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SUMMARY: The coming unstable tropics, seen through an ancient world. From the UK, Dr. Jessica Whiteside. Former NASA scientist James Hansen says 2 degrees warming is unsafe and "crazy" to set that as a goal. Huge Canadian rainforest on cusp of mega-deal to save it. Activist Valerie Langer. Radio Ecoshock 150701.
I begin with the voice of James Hansen, one of the world's most respected climate scientists. He spoke recently on Radio National in
Australia. I have more on this mega-warning of the developing climate emergency later in this blog entry.
We'll also investigate a Canadian deal to preserve ancient old-growth forests in an area the size of Ireland. Is The Great Bear Rainforest agreement a model for the rest of the world? Our guest is long-time campaigner Valerie Langer from Vancouver, Canada.
But first, let's bust the myth that the tropics won't change much as the climate rearranges. Businessmen and government leaders keep
rattling on about our future with 1000 parts per million or more of carbon dioxide. New science explains that even big dinosaurs couldn't live in that kind of world, ravaged by swings of climate so huge that plant life was unstable and unpredictable in the tropics.
Welcome to Radio Ecoshock. I'm Alex Smith.
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BREAKING NEWS: July 1st: MASSIVE FIRES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH AMERICA, from California to Alaska, and all Canadian western provinces.
The Western half of North America is breaking into massive fires. In Alaska, over a million acres have been burned in just the month of June. The real fire season is yet to start.
Fires in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are so large, satellite pictures show smoke blowing all the way down through the central United States, as far south as Missouri. Air quality is hazardous in some cities in Saskatchewan and nearby Manitoba. There are, at last count, over 200 large wildfires burning in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, including some near Fort McMurray, home to the infamous Tar Sands.
The coastal Province of British Columbia has major wildfire problems, already burning ten times what was consumed by fire all of last year – again with the hot summer still to go.
Major wildfires are also burning in Washington State and Oregon.
Nobody is even reporting on the monster fires in the Canadian Arctic. Some parts of Siberia were up to 6 degrees C hotter than normal this Spring. Deadly fires are already common there. At what point do we acknowledge that great parts of the Northern Hemisphere will burn, releasing all that carbon, every year as climate change develops?
Stay tuned next week for a replay of our in-depth program on fire risk: "The Age of Super Fires".
My climate action song "Time of Trials" has been selected this week by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) in their on-going series of climate inspiration music leading up to the 2015 Paris climate talks in December.
You can find their write up in Spanish here. And here is the announcement in English.
You can listen to "Time of Trials" right now on Soundcloud here.
Businessmen and gloomy scientists have predicted our fossil-powered lives mean carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will reach
1,000 parts per million or more. What would such a world look like? We can get a glimpse by going way back, hundreds of millions of
years, to a troubled hothouse world.
Our tour guide will be Dr. Jessica Whiteside, a lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton in the UK. She's the lead author of a new study that's been getting a lot of press. The title is "Extreme ecosystem instability supressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years." – as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
One of the strange things about "land" is that it actually floats around on the Earth's hot core. A group of scientists travelled to New Mexico, where they found rocks that were much earlier in the tropics. There was no North America, or Europe – just one big continent on the earth, known as "Pangea".
Scientists investigating the history of dinosaurs were always puzzled when no bones of the giant herbivores (picture a Brontesauraus) were found in rocks formerly in the tropics. What kept them out for around 30 million years?
Now, through a series of methods cross-checking one another, this new paper suggests the climate of the tropics was far too unstable to grow the vegetation necessary to support very big herbivore dinosaurs. Over millions of years, the tropical climate swung violently from huge droughts to very wet periods. The vegetation would build up during wet times, and then burn with very hot wild fires during dry times.
The scientists found carbon deposits from fires that burned at around 600 degrees – enough to sterilize the soil. Nothing grew back
afterwards for a long time. I noticed with special interest the very hot fires that burned in that ancient tropical world. A Canadian fire expert on Radio Ecoshock told us about fires current fires so hot they sterilize the soil. More on that next week.
At that time the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were 4 to 6 times modern levels, running from 1200 to 1600 parts per million CO2. Our guest Jessica Whiteside notes that is the expected level, on our current course, in the next one or two hundred years.
This extreme instability was stronger in the interior of the continent of Pangea, away from oceans that might modify conditions. That's very much like what is expected in the interior of North and South America, as well as the interior of Russia and China.
I asked Jessica if humans could have survived in the conditions of these ancient tropics. She says that is doubtful, because the average temperature was ten degrees C higher than today.
We also discuss the lag time between higher CO2, and large climate changes. More conservative scientific thinking attributes "only" a 1 degree C rise for every doubling of CO2. But this is contradicted by studies of ancient climates (paleo-climatology) which saw 3 or even 5 degrees C of average temperature rise with each doubling of CO2.
The scientists doing this study were well aware that the high carbon past they looked at might serve as an analog, almost a prediction, of what we will experience with a lot more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock interview with Dr. Jessica Whiteside in CD Quality of Lo-Fi
Let's get to that disturbing new interview with James Hansen. He's the former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
He's also the scientist who warned the U.S. Congress about the dangers of climate change in 1988. If only we'd listened then.
On Tuesday May 5th, 2015, Hansen was interviewed for the Australian breakfast show on ABC Radio National. Here's what happened.
Here is the key passage:
HANSEN: "I refused to sign the Vatican Declaration which had the 2 degree limit and the reason I do not sign that is that the 2 degrees is actually a prescription for disaster. That's actually well understood by the scientific community.
We know that the prior interglacial period about 120,000 years ago – it's called the Eemian in Europe –but it was less than 2 degrees C warmer than pre-industrial conditions and sea level was a least 6 to 8 metres higher, so it's crazy to think that 2 degrees Celsius is safe limit.
The only thing you can argue is that, well, it might take a while for the sea level to rise that much, but we know that it would happen because once the fossil fuels are burned to reach that level they are not taken out of the systems for millennia, and it does not require millennia for the ice sheets to disintegrate.
RN: If you say it would be crazy to shoot for two degrees but that is exactly what we are going to be shooting for in Paris at the global climate talks
HANSEN: That number (2 degrees) was chosen because it was convenient and thought that well that will give us a few decades so we can
set targets for the middle of the century.
Actually what the science tells us is we have an emergency, this is actually a global crisis and the science for that is crystal clear. It's not obvious to the public because the climate system responds slowly, the ocean is 4 kilometres deep, these ice sheets are 3 kilometres thick. They only respond over time scales of decades to centuries, but once the processes are started it's going to be extremely difficult if not impossible to stop them.
So what the science actually tells us is that we should reduce emissions as fast as practical, bearing in mind the economic consequences, but in fact the actions that are necessary are not economically harmful. You just have to make the prices of fossil fuels honest."
Note that James Hansen, just in the last few years, believes we need more nuclear power to stop climate change. The Australian
pediatrician and activist Helen Caldicott pretty well demolished that argument in her book "Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer to Global
Warming or Anything Else." If Helen missed anything, it was shouted out to the world by the triple melt-down of three reactors at Fukushima Japan in 2011. If you want to bet on nuclear power, you are gambling with terrible stakes for the present and the future, in my opinion.
That said, James Hansen is one of the world's greatest heroes of the science of climate change. Now he's saying that on our present
course, within 40 or 50 years, the seas will rise several meters, demolishing the capacity of many of the world's great cities along the ocean. I hope New York, London, Shanghai and all the rest are listening. Hansen also says it is not too late, even yet, to prevent that kind of disastrous outcome.
There are not many truly wild places left in this world. Environmental activists have been fighting to save one of them for 18 years. It's known globally as The Great Bear Rainforest.
Situated on the central and northern west coast of Canada, this rainforest is home to giant trees, some thousands of years old. In
countless coastal inlets, a rich mix of plants and animals thrive, including the iconic white bear, the Kermode or spirit bear.
Supposed enemies met to find a solution. Dedicated green activists including Greenpeace, Forest Ethics and the Sierra Club met in
marathon negotiations with executives of giant forest companies, First nations leaders and stakeholders preserve this great legacy.
Eventually the government of British Columbia made a promise. Now, almost a generation later, that government is within 60 days of
sealing the deal – a model of multi-party efforts to conserve nature that has inspired hope, around the world.
To help us understand what's at stake, we have reached one of the long-term campaigners to save the Great Bear Rainforest, Valerie
Langer. She's the Director of BC Forest Campaigns, for ForestEthics Solutions, and works for the convervation and markets group called "Canopy" as well.
Valerie Langer
Here's the thing: the Great Bear Rainforest is an area the size of Ireland – much of it untouched by modern civilization. Canadian and American-owned logging companies wanted to log the whole thing. They had to be stopped.
Why would big forest companies give up some of the most valuable timber in the world, just to accommodate a few environmentalists?
Because of activism from all three groups making this rainforest wood untouchable in the market place. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts were cancelled. Companies like Home Depot swore they would never buy the wood from the Great Bear. Other
companies pulled out of British Columbia altogether.
Feeling the heat, the forest company executives agreed to something they had never considered before: meeting with the
environmentalists to make a deal. Some major foundations kicked in money to keep the negotiations going.
One of the major problems was to keep the Great Bear without leaving First Nations (aboriginal) communities in poverty, without even
logging jobs. Private foundations and donors raised $60 million dollars, matched by $30 million each from the Federal and Provincial
governments, to help the First Nations communities create their own alternative economy. Eco-tourism was just a part of that big picture.
All this had never been done before. It took 18 years to get it this far: the next 60 days are the final period for public comment, before the Great Bear deal is made into law.
The fight isn't completely won yet. There is a rogue company logging in the Great Bear at a furious rate, trying to get as much as possible before the government gives final approval. It's called Timber West. The Province of British Columbia needs to rein them in, but the province has laid off most of it's enforcement staff. Public pressure on Timber West is still needed.
Still, a deal involving all parties, settled peacefully with dialog, stands as a model for other endangered forests all over the world. Valerie Langer is a powerful speaker and power-house campaigner, so give this interview a listen.
Download or listen to this interview with Valerie Langer in CD Quality of Lo-Fi
I can't wrap up this show, and this season, without a few words about a stunning court victory in the Netherlands. Regular listener and green radio journalist Mark Beekhuis brought this to my attention. Mark writes, quote:
"This week a climate campaign group won a case against The Netherlands. A judge ordered the government to reduce carbon emissions
by 20% relative to 1990 – by the year 2020. This is a first in the world. The main legal argument is that the State should protect all of its citizens – also the ones not yet born."
Imagine, a government must protect future citizens, our grandchildren and descendants! In their ruling, the judges said:
"The state should not hide behind the argument that the solution to the global climate problem does not depend solely on Dutch
efforts,"…"Any reduction of emissions contributes to the prevention of dangerous climate change and as a developed country the
Netherlands should take the lead in this."
The current Dutch government is a coalition, where Beekhuis tells us, one party appears to accept this ruling, while another hopes to
overturn it.
The Dutch environmental group "Urgenda" has put all it's legal documents on the Internet. They have been translated into English as well. The group wants other countries to follow their lead in the courts. Activists in Belgium have already done it, and groups in Norway are working on it. This could be a world-wide movment to force governments to do their job protecting the future for all to come.
Here is a link to a story on American National Public Radio about this case, so you can listen in to that. The Guardian write up is
This program concludes the first half of my 2015 season. I'm hard at work collecting some of the most powerful interviews for a "best of Radio Ecoshock" series. Since we have not resolved or really responded to the climate threat, the science and the activism going back several years is still very valid today. I hope you'll keep listening through the summer, as we go deep into the issues we all face, with a wide variety of voices.
At the end of the summer, in the Northern Hemisphere, I'll return with a whole new energy, and a whole new series of programs.
Of course that's assuming I can keep quiet even for a little while. Right now it's 107 degrees, about 42 degrees Celsius, in any shade you can find, outside my studio walls. That's in Canada, with summer barely started. Scratch, that, its gone up to 111 degrees F in the shade, 44 degrees C!!! This is insane!
It's not just here in Western North America. As Jeff Masters writes in his blog, there are record temperatures being set on four continents this June/July. Record heat in Britain, Spain, Pakistan, India, Turkmenistan – the list is long.
We may have to begin with replays of our powerful interviews with top fire experts. There's lots more to come on Radio Ecoshock, so
please say tuned.
I'm also working on more new climate music to help spark the Paris climate talks. Watch the Radio Ecoshock page on Soundcloud for
I'm Alex Smith. Thank you for listening, and thank you for caring about your world.


