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Mrs. Gihani de Silva
Senior Lecturer
MPhil (Colombo) - Sri Lanka
BA (Colombo) - Sri Lanka
Certificate Course in Teaching Methodology (SUSL) - Sri Lanka
Mrs. Gihani de Silva is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences. She is passionate about her teaching, research, counseling, consultancies and administrative roles. She is an ethnographic researcher mainly in the fields of religious and feminist studies. Her recent work focuses on Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka, including new higher ordination debate, ambiguous social status, identity troubles and social empowerment. Her main areas of teaching come under the fields of Sociology of Religion, Medical Sociology, Applied Sociology, Sociology of Mass Communication, Social Stratification, Post Colonial Studies and Gender Studies.
Awards & Scholarships
N.D.S. Silva Memorial Prize for Sociology for the best performance at the final Degree Examination in Arts (BA) held in 2007.
Kulturestudier Scholarship Program in Religion and Power in Pondicherry, India, 2015. The Program is sponsored by Oslo and Arkeshus University College of Applied Sciences (OAUC), Norway.
21st South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace" at the Tewa center, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2016. This Scholarship training program is sponsored by Sangat- A Feminist Network.
"Understanding Masculinities – Engaging Men and Boys towards Gender Equality: An Online Training" is a four-week online course and conducted by the Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ), New Delhi, 2017.
Member of the Faculty Quality Assurance Cell (FQAC).
Lifetime member, Vice President (2015-2016), Editor (2017-2018) of the Sociology Alumina Association of University of Colombo (SAAUC).
Vice Treasure (2017-2018) in the Sabaragamuwa University Teachers Association (SUTA).
Member of Sangat: A Feminist Network (South Asia).
Peer-Reviewed International and Local Journals:
De Silva, Gihani. "Bhikkhunī Revival Debate and Identity Problems." Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016.
De Silva, Gihani. "Critics on Feminist Influence for the New Bhikkhunī Revival Debate in Sri Lanka: Ethnographical Review." Sabaragamuwa University Journal, 2016.
De Silva, Gihani. "Bhikkhuni Order Revival Debate and Vinaya Objections: Dasasilmatas' Responses." 3rd International Buddhist Conference of Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy (SIBA) (Full Paper), Pallekele, Kundasale, 2015.
De Silva, Gihani and Watsala Narampanawa. "Sociological Study on the Female Stereotypes in Sri Lankan TV Commercials." International Research Conference at General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University Sri Lanka (Full Paper) on 21st & 22nd August, 2014.
De Silva, Gihani and Niranjala Premathilaka. "Social Parasite in Rural Sri Lanka: Sociological Review on Early Marriages." Paper presented at the Thirteenth National Convention on Women's Studies. Colombo: Center for Women's Research (CENWOR), 27th – 30th July, 2012.
De Silva, Gihani. "Vicissitudes of the Ideal of Orthodox Buddhist Female Clergy and their Traditional Role." Paper presented at the Twelfth National Convention on Women's Studies (CENWOR), 2nd-5th July, 2010.
De Silva, Gihani. "Femininity that goes beyond the traditional role of a Mother and Wife: Sri Lankan Buddhist Female Clergy." Nivedini. Colombo: Women's Education & Research Center (WERC), 2009.
Journal/book Articles:
De Silva, Gihani and M.M.T.B. Weerakoon. "Political Socialization." In. Political Sociology (volume I). Edited by Saman Handaragama. Homagama: Sameera Publishers, 2013.
De Silva, Gihani and Lasantha de Silva. "Ancient Helayo: Review the legend of Great King Rawana." In. Indigenous Research. Edited by Dayananda Somasundara. Belihuloya: Center for Indigenous Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2011.
De Silva,. "Food Technology Prevailed among Sri Lankan Indigenous People." In Indigenous and Sri Lankan Heriditaries. Edited by Dayananda Somasundara.and M. Sunil Shantha. Belihuloya: Center for Indigenous Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2010.
International Conference Presentations & Published Abstracts:
Maleeja, M.M.S. & Gihani de Silva. "Socio-Cultural Determinants of Diabetic Care: Sociological Review". Ruhuna University International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences-2017 on 28th-29th of March 2017.
Mahendran, A & Gihani de Silva. "Cinema, Masculinity and Social Image: Sociological Review on Sri Lankan Cinema in the Post-War." Paper presented at the 9th Annual Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, March 28, 29 & 30, 2016.
De Silva, Gihani and P.A.B.D Pelliarachchi. "Impact of Cyber Social Networks (Facebook) on Sri Lankan youth: A Sociological Review." Paper presented at the 6th Annual Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, March 28th- 30th, 2013.
De Silva, Gihani. "Socially Engaged Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka: Sociological Review." Paper presented at the Fourth International Symposium of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka on 11th-12th January, 2013.
De Silva, Gihani. "Buddhist Nuns' Education in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Prospective." Paper presented at the First National conference of Pali and Buddhist University, Homagama on 24th-25th August, 2012.
De Silva, Gihani. "A Socio-Anthropological Study of Responses of Dasasilmatas to the Newly Emerged Bhikkhuni Order." Paper presented at the Academic workshop on the Sri Lankan Bhikkhuni Revival conducted by the American Institute for Lankan Studies, Colombo on 28th-29th April, 2012.
De Silva, Gihani. "Nuns' Arama as Centers for Social Services: Ethnographical Inquiry." Paper presented at the International Buddhist Conference of Budhashravaka Bhikshu University of Anuradhapura held on 17th-19th of February, 2012.
De Silva, Gihaniand S. Kumarawansha "Un-institutionalized Wandering Buddhist Female Mendicants of Anuradhapura Pujā Búmi: An Ethnographical Review." Paper presented at the Fourth Bi-annual International Conference of Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies (SLABS) by Sri Lankan International Buddhist Academy (SIBA), Pallekele on 10th-12th December, 2010.
National Conferences & Published Abstracts:
De Silva, Gihani. "Voices of Dasasilmātās: Ethnographical Inquiry on Resistances Against the Feminist Influence in the New Bhikkhunī Revival in Sri Lanka." Annual Research Session of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 17th of February 2016.
Dahanayaka, D.N.R.S. & Gihani de Silva. "Globalization, Clothing Fashions and Ethnic Identity: Sociological Study." Second Annual Student Research Session on Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka held on 20th of October, 2015.
Rathnayaka, R.M.S.S.K. & Gihani de Silva. "Is the Facebook Page the Mirror of One's life?." Second Annual Student Research Session on Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka held on 20th of October 2015.
Sewwandi, J.S. & Gihani de Silva. 2014. "Sociological Study on the impact of Mobile phone usage of Teenagers in Contemporary Sri Lanka." First Annual Student Research Session on Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka held on 18th of August 2014.
