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What a weekend.
It started out as a couple of mates on a road trip down to Exeter for some fishing, and by Sunday evening we were both celebrating our qualification for the prestigious British Lure Angling Championships grand final.
Truth is, I'm not a great Pike angler. Just like I'm not a great Bass angler either. If you're familiar with my blog, you probably realise that the ethos is to have fun with whatever fish are in front of you - even if they're small (they're not always small). And that's why I love LRF. It's casual, fun fishing that fits in and around our hectic modern lives. So to utilise those 'catch what's there' skills and do so well, is very, very pleasing.
I've been concentrating on the freshwater scene a lot in recent months. Mostly because of the ghastly weather that our coasts were dealt with and the remaining after effects.
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In fact at times the Exeter Ship Canal felt just like some urban rock marks that I fish. The composition of the canal was not at all what I expected - having never fished the venue before. Some areas had banks made of rock, complete with a huge population of shellfish. Unexpectedly familiar.
And so. Come the final - if you'll allow me - I am extremely proud to represent all the pushed-for-time pleasure anglers, the ultralighters, the fun-focused lurists, LRFers, rockfishers, isome-ists, species hunters and blenny bashers.
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"They are also among the over 700 families who remain separated, despite a June 26 court mandate for the Trump administration to reunify the families. For those 700-some families, the separation crisis continues in a very immediate, brutal way. "I became crazy," said Edwin, describing the first days after the government took away his son. Over the last two-and-a-half months, though it hasn't gotten easier, the emotions have worn themselves thin, and, as he explained it to me, he's had to find the strength to work and carry on for the rest of his family."
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Lock escalation is a event which occurs when SQL Server decides to upgrade a lock at a lower level hierarchy to a lock to a table level lock., In other words, when a particular query obtains a large number of row level locks/ page level locks, SQL Server decides that instead of creating and granting number of row level/page level locks, it is effective to grant a single table level lock. Or to be precise,
SQL Server upgrades the row/page level locks to table level locks. The above process is termed as lock escalation.
Lock escalation is good, as it reduces the overhead in maintaining a large number of smaller level locks. A lock structure is about occupies about 100 bytes of memory and too many locks can cause a memory pressure.Similarly applying,granting , and releasing locks for each row or page is a resource consuming processes which can be reduced by lock escalation. However, Lock escalation also reduces concurrency. ie, If a query causes lock escalation, then the query obtains a full table level lock, and another query attempting to access the table will have to wait till the first query releases the lock.
How SQL Server decides when to escalate lock ?
* When a query consumes more than 5000 locks per index / heap.
* When the lock monitor consumes more than 40% of the static memory or non AWE alloted memory.
So Let us quickly see lock escalation in action. Consider the following query
UPDATE orders
SET order_description = order_description + ' '
The orders table has a clustered index. Row level locks will be taken on the index keys. SET ROWCOUNT ensures that only 4990 rows are updated by the query. I am leaving the transaction open ( without committing or rolling back ) , so that we can see the number of locks held by the query.
Fire the following query to check the locks held by the above script. The query lists the count of locks for each lock type and object. Note that the session id for the above script on my machine was 53. So filtering by the same.
SELECT spid,
sys.dm_tran_locks.resource_type AS object_type,
Db_name(sysprocesses.dbid) AS dbname
FROM sys.dm_tran_locks,
OUTER APPLY Fn_get_sql(sql_handle)
WHERE spid = 53
AND sys.dm_tran_locks.request_session_id = 53
AND sys.dm_tran_locks.resource_type IN ( 'page', 'key', 'object' )
AND Db_name(sysprocesses.dbid) = 'dbadb'
GROUP BY spid,
As one may notice, we can find 4990 key locks / row level locks. Let us rollback transaction and modify the script to use 5000 or more locks.
UPDATE orders
SET order_description = order_description + ' '
Now let us fire the same query on sys.dm_tran_locks. we obtain a single exclusive lock on the table/object. There are no key or row level locks as SQL Server as per its rule has escalated the row level locks to a table level lock.
SQL Server 2005 had a server wide setting to disable lock escalations. On SQL Server 2005, when the trace flag 1211/1224 are set, no query is allowed to escalate locks on the entire server. Ideally, we would like to have it as a object/table level setting which was provided by SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 allows one to disable lock escalations at table/ partition levels.
Consider the following command in SQL 2k8
ALTER TABLE orders SET CONSTRAINT (LOCK_ESCALATION = DISABLE )
The ALTER TABLE command's LOCK_ESCALATION property accepts three values.
* Disable -> Disables lock escalation ( Except a few exceptions . Refer Books online for details )
* Table -> Allows SQL Server to escalate to table level. That is the default setting.
* Auto -> Escalation will be partition level if the table is partitioned. Else escalation is always up to table level.
Let us rollback the open transaction created earlier and run the ALTER TABLE command posted above to disable lock escalations. Now let us run the same script to update 5000 records again and see if lock escalation has actually occurred.
As you may now notice, for the same 5000 rows, there is no lock escalation occuring this time as we have disabled it using the ALTER TABLE command. The picture shows 5000 key/row locks which is not possible at the default setting of lock escalation.
The intention behind this post was to introduce lock escalation, show how it works and also explain the new option provided to change lock escalation setting SQL Server 2008. Upcoming posts, we will dive deeper into the topic and understand when and under what circumstances can we play with lock escalation setting.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Lock escalation : SQL Server 2008
12 comments:
- SPWS said...
I'm still not familiar with Lock escalation because my instructor in my Sql training is not discussing this topic so far. I'm happy I read it.
- December 2, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- balaji said...
Hi Nagaraj,
even i was not very comfortable with Locking Escalation.. But after reading your post, i could understand clearly.. thank you very much for ur post... we are expecting more posts from u in future...
Balaji, Chennai.
- August 23, 2011 at 12:15 AM
- sanjeeva kumar said...
After going through lot of posts i got confused, but with your post i got the clear idea.
Thank you..
- October 30, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Nagaraj Venkatesan said...
Thxs Sanjeev and balaji
- October 31, 2011 at 11:38 PM
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- March 14, 2012 at 2:40 PM
- Nagaraj Venkatesan said...
thanks Jonathan
- March 14, 2012 at 7:37 PM
simple and great.. got some good idea after reading your post..
- May 5, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Glad..i got to read this post.Thanks Nag.
