Watch: Sloan Peterson Unveils Music Video For "New Direction"
Sydney, Australia-based guitar pop/garage rock artist Sloan Peterson has unveiled the video for her brand new single "New Direction".
The song is out now via Mirror Records. Grab it here.
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Etiquetas: Garage Rock, guitar pop, Joe Jackson, Mirror Records, New Direction, new single, new video, Sloan Peterson
Methyl Ethel Announce New LP 'Triage', Drop "Real Tight" New Video
Australian indie rock/alt-pop band Methyl Ethel have announced the release of their third studio album titled 'Triage'.
The follow-up to 2017's 'Everything Is Forgotten' was written, produced and performed by lead singer Jake Webb, mixed by Marta Salogni and mastered by Heba Kadry. It will be out on February 15th 2019 via 4AD Records. Pre-order it here.
The band have also dropped the video for their the self-proclaimed "surrealist love song" "Real Tight", directed by Matt Sav.
According to the press release, Triage "is like experiencing youth as a fever dream. Drawing from experiences that have been erased with time. As ever, the songs feel like "real life" even if their author has put their authenticity into question in the past."
"The first couple of records I wrote from a personal experience, then obscured it; that's how I write songs", Methyl Ethel's Jake Webb explains, "My go-to thing is really to write about an abstract emotional experience while being ultra-personal." This delicate balance of internal revelations played off against calculated ambiguity, has struck a nerve as Jake's lyrics are sung back at him by audiences around the globe. They are precise enough to be authentic, and hazy enough to be anyone's, a universality that is echoed when Jake touches on the themes of Triage. "It's about love, about mental health, about people and relationships. Isn't everything?"
Check out the tracklist and watch the video for "Real Tight" below.
01. Ruiner
02. Scream Whole
03. All The Elements
04. Trip The Mains
05. Post-Blue
06. Real Tight
07. Hip Horror
08. What About The 37º?
09. No Fighting
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Etiquetas: 4AD, alt pop, Indie Rock, Methyl Ethel, new video, Real Tight, Triage
New Entry: Marc Baker Shares New Single "Not My Friend"
Aussie new wave musician Marc Baker has shared his new single "Not My Friend".
The song, produced by the multi-platinum band Miami Horror, is out now and follows on from his excellent self-titled debut EP, which was released in August this year.
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Home/Jobs/Obafemi Awolowo University Recruitment 2023(3 Positions)
Obafemi Awolowo University Recruitment 2023(3 Positions)
Apply for the ongoing Obafemi Awolowo University Recruitment 2023. See the 3 job positions, descriptions, eligibility, and how to apply. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is seeking the services of both graduates and experienced job seekers to fill the vacant positions in their Institution.
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, is a first generation comprehensive public institution established in 1961 as The University of life, by the then Western Region of Nigeria. In August 1975, the Federal Government of Nigeria took over the University and in 1987 renamed after Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a frontline Nigerian Statesman and one of the University's founding fathers. The University is situated on a vast expanse of land of 11,861 hectares in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Southwest of Nigeria. The Vision of the founders of the University was to establish an institution dedicated to the promotion of learning and culture.
In accordance with the provisions of the Obafemi Awolowo University Law, as amended, the Council of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife wishes to invite suitably qualified candidates for the following positions below:
1.) Registrar
Location: Osun
The ideal candidate must possess a University Degree not lower than a Second Class (Lower Division) and a Master's Degree.
He/she must also have spent at least twenty (20) years relevant administrative experience in University Administration.
The candidate must have spent at least eight (8) years at senior management level not lower than that of a Deputy Registrar in a Federal University. Membership of relevant professional bodies are compulsory.
In addition, he/she:
Must not be older than 60 years of age by June 1, 2023;
Must be a person of impeccable integrity and strong moral character with ability to relate excellently with staff, students and the general public,
Must be a person with an articulate vision for the development of the University in general and the Registry in particular, combined with a strong passion to implement the vision
Must be highly conversant with the intricacies and peculiarities of a Federal University system;
Must be of good physical and mental health, pleasant disposition
Must -date in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills.
Must a person of strong character, sound leadership skills and ability to instill confidence and engender trust in his/her members of staff;
Must be devoid of any criminal record, and
Must be able to demonstrate sagacity and wisdom in the face of crisis or undesirable situations.
The Candidate:
The person who will be Registrar, given the complexity and scientific nature of the administrative processes of a 21st Century University, must not only be a goal-getter, but must also be able to show drive, exceptional initiative, great ability for institutional networking with the outside world and must have a suave mien that typifies a 21st Century world-class University.
Conditions of Service
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The appointment is for a single tenure of five (5) years, while salary and other conditions of service shall be as approved for Registrars of Federal Universities by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
6th March, 2023.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit fifteen (15) copies and one soft copy on a CD of a word-processed Application, an up to date detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) with names of three (3) referees to the Vice Chancellor.
The CV of applicants must contain the following:
Full Name (Surname first in capital letters).
Post Applied for.
Date and place of birth (attach birth certificate/sworn affidavit of age).
State of Origin, Senatorial District and Local Government Ares (if Nigerian).
Permanent Home Address.
Current Postal Address/including G.S.M Telephone number(s).
Number of Children and their ages.
Institutions attended with dates.
Academic/Professional qualifications and distinctions obtained with dates (attach copies of credentials)
Work Experience with dates.
Present Employment, Status, and Salary (if any).
Service to national and international bodies.
Extra-Curricular Activities.
Any physical challenge and nature
Names and Addresses of three (3) referees who must have been closely associated with candidate's administrative/work experience.
Signature and Date
All Applications should be under confidential cover in a sealed envelope and marked "Confidential: for the attention of the Vice Chancellor" at the left-hand top corner of the envelope submitted and addressed to:
The Vice Chancellor,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Referees Report
Each referee must be contacted by the applicant to forward, directly to the Vice-Chancellor, a confidential report on the candidate's character, administrative and managerial competencies in a properly sealed envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL – Application for the Post of Registrar: Referee's Report" at the top left corner of the envelope within the period allowed for the submission of the application.
Each application should include fifteen (15) copies and a soft copy of the candidate's Vision for the University and particularly the administration and growth of the University.
Late applications will NOT be entertained and only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
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2.) Bursar
The applicant must possess a university honours Degree in Accountancy or related discipline from a recognised university with a minimum of Second-Class (Lower Division) and at least twenty (20) years relevant experience preferably in a university accounting system or that of comparable institutions.
The candidate must have spent at least eight (8) years at senior management level and not lower than that of a Deputy Bursar in a Federal University.
Possession of a postgraduate diploma/degree in a relevant field is required. Adequate knowledge of computer applications and membership of a recognised professional accounting body such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, ACMA, ANAN etc are compulsory.
In addition, he/she shall:
Must not be older than 60 years of age by 12th July, 2023;
Must be a person of impeccable integrity and strong moral character with ability to relate excellently with staff, students and the general public;
Must be a person with an articulate vision for the development of the University Bursaryin particular, combined with a strong passion to implement the vision;
Must be highly conversant with the financial intricacies and peculiarities of a Federal University system;
Must be of good physical and mental health, with pleasant disposition
Must be up-to-date in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills
Must be a person of strong character, sound leadership skills with ability to instil confidence and engender trust in his/her members of staff.
Must be devoid of any criminal record; and
Must be totally free from financial embarrassment.
The person must have exhibited in the past, considerable ability, competence, industry and integrity.
He or she must be proactive, visionary and capable of efficient and effective management of a coordinated system of a decentralized Bursary.
He/she must fully understand the complexity of the university system and must possess good human relations.
The appointment is for a single tenure of five (5) years, while salary and other conditions of service shall be as approved for Bursars of Federal Universities by the Federal Goverment of Nigeria and the Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit fifteen (15) copies and one soft copy on a CD of a word-processed Application, an up to date detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) with names of three (3) referees to the Registrar.
The CV of applicants must contain the following
Full Name (Sumane first in capital letters).
Post Applied for
State of Origin, Senatorial District and Local Government Area (ifa Nigerian).
Permanent Home Address
Current Postal address, including G.S.M Telephone number.
Institutions amended with dates
Present Employment, Status, Salary (if any).
All Applications should be under confidential cover in a sealed envelope and marked "Confidential: for the attention of the Registrar" at the left-hand top corner of the envelope submitted and addressed to:
Each referee must be contacted by the applicant to forward, directly to the Registrar, a confidential report on the candidate's character, administrative and managerial competencies in a properly sealed envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL – Application for the Post of Bursar: Referee's report" at the top left corner of the envelope within the period allowed for the submission of the application
Each applicant must submit fifteen copies (15) and a soft copy of not more than a two (2) page statement of his/her vision for the University, and particularly the administration, growth and control of its financial affairs.
3.) University Librarian
The candidate should possess at least a minimum of Higher Degree of Master's in Library and Information Science with fifteen (15) years of cognate experience.
