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Charity in the City: Funding the Relief of Maimed Soldiers in Post-Restoration Bristol
Bristol was one of the largest cities in seventeenth-century England and was hotly contested over during the Civil Wars. Unfortunately, there are no surviving petitions and certificates, or details of payments made to maimed soldiers and war widows, from Bristol itself. Therefore there will be no data relating to the city on Civil War Petitions. However, what does survive is a large amount of data relating to how money was collected from Restoration Bristolians to fund the pensions and gratuities of soldiers and widows. As Mark Stoyle explains, this data provides an intriguing insight into how the county pension scheme operated in provincial cities…
When we think of the maimed soldiers and war-widows of post-Civil War England and Wales, we tend to visualise them within a rural context: as residents of country parishes and small market towns. Yet it is important to remember, that although the great majority of the wounded and bereaved people who sought financial support from the authorities in the wake of the conflict did indeed live in the countryside – as, of course, the great majority of the general population did at this time – a small, but by no means negligible, proportion of the supplicants were city-dwellers. London – which was then, as now, by far the most populous community in the kingdom – would have accounted for the greatest number of urban maimed soldiers and war-widows, but many must also have lived in the great provincial cities of England: York, Chester, Bristol, Norwich and Exeter. Research carried out for the 'Conflict, Welfare and Memory' project is gradually beginning to uncover more information about the financial provision which was made in regional urban centres for individuals who had been hurt and bereaved during the civil conflict of the 1640s – and the records of the city of Bristol contain some especially illuminating information on this subject.
Bristol was the second city of the kingdom in the seventeenth century, and, as one might expect, it was bitterly contested during the Civil War. Initially held for Parliament, the city was stormed and taken by Royalist forces in July 1643, with the king's troops suffering terrible casualties during the assault. Bristol remained firmly in Charles I's hands throughout the next two years, and served as the king's chief military entrepot in the West, but, as the tide of war turned against the Royalists in 1645, so their grip on the countryside around the city began to weaken. In September that year, Parliament's New Model Army first laid siege to Bristol and then, a few days later, stormed the city in their turn, slaughtering scores, perhaps hundreds, of the defenders in the process. Some Bristol men would have been killed or wounded during the two great assaults upon the city, while more would have suffered a similar fate while they were serving in the rival armies: whether because they had marched into the field of their own volition or because they had been impressed to fight against their wills. In the immediate aftermath of the war, moreover, it seems likely that appreciable numbers of wounded ex-soldiers would have gravitated to Bristol from elsewhere in the hope of finding work or charity in the city – even though such in-migration of 'indigent persons' was vigorously discouraged by the local governors. All in all, it is hard to doubt that men who had been hurt during the fighting of the 1640s would have been a familiar sight on the streets of post-Civil War Bristol.
Because Bristol – like several of England's other great provincial cities – was a county of itself, it possessed its own justices of the peace (or local magistrates), and its own quarter sessions court, and it is Bristol's privileged county status which allows us to glimpse the measures which were taken to relieve wounded Royalist veterans in this particular urban community during the 1660s. In May 1661, the Parliament which had been summoned following the restoration of Charles II to the throne the year before – the so-called 'Cavalier Parliament' – met at Westminster and MPs subsequently passed the famous 'Act for the relief of poor and maimed officers and soldiers who have faithfully served his Majesty and his Royal father in the late wars'. This was the act which made provision for wounded Royalist veterans – and for the wives and orphans of those who had been slain while fighting for Charles I – to receive regular financial support from their neighbours. Under the terms of the act, each parish in the kingdom was to be charged at the same weekly rate for this purpose as it had been under a previous, similar statute – passed for the relief of men who had been hurt in the wars of Elizabeth I – while the JPs of each county were to determine whether further sums of money 'over and besides the same' should be 'adjudged meet to be assessed upon every parish'. The Bristol JPs soon set to work, and, at the meeting of the sessions court which took place in August 1662, new rates were laid down for each of the parishes within the county of the city of Bristol.
