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Sung Cho has been our pastor since January 2019.
Sung is no stranger to Maryland, since he grew up in Laurel after emigrating from South Korea when he was 10. Sung's pulpit experience grew from being English Ministry Pastor at Chinese Christian & Missionary Church, Arlington Virginia for 5 years, ending in 2016. Since then, he has been Adjunct Professor teaching The Gospels and Acts at Washington University of Virginia, and is presently Adjunct Professor at The Master's Seminary (Springfield, VA), teaching Greek Exegesis.
Sung has a Bachelor of Science Degree from The University of Maryland, 2 majors: Accounting and Finance. He holds a Master of Theology, Concentration: New Testament, from Capital Bible Seminary and a Doctor of Philosophy, Concentration: New Testament, at Catholic University of America.
Sung's wife, Ye Rae, was raised by missionary parents in Africa and was educated in Europe; she's enthusiastic about her husband's new calling.
Music Minister
Steve Conrad has been on staff on a part-time basis since 1989.
His primary responsibilities are to encourage and support others in the music ministry, direct the ladies ensemble, play the piano and organ, and maintain the pianos (his "other job" is being a piano technician).
Steve grew up attending a denominational church but did not receive Jesus as Savior and Lord until after college (Bachelor of Music, University of Maryland).
The Lord soon began to lead away from secular music and give a desire to please God and learn more about His plan for music (and life in general). This included accompanying and leading church choirs, attending church music seminars and also getting a Biblical Studies Certificate from Capital Bible Seminary.
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Leopards Complete Season Sweep of Lions 41-21 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 41, Minerva 21
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team defeated the host Minerva Lions 41-21 Saturday Afternoon at Minerva High School. With their season sweep of Minerva, Louisville improves to 5-14 overall and 5-8 in NBC play.
Erin Hahn matched the Lions first half point total as she scored all of her game-high 11 points in the first two quarters and finished with a game leading 9 rebounds to lead the Leopards. Kayla Gibson and Sherilynn Mullett also each added 6 a piece to round out Louisville's top scorers.
The Leopards defense dominated the contest as they shutout the Lions from inside the arch (0 for 26). Minerva finished 4 of 43 (9%) from the field with all of their made shots coming via the three-point variety (4 of 17).
Coletta Miller hit a three-pointer on the Lions opening possession. Minerva would not score again until Maddie Foutz hit a three-pointer a full eight minutes later to start the second quarter. That would be the only Lions field goal of the second quarter as they would have to wait until Nelle Yankovich hit a three-pointer with 2:30 left in the third quarter for their next score from the floor. She would finish with a team-high 7 for MHS.
This is the second straight game in which the Lady Leopards have held their opponent to without a field goal for a period longer than 13 minutes. This 13:05 drought was only slightly shorter than the Dukes 13:33 drought Wednesday, which happened during a similar timeframe during the game.
Yankovich would hit another triple at the 1:15 mark of the third quarter to get Minerva to within 33-19. However, the Lions would manage just two fourth quarter free throws during the final 9:15 of the game. As a result, Louisville's defense produced 3 different quarter long shutouts of their opposition from the field.
The success of the Leopards defense was propelled by forcing 16 steals. Mullett led Louisville with 4, while both Maggie Galentine and Gibson tallied 3 each.
With the victory, the Leopards have now won 7 out of their last 8 against the Lions which includes the last 4 at Minerva. Louisville now leads the all-time series 44-20, which includes a 20-11 mark at MHS. The Leopards also finish 39-19 against the Lions in NBC matchups dating back to the league's formation in 1989-90.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the NBC Champion West Branch Warriors on Wednesday, February 7. JV will start at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
Varsity Statistics
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 12-9-12-8–41
Minerva 3-8-8-2–21
Team Stats
Individual Stats
Records: Louisville 5-14, 5-8; Minerva 5-15, 2-11
JV: Louisville 22, Minerva 11, 1 Half
JV Statistics
Team 1-2–TOTAL
Louisville 12-10–22
Minerva 8-3–11
LEOPARDS: Cole 4 2-3 10, Bast 2 0-0 4, Joseph 1 1-1 3, Nyland 1 0-0 3, Mueller 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 9 3-4 22.
3-Pointers (1): Nyland
Team FT: 3-4 75%
LIONS: Wayts 2 0-0 4, Green 1 0-0 2, Slentz 1 0-0 2, Willis 0 2-4 2, Foutz 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 4 3-6 11.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 3-6 50%
Fouls: 6-6
Records: Louisville 16-2, 9-1

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NBC takes two
For the second week in a row, NBC cleaned up in the ratings. The network claimed first place in total viewers (10.5 million) and adults 18-49 (4.1 rating) for the week of June 12-18, according to Nielsen Media Research.
NBA playoffs helped NBC overcome ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and CBS' Survivor for the second straight week. Game 4 (June 14) attracted 19 million viewers; game 5 (June 16), 15.6 million viewers. CBS finished a close second for total viewers, finishing just 60,000 viewers behind NBC with 10.41 million for the week. ABC was second in adults 18-49, averaging a 3.4 rating, and the network dropped to third place in total viewers with 9.8 million.
CBS finished third in adults 18-49, despite another strong showing for its summer reality series. Survivor (June 14) finished third for the week in total viewers (23.3 million) and first in adults 18-49 (9.4 rating).
Once again, ABC's Millionaire led the way in total viewers, finishing the week with three of the top four most-watched shows. Millionaire's Tuesday, June 13, installment averaged 24 million people. FOX finished the week in third place in adults 18-49 (4.1) and fourth place in total viewers (8.7 million). The battle between UPN and The WB tightened, but UPN still remained on top in both total viewers and adults 18-49.


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The Children's Court cases: The boy with the hammer, the girl in the dress
Dublin's Children's Court deals with cases from thefts of sweets to joyriding and assault
The Court Buildings in Smithfield, Dublin, where the Children's Court is located. Photograph: Alan Betson
Children sometimes commit crime, and when they do, those aged between 12 and 18 sometimes end up in one of the country's Children's Courts. When you enter the Children's Court in Smithfield, Dublin, you go up the stairway immediately ahead, at the top of which you find two doorways numbered 55 and 56.
Outside the courtrooms there are pale wooden benches at which people sit and wait until they are called. The walls are light green, and the floors are tiled. Solicitors gather in a small room to the left as you come up the stairs and the registrars and their staff reside in a small open-plan office directly opposite the court rooms.
Young people start turning up here at about 10.30am, some accompanied by parents or grandparents, others accompanied by social workers. The solicitors and barristers are generally black-clad and carrying huge piles of green files. The teenage boys, and it is largely boys, are almost all in tracksuits.
Some swagger, greeting registrar John O'Callaghan like an old friend. Some look worried and frightened. One boy goes up to the door and falteringly reads a sign: "Bottles, drinks or hot drinks allowed in court."
His granny – there are a lot of grandparents here – corrects him. "There's a 'no' on top," she says, and he looks at his energy drink sadly.
Courtroom 55, the regular room, is smaller than you might expect and sits beneath a large skylight above which, today, some builders can be heard working. The judge, John O'Connor, sits at a desk flanked by O'Callaghan's fellow registrar, Helen Butler, and Mary Traynor from the probation service. Above their heads there's a bronze harp with the word Eire beneath it.
Facing them is another desk at which the solicitors sit. The accused sits at a platform at a right angle at one end of this desk, and witnesses sit opposite them. A bible sits at the witness stand with the words "property of court services" written in marker on its fore edge.
Behind this desk there's a long bench along the wall on which the parents, guardians or social workers sit alongside visiting journalists. The main door has a sign on it reading "do not let the door bang after you as you leave the court", although this door swings shut very quickly and repeatedly bangs over the course of the day.
