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Barrow man, 32, carried out two burglaries in same street
Last updated at 13:34, Wednesday, 02 May 2012
A PROLIFIC offender has been sent back to prison, after he admitted carrying out two burglaries in one street.
Paul Akred, who was sentenced to three years in jail in May 2010 for dealing heroin, admitted committing two counts of burglary overnight between March 22 and 23.
The 32-year-old, of Duncan Street in Barrow, has committed more than 50 offences and was only released this week from a 28-day sentence for attempting to break into the King's Arms in Dalton Road, Barrow, on April 12.
Yesterday, Furness Magistrates' Court heard Akred had attempted to break into the Eat the World restaurant in Scott Street, Barrow.
Prosecuting, Mrs Lisa Hine said the defendant smashed a secure door, causing £450 worth of damage, but failed to gain entry to the main area of the restaurant. He took two knives from the property, which were later found at the nearby Bumble Bee shop, where he stole £237.80 worth of cash and a Marie Curie collection box.
Akred was stopped by police on March 28 and was found to be in possession of £361 in cash and a small quantity of cannabis.
Police used forensic evidence from the knives to identify Akred and he was arrested shortly after being released for the King's Arms offence.
Defending, Ms Maureen Fawcett said her client had "24 or 36 hours of stupidity" which involved consuming alcohol and valium.
She said: "He has no recollection because as far as he was concerned he had been on his curfew.
"He had been drinking but thought police had been round to check on him."
Ms Fawcett said her client accepted the charges and that, prior to March 22, had been progressing well.
However, the magistrates chose to issue Akred with a custodial sentence of four months for each offence, to run concurrently.
A restitution order was also made for the money that he was found in possession of, with £237.80 given to the owners of Bumble Bee and £123.42 was granted to Mr Fu from Eat the World.
An order for the cannabis to be destroyed was also made.
DC Scott Elliott, who arrested Akred, said regular stop and searches of the defendant helped him to be brought to justice.
He told the Evening Mail: "A month ago I arrested him for attempted burglary at the King's Arms.
"He was released on bail for that and then nine or 10 hours later he has gone out when he should have been on curfew and burgled these properties on Scott Street, which included taking a charity collection box.
"He is a prolific offender and it helps that we actively engaged in stopping him in the street."
First published at 13:20, Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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When are our magistrates going to be allowed to give real deterrent sentences to low life scum. It's about time a few more jails were built, and then run properly like they do in the USA. What's all this business about concurrent sentencing.... Lets see some more consecutive sentences for multiple offences. Keep 'em in for the FULL sentence with no automatic time off for good behavior. In fact if they won't tow the line in jail they should stay inside for even longer!
Or maybe bring back transportation to some remote island group ( Falklands islands spring to mind). Namby Pamby liberals ruining our country by being too soft.
A prolific offender who keeps receiving pointless prison time. Had he have served his FULL sentence of 3 years for dealing heroin, he wouldn't have been on the streets to commit these crimes.
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Early next month, the Forgotten Coast Culture Coalition will present the eighth annual Great Plein Air Paint-Out featuring 23 professional artists from around the globe.
Haidee-Jo Summers of Lincolnshire, England and James Richards, from Atlanta, are two of 23 artists invited to participate in this year's Plein Air paint-out.
For Richards, this is the fifth time at the Plein Air Paint-out; it will be a first for Summers.
Richards initially heard about the Forgotten Coast paint-out while at an art show in Wisconsin. After he expressed interest to a friend, it wasn't long before he found himself on the guest list.
Summers was on the hunt for Plein Air festivals and noted a lack of such events in the UK. While in southern Ireland she met Lori Putnam, a regular of the Forgotten Coast festival, and an artist whose work she was familiar with.
"I told Lori that I would love to come to the USA to paint at a Plein Air event," said Summers. "She told me all about this one."
"The area is one of the best places to have the festival," said Richards. "There's no shortage of inspiration."
Richards, who described his style as "spontaneous", praised the marshes and shrimp boats in Eastpoint for being a major source of inspiration during his first visits.
In recent years, Richards has found greater reaction in the way sunlight touches his subjects.
Summers enjoys working outside and the challenges of open air painting. She noted that changing weather and light force an artist has to work quickly and decisively.
"When I paint I am trying to capture the light of a certain place and time," she said, "I wish to reveal something to the viewer that they may not have noticed before."
For the last 18 years Summers has painted, exhibited and taught in England and has contributed features to The Artist Magazine, a popular art publication.