- May 17, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Got a clear idea. Thank you very much.
- October 30, 2012 at 8:34 PM
You are the man Nagaraj, thanks for the easy to understand post!
This is good one too:
lock escalation explained
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This year, I have enjoyed reading more representations of mental illness in adult and YA books. I love when these narratives contribute to breaking down stigmas, and validating real experiences. As a children's book lover, I was curious to research what picture books are available for young readers struggling to understand a family member's depression.
#1 Michael Rosen's Sad Book
AUTHOR: Michael Rosen
ILLUSTRATOR: Quentin Blake
PUBLISHER: Walker
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2004
Sometimes sad is very big. It's everywhere. All over me. Sometimes I'm sad and I don't know why. It's just a cloud that comes along and covers me up … It's just because – Michael Rosen's Sad Book
Michael Rosen's son, Eddie, is his whole world. So when Eddie passes away at age 18, the light of Michael's life goes out. This book describes how Michael survives everyday life while battling grief. While it doesn't explain or educate about depression, its raw and minimalistic illustrations capture how severe depression feels. Personally, the most unique aspect of Michael Rosen's Sad Book is how it acknowledges that sadness may be a lifelong battle for Michael.
Suitable for: Parents to discuss with children to help them understand a family member's experience of grief or severe depression.
#2 The Colour Thief: A Family's Story of Depression
AUTHOR: Andrew Fusek Peters & Polly Peters
ILLUSTRATOR: Karin Littlewood
PUBLISHER: Wayland
But one day, Dad was full up with sadness, all the way to the top. He said his sky had turned grey. I thought I had done something wrong, but he told me I hadn't. I felt lonely. There was a heavy stone feeling inside me and I missed my dad – The Colour Thief
When a little boy's father is consumed by depression, all the beautiful colours of his world fade to grey. The visual contrast between the boy's world and the father's world communicates depression simply and accessibly. I like how this makes The Colour Thief useful for parents to share with young children, who would struggle to grasp a more detailed explanation of mental illness. The Colour Thief also addresses the self-blame and loneliness children may feel when a parent is struggling with depression. The descriptions are very visual to be more relevant to its young audience.
Suitable for: Parents to share with young children to help them understand a family member's depression.
#3 The Red Tree
AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: Shaun Tan
PUBLISHER: Simply Read Books
Sometimes you just don't know what you are supposed to do, or who you are meant to be, or where you are, and the day seems to end the way it began – The Red Tree
Australian writer and illustrator, Shaun Tan, is famous for capturing complex experiences through surreal art. In The Red Tree, a girl journeys through eerie landscapes that symbolise her loneliness and sadness. Although she never refers to mental illness, the illustrations capture the isolation and lack of self worth connected to depression. The red tree in the final pages symbolises hope of life getting better.
I would argue that The Red Tree may be better suited to older children or adult readers, who will appreciate how the ambiguous story and symbolic illustrations relate to their own experiences.
Suitable for: Older children.
#4 Can I Catch it Like a Cold? Coping with a Parent's Depression
PRESENTED BY: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
ILLUSTRATOR: Joe Weissmann
PUBLISHER: Tundra Books
RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2009
Can I Catch it Like a Cold? is a longer picture book that answers older children's and pre-teens' questions about depression within a simple story. Alex is sad and confused when his dad stops coming to his soccer matches. When he reaches out to trusted adults for support, he learns about depression's causes and the recovery process. I think this book is important and powerful because it offers support and advice to older readers who may be too afraid or ashamed to talk to adults. It also demystifies the treatment process, and shows how important it is to reach out for professional help. It also includes parent resources.
Suitable for: Older children and pre-teens, followed by discussion with a trusted adult.
#5 Mr Huff
AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: Anna Walker
PUBLISHER: Penguin Australia
RELEASE DATE: June 24, 2015
Bill didn't want to talk about the thing that was following him. For some reason it made him feel sad. When he did try, no words came out. He waited for it to go away. But it didn't – Mr Huff
While Mr Huff does not explicitly depict depression, it accurately represents many of the feelings involved in a way that is accessible to young children. When Bill's day gets off to a bad start, Mr Huff starts following him, making him feel sad. I love that Mr Huff addresses the struggle many people face when trying to express difficult feelings. As it is not explicitly about depression, this story is applicable to many childhood experiences, providing parents with the vocabulary to discuss these experiences with their children.
Suitable for: Young children.
Discuss & Share
- Have you read any of the picture books above? Did you agree with the way they represented depression?
- Do you have a story of sharing a picture book with a child to breach a difficult topic?
- Can you recommend me any other representations of depression in fiction, whether it be for junior, YA, or adult readers?


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I noticed a tweet by Lisa Crispin in which they had said they had commented on this article http://blog.btdconf.com/?p=43. I may not agree with everything in the article but it makes some interesting points that I may come back to at a later date, still not seen that comment from Lisa yet...
However I did notice a comment by Capers Jones which I have reproduced below:
Capers Jones
December 29, 2013 at 10:01 am
This is a good general article but a few other points are significant too: There are several metrics that violate standard economics and distort reality so much I regard them as professional malpractice: 1 cost per defect penalizes quality and the whole urban legend about costs going up more than 100 fold is false. 2 lines of code penalize high level languages and make non coding work invisible The most useful metrics for actually showing software economic results are: 1 function points for normalization 2 activity-based costs using at least 10 activities such as requirements, design, coding, inspections, testing, documentation, quality assurance, change control, deployment, and management. The most useful quality metric is defect removal efficiency (DRE) or the percentage of bugs found before release, measured against user-reported bugs after 90 days. If a development team finds 90 bugs and users report 10 bugs, DRE is 90%. The average is just over 85% but top projects using inspections, static analysis, and formal testing can hit 99%. Agile projects average about 92% DRE. Most forms of testing such as unit test and function test are only about 35% efficient and fine one bug out of three. This is why testing alone is not sufficient to achieve high quality. Some metrics have ISO standards such as function points and are pretty much the same, although there are way too many variants. Other metrics such as story points are not standardized and vary by over 400%. A deeper problem than metrics is the fact that historical data based on design, code, and unit test (DCUT) is only 37% complete. Quality data that only starts with testing is less than 50% complete. Technical debt is only about 17% complete since it leaves out cancelled projects and also the costs of litigation for poor quality.
