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Championed by everyone from Annie Mac to DJ Yoda, Kormac started out as out as a hip-hop scratch DJ and MPC beat-maker.
He has matured into an artist who brings a totally unique approach to his art, twisting samples and meticulous recordings of acoustic instruments into something entirely unique.
His latest project, Equivalent Exchange, saw him write a full suite of material for an orchestra and a host of collaborators including Loah, Eimear Noone, Jack O' Rourke and Stephen James Smith while working with acclaimed artist, Maser, on artwork and show visuals. They performed the material to a sold out Vicar Street in March 2018. [Watch RTE's coverage of the night here]
While making his last album, Doortspes, he literally showed up at the doors of legendary author, Irvine Welsh, Mercury Music Prize Winner, Speech Debelle, Texan legend, Micah P. Hinson and a host of others to collaborate and produce a record that sounds like nothing else.
St. Patrick's Festival & Kormac presents Kormac: Equivalent Exchange
Kormac's very first Equivalent Exchange rehearsal with The Irish Chamber Orchestra and Kormac's Big Band in ICO Hall, Limerick. See the show live in Vicar Street on Bank Holiday Sunday, March 18th featuring collaborations with Eimear Noone, Loah, Maser and many more TBA.
I Believe
Kormac returns with brand new single and video, I Believe. Funnelling vintage gospel textures through modern production sensibilities, this one has been a high point in recent live shows with crowds chanting, "I believe, I do believe" in their thousands. The clip premiered in Clash Magazine.
Another Screen feat. Irvine Welsh
Largely shot at an abandoned amusement park in Margate, Kent, the piece debuted on Noisey in 2014 with an accompanying interview with Kormac and Irvine. The video was produced and directed by Andy McManus and Elizabeth Doonan.
Kormac's Big Band – Wake Up – Live on the Late Late Show.
Kormac performs with his ensemble on Ireland's biggest prime-time show.
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"The crowd clearly relished every minute, imbibing the energy radiated and feeding it back with cheers and whoops of delight."
"One of Irish Dance Music's most inspirational and unique producers and DJs"
"Sitting neither in the realm of hip hop, jazz or electronic music, Kormac shapes his music to fit his vision of the world and carries us lucky spectators alongs with him."
"Their performance will rank up there as one of the most memorable moments on the show over the past seven years."
"Kormac has taken the crowd by storm here today. His show is the best of the festival so far. It's exciting and full of energy. This is a DJ at the top of his game."
"a composer and arranger of extraordinary, eclectic music that pushes the envelope in terms of scope and tone"
"Kormac's live AV show: it was spellbinding. The beautiful texture and depth of his visual designs perfectly matched the diverse beats driven by the man himself and a live drummer".


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Dear Regional Chair members,
as every year, alongside the Spring Symposium 2018 in Konstanz we will have our Chair member's meeting. It will take place on wednesday, 21.03.2018 at 9:00 in Konstanz (the exact location will be announced later).
Right before the meeting, on tuesday, 20.03.2018, we will offer to take place in several workshops for active JCF members. This year, we have the following topics: "International Networking" with Willis Muganda, "Finances in the JCF" with Christoph Wulf, "How To: JCF-Website" with Tobias Bachmann/Christian Stemmle and "JCFs help JCFs" with Florian Fischer. A short description of the workshops will be uploaded shortly.
The workshops will start in the afternoon, afterwards we will organize a get-together.
Please register here via GoogleForms: Registration
We look forward to see you all in Konstanz for the meeting and the following Spring Symposium!
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This elegant property built in 1750 is situated in the greater Carcassonne area, Languedoc Roussillon, South of France. The house has been restored with good taste and has kept original features. All the bathrooms have top quality fittings and the kitchen/dining room is well planned. A very private garden allows enjoying the French outdoor living and the stunning views on Pyrenees and countryside. All amenities are just a short walk away. Easy access to Carcassonne Airport.
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Wojtek Siudmak, an artist of Polish origin, settled in France in 1966 and is considered one of the principal representatives of fantastic realism.* His works are often used as illustrations for science fiction and fantasy literature, including the Polish edition of Frank Herbert's Dune series.
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The magnificent stallions of Spain head to New Zealand for a seven-centre tour from January to March 2012 in the fully choreographed arena spectacular El Caballo Blanco "The Dance of the White Stallion"
El Caballo Blanco "The Dance of the White Stallions" will be performed in Christchurch, Dunedin, Timaru, Invercargill, Palmerston North, Whangarei and Hamilton and you could win a family gold pass to a show near you! The winner for this week's family gold pass to the El Caballo Blanco production in Invercargill at the SBS Events Centre is
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More Blood on Their Hands: Univision Finds More Fast and Furious Victims
Univision is keeping the heat on President Obama, performing investigative work that the American media has simply refused to do regarding Fast and Furious.
In a recent interview with the President, a Univision reporter asked why he shouldn't fire Attorney General Eric Holder. It turns out, the reporter may have been asking based on even further evidence of the operation's criminal nature.
Yesterday, the Spanish-language television network aired a special that revealed the botched gun-smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious was far more deadly than previously understood.
The documentary revealed that in 2010, a party of nearly 60 teenagers were gunned down by assassins who had been armed by the United States Government. The result – 16 people dead, mostly teenagers.
Indirectly, the United States government played a role in the massacre by supplying some of the firearms used by the cartel murderers. Three of the high caliber weapons fired that night in Villas de Salvarcar were linked to a gun tracing operation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to a Mexican army document obtained exclusively by Univision News.
And it gets worse…
Univision News identified a total of 57 more previously unreported firearms that were bought by straw purchasers monitored by ATF during Operation Fast and Furious, and then recovered in Mexico in sites related to murders, kidnappings, and at least one other massacre.
In fact, the report indicates that other U.S. agents had fallen victim to guns supplied by the U.S. government.
Victor Avila and Jaime Zapata, two U.S. Federal Agents assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, were in the process of transporting surveillance equipment when their vehicle was surrounded by cartel members and shot more than 90 times. Zapata died and Avila was seriously wounded.
An official familiar with the Congressional investigation into Fast and Furious referred to Univision's report as "the holy grail". The report also showed that guns were trafficked to other countries as well.
"Univision News' Investigative Unit was also able to identify additional guns that escaped the control of ATF agents and were used in different types of crimes throughout Mexico," the network added. "Furthermore, some of these guns — none of which were reported by congressional investigators — were put in the hands of drug traffickers in Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. A person familiar with the recent congressional hearings called Univision's findings 'the holy grail' that Congress had been searching for."
Justice Department: Schizophrenic, Intellectually Disabled? We Want You!
There's politically correct hiring practices, and then there's weapons grade stupidity. Guess which side of the aisle Eric Holder's Department of Justice falls on?
