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Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers
By James and Michelle Nevius
The problem with reading a good nonfiction book is that I spend the next few weeks reeling off fascinating facts to friends and family whose patience quickly grows thin.
“Did you know that monuments in Central Park can’t be erected until five years after the person they commemorate dies?”
“Did you know that Edith Wharton was a first cousin of the Mrs. Astor?”
“Did you know that at one time, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was going to be a bridge?”
This is how conversations with me have gone ever since I finished reading James and Michelle Nevius’s excellent Footprints in New York.
Their method of tackling New York history — and neighborhoods — is ingenius; each chapter tells the story of a person (or family) or two, linking it to a bigger local or national moment and to the buildings that once stood or still stand in that area. The Neviuses also published another book, Inside the Apple, that promises step-by-step instructions and maps for a variety of do-it-yourself walking tours. While I haven’t read that one, Footprints in New York does give you a good foundation for planning your own, if you don’t think you need that much guidance.
The focus for the first chapter is Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland, who first took power in what is now New York in 1647. While Stuyvesant’s New Amsterdam would have looked quite different from our modern New York, and not many landmarks from the period survive — the oldest house in Manhattan is the Morris-Jumel Mansion, built over 100 years later in 1765 — the names that pop up in this chapter will be familiar to New Yorkers and even some casual visitors.
Stuyvesant himself lent his name to Stuyvesant Park and Stuyvesant High School, among other places; his wife Judith belonged to the Bayard family (there’s a Bayard Street in Chinatown); the Bowery neighborhood got its name from the Dutch word “bouwerij,” meaning farm, which gives you a hint of how different that neighborhood looked 400 years ago.
At the other end of the chronology, the last chapter discusses the visions of New York portrayed in the films of Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese, both native New Yorkers. In between are chapters on everyone from the Astors to J. P. Morgan to Alexander Hamilton to Bob Dylan to Langston Hughes.
It is unfortunate, though perhaps inevitable, that the book spends so much time on wealthy, white families. The authors have clearly made an attempt at gender parity, but only one chapter, on the Harlem Renaissance, discusses the city’s black residents in much detail, and Native Americans are wiped out of the narrative almost entirely (as indeed they were in history).
Morgan and Rockefeller (not to mention Olmstead and Vaux) left behind landmarks that still exist today, and those provide perhaps the most visceral connection to the past for modern readers and visitors. (The Neviuses, who are professional tour guides, mention a number of times clients’ disappointment upon discovering that a building they hoped to see was long ago torn down.) Still, it would have been nice to have exposed some more of the history that’s hidden not because of passage of years, but because its principals were deliberately kept from the limelight.
Like I said, though, I haven’t been able to stop talking about this book since I turned the first page. It’s crammed full of interesting information and interesting places — so many that I had to start a list to remember everywhere I want to go.
James and Michelle are still operating tour guides, and you can book one of their preplanned private tours or request a custom itinerary. They also occasionally do public events, which anyone can book a ticket for; most recently, they did a Columbus Day tour of Central Park. I haven’t caught a tour with them yet, but I’ll be keeping an eye out for upcoming public tours!
Recommended. Buy on Amazon.


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Triclosan Is In Many Products
Triclosan is in many products. It is found in toothpaste, mouthwash, and soap as an antiseptic. It is also found on kitchenware, furniture, toys, and clothing, to prevent bacterial contamination of the products. When did we become so obsessed with sanitary surfaces?
Triclosan Is Even In The Water Supply
Need I say more?
The FDA Bans Triclosan In Some Products
It was banned by the FDA from healthcare antiseptics in 2017, and from hand sanitizers in 2019, but it is still found in many other products.
What Does Triclosan Do?
- Past animal studies have found triclosan disrupts hormone activity.
- There are in vitro studies show ing it causes interstitial collagen accumulation and increased trabecular bone.
- A new study shows women with the highest levels of triclosan in their urine have significantly lower bone mass density and higher osteoporosis, especially menopausal women.
What You Need To Know
In the most recent study of 1,848 U.S. women, age 20 years or older, the women with the highest triclosan urinary levels had the lowest bone mass density and most osteoporosis. In some cases the osteoporosis was at levels two-fold higher than the levels found in women with the lowest amounts of triclosan in their urine. The association was strongest in postmenopausal women.
What You Can Do
Obviously, you want to check all your household products and make sure triclosan is not listed on the label. This is especially important for women who have osteoporosis, or are concerned about getting it, but as far as I am concerned this chemical should not be anywhere near any of us.
Better yet, don't buy any product that contains a chemical that you can't identify and know is safe.
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In the year 1800, Henry Goddard was born in Southwark. Following in his father’s footsteps as a fishmonger, he enlisted as a policeman in the Bow Street Foot Patrol on April 7, 1824. 2 By the end of 1826, he was transferred to the Great Marlborough Street Police Office as a plain-clothes Principal Officer (commonly known as ‘Runners,’ but such officers rarely, if ever, acknowledged to themselves as such, believing the term to be derogatory). This was a noteworthy achievement, as many constables in the London Police Office needed more than a decade to attain a similar promotion.
In 1834, he followed Sir Frederick Adair Roe, the Chief Magistrate of Great Marlborough Street, to Bow Street (which was considered primus inter pares in terms of the London Police Offices), where he served as a Principal Officer until the Bow Street policing system was deactivated in 1839, a decade after Peel established the Metropolitan Police.
During his time at Bow Street, Goddard had an exceptional reputation, having been praised on multiple occasions by magistrates in the provincial towns to which he had been dispatched to investigate major crimes such as murder and arson.
In his Memoirs, he writes that after a successful investigation of an arson case in 1836, a magistrate from Tunbridge Wells wrote to the Bow Street Chief Magistrate, praising his conduct, activity, and intelligence: Considering the very slight clue we had as to the offenders, the conduct, activity, and intelligence of Mr. Goddard cannot be too highly commended. The Bow Street Principal Officers were disbanded in August 1839, and the nine men either retired or looked for new work.
While most of his colleagues left the area of law enforcement, Goddard (who got a £100 annual pension following his forced retirement from Bow Street) appears to have elected to stay in it. As a result, he applied for the vacant Chief Constable job with the newly founded Northamptonshire Police.
First use of Bullet Comparison
In 1835, Henry Goddard (UK), a member of the Bow Street Runners, the first British police unit, used the technique of bullet comparison to settle an active murder investigation. When Mrs. Maxwell, a woman from Southampton, England, was shot and died in her home, her butler, Joseph Randall, claimed that a gunfight with burglars had occurred.
When Goddard examined Randall’s rifle and ammunition, he discovered an identical pimple on all of the bullets found at the scene, including the ones that killed Mrs. Maxwell and were allegedly fired at him by Randall. Goddard discovered a pinhead-sized hole in the mold from which the bullets were produced, demonstrating that Randell had carried out the murder himself.
Goddard’s Appointment and Relationship with the Watch Committee Northamptonshire magistrates were exceptional in their choice of candidate in that they chose Henry Goddard (1800-83), a former senior police officer who had previously served as a Principal Officer in Bow Street Police Office.