Nisansala, J. & Gihani de Silva, 2014. "Institutional Care for Children: Is it the Best Care option?" First Annual Student Research Session on Social Sciences and Languages held on 18th of August 2014.
De Silva, Gihani and Sanjeewani Karunarathna. "A Sociological Study on Youth Motivations on Drug Free Sri Lanka." Paper presented at the National Geography Conference, Sri Jayewardenepura University on 11th-12th March, 2011.
De Silva, Gihani and Sanjeewani Karunarathna. "A Sociological Study on Youth Motivation of Drug Free Sri Lanka." Paper presented at the Annual Symposium of General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, Rathmalana on 18th-19th August, 2011.
De Silva, Gihani. "Sociological Study on Women Offenders of Welikada Prison." Paper presented at the Annual Symposium of General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, Rathmalana on 20th of August, 2010.
De Silva, Gihani. "The Impact of Gender on the Changing Role and Ideal of Orthodox Buddhist Female Clergy." Paper presented at Annual Conference of Sociological Association of Sri Lanka (SASL), University of Colombo, 2009.
News Paper Articles:
De Silva, Gihani and P.A.B.D Pelliarachchi. "Facebook Alienates Sri Lankan Youth from the Family and Society."'The Island. 2013.06.03.
De Silva, Gihani and P.A.B.D Pelliarachchi."Research on Facebook Usage in Sri Lanka. Lakbima (Sinhala). 2013.06.09.


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Granted he's only 5 years old so his horror chops aren't quite there yet, but he asked if I would join him in a mid-day screening of Monster House on Cartoon Network. With a face like his, how could I say no? So he curled up next to me after I promised to take pictures on photobooth with him and watched the flick.
You know what, I think I like watching "scary" movies with him better than I do anything else. While my friends curl up into little balls and put their hands over their eyes in fright, this little bugger has his eyes completely glued to the film and reacts right along with them. You can see his little gasps, his jumps, his heart racing, but he never blinks. I looked to him and said "is it too scary for you?" and he replied with "Nope, I just don't want to miss anything".
I have seen Monster House before, but I don't think I actually "watched it" like I did today. It's such a perfect family horror film. It's cartoonish and fun, but at the same time is incredibly creepy. The fact that this house was eating people with its carpet tongue and floor board teeth is pretty terrifying for little kids. However JD corrected me when I asked if it scared him. It can't scare him, it's just a movie. It's not real. And that I'm too old to trick-or-treat, in case you were wondering.
I think there needs to be more films like Monster House. I feel that it's an absolutely perfect gateway horror film for the litle ones. I honestly can group it in the same category with a lot of other family fantasy classics, reminiscent of movies like Goonies. Now I'm not saying Monster House is anywhere near a Goonies film, but it gives me the same impression. It has a fantastic, quick witted pace to it that carries the story right along with or without that amazingly cool monster house set piece roaming around in it. The characters other than the children I think are dead on. Nick Cannon (Mr. Mimi) does a bang-up job as the voice of a rookie cop investigating the children's claims of the human munching house, and Maggie Gyllenhaal is the perfect, disinterested, goth babysitter. My favorite line of the whole film comes from her. "If a guy with tattoos comes up to the drive through, give him his burger, not your phone number." Not to mention the "Old Man Nebbercracker" character voiced by Steve Buscemi is absolutely amazing. He's creepy, cooky, but has a heart.
It may have taken me a while, as well as taken a five year old to show me it, but I do love these kid friendly horror flicks. If you have a kid, a younger sibling, or a little neighbor down the road, sit down and watch this with them. It might be exactly what they need. Start em while they're young. Keep in mind though, "It's only scary when you're "free" years old, not when you're five".

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Fox's Ice Age: Continental Drift grossed $5.11 million on Wednesday to lead the daily box office for a sixth consecutive day. However, the fourth installment of the popular computer animated franchise was down a sharp 25 percent from Tuesday. On the heels of Tuesday's strong daily holds, Wednesday declines were noteworthy for wide releases in general, with building anticipation for Warner's Friday midnight launch of The Dark Knight Rises no doubt having an effect. Continental Drift surpassed the $60 million mark on Wednesday and has grossed a solid $63.80 million through six days of release (the film is performing far stronger internationally). That places Continental Drift 13 percent behind the $73.34 million six-day start of 2009's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (which opened on a Wednesday).
The Amazing Spider-Man took in $4.02 million to remain in second place. Sony's superhero franchise reboot fell a hefty 26 percent from Tuesday, but was also down a very respectable 38 percent from last Wednesday. The Amazing Spider-Man has grossed $214.31 million through 16 days of release. While the film has exceeded the expectations of many thus far, the presence of The Dark Knight Rises will obviously make it much harder for The Amazing Spider-Man to hold up well going forward. The Amazing Spider-Man is currently running 10 percent softer than 2007's Transformers and 21 percent stronger than 2008's Hancock (which opened just over two weeks before The Dark Knight).
Universal's Ted held steady in third place with $2.66 million. The break-out R rated comedy fell 20 percent from Tuesday and a healthy 34 percent from last Wednesday. Ted has grossed $168.17 million through in 20 days, leaving it just $31.83 million away from reaching the $200 million domestic milestone.
Brave reached the $200 million domestic milestone on Wednesday, making it the sixth release of 2012 to do so thus far. The computer animated film from Disney and Pixar placed in fourth for the day with $1.63 million, which was down 19 percent from Tuesday and down 39 percent from last Wednesday. Brave hit the $200 million mark on its 27th day of release and has grossed $200.71 million to date.
Select location counts for the weekend of July 20:
The Dark Knight Rises -- 4,404
Ice Age: Continental Drift -- 3,886
The Amazing Spider-Man -- 3,753
Ted -- 3,213
Brave -- 2,899
Magic Mike -- 2,606
Savages -- 2,336
Madea's Witness Protection -- 1,540
Madagascar 3 -- 1,261
Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D -- 1,123
Moonrise Kingdom -- 895
Marvel's The Avengers -- 495
Dark Shadows -- 412
Snow White and the Huntsman -- 410
Prometheus -- 312
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel -- 287
Beasts of the Southern Wild -- 129
Safety Not Guaranteed -- 124
The Intouchables -- 91
Your Sister's Sister -- 67
Trishna -- 16
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14 Nov From the inside out
City ZEN International Workshop
Max Strom at City ZEN Milano
03/04/2020 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm / 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
04/04/2020 10:00 am – 12:00 pm / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
05/04/2020 10:00 am – 12:00 am / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Friday April, 3th 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This special workshop is designed to help teachers to guide their students on how to breathe and why to breathe. In contemporary urban life there is so much stress, so much competitiveness that causes frozen energy around people's hearts. It is in the chest that we keep our grief and our old memories, and for someone to open the chest would mean a massive transformation. This workshop will include a lecture, standing and seated breath work, and key yoga postures and movements that cause the students to breathe deeply, even if they are resistant or not paying attention.
