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Gallery p.4 - History Gallery . . . . 1946 - '60, ( - and earlier. )
For Transvaal Lge and S.A. National Lge team shots scroll down to near foot of page to view each team line-up and named riders.
For Rhodesian National Lge teams see Rhod.p2.
1949: Jimmy Dunn, Ken Tilbury, Wilf Plant (Cptn. on bike), Ted Gibson, Peter Robinson,
knlg: Ken Middleditch, Jack Bishop.. . @ Wembley, Joburg, 1.1.1949.
1950 : Harry Welch, Peter Robinson, Derek Tailby, Jack Hodgson (Cptn. on bike,) Ken Middleditch, Ron Clark;
knlg: Ted Gibson, Dave Collins. . . @ Bloemfontain 28.1.1950.
Ken Middleditch and Alan Chambers, 1950.
Chambers was top scorer for England in the 1949 Test Match series but the next season he was an SA citizen riding for the Union against his former team-mates.
Front page of the UK Speedway Star & News of Feb.13 1960, showing Howdy Cornell,
with a report as follows : -
"Springbok in Demand. Chances are that South Africa's newest speedway star Howdy Cornell will be joining Norwich this year. The Springbok has graduated to a top rating in the Union during the past 3 years and is regarded as being a certainty for future international honours. Confirmation of his signing by the (Norwich) 'Stars' is expected soon. "
In the event, Cornell didn't make it to Norwich, nor to the UK for a further 2 years, when he eventually joined former Springs promoter and team mate of the '56/'57 Control Board Lge, Trevor Redmond, who had opened up Neath in S.Wales to race in the Provincial Lge. of 1962.
The Neath 'Welsh Dragons' came runners-up in the second-tier UK league, Cornell averaging a creditable 7.44pts from his 20 appearances, his one and only excursion to the UK. Despite their success on the track, support through the turnstiles was very poor, and the Dragons completed their scheduled fixtures at Redmond's other track, St. Austell in Cornwall. For the following season the promotion transferred the bulk of the squad to St.Austell but Howdy stayed at home.
Cecil de la Porte, 1936
Cecil de la Porte was a South African rider who arrived in Britain in 1935 and signed for the Wembley club in London. The following year he represented South Africa in qualifying rounds of the World Championship.
De la Porte had won South Africa's nomination after beating Stan Collins* for the SA Dirt Track Championship in November 1935. He had second-half rides at Wembley in 1935 and the following year raced for the club's second team, the Wembley Cubs, before moving in 1937 to link with fellow countryman Keith Harvey* at Birmingham in the 2nd division Provincial League.
Legend has it that in his early days at Wembley, de la Porte fell out with the Lions' distinguished Australian international and future World Champ Lionel van Praag, who warned him: "Keep out of my way or I'll run over you!" Apparently, in one race de la Porte failed to remember this and Praagie was as good as his word.
* See further items below on SA pre-war riders, Stan Collins, Keith Harvey and Alan Reeve..
Durban Hornets v. Wembley Lions, November 1956,
as depicted in Durban's 'Daily News' at that time, and reproduced in 'Classic Car Africa' in 1996, with an additional accompanying article on the match by motorsports journalist, Ken MacLeod.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
- receiving a trophy from an excited female fan, Wembley, c.1948;
Buddy, arm in a sling from an earlier track injury, adjusts the carb of Alec Blankfield at Wembley, c.1952.
Interval attractions, . . . Fuller tries out a stunt bike at Wembley in 1956. But who is the rider atop the ladder in front of the crowd?
Dennis Newton in Spain, c.1960 Henry Long in Manchester, 1951
Henry Long, flanked by the legendary Jack Parker, his Belle Vue skipper, and Miss Alice Hart, BV mgr, 1951.
L> R: Henry Long, Arthur Payne, Alan Hunt (hidden), Ken Sharples, Best Pairs @ Harringay 10.8.1951.
Rare colour photo from 1952 of the Belle Vue Aces, Manchester, team:
Louis Lawson, George Smith, Bob Harrison, Jack Parker, Ken Sharples,
Bob Fletcher, Henry Long, Dennis Parker, Harry Edwards.
Springbok Brummies, 1956
This Birmingham Brummies team was dominated by native and adopted S.African riders:
'Boks Arthur Duncan, Neil Mortimer and Doug Davies (rear Rt,) supplement Durban Hornets skipper
Alan Hunt (on bike). Kneeling, Ron Mountford and Eric Boothroyd, were the skippers of Klerksdorp Hawks and
Vereeniging Aces in the '56/57 SA National Lge. Only Jim Tolley and Harry Bastable (rear Lt,) absented from SA.
Doug Davies leads future World Champ Ove Fundin at Norwich in 1955.
Back at The Firs, Norwich in 1956, Doug Davies is seen here leading the Stars' Billy Bales.
Doug Davies, seen in Brummie colours in 1956, the year he finally made it to the Wembley, London, World Final.
( He qualified in '55 but meningitis forced him to miss out.)
The Dave Collins Saga: Gallery
Below are photos of Dave Collins, in action and at leisure, taken in the Union and the UK during the 1950s and '60s that supplement an article by UK sports journalist John Hyam on the History page of this website. Collins was UK born but started riding in South Africa in 1949. Consequently he has ridden for both the Union and England in international Test Matches. (See also line-ups posted previously, below.)
Lt: Collins, left, in the England line-up of the '49/50 Test Series.
Rt: As a Randfontein Ace, collecting the Bloemfontein Trophy there, Sept.19, 1954.
Lt: With Henry Long admiring their trophy at Wembley, 1952
Rt: In the UK as Sunderland Saint in 1964
Dave Collins with the Williams brothers,
- World Champ Freddie, and Ian - , in the Wembley pits, 1953.
1954 action at Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg:
- Springs Stars' Toy Edwards and Dave Collins against Freddie Williams.
UK action at Wolverhampton,1964
- Dave Collins, left, then with Sunderland, tangles with Wolves' James Bond, right.
1953 - Dave Collins and Vic Ridgeon in
Spain, . . and in the Rayleigh pits, 1964.
At home in later years, 2002, in Munster, SA,
- with Vic Ridgeon, Reg Fearman and their spouses, (Reg Duval on camera.)
Latest shot of Dave,
Jan. 2016, age 88.
Springboks in Europe, 1951
A rare photo from the Springboks' only tour of Europe in 1951 when the 7-man team, (shown full screen near the foot of this page,) toured Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, led by Buddy Fuller.
This pits scene shows Joe Blankfield, Toby Boshoff, Buddy Fuller and Bob Raw working on their new JAPs (bought en route in London,) at Fyens, nr. Odense, Denmark; result: Fyens 37, S.Africa 45. Behind them is the 1933 bus bought for £175 on arrival in The Hague, and sold off for £100 at the end of the 2 month tour.
(Photo, D.Austin Full tour results.)
Randfontain Aces of 1953/54
Brian Crutcher, Bud Austin, (physio), Fred Wills (captn), Pete Grayling, Bert Cooper, Bill Griffiths,
kneeling: Joe Blankfield, Alex Blankfield, Pat McKenzie.
Ace Pat McKenzie racing for the first bend at Wembley against a Lion and a Springs Star.
Rider Introductions, 1950-style
The visiting Dutch Test team are introduced to the spectators at Wembley, Jo'burg, 1950.
Trevor Blodyk, a UK Poole Pirate of 1958 & '59 Bob Raw, Pretoria Tiger of 1950/51 & '51/52
More 1950s Speedway Action
1951/52: Ht.1 of 2nd S.Africa v. Overseas Test at Wembley Stadium, 11 Jan.1952.
L>R: Doug Serrurier, Ken Middleditch, Henry Long, Tony Lewis. Long won and a set a new track record of 75.4s; Lewis 2nd, Midddleditch 3rd. Overseas won 62-45 and took the Series 3½-1½..
1956/57: Ht.1 of the 6th S.Africa v. England Test at Wembley Stadium, Jo'burg. L>R, Eric Boothroyd, Henry Long, Jim Lightfoot, Arthur Duncan. Long won from Boothroyd and Lightfoot. SA won 57-51 to level the series at 3-3, but England took the final test at Durban to come out on top.
LT: London-born Dave Collins with Brit riders' representative, Vic Ridgeon. Collins started his racing in the Union, and had the rare distinction of riding for both the Springboks and England.
RT: S.African Fred Lang as a UK Wembley Lion, photographed there in 1954.