She was selected to exhibit her art many times with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and was been awarded three prizes in the Institute's annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
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By Julie Penny
It was a rare pleasure for me to be off to a Southampton Town Board public hearing where I knew the board was about to do the right thing. In this case, impart landmark status on an architecturally and historically significant waterfront Victorian house built in 1892 in Noyac's erstwhile "Northampton Cottage Association" now known as the Northampton Shores. Its original owner who had it built, William Cauldwell, had been a New York State senator.
On my way into Town Hall I ran into a woman in the vestibule who was unfamiliar with the building's layout. She asked if I knew where the "Landmarks" board was having its meeting. I said, "Are you here to support the landmarking of the Cauldwell house?" She introduced herself as Shelby McChord, the daughter of its owner, Cyril Baldwin. I said I was so happy to meet her, that I was with the Noyac CAC and we were thrilled to support the landmarking of her property as it's such a beautiful gem. I told her the town and we in Noyac owe her family a debt of gratitude in trying to preserve such a lovely and historic jewel. It would be great if other like-minded owners would step forward to guarantee future generations living links to their past heritage.
Seeing that I was a true believer in her cause we became fast friends on our way up to the second landing where the town board would be holding a pro-forma public hearing on the matter. We sat together during the hearing while members of the Landmarks and Historic Districts Board made their presentation to the town council as to the worthiness of providing landmark status to this particular house. Then, Ms. McChord spoke on behalf of her family. Alarmed by the demolition of other beautiful old Victorians on her street, over the last five years Shelby McChord began waging — in what turned out to be — a successful campaign in placing this remarkable bit of our history on both the State and the National Register of Historic Places.
Lastly, I spoke on behalf of the Noyac Citizen's Advisory Committee and its support for landmarking it. Members of the town council spoke approvingly about the home's museum quality features that have remained basically the same as when it was built in 1892. They enthusiastically passed the resolution imparting landmark status on the house. It now bestows some protection on a building that represents a singular and priceless bit of our town's history.
Let me digress. As some of you may recall, the town launched a Hamlet Study for Noyac around 2003. I was the chair of the Noyac Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) at the time. While I retired from that role a few years ago, I still remain a member of the CAC. One of the many things I did as part of Southampton town's Noyac Hamlet Study committee was to take an inventory of the places that give Noyac its unique sense of place. I did this with Marlene Haresign who was not only a member of Water Mill's CAC, but of the town's Landmarks and Historical Districts Board. Armed with my latest Hagstrom map and Marlene's Suffolk County tax map and her binder full of notes, photos and copies of old maps that dated back throughout the 1900's, 1800's and 1700's, we time-traveled our way around Noyac. For history buffs like ourselves it was a labor of love. Over the course of a few days I chauffeured us around locating and cataloguing historic homes, family plots, cemeteries, farmsteads, businesses, beachfront bungalow colonies from the Victorian era on down to the 1940's. These were then mapped and incorporated into the final Noyac Hamlet Center Study.
One of the magical places I took Marlene Haresign to see was Northampton Shores just west of Jessup's Neck. It began its life in 1888 as the "Noyac Cottage Association." Thanks to the Long Island Railroad, wealthy urbanites discovered the undeveloped shores of Noyac where they then came to flee New York City's stultifying summer heat. These "cottages" with their carriage houses, though seasonal, were, in fact, substantial Victorian homes—our own mini Great Gatsbyesque Gold Coast. Bayside, the piece de resistance of this private enclave, is Peconic Avenue which hugs Little Peconic Bay. Several of these Victorian beauties, set against the backdrop of wide green lawns kissing the bright blue waters of the bay have incredible panoramic views of the Peconics. In 2003, when we inventoried them and included them into the Hamlet Study they were all intact and glorious to behold, like a string of heirloom pearls set along the shore. When, after an absence of several years, I revisited the area again I noticed a change. One of the old dowagers, a stunning Victorian was gone. I grieved the passing. Between tear-downs, exterior renovations, and a new faux Victorian, the street was rapidly losing its charm and historical significance
Fast forward. During the town board hearing I sat with the final 2004 Noyac Hamlet Study booklet on my lap opened to the pages of the houses we inventoried on Peconic Avenue. I whispered to Shelby: "How many of these homes are gone now?"
"Three" she noted, pointing out on the list the ones gone to the wrecking ball. I was incredulous. And, therein lay her own impetus in wanting to get their house landmarked by the town, for although she had gotten the house on the State and National Register of Historic Places, the town's landmark designation would afford it the most protection if it ever were to leave the family's hands.
The William Cauldwell house is a melding of architecture, craftsmanship, location, time and place, and history. Except for some plumbing and modern appliances, practically nothing has changed — inside or out — since it was built. It even contains some of Senator Cauldwell's original furniture. It's a well-kept, pristine and stately Queen Anne Victorian that has been in Shelby's family for 80 years where they've enjoyed summer after summer. Family lore has it that her father, Cyril Baldwin, won it in a poker game. It's been his fervent wish to protect it intact. As is noted in the narrative for the National Register of Historic Places, it's virtually "one of the last of its kind on the Noyac shore."
