A Telluride woman was first to ski from the Lhotse summit. She’s still recovering from “post-traumatic stoke.”By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
“The industry as we have known it no longer exists”: A former Colorado ski area executive peels back the curtainBy Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s newest farmers are YouTube-taught, social justice-minded and preaching the gospel of microgreensBy Kevin Simpson Coloradans Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s near-lowest vaccination rates have schools ready to enforce state law to prevent an outbreakBy Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
“Keep the story going”: How community volunteers nudge Colorado elementary students to take on racismBy Ann Schimke Education Primary category in which blog post is published
Denver Museum of Nature & Science spent three years combing through the Corral Bluff area, just east of Colorado Springs, finding fossils that painted a picture of how the planet’s ecosystem recovered from the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
The growing popularity of CBD and recognition in the federal Farm Bill are prompting marijuana opponents to take a second look at its non-psychoactive cousin
4 out of 5 Native American women are survivors of domestic or sexual violence. A Colorado Springs garden is helping them recover.
A vacant lot has been converted into the Haseya Indigenous Healing Garden, where Native women who have experienced violence can come together, garden, connect with others and use traditional ways of healing to make a life change
As varieties like riesling — which grows well in the Grand Valley — fall out of fashion, wine grape growers are in a delicate balance of supply and demand.
Married couple among the army of longtime custodians making sure water from the remote reservoir east of Aspen makes it to thirsty populations in Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Aurora
People are effectively training bears to get into trouble, and Colorado wildlife officials are sick of it
From a new way of tracking incidents to more-assertive forms of hazing, frustrated CPW officers are trying to change bears’ behavior because humans are reluctant to change theirs
Colorado mountain biking program teaches girls to conquer trails, with an eye toward helping in other parts of life
The Cycle Effect brings the recreation and competition of affluent mountain communities to traditionally underserved residents -- with payoff for perseverance
Wannabe Catholic priests can expect interrogations about porn, psych evaluations and abuse prevention training
Ahead of a public report about the history of abuse in Colorado, church leaders open up about the protective wall in place to weed out abusers. Victims remain skeptical.
Scattering BLM will be good for policy, boss William Pendley says. Not with him at the helm, advocacy groups argue.
Former head of conservative Lakewood-based legal foundation says he’s a good Marine, following orders of President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.


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It pays for diversity bureaucrats — 163 at U. of Michigan alone.
Archive | Race and Universities | Page 3
Black students receive more handouts from the American taxpayer.
“Don’t be a racist hypocrite!"
Abo applicants must now prove their racial background.
"It's really just welcoming conversations about how our history as a country has built in some systemic racism."
White Aussies Who Pretend to Be Aboriginal Are Taking Over Universities and Stealing High-Paid Jobs Meant For Real Indigenous Australians
Whites dispense with their "white privilege."
Military school erases its heritage against the wishes of its white alumni.
Racism reaches the stars.
“Some of these college students could read at a second or third grade level."
Rejecting a two-bit professor's tenure is evidence of it.
"For me, the light came slowly."
We must accept the equal validity of "Black language."
Another successful pressure campaign.
The university will add memorials to the slaves who helped build its campus.
Blacks complain about "microaggressions" at Penn State.
Black student body president: "I love my people too much & UNC is not worthy of us."
Herbert Marcuse, Antonio Gramsci, and others.
"It felt like the regression in civilization."
BLM Activist Claimed She Was the Victim of Hate Crimes Including Arson—Video Shows She Started the Fire
The university will still investigate the student's claims of racial harassment.
White academic keeps her career despite faking Indian heritage.
The university voted overwhelmingly to keep the Confederate general's name.
“Hideously white,” as the British might say.
Indian psychiatrist shared her fantasy of murdering whites during a Yale lecture.
Handel will be judged "through a decolonisation lens."
Princeton will make the classics "more vibrant."
"My hope is that the shining city on a hill will shine again."
“That includes me!”
Professors and activists demand tenure for anti-white journalist.
Diversity trumps standards.
College cites "regulatory and financial challenges."
The rot set in long ago.
The university system's regents say the tests are "racist metrics."
"For Brown University students, the Ivy League college’s next step . . . is clear: Pay up."
He must therefore be cancelled.
The mysteries of woke talk.
Black president says "diverse" job candidates are "better" than white ones.
Student Body President of Virginia Commonwealth University Has History of Violent Extremist, Racist Online Posts
"I hate white people so much its not even funny."
College Republicans: "Anti-white racism is growing increasingly prevalent and mainstream."
University wants to reduce "Eurocentric" and “white savior” approaches to math and science.
"The movement that arose in the wake of George Floyd’s murder has exerted some influence on these institutions’ admissions."
Horror: White students "inappropriately question" non-white women teachers.
No campus for Confederates.
"Let me say directly to my readers: Avoid Baltimore. Don’t get off I-695 or I-95 into the city."
Howard is the only historically black university with a classics department.
Black "anti-racist" rips off white "anti-racist."
Suspect descriptions allegedly "endanger Black people in the community."
Ohio State plans to hire 150 "diverse" academics to "develop new approaches to building an antiracist society."
"The new locus of American national unity is the POC nation overcoming the remaining influence of Trumpian whiteness."
"These teachings run counter to the history and ethos of our apolitical military."
The University of Illinois wants to avoid the "negative perpetuation of stereotypes."
A Professor Pushed Back Against ‘White Fragility’ Training. The College Investigated Her for 9 Months.
University attempted to strip her of tenure.
"The discovery of my identity allowed me to come into my own as a man."
Another black hate hoaxer.
Sixty-eight percent of admitted U.S. citizens or permanent residents are non-white.
It's a "unifying identity label for people of color."
A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus.
No tolerance for heretics.
Lone Star State joins the fight against affirmative action.
Black professors with fewer qualifications make 50 percent higher salaries.
The classical music repertoire causes "students of color great distress."
“I never expected the concept of whiteness to endure, because it’s so obviously discriminatory."
Bill Gates-funded educators promote "antiracist" mathematics.
Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians each get their own graduations.
Three JMU Buildings Honoring Confederate Leaders Will Be Renamed for Prominent Black Members of the Community
The school replaces a Confederate general with a black janitor.
The professor noticed that black students perform poorly in her classes.
"Grading by a standard. . . is how White language supremacy is perpetuated in schools."
Black athletes protested the song because Robert E. Lee may have inspired the title.
"I didn’t take the red pill in one gulp. It came in the form of a slow-drip IV over decades."
"You can't wipe out culture."
It's called “BIPOC Rock Climbing."
Four in ten American academics say they would not hire a Trump supporter.
Black student's dubious racism allegations ruined the lives of white workers.
Students for Fair Admissions Petitions SCOTUS to Take Up Suit Against Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions
Plaintiffs hope the case ends race-based admissions for good.
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The offending scholar was to argue that "genetics determines most social outcomes."


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JAMES RIVERA’S METAL WAVE
Unleashes Tears for Fears Cover Version Of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”!
“New Wave Gone Metal” coming July 28, 2023 on Massacre Records!
Fronted by the iconic Helstar singer James Rivera, July 28, 2023 will see JAMES RIVERA’S METAL WAVE release their much-awaited album, New Wave Gone Metal, via Massacre Records. Get ready for the embrace of metallic, dark, epic and euphoric cover versions of songs by some of the greatest bands of the new wave/dark wave era!
Following a previously-released, first appetizer, the crushing heavy metal cover version of Depeche Mode‘s classsic “Black Celebration”, JAMES RIVERA’S METAL WAVE has just shared a music video for their unique version of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, originally performed by Tears for Fears.
James Rivera says:
“”Well now because of Depeche Mode and not being so closed minded about our rival music being in a metal band (and of course still having to be somewhat secretive about this new taste of music I started loving from my metal head peers), when this song came out I really loved it and bought the 45 single. I was still loosely working for a major law firm and for about 3 or 4 months while the whole time I was getting ready for work, I left the arm on the turntable open so it would just keep repeating playing the song. I was that hooked on it.
However it’s the clever composing Maurice Eggenschwiler did with this one. The nice doomy but ironically very Helstar-ish feel in the verses, makes it one of my favorites. Also I love the producing Larry Barragan did with my vocals on it. Kind of a cross between Poppa Emeritus of Ghost and Alice Cooper vibe.”
New Wave Gone Metal was mixed by Larry Barragan at the Hombre Malo Studio, and was mastered by Robert Colwell at Bombworks Sound Studio. Slated for a release as CD Digipak , Ltd. Vinyl LP and Digital formats on July 28, 2023 through Massacre Records, the pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!
1. Black Celebration
2. Love My Way
4. Shock The Monkey
5. Black Planet
6. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
7. Bela Lugosi’s Dead
8. The Killing Moon
9. Pet Sematary
James “Vampiro” Rivera – Vocals
Larry Barragan – Guitars
Maurice Eggenschwiler – Guitars
Garrick Smith – Bass
Rene Luna – Drums
Jan Kimmel – Hammond Organ, Backing Vocals & Co-Lead Vocals on “Rain”

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Fudzilla: Nvidia was planning to launch the Geforce GTX 280 at $599 and the GTX 260 at $449, but now it looks like both cards will end up cheaper than it was originally planned.
The reason for this is simple, ATI will price its cards aggressively. The new suggested retail price might drop as low as $499 for the GTX 280 and $399 for the GTX 260. We were advised that some of these prices, especially the GTX 260 might go down further within weeks after the launch.
ATI's Radeon HD 4870 will again be cheaper than the GTX 260 and our sources believe that it can give it a run for its money. We will see about that, but at least the HD 4870 will end up cheaper to begin with.