Roy Bester, 1953 - an Edinburgh Monarch and a Boksburg Bee.
Speedway Star, (UK), Oct. 1954.
After Edinburgh's closure mid-season Roy moved to Leicester Hunters in the English Midlands. It was his last year of racing in the UK.
Keith Harvey, South Africa's first Dirt Track rider.
The 2 photographs below show South
African Keith Harvey in the team bibs of his last 2 UK teams,
immediately before and after WWII, - Norwich Stars (1939) and New
Cross Rangers, (1946,'47.)
Harvey had started Dirt Track racing at
the start of the sport in Europe, - 1928 - , when he joined Crystal
Palace (outer London) following rally and road-racing exploits at
home, (he never rode speedway in the Union.) He was to be the last
skipper of the Palace "Glaciers" when they re-enter league racing
in 1939, but on its closure mid-season he transferred to Norwich.
He'd been a regular double-figure scorer for the Palace, and top-scored for them at The Firs, (Norwich) in their last match on
July 1st, as poor crowds closed Crystal Palace, so the
Stars would have been happy to see him join the East Anglian side. At
the Firs, riding at No.4, leg-trailer Harvey, (note the knee hook in the NX shot,) couldn't reproduce the same form,
his best at home being 7pts against Newcastle, then 11pts away at Hackney
Wick in mid-August. After the war, he joined New Cross (south London,)
closer to his Stockwell motor-cycle business, but at the age of 50
was struggling to keep a team place and retired during the 1947
He eventually returned home to Natal in the '50s, where he
would often turn out to watch Durban Hornets race, and passed away in
1972, being buried in his home town at Verulaam.
FRED WILLS - b. 24.4.1919, d. 21.10.2013
Fred with Henry Long, 2005, (centre rear, Boet Strydom.)
South Africa v. England, 4th Test @ Wembley, Jo'burg, Jan. 1949.
Stdg:Ted Gibson (E), Buddy Fuller (SA.Cptn), Doug Serrurier (SA), Jimmy Dunn (E), Wilf Plant (E.Cptn), Jeff Bishop (E), Harry du Toit (SA), Toby Bishoff (SA); Knlg: Fred Wills (SA), Syd v.d.Vyver (SA), Ken Middleditch (E), Bob Quick (SA), Ken Tidbury (E). [ Also rode but absent from photo: Henry Long (SA), Alan Chambers (E), Peter Robinson (E).]
South African speedway's 2 World Finalist, ( held @ Wembley, London)
Henry Long 1952 and Doug Davies 1956, (also qualified in '55, but withdrawn thru illness,)
seen here in their club colours, - Belle Vue Aces and Birmingham Brummies.
Syd van der Vyver, Doug Serrurier, Stan Collins, Alan Reeve.
(This and the following scripts and shots courtesy of Ken MacLeod, John Hyam & John Robertson.)
"South African car racing legend Syd van der Vyver c.1950, in earlier speedway mode. Syd rode for Leicester, UK, in '49 and also wore South African colours in tests. He was also a stunt rider for Putt Mossman when the American brought his circus to South Africa just before WW2. He retired in 1953 and turned to car racing. He also went into partnership in a Durban garage with New Zealand speedway rider Dick Campbell, when both raced Formula Three cars."
"A speedway yarn about Syd worth sharing. Prior to moving to Durban in the early '50s, Syd was in charge of the workshop at Wembley Stadium (out of sight of the spectators) maintaining and repairing the bikes. At the opening meeting (28 Nov.1947) several male spectators stopped going all the way to the gents and used the pit wall as a urinal. Syd nipped into the workshop, rigged up a spare generator and ran a cable along the pit wall. The practice stopped as quickly as it had started."
Like his fellow countryman, the
1950s Liverpool star Doug Serrurier, Syd is also a South African
motor sport legend, although mainly for car racing. Ken Macleod said
that on four wheels van der Vyver was twice South African Drivers
champion and in international races in South Africa he did did very
well against legendary stars like Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham and
Jim Clark.When van der Vyver died aged 69
years in 1989, a little known secret about him came to light.
Although he was known as Syd, his first name was found to be neither
Sidney or Sydney as one might expect but was in fact Siegfried."
Doug Serrurier c.1954.
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Stan Collins, The first Southern African to ride in
a UK league match, (Warrington, Northern Lge, 1930.) Alan Reeve, @ Crystal Palace, London 1930
STAN COLLINS: " South Africa's first speedway star, the first Southern African to ride in a league match, (Warrington, Northern Lge, 1930,) Stan Collins was one of the first two to feature in Championship in the UK, South Africa's first test captain, (v. England, Dec.1930,) and the first South African champion (Mar. 1935.)" Picture courtesy of John Hyam.
ALAN REEVE: "AR was the first Southern African to ride in an international representative match. (The Colonies v. The Homelands, Exeter, 1930). These were not test matches, being over only four heats, but they are regarded as significant in speedway history. He rode for South Africa v. England in December 1930 and later finished runner up to fellow Pretoria rider Stan Collins in the first South African speedway championship. Later Reeve combined speedway with road racing, winning his class in the 403 mile Durban-Johannesburg race and the 1937 South African Junior TT at East London. Tragedy struck a month later when he was returning home on his racing Norton after finishing second to Joe Sarkis in a 350cc scratch race at Earl Howe circuit, Johannesburg. He was involved in a head-on collision with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road and succumbed an hour later. It's a measure of his popularity that three road racing circuits in the Pretoria area were named in his honour.
The Exeter event was a one-off meeting, Reeve being based at Crystal Palace, but there are no reports of him making the team. Another South African, Willie Michaletos, (who rode in UK as Willie Nicholas,) also rode at Exeter that year in an open meeting, reaching the handicap final, but the Exeter papers only give the first two places. According to his obituary he was a member of the Crystal Palace team, but is not mentioned in reports of their matches so must have been a number 8, (-?). He was killed in a road accident near Andover while returning to London when the truck carrying the bikes and riders overturned on an S-bend."
The Springboks, 1952:-
Buddy Fuller, Alec Blankfield, Henry Long, Fred Wills, Doug Serrurier,
Joe Blankfield, Bob Raw, Spick van Zyl.
Roy Bester c. 1953- as an Edinburgh Monarch (in Scotland), and a Boksburg Bee.
Roy was the S.African Champion of 1955, raced for at Pretoria, having ridden in the UK for Edinburgh and Leicester in 1953 & '54. He also won the Rhodesian Golden Helmet at Bulawayo in 1955 & '57.
Memories of the 1956/'57 S.African Season by a Wembley Lion
- courtesy of Peter Williams.
The SA Test Match team 1956/7, (L>R, in reverse riding order , #7 to #1):
Johny Gander; Pat Mackenzie ; Roy Bester; Neil Mortimer; Doug Davies; Arthur Duncan; Henry Long.
England: Eric Boothroyd, Ron Mountford, Jim Lightfoot, Peter Williams, Nick Nicholls, Jimmy Gooch, Dave Collins. (Collins was a UK-born S.A. resident, drafted into the team after the death of England's skipper Alan Hunt 2 weeks earlier.)
Wembley team 1956/7: Ken Long, Toby Boshoff, Jimmy Meade, Henry Long (on bike), Peter Williams, Pat Mckenzie; kneeling: Aubrey Long, Arthur Duncan.
Above & below: Wembley Stadium, (the morning after a meeting.)
The Wembley Workshops of 1956.
Above & below: Interval Attractions.
- Promoter Buddy Fuller is seen trying out this bike on which a fella would climb up the ladder and down the other side while being ridden around the track.
- Ron Mountford is seen in the 2 shots below trying out the little Midget car he'd had made and transported over to South Africa from UK. (He was a good mechanic and welder.) With the Midget, built like all with 500cc JAP speedway bike engines, he made attempts on the track record. "A very hard rider, he didn't see anybody when he was riding."
Wembley Lions skipper, Henry Long Brit Jim Lightfoot, Vereeniging Aces & Covenry UK
This chap in the 2 shots above had only one hand and a hook-type attachment on his right. So he had the throttle fitted to the left. Thought to be Fred Goodrum, who had an arm amputated after a road crash in March 1952. Goodrum was driving a car with Buddy Fuller and his son Bobby, Reg Duval and Trevor Redmond as passengers from Jo'burg to Durban when he swerved to avoid a head-on collision and went off the road. The arm was too badly damaged to save and was amputated at Ladysmith Hospital. As far as is known he never raced again: the adapted bike was for his own enjoyment.