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On the Incarnation of the Word 50 – Greeks and ResurrectionPosted: November 13th, 2009 | Author: Scott | Filed under: Incarnation of the Word | Tags: athanasius, bodily resurrection, greeks, incarnation, jesus of nazareth, jews, n t wright, resurrection, son of god | Comments Off on On the Incarnation of the Word 50 – Greeks and Resurrection
In this section, Athanasius continues to refute pagan perspectives. His comment against the sophists is probably difficult to understand without some understanding of their development in ancient and classical Greece. This history is interesting if you want to look it up, but by Athanasius' time sophists were regarded as teachers of rhetoric rather than actual wisdom. As such, when Athanasius compares the common language with which the Word taught and communicated to us and which his followers largely used to the sophists, he is comparing it to their eloquence and rhetorical ability. And he says the Logos overshadows them all. It's an interesting way to formulate the idea and I didn't want anyone to miss it.
However, I want to focus on this excerpt.
Or who else has given men such assurance of immortality, as has the Cross of Christ, and the Resurrection of His Body? For although the Greeks have told all manner of false tales, yet they were not able to feign a Resurrection of their idols,—for it never crossed their mind, whether it be at all possible for the body again to exist after death. And here one would most especially accept their testimony, inasmuch as by this opinion they have exposed the weakness of their own idolatry, while leaving the possibility open to Christ, so that hence also He might be made known among all as Son of God.
This emphasizes a point the N.T. Wright makes in his big book, The Resurrection of the Son of God, which a lot of modern people overlook. And it's this one. Everyone in the ancient world knew what resurrection meant. It meant new bodies after death, a new embodied life of the same person. But other than some of the Jews, no group actually believed that resurrection was possible. The tale of Orpheus is as close as you come in the pagan Greek mythos and the point of the narrative is that resurrection can't happen. This was actually one of the problems in the Corinthian Church that Paul was trying to address. They had accepted that Jesus, as the Son of God, had somehow been resurrected, but they didn't believe that as a result we would be resurrected. A lot of people use Paul's words today to emphasize the importance of the bodily resurrection of our Lord, and that's not a bad usage. But Paul was actually taking their acceptance of that truth as a given and from it arguing that we would all one day be resurrected.
Without the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, there is no Christianity and there is no point to our faith. But if he did not defeat death for all humanity in his death, if we also do not rise, then again there is no point in being Christian.

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The amount of middlemen between the pen and the paper is inversely proportional to the intellectual autonomy for the writer to create the unabashedly profound.
A writer simply reorders sensory impressions, and a great writer prioritizes them, the profound writer sheds description on approach to poetry, because our art is not in description, it is in communicating mind to mind. The writer, in search of a medium more direct… the word, the paper, a mere vehicle of communication, it, itself is a middleman we strive to free ourselves from enroute to the divine, that place where silence speaks the first word and that word encompasses all.
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The Effect of Hepatic Disease on Drug Interactions
John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP and Philip D. Hansten, PharmD
1. Orlando R, Piccoli P, De Martin S et al. Cytochrome P450 1A2 is a major determinant of lidocaine metabolism in vivo: effects of liver function. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2004;75:80-8.
2. Orlando R, Padrini R, Perazzi M, et al. Liver dysfunction markedly decreased the inhibition of cytochrome P450 1A2-mediated theophylline metabolism by fluvoxamine. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2006;79:489-99.
3. Orlando R, De Martin S, Pegoraro P et al. Irreversible CYP3A4 inhibition accompanied by plasma protein-binding displacement: a comparative analysis in subjects with normal and impaired liver function. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009;85:319-26.
4. Horn JR and Hansten, PD. Understanding an important variable in patient response. Pharmacy Times. 2006; Sept: 84.
5. McConn II DJ, Lin YS, Mathisen TL, et al. Reduced duodenal cytochrome P450 3A protein expression and catalytic activity in patients with cirrhosis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009;85:387-93.


