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Wendell Scott (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
MARTINSVILLE, Va.
When will Wendell Scott be inducted into the new NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte?
Will Wendell Scott ever be inducted into this Hall of Fame?
Does Wendell Scott even belong in this NASCAR Hall of Fame?
Those are some sharply focused questions raised here over the weekend, following Darrell Wallace Jr.'s victory in Saturday afternoon's Truck 250 at Clay Campbell's Martinsville Speedway.
It's been 50 years since Scott made his own bit of NASCAR history, 1963.
It's been 40 years since Scott ran his last NASCAR race, 1973.
It's been 23 years since Scott died, at age 69, 1990.
Still the wait.
Still the questions.
The Wendell Scott Story is well known: How he, as an African-American from Danville, Va., struggled to earn a living on the stock car racing circuit in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, in what was then a white-man's sport. And how he finally won a major NASCAR race at Jacksonville, Fla., in December 1963.
No, Scott didn't get to kiss the Jacksonville beauty queen, and he didn't get that trophy that night either. A 'scoring error' was the official reason for the mix-up that Buck Baker was first named the winner. And that trophy itself, not just sure what happened to it.
The racial prejudices of the times certainly didn't make things easy on Scott. It appears NASCAR officials even refused to let Scott race at times. Rival drivers would pound on Scott's car unmercifully, and fans would boo him.
Yet Scott persevered.
Richard Pryor made a movie about Scott, in 1977, Greased Lightning.
And Scott's legacy has been invoked and well-worn by this sport's leaders in the push to diversify the face of NASCAR racing.
All that is well known to stock car fans.
Ol' number 34.....
Soooo, when will Wendell Scott be inducted into the new NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte?
Even here now, 23 years after Scott's death, that seems an oddly difficult question for this sport to deal with.
But that may not be that simple a question after all.
And in raising the Wendell Scott issue itself, that also raises more issues about this particular stock car racing museum, which just opened in 2010: Are the people running this operation really focusing on all the right things, or just putting big names on the wall for talking/marketing points? Are we all perhaps missing something with this museum?
The focus so far seems to be to 'induct' those big names and wrap some history around them. And to make sure at least one of those 'names' each year is still alive and kicking, to talk about it all.
However at the rate NASCAR is adding names to the wall, it could take Wendell Scott years to get his name up there.
Darrell Wallace Jr.'s victory here was an historic win, long awaited, particularly by NASCAR CEO Brian France, who has pushed hard for 'diversity' as one of his NASCAR's biggest priorities for nearly 10 years now.
NASCAR marketers are billing Wallace's win it as the first national touring victory on a stock car oval by an African-American since Scott's win in1963. And they've been hotly promoting Wallace, who has already made it to ABC's Good Morning America.
Scott's own son Wendell Scott Jr., who has been working for NASCAR as a 'talent scout' and coach, was here, front and center, to celebrate Wallace's win. He was one of the first to scout Wallace, back in 2008, when Wallace was only 15. And Scott Jr. is a staunch supporter of Wallace Jr.
Considering this sport's long, hard push to attract a more diversified audience and a more diversified field of drivers, Wallace's victory is a really big one. A great shot in the arm for this sport.
It should be mentioned clearly that Darrell Wallace Jr. made it to this point with considerable help from Toyota and Cup owner Joe Gibbs. And patience by all.
Even with everything going for him, it still took Wallace a long time to make it to this point.
Wendell Scott Jr., as Darrell Wallace Jr. looks on (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
For accuracy, Bill Lester -- also one of the few African-Americans even to try his hand at this NASCAR thing -- was actually the first since Scott to win a NASCAR-sanctioned national touring event, when he won a Rolex Series race at Virginia International Raceway (ironically in Danville) in the spring of 2011. Lester, a Cal-Berkeley grad, 1984, engineering, drove some Sprint Cup races for Bill Davis in 2006, in Dodges, though it's not clear just how much support really came from Dodge itself. Lester, one of the nice guys in this sport, and highly personable, was quick to send his own congrats to Wallace.
But there is another question here:
Will Wendell Scott ever be inducted into the new NASCAR Hall of Fame?
Not this year, though at least he has been nominated.
And, judging from what some NASCAR drivers themselves are asking, and some NASCAR fans too, there is a third question:
Does Wendell Scott even belong in the new NASCAR Hall of Fame?
Now, to me, the answer to question number three is easy -- an unequivocal yes.
Wendell Scott (C) with his sons, circa 1971 (Photo: Wendell Scott family)
I talked with Wendell Scott, for a long time one afternoon at his home...
...about his life... his road racing with loads of liquor on rainy nights on slick streets... his NASCAR debut and those first races, right here at Martinsville Speedway, in fact, thanks to legendary promoter Clay Earles... his many struggles to make a career and a modest living racing NASCAR stockers.
I have looked into his eyes, and seen the years....the joys, the pains, the fun, and the darned hard work of it all running a one-man NASCAR team back in the day.
Howard Walker, one of North Carolina's great newspaper photographers, and I drove up to Wendell Scott's place, across the river and up on the hill in Danville, way back when.
Walker took some still haunting, so poignant high-contrast grey-tone photos of Scott that seemed to catch nearly every wrinkle and each twinkle of his long life...
...and photos of his stock car graveyard, including the remains of that Big Chance Special, which unfortunately didn't get very far into the Talladega 500 that spring, the spring of 1973. One of the 'big ones' caught Scott pretty badly. Injured his back. He never really raced again, just once more, that fall at Charlotte, 38th and $1800.
Scott talked to me for hours that summer afternoon while Walker kept shooting.
Scott, in that quiet, patient style of his. Non-confrontational. Low-keyed.
So calm at times it was hard to see this man as a wild-eyed kid in his 20s roaring through sloppy wet streets hauling the white stuff and dodging the law.