First, the clerk of the court set out 'the antient rate of the severall parishes within this Citty according to the Statute of 43 Elizabeth'. This rate had laid down that Bristol's seventeen parishes would pay total sums ranging from 17s 4d per year to 8s 8d per year for the relief of local maimed soldiers. (The wealthiest parishes were those whose inhabitant had been rated at the highest sums, while the least wealthy parishes were those whose inhabitants had been rated at the lowest.) The total sums derived from this 'ancient rate', the clerk calculated, had been 3s 9d per week, or £9 15s per year. Now, he went on to record, 'the new rate for the same parishes' – this time for the relief of wounded Royalist veterans – had been assessed across the board at three times the amount of the old one, with the wealthiest parishes being rated at £2 12s per year and the least wealthy ones at £1 6s. The new assessment would bring in a total sum of 11s 3d per week, or £29 5s per year, to assist Bristolians who had either been wounded while fighting in the former king's cause, or who had lost husbands or fathers in his service.
In a subsequent entry in the quarter sessions minute book, dated 13 January 1663, the clerk provided a little more information about the way that the sums raised under the new assessment were to be raised, noting that the JPs had ordered that 'the churchwardens and petty constables' of each parish 'shall truly collect ever afterwards the said taxation … and pay the same over … quarterly within ten days before every Quarter Sessions to Captain John Hix, who is appointed Treasurer [for the maimed soldiers] by this court'. There is no further information in the minute book about Hix (or Hicks), but his title suggests that he may himself have served in Charles I's army, and that that is why he had been chosen by the JPs to oversee the collection and distribution of the monies for the relief of 'maimed [Royalist] officers and soldiers'. The clerk concluded by noting the JPs had instructed, first, that 'this order be delivered from time to time from one churchwarden to another for the continual collection of the said taxation as aforesaid, without any further direction of this court', and, second, that any officers who failed to gather the rate would suffer the penalties laid down in the original Elizabethan statute.
Sadly, no lists of the Bristolians who benefited from these careful arrangements appear to have survived. We may guess that wounded ex-Royalist soldiers who lived in the city and county of Bristol petitioned the justices for pensions – just as they did in other counties across the kingdom – and that those whose petitions were approved were then recommended to Hix for payment. What is clear is that Hix himself did not long remain in office, for in October 1663 the clerk recorded that 'the court hath this day appointed Mr Thomas Prigg to be Treasurer of all such … sums of money as shall be rated … within … this city towards the relief of … maimed soldiers'. A year later, Prigg himself was replaced by another (ex?) military man, named in the minute book only as 'Captain Smart'. On 4 October 1664, the clerk noted that 'Captain Smart is this day chosen Treasurer of the moneys for maimed soldiers in the room of Mr Prigg and the churchwardens of the several parishes are to take notice thereof accordingly'. Smarte's tenure was to prove lengthier than that of his predecessors. In 1668, he was asked by the justices to continue as 'Treasurer for the maimed soldiers and indigent officers … for this year ensuing', and he was similarly entreated two years later.
Our final glimpse of Smart comes on 21 August 1671. On this day, the JPs ordered that the Chamberlain of Bristol should pay the sum of £25 5s which he had recently received from 'George Wilkins the collector' – was this as much as Wilkins had managed to gather from the £29 5s per year which was formally due from the city parishes? – to Smart, while Smart himself was 'desired to issue out the same to the widows and maimed soldiers'. These last words make it clear that, as late as 1671, the widows of former Royalist soldiers, as well as wounded Royalist soldiers themselves, were continuing to be supported by their neighbours in the city. Sadly, no further references to maimed soldiers – or to the financial provision which was made for supporting them – appear in the Bristol quarter sessions minute books for 1672-1705, so we will have to turn to other sources as we seek to cast new light on the neglected subject of how those who had suffered wounding and loss during the Civil Wars subsequently made shift to get by in England's largest urban communities.


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Urgently, Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, needs comprehensive reforms in its land and property ownership systems just as it needs to develop more infrastructure across sectors.
These actions have become not only urgent but also necessary because experts estimate that only 5 percent of the country's housing stock, which is less than 20 million units in total, are in formal mortgage. This means that 95 percent of these houses are dead assets because they are neither tradable nor bankable.
Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist for PwC, who spoke at the just concluded West Africa Property Investment Summit (WAPISummit) in Lagos, explained that it was only land and property ownership reforms that could unlock this huge stock of dead assets whose value he estimated at N307 billion or 81 percent of the country's GDP.