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Ecoevolutionary dynamics of crop-pollinator interactions
Pollinators are critical to the reproduction of plants in both natural and agricultural environments, but both plants and landscapes have changed drastically with the advent of plant domestication and modern agricultural practices. Little is known about how these vast environmental changes have impacted the important interactions of plants and their pollinators. In North America, cucurbits (i.e. squash and pumpkin) are an excellent system to investigate these questions, as there are multiple independent domestication events, as well as a widespread pollinator, the eastern squash bee, that has extended its ancestral range northwards with the domestication of cucurbits. In collaboration with the Ali Lab (PSU), we are quantifying changes in morphological and chemical plant traits across both wild and domesticated cucurbit species. In parallel, we are investigating how this variation in plant traits is perceived by pollinators, resulting in altered patterns of foraging behavior across their range.
Bee population connectivity
Bee community studies in agricultural landscapes have revealed that areas surrounded by higher proportion of natural habitat tend to have richer and more abundant native bee communities and receive greater benefit in terms of pollination services. However, the mechanisms underneath this relationship remain poorly known. We are investigating the role of functional landscape connectivity in human-dominated landscapes as one possible mechanism to explain the positive relationship between natural habitat and more diverse pollinator communities. Specifically, we are quantifying landscape connectivity of the main pollinators in cotton agroecosystems in the US and Brazil to determine how to optimally manage agricultural landscapes to enhance connectivity, effective population sizes and pollination services using a combination of genome-wide markers and geospatial analyses.