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Vital Life-Better Sleep
Friday April, 3th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
This evening workshop deals directly with the modern plague of sleeplessness and stress. It begins with a lecture, and then moves into a gentle restorative sequence of postures and gentle movements that immediately trigger deep relaxation. Max will give you knowledge to take home with you to help you live more at ease with improved sleep.
All levels are welcome
Saturday April, 4th 10:00 am -12:00 pm
The intent of yoga is not only to increase our strength and flexibility, but also to promote health and vitality. Experience Max Strom's unique practice, called: Inner Axis, a hybrid of yoga, qi gong, and unique breathing patterns that emphasise emotional transformation. Class will include a short talk, inner axis yoga, non-dogmatic philosophy, breathing, and meditation.
The Healing power of Breath
Saturday April, 4th 2:00 am -4:30 pm
The voice of our intuition and wisdom is commonly drowned out by the noise in our mind caused by chaotic or congested emotions from stress, depression, anxiety, or PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder). Focused breathing patterns can spark within us the reawakening of our higher nature, the voice of intuition, wisdom, and conscience. The practices you will learn in this workshop will take you to new depths of insight and inspire you for weeks to come.
All levels are welcome
Please bring your writing materials
and finding your Emotions
Sunday April, 5th 10:00 am -12:00 pm
This movement workshop begins very gently and then builds momentum. At the apex we move directly into a special sequence of postures that opens the internal body that induces an emotional sense of release, brings the mind into stillness, and the body into a new state of energy.
Movement-based workshop
All levels are welcome
Sunday April, 5th 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Known for his depth perception and insight into the human experience, this seminar offers an inspiring and insightful talk by Max, followed by a concise course in essential steps to reveal and/or launch one's life purpose. This special seminar will help you to see your world differently, and even course-correct the trajectory of your life course.
Don't miss the chance to learn from one of today's foremost teachers of wellness, finding meaning in the digital age, and breath-based movement.
Lecture and writing
All levels are welcome
Max Strom is a global teacher, speaker, author and trainer. He is known for profoundly inspiring and impacting the lives of his students for over two decades. His method, Inner Axis, is a system of field-tested techniques that are known to produce rapid results, and are known to alleviate extreme stress, anxiety, and PTSD (Post-traumatic Shock Disorder). He is the author of: There is No APP for Happiness, and, A Life Worth Breathing. A dynamic speaker, Max has presented at three TEDx events, and keynote addresses for wellness conferences, corporate conferences, and yoga festivals.
Workshops in English
Places are limited
Booking requested
- 75 Euros teachers workshop
- 50 Euros per workshop
- 220 Euros full weekend
Attendees must have CSEN membership card, available at City ZEN for 5€, valid for a solar year. We suggest to arrive 20 minutes before the beginning of the event.
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Enniskillen schoolboy guilty in upskirting case
A teenager who took upskirt pictures of two teachers at a Fermanagh school has been found guilty of committing acts of outraging public decency.
Timothy Boomer, 18, was charged with five counts of committing an act of a lewd, obscene and disgusting nature and outraging public decency.
He took five pictures of two female teachers at Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in 2015 and 2016, when he was 14 and 15.
He is no longer a pupil at the school.
'Daredevil prank'
In statement Boomer apologised for the "distress, worry and pain" his actions had brought about.
"It was a wrong, horrible thing to do and at that age I stupidly and wrongly thought it was a daredevil prank, which I genuinely meant no harm by," he added.
A panel of magistrates at Enniskillen Youth Court rejected a defence argument that it was a "schoolboy prank" and not a criminal offence.
Teachers' union NASUWT has welcomed the guilty verdict, saying it would hopefully provide the teachers with a sense of closure and allow them to move on from "these distressing events".
- Proposal to make upskirting an offence
- Upskirting to be crime after Lords back bill
- I was a victim of 'upskirting' - but I'm fighting back
The union's members had to endure a violation of having intimate images taken of them and several years before the case was brought to court, said NASUWT General Secretary Chris Keates.
The verdict sent out a clear message to pupils that engaging in such degrading behaviour was completely unacceptable, she said.
"This case has highlighted the inadequacy of current laws around sexual harassment in Northern Ireland," added Ms Keates.
"Legislation has failed to keep up with the advent of mobile technology and it is clear new powers are needed to create an offence of upskirting, which would bring Northern Ireland into line with the laws in England and Scotland."
The case
Images taken by the teenager were discovered on a memory stick in an ICT room at the school.
The court was told there was no evidence that the images had been shared with any third party.
The defendant did not appear in court or give evidence and was absent again for the judgement.
The fact that the images were taken by the pupil were not in dispute, but the case centred on legal definitions of the offence.
There is currently no criminal law of "upskirting" in Northern Ireland.
But making upskirting a criminal offence is one of the proposals in a review of laws around Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE).
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has launched a consultation on potential changes to legislation in Northern Ireland.
Upskirting has recently become a criminal offence in England and Wales.
Defence barrister Frank O'Donoghue QC said "the prosecution is trying to shoehorn the facts of this case into the current unsatisfactory state of the law".
The chairman of the youth panel, Judge Michael Ranaghan, said the acts of filming up the skirts using a mobile phone "cannot have been envisaged when the common law offence was written".
He said "there is a need to update the statute book to take account of advances in modern technology".
The verdict
In reaching their verdict the panel ruled that the images were lewd, obscene and disgusting.
Although there was restricted access to the school, the judge said a school setting was different from a home in terms of expectations of privacy.
He said that teachers and pupils did form members of the general public and the school was a public place.
He said the elements of common law had been satisfied and they made a finding of guilt in respect of the five charges.
The two teachers hugged each other at the conclusion of the judgement and said they would need time to gather their thoughts at the end of a lengthy judicial process.
A sentencing hearing will take place next month.
Boomer said he recognised the "devastating impact" on his teachers, parents, and family.
"My regrets will be with me for the rest of my life," he added.


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Poland is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,376 at the 2010 census. Home to Range Pond State Park, Poland is a historic resort area. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan statistical area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area.
Land was granted by the Massachusetts General Court in 1765 to officers and soldiers who served with Sir William Phips in the 1690 Battle of Quebec. It replaced a 1736 grant made to them called Bakerstown (now Salisbury, New Hampshire) which was ruled invalid in 1741 at the separation of New Hampshire from Massachusetts. The new plantation was also called Bakerstown (after Captain Thomas Baker), and included present-day Poland, Minot, Mechanic Falls and the greater part of Auburn.
Settled in 1767 by Nathaniel Bailey and Daniel Lane, Bakerstown Plantation would be incorporated as Poland on February 17, 1795.
At the beginning, Poland was an agricultural town, with 600 acres (2.4 km2) of the best land farmed by the Shakers who settled at Poland Hill, north of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester. Called the North Family of Shakers, the village was founded by members who moved from Gorham in 1819. The village lasted until 1887.
