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Cooperation and friendship are key components of all Heifer projects. Recipients of animals and trainings are expected to share what they learn with their neighbors. It's not uncommon for Heifer project recipients to share their animals' bounty, too. Families who receive draft animals often help till neighbors' fields, and people with chickens often share eggs.
Most of us have lots to share. Making a donation is an easy thing to do. Volunteering your time to help a nonprofit organization is great, too. But there are smaller ways to share and care that are also meaningful. Taking a meal to an elderly neighbor, offering an afternoon of babysitting to a tired parent or even just picking up litter so the park is nicer for everyone else are excellent ways to show you care.
A Letter to Heifer International's CEO
Dear Mr. Ferrari, I got your letter and I am so happy that I helped. I want to do more and help others, but not keeping things to myself. I am sending $20 from someone I love for you to use where it is needed most. I am also sending a small toy for a boy and girl so that family can have food and something to play with. I am so happy you are serving people in need. Sincerely, Ciana
Gladys from Uganda
The chickens her grandmother received made it possible for her to care for Gladys and her 11 cousins who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
Not a Cup but a Goat
When we asked Charlie what he would most want if he had very little and was hungry, he said milk. He'd been working hard to save enough to help a family by donating a goat. He did it! We are so proud of him... Maybe next we'll work on saving enough for a cow. Thank you Heifer International for being a means through which we can help our (distant) cousins.
Dimitri's Peace Project
Each child in Dimitri's kindergarten class at Dailey Elementary was asked to come up with a project that would help promote peace in the world or local community. For his peace project, Dimitri chose to purchase farm animals through Heifer International to be given to a family in need to help them have a healthy lifestyle.
Brownies and Cupcakes and Cake Pops, Oh My!
"We spent time on a bake sale to raise money for Heifer (International). We did it in fourth grade and saved the money. We acted now instead of never." – Anne-Sophie
A Wedding Photographer Passes on the Gift
I began making monthly contributions to Heifer about a year ago. It was very important to me that I do something to help. My time is limited and with Heifer being in another area, financial contributions made the most sense. I wanted to be able to contribute more, so I decided to think of a way to fund raise. The answer was right under my nose. I'm a wedding photographer, so I decided that using my talent to raise money was the best use of my skills. I set up a day of family mini sessions for Christmas photos and I have an overwhelming response immediately. People were thrilled to be a part of something that would make a contribution to a great organization and also meet a need of theirs at the same time. I set the pricing for the mini session day lower than my usual rate to provide a good incentive for people to book and pledged to donate half of each session fee. We were able to raise $675 for Heifer! I plan to continue this every year!
What a Difference 26.2 Hours Can Make
(My event,) The Mahrathon, sort of began as a bit of a joke among internet DJs. I used to play pretty long sets, and someone was bragging about having played six hours. Someone else suggested I play a whole day, and I said I could only do something like that if it was for charity. A couple of days later, someone mentioned Heifer International in an unrelated conversation, and I started to think about it as a serious thing.
What Heifer Gifts Mean to Laila
Laila, a 10-year old Heifer International supporter, inspired one of her family members to donate. When they placed their donation, they sent Laila one of Heifer's kid-friendly honor cards. As shown, Laila followed Heifer's instructions perfectly, sending us the illustration of what Heifer means to her. We greatly appreciate the support you have given to Heifer, Laila! Your creativity is inspiring.
Team Elliott Education & Alzheimer's Residents Continue Community Service Efforts
Serenades by Sonata Memory Care Assisted Living Residents, under the guidance of Team Elliott Education, a company which provides intellectual opportunities for seniors, have created a way for residents to continue their lifelong spirit of giving. Through extensive animal studies, integrated with creative design sessions, Serenades' residents gained knowledge and appreciation for what animals can do for people living in poverty stricken areas. Serenades' residents expressed their compassion for people throughout the world by selecting a variety of animals to support the efforts of Heifer International. With money raised through art sales along with a generous contribution by Team Elliott Education, Serenades residents purchased much needed livestock, which provides the gift of self-sufficiency, to those less fortunate than themselves.
Fill the Barn
Kim, Chairperson of the Social Ministry Committee at Trinity Lutheran Church in Monticello, MN, wrote Heifer International a beautiful letter about her congregation's most recent fundraising effort.
Honey for Heifer
My name is Rogan, I am 16-years old and I have been a beekeeper for nearly four years now. My sister, Sage, and I started beekeeping after being awarded a very generous youth scholarship from the Kansas Honey Producers Association...
Change for Change: A Heifer Fundraiser
United States of America
The First Congregational Church of Marion, long time Heifer International supporters, created a unique fundraiser.
Forest Heights Middle School Paves a Way
There are a lot of ways to learn about math and geography using textbooks and maps, but the students at Forest Heights Middle School wanted to do something a little different. Christine Mignot, a teacher at the school, wanted the students to not just learn about pie charts and graphs, but life outside Little Rock, Ark. And what better place in our great state to learn about life outside of it than Heifer International.
Heifer Families Impress Donors During Vietnam Vacation
On the final day of 2013, members of the Improving Livelihoods in the Poorest District of Soc Trang Province project's self-help group #1 warmly welcomed the Gluckman family to Phu Tam commune, Chau Thanh district. The married couple and their two children were vacationing in Vietnam and wanted to visit a Heifer project. They have been donating to Heifer International for 20 years.
Teen Group in Sacramento Gives a Generous Gift
The Jewish Community Foundation of the West's Teen Philanthropy Class in Sacramento, California awarded their first grant to Heifer International in November 2013.
Church Comes Together to Make a Difference
A few months ago, Sara Rising of Kingwood First Presbyterian Church in Humble, TX had an idea to get the church members to work together in order to support Heifer International. When she had the thought, no one knew how big it would get!
A Year of Centuries
I love to ride my bicycle. In April 2012, I was involved in a serious crash in a bicycle race. It was a long recovery, but I am extremely thankful to be doing so well. To express my gratitude, I have a special project for 2013 called "A Year of Centuries". I am riding one century (100 miles in a single bicycle ride) each month. Each century highlights a charitable organization that is particularly meaningful to me. As a longtime supporter, I am so pleased to be riding on behalf of Heifer International for December.
The Gift of a Goat: A Poem to Honor Katherine Ahern Habing
What do you give someone who is 94 years old, has lived a very full life, downsized her home of 51 years and moved to a small, assisted-living apartment? And since that someone, as in my mother's case, is an individual who has spent much of her life giving to others, the gift of a goat from Heifer International would be perfectly appropriate! I am well known in my family for coming up with poems for special occasions, so of course it was expected that I would write one to accompany this gift.
The Reason Cows Are Awesome
Cows are so awesome. And we're not just saying that because we are called Heifer International. Here, we've long held the idea that animals, as just one of the things that Heifer provides to families, should always provide "7 M's" so that they're truly transformative for those we support. Heifer developed the idea of 7 M's many years ago to help more simply explain how an animal can be a catalyst for so much change. It sounds sort of weird, but it works, and has for nearly 70 years.
Sisters Team Up to Raise Funds for Read to Feed
Paula and Camila Rojas just moved to South Africa from Colombia. Although they're still getting a feel for the South African environment and change in curriculum, the sisters embarked on their own campaign to raise awareness and funds for Heifer South Africa after they heard about Heifer through the Read to Feed program at their school.
Students at Saint Ann's Episcopal Church Raise Money for a Llama!
Our Christian Education students of Saint Ann's Episcopal Church of Sayville, NY hosted our first Outreach Mission Project. After several weeks of discussing Heifer International in Sunday school, the younger students choose its animal of choice, a Llama, as its goal purchase.
Counting On Chicks
In 2011, my friend Julie and I had a year full of grief, frustration, and unwelcome drama. It was one emotional disaster after another. At the end of that year, we decided to change our focus to helping others. We committed to raise $5000 to "build an ark" for Heifer International to provide livestock and training for struggling families worldwide.
1945 Program Participant Shares his Story
Meet Stanislaw Debert; at the end of 1945, Mr. Debert was the recipient of one of the 150 heifers sent by the Heifer Project to Poland on the SS Santiago Iglesias. In early October, I had the good fortune to sit and talk with him, his wife, and a daughter in their home near Gdansk about what that heifer meant to them. At the end of World War II when Europe was seething with displaced persons, Mr. Debert arrived in the area of Gdansk. He fled from Kielce on the roof of a train car with only the clothes he was wearing...
Church Musician Decides to Gift Different
I recently played the music for a retreat Mass at a nearby Catholic parish. I received a very generous, and totally unexpected, gift card in the mail from the church secretary, Geralyn, to thank me for my music...