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Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Gammon
Variants: Gambon, Gamman, Gammin, Gammons, Gamon
Category: 2 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way, but currently in some countries only.
Website: gammon.one-name.net
DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/gammon
Contact: Mr Ross Gammon
I began my One Name Study in 2006. Like most others that embark on this adventure, I had come to a bit of a brickwall in researching my own Gammon ancestors. In this search I had built up quite a bit of data from various sources, and made quite a few contacts with other Gammon researchers.
As I was born in Australia, I knew of other apparently unconnected Gammon families there. I also knew that my Grandfather had emigrated to Australia from England sometime between the two World Wars. It turns out that my Gammon line can be traced back to Berrynarbor, in North Devon, England in the mid 18th century.
Through contact with other researchers, it is apparent that there is a significant Gammon presence in the South of England, in America and Canada as well.
So far I am in contact with 18 other researchers with ancestors from North Devon, 2 with ancestors from Kent, 2 with ancestors from Oxfordshire, and 4 other researchers with ancestors from Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Wales and Victoria (Australia).
I am a GAMMON, and I have always suspected that any GAMON people I came across were probably connected, but just couldn't spell! Seriously, I consider it very likely that the two names came about due to the fact that spellings have never been firm until quite recent times.
In fact, I have already been in contact with one researcher who can confirm a change in spelling from Gammon to GAMMIN in their own family history research.
There seems to be evidence that Gamon and GAMBON used to be interchangeable, so this variation has also been included.
In the research that I have carried out so far, I have also come across the names GAMMAN and GAMMONS which seem likely to be connected.
Several GAMMON researchers that I have made contact with state that there are rumours within their family of Huguenot ancestors, that came to the UK to escape persecution from the French. However, if the Surname dictionaries are to be believed, there are references to the Surname in England before the 16th Century.
According to Reaney & Wilson's 'Dictionary of English Surnames' 2005, GAMMON or GAMON is a diminutive of gamb, the Norman form of *jambe* or leg; 'little leg'. This comes from the French GAMBET, GAMBIN and GAMBON. The mb would be assimilated to mm, hence GAMMON. Another possibility put forward by Reaney and Wilson is that GAME, GAMES, GAMAN, GAMON, GAMMAN, GAMMANS, GAMMON, GAMMOND & GAMMONS is a nickname for one fond of, or good at games.
Hanks & Hodges 'A Dictionary of Surnames' also says that it is a variation of GAME, a nickname for a merry or sporty person, or a diminutive of GAMBE which is a nickname for a person with some peculiarity of gate (from the Anglo-Norman French gambon or ham).
Reaney & Wilson list the earliest found references to the surname as Roger & Margery Gambun. They are found in the 1209 Pipe Rolls for Wiltshire, and the 1222 Curia Regis Rolls for Oxfordshire. A Richard and a John Gambon can be found in the 1260 Assize Rolls for Cambridgeshire, and in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls for Cambridgeshire.
A Robert Gamon possessed the manor of Datchworthbury in Hertfordshire in the reign of King James I. He also held other lands in the counties of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. His grandson, Richard Gamon, was born on the 14th of August in 1748, and was created a Baronet of Great Britain in May 1795.
Unfortunately it appears that despite two marriages, Sir Richard Gamon had no male issue and the Baronetcy probably passed to his cousin Richard Grace.
A coat of arms existed for this family which consisted of three human legs and a boar.
Whilst visiting the local museum in Ilfracombe, North Devon, I came across another famous Gammon. In 1797 whilst Britain was fighting the all conquering Napolean Bonaparte, the French Revolutionary Government planned an invasion of Britain by sea. The plan was to attack Britain's second largest city, Bristol, and then Wales and hopefully on to Chester or Liverpool.
They made it to Lundy Island off Ilfracombe, and sunk a few small craft whilst waiting for a suitable tide to take them to Bristol.
Not knowing the plans of the French, and without the normal complement of menfolk due to the war in Europe, a Betsy Gammon apparently made herself famous in Ilfracombe by marshalling the women of the town to deter the French from landing by parading the coastline looking like soldiers. The women wore red clothes and carried broomsticks and other household implements. This worked, and the French moved on to Wales where they landed and invaded at Fishguard.
According to the Surnames of England and Wales website http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/, which is based on Office of National Statistics (ONS) data for 2002, the following is the frequency of the surname GAMMON and it's variants:
According to the now defunct Surname Profiler website (Spacial Literacy), the frequency of the GAMMON surname increased by 122 between 1881 and 1998, the GAMMONS surname increased by 109, and the GAMON surname decreased by 47. There are no details for the other variants as their frequency is not high enough for the website to produce any statistics.
The defunct Surname Profiler website (Spacial Literacy) also showed that in 1881 the GAMMON surname was most frequent in Devon and Kent, but also had a significant presence in Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Wales. In 1998 a general spread from those counties to adjacent ones could be seen. This website also showed that GAMMON is most prevalent in the Exeter area, and in particular in the town of South Molton. In Australia, the surname is most often found in the state of South Australia, and the area with the largest concentration is Snowy, New South Wales. In New Zealand, it is found most often in the province of Auckland, and in America in the state of Maine.
The website showed that in 1881 the GAMMONS surname was most frequent in Northamptonshire. In 1998 the website showed a migration to adjacent counties and elsewhere (inluding further north). It also showed that GAMMONS is most prevalent in the Milton Keynes area, and most prevalent in the town of Bedford. In New Zealand, it is found most often in the province of Manawatu-Wanganui, and in America in the state of Tennessee.
For the GAMON surname, the website showed that in 1881 it was most frequent in Devon and Cheshire. There were also significant numbers in Wales, Hampshire, and Dorset. In 1998 the website showed a general migration towards the South East of England. It also showed that the surname is most prevalent in the Chester area in 1881, and Romford in 1998. Wirral is the town where GAMON is most frequent. In America, it is most common in the state of New Mexico.
For GAMMAN, the website showed the highest frequency in London and Surrey, with some in Herefordshire.
The other variants have too low a frequency for any concentrations to be identified.
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Review: Get the Blessing and Beats & Pieces.
(Ronnie Scotts, January 19th 2011, review by Fran Hardcastle)
An double bill of genre-smashing music brought in a young, energetic crowd to Ronnie's on Wednesday night.
The powerful rock-heavy band Get The Blessing got the evening off to a storming start. Former Portishead bass guitarist Jim Barr sets up prog rock bass lines underpinning some hard blowing from Jake McMurchie on saxophone and some sleek trumpet playing from Pete Judge.
The composition style is fresh and very distinctive. Several of the charts seem to fluctuate between aggressive, punky funk and languid St Germain rhythms underpinning seemless lyrical horn lines. A new tune gave us an interesting start from Clive Deamer on drums, swapping sticks for maracas. The two horn players use of the loop pedal to create siren like effects over the top created a wall of electronic sound. This is music for anyone and everyone. Barr, a man with an anti-establishment offbeat charm frequently introduced the music as being for anyone 'allergic to jazz'. Following on from the Led Bib and Polar Bear school, it's music that is hard to categorise and all the better for it.
Manchester big band, Beats and Pieces, making their Ronnie Scott's debut, continued an evening of originality with a riotous start, with a eyebrow raisingly good solo from keys player, Patrick Hurley. Ben Cottrell's arrangements are infused with electronic effects. The sound is edgy and appealing. The inspiration of the Matthew Herbert Big Band and Orchestre National de Jazz was quite clear to see. The original composition from tenor player Ben Watts gave us a glimpse of a talented young sax section. A combative solo in the Trio VD ilk from soprano player Sam Healey was followed by smooth organic ripplings from Watts.
The vocal chart Broken featured the pre-recorded beautiful voice of Esther Swift to an ethereal ballad. The invisible voice added to the atmosphere of the music, but it was a disappointment to hear her disembodied voice rather than singing live. Presumably it was a cost factor, big bands being unfeasibly expensive to tour. Which is a shame, because bands like this deserve to get out there and be heard.
Another vocalist appearing virtually was Thom Yorke of Radiohead, his vocals delivered by laptop in luscious arrangements of that band's songs which used a rich harmonic palette.
'I keep him in there for special occasions,' joked Ben Cottrell. Special occasions like this should happen more often.
Get the Blessing are on tour extensively in France in February and in Germany/Austria in March. DETAILS HERE
Beats n Pieces website has Clive Davis' Times review of the gig..
Bests n Pieces are also finalists for the European Jazz Prize Burghausen 2011
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Records of the Office of the Secretary of State
Creator: Kansas. Secretary of State
Date: 1861 - [ongoing]
Level of Description: Coll./Record Group
Material Type: Government record
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 216312
Space Required/Quantity: Circa 4600 cubic feet.
Title (Main title): Records of the Office of the Secretary of State
Administrative History
Administrative History:
The Secretary of State is a constitutional officer and agency, established in 1861 when Kansas became a state. The Secretary is an elected official for a four-year term and is second in line for succession to the office of Governor.
The Secretary is responsible for many electoral, economic, and administrative duties of the state. The office is responsible for overseeing the administration of all national and state elections in Kansas, as well as the registration of lobbyists. The agency also maintains information on voter registration, candidate filing, campaign finances, election statistics, and information on past elections.
The Secretary operates the Business Filing Center, which registers business entities, trademarks, trade names, and liens made pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The secretary regulates a wide variety of businesses, including sports agents, trade unions, cemeteries, and funeral homes.
The agency's Publications section offers a wide variety of information that is either produced or distributed by the office. These resources include the Kansas Directory, Lobbyist Directory, Legislative Directory, Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.s), Session Laws, and the Kansas Register, which is the official state newspaper. Additionally the secretary distributes Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.). The secretary also operates "Safe at Home", the state's Address Confidentiality Program, and conducts census adjustments.
[Kansas Secretary of State. "Kansas Secretary of State." http://www.kssos.org/main.html (accessed April 21, 2009.)]
[Secretary of State. Kansas Biennial Report. Topeka: Secretary of State, 1980.]
Scope and Content
Scope and content:
This record group contains the records of the Office of the Secretary of State, from when Kansas became a state until almost the present day. The records document the office's responsibilities in regulating corporations, labor unions, funeral homes, sports agents, & cemeteries; administering all state & national elections; keeping records on voter registration, candidate filing, campaign finances, election statistics, & information on past elections; some census-related documentation; and earlier responsibilities, such as the construction & maintenance of the State Capitol grounds & some other public buildings.
The Corporation Filings series for domestic, foreign, labor union, and agricultural corporations combine to make the largest series, at over 1300 cubic feet. These records include articles of incorporation, copies of corporate charters, and forms related to mergers, consolidations, restoration, renewal, and cancellation of limited partnership, and related correspondence filed by companies pursuant to legal requirements for incorporation in Kansas. Related to the Corporation Filings are the Corporation Annual Reports, also known as Business Entity Annual Reports. These document the asset and liability information for all businesses incorporated in the state. Other series related to corporations are the corporation amendments, corporation charters, or the Trademark and Service Mark Filings series, comprised of several volumes documenting corporate charters, changes made to the charters, trademark registration, and trademark ownership. These records can be found either in paper and volume form or on microfilm.
The records also contain numerous series relating to primary, general, and special state or national elections, as well as records filed by candidates seeking to be on the ballot for a given election. The Election Campaign Finance Reports for both state and federal candidates include fiscal disclosure statements, earned and unearned income reports, compensations paid by source liabilities, receipts and disbursements, and reports on contributions from individuals in support of political campaigns. The Political Action Committee Reports series comprises 75 cubic feet and includes reports of receipts collected and disbursements made to political candidates by political action committees (PAC) supporting candidates for federal offices. Related records include the Statements of Substantial Interest, comprised of 200 cubic feet, documenting political candidates' ownership interests in businesses to avoid conflicts of interest. Other records include the candidacy declaration forms filed by prospective political candidates, as well as petitions and nomination forms filed by interest groups in support of alternative candidates. Additionally, the record group consists of election returns for elections dating back to 1861 and as late as 1992. The records also contain several commission and bonding records, both volumes and loose documents, for public notaries and justices of the peace.
The third and final large category of interrelated records pertains to state legislative matters and activities. Included are House of Representatives and Senate bills organized by session year and bill number; lobbyist registration and expense reports; House and Senate legislative journals, documenting daily activities and motions passed of each chamber during a given session; and legislative documents composed of volumes documenting summary information on actions taken on all bills and resolutions introduced in the House and Senate that are used to track legislation.
Notably, the collection contains a copy of the 1861 bill admitting Kansas as a state to the Union, the Senate Resolution ratifying the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the County Organization Files containing census and survey records documenting the establishment of numerous Kansas counties after statehood.
In many cases the larger series also contain records on microfilm. The records of smaller agencies no longer in existence, such as the Board of Canvassers and the State House Commission, are among these materials. Board of Canvassers records include minutes, correspondence, and election returns. State House Commission records series such as Statehouse Commission - Communications, Statehouse Commission Meeting Minutes, Statehouse Commission - Records, Correspondence, and Bills document the construction and maintenance of the State Capitol. A few records from the auditor of State, specifically volumes and registers documenting the sale of school lands and railroad land grants, were likely transferred to the Office of the Secretary of State upon the abolition of the state auditor in 1975.
Locators:No Locators Identified
Index Terms
Kansas. Secretary of State -- History
Kansas. Secretary of State -- Records and correspondence
Kansas State Capitol (Topeka, Kan.)
Kansas -- Politics and government
Bills, Legislative -- Kansas
Bonded warehouses and goods -- Kansas
Capitols -- Design and construction
Cemeteries -- Kansas
Civil service -- Selection and appointment -- Kansas
Corporation reports -- Kansas
Corporations, Foreign -- Kansas
Corporations -- Kansas
Elections -- Kansas
Justices of the peace -- Selection and appointment -- Kansas
Labor unions -- Kansas
Lobbyists -- Kansas
Notaries -- Selection and appointment -- Kansas
Political action committees -- Kansas
Political candidates -- Kansas
Creators and Contributors
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Yet Another Officer-Involved Shooting in Santa Maria
Suspect Shot Dead After Brandishing Replica Firearm at Officers
The Santa Maria Police Department was part of an officer-involved shooting Thursday evening, which ended in the death of a man who lead officers on a pursuit along Highway 1 and Black Road in the unincorporated area of Santa Maria. The man — whose name hasn't been released — brandished a replica firearm at SMPD officers who, "defending themselves from the armed suspect, fired at the suspect," wrote a Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department spokesperson in a press release.
The incident marks the seventh officer-involved shooting in the county this year. A 71-year-old Florida man was shot and killed by law enforcement personnel in Santa Maria this Monday after her reportedly tried to rob a woman with a gun.
According to the prepared statement from authorities about Thursday's incident, Santa Maria police received a 911 call at around 6 p.m. from a motorist in the area of Mill and School roads who claimed another driver had flashed a gun at them. Dispatchers then received a second call describing a similar incident in the same area, the statement reads. SMPD officers responded to the area and located a car matching the description given by the callers and tried to pull it over, but the driver led officers on a pursuit that lasted almost an hour.
The chase wove through the City of Santa Maria, north onto Highway 101 and into San Luis Obispo County, then into the Guadalupe area. "From there the suspect led pursuing officers out Highway 1, back towards unincorporated Santa Maria," the press release describes. "The Pursuing Santa Maria officer's solicited the assistance of the California Highway Patrol, who successfully deployed a spike strip, incapacitating the vehicle on Highway 1 just south of Black Rd."
The suspect reportedly stopped his car in the middle of the roadway, exited the vehicle, and confronted officers with the fake gun in-hand. Shots were fired, and the suspect fell to the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Sheriff's Department, the "Santa Maria Police Department was the only agency involved in the shooting. Since the incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, the Sheriff's Office is the lead investigating agency."
No officer's were hurt in the shooting, and the name of the suspect is being withheld until his identity can be confirmed and his next of kin are notified.