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Former CIA director John Brennan has lashed out at Donald Trump over the US President threatening countries with funding cuts prior to the UN General Assembly vote on Jerusalem.
In his tweet on December 22, Brennan expressed indignation about Trump pledging to retaliate against all those who were eager to say "no" to Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Trump Admin threat to retaliate against nations that exercise sovereign right in UN to oppose US position on Jerusalem is beyond outrageous. Shows @realDonaldTrump expects blind loyalty and subservience from everyone—qualities usually found in narcissistic, vengeful autocrats.— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) 21 декабря 2017 г.
Twitter users were quick to react, with some signaling their support for Brennan's criticism.
Rather than blindly lining up behind Trump, lawmakers should heed Brennan's warning and hold the administration accountable for its rhetoric — before Trump's fantasies of totalitarianism come home to roost.— Doris Sher (@doris_sher) 22 декабря 2017 г.
Others, however, made fun of Brennan deciding to point the finger at the US President.
tough, but fair; https://t.co/eWP8EqbJYE— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) 22 декабря 2017 г.
Earlier this week, Trump said that that he is carefully watching the way countries vote in the UN Security Council and General Assembly.
"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we're watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care," Trump said.
Former CIA Director and Obama gang member John Brennan, is one of the slimiest snakes in the grass you can find, and the LAST person to be criticizing President Trump's, or anyone else's character! He got caught in so many lies that he lost all credibility and became irrelevant.— Robert Smith (@RobertS03331996) 22 декабря 2017 г.
On Thursday, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution that rejects Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel after 128 member states voted in favor of the document.
Brennan — You calling others "narcissistic, vengeful autocrats" is the modern equivalent of Agrippina pouring wine for the emperor Claudius while gossiping with Senate wives.— David Miller (@davidmiller631) 21 декабря 2017 г.
Earlier, the US vetoed the UN Security Council resolution, urging Trump to reverse his decision on Jerusalem, while 14 states supported the document, which was drafted by Egypt.
"Nonpartisan American" What a joke. If anyone would know about narcissistic, vengeful autocrats, it would certainly be you, Mr. Brennan.— IrishEi (@IrishEi) 22 декабря 2017 г.
On December 6, Trump announced Washington's declaration on Jerusalem, a move that was condemned by the international community, including Palestinian officials, who described it as the US President's biggest mistake and a provocation.
Well John O. Brennan one can say the same for Odumbo loyalist and subservience like yourself that possess qualities usually found in narcissistic, vengeful autocrats.— Trumptastic (@TrumptasticNH) 22 декабря 2017 г.


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(ERIE, PA) – This evening, the Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program will receive the John C. Oliver III Environmental Leadership Award, presented by the Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC) Foundation.
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PA Sea Grant staff, many of whom work at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, collaborate with a variety of regional and national partners on issues like coastal erosion, impacts of a changing climate, the economic value of PA Lake Erie's sport fishery, plastic and microplastic pollution, and environmental threats to drinking water and the potential negative impacts to human health.
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Spring's warmth is going to be heating up more than just our frosty bones from a very brutal winter. The warmth has also entered the seller's market for real estate. The current market trend for Spring 2014 putting seller's at an advantage, especially here in NYC. Here are some secrets that everyone selling their homes should know:Read More
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June 10, 2013
It's a bright and sunny Sunday afternoon in Chelsea. The owners of a newly listed apartment on West 24th Street are hosting their very first open house at 1:00 pm. It's now 12:45pm and already the lobby is full of people waiting to see this 18th floor two-bed/two-bath with an asking price of $2,500,000. At the end of the two-hour open house, the sellers are faced with the enviable task of creating a bidding war from between multiple all-cash offers they have received.Read More
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If you have been waiting for an opportune time to put your New York property for sale, all signs point to now being the best time to do just that. In a real estate market that is now notoriously short of inventory, people who have put up their apartments for sale are seeing top dollar being offered for their luxury residences, often from multiple interested buyers. It's a seller's market in New York right now—the ones who are selling are the ones laughing all the way to the bank.Read More
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Control mechanics are bad (there is something wrong here—he needs much more room to land on a platform than you would think. You can't be close, you have to overshoot platforms by almost 50% for computer to register it and not have you fall through it. Because of this it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to cut it close on platforms or adequately time jumps). If this were fixed, the game would be playable. This flaw makes getting the "jump 30 times on the bottom platforms" achievement almost impossible, because they are so spaced apart that even when they are close enough to jump to, the characters quite can't make the landing and fall to the side of it. Horrible)
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Monday, March 20, 2017
The New Commuter Station
The rebuilt commuter station in Tungelsta is starting to look a bit like the illustrations I saw at the Trafikverket web site before the work began. You can now bike under the tunnel, something that will come in handy as they closed the rail-road crossing two years ago. I shot this with the full frame camera, standing on stairs that are not yet in use. It took nine photos using the nifty fifty lens I then cropped the finished panorama to look like normal photo.
3 comments:
- Lowell said...
Your camera work is, as usual, impeccable!
- Tuesday, March 21, 2017
- William Kendall said...
Still a lot of work to do.
- Tuesday, March 21, 2017
- PerthDailyPhoto said...
It's coming along nicely Steffe, good that the tunnel is usable. Will be interesting to see how they do the 'beautifications' when the basics are complete!
- Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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Last month, District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that police authorities in Arizona could enforce what is arguably one of the most divisive provisions of the state's immigration law. As CNN reported, this "show me your papers" provision essentially gives police the power to call someone's immigration status into question if they simply believe that they do not have the legal documents to verify it — namely, that they seem to be in the country illegally.
This law originally took effect in 2010, but various provisions have been voted on over the past two years.
In my opinion, this provision is completely ridiculous. First of all, it relies upon the subjective judgment of the Arizona police force. They need have no reason for questioning the status of a person other than some kind of "inkling" or feeling that someone appears to be an illegal immigrant. The margin of error this leaves is way too high for my liking and does not seem appropriate for such a large-scale law. Additionally, the nature of this subjective judgment is reminiscent of many of the racial profiling issues that the country has had over the years, ranging from African-Americans to Arab-Americans. While the reasoning behind the provision seems legitimate, it seems that this may lead to yet another American minority group being targeted. I understand that the government wants to restrict illegal immigration, but I'm not sure this was the way to go about doing so. Who's to say that the law won't do more harm than good when American citizens who happen to be Hispanic are targeted because they look "illegal"? Will allowing police to stop whoever they think may be in the country illegally really have the intended effect?


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Biking to kennywood
Is there a way to get to the front gates without having to be on 837 for very long?
Yes, but you have to ride a lot of hills instead. It's not bad if you enjoy the extra riding. Dig out a map and look at Eliza/Maple/Whittaker/Mifflin and the Rankin Bridge.