What do you Want on Your 100th Birthday?
Winnifred Senn of Walnut Creek, California celebrated her 100th birthday on October 10, 2013. In honor of this special milestone, an Elderly Wish Foundation was contacted to grant Winnifred (Winn) a special wish. When asked what she might want, Winn replied that she would like a cow to be given to another family through Heifer International...


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LHS choir selected to perform at Carnegie Hall
Lafayette High School Choir will travel to Carnegie Hall in March 2014 but must first raise the funds to attend. (April 2, 2013, Page 1)
LHS ROTC students advance to academic finals
The Lafayette Air Force Junior ROTC Academic Team are in the top 16 teams in the nation and will compete in D.C. this June. (March 6, 2013, Page 14)
Local districts increase security
After the school shooting in Newtown,Conn., local school districts along with many others in the state, have evaluated security issues and are taking steps to increase safety in the schools. (March 1, 2013, Page 1A)
Lee named county's top teacher
Janine Lee was named district teacher of the year for Lafayette School District. (February 8, 2013, Page 1A, 10A)
LHS fire intentionally set
A fire at Lafayette High School remains under investigation today. (February 5, 2013, Page 1)
Local schools review safety
Local school districts reevaluate safety plans in wake of Friday's shootings in Conn. (December 17, 2012, Page 1A, 10A)
LHS alters its forgiveness policy
Lafayette High School will have a more flexible forgiveness policy to allow students with any grade, not just D or F, to retake a course and now also in summer. (December 5, 2012, Page 8)
'Dores to get new gridiron?
A presentation by LHS Athletic Director Anthony Hart was made to the Lafayette County School Board to consider a new Enviroturf for the football and soccer field which would also be used for other purposes. (November 6, 2012, Page 1, 2)
Lafayette supports rival football team before game
Lafayette High School students wore purple on Thursday in honor of Amanda Price, a New Albany employee and wife of football coach, who was killed last December. The spirit day was held before the football game tonight. Cheerleaders will also wear purple ribbons at the game. (October 12, 2012, Page 1A)
LHS, OHS earn A rankings
Whether they attend high school in Lafayette County or the city of Oxford, the students can't lose — both schools received an A grade this year from the new ranking system released today by the Mississippi Department of Education. (September 14, 2012, Page 1A)

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Claudia Winkleman | |
Winkleman at the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards | |
Born | Claudia Anne I. Winkleman 15 January 1972 London, England, UK |
Residence | Connaught Square, London |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Television presenter, Disc Jockey, Film critic |
Years active | 1991-Present |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Spouse | Kris Thykier (m. 2000) |
Children | 2 sons, and 1 daughter |
Parents | Barry Winkleman, Eve Pollard |
Relatives | Sophie Winkleman (half-sister) Oliver Lloyd (half-brother) Nicholas Lloyd (stepfather) |
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Claudia Winkleman | |
Winkleman at the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards | |
Born | Claudia Anne I. Winkleman 15 January 1972 London, England, UK |
Residence | Connaught Square, London |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Television presenter, Disc Jockey, Film critic |
Years active | 1991-Present |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Spouse | Kris Thykier (m. 2000) |
Children | 2 sons, and 1 daughter |
Parents | Barry Winkleman, Eve Pollard |
Relatives | Sophie Winkleman (half-sister) Oliver Lloyd (half-brother) Nicholas Lloyd (stepfather) |
Claudia Anne I. Winkleman[1] (born 15 January 1972, Westminster, London)[1] is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.
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Winkleman was born to a Jewish family[2] the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Sunday Express, and Barry Winkleman (born 1939),[3] former publisher of The Times Atlas of the World. Her parents divorced when she was three;[4] both remarried in 1979.[3][5] Her stepfather is Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former editor of the Daily Express, and her half-sister, from her father's second marriage, to children's author Cindy Black, is actress Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor. She has a younger half-brother, Oliver Lloyd, from her mother's second marriage, to Nicholas Lloyd.[4]
Brought up in the London suburb of Hampstead, Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls[6] and Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, obtaining an MA Hons degree in History of Art.[7]
Winkleman's first major television job was in 1991, on the regional discussion programme.Central Weekend.[8] In 1992, she began frequently to appear in the long-running BBC series Holiday, and this continued throughout the mid-1990s. This culminated in a special documentary in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai.
Throughout this period, Winkleman also appeared as a reporter on other shows, particularly This Morning interviewing celebrities, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Blair, Sir Alan Sugar and Harrison Ford. During the late 1990s, Winkleman presented a number of programmes on smaller digital channels. She had a stint on the cable channel L!VE TV, run by Kelvin MacKenzie and Janet Street-Porter, but soon left to pursue other projects. One programme made during this period was a short series titled Toilets shown on BBC Choice, which examined the "design, etiquette, psychology and hidden culture behind the humble loo"[citation needed]. She also presented a number of gameshows including the dating show Three's a Crowd[9], LWT show Talking Telephone Numbers, the second series of Granada TV show God's Gift and Fanorama,[10] which featured a young David Mitchell as a team captain in his first television appearance. She was also an occasional team captain on a gameshow called HeadJam, hosted by Vernon Kay.
Between 2002 and 2004, Winkleman began her first daily TV role when she hosted the BBC Three Entertainment update show Liquid News, taking over from Christopher Price on the now defunct BBC Choice. She shared the presenting duties with Colin Paterson, and later Paddy O'Connell. The show featured celebrity interviews, for example Winkleman interviewed S Club 7 in May 2003. In 2003, Fame Academy appointed Winkleman to present a daily update show on BBC Three, in conjunction with its second series. Reporting from behind the scenes of the show, Winkleman conducted daily interviews with contestants, experts and celebrity pundits. She repeated the show in 2005 for the much shorter celebrity version Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. Also in 2005, Winkleman co-hosted The House of Tiny Tearaways, a BBC Three reality TV show, along with Tanya Byron, a British psychologist, writer and media personality. She also began hosting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, a supplementary programme to Strictly Come Dancing, taking over from Justin Lee-Collins.
Winkleman then presented several more reality shows including End of Story[11] in 2004, a literature-based show, and Art School[12] in 2005, a programme which saw five unlikely celebrities go through a two-week art course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design.
More recently, Winkleman has presented a number of prime time programmes. In 2007, she took over from Cat Deeley as the main host for the third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, co-hosting with Patrick Kielty. She also presented the Eurovision Song Contest. She co-hosted coverage of the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 alongside Graham Norton for BBC One in September of that year. She co-presented the UK selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 called Eurovision: Your Decision, this time accompanied by Eurovision stalwart Terry Wogan. In March 2008, Winkleman rekindled her partnership with Patrick Kielty when the pair hosted the final leg of Sport Relief 2008, announcing £19,640,321 as the final amount raised through viewers' donations. She has since spoken of how much she was moved by the experience.[citation needed]
In 2007, Winkleman was the face of Sky Movie Premiere's coverage of the 79th Academy Awards, repeating it for the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. The show was broadcast live in conjunction with the ceremony itself, running right through the night into the early hours of the morning.
Winkleman has made many guest appearances on panel and talk shows, including: Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Would I Lie To You? (in which she appeared on David Mitchell's team, thus reprising their earlier gameshow collaboration), Have I Got News for You, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, and Lily Allen and Friends. In February 2008, she appeared on the British version of the comedy improvisational show Thank God You're Here, hosted by Paul Merton. In it she had to improvise a scene in which she played a boarding school girl who had been called to the headmistress's office.[citation needed]
As part of the celebration for London's win for hosting the 2012 Olympics, Winkleman co-hosted the London 2012 party alongside Matt Baker on 24 August, on the BBC.
Winkleman narrates the BBC Three show Glamour Girls,[13] a documentary series focusing on Britain's glamour industry.[14]
Winkleman was a panellist on Channel 4's The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008.[15]. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009, and The Big Fat Quiz of the '90s (part of Channel 4's 30th anniversary celebration in 2012).
In 2009, Winkleman appeared as presenter of Let's Dance for Comic Relief, a no-rule dance contest to raise money for Comic Relief which is similar to Strictly Come Dancing, but with musical, pop and dance songs. In the same year, she presented a section of the Red Nose Day live telethon alongside Jonathan Ross.
In March 2009, Winkleman was announced as the host of the new series of Hell's Kitchen on ITV1. She fronted the nightly show live from the restaurant in East London in its fourth series in the spring.[16]
On 14 November 2009, she stepped in on the main show of Strictly Come Dancing to present backstage, this was due to main presenter Bruce Forsyth being on sick leave. She co-hosted the show with Tess Daly and guest presenter Ronnie Corbett.