My problem is the use of this metric, which I feel is useless, to measure the quality of the software, it seems too easy to game. Once people (or company) are aware that they are being measured their behaviour on a psychological level (intended or not) adjusts so that they look good against what they are being measured against.
So using the example given by Capers
Say a company wants their DRE to look good so they reward their testing teams for finding defects, no matter how trivial and they end up finding 1000, the customers still only find 10.
Using the above example that means this company can record a DRE of 99.0099. WOW - that looks good for the company.
Now let us say they really really want to game the system and they report 1, 000, 000 defects against the customers 10 - this now starts to become a worthless way to measure the quality of the software.
It does not take into account the defects that still exist and never found, how long do you wait before you can say your DRE is accurate? The client finds another 100 six months later, a year later? The company testing finds another 100 when they have released to client how is this included in the DRE %?
As any tester would ask:
IS THERE A PROBLEM HERE?This form of measurement does not take into account the technical debt of dealing with this ever growing list of defects. Measuring using such a metric is flawed by design, never mind the other activities which would also have hidden costs as mentioned by Caper, that will quickly spiral. By the time you have adhered to all of this, given the current market place of rapid delivery (dev ops) your competitors have prototyped, shown it to the client, adapted to meet what the customer wants and released to the client, implementing changes to the product as the customer desires and not focusing on numbers that quickly become irrelevant.
At the same time I question numbers quoted by Capers such as:
- Most forms of testing such as unit test and function test are only about 35% efficient and fine one bug out of three.
- Other metrics such as story points are not standardized and vary by over 400%
- Quality data that only starts with testing is less than 50%
- Plus others
Where are the sources for all these metrics? Are they independently verified?
Maybe I am a little more cynical of seeing numbers being quoted especially after reading "The Leprechauns of Software Engineering" by Laurent Bossavit. Without any attributions for the numbers I do question their value.
To finish this little rant I would like to use a quote from Albert Einstein
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."


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What Tiger Woods' 'indefinite break' from golf might mean
Woods adds that "It may not be possible to repair the damage I've done, but I want to do my best to try." The questions now are: Will his family be willing to forgive him, how will his sponsors react and how might his hiatus affect the sport, especially if it turns into a permanent break?
While his children (2 years old and 10 months old) won't remember this fiasco, it could affect how they're raised (in one home or two). Woods admits that he needs to "focus [his] attention on being a better husband, father, and person."
Talk about your major understatements. If the laundry list of women coming to the tabloids saying that they were involved with Woods is legit, he may need to also focus his attention on seeking some help.
A Woods Frenzy on the Net
He also asks for the understanding from his "fans, the good people at [his] foundation, [his] business partners, the PGA Tour, and [his] fellow competitors." Understanding? Maybe. But we all know the media isn't going to give the Woods clan much privacy -- that's just the nature of the media beast today.
According to a Bloomberg report, "Tiger Woods" is now the top search term that's sending traffic to news sites. Pete Blackshaw from Nielsen Co. told Bloomberg that "There's an almost unquenchable appetite for more content.... Traffic is taking a significant jump." The article adds that Woods-related topics were among the top 20 fastest-growing searches on Google on every day except one during December.
Yahoo says Woods searches have increased nearly 40-fold in the past 30 days and that the percentage of blogs commenting on Woods has increased more than tenfold. This leap in Tiger-related search just proves that we can't get enough scandal in our lives. It also proves the immense reach and appeal of Tiger Woods.
A Plummeting Celebrity Endorser Ranking
His sponsors, however, have a different sort of interest. For instance, Tiger's picture is no longer on Accenture's home page, and links to some "Woods-related content" aren't working.
Sponsor AT&T now says, "We support Tiger's decision, and our thoughts will be with him and his family. We are presently evaluating our ongoing relationship." As of today, Woods' ranking among celebrity endorsers has dropped to 24th from sixth before the reports of his extramarital affairs broke. Watch for this ranking to fall further after Friday's admission and his indefinite break from the sport.
What if Woods quit golf altogether? Stranger things have happened. If he did retire, what would it do to the sport? Would attendance at tournaments fall? Would advertising in golf diminish? Chances are the four major tournaments (the Masters, PGA Championship, the British Open and the U.S. Open) would be be fine. These tournaments brought in viewers and advertisers well before Woods came along, and will continue to do so.
But a Tiger retirement should scare the secondary tournaments. Remember that there was a new-found delight in golf when he first came on the scene. Will this dissipate if he leaves it?
For Woods himself, at least one thing is certain: All bets are off now that his indiscretions have devalued his strongest asset -- his image.


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Two new All Blacks have been named in the starting XV – loose forward Dalton Papalii and midfielder Matt Proctor – with six more players set to make their Test debuts from the bench: prop Tyrel Lomax, loose forwards Gareth Evans and Dillon Hunt, halfback Mitch Drummond, first five-eighth Brett Cameron and outside back George Bridge.
It will be the second appearance in the black jersey for Hunt and Drummond who played the non-Test against the France XV on last year's Vista Northern Tour.
Luke Whitelock, who captained the All Blacks against the France XV last year, will captain the side for the first time in a Test. It will be a special day for Whitelock, who becomes the 70th All Blacks Test captain: he made his Test debut against Japan in 2013 and follows in the footsteps of brother Samuel, who captained the All Blacks for the first time last year.
All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen said: "Firstly, on behalf of the entire All Blacks squad, we want to congratulate those players who'll be making their Test debuts. It's an exciting and special time for those players and their families, as well as their teammates who join them in recognising their achievement.
"We also congratulate Luke on becoming the latest All Blacks Test captain. He's a natural leader, did a fantastic job leading the team against the French XV last year, and will be ably assisted by the senior players in the team.
"The team's really excited at what lies ahead. While this is a relatively inexperienced group, the expectation is that when you pull on the black jersey, then a top performance is required.
It's important that the players embrace the expectation and enjoy it.
"They've prepared well this week and will bring an unbridled enthusiasm that comes with that excitement. We know they'll go out on Saturday and proudly represent the jersey, themselves, their families and their country."
Hansen added: "We're expecting Japan to play a high-tempo, hit-and-run game as opposed to having an arm wrestle. We know their coaching stuff very well and have a lot of respect for them and no doubt they'll have a trick or two up their sleeve. So we'll need to be sharp of mind and bring our own physicality and intensity to the contest.