The names of the solicitors and gardaí are called over the intercom. Initials are used for the children to protect their anonymity. This can cause some confusion. Today there is more than one "CC" and every time these initials are announced a short shy man, later revealed to be a parent, wanders in. "A different CC," says the registrar apologetically.
He also warns him that if he was an adult he'd be facing custodial charges
Most of the morning cases are new cases, disclosure hearings, bail applications, remands, pleas of guilty or probation services. Hearings are held in the afternoon but none are scheduled on the days I visit. Some cases are dispensed with very quickly, pushed back to later dates or involving defendants who haven't shown up.
The copper wire robbery
The first case that takes any time involves a boy who looks about 14, but has, in fact, recently turned 17. He is wearing a light grey tracksuit and is accompanied by a young blonde woman in a bright red top. He's up for two matters, says his solicitor, and then he asks if both can be addressed today. The judge agrees.
The first offence dates back to earlier last year, when the defendant and three others broke into a builders' providers business and absconded with €1,000 worth of copper wiring. They were then caught, on camera, throwing it over a fence where it was later found by the business owner. The garda on the witness stand agrees there had been "no loss".
The other offences, dealt with separately a little later in the day, are instances of criminal damage to a door and two CCTV cameras. All date from the same period in 2017. It quickly becomes apparent that a year is a long time in juvenile justice.
In this instance, the solicitor notes that the boy's bad behaviour had more or less ceased since moving in with his sister and away from the chaotic lifestyle he had when under the care of a more troubled mother. The sister, the woman in red, is 26 and has three young children of her own. "You are a remarkable person," says the judge.
He orders a probation bond for 12 months. He tells the boy not to be too pleased with himself. "You have work to do," he says. He also warns him that if he was an adult he'd be facing custodial charges.
"Well done," he says again to the boy's sister as they leave. He continues to praise her warmly when they have left the room.
The boy with the hammer
The next boy is 15, accompanied by his grandmother and is charged with "the production of a claw hammer in a public place". It's his first offence and he didn't, to be clear, use the claw hammer on anyone or anything. The lawyer makes a disclosure order, which means the prosecution must furnish him with all the details of their evidence before anything proceeds.
The solicitor and the boy and his mother retreat temporarily to discuss bail conditions with the garda. When they return they've agreed that the boy should keep a curfew from 10.30pm to 6am and should steer clear of two older individuals whose names are read out. "Both are well known to me in this court," says the judge.
The boy signs the bail bond and smiles. The judge catches this and explains sternly the consequences of breaking the agreement.
The distraught girl
Only two girls are seen today. The first is a 16-year-old Romanian girl in a long colourful dress. She comes in with her lawyer and both her parents, which is unusual in this court. She is charged with aggressive begging – she and a relative were arrested together – and a future court date is agreed.
The girl looks confused. "I'm sorry for disturbing you," she asks the judge softly. "But is that a hearing?" The judge confirms that it is.
the girl looks down at her hands and it slowly it dawns on everyone that she is sobbing
The second comes in on foot of a bench warrant – an arrest order for someone who has failed to appear in court. Most of the children and their solicitors enter by the main court door. But those already in custody enter with gardaí from another door at the opposite end of the room. Out in the lobby earlier I heard one solicitor warning a client, "Do you want to leave by the 'other door'?"
Now a girl comes in the 'other door' accompanied by a garda. She is wearing running leggings and a baggy tracksuit top. Her hair is tied back but strands falls over her face. She looks very tired and she stumbles slightly as she sits down.
She should have been in court yesterday and was arrested subsequently on O'Connell Bridge. She is technically in care. She has a child, also in care, but not living with her.
She is charged with two counts of assault on care-workers at the residential unit in which she formerly lived and she is currently living in emergency accommodation that everyone thinks is unsuitable for her.
Her social worker tells the judge she is planning to arrange a meeting between the girl and her father and other family members in the county where she is from. As they thrash through the details of this, the girl looks down at her hands and it slowly it dawns on everyone that she is sobbing. "I don't want to go back to him," she says. "I don't want to live with him."
The judge asks whether they need him to step out for a moment, so they can confer. He retreats to his chambers and everyone rises when he does so. The girl is distraught. She says her family don't care about her and at one point she pulls her tracksuit top over her shoulder to show a bad wound she has there.
"We need to get you out of Dublin," says the social worker. "It's too dangerous. We can look at mother and baby homes again . . . You're only little yourself; you need support."
The social worker gets the girl to agree to a meeting with the social worker, if not with her family. "We're going to fix this," she says but the girl looks like she doesn't believe anything will ever be fixed.
The judge comes back and adjourns the case in order to facilitate this. "I didn't mean to not turn up yesterday," the girl tells the judge. "But they didn't wake me up and I was after hurting myself."
The boy on curfew
More initials are called, and a worried looking boy comes in from the custody door. He is also in the care system and also lives in emergency homeless accommodation. He is here on foot of two bench warrants.
I don't understand why I'm put on curfew
Initially there is some confusion because the garda has turned up with photocopies of the warrants rather than the originals. They're dismissed temporarily so the garda can clarify some details and they return a little later.
The boy's offences are minor, but he hasn't been obeying previous curfew conditions and has only been at the hostel on two out of the last 28 days. "I was staying with my girlfriend," he says. "But her mother won't let me now."
There is some danger the boy is going to be kicked out of the emergency hostel. "They said I was kicking in the door, but I wasn't," he says, "I gave it two little taps." He adds that if they get the CCTV footage he'll prove it.
The social worker says they're very worried about the boy and that attempts have been made to find a permanent place for him.
"I'd rather stay there than be out on the streets or the boardwalk," says the boy. He says he just wants a house and a place on a Fás course. "I don't understand why I'm put on curfew," he says at one point in an aside.
It's been previously agreed he will participate in a family welfare conference, in which he and members of his family engage with the child and family agency over welfare concerns. He is granted bail, and the case is delayed until after that meeting. "Thank you judge," says the boy as he leaves. He leaves by the main door.
The erratic driver
The next case involves a relatively smartly dressed Romanian teenager. An interpreter was organised and is sitting outside, but it turns out both the boy and his father have perfectly good English. A garda is sworn in and begins describing how on a date midway through last year he spotted the defendant driving a hatchback erratically and he put on his lights to signal for him to pull over.
You could end up going to prison
The boy took off at 100km per hour, weaving in and out on the wrong side of the road, eventually reaching about 140k/ph, before hitting the kerb and flipping the car over. The boy then took flight on foot and was arrested a short time later.
The judge wants the boy to know he is taking this very seriously. "You could be dealing with a loss of life," says the judge.
The boy is soon to turn 18 and has no previous convictions, but another charge is also due to be heard elsewhere, and the judge asks for a detailed probation report and names a future date for this. "You could end up going to prison," warns the judge. "You need to get a very good probation report."
The sweet stealer
There are several instances over the course of the morning where a case cannot be heard because a child hasn't turned up or they haven't brought a suitable adult family member or guardian with them. One young man is here to face a drug charge, but his mother, a hotel worker, has been unable to get time off work. The judge is sympathetic, naming a later date.
In another instance, a girl has furnished her solicitor with two different excuses for why she isn't present. The judge issues a bench warrant. "She is well used to this court," he says.
In a third case, the defendant's mother is away on holiday and maintains that her son is uncontactable because he has no phone. "This is the only place in Ireland where teenagers do not have mobile phones," says the judge. The judge agrees to the adjournment because the charge was "at the very low end of the scale". At the end of the day a sleepy looking boy sticks his baseball-hatted head into the courtroom apologising profusely. "I slept out," he says.