So if I had a vote in this NASCAR Hall of Fame thing -- which I don't -- I would vote in Wendell Scott quickly.
Wendell Scott made a statement, a big statement, over his NASCAR career.
Through sheer perseverance, in the face of adversity.
And that's what really counts.
Never ever give up.
What Wendell Scott did over his racing career still makes a big difference today.
(The Hall of Fame voters themselves are all hand-picked by NASCAR executives, and the voters can select five people from a list of nominees set by NASCAR officials and promoters. Don't hold your breath waiting for Smokey Yunick or a few other renegades to make it.)
And, in an aside here, I would also vote in about 75 or so others who should already also be in this new NASCAR Hall of Fame. The legitimacy of this particular racing museum is very suspect to begin with, for a number of reasons.
This sport's journalists established a stock car racing Hall of Fame back in 1965, through their National Motorsports Press Association, and have inducted more than 80 NASCAR legends over the years.
That is much the same way in which the National Football League runs its Hall of Fame, with journalists voting. (Unlike NASCAR, any NFL fan can nominate a player, coach or contributor.) Here is the NFL's list of Hall of Fame voters.
Cal-Berkeley engineering grad Bill Lester. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
But when NASCAR, in its move to develop an office high-rise operation in downtown Charlotte a few years ago, decided to market that proposal with a 'new' Hall of Fame, as part of a tourism pitch, NASCAR execs pointedly rejected any link to the NMPA Hall of Fame and its many legends. NASCAR votes in five men a year; that's 25 men so far....in a sport that has been in business since 1948.
And NASCAR executives, unlike the NFL, closely control the entire process.
But this new NASCAR hall of fame certainly has plenty of cars and gismos and sparkle and massive promotions -- ol' Maurice 'Chief' Petty, the legendary engine builder, has been on a whirlwind tour marketing for NASCAR. And if you are looking for a neat venue for your company's next expo or convention, this museum is readily available.
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away....
Wendell Scott?
The motorsports media corps voted Wendell Scott into the NMPA Hall of Fame in 2000, ten years after his death....26 years after his last race.
Maybe that was too long to wait. But at least the motorsports media did vote him into their hall of fame, more than a decade ago.
Do the men running this new NASCAR Hall of Fame have some hidden agenda?
Do the men running this operation need to rethink a few things?
Like the format: Is this five-men a year induction process really adequate for this sport?
In a sport this huge, are there really only 25 men worthy?
What is the point of this museum anyway? To highlight just a few big names...or to showcase the sport's history?
(For that matter, why not 'induct' entire teams in toto, like the legendary Wood Brothers, like Petty Enterprises, like Junior Johnson & Associates? One man alone doesn't win the Daytona 500; it takes a team.)
A replica of one of Wendell Scott's vintage stockers, in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Now when will NASCAR's voters add Scott himself? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Now the question 'Does Wendell Scott even belong in the new NASCAR Hall of Fame?' may seem odd to some.
However there are others, some noted NASCAR drivers in fact, who asked the pointed question of 'What did Wendell Scott really do for this sport, after all?'
That, after pointing out he only won one race in his NASCAR career.
And that is a legitimate question.
How to define just what Wendell Scott really did for this sport?
Of course Bill France Jr. didn't win that many NASCAR races in his career either.
The criteria for becoming a Hall of Famer are, well, just what are the criteria?
Making a major contribution to the sport, perhaps, in whatever way?
Wendell Scott is sometimes tagged as NASCAR's Jackie Robinson.
A ground-breaker, yes.
But did Scott really pave the way for more African-Americans to make it in this sport, as Robinson did in baseball?
Clearly not.
(Then again, in this month's World Series season Major League Baseball itself may have some questions of its own to answer when the sports world looks more closely at the rosters of the St. Louis Cards and the Boston Red Sox. But that's another story.)
However Scott's very legacy makes the NASCAR case to push for diversity even more sharply in focus, now 50 years after that night in Jacksonville.
Some might argue that to put Wendell Scott in this NASCAR Hall of Fame, with only one win and a record of relative mediocrity, might be wrong.
That argument would be misguided.
The list of African-Americans in NASCAR over the years has been pretty thin. Men like Willy T. Ribbs and Randy Bethea and Bill Lester have tried their hands at it.
But this is not only an expensive sport but also a tough sport.
And a performance-driven sport -- even if you make to the big leagues, you've got to be able to perform to stick.
NASCAR and its promoters, from Charlotte legends Richard Howard and Humpy Wheeler to Martinsville's Clay Earles, have tried mightily for years to attract more African-American fans, bringing to the tracks as many widely varied African-American entertainment and sports stars as they could, to make the point clear. Diversity is, if not center-stage, at least a hot button issue.
But darned if this sport isn't expensive.
Not until NASCAR's Brian France, in 2004, established, promoted and funded a major-league 'diversity' program -- with racing scholarships, and arm-twisting big-time team owns to step to the plate too and put promising young drivers in their cars -- did this sport really start making moves.
And even at that it has taken this long for one African-American diversity driver to make it to victory lane.
Which makes it all the more memorable.
And which makes the Wendell Scott questions all the more pointed.
Wendell Scott: perseverance (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
I can only say thanks Mike for writing this story. There's so much going on in my mind right now that I would rather talk about it more than to write it down. The reality is ANYTHING NASCAR does for the sake of "diversity" centers around one man. WENDELL SCOTT. Period. There has many countless books on him and his story. Feature films. Documentaries. Probably more than the sport's "Last American Hero", Junior Johnson. Not taking anything away from Junior, but Wendell promoted NASCAR in a quiet, reserved and dignified manner that earned the RESPECT of his competitors, fans and media. Maybe NASCAR doesn't want to go down that road of the past of how they treated him and his race team during the Segregated South era, but he never gave up his quest to become a winning race car driver and did so winning one race. He never touted any "diversity" to race a car. He just did it, despite the odds. I feel confident that the next HOF class of '15 will include him.