.......... On the road in 1956 !
L > R: Pat McKenzie, Peter Williams, Buddy Fuller and Alan Hunt.
The Bedford bus we traveled all over the country in, and up to Rhodesia. Note the bikes in the back. 4 could sit up front, doing the driving, then there were 4 big bunk beds that were used for sitting or sleeping on.
"I thought Southern Rhodesia was more civilised, the gardens much greener, and the local black population more pleasant than in Jo'burg. Driving down towards the Cape was another wonderful experience as the countryside became more beautiful and colourful as you got nearer to the coast.
Buddy Fuller had a business friend who ran a Carnival, (still running today as the Minstrel Carnival,) which each year had talent contests for blacks and coloured in Cape Town. One day after we got back from a cinema visit to where the carnival was to be on that night, Godfrey Rabbi, Buddy's friend, said "We've found a young boy who has a good voice, same name as you, Danny Williams." He later, in the UK at the age of 20, made a very good recording of 'Moon River', which made No.1 in the charts in 1961."
At Cape Point to see the Baboons. Eve Hunt standing,(Alan Hunts wife,),
Sitting on the fender, Peter Williams, Jimmy Gooch, the driver, (a friend of Buddy Fuller.)
......... recreation !
Peter Williams joins in at the cycle speedway. Nick Nicholls and PW at Haut Bay, Cape Town.
"At Cape point it was too cold to go into the water, but just a few miles around the corner to the Indian Ocean the water was lovely."
Some recent pleasant memories from Peter Williams. Unfortunately others remain: the tour ended badly on return to Britain in 1957 when the British riders involved in this '56/'57 South African season with Buddy Fuller were charged, fined and received a UK riding ban from the RAC/SCB on the basis that the Fuller tracks, including Wembley, were unlicensed.
Hastings 'Saxons', UK Nat'l Lge Div.3, 1949 with BUDDY FULLER, (centre, holding bars.)
Fuller joined the new Saxons team in 1948 as South Africa's national champion and scored 42 pts that season. His scoring was greatly improved the next season, 1949, as he totalled 181 points up to August when he suffered a fractured skull which set back his riding career.
Reproduced left is a copy of
"South African Speedway Monthly",
Vol.1 No.4, a magazine of the SA SRA (Speedway Riders Association) issued January 1954. The full 24 page content can be read on the Old Time Speedway website, under Links/Speedway in Print, (registration required.) Seen on the cover, in action at the Old Barn track in 1946, Bob Serrurier, and below, from within:-
- Harry du Toit in the Sprinbok national race-jacket,
- and as a Spring Star, centre, with Bill Kitchen, (Harry du Toit,) & George Mathews.
- Hornets in action: Vern McWilliams & Bill Dalton of Durban Hornets with Howdy Byford of Wembley Lions trying an outside line.
The following table of team match results taken from 'SA Speedway Monthly' serves to illustrate the level of activity over the 6-week December period, (there will have been other individual, i.e. non-team meetings in addition to these matches.)
1953 Venue
|'54 Jan.2
|Aces 51
|Lions 33
|Pretoria Eagles 40
|Spring Stars 44
|Stars 47
|Aces 37
|Aces 49
|Stars 35
|Stars 44
|Eagles 40
|Aces 41
|Eagles 42
|Lions 46
|Eagles 38
|Pretoria Eagles 45
|Rand'fntn Aces 39
|Hornets 48
|Lions 34
|Aces 47
|Hornets 37
|Lions 53
|Hornets 25
|Stars 57
|Hornets 27
|Pretoria Eagles 47
|Wembley Lions 36
|Stars 44
|Lions 40
|Lions 52
|Stars 32
|Lions 44
|Eagles 40
|Stars 46
|Aces 38
S.A. League Team Photos:
Transvaal Lge:-
Johannesburg Pirates, 1948,
East Rand Eagles 1948,
Boksburg Bees, 1951/2.
(For annual league results see History page.)
National Lge:-
Spring Stars, 1953/4,
Randfontein Aces, 1953/4,
Wembley Lions,1954/5,
Durban Hornets, 1955,
Pretoria Eagles, (SCB) 1957,
West Rand Rockets, (NSU) 1957.
Johannesburg Pirates 1948:
Toby Boshof, Blaine, Syd v.d. Vyfer, Alec Gould, Laurie Zeerman;
Frt: Alec Blankfield, Buddy Fuller, Joe Blankfield.
East Rand Eagles 1948:
The 5 Serrurier brothers composed the bulk of the team,
- Doug,(Capt.) Jack, Harry, Allen, Bob.
Boksburg Bees, 1951/2 Transvaal Lge Champions,
(displaying their 'Transvaal League' Trophy):
Dave Collins, Vern McWilliams, Fred Wills (Capt,) Roy Bester, Sonny James.
Frt: Harry Ardendorff, Dave Naude, Fred van Zyl.
Spring Stars, 1953/4 National Lge Champions:
Toy Edwards, Roy Bester, Budde Messer, Reg Duval, Harry du Toit, Reil Malan (team mgr).
Front: Bill Kitchen, Trevor Redmond (on bike), Fred van Zyl.
Randfontein Aces, 1953/4;
Brian Crutcher, Reg Austin (Physio), Fred Wills (captain), Piet Grayling, Bert Cooper, Bill Griffiths.
Frt: Joe Blankfield, Alec Blankfield, Pat McKenzie.
Wembley Lions 1955:
Dave Collins, Doug Lang, Gerald Jackson, Jimmy Meade, Junior Bainbridge;
Frt: Aubrey Long, Henry Long (on bike), Fred Lang.
Durban Hornets 1955:
Vern McWilliams, Dick Campbell, Hook Bremner, Freddie Williams;
Upper rear: Nick Dormehl, Pat Clarence and Roy Browning.
Pretoria Eagles, (SCB Lge) 1957:
Kevin Robertson, Jimmy Scott, Frank Armstrong, J.Bunton(Mgr).
Frt: Barry Briggs, Olle Nygren (Capt,) Howdy Cornell.
West Rand Rockets, (NSU) 1957:
?, ?, Dennis Newton, ?, Henry Long (on bike) ?, ?.
S.Africa v. HOLLAND 1950/51.
This is the Dutch team that took part in the test match series against South Africa at Wembley, Jo'burg in 1950/51. The Union team won the series 5-0, but the tourists were more successful in their other club matches at Bloemfontein, Klerksdorp and Boksburg. (Full results can be found via the link on the History page.)
Seen below, smartly turned out, - note helmets all uniformly presented to show their national flag, though the race jacket is that of 'The Windmills' team - , they comprised L>R: Wim van Hemelrijk, Gerrit Jonker, Jan Bosman (on bike), Bert Willard, Thei Bisschopps, Henk Dammers; Kneeling L>R: Joop Nolten, Tinus Metzelaar. They were later joined by Henk Stemen.
(Further below is the S.African team that recipricated this Dutch visit in the following Jn,Jly,Aug. '51.)
South African Touring Team of Europe, 1951
Standing (lt. to rt): Toby Boshoff, Alec Blankfield, Buddy Fuller (on bike), Harry du Toit, Bob Raw
Kneeling: Maurice Fenton (left), Joe Blankfield.
The team toured Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and rode in 18 matches over 10 weeks,
- details can be found via the link on the History page.
Durban, Oct.1956: A short article on the return to Durban of the 1956 SA Champion, Alan Hunt at the start of the new '56/'57 season. Hunt is shown having won the Championship, with 2nd & 3rd place men, Rune Sormander of Sweden and local hero Henry Long.
"Alan Hunt, the South African speedway champion, is back again at Hoy Park to lead Durban Hornets in another bid for championship honours. This is how he looked at the moment of triumph last season when, flanked by runners-up Rune Sormander (left) and Henry Long, he made a victor's circuit of the stadium, holding the huge trophy which goes with the South African title. Alan was almost unbeatable at this stadium last season, and regular followers of the sport will never forget the sight of him threading his way through from the back of the field to win. In the course of the season he set new course records of 55.3s for 4 laps and 44.2s for 3 laps, and we look forward to even better achievements from this grand rider this year. Welcome back, Alan !"
Dennis Newton, (rt.) accompanying Howdy Byford in 1957 when he rode for the East Rand Stars in the ill-fated Control Board League at the Randfontein and Pretoria tracks.