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In Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics written in 1890, it is stated that land, labour, capital and organisation were the four factors of production, but land is so important that the other factors would be redundant without it. Land is the bedrock upon which the satisfaction of all human needs is built. Food, clothing and shelter are all human needs met from resources derived from land.
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Land reportedly accounts for 20 percent of the earth's surface, and consequently, every economy requires comprehensive land regulations and policies to guarantee the effective usage of its land and the maximisation of resources attached to it.
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A World Bank Report on 'How Africa Can Transform Land Tenure, Revolutionise Agriculture and End Poverty' says Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nearly half of the world's usable, uncultivated land but, so far, Africa as a whole has not been able to develop these unused tracts to dramatically reduce poverty and boost growth, jobs, and shared prosperity.
Another World Bank report on 'Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity' argues that if African countries and their communities could effectively end 'land grabs and modernize the complex governance procedures that govern land ownership and management over the next decade, it would bring about improved well being and standard of living of their people.
Based on these facts, Nevin said that land and property ownership reforms were needed, especially for real estate which is one of the most critical sectors that, if reformed, would propel growth and alleviate poverty in Nigeria, explaining, "real estate makes up 60 percent of the world's global assets and in developed countries, real estate buttresses the financial sector, enabling for the creation of asset-backed loans and securities".
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PeopleAirsoft.com have a sneak preview of a new gas blow back rifle:
Our faithful Jason has been undercover for quite sometime and managed to get new insight on a new gas blow back rifle.
PeopleAirsoft.com have a sneak preview of a new gas blow back rifle:
Our faithful Jason has been undercover for quite sometime and managed to get new insight on a new gas blow back rifle.
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UKAPU have an interesting story about one of their members' run in with the law whilst attempting to import an airsoft replica:
Another victory – UKAPU defends innocent airsoft player in trouble with LAW
In August 2010, Roland Fejes (an airsoft skirmisher and now member of UKAPU) attempted to import a Deepfire M72 LAW. The Deepfire M72 LAW is a high quality airsoft replica but ordinary in function, using moscart type airsoft 'grenades'. These are commonly imported to the UK as they are a replica which you are permitted to import or buy when you are entitled to the skirmishers specific defence under the Violent Crime Reduction Act.
To Roland's surprise, his replica was seized when it passed through customs and his house subsequently raided by a counter terrorism unit in order to check that he did not have 'any other prohibited weapons'. Roland was given no paperwork to explain the situation and no notice of seizure. When he was contacted by the Police he was aggressively bullied and threatened with nonsensical charges including firearms and terrorism offences in an attempt to scare him away from seeking his legal rights. He was accused of importing a re-activated real launcher.
Clearly a fundamental mistake had been made – on top of which something was very wrong with the way the authorities were handling this situation. As a normal player with no legal expertise Roland did not know how to approach this, so one of our members suggested he get in contact with us at UK Airsoft Players Union. One of the key roles we have set for UKAPU is defending individual airsoft skirmishers against prejudice in the system.
Over the course of 6 months UKAPU used our knowledge, contacts and community standing to fight this injustice. Eventually UKAPU convinced a senior Police officer to drop talk of terrorism charges, at which point UK Border Agency and Scotland Yard began disputing the legality of airsoft skirmishers importing moscart devices. Again our considered protest won through, and by UKAPU persistently refusing to let this issue drop Roland had his item returned to him this week! By this, the Police have admitted that they were wrong to prevent him importing this airsoft replica, that the harassment was unjustified and that the charges were unfounded.
Everyone who has joined UKAPU has contributed to this latest victory; We were only able to force the powers that be to respect Roland's rights because of the strength that our members have lent to UKAPU by joining, so they should give themselves a pat on the back! United, we Airsofters can stand up for each other, so if you haven't joined yet then please look at our website – we will need your support in the next fight!
Matt Furey-King, Chairman (UKAPU)
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PeopleAirsoft.com have some information about two new GBB rifles coming from WE Tech:
WE G39K and G39C RAS Confirmed
Jason has confirmed that WE Tech will be releasing the two new versions of their G39 line of GBB Rifles.
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PeopleAirsoft.com have some more pictures of the new XCR:
As promised my sources have revealed new pictures further along the production process. Read more.