Patrick Patterson, Kentucky – 2010 NCAA First Round
Given the talent that Kentucky had that year, it is remarkable that they didn’t win the championship. That season, Kentucky had Patterson, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe.
As the No. 1 seed that season, they eventually lost to No. 2 West Virginia in the Elite 8 but Patterson turned in his best outing of the tournament in the first round.
The junior recorded 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field and five rebounds to help lead the Wildcats to a 100-71 win over Eastern Tennessee State University.
Patterson left Kentucky after that year for the NBA Draft.


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BORN: 1969, London
GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction
The Impressionist (2002)
My Revolutions (2007)
Hari Kunzru. David Levenson / Getty Images
Though Hari Kunzru’s career is still relatively short, he has already achieved much acclaim. He is a major figure in England’s writing scene, working for various magazines, editorial boards, and publishing a steady stream of critically acclaimed books. In 1999 the Observer honored him as their Young Travel Writer of the Year, and in 2003 he was listed as one of Granta literary magazine’s Best Young British Novelists.
Works in Biographical and Historical Context
Inspired by Mixed Heritage. The son of a man from the Kashmir province in India and a British woman, Hari Kunzru grew up in Essex. He studied English at Oxford, earned a degree in philosophy and literature from the University of Warwick, and went on to work as a journalist for several periodicals. As a travel correspondent, he published essays in the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and Time Out magazine, among others.
Kunzru’s familial background inspired him to write The Impressionist about an Indian-English young man, Pran Nath. Kunzru told Richard Alleyne of the London Daily Telegraph, ‘‘At Oxford, I noticed how much people play out a comedy of Englishness, which made me very interested in identity role-playing in post-colonial Britain.’’ Kunzru completed the work in a little more than two years, and the novel made headlines in the media even before it was published, due to Kunzru’s exceptionally large advance.
Part of what motivates The Impressionist is the openmindedness Kunzru gained from his mixed heritage. In one interview with the London Independent Sunday, he stated, ‘‘I’ve always been very scared of people who are certain.... Nothing terrifies me more than a religious fundamentalist who really knows what right is and is prepared to do violence to what they consider is wrong.... I wanted to write in praise of the unformed and fluid.’’
A Writer of Tomorrow. Exploring his varied cultural past—and once again, the culture of many people around the world—Kunzru published his second novel, Transmission, in 2004. The protagonist, a computer programmer who moves to America, was likely influenced by Kunzru’s personal experience working for Wired magazine, which focuses on new developments in technology. His first book of short stories, Noise, was published in 2005.
Kunzru declined the john Llewellyn Rhys Prize for The Impressionist because it was awarded by the London Mail on Sunday, which he felt was a racist publication. He received a New York Times notable book of the year distinction for Transmission, and in 2007 he published My Revolutions, a novel about a former activist from the 1960s who has since gone underground. His work has been translated into at least eighteen languages. Kunzru has been called one of the world’s ‘‘fifty writers of tomorrow.’’
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL CONTEMPORARIES
Kunzru's famous contemporaries include:
Cate Blanchett (1969-): Born Catherine Elise Blanchett, the Australian actress is known for her award-winning roles in the films Elizabeth, The Lord of the Rings, and The Aviator.
Salman Rushdie (1947-): This Indian-British novelist received death threats from the Ayatollah Khomeini for his book Satanic Verses.
David Mitchell (1969-): This British author has won many of the same awards as Kunzru and also writes about the connectivity of people all over the world. His 2004 novel, Cloud Atlas, perhaps best demonstrates this inclusiveness.
Zadie Smith (1975-): Most famous for White Teeth, this novelist moved to England from Jamaica as a child and continues to write about mixed races coming together.
Works in Literary Context
Travels in Search of Identity. Kunzru’s The Impressionist revolves around the efforts of a young man of mixed heritage to make a place for himself in the world. Travel as a theme becomes apparent as the protagonist sheds his identity and his belongings in each country. This same theme runs through Kunzru’s other works. In fact, on Kunzru’s personal Web site, he includes excerpts from his published travel essays, which span the years from 1998 to 2003, taking the reader from New Zealand and Azerbaijan to Benin and Finland. Kunzru seems to lose himself in the culture and custom of each place, as this excerpt from his visit to Jordan illustrates: Though I know (or at least believe) that I am alone—except for my guide Atiq and his placid camel—I have a peculiar feeling that the land itself is watching me. This is confirmed when a quivering forty-foot column of sand forms out of nothing and starts making its way towards me. I come to the conclusion that this would be an opportune moment to abandon my atheistical city ways and start grovelling to whatever desert spirit I have just disturbed.
The Unpredictable Pace of Technology. Kunzru’s experience as a techno-journalist resonates thematically through his work. In Transmission, brilliant computer programmer Arjun Mehta is lured, under false pretenses, to a fictitious job in the United States. He is hired at an antivirus company but writes and releases the Leela virus, an especially pernicious bug that shuts down vital utilities and devastates global business. But even before Transmission, in his 1997 essay, ‘‘You Are Cyborg,’’ Kunzru addressed important questions about the future of humankind, technology, and society: ‘‘When technology works on the body, our horror always mingles with intense fascination. But exactly how does technology do this work? And how far has it penetrated the membrane of our skin?’’ Kunzru was always interested in the intersection of people and machines, but his interest grew when he returned to school for a master’s degree in literature and philosophy. As Kunzru noted in a Book Page interview, ‘‘I ended up going down the corridor and hanging out with people interested in artificial intelligence and networks. I became fascinated with the way technology has an impact on society.’’
COMMON HUMAN EXPERIENCE
In both his fiction and nonfiction, Kunzru examines technology and what scientific progress does to interpersonal communication. Here are some other works that talk about computers while exploring human nature and that speculate about the future while investigating the present.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), a film directed by Stanley Kubrick. HAL, a computer, tries to commandeer a spaceship in this groundbreaking film.
Blade Runner (1982), a film directed by Ridley Scott. In this film, nonhuman cyborg "replicants" attempt an uprising.
Neuromancer (1984), a novel by William Gibson. In this novel about a computer hacker, the word cyberspace makes its first appearance.
Emergence (2001), a book by Stephen Berlin Johnson. This book explores the habits and patterns of ants and cities, and relates them to the way we use the Internet.
Works in Critical Context
The award-winning Kunzru appeals to critics and readers alike. Publishers Weekly contributor Steven Zeitchik called Kunzru ‘‘an eloquent author who combines a precocious sweep of history with a keen eye for the future.’’ Similarly, many critics praise Kunzru’s unique blend of technological, racial, and historical issues, like Alden Mudge who, at first, does not see the ‘‘connection between an edgy interest in the broad societal impacts of technology and a fascination with the waning days of the British Empire’’ in The Impressionist, but then lauds the author for the way he combines these unlikely subjects.
The Impressionist. Kunzru’s first book The Impressio- nistmarked him as a mature writer with carefully crafted language, setting, and subject. The Impressionist ‘‘is a picaresque stitch,’’ wrote David Kipen in the San Francisco Chronicle, ‘‘a deadly serious book about race and empire that can still put a reader on the floor with the exquisitely timed comic understatement of its language.’’ Although London Daily Telegraph critic David Flusfeder noted that ‘‘anachronisms abound,’’ he also commented on ‘‘some lovely writing.’’ New York Times contributor Janet Maslin concluded, ‘‘Nothing about The Impressionist flags it as a first effort. Mr. Kunzru writes with wry certitude and cinematic precision about identity, aspiration, and rootlessness, set against the backdrop of a Britannia that is pure mirage.’’
Transmission. Critics have differing opinions on Kunzru’s pacing in Transmission; however, they all applaud his attention to characterization and story development. ‘‘This is not a coming-of-age novel—it is a coming-apart novel,’’ commented Nora Seton about Transmission in the Houston Chronicle. ‘‘Like an old PC, the novel starts slow, but once it finally boots up, the momentum of the interconnected stories is impressive and engaging, bolstered by Kunzru’s carefully considered details and his lively portrayal of an increasingly globalized technocracy that blends the world’s cultures even as it further isolates its individuals,’’ observed Stephen M. Deusner in a review on the Book Reporter Web site. ‘‘Kunzru keeps his clever plot’s wheels spinning merrily, all the while tracing the social and emotional consequences of Arjun’s mingled indignation, guilt and fear,’’ stated Bruce Allen in Hollywood Reporter.
Responses to Literature
1. Think about how Kunzru’s views on how technology affects society are reflected in his fiction and nonfiction. Write a short story or personal essay that expresses your views on how technology affects society. If you choose to write a personal essay, you may use examples from Kunzru’s work to support your opinions.
2. Search on the Internet for one of Kunzru’s essays that focuses on technology. Write your own essay that describes how the ideas in that essay reflect ideas in Kunzru’s novel Transmission. Use examples from both texts to support your ideas.
3. Research Bollywood using resources on the Internet or from your library. Create an audio/visual report exploring how Kunzru’s protagonist views Bollywood in Transmission. Remember to define Bollywood for the class and to use examples from Kunzru’s text to support your ideas.
4. With a classmate, discuss whether or not you trust Pran Nath of The Impressionist. Does Kunzru want you to like him, or is he more of a symbolic character?
5. Kunzru has said he was influenced by Rudyard Kipling while writing The Impressionist. With a classmate, research Rudyard Kipling using resources on the Internet or from your library. Compile your findings and discuss how Kipling may have influenced Kunzru. Use texts from both Kipling and Kunzru to support your opinions.
Allen, Bruce. Review of Transmission. Hollywood Reporter (October 11, 2004): 10.
Alleyne, Richard. ‘‘Unknown Writer Paid Pounds 1.25 m for First Book.’’ Daily Telegraph (March 27, 2001).
Feay, Suzi. ‘‘The Man Who Would Be Kim.’’ Independent Sunday (March 31, 2002): 17.
Flusfeder, David. ‘‘Agra Saga.’’ Daily Telegraph (March 23, 2002): 6.
Huntley, Kristine. Review of The Impressionist. Booklist (November 15, 2001): 554.
Kipen, David. ‘‘Incarnation of Kunzru’s Part-Indian, Part-British Hero.’’ San Francisco Chronicle (April 7, 2002): 1.
Kirn, Walter. ‘‘Dateless in Seattle.’’ Review of Transmission. New York Times (May 23, 2004): 7.
Mars-Jones, Adam. ‘‘East Is East and West Is West and Here the Twain Shall Meet.’’ Observer (March 31, 2002): 13.
Maslin, Janet. ‘‘Changing Identities as Often as Socks.’’ New York Times (March 28, 2002): E10.
Mendelsohn, Daniel. ‘‘Karma Chameleon.’’ Review of The Impressionist. New York Magazine (April 8, 2002).
Seton, Nora. Review of Transmission.Houston Chronicle (April 13, 2004).
Walsh, Bryan. Review of The Impressionist. Time International (June 24, 2002): 72.
Zeitchik, Steven. ‘‘Hari Kunzru: Speeding toward a (Cloudy) Future.’’ Profile of Hari Kunzru. Publishers Weekly (June 21, 2004): 39.
Review of The Impressionist. Publishers Weekly (November 19, 2001): 45.
Biography of Hari Kunzru. Hari Kunzru Home Page. Accessed September 5, 2005, from http://www.harikunzru.com.
Robbins, Jen. Review of The Impressionist. Book Reporter. Accessed September 4, 2005, from http://www.bookreporter.com.
Deusner, Stephen M. Review of Transmission. Book Reporter. Accessed September 4, 2005, from http://www.bookreporter.com