This was Dennis's first season in the Union, but he went on to become the most prolific S.A. Champion with 5 title wins plus an Open Championship win in subsequent years.
Durban Hoy Park, 1956.
Alan Hunt receives the Natal Open Championship trophy from Buddy Fuller.
Speedway Herald;
Pt.Elizabeth Gold Helmet & Hunt charities.
Overseas page of 1957 Speedway Herald, with feature and photo of Port Elizabeth Golden Helmet result, plus arrangements for Alan Hunt's widow.
UK Sp.Star & News
- featuring Henry Long and Fred Wills, of Wembley(Jo'burg) Lions and Randfontein Aces
in the SA National League, 1956/57. (Fred was Buddy Fuller's brother-inlaw.)
n.b: Videos formerly on
Gallery p.5 have been relocated in the appropriate
gallery period, though a number have expired and no longer available.


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Down (just a bit) with the price The Saudis are worried that high prices are hurting the world economy. October 6, 2012
Lots of black stuff Iraq is on course to become an energy superpower, but may not enjoy it much. June 16, 2012
A new timetable With Muammar Qaddafi out of the way, a totally new system has to be built. October 29, 2011
Messy politics, perky economics While the politicians and soldiers dither, business begins to boom. October 6, 2011
Make it flow It is uncertain how soon or how fast the oil will start gurgling again. September 3, 2011
Closing in on Tripoli Libya's rebels have gained the upper hand, but what happens after they claim victory is not at all clear. July 14, 2011. Only the oily bits here are mine. And they didn't include the dateline I filed from: Whitefish, Montana)
The colonel is running on empty The tide continues to flow against Muammar Qaddafi. June 16, 2011
Libya's disputed oil: Better for the rebels Both sides are failing to pump or sell oil, but the rebels are in better shape. May 19, 2011
Caught in the middle The plight of black Africans trying to flee from Libya is dire — and worsening. May 5, 2011
When the steam clears The Fukushima crisis will slow the growth of nuclear power. Might it reverse it? March 24, 2011. NB: Much of this written by others; mine mainly the gas bits.
Muck and brass Rising oil prices and falling production costs favour the extraction of oil from Alberta's tar sands. But environmental objections are fierce. January 20, 2011
Vapour trails Oil companies' dash for gas. July 1, 2010
Black storm rising(BP's oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. May 7, 2010
An unconventional glut On the shale gas revolution. March 11, 2010
The hunt for shale gas in Europe Will it rescue Europe? December 3, 2009
Meek oil For the World In 2010. November 13, 2009
Upgraded The recovery of Canada's tar sands. September 3, 2009
Foreign oil firms in Iraq On the licensing of the oilfields. July 2, 2009
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The Demon Beat's highly anticipated new album, Shit, We're 23, was unleashed upon the world last weekend to great response. Be sure to check out the PRESS section to see what folks have had to say.
Now that the initial weekend of album release shows is in the books, we are happy to announce that Shit, We're 23 is now available for digital purchase. Not only is it available, but it is available in high-quality WAV format (as well as mp3) AND can be picked up at the discounted rate of $8 (or a dollar a song if you'd rather pick and choose). All you have to do is go HERE or check it out below!
Be on the lookout for digital versions of our entire catalog at similarly discounted rates in the very near future!
* You can still pick up physical copies of Shit, We're 23 in our STORE section, as well as The Demon Beat's live shows.


text: I checked my blog stats today and in the visitors referred by search engines,I saw that I am getting traffic for the keyword that i never used on the site. The cache page is nearly 15 days old when the blog was not setup and i had made a fail attempt to install some script. The page title is the keyword i am getting ranked for. I checked adwords keyword tool and the keyword is searched nearly 30,000 times in USA per month. and I am in top 40 in 5 countries. Ranking No.2 among 45k results on ask.com I have alse got visitors referred by ask.com and yahoo search. The key word is in adult niche and i dnt have any experience in that category. Now,what should I do? transform the blog around that keyword? or any other suggestions?


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Typography is to design as flowers are to gardens. Too much? Maybe my metaphor is a little sappy, but there's no arguing that typography, as the deliverer of the message sets the stage for how it is accepted and there is no shortage of typography ideas at HOW Design University.
If you're looking for typography inspiration, beginning this week and for the next four weeks, Denise Bosler, author of Mastering Typography, will provide it as she teaches students about the fundamentals of typography and letterforms. Best of all, it's not too late to join.
This month-long course lays out typography basics, composition and layout, creative type integration and experimental and expressive typography. It's a great way to supplement your design tool box and push your creative boundaries.
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I'm finding Summers are too hot and dry for me to put the effort required into keeping the veggie garden at it most productive but now with Autumn here and with some cooler days around I keen to get back into the saddle, so to speak.
I also find after a days working as a gardener and then coming home to a garden is a little too much to bare from time to time and I need a break away from it all.
Planting time. I know the middle of the day isn't the best time to be planting seedlings but sometimes it's all you've got. A row of carrot seeds, lettuce, pea and cabbage seedlings to get Autumn under way.
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Start with $500 and a Power Wheel. (Or any electric kids' ride on vehicle.) Get some new batteries. A new motor. Heck, some nice new tires. Tie LEDs to the hood. Sprinkle it with glitter. Maybe a feather for class. Haul it to one of our many races.Project Website
This is a series made for the motivated beginner. After all, races are more fun when everyone gets to share in our collective fiery mistakes. Have a literal blast. And do it all while learning, sharing tools and technology with your competitors.


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The Deer & Deer Hunting Forum is a great place to meet other hunters and share photos and pictures of what you're seeing in these days leading up to deer season.
Check out the video clip shared by one of our forum members. This Iowa whitetail is one of the biggest 8-pointers we've seen in quite some time!


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I have just seen Alex Guttenplan and his Emmanuel team swat aside their opponents, St John's College, Oxford, to win this year's University Challenge trophy. I sympathise with the defeated students; I was a contestant on this year's show. My Jesus, Oxford, team exited in the quarter-finals following a heavy defeat to the eventual victors.
We did not see it coming. Emmanuel had started terribly, scraping through to later rounds via a play-off system. They were not going to stand in our way – but we would humour them. In the green room before filming, we made polite small talk – "So what brings you here? You always ruined your family holidays by repeating endless lists of trivia? Me too!" – while trying to psych out our opponents. They were all pleasant but quiet. Guttenplan kept himself to himself, showing no inkling of the ruthlessness he revealed in the quiz. The winning team's unsung hero, linguist Jenny Harris, was the only cheery person in the room.
As we headed into the studio, discussion about the films of John Hughes somehow resulted in me leading a rendition of Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds. Emmanuel declined to join in – our first clue that they were made of sterner stuff.
The plot for our show went as follows: Paxman would start a question with an oblique reference to naming elements in the English language, before connecting it to religious institutions of the seventh century. I would try to get my brain in gear, connecting the words I was hearing with odd pages read on Wikipedia, while trying not to imagine half of Twitter making derogatory comments about my haircut. Snap back to reality, with Paxman still wittering on. Out of nowhere an answer would pop into my head, I'd reach for the buzzer and . . . "Emmanuel Guttenplan".
"It's Ethel."
Damn. He got there first. Repeat for half an hour and we had met our end. Guttenplan's astonishing talent appears to come from knowing the exact extent of his substantial knowledge and having an unwavering confidence in his ability to regurgitate it on demand. At the end of our episode we were in shock – and there was nothing we could have done. This show not only demands that you recall the answer, but that you have the confidence to do a "reverse Michael Howard", interrupting the Newsnight anchor and putting your reputation on the line, all based on some half-remembered untruth you heard in the pub.
But none of this distracts from the real business of the series: taking a selection of students up to Granada Studios, letting them sneak on to the Jeremy Kyle set (the backstage toilets wereout of action as they conducted guests' lie detector tests) and allowing them to have a night out in Manchester. Most of the contestants seem to get on, too. Hence I watched Emmanuel's victory on the big screen at a pub near the British Museum in London in the company of the winning team – no hard feelings, you see.


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The Activities
- Topic: Puzzles: Book: Taro Gomi's Playful Puzzles for Little Hands. We're most of the way through now, probably one circle left of puzzles.
- Topic: Logic: I printed sheets with 6 uncolored flowers on one side, and 9 on the other. There were two puzzles: For 6 flowers, "There are more red flowers than purple, and more yellow flowers than red. For 9 flowers, "There are more red flowers than purple, more blue than red, and the same number of blue and yellow."