Yes, the same agency that brought you the bumbling effort known as Fast and Furious, has been actively engaged in a policy of 'affirmatively recruiting' people with 'targeted disabilities'. This means that they weren't simply issuing directives against discriminatory hiring practices regarding disabled individuals, it means they actively sought out those very recruits.
So what types of disabilities were the Justice Department looking for in their attorneys and staff members (document embedded below)?
- Severe Intellectual Disabilities
- Psychiatric Disabilities
- Other Current Severe Physical, Intellectual, or Mental Conditions
The easy joke here is that this explains the incompetence of the Justice Department, but such a ridiculous method for affirmatively hiring disabled employees is no laughing matter.
Read the rest of the report here…
Be sure to check out the Justice Department documents below…
Fast and Furious Official Given Extended Paid Leave While Earning Six Figures at Financial Services Company
In what can only be described as a curious arrangement, a senior official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a man who has been singled out as a top official involved in the gun-running scandal known as Fast and Furious, has been earning paid leave from the bureau while simultaneously drawing an additional six figure salary with a major financial services company.
Bill McMahon was one of five officials named in an indictment that charged him with extensive involvement in the leadership failures of Operation Fast and Furious. The indictment specifically accused McMahon of giving false Congressional testimony. An additional report indicated that McMahon knew there were no safeguards in place to prevent a large number of guns from getting across the border, but he still made no effort to stop it.
Now however, two Republican lawmakers are demanding answers as to how McMahon can remain on paid leave while earning another six-figure salary working full time for the investment bank J.P. Morgan. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) have penned a letter to the Department of Justice asking how such an arrangement could be approved.
"Under any reading of the relevant personnel regulations, it appears that ATF management was under no obligation to approve this sort of arrangement," wrote Issa and Grassley. "Given McMahon's outsized role in the Fast and Furious scandal, the decision to approve an extended annual leave arrangement in order to attain pension eligibility and facilitate full-time, outside employment while still collecting a full-time salary at ATF raises a host of questions about both the propriety of the arrangement and the judgment of ATF management."
The letter continues: "ATF has essentially facilitated McMahon's early retirement and ability to double dip for nearly half a year by receiving two full-time paychecks—one from the taxpayer and one from the private sector. Moreover, ATF did not wait for the Office of Inspector General to complete its report on Fast and Furious before approving the arrangement. This is in sharp contrast to the posture the agency has taken with whistleblowers like Special Agent John Dodson, who is told he must wait until the Inspector General's report is complete before the agency will even consider his simple request for a statement retracting the false statements made about him by agency leadership."
The full text of the letter can be found here…
To this date, nobody has been punished for a botched and possibly illegal gun-smuggling operation that resulted in the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, as well as countless Mexican citizens.
This report simply indicates that the Justice Department not only feels they have nothing to answer to (a mindset facilitated by Eric Holder's contempt of Congress and the President's utilization of Executive Privilege), but that they are actually willing to reward those who were directly involved in the operation.
The Justice Department, Eric Holder, and the President continue to dance on the graves of those that their incompetence and corruption killed.
Homeland Security Instructing Border Patrol Agents to "Run Away" and "Hide"
Fausta's blog is simply referring to it as "border security for pu**ies".
Fox News has reported that border patrol agents in Arizona are not happy about a new 'Active Shooter' course being provided by the Department of Homeland Security, in which agents are instructed to 'run away and hide' when they encounter an 'active shooter'.
One agent referred to it as 'insulting'.
It's one thing to tell civilian employees to cower under a desk if a gunman starts spraying fire in a confined area, say members of Tucson Local 2544/National Border Patrol Council, but to give armed law enforcement professionals the same advice is downright insulting. The instructions from DHS come in the form of pamphlets and a mandatory computer tutorial.
"We are now taught in an 'Active Shooter' course that if we encounter a shooter in a public place we are to 'run away' and 'hide'" union leader Brandon Judd wrote on the website of 3,300-member union local. "If we are cornered by such a shooter we are to (only as a last resort) become 'aggressive' and 'throw things' at him or her. We are then advised to 'call law enforcement' and wait for their arrival (presumably, while more innocent victims are slaughtered)."
Here is a copy of the pocket guide to border security:
While it is difficult to read, the instructions throughout the pamphlet read like a sad comedy routine. For example, step three in the 'How to Respond' section states that "when your life is in imminent danger" respond by "throwing items at the active shooter".
How about, blow their head clean off of their body?
Fausta likens it to a Monty Python skit:
Say again? "Attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the active shooter"? Whatever happened to shoot to kill?
What's next? Holler at them, "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elder berries"?
It's quite odd that our government has been arming drug cartels at the border with powerful assault weapons, while simultaneously telling Americans working along the border to throw rocks back at them.
Issa Statement on Vote Holding Eric Holder in Contempt
"The Congressional inquiry into Operation Fast and Furious, and the cover-up by Justice Department officials of wrongdoing, has been a fair and fact based investigation. False and partisan allegations by the White House and some congressional Democrats about the Oversight Committee's efforts were undermined by the votes of 17 Democrats. These Members resisted the pressure of their own leadership and the Obama Administration to support this investigation on the House floor.
"Claims by the Justice Department that it has fully cooperated with this investigation fall at odds with its conduct: issuing false denials to Congress when senior officials clearly knew about gunwalking, directing witnesses not to answer entire categories of questions, retaliating against whistleblowers, and producing only 7,600 documents while withholding over 100,000.
"I greatly appreciate the ongoing efforts of Senator Chuck Grassley, his staff, and other Senators on the Judiciary Committee who have pressed the Obama Administration for the full truth. Senator Grassley began this investigation and has been a full partner throughout it. I must also recognize the hard work done by many of my colleagues here in the House – without their efforts the Justice Department's stonewalling would have succeeded.
"My message to my colleagues and others who have fought for answers: We are still fighting for the truth and accountability – for the family of murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, for whistleblowers who have faced retaliation, and for countless victims of Operation Fast and Furious in Mexico. Unless President Obama relents to this bipartisan call for transparency and an end to the cover-up, our fight will move to the courts where we will prevail in getting the documents that the Justice Department and President Obama's flawed assertion of executive privilege have denied the American people."
Poll: Most Americans Believe Obama Abused His Power By Using Executive Privilege to Stonewall Fast and Furious Investigation
While some believe that the very invocation of executive privilege by the President regarding Fast and Furious, signals some level of knowledge at the highest levels of the White House, it is evident that a vast majority believe that at the very least, it is a demonstration of a clear-cut abuse of power.
In fact, a recent poll of likely voters shows that two out of every three respondents believe the President abused the privilege.
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A clear majority of likely voters believes President Obama has exercised his executive power inappropriately — particularly in blocking the release of documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, according to a new poll for The Hill.
But in a sign that the electorate's frustration extends to Capitol Hill, voters by a significant margin also feel Congress has behaved in an obstructionist manner toward the president.
Amid the discontent over the behavior of both Obama and members of Congress, the poll found a strong preference among voters for a return to one-party rule in Washington.