"We again look forward to playing in front of the Japanese fans, and on behalf of the entire All Blacks squad, want to thank the Japanese people for their hospitality and support. We look forward to seeing them next year."
1. Ofa Tuungafasi (22)
2. Dane Coles (56)
3. Angus Ta'avao (1)
4. Patrick Tuipulotu (19)
5. Jackson Hemopo (2)
6. Vaea Fifita (7)
7. Dalton Papalii *
8. Luke Whitelock – captain (6)
9. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (1)
10. Richie Mo'unga (5)
11. Waisake Naholo (24)
12. Ngani Laumape (8)
13. Matt Proctor *
14. Nehe Milner-Skudder (12)
15. Jordie Barrett (7)
16. Liam Coltman (3)
17. Tim Perry (5)
18. Tyrel Lomax *
19. Dillon Hunt *
20. Gareth Evans *
21. Mitch Drummond *
22. Brett Cameron *
23. George Bridge *
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Argentinian author and illustrator Isol, who I've had the pleasure of meeting, won the world's biggest prize for children's literature this week. The jury for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award praised her ability to expose the absurdities of the adult world to children.
The £500,000 prize is awarded annually by the Swedish government to an individual or organisation working "in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren" to "safeguard democratic values".
Congrats Isol!!
Last photo: Isol.
You can see her blog and more of her work here
Photos from Better World Books
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of Argentina was elected the new pope, who will be called Francis.
Naturally, there is an atmosphere of hope and joy here in Buenos Aires and judging by the local news, all over the country. And the world.
What are your initial feelings about Francis?
Photos from totally cool pix and The Guardian.
Monday, March 4, 2013
This is where I went on Sunday and if you're around, I recommend this exhibition. Hopefully, you'll get there early and by the time it's noon, you can have a nice lunch in the terrace. Or, you could have lunch and then enjoy the exhibition. Anyway.
Fundación Proa and the Goethe-Institut are presenting the first solo exhibition of artist Harun Farocki in Argentina. Entitled Harun Farocki, the show consists of five video installations produced from 2002 to 2012 and a film series with premier screenings of his last three productions. The exhibition provides an overview of Farocki's complex conceptual universe, which revolves around uncovering the ideological processes that the production and reception of images entail. In March, Farocki will visit Buenos Aires to give a workshop at the Universidad del Cine and to present his most recent book of essays, Desconfiar de las imágenes [Distrust of Images, Caja Negra Editora]. He will also give a public interview on his audiovisual work at the Proa auditorium.
Organized by the Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires and Fundación Proa, Harun Farocki is sponsored by Tenaris–Organización Techint.
Have a nice week!
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Many of the changes we make are so subtle that very few people notice them. But in the last day or so we launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to our ranking—a change that noticeably impacts 11.8% of our queries—and we wanted to let people know what's going on. This update is designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sites—sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful. At the same time, it will provide better rankings for high-quality sites—sites with original content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thoughtful analysis and so on. Read more…


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I knew America was in serious trouble the day an NPR journalist praised Republican Senator John McCain as being a "profile in courage" just for suggesting that a free press might be a good thing.
McCain had contradicted the president, who had tweeted that the press was the "enemy of the American people." McCain argued that silencing the press was how dictators got started.
I thought, wow, the bar has never been lower for any Congressional Republican who might seek the legendary status of an American hero. All one had to do is acknowledge the truth, to say what most every U.S. history student learns in public schools: that a free press is a basic feature that supports democracy.
I wondered why other Republicans were not leaping at the opportunity to carve their names in future history books, when all they had to do to be deemed courageous was to speak a simple truth – such as, "A free press is good for democracy, and not "the enemy."
However, no Republican in Congress seemed willing at the time to contradict Trump on anything, except for John McCain every now and then.
This bizarre tweet about the mainstream press being "the enemy" took me back to my own eleventh grade history class in 1987. I lived in South Carolina where most everyone I knew was Republican. Although I am a Democrat now, being a Republican was different then. Most of the Republican adults I knew cared about the first amendment, including a free press, and would not have hesitated to say so.
My U.S. history teacher Mr. Howell had urged students to question and challenge him because he believed critical thinking was vital to a free society.
He taught the book 1984 by George Orwell, which introduced me to terms like "double think" and illustrated how politicians and dictators could distort language to control how others thought in order to manipulate them into blind obedience.
He had warned about the fragility of democracy and the need for constant, informed vigilance to preserve it, a vigilance that began with students staying informed while reasoning about and questioning what they had been told by authorities in order to arrive at the truth.
Mr. Howell did not perpetuate silly myths about the virtues of American presidents or founding fathers. He was not afraid to admit that they were only human. He did not confuse patriotism with hero – or leader – worship. He explained the need for checks and balances designed to keep presidents from becoming autocrats, or to keep any one branch of government from seizing too much power. One of those checks was a free press that was able to criticize leaders and tell the truth without government-driven retribution.
At the time all of this was new to me. I had recently changed from a strict Christian school which taught that morality was obedience to authority, and that even certain thoughts were forbidden by God.
My fear of being punished by God for thinking "bad" thoughts had induced a severe depression that had led to me questioning my beliefs until I finally concluded that most of what I had been taught made no sense. My revelation freed me, that it was always okay to think. My depression lifted, leaving me full of new curiosity about the world. I switched to a public school and discovered something called critical thinking.
That is why freedom to criticize authority, embedded in the first amendment and permitted in my history class, resonated so deeply with me. By changing from a strict religious school to a public one I felt like I had moved from a totalitarian state to a free society, represented in microcosm by the classroom of Mr. Howell. I came to see in his teaching style the essence of the American spirit.
When I see modern day Republicans in Congress looking on in silence while Trump attacks the free press as fake news, I remember Mr. Howell and think, "What has happened to the Republican Party?"
Unlike my history teacher, Trump will not tolerate being challenged. He lashes out at the press when they criticize him, the courts when they disagree with him, and his intelligence agencies when they show the slightest sign of…intelligence.
Trump insults intelligence generally when he lies about subjects such as the size of his inauguration crowd, despite contradictory photographs, or his outrageous, unsubstantiated accusation that Obama wiretapped him.
When the mainstream press debunks such baseless claims with clear evidence to the contrary and calls him on his mendacity, he lashes out with personal attacks on journalists, name-calling, and accusations of Fake News.
Trump appears to want total, all- encompassing authority over media so he can control what people think and say about him.