Possession of a Doctorate Degree will be an added advantage.
Candidates are also required to have scholarly publications in reputable journals and must be members of the following:
Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria
Nigerian Library Association.
Must not be less than 50 years nor older than of 65 years by 12th, July, 2023;
Must be a person of impeccable integrity and strong moral character with ability to relate excellently with staff, students and the general public.
Must be a person with an articulate vision for the development of the University and the Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library in particular, combined with a strong passion to implement the vision.
Must be a person of strong character, sound leadership skills and ability to instill confidence and engender trust in his/her members of staff
Must be devoid of any criminal record; and must be totally free from financial embarrassment.
Must be visionary, have the ability to provide good leadership and command respect and loyalty of staff of the University.
Candidates must also possess personal integrity and demonstrate transparency in private and public life.
The appointment is for a single tenure of five (5) years, while Salary and other conditions of service shall be as approved for Librarians of Federal Universities by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Personal Date:
Full Name (Surname first)
E-mail Address(es),
Mobile Phone Number(s)
Senatorial District
Number of Children and their Ages
Higher Educational Institutions Attended with Dates
Academic/Professional Qualifications and Distinctions Obtained with Dates:
Other Distinctions and Awards with Dates:
Work Experience with Dates:
Previous Work Experience Outside the University System with Dates.
Previous Work Experience in Other Universities
Work Experience in Obafemi Awolowo University (If applicable).
Membership of Professional Bodies
Thesis/Dissertation
Contribution to Books
Published Journals Articles
Edited and Referred Conference Proceedings
Articles Accepted for Publication
Manuscript Submitted for Publication
Papers and Work in Progress
Professional Accomplishments
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops Attended with Dates
Each Referee must be contacted by the applicant to forward, directly to the Registrar, a confidential report on the candidate's character, administrative and managerial competencies in a properly sealed envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL – Application for the Post of Librarian: Referee's Report" at the top left comer of the envelope within the period allowed for the submission of the application.
Each applicant must submit fifteen copies (15) and a soft copy of a statement of his/her vision for the University, and particularly the growth and administration of the Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library.
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How Petty Money Politics Crushed Tesla In Texas
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is fond of saying that his pro-free market state is "wide open for business." It turns out that sentiment may only be true if you don't dare challenge the entrenched good old boys and their mountains of cold, hard cash like Tesla Motors did.
Over the past year Tesla has taken its fight for direct car sales to several states, but it got its ass thoroughly and completely handed to it in Texas. Being a scrappy and successful new automaker has nothing on the powerful and cash-flush car dealer lobby that has been a powerful force in Texas politics for decades, according to a new report from the nonprofit Texans for Public Justice.
You've probably heard that Tesla not only wants to revolutionize the car itself, but the way we buy them as well. Elon Musk would like to see a world in which car shoppers buy direct from vehicle manufacturers, not through independent third party dealership chains. After all, why is it you can buy a MacBook Air direct from Apple, but you can't buy a Mustang from Ford or a Model S from Tesla?
But thanks to the efforts of the late Gene Fondren, who passed away in 2010 but was a legislator, lobbyist and longtime head of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association, Texas has some of the toughest car dealer protection laws in the country. As Automotive News reports, Fondren's built a powerful legacy that continues to prohibit direct-to-customer sales in Texas today.
Do you want to know what employees at the Tesla stores are allowed to do? Legally, not much. From the report:
Employees in Tesla car galleries in Austin and Houston are legally prohibited from offering visitors a test drive, quoting them a price or even directing them to Tesla's website. If a Texan does order a Tesla from California, the car must be delivered by third-party trucks that cannot advertise the Tesla brand.
It doesn't seem very fair, does it? During the most recent Texas legislative session, Tesla got two bills introduced in the State House and Senate that would permit them to sell their cars directly. But the regular legislative session ended in June without a vote on either bill.
Texas Fails To Fix The 'Anti-Tesla Law' As Session Ends
Native Texans will tell you that on every odd-numbered year, the stalwart Texas Legislature…
Quoting longtime Texas political writer Paul Burka, Automotive News' story notes that lobbyists in that state — as is true in other places — don't have quite the same power they used to, due to changes in ethics laws and other factors.
Still, Tesla tried their hand at winning hearts and minds through political contributions. The Dallas Observer reports that Musk gave $7,500 in campaign contributions and spent somewhere between $255,000 and $565,000 on lobbyists.
But money talks and bullshit walks, and at the end of the day, Tesla didn't have the money and power to compete with the big boys. Compare Musk's contributions to what the car dealers spent from 2011 to 2012, according to the report.
Yeah, not even close.
The largest recipients of dealer cash, according to the report, were Gov. Rick Perry, Attorney General (and now gubernatorial candidate) Greg Abbott, House Speaker Joe Straus, Compotroller Susan Combs and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in that order.
The rest of the recipients were almost overwhelmingly Republican lawmakers which, to be fair, makes sense because the Texas Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican.
However, it's also kind of funny considering these are the same people who claim to be pro-business, pro-capitalism and pro-free market. What would really be the harm of letting carmakers sell direct, besides politicians' car dealer money faucet getting turned off?
It's not like Musk hasn't had any victories with the Texas Legislature. SpaceX got almost no opposition when they sought to build a rocket launch site in Southeastern Texas, a move that would bring jobs and bolster Texas' reputation as a space-friendly state. Those bills got through the Legislature with no problem at all, the report says. Apparently, the same can't happen when car dealer money is on the line.
Musk is also working to make Texas a good place to actually own Teslas, too. A Supercharger station opened in Waco today, adding to the network of stations already in place across the state. Musk says that by the end of the fall, Model S owners will be able to drive through much of Texas for free.
But until Musk can come back to Texas with millions and millions of dollars he's willing to give to politicians, it's going to be business as usual in the Lone Star State.
DarthDuster
Riddle me this, Americans. If Texas is such a tough state to change the status quo, why would Tesla pick a fight there?
The key to winning a war is knowing which battles to fight, and it doesn't seem Tesla has picked wisely in this instance - or is Tesla having success in all the other states and Texas is the last hold out?
Genuinely curious.


Heathrow aircraft noise pollution
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1- Define background to noise and regulation.
2- How the impact of the environmental aspects relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
3- Assess the impact of aircraft noise at Heathrow airport and its contemporary noise
reduction measures.
4- Development of new noise reductions measures that Heathrow airport could introduce
to limit its impact on the local communities by conducting online survey.
In this respect, the main research questions examined include;
1- What is the main background and regulations of aircraft noise pollution?
2- What is the relation between the environmental aspect and Maslow's Hierarchy
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3- What effects has aircraft noise on Heathrow airport and what are the current
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measures could Heathrow airport adopt to limit aircraft noise on the surrounding local
communities?
adeleine Beth McCann born 12 May 2003 disappeared on the evening of 3 May 2007 from her bed in a holiday apartment in Portugal, sparking what one newspaper called "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history" Still to this day no one knows where she is or what really happened to her. The general public have many theories such as she was abducted", but the most popular theory is that she was murdered and the parents covered it up. Was Madeleine abducted? Madeleine was on holiday from the UK with her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann her twin siblings and a group of family friends and their children. She and the twins had been left asleep at 20:30 in the ground-floor apartment, while the McCanns friends dined in a restaurant 55 metres away.The parents checked on the children throughout the evening, until Madeleine's mother discovered she was missing at 22:00. Now although this is what the parents have said this statement just doesn't add up, for example Kate McCann said that when she found out Madeleine was missing she left her other two children in the apartment go and alert her husband at the restaurant, This is where many people think her story is flawed if u had just found out your daughter was abducted why would u leave your other two children home alone to go alert your husband? This is what Gerry McCann said when questioned about not having a baby sitter. "The kids were sound asleep and they were being checked regularly. We didn't think we needed a babysitter. We are good parents and what we did felt perfectly reasonable at the time." One of the the family's neighbours at the time Pamela Isobel Fenn said in her witness statement that she hear "one of the children crying out for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes" There has been many inconsistencies with the parents and other people's story's which make it hard to believe that Madeleine was actually abducted.>


Asian & Pacific Islanders HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Dayexternal icon. It is a day to break the silence about HIV and AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islander communities and encourage individuals to get tested for HIV.
Asians, who make up 6% of the U.S. population, accounted for 2% of the 38,739 new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. and six dependent areas in 2017. Of Asians who received an HIV diagnosis in 2017, 87% were men and 13% were women; gay and bisexual men (not including those who inject drugs) accounted for 91% of HIV diagnoses among all Asian men. Unfortunately, the number of HIV diagnoses among Asians in the U.S. (50 states and D.C.) increased 42% overall and 52% among Asian gay and bisexual men (including those who inject drugs) from 2010 to 2016. These increases suggest that more HIV testing, treatment and prevention efforts are needed within Asian communities.
Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) make up 0.2% of the U.S. population and account for a very small percentage of new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas—less than 1% in 2017. HIV diagnoses decreased 16% among NHOPI overall in the U.S. (50 states and D.C.) from 2010 to 2016; there was a 20% decrease among men while diagnoses remained stable among women.
This observance day was founded by the Banyan Tree Projectexternal icon, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to end the silence and shame surrounding HIV and AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islander communities, help prevent HIV, and help those who have this disease. True stories of courage and compassion about people in the community who have HIV and empowered themselves by sharing their experiences are available on the Banyan Tree website. The Banyan Tree Project is sponsored by the San Francisco–based Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, in collaboration with partner organizations in Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
Under the proposed Ending the HIV Epidemic initiativeexternal icon, there is much hope that new HIV diagnoses can be dramatically reduced in the U.S. in the next decade. With today's powerful tools, we can prevent HIV and help people with HIV stay healthy.
Learn more about HIV by reading CDC's HIV Basics Q&As.
Get tested for HIV. To find a testing location near you, visit the GetTested website, or text your ZIP Code to KNOWIT (566948).
Talk with your healthcare provider about your risks for HIV.
Learn about ways to prevent HIV—such as using condoms and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)—and share this information with family and friends.
Volunteer at a local organization that serves people with HIV.
Stand up against stigma, racism, and other forms of discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS.
Learn more from Asian and Pacific Islander health organizations, including:
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Teamexternal icon
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forumexternal icon
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Centerexternal icon
Hawai'i Health and Harm Reduction Centerexternal icon
Massachusetts Asian & Externalexternal icon Pacific Islanders for Healthexternal icon
What Is CDC Doing?
CDC and its partners are taking a high-impact prevention approach to maximize the effectiveness of current HIV prevention methods. Here are some ways CDC is working:
Provides funding for state and local health departments for HIV surveillance and prevention programs across the United States.
Awarded a new cooperative agreement in 2019 to strengthen the capacity and improve the performance of the nation's HIV prevention workforce.
Awarded about $42 million per year to community organizations under the flagship community-based organization cooperative agreement. This award directs resources to support the delivery of effective HIV prevention strategies to people at greatest risk. Special Service for Groups/APAITexternal icon is funded under this effort.
Developed the publication, Effective HIV Surveillance Among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, pdf icon[319 KB] to provide recommendations for HIV surveillance programs in states with high concentrations of Asians and NHOPIs.
Raises awareness through its Let's Stop HIV Together (formerly Act Against AIDS) campaigns, including:
Doing It, a national HIV testing and prevention campaign that encourages all adults to know their HIV status and protect themselves and their community by making HIV testing a part of their regular health routine;
Start Talking. Stop HIV., which helps gay and bisexual men communicate about testing and a range of HIV prevention strategies, and
HIV Treatment Works, which shows how people with HIV have overcome barriers to stay in care and provides resources on how to live well with HIV.
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of HIV/AIDS (DHAP)


Amazing Grace E
The largest Vitruvius to date combines both beauty and brains.
"They wanted it all, and they have it all," says Veerle Battiau, director of Vitruvius Yachts, as we discuss the 'wellness deck', one of Grace E's most recognisable features. "When we first met with the owners to discuss the original Vitruvius model they asked whether we would consider going a little bigger, up to 54 metres. So we went away and Philippe Briand, the naval architect, did the plans. But then they said: 'If we're going to do this, we really need to build a yacht for the next ten years. We need something really forward thinking, somewhere where we can look after our health and well-being.' After we discussed the 'wellness' idea, the first thing we did was incorporate the pool. It's a real exercise pool so we had to stretch the boat. We added ten metres, and then ten more and another deck, and finally ended up with 73 metres!"
Grace E is about as custom as they come, and nowhere is this more clear than on the wellness deck. Eddie Cooney, the captain on Grace E, explains that the owners were very involved in the build: "Their input and ideas were very much a part of the process, especially involving the spa element, but also with the form and function of the design and layout." A spacious gym aft is enclosed by large sliding windows, allowing for hot and cold-weather training with panoramic views. A run on the treadmill offers the rather wonderful vista of the wake and disappearing land.
Forward through the top-of-the-range gym and you are greeted by a spa many five-star hotels would be proud of. A solid Carrara marble cold plunge-pool leads into a large sauna, and there is also a hydrotherapy bath. Next door is a massage suite, where a permanent on board masseuse can offer up to seven different types of massage, as well as facials, manicures and pedicures. Further forward still is the observation room, where, post-massage, one can relax on the sofas and greet the approaching horizon. A door opens onto two futuristic-looking sunpads. Able to swivel 360˚ to catch (or hide from) the rays, they are equipped with an electric shade, which can be raised up and down. A circular walkway connects this enclave to the deck aft of the gym but, in true custom style, if you prefer some privacy, little LED lights just above the deck will glow red to alert crew or other guests to come back later.
"The owners wanted everything they enjoy on board, and not just a salon, sauna and fitness room, but also family and friends. They're very generous, and they wanted their guests to be a part of it. They wanted all the children and the whole family to have their privacy," says Veerle. Grace E has been cruising in the Caribbean, North America and Europe since her debut at the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show and, according to Cooney, one of the most popular areas on board so far has been the bridge deck. "When the doors are fully retracted, the exterior and interior areas become one beautiful space," he says. With bleached wenge floors, a hideaway television and large, comfortable sofas in neutral greys, this is a room designed for cocktail hour relaxing. The room also features the unique sushi table where the chef prepares fresh food in front of the guests. Everything on board is geared towards healthy living, and although a familiar concept today, four years ago when the boat was in build it was not so widespread, and is indicative of the prescient vision the owners had for their yacht.
While Grace E is certainly modern in her aesthetics and amenities, the real coup is reserved for below decks. "The owners are very conscious about their impact on the environment," says Veerle. "They wanted to be able to do full circumnavigations in hot and cold climates, but also wanted a green yacht. The hull was tested through and through to provide the least resistance and most fuel efficiency." Grace E's propulsion is provided by diesel-electric azipods, rather than a traditional shaft-driven engine, on the owner's request. "This is very novel," says Veerle. "She's the smallest yacht in the world with these kind of azipods, and they make it possible to go anywhere. They also installed the dynamic positioning system, because if you want to go to an area with beautiful reefs, you don't want to be part of the destruction of those reefs. They have anchors, of course, for safety reasons, but they can choose not to use them." The system uses the azipods, which can swivel 360˚, and when a GPS location is logged into the system the boat can be kept on that same position in up to 35 knots of breeze. The propulsion system has the benefit of being exceptionally smooth and quiet. During her sea trials, one passenger asked when they would be leaving harbour, not realising they were already doing 14 knots. "We started playing around after that!" says Veerle. "We filled a couple of glasses on every deck, right to the top, to see when they would spill. They didn't! And Philippe [Briand] is very proud of that, and I think he deserves recognition for it, because he really did a superb job on the stability of the yacht. One weekend, he said 'there are 6cm that just don't work'. And after eight hours he had found what he needed, but I remember him talking about 6cm on a boat that big. We sometimes make fun of him, but it's his strength."
Cooney describes the yacht as "spectacular, and relaxing but luxurious", and much of the feel of the yacht is down to Rémi Tessier's vision to bridge the interior and exterior spaces in a contemporary way. When asked what springs to mind when he thinks of Grace E Tessier says "peace, elegance and modernity", and it is obvious why. The sense of space is immediately apparent, with open-plan salons and clever use of deck space. Little touches add to the gravitas of the design, such as drinks tables built into the aft sofas and the use of polished stainless steel on the door frames, blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior. "One of my favourite parts of the design process was building the relationship with the clients," says Tessier. "The owners gave us the responsibility to create an exclusive design world for them, and were very involved in the sourcing of the contemporary art collection to fit perfectly with the rest of the design."
Establishing a connection with the sea was an important philosophy behind the design for the owners, and, in the master cabin, pale blue and aqua accents amongst creams and neutrals provide a calming ambiance, as well as complementing the yacht's exterior lines. A full-width bathroom features separate his'n'hers showers and sinks, separated by a huge solid limestone bath. Two dressing rooms and a study complete the suite. Aft of the master cabin are two en-suite guest cabins, which also benefit from the natural light afforded by the huge windows. Below are the remaining four cabins, two twins and two doubles, which can be turned into two suites of a double and twin by a joining door, making it ideal for families with children.
In the main salon, the dining table offers flexible eating for up to 16. Leather carpets, onyx, polished stainless steel and palladium leaf on the ceilings all add to the contemporary feel on board, as well as custom backlit coffee tables. On the aft deck is a cocktail bar and relaxed outdoor seating area, as well as the exercise pool and deckchairs. The area is slightly sunken into the deck, creating privacy and drawing you closer to the sea.