Obama last week invoked executive privilege to stop certain Justice Department documents relating to the botched "gun-walking" operation from being disclosed to the House Oversight and Government Reform committee.
The Hill Poll found that likely voters disapproved by an almost 2-to-1 margin of Obama's assertion of presidential power in the case. Overall, 56 percent of voters disapproved of his action, while only 29 percent approved.
Which of course begs the question, are those 56% simply trying to fight Holder's attempt to block voter ID laws, and are they all by extension racists?
And yes, Congress does get a share of criticism in this poll as expected, but nowhere near the level Obama has.
How badly do you have to mangle a situation to make Congress look better?
Will the administration explain itself, or will the President simply continue to abuse his power? His actions are practically an admission that abusing power is less politically damaging than whatever critical information is in those documents.
That is a scary thought.
Democrats Can't Even Fake Caring About Slain Border Agent in Fast and Furious
Brian Terry.
Brian Terry is the name of the man who was murdered by Mexican drug cartels armed with weapons provided by a botched gun trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious.
He wasn't simply a border patrol agent – he was a son and a brother. And he lost his life with guns provided by the very nation he vowed to protect.
Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi in her displaced anger, lashed out at Darrell Issa and his attempts at holding Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, rambling about some fantasy involving Karl Rove and handcuffs.
That rant made the headlines, but as All-American Blogger points out, there was another comment that showed Pelosi's absolute lack of compassion when it comes to the murder of Brian Terry.
… the buzz about former Speaker Nancy Pelosi revolves around her statement that she could have arrested Karl Rove at any time. But if you dig deeper into the story, you come across a quote that shows just how heartless this woman really is:
Pelosi also criticized Republicans pushing for justice for Border Patrol agent Brian Terry — as House oversight committee ranking Democratic member Rep. Elijah Cummings has on numerous occasions — as "just strictly political."
"It's just the irresponsibility of the Republicans," Pelosi said. "We want jobs. Why are they spending this time doing this?"
Read it again.
"We want jobs. Why are they spending this time doing this?"
They're spending their time on this because the American people want answers as to why our government was letting guns walk across the border, into the hands of drug cartels, and eventually used to kill American and Mexican citizens.
How bad does this Fast and Furious situation have to be for Pelosi to try and put the focus back on something that has been a hallmark administration failure – jobs. Regardless, it is clear she has no concern for the Terry family.
You know who else doesn't seem all that concerned about Brian Terry? White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who, in a press briefing earlier today could not remember the family's name. At the presser, a reporter actually mentioned Terry's name when prefacing his question – and Carney still couldn't recall it in his answer!
Brian Terry deserves better than this. His family deserves better than this. And the American people deserve better.
Issa Issues Statement Regarding Fast and Furious Contempt Vote
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued the following statement on the Committee's approval of a report finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his refusal to produce documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. The Committee yesterday approved the finding of contempt on a vote of 23 to 17.
"The Oversight Committee voted to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt for his continued refusal to produce relevant documents in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. This was not the outcome I had hoped for and today's proceeding would not have occurred had Attorney General Eric Holder actually produced the subpoenaed documents he said he could provide.
"The President's assertion of Executive Privilege this morning took us by surprise but did not alter the Committee's conclusion that documents had been inappropriately withheld. Executive Privilege only applies to materials that directly pertain to communications with the President and his senior advisors. This assertion indicates that the White House's role in Operation Fast and Furious and the response to whistleblower accusations has been greater than previously acknowledged. Just yesterday, the Attorney General indicated a willingness to produce a small subset of documents on the condition that the Committee end its investigation before they were described or made available for review. Today, the President asserted Executive Privilege to ensure they are never produced.
"At the heart of the Congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious are disastrous consequences: a murdered Border Patrol Agent, his grieving family seeking answers, countless deaths in Mexico, and the souring effect on our relationship with Mexico. Congress has not just a right, but an obligation to do all that it can to uncover exactly what happened and ensure that it never occurs again. After the Justice Department's earlier false denial of reckless conduct, the Committee has a duty to pursue all options to gather and evaluate key evidence.
"I still believe that a settlement, rendering the process of contempt unnecessary, is in the best interest of the Justice Department, Congress, and those most directly affected by Operation Fast and Furious. I urge Attorney General Holder and President Obama to reconsider their decision to withhold documents that would allow Congress to complete its investigation."
Issa is trying to work with Holder but this has gone on long enough. Holder has had every opportunity to turn over the requested documents, and repeatedly ignores subpoenas, something that would have the average American in jail by now.
Speaking of jail, Nancy Pelosi yesterday made the wild accusation that she could have had Karl Rove arrested a number of times if he was spotted in the Captiol – but then couldn't name a specific charge he could have been arrested on.
From the Huffington Post:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is playing politics with its vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, an action she said that even she didn't seek as House Speaker when she thought someone was legitimately deserving of it."I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day," Pelosi said to laughter, during a sit-down with reporters. "I'm not kidding. There's a prison here in the Capitol … If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him."Rove was senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2007.Asked on what grounds she could have arrested Rove, Pelosi replied, "Oh, any number. But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress. But we didn't."
Pelosi has a history of spouting off at the mouth without any facts to back up her claims. Remember recently when she alleged she had some sort of secret knowledge about Newt Gingrich, that when revealed would kill his Presidential campaign? She immediately backed off, of course.
Let's see if one single member of the media repeatedly hits her with the simple question 'What could you have had Rove arrested for?' They won't, despite the fact that it would be a bombshell news story if there was an action that Rove had taken that could be considered in contempt of Congress.
The media knows Pelosi is lying, and they will not call her out on it. They know Holder is lying and they will not call him out on it. They know Obama is lying and they will not call him out on it.
Sarah Palin Rips President on Something He Rarely Discusses – Real Issues
What does it say when the woman that libs like to portray as incompetent, can easily poke holes in the administration's talking points and consistently rip him a new one? It says there is a dolt in the conversation, but their name isn't Sarah.
The far Left continues to believe American voters are not smart enough to grasp the diversionary tactics it employs to distract us from the issues our President just doesn't want to talk about – issues that affect us all every day and must be addressed.Exhibit A in these diversionary tactics is an absurd new attack ad President Obama has released taking my comments out of context. I'm not running for any office, but I'm more than happy to accept the dubious honor of being Barack Obama's "enemy of the week" if that includes the opportunity to debate him on the issues Americans are actually concerned about. (Remember when I said you don't need a title to make a difference?)Just off the top of my head, a few of these concerning issues include: a debt crisis that has us hurtling towards a Greek-style collapse, entitlement programs going bankrupt, a credit downgrade for the first time in our history, a government takeover of the health care industry that makes care more expensive and puts a rationing panel of faceless bureaucrats between you and your doctor (aka a "death panel"), $4 and $5 gas at the pump exacerbated by an anti-drilling agenda that rejects good paying energy sector jobs and makes us more dependent on dangerous foreign regimes, a war in Afghanistan that seems unfocused and unending, a global presidential apology tour that's made us look feeble and ridiculous, a housing market in the tank, the longest streak of high unemployment since World War II, private-sector job creators and industry strangled by burdensome regulations and an out-of-control Obama EPA, an attack on the Constitutional protection of religious liberty, an attack on private industry in right-to-work states, crony capitalism run amok in an administration in bed with their favored cronies to the detriment of genuine free market capitalism, green energy pay-to-play kickbacks to Obama campaign donors, and a Justice Department still stonewalling on a bungled operation that armed violent Mexican drug lords and led to the deaths of hundreds of innocent people.