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Prophetic Torah – with Rabbi Avraham Sutton
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Adam was an ethereal being who chose to get physical. Thinking he could easily move between the world down below and the world up above, he chose garments of skin over garments of light.
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The Oly Old Time Festival is a completely volunteer-run organization. All proceeds go directly to putting on the festival, supporting the musicians and instructors, and maintaining affordable ticket prices.
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In this article, we will explain how to use the HTML DOM on the web and how the DOM displays HTML and XML documents. We will focus on the JavaScript implementation of the HTML DOM and refer to it, as it is a DOM that was created independently of a specific programming language.
Document Object Model (DOM) allows JavaScript to dynamically manipulate HTML on a web page. HTMLDOM allows you to create HTML documents, add and modify HTML content such as text, images, videos, and other data, and edit and delete content.
The Document Object Model (DOM) is the programming interface between HTML and XML and is characterized by a hierarchical tree structure. Each element in the document tree is called a node, and the DOM provides properties and methods that have the same properties as the other elements of the HTML document, such as type, size, content, etc. In this article we will review the Document Object Model and DOM on this page.
A node is essentially any element in the DOM structure of the page, including the text that would be an XHTML tag. In an HTML document, an object can be any type of object, such as a text tag, a file, or even an element of the document.
This function is not limited to working with HTML, but can be used on any other type of XML DOM. The table object is implemented as an HTML element, which is only a node in terms of the DOM, which forms the object model of the HTML / XML page. This subroutine calls the write() method of a DOM object to insert HTML code from the source into the element.
The majority of the DOM tree consists of two object types: element objects that represent tags like <HTML>, and text objects that represent text strings. If an HTML element is an element in the DOM, it is often referred to as an element node. Since the vast majority of code that uses DOM is about manipulating HTML documents, and because there are no properties on DOM nodes, we often refer to them as elements. Although strictly speaking not all nodes are elements, DOM can be used in an object-oriented paradigm in which the object (in this case a DOM node) has a base. It is common to refer to a node in the DOM as an "element" when HTML elements are elements in it.
The HTML DOM considers the HTML document as a tree structure called a node, and each node can be accessed within the tree. While reading an HTML document, the browser creates a representative tree called Document Object Model and defines how to access this tree. Each node can be either modified, added or deleted; it is also the basis of a new element you can create. Iframe objects are DOM elements that are added to HTML documents in such a way that they can be read by an HTML parser of the browser.


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Huge presentation tomorrow for VASCD18. So I decided to ask my students which experiences, specifically, I should share from our yearlong gamified classroom with teachers from throughout the state of Virginia.
Here's the full list of what the game changers themselves had to say.
It's massive. And it's awesome.
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Harrietta Plantation McClellanville Charleston County
— Harrietta Plantation House © Brandon Coffey, 2009 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)
Basic Information
- Location Collins Creek, South Santee River, McClellanville, St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County
7 Mile Road
Five miles east of McClellanville off US 17, between Collins Creek and the South Santee River
- Origin of name When Harriott Pinckney Horry purchased the planation, she changed its name from Washaw to Harrietta, possibly as an adaptation of her own name or her daughter's name. (Her daughter's forename was also Harriott.)
- Other names Washaw (5, p. 750)
- Current status Privately owned
— Harrietta Plantation © Brandon Coffey, 2009 —
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- 1704 Earliest known date of existence (5, p. 749)
John Fenwick owned the property (5, p. 749).
- 1735 Gillson Clapp acquired a grant for 500 acres along the creek. He also purchased a neighboring 650 acres (5, p. 749).
- 1738 Gillson Clapp died and his will declared that his Santee River property should be divided among three of his children Elizabeth, Mary, and Gillson, Jr. (5, p. 749).
- Prior to 1745 Mary Clapp became the sole owner of the property after the death of her sister and brother (5, p. 750).
- 1749 David Deas became owner of the plantation, knows as Washaw at this time, after he married Mary Clapp. Deas purchased neighboring property to increase the planation's size. Deas also constructed a small, two-bedroom house at the plantation (5, p. 750).
- Circa 1770s David Deas left the plantation to his three daughters who in turn signed over interest to each of their husbands Alexander Inglis, Isaac Motte, and Thomas Middleton (5, p. 750).
- 1779 After the death of his wife, Isaac Motte signed over his third interest to brother-in-laws Alexander Inglis and Thomas Middleton (5, p. 750).
The half portion that was owned by Thomas Middleton would become Palo Alto Hill Plantation, Wedge Plantation and Woodville Plantation. Inglis's portion would retain the Washaw name (5, p. 750).
- 1791 Alexander Inglis died and left Washaw to his son David Deas Inglis. Alexander's estate had many debts. This forced the plantation to be divided into five smaller tracts and sold. George Wagner bought two adjoining tracts; one was 265 acres and the other 41, for a total of 306 acres (5, p. 750).
- 1806 Harriott Pinckney Horry purchased the 265-acre section from George Wagner. She called the plantation Harrietta, perhaps as an adaptation of her own name or her daughter's name, and began construction on a two-story house. The house would remain unoccupied for decades. Harriott had hoped her daughter, Harriott Horry Rutledge, would live there, but the younger Harriott moved to Europe with her husband and left the gift from her mother empty (5, p. 751).
- 1859 The house was bought from the estate of Harriott Rutledge and finally occupied by Stephen Duval Doar.
According to Doar's great-grandson, Alexander Lucas Lofton, "The Doars lived at the plantation until it was sold in the late twenties to Mr. Shonnard. My mother lived at the Wedge only a short walk from Harrietta, and I walked from the Wedge to Harrietta many times as a young boy. The wings on the house were there at that time, and probably were built at the time my great-grandfather purchased it or even earlier."
The picture below was sent to us by Alexander Lucas Lofton, who estimates the shot was taken sometime between 1915 and 1923 (2, p. 299) (4) (6).
- 1872 David Doar inherited Harrietta from his father Stephen Duval Doar. David continued to cultivate rice on the plantation until 1903 and was one of the last great planters of the area (1, p. 3) (5, p. 751).
- 1928 David Doar passed away. The Doar family sold Harrietta Plantation to Horatio and Sohia Shonnard (4) (5, p. 752).
- 1973 Mrs. Dorette L. Fleischman was the owner of record with the plantation being comprised of approximately 400 acres (1, pp. 1, 4).
- Late 1900s Larry Young acquired the plantation (5, p. 752).
- 2000 Robert Occhifinito purchased Harrietta Plantation from Larry Young (5, p. 752).
- Number of acres 1,150 in 1735; 306 in 1791; 265 in 1806; approximately 400 in 1973 (1) (5)
- Primary crop Rice; plus indigo, and corn in the 1700s (5, p. 750)
— Gate of Formal Garden at Harrietta Plantation © English Purcell, 2016 —
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- Number of slaves 113 circa 1755; 93 in 1859 (5, p. 750) (6)
In 1859, 93 slaves were sold, to five different people, as part of the estate of Harriott Rutledge. Click here for a complete listing of the slaves and who purchased each (6).
— View of River at Harrietta Plantation © Brandon Coffey, 2009 —
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References & Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1975
Photographs, architectural overview
- George C. Rogers, Jr., The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1990)
Order The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina
- Catherine Campant Messner, South Carolina's Low Country: A Past Preserved (Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Publishing Company, 1988)
Order South Carolina's Low Country: A Past Preserved
- Information contributed by Alexander Lucas Lofton who is the great-grandson of owner Stephen Duval Doar.
- Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River (Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 2001)
Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River
- Sale of Harrietta Plantation and 93 Slaves, Estate of Harriott Rutledge, SC, 1859: Fold3
— Lawn at Harrietta Plantation © Brandon Coffey, 2009 —
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— Statue at Gates of Harrietta Plantation © Brandon Coffey, 2009 —
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Understanding Blighted Ovum
CREDITS Over-the-counter pregnancy tests are now available in the market so women who experience delayed periods may take a test in the comforts of their homes. But how effective are these products? Positive result may bring overwhelming joy to the couple yet it's not 100% guaranteed that a baby is in the making. The expectant mother should still visit her OB-GYNE to determine that there's an embryo inside the womb.