On 29 March 2010, Winkleman was named as one of the new co-presenters of The Film Programme, replacing Jonathan Ross.[17][18] The Guardian stated, through her recent hosting of Sky Television's coverage of The Oscars, Winkleman had "proved both a passionate and engaging advocate of cinema", while her husband Kris Thykier is a film producer with credits on several mainstream releases.[19]
On 10 October 2010, she began hosting the Strictly Come Dancing results show on a Sunday, assisting Tess Daly, and she continued to do this during the 2011 series.
In January 2011 it was announced that she would host King Of... a new comedy chat show for Channel 4 the series started on 17th June.
From April 2011, Claudia has become the voiceover for the "Next" clothing adverts.[citation needed]
It is through her work on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two that Winkleman has gained the most public recognition. The programme, which started in 2004, was devised as a companion show to run conjoined with the second series of Strictly Come Dancing, and continues to run to date. It follows a similar format to the one Winkleman made popular on Fame Academy, and sees her deliberating and dissecting the ins and outs of the main competition, accompanied by an array of dance experts, assorted guests and the competitors themselves. The show is aired every weekday throughout the course of the series at 6:30pm on BBC Two.
The show's four judges sometimes appear on the programme, with the series seven line-up usually consisting of Craig Revel Horwood on Mondays and Fridays, Len Goodman on Thursdays and via telephone from LA on Mondays, plus Alesha Dixon occasionally appearing. Bruno Tonioli does not appear on the programme until the run of Dancing with the Stars, the US equivalent he and Len also judge, has concluded. Until Arlene Phillips was replaced, she typically appeared on Fridays, with Revel Horwood reporting mid-week.
One of the show's features is "Len's Masterclass," a segment in which Head Judge Len Goodman demonstrates with Winkleman a dance move or two. Her attempts to follow the steps are accompanied by much girlish giggling.
It is estimated some three million viewers on average watch each episode. The 2011 series of the programme was presented by former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Zoë Ball, as Winkleman was on maternity leave, and some different segments were introduced.
Winkleman started her journalism career as a travel writer, with columns about her various worldwide excursions. She did so in The Sunday Times and The Independent, but also contributed to the free daily London paper Metro in a similar capacity. As her television career - and family - evolved, she travelled less, and began to write more general work, opinion-led Lifestyle journalism about womanhood, sex and relationships. She wrote for Cosmopolitan and Tatler amongst others.
Between 2005 and 2008, she wrote a regular Wednesday column for The Independent called Take It From Me,[20] collating her various musings on the lighter sides of current affairs, celebrity news and anecdotes concerning her own life. These were mostly tongue-in-cheek diatribes on the shortcomings of men, and the pitfalls of juggling a professional life with that of being a mother. Her column often angled towards the more irritating aspects of life, with her husband regularly the subject of loving scorn. In 2007, this resulted in her husband writing her column instead, as something of a retaliation, though he did this only once.
On 9 April 2008, Winkleman wrote in The Independent about her having read this Wikipedia article when scouring the Internet looking for something to write about. In the column, she denied speculation previously included here that she was to have a third baby - she put her perceived new bulge down to the fact that she had not "...[banned] pasta from my world". She wrote of typing her name into Google and looking at this entry on Wikipedia. She was perturbed by the knowledge that there was any speculation that she was pregnant, when she wasn't, and - having rejected ideas from her friend Lucy that it was "...to do with the dress" or that "...they'd got her mixed up with Kate Thornton" - decided that the best course of action was to "have a slice of cake and a cup of tea".[21]
In April and May 2008, Winkleman hosted a six part comedy quiz series taking a humorous look into the week's celebrity gossip, called Hot Gossip.[22] The show was broadcast on a Saturday afternoon on BBC Radio 2; points were awarded to those who dished out dirt.[23] The show featured many famous pundits, including Will Smith, Phil Nichol, Jo Caulfield, Rufus Hound and Jonathan Ross' brother, Paul.
She hosts a weekly show also on BBC Radio 2 every Friday night between 10pm and midnight called Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show consisting of interviews with people from the arts world, as well as reviews and debate. In July 2010, Winkleman sat in for Dermot O'Leary.[24]
Claudia covered for Ken Bruce for two weeks during the London 2012 Olympics 30 July - 9 August 2012 on BBC Radio 2 10am-Midday
In 2007, she travelled to Uganda for Comic Relief, where the harsh realities of the AIDS situation there affected her greatly. Following this, she manned the phones at the BT Tower for the Disasters Emergency Committee in response to the problems in Darfur.[25] In May 2007, she helped relaunch The National Missing Persons Campaign,[26] and also supported a Christmas campaign by the charity Refuge,[27] which aimed to stop domestic violence.[28]
In June 2008, Winkleman was featured in Heat magazine with no make-up on, as part of a stand against the excessive airbrushing of prominent women, which she described as "pretty terrifying".[29]
Winkleman has also presented several Award Ceremonies including the Purple Heart Awards, The HSBC Awards, and The Campaign Digital Awards. In addition she has hosted promotional videos for companies such as John Lewis Partnership, C&J Clark and the British airport consortium BAA Limited.
On 18 March 2011, Winkleman was one of the presenters of BBC's Comic Relief.
In 2012, she was one of the judges and the host of the FilmNation shorts at the BFI, which as part of the cultural Olympiad for London 2012, encouraged young people aged 14-25 to get involved in film making. [1]
Winkleman married film producer Kris Thykier (born 1972),[5] in Westminster, London in 2000.[4] They live in Connaught Square, Westminster.[30] They have three children: Jake Leonard (born March 2003, Westminster), Matilda Martha (born June 2006, Westminster)[1][31] and Arthur (born 6 July 2011).[32]
On 1 September 2008, The Daily Mail reported on problems in Winkleman's marriage. The newspaper reported that Winkleman "looked drawn and stressed on the doorstep as she greeted (her father and stepmother), who took her son out for the morning. She was not wearing a wedding ring".[33] However, Winkleman said in February 2009, in an interview with Fabulous magazine regarding her marriage, "Everyone has problems, but you have one life and you have to sort things out. It's what everyone does". [4][34]
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Atlanta Falcons executive Rich McKay said the competition committee briefly discussed the possibility of having all of the reviews during NFL games occur at one central location but does not think it would occur next season.
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Falcons | Executives, coach receive extensions |
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The Atlanta Falcons extended the contracts of president and chief executive officer Rich McKay, general manager Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Mike Smith Monday, Jan. 27. McKay signed a four-year deal that will run through May of 2019, while Dimitroff and Smith each signed one-year contracts. Financial terms of the deals weren't disclosed.
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NFL | Mediation continues |
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:30:51 -0700
The NFL and its players continued their third day of mediation Tuesday, April 19, and the NFL group was led by commissioner Roger Goodell, according to NFL Network's Albert Breer. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, Green Bay Packers chief executive officer Mark Murphy and Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay were also present Tuesday.
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Falcons | McKay signs extension |
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ESPN.com reports the Atlanta Falcons have signed team president Rich McKay to a five-year contract extension, a source told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
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Browns | Holmgren tops Lerner's wish list |
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:57:42 -0800
Adam Schefter, of ESPN, reports former Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren is the top name on Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner's wish list to come in and run the team, according to a team source. The other names believed to be on the list are former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf and Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay. Lerner is looking for someone to perform for the Browns in the same role that vice president of football operations Bill Parcells performs for the Miami Dolphins.
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NFL | No change to overtime rules |
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:07:58 -0700
John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports Atlanta Falcons president and NFL Competition Committee co-chairman Rich McKay said there will be no changes to the current overtime rules.
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Falcons | McKay receives extension |
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:13:20 -0800
Jason Cole, of Yahoo! Sports, reports Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay has received a two-year contract extension, according to a source with knowledge of the team. McKay is playing an active role in interviewing candidates for both general manager and head coach, according to the source.
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Falcons | Team has press conference about Vick |
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:31:24 -0700
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank said during a press conference that he was "very disappointed" in QB Michael Vick. Blank also said he was initially in favor of a four-game suspension, but said the leave of absence was the best option. When asked if he ever directly asked Vick if he was involved in illegal dog fighting, Blank said he had not. General manager Rich McKay said releasing Vick was an option discussed, but they agreed with the league's ruling. Head coach Bobby Petrino said there is a possibility that the team will have to prepare for a season without Michael Vick.
