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Please don't add empty links. Make a stub then add it to the template. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs).
- I too agree and responded as such to the next message from the unregisted user who left the following on my user talk page. Doc 23:56, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Liberty Island[edit]
Liberty Island is NOT a neighborhood in Manhattan! Editing now. Er (talk) 08:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Manhattan Lower West Side[edit]
Hello, I am sorry to bother you, but I thought I should explain my recent editing of the Manhattan template. I have been linking articles about New York City neighborhoods to both their boroughs and their corresponding templates. The overwhelming vast majority of these have been pages that already existed. Although some were simply stubs, many of those have been dramatically expanded simply because someone noticed that they had been added to the template and decided to put more text in about them in the customary Wiki manner. I have chosen to add a few undefined neighborhoods to the templates because I believed that their absence were gross omissions, including the Lower West Side. Although I work as a engineer, I admit to not being handy with Wiki and assume you are more knowledgable than me about both its writing system and New York City. Therefore, as I have learned from your Wiki user page that you have made significant contributions to articles here, I hope you might be inspired to create a spanking new Lower West Side page by the following links.
These sources and others should help prove that the Lower West Side of Manhattan does in fact exist either as a neighborhood in its own right or as a collection of them (like the South Bronx or the Rockaways). As someone who lived in New York City for several years, I believe the Lower West Side is part of the social fabric and not just the latest neighborhood rebranding. Personally, I have heard of people using the term mockingly but have encountered it more lately in causal conversation without derision. So you know, I attended St. John's University (before I dropped out), lived in Brooklyn while trying to be a musician (before I stopped dropping out), and now commute to Manhattan from Connecticut (after I stopped dropping out and got an education). I have always been enchanted by the Five Boroughs and would live there if my family could could afford it. Please feel free to contact me on here regarding this matter or others that you desire. I hope this will be of some help to you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- The above message was left on my personal user talk page and I don't really have time to investigate further at the moment, so I thought that I'd throw it open here as I responded to this person on my talk page. Doc 23:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
huge space usage[edit]
This template is extremely inefficient in using its space, with every hood in a new line. I think this appeared in this edit here: [1] Why was this done? Peter S. 18:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- Does each neighborhood appear on their own line when transcluded into a page? When I currently view the template I see about 10 lines with about 8 neighborhoods per line... if you are just talking about the wiki markup, that is just to make editing the template easier. If you are talking about how the template actually looks, would you mind letting us know which browser and operating system you are using to view the page? It could be a browser bug and I'll do my best to correct for it. PaulC/T+ 19:17, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Gramercy Park[edit]
Gramercy Park strikes me as not belonging in the template - it's not anything close to a neighborhood, it's a private park. Certainly the article belongs on the site, but I just feel like it should be taken out of the template. matt91486 01:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
East Harlem[edit]
East Harlem should be its own article. Right now it redirects to Spanish Harlem. The two are different neighborhoods. --Zimbabweed (talk) 07:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm thinking of reorganizing this template into groups for uptown, midtown, downtown, etc., with smaller areas grouped by the bigger areas. Make senese? --Muboshgu (talk) 18:33, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Italian Harlem[edit]
This is listed as a distinct neighborhood. However, as the article explains, it has been supplanted by Spanish Harlem. Therefore I am taking the liberty of removing this from the template. ScottyBerg (talk) 20:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Kips Bay is on the East Side[edit]
Kips Bay is on the East Side (not the West Side). 184.108.40.206 (talk) 20:02, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Former neighborhood[edit]
Added the former neighborhood of Seneca Village, which was demolished to create part of Central Park. ~ Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 01:57, 5 February 2018 (UTC)