The sad thing is that today there just aren't that many that can comprehend what it was to be Wendell Scott and endure all that he had to, just to do what he loved. If you aren't 60 or better and haven't lived in the old south where even drinking fountains were separate, where even doctors offices had two doors, one saying white, the other saying colored, you can't possibly understand the life of Wendell Scott. HOF? You betcha!
Nice piece about a guy that really did a lot with very little, not to mention the \"tension\" he must have faced throughout the ENTIRE time he raced. This guy showed up every week and posted top 10\'s in the points for quite a while there in the 60\'s. Wendell Scott deserves a lot of credit and for the record that one win was HUGE - so huge he never really got the fanfare he deserved for it; let\'s not forget that. I don\'t even think he got the real trophy for winning the event.
Yeah but at least we have Big Bill's wife the ticket taker in the hall.
(enter sarcasm here)
Tell me when Smokey Yunick makes it... maybe then I'll take a run up to Charlotte to check out the hall of fame.
I feel Wendell Scott deserves to be in the NASCAR Hall and unlike other sports, I feel Motorsports needs to have space to learn in the future.
I saw Wendell race several times and one time at Charlotte on a pit stop he got out of the car and checked over his used tires to see which ones he wanted to put back on the car. When my son moved to Va. for work we visited Wendell's place and saw some of his old cars.
I don't always agree with you, Mike, but on the issues of Wendell Scott and the Hall of Fame you are on the money. What might Wendell Scott's numbers have been if he hadn't had to battle the prejudice that he did? And that prejudice wasn't just on the track but off the track as well in that we all know that, in that time and place, it was difficult for a black man to earn a decent living no matter what his abilities were. Without the ability to even earn a decent living, how hard was it for Scott to put together the equipment necessary to be competitive? He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame just for his perseverance if nothing else. I can think of only two others who matched Scott in perseverance, that being J.D. McDuffie and Junie Donlavey and they probably deserve to be in the Hall as well.
As far as the Hall of Fame, itself, I'll never enter it until Smokey Yunick, who should have been in the inaugural class, is in. Simce I'm 75 years old, I doubt I'll live long enough to see that.
I always enjoy your writing and this column is exceptional. Your points on Wendell being in the Charlotte Hall of Fame are most thought provoking. I'm still undecided on that. I agree totally with your assessment of the HOF system itself. I was turned off on that when I saw Anne France as a nominee a while back. I'm sure she is a great lady, but not HOF material. I agree that it is a contrived system that lacks integrity. Thanks for making me think about racing!
Among the many riders and professional racers worldwide, Wendell Scott is one of my favorite and inspiration. I am an ardent fan of him and it is an honor to read the details updates and information about him on the page here.
The precedent has been set. We already have members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame voted in because of their contributions to NASCAR and the first black driver with guts enough to take on the establishment belongs.
I attended races at Bowman Gray in the 50s and early 60s and saw Wendell Scott compete a few times. My memory is that the portion of the grandstand reserved for black patrons was always filled when he raced. There may have been some disparaging remarks or boos but I don't recall that. The initiated would be quickly informed that the driver of the 34 car with Danville VA painted on it was a black man so the underlying prejudice was evident. I also saw Wendell Scott race at Charlotte. I always felt sorry for the guy, especially at what we now call Cup events, because he actually had to get out of the car and assist the few that were his pit crew at times and they made good use of what looked like your standard Radio Flyer red wagon to move their stuff around. Wendell Scott contributed to his race and the sport of NASCAR auto racing in a major way. He belongs in the hall.
racing is a tough tough sport As anyone from karting to cup will tell you it's a money thing. what Mr Scott did with little to nothing is amazing.Myself I think he should have went in before rusty Wallace and my favorite dale jarrett. both are too young and there should have been many entered before they were inducted.Personally drivers like Scott along with drivers buddy Arrington Dave Marcus jd and others should get a shot. back then you had to perform just to eat. Jr and Danica would have starved to death!!!'Mr Scott was a pioneer but on the flip side the drive for diversity is a joke.Talent and not color should be the only reason anyone should be considered.Let's face it Danica looks good but is she better then Erin Crocker or shawna Robinson or patty moise. proudly not. everyone with a lick of smarts knows baring a 42 car wreck she'll never win. in all honesty she shouldn't have made it past the truck series. I think mr Scott would have a hard time with today's NASCAR and that's sad!!!!!
He was a mediocre racer at best.There were other black drivers before him just as good or better, ( refer to Greg Fieldins 40 yrs of Stock Car Racing 1949 t0 1958).If he should be in the hall simply because of his color,that badly degrades the acomplishments of Far Far better drivers who deserve to be in long before him.Nothing against him,he just wasnt deserving to even be in the Hall.
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NAMM 2014: Given recent form, it seemed pretty inevitable that we'd see some form of new analogue gear from Korg at this year's NAMM.
Follow closely on from the release of the MS-20 mini - which was announced this time last year - this year's analogue offering sees Korg once again reviving its classic MS-20 monosynth, this time in DIY kit form.
Unlike the three quarter-sized mini, however, the end result of the MS-20 kit is a full size replication of the original. The kit also comes complete with both the early and later incarnations of the original's filter circuit and, once built, users can switch between the two.
As with the mini, the MS-20 kit has been developed under the watchful eye of the engineers that designed the original, remaining as faithful as possible to its design. According to Korg, "when it was necessary to substitute a part, the engineers made the decision based on their own ears, ensuring that the exact sound of the original unit has been reproduced."
As for the assembly itself, Korg state that building the MS-20 kit will only require the tightening of screws and fitting of parts together, so no experience with a soldering iron is necessary.