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NFL | Committee will propose penalizing players who spike the ball |
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:30:46 -0700
Chris Pika, of AtlantaFalcons.com, reports the NFL's Competition Committee will propose penalizing players who spike or throw the ball after plays on the field. Touchdowns will not be subject to the proposed five-yard penalty. " This is an issue that has really shown itself in the last two years where it seems like every play -- whether a three-yard gain or a 15-yarder -- results in a player stepping up and spiking the ball," Atlanta Falcons general manager and committee co-chairman Rich McKay said. If a player spiked the ball after gaining a first down, the ball would be moved back five yards but it will still be first-and-10.
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NFL | League will revise injury reports |
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:15:19 -0700
Kevin Seifert, of the Star Tribune, reports the NFL is planning to improve its weekly injury reports after several teams questioned the existing method and protocol. Atlanta Falcons general manager Rich McKay said the new system will require teams to reveal each injured player's practice schedule. If commissioner Roger Goodell approves the new format, the old classifications of probable, questionable and doubtful will be de-emphasized. Under the new system, teams will list the amount of practice in which injured players participate on Wednesday and Thursday of a game week. On Friday, the teams will designate each players as probable, questionable, doubtful or out.
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De La Rosa to make first start since '11 vs. Rays
Red Sox righty pitched in 'pen in '13; Odorizzi starts for Tampa Bay
As injuries continued to pile up for the Red Sox this week, the team had to insert a temporary locker in the middle of its clubhouse for Friday callup Alex Hassan. On Saturday, the Red Sox will need another one for Rubby De La Rosa, who will make his first start of the season in place of Clay Buchholz. Buchholz went on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a hyperextended left knee.
De La Rosa came to Boston from the Dodgers as part of a deal that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Nick Punto and Carl Crawford to Los Angeles in 2012. De La Rosa started 10 games his rookie year in '11, but he hasn't made a start since undergoing Tommy John surgery that August. He made 11 relief appearances with the Red Sox in 2013, but with three sharp pitches, De La Rosa projects more as a starter, said manager John Farrell.
In 10 starts for Triple-A Pawtucket this season, De La Rosa is 2-3 with a 3.04 ERA and opponents are hitting .218 against him.
"More definition on his breaking ball has been one thing. His changeup has become a weapon that he's been able to put away some hitters with," Farrell said. "When you grade him out, he profiles as a starter. Long term -- he'll answer that question with his performance."
On Saturday, De La Rosa will sqaure off against Rays righty Jake Odorizzi, who struggled in April but has settled in during his last four starts. The rookie has posted a 1.66 ERA and opponents hit .179 with a .547 OPS against him in those four outings. In his six starts prior to that, he posted a 6.83 ERA and opponents posted a .324 average and .895 OPS against him.
One thing to credit for that turnaround, Odorizzi said, is that he's not relying on his splitter, a pitch he worked hard to refine during Spring Training.
"I overused it early. It was a learning experience. I had to learn how to incorporate it in with my [fastball and curveball]," he said. "The past four or five starts I've been mixing a lot more consistently, then offspeed-count throwing a split to righties or lefties."
Odorizzi's last start came on Sunday against the Red Sox, when he scattered four hits, a walk and a run with five strikeouts over six innings.
That game started a scuffle between the two clubs, when Yunel Escobar took third on defensive indifference with the Rays leading 8-3. That prompted the benches to clear, and Friday night, more of the same happened.
Two Boston coaches and Farrell were ejected. Rays starter David Price hit two batters but wasn't tossed, and Red Sox starter Brandon Workman was ejected after throwing behind Evan Longoria in the sixth. The benches cleared in the fourth inning when Price plunked Mike Carp.
Red Sox: Lavarnway will need surgery on left wrist
Red Sox catcher/first baseman Ryan Lavarnway was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday and will need surgery on the left wrist he injured Thursday night against the Braves.
Farrell said there's no timetable for Lavarnway's return, although the manager said he "doesn't suspect" the procedure will be season-ending. The 26-year-old has appeared in four games this season, going 0-for-4.
"I felt a pain in my hand/wrist area. I thought I would be able to play through it," Lavarnway said after Thursday's win over the Braves, which he exited before his second at-bat in the fifth inning. "… I was having a real difficult time swinging. So I wanted to let a healthy guy have that at-bat instead of trying to force my way in and giving them an easy out."
Farrell said Lavarnway will be reevaluated after surgery, and the medical staff will proceed from there.
Rays: Catcher Solis coming along
With Ryan Hanigan on the disabled list, Ali Solis is the Rays' backup catcher. And Jose Molina, who will catch most of the coming games, is a big fan.
"First of all, he has a good ear," Molina said. "Any time I talk to him about anything, he tries to get it right away. And that's good in anybody.
"He's always close to me, so whatever I throw out there, he can get it. Yesterday we went out to lunch and share our little thing. Because he'll probably have to come into the game late. So the more he knows and the more comfortable I can make him feel, it will be useful for him. So I give him everything I know. Hopefully he picks it up really quick. You know, enjoy this. It's a really good time to be here."
Worth noting
• The Red Sox are 10-17 against American League East teams this season.
• Xander Bogaerts reached base safely three times Friday, running his total to 86 on the season. In the last 100 years, no Boston rookie has reached base safely more than that in the first two months of a season.
• The Rays' 3-2, walk-off loss on Wednesday at Toronto (resulting from Juan Carlos Oviedo's ninth-inning throwing error) was the third walk off in the Major Leagues this season decided on a pitcher's error, and all three occurred in the last week. The others were Boston's Andrew Miller's throwing error on May 24 at Tampa Bay and Texas' Joakim Soria's error on Tuesday at Minnesota.
• For the first time in 17 games, the Rays scored a run in the first inning. David DeJesus doubled to start the game Friday night against the Red Sox and scored on Ben Zobrist's groundout.
Steven Petrella is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Slimmer iPad 5 and New iPad Mini Coming Soon
Submitted by Fred Straker on Fri, 01/04/2013 - 00:48With a new year comes fresh reports of Apple's upcoming device releases, and the iPad is no exception. Initial leaks indicate the next generation iPad will have a slimmer width from side to side. This form factor would essentially mirror the iPad mini, except with a larger screen size. Gizmag explains that the bezel on each side will be over 8 mm thinner.
Not only this, but the iPad 5 could launch as early as March 2013 thanks to new competition in the tablet market. The Next Web has already received evidence from developers that Apple is indeed testing new hardware. The company has also moved to source A7 processors from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) instead of Samsung.
Is Microsoft's Answer to the iPad mini the Xbox Surface?
Submitted by Marshall Walker on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 16:24Tom Warren of The Verge has dusted off the old Xbox Surface rumor by claiming Microsoft is working on its own 7-inch gaming tablet to compete with the iPad mini and other portable gaming consoles. Warren said "multiple sources familiar with plans within Redmond" have confirmed earlier leaked specs were accurate, and the Xbox Surface will run a custom Windows kernel. The new device will also feature a custom ARM processor and high-bandwidth RAM suited for playing games.
According to Warren's sources, Microsoft will develop the Xbox Surface in-house while any future "Xbox 720" console will be handled by outside companies like Pegatron or Foxconn.
"We've learned that part of the Xbox Surface is being developed at Microsoft's offices in Silicon Valley. The software giant recently locked down several Xbox-related buildings, limiting employee access to the company's Interactive Entertainment Business division. The lock down is likely related to Microsoft's increased testing of the tablet, providing a way for other parts of the Xbox team to build games and software for the device. Providing the project doesn't get killed in favor of a full 7-inch Windows tablet, in the same way Microsoft axed Courier, expect to see the Xbox Surface debut ahead of Microsoft's future Xbox console."
Why Does the iPad mini Cost More Than Other 7-Inch Tablets? [Rumor]
Submitted by Jennifer Nguyen on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 17:07Many Apple fans were shocked by the $329 iPad mini price tag. Mostly because analysts predicted Apple would price the new tablet around $250 to $300 in order to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7. Phil Schiller defended the $329 price claiming shoppers will pay a little more for quality.
"The iPad is far and away the most successful product in its category. The most affordable product we've made so far was $399 and people were choosing that over those devices," Schiller told Reuters
But why did Apple really price the iPad mini higher than all the other 7-inch Android tablets on the market? According to the DigiTimes, the markup had nothing to do with "quality", but had to do with problems manufacturing the touch screen.
Does the iPad mini Mean the End of the iPad 2?
Submitted by Marshall Walker on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 12:21Is it time to say goodbye to the iPad 2? Rob Cihra, analyst with Evercore Partners thinks so. Cihra told investors Apple will most likely discontinue the second-generation tablet after announcing the iPad mini on October 23.