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Territory of Kansas
was an
organized incorporated territory of the United States
that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the
as the
State of Kansas
The territory extended from the
border west to the summit of the
Rocky Mountains
and from the
37th parallel north
north to the
40th parallel north
Much of the eastern region of what is now the
State of Colorado
was part of Kansas Territory.
Territory of Colorado
was created to govern this western region of the former Kansas Territory on February 28, 1861.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas Territory was established by the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854, establishing the
Nebraska Territory
and Kansas Territory.
The most momentous provision of the Act in effect repealed the
Missouri Compromise
and allowed the settlers of Kansas Territory to determine by popular sovereignty whether Kansas would be a
free state
or a
slave state
The Act contained thirty-seven sections. The provisions relating to Kansas Territory were embodied in the last eighteen sections. Some of the more notable sections were:
;Section 19
:Defines the boundaries of the Territory, gives it the name of Kansas, and prescribes that "when admitted as a State or States, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission." It further provides for its future division into two or more Territories, and the attaching of any portion thereof to any other State or Territory; and for the holding inviolable the rights of all Indian tribes till such time as they shall be extinguished by treaty.
;Section 28
:Declares the
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
to be in full force in the Territory.
;Section 31
:Locates the seat of government of the Territory, temporarily at
Fort Leavenworth
, and authorizes the use for public purposes of the government buildings.
;Section 37
:Declares all
and other engagements made by the
United States Government
, with the
Indian tribes
inhabiting the Territory, to remain inviolate, notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this act.
Eastern Emigration
Pro-slavery settlers
Within a few days after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, hundreds of Missourians crossed into the adjacent territory, selected a section of land, and then united with fellow-adventurers in a meeting or meetings, intending to establish a pro-slavery
upon all this region.
As early as June 10, 1854, the Missourians held a meeting at
Salt Creek Valley
, a trading post three miles west from
Fort Leavenworth
, at which a "Squatter's Claim Association" was organized.
They said they were in favor of making Kansas a slave state if it should require half the citizens of Missouri, musket in hand, to emigrate there.
According to these emigrants,
would do well not to stop in Kansas Territory, but keep on up the Missouri River until they reach
Nebraska Territory
, which was anticipated to be a free state.
Before the first arrival of Free-State emigrants from the northern and eastern States, nearly every desirable location along the Missouri River had been claimed by men from western Missouri, by virtue of the
preemption laws
During the long
that preceded the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, it had become the settled opinion at the North that the only remaining means whereby the territory might yet be rescued from the grasp of the slave power, was in its immediate occupancy and settlement by anti-slavery emigrants from the free states in sufficient numbers to establish free institutions within its borders. The desire to facilitate the colonization of the Territory took practical shape while the bill was still under debate in the
United States Congress
. The largest organization created for this purpose was the
New England Emigrant Aid Company
, organized by
Eli Thayer
from the free states, including New England,
, and other Midwestern states, flowed into the territory beginning in 1854.
These emigrants were known as
Because Missourians had claimed much of the land closest to the border, the Free-Staters were forced to establish settlements further into Kansas Territory, as at
(the first established),
, and
To protect themselves against the encroachments of non-residents, the "Actual Settlers' Association of Kansas Territory" was formed. This association held a meeting on August 12, 1854, the object being the adoption of some
that should afford protection to the Free-State
, under laws not unlike those adopted by the pro-slavery
in the border region east.
First Territorial Appointments
The first territorial appointments, looking to the inauguration of a
local government
, under the provisions of the organic law, were made in June and July,
. The officers appointed by
President Pierce
, whose appointments were confirmed by the
United States Senate
, and who entered upon the duties of their officer.
The first governor was
Andrew Horatio Reeder
Easton, Pennsylvania
) was appointed June 29, 1854.
(Later, a letter of dismissal of July 28, 1858 removed Governor Reeder from office. His removal was officially announced
July 31
, and on
August 16
Governor Reeder notified the Legislature of his removal.)
Election of Territorial Legislature
On March 30, 1855 "
Border Ruffians
" from Missouri invaded Kansas during the territory's first legislative election and forced the election of a pro-slavery Territorial Legislature. The general facts concerning the Missouri invasion of the ballot boxes at the election were known throughout Kansas from the day after the
. The Pro-slavery residents, with their allies over the Missouri border, considered it a fair victory, fairly won. The Missourians had gone over to the various precincts in Kansas in overwhelming numbers, and elected a Pro-slavery Legislature.
Antislavery candidates prevailed in only one election district, in the future
Riley County
, where
had just been situated.
The first session of the legislature was actually held in
Pawnee, Kansas
(near modern-day
) at the request of Governor Reeder.
The two-story stone legislature building still stands to this day as the first Territorial Capitol of Kansas. The building remained as the seat for the legislature for only five days, from July 2-6, 1855, as the proslavery forces voted to move east to be nearer to Missouri, with the next session to be held at the Shawnee Methodist Mission.
Bleeding Kansas
James H.
became involved in the Free-State movement in Kansas in 1855. He was often called the leader of "
" movement in Kansas. The first Free-state convention was held in Lawrence on the evening of June 8, 1855, in response to a call signed "Sundry Citizens," "
for the purpose of considering matters of general interest to the Territory
." Whereas they stated, certain persons from the neighboring State of Missouri have, from time to time, made irruptions into this territory, and have fraud and force driven from and overpowered our people at the ballot-box, and have forced upon us a Legislature which does not represent the opinions of the legal voters of this Territory. Many of its members not being even residents of this Territory, but having their homes in the State of Missouri.
These people used violence toward the persons and property of the inhabitants of the territory. The convention resolved in favor of making Kansas a free Territory, and as a consequence, a free State; the convention looked upon the conduct of a portion of the people of Missouri in the late Kansas election as a gross outrage on the elective franchise and rights of
and a violation of the principles of popular sovereignty. The convention members did not feel bound to obey any law of illegitimate legislature enacted and opposed the establishment of slavery. The convention reserved the right to invoke the aid of the General Government against the lawless course of the slavery propaganda with reference to the Territory.
There was held in the public hall in Lawrence a "Ratification Convention." It was a general ratification of all that had been done and showed most conclusively that thereafter there was a united force in Kansas pledged to
which no opposing powers could intimidate nor inward dissensions divide.
See also
American Civil War
, 1861-1865
Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850
Great Plains
Historic regions of the United States
History of Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
of 1854
Mexican-American War
, 1846-1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
, 1848
Pike's Peak Country
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
, 1858-1861
Rocky Mountains
Territorial evolution of the United States
Territories of
that encompassed land that would later become part of the Territory of Kansas:
Nueva Vizcaya
, 1562-1821
Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico
, 1598-1821
, 1690-1821
, 1764-1803
Territory of
that encompassed land that would later become part of the Territory of Kansas:
, 1682–1764 and 1803
States and territory of
that encompassed land that would later become part of the Territory of Kansas:
Santa Fé de Nuevo México
, 1824-1848
Coahuila y Tejas
, 1824-1836
Territorial claim of the
Republic of Texas
, 1836-1845
U.S. territories
that encompassed land that would later become part of the Territory of Kansas:
Louisiana Purchase
, 1803-1804
District of Louisiana
, 1804-1805
Territory of Louisiana
, 1805-1812
Territory of Missouri
, 1812-1821
Adams-Onís Treaty
, 1819
Former territorial claim of the
Republic of Texas
, 1845-1850
Mexican Cession
, 1848
U.S. territories
that encompassed land that was previously part of the Territory of Kansas:
Territory of Jefferson
, 1859-1861 (extralegal)
Territory of Colorado
, 1861-1876
U.S. states
that encompass land that was once part of the Territory of Kansas:
State of Kansas
, 1861
State of Colorado
, 1876
Portions of this text was taken from William G. Cutler's
History of the State of Kansas
, first published in
External links
Territorial Kansas Online
Kansas State Historical Society
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In our search for gorgeous light, we found ourselves exploring the uniquely historic facets of good ol Pasadena.
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This week Gerardo Santana has announced the first release of Rails/Informix, an Informix adapter for Ruby on Rails, and a new version 0.3.0of the Informix driver for Ruby. So nowseems like a good time to take them for a test drive.
Trying to let go of preconceptions, I resolved to followCurt Hibbs' Rolling with Ruby on Railstutorial to the bitter end to make a simple recipe application.
Documented here are mainly the Informix specific deviations from the tutorial. Note I used IDS 10.0 - the recommended version for Rails/Informix. My test platform was Windows to match the tutorial, so for any operating system specific paths and commands assume the equivalent for your OS.
Since the onlamp tutorial also includes instructions on installing MySQL, refer to Jean Georges Perrin's Installing IDS on XP article for an equivalent tutorial on installing IDS.
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And thank you Maitland Library. The librarians there were so helpful (especially when pointing out there was a pub next door).
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6 books sold
Overall, I would claim it a success. People laughed during the speech, I avoided saying "um" and I didn't speed speak (a specialty skill for when nervous), and there were cookies. I probably could've read a shorter passage from the book. And probably should've given answers that didn't include "the voices in my head". And learn to smile a little less like a troll plotting to kill everyone and drink jaeger bombs from their skulls. But still, it was a success.
It was two weeks ago now that I stood up in front of a small group and spoke about my writing.
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Using notes stopped me from just reading the whole thing. It kept it a lot livelier and entertaining and able to wander off onto tangents naturally. I wish I trusted this technique more back in school, wouldn't had failed most of my public speaking stuff.
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I had worried that I would have too much time up my sleeve, that's why I chose such a chunky bit of writing to read out. That was a miscalculation on my part. Should've had two bits ready depending upon time; a long piece if there was too much time left and a short piece if there was time left to head to the pub.
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Questions were asked. I don't think I answered them very well, but people asked questions! That was cool.
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I'm going to have a roomate, and one of the deals was I had to get groceries/cook. I think this will force me to quit living like a bachelor[ette] all the time eating cereal and chocolate milk--to making nutritious, full meals {a lot more often than I did the last year :D}.
A dish that I recently tried, Jalapeno Chinese Chicken will definitely be on rotation.
Jalapeno Chinese Chicken
Pinterest Inspired
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
1/4 cup cornstarch
4 cups vegetable oil
2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp chopped garlic or 1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp rice wine {have also used regular vinegar}
2 tsp soy sauce
2 jalapeno peppers, sliced {I put in 4-6 depending on how much heat I want that day :D}
2 Tblsp sugar
1. In a seal-able plastic bag, combine the chicken pieces and cornstarch. Shake until the chicken is coated and then let rest for about 5 minutes.
2. Heat the 4 cups of oil in a deep fryer or deep pot until 375 degrees. Drop chicken in batches until all of it has been cooked. Drain on paper towel.
3. In a wok, or large skillet, heat the sesame oil and then add the garlic and jalapenos and fry for 1 minute. Add the rice wine/vinegar and soy sauce and let cook for another minute. Add sugar and cook till thickened.
4. Enjoy on a bed of rice, or just eat as is {I do!}.
Now, the first time I made this, I did not have very much liquid at all and saw no need to put the sugar in. However, the sugar helps to thicken as well as even out the heat from the jalapenos, so I added about 1/4--1/2 cup water/soy sauce mixture before adding the sugar. Worked for me :D As always when cooking, I say go by what you see, taste, and smell. A little bit of this, and a little bit of that. A recipe is just a base for you to jumpstart your creativity!