- Topic: Spatial Reasoning: Corey and I built a number of models out of Legos. The kids each picked a model and had to copy it exactly. They could pick it up and look at it from any angle. Each kid copied several models.
- Topic: Attributes, Games: We played a couple rounds of Set with just the solid cards.
How Did It Go?
We had four kids this week. One kid had been gone for a couple months, but now everyone is back from summer trips. This circle went well, the kids were all interested in all the activities.
Playful Puzzles
We spent quite a bit of time on a puzzle with two kids at either end of a very windy path, with the question "Where will they meet?" We measured by placing coins from either end. They also enjoyed a page where you were supposed to "take a walk" with your finger by tracing a path and following various instructions along the way (e.g., "Take a rest here" or "Go around this corner really fast"). Every kid did it once.
Flower Logic
The kids figured out the answers pretty quickly. Interestingly, different kids figured out the second one from the first.
Lego Models
Different kids definitely had different skill levels on this one. One kid breezed through a whole bunch, while others took quite a bit longer. The trickiest ones were the dinosaur, because it was irregular and a bit complicated internally, and an offset colored square because it was tricky to get the right pattern of blocks on the bottom row (the kid working on it initially had the colors going the inverse rotation).
We've played before with this circle, which the kids remembered, but not all kids remembered the rules. Our son has played a lot, so after he got a few I said he had to let other kids get sets. I was happy because all the other kids got at least one set on their own.


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Swakopmund is the seaside darling of Namibia and has also garnered a reputation as the "adventure capital" of the country. Visitors will be charmed by the temperate climate, old-world German architecture, swaying palm trees that line the streets, exciting adventures on offer and the seaside promenade allowing endless opportunity to amble along the glorious coastline.
Swakopmund didn't get its adrenaline junkie reputation for nothing: daredevils can get their fix by sky-diving, Quad Biking, sand-boarding and angling off the shore or otherwise enjoying 'living desert' tours or languid catamaran cruises promising a chance to get close to the marine and birdlife in the area. The town is full of historical buildings and museums and for those intent or pure relaxation: cosy cafes and warm shorelines await.
Accommodation options are abundantly varied from hotels and B&B's to self-catering establishments. Likewise, the dining choices are splendid from the Lighthouse Pub and The Tug to the Jetty 1905 and Swakopmund Brauhaus. Fresh seafood is a speciality, as is game and traditional German cuisine. Café's and deli's serve freshly baked treats and aromatic coffees in cosy and bustling settings. Craft markets are worth a visit, as are the numerous jewellery stores around town and the Crystal Gallery. On the coast, Swakopmund is a 4 hour drive from Windhoek and is also serviced by a domestic airport at Walvis Bay, just 35km away.
- Ideally located on the West Coast of Namibia, prime holiday destination
- Modern town particularly tuned to servicing the tourism industry
- "Adventure Capital" of Namibia, with a large number of activities and excursions on offer
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made in Houdini 16 for Intermediate by Tim Van Helsdingen
Custom Deformer
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Had to do a lot of deformations on high point count animated objects on a project I was doing so I used this technique to make deformations faster.
In this video I am showing you how to build a deformer in VOPS that mimics the functionality of the wire, point and lattice with the same asset and often yields faster results.Let me know if you have any questions.
Check out my website for more work:www.timvanhelsdingen.com
Just as a note you can use arbitrary geometry in the lattice sop if you set it to points.
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When you have a hot tub, you can keep track of important details like water cleanliness and the chemicals in the water. Taking care of your spa is critical to its longevity. In addition to regular hot tub maintenance, you'll need to know the basics of cleaning your spa in order to keep it in tip-top shape.
Sanitize the hot tub
Keep the water clean with chlorine or bromine. These chemicals will help kill bacteria and keep the water clear. Much like chlorinating a pool, you can use a floating chlorine dispenser that holds chlorine or bromine tablets that sanitize the water. These containers are slightly smaller than pool dispensers to accommodate the smaller size of a hot tub. Make sure to check the dispenser regularly so you can ensure there is always chlorine or bromine in the water.
Shock the water weekly
Shocking is a process of heavily chlorinating water with a larger-than-normal amount of chlorine to remove impurities in the water and ensure that the chemicals destroy the bacteria. This process can clear up cloudy water and kill organic matter in the water. When you shock a hot tub, it may help to dissolve the shock in water before adding it to the spa. For the best results, follow the instructions on the package.
Clean the filter regularly
Because the filter can quickly fill with dirt, oils and more, you'll want to rinse the filter weekly or bi-weekly. You should also complete a bi-weekly or monthly deep-cleaning process. To do this, you'll want to remove the filter and soak it in a filter cleaning solution that removes oil and residue to ensure that your filter is cleaned properly without damage.
Drain the tub every few months
Depending on how many people are using the hot tub in a given time frame and how often the spa is used, you should empty it completely on a regular basis. Draining the unit will remove any salts, oil remnants and other impurities in the water. When you drain the tub, you should also flush the filtration system to remove excess buildup in the system. Follow the manufacturer's guidelines to ensure this procedure is done correctly for your hot tub. While the spa is empty, scrub the shell to clean any residue or grime off the walls, seats and floor of your hot tub for a complete deep clean.


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Jesus and Mary Are United in Their Hearts
June 22, 1994 After Communion at Holy Spirit Monastery, Conyers 8:00a.m.
Dear sweet one, when you love Me more than you love yourself, you will operate to serve Me. Put aside the things of this world and focus on that for which you have been created. You have been created to serve Me, sweet little one.
If you hold back and doubt, My words will not get out. This is Satan's target, to focus on you. You must focus on Me and our love for one another. You live for Me, to spread My love and draw souls to heaven.
Do not judge My relationship with you by what the world thinks. You are looking for confirmation in the world that I am truly communicating to you, then you are telling others to know Me in their hearts, but you go to the world!
I will never abandon you though you suffer persecution. I suffer with you. When you are ignored, it is Me they are rejecting. I, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who lived and died a brutal death on Calvary, speak to you, My precious, beautiful one. Never doubt Me again.
Trust in Me. Go to Me. Your relationship is with Me. I am God. I will sustain you. Go to Me and talk to Me. Tell Me your heart. I am truly a Person and I truly know your every need. I knew you, sweet one, before you were born. I know all your suffering and joy. I know you far better than you know yourself. Come and dwell in My Heart. Take all your cares to Me and rest there. My mother is united to Me. We will bathe you in such love.
R. Mary and Jesus are united in Their Hearts. The meeting of their eyes on Calvary, the union in suffering! The union is knowing each other's hearts, creating this bond of oneness. Mary places you in the very recesses of her Son's Heart. They are united. Love unites. We are one in Him and He is one in us. Surely Mary is one in Him. He is one in the Father and the Father is one in Him. He is one with the Holy Spirit because He is God and the Holy Spirit is God. We are united as one in our hearts if we are in the state of grace. God dwells within us in our hearts. He says He is one in us, we are one in Him.
I feel this burning in my chest to hear Him say He burns for love of us! He is in me. I am planted in His burning Heart, placed there deeply by Mary. Such union! All day I can experience union with Him instantly if I think how He said He burns for love of us. His Heart is a burning vat. It is a furnace of love. It is our haven from this cold and indifferent world. When they slap your face and show you indifference, go to the recesses of His Heart and be enkindled with fire from His love. You then respond with such love to those who smite you. He loves through you your hurting brothers. He gives to them His ardent love. The fire of His love is alive in you as you find refuge in His most Sacred Heart.
Fill me, wash me, cleanse me, polish me. I am the empty vessel ready to be used for the service of His love. I cannot love as He loves. He must dwell within me in such union.
My heart is ablaze with the fire of His infinite love. It never dies, it does not falter, it is enkindled as only He, in his magnificence, can do.
Jesus: Fire, child, a raging fire is My love for you! Do you feel burning in your chest? Focus on this intense furnace of My love for you. I burn for love of you. I am the refuge to a cold heart. I come and set it on fire with My love.
You must enkindle in your brothers the love I plant deeply in your heart. You must love when they hate you. I will send a spear of fire into their soul when you touch them with this love of mine that I send through you.