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Stig of the Dump is coming to Hounslow in a new version of the classic children's tale directed by a four-time Olivier award nominee.
The caveman's adventures with his friend Barney will be brought to life through music, dance and puppetry at Hounslow Arts Centre on Wednesday and Thursday (March 23-24).
Audience members will get to join in with the songs and dance routines during the show, which is premiering at the venue upstairs at the Treaty Centre, in High Street, Hounslow, before embarking on a UK tour.
London Contemporary Theatre's new production of Clive King's much-loved story, which has enchanted youngsters for nearly half a century, is directed by four-time Olivier award nominee Luke Sheppard.
Aimed at children aged over four, it follows Barney, who discovers Stig after tumbling over the edge of an old chalk pit into his hidden den, built from rubbish dumped in the disused quarry.
Despite the language barrier, they become firm friends and spend their days improving Stig's den, going hunting and even catching some burglars who break into Barney's grandparents' home.
Stig of the Dump is at Hounslow Arts Centre on Wednesday, March 23, at 10.30am and 7pm, and Thursday, March 24, at 2pm.
It is also due to appear at Beck Theatre, in Hayes, during the tour, and will return to Hounslow Arts Centre on Sunday, May 22.
For more information about the show, and to book tickets, visit the Stig of the Dump website.


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10 Classic Premier League Comebacks
10 Classic Premier League Comebacks
What are the 10 Classic Premier League Comebacks? Have you ever thought of finding out what are the most amazing and classic comebacks ever in the Premier League? well if you have then worry not as we have prepared a list of the 10 Classic Premier League Comebacks. their are alot of comebacks in the Premier League but we picked the top 10 most exciting ones. The Premier League is arguably the best league in the world and definitely has to be full of surprises as that is what it is known for, the Premier League is soon unpredictable last season we saw Manchester United beaten 5-3 after being 3-1 up against Leicester City.
Ten Classic Premier League Comebacks
Previously we have published the Top 10 Champions League Comebacks, Have you seen it yet? Probably not! well check it out after this list of the 10 Classic Premier League Comebacks. let's find out the 10 Classic Premier League Comebacks.
Here are the 10 Classic Premier League Comebacks.
10. Norwich 4-4 Middlesbrough
English football has always been known for its entertainment and this match went down in history as on of the most exciting and probably most interesting to have been watched by most of the fans. This was a game between Norwich and Middlesbrough . This game was an eight goal thriller which ended in a full time scoreline of 4-4 .
In this game Middlesbrough were in to the lead in the second half with a 3-1 scoreline. With only 10 minutes to goal in the second with Norwich trailing with the score board reading 4-1, Norwich managed to salvage a point and made the last minutes count as they managed to even the score line as the final whistle blew.


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In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are perceived as delayed, outdated investment tools of an era lost to time. Although there are over 8,000 hedge funds with their doors open in present day, Insider Monkey focuses on the aristocrats of this group, close to 525 funds. Analysts calculate that this group controls the majority of the hedge fund industry's total capital, and by watching their highest performing equity investments, we've brought to light a number of investment strategies that have historically outpaced the market. Our small-cap hedge fund strategy beat the S&P 500 index by 18 percentage points per year for a decade in our back tests, and since we've began to sharing our picks with our subscribers at the end of August 2012, we have trumped the S&P 500 index by 33 percentage points in 11 months (explore the details and some picks here).
Just as useful, bullish insider trading sentiment is another way to analyze the stock market universe. As the old adage goes: there are a number of reasons for a bullish insider to cut shares of his or her company, but only one, very simple reason why they would behave bullishly. Plenty of academic studies have demonstrated the valuable potential of this strategy if you understand where to look (learn more here).
What's more, it's important to analyze the recent info about Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC).
How have hedgies been trading Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC)?
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 23 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of -15% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds' sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of notable hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings substantially.
When using filings from the hedgies we track, Kenneth Mario Garschina's Mason Capital Management had the most valuable position in Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC), worth close to $357.2 million, comprising 7.1% of its total 13F portfolio. Coming in second is Glenview Capital, managed by Larry Robbins, which held a $166 million position; 1.5% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Remaining hedge funds with similar optimism include David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital, Michael Blitzer's Kingstown Capital Management and D. E. Shaw's D E Shaw.
Because Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC) has faced dropping sentiment from upper-tier hedge fund managers, it's safe to say that there lies a certain "tier" of hedge funds that decided to sell off their full holdings last quarter. Interestingly, Glenn Russell Dubin's Highbridge Capital Management dumped the biggest position of all the hedgies we watch, comprising about $4.8 million in stock, and Neil Chriss of Hutchin Hill Capital was right behind this move, as the fund dropped about $4.4 million worth. These bearish behaviors are important to note, as aggregate hedge fund interest fell by 4 funds last quarter.
How are insiders trading Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC)?
Insider buying made by high-level executives is particularly usable when the company we're looking at has experienced transactions within the past six months. Over the latest half-year time period, Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We'll also examine the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC). These stocks are The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD), 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD), Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG), Lennox International Inc. (NYSE:LII), and Crane Co. (NYSE:CR). This group of stocks are the members of the diversified machinery industry and their market caps are closest to BWC's market cap.


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This decadent, dairy-free frosting from GFree Foodie is made with our vegan chocolate and pumpkin puree – perfect for fall!
Magic Chocolate Pumpkin FrostingMakes enough for 1 cake or cupcake batch
- 1 15-oz can pumpkin
- 3 T. powdered sugar
- 1 t. cinnamon
- 1 t. vanilla
- 1 ¼ C. Enjoy Life Foods Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips
- Heat the pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla in a large saucepan over medium heat and cook for 7-10 minuets, stirring often.
- Remove the mixture from heat and stir in chocolate chips. Continue stirring until all chips are melted and the frosting is smooth.
- Allow to cool completely, stirring occasionally. Then top a cake or cupcakes!