Check out the press release below for full details. The MS-20 kit will cost £1079 when it's released in March.
Korg MS-20 Kit press release
Creating an instrument with your own hands is the part of the true enjoyment of an analogue synthesizer. The MS-20 Kit lets you obtain a real, full-sized MS-20 by assembling it yourself.
It goes without saying that, Just like the MS-20 mini released in January 2013, the engineers who developed the original MS-20 have overseen this project - ensuring that its historic sound is reproduced with complete fidelity.
In addition, the MS-20 Kit provides the filters from both the early and late versions of this classic instrument and it even allows you to switch between them. Today, 36 years after this historic instrument was first unveiled in 1978, the MS-20 returns to its true origin.
Key Features:
- A full-size MS-20 that you can assemble yourself
- Both the early and late versions of the filter are provided
- Overseen by the engineers of the original MS-20; a complete replication of the original analogue circuitry:
- 2VCO / 2VCA / 2VCF / 2EG / 1LFO structure
- External signal processor (ESP)
- Extremely flexible patching system
- MIDI IN and USB connector
- Powered by an AC adapter
- Replicates every detail of the original, down to the package binding and the included manual
A full-size MS-20 that you can assemble yourself
The MS-20 Kit is a kit that lets you obtain a real MS-20 by assembling the parts according to the directions in the owner's manual. Most of the steps are simply a matter of tightening screws or fitting parts together, so you don't need to know about soldering or electronic circuitry.
Beyond any doubt, the analogue sound generated by the MS-20 that you yourself completed will sound more valuable than that of any other synthesizer.
Unlike the MS-20 mini, the MS-20 Kit is a full-size unit with a standard-sized keyboard, and the plugs are also full sized 1/4" phone plugs.
Two types of filter are provided: both the early and later versions
The original MS-20 used different VCF circuits depending on the date of production. Units produced in the earlier period used a filter noted for its distinctive distortion and self-oscillation, while the filter used in later units was a low-noise design with a more mellow character.
Amazingly, this new MS-20 Kit provides both filters. You can switch between the two by moving a jumper pin on the circuit board according to your taste or needs.
Overseen by the engineers of the original MS-20; a complete replication of the original analog circuitry
Just like the MS-20 mini, development of the MS-20 Kit was led by the original engineers themselves, who spared no effort to perfectly replicate the circuitry of the original unit. When it was necessary to substitute a part, the engineers made the decision based on their own ears, ensuring that the exact sound of the original unit has been reproduced.
In fact, the sound of the MS-20 kit has a somewhat bright and extreme quality to it because its sound is that of an original MS-20 in mint condition at the time it went on sale, before any of the components aged.
2VCO / 2VCF / 2VCA / 2EG / 1LFO structure
The MS-20 kit reproduces the distinctive synthesis of the MS-20; two oscillators with ring modulation, and envelope generators with hold and delay.
External signal processor (ESP) for processing an external signal
The ESP carries on the experimental spirit of MS-20; it allows you to use the pitch or volume of an external audio source to control the synthesizer. For example you can input an electric guitar and use the MS-20 kit as a guitar synthesizer, or input a mic and use it as a vocal synthesizer.
Extremely flexible patching system
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The possibilities are limited only by the user's imagination; different combinations of the modulation input/output and trigger, sample and hold, and noise generator can produce an incredible variety of sounds.
By patching according to the MS-20 flow chart that's printed on the panel, even the beginner can start taking advantage of these possibilities right away.
MIDI IN connector and USB connector
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Powered by an AC adapter
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Replicates every detail of the original, down to the package binding and the included manual
Our efforts to remain faithful to the original are not limited to the unit itself. Even the package that contains the unit replicates the original as far as possible. Also included are the original MS-20 owner's manual and settings chart, explaining how to create sounds. Now you can experience the excitement of the MS20, just like it was during its original release in 1978.


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The Index of Deprivation is constructed from nine Census 2006 variables, and provides a summary deprivation score from 1 to 10. A score of 1 is allocated to the least deprived 10 percent of areas, and 10 is allocated to the most deprived 10 percent of areas. You'll find more information about the index in the Atlas of Socioeconomic Deprivation in New Zealand.
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New Delhi (India), November 18: Ar. Achal Choudhary, President of IPS Group of Institutes and Dr. Ashutosh Mishra, Head-Physic Department, DAVV Indore are awarded with the 13th Annie Besant Award for Excellence in Education. They have been felicitated by this award in a gracious event held at Annie Besant School. The Chief Guest who graced the ceremony was Dr. Mohan Yadav ji, Ministry of Higher Education, Indore. The honorable felicitation happened in the presence of special guests like Dr. Ravindra Kanhere, Chairman of MP Fee Regularly Committee & Dr. Renu Jain, Vice-chancellor of DAVV. Principle from various schools, Teachers, Academicians, Educationists and well-known people from the city were present on this occasion. Narayan Das Yadav, Shiksha Prasar Samiti every year honour people who have made significant contribution in the field of education. Mrs. Upma Rani Yadav presented Shawl and Silver Shreephal to Ar. Achal Choudhary & Dr. Ashutosh Mishra.
Dr. Mohan Yadav ji said, first of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Achal Choudhary and Dr. Ashutosh Mishra for their excellent contribution in the field of education and for the prestigious award. The most important factor in the field of education is the bridge between the teacher and the student. If we create a smooth communication & harmony between these two ends, a better progressive society can be built which can provide equal education for all.
Dr. Kanhere ji said that I consider myself lucky to be a part of Annie Besant Award. I believe that a teacher is the one who dispels darkness with the light of his knowledge. In true sense, a teacher is the one who creates mutual trust and respect between himself and the students. A teacher can build and maintain healthy affection, can help students to solve every problem and support them to evolve emotionally.