Although another former Bow Street Principal Officer, Joseph Shackell, did join the newly formed Metropolitan Police as an Inspector with the promise of rapid advancement, he was the only former Bow Street Principal Officer to become a Chief Constable. Nicholas Pearce, a former member of the less senior Bow Street Patrol, rose through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police to become a Superintendent. Goddard received positive recommendations from several magistrates from neighboring counties, and he was named Chief Constable of Northamptonshire on April 25, 1840. The magistrates in Northamptonshire appear to have thought that a man with such a long and successful career at both Great Marlborough Street and Bow Street Police Offices was excellently qualified for the new position.
Goddard had visited Northamptonshire several times during his time at Bow Street and was no stranger to the county. In 1837, he had successfully apprehended a deer-poaching gang, and the following year, he returned to the county to investigate the savage murder of Elizabeth Longfoot at Easton on the Hill. Goddard is listed as living at Albion Place in Northampton with four of his children in the 1841 census (the youngest of whom, Matilda, had been baptized in St Giles Church, Northampton on 25 November 1840). He spent no time in becoming active in local society; he was inducted into the Freemasons on March 18, 1841, at Pomfret Lodge in Northampton, and was characterized in masonic records as a ‘Gentleman.’
The County Constabulary is organized as follows: The Northampton Herald (hereafter Herald) reproduced Goddard’s first quarterly report as Chief Constable, which stated that there would be seven divisions, each with one Superintendent and five constables, with Goddard stating, “I have great satisfaction in stating that I have received all the support and assistance I could have hoped.” Goddard outlined the new constabulary’s guidelines in the same report, the most important of which are given below:
► Each Superintendent and Constable was required to ‘devote his entire attention to the service of the Police’ and to ‘follow the various regulations which may be issued from time to time, by the Magistrates gathered at Petty Sessions.’
► The Constables were to be paid fortnightly by their Superintendents from a Goddard check, and each Superintendent was to be given an occurrence book to submit at Goddard’s or a magistrate’s request.
► One of the new force’s primary responsibilities was to maintain public order, so each Superintendent and Constable were instructed to ‘become acquainted with the various houses of bad character, and pay particular attention to all the public-houses, beerhouses, and public lodging-houses in their district, and report the time each is closed, and how much houses are generally conducted.’
► ‘On no account, take up their permanent habitation at any public place or beer-house,’ the Superintendents and Constables were told.
► Constables were to be on duty from 5-10 a.m. and then patrol from 7 p.m. until ‘the beer-houses are closed, or longer if necessary, and report to the Superintendent any beer-house conducted in a disorderly manner, or found open after the hours regulated by the magistrates,’ according to an amendment to the original rules dated 15 June 1840.
► ‘All vagrants encamping or pitching tents, wherever located,’ they were also to pay special attention to and remove.
Goddard proved his detective abilities during his first year in office at Northampton by investigating and solving a murder on his doorstep. The Morning Post of 15 October 1840 reported on a poaching attempt earlier that month that resulted in the murder of one of the Marquis of Northampton’s gamekeepers, and stated that ‘the promptness of chief constable Goddard and his men to apprehend the perpetrators of this horrid deed reflects great credit upon them.’ In early 1841, his detective skills were once again called upon when a bank clerk named John Haslock absconded with 800 sovereigns from Whitworth’s Bank in Northampton. Goddard immediately went on the search, acquiring a passport and traveling to France, where he tracked out Haslock in Tours after a thorough investigation.
Goddard, on the other hand, was unsuccessful in his attempt to bring Haslock to justice in England; the suspect was caught in France for traveling under a fictitious identity and fined 15 francs before being released. ‘The most interesting feature of the affair was the refusal of the French authorities to surrender him to an English police officer, “as the English government could never be persuaded to deliver up a refugee from France under similar circumstances,” according to the Leicester Chronicle of 13 February 1841. Despite Goddard’s failure to send Haslock to England for prosecution, he was able to retrieve about £500 from the suspect and restore it to his lawful owners.
Goddard is recorded as giving evidence at several trials in both 1840 and 1841, for example, both the Morning Post 29 June 1840 and his Memoirs contain details of Goddard appearing as a witness in a criminal conspiracy case that took him to Rouen and Paris while ostensibly also fulfilling his duties as a magistrate. He requested (and was granted) a 10-day leave of absence in June 1842, apparently to examine a non-county matter.
Goddard was able to find a visible fault in the fired projectile and trace the mark to the manufacturer’s mold through a careful study of the physical evidence. He also determined that the paper patch used to create a seal between the bullet and the explosive was torn from a newspaper found in the servant’s quarters.
Resignation from post
Goddard abruptly and unexpectedly declared his intention to resign his office in early 1849, citing an “internal injury” sustained while performing his duties. With hardly veiled delight, the Herald seized upon this announcement right away. Goddard received a £150 gratuity for his injury at the next QS (April 1849); he claimed this was to support his family while he looked for new employment, and appears to have been paid with some reluctance, possibly due to the short notice he had given of his intention to resign, which had caused the magistrates a great deal of difficulty and inconvenience.
‘I observed no proof that Mr. Goddard had been hurt in the service,’ Reverend Litchfield replied simply. He found the surgeon’s certificate to be unsatisfactory. ‘The case was investigated by Henry Goddard, a member of the Bow Street Runners (an early London police agency).

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Trying to be creative on for spouse’s birthday can be fun, but it can also be terrifying. After 21 years together you start running out of ideas on how to be spontaneous, meaningful and impressive. Her love for horses is unquenchable, but she’s only gotten to ride a couple of times in the past 21 years, regretfully. I couldn’t get her a horse, but I could get her something ‘like’ a horse.
The ‘something like a horse’ was just that; A painting of a horse. A white horse on a big canvas running as if it was going to run straight out of the wall; with eyes affixed on who ever is standing in front of it. This is a cool painting; she’ll love it …what else can I get her? .......a sword (yes! a real sword); a song and poem to tie it all together. This birthday was going to be extraordinary.
Setting my busyness aside, I began again to think of her, who she is and what she is to me. Thinking of the battle with a life threatening disorder when she was merely a child, then after we met, standing together to battle another condition. We listened to a doctor tell us what would shatter the heart of any woman, stating she will be left barren of children from this complication. I watched her rise above even this until it dissipated and vanished. I was with her the three times she bore a child; the last two all natural (that was something to witness). I have watched her since then be there for our family everyday and in every way through every phase; there for her close friends and even not so close acquaintances. She deserved to be honored in a way to make sure she didn’t forget who she was, what she fought through, what she fights for now and what she means to me and the kids amidst the fray of life.
So, here’s how the birthday gifts stack up:
The horse picture is to help keep her dream alive of riding in the face of the wind again and experiencing what she believes in her heart is the closest thing to freedom under the sky.
The sword is heavy and means business; reminding her that strength, courage and the willingness to persevere resides in her heart, and it shows without pretentiousness, without effort, and without ears for the opposing opinion of others.
The poem is in a frame on the wall along with the sword and the horse painting.
Also there are words of encouragement from her lovers heart, written to keep her aware of her value to him, their children and the life they share together.
I recorded "Ride" back then on my 6 string and played it back on a boom box, reciting the poem while she held the horse painting that birthday night. It was spontaneously deliberate, meaningful and she was without a doubt, impressed.