StefB makes an interesting point – the new trail segment runs adjacent to Kennywood, but you can't get to KW from the trail.
Do they have bike racks or anywhere good to lock up once you get there?
They have some steel fences surrounding the entrance. 837 doesn't look bad for the first portion with its wide shoulders but it narrows significantly before reaching the parking lot.
As I recall, they don't have "real" bike racks but I found someplace equally secure and convenient to lock up without any trouble.
i you're feeling adventurous you can bike the new trail and turn right a bit ofter kennywood down into the old train factory and then walk up the hill under the bridge which will take you out into the mcdonalds parking lot across the street from kennywood… it's all flat other than carry your bike up the last hill
Hey I just found this post…some friends are thinking of going to Kennywood this weekend and I thought it would be fun to bike there on the new trail. Then I saw that you can't…directly at least. So how "off-road" is that adventurous part Mark?
How is the ride up from the rankin bridge? I am going tomorrow and don't wanna get all sweaty on the way. I'll probably drive but I'm just curious.
rice rocket
I haven't ridden the bridge, but someone got hit on it semi-recently.
Looking at goggle maps it would be sooooo simple for K'wood to open an access for trail riders to the park, there's some kind of access road right below the steel phantom. Imagine if GAP travelers could get into a great amusement park right from the trail. Hoot! Letter writing campaign?
I've gone over the bridge many times but never headed towards kennywood from there.
I almost got killed at that intersection last week.
Stef and I would probably buy season passes if they did that.
the last adventurous part is just walking up a dirt hill…. i haven't done it in more than a year and i don't know what going through that old train factory is like now that the trail is open, there might be more fences.
there are more and better ways out of that area now since they brought so much heavy machinery through there to build the trail, if you just ride past kennywood and then start looking up there is bound to be a decent access road that comes down from 837 not too far past
Any better ways to get to kennywood yet, now that we have a straight shot to their back door?
I was thinking about taking GAP to Grant Ave, make right n 837 and in around 1 mile I am at Kennywood.
Mikhail, if you don't want to go all the way up to Grant, you can use the access road about halfway in-between the bridge and Grant…it veers off to the right, back across the tracks and goes right up to 837…saves you half the hill and its less time with the speeding traffic on 837…for what its worth, I stick to the sidewalks on that stretch to Kennywood, at least until you get up the hill and to the light by the gas station. I know riding the sidewalks isn't the greatest idea or whatever, but traffic on that stretch is fast, the shoulders are filled with trash and there is a lot of turning traffic (left and right).
I'm going to send a message tonight to the folks at Kennywood and Sandcastle about the potential for more ticket sales, esp combo and season passes if they do bike entrances and decent bike parking, and the potential for strong concession sales if they sell drinks/ice cream/whatever outside said bike entrances available to all trail users. Also going to suggest a "misting station" at said concessions area, at least on the Sandcastle side.
Good business, and, well, totally awesome if they do even half of it. Anyone else care to write that one in?
mlinwood25 wrote:you can use the access road about halfway in-between the bridge and Grant
this one? https://maps.google.com/maps?q=15219&hl=en&ll=40.3853,-79.85772&spn=0.006268,0.012563&sll=41.117935,-77.604698&sspn=6.34673,12.480469&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Pennsylvania+15219&t=h&z=17
byogman wrote:about the potential for more ticket sales
1. Run to Costco
2. Buy a box of ice cream (something like 15-20 pieces for $10-12)
3. Run outside to GAP and sell for $2 a piece.
4. Profit.
I feel like I say this about everywhere in the county, but…
I used to commute on 837 and pass Kennywood on the weekends, isn't too bad from my experience
I cross the Rankin bridge now on my commute too, (and used to about a year ago too, somewhat regularly) and don't generally have any problems there either.
It also looks like it shouldn't be too hard to get on 837 from the trail a little bit past Kennywood:
If that's the case, if you weren't up for 837, you could ride the sidewalk right to Kennywood
Getting to Kennywood through the old locomotive factory:
I like the idea but things have changed. In particular there is now a solid fence cutting it off from the trail and the space is now some kind of storage area for trailers (all numbered but not parked in order, as the OCD amongst us no doubt noticed). By the looks of it, you could probably bushwhack around the fence (though someone like me is now less likely to do it).
Then again the trail in that stretch seems to have squeezed through some kind of space-time wormhole thingie. Or a least a space-warp:
Google maps is great, but they're really kind of weird when it comes to crowd sourcing trails. There are lots of places where they mark trails that don't exist, or that aren't rideable on anything but a mountain bike. And it's impossible to get the trails removed once they're marked. You can, theoretically, edit the map and delete the bad portions, but the edits get reviewed and then refused. It doesn't matter if you've actually been there and seen there's no bikeable trail. It's great that people are enthusiastic and put up their favorite shortcuts, but not so good if you're trying to find a route you can ride on a road bike and get diverted onto railroad ballast or worse.
It's totally doable to get google to change the map. It's not quick though. Not sure what your experience has been.
I got them to re-label the junction hollow trail (was improperly labeled panther hollow trail) and had them connect two non-connected parts of east st.
I say request edits!
@mikhail — That's actually my retirement plan. Bike powered, refrigeratated cart going up and down the GAP selling ice cream and cold drinks in the summer. Hot chocolate and coffee in the winter.
Only 25 more years…..
@jonawebb, I've reported bad bicycle routes in the past for that exact reason… a not-maintained-in-winter road was suggested and that road isn't passible in the summer by anything with less than a 2″ wheel at the minimum. I took the road on a 35mm tire and thought I was going to crash the entire time I was on that road. Fortunately, they did change the route after I reported it.
Weren't you the guy that said there was no trail from Braddock to the Frick trails? It could be subjective…
@ahlir: that wormhole / spacewarp thingie was my doing.
Back in Feb. I noticed that google maps had the route of that part of the Steel Valley Trail section of the GAP wrong. I went to fix it but because Google Mapmaker is clumsy or perhaps because I'm not yet an expert at it, I was only able to edit one segment of the trail at a time, and that section involved two segments (because of the convoluted history of edits by multiple people, some of whom are probably sitting in Hyderabad, staring at satellite images). Thanks to your reminder, I just requested a second edit that should fix the trail route. In a few weeks maybe my change will be approved and "pushed" and visible.
Google Mapmaker is wonderful in theory (I've heard that most of Nairobi was crowdsource-mapped with it) but it's slow and bureaucratic in practice. It seems that adding to maps is much easier than correcting errors.
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Book adapted into musical stage show
PUBLISHED: 16:00 25 August 2018
A family show based on the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly will be performed in Taunton.
It was first written as a song in 1953 and became a chart-topping hit for Burl Ives.
It was later adapted into a best-selling book by Pam Adams.