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text: Nicky Pessaroff is a writer and editor who lives in New Mexico with his wife, son, dog, and cat. He is Editor-in-Chief of Pen World Magazine, the premiere print magazine about collectible fountain pens and handwriting culture. He received his MFA in Creative Writing in 2008 from New Mexico State University. He is a former nominee for Best New American Voices (2008). He has been published in multiple newspapers and magazines, and he has a short story being published in an anthology of humorous science-fiction and fantasy stories in 2023. He has no social media profiles because that alternative world frightens him a little.


Plymouth Realtor: Remote Work Changing Needs of Homebuyers
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a number of different changes to everyday life. Many people are working from home, children find themselves having to do distance learning and people uncomfortable with returning to fitness centers are converting rooms to at-home gyms.
A Plymouth realtor says all these factors are impacting the desires of potential homebuyers.
“A lot of times we would get a person with a couple of kids who would be looking at a three-bedroom, two-bath house, a pretty standard home. And maybe if it had an office space or a fourth bedroom it would be like a bonus,” said Jerry Moscowitz of Re/Max Results. “But now we’ve got an environment where a lot of people are working from home. One, sometimes both, and all of a sudden that house no longer works for them.”
Moscowitz says things that homebuyers may have never even considered in February or March have changed since the onset of the pandemic.
With working remotely becoming more commonplace, buyers are starting to look at bigger houses where they can set up additional office space or home gyms.
Proximity to workplace not as important
There’s also a geographic shift too. Because people are working remotely, they no longer feel the need to have a home close to their workplace.
“And if they’re in a place where they feel this is going to be a permanent change, they no longer have to worry about being so close to their work,” Moscowitz said. “It expands where they can go and buy a house, and sometimes that can mean going to a place that maybe they can get more house for the money.”
Meanwhile, in case you were wondering about the status of the Twin Cities housing market, Moscowitz says it’s stayed extremely strong, despite the pandemic, thanks to low interest rates and the fact that there are more buyers than sellers.
According to a monthly sales report from Minneapolis Area Realtors, the median sales price in the Twin Cities is $313,000.


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Two of my poems are included in the Shut Down Strangers anthology released to celebrate Springsteen’s 70th birthday and to capture all the different reasons and ways people have of loving Springsteen’s work.
The anthology is published by Bone & Ink Press it contains a range of work – fiction, non fiction and poetry – that bounces off Springsteen’s songs.
“The work in this anthology speaks deeply to the gift that is Springsteen’s music and is a testament to the way his lyrics play in our heads, resonate in our souls, and help us make sense of the world and feel so much less alone. This book is evidence that almost anyone can find their way into his songs, as if Springsteen purposely left space for them. His characters capture the imagination of these writers and live on, becoming as real as anything, infusing the reader with the sense of belonging, connection, and community found in listening to Springsteen’s songs.”
–Shawna Lemay is the author of Rumi and the Red Handbag and other books.
I created two centos from Springsteen songs, which is a VERY unusual way for me to write, usually I’m totally uninterested in writing that involves puzzling around with other people’s words, but this was heaps of fun. Here’s an extract from my poem that used the lyrics from Its Hard to be a Saint in the City and Lost in the Flood
dressed in drag for homicide
‘hey kid…this countryside is a hurricane
oil and blood
breaking beams and crosses
senses thrown to war
every noise boy smiles sweet
and pleads immaculate conception’
Head over to Bone & Ink Press to get a copy of the anthology.