Images of her riding the white horse as hard and fast as it can go across some field of broom sage are with me every time I play it. Maybe she will get a horse someday.

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If you’re assaulted at the World Cup, ‘don’t scream’ say Brazil police
Brazilian police have warned World Cup visitors not to scream if they are robbed. This comes among other tidbits of cautionary advice issued to intrepid sports fans visiting the country from June this year, in a pamphlet issued by Sao Paulo police.
“Do not react, scream or argue,” the brochure states. The Sao Paulo police, who put the document together, are reportedly attempting to keep criminal and violent incidents to a minimum.
The main warning is to help reduce harm caused by armed robbery - robbery followed by death, known as latrocinios – committed against those who have no idea how to behave in a city as violent as Sao Paulo, according to the local paper, Estadao Sao Paulo.
The crime of ‘latrocinios’ has become an increasingly widespread concern. “Tourists come mainly from Europe and the United States, where they do not see this crime very often,” President of the World Civil Police of Sao Paulo’s Cup Management Committee, Mario Leite, told the paper.
Pamphlets will be published in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. “They will know that they should not walk showing off specific items, exercise caution walking alone at night, and be accompanied,” stated Leite.
He advised, at the risk of sounding paranoid, to always try and treat the journey as if someone was following or watching them.
“There is no use crying over spilt milk,” he stated, explaining it is necessary to be pragmatic in regards to the realities on the ground.
At least 600,000 foreign travelers are expected during the World
Cup in Brazil, from June 12 to July 13.
Brazil itself has one of the globe’s highest murder rates. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime stated in 2012 that some 25 people are killed for every 100,000 of the population.
Other measures being taken include language training for police, as well as the establishment of a ‘talent bank’ to be filled with fluent foreign language experts, and the securing of paths from hotels to stadiums.


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Novacyl, a part of the Novacap Group, has introduced its YOSH homosalate UV filter. Homosalate is an oil-soluble chemical that absorbs in the UVB range. According to the company, it is also an excellent solvent and booster, and a good stabilizer for other sunscreen actives. The product may be used in formulations up to 15% in the United States and 10% in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
“With this new UV filter, Novacyl widens its offer[ings] to sun care manufacturers for beach wear and daily wear segments," said Robert Monti, business director of Novacyl, in a press statement.
“Homosalate is a salicylate (a derivative of salicylic acid). ... This is the indisputable expertise of Novacyl," added Gilles Grenier, managing director of the company. He furthered that the company is committed to sustainable development and that, "boosted by a unique industrial vertical integration, the YOS range offers the lowest environmental impact.”


A coachbuilder, or body-maker, manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles.Coachwork is the body of an automobile, bus, horse-drawn carriage, or railway carriage. The word "coach" was derived from the Hungarian town of Kocs.
Coachbuilt body is the British English name for the coachbuilder's product. Custom body is the standard term in North American English.
"Coachbuilt body" is also the British English name for mass-produced vehicles built on assembly lines using the same but simplified techniques until more durable all-steel bodies replaced them in the early 1950s.
The coachbuilder craftsmen who might once have built bespoke or custom bodies continue to build bodies for short runs of specialized commercial vehicles such as luxury motor coaches or recreational vehicles or motor-home bodied upon a rolling chassis provided by an independent manufacturer. A 'conversion' is built inside an existing vehicle body.
A British trade association the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers was incorporated in 1690. Some British coachmaking firms operating in the 20th century were established even earlier. Rippon was active in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, Barker founded in 1710 by an officer in Queen Anne's Guards. Brewster, the oldest in the U.S., was formed in 1810.
The maker would provide the coachworks with a chassis frame, drivetrain (consisting of an engine, gearbox, differential, axles, and wheels), brakes, suspension, steering system, lighting system, spare wheel(s), front and rear mudguards and (later) bumpers, scuttle (firewall) and dashboard. The very easily damaged honeycomb radiator, later enclosed and protected by a shell, typically became the main visual element identifying the chassis' brand. To maintain some level of control over the final product, chassis manufacturers' warranties would be voided by mating them with unapproved bodies.
Custom or bespoke coachbuilt bodies were made and fitted to another manufacturer's rolling chassis by the craftsmen who had previously built bodies for horse-drawn carriages and coaches. Separate coachbuilt bodies became obsolete when vehicle manufacturers found they could no longer meet their customers' demands by relying on a simple separate chassis (on which a custom or bespoke body could be built) mounted on leaf springs on beam axles. Unibody or monocoque combined chassis and body structures became standardised during the middle years of the 20th century to provide the rigidity required by improved suspension systems without incurring the heavy weight, and consequent fuel penalty of a truly rigid separate chassis. The improved more supple suspension systems gave vehicles better road-holding and much improved the ride experienced by passengers.
As well as bespoke bodies the same coachbuilders also made short runs of more-or-less identical bodies to the order of dealers or the manufacturer of a chassis. The same body design might then be adjusted to suit different brands of chassis. Examples include Salmons & Sons' Tickford bodies with a patent device to raise or lower a convertible's roof, first used on their 19th-century carriages, or Wingham convertible bodies by Martin Walter.
Unless they were for mass-produced vehicles, justifying the cost of tooling up dies and presses, coachbuilt bodies were made of hand-shaped sheet metal, usually aluminum alloy. Pressed or hand-shaped the metal panels were fastened to a wooden frame of particularly light but strong timber. Many of the more important structural features of the bespoke or custom body such as A, B and C pillars were cast alloy components. Some bodies such as those entirely alloy bodies fitted to many Pierce-Arrow carscontained little or no timber though they were mounted on a conventional steel chassis.
When popular automobile manufacturers brought body building in-house, larger dealers or distributors of ultra-luxury cars would commonly preorder stock chassis and the bodies they thought most likely to sell and inventory them in suitable quantities for sale off their showroom floor. In time, the practice of commissioning bespoke coachwork dwindled to a prerogative of wealth.
All ultra-luxury vehicles during the automobile's Golden Era before World War II were sold as chassis only. For example, when Duesenberg introduced their Model J, it was offered as chassis only, for $8,500. Other examples include the Bugatti Type 57, Cadillac V-16, Packard Twelve, Ferrari 250, Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8, Hispano-Suiza J12, and all Rolls-Royces produced before World War II. Delahaye had no in-house coachworks, so all its chassis were bodied by independents, who created their designs on the Type 135. For the Delahaye, most were bodied by Chapron, Labourdette, Franay, Saoutchik, Figoni et Falaschi, or Pennock.[ citation needed ]
The practice remained in limited force after World War II, with both luxury chassis and high-performance sports cars and gran turismos, waning dramatically by the late 1960s. Even Rolls-Royce acquiesced, debuting its first unibody model, the Silver Shadow, in 1965, before taking all R-R and Bentley bodying in-house.
Independent coachbuilders survived for a time after the mid-20th century, making bodies for the chassis produced by low-production companies such as Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, and Bentley.Producing body dies is extremely expensive (a single door die can run to US$40,000), which is usually only considered practical when large numbers are involved—though that was the path taken by Rolls-Royce and Bentley after 1945 for their own in-house production. Because dies for pressing metal panels are so costly, from the mid 20th century, many vehicles, most notably the Chevrolet Corvette, were clothed with large panels of fiberglass-reinforced resin, which only require inexpensive molds. Glass has since been replaced by more sophisticated materials, if necessary hand-formed. Generally, these replace metal only where weight is of paramount importance.