That is why I cringe when pundits suggest that Trump is just giving us a "new" kind of presidency. Trump is not merely "new, "unorthodox" or a "provocateur." He is steering America in the direction of authoritarianism, and an authoritarian style of leadership is not new; it is historically very old, whereas for the American founders democracy was a new experiment, a departure from the abuses of the old ways.
Living in a country that identifies itself as a democracy has given me certain expectations of political leaders, so ever since Trump was inaugurated, I have been waiting for Trump to say the word democracy in such a way that suggests he approves of it; after six months of hearing him talk, I am not confident he could explain what one is, or why it is a good thing.
I never would have thought I would miss the rhetoric of past presidents waxing lyrical about freedom, speeches which often seemed hollow or cheesy. But I do.
Trump is separating America from deeply held principles of liberty by which it defines itself, principles that reach back into the early history of the nation. Meanwhile, Congressional Republicans have remained mostly passive.
I am worried about them. I want to say, "What has happened to you? You used to hate Russia more than anything and now you are supporting a president that idolizes a brutal Russian dictator with a Kremlin past? You used to talk about freedom all the time. I mean all the time. Where did that go? Did you never read 1984?"
Despite knowing better, I have always felt that Western autocrats of the past like Stalin who gave rise to 1984 were safely entombed inside the pages of history textbooks.
Blind adulation for authorities who made impossible promises and demonized minorities – those were the Old Days. Americans and other Western Democracies knew better now.
I was wrong to feel so secure.
Most, if not all, politicians lie, but Trump goes further by refusing to defer to an objective standard of reality, one defined by rules of logic and respect for evidence. He says Obama wiretapped him and for Trump that is enough. He makes no effort to explain or supply proof, leaving it to others to make sense of what he means; without meeting others on a common ground of objective reality, rational discourse is impossible. He peddles ambiguity and confusion, such as later claiming that by "wiretapping" he meant surveillance generally, creating the impression that truth is slippery, elusive, and possibly unobtainable.
This matters because authoritarianism takes root in the realm of thought.
The mainstream press is not having it. It calls Trump on his easily disprovable lies and demands proof for his outrageous accusations. It holds him to standards of evidence and reason. Therefore, he has named the press "the enemy."
By swinging the power of his presidency like a cudgel to knock down critics, by hurling threats, tirades, and character assaults, Trump is not just changing policy; he is changing our national identity and reshaping it in the image of his own disturbed personality.
My hope lies in knowing that the face Trump is presenting to the world is not the true face of America; it is a mask, and there is a lot of resistance going on behind it.
Despite his unflinching supporter base of 38 per cent, opposition to his leadership has been robust overall. Activism is on the rise. The feminist movement has become super-charged due to his overt misogyny. Law suits threaten his xenophobic policies.
However it may appear to the world, America is not Trump. America is the people who live here and most of us know something is wrong, terribly wrong.
However, I must admit: If I have ever taken for granted the institutions that support democracy such as a free press and an independent judiciary, I never will again because through Trump, I have glimpsed the abusive alternative.
The hidden gold of the Trump presidency is that I am more engaged with how government works than I have ever been. In the weeks following his inauguration I learned everything I could about the limits and scope of presidential power.
Boring textbook concepts like checks and balances scintillate with new meaning and flicker to life when faced with a real threat. And Donald Trump is.
Maybe someday the Republicans in Congress will see that. Maybe they will see that his abusive governing style is an attack on the country they have long promised to defend.
Maybe they will recover from their moral amnesia and remember how their party used to care about things like education and defending the Bill of Rights.
Maybe even a lone Republican (other than McCain), a dauntless Chosen One, will separate from the Pack and aspire to easy heroism by firmly and consistently raising his voice above that of Trump to say, "A free press is not the enemy of the people. In fact, it is kind of a useful thing for a democracy to have. And democracy, well, maybe that is not such a bad thing either. Maybe it is even sort of, kind of good."
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It's been awhile since Drupal 8 was first ready to try out. But even since then, I was checking out news, reading updated docs, working on my Drupal 7 projects… still waiting for something real. And it finally happened – during the keynote at DrupalCon Barcelona, Dries announced the first D8 release candidate and basically confirmed that it's now ready for production sites!
And there my journey had started; after all those weeks, I finally received a great opportunity to try out the real D8.
Getting started
You can download D8 here, which its configuration is not difficult – everything is well described in the official docs, I didn't find any issues there. Just a small reminder: after applying configs in settings.php/services.yml (such as enabling twig debug), don't forget to run the new drush command for cache clearing: drush cache-rebuild
Speaking of drush, for Drupal 8 you will need to update your drush up to the 8th version. If you want to keep both for purposes like executing drush commands on a remote server which runs older drush versions, just put drush8 in another folder and create an alias (more info). That is an easy and rather straightforward way, but there is also an automated way to do that, which could be useful in some cases.
Folder structure
Looking into the folders structure – it is a bit different to D7, but pretty logical, the main differences being: folder 'core' – Drupal's heart has been moved here, and we don't need to put themes and modules into the sites folder! We already have these folders in the root and from now on we should add custom/contrib subfolders there.
Opening my site – creating base content types, blocks (entities now! I like it, Bean module, thanks and goodbye – we're finally able to create different block types and add fields. Breadcrumbs, site name and slogan are blocks now (+1 to karma from non-developers I think, as they don't need to research what is code and how could they put this info in some other place) and, well, finally we don't need the title = '' for title hiding, for this purpose, a simple checkbox was added!).
Content looks great (live editing on pages – this feature was even backported to D7 Quick Edit module, I guess it's perfect for content editors), so I was pretty excited.
It should be as easy and comfortable as it only could be for any person that will be deploying a project – even if it was not the same person that was working on this particular site in the past. For this purpose we have the Configuration Management – an interface for importing and exporting site configurations. And as almost everything (besides the content) is configurations, this tool means easy deployment and reusability (I think this is the fullest info base over CM). The Features module that we used in D7 is pretty heavy and was avoided rather often in small projects (eg. in those being coded only by one developer), leading to sacrificing usability with deployment. But the new, better workflow for deploying in D8 that's in the core out of the box sounds great, and means easy deployment for any sized site!
Check out this introduction for a deeper look (I like this intro even a bit more than the official one).