"Take your hat off in the court," says John O'Callaghan. He takes it off. The judge sternly tells him to go talk to his solicitor and he does. When he is gone, the judge smiles. "He's not the worst," he says.
The boy is charged with stealing €4.99 worth of sweets.
The probation bond
A week later, outside courtroom 55 a solicitor huddles with a boy and his mother, trying to convince him that signing up to a drug rehabilitation group would help his case. "I don't need it," the boy keeps saying, his voice slurred. Later, I observe them in court, and the mother seems remarkably clued in about the supports and services her son needs.
A confident young man in jeans walks by on the phone. "I should be out of here in 30 minutes," he says loudly, and I note later that he is.
I sit observing the green courtroom doorways, which have graffiti scratched into them revealing red paint beneath. On one doorway, someone is outted as "a rat". The word "f**k" is also clear, as are a number of nicknames: "Anto", "Slim" and "Dano". A few have carved their full names, which doesn't seem wise.
The court begins shortly after 10.30am. One of the first defendants, a tall red-haired young man, is a new father. "I hope she hasn't your looks," chuckles John O'Callaghan and the boy laughs.
"She's the image of him," says the boy's mother.
He's due to be 18 in August, and he's here on a number of driving-related charges including driving without insurance and a licence. He has previous charges related to criminal damage and public order. The judge asks about his ADHD. "He still takes medication," says his mother.
The judge gets him to sign a probation bond – this commits him to engaging with the probation services for 12 months – and then he disqualifies him from driving for two years. The boy is due to turn 18 soon, at which point, the judge notes, "there'll be none of these friendly chats".
A 'horrific' assault
The next defendant hasn't turned up, but this is unsurprising. He has absconded from Oberstown detention centre. "We're in the hands of the court," says his solicitor. There has been some contact with him by mobile phone. "They have a fair idea where he is," says the judge.
The boy was part of a gang who stabbed a man repeatedly
There are also two other boys from Oberstown today. The solicitor for the first young man has a psychological report for the judge to read. The judge does so with his hand to his chin and a pen in his hand. It takes more than 10 minutes and the rest of us sit in silence, staring at the scuffed parquet flooring.
The 17-year-old has 22 previous convictions. These include arson, false imprisonment, criminal damage and some very serious assaults which have already led to a three-year sentence. He's currently looking at an additional 12-month sentence for more minor charges involving theft and criminal damage. What is under discussion today is whether it makes sense to add this time to his existing sentence or to have it run concurrently.
One of his assault charges is, as the judge says, "horrific". The boy was part of a gang who stabbed a man repeatedly and left him in the canal. The man survived and in the boy's favour is the fact that he returned and helped the man from the water when his friends didn't. This, at least, the judge says, "showed some insight".
The judge outlines the boy's life with a troubled mother, an abusive half-sibling, a period in care, his own addictions and a stretch spent on the streets. "I've seen you from the age of 14 coming here," he says. "It isn't easy for you. You know what you've done is pretty bad. But you can change. Only you can change . . . You have to make a choice."
He decides the additional sentence will run concurrently with his three-year sentence. The solicitor explains what this means, and the boy looks surprised. "I don't think the public are served by increasing the sentence," says the judge.
'I'll smash his face in'
The next defendant is a skinny, scowling 17-year-old who has been spotted by gardaí several times in a stolen car. Gardaí are strongly objecting to bail because he has missed court on three occasions in the past. The boy and the assembled gardaí – there are four of them in the court for this – do not have a friendly relationship.
The guard walks over to the boy to read out the separate occasions he was spotted. "When did you see me in the car?"
"On that date," says the guard, pointing to the paper he just read from.
"You didn't," says the boy.
The boy has also been breaking previously agreed curfew arrangements and as the gardaí begin explaining these transgressions he interrupts with angry explanations.
"Shhh," say his mother and his solicitor repeatedly.
"I won't shut up," he says, and points at the guard. "I'll smash [his] face in, the muppet."
The judge decides the boy needs to talk to his solicitor and he goes to his chambers. Everyone stands. The boy fronts up to the gardaí, one of whom keeps him at bay with an authoritative index finger. "Don't you tell me what to do," the boy shouts before he is ushered out the door.
A little while later they all return and he leans back in his chair fiddling with the zip on his jacket. "Push your seat in," says an exasperated garda.
"Just putting my jacket on, relax for f**k's sake," says the boy. The judge names a date a week hence for a disclosure from the prosecution. "We're lucky he didn't throw a chair," says the judge when he leaves. This happens on occasion, I'm told.
The boy is impatient
Another 17-year-old is charged with possession of a small amount of cannabis found during a search and an instance of public intoxication. He has a few convictions from several years before, including assaulting a police officer and theft.
"I'm sick of f**king talking," says the boy
The judge recognises the new charges are not on this level. He decides to get the boy to undergo the family conference process in lieu of a conviction (this is a six-month process in which the child engages with the consequences of his crimes that might involve course-attendance, letters of apology, volunteering in the community and engagement with victims). "If he successfully completes it, I'll strike both matters out."
Finally, the other boy from Oberstown comes in. His case has been delayed until an adult guardian is present and his girlfriend's mother has arrived to support him.
The boy is impatient. He's been here all morning and wants to go back to Oberstown. He's here to answer for some minor wallet and phone thefts, but he is already serving a long sentence for some very serious assaults.
He and some other boys stabbed someone by the nearby Luas tracks and they also badly beat someone. Then over a year ago, he and a friend stole a busker's amplifier. When the man chased them, they stabbed him in the face and he lost an eye.
The judge has yet to decide whether to add the new 10-month sentence to his existing sentence or allow those months to run concurrently.
The judge discusses whether he can suspend the sentence and the solicitor, to the judge's surprise, argues against this on a point of law that I don't entirely understand. The boy's girlfriend's mother is sworn in. Her hands shake as she talks about how much work the young man has done to overcome his issues with anger and with drugs. The lawyer talks about how engaged and well behaved the young man has been in Oberstown.
The judge thinks the solicitor needs to talk more to his client before they proceed. The boy gets annoyed. "Just give it to me or not."
"Shhhh," says his solicitor.
"I'm sick of f**king talking," says the boy.
"Don't curse," says his girlfriend's mother.
"I'm almost 18 I can make my own f**king decision. Make it three years and 10 months, I don't care."
"I make the decisions around here, in case anyone has forgotten," says the judge eventually, and the boy smiles. The judge says he wants him back in the morning in good humour after a proper discussion with his solicitor. "I was in a good humour, but I'm sick of sitting here," says the boy.
An alibi warning
For the most part, the Children's Court is a relatively friendly, collaborative place with custodial sentences given as a last resort.
Today, there is also a case involving a stolen credit card that is deemed serious enough to be referred to the Circuit Court. The young man has just turned 18. He is presented with the book of evidence and given an "alibi warning" (which basically means that if he does have an alibi he must inform the prosecutor). There's some toing and froing and at one point the young man whispers something to his lawyer.
"Do you understand what's going on?" asks the judge.
"Oh yeah," he says. "It's not my first time."
"But the last," says his solicitor quickly.
The judge asks the boy about his son. "He's one next month," says the young man proudly.
"Thanks Mr O'Connor," he says as he leaves the court for the last time.
"Thanks John," he adds to O'Callaghan.
"He called you 'Mr O'Connor'," says O'Callaghan, of this breach of etiquette.
"I've been called worse," says the judge.