Of the crew quarters, Cooney says: "The area is exceptional and came about from direct involvement with the owners." Choices for downtime include a 70 square metre lounge and a private crew-only gym. Grace E also has a lift, which sits in the centre of the yacht, and links all the decks. The shimmering gold colour as you approach is actually gold thread laminated between two sheets of glass. "The idea is that it lets light through, so you're not obscuring the light in the lobbies and communal areas, and you can also see through it when you're inside," says Cooney.
Grace E is also equipped with an Oculus entertainment system, allowing guests to track their position on their televisions and zoom in and out on their locations, as well as watching real-time footage of the yacht under way from various cameras. Guest itineraries, menus and safety information also feature.
Grace E was brought to life by a wide range of people, from her designers and builders to her owners who had a vision right from the start, and she certainly deserves all her recent awards and accolades. She is not just visually stunning; the effort to include her eco-friendly systems certainly has to be applauded, and anything that looks simple, is almost certainly not. Perhaps her journey so far is best summed up by Philippe Briand himself on his recent visit to her in the Caribbean: "When I saw Grace E in Gustavia Harbour, the sun setting behind her, I thought of something Charles Baudelaire once said: 'Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.' I felt it was a job well done."


Review of The Beauty of the End, by Debbie Howells
There are plots that seem to work better in some literary genres than in others, & revisiting a past relationship that didn't work out seems to be one of them. Great in romantic fictions such as Jane Austen's Persuasion or Jojo Moyes's The Last Letter from Your Lover. But in crime fiction, I've been disappointed: Peter Swanson's The Girl with a Clock for a Heart, Mark Edwards' Because She Loves Me, & David Bell's Somebody I Used to Know, all tanked. Perhaps it's that the bereft lover has to play such an unappealing role, passively waiting for the beloved's return steadfastly but without hope. (Granted, Captain Wentworth was anything but passive facing a French – or American – frigate captain, but as a wooer of Anne he hangs back till the very end.)
In The Beauty of the End Debbie Howells could give the narrator Noah Callaway a personal soundtrack: 'Have You Heard about the Lonesome Loser?' His parents (& the author) graced him with an awfully wet name for a hero (even he jokes bitterly about it) & it fits him – one of those unfortunates who go through life with his own little raincloud over his head. (His surname is also redolent of 'callow'.) He allows himself to be repeatedly jerked around by April, the the object of his obsession, by Will, his BestFrenemy, & by Detective Sergeant Ryder (@ one point the author forgets his rank & promotes him to Detective Inspector tho' he subsequently reverts). Noah even allows himself to be bullied by his landlady @ the BnB, even tho' he is supposed to be both a lawyer & a moderately successful crime-fiction writer. (We are told that he abandoned practice @ the criminal defence bar stricken by remorse when a client he successfully defended proceeded to reoffend. Surely even the most junior defence barrister – not to mention detective story writer – knows that 9/10 of the defendants actually did it – the reason for defence is to make the Crown prove it.) You would think a trained barrister, not to mention crime fiction writer, would know how to stand up to an overbearing cop, not to mention a landlady.
Not only did April's giving Noah the el dumpo nearly @ the altar break his heart; it also ruined the storybook wedding he was planning: he was 'imagining a country house wedding with April in a beautiful dress & all our friends crowded around us. "We should check out some venues," [he] told her. "Places get booked up."' Had I not requested this book from NetGalley, it would have hit the DNF pile here. The groom makes the wedding plans? Most us guys' notion of wedding planning is going online @ Expedia to book two tickets to Vegas!
As the story unfolds the improbabilities multiply. April has apparently ODed & is in the ICU & Noah believes that one of the doctors is sneaking in & altering her medications to kill her – this doctor supposedly being a distinguished paediatric surgeon & having the nurses so in awe of him that they don't question anything he does, even tho' he is not April's attending physician or qualified to be assigned to an ICU. There is no chance @ all of anything like that happening in any real ICU, where the nursing staff closely supervise & administer all medications – that's why it's an ICU. Not only do the nurses constantly monitor the pt's medications & condition, but they review them daily as a team. There's no possibility that a consultant in another speciality – such as paediatric surgery – could simply walk in & start administering something else that the pt's proper doctor hadn't ordered.
We are also supposed to believe that April practised as a grief therapist for bereaved mothers of newborns, tho' we are not told how she acquired her qualifications, but after so many other unlikelihoods, why complain? Finally Noah uncovers the very much expected villain and the villain's very much improbable plot. Oh, & there's also another occasional narrator who talks in italics & we finally find out what she's doing in the story. At the end, Noah finds a new role: it's not as a wedding planner.
In future I'll not request advanced review copies of NetGalley except when I've already read & liked books by that author. But tho' I am grateful to NetGalley & to Kensington Books for this ARC, I thought the only thing beautiful about the end of this book was actually reaching the end.
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Selima Rahman, Tuku made BNP standing committee members
Published: June 19, 2019 15:14:05 | Updated: June 23, 2019 10:33:02
Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku(left) and Selima Rahman - UNB file photo
After over three years of the party's national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP's standing committee members.
Party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan central office on Wednesday.
After BNP's council on March 19, 2016, the party had announced the name of 17 standing committee members, according to a UNB report.
Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hassan Mahmud were made vice-chairmen at that time.
Of the 17-stading committee members, ASM Hannan Shah, MK Anwar and Tariqul Islam died at different times.
With the appointment of the duo, the total number of the BNP standing committee members now has risen to 16.


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Jun 23, 2015 | Aimee Sprung
Here at Microsoft, our team is all about civic engagement. But civic engagement becomes tricky. First of all, not everyone has the access and tools to be able to be engaged. And secondly, how do you teach something like civic engagement?
That's where our nonprofit partner Citizen Schools comes in. On Thursday afternoons during the school year, there is an exciting energy coming from our conference rooms on the 11th floor at Microsoft. If you walk by these rooms, you will see middle school students building robots, having fun and learning about math all at the same time. Microsoft is proud to partner with Citizen Schools to host Boston Public Schools students for these classes and even prouder to recognize the phenomenal employees that take time out of their busy day to host these classes. Citizen Schools will honor the Microsoft employees who teach the Citizen School classes: Sam Powers, Jean-Yves Ntamwemezi, Brian Conley, and Eric Frackleton.
Citizen Schools' mission is to close the opportunity gap for low-income students. Americorps educators and "Citizen Teachers" volunteer their time to help ALL students achieve their dreams, and this year, four Microsoft Citizen Teachers were honored as Presidential Service Award Winners! I sat down with Carolyn Roscoe, Director of Civic Engagement at Citizen Schools to learn more about their programs and the Presidential Service Award:
1. What is Citizen Schools?
Citizen Schools is a national nonprofit organization that partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for children in low-income communities. Citizen Schools mobilizes a team of AmeriCorps educators and volunteer "Citizen Teachers" to teach real-world learning projects and provide academic support in order to help all students discover and achieve their dreams.
2. What is the Presidential Service Award?
The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is the premier volunteer awards program, encouraging citizens to live a life of service through presidential gratitude and national recognition. This award is a way to thank and honor Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment, encourage a sustained dedication to civic participation and inspire others to make service a central part of their lives. Citizen Teachers who have taught 2, 3, 4 or more apprenticeships over the past four semesters are eligible for bronze, silver and gold levels of this award: gold award winners teach four out of the last four semesters, silver award winners teach three out of the last four semesters, bronze award winners teach two out of the last four semesters. See more at http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/ and Citizen Schools 2014 blog post on PSA winners.
3. Who from Microsoft is receiving the award and for what kind of activities?
This year, Sam Powers, Jean-Yves Ntamwemezi, Brian Conley, and Eric Frackleton are being recognized as Presidential Service Award winners. All three Microsoft employees participate in Citizen Schools apprenticeship program. Apprenticeships are semester-long hands-on learning projects led by volunteer experts, called Citizen Teachers. Volunteers help children connect what they learn in school to the real world, and get excited about opportunities for their futures. The apprenticeship culminates in a presentation, where students teach back what they've learned. Jean-Yves and Sam Powers have led Robotics Apprenticeships utilizing Lego Robots to teach students programming skills and the powerful potential of technology; students design, build, and program robots to complete simple tasks and race through complex mazes. Brian Conley and Eric Frackleton have taught Game Theory Apprenticeships; through their class, students utilize mathematical techniques – like probability and mean, median, mode – to win at games of chance.
4. How can people get more involved in Citizen Schools? To learn more about Citizen Schools and how you can help connect students to discover and achieve their dreams, visit www.citizenschools.org/volunteer.
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Girls Basketball – Coaches Choice Challenge: St. Rose Wins Wild 2OT Game vs. N.Y. Power; Squan Upends Rutgers Prep
Manasquan junior Lola Mullaney. (Photo by Paula Lopez)
HOLMDEL – The St. Rose girls basketball team had to light up the scoreboard, withstand a furious comeback and catch a fortunate break in order to beat one of the nation's top teams Sunday at Holmdel for the Coaches Choice USA NJ/NY Challenge, but the Purple Roses once again proved they are built for the big game.