The Audacity of Opacity: Obama Least Transparent of Last 6 Presidents
You mean the administration that rammed healthcare down our throats via backroom deals and a mantra of 'we have to pass it to find out what's in it', isn't the most transparent administration in history after all?
We've executed several FOIA requests with the White House, none of which have been answered in the proper amount of time. In fact, they've still not been answered, with some approaching a full year since they were executed.
Congressman Issa has continually been stonewalled by the administration regarding Fast and Furious. So why is this a surprise?
From Politico:
President Barack Obama set a high bar for open government, and he set it quickly.
A minute after he took office, the White House website declared his administration would become "the most open and transparent in history." By the end of his first full day on the job, Obama had issued high-profile orders pledging "a new era" and "an unprecedented level of openness" across the massive federal government.
But three years into his presidency, critics say Obama's administration has failed to deliver the refreshing blast of transparency that the president promised.
"Obama is the sixth administration that's been in office since I've been doing Freedom of Information Act work. … It's kind of shocking to me to say this, but of the six, this administration is the worst on FOIA issues. The worst. There's just no question about it," said Katherine Meyer, a Washington lawyer who's been filing FOIA cases since 1978. "This administration is raising one barrier after another. … It's gotten to the point where I'm stunned — I'm really stunned."
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John Muir Way (2nd ed)
The John Muir Way runs for 134 miles (215 km) coast-to-coast across central Scotland, from Helensburgh on the Clyde to Dunbar on the North Sea. The route is as suitable for cyclists as for walkers, and it can be tackled as a coast-to-coast expedition or in sections - ten for walkers or five for cyclists. Our all-new 2018 second edition includes the latest route updates approaching Strathblane and in Linlithgow, as well as the Three Lochs Way option leaving Helensburgh. It has mapping at 1:75,000 on 20 of its pages.
The John Muir Way's appeal ranges from the Charles Rennie Mackintosh architecture of Helensburgh through the scenic grandeur of Loch Lomond, along two famous canals and past the amazing Falkirk Wheel, beside the Roman Antonine Wall, passing Linlithgow Palace, Blackness Castle and the Forth Bridges to the capital glories of Edinburgh. It goes beside the Firth of Forth to reach North Berwick, then heads inland to finish at Dunbar with its ruined castle and the John Muir birthplace.
This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy your holiday on a bike or on foot:
- background on John Muir's life, the canal heritage and wildlife
- detailed description of the route from west to east
- summary of each section showing distance, terrain and food/drink stops
- details of visitor attractions and side-trips
- planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane
- detailed mapping of the John Muir Way on 20 pages at 1:75,000
- in full colour, with 100 photographs
- further route options, diversions and an unofficial shortcut
- rainproof paper throughout.
For more, please use the buttons at far right: click to Look inside the book, view a Gallery or read its Reviews. View its Route map or follow our John Muir Way links to other websites. For an account of its launch by Scotland's First Minister on 21 April 2014, click here.
Click for details of John Muir Way walking holiday providers. For more general links, including bodies that care for castles, churches and ancient monuments, visit Outdoors in Scotland.
Please download this 4-page supplement for our city centre shortcut through Edinburgh. Even if you decide not to follow the shortcut, you may want the detailed directions for climbing Arthur's Seat on page 3.
Although John Muir loved the mountains, he also said "All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or land" (Unpublished journals). It was his passion "to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness" and as a boy he fell in love with the wild Nature on his doorstep in Dunbar. Follow this route to discover a surprising degree of wildness as the John Muir Way crosses central Scotland.
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- John Muir Way (2nd ed)
- Sandra Bardwell and Jacquetta Megarry
- 10 April 2018
- UK price £14.99
- 84pp
- 145x220 mm
John Muir Way (folded map)
Folded sheet map costing £5.99 and covering the John Muir Way at scale 1:75,000, published in April 2014, revised in 2015 for the new Kilpatricks route. ISBN 978-1-898481-60-7.
NB: to order map without guidebook, please follow this link to Amazon.
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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 269
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far!
Let's take more than one day examining the coolness of Casanova…
To set the scene, Casanova Quinn is a thief whose sister and father worked for a SHIELD-like organization called EMPIRE After his sister is killed, Casanova finds himself (through various situations) thrust into an alternate dimension where he goes to work for an enemy of EMPIRE as a double agent secretly working for WASTE, the rival organization.
So here we see Quinn basically rehash the opening scene of issue #1 (the issue, by the way, was written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Gabriel Ba), only having already lived this moment in his home dimension – the first time around he was there as a thief, chased by EMPIRE – now he is here as a good guy, chased by the bad guys (specifically a bad guy he had recently encountered in his home dimension, so he knows a lot about)…
"The" moment for me is the speech at the end.
But man, this is why I took so long to feature Casanova (which is one of the coolest comics alive). It's so freakin' complicated, it's hard to find ONE cool moment, as they're so layered together, ya know?
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15 Israel Dagg (New Zealand): A breath of fresh air at fullback, Dagg has priceless ability to see space and the pace and confidence to exploit it. Five tries in the tournament and that extraordinary offload to create a try for Ma'a Nonu against Australia. Would have been great to see Kurtley Beal enjoy an injury-free run.
14 Vincent Clerc (France): The Toulouse man edges it from Cory Jane. A model of consistency in an erratic France side, he finished the tournament with six tries. Jane produced an MOM performance for New Zealand against Australia; James O'Connor and Chris Ashton had their moments.
13 Conrad Smith (New Zealand): The All Blacks have a conveyor belt of powerful runners and speed merchants but Smith is the rugby brain that keeps everything ticking over. New Zealand are a lesser team when he doesn't play. Brian O'Driscoll was approaching top form for Ireland until they were dealt with by Wales in the quarter-finals.
12 Jamie Roberts (Wales): Wales taught him how to run properly in the summer and the result was a storming tournament. Big shout for Felipe Contepomi who played two huge.
11 George North (Wales): Made a big impression in New Zealand, a player who makes things happen in attack and defence. Great athlete, still only 19, with the rugby.
10 Dan Carter (New Zealand): Not a tournament for flyhalves, a position where many teams struggled. Carter played just two matches before injury and looked a class apart. Rhys Priestland was doing well for Wales before injury struck and we could have done with seeing more of Samoa's Tusi Pisi.