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Bourses 2013 de la Fondation d'architecture de paysage du Canada
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La Fondation d'architecture de paysage du Canada (FAPC) lance son programme de bourses 2013, d'un montant compris entre $2,000 (pour les étudiants) et $10,000 (pour les praticiens). Les soumissions doivent être reçues au plus tard le 30 novembre 2012. L'architecture de paysage s'efforce de trouver le juste milieu entre d'une part, les façons dont les gens utilisent la terre et en profitent et, d'autre part, la conservation et le mieux-être de l'environnement.
Could Calgary's bow break architectural stigma?
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Architecture in Canada has come under fire in recent weeks for having more style than substance at best and being 'mostly banal' at worst. Such criticism has put a negative focus on the built environments in major cities across the country, prompting many architects to reconsider the current urban aesthetic. The Bow Skyscraper, located in Calgary, could change the negativity surrounding Canadian architecture. Standing as the city's tallest building, the $1.4 billion dollar, 58-storey structure has earned acclaim for its elegant aesthetic, with its architectural integrity not lost on either industry members or the public. "It happens to be a beautiful piece of architecture, one of the most beautiful I've ever seen," says architecture and urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume. "Not only is this city's newest office tower, the Bow Building, the tallest in town; it's also the most accomplished."
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Local architects power Winnipeg's reinvigorated design
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Like the meeting of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, there's a compelling confluence of urban activists standing next to each other on the sidewalk of Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg. To my right is a group of First Nations flood evacuees protesting (politely) against cuts to their daily living allowance. To my left, below the gleaming, mirror-polished aluminum balconies of the Avenue on Portage mixed-use development, two of the city's — and Canada's — most adventurous young architects, Sasa Radulovic and Johanna Hurme, have gathered to guide a visiting architecture critic through nothing less than a triumph of transformative design.
Canada digs deep at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale
While Canadian architecture has had its moments on the world stage–think Moshe Safdie or Arthur Erickson–the prevalent feeling among a generation of up and coming architects these days is that we're stuck in a backwater when it comes to innovative building design. "It feels a little bland or a little polite," says Johanna Hurme, a founding partner of the Winnipeg-based firm 5468796 Architecture, "We are constantly trying to define what Canadian architecture is." Hurme is part of a team of three curators who organized the Canadian Pavilion's exhibition this year at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale; they call themselves the Migrating Landscapes Organizer (MLO) and are hoping the exhibit, whose theme is 'Im/migration,' will reinvigorate the Canadian design scene by exploring the architectural potential of the immigrant experience.
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Canadian government encourages employment for international architects
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No more 'soulless' glass facades in timber architecture boom
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Canadian cities, and in fact most major cities around the world, have been criticized of late for lacking soul. The modern, glass-clad aesthetic of many a modern structure, skyscraper or otherwise, has come under fire recently by more than one major architect, with Frank Gehry and Lawrence Nield leading the charge against 'zombie buildings' which lack cohesion, soul or substance. Now, timber architecture is stepping in to fill that void. While timber has always played a role in industry developments new timber engineering has led to designs for timber skyscrapers in all corners of the globe. Plans for Michael Green's Tall Wood Tower in Vancouver have earned an extended stay in the public consciousness due to the growing interest in timber design.
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Au Canada aussi le nouveau musée d'histoire fait débat
Le Journal des Arts
C'est un étonnant musée que celui des civilisations. Son architecture unique ondulée s'étalant sur 100,000 mètres carrés le long de la rivière Outaouais à Gatineau, en face de la capitale Ottawa, en a fait un des symboles reconnus et appréciés des canadiens. Créé en 1856 par la Commission Géologique du Canada, il est d'abord situé à Montréal. Le musée de géologie élargie alors petit à petit ses collections à l'anthropologie, la faune et la flore, le folklore, etc., pour devenir en 1983 le Musée national de l'Homme, et trois ans plus tard, le Musée canadien des civilisations. Aujourd'hui, il est géré par la Société (d'État) du Musée canadien des civilisations (qui comprend le MCC, le Musée canadien de la guerre et le Musée virtuel de la Nouvelle-France).
A Montréal, des lofts industriels rendent hommage au passé
La reconversion de site industriel est toujours un défi pour les agences d'architecture. A Montréal, IBI-CHBA architectes se lance dans la transformation de l'édifice historique Nordelec, ancienne manufacture industrielle qui a accueilli, entre autres, des activités de filature de soie et de gestion de l'électricité. Et tout le pari est là: comment faire pour allier passé et présent, traces d'origine et modernité. Au total, ce sont 1,000 logements qui devraient émerger sur quatre ailes construites en 4 phases, dont une partie concerne la reconversion des trois derniers étages des ailes existantes et l'autre partie consiste en la construction de nouvelles ailes dans le prolongement des anciennes.
Waterloo museum hits LEED Silver
Daily Commercial News
The Waterloo Region Museum has received a Canada Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Standard designation for environment design in the museum building. "Throughout the design and construction of the Waterloo Region Museum, a number of environmental features were incorporated into the building that maximize environmental benefits," said Tom Reitz, Waterloo Region Museum General Manager and Curator. Key LEED features of the building include energy savings of 34 per cent compared to similar buildings using approved calculations; water efficiency through innovative technologies such as rainwater harvesting and low-flow plumbing fixtures and water efficient landscaping.
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Exclamation point stands sentinel over Longueuil
The Montreal Gazette
Much effort is expended by architects to align their new design on a campus where the buildings already have a style and motif. But what happens when the building, or even the university, can be built without reference? Canada offers a famous example of just this, Université de Montréal architecture professor Anne Cormier pointed out. "In the modernist era," she said, "we were given the great modern architecture of Arthur Erickson at Simon Fraser University, for example." Indeed, some say Erickson's controversial 1960s buildings on a mountaintop in Burnaby, B.C., were so futuristic that they're still not in the present.
Renzo Piano: Mes musées sont des portraits
Le Figaro
Renzo Piano a inauguré fin septembre, à Oslo, l'Astrup Fearnley Museet qui abrite les œuvres chocs de Hans Rasmus Astrup, le plus grand collectionneur scandinave. Retour sur la carrière prolifique d'un architecte où l'art dessine un fil rouge. Star paisible à 75 ans, Renzo Piano partage son temps entre ses trois agences de Paris, New York et Gênes. "Mon ami islandais, Gunnar B. Kvaran, m'a demandé à brûle-pourpoint combien de musées j'avais imaginés. Nous dînions pour fêter l'inauguration de l'Astrup Fearnley Museet à Oslo qu'il dirige et que j'ai dessiné dans cette lumière spéciale qui règne sur le port. On s'est amusé à compter sur un bout de nappe en papier."
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Perry Oosting, who started his life as a gold and silversmith, is now the CEO of famed Swedish camera manufacturer, Hasselblad. It is hard to overstate the significance of Hasselblad in the world of imaging. Most famously, the iconic camera was used during the Apollo program missions when humans first landed on the Moon. I myself learned studio photography and black and white printing, while using a Hasselblad 500CM. The first time I looked down through the viewfinder with this cult camera held at hip level, was like catching a glimpse of a strange, beautifully inverted version of reality.
I met Perry a number of years ago, when he was the CEO of luxury phone manufacturer, Vertu - and given his twenty year background with brands like Prada, Bulgari and Gucci, I was interested why he has decided to ban the word luxury at Hasselblad and what the future of the company might hold, given their recent strategic investment by Chinese drone manufacturer, DJI.


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I love the way the writer stresses the Hull connection - local journalism at its irritating best. But there's more to enjoy in this short piece.
"A BAR IN GERMANYIt's clear from this quote "the lads feel they have had a drink of beer, out of a glass, in a pub" that the ability to drop by a pub was very important for British soldiers. I guess it brought a sense of normalcy to a pretty odd situation. After six years of fighting against Germany, there they were suddenly occupying it.