Senior Lucy Thomas led five St. Rose players in double-figure scoring with 25 points and St. Rose overcame a game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation and potential game-tying three-pointer that was ruled a long two at the end of double-overtime to beat nationally-ranked Long Island Lutheran, 84-83.
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Rose vs. L.I. Lutheran by Paula Lopez
St. Rose senior Lucy Thomas goes up on Long Island Lutheran's Celeste Taylor. (Photo by Paula Lopez)
St. Rose (16-1) led by 17 points at one point in the fourth quarter and by 11 with under 1:30 left before L.I. Lutheran showed why they are ranked No. 19 in the latest USA Today national poll. The Crusaders rallied to send the game into overtime behind offensive outbursts by junior guard and University of Texas commit Celeste Taylor and senior Princeton commit Grace Stone.
Taylor led all scorers with 29 points and Stone added 21, including the game-tying three-pointer as time expired in the fourth quarter. Stone also hit a game-tying three in the first overtime that proved to be the final basket of the period.
St. Rose junior Sam Mikos scored five of her 11 points in the second overtime and a pair of free throws by senior teammate Mikayla Markham gave the Roses an 84-81 lead in the final seconds. Long Island Luthern got the ball to Kendal Miller in the corner on its final possession and Miller drilled a shot out of the corner, but it was ruled by the officials that she stepped across the three-point arc. The two-point shot made the score 84-83 and gave St. Rose the win.
Markham finished with 15 points and 12 assists, while senior Elizabeth Marsicano added 11 points and eight rebounds. Junior Lauren Lithgow also added 12 points on four three-pointers for St. Rose.
In other Coaches Choice Challenge Action
Manasquan 53, Rutgers Prep 42
Manasquan's "big three" of senior Dara Mabrey and juniors Faith Masonius and Lola Mullaney combined for 47 points and the Warriors (14-2) avenged a regular-season loss to the Argonauts (12-3) last year by taking down Rutgers Prep Saturday in a showdown of two of the state's top five teams.
Mabrey led Manasquan with a game-high 21 points, including eight in the fourth quarter and six in the final two minutes to help put the game on ice. Rutgers Prep cut Manasquan's lead to 45-42 with exactly two minutes to go before the Warriors closed the game with eight straight points, including two baskets and two free throws by Mabrey and a layup by Mullaney.
The first half belonged to Mullaney, who poured in 13 of her 15 points before the break, including nine in the second quarter. Masonius scored seven of her 11 points in the first half.
Senior Chiara Tibbitt also scored 21 points to lead Rutgers Prep, which played without junior standout and leading scorer Leilani Correa, who injured her ankle earlier in the week, according to NJ.com reporter Brian Deakyne.
All three of Rutgers Prep's losses this season are to Shore Conference opponents. In addition to Sunday's neutral site loss to Manasquan, the Argonauts lost road games to St. John Vianney and St. Rose.
Red Bank Catholic 51, Gill St. Bernard's 37 - Photo Gallery by Paula Lopez
Senior Hayley Moore poured in four three-pointers and scored 16 points to help the Caseys (12-4) cap a wild week with a win over the Knights (6-5).
Red Bank Catholic's week included a win over Manasquan – the No. 1 team in the state heading into the game – at home, followed by a stunning loss on the road at Wall (6-9).
Senior Katie Rice added nine points and classmate Rose Caverly chipped in eight for Red Bank Catholic.
St. John Vianney 84, St. Anthony (N.Y.) 53 - Photo Gallery by Paula Lopez
The Lancers – currently ranked No. 1 in the state by NJ.com – continued their red-hot start to the season by dominating St. Anthony of Long Island to improve to a perfect 15-0.
Notre Dame 62, Holmdel 52 - Photo Gallery by Paula Lopez
Holmdel senior Christina Antonakakis scored her 1,000th career point, but the Hornets (11-6) could not keep up with the Irish (11-4). Antonakakis finished with a game-high 29 points.
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Park City School District
Park City school board interviews 3 candidates
KPCW | By Michelle Deininger
Published April 20, 2022 at 9:35 AM MDT
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E.J. Elliott interviews for a seat on the Park City Board of Education.
A retired FBI agent, a current school board candidate and a Park City High School alumnus each applied for the open Park City Board of Education seat and were interviewed by the board Tuesday evening.
The candidates are seeking to serve the remainder of the term of former Board Member Kara Hendrickson, who died earlier this month.
The board asked each candidate the same eight questions, including whether they're related to anyone working in the district, what their priorities would be if appointed and if they have business with PCSD. The candidates did not state their full names, and the district did not announce who applied before the meeting.
First up was Carlos Villar. He said he's retired but worked as the assistant supervisor for the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Puerto Rico, and as an FBI legal attaché in Mexico City. He said the district's teachers are its greatest strength and that transparency and safety would be among his priorities.
"There's your lack of transparency Park City school district that is a real problem the strengths and you've got a great cadre of teachers instructors that are really good and it's really a shame that so many of them are leaving."
Villar also said the district's official translator was not a fluent Spanish speaker and that another district translator was using Google translator to do their job.
Next was Mandy Pomeroy. Pomeroy is one of three candidates running for the full District 4 term, but the only one who applied for this interim appointment. The full four-year term will be decided in the November general election.
Pomeroy said she wasn't running to pursue a political agenda and that it would be important to better understand and support decisions the board has already made. Anne Peters told Pomeroy that the board doesn't want yes people, they need individual opinions and and don't always agree, at which board member Andrew Caplan said, "Yeah we do. You got that?" as others laughed.
Pomeroy works with the Park City Education Foundation and the Jeremy Ranch Elementary School parent teacher organization. She told the board that student equity, communication and transparency were concerns for her but that she'd need to learn more.
"I'm not sure everything that you all speak to behind closed doors, but I think it's understanding more of the agenda and what the needs are," she said. "There's some I know as a parent and on the other side of it but there's some I don't know."
The third candidate was E.J. Elliott, an architect and 2013 PCHS graduate. Elliott said she works as a mentor with Park City High School, and that she would bring another perspective to the board as someone who had been through the Park City school system.
She said part of her fiduciary responsibility on the board would be understanding and communicating the district's use of tax dollars. She said her education in the district would be a benefit for the board.
"You know, I've sat in those desks; I've had those teachers," she said. "I think what I can bring as an incoming school board members understanding not only that perspective but also the perspective of the community. I can bring in a different perspective of okay, not only is this your kid but I've also been through this so I know how these policy changes are going to take shape."
The board said it would deliberate in an open meeting next Monday before appointing a new member. That person would be sworn in at that meeting.
Michelle Deininger
Michelle, who joined KPCW in 2021, arrived in Utah in 2018 by way of Massachusetts, where the skiing was icy and the mosquitoes formidable. A former daily newspaper reporter and editor (at the Visalia Times-Delta in CA) and columnist (at The Cohasset Mariner in MA), Michelle has been a writer and editor for decades. She holds a journalism degree from CSU Fresno and has worked as a journalist, freelance writer and web content creator, reporting extensively on education and youth along with general assignment and breaking news.
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Park Avenue neurosurgeon arrested for sexually assaulting patient
By Shawn Cohen and Linda Massarella
November 7, 2017 | 8:15am | Updated November 7, 2017 | 9:28pm
Eric Braverman Steven Hirsch
A Park Avenue neurosurgeon was arrested for sexually assaulting a patient in his exam room, authorities said.
Doctor accused of attacking woman avoids jail time
A Manhattan doctor accused of attacking a woman inside his...
The victim told authorities the assault happened July 20 when Dr. Eric Braverman ushered her into his office, gave her a massage, and then inserted his fingers inside her.
Braverman, 59, who was busted on Halloween, had "no legitimate purpose" to touch the woman other than "for the purpose of degrading and abusing her," according to his criminal complaint.
During Braverman's Nov. 1 arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court, ADA Charles Kee asked for $5,000 bail, citing Braverman's past troubles with the law, including a 2016 case in which he pleaded guilty to harassing a Texas woman who accused him of groping her.
Judge David Frey let Braverman leave on his own recognizance. He is due back in court Dec. 20.
Braverman's lawyer Barry Weinstein said the charges are "baseless."
"He'll be vindicated," he told The Post on Monday.
Braverman — who once boasted Gov. David Paterson and actress Suzanne Somers as patients — has written several books about aging and hormones, including "Younger (Sexier) You" and "The Edge Effect."
The self-described anti-aging guru posits that men's testosterone levels can create manic mood swings.
"Men have greater hormonal swings on a year-to-year basis than women. They have more periodic changes that they usually ignore, and then they become more erratic and moody," he wrote.