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Luc has sent in a picture of the new Inokatsu Colt 1911 prototype he took today:
Hi, Being a French customer, and being not far from the Cybergun warehouse, I go there sometimes. I was lucky enough today to see the protoype of the Inokatsu colt 1911, all cnc steel. I could take a quick picture while talking with the boss.
hope every one enjoy Luc.
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Francesco has posted images and videos from the Shizuoka Hobby Show at HobbyMedia.it:
Ciao Arnie! as every year here I am with the news showed by Tokyo Marui during the Shizuoka Hobby Show that closed yesterday.
(this is the video of the Tokyo Marui booth at the fair with a preview of all their news)
- XDM, M&P and HK45 prototypes
- High cycle TM M4 CRW
- crazy small RC heli customized with anime characters
I will post all the other news and more detailed photos within this week (now I'm travelling in Osaka for a couple of days). All the best from Japan! (Francesco)
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Before even mentioning the quite obviously overhyped media spin that's apparently called news on King5 (as found here and also reported here) which concerned an incident with Airsoft Outlet NW, it was appropriate to wait for the affected retailer to post up their thoughts on what's gone on.
First here's the original article that was posted on King5:
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Posted on February 24, 2010 at 1:46 PM
TACOMA, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment of 30 machine guns that arrived in an ocean container at the Tacoma Seaport last October.
Officials say the shipment of M-4 automatic rifles, manifested only as "Toys and Parts," was valued at nearly $10,000 and was shipped from a manufacturer in Taiwan.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms found that the rifles were tooled to shoot plastic balls, but replacement of internal components with original machine gun components would render the rifles capable of firing live ammunition.
"These rifles could have had far-reaching and potentially devastating ramifications if they had gotten into the hands of individuals who wanted to do harm in the American population," said Customs and Border Protection Area Port Director, Rolando Suliveras, Jr. "This was a good interception by our officers."
The guns will be destroyed. (KING5.com)
To the skim reader that might sound like a good bit of news, after all terrorists were stopped importing illegal firearms, weren't they?
Sadly this story is not about real firearms, but a shipment of airsoft WE M4 GBB replicas. From that single point of misinformation the author has then hypothesised what might happen should ne'er-do-gooders get hold of the believed killing machines that were being imported. It does somewhat remind me of a poor scientific hypothesis based on two points of collected data on a graph.
Complex import laws and the ATF's seemingly irregular implementation of such legislation provides the perfect springboard for media channels to promote doom and gloom for their latest terrorist related story.
The victim of this media spin is Airsoft Outlet NW, a home grown store trading legally within the US. There's now been a response from Airsoft Outlet NW. As you'd expect it is a well written article and explains a bit more about what was going on in the background:
We had 30 WE TTI M4 GBBR's seized by the Port of Tacoma customs because they thought they were "machine guns". This is our response.
You can read their full response after the break and on their website here.
Here's the story covered in their local TV channel:
There's also a discussion about this in the news forum here.
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Surfspots Las Palmas
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La Puntilla
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El Confital
Best wave of the island. Pretty fast, tubing right-hander. Breaking over shallow reefs with strong currents if big. Don´t go there on the best days, you will get troubles with locals (if you are not Kelly Slater). But on smaller days sometimes it can be surprisingly empty! Located at a beautiful, pristine beach. I want to know more!
San Cristobal
East coast of Las Palmas. 4km away from hostel, so car needed (public bus is a hassle). Can be a good option if the northshore is too big. Pretty fast waves in this fishers distric, very beautiful little village inside the city with nice fish restaurants. Not crowded. Breaking on reef with mid-high tide.
La Laja 1
Fist spot at the beginning of "La Laja" Beach. There is several breaks here. One at the beach (also good for beginners) and one out on a reef which is very short and shallow reef: tube-machine. Beautiful 3km long black-sanded beach. Beach break at mid-tide, reef break at high tide.
La Laja 2
Located at the other end of the beach. Lefts & rights. Not a high quality wave but can give you some short fun-rides. This area is protected from wind, so can be cleaner than other parts of the east coast. Not crowded and works with everyting but high tide. Not a very consistant spot, usually works with East, North-East Swell.


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Recently I came across an interesting online course called Growth Driven Design. Title was the one that draw my attention to look more into the topic and check the course itself.