Hull Guardsman Says "Time Please"
(By a Military Observer)
It is three minutes to nine in the bar of the "Deutsches Haus Hotel" in Verden, German town on the banks of the River Weser. And though it seems a disgustingly early hour at which to close a bar, the old familiar call of "Time, gentlemen, please" awakens the customers to the necessity of getting in another "quick one " before they are hustled out.
The bar may be German one — as also is the beer - but the customers are British soldiers of the Guards Armoured Division, who are occupying the surrounding area, and the man with the stentorian voice who warns them it "Time"" is Gdsmn. Griffin, whose wife lives at 13, Grant-ter., Scarborough-st., Hull.
The bar is just one department of a divisional canteen, and is under the care of former Berwick-on-Tweed farmer, Sgt. Allastair Forsyth, who is assisted by Gdsn. Griffin and a member of a well-known Normanton family of butchers, Gdsn. Fred Hampson (whose father's trade name is Hammond).
In the case of more adamant customers, loth to leave, Gdsn. Griffin throws etiquette to the winds, says a little more sternly "Drink up and get out." Sgt. Forsyth assists in the ceremony by giving a nearby oxygen cylinder a couple of resounding thwacks with a large spanner, and the stragglers take the hint.
The beer is generally acclaimed as being "not bad." On the other hand it is never referred to as "good." It is light lager, supplied from Bremen, with a four per cent, alcoholic content. "Our only regret," the staff assured me, "is that it isn't English beer. We hear that English beer is to be brewed in Hamburg, and we hope to get our hands on some of that shortly."
At the moment this German beer is served through German pumps in German half-pint glasses, and is paid for in German money (half a mark or threepence per half-pint). Not quite like the days we knew in the old Fox and Hounds or the Rose and Crown perhaps, but, even though no one has yet to be carried home, the lads feel they have had a drink of beer, out of a glass, in a pub — and that's a step in the right direction.
Altogether, the bar is run smoothly and capably. Gdsmn. Griffin adds nostalgic touch by addressing all his customers as "Sir." "Half a pint, sir. That'll be half a mark. sir. Thank you. sir." His speed of service in the crowded bar is becoming quite professional.
Throughout the campaign he has fought with an armoured battalion of Welsh Guards."
Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 04 July 1945, page 4.
They were pretty lucky to get German beer in 1945. In many parts of the country they weren't brewing at all. Though, now I think about it, the occupying forces probably had first dibs on whatever was being brewed.
4% ABV is also a pretty decent strength. You'd have been lucky to find Bitter as strong as that.
London draught Bitters in 1945 Brewer Price size Acidity FG OG colour ABV App. Atten-uation Barclay Perkins 14d pint 0.04 1009.3 1038 32.5 3.72 75.53% Charrington 1/2d pint 0.07 1009.4 1037 18.5 3.58 74.59% Courage 1/4d pint 0.08 1010.4 1043.7 22 4.33 76.20% Mann Crossman 1/4d pint 0.11 1010.1 1042.5 27 4.21 76.24% Meux 1/2d pint 0.11 1007.4 1032.1 21 3.20 76.95% Taylor Walker 14d pint 0.11 1011.2 1037 29 3.34 69.73% Truman 15d pint 0.08 1005.9 1041.6 24 4.65 85.82% Watney 1/2d pint 0.08 1006.6 1038.3 27 4.12 82.77% Whitbread 1/2d pint 0.07 1009.2 1032.8 27.5 3.06 71.95% Source: Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002
Er, maybe I'll take that back. One thing's certain - you wouldn't have got a pint for 6d in Britain. The cheapest beer in the table is more than double the price.
Back to those German breweries. I wonder which of the Bremen breweries was making their beer? Haake-Beck perhaps? The irony is, of course, that a century earlier they'd brewed IPA and Porter in Bremen.
What type of beer was the English beer they brewed in Hamburg? Bitter? Mild? Most likely one of those two.


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128 players started the World Cup and at the end there was a sole winner. The knock out format is cruesome, but in my opinion most democratic system used to determine the winner. Even current World Champion Magnus Carlsen took part of this competition. Why this system is not used in other competitions remains mystery. It is common in tennis, but chess sponsors prefer to invite certain players according to their standings on rating list. In this way they make sure that the tournament is listed as supertournament. The elite players are accustomed to this privileges and for others it is nearly impossible to get into inner cycle. In Tbilisi the outsiders had their chance for revenge. World Champion was eliminated on the third stage and also other rating favorites were leaving early. In this article I like to share my thoughts not about the chess games, but about the famous incident which occured in Tbilisi.
The chess news from Tbilisi got heated up with the dress code scandal. This was very interesting case not only in sense of the chess politics or the actual interpretantion of the dress code. Who was right or wrong about the dress code itself may be the area of discussion for the law people. However it was wellcome material for chess psychology. Here I like to represent my views of this case. I do not know personally Anton Kovalyov and I am not making any personal conclusions.
Kovalyov had prior to the incident very good tournament. He beat Anand which was kind of shock to the Indian chess community and in his match against Maxim Rodshtein he definately was not underdog any more, at least there was no any reason for him to throw the match away, what he actually did.
People play a lot of different kind of games. Why they play the games and why they play chess? They play to win or in different interpretation they want to make their opponents to lose. This is the essence of game theory and it is widely used in modelling the best move scenario. In chess good sportsmanship teaches us that you should win, but our aim is not to make our opponents sore losers. In chess we want to create something and without our opponent we cannot create anything. Some cooperation is a must. This is why in good old times it was common to allow your opponent to play out the beautiful combination till checkmate. In chess we see the winning losing as some digits on the tournament scoreboard. However winning and losing in most cases are not possible just to measure with numbers. The winning situation might occur for the losing player in situation when his opponent likes to play out the winning combination, but he can stop it just resigning the game and not giving his opponent the opportunity to play it out. In this case it is also winning losing situation. If we graciously allow to our opponent to play out the combination then we have other situation. It is called the cooperation.
In Tbilisi incident we did not see any compromise or cooperation. All players were eager to make their opponents to lose. I have the right to assume that all players in Tbilisi were adult intelligent grown up people and there were not any conspiracy involved.
The arguments presented by the players in this conflict are not serious or valid at all. The details are not important when there is a war. One cannot seriously take the argument about some missing attire. Chess tournament scenery is not a nightclub or some other hang out place where the puncher may decide who is fitting into it and who is not. The chess player needs to be aware of his position on chess board and definitely tries to be aware of the parings and is aware of other regulations. We cannot assume otherwise. Chess players who are not capable of following it usually do not qualify to World Cup. In our incident no doctor was called for. Nobody was in state of insanity. Still something happened.
Seemingly from nowhere people started the game to make others to lose. From famous classical examples from game theory we know that if you play the game out with wrong intentions everybody loses. This is what exactly happened in Tbilisi. What was the correct solution?
Player one Anton Kovalyov lost, but he could lost anyway. He tried to make himself a winner not risking to lose the fair game against to Rodshtein. The arbiter definitely lost. Tournament organizer Zurab Azmaiparashvili also lost. He probably did not realize in time when arguing with Kovalyov, that the latter wants make him to lose. In other hand, if even Azmaiparashvili was asking Kovalyov to play the match in his terms, Kovalyov could still refuse pointing for some non relevant reason and make Azmaiparashvili to lose anyway. Azmaiparashvili could not see the danger. Instead of changing his outfit and play the game in which situation Azmaiparashvili could win, Kovalyov preferred to win himself. He just left the tournament making everybody to lose and finally making himself a loser as well. Mathematically still he could lost the match against Rodshtein in 50% of the time which if we consider the mathematical aspect of game theory he probably made the correct decision.