According to Cihra, Apple's goal is to offer "clearer product tiers", meaning the iPad mini will replace the iPad 2 as the lower tier entry product of the iPad lineup. If true, Apple will be replacing the $400 iPad 2 with a more affordable $300 to $350 smaller tablet. This has most analysts calling the iPad mini the "competition's worst nightmare.
Two More Sources Reaffirm October iPad mini Event
Submitted by Marshall Walker on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 12:32An October iPad mini announcement is looking better and better. The reliable and well-connected Jim Dalrymple confirmed John Paczkowski's earlier rumor which claimed Apple will hold a second fall product event to be held on October 23.
On Saturday, Reuters became the first major news outlet to reaffirm the October 23rd rumor. In an article titled "Apple to host October 23 event, iPad mini expected", Reuters cites another "source familiar with the matter", who verified Apple will hold an event on October 23, but declined to specify what for.
iPad mini Event Moved to October 23? [Rumor]
Submitted by Marshall Walker on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 10:08Apple fans and tech bloggers are still wondering what happened to the iPad mini event invites Apple was rumored to be shipping out on October 10th. Low yield rates of the tablet's black aluminum chassis, and stricter quality requirements for all new iOS devices are the rumored causes for the delay. However, the reliable John Paczkowski from All Things D claims Apple is still going forward with a second fall product event to be held on October 23.
"People familiar with Apple's plans tell us that the company will unveil the so-called 'iPad mini' on Oct. 23 at an invitation-only event. That's a Tuesday, not a Wednesday, so this is a bit of a break with recent tradition. It also happens to be just three days prior to the street date for Microsoft's new Surface tablet. Sources declined to specify where the event is to be held, and I've not been able to confirm a location."
What happened to the iPad mini?
Submitted by Jennifer Nguyen on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:23It's October 11th, and according to the Apple rumor mill, iPad mini event invites should've already been sent out and arrived on Wednesday. However, the mythical Apple tablet seems to be missing in action. Is the long rumored device just a rumor, or is something else holding up Apple's 7-inch tablet?
Apple's upcoming iPad mini and 13-inch MacBook Pro are rumored to be held up by production delays. Foxconn and Pegatron are having a difficult time meeting Apple's large order for iPad mini chassis. According to SlashGear, the "rumored 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is also said to be affected by the delay as well."
Low Yield Rates of iPad mini Chassis Could Make it Hard to Find This Christmas [Rumor]
Submitted by Marshall Walker on Thu, 10/04/2012 - 13:20Sources in Apple's supply chain in Taiwan are reporting slow iPad mini shipments due to the low yield rates of the tablet's aluminum chassis. According to the Digitimes, the critical anodized finish process for the black aluminum chassis is slowing down progress.
"The iPad mini reportedly will come in native- and black-colored aluminum chassis, which are more vulnerable to scratching, said the sources, adding that the anodized finish process on the black cases is more critical, which often results in lower yield rates."
Purported iPad mini manufacturer Catcher Technology said "its capacity utilization rates as well as yield rates for various products all meet its product roadmap." Meaning if the iPad mini rumor is true, and Catcher is indeed manufacturing iPad chassis, then Apple's demand is being met.
iPad mini Rumor Roundup: Rumored Specs for Apple's New Tablet
Submitted by Jennifer Nguyen on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 10:42Update via The Wall Street Journal: "Apple Inc.'s Asian component suppliers have started mass production of a new tablet computer smaller than the current iPad." It will feature "a 7.85-inch liquid-crystal display with a lower resolution than the third-generation iPad with a 2,048-by-1,536 pixel Retina display."
It looks like the three-year old iPad mini rumor is finally coming to an end on October 17th, 2012 when Apple is expected to unveil the long awaited device at a special keynote. Press invites for the rumored event are purportedly shipping on October 10th. The "iPad mini" (aka the iPad Nano or iPad Air) is Apple's answer to the popular 7-inch Android tablets such as the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 that have been flooding the market. Here are the rumored specs for Apple's new device:
The iPad mini is expected to be a lot like the 9.7-inch iPad but scaled down to 7.85-inches. It will obviously feature the same 8-pin Lightning dock connector and repositioned headphone jack (mind blown) as the iPhone 5 to conserve space. The front bezel is also rumored to be smaller, and it will most likely sport the same thin profile as the latest iPod touch.
iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup: Will Apple Also Announce an iPad mini and New iPod touch?
Submitted by Marshall Walker on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 17:18We know one thing for sure, Apple is going to announce the sixth-generation iPhone tomorrow, September 12, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 10:00 am. What we don't know is what the new iPhone will be called, and if Apple will also announce the rumored iPad mini or new iPod touch. Here's what we think we know: Judging from the press invite (below) Apple will call the new device the "iPhone 5", not the "new iPhone" like it did with the third-generation iPad. Several reliable sources claim Apple will hold a special iPad mini event a few weeks after tomorrow's announcement, but they will announce a new iPod alongside the iPhone 5.
The new iPod is expected to feature a 4-inch display with a resolution of 1136 x 640, and a more powerful A5 processor. The iPhone is rumored to be 2mm thinner than the iPhone 4S, and to also feature a 4-inch screen. It's unclear if the phone will be powered by a new A6 chip, or the same A5X processor found in the iPad 3. All three devices, and all future Apple products, will feature new smaller dock connectors. Apple will reportedly sell their own branded adapters individually for $10, or three for $29. The iPhone 5 should also be 4G LTE compatible in the US, Canada and in parts of Asia and Europe as well.


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It's a voice recorder but the only things I would try are:
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I was thinking food but going a little over the top with this fancy 8 course dinner and some fancy resturant.. But now I'm thinking maybe hot air balloon. Hot air balloons are romantic right?
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Please... if it's possible to have more than 2, please someone tell me... otherwise.. Riot.. PLEASE give me more than 2 rune pages.
Good idea, bump.
The fact Riot is releasing a bunch of champs with no mana or different particularities has made this suggestion very important imo. You don'T have enough pages if you play Mordekaiser, Kennen, Annie and Trist, for example. Also the game.
I agree we need more rune pages. One for crit characters, One for magic characters, and one for Tanks and character that do not have any mana. you gave us three pages in the beta's. Some of us already own all the characters and have 2 rune pages set up with a ton of IP points still available. Being able to have more pages to siut our playstyle is a must. Either give us more pages or allow us to edit our pages during champion selection like the masteries.
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I agree!!!! Please!! There are too many rune combinations to change from between characters. Why only 2? Does not make any sense.
Really i dont know how many people will read this...i skimmed the posts before me, and noticed one thing. No one left a suggestion...just "Hey give us more pages" I was actually coming to this forum to make a suggestion along these lines, not knowing this thread was around, so i guess i'll just post here. Here's my thought. We all hate only 2 pages. We all want more. So how about this? In the rune book, to the (Lower part?) There is a button labeled "New Page". You click it, and it opens a box where you imput your page's name in. Say "AP Kennen" This will then make a rune book page (Just like the current pages we have, blank) With the name "AP Kennen" Now instead of having it labeled as pg 1 in the bottom right, it would of course be labeled AP Kennen. While i was considering this, it brought up "Well how can you have all these buttons to get to all the rune pages? That's just too many possibilities" The best way i could think, where we have the < 1 2 > to change pages, change that out to a drop down box, when you add a new page, it adds it to the list. Another thought was brought up "Well, how is it arranged? Alphabetically? Chronologically?" My thought to this would be probably the most complex thing *GASP!* In the drop down box, and this would only be when you could modify rune pages, of course, there is a "Organize Book" selection, where you could then drag and drop your rune pages around in a list, kind of like the runes to the left of our books, just organizable. Perhaps when you make a page, it can ask you if you want to link a character to the page, so that you can get a picture, like how the runes have them. Im not a scripter, im not a creator, this is just something i thought up, and i dont know if the Development team will even read this. If you great guys do, would be nice to hear from you, and know that you read it You guys at RIOT do a great job, keep it up!
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I agree, good suggestion. I play soraka mostly so I have an ap per level page and i have another page for kayle thats ap att speed, I want to keep this page available but also have a tank page so i can use kayle as more of a tank if need be. Cant someone from riot explain the sense in having only two pages? Seems like if there were more pages then people would spend more ip on runes therefore forcing them to use rp if they want new characters, rather than just sitting on a pile of ip like I am currently doing. So whats the hold up?