Her version is 45 years old, and to celebrate its anniversary, it has been adapted into a musical stage show by children's author Steven Lee.
It will feature games, colourful animal characters and heart-warming fun.
The songs will include If You're Happy And You Know It and Incy Wincy Spider.
It has been produced by the People's Theatre Company, which creates original musicals starring the UK's brightest talent.
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly will be shown at the Tacchi-Morris, in School Road, on October 6 at 12.30pm.
Tickets, priced £9-11, are available to buy on 01823 414141.
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One of the most controversial organizations of the day is Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that provides low income women with vital healthcare that they can't afford, such as mammograms, pap smears, birth control, and other healthcare needs. One of those other services provided is abortion, which is what makes the organization so controversial, and abortion accounts for about 3 percent of the medical services it provides annually. Planned Parenthood receives federal funds in the form of Medicaid reimbursements. This means that, in the opinion of the pro-life community, Planned Parenthood is using their tax dollars for abortions, and they find the mere idea of even indirectly paying for abortions horrifying. So, should we defund Planned Parenthood?
Those who want to see Planned Parenthood defunded despise the organization. While abortion may only be 3 percent of what they do, to the pro-life community even one abortion is one too many. They see the people who run it as nothing more than murderers. People feel that they are being forced to pay for something they are morally against and they feel that is just wrong. Also, many are motivated by a debunked video that claims Planned Parenthood is selling dead babies' body parts. They also feel, as a nonprofit organization, Planned Parenthood is not entitled to federal funds. People feel Planned Parenthood is a criminal organization and it should be defunded at all costs.
People against defunding Planned Parenthood point out that although 3 percent of the services provided involve abortion, the Hyde Amendment makes it illegal for any federal funds to be used in providing abortion except in the case of rape, incest, and the health of the mother. Defunding Planned Parenthood would be denying vital healthcare services to low-income women who can't afford to go see a doctor or buy prescriptions. If Planned Parenthood is forced to close its doors, millions of women will be denied healthcare. STDs will increase. Women could have breast cancer and not know it, and not get the care they need. Also, there will be more babies out there who will be born into poverty, putting more strain on the social safety net in this country.
As for the argument that Planned Parenthood could get by on private donations, they point out this may be true for awhile, but private donations come in waves. There are times when there are plenty of donations, but, when times get tough economically in the country, the donations dry up and Planned Parenthood might then have to close its doors. Finally, abortion is legal and Planned Parenthood is doing nothing against the law.
Planned Parenthood presents the story of Becky and how they saved her from cancer:
The Issue
Should we defund Planned Parenthood? Is it an organization that commits murder with taxpayer dollars, or is it an organization that is simply providing much needed medical help to those that can't afford it?
In support of defunding Planned Parenthood
Those who want Planned Parenthood defunded see it as an organization that commits murder on the taxpayers' dime, and as an organization that already gets plenty of donations and doesn't need taxpayer dollars.
One protects lives, the other kills. I say defund and shut down Planned Parenthood. Stop the killing of unborn babies!
— Malindo KAG (@MrsMalindo) October 8, 2017
Americans are sick & tired of sending $500 million a year to this criminal org. Defund planned parenthood, by any means necessary NOW! #KOPS
— Pastor Leonard (@ChappyLeo) October 4, 2017
Whether you agree with abortions or not, the taxpayer should not be paying for them. Defund planned parenthood. #maga
— Bryan Doyle (@Bryan700) October 3, 2017
Dismantle and defund Planned Parenthood, now! Their practices are borderline criminal. https://t.co/SZDBSGS63B
— VLAD THE IMPALER (@IancuVladim) October 3, 2017
In opposition to defunding Planned Parenthood
People who support Planned Parenthood see an organization providing vital services to the community, that is doing nothing illegal, and must be helped in any way we can.
5/ Trump attack on women & children-
Step 4: Defund Planned Parenthood & deny uninsured women mammography, Pap smears, women's healthcare
— ΩBeckyΩ (@becketybeck) October 6, 2017
Boy 👏🏼 you want to defund Planned Parenthood…offering essential health services like cancer screenings to millions of women? Hypocrisy. https://t.co/HTTeynp5BY
— mad rees (@sugarplumqueen2) October 3, 2017
@GOP THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD!!! https://t.co/C25HAUN6VL
— elizabeth (@embshaw) September 30, 2017
Let us know what you think. Should Planned Parenthood be defunded?


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Cosgrove (Killeen, Newry) Doreen (nee Hollywood) died September 30th 2019 peacefully at Daisy Hill Hospital. Loving wife of Fergus and devoted mother of Karen, Linda, Jennifer and Fergus.
Her remains will repose in Paul McEvoy's Funeral Home, 80, Canal Street, Newry, BT35 6DX, tomorrow (Tuesday) from 3.00pm until removal at 5.20pm. Her remains will arrive at St. Michael's Church, Killeen for 6.00pm evening prayers. Requiem Mass for Doreen will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11.00am, burial afterwards in the adjoining Cemetery.
Our Lady Queen of The Most Holy Rosary pray for her.
Deeply regretted and sadly missed by her husband, son, daughters, son-in-law Paul, grandchildren Fergus and Nicole Cosgrove, David, Neil and Jennifer Magennis, Brian, Mark, Niall and Gary Collins, also her brothers Albert and Benny and the entire family circle.
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The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: A most marvelous week!
In box office news, Thor: Ragnarok passed $800 million worldwide, as Walt Disney Studios hit $5 billion globally. Not bad considering RDJ wasn't there (even if Tony Stark was mentioned!), and Thor: The Dark World wasn't remembered fondly. Oh yeah, and Justice League finally passed $500 million worldwide. But they need more because that movie was ridiculously expensive!
The Avengers: Infinity War trailer became the most viewed trailer of all time in the first 24 hours with 230 million views. I know, that record gets destroyed every other month, but hey the last one to get that accolade was It with 197 million views. Also, because fans love to nitpick and overthink, these are 12 things one might have missed in the Avengers: Infinity War trailer (no, I didn't miss them).
Empire kept sharing pictures for their Star Wars special, and here we have a new image of Benicio Del Toro's DJ, a character we don't know much about, except that he's a "grey character":
He's like a knife: if you grab him by the blade, he'll cut you. If you grab him by the handle, he can be very, very useful.
Here's the first trailer for Batman Ninja (and there's also a first official poster!). Yep, Batman returns to anime after 10 years (check out Batman: Gotham Knight)! He looks more like Batman Samurai despite all the "shinobi" talk tho! But hey Batman Ninja looks great, and I appreciate the Blu-ray will include both the subtitled original Japanese version and an English dubbed version. BTW, Batman of Shanghai is still cooler!
Yep, Stranger Things season 3 has been officially announced by Netflix via Twitter! No premiere date was announced, but it still very early on the game.