Dr. Renu ji said that respect is the best option of encouragement for any person and when it comes to teachers, respect comes in a special category. Respecting teachers is an exemplary initiative for the society.
Mr. Mohit Yadav, the President of Annie Besant Group said: "Education is a very broader field. We need devoted authorities like Ar. Achal Choudhary & Dr. Ashutosh Mishra, their experience can change the educational scenario in society for good. Both these people have given everything to the education. This award was established by my father Late Shri P.K. Yadav and I am happy that this year, it is being given to the most deserving people like them."
The Annie Besant Award for Excellence in Education was founded in the year 2009 by Late Mr. P.K. Yadav, President Narayan Das Yadav Shiksha Prasar Samiti and President of Annie Besant Group envisioned this Award for honouring the people who make important contribution in the field of education. This great event was planned and executed to honour all the academicians, educationists and teachers who follow Annie Besant ideals of providing qualitative education to everyone. This Award has earlier been given to senior educationist Mr. M.G. Paranjpe, Nrapendra Jha, senior social worker Late Mr. Babulalji Pataudi, S. K. Joshi and Dr Manju Vyas.
After his long 4-decade journey in field of Education, on the 10th Anniversary of Annie Besant School Late Mr. Yadav founded this Award. Annie Besant Group started with the aim of providing good quality education to the deserving and needy children, has carved a niche in the society. World Class education for everyone is the thought that is driving each and every individual of the Institution. About Annie Besant Award for Excellence in Education encourages those people whose contribution in the field of education is significant. It honours those people, whose unstinted efforts have played an important role in mentoring a whole new generation of students. Every year this Award is adjudged by a panel of well known academicians, teachers, principals and social workers.
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It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This fact has become abundantly clear during the pandemic, as new variants of concern have emerged every few months.
Some of these variants have been better at spreading from person to person, eventually becoming dominant as they out-compete slower versions of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This improved spreading ability has been ascribed to mutations in the spike protein – the mushroom-shaped projections on the surface of the virus – that allow it to bind more strongly to ACE2 receptors. ACE2 are receptors on the surface of our cells, such as those that line our airways, that the virus attaches to in order to gain entry and start replicating.
These mutations allowed the alpha variant, and then the delta variant, to become globally dominant. And scientists expect the same thing to happen with omicron.
The virus cannot, however, improve indefinitely. The laws of biochemistry mean that the virus will eventually evolve a spike protein that binds to ACE2 as strongly as possible. By that point, the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to spread between people will not be limited by how well the virus can stick to the outside of cells. Other factors will limit virus spread, such as how fast the genome can replicate, how quickly the virus can enter the cell via the protein TMPRSS2, and how much virus an infected human can shed. In principle, all of these should eventually evolve to peak performance.
Has omicron reached this peak?
There is no good reason to assume that it has. So-called "gain-of-function" studies, which look at what mutations SARS-CoV-2 needs to spread more efficiently, have identified plenty of mutations that improve the spike protein's ability to bind to human cells that omicron doesn't have. Besides this, improvements could be made to other aspects of the virus life cycle, such as genome replication, as I mentioned above.
But let's assume for a second that omicron is the variant with maximised spreading ability. Perhaps omicron won't get any better because it is limited by genetic probability. In the same way that zebras haven't evolved eyes at the back of their heads to avoid predators, it's plausible that SARS-CoV-2 can't pick up the mutations required to reach a theoretical maximum as those mutations need to occur all at once, and that is just too unlikely to emerge. Even in a scenario where omicron is the best variant at spreading between humans, new variants will emerge to handle the human immune system.
After infection with any virus, the immune system adapts by making antibodies that stick to the virus to neutralise it, and killer T-cells that destroy infected cells. Antibodies are pieces of protein that stick to the specific molecular shape of the virus, and killer T-cells recognise infected cells via molecular shape as well.
SARS-CoV-2 can therefore evade the immune system by mutating sufficiently that its molecular shape changes beyond the immune system's recognition.
This is why omicron is so apparently successful at infecting people with previous immunity, either from vaccines or infections with other variants – the mutations that allow the spike to bind to ACE2 more strongly also reduce the ability of antibodies to bind to the virus and neutralise it. Pfizer's data suggests that T-cells should respond similarly to omicron as to previous variants, which aligns with the observation that omicron has a lower fatality rate in South Africa, where most people have immunity.
Importantly for humanity, past exposure still seems to protect against severe disease and death, leaving us with a "compromise" where the virus can replicate and reinfect, but we do not get as severely sick as the first time.
Probable future
Herein lies the most probable future for this virus. Even if it behaves like a professional gamer and eventually maxes out all its stats, there is no reason to think that it won't be controlled and cleared by the immune system. The mutations that improve its spreading ability do not greatly increase deaths. This maxed-out virus would then simply mutate randomly, changing enough over time to become unrecognisable to the immune system's adapted defences, allowing waves of reinfection.
We might have COVID season each winter in the same way we have flu season now. Influenza viruses can also have a similar pattern of mutation over time, known as "antigenic drift", leading to reinfections. Each year's new flu viruses are not necessarily better than last year's, just sufficiently different. Perhaps the best evidence for this eventuality for SARS-CoV-2 is that 229E, a coronavirus that causes the common cold, does this already.
Omicron will therefore not be the final variant, but it may be the final variant of concern. If we are lucky, and the course of this pandemic is hard to predict, SARS-CoV-2 will probably become an endemic virus that slowly mutates over time.
The disease might very likely be mild as some past exposure creates immunity that reduces the likelihood of hospitalisation and death. Most people will get infected the first time as a child, which could occur before or after a vaccine, and subsequent reinfections will barely be noticed. Only a small group of scientists will track SARS-CoV-2's genetic changes over time, and the variants of concern will become a thing of the past – at least until the next virus jumps the species barrier.