The advent of unibody construction, where the car body is unified with and structurally integral to the chassis, made custom coachbuilding uneconomic. Many coachbuilders closed down, were bought by manufacturers, or changed their core business to other activities:
Vanden Plas is the name of coachbuilders who produced bodies for specialist and up-market automobile manufacturers. Latterly the name became a top-end luxury model designation for cars from subsidiaries of British Leyland and the Rover Group, last used in 2009 to denote the top-luxury version of the Jaguar XJ (X350).
Coupé de ville — also known as town car or sedanca de ville — is a car body style produced from 1908 to 1939 with an external or open-topped driver's position and an enclosed compartment for passengers. Although the different terms may have once had specific meanings for certain car manufacturers or countries, the terms are often used interchangeably.
Levallois-Perret is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 6 km from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of the French capital. It is the most densely populated town in Europe and, together with neighbouring Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the most expensive suburbs of Paris.
Superleggera is a custom tube and alloy panel automobile coachwork construction technology developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. A separate chassis was still required.
Body-on-frame is a common motor vehicle construction method, where a separate body or coach is mounted on a strong and relatively rigid vehicle frame or chassis that carries the powertrain and to which the wheels and their suspension, brakes, and steering are mounted. While this was the original method of building automobiles, body-on-frame construction is now used mainly for heavy trucks, pickups, and predominantly large SUVs.
Henri Chapron was a prominent French automobile coachbuilder. His atelier, created in 1919, was located in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret.
The Bentley Mark VI is an automobile from Bentley which was produced from 1946 to 1952.
The Bentley R Type is the second series of post-war Bentley automobiles, replacing the Mark VI. Essentially a larger-boot version of the Mk VI, the R type is regarded by some as a stop-gap before the introduction of the S series cars in 1955. As with its predecessor, a standard body was available as well as coachbuilt versions by firms including H. J. Mulliner & Co., Park Ward, Harold Radford, Freestone and Webb, Carrosserie Worblaufen and others.
The Alfa Romeo 1900 is an automobile produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1950 to 1959. Designed by Orazio Satta, it was an important development for Alfa Romeo as the marque's first car built entirely on a production line and first production car without a separate chassis. It was also the first Alfa Romeo offered with left-hand drive. The car was introduced at the 1950 Paris Motor Show.
Park Ward was a British coachbuilder founded in 1919 which operated from Willesden in North London. In the 1930s, backed by Rolls-Royce Limited, it made technical advances which enabled the building of all-steel bodies to Rolls-Royce's high standards. Bought by Rolls-Royce in 1939, it merged with H. J. Mulliner & Co. in 1961 to form Mulliner Park Ward.
Abbey Coachworks Limited was a British coachbuilding business based in Merton, South West London and later Acton, North West London. It was active between 1930 and 1938.
The Lancia Artena is a passenger car produced by Italian car manufacturer Lancia from 1931 to 1936, and from 1940 to 1942 chiefly for army and government use. It was powered by a 2-litre Lancia V4 engine, while chassis and factory bodies were shared with the more luxurious 2.6-litre V8-engined Lancia Astura. Total production amounted to 5,567 examples.
Carrosserie Pourtout was a French coachbuilding company. Founded by Marcel Pourtout in 1925, the firm is best known for its work in the decades prior to World War II, when it created distinctive and prestigious bodies for cars from numerous European manufacturers. Pre-war Pourtout bodies were mainly one-off, bespoke creations, typically aerodynamic and sporting in character. Together with chief coach designer and stylist Georges Paulin from 1933 to 1938, Pourtout pioneered the Paulin invented 'Eclipse' retractable hardtop system on four models of Peugeot, several Lancia Belna's and other car makes.
Among the company's customers was Georges Clemenceau, the physician and journalist who served as the prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and 1917 to 1920.
Weymann Fabric Bodies is a patented design system for fuselages for aircraft and superlight coachwork for motor vehicles. The system used a patent-jointed wood frame covered in fabric. It was popular on cars from the 1920s until the early 1930s as it reduced the usual squeaks and rattles of coachbuilt bodies by its use of flexible joints between body timbers.
J Gurney Nutting & Co Limited was an English firm of bespoke coachbuilders specialising in sporting bodies founded in 1918 as a new enterprise by a Croydon firm of builders and joiners of the same name. The senior partner was John (Jack) Gurney Nutting (1871–1946).
The Renault Suprastella is a large car that was introduced by Renault in the Spring of 1938 as a replacement for the Renault Nervastella from which it inherited its mechanical elements and many other essential characteristics.
A rolling chassis is the chassis without bodywork of a motor vehicle, assembled with its final powertrain.
The Carlton Carriage Company was a highly respected London coachbuilder that provided bespoke coachwork for some of the finest car makers of the 1920s and 30s. They are best known for their drophead coupes which are archetypal designs of the British Jazz Era.
Carrosserie Clément-Rothschild produced a series of Clément-Rothschild bodied automobiles in 1902, based on the Panhard-Levassor 7 hp chassis.
Franay was a French coachbuilder of renown operating at Levallois-Perret, a suburb on the prosperous north-western edge of Paris. The company was founded in 1903 by Jean-Baptiste Franay, a carriage upholsterer, following an apprenticeship with Binder. It was later taken over by his son, Marius.
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|Title:||Using GRAIL Tools to remotely assess terrain conditions for austere entry|
|Authors:||Shoop, Sally A. (Sally Annette)|
Wieder, Wendy L.
Ochs, Elke S.
Sinclair, Samantha N.
Shear strength of soils
|Publisher:||Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)|
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
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|Abstract:||The Geospatial Remote Assessment for Ingress Locations (GRAIL) efforts under the Army Terrestrial-Environmental Modeling and Intelligence Sys-tem (ARTEMIS) program have made significant advances in the remote assessment of terrain and soils for locating potential landing zone and drop zone (LZ and DZ) sites for military operations. The project identified sources of high-quality geospatial data, defined preprocessing require-ments to produce global datasets for analysis, and created the GRAIL Tools software. The GRAIL Tools algorithms analyze and filter geospatial datasets to search for areas suitable for aircraft ground operations. GRAIL Tools then applies geometric criteria to determine if the required LZ/DZ will fit within the areas of suitable terrain and displays the potential LZs and DZs superimposed over geospatial imagery. Verification of the GRAIL Tools concept at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, developed and trained the suitability filter algorithms with regard to vegetation, obstructions, and soil strength. Further work served to enhance the algorithms and develop the full toolkit. Future work at a variety of sites, including work in northern regions with snow, ice, and freezing/thawing soils, will evolve the GRAIL Tools to handle the full spectrum of global ter-rain conditions for military operations.|
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Massey Knakal Retained Exclusively To Sell Coney Island Avenue Portfolio - 18 Lots In Ditmas Park
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell the Coney Island Avenue Portfolio, consisting of 18 tax lots located on the same block along Coney Island Avenue, Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park neighborhood.The asking price of the portfolio is $40,000,000.