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Previously I have only sold senior portraits ala carte, but I have recently put together a few nice packages for all budges. If you would like to see the packages please let me know and I will send you the link. I hope this will help you with your print orders!


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There's a drawer I never open. It holds a picture I never look at. It reminds me of a day I hate to remember, but I'll never forget.
I'd give anything to be like the other girls on campus. Going to parties, flirting with boys, planning for a future. But that's not me. And hasn't been since the day my parents died. The only thing that got me through was Griffin. Even though I didn't have my family, I always had him. Only, now I'm not so sure I do.
It's not just the eleven hundred miles separating us now that I'm at college. Or his band finally taking off, and all the gigs and girls suddenly demanding his time. It's as if everything is different-the way we talk, the way we text . . . the way he looks at me and the way those looks make me feel.
Griffin has been the only good thing in my life since that horrific day. But I can feel our friendship slipping away-and I'm terrified of what will be left in its place . . .


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5 More iOS 8 Keyboards That Support GIFs, Fancy Fonts & Themes
From emoji, to GIFs and fancy font styles, iOS 8 allows you to install third-party keyboards that change the way you input text on your iPhone or iPad.
We have already reviewed four popular keyboards (SwiftKey, Swype, Flasky and Minuum) and a smart iOS translator that takes a similar approach. Since then several other similar apps have been released, and you will be amazed by what features can be packed into simple keyboard. Let's check them out.
Installing Keyboard Apps
After downloading a keyboard app, you will need to enable it on your device by going to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard. For most keyboards you will need to enable Allow Full Access, which gives the app access to all of the data that you type on your device.
After a keyboard is installed, tap and hold the globe icon in Apple's default keyboard, and then select one of the enabled keyboards.
GIF Keyboard (Free)
If you want to spruce up your instant messages, Riffsy's GIF keyboard provides a fun way of doing so. This keyboard allows you to search and select from over a million GIFs and videos that can be copied and pasted into iMessage, the text messages app, WhatsApp, Twitter, Messenger, the photo sharing app, SnapChat, and the Mail app.
Note that in the add new keyboard settings, the app is named "Riffsy Keyboard", instead of "GIF Keyboard" or similar.
You can press and hold on a GIF and save it to one of your custom folders for later use. And yes, GIF Keyboard also includes a keyboard (tap on the Aa button) so you don't have to switch to another keyboard to type actual words.
Better Fonts (Free and Pro)
Even if you prefer using an advanced, quick swipe keyboard, you might like sprucing up your messages with a different style of font, which is exactly what Better Fonts provides. Its pro version, $4.99, provides up to 115 fonts to choose from, including emojis, upside down text, bubble letters, many more.
Open the Better Fonts app to preview the free and pro options. The app itself also includes a notepad for typing and copying text.
Fancy Texts Keyboard (Free)
Fancy Texts also has a wide assortment of free and paid font collections that can spice up your messages and comments, in apps like iMessage, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Messages can also be composed in the Fancy Texts app itself, and copied and pasted in other apps.
BrightKey (Free)
If you fancy changing the color theme of your keyboard like changing your clothes, BrightKey makes that possible. The free version of the app includes five vibrant colors to choose from, and eight other themes (3 metals and 5 woods) for purchase.
But BrightKey has two other awesome features. Swipe up from its spacebar and it reveals a set of snippet messages you can quickly paste into a text box. Plus, while long-pressing on the space bar, you can slide the cursor between characters. These two functions could be highly useful on any third-party keyboard.
Ginger Keyboard + Page (Free)
Ginger Keyboard is more than a keyboard. It was developed for those who want to build and perfect their English writing skills. Similar to Apple's default keyboard, Ginger also includes predictive words, and auto-correction and auto-capitalization. But to make full use of the app, you need to sign up on the Ginger website, which can be done through the app itself.
Registration provides access to Ginger's proofreading, dictionary, suggested grammar corrections, language translations, and other contextual synonym and definition tools. After tapping the "G" icon, your typed or selected text will be copied and analyzed on Ginger's online application where it will make suggestions for corrections in your text, or for translating it to another language. It also includes a text-to-voice reader.
The online site, which can be opened from the keyboard, also includes fifteen keyboard themes to choose from, and it even allows for creating new themes. The site provides handy tutorials for getting the most out of the app.
More Than Enough
There are many replacement iOS 8 keyboards to choose from. Unfortunately, no single keyboard has all the features we would like, but switching between keyboards is relatively easy. Here's a tip: in the keyboard Settings, arrange third-party keyboards starting with your favorite one at the top. When you switch between keyboards, the one at the top will show up first.
You should also remove any you don't use, as they're bound to just get in the way and frustrate you when you accidentally enable them.
Let us know which third-party keyboards you have used in the comments below.
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All these photos were taken a week ago while I was in Newburyport, Mass. The rain had just let up and the sun was dancing in and out of the clouds. Perfect for photography.
Heavy rain pulled down blossoms that were already hanging by a thread
I such a sucker for a white picket fence