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Northern Ireland: TU’s must fight internment
Militant 3rd September 1971
Since Mr Heath cast his decisive vote nearly 30 working class people have died in some of the worst and most widespread rioting that Ulster has witnessed at any time in its stormy history. In the Catholic ghettoes of Belfast and Derry, as well as many Catholic towns and villages, the people have expressed their indignation at the arrests of 300 of their neighbours and relatives by taking to the streets and putting up the barricades determined that ‘not one more shall be lifted.’
Whatever glossy shine the Unionist Government ever had is now gone. All attempts at ‘progressive reform,’ at easing the country gently out of an unpleasant situation, now lie is ashes. For the fourth time in 50 years the Government has had to resort to internment, As the detainees were hauled none too gently out of their beds and placed behind bars Faulkner explained that the use of the Special Powers Act was ‘..in this case. Not to suppress but to ‘uphold’ freedom.’ This it does through the right to impose curfews, ban public meetings and parades, close public thoroughfares, examine bank accounts and suspend inquests. Under its provisions it is possible to intern anyone suspected of ‘..acting or being about to act in a manner prejudicial to the preservation of peace.’
The era of soft peddling, it seems is over. The Army is now used against eh ghetto populations with greater ferocity than ever. The new language of the troops is spelt out in terms of more powerful CS gas, rubber bullets with a greater velocity and, according to accounts of their tactics in the Falls Road, rubber bullets tipped with pins and coins, capable of causing severe and lasting damage to any victim. To ‘rioters’ General Tuzo has issued the warning that the new ‘get tough’ tactics will include the shooting not only of those who throw petrol bombs, but also of anyone who ‘appears likely to do so.’
The full severity of this repressive policy has been camouflaged by a smokescreen of lies and fabrications. But some facts cannot be covered up. In the case of the shooting of Harry Thornton, no amount of hedging could ever explain why ‘two dangerous gunmen’ should pull up at traffic lights and wait to be shot. William McKavanagh was described by the Army as a sniper after he was killed in the Markets area. The real crime for which he died was simply not stopping when challenged by a soldier. And then Eamon McDevitt, a deaf mute from Strabane, was killed by a soldier who claims that from 60 yards he was able to see that he was holding a revolver in his hand – in fact, it was a rubber bullet according to nearly 30 eyewitness accounts. Incidents such as these are rapidly earning the British troops a reputation among Catholics similar to that of the infamous Black and Tans.
Threat of Protestant Backlash
Repression is the context of escalating violence spells out new and even greater dangers. Internment has only been used as a final resort. It has been made necessary by the daily loss of Unionist support to the Paisleyites and by the threatened rebellions from Craig, Taylor and other right wing members of the Unionist Party and Cabinet. Until recently all seemed set for a repeat of past performances as the ‘moderate’ Faulkner fast followed the path of his two predecessors. Only this time there are no more ‘moderates.’ The ruling class has raked the pile and come up with nothing. Rather than face the prospect of a right wing Protestant government and have to resort to direct rule, Faulkner has been launched on a new course of appeasement of his right wing.
Provisionals Reinforce Sectarianism
But no one has been appeased. Temporarily the unionists have strengthened their position, but no ones problems have been solved. Instead, the most dangerous situation which the Province has ever had to face has been created. 8,000 Belfast people left their homes during the riots.
Many of these will never return because of fear of the intimidation which is continuing in many areas. Certainly the Protestants who burned their homes in the Ardoyne, rather than see them taken over by Catholics, will never. In the space of a few days the split in the working class has been deepened desperately. At present, as many of the Provinces ‘mixed’ areas become either solid Orange of solid Green, the battle lines are once again being drawn and the scene set for a new and even grander confrontation.
Internment must be fought, but it must be fought with these dangers in mind. However, from the Provisional IRA we are already seeing a continuation of the campaign of explosions and. As Joe Cahill put it, of ‘ambushing and sniping.’ These methods, especially their campaign against Protestant property, will only make the situation 100 times worse, just as any campaign they may launch in England would only serve to isolate the Irish in that country from their English workmates.
The Provisional Leadership as shown itself incapable of consolidating any political movement. Already, in the fight against internment, they have been sidestepped. In the few weeks since internment was introduced we have seen the magnificent solidarity of the Catholic workers of Derry, Strabane, Dungannon and a series of other towns in the withholding of rent and the strikes against the Government. Despite all the Sceptics and cynics these events show the willingness of workers o struggle in defence of their rights. But to be successful the present struggle must be converted from a Catholic struggle into one of the working class as a whole. If it is not, all present efforts will be futile and will only make matters worse. Strikes where only Catholics are involved can create bitterness in the shop floor and can lead to intimidation and victimisation. No one in the leadership of the present campaign has taken the trouble to spell out these dangers and the movement has been permitted to become sectarian.
Internment: A class issue
Internment is not a religious but a class issue. The criterion by which internees are arrested is not their religion, but the extent to which they threaten the ruling class. Brian Faulkner when introducing the measure spelt this out. ‘They (the IRA) are the main threat but we will not hesitate to take strong action against any other individuals or organisation who present such a threat in the future.’ Today it is the Catholics who present the problem. Tomorrow it may be members of the Protestant nuisance groups and the day after it will be members of the Labour Movement. Even at the moment it is clearly not the IRA who have been the main target. Instead it has largely been members of the left wing opposition to the regime, dangerous ‘terrorists’ such as Michael Farrell who have been interned. This is a grave warning of the manner in which this measure will be used in the coming period.
The Labour and Trade Union Movement must take note of this. At present they are the only non-sectarian movement in the country. They are the only body capable of converting the present struggle into a class struggle against the Tory Government. Tragically for every working class person in Ulster, the leaders of this movement have miserably attempted to abdicate their responsibility by folding their arms and turning their backs upon the situation. The blame for the sectarian nature of the recent strikes does not lie with the workers who supported them. The criminal responsibility for this lies with the ICTU and with Vic Feather, who together refused to make these official.
At eh NILP Conference the promise was made by David Bleakly that if the Unionists were to go back on their reform programme he would resign his position as Minister of Community Relations. From his recent silence on the subject of internment we can only consider that he considers this to be another ‘progressive reform.’ The only boast that members of the NIP can now have is that theirs is the only political party to have no stated position on internment. Even Paisley was able to oppose the measure while the leadership of the Labour Movement remained in abject silence.
All this has had a terrible effect on the whole Labour Movement. For every Labour Party member who now leaves the party in disgust, countless voters and potential voters have been lost. However, to leave the party now would be a grave error. The rank and file of the Labour Movement must, instead, fight in every local party, in every TU branch, for an end to the present vacillation and coalitionist approach, and call for the movement to assume its rightful place at the head of the movement against internment. As the working class is living more and more behind separate religious banners, the real grievances remain.
Not one of the economic problems have been solved. Unemployment now stands at its highest for 19 years. Before the government ban on parades the ICTU had planned to hold a demonstration on November 6th against unemployment. There must be no backsliding from the leadership now. That demonstration must take place as planned. The struggle against internment goes hand in hand with that for decent conditions and for bringing down the Tory Government and the oppressive regime it represents, and for the return of a Labour Government pledged to socialist policies.
Labour Movement must act
On the basis of such a fighting campaign sectarianism could be swept away into the annals of history, never to raise its head again. In the present time of grave crisis these are the demands which must be heard from every corner of the Labour Movement.
Militant, 3rd Sept. 1971

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Medvedev sees off Tsitsipas to march into Australian Open final
MELBOURNE—Russia’s Daniil Medvedev lived up to Novak Djokovic’s praise as the “man to beat” at the Australian Open as he charged into his first Melbourne Park final with an impressive 6-4 6-2 7-5 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday.
The rangy Medvedev wrapped the Greek fifth seed in a blanket of pressure under the lights of Rod Laver Arena, capturing his 20th successive victory to have a shot at ending Djokovic’s dynasty in Sunday’s decider.
Fourth seed Medvedev served like a machine until broken in the third set, which revived the Greek fans in the terraces as Tsitsipas roared to a 5-4 lead.
But the Russian silenced the crowd with the decisive break in the 11th game, then sealed a dominant win when he rushed forward on match point to whack a booming forehand into the corner.
“I’m happy to manage to keep my nerves because still I didn’t make so many bad shots,” Medvedev said on court of his anxious third set.
“So happy that I managed to keep my calmness.
“I just tried to hit aces and winners or put the ball in the court. That’s the only way to do (it).
“That’s how I stayed in the match.”
World number one Djokovic, who beat another Russian in qualifier Aslan Karatsev, will be a formidable opponent for Medvedev in his second Grand Slam final.
Serbian Djokovic is bidding for a record-extending ninth Australian Open title and has never lost a final in Melbourne.
For Tsitsipas, the defeat was not quite as bitter as his 2019 semi-final demolition by Rafa Nadal, when he exited Melbourne Park shell-shocked.
Yet he paid the price for another slow start, with Medvedev doing what Nadal could not in his five-set quarter-final loss to Tsitsipas this week — slamming the door on the Greek’s revival.
“I think for sure he was tired after the match with Rafa,” said Medvedev. “I saw that as soon as I was moving him around the court it was not easy for him … That became my strategy straight away.”
After a cagey start on a muggy evening at Rod Laver Arena, Medvedev barged through Tsitsipas’s defences to break in the fifth game.
Tsitsipas battled to stay in touch and saved three set points before the Russian thumped an ace down the ‘T’ to seal it.
With arms sprawling, Medvedev soaked up all Tsitsipas could throw at him and, after a few rope-a-dope rallies, fired a sizzling forehand winner down the line to break the Greek to lead 2-1 in the second set.
Tsitsipas retired to his chair fuming and slammed a bottle of water onto the court, triggering a squadron of towel-toting ballkids to mop up the spillage.
Medvedev marched on, raising three break points at 4-2, and with a touch of arrogance rocketed a return down the line to break.
The Russian was soon strolling back to his chair two sets up after bashing an ace on the first of three set points.
Tsitsipas’s struggles became uncomfortable viewing for some people in the crowd and a few jeers rang out when he was broken in the opening game of the third.
Medvedev motored on to a 3-1 lead and was cruising to the finish line until, inexplicably, his serve wavered.
He double-faulted to gift break points and dropped serve with a wild forehand, jolting the crowd into life.
A rejuvenated Tsitsipas surged back as Medvedev’s baseline rockets misfired.
While the Russian’s serve had kept Tsitsipas at bay, it was his returning that proved decisive when he broke the Greek at 5-5.
After sending a blazing backhand passing shot down the line, Medvedev waved his arms at the pro-Tsitsipas crowd, happy to play the villain in an echo of his run to the 2019 U.S. Open final.
He closed out the match with a 208 km/hr second serve that Tsitsipas could only chop short, allowing Medvedev to jog forward and fire the winning forehand.
Djokovic, the real “man to beat” at Melbourne Park, awaits.

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Ericka Mack, a 28 year old who was trampled by shit-head fence jumpers, just announced that she is seeking $10m from Ultra for her near death experience. Mack was trampled when a mob of kids fence jumpers, who clearly didn’t have tickets, pushed over a chain link fence and rushed into the festival grounds – leaving Ericka screaming on the ground. If that doesn’t make your skin crawl, authorities reported that she was bleeding from her ears with a fractured skull when they arrived. Holy Fuck!
Ultra is going to fight this stating that the mob that jumped the tense were individuals acting out and not affiliated with the festival. I think its safe to say she is going to win at least a few million from the “deep” pockets behind Ultra.
Gate Crashes and Fence jumpers always have been, and continue to be a huge problem in the electronic music scene. Any one who was at Dada Life’s “Dada Land Compound” when it was shut down by Riot Police, knows exactly how much gate crashers and fence jumpers can mess up a good time. Watch the below video and you will never ever try gate crashing into a festival without a ticket again.