He has been sued by patients who alleged he gave them expensive medical treatment, such as "chelation therapy" — a solution that is injected into the bloodstream that supposedly dissolves heavy metals — which had no positive effect.
The New York State Department of Health State Board for Professional Medical Conduct issued a warning Oct. 6 that Braverman's medical license was in danger of being revoked.
Deputy counsel Roy Nemerson wrote Braverman "is charged with committing professional misconduct" based on his Dec. 4, 2015, conviction for stealing confidential documents related to his divorce case.
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Clinton has big day, dining with Karzai tonight
Clinton is meeting with some big names today (above, she greets Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai before their 11 a.m. bilateral) and will conclude her Monday by hosting a dinner with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Her public schedule: 9:15 a.m.: Meeting with assistant secretaries. 10:30 a.m.: Meeting with U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry. 11:00 ...
By Preeti Aroon
Clinton is meeting with some big names today (above, she greets Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai before their 11 a.m. bilateral) and will conclude her Monday by hosting a dinner with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Her public schedule:
9:15 a.m.: Meeting with assistant secretaries.
10:30 a.m.: Meeting with U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry.
11:00 a.m.: Bilateral meeting with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
12:30 p.m.: Meets with special envoy for Middle East peace, George Mitchell.
7:00 p.m.: Clinton hosts a dinner in honor of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at Blair House.
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Don't They Know it's Hanukkah?
Canada was once a white Christian country that has become racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse. The Prime Minister routinely recognizes diversity in the messages he posts about every religious holiday observed by Canadians. Since 2017, Canada Post, a federal government agency, has issued a stamp celebrating Hanukkah. Similarly, the UK was a white Christian country that has become diverse. King Charles recognized this diversity by referring to non-Christian places of worship in his first monarchical Christmas message and the week before attending a Jewish community centre's Hanukkah party.
Diverse Country, Christian Culture
Despite Canada's official recognition of diversity, in the countdown to December 25, its cultural institutions recognize and celebrate Christmas ad nauseum, and completely ignore Hanukkah. This contrast is particularly poignant this year, as Christmas Day coincided with the last day of Hanukkah. This missed opportunity is especially troubling in the context of a growing incidence of antisemitism. I'll give three examples.
From mid-day on December 24 to midnight December 25 CBC Radio One and Radio Two present programming under the seemingly inclusive rubric of "Home for the Holidays." It turns out that the program consists entirely of Christmas music and stories. (Personal disclosure: I did not listen to the entire 36 hours, which would have made me crazy. But I sampled enough to be confident in writing this).
The Globe and Mail's weekend opinion section – in my view comparable in quality to that of the Sunday New York Times – on Saturday December 24 this year ran six stories about Christmas and zero about Hanukkah. Columnist Robyn Urback, who is Jewish, did have a piece about the German government's prosecution of a woman who, as a secretary in a concentration camp, was complicit in the Holocaust. This brings to mind the thesis of Dara Horn's recent book People Love Dead Jews, namely that Western culture is more fascinated with dead Jews of the past than Jews living today.
Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Ensemble presented Handel's Messiah, back after a three-year pandemic hiatus, to an appreciative sell-out crowd at Koerner Hall. Has Tafelmusik ever considered staging Handel's Judas Maccabeus? I'm not suggesting cancelling Messiah, but rather doing Judas Maccabeus in November or January. If subsidization is needed, Tafelmusik could approach government granting agencies such as The Canada Council for the Arts and philanthropic foundations in the Jewish community.
Why Mention Hanukkah?
I'll conclude with two reasons for the arbiters of Canadian culture to pay greater attention to Hanukkah during the "holiday season." The first is that it is simply consistent with our values as a diverse country. The second is that more recognition and discussion of Hanukkah might contribute to the fight against antisemitism. The Hanukkah story recounts a struggle against tyranny on behalf of religious freedom that is as inspirational relevant to non-Jews as to Jews.
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Generation Y and Health: Dealing with Depression
This post kicks off our new series on Generation Y and their relationship with their health. From challenges to epidemics, this series attempts to expose how these digital natives are managing health-related issues, both individually and together.
By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur)
On April 20, 1999, two high school seniors named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and injured 24 others in what came to be known as the Columbine massacre.
On September 11, 2001, the terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing thousands of people.
On March 20, 2003, President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair declared war on Iraq, deploying 248,000 U.S. soldiers to invade the middle eastern country.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, leaving massive death and destruction in its wake.
In December 2007, the country fell into a severe economic recession, with an estimated 2.6 million U.S. jobs lost in the year that followed.
Each of these devastating events in our nation's history happened in the span of ten years…that's almost half the life of a Millennial, which describes the age group born between 1980 and 1995. Sure, other generations have endured the same trials and tribulations (the Great Depression, the Vietnam War, to name a few), "but no cohort of American youth has ever endured repeated mass catastrophes in the harsh, inescapable glare of a 24/7 media environment," says USA Today. Add these catastrophes to social and economic factors, as well as individual personal trauma, and you've got the recipe for depression on a generational scale.
People are already referring to us as "The Melancholy Generation," and they've got the numbers to back them up; according to a HealthFocus Trend Study, 28% of 18 to 29-year-olds report being affected by depression. College psychological counseling is on the rise, and suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people ages 15 to 24.
One way that Millennials are coping is by turning to each other for support. As digital natives, we grew up in a constantly wired environment – transferring seamlessly from desktop, to game console, to mobile phone and tablet – and finding ways to stay connected to each other on each device. We were early adopters of social media, and grew comfortable with sharing our most private thoughts with our friends online. For some of us, it's easier to broadcast our feelings to a wide network of people instead of reaching out to friends individually. Casual updates about our mood de-stigmatize the feeling of being depressed. From the USA Today article I mentioned earlier:
"It creates an immediate social-health network," says Adam Ross Wilson, 22, a 2006 graduate of Haverford College now working on Capitol Hill. "The chances are there's always somebody you can reach to talk about it. It makes it a lot easier not to feel alone."
A couple of weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal took this idea a little further, suggesting that the radiation from cell phones can actually help treat depression. This is based on a JAMA study on the effects of cell phone radiofrequency signal exposure on brain glucose metabolism. Reto Huber, a professor at the University Childrens Hospital Zurich, told the Wall Street Journal that "cell phones potentially could be used therapeutically, as a non-invasive tool to interact with brain rhythms or stimulate parts of the brain that arent working optimally."
Believe it or not, this isn't the weirdest technological solution for depression. Helen Mayberg, a neurologist at Emory University's school of medicine in Atlanta, identified a region in the brain that was overactive among severely depressed patients. She decided to test out a theory that medical scientists have been working on that involves using pacemakers to administer small shocks to particular regions of the brain. Throughout her experiment, the patients were awake and lucid. Many reported experiencing a sudden improvement to their mood after electrode stimulation, according to an article published by The Guardian in 2005.
For the time being, though, strapping a cell phone to someone's head or using a pacemaker as mobile electroshock therapy may not be the best solutions for combating depression. Here are other ways today's digital natives can use technology to prevent or treat depression:
One of the first steps to dealing with depression is being able to identify the symptoms of depression. My Mood Monitor¢'û¬¢ is a scientifically validated 3-minute assessment for anxiety, depression, PTSD and bipolar disorder that is available as a free mobile application called depressioncheck.
Another application called Moody Me helps those affected by depression track their mood by keeping a log of their feelings, record what affects them, and enter what medications they're taking. In addition, users can take and upload photos of the things that make them happy, then play it back for an instant mood lift.
Stay tuned for more posts from this series on "Generation Next" and we invite you to submit your questions or comments below in the mean time!
One Response to Generation Y and Health: Dealing with Depression
open - minded man says:
I'm sick of people being labeled a certain generation because of their age. What I look at are one's TRAITS. For example, I was born in 1979 and consider myself a Millenial because I have almost nothing in common with Gen X. Many of us don't like to be labeled a generation that we cannot relate to. Also, the idea of using an individual's year of birth in placing him or her into a certain generation is really just a mass – media and marketing tool. Why can't we all have an open mind and let everyone be who they want to be?


Vera | Tyger Tyger Preview (ITV)
Award winning actress, Brenda Blethyn dons her infamous mac and hat to play the unorthodox but brilliantly perceptive Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, in four chilling feature length episodes set against the backdrop of the North East.
When security foreman Gary Mallon is fatally wounded during a robbery at a Blyth container port the evidence points to an audacious heist that went awry. Vera begins to suspect an inside job.
But the investigation takes an unexpected turn when Gary's ex-wife contacts police with the news that their 13-year-old son is missing. Gary Mallon was acting under duress - the victim of a tiger kidnapping. His son was being held as collateral - but where is he now?