9 Mike Phillips (Wales): High quality field to choose from with the delightful subtle touches of France's Dimitri Yachvili and the exuberance of Samoa's Kahn Fotuali'i catching the eye but ultimately the powerful Mike Phillips was the main man, returning to his Lions form of 2009 with fine individual tries against Ireland and France.
1 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand): Was under an injury cloud at the start but got better with every game to anchor a New Zealand scrum that underpinned everything the All Blacks did. Gethin Jenkins ran him very close, looking fresh and sharp after returning from injury.
2 Marius Tincu (Romania): The Perpignan hooker is a class act on and off the field, playing with ferocity and great skill at all times and then spreading the word in his faltering English. The New Zealand public loved him.
3 Adam Jones (Wales): A world-class scrummaging prop, Jones's importance to the team cannot be overestimated. You can rightly praise the ''young guns'' but Wales's good form started with their powerful, streetwise front row.
4 Brad Thorn (New Zealand): No-nonsense tough guy, ultra consistent, very fit and a great influence in the changing room. At 36 years old and 255 days he became the oldest World Cup winner in the tournament's history.
5 Lionel Nallet (France): Nallett doesn't fit the villainous French stereotype at lock. A model pro and great athlete who keeps churning out high-level performances. Kept France going in the dark days and was an immense performer in the final.
6 Jerome Kaino (New Zealand): Arguably New Zealand's most consistent player, taking on extra responsibility following injuries to Richie McCaw and Kieran Read. Gave full rein to his talents in attack and defence.
7 David Pocock (Australia): The position of RWC2011. Thierry Dusautoir (who wears six but plays seven) gave the greatest single performance, Jacques Burger was heroic for Namibia, Sam Warburton exceptional for Wales, Maurie Fa'asavalu outstanding for Samoa and Richie McCaw inspiring.
8 Imanol Harinordoquy (France): At odds with Lievremont early on but they patched up their differences. Kept France together in the semi-final against Wales and played rugby from the gods in the final. Wales's Toby Faletau and New Zealand's Kieran Read weren't far behind either.


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Moving your belongings abroad can end up more stressful than you first anticipated. Once the excitement of moving abroad settles, you need to plan exactly what you need to take with you and how you will get it there. Follow our advice to make this process as stress-free as possible.
Firstly, any student who is planning on studying at university needs to declutter and to sort through their belongings, regardless if they're moving abroad! Once you have sorted through your belongings and removed the unnecessary clutter, you can start to plan what you're going to take with you, it's a good idea to create a university checklist!
You may think you need your entire belongings with you to avoid feeling homesick at university, however, unless it has sentimental value, is expensive or hard to come by, you should leave it at home as most things can be bought abroad as easily as they can in the UK. If you're worried your local shops won't stock a particular product, there is always online shopping to save the day, however, ensure the product isn't restricted by customs beforehand.
Not only will reducing the amount you take with you help you to settle in better, but you also can never be entirely sure what your student accommodation will be like, and it might not be able to cater to your infinite boxes of 'stuff'.
Ensure you think long and hard about what you're taking with you abroad; we advise not taking big games consoles or expensive belongings as they could break during transit or be stolen, it's worth viewing what university essentials we have mentioned to make sure you're packing the right stuff! The same with sentimental belongings, if you feel that you can't live without it, take it with you in your hand luggage or pay extra to ensure that it arrives safely. If you have breakable objects, choose a company that offers to take extra care or if moving it yourself, place it on top of other luggage, so it arrives safely.
There are many different ways depending on your situation and how much you can spend. From taking your belongings onto flights as baggage, filling up a car or taking it onto a train to paying a third party company to transport it for you, these are just one more cost of studying abroad.
There can be high costs associated with flying your luggage with you, and most airlines have baggage allowances and charge you for going over the limit. On flights where passengers exceed their limit, the costs can be extortionate so check beforehand if there is a deal or a specific package you can purchase to export your luggage this way.
Most students who are studying abroad won't choose this option, unless they have a travelling companion or a friend that is attending the same university as them (learn more – Do you need to take your car to university?). The cost of petrol will be very, very high, and you need to see if it would be worth the long process of booking a third party. However, if you're travelling to a country close by, or have a short journey, then this may be the best option for you.
If you are travelling to your new home via train, you are restricted by the amount of luggage you can physically carry. Too much luggage may require an extra price or set amount on top of your tickets, or you might find yourself sitting far away from all of your things in another carriage. If you are taking a suitcase and carry on luggage, ensure you lock the zips on the bags with a padlock and keep the key with you at all times.
There are many different companies out there that offer to take your parcels, bags or boxes for you for a fee, gap year agencies will be able to give advice on this too! Before you sign up to the first company that turns up through Google search, contact your university abroad to check if they have any trustable companies, and always read all of the reviews beforehand. Ask queries via phone and email and read the terms and conditions in full before confirming any payment or pick up/delivery date.
Students may be anxious about leaving their belongings behind at home or sending them away to another country. Only send the stuff that you need, and you can't live without, that way you won't be taking too much with you or paying money for things that you don't need or can buy when you arrive. Also, remember that you're not moving away forever and you undoubtedly will be back home at some point, you could always pick up the stuff you need on another trip back home.
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As 2015 comes rapidly to a close, a number of high tech leaders are making their predictions for what we can expect in the New Year. Among them is Vik Singh, CEO and founder of Infer, who told Information Management of the growing role that data analytics will play in marketing next year.
Prior to founding Infer, Singh was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures (SHV), where he helped the firm identify new ideas as well as evaluate early stage investments. In 2009, MIT's Technology Review listed him as one of the Top 35 under 35 Innovators for his contributions to search. Vik has filed 13 patents in the areas of search, social networking, systems infrastructure, and content optimization.
According to Singh, data analytics will have four primary areas of impact on marketing in 2016:
The Balkanization of Marketing Automation
"We're seeing a huge shift in how marketing is working with sales," Singh explains. "Their roles are blurring and there's a lot of fluidity in where the lines are drawn between tasks that are the responsibility of a marketer vs. a sales rep. Salespeople are creeping up the funnel, while marketers are creeping down. For example, sales teams are now using what would traditionally be considered email marketing tools to do things like sending (and tracking) personalized 1:1 emails as opposed to generic newsletters."
"Specialized apps like Yesware, Outreach.io, and Autopilot have become so sophisticated that they're now starting to infringe on what has historically been considered the territory of monolithic marketing automation systems -- email templates, drip sequences, etc. This year the role of marketing will evolve, and we'll see more CMOs start to share responsibility for the revenue metrics with their counterparts in sales," Singh says.
A Changing of the Guard in Enterprise GTM
"Anyone who's tried to build an enterprise sales team has probably heard from their recruiters that they should be targeting talent from iconic enterprise software companies like IBM, Salesforce or Oracle," Singh says. "These businesses have huge sales machines and well-defined sales training, and most enterprise software startups want to replicate their playbooks."