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Mirrored interior sliding doors are perfect for the bedroom closet. Interior doors are great for the entire home. These doors come with easy to install hardware, which allows the average homeowner to install them without experiencing numerous headaches. Installing interior doors throughout ones home adds financial value to the home, which comes in handy when it is time to sell the home. Beautiful doors do make a difference with homebuyers when they are seeking the perfect house for their family. There are numerous rooms within the home that interior sliding doors can be installed. Closets throughout the home are always the popular place to install these types of doors. The back and front door are ideal places for interior doors and as well as the laundry room. The space one will save in utilizing interior doors is endless.
These are not only for places where you need wider place but they are also perfect for places where you need more sun light and fresh area. They give wider space for entry of light and air. The glass used in new innovative slide doors can help in reducing the heating losses as they provide efficient solar gain. When you go to buy these doors then you have ample number of choices in the material and color. There are materials like timber, PVC, aluminum etc.Timber has been used largely with both hardwood and softwood in places where one wants the structure to be resistant against twisting or warping. You find these sliding doors with RAL paint or translucent strain finish. These are very good insulators and therefore efficient energy solution as timber is well known for being a good natural insulator. Good care is taken to maximize the area of glass and reduce the area of panel and framing.
Are you planning to buy sliding doors, and dont know if you should go for patio doors or sliding ones? If so, we may help you. The basic difference between a patio door and a sliding door is that a patio one swings while a sliding one slides. Typically, a sliding door features a matching panel and a sliding panel. The matching panel slides in the bottom and top tracks. On the other hand, a patio door is a pair of doors and features a fixed panel and a hinged panel. Based on the type you want to buy, it will either swing outward or inward. Lets find out more about it. At times, patio doors are also referred to as French doors. They feature a pair of patio doors hinging at the opposite sides. When opened, they show a large entrance. Normally, patio doors and sliders are bought as a complete system, which includes threshold, jambs and other essential weather-stripping. For energy saving, they tend to interlock.

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The revelations of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden “vastly overstated” the dangers U.S. citizens face from mass surveillance, President Barack Obama said Friday during his keynote speech at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Discussing technology-related issues with Evan Smith, editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, President Obama argued that leaks from the former NSA contractor pointed only to excesses regarding foreign surveillance and not domestic.
If you are following encryption debate, please see this: https://t.co/P5CfOV1U1v.
— Denis McDonough (@Denis44) March 11, 2016
“The Snowden issue vastly overstated the dangers to U.S. citizens in terms of spying because the fact of the matter is… is that actually our intelligence agencies are pretty scrupulous about U.S. persons, people on U.S. soil,” Obama said. “What those disclosures did identify were excesses overseas with respect to people who are not in this country.”
President Obama went on to claim that such issues were fixed with numerous reforms and later analyzed by the Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Less than 24 hours prior to the president’s speech, a report from The Washington Post detailed the Obama administration’s new policy of expanded data-sharing between the NSA and U.S. law enforcement agencies.
As noted by journalist Radley Balko, the “National Security Agency data will be shared with other intelligence agencies like the FBI without first applying any screens for privacy.”
And how long until local police are given access to this data? Still think mass surveillance is about terrorism? pic.twitter.com/3zPuUC9IV2
— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) March 10, 2016
While also making mention of encryption and the current debate between the FBI and Apple, the President warned Americans against “fetishizing” their phones as well.
“If your argument is strong encryption no matter what, and we can and should create black boxes, that I think does not strike the kind of balance we have lived with for 200, 300 years, and it’s fetishizing our phones above every other value. And that can’t be the right answer,” he said.
According to Jenna McLaughlin, reporter for The Intercept, “Trying to come up with some solution that satisfies the desire for easy, ubiquitous law enforcement access while simultaneously upholding device security is what scientists call a ‘magic pony.’”
“Any hole for the government is a hole criminals and foreign adversaries could exploit, too.”
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Shikari Sound System/28.01.2016/The Bunker, Cardiff
After missing their set at Reading Festival a few years back, when this was announced I knew I had to go.
I have been to a few DJ sets at Bunker before, so I didn’t really know what to expect.I knew they would play a few Shikari remixes but I was just expecting the same atmosphere as the Don Broco DJ in December. I was so wrong, the room had better atmosphere than some concerts I have been to. Obviously the remixes of Shikari songs went down a treat, but it felt like the crowd was full of energy for 2 hours straight, not just during their songs.
Personally, I have experienced people not giving Shikari a chance because “they don’t have the talent like other artists in this music scene” however Sound System prove all these people wrong. I guess I understand where this judgement came from, as a lot of the music heavily features electronic sounds, and people assume that any music that is made on a computer does not involve any talent, when in reality it is just as difficult as creating an album with real instruments. Luckily Shikari Sound System really did prove that the members of Enter Shikari have talent, they were able to remix songs live which still played through smoothly- I don’t know about you but I know I couldn’t do that.
Enter Shikari really proved why they have such a good reputation on Thursday night. Not all bands are able to achieve such energy, let alone on their side project. Obviously I would suggest Sound System to Enter Shikari fans, but if they are playing a festival or a small club near you then take the time to watch a few songs and I am sure it is something you will never regret, fan of Enter Shikari or not.

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For a fun-filled day that includes a run/walk, poetry reading (Marika is a participant), performing arts, both music and theatre, an artisans market, Zumba exercises, and a dogs for art competition. In the evening at the Texas Theatre there is a silent art auction (Marika has two pieces), wine and beer tastings, food, live music by the Dirty River Dixie Band and the announcement of the 2015 Outstanding Contributor to the Arts. Join us at Seguin’s ArtFest 2015 on Saturday, March 21.
For the complete schedule of events and a description of events see below the following image.
ArtsFest 2015 Schedule
Color Me Nutty Fun Run/Walk (8:30 – 11:00 a.m.)
This is a 5K color run/walk in at the Pecan Bottom Multi-Use Trail at Max Starcke Park. The paint is tempera paint which is non-toxic and 100% safe. The color is not fully washable from clothing but will rinse off skin in appropriate time. The paint does not contain soy, latex, casein, dairy, egg, gluten, peanut or tree root.
Registration for the Color Me Nutty 5K Run/Walk prior to March 15 is $20 and includes a t-shirt. Registration after March 15 remains $20 but does not include a t-shirt. Registration on the day of the event is $25 and does not include a t-shirt. The Kids Color Me Nutty Fun Run includes a 50-yard dash for ages 1-3 and a one mile run for ages 4-12. Registration by March 15 is $10 and includes a t-shirt. Registration after that date, including the day of the event, remains $10 but does not include a t-shirt. Registration is available at athleteguild.com. Simply search “Color Me Nutty 5K Fun Run/Walk” in the search bar at the top right of the homepage.
Poetry Reading (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)
Listen to poets, young and old, while enjoying a nice cup of coffee at Court Street Coffee Shop.
Artisan’s Market (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Shop a variety of vendors selling handmade items in Central Park. If you are interested in having a booth at the market, fill out an application at the Main Street website: http://www.seguintexas.gov/main_street/detail/artsfest or pick up an application at the Main Street Program office at 211 North River Street.
Zumba in the Park (10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
Enjoy a fast paced dance exercise program in Central Park.
Seguin High School Theater Performance (11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.)
Catch select scenes from the high school’s One Act Play in Central Park.
Katie Poth Performance (12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Performance by local vocalist, Katie Poth in the Central Park Band Stand.
Navarro Jazz Band (12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
Performance by the Navarro Jazz Band in the Central Park Band Stand.
Poochanga (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
Central Park goes to the dogs for an art competition specifically for your K9 friend. Bring your dog in its best, most creative outfit to the Band Stand in Central Park. Suggested donation of $10.
The Seguin High School and Junior High Mariachis (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
The Seguin High School and Junior High Mariachis perform in the Central Park Band Stand.
CelebrARTe (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
An evening of art, live music, great food, wine and beer tastings from local artisans, and great company all in the beautiful Texas Theater. Bid on items in the Silent Auction where all proceeds will benefit the Seguin Art League’s renovation of the Klein Opera House. Seguin’s 2014 Outstanding Contributor to the Arts will be announced as well. Pre-sale tickets are available at $25, and tickets at the door will be $30
Description of Events
Seguin’s annual celebration of the arts is quickly approaching. ArtsFest 2015 will include a Color Me Nutty Fun Run and Walk, Poetry Reading, Artisan’s Market, Zumba in the Park, Seguin High School Theater Performance, Pet Poochanga and CelebrARTe all in downtown Seguin. Events kick off early on Saturday, March 21, 2015 and wrap up late in the evening.
CelebrARTe is a special evening of art, live music, great food, wine and beer tastings from local artisans, and great company all in the beautiful Texas Theater. Attendees can bid on items in the Silent Auction where all proceeds will benefit the Seguin Art League’s renovation of the Klein Opera House, the new home of the Seguin Art League.
“The events for CelebrARTe include a silent art auction, wine and beer tasting from Blue Lotus Winery and Seguin Brewing,” Kim Schmitt, Seguin Commission on the Arts Board Chairperson, said. “The beer tasting will be new this year. There will be appetizers from The Power Plant Texas Grill, live entertainment from The Dirty River Dixie Band, and the announcement of Seguin’s outstanding contributor to the arts.”
CelebrARTe tickets are available at Gift and Gourmet and Court Street Coffee Shop. They can also be purchased from any Arts Commission Member. They are $25 pre-sale and $30 at the door. A keepsake wine glass and three beer or wine tasting tickets are included in the price of the ticket.
“Proceeds from CelebrARTe go towards the funding of public art in Seguin,” Schmitt said. “We are currently sponsoring a video contest highlighting the arts in Seguin and looking into a mural project. This year proceeds from the art auction will go to the Seguin Art League to help with the restoration of the Klein Opera House.”
ArtsFest celebrates art of all forms in Seguin.
“We have so many talented artists in Seguin and many admirers and supporters of the arts. This is a wonderful opportunity for artists, community members, family, and friends to gather and celebrate the arts in Seguin,” Schmitt, said. “My favorite part of ArtsFest is the art auction. As an artist myself, I always enjoy seeing what other artists are doing. This event is a great way to showcase artists in our community and to bring art to the public.”
For more information about ArtsFest 2015 call: (830) 401-2448 or visit: http://www.seguintexas.gov/main_street/detail/artsfest.
By: Mariah Kilbourne
Seguin Economic Development Specialist