Tolerance, you say? Tolerance for your brother? I call you to such love that you would die for him. This is the love I have for you. Die to yourself. Let My love flow as a mighty brook from your very soul. Let Me fix you so deeply in My Heart. You are a vat of My love, from which flows My ardent love for all. Die, die, die to this self that demands its own way, that wants its rights. This self is keeping you from serving Me. I am calling you to an on-fire, ardent love, and you go to the world for little love. All love has its origins in Me. Come to Me, be filled first-hand and then give it to your brothers. Be an empty vessel that I fill with My love and use to love this hurting world.
Come to My Heart, little one, let Mary place you deeply in My Heart and feel the furnace of My love. Be united to God every minute of every day. Let Me dwell deeply in your heart.
I love you so, My special one, created by the hands of My Father, loved so far beyond your belief! Let Me love you, then give My love to your brothers in this world. This world needs the on-fire love of Jesus Christ. Come and sup with Me and experience My burning love.
R. Love is giving. I want my heart to be clean to hold God in it, to love Him, to give to Him. He gives Himself to us and we give ourselves to Him.
Mary, teach me to love your Son as you did. I do not know how to love God. Mary, you loved the Father, you loved the Son, you loved your Spouse, the Holy Spirit. Teach me to love as you love. Work in my heart to know how to love God more. Jesus, teach me to love Your Mother more!
I know so little of love. I am so blind. Holy Spirit, give me fire to love as You love. I am so naive about all this. I am blind. Where I was blind, let me see more and more Your love and give Your love to my brothers.
Holy Spirit, enlighten me. Father, You gave the greatest gift of love. You gave us your own Son that we might have eternal life. Teach us to love. Please, Father, I implore You that I may love God more and more.
Jesus: Quit analyzing where you are with your brothers. Live to love. Do not fret. Try only to love and, when you fall, humbly admit your failings and proceed to love.
You are not perfect. To think you are, is to hold on to falsity. You commit sins, you offend your brothers, you offend Me. Live to love and ask to be drawn ever closer to My Heart. Repent of your sins and ask for forgiveness. Forgive your brothers and love them. This is My desire, that you love your brothers as I have loved you, that you lay down your life for your brothers and see the creation of the Father in them. This is My command: love God first and love your brothers as yourself.


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I love when a fall makeup look has a color pop of eyeshadow to it. Fall makeup looks include everything from natural makeup looks to sultry makeup looks with pops of color. Today we are focusing on the pop of color makeup trend for Fall 2014 and it's going to be a sultry one. We are going with dark eyes and a neon pop of colorful eyeshadow. Are you ready for this new fall makeup look? It's gorgeous.
1} Base your lower eyelid with a black eyeshadow. Make sure you press this eyeshadow on instead of flinging it everywhere.
2} With a clean blender brush, blend this eyeshadow into your crease so that there is no harsh line.
3} Next place a light shimmery shade underneath your brow bone to highlight.
4} Line your upper lash line with a black liner then line your lower lash line with a blue eyeliner.
5) Go over your lower-eyeliner and soften it with the eyeshadow color Gonzo from your Urban Decay Electric Palette.
6} Finish up your fall makeup look with a more subtle blush and pale lipstick.
Makeup I Used
Want to know what I used to create this new makeup look for Fall? Here is a list of what makeup I used.
1} The Urban Decay Electric Palette (<< out of stock, check out full spectrum) is what I used to soften the eyeliner and intensify the pop of neon in this fall makeup look. I think a lot of people are intimidated by the colorful eyeshadow palette, but I have actually used it a ton. When you use these neon eyeshadows in small doses, it can make some pretty awesome makeup looks.
2} For the dark black shade, I used the Anastasia Beverly Hills Catwalk Eyeshadow Palette. This is one of my favorite palettes for every day looks, but for this look, all you need is a matte black eyeshadow.
3} Pur Minerals Galaxy Precision Point Eyeliner is what I used along my upper lash line to create a refined and pulled together fall makeup look. It's one of my favorite eyeliners right now.
4} Blue Eyeliner is what I used to create that intense color pop on the lower lash-line.
5} Rimmel Accelerator Endless Mascara is perfect to create gorgeous lashes.
6} I used Jouer Cosmetics Meg hydrating lipstick for a pale lip to contrast my colorful eye makeup look.
Do you think you will wear any pops of color for your Fall makeup look?
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I'm not unique. Everyone goes through shit. I just do it publicly. Why? Because I can. Because I'm a healer. Because I'm a catalyst, an adventurer, and a chaos tamer. Because I'm trickster. And because I suffered alone with my … Continued
There was something about me that wanted to bare me down to the rawness of yesterday. I've been divesting myself of things in the material world since I was 17, beginning with my life no longer revolving around tv shows … Continued
That dream you have, you know, the secret one you think maybe is kinda crazy? It's your gift. That can be hard to understand and even harder to remember. Two months ago when my dream community miraculously came to life … Continued
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text: The U.S. population of honey bees is undergoing serious decline due to Colony Collapse Disorder, new pathogens and parasites, and a lack of diverse sources for pollination. Climate Progress reports that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture will allocate another $4 million for farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who agree to grow more plants that are advantageous to honey bees, such as wildflowers, native grasses, and cover crops (e.g., sunflowers, clover, and buckwheat). Over the past two years, this government initiative has helped increase food for honey bees on 35,000 acres.


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Editor's Desk
Employers, take note: If you don't embrace digital benefit offerings, you might not only lose out on savings, but on helping your employees live better, healthier lives.
The thing I like most about EBN's Digital Innovators? That these visionaries are coming up with solutions to empower employees to better understand their health and their benefits.
An AI benefits assistant that answers employees' benefits questions. A financial wellness app that provides automatic budget planning and savings tips. Platforms that help employees and HR professionals manage paid leave and student debt repayment programs. These are among the innovations that are transforming HR and benefits right now. As EBN and EBA editors pored through dozens of nominations for our annual list of Digital Innovators, I have to say, I was overwhelmed by the innovation that's happening in our industry.
With each passing year that we recognize these visionaries — this is our third year — I am less overwhelmed by the technology behind new digital solutions and more excited by the possibilities they offer.
Though I'm admittedly old-fashioned when it comes to technology (buying new gadgets and downloading apps has never really been my bag), if tech is making benefits and healthcare easier, more digestible — and daresay, more fun — then I'm all for it.
The thing I like most about some of these digital solutions? That they empower employees to better understand their health and their benefits.
In today's healthcare environment, employees often are at a loss when it comes to understanding their health data and biometric numbers. Many don't have immediate access to their own health records. That's where technology can help. Take, for instance, Hello Heart, an app-driven platform designed to help employees manage hypertension, heart rate and cardiovascular health. The service also includes tools that help improve medication adherence, import clinical lab results and deliver personalized prompts to drive healthy behavior changes.
Its creator, Maayan Cohen, who is among the 20 innovators featured starting on p. 10, said her own personal and frustrating experience with healthcare was the reason she started the app in the first place.
"Eight years ago, my boyfriend at the time was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Overnight, I found myself collecting medical records and vital signs at home on a piece of paper and spending hours online every day trying to figure out what was going on and figuring out if he was better or worse," she recently told me. "From that scary, personal experience with the healthcare system, I realized that we as patients don't have any tools to understand or improve our own health between doctors' visits. I decided that's what I wanted to do."
Of course, these kinds of solutions aren't just helping employees; they're helping employers, too. Hello Heart, which employers are now offering as a benefit to employees, targets heart disease, which is both the leading cause of death and the leading health cost driver for employers.
Employers, take note: If you don't embrace some of these offerings, you might not only lose out on savings, but on helping your employees live better, healthier lives.
"Everything is becoming technology-oriented. People prefer to learn about their health and communicate on their phones," Cohen told me. "Just like you wouldn't want to call your bank to understand what your balance is — you'd rather just quickly see that online or on your app — you want to get an explanation as to what just happened in your blood pressure reading. It's convenient, it's important and it helps employees take action, because they might not be comfortable talking to someone about these very personal details."
Innovation in health and benefits solutions is here. So, employers, what are you doing to embrace it?