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Two 17 year old girls who were seen together earlier this morning in Orillia were reported missing, but have been found safe and sound.
OPP say Brianna Martin had last seen around 12:20 am with Savannah Simcoe and an unknown male, at 25 Colborne Street East.
Savannah Simcoe had last been seen getting into a black pick up truck on Mississaga Street in Orillia around one this morning, across from the LCBO.
Have you seen her? 17 year old Savannah Simcoe of Orillia was last seen around 1 o'clock this morning getting into a black pick-up truck on Mississauga Street across from the LCBO. She's described as:
- 4′ 11″
- medium build
- brown eyes
- dark shoulder length curly hair, shaved on one side
- upper lip ring
- wearing black jogging pants, a black hoody and black shoes
If you have information on her whereabouts, please call police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Savannah was seen earlier in the company a second teen reported missing.


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The designs of our Drinkware will surely bring out your drink's flavours. You can take your pick from our beer glasses, wine glasses, flutes, etc.
Did you know that the design of your glass can influence your enjoyment of the contents? That is exactly the reason we made available a wide variety of drinkware.
We have sturdy beer steins to tiny little shot glass. We've got something to put your beverages in such as fruit juices, sparkling wines or beer
Our drinkware isn't only suitable for personal consumption and gifts. We thought you could also use them as promotional items and even wedding tokens.


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Hello everyone! Today I have a sweet get well tag using Ellie with Crutches.
I don't make tags very often, but I thought this would look so sweet hanging off a jar of chicken soup or a pot of tea. I Copic colored Ellie and fussy cut her out. I hope you enjoyed this and thank you so much for popping by!


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Nonprofit innovation: fight violence with fighting?
21 Aug
I'm fascinated by nonprofit innovation– not innovation for the sake of change itself, or for the glamor of being first out of the gate with a new idea. Rather, I'm interested in innovation as a mindset for problem solving and opportunity tapping. Drawing from global examples, I've conducted several workshops on Five Mindsets for Nonprofit Innovation, and this month's Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) features a wonderful example of one such mindset: flipping an idea.
The "flipping" mindset refers to intentionally exploring the opposite of your first strategy idea to address a given issue. The SSIR article describes a Brazilian nonprofit called "Fight for Peace" or "Luta pela Paz" in Portuguese. Based in Rio de Janeiro, its goal is to help street children survive and thrive, even as they're surrounded by drugs and gang violence. Luke Dowdney, a former British amateur boxer, founded the organization 12 years ago after writing his dissertation on violence affecting Brazilian street children. Dowdney sees boxing as a way to build connections with "young people who don't find what they need in traditional youth programs." Literally, he's helping young people focus on their ability to fight back against poverty by experiencing a very tangible link between hard work and winning, between self control and empowerment.
The Fight for Peace program is not all about boxing. It includes elements of mentoring, job training and leadership development. But at its core is a very counter-intuitive idea; to fight violence with fighting. And it's been effective. The United Nations Development Programme is one high profile endorser. Organizations in eight other countries, including the United States, are working to adapt the Brazilian model.


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Ever since it was announced the New Mutants were getting their own movie, things have been relatively quiet on that front with occasional glimpses of a rumor such as Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy joining, but those don't seem to go anywhere.
Recently though it's popped back up with writer/director Josh Boone taking to his Instagram account to not only announce his completion of the most recent draft of the script, but to show off various members of the New Mutants that hints that these are the characters that'll appear on screen.
He posted pictures of Cannonball, Magik, Mirage, Sunspot, Warlock, and Wolfsbane, all original members of the first New Mutants team back when they debuted in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 in 1982 by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod.
#billsienkiewicz #newmutants #illyanarasputin #lockheed'stail #Magik
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The New Mutants eventually spun off into their own book that ran from 1983 to 1991. New Mutants is also known as the book that gave us the debut of fan favorite Deadpool who debuted in the 98th issue.
What do you think of this line-up? Does this excite you or is there a character you wish was in there? Let us know in the comments below.


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The three basic types of rocks are igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Sedimentary rocks make up most of the rocks on the earth and are formed when bits of rock, soil or organic matter settles and accumulates. Plant and animal fossils can be found in sedimentary rock. When there is an abundance of plants and animals, fossil fuels develop, like oil, natural gas and coal. Types of sedimentary rocks include carbonate rocks, chemically precipitated rocks, clastic rocks and coal.
Carbonate rocks are made mostly of carbonate minerals, coming from of bioclasts created by calcareous organisms, such as corals or mollusks. Limestone and dolostone make up the majority of carbonate rocks.
Chemically precipitated rocks are often formed when water evaporates and leaves minerals behind. For example:
Clastic rocks are made up of soil and tiny pieces of rocks called clasts. They accumulate and then are subjected to compaction and cementation. The soil and rocks are broken down my physical weathering, such as heat, ice, pressure and water. For example:
When pressure and temperature increase, chemical reactions are stimulated. Organic material containing carbon can become coal. Here are examples:
Sedimentary basins are areas where sedimentation occurred on a large scale. Examples include:
Different sedimentary rock examples can be found worldwide; but, the basic process that constructs the rocks remains the same.
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Awards for ZEN at the 2015 Tourism Awards
The Zagori Excellence Network and Zagori were honored for the second time at the Tourism Awards 2015 that were held, in Athens, on 12 March, under the auspices of Visit Greece .The Tourism Awards aim to signify the excellence and innovation in the Travel, Hospitality, and Leisure market. Many senior executives and tourism officials from all over the country attended the ceremony.
The Zagori Excellence Network (ZEN) was awarded the Gold Award for Mountain Tourism and the Silver Award for Branding. These awards are following last year's distinction, when the Silver Award for Strategic Partnership- Synergy was bestowed upon ZEN.
The Zagori Excellence Network is the first network of private companies in Greece and it was established in order to communicate and promote the area of Zagorohoria. ZEN is striving to stimulate the recognition of Zagori as a prime tourist destination, not only during the winter, but throughout the entire year. At the same time, they are attempting to become sovereign enough for the association with the network to be a promotion for the members itself.
Some of the network's members were awarded individually, as well.
The Aristi Mountain Resort & Villas was granted the Gold Award for Customer Experience, following a silver award in the same category last year.
North Face Zagori Mountain Running, ZEN's newest member, was awarded the Silver Award for Sports Tourism, certifying the race as one of the most significant ones in Greece. The North Face Zagori Mountain Run has been distinguished for its innovation, its results, its contribution to the national economy, and its employment of sustainability principles.