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While gaming on iOS devices is as diverse as its audience, one genre that seems to be made for the platform is puzzles. We've covered a few of the greatest of them
before, and this time we have a couple of tile puzzles that are both original and challenging.
Let's take a look at how these two puzzles play and why they are so engaging.
Described by its developers as an addictive puzzler, Harmony for iOS quickly proves them right by its mix of simple, yet challenging gameplay and relaxing music.
The mechanics behind Harmony are pretty simple: You play on boards filled with colored tiles and move them until they match the pattern outlined by the color bars at the top and bottom of the screen. So, if the top of the screen is light yellow and the bottom is green (as on the screenshot below), the tiles at the bottom have to be green and the ones at the top have to match the light yellow color of the top.
Important Note: As you move forward in the game, you'll have to take care of matching more than just two colors. In fact, the higher levels require you to take care of entire (and complex) color palettes.
Naturally, you can't just move tiles freely around. Instead, you can only move them in pairs. Tap a tile, and then tap the one next to it and both will exchange places regardless of their color. But it doesn't stop there; each tile has one or more dots on it indicating the number of times that that particular tile can be moved.
Overall, while Harmony might seem simple at first, it can get pretty challenging very fast, but the game's mechanics and its incredible music make it really fun and addictive.
"Brain-shifting puzzle" might be a stretch when it comes to describing an iOS game, but nonetheless, Move for iPhone manages to pack a hefty level of challenge regardless of its simple gameplay mechanics.
The essence of Move, as its name implies, is to move colored circles along tiles until they reach the tiles of the same color.
For example, as you can see from the screenshots below, the light-blue circles have to be placed into the tiles of the same color. The trick with Move though, is that once you move a circle, all of them move in the same direction, so you have to make sure to achieve the puzzle's goal in the minimum number of moves.
The boards that you start with are simple enough. However, as the game progresses, puzzles become harder. And if the free puzzles are not enough a challenge for you, you can also purchase more complex boards from within the app.
Note: A really cool thing about Move is that it sports a 'Color Blind' mode, making it accessible for even more users.
If you are a fan of engaging games that you can enjoy casually, then these couple of simple, yet challenging puzzles will definitely be worth your time, so make sure to give any of them a try.
Last updated on 03 February, 2022
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- Bigger and more convenient size – 12″ x 12″ (30cm x 30cm).
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- More lasting than cheesecloth.
- Easy to clean and reusable.
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Something my arts and crafts has given me is a love for Colour – all sorts of colors. So as a birthday present I was given the Victoria Finlay book "Colour" and I'm loving it.
I'm only into the first 20 pages and there's already stories about how the putting of paint into tubes was a technical achievement that resulted in the Impressionist painters having the freedom to paint their impressions of nature in nature.
It got me thinking of how something that we take as being so very simple and everyday was once so revolutionary for the art and then crafts that is created a whole new way of perceiving not only landscapes but color, shaped, design and even social structures. I think that's amazing!
I only new about "Colour" because I'd read and loved "Jewels, A Secret History" – a book about gem stones that I really recommend too.
Do enjoy and dive into colour!
All the best,
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OneStream XF 5.0 is the biggest release of the platform in several years. Here's a link to our recent press release announcing it publicly. There are a lot of reasons to be excited about OneStream XF 5.0:
- Faster Processing with Environmental Sensors and Smart Load Balancing
- Conditional Formatting in Cube Views New look and feel of the OneStream Client, which is even more sleek than the previous versions
- New features with the Excel Quick Views Add-In
As someone who spends most of his time with users, the Excel Add-In is very important to me. First of all, I think it is a real pleasure to deal again with an Excel Add-In for someone who used to work with Essbase back in the days when Hyperion was relevant.
In this post, we will look at 4 features:
- Type-in members in Quick Views: type your members, refresh your Quick View et voila!
- New and Improved Member Dialog Box: select members from anywhere and find members with a dialog box
- Show User Defined dimension names in Quick Views
- Reversed hierarchies
Type-In Members in Quick Views
Create a new Quick View by typing in members
This is by far the star of this new Excel Add-In: you can type member names and create a Quick View on the spot, I think it was the only feature missing compared to the old Essbase add-in.
Type your members and select them:
Click on the 'Create Quick View button:
And that's it, your Quick View is created!
Extend an existing Quick View by typing in members
Type the members you want to add, in our case, we want to add the UD1 member Ground Coffee
Then, hit the 'Rebuild Quick View' button:
The new dimension is automatically added to the Quick View
Type-in to add members to an existing dimension
You can also add members of an existing dimension:
Note that I don't need to add the dimension name before the member as OneStream already knows it and I don't need to add the other dimension in the Quick View.
Hit Rebuild:
And you're done:
This is truly a life changing feature.
Member Extension Type-In
You can also type member extensions!
In this particular case, we have base members of the Time dimension and Accounts with a member extension:
From there, your imagination is the limit.
The Member Dialog Box
This is quite a big update as well: the Excel Add-in has a new and improved Member Selection dialog box. Imagine you have a Quick View and you want additional members, select a cell in the dimension you want to change and click on the 'Select Member' button.
This will open the Member Dialog box:
Note that the current dimension and member and automatically selected. From there, you can add whatever members you need:
You can use the Ctrl and Shift keys to expand your selection, after you click ok, your spreadsheet is updated:
Click on Rebuild Quick View and you're done:
Display User Defined Dimension Alias During Drill & in POV
It is one of the new features with OneStream XF 5.0, you can name user defined dimensions. Go to Application -> Application properties and set the name of the UD Dimension in the Dimensions tab. In our case, the UD1 is the Products dimension.
As soon as you create a new Quick View, OneStream will use the name of the dimension based on the application you selected when you connected.
These are details that helps a lot, particularly when you roll out a solution for hundreds of users!
Tree Descendants Reversed
There is a new feature with member expansion where users can select to see Tree Descendants in the natural order of the hierarchy or in reverse. It is very useful because a lot of reports are one way or the other.
To select a hierarchy in the natural order, use the usual expressions:
It will return members in the orders of the hierarchy you've selected:
To select a hierarchy in the reversed order, add a 'R' at the end of the expression:
And you will see a reversed hierarchy!!!
This feature will save a lot of work when creating reports and dashboards.
If you want to learn more, check the official OneStream blog articles on OneStream 5.0.


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IndustryTap has reported on electromagnetic harvesters, WiTricity wireless energy transfer, and Nicola Tesla, who started it all.
Over-the-Air Wireless Power Transfer
The company most noted for advancing Tesla's idea of the wireless transmission of energy, WiTricity, has developed a near-field resonance technology that allows the charging of multiple devices that have different power needs, including automobiles.
Since our last article, WiTricity has teamed with Intel to join the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and to work on "Rezence" wireless charging technical standards and specifications. A4WP has since launched its global Rezence certification program and begun certifying submissions of products.
Saying Goodbye to Gas Stations, Hello to Resonant Wireless
In a major development, CTEK Sweden has signed a patent license agreement that will enable CTEK to begin commercializing the wireless charging systems in industrial markets, including transportation. CTEK is a top manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) chargers. In fact TESLA motors is now working on a wireless charging solution.
Following is an overview the technology.
WiTricity products use "near field resonant inductive coupling," achieved through the creation of magnetic fields transmitted between primary and secondary coils, one in the device being charged, and the second in the charger.
Following is a recent demonstration of WiTricity.


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A favourite cut for underwear among men in the know, a trunk cut is a hybrid of a brief and boxer brief without the excess fabric fabric (in other words, they're boxer briefs with short legs and a square cut appearance). Offering the same type of support as briefs if you want to try something a little different, you should try trunks.
Underwear that is well suited for just about anything Trunks are fast becoming the norm when it comes to men's undergarments. A hybrid of the brief and boxer brief with short legs and a square cut, they offer the same range of support as the standard brief. Able to be worn with just about everything add a pair of trunks to your everyday wardrobe this season.


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Friday Night at the Museum
We offer a monthly programming series from May until October each year. The series is known as "Friday Night at the Museum" and features a different speaker and Bradford County related topic each month. Speakers are invited from as far away as other states. This programming series is sponsored by the United Way of Bradford County. Specific programs are sometimes sponsored by businesses and others who partner with the museum and believe in our mission of historical preservation and education.
Each program is held on the third Friday of the month at 6 p.m. The museum is always open from 5:30 until the program begins. The gift shop as well as free refreshments are also available. Be sure to check our Calendar of Events for upcoming programs.