My analyzes are not considering other so called emotional background of decisions made by players in this incident. As I already mentioned the human arguments and emotions are not relevant here. I am sure that person who masters the mathematical part of the game theory can show with figures what was the correct decision. In my opinion Kovalyov made the correct decision according to game theory, which requires the best decision in every game situation. He made others to lose, but if we consider the cooperation situation where everybody wins then his decision was bad for chess in general and especially for the Tbilisi tournament.
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Nasal Packing Following Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Resection
There is considerable controversy about the use of nasal packing following endoscopic
endonasal resection of pituitary tumours as a necessary treatment amongst Rhinology-Skull Base
Surgeons. The justification for the routine use of nasal packing following pituitary surgery
is not clear as this practice is not used for equally extensive sinus surgery. Further
scientific evidence supporting this practice is lacking, and a recent survey of Canadian
surgeons performing this surgery demonstrates clear division in practice for the routine use
of nasal packing. Nasal packing causes patients significant discomfort requiring medication,
and the use of packing adds direct and unintended hospitalization and health system costs for
every case for which it is used. The benefits, short-comings, and associated costs of nasal
packing following endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary resection have not been
OBJECTIVE: To determine if nasal packing following endoscopic endonasal pituitary tumour
surgery is a necessary treatment. The principal research questions for this study, our
internal pilot of the RCT, pertain to feasibility of enrolment of patients undergoing
endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary tumour surgery using the full RCT protocol of
nasal packing versus no nasal packing. The pilot will address feasibility of site-specific
enrolment and feasibility of institutional ethics approval and protocol administration.
Primary Outcome:
BACKGROUND AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Over the past decade,
the surgical method for removing pituitary tumours has shifted from a microscopic
resection technique performed exclusively by a neurosurgeon, to an endoscopic
resection done as a team with an otolaryngologist and neurosurgeon. This field
continues to evolve given this recent shift in treatment technique.
Nasal packing has historically been a post-operative intervention of treating
the nose employed by otolaryngologists for any nasal surgery they performed.
However, with the advent of endoscopic sinus surgery and changes in surgical
technique, the use of nasal packing has become less common. A systematic review
by Quinn et. Al (2013) showed that nasal packing caused more patient discomfort
than any other post-septoplasty maneuver and did not prevent complications of
septoplasty, but could contribute to adverse events following septoplasty. In
North America, nasal packing is no longer commonly used after septoplasty.
However, following the endoscopic resection of pituitary tumours, the practice
of nasal packing is still widely employed. The reasoning for placement of nasal
packing following surgery is not clear, just as it was not for its use
following septoplasty. A thorough search of the literature did not identify any
publications providing justification for the use of nasal packing. Published
recommendations to reduce incidence of post-operative nasal complications after
transsphenoidal pituitary tumour resection include use of specific nasal
medications (intranasal corticosteroids) and regular nasal saline irrigation
(in patients without cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea) to clear nasal mucosal
hyperemia edema and secretions, as well as to prevent nasal synechiae and
scarring, to maintain the sinus cavity drainage, and accelerate the recovery of
the physiological function of the paranasal sinus. However, an evidence based recommendation
in support or against routine nasal packing has not been made. A review from
neurosurgical literature on perioperative management post transsphenoidal
pituitary resection reports the majority of patients do not require insertion
of nasal packing at the time of surgery, some patients (intraoperative Cerebral
spinal fluid (CSF) leaks requiring sellar floor reconstruction, Cushing's
Disease, and acromegaly) may benefit from their insertion, and if used packing
is typically removed postoperative day 1.
In January 2018 an informal email survey of Canadian Otolaryngologists who
routinely perform endoscopic pituitary surgery with a neurosurgeon (total of 7
respondents out of 11 surgeons, 64% response rate) demonstrated that 5 of 7 use
nasal packing following the procedure; 2 of 7 do not. Packing is usually left
in place for 48 hours when used. A screening of institution websites (February
12, 2018) in North America where this surgery is routinely performed found a
balanced number of institutions that list the use or non-use of nasal packing
following endoscopic pituitary tumour resection (13 institutional websites
screened, 8 institutions routinely use nasal packing, 5 do not). There is
clinical equipoise related to the use of nasal packing. An objective study
assessing the utility of nasal packing following endoscopic endonasal pituitary
surgery has not yet been completed.
This study seeks to answer the question, "Is routine nasal packing
following endoscopic pituitary tumour surgery a necessary treatment?". The
results of this trial have the potential to standardize practice patterns in
Canada and internationally, and will inform evidence based practice while
directly impacting the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing
pituitary tumour resection.
HYPOTHESIS Nasal packing following routine endoscopic pituitary tumour surgery
is an unnecessary intervention that may cause patients unjustified
post-operative discomfort, negatively affect their quality of life, and
unnecessarily increase associated cost of care.
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Paris, March 30, 2017 - Otherwise, a new player and pioneer in peer-to-peer insurance in France, has closed a seed round of €1.6 million with 360 Capital Partners, Bpifrance and private investors.
Otherwise is bringing insurance into a new era
Otherwise, France's first peer-to-peer insurance platform, reinvents insurance and launches the first P2P health insurance product – digital, fair and community-driven.
Founded by Cécile Mérine, Raphael Berger et Aymeric Augustin, the Insurtech startup offers a 100%-online client experience and provides transparent, tailored and empowered insurance. The ambitious model is based on organizing members into small affinity groups, encouraging risk prevention, and incentivizing responsible behaviors with a collaborative bonus. These innovations allow Otherwise to offer the only insurance that gives customers their money's worth - covering members in case of claims, but also reimbursing them when all goes well. With this new model, Otherwise is challenging traditional insurers and has positioned itself as the French Insurtech to watch.
A funding round to bring people, insurance and technology together
With this funding round, the startup secures the support of 360 Capital Partners, private investors, and Bpifrance as part of the Investing for the Future program (Concours d'Innovation Numérique). The company will use the €1.6M to further develop its technology platform, and machine learning algorithms, to provide the best possible user experience, and to solidify its position in the French market.
François Collet, Partner at 360 Capital Partners, says "Otherwise is led by a brilliant team, who is revolutionizing the insurance market. The successful launch of their health insurance product, in a highly sought-after market segment, will be quickly followed by other products with broad appeal."
Amongst Otherwise's private investors group, François Leneveu, Co-founder and President of Altaprofits, the inventor of online life insurance, adds "The insurance market remains very traditional. Otherwise has numerous competitive advantages to take on, and to create, the real and lasting change needed in the sector."
Raphael Berger, Co-founder and President of Otherwise concludes, "This funding round and the expertise of our new investors will allow us to accelerate the release of our products and to help us maintain our market lead. It is a show of confidence in our ambitious project, and reinforces our desire and determination to provide a fundamentally improved insurance experience."


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Caen's 2014/15 Ligue 1 campaign was a picture of mediocrity.
SMC finished 13th, avoiding relegation by nine points having been promoted to the top flight the previous campaign.
All very unremarkable in Normandy, until you dig beneath the surface.
Little did anyone know at the time, but Caen's squad possessed the world's best defensive midfielder, a €60million France international and the man currently outscoring Neymar.
The story of N'Golo Kante, the finest marksman in the art of destroying midfields, is well told.
Kante joined Caen from Boulougne, spending two seasons at the club before sprinting and harrying his way to Premier League titles with Leicester and Chelsea. Nothing new there.