"But there's a changing of the guard underway when it comes to these shining stars of enterprise go-to-market. Now the leading experts are those who've cracked the code on how to leverage data science for sales and marketing," Singh says. "Emerging icons like Zendesk, New Relic, and others are scaling rapidly and hitting insane growth rates much faster than most legacy software companies because they're taking a truly data-driven approach. These startups are embracing open architectures and APIs to build best-of-breed technology stacks that meet their GTM needs. In 2016, all eyes will be on these innovative companies to see how they re-write the book on enterprise GTM best practices."
Predictive intelligence grows up
"According to David Raab, principal at industry analyst firm Raab Associates, 2015 has been the breakout year for predictive analytics in marketing, with at least $242 million in new funding for startups that pioneer this new technology, compared with $376 million in all prior years combined. 2016 is poised to be an even more disruptive year," Singh says. Consider the following, he advises:
• "Businesses increasingly depend on external data signals to develop sales strategy. Traditionally, businesses have only had access to their own internal sales data, from which all strategic decisions were derived. Predictive intelligence startups are now able to continuously unlock hidden value from virtually unlimited external data that can help businesses make more informed sales decisions."
• "Sales becomes increasingly automated. 2015 saw an incredible influx of solutions that provide useful sales intelligence, however much of it is presented by way of a difficult-to-manage "firehose" of information. In 2016, predictive analytics will become smarter and, rather than simply providing data for businesses to sift through, predictive platforms will offer businesses dynamic recommendations based on changing variables and sales conditions."
• "M&A activity will heat up. Established sales and marketing vendors like Salesforce, Oracle (Eloqua), Marketo, and more will choose to snap up smaller, more specialized startups to build out their predictive intelligence offering. We saw a number of acquisitions in 2015 and with the recent flurry of investment, we're sure to see even more in 2016."
Sales development tech slows revenue loss
A 2014 study conducted by Accenture and CSO Insights found that sales inefficiencies cost companies more than 3.2 percent in possible revenue and that recapturing this potential revenue requires a combination of training, technology-enabled sales tools, and better use of data and analytics, Singh notes. Key findings from that study include:
• 59 percent of sales representatives are expected to achieve his/her quota, down from 67 percent in 2013
• Only 51 percent of sales organizations use a formal step-by-step selling process and only eight percent have a formal sales methodology implemented
• Sales teams spend less than 40 percent of their time selling
• Fewer than 20 percent use analytics to spot cross-sell opportunities
Citing Craig Rosenberg, head analyst at TOPO, Singh noted, "Our latest research of high-growth business-to-business organizations showed that 72.4 percent plan to buy sales development technology in the next year. The sales development automation movement is driven by a number of key factors including the increasing importance of sales development, the trend toward targeted outbound prospecting, and the emergence of predictive technology that helps companies to hone in on their ideal customer profile. The big buying trends in sales development over the next year are predictive platforms to manage and optimize all of their sales communications."
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Neurodegeneration, models of Parkinson's Disease, mechanisms of cell death, synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitter transporters as modulators of neurotoxin damage
The goal of our research is to gain an understanding of neurodegeneration, particularly of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons that are destroyed in Parkinson's disease, and to develop pharmacological strategies to prevent cell death. Present research focuses on the roles of mitochondria, synaptic vesicles, the neurotransmitter transporters and the neurotransmitter dopamine in neurodegeneration. We have found that vesicles within dopaminergic neurons may act as storage sites for the dopaminergic neurotoxin, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium, thus reducing its toxicity. Conversely, we have discovered that when vesicles are disrupted and dopamine is displaced into the cytosol, especially under conditions of a metabolic stress such as that created by mitochondrial inhibitors, neuronal damage is intensified. This enhanced toxicity may derive from an increase in dopamine oxidation products within the cytosol. Additionally, we have observed a rapid loss of vesicle function in vivo following exposure to neurotoxins. It is not known if this phenomenon reflects a primary step in neurodegeneration or is a consequence of an oxidative stress, but demonstrates the early disruption of a cellular organelle critical for maintaining neuronal activity.
In vitro cell culture models, isolated vesicle preparations and in vivo studies with brain infusion and microdialysis techniques are used in our research. A current research aim is to examine whether other neurotoxins may be sequestered into the vesicles. Other aims will investigate the role of dopamine and its oxidation products in neurodegeneration and assess various pharmacological agents for their ability to provide protection against cell death. Additionally, we will examine a number of drugs or environmental substances that disrupt vesicular function and displace dopamine from vesicles for their propensity to exacerbate damage during toxic insult and stressful conditions.


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Francesca SimonChildren's Author
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BirthdayFebruary 23, 1955
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Children's novelist who penned the popular Horrid Henry book series. Her more than twenty Horrid Henry titles include Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy and Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb.·
She won The Children's Book of the Year Award in 2008 for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman.
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She attended both Yale University and Oxford University, majoring in Old English and Medieval studies. She published her first Horrid Henry book in 1994.
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I took in the Raw house show last night at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The featured attraction this time around was John Cena, who was making a rare house show appearance. However, this wasn't mentioned on TV commercials until the week of the show, despite the announcement being made on WWE.com over three weeks ago. The crowd was solid enough for a Sunday house show but I have to think advertising Cena as a major attraction would have helped.
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Tribute to the Troops 2016
Date: December 14, 2016
Location: Verizon Center, Washington D.C.
Commentators: Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, John Bradshaw Layfield
I try so hard to care about this show but it feels like WWE puts in less of an effort every single year. This is the annual show for the members of the United States military, meaning almost nothing of consequence will happen and the big main event will be Americans vs. foreigners. Let's get to it.
Monday Night Raw – September 5, 2016
Brian is out for the night so I'll be filling in.
Monday Night Raw
Date: September 5, 2016
Location: Sprint Center Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton
We're in the Kevin Owens Era but the questions remain focused on HHH, who helped Owens win the title last week while also costing Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns at the same time. This almost has to set up a big match in the very near future though it's really not clear gets to fight whom. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – June 7, 2016
Date: July 7, 2016
Location: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Jerry Lawler, Byron Saxton
This is a fresh start for a change as Monday was a completely worthless show thanks to the Fourth of July. We're getting closer to Battleground but more importantly we're less than two weeks away from the Draft which resets everything anyway. In other words there's no way of knowing how good this will be so let's get to it.