Besides being a senator, William Cauldwell, was a newspaperman. The year he built the house, "1892," is carved into an outside chimney and into the front of the fireplace in the "Great Room." As a politician, his signature piece of legislation brought a part of Westchester County into New York City's orbit. When "Morrisania," an area he represented as senator, became part of the Bronx, it was greeted with great fanfare. He also published and edited The Sunday Mercury, a New York City newspaper. He's been "credited with introducing several famous writers such as Mark Twain (Samuel Clemons) to New York." He published columns ranging from opera, the weather and baseball. On a roguish note, he also served a stint in jail for some dubious dealings when he acted as one of the trustees of an estate.
It was still early evening when the town board voted to grant landmark status to the Caudlwell house. As we were leaving Town Hall, Shelby extended an impromptu invite to come over to see the house on my way home. The prospect of a guided tour by the owner of a house I so admired was one I couldn't refuse. Driving over the moraine dark clouds gathered; it started to rain lighty.
I pulled up to the left of the circular drive in my car where once horse-drawn carriages stopped under a "porte couchere" that's connected to the front porch entrance. Here, safe from the elements, the occupants could alight. The four other times I'd been down this road were sunlit and during the day. This presented a whole different aspect: dusk on the cusp of a storm. For one thing, I wasn't viewing it from the road in a slow-moving car, but standing right next to the house in all its Queen Anne majesty: all steeply gabled roof, porch couchered , with copper-hooded dormers and Palladian windows; sawtooth clapboarding.
My eyes could linger on the details. The sky took on a sulfurous yellow tinge, the wind picked up whipping the trees; it downpoured. We dashed up the stairs to the front porch. From there she pointed to the carriage house and the well house.
Years ago, I had the pleasure of being a tenant in a Queen Anne's Victorian. Like the Cauldwell house, it had some block colored glass windows that I just loved. It also had corn husks in the walls as insulation; but the walls of the Cauldwell house walls, Shelby, pointed out, did not. It has no insulation, that's why it's only used seasonally. They'd found out when they tried to rewire the house, that all the walls — both interior and exterior, had no insulation and were all cross-braced "making new electrical work almost impossible." But, structurally, the bracing has provided great strength allowing it to weather severe storms and hurricanes unscathed.
Walking into the house, I felt like I was aboard a great ship. Outside its northern and northeast windows, on all three stories, the bay spreads out expansively. Inside, you're cradled by its rich wooden interior, wide planked floors, ceilings and walls that are made of beaded wainscotting. The wood, she noted, maintains its original varnish.
It was the small utilitarian details of 1892 that still existed that gave me great delight: like the wall mounted holder for the "buggy whips" that was hung by the front door exactly where Senator Cauldwell had placed it; the double push-button light switches of the type that I remember in my grandmother's pre-World War apartment. And, when we went out onto the glorious rear wrap-around porch with an unstoppable view of the bay, I was enthralled because, on this stormy evening, Shelby busily took the rocking chairs and placed each of their backs up against the porch wall with the rear part of their rocker blades propped up on a band of wood running along its base. This keeps them stationary. It prevents them from moving about in high wind, and, with it, the annoying sounds of the rockers slapping the floor in dissonance.
On the 3rd floor she pointed to an original ladder that gave access to a small hatch in the roof known as a "scuttle hole." It was used to climb out to get a good view of approaching boats. I wondered if this feature, probably commonplace, was the derivation for the name of Bridgehampton's "Scuttlehole Road."
Except for the commodes, the bathrooms, some of them tiny, had original fixtures. In the larger ones, only the claw-footed tubs had been re-glazed.
One of my favorite spots was the sleeping porch balcony on the third story with its undulating decorative fretwork. From this cozy aerie the view is stupendous. Standing there I could imagine Senator Cauldwell, whose portrait hangs inside, looking off to the eastern boundary of the Northampton Cottage Association preparing to walk over to its 500 foot dock, now long gone, where boats trafficked to Sag Harbor and Greenport. Perhaps to greet friends arriving by ferry to stay at the hotle at the east end of Peconic Avenue…when it was a hotel. I salute the town board for voting to landmark one of the treasure's of Noyac's past for Noyac's future.


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The program allows patients to gain insight into the ways in which pain has changed their ability to think and approach life. Patients learn a different approach to pain — an ability to control the pain. Patients learn to make cognitive changes, reassessments, and the ability to remain in the present with positivity and resilience. Coping skills are emphasized which allow patients to regain cognitive control as well as a sense of calmness, restful sleep, and the ability to better manage adversity.