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Will Tidey - Optimism is once again through the roof at Anfield
Published: 16 Jun 2011 - 17:58:49
This time last year I wrote about Liverpool's re-birth under Roy Hodgson. Joe Cole had just walked through the door at Anfield, and with Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres both convinced to stay by their new manager, things were finally looking up on Merseyside.
Cole seemed exactly the type of signing Liverpool needed. Having been one of the few England players to emerge with credit from a dismal 2010 World Cup, the midfielder represented a homegrown talent with a point to prove. In many ways his plight echoed that of the club itself. Cole's recent past had been marked by frustration and underachievement, and he was in desperate need of reinvention.
When reports suggested he'd be given the legendary number seven shirt worn by Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan, we let our imaginations run away with themselves. Cole was cast as Anfield's new messiah, Gerrard said he was "as good as Messi", and I wasn't the only writer to suggest Liverpool could achieve a top-four finish.
Not for the first time, I was proved emphatically wrong.
Cole's Liverpool career began with a red card on his Premier League debut against Arsenal, and in his next game he missed a penalty. The rest of the campaign he spent mostly grappling with injury or grasping for form. And he didn't even get the number seven shirt.
Hodgson's Liverpool reached the halfway point in the season having won just seven of 20 Premier League games and languishing 12th in the table. Torres looked like a man who'd forgotten how to play and long-suffering Liverpool fans were getting increasingly desperate.
Something had to give, and it did. Hodgson got the bullet, King Kenny returned to his throne and Torres was sold for £50 million to a Chelsea who presumably hadn't seen him play for a year.
In his place came Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll, vibrant young players with the potential to reign over Anfield for a decade. Suarez was duly given the number seven shirt, and he duly filled it.
Dalglish then proceeded to lead Liverpool on a charge back up the table. Pride was restored with wins against Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, and a sixth-placed finish was deemed a roaring success in the circumstances - especially with Gerrard missing the run-in through injury.
Optimism was already pouring back in when Liverpool went out and paid £20 million for Jordan Henderson - a midfielder Dalglish has called a "class act on and off the field".
With Dalglish committed on a long-term deal, the club promising more acquisitions and Gerrard set to return for the new campaign, it's little wonder talk of top four finishes and even a push for the Premier League title are filling the Liverpool messageboards again.
A year on from my spectacularly bad prediction I'm about to do it again. Next season will see a return to the Liverpool of old, and I fully expect Dalglish to lead them to a top-four finish and perhaps even pick up a trophy.
If they don't I can always make this an annual column.
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Published on Dec 11, 2012 11:01 AM
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Definition: A connection between two vertices of a graph. In a weighted graph, each edge has an number, called a "weight." In a directed graph, an edge goes from one vertex, the source, to another, the target, and hence makes connection in only one direction.
Also known as arc.
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directed graph, undirected graph, weighted graph.
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Title: | What is the Outlook for Paraguay's Electricity Sector? |
Author: | Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor |
Subject: | Paraguay Brazil Uruguay Argentina Southern Cone Mercosur South America agreement treaty policy policy makers energy sovereignty natural resource water hydro dam power consumption aluminum gas grid petroleum electricity Rio Tinto Alcan Fernando Lugo Itaipú Yacyreta Francisco Capli Ricardo Canese Gerardo Rabinovich |
Abstract: | Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has pledged to guarantee energy sovereignty for the country, claiming that its complicated energy sharing agreements with Brazil and Argentina are unfair. Paraguay is seeking to export excess power to Uruguay, an important source of revenue, but says that Argentine officials have made unreasonable demands. Are the energy sharing agreements unfair and if so, what changes should be made? How successful has Lugo been in negotiating "energy sovereignty" for Paraguay? Is the dispute with Argentina likely to be resolved soon and allow Paraguay to export energy to Uruguay? |
Date: | 2011-10-08 |
Publisher: | Inter-American Dialogue |
Citation: | Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor, October 8-12, 2011; pp. 1, 3, 6. Also online at www.thedialogue.org. |
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Oh No! It's a Wordquake! Drag and drop the labels that have been mixed up by the wordquake back to their correct pictures. Touch the green "ready" button when you want to start. There are two rounds. You have two minutes to complete each round.
This simple game reinforces letter sounds, sight words, and matching words with pictures.
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Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop
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In Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop, you have five minutes to sell as many pizzas as possible using your equivalent fractions skills. Be careful though. You customers expect you to fulfill their strange fractional orders. See below for an example:
Step 1.) Read the customer order. A sample customer order might read "I'll have a large pizza, 1/2 pepperoni, 2/5 mushrooms and 1/10 bacon"
Step 2.) Select pizza size. In this case, select "large". This will cause the denominator to change to 10, as a large pizza has ten slices.
Step 3 and 4.) Select toppings. First, click on pepperoni and apply to half of the pizza (5 slices). Next, click on mushrooms and apply it to 2/5 of the pizza (4 slices). Finally, click on bacon and apply it to 1/10 of the pizza (1 slice). NOTE – if you make a mistake, select a different pizza size and then re-select the original pizza size to get a new pizza.
Step 5) Click on "send". If you are correct, you will make a sale. Incorrect pizzas will cost you! Enjoy the game!
Common Core Skills:
Equivalent Fractions
Converting Fractions
Reducing Fractions
Fractions Sense
The Jellybean Tree
Drag and drop the jellybeans from the magical jellybean tree to their correct columns (drop them at the colored square at the top of each column). Toggle between a bar graph and a pie chart and watch how the graphs change with the addition of more jellybeans. Then, answer five questions about your data and print out a special certificate with your graph when you are done.
Common Core Skills:
Graphing; Bar Graphs and Pie Charts
Age Level Appropriateness:
6 - 9
Maxine the Unicorn
You are a happy math unicorn trying to make it through the sunset sky to the unicorn kingdom. Catch the falling hearts in your unicorn horn that have the correct answer to the math problem. Watch out for pesky mosquitoes that take your hearts away and make you catch even more hearts! Make sure you don't catch the wrong hearts. You only have three lives.
Common Core Skills:
Adding and Subtracting to 10
Adding and Subtracting to 20
How well do you know where in the world animals live? Do you know what continent the Giant Panda lives on? How about the Bengal Tiger or the Koala? Drag and drop the animals to their home continents. There are 31 total animals. If you correctly place 28 or more, you can save a gold medal certificate!
World Geography
Cultural Literacy
Endangered Species
Science/Social Studies cross-curricular studies
Virtual Birdwatcher
Step 1.) Please first register at http://vbirder.com
Vbirder is a virtual birdwatching game featuring high-definition 3-D bird graphics and utilizing real bird-distribution data to provide birdwatching novices and enthusiasts with an authentic online birding experience. VBirder is perfect for classrooms studying birds, or, for those who wish to practice their bird-identification skills. Easily identify everyday birds such as robins, cardinals, and blue jays, and others in the backyard habitat, or, try less familiar birds in the forest region of Pennsylvania such as the Scarlet Tanager, Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, or Ruffed Grouse. In the Desoto, Alabama region, scan the treetops for southerly-occurring birds such as Summer Tanagers, Orchard Orioles, or Yellow-throated Warblers and many more. in the Choctaw regions, look for common water birds like Mallards, Wood Ducks, Great Blue Herons, and Great Egrets, and Ospreys. Here, you can see majestic Bald Eagles or follow the looping flights of Purple Martins and Tree Swallows. Each location features abundant birds, common birds, fairly common birds, uncommon birds, rare birds (such as the Black Rail or Brewster's Warbler), and even the rarest of all --accidentals. The less common the bird you identify, the more points you receive for its identification. Over time, your bird identification skills WILL improve using vbirder.com as you see birds from different angles, hear their songs and learn what birds are common in what habitats, and learn field marks that differentiate birds. You can even take "snapshots" of birds and post them to facebook or twitter.
Real-time statistics show your identification success rate, the relative abundance of each bird within the system, and the overall success rate of all players registered in identifying each bird. You'' see that most participants have no trouble identifying robins and cardinals, but id success rates decline for less familiar birds. From within the Allegheny National Forest, bird watching enthusiasts have the opportunity to identify the rare Brewster's Warbler and hopefully snap a picture.
Conquer the Continents
How well do you know world geography? Pick a continent and study the map. Watch for the country names that appear at the top the screen. You have one minute to match as many country names with their corresponding countries. Choose North America, South America, Europe, Asia, or Africa. Use the zoom in function for small, hard to see countries. The app keeps track of all scores for all chosen continents.