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A Feature: We Don't Change
(co-authored by sportswriter Kirby Garlitos, in lieu of Oktoberfest)
Change pervades the world of the Filipino, and it has become, so to speak, a norm of life. It dictates the lives of our people. As such, Filipinos have been – for a lack of a better term – forced to go with it or be left behind. Eat or be eaten. Hunt or be hunted.
Such kind of life has, in turn, spawned an attitude of 'what-you-can-do-I-can-do-better', and conceived a behavioral exercise which may best be described as one-upsmanship. Indeed, Filipinos have always aspired to be at the head of the game.
But fads come and go, fashions roll through and past, and today's trends will eventually dissipate into yesterday. Very few transcend the realm of vogue and, in the minds and hearts of Filipinos, even fewer enter the rare air of tradition.
At first glance, basketball and beer seem to have little connection. Maybe none at all. The first is a sport involving the fundamentally physical activity of putting inflated orange balls in a hoop despite a host of defenders. The other is an alcoholic beverage best enjoyed chilled, with a group of friends, in pursuit of relaxation. The disparity may seem obvious, but in confronting this seemingly stark contradiction, one will realize that basketball and beer are uniquely intertwined.
Makati rocked by blasts – 8 dead, over 70 injured
Just a quick update on the blast that rocked the Metro this afternoon. The blast is confirmed to be a bomb blast and the atrium of Glorietta 2 is completely destroyed. The area was cordoned off and traffic has hit both North and South of the metro due to checkpoints.
According to Inquirer.net and ABS-CBN News, 8 people are confirmed dead and over 100 injured. Most of the injuries were brought to either Ospital ng Makati and Makati Medical Center.
Stay safe everyone.
Comforting Oody's
I've long been searching for a really spicy but still flavorful Tom Yum here in Manila, one that tastes similar to the one I fell in love with in Bangkok. When I went to Oody's Express in Market Market and saw they they had Tom Yum, I ordered it right away.
The verdict? Mmmmmm, delicious! I loved it! It was very spicy, just the way I liked it, but it didn't lose out on the flavor the lemon grass, shrimp, tomatoes — how does "malinamnam" translate to English anyway? That's how I'd describe that bowl of soup. Spicy hot but still "malinamnam."
We also ordered catfish salad, kangkong, noodles with clear soup and Mu Yang (Pork BBQ rice meal). They were all very delicious. My soup and my husband's Mu Yang was served with free Iced Coffee which we both savored. Yummy! See our meal in pictures below.
I was going to my office building one morning when I noticed a group of people milling around near the building's entrance. I got curious what could it be that they were so all agog about. So there's a man selling taho (soy bean curd) to everyone's delight.
Taho vendors are everywhere. They go around different neighborhoods, in school vicinities. You can even spot them in major highways, some even ride public utility vehicles with their huge taho buckets in tow. They have this distinct tone of voice letting people know they have arrived, "taho! taho!". Can you miss that? And now I see them in central business districts. Taho had been reinvented by selling them in different flavors in specialty restaurants. The flavor is not anymore confined to plain soy bean. There are tahos that come in capuccino, chocolate and even strawberry flavors.
Have a cup when you encounter your friendly neighborhood taho vendor.
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What's Your Flavor?
The makers of BAILEYS® Irish Cream, the world's original cream liqueur, made history again today with the introduction of Baileys® with a hint of Mint Chocolate and Baileys® with a hint of Crème Caramel. Their launch brings a playful twist to what is already a world best-seller and offers consumers the experience of something different.
Baileys® Irish Cream is a unique blend of quality ingredients – fresh Irish dairy cream, finest spirits, triple distilled Irish whiskey and chocolate flavors – combined in perfectly balanced proportions. It is an award winning taste that has been enjoyed by millions of consumers in over 150 markets around the world for the past 33 years. It is the same award-winning recipe that is now used to make Baileys® with a hint of Mint Chocolate and Baileys® with a hint of Crème Caramel. The key difference is the subtle addition of natural flavors to perfectly complement that same great taste giving peppermint with dark chocolate notes in one and a creamy caramel overtone in the other.
Few people actually know that there is scientific justification to the correlation between our personalities and preferences of flavours…
Airbus A380 arriving in Manila
Yup, you read that right! The world's largest commercial super jumbo jet is landing in our very own NAIA next week, October 11 around 2:45 in the afternoon.
The Daily Tribune has the details:
Local aircraft enthusiasts will have a closer look at the super jumbo jet which is scheduled to arrive at 2:45 p.m. and land at the NAIA's longest runway, the 3,700-meter long 06/24 runway.
The giant aircraft, which requires only 1,500 meters of landing space, will line up for its final approach in the vicinity of Antipolo flying toward the South Luzon Expressway.
The aircraft can be clearly seen at The Fort in Taguig City but can be best viewed at the east-west service roads of the South Luzon Expressway near the gates of Villamor Airbase and Merville Subdivision.
Upon loading, the double-deck aircraft will taxi toward NAIA's remote parking area where officials from the Airbus 380 Industries as well as Manila International Airport Authority officials, to be led by MIAA general manager Alfonso Cusi and other airline companies, will be waiting for a tour of the aircraft's interiors.
The state-of-the-art aircraft will dock at an exiting gate of the NAIA to check if the A380 Airbus can utilize the existing movable bridges of the terminal.
Source: The Daily Tribune