Smackdown – June 30, 2016
Date: June 30, 2016
Location: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, David Otunga, Byron Saxton
We're running out of Smackdowns on Thursday nights as we only have two more weeks before heading over to the live world for a major change. It's also interesting to see how things go without Roman Reigns around, though the more interesting thing will be seeing how he is when he comes back. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – June 23, 2016
Date: June 23, 2016
Location: Tucson Arena, Tucson, Arizona
Commentators: Byron Saxton, Mauro Ranallo, David Otunga
It's an interesting time in WWE as we're less than a month away from the new era really taking hold as the Draft takes place and separates the two shows into different entities. On top of that though, Roman Reigns has been suspended for thirty days, meaning the build towards the triple threat match at Battleground could be interesting. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – March 10, 2016
Date: March 10, 2016
Location: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Mauro Ranallo, Byron Saxton
It's the go home show for Roadblock and the big story for this week seems to be the main roster debut (well full time debut at least) of Sami Zayn. Tonight we'll get to see Zayn and his longtime rival Kevin Owens together on MizTV, possibly to set up something between the two (or three) of them at Wrestlemania. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – March 3, 2016
Date: March 3, 2016
Location: Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Jerry Lawler, Byron Saxton
We're coming off a not great Raw this week and we could be in for another edition of that tonight on Smackdown. It's always hard to guess what's going to happen on one of these shows as they're more wrestling based but if last week is any indication, they're going to be recap based. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – January 14, 2016
Date: January 14, 2016
Location: CajunDome, Lafayette, Louisiana
Commentators: Byron Saxton, Mauro Ranallo, Jerry Lawler
We're getting closer to the Royal Rumble and now it's clear that Brock Lesnar is going to be in the match itself, making it even harder for Roman Reigns to hold on to the WWE World Title. As for tonight though, we have Alberto Del Rio getting his rematch for the US Title after losing the title to Kalisto earlier in the week. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – December 17, 2015
Date: December 17, 2015
Location: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Booker T., Rich Brennan
It's kind of amazing to see how fast things have gone from boring to a lot more entertaining in the span of a few days. Going into Sunday's pay per view, things were ice cold and had nowhere to go but up. Now things are hot again with a new World Champion in Roman Reigns as we've hit the road to the Royal Rumble running. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – November 26, 2015
Date: November 26, 2015
Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Commentators: Booker T., Rich Brennan, Jerry Lawler
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving. We're in a strange period at the moment as we're waiting on TLC and the fans don't seem to be thrilled. Sheamus is World Champion again as Roman Reigns somehow managed to get screwed out of the title again. Those five minutes he held the title were the only five minutes a true good guy had held the title since Summerslam 2014. Let's get to it.
Smackdown – October 29, 2015
Date: October 29, 2015
Location: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Rich Brennan, Booker T.
We're coming off a good Raw and we now have a fresh #1 contender in Roman Reigns. The other big story however is Bray Wyatt kidnapping both the Undertaker and Kane in order to feast on their souls. It's pretty clear that this is leading to a Survivor Series match but the Brothers of Destruction need partners. Let's get to it.


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James E. Sheahan, who started a mechanical contracting firm from scratch after a quarter-century as a boilermaker, died Wednesday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township. He was 75.
Mr. Sheahan of Ottawa County's Benton Township learned in February that he had cancer. He continued to work at his firm, Dimech Services Inc. in Toledo, until August. When his grandchildren baled hay on the family farm in July, he went to help.
"He threw bales and everything," his wife, Janice, said.
He started Dimech — an acronym for diversified mechanical contracting — in 1980. He was a boilermaker since the mid-1950s and, in the Toledo area, worked for such contractors as W.D. McKitrick and T.C. Biebesheimer. One day, he came home and announced he'd quit.
"I said, 'You what?' He said, 'The work I'm doing I know I can do for myself. I need a chance to prove to myself I can do it,' " his wife recalled.
He started out, according to the company Web site, "with no work and no projects in hand." But from his experience, he knew such business leaders as the late Wallace Iott, a co-founder of Seaway Food Town. The supermarket chain was Dimech's first customer. Leaders in construction such as Fred Bostleman and Robert Maxwell offered invaluable advice, his wife said. As Dimech built a track record, word got around, and work came its way.
"He was a tribute first to mankind and a tribute to honesty and sincerity in business," said Mr. Maxwell, a retired chief executive of Lathrop Co. "He was skilled and knew what he didn't know.
"He was a self-made guy and a true spirit," Mr. Maxwell said. "He was so reliable, it made you grin just to think about it."
Mr. Sheahan was at work until August, estimating jobs, supervising work sites, coordinating delivery of materials.
The firm worked regularly at Toledo Hospital and St. Francis de Sales High School. Major projects included Maumee Bay State Park, the Huntington Center, and the Toledo Correctional Institution.
"He'd say, 'We're building Toledo a day at a time,' " said his wife, who handled bookkeeping.
Several of his employees have been with Dimech since it opened. His sons Robert, Ronald, and Roger work at Dimech, and their father "made them start from the ground up," their mother said. "They didn't get to just come in the office."
Mr. Sheahan was a leader in trade organizations and was a former president of the Mechanical Contractors Association in northwest Ohio.
He was born Oct. 14, 1936, in Flanagan, Ill., to Elsie and Patrick Sheahan. His father died when he was 6 years old, his mother when he was 9. No other family member could take him in, and he lived in an orphanage until he graduated from Ottawa, Ill., High School. When not in school, he worked on area farms.
"He said [the experience] probably made him who he was," his wife said. "He had this determination. He was probably one of the strongest and most intelligent men I ever met."
Each job after high school was a step up, his wife said, and in time he became a boilermaker.
He was a part-time farmer and for years the Sheahans bred, raised, and showed Haflingers, a relatively small chestnut horse of Austrian origin.
He was a volunteer in the community and a former council president of St. John Lutheran Church, Williston, Ohio.
Surviving are his wife, Janice, whom he married April 28, 1962; daughters, Rebecca Rogers and Jami Murray; sons, Tim, Robert, Ronald, and Roger Sheahan; brother, Lloyd Weakley; sisters, Betty Flaynik, Evelyn Anderson, and Julie Quinn; 19 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Visitation is to be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the Robinson-Walker Funeral Home, Genoa. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in St. John Lutheran Church, Williston, Ohio. The family suggests tributes to the community activity center fund at the church or the Sheahan Family Scholarship funds at the Genoa Area Local Schools or Clay High School.
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'Strengthening Community Participation'
To ensure the sustainability of social programs, community awareness and participation are critical. In Yadgir, the community institutions such as School Development Monitoring Committee (SDMC) had been formed but were inactive. Hence, to ensure program continuity KSU initiated a component on community participation.
• To have healthy and warm environment between school and Anganwadi authority, SDMC, BVS and community in general.
• To Increase SDMC/ BVS participation in SDMC/ BVS meetings and discussions respectively.
• To motivate BVS/ SDMC in taking up initiatives for the improvement of quality learning element in school.
• To motivate SDMC active participation in School Development Plan (SDP) and mobilize resources for school development.
• To promote BVS/ SDMC active participation in school development programs and also motivate them for better co-ordination with grama panchayath for greater support
The intervention has been implemented in 40 schools in Yadgir block reaching out to the community members and teachers.