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The secret to tender juicy Meatloaf
Meatloaf has gotten a bad wrap over the years. Notorious for being a giant flavorless brick of meat that’s made with sawdust breadcrumbs. Well I’m here to fix this, I created a recipe that’s light tender and juicy without any bread at all. Substituting Pork King Good Breadcrumbs made of 100% Pork skins gives the meatloaf perfect texture while helping to hold the mixture together.
My second secret ingredient is Ricotta Cheese. Not only does it add a creamy texture but it also acts as a natural binder for the recipe. Make sure to buy whole milk ricotta for the lowest carb count. I also use Ricotta in my Low Carb Meatball Marinara Recipe. Both of these recipes are fantastic for meal prep or an easy weeknight dinner.
Don’t over mix you Meatloaf.
Another common mistake in meatloaf is over mixing. I recommend making the mixture in two steps. First I combine my eggs, cheese and pork skins then add my seasoning and whisk. After the mixture is combined I add the meat and fold just long enough to evenly combine. Over mixing can give your meatloaf a tough texture so don’t over do it.
I prefer a combination of beef and pork in my meatloaf and meatballs. Italian sausage just brings so much added flavor to the recipe. Beef is the body and structure whereas pork brings the fat and flavor. You can also look for a trio mix at your local grocery store that’s a combination of beef, pork and veal.
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I wanted to not only add some veggies to go along with my meatloaf but also some color. Parmesan fried brussel sprouts are easy to prepare and go great with this Italian masterpiece. I simply fry them in a pan with ghee, Parmesan salt and pepper. Things that every kitchen should have on hand. No more mushy microwave brussel sprouts. These tasty morsels have texture, flavor and make for a beautiful presentation.
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1 lb Italian Sausage Loose (ground)
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Ricotta Cheese
- ½ cup Pork King Good Breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup Grated Parmesan
- ¼ cup Heavy Cream
- 2 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tbsp Dry Minced Onion
- 2 tsp Real Salt
- 1 tsp Granulated Onion
- ¼ cup Alternasweets Classic Ketchup
- 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- Combine alternasweets ketchup and balsamic vinegar, whisk and set aside.
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We have stayed at the property before, as this is our little getaway-go-to-place from Miami. We have recommended it to our friends and collegues, untill now.
previously we were checked into a dirty room, no problem, they apologized and ofcourse upgraded us to a suite. This time, we booked a guest room, as we were only staying for one night. after checking in, we were dissapointed in the room and called to see if there was not a different room, even in a different location. this was located by the parking area. after talking to the frontdesk agent, she transfered me to the mangager, not sure why, we just asked about the move. The manager, Kamal, was quick to tell me that he assignes the rooms and that there was nothing else, and this was what we had booked. I agree. But then he said, and this to me is the dealbreaker, "if you dont like the room, you are more than welcome to find a room at another hotel in the erea". Well, Im in the industry myself, and yes, that was the room we booked, and I believe there was another location. nontheless, that response is unacceptable. I tried to give my son a bath and the tub was leaking, the stopper barely closing, after calling guest services the girl thanked me for letting them know, ok, but im still trying to give my son a bath. Im not sure if we will go back, which is sad as we really loved going there. That is not customer service, everything else there is wonderful, just not their attitudes.
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Applications of combinatorial chemistry are very wide. For example in pharmaceutical companies for drug designs. For illustrate this, one a practical example:
Transition-state analog HIV protease inhibitors.
Extensive efforts toward the rational design of aspartyl protease inhibitors such as renin and HIV
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Recently, solid phase synthesis of hydroxyethylamine and 1,2-diol transition-state pharmacophore units and their
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The first instance, bifunctional linker are used by Wang to serve the dual purpose of protecting the hydroxyl group of these BBs and providing point for attachment on solid support.
Thus, one linker possesses a vinyl ether group at one end and a free carboxylate group at the other.
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a ketal with diol 3. Resulting intermediates 2 and 4 are now well suited for a bi-directional solid phase synthesis
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Their country may be about to make what is probably its most important decision in a generation — whether or not to remain a member of the European Union — but some Britons have other priorities.
A significant chunk of the electorate will spend the weekend on a muddy farm in the rural English county of Somerset, within view of a medieval church steeped in Arthurian legend that is a proposed location of the Holy Grail.
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Hanukkah begins December 6th this year and Iâm looking for new twists on old traditions. Instead of just the usual potato latkes, these other root vegetables make a delicious alternative. I swear. Kohlrabi is somewhat sweet and earthy, most similar to jicama if you ask me, and is now one of my new favorite root veggies, more than turnips and rutabagas thatâs for sure. This recipe can be multiplied as needed for however many people you need to serve. And did you know kohlrabi is packed with vitamin C?!
What to know about Kohlrabi?
- FindÂ bulbs withÂ their leaves attached because the leaves will show you if it has been harvested recently or a while ago by their degree of wilting
- At home,Â separate the leaves from the bulbs and store the bulbs loose in the fridge vegetable bin. If you keep the leaves, they should be put intoÂ a resealableÂ plastic bag.
- The unpeeled bulbs will last for weeks in the fridge and the leaves will last a few days.
- How to eat the leaves: Chiffonade them finely and toss them in a vinaigrette, or give them a rough chop and steam or sautÃ© them with a little garlic, olive oil and red pepper flakes, likeÂ kale. (Tip from Bon Appetit, October 2015)
- You can alsoÂ eatÂ the bulb likeÂ any other root vegetable: chop it and roast it in the oven until tender, or add to soups and stews.
The beautiful color of these latkes or fritters makes them beautifully contrasted with the green chive. But, the best part of this recipe? The Avocado Cream Sauce! YES YES YES! I would eat practically anything dipped in this stuff. We were both floored by how delicious it was. Itâs light and healthy and the avocado is so good next to a latkeâs saltier taste. Try this sauce with fish, other vegetables, and other latkes. And Happy Hanukkah!
Kolhrabi Carrot Fritters with Avocado Cream Sauce
- 2Â kohlrabi
- 2 mediumÂ carrots
- 1 egg
- 1/2Â tsp. kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp. cayenne
- 1/4 cup grapeseed or vegetable oil (enough for Â¼-inch depth in a large skillet)
- Â½ avocado
- 2 Tbsp.Â plain yogurt
- 1/4 lemon
- Â¼ tsp. kosher salt
- Chives or Green onion (for garnish)
1. Cut the leaves off the kohlrabi and peel the bulb. Peel the carrot. Shred the vegetables in a food processor, or by hand using a grater. Squeeze the shredded vegetables in a tea cloth (or with your hands) to remove as much moisture as possible, then add to a medium bowl with egg, Â¼ teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/8 teaspoon cayenne. Mix to combine.
2. Place vegetable/grapseed oil in a large skillet (enough for Â¼-inch depth). Heat the oil over medium high heat, then place small patties of the fritter mixture into the oil. Fry on one side until browned, then fry on the other side. Remove and place on a plate lined with a paper towel to drain excess oil.
3. In a small bowl, mix avocado, plain yogurt, juice from lemon, and Â¼ teaspoon kosher salt to make the avocado cream (or blend the ingredients together in a food processor).