Talking about Netflix, the Riverdale spinoff, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, has moved to that streaming service! The show has been picked up for two seasons of 10 episodes each, likely be aired between the 2018-2019 period.
And last but not least, Empire shared a new Star Wars picture of someone I needed more pictures of, Domhnall Gleeson's General Hux, looking even more pale than in The Force Awakens. Dude sure is worried about his job security~
Hux and Kylo Ren are vying for power and for Snoke's attention. They're both contenders for the throne and Hux is hoping Ren explodes, so that he can take up the mantle. He knows it will be a battle otherwise, one he may very well lose.
And that's it for the week. Before I go, I want to wish Happy Birthday to Alfonso Cuarón, Karen Gillan, Chadwick Boseman, Don Cheadle, Ridley Scott, Gael García Bernal, Zoë Kravitz and Riz Ahmed.


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I made my very first gate-fold, or tri-fold card! I searched gate fold tutorials on good old Pinterest, and I came across this one via splitcoast stampers:
The card is considerably smaller than I thought, but that's ok! Now I want to try something bigger. Maybe I'll even try something more complicated, or challenging. Sound like a plan?
Here's my take:
When I feel more comfortable in my ability and confidence to make these, I'll certainly share my own tutorial.


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Every so often you'll walk into a place and immediately know it is special. Whether it be by virtue of appearance, architecture, history or simply the sheer weight of experiences that have taken place in said space. The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is one such place. A large marble structure placed at the front of a massive cemetery, the location is often used for more formal events, namely funeral receptions, but it wouldn't be Hollywood if there weren't some element of show business. As such, the building has played host to a number of shows throughout the years, and it's not uncommon to see crowds gathered to watch screenings of classic horror movies projected upon a screen among the tombstones in late October. Given the macabre nature of the venue, there are only a few bands that feel appropriate to perform there. Luckily HEALTH is one such band.
As a primer for the uninitiated, HEALTH is a trio of musicians who crawled out of the depths of LA's sprawling, but deeply secretive, noise rock scene. Proving their mettle at venues like The Smell alongside current day noise rock legends No Age, they quickly rose to prominence with their interesting blend of traditional noise rock with pop and power electronics. While most noise rock bands find their footing slowly, gathering fans and interest from underground critics and booking agents, HEALTH exploded onto the scene with their innovative DISCO which featured remixes of their self-titled first album, specifically curated by the band themselves. This highly collaborative approach allowed them to quickly ingratiate themselves to popular bands outside of their scene, like Youth Code, Soccer Mommy and Purity Ring. This specific, calculated methodology of music making easily could have sterilized the band, but even today, they stand alone in their sound and accordingly produce one of the most unrelenting live shows you can catch today.
Having been to five separate shows by HEALTH, this was one of the more mellow ones, at least from a crowd perspective. Perhaps the only drawback to the strangely wide appeal of HEALTH is that they attract a rather disparate audience for their live shows, causing a clash between mosh-friendly punks and crossed armed goths, but in the grand scheme of things, this is a minor setback. As is tradition, their music was played with a volume that seemed as though it could wake the dead, who lay mere yards from the stage. On top of the decibel-based assault, the group laid a thick layer of flashing lights, to punish the eyes as well as the ears, bathing the audience in a pulsating strobe. The setlist leaned heavily on newer songs, playing a solid mix of recent singles like "HARD TO BE A GOD" and punctuating that with a mix of popular songs off of DEATH MAGIC and DISCO 3/DISCO 3+ like "STONEFIST," "DARK ENOUGH" and "NEW COKE." The volume, speed and unrelenting pace of the show coalesced into an assault on the senses that joyously overwhelmed the whole of the audience.
Perhaps Hollywood should be derided for taking one of the values held most sacred—respect for the dead—and commercializing it in a way that only Hollywood could. Or instead, maybe they should be lauded. So much of life is centered around death—thinking of it, causing it, trying to avoid it—so intertwining it into our entertainment seems a simple next step. When it comes to a venue like the Masonic Lodge, it becomes hard to argue a counterpoint, and when a band like HEALTH plays there, it becomes impossible. So lean back, let the sound drown out the crashing waves of eternity, and live on the edge of death for a night.
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Editor's note: I know that this is a Blackhawks blog, but with how they handled the Patrick Kane situation, I am far more excited about the Riveters right now, so they may get more of my writing time this year. I like to write about what excites me, and right now that's the Riveters.
Editor's note 2: The zone entry tracking posts I do for the Riveters take a lot of time to write, and are better with larger sample sizes. As such, I'll be filling in the blanks with Riveters Thoughts every week or so. These posts will draw from my tracking, as well as all the games I see, both as a season ticket holder and any I watch on the computer. Enjoy!
The New York Riveters are six games into their season, and currently sit at 2-4. In the NHL, this would be chalked up to small sample size and not many conclusions would be drawn from it. However, this is 1/3 of the NWHL season, so let's what we can do with it.
Aside from a rough start the first two games, the Riveters goaltending has been exceptional. Nana Fujimoto has shown to be everything that was advertised. She moves in the crease with blinding speed and tracks the puck well. Kate Cimini of Todays Slapshot wrote a wonderful post about how Fujimoto's work with goaltending coach Jonathan de Castro has simplified and improved her game. Very few of the goals against her early on were her fault, most coming on rushes or defensive breakdowns, and as the defense has tightened up, so has she. The last four games have seen her on a tear, moving fast in the crease, showing excellent rebound control, and being tough to beat low or high. If she continues to develop, look out. Nana Fujimoto has all the raw skills to be the best goaltender in the NWHL. (I feel like I should mention here that I am a Fujimoto Fanboy and she's my favorite player in the world, but I stand by what I say nonetheless)
Last night however, Fujimoto was seemingly injured, and had to be helped off the ice at the end of the game as she was seemingly in a great deal of pain. If she is out for any amount of time, it has to hurt the Riveters chances. While Shenae Lundberg and Jenny Scrivens have both looked good in small samples we have seen, you never want to lose a goaltender who has been performing like Nana has.
It has also been wonderful to see the growth of the Riveters defense. At the start of the year, when the Riveters were really only rolling 4 defensemen, things were a little shaky. The additions of Amber Moore and Sydney Kidd to Elena Orlando, Gabie Figueroa, Kiira Dosdall, and Ashley Johnston have stabilized the defense. It's a good group of defenders, with Dosdall and Kidd really contributing of late. The story of the group though, is the brilliance of Ashley Johnston. She was not anywhere on my radar as the season started, but that changed fast. Johnston is a defensive force, displaying unrivaled size and positional awareness on the ice. Her hockey IQ is off the charts, allowing her to take risks other defenders couldn't and still always be in the right place. Combine that with good puck moving abilities, and a heavy, heavy shot, and in my mind she is one of the 3 best defenders in the NWHL right now along with Gigi Marvin and Blake Bolden of the Boston Pride. Moreover, Johnston has filled her role of captain extremely well. She is constantly providing encouragement, and leadership to her team. On the ice, she is constantly supporting her teammates, be it by always being there with a fist bump, helping Fujimoto off the ice when she is hurt, or this adorable moment. The Riveters players made the right choice giving her the C. Also, she's a tall, engineer hockey player like myself, so what's there not to be a fan of???