Ages 7 and up
Crossing Math Canyon 2.0
For hundreds of years, the famous but elusive Golden Medallion of Math Canyon has proved unreachable and deadly for dozens of brave explorers who have tried crossing the invisible bridge for the purposes of obtaining it. Now, it is your turn. The Bridge that crosses Math Canyon will form plank by plank as you step on the correct planks. Red Hawk, an ancient Pueblo warrior, will guide you along the way. First, step on planks that are multiples of two (use your counting by two skills). Then, all multiples of three, four, five, and so on until you complete multiples of nine. Then, and only then, can you uncover the long lost golden medallion of Math Canyon. Be careful, however, stepping on the wrong plank will send you plummeting in the river below.
Skills covered:
* Counting by 2
* Counting by 3
* Counting by 4
* Counting by 5
* Counting by 6
* Counting by 7
* Counting by 8
* Counting by 9
* Skip-counting
* Multiples
* Comparing Numbers
* Number Sense
* Multiplication Foundation
The Big Yellow Bus
All of the kids are in the wrong seats on the bus and it is a wild scene. The bus cannot make it to school in this condition. You must re-arrange the kids so they are in the correct seats. But the seats don't have numbers they have addition problems! Answer the math problems that appear on the kids' shirts and put them in their correct seats.
Common Core Skills:
Adding to 12
Age Appropriateness:
4 - 7
Treasure Cliff
Can you find Golden Beard's treasure? It's hidden behind one of 100 numbered compartments in the face of a steep cliff. Move your eager mountain climber to the number you think the treasure is hidden behind and watch him use his jackhammer to discover if you are correct. Follow the higher or lower arrows until you eventually find the treasure. You have ten tries!
Common Core Skills:
Number Sense
Greater than Less Than
1-100 Number Chart
School Fish
Which fish is different? Click or touch the fish that is different in each school. Check fins, stripe patterns, dots, eyes, and anything else that may distinguish the "oddball" fish from the rest. Earn school fish points for each fish you correctly identify. Be careful, with each successful identification that subsequent school becomes larger, forcing you to analyze more fish. Cick the question mark icon when you are stumped.
Common Core Skills:
Patterns Recognition
Sand Dollar Exchange
In Sand Dollar Exchange, you play the role of a brave little ocean crab who must pick up the sand dollars and fractions of sand dollars and drop them on their correct clam shells. Time is of the essence! If you finish the game, you can visit the Sand Dollar Exchange and "buy" one of three different certificates. If you finish the game within 200 seconds, you can "buy" a sting ray certificate, within 300 seconds, a horseshoe crab certificate, and within 600 seconds, a hermit crab certificate.
This game reinforces fractions identification, reducing fractions, and equivalent fractions
Ultimate Speed Math
Welcome to Ultimate Speed Math. First choose your skill to practice (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division). Then, choose the numbers you want to practice. For example, if you want to practice adding 1, 2, and 3, click on the 1 bubble, the 2 bubble, and the 3 bubble. Finally, set the countdown to however many seconds you want and see how many problems you can correctly answer, or, set an attainment goal, and see how long it takes you to reach your goal! If you reach your goal, you can print out your very own certificate of achievement.
Conquer the States
How well do you know your states? You have sixty seconds to click on as many correct states as you can. The name of a state will appear at the top of the screen. Click on the corresponding state on the map. For each state you correctly click, you will earn ten points. Try to earn your gold medal certificate!
Mr. N's Downhill Math Slalom
Welcome to Mr. Nussbaum's Downhill Math Slalom – where your quick math and skiing skills can earn you a gold medal certificate. Choose from four different courses; each course requires you to practice a different operation (x, -, + or /).
When you choose a course, you will see a number to look for. For example, if you choose the addition course, you might see + 6. This means that you must ski between all flags that show a + 6 relationship. If the flags are numbered 2 and 8, you would ski through them. If they are numbered 5 and 10, you would ski around them.
Be careful, you will be penalized for skiing through the wrong flags and skiing around the correct flags. Watch out for those pesky squirrels, bears, penguins, and rocks that you must ski around to avoid penalties. To earn a gold medal, you have to be fast and nimble.


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17 October 2014 6:01 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
30. No Country for Old Men (2007)
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There was a brief period of time from 2006-2009 when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made some more daring, but wholly deserved choices for Best Picture. It began in 2006, when Martin Scorsese finally won for The Departed which, while not his best and not nearly as dark as, say, Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, still leaned that direction. Three years later, they handed the Oscar to The Hurt Locker over the blockbuster Avatar, rewarding quality over audience love. But in between the two it was given to No Country for Old Men, an incredibly dark neo-Western based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. It's still one of the Coen Brothers' best films, an incredible cat-and-mouse journey through West Texas in the 1980′s. The film stars Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, »
- Joshua Gaul
5 July 2014 8:54 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
When mixing black and white movie characters as either friends or foes on the big screen should not produce any gray areas at all. Whether amiable or adversarial the pairing of interracial tandems makes for an interesting sociological study in cinema where tension, togetherness, stereotypical profiling and mutual or reluctant acceptance makes for some captivating film fodder.
Sure, in many ways it is an overused cliched in the movies to produce racial tandems for the sake of the entertainment to allow the creative juices to overflow. In Salt and Pepper: Top 10 Black and White Movie Tandems we will take a look at various "salt and pepper" teams as they come together in the name of law and justice, hostile necessity, friendly frivolity or professional attachment to bring movie audiences a sense of adventure and curiosity in the name of comedic or dramatic license. Maybe you have your favorite cultural »
- Frank Ochieng
14 June 2014 10:40 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Many moviegoers consider the world of film as a reprieve from their current existing realities. This is rather interesting because in looking to escape the everyday realities for a fantasized slice of reality in cinema might seem quite redundant for some folks. However, the realities that are portrayed on the big screen are varied so whatever life experiences are depicted we may not have quite lived that particular episode therefore making it intriguing and fresh for our entertaining curiosities.
Films, when capturing a fragrance of reality through triumph and tragedy, are usually armed with a special messaging about the human condition through sacrifice, self-discovery, suffering and of course social awareness. In It's About the Message: The Top 10 Oscar-winning Socially Aware Films we will take a look at Academy Award-winning movies that dared to examine the spirit about being socially aware–through inspiration and insidiousness (or both simultaneously)–and put »
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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 22, 2014
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Rod Steiger is The Pawnbroker.
Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront) earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in the classic 1964 drama The Pawnbroker, directed by the great Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network).
Steiger plays Sol Nazerman, a survivor of a WWII Nazi death camp where his wife, parents and children were murdered. His soul robbed of hope, he takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity while managing a Harlem pawnshop subjected to an endless parade of prostitutes, pimps and thieves.
The film co-stars Geraldine Fitzgerald (Wuthering Heights), Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird), Raymond St. Jacques (Cotton Comes to Harlem) and.Jamie Sanchez (The Wild Bunch).
Shot in gorgeous black-and-white by respected cinematographer Boris Kaufman (On the Waterfront) and featuring a memorably evocative trumpet score by Quincy Jones, The Pawnbroker is making its Blu-ray »
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Do you know anyone who's crazy for Christmas albums by rock and pop artists? Me neither. In my crowd, the reaction is closer to ho-hum than ho-ho-ho. But somebody must enjoy them. The benefit series that began in 1987 with "A Very Special Christmas" is the most successful in music history, raising more than $100 million for the Special Olympics. Mariah Carey's "Merry Christmas," released in 1994, has sold about 10 million copies world-wide. Josh Groban's "Noël" was the best-selling album of 2007, with some 3.5 million copies, though it was available only for the last 10 weeks of that year.
Few other Christmas albums have found such mass acceptance, yet each year they arrive by the sackful beginning in late summer, the impetus being, I suppose, the hope for that rare breakout success and the knowledge that the albums can satisfy an impulse holiday buy for a rock or pop music fan. Most aren't very good. But more later on Bob Dylan's new "Christmas in the Heart."
Christmas albums by rock and pop stars have been around a long time—Elvis Presley recorded his first one in 1957, and "A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector" was released on the day of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The number of Christmas albums released by rock and pop stars is in the thousands by now. The Beatles made a big deal out of Christmas, sending an annual recording of season's greetings to their fans, and James Brown cut several Christmas albums. But the Rolling Stones didn't make one. (That cover of Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run" was a solo effort by Keith Richards.) There's no Led Zeppelin Christmas album, but you can get a holiday tribute to Metallica by Santa Claws and the Naughty but Nice Orchestra. So far, no Christmas album by Radiohead. But can't you just see Coldplay doing one?