4. Serve fritters with avocado cream and sliced chives or green onions.
SERVINGÂ TIP: These fritters are best eaten warm the day of making; they donât save well. Like anything made with avocado, the avocado cream sauce will become brown after exposure to air. Make sure to cover the surface with plastic wrap ifÂ storing.


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When July Fourth rolls around, most of us think about spending time barbequing with our families, or getting a long weekend off from work. It’s less often that we reflect on what it means to be an American.
But for people who have experienced hardships and tribulations in order to become Americans, the day takes on special meaning. The United States is among a small group of countries in the world that grant citizenship to people who were born elsewhere.
According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office, around 680,000 people become naturalized as American citizens annually. Every year, the office also arranges naturalization ceremonies around Independence Day to celebrate the holiday with newly minted Americans. This summer, more than 4,000 citizens will be naturalized in special July Fourth ceremonies across the country.
At a ceremony held in Brooklyn on June 30, Epoch Times spoke with several citizenship candidates about their experiences becoming Americans. Many of them shared that they not only appreciated the economic opportunities in this country, but the freedoms and institutions that allow ordinary people’s voices to be heard. As Edison Zarate, originally from Ecuador, said, “The people, the freedom, the law—everything is straight here.”
Sitting outside the Old Stone House in Washington Park, Park Slope, Brooklyn—the site of the largest battle during the Revolutionary War—each shared a different perspective on what makes being an American so special.
Appreciation for the Generations of Immigrants
Salvatore Malfitano doesn’t really remember a life outside of America. He came to the United States from Sicily, Italy at the age of 5.
His experience growing up in Brooklyn was like most other New Yorkers, living among neighbors from all over the world. Malfitano has witnessed different immigration waves throughout the years: from Eastern Europeans after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the recent movement of people from Asia and Latin America.
The vibrancy of the city’s diversity exhilarates him. “In New York, you see the evolution of what’s going on in the world, and what [types of] people are laying the foundation for future immigrants,” Malfitano said.
In that vein, too, he thanks the earlier generations of Italian immigrants who paved the way for others like him to become easily accepted into American society. During the 19th century, Italian-Americans were the subject of widespread discrimination and nasty stereotyping.
Malfitano can now embrace his family traditions, while also staying true to his American upbringing. “You can be as Italian as you want to be, or not—as much as your comfort zone wants.”
Above all, he is grateful for the opportunities this country has afforded him and his family. “America is a place where if you work hard, if you want to achieve something, you can achieve that,” he said. “In a lot of other countries, that doesn’t matter much. It matters who you know, who your family is, where you stand in society.”
He is happy to be raising his young daughter as a born-and-bred American. “I don’t think America is a perfect country, but I think it offers a lot more than lots of other places. I feel that if you are responsible and look after your kid, and try to guide them in the right direction, they can achieve great things,” he said.
His hopes for her are simple: “[To] understand the sacrifices of people before her, not to take anything for granted, be ambitious, be a fair person, [and] not to judge people.”
Being American Is Giving Back to Society
Marie L. Andre had been contributing to her community long before she formally became a U.S. citizen. In the 1990s, when Andre first started working at a city hospital as a receptionist, she wanted to interpret for patients who had trouble speaking English.
“I remember when I first came, I didn’t speak the language. I know how hard it is,” said Andre, who is fluent in French and Haitian Creole. As the HIV/AIDS epidemic took over the city, scores of patients came through the hospital seeking answers and treatment.
So Andre decided to take a training course and become a public health adviser. Her task would be to explain the illness to infected patients and link them to health care.
Andre has been doing it ever since. “I like to make the patients feel comfortable. Especially now, it’s no longer a death sentence [to be infected with HIV]. It’s my pleasure to tell them that, and to make sure they get their treatment,” she said.
She also volunteers for breast cancer awareness with the American Cancer Society, and does cleanup work at her neighborhood park. Now that she has received her citizenship, Andre looks forward to her new civic responsibilities in voting and jury duty.
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No matter where you’re from, we’re all in it together. And even when we come from places as far from each other as Honduras and the Ivory Coast, people can share the same wealth of experiences that ultimately make us human.
This is what Felix Okema, a new American citizen, believes makes New York City in particular one of the best places to live in the world. The 38-year-old financial consultant, who first came to the United States 14 years ago from the Ivory Coast in West Africa, said he is grateful for the opportunities he’s had to meet people from all walks of life.
“Being here is almost like traveling all around the world, because you’ll meet people from all corners of the world, and you can share their culture and their experience. You can enrich yourself so much just by living in this city,” said Okema, who works for a community organization on Staten Island.
“I have a co-worker who’s from Honduras, and through our day-to-day conversations, we’ve realized that even though she’s from Honduras and I’m from Africa, we share so much in common,” he said. “And not only with her, but with so many other people—from Pakistan, Afghanistan, United States, you name it. We’re all one people.”
Okema works for a community organization on Staten Island, helping to give people the financial knowledge they need to stay afloat in today’s economy. “I deal with people from all walks of life, from cops to firefighters to school teachers to bodega owners. It’s amazing to realize that no matter where you’re from, we all just go through the same hurdles, the same difficulties.
“So, those who are always preaching our differences and use those against one another—you realize how senseless it is.”
Though he still travels to the Ivory Coast at least once a year to see his family and friends, he said he was inspired to become an American citizen because of the inalienable rights guaranteed here.
“The rule of law and the way the society is run—it’s amazing. Where I’m from, if you have an argument or an issue with somebody, and this person knows the right people, they’ll get away with it, you know?
“But here, I’ve seen that no matter how rich you are, the same law will be applied to you. You can’t use your wealth as a means to crush other people. I know many countries pledge this, but here in America, you actually see it.”
One of the themes throughout the naturalization ceremony was using the right to vote to help make positive change. Okema believes this important right given to every American should not be taken for granted.
“Years ago, when I was working for a company, there was a law that was to be passed that we all opposed. We wrote to your congressional leaders and they answered—they actually answered our letters, and that meant a lot to me.
“Where I’m from, usually when people hold higher offices, they look down on you. You can’t even see them or approach them. Here, you can just walk to your congressional office and speak up, and your voice will be heard.”
The majority of politicians here understand that they should serve the people, he said.
“I’m not saying that it’s perfect and that they don’t have conflicts of interest, but they mainly understand that they are there for the people. And that’s a big thing. That’s something that many people take for granted because they haven’t experienced something else.” I’m not faulting them.
“But it’s a big thing to have someone fighting for you, to have someone actually representing you—carrying your voice. Those are the things that inspired me to want to become part of this great country.”
Now that he’s a citizen, Okema wants to be more active in the community and do things even better than before. While at the ceremony, he made friends with another naturalized citizen, an older woman who shared that she had gone through a difficult time after her son passed away. Okema said he is going to keep in touch with her and cheer her up in any way he can.
“It’s not about how much money we make, it’s how much we impact the lives of others—how we make others’ lives better and how we live in this society. That’s what matters the most.”
Leaving The Past Behind
It was nine long years in the making, but Noor Alzubaidy finally received her U.S. citizenship on June 30.