Decided to try on a few pages and checked which variables do we have in preprocess_html, looked for devel – and turned out there was no stable release, which didn't sound too well, so while I was researching devel issues track, I decided to config PhpStorm with xdebug for Drupal 8 – great instruction, thanks! So in case of no devel – I was ready to work, but it's worth mentioning that devel's beta worked fine in general, I usually used kpr($variables) – krumo submodule for d7, and so I found it similar in d8 – krumo($variables). devel 8 was extended with different debugging tools; there is also one more submodule – Kint – kint($variables), which looks really good and should overtake the role of the now unsupported Krumo.
No one has ever had any doubts that the Views module would be present in the next Drupal core, and of course it is in D8.
In general the core team does listen to devs'/users' needs. A huge amount of great, often used and I would say expected functionality were added in Drupal 8: Ckeditor module for Rich text editor, Module filter, Date, Link, Email, Phone, Reference field types, entity cache module, custom view modes can be created for any entity (bye DS or custom code), admin pages are mostly views now and much more.
I was able to create all necessary functionality for a site without any problems or any lines of custom code in a module (I wasn't able to enjoy OOP in Drupal fully – but I definitely will), and I don't find the barrier to entry for Drupal 8 is much higher than D7 – so newbies go ahead, you have a lot of abilities in core, everything is pretty well documented and followed modern standards.
Theming took a bit more time than usual as there is a new theme layer here: HTML5 markups, naming convention, CSS architecture, the template engine in general (TWIG is great – a lot of people are already used it, but in addition to the general theme layer update in Drupal 8, it's just a great pleasure to see improved and much cleaner code in templates, reduced amount of duplicated code and the ability for developers to extend base templates with necessary additions but not completely replace them as before; easy syntax, security – autoescaping by default, DB calls and PHP scripts couldn't run in a template.
*Small tip: config your IDE for syntax highlighting and autocomplete of .twig templates, PhpStorm has native support. *
Also the idea to have 0 theme functions in core by the time Drupal 8 is released sounds interesting.
The future is here
All these initiatives are great and finally Drupal is not so outdated and is using modern tools and best practices (we don't need to excuse it because of its age anymore :)
So, work on Drupal is in progress, it is well supported (D8 is really less "Drupal" specific and closer to modern standards, frameworks – hey, Symfony is here – and OOP in general; I bet all of that will grow Drupal's community with high quality developers and as a result bring improvements), the core team and the community are strongly connected, devs and users are researching best practices and use cases, and Drupal 8 looks finally ready for production sites.
Tip: Don't miss core changes – @drupal8changes
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As a global network of privately owned executive search boutiques, we help people grow and step up in their careers every day. This is what drives us most. However, not everybody has access to the right tools to grow or means to even take the first step on any corporate ladder. And even people in more privileged surroundings often struggle to choose the right career path. With this in mind, several Kennedy Partner offices in Europe, Africa and the USA set aside a day, November 30th, and helped people around the globe by sharing knowledge, experience or their networks. It was the first of what is intended to be a yearly activity.
One of the participating locations was South Africa, home of Evolve/ Kennedy Johannesburg. They are already doing marvelous work with their impressive charity program Kotula that supports and empowers orphaned and vulnerable children. On Kennedy Cares Day they partnered with NGO Diakonia Aids Ministry to prepare these kids for the working world.
In bordering Zimbabwe, the Norwegian charity Sabona helps the local, often impoverished, population to set up educational projects on both primary and University level. Human Assets Consulting/ Kennedy Executive Oslo partnered with Sabona and hosted a fundraiser on Kennedy Cares Day to benefit the charity's activities further.
In Czech Republic, Delta Advisory/ Kennedy Prague joined NGO Nadani a dovednosti (Talent & Skills) that helps teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds and orphanages prepare for their future career. Delta Advisory accompanied secondary school students on company visits to organizations like Google, where they saw what their intended profession would be like in real live. Further to this the team at Delta offered individual career coaching, The team of VIR HR/ Kennedy Executive Milan were guest lecturers at a High School in the Italian Alps to help students on the way to their careers. During the classes they taught them how to write resume's and how to prepare for job interviews. A similar activity took place in Paris. Apollo/ Kennedy Executive Paris hosted interactive sessions at a Polytechnic teaching accounting and business administration students how to write a CV, prepare for job interviews and to set up a professional LinkedIn profile.
Further North, in Denmark, partner office DNA Headhunting/ Kennedy Executive Copenhagen announced their ongoing support to Danske Hospitalklovne (Danish Hospital Clowns). They do so by monetizing the free consults they often squeeze into their schedules. Candidates or others approaching them for a 'quick coffee' or 'chat about their career' will now be charged with a symbolic amount. This will be fully donated to the Danish charity to support them in putting a smile of the face of hospitalized children. At the same time, they can offer a more structured session to those with career or work related questions to help them progress. A win-win for everybody.
In Budapest, Ikelosz/ Kennedy Executive Budapest, teamed up with the Hungarian chapter of the European Youth Association at Corvinus University. The team of Ikelosz offered economics students a day about trends in the labor market and requirements in employees. Further to this, Ikelosz had face-to-face career consulting sessions of 30 minutes each, for students who want to discuss their career choices and future. Many students took advantage of this opportunity.
Amsterdam, partner office Lens/ Kennedy Executive Search Amsterdam hosted a full day around hiring immigrants and refugees. There were panel discussions with people from business and government and a network event around legalities, degree valuations and preparing for interviews.
Start-ups need help, even in glitzy Monaco, where Frisenberg J. Associates/ Kennedy Executive Monaco, teamed up with MonacoTech, The University of Monaco's incubator for entrepreneurs. Caroline Frisenberg hosted a workshop for starting companies and their employees to assist them in their online branding. Helping these companies grow will ultimately result in new jobs and opportunities for others.
States side, in Denver Colorado, GMT – 7, Integrated People Solutions/ Kennedy Executive Denver joined forces with Junior Achievement Colorado. This organization is committed to helping Middle School students prepare for their future and the working world. The team in Denver took over 4 classrooms for a full day at a Middle School where 84% of the students come from underprivileged families or backgrounds.
With Denver, the first Kennedy Cares Day came to a close. But the network plans to organize a similar day every year. Jorg Stegemann, CEO and founder of Kennedy Executive Search & Consulting: "As a network we benefit from sharing knowledge, best practices and connections. With this, we create global value for our clients without loosing local relevance. We all felt that we should put this to use to help not just our clients, but others too. That's how we came up with Kennedy Cares Day. With this activity, we created a bit of global impact, around the clock, however small it may be. If we do this every year, we can make it really count, so that is precisely what we will be doing.