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|Clemson offers 3-star DB|
|by Tony Crumpton - Associate Editor - Friday, April 4, 2014 11:28 AM||
Antonio Parks - CB/ATH
Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 Hometown: Reserve, LA (East St. John HS) Class: 2015
|#69 ATH, #32 LA, 77 Grade||#75 CB, #47 LA, 83 Grade|
Clemson has offered 3-star DB Antonio Parks from Reserve, LA according to his twitter account. Clemson is already in his lead group for his services.
He has offers from Akron, Arizona, Arizona State, Duke, Houston, Iowa State, Kent State, Louisiana Tech, ULL, Memphis, South Alabama, South Florida, Southern Miss, UCF, and others.
Some schools with high interest include Minnesota, Oklahoma State, and Texas.
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Vion Food Group, the owners of Welsh Country Foods, announced in January that it was planning to close the processing facility for Welsh lamb.
It blamed the decision of ASDA to 'de-list' Welsh Country Foods as a supplier.
At the time the company said that it would "explore every opportunity to limit any potential job losses."
They announced that they would begin a 90-day consultation with workers as they continued to work to attract new customers to the site.
The plant in Gaerwen previously handled 640,000 lambs every year.
More top news
"I felt like I didn’t want to live any more" - Presenter Siôn Jenkins opens up about his battle with mental health and living with anxiety.
Police said a man in his 60s was seen entering the River Tawe at around 10am on Sunday.
The severe weather, flooding and landslides, has led to police declaring an emergency.


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Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez announced today
that the University has completed the purchase of a 25-acre parcel near campus,
which will be used to develop affordable and attainable housing for faculty
In his annual Fall Welcome to the campus community, Gonzalez said the University
needs to build housing to help recruit top faculty and staff to an area with
fast-rising housing costs.
The land is located on Ramona Avenue just south of Folsom Blvd., and less than
a mile from the main campus. It is a former California Youth Authority facility
and falls within the City of Sacramento’s South 65th Street Area Plan,
which seeks to spur development of a walkable, mixed-use district.
The site was formally acquired by the University over the summer after nearly
two years of negotiations with CYA and the state’s Department of General
University Enterprises, the non-profit business entity of Sacramento State,
spearheaded the deal, paying $2.3 million for the land before transferring it
to the University. The “University Village” project will be developed,
and eventually managed, by an arm of University Enterprises.
Prices will be controlled through a variety of approaches used at other California
campuses, including California State University, Monterey Bay and University
of California, Irvine.
For media assistance, contact Sacramento State Public Affairs at (916) 278-6156.


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September 19, 2021
Texas outlawed abortions past the six-week mark in a law that went into effect on Sept. 1. Dr. Alan Braid, a Texas physician, says he performed one anyway just a few days later.
In an opinion piece for The Washington Post on Saturday, Braid, who's
been practicing for more than 40 years, explained his decision as a matter of
"duty of care." The new law, known as S.B. 8, not only makes performing
an abortion after about six weeks illegal, but makes it so that anyone who aids
anyone else in getting one — by performing the procedure or even by giving them
a ride to the clinic where they have the procedure done — runs the risk of
being sued for at least $10,000.
The state now has the nation’s most restrictive abortion law
September 5, 2021
A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stop a restrictive Texas abortion law from taking effect, allowing the state to prohibit medical providers from ending a pregnancy after detecting an embryo’s cardiac activity.
In effect, the law bans Texans from getting abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Jeremy Blackman, Austin Bureau
Aug. 12, 2021
The National Abortion Federation has told doctors in Texas it will stop referring patients and sending money to clinics that offer abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
In North Texas, the Texas Equal Action Fund will likely “pause” its ride share program that helps women reach abortion appointments.
August 2, 2021
Just a quick walk through the parking lot of Choices-Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, in this legendary music mecca, speaks volumes about access to abortion in the American South. Parked alongside the polished SUVs and weathered sedans with Tennessee license plates are cars from Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida and, on many days, Alabama, Georgia and Texas.
Choices is one of two abortion clinics in the Memphis metro area, with a population of 1.3 million. While that might not seem like much for women seeking a commonplace medical procedure, it represents a wealth of access compared with Mississippi, which has just one abortion clinic for the entire state of 3 million people.
Abortion advocates in Texas say the law will encourage their opponents to flood courts with lawsuits that will cripple their ability to operate.
July 24, 2021
By Adam Edelman
For Anna Rupani, harassment comes with the job.
As the co-executive director at Fund Texas Choice — a practical-support abortion fund in Texas that helps women travel to places, both in and out of the state, where they can receive abortion care — she’s been the target of protests, violent threats, online bullying and terrifying mail.
The anti-abortion movement has grown increasingly militant in recent years — and increasingly successful. The liberal pushback isn’t cutting it. We need a leftist strategy to defend abortion rights.
BY ANNE RUMBERGER
July 14, 2021
Abortion access has been uneven and inadequate for decades. But with the recent announcement that the Supreme Court will hear a major abortion case next term concerning a Mississippi state law that would ban almost all abortions after fifteen weeks of pregnancy, the threat has reached new levels.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization strikes at the heart of the precedent set in Roe v. Wade in 1973 that abortion is permitted until fetus viability, generally at around twenty-four weeks. As it hears the case, the Supreme Court will consider one clearly delineated question: whether or not “all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.” Mary Ziegler, author of Abortion and the Law in America, said recently that the court taking up the case could result in overturning Roe, but it could also get rid of viability as the point at which states can ban abortion.
Organizations are strategizing for the possibility of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and a future where even more women seek financial and logistical help.
June 26, 2021 By Adam Edelman
Last summer, Crystal Zaragoza drove a 15-year-old patient from her home in rural Georgia to Virginia, the nearest location where the teen could receive the abortion care she needed.
Zaragoza remained with the patient every step of the way, making the 650-mile trip in one, long 12-hour haul and staying with her at a hotel during and after the procedure before driving back.
Abortion-clinic escorts and defenders serve as human shields protecting patients from angry, aggressive protestors. Now, with emboldened extremists and the COVID crisis, they face more danger than ever before.
By Garnet Henderson
Jun 2, 2021
Shelley, an abortion-clinic defender at Clinics for Abortion and Reproductive Excellence (CARE) in Bellevue, Nebraska, had a bad feeling on the morning of September 25, 2020. One of those gut bad feelings. It had been a volatile summer. Warmer months typically bring more anti-abortion-rights protesters to clinics, and the groups had been even larger than usual in 2020, likely due to high unemployment rates. By September, the crowds had begun to thin back down to the clinic’s 12 to 14 “regulars.” That morning, one of the regulars was camped out in his usual spot at the base of the clinic’s driveway.
According to a newly uncovered report, a 2019 rally outside a Texas Planned Parenthood showed the ways far-right groups continued to build relationships by demonizing abortion providers.
By Anna Merlan
In 2019, a small group of truly unpleasant people banded together to be loud, obnoxious, and wrong outside a Texas Planned Parenthood. While the tactic isn’t new, the faces were: the Proud Boys wore their signature black and gold polo shirts, while the InfoWars personalities they stood beside wore the channel’s T-shirts; both wore red MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN hats, waved Trump flags, and perspired under a merciless sun, yelling anti-abortion slogans at passing cars and anyone unfortunate enough to be in earshot. A guy wearing a shirt from the militia group Texas Nomads SAR (which stands for Security and Resistance) and a crooked helmet emblazoned with a Trump bumper sticker proudly offered his thoughts on Planned Parenthood for a far-right livestreamer: “It’s eugenics,” he said, squinting at traffic and half-heartedly waving a Trump flag. “It’s not for the purpose that was stated.” He segued into a selection of questionably related and exceedingly racist thoughts on the dangers of “illegal immigrants” raping women. And all the while, Texas law enforcement agencies were watching, and were taking note of the attendees’ capacity for violence.
By ROBIN ABCARIAN, COLUMNIST
JAN. 31, 2021
In 2009, four months after Barack Obama, who supported abortion rights, was
sworn in as president and Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, a
religious zealot murdered the late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in the
vestibule of Tiller’s church.
I have always believed those two things were related.