Send letter, queries and story ideas to Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Mayer at firstname.lastname@example.com — Kathryn Mayer


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Four Episcopalian chaplains explore their ministry and witness to the faith of their students
Friday, October 28, 2011
Praying the Liturgy - A Literal Interpretation
Students who worship at the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center are not necessarily Episcopalian. In fact, many of them get their first introductions to a liturgical tradition via the Center. Because of their unfamiliarity with the tradition, some rather odd things can happen during the liturgy. Most of the oddities are non-consequential, but one student's interpretation of the Compline confession has made a lasting impression:
At the last Compline of the fall semester, I invite a student to lead the liturgy. Although he regularly attends this service, this is only his second time leading. So, rather timidly, Peter begins the service. With the first few lines handled well, Peter confidently reads, "Let us confess our sins to God." I make eye contact with him hoping to remind him to provide time for silent confessions before continuing with the corporate confession. Peter pauses for a beat, and then he proceeds by stating his confession aloud.
Softly and humbly, the young man says, "I pray for forgiveness because I have harbored jealousy in my heart." Some of my students begin to giggle nervously, others stare at him in shock, and internally I'm saying some bad words out of fear that he's going to "over-share." He continues, "I really like this girl, and every time I see her boyfriend, I just can't help it. I'm so jealous..." He finishes his confession with a sigh, and then an awkward silence ensues. Facial expressions from other students convey their bewilderment and questions. Their eyes ask me where do we go from here?
Responding to their need for direction, I simply thank the young man for trusting us enough to articulate aloud his confession. Internally, I'm completely thrown off and don't really know what to do. But I continue speaking, "I now invite you all to make your own confessions. You may do this out loud, as so beautifully illustrated by Peter, or you may confess silently. After some time for reflection, we will all together make the corporate confession to God as printed in your leaflets."
The silence blares. I fearfully wait for someone else to speak. I wait fearing that I myself might speak. Should I, the priest, the chaplain of these young souls confess aloud of my sinfulness? Could I, the one who pronounces absolution to them, admit aloud my own personal need of absolution? Would I allow my students a glimpse of my own vulnerabilities and provide a witness to the sacredness of this moment?
Before I can answer those questions, Peter begins, "Almighty God, our heavenly Father: we have sinned..." A chorus of relieved voices joins in the remainder of the confession.
Mother Kim+
Friday, October 14, 2011
Dear Freshman
Dear Freshman,
Welcome to college!
You showed up on campus on a hot summer day with your parents and a minivan full of your effects. Packed neatly was your favorite blanket, pillow, clothes, the collage of pictures from your senior year, and poster of Justin Beiber (JK) rolled tightly into a handy cylinder just waiting to be unrolled and put on your wall. You're full of energy. You're mostly nervous, a little excited, and you couldn't wait to get this thing going! After all, you busted your ass to get here!
If you didn't notice, your parents were jacked up too. When I met your parents, your mom was super anxious and your dad was the proudest papa ever. I totally get where they are coming from…as a parent I can't wait to drop my kids off at college and my wife is already anxious about it. My kids are 2 and 4 years old.
What happened when your parents pulled away and you were left to your own devices is what has changed the most since I was a freshman (only 14 years ago). Instead of a weekend to unpack and a few days to get to know your new friends before class begins, you discover that the school has your free-time already booked. You're important now! There is no time to think. No time to waste. Orientation has begun. Welcome to college!
And if you thought you would have to come up with your own schedule after orientation. Fear not! You're booked until graduation! The system is in place for you to be busier than a bee until you leave. You have a million clubs to join, sports to play, sports to watch, Greek life, field trips, special speaker series, study abroad, comedians, concerts, campus ministry(let's make that priority #1, okay?), and of course the very reason you are at college in the first place: school. And just so you know, your professors are famous, your classmates are brilliant, and all of them will be famous one day too…so you better study if you want to keep up. But no pressure, though. College is awesome!!!
This. This is college today. And it's all a perfected production brought to you by the lovely institution that bares its name on your new sweatshirt. And it's for you, so that college will be the best part of your life. Ever.
But let me offer you one piece of advice that saved me 14 years ago: Find quiet.
In the midst of the great chaos and pressure, find a place where you can just sit and be. For me, that place was the southwest corner on the 4th floor of the library, where I would sit and deeply gaze out of the huge windows that overlooked campus. It's where my busy world was hushed. And in that quiet space, my spirit, body and mind got to know each other.
I hope you find quiet.
Welcome to college!
Episcopal Chaplain
Washington University in St. Louis
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Why Campus Ministry?
"Why do you want to do campus ministry?" I got asked this question a lot as I navigated my way through the complicated discernment process I had to go through for ordination. Truthfully, it was simply where I felt (and still feel) called to serve God and the Church. College students are incredible. They are learning about independence and adulthood, and their minds are being opened and stretched daily by new and interesting ideas. Their worlds are also being expanded by new experiences and opportunities – like studying abroad, drinking too much, not being under the watchful eye of a parent, choosing which activities they want to be a part of (like whether or not to go to church). In short, college is just a really interesting life phase, and it's a place I feel the church presence is desperately needed.


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Context and content matters to the assessment of reasonable expectations of privacy in criminal law matters.
Recently, in R. v. B. (C.), 2013 CarswellOnt 3851 (SCJ), P. Smith J. considered the constitutionality of a warrantless search and seizure of a camera that was alleged to have been used to surreptitiously film a child in the accused's residence as well as the seizure (but not search) of the accused's computer.
According to the allegations, the complainant (a minor) found a video camera in her bedroom containing naked pictures of herself. The police were called to a relative's house and were showed the pictures on the video camera. While the police were at the relative's house, the accused showed up and identified the camera. The police took the camera.
Following taking the accused into custody, the police were given access to the accused's home by other family members and a computer accessed by family members was seized but not searched.
The police then obtained two warrants to search the camera and the computer.
When the accused challenged the search and seizure of the camera, the court ruled that a video camera is different from a mobile phone. The court concluded that a video camera does not have the capability of storing private voice, text, e-mail communications, detailed personal contact lists, agendas and diaries, that are typically stored on a mobile phone. Accordingly, the accused did not have a heightened expectation of privacy.
But, more importantly, when the contents of the camera were first viewed by the police, the ownership of the camera was not yet known. Moreover, any privacy interest that the accused had was, in the court's view, "relinquished" when the accused "decided to hide it in the bedroom" of the complainant.
Turning to the computer, the court noted that the fact that the entrance to the house was provided by the co-owner and the computer was commonly used by the family, including the accused, made the seizure of the computer "incident to arrest" reasonable in order to preserve potential evidence. The court noted that the computer was only searched after a warrant was obtained.
Some of the reports of this case stress the judge's conclusion that a video camera is not like a cell phone. That certainly is part of the decision. Content matters. However, context matters as well. The video camera here was presented by the accused. The police were provided with the camera by the complainant and looked at it not knowing who the owner was in order to make a determination of whether to proceed. This is far different from searching and seizing a camera that was under the custody or control of the accused.…


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The restaurant Beer Table in Park Slope is a mecca for beer lovers with appetites. They boast 25 specialty changing bottles, 7 rotating drafts, a cask ale and a cellar of vintage and rare beers - not to mention a full menu of thoughtful food.
In a huge bonus to midtown commuters, owner, Justin Philips, opened The Beer Table Pantry in 2011, a retail store in Grand Central stocked with craft bottled beers and a to-go growler bar.
We had the opportunity to talk to Justin about opening and running his beer business.
What was your path to opening Beer Table?
My path wasn't a straight line. I studied art in school and ended up in various jobs, building things and doing sales. Ultimately I landed on wine as something that felt honest and good. I had the good fortune to meet an amazing beer importer and was given the opportunity to dig into beer seriously.
I was most interested in presenting beer at the final point of consumption - retail and restaurant service. My mission was to create a tasting room for beer rather than a pub or heavy-drinking spot.
How did that lead to The Pantry at Grand Central?
The Pantry was actually the first business I wanted to open. I really like retail sales because you have to rely on words and knowledge to communicate well with customers. I wanted to be in a super busy location so I wouldn't feel any pressure to sell mass-market products and could get away with being a very focused boutique. Grand Central is perfect for ideal for that, and a wonderful place to be. I don't care what anyone says about midtown, I think Grand Central is amazing.
What is your overall roll in the operation?
I'm sort of all over the place. I spend my mornings at The Pantry and a few evenings a week at Beer Table. In the store I take care of inventory and hunting down new products, maintaining my draft system, etc. At Beer Table my role is always shifting. I used to cook every evening but I have a talented chef now. I generally spend a lot of time at tables talking with customers.
What have you been most proud of in your venture?