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The play J.B. by American poet and playwright Archibald MacLeish will be performed Oct. 3 through Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center's Lenfest Theater.
Directed by Professor Domenick Scudera. Tickets are $5 for general admission, and $2 for students and senior citizens. For information and reservations, please contact the Box Office at 610-409-3030.
J.B., which is a modern retelling of the story of Job, is a play in free verse that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1959.
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More than a week of wet weather – 9.1 inches since Saturday the 19th – has given our island paradise a proper soaking.
To cope with all that water, the National Roads Authority is busy ensuring Cayman's network of drainage wells are clear of debris.
When Cayman's drains are stopped up, NRA crews counter with an industrial sized remedy: like an ordinary vacuum, only much bigger and more powerful.
"She can vacuum and as you can see, she can blow drains at the same time," said NRA Machine Operator Ricky Bodden.
He told Cayman 27 he's been working all over Cayman since the rain started falling some ten days ago.
"We've been in Windsor Park most of the time, we went to East End, then Savannah, West Bay Road, Snug Harbor, we've been basically all over Cayman so far, South Sound, basically all over Cayman doing drains," said Mr. Bodden.
The truck is loud, and what emerges from the drains, sometimes forcefully… let's just say it isn't always pretty.
"That's tar, oil, mud, all kinds of stuff all mixed together there," said Mr. Bodden.
With a little elbow grease, and some help from the powerful suction of the vacuum truck, the crew of two manages to clear the blockage.
The well is now cleared to a depth of 92 feet..
Mr. Bodden told Cayman 27 this vacuum truck – in service from last year – is a big upgrade over the old model.
"With this one, we can just put the hose in to the catch basin, put the blowing thing down inside the well, blow out all the dirt that's down inside there and it don't go back in to the well," said Mr. Bodden.
To report a clogged drain in need of attention from the NRA vacuum truck, contact the NRA hotline at 525-1251.


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Bathroom Accessory Sets Csets black - Toilet accessories also play significant parts in making toilets useful and appealing. The accessories that are most often used are candle holders, towels, fixtures, soap dispensers, different types of holders for candles, towels, toiletries, cosmetics etc, towel racks, curtain rods and bath baskets for showers, rugs etc.
Bathrooms and showers are the most favored areas of the house as far as an individual that is weary is concerned. In olden times, toilets were looked upon as only a necessary evil, but presently, they have got much relevance which may be fit with that of a bedroom, kitchen or family room. While all other portions of the home are constructed for our physical well being, toilets help in rejuvenating both the mind and the body.
This new found importance of toilets has resulted in them becoming glamorous rooms and also a genuine friend of those residing in the house. Toilet accessories are invariably small but thoughtfully extra things that make your bathroom more appealing and practical.
But there's a demand to select your bathroom accessories. There's no point in cluttering up your bathroom space that is limited with all sorts of frills. Repair the accessories at only the spaces that are appropriate and give a thought in regards to the color scheme too. It's true that these fixtures generally eat up almost twenty five percent of the entire bathroom construction cost.
Colors and designs of bathroom towels like hand towels and bath towels should invariably complement that of the backdrop wall tiles. Actually, choosing the right accessories and towels necessitates an artistic bend of mind.
While fixtures and racks are entirely practical appendages some bathroom accessories like flower vases are of only ornamental value. Some pieces like towels and toiletries are both useful and cosmetic in the exact same time. Toilet vanities have become absolute necessities for the well-cured because of the improved ambience these can supply to the restroom.
Another popular trend, particularly in designing children's toilets, is to utilize temporary fixtures, backgrounds, accessories etc because their living surroundings are quickly outgrown by youngsters. The emphasis here should be on enhancing the fun variable as opposed to practicality. The materials used should be safe, light, appealing and durable.


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Jackson, TN 38305
- Phone: 731-668-3103
- Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
About Jackson, TN
Welcome to our Jackson, TN, eye care center, located conveniently between Memphis and Nashville. We are pleased to serve West Tennessee with a full range of eye care services, including eye exams, vision testing, management for ocular disease, eyeglasses and contact lenses. Situated in The Columns shopping center, our team at The Eye Care Group has been providing residents of Jackson, TN, and all neighboring communities, with sharp and healthy vision for over 43 years!
The Columns is growing by leaps and bounds on all sides of our optometry office, with a diverse variety of retail stores, cafes, boutiques and restaurants. If you're looking for a meal or snack after your eye exam in Jackson, TN, we recommend Snappy Tomato Pizza! Our very own optical manager, Theresa Brown and her husband, own this flavorful pizzeria. (However, the awesome cheesy and crispy taste is the real reason we eat here, and not just because of Theresa!)
Jackson, TN, is the main hub of Madison County and the second-largest city in West Tennessee. We are located between the musical capitals of Nashville and Memphis, and famed as the site of the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame Museum, which spotlights the lively contributions of Tennessee musicians. Throughout the year, plenty of Jackson festivals attract crowds to settle down and move to the beat of our city, such as the Shannon Street MusicFest, Old-Time Musical Festival and Rockabilly Fest.Read more
Your whole family can view and experience the history of Jackson, TN, and the greater region at the Casey Jones Village. This winning attractions includes The Historic Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum, the popular Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store Restaurant, the 175-year-old Providence House, and the Village Chapel, a church that dates back over a century, and many more interesting sites! There's enough to keep you busy all day. To stay energized – stop in at the Old Country Store Dixie Café Takeout or Dine-In, or enjoy a creamy confection at the authentically recreated 1890's Ice Cream Parlor & Fudge Shoppe.
If you're looking for outdoor tranquility, head to Cypress Grove Nature Park, a local reserve for indigenous plant life and wildlife. It's only a few minutes from downtown Jackson, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year to walk along the winding, elevated boardwalk that cuts through a shady cypress forest. Plenty of benches and gazebos invite you to sit down and observe the beautiful surroundings. Another fantastic Jackson, TN, attraction is the Century Farm Winery, located on a working family-run farm. The owners have been making wines here for years, and now they opened their doors to allow visitors to tour the winery and vineyard too.
We have so many sites to tell you about in Jackson, that it's hard to hold back! If you're looking for a truly unique place to visit, we have a few additional suggestions:
1) Rusty's TV and Movie Car Museum, where over 25 iconic cars that were used in movies or TV shows are on display.
2) Enhance your understanding of our musical roots at The Carnegie Center for Arts & History, also named The Legends of Tennessee Music Museum. Housed in a building built by Andrew Carnegie, this museum has a Civil War museum in the basement, topped by a small theater, and a floor dedicated to sharing the musical heritage of West Tennessee.
3) Shop in Jackson's one-of-a-kind Vintage Market on Church Street. Here you can browse three floors of shops full of handcrafted furniture, home décor, clothing, vintage art and antiques.
Dr. Lewis and Dr. Duncan are looking forward to seeing you in Jackson, TN
We Focus On
Learn more about what problems can be spotted with an eye exam, what's involved in a comprehensive exam.
Children should have their first eye exam around the age of six months. If all is healthy, they should come back around 2-3.
We offer a wide selection of contact lenses including disposable soft contact, bifocal/multifocal, toric, and colored lenses.
We offer emergency services that require immediate and urgent eye care. If your eye is injured, don't try to judge the severity of it.