This article is written by Ben Krishna, Postdoctoral Researcher, Immunology and Virology, University of Cambridge
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – When President Donald Trump wanted Ukrainian authorities to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani turned to an unlikely pair of fixers: two Soviet-born business partners from Florida.
Documents show Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman made hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations to Republicans while facing lawsuits from disgruntled investors over unpaid debts.
The pair used wire transfers from a company they controlled to make a $325,000 donation to a Trump-allied political action committee in 2018. That was on top of $100,000 in earlier donations to Trump and GOP candidates that helped the relatively unknown entrepreneurs quickly gain access to the highest levels of the Republican Party – including face-to-face meetings with the president at the White House and Mar-a-Lago.
"Thank You President Trump !!! Making America great !!!!!!," Parnas wrote in a May 2018 Facebook post showing him and Fruman with Trump at a dinner in the president's private residence at The White House.
The big May 2018 donation to American First Action was part of a flurry of political spending tied to Parnas and Fruman, with at least $478,000 in donations flowing to GOP campaigns and PACs in little more than two months.
It is not yet clear when the two men first met Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney. But earlier this year, according to Ukrainian media reports, Parnas and Fruman were spotted in Kyiv, where they were frequent visitors to then-Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko, who sought to portray himself as an uncompromising fighter against corruption.
Multiple Ukrainian media outlets later named Parnas and Fruman as helping arrange a January meeting in New York between Lutsenko and Giuliani, as well as other meetings with key government officials.
Giuliani's efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption probe into the Biden and his son's dealings with a Ukrainian energy company – a request later echoed by Trump in a July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – are at the heart of a burgeoning congressional impeachment inquiry.
A whistleblower complaint by an unnamed intelligence official released this week makes reference to "associates" of Giuliani in Ukraine who were attempting to make contact with Zelensky's team, though it's not clear that refers to Parnas and Fruman. That could put the two men squarely in the middle of the investigation into Giuliani's activities.
Fruman did not provide comments to AP this week. Parnas, in an interview with The Miami Herald on Thursday, called the impeachment inquiry a "soap opera" and defended Trump.
He said the Ukrainian government has access to information on alleged wrongdoing by the Bidens, but that the U.S. government proved indifferent to receiving it through official channels. Thanks to his friendship with Giuliani, Parnas said, he and Fruman became the best people to get it into the Trump administration's hands.
"I got certain information and I thought it was my duty to hand it over," Parnas told The Herald, adding that the former New York City mayor was his lawyer as well as a friend.
There has been no evidence yet made public that either the former vice president or his son violated the law.
Parnas, 47, came to U.S. from Russia as a young child, while Fruman, 53, made his way to Miami from Belarus following the fall of the Iron Curtain. Corporate filings and court records show several lawsuits involving the men, including detailed allegations of fraud against Parnas that led to a hefty civil judgment against him that remains unpaid.
Campaign finance watchdogs first raised concerns about the source of the $325,000 donation to America First Action, a political action committee supporting Trump's re-election, shortly after it was first disclosed last year.
The May 2018, donation, among the largest the committee received that quarter, was reported to have been made by Global Energy Producers LCC. Other campaign finance disclosures list Parnas as the CEO of the company and Fruman as president.
But there is little public evidence that Global Energy Producers was ever a thriving enterprise that could generate the income to account for its outsized political giving. The company has no listed office address or phone number, no announced deals or contracts, and a bare bones one-page website that features only a countdown clock that long ago ticked down to zeros.
Details of the source of the funds only emerged earlier this year as part of a long-running, unrelated lawsuit involving the estate of a Navy veteran from New York who accused Parnas of defrauding him out of nearly half a million dollars in loans and investments in a Hollywood movie project that turned out to be a mirage.
Those records and deed filings in Florida reviewed by The Associated Press show the money for the $325,000 donation to the Trump PAC on May 17, 2018, came from the same corporate entity that two days earlier received the proceeds from a $3 million private mortgage. That loan was secured by a luxury high-rise condo unit in North Miami Beach owned by a separate corporation tied to Fruman.
More than half of the proceeds from the $3 million loan appear to have been used to pay off a prior bank mortgage on Fruman's condo, with the remaining $1.2 million wired from a Miami lawyer's trust account to a corporate entity controlled by Parnas called Aaron Investments I.
Wire transfer records show $325,000 was then wired from Aaron Investments I to America First Action, the Trump PAC.
Four days after that donation, Parnas posted a photo of himself and Fruman at an intimate "Power Breakfast!!!" with Donald Trump Jr. at the Beverly Hills Polo Lounge.
The Campaign Legal Center, a non-partisan campaign finance watchdog based in Washington, filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission in July 2018, alleging that Global Energy Producers was essentially a shell company used to make political donations, the funds for which originated from unknown sources. The center last summer amended its complaint to include the wire transfers showing the movement of the funds from Aaron Investments I to the Trump-allied PAC.
Under federal elections law, political donations must be attributed to the person or entity actually providing the money as a way to avoid "straw donations." That the source of the donation was not the same corporation as the one listed on the PAC's federal disclosure report, Global Energy Producers, is a potential violation of campaign finance law.
"As a result of this secrecy scheme, the public didn't know that Trump was backed by shady characters with questionable connections and a trail of failed ventures," said Brendan Fischer, an attorney who is the director for federal reform at the Campaign Legal Center.
Kelly Sadler, the communications director for America First Action, said the committee can't comment on ongoing legal matters but added, "We take our legal obligations seriously."
A spokesman for the FEC, Myles Martin, said the agency could not comment on the status of any investigation involving the $325,000 donation.
Despite receiving the seven-figure payout last year from the condo loan, court records indicate Parnas and Fruman were still scrambling for cash.