Resilience. As with most small businesses, just surviving and paying the bills is enough to make me feel really good. Beyond that, I'd say the deepening of the business. Customer and supplier relationships have developed and I don't feel like a freshman anymore. I have now made a sophomore attempt and I'm working through that.
Any advice for aspiring culinary entrepreneurs?
Don't do this casually. I believe in the full immersion approach. Stop doing anything else immediately and do the work that you believe in aggressively. Recognize that there is never going to be a finish line and enjoy the process. It's really important to love the day-to-day tasks and not seek quick rewards.
Beer Table is open daily from 5pm - 1am and is located at 427b 7th Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Visit www.beertable.com for more information and events.
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A Response to Peter Hitchens: The Face of Cognitive Fascism
In the recent Google+ debate on 'the war on drugs' a right-wing tabloid writer named Peter Hitchens made some ill-received comments about drug-users, their supposed immorality, and their role in maintaining the 'social problem' of drug-use. Here's a video:
Peter Hitchens makes a few claims, let's discuss.
"Taking drugs is morally wrong"
It is unclear upon what grounds Hitchens makes this claim, but lets explore the potential reasons.
If taking drugs is unethical because they harm the individual user – is drinking alcohol morally wrong? Since many of the currently banned drugs are shown to be safer than alcohol, Hitchens would have to agree that moderate use of LSD, MDMA or Magic Mushrooms is 'more ethical' than abusing alcohol. Moreover, aren't the risks to individuals only heightened by criminalising these substances- and therefore isn't such a policy itself unethical?
Further, if risky behaviours are equivalent to immoral ones: Hitchens would need to explain why activities like mountain climbing or horse-riding are morally OK, without referring to an obvious double-standard. (I'd like to see him try)
Perhaps Hitchens is referring to the global costs of drugs like Cocaine and Heroin: the international conflicts that result from the demand for these drugs are surely responsible for many deaths. But isn't the real cause for these tragedies that the demand exists within a framework of attempted prohibition? One need only look at attempts to prohibit alcohol for clear evidence that the easiest remedy to this problem is to end the war on drugs and to integrate drug-use safely into society.
If Hitchens is concerned with international conflicts- what about all those drugs for which this is not an issue? Cognitive Liberty UK is primarily concerned with psychedelics: a single lab can produce enough LSD for the entire world, magic mushrooms grow in the wild across the globe. Even in rainy old climate of England people could grow their own cannabis, if only they were allowed.
Then there's the possibility that drug-taking is immoral because it is somehow fundamentally selfish or self-centered. Hitchen's seems to allude to this point in the above video – but wait a minute! Surely a great deal of human behaviour is fundamentally selfish, why is Hitchen's so hung up on drug use? Once we take away all our "selfish" behaviour, we're pretty much all sat in monasteries doing very little with the Zen-monks. I wonder if Peter Hitchens ever does anything with his own self-interest at heart? Is Peter Hitchens so selfless and enlightened that he is in a position to 'cast the first stone' against others? At the very least, if he hopes for a nation of selfless individuals, he is surely being a little overly idealistic.
Psychedelics, once again, have been left out of the equation. Those who have used LSD and Magic Mushrooms often report that they are ego-dissolving drugs, which give them a greater sense of interconnectedness to society and the wider world. They are often filled with experiences of love, both earthly and divine. A recent study suggests that psychedelics can cause lasting positive personality claims: other research shows a host of applications in the world of psychotherapy.
In short: many people use psychedelics as a part of their spiritual lives, and many seem to be more loving and more moral because of it. How then is it a purely selfish and immoral activity?
Psychedelics stand apart from so many other drugs which cause addiction and all the associated misery of addiction in fact science shows us that LSD can be used to treat alcoholism.
If taking drugs to improve our conditions is immoral, then does Hitchens also think that the drugs currently used to treat mental health conditions are "evils" also? People take them out of self-interest, and many of them pose risks far greater than some of the psychedelics.
"Taking drugs muddles the brain"
Again with the alcohol! has Hitchens ever had a drink? Was this morally wrong? Alcohol is generally seen as "brain-muddling'.
If Hitchens would only care to look at the evidence he would find that psychedelic drugs have the potential to enhance the brain, to improve the human condition, to inspire creativity and to promote spiritual, religious and moral sentiment.
He complains about drugs sedating the minds of the population: but 1960s/70s America showed that psychedelic drugs fueled the revolutionary political fires of the era. If Hitchens has an argument here, it cannot be applied to LSD.
"If the law is the only thing that deters [one] from taking drugs, it needs to be maintained."
Drug laws are not deterring any one. The only way to win the war is to create a brutal police state, even then people would still take the legal-risks needed to expand their consciousness.
NB. Hitchen's argues that the war on drugs is "a war not fought" – tell that to the hundreds of thousands of people who have had their lives ruined by prison and their careers ruined by the criminal records bureau.
Peter Hitchens, earlier in the debate, argues the following:
What we see here is the age-old debate between free-will and determinism in new clothes. It's age-old, by the way, because there really isn't an easy solution to it – no matter how much Hitchens pretends that there is.
If individual responsibility is the only factor in drug use, and environmental factors have no influence: how can Hitchen's account for the numerous socio-economic correlates to drug use? Surely he can't deny that education is an important factor in influencing behaviour and life-choices? His very profession, as a tabloid-journalist, is an attempt to influence (determine) the actions, beliefs, and attitudes of others.
The fact is, Hitchens is where he is precisely because he is stuck on simplistic, emotive, narratives of blame and judgement: he is a columnist for a right-wing tabloid newspaper. Such reductionist, anger-fueled, judgemental spiel is how he helps his "hate-rag" to sell copies. It's not about rational argument, it's about clinging to his preferred moral ideals and disregarding the actual consequences of their application.
Peter Hitchens fails to see the war on drugs as a civil-liberty issue: the idea of cognitive liberty is wholly lost on him. I put it to you that Peter Hitchens has no concern for the freedoms of the individual: he is a fascist, pure and simple. But the people of Britain and the world are starting to wake up: people are starting to recognise that a small minority of individuals are telling them what they can and cannot do with their own bodies and minds, and they're starting to get pretty angry about it! The chains of anti-psychedelic propaganda are being shaken off by the self-proving power of the psychedelic experience itself.
There's a war going on Peter, and our side is not going to lose.


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SAYONARA: FDIC Objects To Bank Of America's $8.5 Billion Mortgage Fraud Settlement
Back to the capital-raising drawing board for beleaguered Bank of America as Sheila Bair puts the kabash on the previously agreed-upon settlement for Countrywide's fraudulently packaged mortgage bonds.
The final decision, due in November, is up to the courts, but the FDIC's opposition is not good news, and could end up costing BofA more than the expected $8.5 billion, as you will read below, further cementing Ken Lewis' $5 billion purchase of Countrywide, as the worst corporate takeover in U.S. history.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. objected to Bank of America's proposed $8.5 billion mortgage-bond settlement with investors, joining investors and states that are challenging the agreement.
The FDIC, the receiver for failed banks, owns securities covered by the settlement and said it doesn't have enough information to evaluate the accord, according to a filing today in federal court in Manhattan.
Under the agreement, Bank of America would pay $8.5 billion to resolve claims from investors in Countrywide Financial Corp. mortgage bonds. The settlement was negotiated with a group of institutional investors, including BlackRock and PIMCO, and would apply to investors outside that group.
Bank of New York Mellon, the trustee for the mortgage-securitization trusts covered by the agreement, has asked a New York state judge to approve the settlement in November. An investor group is trying to move the case to federal court, which Bank of New York opposes.
Investors that would be bound by the settlement, including American International Group Inc., have criticized the deal and Bank of New York's role representing investors in the mortgage bonds. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden have sought to intervene in the case and asked the court to reject it.
FDIC's Involvement
The FDIC's involvement may make it more difficult for Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America to get approval for the settlement, said Bert Ely, a bank-industry consultant in Alexandria, Virginia.
"You would think as a regulator or as an investor or both that they would be kept apprised of what was going on," he said. "Any time you hold up a deal it becomes more likely it doesn't happen."
If the settlement doesn't get court approval and Bank of America goes back to the negotiating table, it will become more expensive for the bank, Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday" with Tom Keene.
FDIC Objection Letter...
Related reading:
Ken Lewis Defends His Purchase of Countrywide - CNN
Bank of America-Countrywide: Worst Deal in History? - WSJ
Ken Lewis tells Maria Bartiromo why BofA's acquisition of Countrywide is a good deal