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Made by IK Multimedia in cooperation with music icon Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, AmpliTube Fender is the only official Fender guitar/bass amp and FX software suite.
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By JOHN DALY
The late, great songwriter and singer Glen Campbell will be heard again, on a new album Sings for the King, a collection of songs recorded for Elvis Presley, to be released Nov. 16.
The original demo recordings of the songs were recently discovered in a storage unit by the family of the songwriter Ben Weisman. Campbell, who sang the songs for a demo, died last year at the age of 81 from complications related to Alzheimer's disease.
From among the 18 songs on the new album, Elvis recorded 12, including "Easy Come, Easy Go," "Spinout" and "Stay Away Joe."
Listen to "Easy Come, Easy Go" here:
The collection is comprised of songs mainly written by the songwriting team of Weisman and Sid Wayne.
Weisman and Wayne turned to Campbell who had perfect pitch and an uncanny ability to match Elvis's key and even mimic his delivery, to record fully fleshed out studio versions that they could present to Elvis for his recording consideration.
Campbell and Elvis met in the mid-1950s during Campbell's time in Albuquerque. Then when Campbell joined the Wrecking Crew, he played on many sessions including one for Elvis' Viva Las Vegas music.
Check out Elvis on 'Stay Away' here:
Songwriter Weisman is significant for having written the most songs recorded by Elvis than any other songwriter in history at 57.
Check out 'Clambake' by Elvis:
The songs were discovered by executive producer Stephen Auerbach who found the 50-year-old recordings on long-forgotten reel-to-reel tapes in a storage space belonging to his uncle-in-law, Ben Weisman.
Sings for the King will be released Nov. 16 via Capitol-UMe.
Sings for the King Track Listing:
- "We Call On Him" (Duet With Elvis Presley)
- "Easy Come, Easy Go"
- "Any Old Time"
- "Anyone Can Play"
- "I Got Love"
- "I'll Never Know"
- "All I Needed Was the Rain"
- "How Can You Lose What You Never Had"
- "Spinout"
- "Magic Fire"
- "I'll Be Back"
- "Love On The Rocks
- "Stay Away, Joe"
- "Cross My Heart and Hope to Die"
- "Clambake"
- "There Is So Much World to See"
- "Do the Clam"
- "Restless"
Check out Elvis with 'Spin Out' here"


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As with most things I start, I was gung-ho at the beginning, and I did a bunch of clearing out. But eventually it fell by the wayside, and I lost the energy for doing that hard work.
Now I need to take it up again! Planning a cross-country move, I need to get my stuff in order and get ready to go. I want to travel as light as possible, so I need to deal with as much of my stuff as I can.
I have a large cabinet crammed with art supplies. Do you have a fetish for art supplies? I surely do, and it's hard to give them up. What am I taking and what will go into the garage sale?
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So, I thought it was about time I attempted a 3-colour linocut. I have tried printing with three colours before, as a reduction linocut, but never one with three separate lino plates. I was a little unprepared for how tricky it would be! Working with one or two colours is fairly easy to visualise beforehand, but with three colours I just found it realy hard to imagine what colours would work. I had a go at several colour combinations before settling on these. I'm very happy with the result, but started off with some pretty ghastly colours (which I certainly won't be showing!).
I had this thought in my head wondering what donkeys dream about. I settled on the idea that their dreams are probably quite abstract, so tried to put that idea into a print. Hope you like it.
'Orange Donkey Dream' - 3-colour linocut print (Folksy shop page)


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The Works: Whether or not we are gratifying the flesh or walking by the Spirit is relatively easy to observe. Paul lists fifteen "works of the flesh" in Gal 5:19-21 and ends with the catch-all phrase "and things like these" (Gal 5:21). These works involve sexual sin ("sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality"), worshiping or depending on something other than God ("idolatry, sorcery"), damaging our relationships with others (enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy), and wildly sinful living ("drunkenness, orgies").
As to the Spirit, Paul gives us nine examples of "fruit" that He produces in the Christian's life. "Love" heads them all, and while more could be listed, his emphasis in this text (as with the earlier "works of the flesh") involves the Spirit's work in our relationships ("joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness"). Perhaps "self-control" at the end of this list sits in contrast to the two sins of wild living in Paul's list of sins.
In evaluating whether or not we are living according to the flesh or Spirit, we could simply ask which list is more evident in our lives than the other. Whether works of the flesh or fruit of the Spirit, one or the other might be more prominent than another from one person to another. As far as the overall thrust of Gal 5:16-26 is concerned, perhaps the question could be this-do I see the works of the flesh gradually diminishing over time while at the same time seeing progress in the fruit of the Spirit? As we live by the Spirit, walk by His leading, and keep in step with Him, we will progressively bear His fruit.
The Warning: As to the works of the flesh, Paul gives this warning: "those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God" (Gal 5:21). A life that is void of faith and thus the Spirit will evidence the works of the flesh to one degree or another. The person who perseveres in sin has no place in Christ, has never been transformed by Him through the Spirit, and will not inherit all that God could otherwise have for him in His future kingdom.
On the other hand, after listing the fruit of the Spirit, Paul comments, "against such things there is no law (Gal 5:23), implying in the context of Galatians, it seems, that neither is there the curse of death for violating the law nor its consequent condemnation of the law-breaker. As this list and comment follows Paul's list of the works of the flesh with the warning against those who do them, it seems this comment actually assumes a positive eschatological tone-if no curse and condemnation come to those who bear the Spirit's fruit, they will be the ones who inherit the kingdom of God.
Pastor David Huffstutler
Pastor Huffstutler regularly writes articles for our Sunday bulletin. See his bio on our pastoral bio page.
May 2020


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A Father's Quest
Season 4 • Episode 7
Leah Peebles disappears from Albuquerque, New Mexico after recently moving there to make a fresh start. Her parents discover that she started using drugs again and has turned to prostitution. Did Leah run away or was she the victim of foul play?
43 min|TV-PG|Premiered 11/08/2011


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"Bang" is the first episode of the second season of Daredevil.
In the void left by Fisk's removal, a new threat to Hell's Kitchen emerges. Murdock and Foggy take on a client with a questionable past.
- Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
- Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher
- Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
- Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson
- Susan Varon as Josie
- McCaleb Burnett as Grotto
- Royce Johnson as Brett Mahoney
- Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett
- John Bianco as Jimmy "The Bear"
- Mario D'Leon as Leon
- Andy Murray as Nesbitt
- Cliff Moylan as Thomas
- Stephen Lee Anderson as Cullen
- Gregory Dann as Johnny
- Dave McCrea as George
- Patrick Brana as Alpha
- Reza Salazar as Cartel Member Cop
- Robert G. McKay as Homicide Detective
- David Lee Russek as Medical Technician
- Nneoma Nkuku as passer-by
- Kerry Malloy as Tattooed Doorman
- Agnetta Thacker as Teenage Girl
- J.P. Groeninger as Mr. Maxwell
- Unknown actor as Mr. Marino
- Alix Cross as Miss Jacinto
- Bull as Max
Continuity and References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- The Punisher is introduced.
- Grotto is introduced.
- Metro-General Hospital is mentioned and appears.
- Wilson Fisk is mentioned.
- Josie's appears.
- Josie appears.
- Brett Mahoney appears.
- Turk Barrett appears.
- A poster for Wild Turkey appears in Josie's bar. Jessica Jones drinks Wild Turkey.
- Dogs of Hell appear.
- Ryker's Island is mentioned.
- The Chinese, Russians and Yakuza are mentioned.
- Nesbitt is introduced.
- Grotto mentions the "part of New York that looks like a goddamn war zone". This foreshadows the coming of the Punisher, since Punisher: War Zone was a comic series in the 1990s and also the title of Punisher: War Zone.
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Let me now sing praises to this cherry limeade.
It is not often, in fact it is seldom, that I find something I think this fabulous. For fabulous it was. Oh, I will be back. They can bet on it. A hamburger place in town, not even a mom & pop place, where you might expect to find something this good, but a place whose hamburgers are pretty terrific also - I'd seen them make this before, noticed they used actual real limes, unlike some of those other places that just use Sprite, and they shall remain nameless; I'd watched them squeeze the juice out of several limes into a cup, thinking how I should try one someday, thinking that it would still no doubt be too sweet, that they were probably adding sugar unbeknownst to me, behind my prying eyes, but oh no. They weren't. The perfect tartness, and oh, oh! I love me some tartness! My mouth is still tasting it, my tastebuds still all ajitter with such perfection. Lordy. I was like Sally in When Harry Met Sally, but I really meant all my oohing and aaahing, no faking on my part. Next time I will get a size smaller because I know I will drink it all up, just like today - my tummy all pooched out with sheer pleasure.
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Latest News
Three New Harris Free Schools Approved
The Department for Education has approved three new Harris Federation free schools. Two of these will be in Greenwich and the third will be in Bromley. All three will build on the success of existing Harris academies in those areas.
Details are as follows:
- Greenwich secondary school:
Working with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and building on the success of Harris Academy Greenwich, this will be a secondary academy for boys. Greenwich predicts that an additional 210 places will be needed in the borough by 2021. The new school will provide 180 of these.
Harris Academy Greenwich is rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted and receives around seven applications per place available.
With a separate free school for girls opening in September 2018, the new Harris secondary will help to ensure a balance of places for boys and girls in the borough.
- Greenwich primary school:
The Royal Borough of Greenwich predicts that, in order to meet the need for primary places in Blackheath and Charlton, 105 new Reception places will be needed by 2021. The new Harris primary will deliver 90 of these.
It will work closely with one of the nearby Harris secondary academies –Harris Academy Greenwich or Harris Academy Falconwood, depending on the site chosen – so that children can have access to specialist secondary teachers and resources from as young as age 9. In our other schools, we have found that children enjoy having this access and that it makes them much better prepared for the transition to secondary school at age 11.
- Bromley secondary school:
This will be a co-educational secondary school in Sydenham. It will work closely with the successful Harris Girls' Academy Bromley and Harris Academy Beckenham.
Bromley Council predicts that as many as 300 new Year 7 places could be needed in the borough by the early 2020s. Given our aim of finding a site in Sydenham, the school is likely to meet demand from Lewisham families as well.
We will also develop strong links between the new school and the 'outstanding' (Ofsted) Harris Primary Academy Kent House. Its pupils will be guaranteed a place at the new secondary school, with the remaining 120 places available for other families.
We look forward to working with the Department for Education's property company, LocatED, to find sites for the three schools. We will announce opening dates once the sites have been acquired.


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"Av yuh evah kissed a Belgium Mun?" Me: "Huh?", not knowing if it was the thudding of the music or the heavy accent that made his question unintelligible. "Haav you EVAAHH kissed a Belgium Mun?" Me: HUH!? Understanding this time. "NO!!" I shot back at the complete stranger, with a wrinkled nose and twisted mouth. "Du yuh wunt tuh?" uuuhgg Blech!! I stood up and marched straight to the pay phone, pulled out that trusty emergency quarter, and called Mom for immediate rescue. Giving no thought that, I had just went to great lengths to out smart this lady called Mom. A two year grounding was a welcomed trade off.
A decade and a half later, Nick dragged me up the stairs past the forming line to the "other" entrance. The "VIP" entrance, just like the movies: Name: check, clipboard: check , past the velvet rope: check. It was the celebrity after party for Tanner Halls' The Massive new movie release. At first I was intrigued, but by the time my eyes adjusted to the dark smoky room, it dawned on me....I wouldn't know a celebrity snow border/skier if they snow plowed across my nose, which at that point I might have appreciated. Watching the people move so freely and closely made me think I was looking at a snow globe, seeing all the co-motion but not feeling the craziness. People watchers around the world will agree bars and clubs and maybe church are the top three people watching places....in that order...bar, club, church. (lol!) Inside the club we had a reserved booth with a drop dead beautiful waitress. For a second I thought it was a shame that such a pretty girl would be a V.I.P. Park City waitress....but then I chuckled. What was a better job for this beauty? A manager at a clothing store? A hair dresser....? I'm positive that girl earns more dinero dishing drinks than 98.2% of 9-5ers in Utah. I only wish I'd have brought my camera in with me. There was so much material....I even saw a guy lean over to the stranger at his left and whisper "Av yuh evah kissed a Belgium Mun?"