In March, a man named Felix Vulis filed a lawsuit against Parnas, Fruman and Global Energy Producers alleging that he agreed to loan them $100,000 in October 2018, to be repaid within two months. To show they were good for it, the lawsuit said, Parnas and Fruman boasted of their close relationships with Giuliani and other influential figures.
But, according to the lawsuit, when the note came due that December, Parnas and Fruman said they couldn't pay.
Vulis, who indicated by phone that he was currently in Europe, told a reporter he was unable to comment on the lawsuit. Court records indicate the case was settled last month. The terms were not disclosed.
Parnas and Fruman are also alleged to have touted their ties to Giuliani to drum up business overseas.
Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyi said in an interview in May with the Ukrainian news site Strana.ua that Parnas and Fruman were "under investigation in the U.S." He said that the two "go around Ukraine and collect money from people, flaunting their friendship with Giuliani" and then-Prosecutor General Lutsenko.
Following publication of the interview, Giuliani tweeted that Kolomoisky was "super dangerous," citing an unnamed American analyst. Giuliani said that the "notorious oligarch" had "immediately threatened and defamed two Americans, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman."
"They are my clients and I have advised them to press charges," Giuliani tweeted.
Fruman and Parnas sued Kolomoyskyi for defamation in Ukraine in July this year.


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Type to search for a spell, item, class — anything!
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You are skilled at the art of Casting Spells, identifying magic items, crafting magic items, and identifying spells as they are being cast.
Check: Spellcraft is used whenever your Knowledge and skill of the technical art of casting a spell or crafting a magic item comes into question. This skill is also used to Identify the properties of magic items in your possession through the use of spells such as Detect Magic and Identify. The DC of this check varies depending upon the task at hand.
Action: Identifying a spell as it is being cast requires no Action, but you must be able to clearly see the spell as it is being cast, and this incurs the same penalties as a Perception skill check due to distance, poor conditions, and other factors. Learning a spell from a spellbook takes 1 hour per level of the spell (0-level spells take 30 minutes). Preparing a spell from a borrowed spellbook does not add any time to your spell preparation. Making a Spellcraft check to craft a magic item is made as part of the Creation process. Attempting to ascertain the properties of a magic item takes 3 rounds per item to be identified and you must be able to thoroughly examine the object.
Retry: You cannot retry checks made to Identify a spell. If you fail to learn a spell from a spellbook or scroll, you must wait at least 1 week before you can try again. If you fail to prepare a spell from a borrowed spellbook, you cannot try again until the next day. When using Detect Magic or Identify to learn the properties of magic items, you can only attempt to ascertain the properties of an individual item once per day. Additional attempts reveal the same results.
Special: If you are a specialist Wizard, you get a +2 bonus on Spellcraft checks made to Identify, learn, and prepare spells from your chosen school. Similarly, you take a –5 Penalty on similar checks made concerning spells from your opposition schools.
An elf gets a +2 racial bonus on Spellcraft checks to Identify the properties of magic items.
If you have the Magical Aptitude feat, you gain a bonus on Spellcraft checks (see Feats).
Task | Spellcraft DC |
Identify a spell as it is being cast | 15 + spell level |
Learn a spell from a spellbook or scroll | 15 + spell level |
Prepare a spell from a borrowed spellbook | 15 + spell level |
Identify the properties of a magic item using Detect Magic | 15 + item's Caster Level |
Decipher a scroll | 20 + spell level |
Craft a magic item | Varies by item |


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This subtle and artful balance provides the perfect flavour foundation for creating the best Malaysian food with the addition of salty hits from dried anchovies and shrimp, up to ten different soy sauces ranging from salty to sweet, puckering sourness from tamarind pulp, and sweetness from palm sugar and coconut milk. Cook your own authentic Malaysian Cuisine with our Malaysian spices online and explore our catalogue of beautiful recipes you can make with this spice blend.
Arab traders brought spices from the Middle East, European and British travellers introduced produce like peanuts, pineapple, avocado, tomato, squash and pumpkin. During their time on the Malay Peninsula, the Chinese developed a distinctive cuisine known as 'Nonya', resulting from blending Chinese recipes and wok cooking techniques with spices and ingredients used by the local Malay community. The dishes are tangy, aromatic, spicy and herbaceous, and the signature dish is none other than Malaysia's famous spiced noodle soup – Laksa.
As important as the rendang recipe itself is to Malaysian cuisine, what to serve with beef rendang is arguably just as imperative. Whether making the traditional beef version or a slightly lighter chicken, vegetable or fish, the rich flavour and intense texture of a rendang requires a perfect balance of freshness and tang when it comes to entrees and sides. Salads like Fresh Cucumber & Peanut and Sweet and Sour Cucumber & Pineapple Achar provide the perfect disruption to the bold, rich spices of the rendang and soothe and cool the palette alongside fluffy steamed rice and flaky golden roti bread. Entrees served at meal times in Malaysia often feature Nasi Lemak – their national dish, or Malaysian Chicken Satay to whet the appetite ready for the main event. Traditionally, the best Malaysian food is finished with an after-meal drink of Kopi Tarek 'sweet coffee' or The Tarik 'sweet tea'. These are combined with condensed milk and water, and the coffee or tea drinks are 'pulled' by pouring vigorously between jugs to create a frothy consistency. To read more about the flavours of Malaysia and the traditional accompaniments to an authentic Malaysian Rendang, Click Here to check out our blog post.
Malaysia is also known for its growing and production of spices, namely cinnamon, cardamom, star anise and cloves. These spices are known as 'rempah empat beradik', meaning the four siblings as they are found throughout most Malay dishes. These are sold separately or as a handy blend often under names like 'seafood curry spices' or 'meat curry spices'. Paired with other aromatics like kaffir lime, galangal and lemongrass (locally grown and imported) these four spices produce the complex and fragrant base flavour and aroma famous for Malaysian cooking. As diverse as the people themselves, every aspect of Malaysian cuisine is a combination of sweet, sour, rich and spicy, combined in a way, unlike any other country's cuisine.