His work at Caen allowed Thomas Lemar to flourish in a more attacking role. Lemar, who scored one league goal that season, can now be found at Atletico Madrid following a title-winning spell at Monaco.
The third part of the trio is the least heralded. But that's always been the way for Emiliano Sala, Ligue 1's current joint-top goalscorer.
Sala, who now turns out for Nantes, has scored 12 goals, a total only Kylian Mbappe can match. Neymar, Edinson Cavani, Nabil Fekir, Falcao and Memphis Depay are all trailing to the lanky Argentinian.
At 28, there's more than a touch of the Luca Tonis about Sala's journey from an everyman net-rustler to a potential golden boot winner.
Sala was born in Santa Fe, the Argentine province famous for birthing Lionel Messi, Mauricio Pochettino and the man who warms the gloves of the man who warms Hugo Lloris' gloves, Paulo Gazzaniga.
From Argentina Sala travelled to Bordeaux, making his first-team debut during the 2011/12 campaign in which the club finished 5th, powered by the goals of Yoan Gouffran.
Bordeaux proved to be a false start for the Argentinian.
Prolific loan spells in Ligue 2 with Orleans and Niort gave way to a top-flight shot with Caen, where his path crossed with Kante and Lemar for the second half of the 2014/15 Ligue 1 season.
Bordeaux cut their losses in July 2015, by which point Sala had scored one league goal for the club. A €1mil move to Nantes went very much under the radar, as did Kante's to Leicester the same summer.
While Kante hit the ground running in England, it took Sala 14 games to get off the mark for his new club. He finished his first season at Nantes with six goals in 32 appearances.
The following two seasons, in which he netted 27 goals in all competitions, hinted at a striker finally finding his feet, but no one could have predicted the start Sala would have to the current campaign.
The Argentinian scored against Monaco on the first day of the season and hasn't looked back since.
A hat-trick against Toulouse on matchday nine sparked a run of eight goals in five games, leaving him sitting on 13 goals for the season in all competitions, just three short of his best top-flight tally.
It's all the more remarkable given Nantes's average start to the season has left Les Canaris sitting in 12th.
How long Sala will remain at the club remains to be seen. Cardiff are said to be particularly keen to introduce Sala to Neil Warnock's unique brand of aerial bombardment.
Whatever happens in the rest of the season, the €1m investment Nantes made is set to be repaid handsomely.
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Last updated on August 10th, 2018I read the prequel to Under a while ago (Signal Failure) and really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to reading this book. Under is a brilliant book. I don't know whether it's because I'm a Londoner, but I was completely hooked by the mysterious stories running through this novel about the 'ghost stations' on the Underground. The London Underground is the perfect setting for a horror story and the author has done a fantastic job in creating a suspenseful and intriguing tale using the dark and sinister tunnels of the Tube network as the framework for the story.
The book is well-constructed with two separate stories, years apart, that both link to the tales of disused or abandoned Underground stations. There is the story of Mike Thames, who is desperately writing down his memories of the letters and stories his father had told him about working on the London Underground as a train driver; tales of abandoned stations and ghost stories—and then there's the story of Jake and his group of expert explorers who are trying to get into these abandoned stations.
I found the structure of the book engrossing. The way some of the narrative was set out in letter form made the story that much more interesting to read, like reading someone's diary.
The way the two stories come together at the end is cleverly done.
This book is interesting not only because it has a very imaginative and well-constructed story about one family's history and their connection to the London Underground, but also because it contains so many eye-opening facts interwoven with the fiction, and then there are those parts of the book that make you wonder whether they are fact or fiction. The characters are all believable and seem like real people. There are highs and lows and twists and turns that kept me hooked.
The horror element is nicely woven with social commentary about the state of the world and human nature. I loved the ending; the choice the character has to make is thought-provoking. A masterful twist.
This novel is full of interesting facts, fiction borne from the mysteries of the Tube network, and it will make you think about the fine line between what we believe is true and what is actually true.
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APPLETON, Wis. -- The Lawrence University baseball team takes a run at a berth in the Midwest Conference Tournament when it squares off against Beloit College in a key four-game series this weekend. Lawrence also hosts its lone track meet of the season when the Viking Invitational is contested on Saturday at Whiting Field.
Opponent: Lawrence vs. Marian (13-19)
When and Where: Thursday, May 3, 3 p.m., Whiting Field
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Series Record: Lawrence and Marian are tied 4-4 in a series that started in the 2002 season.
Opponent: Lawrence vs. Beloit (20-13, 6-6 MWC), doubleheader
When and Where: Saturday, May 5, 1 p.m., Whiting Field
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Opponent: Lawrence at Beloit (20-13, 6-6 MWC), doubleheader
When and Where: Sunday, May 6, 1 p.m., Strong Stadium Complex, Beloit, Wis.
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Series Record: In a series that started in 1959, Beloit holds a 91-56-1 advantage over Lawrence.
Fast Fact: Lawrence needs to win its series with Beloit and get some help from St. Norbert to earn a berth in the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament. Three wins against Beloit, coupled with St. Norbert winning its series with Ripon, would put the Vikings in a tie with Beloit at 7-9 and get the Vikings into the conference tourament.
Event: Viking Invitational
When and Where: Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m., Whiting Field
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Fast Fact: Lawrence distance star Josh Janusiak was named the Midwest Conference Track Performer of the Week for the second consecutive week after a record-setting run at the Hillsdale College Gina Relays. Janusiak raced to a time of 30:17.00 to shatter his record of 30:58.96, which he set at the same meet in 2017. Janusiak was just eight seconds behind Michigan State's Joe Riordan, who won the event in 30:09.14. Janusiak's time places him 11th in all of NCAA Division III.


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Opportunity to Partner in Guavaween 2013
- Provide Guavaween specials on the night of the event and use of the name in that regard;
- Be identified on Guavaween promotional materials;
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- Sign-up official Guavaween Costume Contest participants who will be announced as selected by that establishment.
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Guavaween is a protected Sales Mark (SM) of the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce. Its use is restricted to the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce and its licensees.
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Carlton Brown
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Hello Ybor,
We had a great luncheon last week! They seem to keep getting better and better. AAA made a great presentation highlighting all the different places and experiences they offer up in their entire travel line of products, and it was a tease to our upcoming Tropical Cruise themed Gala.
Alexandra Petropoulos, AAA Auto Club Group's Vice President for Travel, (pictured below) opened the presentation with a comment that really caught my attention. She said that she was excited to be at the Columbia, one of America's best restaurants on 7th Avenue, one of the Country's top 10 most beautiful streets. Wow, when you stop to think about that type of comment, you realize that we are so fortunate to work, play and live in Ybor City.
The Historic District really comes to life during the Holiday Season and for the past forty-eight years the Ybor Chamber Gala has been the kickoff of the season. This year's Gala is almost here, and it has me so excited! The Gala committee has done an excellent job putting this one together. In addition to the Tropical Cruise theme, we will be raffling off a 4 day cruise out of Tampa courtesy of AAA Travel. I hope to see you there as we celebrate Ybor's special night and honor the J.C. Newman Cigar Family with the Adela & Cesar Gonzmart award for their contributions to Ybor City and the American cigar industry!
The second event of the Chamber's Holiday season is just two weeks after Gala. On October 5th we will host the 4th Annual Ybor OktoberFest Pub Crawl. We have 20 venues signed up and are expecting over 400 attendees. This year's event is shaping up to be the best one yet! It is a great way to experience the district with your friends and family at your own pace! You can purchase your tickets online at www.ybor.org and be sure to "Like" our Ybor Oktoberfest Facebook page for updates.