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i-Mego retro headphones hands-on
At the recent Bristol Sound & Vision Show, we spied these cool-looking headphones from Hong Kong-based manufacturer i-Mego, so we zeroed in on them for a closer look. Already selling in the US, and on their way to the UK soon, the Retro range comprises three models - Classics, Heavy and Infinity.
All three models feature the same retro-styling, with the chrome finished cans looking very similar to a old-style microphones. The earcups themselves have plenty of padding along with a slightly strange square shape, which we found to be really comfortable to wear. The earcups also feature a tiny red, fabric i-Mego label that doesn't look too dissimilar to the labels found on Levi's jeans for a bit of extra 1950s cool.
The entry-level Classics feature a white and silver finish and are intended for any type of music, while the step-up Heavy cans sport an unusual deep brown and smoky chrome look and have enhanced bass response, making them a good bet for bass-laden dance or rock tracks. The top-of-the-range Infinity headphones feature an all-leather black trim as well as the the same bass technology found on the Heavy cans. All three models incorporate a 1.2m cable and 3.5mm gold-plated stereo plug.
While most audio products are demoed to us with music that we would never listen to in a million years (usually Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon or some kind of ghastly free-form jazz drivel) this time we were actually able to pick our own demo music. Opting for some classic rock from AC/DC, we were very impressed with the sound quality offered by all three models. Even the cheaper Classics had a particularly strong and clear sound, while the bass on the Heavys and the Infinity was possibly the best we've heard on cans at this price range.
The Infinity cans will cost around £99.99, and you can expect to pay around £49.99 for the Classics and the Heavy Retros.


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All baccalaureate degree programs require students to complete a minimum of 120 credits. No more than four of those credits can be physical education/activity courses. See program descriptions for exact number of major credits (30 credit minimum) and elective courses to complete the total required 120 credits.
General education requirements for bachelor's degrees within the College of Humanities and Sciences
The purpose of general education courses in the College of Humanities and Sciences is to provide a foundation for lifelong learning among its students. This foundation includes the six core competencies of written communication, oral proficiency, critical thinking, information fluency, ethical and social responsibility and quantitative literacy.
The College of Humanities and Sciences' general education curriculum encourages students to pursue multiple interests simultaneously and creates opportunities for connecting learning across courses, disciplines and contexts. Additionally, it provides students with effective communication skills, the ability to analyze situations and think critically about the world around them, locate and analyze information to make informed decisions, and integrate knowledge from multiple perspectives and disciplines. The College of Humanities and Sciences' general education curriculum proposes to foster academic community by linking the liberal arts and professional learning, and provides a strong foundation of knowledge, skills and experiences that are the hallmark of a VCU undergraduate education.
The College of Humanities and Sciences' general education program totals 33-49 credit hours (hours vary according to foreign language placement and variations in individual course credit hours). The general education program includes three distinct tiers plus a senior capstone experience that is part of the major requirements.
Foundational courses: 12-13 credit hours
Foundational courses lay the groundwork for developing skills in the six identified competencies and lay the groundwork for future learning. (These courses satisfy a portion of the University Core Curriculum.)
UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I
UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II
UNIV 200 Inquiry and the Craft of Argument or academic research writing
Math and statistics:
Complete one of the following courses: MATH 131 Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics, STAT 208 Statistical Thinking or a 100- or 200-level MATH or STAT course (except MATH 121, 122, 123) as listed on the major curriculum worksheet guide and recommended by the academic adviser.
Supporting courses: 18-21 credit hours
Supporting courses further develop the core competencies while providing a vehicle for intellectual inquiry within specific areas of study. Students must complete at least 18 credits (comprising at least six courses) by successfully completing the following: (i) at least one course in each of the following four content areas, and (ii) two additional courses from these content areas or the Tier II content areas of humanities/fine arts, social/behavioral sciences or natural/physical sciences of the VCU Core Education Program (the two additional courses must be from different content areas).
1. Human, social and political behavior
These courses are designed to deepen students' understanding of the study of society and the behavior of its citizens in various contexts.
ANTH/INTL 103 Introduction to Anthropology
ECON 101/INTL 102 Introduction to Political Economy
HUMS 300 Great Questions of the Social Sciences
POLI 103 U.S. Government
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology (4 credits)
SCTS 200 Science in Society: Values, Ethics and Politics
SOCY 101 General Sociology
2. Science and technology
These courses are designed to enhance students' literacy in science and technology, including an understanding of the natural world, experience with the fundamental ideas and methods of the sciences and greater scientific literacy, particularly in relation to energy, evolution and evaluation.