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The Christmas maybe over but handling gifts and presents may not be. It is believed to be 1 out of every 3 presents are unwanted. What are you going to do with 3 tins of Quality Street Chocolate? What are you going to do with the Animal measuring scale you got from your uncle? Here are few ideas to help you to get rid of them (or shall we say good use of them?)
1. Get refund: A lot of the gifts come with the receipts. Usually they have adeadline of 1 or 2 weeks to swap or get refund. Look out for the receipt before you throw away the wrapping paper to your recycle bin.
2. Reuse them as Gifts: Sound like frying a fish on its own oil? Well, it exactly is. If you are unable to refund or exchanged the gift, check your diary, whose birthday is coming soon? The easiest ones are the Wine and Champagne bottles. Do remember not to use the same item to the person who actually gave you that on Christmas. Before you forget who gave what to you, make a list!
3. Re-selling: Some may argue that this option should be number one. You can easily re-sell your unwanted gifts and presents. Of course you can use our site to list the item for sell. When you do that don't forget to mention this is an unwanted gift. It may fetch for higher price than you expected. Also you should keep the item as much intact as possible.
4. Swap: Another option becoming hugely popular these days. You are not the only one who received something you didn't want or there is no use to you. Advertise your item on our swap and exchange category, you never know what deal you are going to get.
5. Donate: The easiest and hassle free option. You can easily donate the unwanted gifts and presents to your local charity. If you don't have any local charities, you can easily ask people to collect the item from your place. And oh – you can advertise that on our free to collect items section too (shameless plugging again )


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Dinner with a German spy and his frau
During most of my 30 months at No 26 Signals Unit, one of my secondary administrative duties on the main base at RAF Gatow had required me to deal on an almost daily basis with one particular German civilian. To protect his identity, for reasons which will become clear, I will refer to him as Herr Franks. He never asked me about my work at 26SU and I never asked him about his earlier life. To get on well with Germans of a certain age (roughly my age!), it was neither wise nor polite to ask them what they or their fathers had done during the war.
Just before I was due to leave Berlin, Herr Franks invited me to a farewell dinner with him and his wife and I was delighted to accept. I was entitled to an RAF car and driver, so I didn't have to worry about drink-driving. When I arrived at Herr Frank's home, bearing a bouquet of flowers for Frau Franks - with an odd number of stems as German social protocol requires, I was rather surprised to find that there would be just the three of us at dinner. They lived in a beautiful house only a few miles from Gatow and as I entered a fabulous smell greeted me. It turned out that the smell emanated from the main course, a concoction of snails in a thick, savoury sauce. I had never eaten snails. I have an allergy to shellfish but, although snails are not shellfish, they do live in shells and the very thought of eating them made me apprehensive.
"Mögen Sie Schnecken?" asked Frau Franks as she brought the steaming, fragrant dish to the table. We conversed in a mixture of German and English.
"I've never had any," I replied truthfully, but added untruthfully and unwisely, "but I've always wanted to try some."
Herr Franks ladled a large helping of the food onto my plate and he and his wife bade me start. I looked carefully at the suspicious objects floating in the sauce and then bravely dug in. I tentatively chewed into one of the snails and found it rubbery and unyielding. I couldn't taste anything unpleasant because the excellent garlic sauce disguised any flavour the snails might have had. Without realising it, I ate speedily, swallowing the snails whole, with the misguided idea that the sooner I got it over with, the better. I soon emptied my plate - long before my hosts had emptied theirs. I sat back contentedly in my chair sipping a truly excellent Liebfraumilch Auslese, which was actually my favourite tipple - after beer.
"You seem to have enjoyed your first snails," beamed Frau Franks and, as I nodded enthusiastically while dabbing my lips with a napkin, Herr Franks spooned another large helping onto my plate. "There's plenty more," he added.
I began to feel rather unwell before the long meal was finished but I managed to conceal that and tried to concentrate on the conversation. Herr Franks asked how I was getting home from Berlin and whether I was looking forward to my next job.
"I'll be driving home through the Central Corridor and then across France before taking the ferry from Calais to Dover," I answered. "I don't know what my next job will be - I expect they'll tell me before my disembarkation leave is over." That was another lie. I knew perfectly well that I was posted as an instructor to the Joint Services School of Intelligence at Templer Barracks, Ashford in Kent. I had pre-booked a room in the Officers' Mess at Templer Barracks to recover from the drive and to drop off some of my belongings. That was why I intended using the short sea crossing from Calais to Dover rather than one of my preferred, but much longer, routes in a cabin on the overnight car ferry from either Hamburg or Bremerhaven to Felixstowe.
"I believe I heard someone saying you were being posted to an Army unit in Kent," said Herr Franks, his bushy eyebrows raised questioningly.
"I don't know where they got that from," I lied, for the third time, and changed the subject.
Over brandy, liqueurs, Schwartzwäldekirschtorte (Black Forest Gateau) with added fresh cream, and with scrumptious Bavarian chocolates and coffee to follow all that, the conversation turned to music. Frau Franks put an LP of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll on the hi-fi in the corner of the room. As it happens, it was a recording of von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic that I often played on my own equipment in my suite in the Officers' Mess at Gatow. As we listened to the dreamy work, which was Wagner's 1869 birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, I explained how much I had enjoyed my frequent visits to the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and the West Berlin Opera House.
"Siegfried Idyll is one of my favourites," I said, "I have an LP of this particular version in my suite in the Mess."
"Yes, I know," said Herr Franks. Alarm bells sounded in my head. How did he know? Perhaps he was just showing off?
When the music slowed to a close, fading very gradually into silence (Wagner had written 'bedeutend langsamer' in the score), I sensed that it would be an appropriate time to say my farewells. On the spur of the moment, I offered to hand on to Herr Franks my Philharmonie protocol season ticket. He was overcome with gratitude at my offer and, of course, accepted it. It was my way of thanking my hosts for an excellent evening - and eased my conscience for having lied to them three times. Neither Frau nor Herr Franks seemed disappointed that the season ticket was for a single seat, not a pair.
There are a couple of corollaries to that story. First: when I unpacked my crates on arrival at my new unit in Kent, my LP of Siegfried Idyll was missing. Second: about 10 years later, shortly after the Wall had been demolished and Germany reunited, I read on the Internet that the very same 'Herr Franks' had been sent to prison, having been convicted in a German court of being a long-standing spy for East Germany. His duplicitous activities, which had started before my time in Berlin and continued afterwards, had apparently been known about for a long time. I also read that many Germans had worked as spies for both East and West at the same time and that this was well known by the agencies of both sides. Herr Franks, it seems, came into that category. But who was he working for when he invited me round for the farewell dinner?
I had an email in 2005 from someone who claimed to be very interested in writing a book about the years of the divided Germany. He had read an earlier version of this story on my website and wanted to know the real name of Herr Franks so that he could go and interview him for his book. I refused several times in a series of emails and told him that if he really was a historian, he would know how to find out what he needed to know from official sources. Eventually he stopped sending me emails. Only several years later did it suddenly occur to me that the person seeking information about 'Herr Franks' could have been the real Herr Franks. It was then far too late to re-open the email correspondence – although I was tempted.
I do wonder who got my season ticket to the Philharmonie. Before the Philharmonic Hall was refurbished a few years back, I sometimes caught sight of what had once been my seat during the many TV concerts relayed via Sky Arts channels. I froze the frame when I could, to take a closer look at the man sitting in what used to be my seat. I wanted to see if it was Herr Franks, but it never was.
Above: That's me, trying to talk my way out of trouble, during my appearance in Kenneth Horne's play 'Wolf's Clothing' at the RAF Gatow Theatre Club in 1979.
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Can you pass the RAF Gunner Selection Course.
Here's a little test for all. Can you pass the RAF Regiment Gunner Pre-Joining Fitness Test? This is not the test to get in obviously, but a test to see if you can actually apply.
RAF Regiment Gunners carry out combat operations all over the world. Therefore they need to be very fit, so their specialised pre-joining fitness test is designed accordingly.
The question is can you pass? If so how easy was it, if not, how hard was it? Feel free to post your times below.
The Test
To pass you will need to meet the following, it is very simple :
Run 2.4km (1.5 miles) in under 10 mins 30 seconds on a treadmill. Then perform 20 press-ups and 30 sit-ups (That's the easy bit)
Obviously a lot of people like myself will find the press-ups and sit-ups very easy, it's the run which is a problem! Hmmmm 1.5 mile, yes, a piece of cake with no time frame but doing it in 10:30 well, you need to run, fast.
Lets give it a go, please feel free to post your times below, I will be doing this next time I am in the gym.