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Seems we've had better luck in the long run with rock and pop Christmas singles than albums, starting with Bing Crosby's 1942 version of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," still the best marriage of singer and a new holiday song. The bluesy "Merry Christmas, Baby" was first released by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1947, four decades before Bruce Springsteen covered it. "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helm came out in 1957; Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," a year later. Burl Ives's bright, bouncy version of "A Holly Jolly Christmas," this year's best-selling holiday single according to Billboard magazine, was introduced in 1964. Released in 1984, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band-Aid, which featured Bono, Sting, Bob Geldorf and squadron of British and Irish rock stars, still sounds pretty good.
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Every now and then, along comes a Christmas song that's great music but doesn't quite evoke community and the glow of good cheer. In his "Another Lonely Christmas," Prince sings "Remember the time we swam naked in your father's pool?" "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!" from Sufjan Stevens's lovely "Songs for Christmas" is a tune about an abusive father that will drive you to lace the eggnog with something stronger than brandy. I confess to a special place in my heart for the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York," in which the narrator spends Christmas in a drunk tank, but it's a glorious mess.
For some artists, cutting a Christmas album is a chance to add a little wit and diversity to their catalog. Thus, we get heavy-metal Christmas, reggae Christmas, punk Christmas, zydeco Christmas, lounge Christmas and rap Christmas—there's nothing quite like hearing "The Little Drummer Boy" where all the percussion is played by drum machines. Artists who stay close to Christmas traditions and yet mark the classics with their own stamp tend to offer cloying versions slathered with sentimentality, as if we need to be coated in honey to remember that Christmas is the time of year to celebrate faith and cherish family and friends. Kenny G has issued five holiday recordings, the first of which, "Miracles: The Holiday Album," released in 1994, is the best-selling Christmas album in the U.S. since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Celine Dion's "These Are Special Times" runs a close second to Mr. G's "Miracles" sales total here.
This year's batch is a particularly odd lot. Unless you think nothing says sleigh bells and mistletoe like Neil Diamond, "A Cherry Cherry Christmas" may not be for you, though his burly reading of Adam Sandler's "The Chanukah Song" is fairly priceless. "A Very Special Christmas 7" seems aimed at fifth graders with Vanessa Hudgens, Leighton Meester, Ashley Tisdale and Miley Cyrus "as Hannah Montana" among the performers. REO Speedwagon—remember them?—released "Not So Silent Night," which is probably the year's strangest way to stage a comeback.
The new one by Andrea Bocelli, he of the magnificent voice and the dreadful taste in pop music, offers "My Christmas," produced and arranged by David Foster and featuring guest appearances by Mary J. Blige, the Muppets, Reba McEntire and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (What, no duet with a death-metal act?) It's this year's top-selling holiday album and is so overwrought and saccharine that it's likely to become a holiday staple. Sting's "If on a Winter's Night" and Tori Amos's "Midwinter Graces" both include Christmas songs, but neither declares itself a Christmas album, which may say something about the reputation of the genre.
As for Mr. Dylan's "Christmas in the Heart," which benefits Feeding America and other programs to combat hunger: He's been getting killed by people who demand artistic significance at all times from him and praised by those who think everything he does is precious, which, of course, devalues his best efforts. But Mr. Dylan's work has been spotty for a while now and he's long displayed a sense of humor in his music—which pretty much should cover any reasonable reaction to the album. "Christmas in the Heart" isn't high art and a few of the songs—the Tex-Mex "Must Be Santa" and "Here Comes Santa," among them—are a hoot, though apparently not to everyone. Wrote one reviewer on Amazon: "Forced to sit through it again I might very well have to hang myself by the chimney with care." How anybody could act like Scrooge about a rock or pop artist's Christmas album is beyond me.
—Mr. Fusilli is the Journal's rock and pop music critic. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter: @wsjrock.
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Bobby Helms's version of the song "Jingle Bell Rock" came out in 1957. This article incorrectly spelled his last name Helm.


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Riverscroft, Grove Ferry, Upstreet, Canterbury, CT3 4BP, Tel: 0300 333 5146, Email, www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/parks-and-outdoor-activities/find-a-park/grove-ferry-picnic-site
Grove Ferry Picnic Site is next to the River Stour and a good base for following the Stour Valley Walk, the Saxon Shore Way or the Wantsum Walks, and is adjacent to Stodmarsh National Reserve.
North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PW, Tel: 01227 768072, www.martinpaul.org
St Martin's Church is the oldest in England still in use as a parish church and is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site. This church was the first base of St Augustine when he came to Canterbury in 597.
Whitstable, CT5 4FJ, Tel: 01227 862000, Email
Duncan Down is the largest open space in Whitstable. Originally earmarked for housing in the 1930s, the land is now protected as a Village Green, providing opportunities for local people to relax and enjoy wildlife.
Fleming Road, Staple, Canterbury, CT3 1LG, Tel: 07772 300 511, Email, www.barnsole.co.uk
A family run vineyard with its own winery. Visitors are most welcome and may have a free mini-tour to see how our vines are grown and wine produced. Tastings are free and our wines are available for direct sale.
76 Castle Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2QD, Tel: 01227 766616, Email, www.lilfordframing.com
Speciality: Framing
Lilford Framing provide a complete framing service, our friendly and helpful staff have over 30 years of experience.
5 Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1DB, Tel: 01227 276998, Email, www.canterbury-museums.co.uk
Dive into maritime history and explore the town. The fascinating displays give townspeople and visitors an idea of why Whitstable is here and how it has changed over the years.
Herne Common, Herne Bay, CT6 7LQ, Tel: 01227 712111, Email, www.wildwoodtrust.org
Wildwood Wild Animal Park is a year-round experience for all the family in 40 acres of ancient woodland with over 50 species of British wildlife. Enjoy special events, talks and feeds around the park, adventure playzone and restaurant.
Off Whitehall Road, Canterbury, CT2 8NL, Tel: 01227 862000, Email
This area dates back to the Doomsday period. Today it is one of a few areas of riverside grassland that has not been treated with weedkillers or fertilisers, which means that a wide variety of species can thrive.
St Peter's Street, Canterbury, CT1 2AT, Tel: 01227 786109, Email, www.stpeters-stmildreds.org.uk/
St Peter's Church has been a place of prayer and worship for over 900 years and its charm and peace are in marked contrast to the busy street.
18 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2RA, Tel: 01227 862162, Email, www.thebeaney.co.uk
This fabulous new visitor attraction provides state of the art special and permanent exhibition galleries, a brand new library, excellent learning facilities and a varied programme of events for all ages.
8 William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ, Tel: 01227 367368, Email, www.canterbury-museums.co.uk
This coastal museum features the story of the Victorian seaside resort of Herne Bay and its surrounding area, with exciting finds from nearby Reculver Roman Fort.
Marine Parade, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2BE, Tel: 01227 862162, Email
The cliff-top lawns of Tankerton Slopes roll gently towards the sea and provide an excellent view of 'The Street' and a vantage point to watch the nautical world go by. Tankerton is east of Whitstable town centre.
Whitehall Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8BQ, Tel:
Set in the floodplan of the Great Stour just outside Canterbury, Hambrook Marshes is in an area of natural marshland located adjacent to the Riverside Retail Park in Wincheap.
Goodnestone, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PL, Tel: 01304 840107, Email, www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk
Set in 14 acres with walled garden, arboretums, woodland and formal area. Awarded 2 stars in The Good Garden Guide. Visit our tearoom for delicious homemade cakes and light lunches made with garden produce.
The Welcome Centre, Canterbury Coach Park, Canterbury, CT1 1BW, Tel: 01227 637556, Email, www.canterburyaudiotours.co.uk
The perfect way to explore some of the well known historic sites of Canterbury, plus some of the hidden gems - available in 8 languages. Enjoy an audio tour & travel at your own pace. 20 attractions and local city landmarks are featured.
St. Peters Place, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2DA, Tel: 01227 785625, Email, eastkentfreemasons.org/kent-museum-of-freemasonry
Open to all and free to visit, one of the UK's finest collections of Masonic artefacts will take you on a surprising and informative interactive journey through the history of Freemasonry in Kent and beyond, dispelling myths along the way.
Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2TN, Tel: 01227 862162, Email, www.canterbury.gov.uk/leisure-countryside/things-to-do-in-the-district/parks-and-gardens/dane-john-gardens/
Canterbury's most popular park has been restored into attractive gardens with monuments and memorials, a bandstand with summertime concerts, a central fountain, a tearoom and a children's maze.
Cockering Road, Canterbury, CT1 3UP, Tel: 01227 862000, Email
This beautiful ancient 45-hectare woodland has spectacular displays of wildflower including many species of orchid.


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