BIOL 101 Biological Concepts (3 or 4 credits)
BIOL/ENVS 103 Environmental Science (4 credits)
CHEM 110 Chemistry and Society
ENVS 201 Earth System Science
FRSC 202 Crime and Science
INSC 201 Energy!
PHYS 103 Elementary Astronomy
3. Diverse and global communities
These courses are designed to provide students with an understanding of communities, cultures and identities other than their own, and with the ability to apply methods of inquiry from various academic disciplines to the understanding of diverse cultures and societies and the interactions among them.
AFAM 111 Introduction to Africana Studies
GSWS 201 Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
INTL 101 Human Societies and Globalization
MASC/INTL 151 Global Communications
POLI/INTL 105 International Relations
RELS 108 Human Spirituality
4. Literature and civilization
These courses are designed to help students explore the relationships between human expression (in texts, films and material culture) and human societies, as well as between the present and the past.
ENGL 215 Textual Analysis
HIST 201 The Art of Historical Detection: ______
HUMS 250 Reading Film
PHIL 201 Critical Thinking About Moral Problems
WRLD/INTL 203 Cultural Texts and Contexts: ______
WRLD 230 Introduction to World Cinema
Experiential courses: 2-12 credit hours
These courses complement the other areas of inquiry by providing practical and experientially based knowledge both within and outside of the traditional classroom setting.
Foreign language (0-8 credits)
The study of a foreign language enhances students' appreciation for and knowledge of other cultures. Students who have studied a foreign language have cognitive development, creativity and divergent thinking. Students must complete a foreign language through the 102 level or equivalent through credit, placement testing or other demonstrated proficiency.
Experiential fine arts (1-3 credits)
Students involved in the fine arts gain a greater understanding of the cultural and aesthetic possibilities of the world around them. Students satisfy this requirement by the completion of one course offered by the School of the Arts.
HUMS 202 Choices in a Consumer Society (1 credit)
An online personal finance course focusing on participatory, application-based exercises designed to arm students with the ability to make educated decisions in relation to future financial choices such as payment of student loans, understanding credit card statements, applying for mortgages, credit rating and planning for retirement.
Senior capstone: 1-3 credit hours
This course provides a discipline-specific culminating intellectual experience. Students must take at least 1 credit of a senior capstone experience within the major. Students must have senior status (at least 85 credit hours toward graduation) when completing this requirement.
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See J. Malina's autobiography, The Enormous Despair (1972); R. Neff, The Living Theatre: USA (1970); J. Tytell, The Living Theater: Art, Exile, and Outrage (1995).
Lübeck is the second largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League ("Queen of the Hanse") and because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. In 2005 it has a population of 213,983.
Situated at the Trave River, Lübeck is the largest German port on the Baltic Sea. The old part of the town is an island enclosed by the Trave. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal connects the Trave with the Elbe River. Another important river near the town center is the Wakenitz. Autobahn 1 connects Lübeck with Hamburg and Denmark (Vogelfluglinie). The borough Travemünde is a sea resort and ferry port at the coast of the Baltic Sea.
The area around Lübeck was settled after the last Ice Age. Several Neolithic dolmens can be found in the area.
In addition, around 700 AD Slavic peoples started to come into the eastern parts of Holstein which had been left by many Germanic inhabitants in the course of the Migration Period. By the early 9th century Charlemagne, whose Christianisation attempts were opposed by Saxons, moved Saxons out and brought in Polabian Slavs, who were allied to Charlemagne, in their stead. Liubice ("lovely") was founded on the Trave banks about four kilometres north of the present-day city centre of Lübeck. In the 10th century it became the most important settlement of the Obotrite confederacy and a castle was built. The settlement was burned down in 1128 by pagan Rani from Rügen.
The modern town was founded by Adolf II, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein, in 1143 as a German settlement on the river island Bucu. He established a new castle which was first mentioned by Helmold in 1147. Adolf had to cede the castle to Henry the Lion in 1158. After Henry's fall in 1181, the town became an Imperial city for eight years. Emperor Barbarossa gave the city a ruling council with twenty members that survived into the 19th century. This council was dominated by merchants and caused Lübeck's politics to be dominated by trade interests for centuries to come.
The town and castle changed ownership for a period afterwards and was part of the Duchy of Saxony until 1192, of the County of Holstein until 1217 and part of Denmark until the Battle of Bornhöved in 1227.