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text: i have a habit of hinting about things i plan to elaborate on here on the blog, and then forgetting to go back and do so. well, for once i am following through: the secret tote project has gone public and above are some of my faves (+ one of mine). clay, wood & cotton asked five of their favorite designers to decorate a handful of eco-friendly tote bags and i was happy to oblige with some doily-stencil-and-embroidered one-of-a-kind works. also pictured are bags from cakehouse, knit knit, home sweet, alison tauber, and fisk & fern. get ’em while they last!


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Bar: Upala 70% Dark with Nibs (Costa Rica)
Maker: Potomac Chocolate (Woodbridge, VA, USA)
Price: ~$10/50g (The Chocolate House in Washington, D.C., USA)
Munch Factor: 6.5/10
Ingredients: organic cacao, organic sugar.
Appearance: the bright white packaging is a far cry from when I first tried Ben’s chocolate 6 years ago, but it tells consumers all they need to know, and the simple logo is eye-catching. The bar itself is a medium dark brown with nibs spotting the back and a stacked rectangular mold.
Aroma: very sweet dried red fruit with a touch of acidity and an earthy cocoa background. It smells like how I imagine a chocolate factory would, like cocoa with a hint of the volatile acids that both leave the chocolate during refining and contribute to its complex flavor.
Melt & Snap: okay melt & very strong snap.
Flavor: red fruits and then almost caramel sweetness comes out from underneath, while a high note of tannin rises above as you chew the chocolate & nibs. It goes from fruity to sweet to cocoa in few seconds flat and it is delectable. Even better than I remember. Long cocoa finish.
Complaints & Complements: nibs are a loveable but tough inclusion, since it forces you to chew the chocolate, but the texture it adds is incredible. This bar is now the top nibs bar out there, in my mind, and I feel bad for those of you who’ve not yet had the pleasure of tasting it. Superb.
Context: sitting in my office before heading downstairs to lunch. My office is cool, but being heated.
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31 CFR 205.28 - How are interest payments exchanged?
(a) We offset the adjusted total State interest liability and the adjusted total Federal interest liability for each State to determine the net interest payable to or from each specific State. The payment of net interest and any Interest Calculation Costs, as set forth in § 205.27, for the most recently completed fiscal year must occur no later than March 31. We will notify a State of the final net interest liability. A State must submit a claim to receive payment.
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Cold Weather Shelters to Open in Walton County
Walton County Emergency Management has activated the Cold Weather Emergency Shelter Plan for Walton County this evening, Sunday, November 20, 2016. The following cold weather emergency shelters will be open beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Coastal Branch Library
437 Greenway Trail
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
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361 North 10th Street
DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433
The National Weather Service predicts a temperature of below 40°F in Walton County. Freezing temperatures are possible late tonight through tomorrow morning, Monday, November 21, 2016.
Walton County Emergency Management will continue to monitor weather developments and make additional announcements as necessary. Please call Walton County Emergency Management at (850) 951-2017 if you have any questions.


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If you’re ever thought about fly fishing for huge wild brown trout in New Zealand, then this season is the time to go…
Why I hear you say?
Well, to cut a long story short, there is a mice and rat plague in the beech forests in some parts of the South Island of New Zealand.
These fury little critters are swimming across the rivers and being eaten greedily by the brown’s. This is seeing them grow exponentially with 4 lb fish rapidly becoming 6 lb fat footballs!
At Owen River Lodge in the past few weeks guests have landed some of the biggest fish of their lives with a couple 9 lb-ers and a 10 ¼ lb brown landed. And of course the chances of landing a double digit trophy have grown substantially too.
There has been a last minute cancellation at Owen River, three guest cottage suites are now available 18 – 25 February 2015.
Poronui Lodge have had a terrific start to the season. The fish are in excellent condition, fat and strong. As some of the guides have reported, “the best they have ever seen”. 2014 couldn’t have been a better advocate for spring fishing with plenty of dry fly action – even on the days when the weather was not so favourable.
For more information on fishing in New Zealand please contact Alex Jardine or call our office on +44 (0) 1980 847389.

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Sword of the Animist
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Sword of the Animist Discussion
7 hours ago
To abuse Derevi's ability some as you want to win via commander damage you could try Rancor to make sure she gets in for damage and when she dies as she will you can just get Rancor back.
Sword of the Animist should help you ramp and mana fix. Added to that gives Derevi a little boost.
Market Festival is a big ramp spell and with Derevi you should be able to abuse it pre and post combat.
Berserk if Derevi has a high enough attack could be a finisher for you. I like it in my Sigarda deck for that as well as it being a good removal spell in the right spot that allows you to finish some one off and kill another players creature.
11 hours ago
How does Beacon of Immortality work out in here? I just don't see it being that useful to winning.
Skullclamp I enjoy in my Ayli deck if I need more cards but life isn't as important.
Sword of the Animist has never disappointed me. Early game I slap it on Ayli and grab a few extra lands. Late game I slap it on a creature I'm about to sacrifice and swing at some one then sack pre combat damage (no enemy that way). For +2 mana you get +1 life and fetch a land.
Sangromancer has been a great life gain card for me. Creatures are always dying so why not get some life for it. It's even better if your playing against someone else who does a lot of scarify of there own.
Here is my deck Ayli, Eternal board wipes if you want to look over it for more ideas.
1 day ago
Wolfrage76, thanks for the suggestions. I actually already have Helm of the Host in here, but I haven't gotten to use it yet. I'm looking forward to having 2 Ghaltas or something silly like that. As for the sword, I'm on the fence. I like the sword of the animist because it helps thin my deck, since I draw so much, and also because I actually have fairly little ramp. Plus, Sword of the Animist is legendary while Sword of Feast and Famine is, for whatever reason, not.
5 days ago
Blood Artist & Zulaport Cutthroat I see in your maybe board. Both I run and are huge aids for the small advantage they will gain you in the game every turn. Against the right deck a Blood Artist + Board Wipe can kill a player.
Budget restrictions are fine in this deck as you can get a lot of power for little cost.
Phyrexian Reclamation, Mentor of the Meek, & Greed are big card advantage pieces in this deck as the life loss is negligible here. Also it's fun to sac and return to sack again a Solemn Simulacrum (another little more expensive card you should get). Well of Lost Dreams also but it ties to your life gain not you paying life... oh darn.
For ramp I recommend Sword of the Animist & Crypt Ghast. The sword is a huge ramp card in this deck as you can get some early attacks in with your cheap commander for some lands and late game you toss it on a creature you want to sack and attack with it, sack it pre damage if you don't want to make an enemy and gain +1 life over what you would before and gain a basic all for 2 extra mana.
Aetherflux Reservoir as a win condition because all the life has to have a purpose.
Fumigate is a great budget board wipe in the deck.
Anguished Unmaking I like as a back up to Ayli's ability.
Feel free to look over my Ayli, Eternal board wipes deck for some more ideas.
5 days ago
Sword of the Animist is a card I have been running now for some time and love it in this deck. The amount of basics I have gained early in the game (when in my opening few cards) is amazing. Late game it still gets some value as you equip it onto a creature your about to sack, swing, and sack in response to gain +1 life and a land. Well worth the 4 mana investment the first time and 2 mana every turn after. compared to Expedition Map's 3 mana for a one time use. 1 extra mana to gain a life and then repeat.
6 days ago
I got a win in 1v1, and one win and one loss in a four player free-for-all (sorry, I only played thrice) with my deck, and Master of Waves was probably the MVP. Spellskite also provided great support.
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1 week ago
Before I go over Scroll Rack, Weathered Wayfarer is my favorite one drop creature in the game. It fixes mana, I run it with Desert of the True, Secluded Steppe, Blasted Landscape, and Drifting Meadow in my mono-white (Hokori, Dust Drinker), and it puts in serious card draw. Consider running a couple more cycling lands, but you don't need them. I always ran Mistveil Plains to bottom the cycling lands, and fetch them out again. Weathered Wayfarer became ": Draw a card." which is really powerful on a two drop that can fetch out Kor Haven, Maze of Ith, Buried Ruin, Inventors' Fair, Sequestered Stash, Inkmoth Nexus, etc.
Now onto the Scroll Rack point. Land Tax is a combo, yes, but Weathered Wayfarer is too. So is Sword of the Animist, so is Stonehewer Giant, occasionally Eternal Dragon is. And that's not including constant shuffling effects, think of Steelshaper's Gift, Open the Armory, Tithe, Enlightened Tutor, Knight of the White Orchid, Stoneforge Mystic, Recruiter of the Guard, Thalia's Lancers, Oblation can be (I guess Path to Exile technically could be), Field of Ruin, Expedition Map, Inventors' Fair, Myriad Landscape, and all of the other effects you could run if you wanted two, like the good fetches, Arid Mesa, Windswept Heath, Flooded Strand, and Marsh Flats.
Not even including all of those, you run so much shuffle, plenty of which are every turn, that though you might not need Land Tax, Scroll Rack would do you wonders, and in testing, it works so much more than you give credit for. (I just ran the deck with one less plains)
1 week ago
Sword of the Animist should help you ramp.
I would also throw in a Ghostly Prison to double down on Baird's ability and make it vary hard to attack you.