In order to rescue the missing boy, Vera first needs to work out who was behind the robbery. Further complications ensue when she finds herself forced to collaborate with an NCA Officer who is working on a covert surveillance operation with links to organised crime. As Vera closes in on the kidnappers a misstep in the investigation leads to tragic repercussions, and she finds herself taken off the case.
Vera returns Sunday 9th January on ITV.


Peterborough sack Evans, opt for Ferguson - and it's Plymouth Argyle for his first home game
Ferguson's first home game will be against old adversary Adams
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Seven days after facing one of his touchline nemesis, Wycombe Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth, Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams will face another with Peterborough United changing manager this weekend.
Following a goalless home draw with Charlton Athletic, Peterborough sacked manager Steve Evans and announced that Darren Ferguson will return to London Road for a THIRD spell in charge of the club.
That will see Ferguson and Adams renew their touchline rivalry on Saturday when the Pilgrims head to Peterborough for what will be Ferguson's first game back at London Road.
Peterborough, who travel to Bristol Rovers on Tuesday night, issued a statement within an hour of their goalless draw with the Addicks on Saturday to confirm Evans' sacking.
Derek Adams transcript as he blasts Wycombe for their time-wasting tactics in 1-0 defeat of Argyle
Within two hours, there was another that read: "Darren Ferguson has been appointed as manager until the end of the current season.
"With 17 games to go in the Sky Bet League One season, it was important that an appointment of a new manager was done swiftly and with somebody that has knowledge of the football club and has managed in this division.
"Everybody at Peterborough United are focused on ending the season with a promotion push and with that in mind, we are pleased to appoint Darren Ferguson as our new manager on a deal that runs until the end of the season.
"He will be assisted by Gavin Strachan and the new management team will begin work at the Mick George Training Academy on Sunday morning. Darren Ferguson has been extremely successful as manager of this football club with three promotions on his CV and we are now looking ahead to Tuesday night's game at Bristol Rovers.
"We would like to urge our supporters to get behind the new management team for the remaining 17 games of the Sky Bet League One season."
Ferguson and Adams formed something of a rivalry when Ferguson was in charge of Doncaster Rovers and both they and Argyle were fighting for promotion from League Two in 2016/17.
Darren Ferguson receives punishment after post-Plymouth Argyle 'shoot' referee outburst
Following one particularly controversial game, which ended in a 1-1 draw, Ferguson claimed he wanted to 'shoot the referee' after a late penalty call went against his side.
Adams, in the same game, praised the referee, who he thought was 'excellent.'
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WHAT enlightenment??!
an uncensored look at self-styled American guru Andrew Cohen
Ken Wilber's Shaky History of Endorsements
Andrew Cohen enjoys the endorsements of very few but one he does have is that of Ken Wilber, and Wilber is certainly no slouch. People are no doubt drawn to Cohen upon hearing of this support.
Wilber's endorsement is most prominently on display in the forward to Cohen's book Living Enlightenment:
"Andrew Cohen is a Rude Boy. He is not here to offer comfort; he is here to tear you into approximately a thousand pieces, so that Freedom can replace imprisonment. It will, in fact, be hell, and only Rude Boys are rude enough to tell you that, and to show you that—if you can stand the rudeness, stay in the fire, burn clean as Infinity and radiate as the stars…if you can stand the heat... Andrew's magazine What Is Enlightenment? is the only magazine asking the hard questions, slaughtering the sacred cows, and dealing with the Truth no matter what the consequences."
No matter what the consequences….hummm??!!
Four times a year Cohen and Wilber appear together in dialogue in What is Enlightenment? magazine, discussing the important spiritual topics of the day. They publicly couldn't be more embracing. (For a WHAT enlightenment?! parady of one of these Cohen/Wilber dialogues, see our post What is Narcissism, Oct 19 below.)
However, Wilber's endorsements have run into serious trouble in the past. An endorsement Wilber made which turned very sour was this one of spiritual teacher Adi Da in 1985:
"This is not merely my personal opinion; this is a perfectly obvious fact, available to anyone of intelligence, sensitivity, and integrity: THE DAWN HORSE TESTAMENT is the most ecstatic, most profound, most complete, most radical, and most comprehensive single spiritual text ever to be penned and confessed by the Human Transcendental Spirit. That seems an objective fact; here is my own personal and humbler opinion. I am honored (even awed) to be allowed in its Presence, to listen to and Hear the Potent Message of the Heart-Master Da. How can the soul not bow down to such a Message? What other is the appropriate response? How can I not say what I am saying? How, in the face of such a Testament, can we possible justify neglect?
At the very least, it is perfectly obvious that there is now no excuse whatsoever for any intelligent and spiritually-minded person, of whatever persuasion, not to be at least a student (or one who simply studies the Written Teachings) of Master Da Free John. The days of denial are over; this nonsense of neglect cannot continue, with any rational reason. I ask my friends, my students, my readers, even my casual acquaintances, to see and recognize and, above all, confess the Realization that Master Da is.
I do not understand why so many thousands of people--who have heartily expressed to me the opinion that my own written works express great clarity, judgment, and understanding--balk and look in disbelief when I speak ecstatically of the Heart Master Da. It is as if my friends believe everything I say except that Master Da is a genuine Adept, Free at the Heart, Confessed in Radiance, Transcendent to it all. How has my judgment suddenly lapsed in regard to this Man? I am as certain of this Man as I am of anything I have written--in fact, as certain as I am of my own hand (which apparently claps by itself in solitude when it comes to this Great Issue). So I make only one request: if you do only one thing to test my judgment in this matter, please read this DAWN HORSE TESTAMENT cover to cover (and I mean cover to cover), an then I will be glad to argue with you if you still wish--but not before. And, I think, we will then see who the Master of the Heart really is. Is that not fair? Read this Man, Listen to this Man, Hear this Man, then See Him. And then, I think, you will stand Smiling.
What else do you really want? What else can I say?"
Uhh…well, there was more that Wilber could say, and he waited another 10 years to say it. On October 11, 1996 Wilber made his now famous retraction of the endorsement he'd given to Da:
"THE LAST POSITIVE STATEMENT I made about Da's work was in 1985, when I wrote a very strong endorsement for his major book, The Dawn Horse Testament. This is one of the very greatest spiritual treatises, comparable in scope and depth to any of the truly classic religious texts. I still believe that, and I challenge anybody to argue that specific assessment.
The teaching is one thing, the teacher, quite another. By this time (around 1985), things were starting to become very problematic for Da, his personal life, his community, and his teaching in the world. In ways that we are just beginning to understand, some types of spiritual development can run way ahead of moral, social, interpersonal, and wisdom development in general. Da is capable of some truly exquisite insights, but in other areas, he has fared less well, and this has increasingly verged on the catastrophic.
It is always sad to see such promise run aground on the rocks of personality problems. As this was becoming increasingly obvious to even his most appreciative students, including me, I did an interview with Yoga Journal (September/Octobers 1987). In that interview, I made my very last public statement about Da. For the next decade, I would publicly say nothing about him whatsoever (until now).
Da makes a lot of mistakes. These are immediately reinterpreted as great teaching events, which is silly. And then he gets mad and frustrated and goes into sort of a divine pout . Because of these and other difficulties, he has holed up in Fiji, become very isolated and cut off, which I think could be disastrous, for him and for the community. The entire situation has become very problematic. It's real hard to get happy about what's going on.
Problematic was the euphemism that sociologists at that time were using for Jonestown. Although few think Da will slide that far, nonetheless, his entire teaching work has indeed become problematic. The great difficulty is that, no matter how "enlightened" you might be, it take s a certain amount of practical wisdom to gauge the effects of your teaching work on the world at large. Crazy wisdom might (or might not) be fine for a few very close and longtime devotees. But it is disastrous when done as a large scale social experiment, which Da did, especially during the Garbage and the Goddess period. Anybody who could not see how that experiment would be perceived by the world is simply a damn fool. And an enlightened damn fool is even more culpable.
Those events sealed Da's fate in today's world. His teaching work is effectively ended for all but a small handful. And he will never be able to teach in this country, or virtually anywhere else, either, because his past will follow him. It is altogether sad, then, to see him continue to announce that he is the World Teacher. He won't even venture out in to the world! He hides in Fiji, away from the glare, away from the world, away from the truth at large. And he calls us to his little island kingdom, there to save the world. This verges on the grotesque.
Is there any chance that Da can rehabilitate himself? His claim, of course, is that he is the most enlightened person in the history of the planet. Just for argument, let us agree. But then what would the most enlightened World Teacher in history actually do in the world? Hide? Avoid? Run? Or would that teacher engage the world, step into the arena of dialogue, meet with other religious teachers and adepts, attempt to start a universal dialogue that would test his truths in the fire of the circle of those who could usefully challenge him. At the very least, a person who claims to be the World Teacher needs to get out in the world, no?