Course is offered by Hubspot at academy.hubspot.com and is free of charge. Hubspot is a company that offers an inbound marketing software platform and other related services. Target audience is mostly agencies that offers web design services but I think anyone who deals with web design can find this interesting. After course completion you can take an exam and get the certificate.
What is Growth Driven Design?
Course talks about Growth Driven Design (GDD) in terms of web development projects and how this approach can boost the growth of the underlying business. In a nutshell it is an approach that lets you quickly build and deliver minimum viable product (MVP) in this case a web site with all of the business critical functionality and then updated over the time using continuous improvement approach.
If we look from the methodology point of view then the core of GDD is Agile iterative approach. So basically the best Agile practices are wrapped with inbound marketing layer which gives us the GDD package in the end. GDD focuses a lot on delivering the value by any means (features, content etc.). Most importantly solutions and features are built around the user.
So user centered iterative approach for value delivery sounds something that could produce nice outcomes. Now with this in mind if we think about e-learning projects and ask some questions then it all makes perfect sense:
Should e-learning be user centered?
Yes, because the user (learner) is in the center of the learning process so everything should be built around the user (learner).
Should we use iterative approach?
Yes, because it offers real user feedback early in the project and is far flexible from change management perspective than any linear project management methods like ADDIE or Waterfall.
Should e-learning deliver the value?
Yes, because in the end of the day nobody will care about set of beautiful features if they are not able to deliver any value to the users (learners) or organisation.
How can we apply GDD approach in e-learning?
In some cases we can use same GDD out of the box. For instance if we have a project where the web site serves as a platform where you sell your e-learning products or services. Then Agile + Inbound layer is perfect fit for this.
There will be projects where you will have to remove or replace the Inbound layer because it just won't be relevant and adjust Agile to your specific needs when building e-learning products.
Building your own model.
Searching for e-learning and Agile related information online I came across a couple of cases where Agile has been used as a foundation for building a custom development models:
- The Lot Like Agile Methods Approach (LLAMA) introduced by torrancelearning. A Quick Guide to LLAMA – Agile Project Management for Learning a book by Megan Torrance. They have also an online course available on udemy.
- Successive Approximation Model (SAM). This model has been built by allen interactions and again has an Agile in its core.
By not going into detail about each of the models I can say that same things or concepts can have different names, but in the end it is the same idea and approach. In my opinion the most valuable things using agility in building e-learning products are:
- Iterative approach that gives you an ability to collect real user (learner) feedback early in the project and continuous feedback throughout the project;
- Continuous communication with the customer;
- Iterations that allows you to be agile and flexible when it comes to implementing changes in the project.
It is of course over simplified list here but I think these things give us the main advantage over traditional methodologies. And it does not matter what you call it, really.
Should we adopt Agile approach?
Well some say Waterfall and ADDIE still works for them and they do not want to change anything. Cannot blame them if something works why do something differently.
As for the rest of us I would say we definitely should give it a try. I can give you at least one good reason for it and that is change. Linear project development methods maybe were good a while ago when the business requirements did not change so quickly. Today our client's needs changes with the speed of light and we are required to keep up with that pace too. So we need a different approach to keep up with that and maybe this could be one of the solutions.


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2 onions, chopped
1 tbs butter (I used coconut oil instead)
1 Large Butternut Squash; peeled and cubed
2 Apples; peeled, cored and cubed
2 cloves garlic
4 cups vegetable broth
t tsp fresh thyme
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp pumpkin seeds
In a large pot, cook onions in butter over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add squash, apples, garlic, broth, 1 cup of water, thyme, salt and pepper: bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the squash is tender. Let cool slightly, blend, an immersion blender is easiest. Stir in maple syrup and nutmeg, serve garnished with pumpkin seeds.
This is a really nice fall soup when squash and apples are in season. Double or maybe even triple the batch and put left overs in your freezer for when you want it again. Make it your own, change up the ingredients as you see fit, I'm going to try ginger and garlic next time, because I love ginger and I have a really nice organic chunk of it that I got recently.
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Some colors look amazing on you, but weird and washed-out on someone else. And sometimes that bold smoky eye works wonders for your friend's smoldering night look, while it makes you look like you have a black eye. Sure, most makeup artists will tell you to have fun with trends. But go back to what you know looks good on you in the end. On the other hand, makeup trends come and go, meaning that you only get a short window to experiment with looking like you're on the cutting edge of fashion. We say go for it with these fun and fabulous makeup color trends that are so right now.