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|Ohio||1990 Ohio Op. Atty. Gen. No. 90-088 (Nov. 14 1990)||Fines and fees||Does allowing different municipalities to set their own indigency standards or fines/fees violate the equal protection afforded by the state’s constitution?||Indigency should be determined on a case-by-case basis, not through set standards||
A gleaning of the aforementioned authorities clearly reveals that there are no set criteria for determining whether an individual is indigent. Rather, the preferred approach is to determine indigency on+ See more
a case by case basis so as to accord attention to any and all factors tending to indicate an individual's financial condition. . . . [T]he the criteria for determining . . . whether an individual is indigent, include the ready availability of real or personal property owned; employment benefits; pensions; annuities; social security; unemployment compensation; inheritances; number and age of dependents; outstanding debts, obligations and liabilities; and any other relevant considerations concerning the financial condition of an individual.
|Ohio||no||fines and fees||Which fines and/or fees may be collected by a private vendor?||
Neither the courts nor the State AG has considered this question. However, the Ohio Revised Code provides that both misdemeanor fines, § 2928.18(F) and felony fines, § 2928.28(G)(1), may be+ See more
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|Ohio||no||ability to pay||Who has the burden of proof in an ability to pay determination? What is the standard of proof required?||See Case Law: Liming v. Damos, 979 N.E.2d 297 (Ohio 2012)||Fines and fees|
|Ohio||no||Ohio-Attorney General opinion||Should ability to pay be considered when imposing fines or fees or only when collecting fines or fees?||See Case Law: State v. Meyer, 706 N.E.2d 378, 380 (1997); Ohio Rev. Code § 2947.14||ability to pay||Fines and fees|
|Ohio||2012 Ohio Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2012-039 (Nov. 14, 2012)||fines and fees||What authority do county or municipal courts have to set fines or fees?||County courts can use their fining power to fund various projects, programs, and services of the court||
Although a county court has authority to use a special projects fund established under R.C. 1907.24(B)(1) to finance community service programs, nothing in the Ohio Constitution, Revised Code, Ohio Rules+ See more
of Criminal Procedure, or Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio directs the manner in which a county court may use moneys in a special projects fund to provide such financing. This means that the judges of a county court have the discretion and implied power to use special projects fund moneys in whatever manner is reasonably necessary to make community service programs available to persons who are convicted of, or plead guilty to, a misdemeanor.
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This has not been considered by courts or the State AG. But the Ohio Supreme Court issues "bench cards" guiding the lower courts on how to implement fines. See, e.g.,+ See more
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|Ohio||no||no||Under what circumstances does a conflict of interest in the imposition or enforcement of court debt violate state law?||This has not been considered to date|
|Virginia||2000 Va. Op. Att'y. Gen. (2000)||Costs and fines dischargeable in bankruptcy||Other applicable opinions||
"Criminal costs, which may or may not be contingent upon sentence but are associated with conviction, and traffic fines are nondischargeable in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. Debt for restitution or+ See more
criminal fine included in criminal sentence is nondischargeable in Chapter 13 bankruptcy; criminal fines not contingent upon sentence, traffic fines arising from traffic infractions, and civil traffic fines are dischargeable in Chapter 13 bankruptcies."
|Indiana||2003 Ind. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2 (Jan. 31, 2003)||RE: Local Ordinances and State Laws||What authority do county or municipal courts have to set fines or fees?||Cities and towns may not enact local ordinances similar to state laws in order to generate revenue||
The Home Rule Act expressly prohibits local units of government from adopting local ordinances which assign a penalty for an act that constitutes a crime or infraction under state statute.+ See more
A state statute must be evaluated to determine if the statute deals comprehensively with a subject matter; local ordinances might not be preempted if a state statute does not deal comprehensively with a subject matter and there is room for supplemental local regulation. However, a city or town may not enact a local ordinance where there is an existing state statute dealing comprehensively with the subject matter and local law is considered preempted by state law.
|Indiana||2010 Ind. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 1 (May 12, 2010)||Re: Civil Forfeitures and the Common School Fund||Other applicable opinions||Civil forfeitures are not committed to the common school funds like criminal fines and fees under the state constitution||
It is our opinion that Article 8, § 2 of the state constitution does not apply to forfeiture actions brought under Ind. Code ch. 34-24-1. Article 8 of the Indiana+ See more
Constitution provides for the funding of the common school fund, part of which is derived “from the fines assessed for breaches of the penal laws of the State; and from all forfeitures which may accrue.” Art. 8, § 2. A proceeding under Indiana's forfeiture law is civil in nature, and it is only fines and forfeitures from criminal proceedings that must be paid into the common school fund.

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There are many countries all over the world today that has allowed their citizens to grow marijuana for many reasons, primarily for its medicinal value. Organizations and research teams have already laid out many evidences which can support the idea of the importance of growing marijuana plants. There are also countries where marijuana growing and … Read moreGuidelines in Growing Marijuana Outdoors
According to some cannabis historians, marijuana most likely hailed from certain parts of Central Asia. However, as men became attracted to it and with its effects, growing marijuana has also spread to other countries of the world. These days, it has been extensively distributed to many different locations in the globe. For thousands of … Read moreHistory of Growing Marijuana Outdoors
When a certain cannabis grower would like to grow his very own marijuana indoors, there are a lot of factors to seriously consider for the said plant to grow healthily and strongly without fear of it having to wither or die. Indoor growing, as compared to outdoor growing, can be very challenging. And if … Read moreHow to Grow Marijuana Indoors?
A matter of fact, there are a lot of people who take in on a consistent basis. There may be a lot of obligations in using this plant, and there might only be a few countries where consumption may be allowed. These plants are also available for purchase through medical prescription because they are also … Read morePotential Seeds for Growing Marijuana Outdoors
There are three known ways to grow your marijuana plants. They can be placed in a green house or you plant them indoors or outdoors. In this article, we give emphasis on growing them outdoors as it is the ideal planting environment for cannabis in pot. Growing cannabis is just the same thing when you … Read moreHow to plant marijuana outdoors

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Please see below ETU Statement on Covid-19, updated 15 March 2020.
To all members of the European Triathlon family,
We all have one common passion and that is triathlon and all related multisports. There is almost nothing which can stop us from being involved in triathlon in general and races in particular. From the 10-year-old kid who makes his first steps on his triathlon career to our Age-Groupers of all ages, we were all looking forward to the first European triathlons of the Olympic 2020 season to take place this month.
But just like everyone in Europe we are faced with the substantially changed European sport landscape due to the rapid and massive spread of the COVID-19 virus throughout our continent. The health and well-being of all European triathlon family members is our primary concern. Therefore the ETU executive board has decided to, in line with the decision of the ITU executive board as published online March 14, to suspend all ETU activities until the 30th of April. This includes races, championships, TO, LOC and coaching seminars and courses, development camps and the ITU mentor program. In Appendix I you can find a list with all the events which will be affected by this decision.
ETU President Renato Bertrandi said: “This is a hard decision to take as it will involve not only the athletes who have devoted their time, hard work and effort to be fully prepared for the upcoming season, but also all the volunteers who have put so many hours of time in putting up the best events for all the athletes. However, the current situation leaves us no other choice. As a citizen of Torino living in the hard-hit northern part of Italy, I am fully aware of what consequences the COVID-19 virus has for those who get infected and what it means for all the professionals who do their utmost best to treat and cure them. It is our responsibility as European Federation to the society to help prevent and stop the spread of the virus.”
The ETU strongly recommends the National Federations, in line with the ITU, to extend these measures in their country and also urges all the clubs and individual athletes to put the health of the society as their number one priority. We should all follow the instructions from the national and local authorities. All ETU staff and volunteers will be working from home during these weeks.
It is a great sign of commitment from all the organisers and national federations that all the races that have been affected so far are postponed and not cancelled. During the coming weeks the ETU will work in close alliance with all the organisers to find solutions for the postponed events after 30th of April. As soon we have further information we will publish this on our website and on our Facebook page.
The ETU and its executive board will continue evaluating the situation on a daily basis in alliance with the affiliated national federations and will announce as soon as possible any changes in the policy concerning the COVID-19 virus. For now we wish all Europeans the best, together we will be strong.
Appendix I List of all Events Affected
|Date||Event||Place, Country||New Date and Place|
|3rd April||ITU Technical Officials And Event Organisers Level 2 Seminar||Eindhoven, Netherlands||October, Amsterdam, Netherlands|
|13th April||ETU - ITU Development Continental Camp||Pula, Croatia||TBA|
|24th – 26th April||ITU Mentors Course||Brussels, Belgium||TBA|
|29th April||OS-ITU Coaches Level 1 Course||Ankara, Turkey||TBA|
Appendix II List of already Affected Events
|Date||Event||Place, Country||New Date|
|15th March 2020||Huelva ETU Triathlon European Cup||Huelva, Spain||TBA|
|21st March 2020||Liévin ETU Indoor Triathlon European Cup||Liévin, France||TBA|
|29th March 2020||Mellila ETU Sprint Triathlon Cup and Junior European Cup||Mellila, Spain||TBA|
|5th April 2020||Quarteira ETU Triathlon European Cup and Junior European Cup||Quarteira, Portugal||TBA|
|19th April 2020||Alsdorf ETU Powerman Middle Distance Duathlon European Championships||Alsdorf, Germany||Cancelled for 2020|