Around 1200 the port became the main point of departure for colonists leaving for the Baltic territories conquered by the Livonian Order and, later, Teutonic Order. In 1226 Emperor Frederick II elevated the town to an Imperial Free City, becoming the Free City of Lübeck. In the 14th century Lübeck became the "Queen of the Hanseatic League", being by far the largest and most powerful member of this mediaeval trade organization. In 1375, Emperor Charles IV. named Lübeck one of the five "Glories of the Empire", a title shared with Venice, Rome, Pisa and Florence. Several conflicts about trade privileges were fought by Lübeck and the Hanseatic League against Denmark and Norway with varying outcomes. While Lübeck and the Hanseatic League prevailed in conflicts in 1435 and 1512, Lübeck lost when it became involved in the Count's Feud, a civil war that raged in Denmark from 1534 to 1536. Lübeck also joined the Schmalkaldic League.
After defeat in the Count's Feud, Lübeck's power slowly declined. Lübeck managed to remain neutral in the Thirty Years' War, but with the devastation caused by the decades-long war and the new transatlantic orientation of European trade, the Hanseatic League and thus Lübeck lost importance. After the Hanseatic League was de facto disbanded in 1669, Lübeck remained an important trading town on the Baltic Sea.
The great composer, Dieterich Buxtehude became organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck in 1668 and remained at the post until at least 1703.
In course of the war of the Fourth Coalition against Napoleon, troops under Bernadotte occupied the neutral Lübeck after a battle against Blücher on November 6th, 1806. Under the Continental System, the bank went into bankruptcy and from 1811 to 1813 Lübeck was formally annexed as part of France until the Vienna Congress of 1815.
During World War II, Lübeck was the first German city to be attacked in substantial numbers by the Royal Air Force. The attack on 28 March 1942 created a firestorm, that caused severe damage to the historic centre and the Bombing of Lübeck in World War II destroyed three of the main churches and greater parts of the built-up area. A POW camp for officers, Oflag X-C, was located near the city from 1940 until April 1945. Lübeck was occupied without resistance by the Second Army on May 2 1945.
On May 3 1945, one of the biggest disasters in naval history happened in the Bay of Lübeck when Allied bombers sank three ships which, unknown to them, were packed with concentration-camp inmates. About 7,000 people were killed.
Lübeck's population grew considerably from about 150,000 in 1939 to more than 220,000 after the war, owing to an influx of refugees expelled from the former Eastern provinces of Germany.
Lübeck remained part of Schleswig-Holstein after the war and was situated directly at the inner German border during the division of Germany into two rival states in the Cold War period. South of the city the border followed the path of the river Wakenitz that separated both countries by less than 10 m in many parts. The northernmost border crossing was in Lübeck's district of Schlutup.
Lübeck's restored historic city centre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Much of the old town has kept a medieval look with old buildings and narrow streets. The town once could only be entered by passing one of four town gates, of which two remain today, the well-known Holstentor (1478) and the Burgtor (1444).
The old town centre is dominated by seven church steeples. The oldest ones are the Lübecker Dom (the city's cathedral) and the Marienkirche (Saint Mary's), both from the 13th and 14th centuries.
Other sights include:
Like many other places in Germany, Lübeck has a long tradition with Christmas market in December, which includes the famous handicrafts market inside the Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Hospital of the Holy Spirit), located at the north end of Königstrasse.
The Lübeck wine trade dates back to Hanseatic times. One Lübeck specialty is Rotspon, wine made from grapes processed and fermented in France and transported in wooden barrels to Lübeck, where it is stored, aged and bottled.
Lübeck's only newspaper is Lübecker Nachrichten.
The industrial Lübeck-Herrenwyk area, houses the static inverter plant of the HVDC Baltic-Cable. Lubec, Maine, the easternmost town in the United States, is named for Lübeck.
Lübeck has three universities, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, University of Lübeck and Musikhochschule Lübeck. The Graduate School for Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences is a central facility of the University and is founded by the German Excellence Initiative The International School of New Media is an affiliated institute at the University.
The city of Lübeck is divided into 10 zones. These again are arranged into altogether 35 urban districts. The 10 zones with their official numbers, their associated urban districts and the numbers of inhabitants of the quarters:


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The Wilson College field hockey team posted their first win of the 2013 season today when they hosted Wells College for a 5:30pm contest. The Phoenix took the game from the Express by a final score of 4-0.
Wilson began on the right track and scored first when Senior Megan Schneck scored early off a penalty stroke. The first half had a rather long scoreless duration until the Phoenix sparked their offense late. Sophomore Taylor Crouse and Megan Schneck piled on two goals to the Wilson lead with just under two minutes of play in the half. The Phoenix entered halftime with a 3-0 advantage over the Express.
The intensity remained with the home team in the second half as they blanked Wells and added another goal to cushion their lead. Senior Katie Omori nudged a goal in the net early in the second half off of a deflected shot. Wilson was able to continue to outperform Wells both offensively and defensively and walked away with a well-earned victory.
Senior Megan Schneck led her team in scoring, totaling two goals in the contest. Senior Brittney Smith tipped in with four shots in the contest and served as a significant catalyst for the Wilson offense.