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We have gained knowledge over the past 25 years through the diversity of our work. This makes Bilfinger Height Specialists the specialist in working at height. Besides knowledge and experience we have a large team of professionals who can be deployed in all areas.
Within Bilfinger Height Specialists we have a large group of regular colleagues. They want to continuously improve together and are committed to the successful completion of any project. Because we work together on a daily basis, we learn a lot about each other. Not only on a technical level but also on a personal level. Our open culture and family atmosphere ensures that we know each other through and through. Therefore we can always deploy the right people on the right project.
Because all our employees are widely trained and certified, we can be deployed anywhere due to the size of our permanent team. In this way we can continuously respond to the changes that the market demands of us, in consultation with you as the client.
The (rope) techniques we use enable us to make the inaccessible accessible. These techniques are the same in the offshore and petrochemical industry as well as in the energy and civil markets. For example, we operate within various divisions, constantly using our skills to carry out the work at heights.
Bilfinger Height Specialists provides training in the field of working at height as well as IRATA training. These training courses are given by experienced, IRATA-certified trainers. This not only ensures that our own people are and remain at the same level, but also the people who come to us to follow a training course. Because of our many years of experience we are not only able to share the substantial knowledge, but also the experiences we have gained in the field.


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by Brooke Winters
Drew University honored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy earlier this month during a two-day series of events consisting of discussions on civil rights and engaging in a day of service with the local community. On MLK Day, Drew hosted a screening of Freedom Summer, a documentary that discusses the important work done by civil rights activists in Mississippi to register black voters. These activists faced physical violence, threats, and even death in order to advance the civil rights movement.
President Baenninger gave some opening remarks before the film, saying, "At Drew, we are trying to make our actions reflect our education." She went on to say that, "The issues of freedom and justice that Dr. King spoke of are still strongly affecting our society today." Nearly 100 people attended the film screening. After the film, a discussion was hosted by Professor Kesha Moore of the Sociology Department, along with other students and faculty. Drew's personal connection to Freedom Summer and the civil rights movement were a part of the discussion.
On Jan. 17th, Drew delivered on its promise to have its actions reflect its education by participating in multiple community service projects on and off campus. Amy Koritz, the Director of the Civic Engagement Office, said Drew's mission in organizing the events "was two-fold: to come together as a university in recognition of ML King's legacy of fighting for justice, serving the vulnerable, and empowering the disempowered. Integral to this legacy is not only King's political advocacy, but the commitment to serve in our local communities."
Koritz also said, "We were pleased with the enthusiasm of those Drew students, faculty, and staff who participated, and with the support of the Drew Staff Association, the President's Office, the Volunteer Resource Center, Student Government, the CRCC, and the CLA Dean's Office. We hope to increase this participation through greater coordination with Drew offices next year."
Drew's participation in off-campus events included interior work on homes in the Dover area for Morris Habitat for Humanity and volunteering at local food pantries. The construction of these houses is expected to be completed by June. At the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside, 35 Drew volunteers sorted and boxed groceries and cleaning products. Community is the largest food bank in New Jersey and plays a vital role in distributing groceries to 1,400 organizations in 17 counties. At another off-campus event, students in Morristown helped organize the Market Street Mission Thrift Store, which sells a wide variety of goods at low prices, providing low income individuals with an economically viable option to buy clothes and kitchen appliances.
On-campus service activities included creating toiletry kits for the Morristown Soup Kitchen, a book drive for children, and putting together school supply bags for refugees. These events occurred in the 1867 Lounge, where Dr. King's 1964 speech he delivered at Drew University was broadcasted as volunteers worked.
Stefanie DeFronzo ('20) attended one of Drew's off-campus service events. She said, "I signed up to volunteer at the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morris County, where we worked together, as a sort of production line, to put together dry bean soup kits. The kits consisted of three different types of beans, rice, and spices, complete with a recipe and directions to cook at home. I felt really happy to put together these kits, knowing that the families in Morris County who rely on the pantry will have a hearty and nutritious winter soup to easily cook for a good meal or two." DeFronzo went on to say that, "Since Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of/for the people as a leader of the civil rights movement, I think that our work at the food pantry (and other community organizations) was also in his spirit of being for the people. Civic engagement, or community service, may sound complex or daunting, but helping others is very simple. It is sometimes hard to think about how your assistance fits into a larger picture of change, but no matter the size, your one helping hand is making a difference that can lead to change larger than you can probably even imagine."
Looking to get involved in future service projects to honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy beyond the national holiday? Amy Koritz said, "We encourage all Drew students to take advantage of Community-Based Learning classes that connect their academic work to the important missions of our community partners. These classes are a great way to explore areas of interest in the real world while being supported by a professor and your fellow students. We are also happy to work with students on an individual basis to identify community service opportunities that fit their interests and schedules. The Center partners with the Career Center and the Alumni Affairs office to sponsor annual Civically Engaged Alumni Networking and Non-Profit Career and Volunteer Opportunities events open to the entire campus. We invite the entire Drew community to join us on April 18 for the Civic Engagement Showcase and Awards Ceremony celebrating the important work Drew students, faculty and staff do that benefits the world beyond campus."


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I write this having learnt that taxi driver Moses Ayanwole, originally from Nigeria, and brutally attacked by a white passenger in Pearse street, has died of his injuries. I write this with rage not only at the senseless murder, but also at the refusal by politicians and the mainstream media to use the racism word to describe it. We heard nothing from the Minister of Justice or any other senior politician. And on RTE's Morning Ireland the representative of the taxi federation spoke about the need to install CCTV cameras in taxis but not about the issues faced by black African taxi drivers, who experience daily racism from white colleagues and passengers alike. There was nothing about many taxi ranks carrying 'Irish drivers only' notices, or about passengers refusing to get into taxis with black drivers, not to speak of the litany of racial slurs and insults.
This murder puts further flames onto recent racist fires. In Naas we had mayor Darren Scully who made the decision to refuse representation to black Africans based on what he described as their "aggressive" attitude when making representations to him, but who insensitively argues that he 'abhors racism in all its forms', adding that he had many African friends (not realising this is one of the most common 'I am not a racist' but ploys). And in Athlone, a 16 year old black girl was raped by a group of white boys, including one white girl, in an attacked described by the Evening Herald a 'race rape of girl (16)' – at least they used the R word, but one wondered whether the reason is sensationalism or accurate reporting.
It's been only two years since Toyosi Shitta-Bey was murdered in Tirrelstown – his murderers only just brought to justice (at least it didn't take the Gardai as long as it took the London Metropolitan Police to try black teenager Stephen Lawrence's white murderers, murdered in 1993 and tried in 2011).
It's necessary to point out yet again how difficult it is to speak about racism in post-race Ireland. And it's not only because of the recession – the difficulty to mention the R word has been on the increase ever since the twilight of Celtic capitalism. Note for instance President Higgins' inaugural speech which made not one mention to immigrants, immigration, interculturalism or integration – and that from one of Ireland's strongest supporters of human rights causes.
At the same time Minister Alan Shatter – despite his strong support for the integration of immigrants while in opposition – is keeping away from events organised by migrants and ethnic minorities. Interestingly, despite opposing the 1989 Incitement to Hatred Act, Shatter has done nothing to review this ineffectual piece of legislation. This murder should give him a reason to do so.
And importantly, on the morning of Moses Ayanwole's death there was yet another deportation of what the government deems 'failed' asylum seekers, this time to Pakistan. The issue of asylum seekers and direct provision hostels has indeed gone well under the radar – it seems no one in austerity Ireland – including Irish human rights, antiracism and immigrant support NGOs – wants to know.
I was delighted, however, by the initiative of a group of African leaders who got together to speak up against the increase of racism. While rightly demanding that the government acts against racism, it is ultimately up to them to express their seething anger and protest against racist Ireland. And they have my full support.