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
San Francisco Timecapsule: 01.26.09
1847: Thanks to a Spanish noblewoman and the quick thinking of Yerba Buena's first American alcalde, San Francisco gets its name.
January 30, 1847:
Yerba Buena becomes San Francisco
Yerba Buena
That was the name given to the tiny bayside settlement back in 1835, a name taken from the wild mint growing on the sand dunes that surrounded it. And if it hadn't been for the lucky first name of an elegant Spanish noblewoman, that's what the city of San Francisco would still be called today.
Our magnificent bay had already worn the name of San Francisco since 1769 — but though some in Yerba Buena apparently used it as a nickname, it never occurred to its motley population to make "San Francisco" official.
In July of 1846 Yerba Buena was just 11 years old, a sleepy hamlet in Mexican territory with just about 200 residents. The place woke up some when Captain John B. Montgomery sailed into the harbour, marched into the center of town and raised the Stars and Stripes.
The Mexican alcalde and other officials split town before Montgomery's marines arrived, so — at least as far as Yerba Buena was concerned — the annexation of California in the Mexican-American war took place without a fight.
Don Mariano Vallejo, Dr. Robert Semple and the Bear Flag connection
A couple of weeks earlier up in Sonoma, the rancho of Comandante General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo had been invaded by a ragtag collection of American frontiersman. They were attempting to strike a blow for California's independence from Mexico. Don Vallejo, one of the most powerful and wealthy men in the Mexican territory of Alta California, was arrested — kidnapped, perhaps — and transported to Sutter's Fort on the Sacramento River.
You'll undoubtedly recognize this as a scene from the infamous "Bear Flag Revolt" — a terrific story, but I'm in grave danger of digressing here. In fact, I mention it only because the route taken by Vallejo's captors led them across some of the General's considerable Mexican land-grant holdings, specifically those around the convergence of the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay. 12 Comments » - Posted in San Francisco history blog,San Francisco history podcasts by richard - sparkletack


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iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 10
The announcement of Moog's Filtatron might be the big iOS story of the week, but it's not the only new app in town. Keep reading to discover five others.
Also make sure you check out these regularly updated features:
The best iPhone music making apps
The best iPad music making apps
If you've got a new iOS app, make sure you let us know about it by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com with all the details.
dev4phone Ear Trainer, £3.99
If you want to improve your musical ear (from a music theory perspective, that is) dev4phone thinks it has just the app. Ear Trainer includes lessons and exercises for interval comparison, interval identification, chord identification, chord inversion, chord progressions, scales and relative pitch. It also has its own virtual piano
Miura Acoustic S1MidiTrigger, £1.79
S1MidiTrigger enables you to turn your iDevice into a pad controller. There are 12 pads, four sliders and an X/Y pad, and the app can operate wirelessly and now via Line 6's MIDI Mobilizer. You can watch a demo video here. A free version that doesn't let you save bank settings is also available.
Laurent Colson StepPolyArp, £6.99
Rather than generate any sound itself, this step polyphonic arpeggiator sends MIDI notes to your computer for triggering of virtual instruments. It features a 32-step programmable matrix and 11 configurable transposition lines, and offers six arpeggiator modes and one chord mode.
AirJ Limited AirJ Pro, £8.99
This gestural controller promises to let you play instruments, mix decks, control effects and more simply by moving your iPhone or iPod touch in a certain way. It comes with a selection of templates for particular pieces of software, but it can also be configured to work in the way that you want it to.
SKnote Handsynth, €4.99
It isn't available in the App Store yet, but SKnote is calling this a "powerful performance synthesizer". Currently in beta, it offers multiple oscillator algorithms (including wavetables, FM and virtual analogue), multimode filters, effects and both Theremin and Keyboard modes
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Make sure that you review your estate plan at least once every few years to be certain that all the information is accurate and updated. It's even more necessary if you experienced a significant change, such as marriage, divorce, children, a move, or a new child or grandchild. If laws have changed, or if your wishes have changed and you need to make substantial changes to the documents, you should visit an experienced estate planning attorney.
Kiplinger's recent article "2021 Estate Planning Checkup: Is Your Estate Plan Up to Date?" gives us a few things to keep in mind when updating your estate plan:
Moving to Another State. Note that if you've recently moved to a new state, the estate laws vary in different states. Therefore, it's wise to review your estate plan to make sure it complies with local laws and regulations.
Changes in Probate or Tax Laws. Review your estate plan with an experienced estate planning attorney to see if it's been impacted by changes to any state or federal laws.
Powers of Attorney. A power of attorney is a document in which you authorize an agent to act on your behalf to make business, personal, legal, or financial decisions, if you become incapacitated. It must be accurate and up to date. You should also review and update your health care power of attorney. Make your wishes clear about do-not-resuscitate (DNR) provisions and tell your health care providers about your decisions. It is also important to affirm any clearly expressed wishes as to your end-of-life treatment options.
A Will. Review the details of your will, including your executor, the allocation of your estate and the potential estate tax burden. If you have minor children, you should also designate guardians for them.
Trusts. If you have a revocable living trust, look at the trustee and successor appointments. You should also check your estate and inheritance tax burden with an estate planning attorney. If you have an irrevocable trust, confirm that the trustee properly carries out the trustee duties like administration, management and annual tax returns.
Gifting Opportunities. The laws concerning gifts can change over time, so you should review any gifts and update them accordingly. You may also want to change specific gifts or recipients.
Regularly updating your estate plan can help you to avoid simple estate planning mistakes. You can also ensure that your estate plan is entirely up to date and in compliance with any state and federal laws.
Reference: Kiplinger (July 28, 2021) "2021 Estate Planning Checkup: Is Your Estate Plan Up to Date?"