With the win, the team improves their record to 1-2 on the season. Wilson will host Earlham College this Sunday for a 10:00am matchup.


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We Have A Venue (A Groom With A View)
Sitting in that banquet room, we imagined our family and friends all dressed up to celebrate our wedding, Evin in her dress, me in my non tuxedo. We both looked at each other. No words were spoken, it was just a pinch of time really, but long enough to know that this is where it should happen. This is where we should get married.
Yes, dear readers, followers of this blog, friends, family, and the rest of you that fall into other categories altogether, our long national nightmare is over. Evin and I have agreed on a wedding venue!
We had been to the New York Botanical Garden before — last summer or the one before to see the Orchid Show which if memory serves, wasn't my idea to go to. The show was great but the side trip afterward to Arthur Avenue — The Bronx's Little Italy — for the one of the best Chicken Carbonara's we had each ever had was the highlight.
They had two different spaces for us to choose from. The first one was The Garden Terrace Room. It held a lot more guests than we were planning to invite. It was also where a number of our friends had been to weddings before and they were quick to offer advice. "I was there in 2000 for a wedding," a good friend told me, "I could ask how they liked it but they're divorced now." The decision was made for us as the minimums were prohibitive. So we went to see the second choice, The Lillian and Amy Goldman Stone Mill, an 1840's building that looked as if General George Washington has used it to plot the capture and killing of the British had the Revolutionary War still been going on and had Washington not been dead when it was built. Hey, my mother's name is Lillian, that had to be a good sign. But it was that stone building that I thought might be a metaphor — if our marriage could be as strong at the facade of that building, we'd be just fine.
Jayme the Catering and Sales Manager led the way. She took us to the slate patio against a stream where the ceremony would be, then inside for cocktail hour, then upstairs for where the reception would be. There was a room for the bride to get ready, and a corner in the back with a hook on the wall for the groom. Then she sat us down a table in the same room where the reception would be and showed us mouthwatering pictures of a meal we would probably not even get a chance to eat. It was easy, there was no hard sell, every question had an answer, nothing seemed impossible. everything seemed to scream, "HEY, HAVE YOUR WEDDING HERE!" We discussed a few preliminary numbers, chose the date of July 13, 2013, and pretty much made up our minds right then and there to get married at Abigail Kirsch at New York Botanic Garden Lillian and Amy Goldman Stone Mill. If only every other decision could be this easy! Jayme told us a contract would be coming, we all shook hands, and Evin and I went over to Arthur Avenue for a celebratory Hero Sandwich.
A week or so later a contract arrived, we signed it, wrote a rather large deposit check, and I took a walk to the post office to mail it back. About halfway to the mailbox, I stopped dead in my tracks in the middle of the street. I just stood there thinking to myself random thoughts about what our wedding would be like. My friends from my days living in the south for college would be meeting my writer friends here in New York. That Evin's cousin Andrea from Bogota would be dancing with her dad and uncles. And that my father would need a new suit and knowing how long it takes for him to choose a style or color, might take up until the day before the wedding to get accomplished. And Evin's mom, so happy, so proud. I know what you're thinking — you've been engaged for months now and it's all just dawning on you now? Yes, it's only dawning on me now! And for the first time since I asked Evin to marry me, I am now officially excited.
Then some guy rode by in his car, screamed an expletive at me for standing in the middle of the intersection blocking traffic, and sped off.


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Yes, that is a soccer player wearing a giant closet costume.
The KNVB's effort to promote LGBT acceptance within a rather progressive country that has legally allowed same-sex marriage since 2001 is admirable, but they might have whiffed on the execution. Are we supposed to laugh at a closeted gay athlete showering with his teammates and awkwardly fitting in with the team, when these are very real issues that can keep gay athletes from coming out? What do you think?
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Quarterly Report: 2009, January - March (Q3), Chevak
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Community Sanitation Overview:
The City of Chevak operates the piped water and sewer system, the central watering point and the honeybucket haul. The City Council is the policy making body for the utility. Construction began in 1995 to provide piped water and sewer to homes and the school. Completed projects include a new landfill, a washeteria renovation, a new watering point, water treatment plant, a 150,000-gallon water storage tank, sewage lagoon, and a vacuum sewer plant. Water and sewer mains and household connections are completed. Currently they have 193 units on line. Most of the residents except one home are connected to water/sewer. Some homes still have rain catchments. The new school construction was completed in August 2003. The construction company connected the school and teacher housing to the water/Sewer system.