Coach Wiseman promised that as the players bought into the system, a offense would be generated, which has come to fruition the last few games. The Riveters are looking more comfortable with each other, and their passing and movement have shown it (more on their zone entries and exits in a few posts coming soon!). However, I have one worry. In the last game against the Beauts the Riveters were looking to pass rather than shoot more often than not on the rush. On 1 on 1s, this would usually take the form of swinging out to the half boards and trying to hit the trailer with a pass. On 2 on 2 situations, the players are looking pass more than they are looking to shoot. This might be a system problem, or a problem with player mindset, or it might be an aberration, but it needs to be fixed. Modern hockey analysis has shown that generating shots is the key to winning games, so offensive systems that suppress shots need to be corrected.
That being said, players like Madison Packer (who has been on a tear!), Bray Ketchum, Beth Hanrahan, Janine Weber, Taylor Holze (go BU!), and Brooke Ammerman have shown that they can bring it in the offensive zone as well as the defensive zone. While the Riveters may not have the raw offensive firepower of the Pride or the Whale, it is an extremely balanced team, with every player being able to contribute in every zone. It is also worth mentioning that Lyudmila Belyakova has missed half the season, and she is the most gifted offensive player on the team. She has a good shot, great vision, and a high hockey IQ. Her return to the roster will surely be a great addition to the team and help take it to the next level.
More importantly than the hockey, the players on the Riveters make being a hockey fan fun. Be it is their big personalities shining through on social media, interactions with their young fans, their charity work, or Janine Weber pounding a burger, the Riveters players are excellent role models for the next generation of hockey players. With the NHL showing every day that it cares more about money than people, the Riveters and the NWHL have been a refreshing change in the hockey world, and I don't know how someone could not support them!


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Cosmic convergence
First full choir rehearsal at Fourth on my own. Things went well, except… Sunday's Anthem: "How Can I Keep from Singing?" Quaker hymn made famous by Enya. Today's News from Florida: Choir refuses to stop singing and must be removed by authorities. The pastor of a Charlotte Harbor church had 16 church members booted from … Continue reading Cosmic convergence


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Richard F. Elliott , 86, of Marlow, passed away on September 6, 2017 at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene following a brief illness.
He was born August 9, 1931 in Bellows Falls, VT, the son of Olive J. (Scranton) and Frank C. Elliott. Known to his family and friends as "Dick" or "Red" he grew up in and around Marlow and was educated locally in Marlow and Alstead.
Dick entered the military at an early age and proudly served his country for 20 years in the United States Army. He served two tours in Germany, two tours in Korea and several tours at stateside installations both in the Infantry and Armor. During his time stationed in Germany, Richard met the love of his life, Frieda Konig. They married on March 26, 1955. Upon retiring from the military in 1969, he and his family relocated back to Marlow. Dick worked locally for Sprague and Carlton, with his brothers in Home Construction, the NH DOT in Marlow and finished his working career at Fuller Machine in Alstead.
Dick was a lifetime member of the VFW, American Legion, and NRA as well as a member of The Retired Enlisted Association.
Dick was a man of strong convictions and will be fondly remembered for his great commitment to anything he put his mind to - from organizations to beliefs, but most of all to his family. He cherished time spent with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren who lovingly called him "Pops" and "Papa". He enjoyed the outdoors, camping and especially his trips up north to Pittsburg for Moose Fest weekends and hunting and fishing.
Richard will be dearly missed by his wife of over 62 years: Frieda Elliott of Marlow; daughters: JoAnn May and her husband Bill of Marlow, Sandra Kenyon and her husband Garry of Marlow, and Diane Coon and her husband Raymond of Hillsborough; brothers: Donald Elliott of Marlow, Guy Elliott and his wife Becky of Marlow; sister-in-laws: Katherine Elliott of Marlow, Rose Elliott of Marlow, and Carol Hobbs of Keene; grandchildren: Kelly, Bill, and Adam May; Garry and his wife Bethany Kenyon, AJ and her husband Glenn Britton; Mark Bouley, Shannon and her husband Jacques Bernier; great-grandchildren: Madison and Payton May; Noah Britton; Samantha, Mark, Valerie and Alexis Bouley and Piper Bernier; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family members.
He is predeceased by his brothers: James Elliott, Charles Elliott, and David Elliott; and sister-in-law: Beverly Elliott.
Family and friends are invited to call at Fletcher Funeral Home, 33 Marlboro Street, Keene, NH on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. A funeral service will be held at the Funeral Home the following morning, Thursday, September 14 at 11:00 am. Burial with full military honors will follow immediately at the Village Cemetery in Marlow, NH.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Richard F. Elliott's name to VFW Post 0799, 459 Winchester Street, Keene, NH 03431, or the American Legion Post 0085, P.O. Box 229, Gilsum, NH 03448.


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ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) – One person is dead, two others are injured after Texas Department of Safety troopers said the driver of an 18-wheeler failed to stop, creating a chain-reaction wreck.
The crash caused a shutdown in both directions of I-30 near the town of Fate on Tuesday.
Investigators said witnesses told them the driver of the semi-truck did not slow down with traffic and rammed into the back of a car.
Piece of shredded metal remained scattered over the highway as police tried to determined what happened.
"It's a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Pete Schulte, a former police officer now defense attorney. "I mean these accidents happen nationwide every day."
Schulte said he unfortunately investigated several crashed involving big-rigs during his time as an officer.
"They're going to look at brakes. They're going to look at, was the rig too heavy? Was he fatigued? Was he looking at something in the cab? Was he under the influence of drugs of narcotics or alcohol?" said Schulte.
Schulte said the law is increasingly harder on commercial truck drivers.
"It's a privilege for them to be able to make a living driving over the interstate every day or every week and they have to follow the law," said Schulte. "When they don't follow the law, it actually comes back and hits them harder."
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the trucking company believed to be involved experienced seven violations since October of 2016.
Three of the violations were for speeding, another three were for lane restrictions and one was for following too close.
The FMCSA data also shows a wreck involving one of the company's drivers February of 2017 in Louisiana.
"If they rack up enough violations, they'll shut them down," said Schulte.
But ultimately, Schulte said it is up to the driver and the trucking company to make sure they are operating safely.
"There are safeguards, but sometimes something like this has to happen for those safeguards to be checked," said Schulte.
A dispatcher for the trucking company believed to be involved in Tuesday night's fatal wreck said they were aware of the wreck but did not reveal any other information, including the condition of its driver.