This doesn't mean Da would have to attend every conference, give hundreds of lectures, hit the talk-show circuit, etc. It simply means he would at the very least find ways to directly engage or at least meet!--some of the prominent leaders in the fields of religion, politics, science, and administration. As it is, he won't even meet with other leaders, such as the Dalai Lama, unless they become practicing members of his church! Hello?
To step out in that fashion requires moral courage. It requires a willingness to engage and respond. It demands a brave heart to stand forth and shine, not just to a few hundred in Fiji, but to an unbelieving world.
Until this happens, I can recommend to no one that they take up the isolationist practices of the Daist community. At the same time, this should not prevent us from taking advantage of that part of Da which isn't broken, namely, his clear (if isolated) spiritual writings and insights. If nothing else, his written texts are still an extraordinary source of material. Even if you do nothing but disagree with them, you will at least see a stunning number of ideas and insights and methods, which you can check for yourself and see if they actually work or not. Nor should his personal problems negate these insights. Even if Einstein was a complete psychotic, E still equals mc2. Let us not deny the latter because of the former.
We await, then, the day that the World Teacher consents to enter the World. Until that time, it is perhaps best to watch from a safe distance, while availing yourself of those written texts that still manage to shine with a light of their own."
Two points need to be made about this retraction. First is notice how Wilber clearly states how mistaken it was for Da to use techniques of Crazy wisdom (often irrational, provocative and confrontational challenges to ones sensibilities). "Crazy wisdom might (or might not) be fine for a few very close and longtime devotees. But it is disastrous when done as a large scale social experiment…" But it is exactly Cohen's employment of "rudeness" – ie crazy wisdom – on a wholesale level, that Wilber so heartily endorses. Now, use of this sort of harsh and even dangerous approach presupposes a master with the most delicate of insight into each individual student's needs. Wilber apparently feels Cohen has the right stuff, is sensitive and therefore ready and equipped to use the shock tactics. WHAT enlightenment?! blog is an ongoing catalog of examples of Cohen's total lack of the right stuff.
The second point concerns Wilber's criticism of Da for hiding out in Fiji. Fair enough, it does sound like hiding out. But need we say that Cohen, while he broadcasts his message in his magazine, and teaches publicly, has never and probably will never, truly meet and face any sort of reflection from fellow teachers who are his peers, "testing his truths in the fire of the circle of those who could usefully challenge him" nor has he opened himself to the growing voices of descent and grievance amongst the also ever-growing group of ex-students, many of whom were intimate household members for periods of years. This is an even more fundamental hiding out, and eventually it will need to be faced if he is ever going to make things right.
posted by the Editors at 9:16 AM
Thanks for posting so many articles that take to task gurus Cohen and Wilber. No one deserves it like they do. Your "What is Narcissism" article was a scream, and my friends and I also really liked the piece on Cohen/Wilber's use of "thought stopping clichés" (see November 24.) These 2 guys have it all figured out it seems.
The latest issue of Cohen's What is Enlightenment magazine carries yet another installment of this foolish duo – it's called The Guru and The Pandit: Transcend and Include. Only a true narcissist could make some of the statements Cohen made here – and do it with a straight face and without any sense of irony. Let me quote some glaring examples of Cohen's malignant self-love. (This dialog took place after Cohen had attended the Parliament of the World's Religions in Barcelona.) For the sake of brevity, I quote only Cohen:
Andrew Cohen: "The fact that so many different people from so many different backgrounds, cultures, faiths, beliefs, and even, dare I say, levels of development could come together in such a spirit of sharing and inquiry is remarkable…
(Cohen met with the director of the Parliament who said that the mainstream must be reached and moved)… while I have mainly been focused on pushing the very edge of our spiritual potential…
All we can do is everything that we honestly can do – and if we're doing the right thing, we'll experience the ecstatic glory underlying the entire process, no matter what happens in the end…
My own attention has been devoted to pushing the edge of consciousness development, which in my own work is probably a lot less than a half percent!...(this followed a point made by Wilber that two three percent of people are progressives or "integral.")
I realize that it's possible to embrace a wide variety of world-views, opinions, and spiritual perspectives without compromising one's own evolving edge…
I had never met so many different kinds of people who I felt I was able to relate to with the best part of my own humanity, at a real heart level and also at the level of mind. I think it was a maturing experience for me because as I said, I realized I didn't in any way have to compromise my own position in the process of engaging with and learning from so many others who were also trying to uplift the consciousness of this same world…"
Well there you have it! Cohen believes that he is doing only the highest work and that he is to be given credit for not letting anyone's view shake his own.
If this really is an example of the highest spiritual leadership, then all I can say is to ask for the Goddess to please help us.
Tuesday, 28 December, 2004
Ramesh Balkaser says this. I may beleivethat the whole universe is a dream,but so long as one remains outside of the dream and sees it as something seen by him as something seen by him as a seperate intity he cannot be any nearer to liberation or self realisation.Liberation is nothing other than the liberation from the idea of a seperate entity doing the seeing. Wilbur and Cohen are both very much seperate if not superior entities seeing others as still trapped in the dream. Poor fools instead of transending their ego's they have simply driven it under cover so that rather than being able to witness its workings they act so totally from it that they have become useless to themselves and a danger to others. Still its all part of the game. Goodies and baddies etc
Hmm. Some interesting points are made about Andrew Cohen. I sense that these points could be right, that Cohen needs to lighten up with HIS dogmatic form of enlightenment. It is disappointing to see that a magazine called What Is Enlightenment? has stopped asking the question, and quite possibly, has the gall to posit answers without asking anymore questions. Okay, so I'm not entirely convinced that Andrew Cohen is this bad, but he must be careful! I most certainly do feel a powerful pomposity in Cohen despite his good intentions. And that's where I am (at least for the moment) still in defense of him because I do not think he's as dangerous as some may fear. There are too many of us "out here" who have been through self-assigned gooroos before, and though we are sadder, we are most certainly wiser. So, yes, I am worried that Cohen will self-destruct if he loses sight of his responsibility to those who look to him for guidance. He must realize that as a teacher, he is less than his students, not more. Teaching--any kind of teaching--is a privilege. We must honor our students, not debase them--no matter what. Focus and discipline are not compatible with debasement and degradation. In terms of Ken Wilber, well, I'm not worried about Ken Wilber. I'm not worried about Ken Wilber at all. Ken is evolving. There is a wise undercurrent of humble surrender within Ken Wilber. Please, be patient with him. He may surprise you--he may surprise himself. He may surpise us all. He may surprise Andrew Cohen!
"Lee"
seer said...
Huh? Lee sez:
"In terms of Ken Wilber, well, I'm not worried about Ken Wilber. I'm not worried about Ken Wilber at all. Ken is evolving. There is a wise undercurrent of humble surrender within Ken Wilber. Please, be patient with him. He may surprise you--he may surprise himself. He may surpise us all. He may surprise Andrew Cohen!"
A naive assessment. Far from evolving, the dark side of Ken's ambition to be a spiritual teacher and his midirection of well meaning but naive seekers when he isn't anything but a speculating pundit is all too apparent. His resulting poor choices are manifesting more and more on multiple levels. Ken is a egotistical hypocrite who has led thousands astray with his word craft. His claims rude boy gurus are superior are based partly on his frustration with his own internal conflicts and partly on the utility of being able to serve as their interpreters in his works, and yet he is nowhere to be found doing what he practices, only talking about it from a safe distance. As for Ken's claim that enlightenment itself is evolving when Ken knows nothing about it, what infantile nonsense.
Monday, 06 November, 2006
Stephen C. Rose said...
I share some of this critique.
What Does Andrew Cohen Know About Enlightenment?
A Former Student Speaks Out
Progressive Indoctrination and the Shadow Sangha
The Code of Silence
Student Leaves Cohen, Finds Freedom
Continue Without Andrew?
So Ghastly Familiar
The Bible Speaks Story
A Cohen Teaching
A Corruption of Power


Potomac Nationals Day
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Virginia is comprised of nine Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams, all of which are affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB); and
WHEREAS, these teams are affiliated with four Minor League Baseball leagues: International (AAA), Eastern (AA), Carolina (A), and Appalachian; and
WHEREAS, the Potomac Nationals, Class A-Advanced Affiliate of the Washington Nationals, are members of the Carolina League and play at G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge; and
WHEREAS, nearly 300 athletes in Virginia have gone through the minor league system to play for a professional ball club, according to Baseball Almanac; and
WHEREAS, baseball is America's pastime, played and enjoyed throughout the Commonwealth for generations; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, Minor League Baseball attracted 41.8 million fans across America to its ballparks to see the future stars of the sport hone their skills; and
WHEREAS, Minor League Baseball has provided affordable family-friendly entertainment to people of all ages since its founding in 1901; and
WHEREAS, Minor League baseball plays an important role in communities across the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Virginia is for Baseball Lovers;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ralph S. Northam, do hereby recognize July 6, 2018, as POTOMAC NATIONALS DAY in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.