Accompanied by her mother, who became a citizen before her in 2014, Alzubaidy was composed as she took the oath of allegiance. After the ceremony, the 35-year-old interpreter said she was looking forward to spending the evening at dinner with her mother.
Her father was killed in Iraq, and Alzubaidy herself was injured while working as an interpreter for U.S. forces in 2005. “I had to come here to the States just to save my life,” she said.
Since then, she has not been back to visit. She said she’s happy just to be here and become part of the American community.
“Actually, there’s not much of an Iraqi community here. We’ve gotten more involved with the American community,” she said, adding that she’d had no problems with feeling welcome in her new home.
What she values most about America is the promise of freedom and liberty. “You feel powerful. It’s exciting to be a citizen and to be treated equally.
“It’s more equal here, no matter what your race, religion, or age. That’s the most important thing. It’s the land of opportunity.”
Being Part of Something Great
Marcia Inverary remembers the exact date she came to the United States—Dec. 12, 1994—because it was so exciting and freezing cold.
“I can’t forget that day. I was excited leaving Jamaica and coming to America. Then when I got here, oh my, it was so cold. I was not expecting it like this, because in Jamaica, we have a warm climate all year round. I did not go outside for like a month, two months. Then the first time I went out in the snow, I fell!”
Despite the frigid introduction, New York soon became Inverary’s real home. The 39-year-old nursing assistant said though she travels back to Jamaica frequently, and still loves her original country, she is happiest when she’s right here in Brooklyn.
“I love New York. I would not trade New York—especially Brooklyn—for any other place. I like to go out and experience new things, but I always want to come back to Brooklyn. You can find anything and everything here. I can even get a lot of stuff from Jamaica here in Brooklyn.”
For Inverary, attending the June 30 ceremony was a relief, since she was the last person in her household to apply for citizenship. “My kids are all American citizens, my brother’s an American citizen. Actually, I was here before him, but he was an American citizen before me! So he always puts in my face, ‘When are you going for your citizenship?’ Everyone encouraged me a lot.
“The day when I went for the interview, we all were so excited. I’m very happy that I did it.”
Inverary said she’s looking forward to exercising her right to vote and even serving on a jury. Before, she had had the frustrating experience of not being able to do things the rest of her family could.
“Especially when I used to see people going out to vote, and I wasn’t able to, I wished I could do it. Every time when we were coming back from Jamaica, I got separated from everyone [into a different line]. It wasn’t a good feeling. I said, ‘The next time I go back to Jamaica, I’m going to be an American citizen.'”
Like other attendees at the ceremony, Inverary is acutely aware of the privilege and opportunities that come with being American. She looks forward to making a positive difference and to making sure her five children have a great life and a good education in “the land of opportunity.”
“I am proud to be an American because America is a strong country. Everywhere else depends on America for help. And if I could reach out to help in any way possible, I’d be glad and happy to do so. I’m proud to be part of something that is great.”
Never Alone in New York
Whenever Oriana Sanchez leaves the city, she misses the great hodgepodge of people and cultures around her. “Being in a city like this makes you feel less alone, knowing that I’m not the only one here who’s different. Everybody here is from different places in the world.”
She didn’t always feel that way. When Sanchez first came to the United States at 13 years old, she often got lost on the subway, or in school trying to find her next classroom. It was tough starting a new life in this unfamiliar place.
But she has now embraced her new country. It was here that she was introduced to ideas of social justice, learning about racial disparities in American society, and doing advocacy work for new immigrants.
“These are things I didn’t see or talk about back home [in Colombia],” Sanchez said.
Now, Sanchez’s true home is America. She first realized this when she visited Colombia in 2012. “You feel like, I don’t really belong anymore,” she said. “I think going back and coming back here, it really opened my eyes.”
Sanchez is proudest of her country’s diversity. “It’s being part of this fabric that’s interwoven by everyone in the world. It’s so great to be part of that,” she said.


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About The Lynn Theatre
Graduates of John Tyler Commmunity College's performing arts programs have gone on to become working artists and have successfully transferred to four-year colleges and universities. Learn more about the arts at Tyler.
John Tyler has several degree programs in both Theatre Arts and Music.
- General Studies, Theatre Arts Specialization
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Note: The Liberal Arts programs include languages, which are required for transfer to some four-year colleges and universities. You should meet with an advisor to determine which program best suits your needs.
We offer our community quality cultural events throughout the year in our state-of-the-art facilities. Our signature theatre season begins in February. Get involved by attending or volunteering for these events or, better yet, expand your horizons by signing up for one of the College’s dance, theatre, or music classes.
24-Hour Theatre Competition
Come join us for our second 24-Hour Theatre Competition!
Participants will meet at 7pm on June 22nd and be split into groups, then tasked with creating a brand new work of theatre in just 24 hours!
Audiences are invited to join us June 23rd at 7pm to see these works performed for FREE!
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Our state-of-the-art black box theatre provides artists and audiences alike with an exceptional experience. The theatre is a flexible space with seating for up to 250 depending on the configuration (thrust, arena, proscenium, etc.). The theatre space includes a set shop, green room, two dressing rooms and a costume shop. The technical facilities are state-of-the-art with an all LED lighting system and all-digital sound system.
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Fool for Art: A Day of Art, Learning and Fun
The festival will be held at the Midlothian Campus on Saturday, April 22.
JTCC Alumni: You’re Invited to Alumni Night at Xanadu
Join us for a special reception after the April 1 performance.
Head Back to the 80s with Xanadu
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Training the Wisdom Body
- Shambhala Publications08/30/2013Pages: 192Size: 6.375 x 9ISBN: 9781611800180DetailsSitting still in meditation may be the common image that comes to mind when one thinks of Buddhist practice—but just as important is cultivation of awareness through movement. The traditional Tibetan practice of yogic exercises known as lujong helps us connect with and explore the natural wisdom inherent in our living, breathing, feeling bodies. Lujong is an exercise that engages our whole being—body, mind, and subtle body—from the coarse aspects to the subtler and more profound. This book provides a thorough foundation for those new to the practice, and it helps people already engaged in any form of yogic exercise to deepen the potent fusion of meditation and physical movement. Included is an overview of the unique tradition of Buddhist yoga, along with instructions on how to work with the body and mind in seated meditation; tips for furthering our practice by working with adversities such as fear, procrastination, and anxiety; and guidance on bringing practice mind into daily life. The author also offers exercise instructions and a complete explanation of the movement practices, with photos to illustrate.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor Bio
Rose Taylor Goldfield is a second-generation Buddhist teacher of meditation, philosophy, and yogic exercise and dance. She holds an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies from Naropa University. Having studied and practiced extensively in the Shambhala lineage, she began training in 2002 under the close guidance of the Tibetan master Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso, who appointed her teacher to his nuns in Bhutan and Nepal in 2005. Since childhood, she has trained extensively in a variety of physical disciplines, including classical ballet, competitive kickboxing, Nepalese dance, and Indian and Tibetan yoga. Rose lives in San Francisco and teaches under the auspices of the Wisdom Sun practice and study community.
Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso is a noted Buddhist scholar and teacher who was born in Eastern Tibet in 1934. Known for his highly engaging teaching style, he has traveled and taught in North America, Europe, and Asia from 1977 to 2007. He is the author of The Sun of Wisdom, The Moon of Wisdom, and Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, and numerous songs of realization.Praise
"Anyone interested in the internal path of yoga or Buddhism knows that as you work with the body you can’t help but work with emotional and mental holding patterns as well. Rose Taylor Goldfield’s new book integrates the psychological aspects of practice with practical advice about staying grounded in your body. For meditators this book will help root the mind in the body, and for people familiar with physical yoga, this book will help you work with the mental chatter, old emotional patterns, and distractions that inevitably arise as you go deeper. I wish I had read this book when I started on this path." —Michael Stone, author of The Inner Tradition of Yoga
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"Rose Taylor Goldfield opens up words and ideas to shed new light on the practice of traditional Buddhist yoga. This is a clear, thoughtful, and practical book that reflects years of study and practice. It is a unique guide for anyone wanting, as Rose writes, to ‘look into their own being to fully understand themselves.’" —Elizabeth Mattis-Namgel, author of The Power of an Open QuestionSelected Reader Reviews


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A SECRET REVEALED album details
We recently announced the signing of German Post-Metal outfit A SECRET REVEALED and now it is time to give you some more details on the forthcoming release!
The band’s first Lifeforce Records release will be entitled “Sacrifices” and is set to be out on January 25th as Ltd. edition 2LP, CD and Digital!
With a view to bands like DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT, OMEGA MASSIF (R.I.P), or PHANTOM WINTER, Würzburg is by no means a white spot on the map when it comes to relevant modern heavy acts. A SECRET REVEALED, active since 2012, have also to be kept in mind. What the musicians themselves call post-metal means the combination of various metal styles and post-core accents to a higher quality, organic massive sound. Addressing this, the quintet from Southern Germany primarily focuses on unfiltered, intensive processing of emotion. This is how A SECRET REVEALED got introduced on their debut album “The Bleakness” in 2014. So it continues on their debut for LIFEFORCE RECORDS, “Sacrifices”. The title joins in the thematic orientation and is conditioned by forward going attacks – with black metal attitude – as well as indulging atmospheres – in which supporting melodies are used – and despair at down tempo. A SECRET REVEALED present a second full length album, which shows different or new facets to the sound of the band. “Sacrifices” offers gracefully built degrees of hardness and intensity and connects these harmoniously.
With Michael Heim (ex-NECROTTED), a new frontman has been on board since the end of 2016. However, the change at the prominent position has no effect on the musical development of the Würzburg band. On “Sacrifices”, A SECREAT REVEALED explore more than ever the musical boundaries between metal and post-core.
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A SECRET REVEALED “Sacrifices” out January 26th, 2019
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text: By David L. Young | With the beginning of the new year, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has laid out its “examination priorities” that give an overview of the issues that it will review in 2014. Two of those issues relate to tracking brokers who have either come from firms with disciplinary problems or have had disciplinary problems themselves. FINRA, which issued the overview on Jan. 2, will review the process that firms use to research problem brokers before hiring and will seek to identify whether the firms are utilizing additional controls to supervise such brokers to avoid future misconduct. And although a broker leaving a firm that may have been expelled from the securities industry may not be barred, FINRA has concerns that such brokers may bring “unethical or illegal practices” with them. Accordingly, FINRA will be identifying and scrutinizing such firms and individuals going forward. Arguably, this heightened scrutiny is an extension of FINRA’s program launched in 2013 to fast-track investigations and disciplinary cases involving brokers who may pose greater threats to investors.

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Cator Wells, a prime supplier of commercial finance solutions, is ecstatic to disclose its headquarters’ migration to an avant-garde facility at Churchill Place in Canary Wharf, London.
This stride signifies a key chapter in the company’s development and its continuous commitment to client excellence.
Located in the epicentre of London’s nascent financial quarter, the avant-garde headquarters bestows upon Cator Wells superior facilities and capabilities to more adeptly cater to the dynamic requirements of its clientele. The workspace, equipped with contemporary conveniences and leading-edge infrastructure, is designed to cultivate collaboration, ingenuity, and productivity in the provision of customised financial solutions.
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Study Questions Accuracy of Finger-Prick Blood Testing
Scientists at Rice University have found that results from a single drop of blood are highly variable, and that as many as six to nine drops must be combined to achieve consistent results. The study, which appeared online in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology, examined the variation between blood drops drawn from a single finger prick. The results suggest that health care professionals must take care to avoid skewed results as they design new protocols and technologies that rely on finger-prick blood.
“We began looking at this after we got some surprising results from our controls in an earlier study,” said lead investigator Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum. “Students in my lab are developing novel, low-cost platforms for anemia, platelet, and white blood cell testing in low-resource settings, and one of my students, Meaghan Bond, noticed there was wide variation in some of the benchmark tests that she was performing on hospital-grade blood analyzers.”
The benchmark controls are used to gauge the accuracy of test results from the new technology under study, so the variations among the control data were a sign that something was amiss. What wasn’t immediately clear was whether the readings resulted from a problem with the current experiments or actual variations in the amount of hemoglobin, platelets, and white blood cells (WBCs) in the different drops of blood.
Richards-Kortum and Bond designed a simple protocol to test whether there was actual variation, and if so, how much. They drew six successive 20-mL droplets of blood from 11 donors. As an additional test to determine whether the minimum droplet size might also affect the results, they drew 10 successive 10-mL droplets from seven additional donors.
All of droplets were drawn from the same finger prick, and the researchers followed best practices in obtaining the droplets: the first drop was wiped away to remove contamination from disinfectants, and the finger was not squeezed or “milked,” which can lead to inaccurate results. For experimental controls, the researchers used venipuncture, the standard of care in most hospitals, to draw tubes of blood from an arm vein.
Each 20-mL droplet was analyzed with a hospital-grade blood analyzer for hemoglobin concentration, total WBC count, platelet count, and three-part WBC differential, a test that measures the ratio of different types of WBCs, including lymphocytes and granulocytes. Each 10-mL droplet was tested for hemoglobin concentration with a point-of-care blood analyzer used in many clinics and blood centers.
Richards-Kortum and Bond found that hemoglobin content, platelet count, and WBC count each varied significantly from drop to drop.
“Some of the differences were surprising,” Bond said. “For example, in some donors, the hemoglobin concentration changed by more than 2 grams per deciliter in the span of two successive drops of blood.”
Richards-Kortum and Bond found that averaging the results of the droplet tests could produce results that were on par with venous blood tests, but tests on six to nine drops of blood were needed to achieve consistent results.
The new finding is bad news for blood-testing companies that rely on finger-prick testing for diagnostics, such as California-based Theranos, according to an article posted on the BioSpace website.
In 2015, Theranos was the target of allegations over the efficacy of its finger-prick testing, and the Wall Street Journal ran a series of articles questioning the reliability and accuracy of the company’s testing methods. In response, Theranos said it stood by its technology and questioned the Journal’s use of “inexperienced and disgruntled former employees.” Moreover, some of the company’s laboratory practices have been questioned by both the FDA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to BioSpace.
Sources: Rice University; February 17, 2016; and BioSpace; February 24, 2016.