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VIDEO: Grandma and Grandpa Watch RuPaul Drag Race..Hilarious!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your grand parents watched RuPaul's Drag Race? You don't have to wonder any more because the video below really captures a variety of reactions.
Some of the older straight men and women didn't really like the performance part, but when it came to the serious conversations about eating disorders, they got on board and ended up liking the show! Refreshing!
If only all people could open up their minds and see the heart and soul within all of us. Until then, watch the video below for a good laugh!
More queens on MOOVZ!


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Build 4U: Construction and Home Improvements in Bradford and Nearby
Build 4U offers a wide range of services to suit all your construction and renovation needs: framing, drywall, ceramic installation, flooring, plumbing and electrical work, patio and decking, painting, plastering, basement full completion in 3-4 weeks , fencing, installation of doors and windows ( cut out any size ) , masonry (bricks and decorative stone) as well as commercial maintenance: rent and stores. We will work with you to make an individual plan that suits YOUR style and budget and make sure that you are 100% satisfied with our services. We turn your house into a HOME.
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At Build4U we understand that renovations can be scary and unchartered territory for many people, that is why we work hard to facilitate every aspect. We have families and therefore we understand how important it is to provide individual approach to YOUR family, because your opinion matters. Write to us if you want to provide feedback on a job we did.


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On 6 April Gndevaz villagers, Vayots Dzor Region, had a meeting with the representatives of state bodies and 'Lydian Armenia' Company to discuss the risks of Amulsar gold mining project and the construction of a heap leach facility. Armenian PM Karen Karapetyan promised to make this meeting happen durig his election campaign. As 'Lydian Armenia' CEO Hayk Aloyan stated, the company will accomplish construction and other preparatory works in 2017 and will proceed to the mining in 2018.
The main concerns of the residents connected with the probable leaks of sodium cyanide into environment, absence of any sanitary zone, proximity of HLF to houses and land areas, pollution of agroproducts with dust and wastes and health deterioration. The main demand is for people to have guarantees and compensation or insurance for other damage or contracts, so as people know who will bear responsibility for the consequences. 'We deal with cattle breeding and gardening, which is already not allowed. Now our animals and apricots shall be ensured. Traders think, if a plant is going to be constructed in Gndevaz Village, let's make apricot cheaper, so you should insure that,' Gndevaz resident raised a question.
In reply 'Lydian Armenia' CEO Hayk Aloyan said, 'The Company has an insurance of third-party damage. If our operations cause damage to the party, let it be the community, people, families or cars... for example, the car fell down, spilled its petroleum, which flew into the community, the company has an insurance of several million dollars. We are not going to insure people and villages individually.' 'My orchard is next to the HLF. I can see the development of my own economy in cultivating orchards. If a crusher is going to operate there, there will naturally be dust. If you don't want to insure, let's do a contract, if we can't sell the crops of the given area, there is buyer, you will be obliged to consume these crops,' another resident offered. 'Last year we took initial data from neighboring orchards, we have the data on the impact, which will know at the end of this year. When the construction finished, we will have other data, and when a mine development will launch after a year, we will have other data,' Hayk Alumyan responded in this way. Expert Seyran Minasyan asked a question to the representatives of state bodies on Jermuk mineral water. 'If it turns out that the composition of Jermuk water is changing because of mining after 3 or 5 years, please, tell me who will be liable – the PM, the Minister, who has signed it, the expert who has signed under this expert opinion or the SNCO? This is my only question, please, tell me who will be liable?' This question was replied by Arthur Minasyan, an expert at 'Environmental Impact Expert Assessment Center' SNCO of RA Nature Protection Ministry, who is also the expert of Amulsar project. 'What about water, we have examined water with isotope method, there is a relevant conclusion, nevertheless, it's public and not us who are concerned with the insufficiency. What about liability, I think it's prescribed in the Armenian Laws and Constitution,' Arthur Minasyan said. Several people were representing the interests of the residents, who were mainly displeased with the meeting. 'They are dealing only with their mine, but we want to breed cattle, nevertheless, they don't allow us. They have purchased around 60-70% of the village areas, we can't move because of the restrictions...We have to run away, otherwise will be poisoned... Currently they are only conduction explosions and laying roads, but animals already don't eat any grass...What will happen when mine development starts? The representatives of the government and ministry didn't answer any question, I'm very disappointed, so I am going to apply to the PM for him to interfere, as the hearing he promised didn't take place,'
Gndevaz residents complained. More details in the video.
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