source tractor manufacturing firm that is building and selling internationally a $12,500 open source tractor (except for its proprietary powertrain). The tractors are much cheaper than conventional John Deere tractors and are modifiable, locally sourceable, and improveable by anyone. This innovation is especially useful to small-scale and family farmers and to farmers in the global South.
Adam Brown, University of Missouri: “I grew up on a farm and we always were modifying our equipment. As an engineering student, the ease of adding modifications to the Oggún Tractor is of considerable significance to me. Modern equipment usually is made of plastic and fiberglass, and it has electrical components that get in the way of making modifications. For me, the main thing about this tractor is that it will be easy to modify.”
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The apparent goal is to cultivate shared purpose and values, and to leverage the Situated Knowing of individual farmers who buy the tractor. It is unclear how much mutual commitment will arise within this envisioned network of farmers, or if it will remain more of an impersonal quasi-marketplace.
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