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Carmine's Restaurant is a Tampa tradition, located in the heart of our beloved historic district. Opened in Tampa in 1948 and moved to Ybor City in 1983, Carmine's is known for its Cuban, Italian and Spanish cuisine. The "Flavors of Ybor City" include favorites such as their homemade deviled crab, traditional Cuban sandwich, black beans and yellow rice and spaghetti and meatballs. Brothers Carmine and Gino Iavarone have been at the helm since the passing of their father Eugene in 2001.
Carmine and Gino can always be counted on to participate in our Chamber events. When the Chamber took back the production of Fiesta Day in 2010, Carmine's was one of only four Ybor merchants to join us on 7th Avenue, selling a mini version of their famous deviled crabs. Now, 70 percent of our Fiesta Day vendors are Ybor City vendors.
I've become terribly predictable when I go to Carmine's for lunch. Last week Tom and I stopped in and even before I ordered, Gino informed me that there was plenty of their baked chicken. Did I mentioned how moist and delicious their baked chicken is?
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Holtsville Pool will be offering 4 sessions this summer. Swimming lessons meet Monday through Friday for two consecutive weeks. All class times are subject to change and pending instructor availability. Proof of age (birth certificate or passport) must be shown for all children ages 7 and under even if they have had lessons with us previously.
For the benefit of each child, especially the younger ones, it is important that the minimum age be observed. All participants will be evaluated the first day and placed into the correct level based on comfort in the water and swimming skills, or by age for 4 and 5 year olds. They will remain in this level for the entirety of the session.
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In the event of rain we will still go into the water. It is at your discretion as to whether or not you let your child swim. In the case of thunder or lightning we will not go in the water. The instructors will give a safety lesson, discussing water safety topics and conducting dry land activities. This is a requirement for all Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Levels.
Our program is taught by Red Cross certified water safety instructors. Red Cross certified lifeguards are on duty during lessons.
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Parking sticker or daily parking fee required at this location. For additional information or questions regarding swimming lessons, please call 631-281-2866.
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- Session I: July 1 to July 12, 2019 (9 classes, no class July 4th)
- Session II: July 15 to July 26, 2019
- Session III: July 29 to August 9, 2019
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The difficulty of having Christian friends
I'm not going to lie: even though I'm a Christian, I'm learning that having Christian friends is a stressful endeavor.
Not long ago my wife and I reflected on our life one year after moving back to our home state and we both lamented how few dependable, Christian relationships we had to show for it. This realization was a hard reality for us to accept, but one that we had predicted may come to pass as a result of moving to an area where Christianity is … well, let's just say, different.
While it shouldn't be this way, I think the reality for many of us is that having Christian friends is … hard.
This isn't because our Christian siblings aren't nice people or incapable of being good friends. Rather, this is because somewhere along the line you and I were taught a horrible lie:
We were taught that we have to agree on everything in order to be in relationship with one another.
For the last 2,000 years, instead of following the one who came to reconcile "all things" back into one body, we've been dividing up into so many sub-tribes that it's impossible to keep track of all of them. As kids, many of us went to "Christian" summer camps where a common message was that our friends would all leave us when we got back home from camp. Now as adults we've refused to worship with people who worship the same Jesus differently than ourselves, created our own subcultures, and even within those we've told people "you can't be a part of this community unless you are in 'full harmony' with every line of this 28-page Statement of Faith."
We've looked at a finger and called it "the body," when really it was just a finger off doing its own thing.
We've become people who functionally believe, by demonstration of our cultural norms, that we must be in total agreement on nearly every issue in order to be in relationship together.
How destructive. How anti-Christ.
The prevailing norms in this area are making it harder and harder to live the Christian life as it was intended — many parts of one body in community with each other. In addition, it's keeping us from experiencing the "abundant" life that Jesus promised in the here and now.
Instead, I find myself with beads of sweat pouring down my head each time I get ready to push the publish button for a new post. Will I lose any friends over this? If I take a theological stance on this issue or in this direction, will it be "too much" for some people to be in relationship with me?
Several months ago I was getting ready to do an interview when my wife wished me luck and gently asked me: Are you willing to accept the consequences for this?
And, I knew what she meant. She meant: Are you prepared to have very few Christian friends?
It's actually heartbreaking that we even have to ask these questions. We shouldn't have to agree on all of our theology or politics to be in relationship with each other.
That being said — I do think there's a time to draw lines. For example, I recently deleted some Christians from Facebook for posting racist content. As a transracial family and a decent human being, I'm not willing to be in relationship with people who are racist. That's one of my lines. However, I don't think we are as hesitant to draw these lines as we should be. We should resist it at all cost, reserve it for rarest of cases, and wherever possible find ways to actually erase the lines we too quickly drew.
We must reject the lie that we have to agree on everything to be in relationships with each other, because it is simply untrue. We don't.
Yet, Christian culture has become so "tribe exclusive" that my favorite, most trustworthy friends … are atheists. Why? Well, because they love me for me, want to be in a relationship simply for the relationship, and they're not going to stop being my friend if my theology shifts. Truth be told, I'd love to feel the same relational safety with my Christian friends.
I long to live in a world where someone says, "I really need a good friend" and the first response that comes to mind is "you should go find some Christians," but that's unfortunately not where we're at now. Facing such a truth should cause us to realize the need for old-fashioned repentance.
I don't know about you, but I want to live out a Christianity that's worth living. I want to help contribute to a reformation of American Christian culture and build a new culture where Christian friendships say:
"Oh, you disagree on that theological issue? Fine by me as long as we're still playing tennis together on Saturday."
Ben Corey is an author, writer, speaker and minister from Auburn, Maine. This first appeared on his blog, Formerly Fundie, where he discusses the intersection of faith and culture from a progressive/emergent/neo-anabaptist vantage point.
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Name That Flower! January 31 2015, 0 Comments
As we strive to reconnect children with nature, learning the names of plants can be a valuable first step. It certainly is an excellent measure to fight plant blindness, that malady that hides the marvelous details and identities of plants. All plants that children encounter are good subjects for learning names, whether the plant is a cut flower, a garden vegetable, a wildflower, or a weed.
Spring is coming extra early to the Willamette Valley, and although I realize that is not the case in most of the US, it is never too early to start thinking about spring and the opportunities for botany studies it presents. The crocuses are blooming here, as well as snowdrops and violets. When spring comes to your school, will the children know the names of the flowers that appear?
My "Study Starter Cards for Early Spring Flowers" can help your children start learning about the local flowers in the US, especially in moderate climates. This material is a print-it-yourself file that has half-page sized cards for 20 flowers and four full pages on early blooming trees. The trees are red maple, bigleaf maple, alder, and hazelnut, all of which have inconspicuous flowers. The flowers in this set include bulbs, perennials, and shrubs.
These cards have more than just the common and scientific names of the flowers. That information is enough for beginners, but elementary children are able to learn more. These and older children need names that will open doors to further learning.The cards include the family, order, and major branches of the angiosperms to which the plant belongs.
The major branches of the angiosperms are the magnoliids, the monocots, and the eudicots. The largest branch, the eudicots, has several branches including the asterids and the fabids. The names of these branches are not capitalized, nor do they carry a rank such as order or class. This is the new world of plant classification, the phylogenetic system that is currently used by botanists. With a little practice, it isn't hard to learn or understand. My book, Kingdoms of Life Connected can help you. In case you are wondering, the former dicots included eudicots and magnoliids, which are two different lineages. "Eudicots" means "the true dicots."
The photo shows crocuses that were blooming in my garden early last March. They are at about the same stage this year at the end of January. Yes, the weather is strange, as usual. Enjoy your early spring plants, whenever they come.


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