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The land environment restricts human life and is irrelevant
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It is a waste of space- space which could be used to create more services for the general population. Dwellings are made much smaller to accommodate for wildlife, and it is frustrating to know that we are all missing out on so much.
Pollution is not extremely bad. It is an indicator of technological advancements. When we make advancements we are able to combat the negatives- millions of people die each year from air pollution, however millions are saved because we have created medical equipment and found cures by using up resources.
Algae produces over 2/3 of our oxygen. More algae would mean more oxygen; therefore land environments' photosynthesis is not needed.
This argument strongly proposes that the land environment is unnecessary and restrictive.
The two premises of my opponent's arguments, the first one being that land environment is restrictive, and the second one being that it is irrelevant, have not been sufficiently supported by his/her arguments. I agree that the first premise can hold some weight on its own,as shown by my opponent's argument for expanding the area in which humans can use to provide technological advancements - but even there his argument fails to remain consistent. For example, he attempts to imply that there is some sort of 1:1 ratio relationship between the number of lives lost as a result of pollution, and the number of lives saved from medical advancements. This argument can be ignored because he has not indicated why he assumes this.
Moreover, China, a country that has (to a very significant degree), disregarded their environment to make way for economic growth, lags way behind the US in healthcare. [1]
The second premise of my opponent's argument: that the environment is irrelevant, is not supported at all in his argument. In fact, there is great economic activity in areas dealing with wildlife (not just in zoos), as well farming, and although technology has tapped into theses areas, making them somewhat automated, it's definitely not safe to say that these activities involving the environment do not contribute to economic growth. Certainly, this proves that the environment is relevant.
[1] http://thepatientfactor.com...
China has only recently developed. Therefore it is only logical that their healthcare system would lag behind the US.
Also, the economic activity that occurs in wildlife and farming is only a fraction of what could happen if the area was used for services like finance or healthcare. Farming is not for developed countries- it should be considered a way for undeveloped countries to develop (such as Malawi and a lot of other African countries).
The environment is irrelevant. This does not need to be explained: there are no beneficial uses for it.
I did not assume a 1:1 ratio. In fact, I assume more people have been saved by medical advancements than air pollution. The environment with no technology is dangerous and people die from simple conditions.
I would like my opponent to give me a reason the environment is beneficial.
What's clear in this debate is that my opponent seems to extend his theoretical arguments as far as he/she wants to. At face value, the arguments for destroying the environment might make sense, but the limits of these arguments need to be evaluated as well. My opponent needs to explain his assumption that the number of lives lost are offset by the number of lives saved. He/she also needs to explain why they think that physical space is an issue that is limiting our economy.
I would also like to forewarn the voters against any further exaggerations my opponent's arguments. If he/she continues responding with "this would be solved by the technological advancements created by the destruction of the environment", then he also needs to explain WHY he assumes that.
If we compare the global ranking of countries for environmental sustainability, with the ranking of countries for their healthcare services, we see a strong correlation between countries with sustainable environments, and countries with higher-quality healthcare. [1] [2]
The rest of my opponent's arguments are mere assumptions. Again, he keeps assuming that all negative effects caused by environmental damage will be offset by technological advancement. Why? He needs to explain this, not me.
To add, the effects of destroying the environment to make way for economic activity are also significant. CO2 that is sequestered inside trees, or other plants that absorb the GHG, will be transferred back into the air, trapping heat inside the the atmosphere. The added heat will cause sea levels to rise, which can eventually cause floods over entire cities.
Furthermore, destroying farmland also takes away major food sources such as chicken, so there's another negative aspect to destroying the environment.
[1] http://thepatientfactor.com...
[2] http://epi.yale.edu...;
Technological advancements require resources. Precious ores, which are only salvageable from the environment, are very expensive due to rarity. An example of this is gold, which is used in computing and in decoration. If more of the environment was destroyed, more gold would be found and used and more technology would be able to be created at a cheaper price.
In the comment section someone posted about resources being destroyed. If we were to destroy more of the environment, and make more advancements with renewable energies, this would not be a problem. We would recycle resources so that we aren't jeopardized from destroying it.
CO2 isn't a problem. Algae photosynthesizes too. If we have more algae (by breeding it in the seas and rivers) we can tackle the problem easily.
Food is not an issue either. Like I said earlier, food manufacturing is a way for poor countries to develop. An example is Malawi.
Hopefully you can see there are no benefits to the environment.
Sorry for posting late, I am quite busy this summer.
Anyways, my opponent's arguments can be entirely dismissed as he has not given one source to verify his clearly exaggerated theoretical arguments. He claims pollution isn't bad because it represents an increase in economic activity. However, he has not provided any basis from which he is concluding that the economic benefits outweigh the harms of pollution, apart from the unverifiable argument that more lives would be saved via medical advancements.
He also mentions that farming isn't necessary for developed countries like the USA, but fails to mention that it is a significant source of food, especially in local rural areas. Farming is also ingrained into the culture of many areas of the US. To simply eliminate farming through the destruction of the environment would leave millions of farmers out of work, as they are likely unskilled in other fields.
His example of gold is somewhat contrived. If, hypothetically, we suddenly found more gold (which he still would need to prove would be the case), its perceived decorative value would go down. Rare items tend to conveniently be regarded as "decorative" and "beautiful", when its real value lies with its rarity. The investment activity for gold would also definitely go down, especially as the Peter Schiff followers stop viewing it as a valid hedge against all that inflation.
To conclude, my opponent's arguments for destroying the environment are not sufficiently supported. His arguments which claim an increase in economic activity also fail to hold any real weight as they are clearly exaggerated.
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An older adolescent girl has a number of sexual adventures in France, then moves on to Montreal and New York, there finding erotic pleasure, love and danger. Flashbacks place our heroine at approximately eight years of age and perhaps suggest that her promiscuous nature has been inspired by her father's incestuous advances towards her. Think of a mix between Daddy and Felicity to get the idea.
Director: Claude Pierson.
Cast: Loretta Lowe, Chuck Ballinger, Isa Pigot, Fred Durey, Michel Forget.
France, 1983.
Language: French.
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I went through and set component on about 40 of the outstanding jira issues that had no component set, sorry for the blast of mail for those on the JIRA change list. I find it useful to scan outstanding issues by component, so this is useful for me. It would be nice if reporters, if they have some idea would set component when creating the issue as often they have the context to know what component is most appropriate. Obviously some users may have no idea, but most of the ones I set seemed to be reported by active Derby developers logging work in specific areas. Note I tried my best to assign the right components, but only spent a very short time triaging each issue. So if you disagree with the setting, then you are probably right and go ahead and change it. Again I would have found it useful to do a better job than "SQL" on many, but now I don't remember where we ended up on adding "sub-components" for the SQL category. Also I was left with the following 2 issues, which I just couldn't figure out a category - any opinions?: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-873 http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-920
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