RUBA Status & Activities This Qtr:
The water/wastewater system continues under the management of Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC). Monthly financial reports have been received by RUBA. The utility management continues to meet all RUBA essential management capacity indicators at this time. The assessment pertains to only the management of the utilities and not the City of Chevak. A new City Clerk/Bookkeeper was hired in September. The City administrator is training her on the job. FY 2006 financial records are being reconstructed and once done will be send to Juneau in order to receive sommunity revenue sharing payments.
RUBA Activities for the Coming Qtr:
RUBA continues to work with the City /ARUC toward meeting and maintaining the capacity indicators. This is an on-going process involving support via phone, fax, and on-site visits when necessary.
Essential Indicators:
27 of 27
Sustainable Indicators:
27 of 27
Total Score:
54 of 54
Essential Indicators
All revenues and expenses for the utility are listed in the utility budget.
The utility has adopted a balanced realistic budget.
Monthly financial reports are prepared and submitted to the policy making board.
The utility is current in paying all water/wastewater electric bills.
The utility has on hand a year's adequate fuel supply or it has a financial plan to purchase an adequate supply.
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources sufficient to cover operating expenses and Repair & Replacement (R) costs.
YTD revenues are at a level equal to or above those budgeted.
YTD expenditures are at a level equal to or below those budgeted.
A monthly manager's report is prepared.
Budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary.
Finances Comments
Monthly finance reports are prepared by ARUC showing revenues and expenditures for both the Chevak system and the ARUC management of the system. This report lists expenses and revenue categories with columns showing amounts for 'This Month' 'Last Month' Year to Date' and Budget. Since the initial assessment in June 2006, and at the recommendation of RUBA, ARUC has added a line item for 'Replacement Part Reserve.' Most sanitation funding or regulatory agencies are recommending that utilities show this separately. The Sanitation Business Plan Template requires that utilities account for this separately. Fuel for the utilities is bulk purchased bi-annually. The operators in Chevak self-report fuel consumption. ARUC has instigated fuel use efficiency and accountability practices that have substaintially lowered the consumption and expense in the community.
Accounting Systems
Essential Indicators
The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comments
All essentials continue to be met. The utility charges flat rates for residential customers. Combined bills for water and sewer ($70/month) are mailed at the end of each month. Commercial rates are $170 per month or $.10/gallon. Payments of money orders or checks only are sent to a lock box at Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo emails a list of payments daily to ARUC. Payments of check, money order, cash, or credit card may be paid at the Bethel RUC office. A hand written receipt is issued at time of payment. ARUC has installed new meters on several customers which will track water consumption more efficiently. A rate increase of 20% to residents and twelve cents per gallon for metered customers is planned for the very near future. Approximately ten months ago, uncollectible bad debts were written off. Through the Memorandum of Agreement, ARUC has the authority to change customer rates. The manager and accountant make recommendations to the advisory board who votes support or non-support of the request. A vote of support is sent on to the ANTHC Board of Directors for action.
Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comments
Paper time cards are submitted to ARUC who calculates, tracks and reports payroll liabilities through a computer system. A signed Information for Tax Release Authorization was provided by the ARUC as the utility is an enterprise system that is included in the ARUC's tax payer EIN number. The IRS deemed the taxpayer in compliance with federal employment tax filings, federal deposits, and noted that no recorded Notice of Federal Tax Lien has been filed. The State Department of Labor office reports the ARUC in compliance at this time. This tax information pertains to the management of the utility only and not the City of Chevak financial management.
Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comments
The utility has a posted worker's compensation insurance policy under the umbrella od ARUC. The insurance covers all employees of ARUC including the operators in Chevak. All ARUC employees follow the ANTHC adopted personnel policy. This policy was reviewed by an attorney. Employees are at-will hire. An evaluation is performed at 90 days and one year from hire. The blank evaluation form is attached to the position description and presented to the employee upon hire. All new hires attend a corporate orientation for 2 1/2 days in Anchorage for instruction regarding company policies, procedures, and department specific orientation. On-site training is also provided. Job openings are posted, with job titles and duties, in the village at least one week if the manager deems expediency is necessary. Native hire and local hire is encouraged when possible. Applications are submitted to YKHC who will complete the background and reference checks. The personnel policy also allows for temporary hies for short term projects.
Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comments
The City of Chevak has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with ANTHC/ARUC to operate the utility. The MOA was signed for two years with option for renewal. ANTHC/ARUC has an advisory board that meets three times a year to recommend policy and procedures via letters of support to the ANTHC Board of Directors who has the authority to set rates, ordinances, policies, and procedures for the Chevak Utility. The ARUC Manager also is diligent in personally attending city council meetings for all ARUC communities. Recently ARUC hired a progect manager. The project manager/accountant is responsible to oversee the accounting procedures for all RUC communities. ANTHC finance department tracks and issues payroll.
Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
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