Glittery Black Cat-Eyes
Makeup artists at the runway show for Tom Ford's spring collection created a thick, rounded wing with black eyeliner, then patted on sheer gloss topped off with a dusting of glitter shadow. This is severity mixed with novelty for a fun yet striking look.
Yellow Gold Highlighters
Highlighter is still queen in the 2018 makeup scene, but be prepared for edgy brands to switch up their color palettes from rose to yellow gold. At the Puma show, Fenty featured minimalist looks popping with yellow gold strobing around the cheekbones and in the inner eye corners.
Gold Leaf Eyeliner
The runways at the Ulla Johnson show favored an extremely minimalist makeup base and no lipstick at all. However, by lining models' upper lids with a thick strip of gold leaf eyeliner brought the glitz, glam, and a whole lot of attention to the model's big, beautiful eyes.
Dark, Ombre Lips
90s-inspired matte black lips aren't going anywhere yet, ladies. But what's the 2018 twist? A multi-shade gradient. Spring runways saw models with dark black lip liner, slowly filled in with shades of deep purple and blue to create a unique ombre look that no one could call unoriginal.
Bedazzled Skin
If you've seen enough old movies, you probably remember that in the mid-20th century, stick-on fake moles, or "beauty marks," were all the rage with starlets of the screen. Well no, facial moles aren't making a comeback, but we're seeing tiny glittery rhinestones stuck on cheeks and at the corners of eyes in their place. Talk about an old-school fashion made new!


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The U.S. Surgeon General is recommending that more people carry the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, which local health experts credit for helping reverse the escalation in deaths from opioids.
Health officials say widely distributing naloxone is one of the reasons local counties reduced overdose deaths by 66 percent or more in the first three months of 2018 over the same period a year ago.
"This is a piece of the opioid overdose deaths going down," said Jodi Long, director of treatment and supportive services for Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services.
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An advisory issued by Surgeon General Jerome Adams last week said naloxone — known by the brand name Narcan — can save lives of a broad category of people: from those misusing the drugs on the street to those taking high doses of prescription painkillers to community members "who come into contact with people at risk for opioid overdose."
"Knowing how to use naloxone and keeping it within reach can save a life," Adams said, and cited research that shows overdose deaths decrease when naloxone and overdose education are available to the public.
"Therefore, increasing the availability and targeted distribution of naloxone is a critical component of our efforts to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths and, when combined with the availability of effective treatment, to ending the opioid epidemic," Adams' statement said.
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Long said she'd like to see every household where someone has a prescription for an opioid also have a naloxone kit on hand. The elderly are at increased risk of accidentally taking too many pills and suffering overdose symptoms, she said.
Naloxone has its naysayers, including those who argue that making the overdose antidote widely available encourages drug abuse and risk-taking on the part of users.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones gained national attention last summer when he told television jounalist Ashleigh Banfield of HLN that he did not intend to have his deputies carry naloxone.
Jones told media outlets that people revived with Narcan can wake up agitated and combative and put his deputies at risk. He said he favored stronger prevention efforts to prevent people from using drugs in the first place.
Jones could not immediately be reached for comment on the surgeon general's advisory.
Local health officials said they've seen their fatalities drop since naloxone became widely used.
RELATED: Hundreds of drug deaths in 2017 'a lot less' than expected
In Clark County 438 naloxone kits have been distributed since 2016 to people who attended free training through Project DAWN, a statewide initiative through which counties can conduct free naloxone training and distribute free nasal spray doses of the drug. DAWN stands for Deaths Avoided with Naloxone.
When administered during an overdose, naloxone blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and quickly restores breathing. Naloxone has been used by emergency medical professionals for more than 40 years, but became much more widespread in the last couple of years as the opioid epidemic took hold.
Clark County program coordinator Kelly Vinegar said at least 33 lives have been saved by training more people on how to use the opioid blocker.
"The number of lives saved is evidence that this is effective," she said.
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The county had a record 104 drug overdose deaths last year, but the second half of 2017 saw a slow down that has continued into 2018. Through March 14, the Clark County coroner's office had handled just seven suspected overdose fatalities.
Montgomery County officials have noted the same decrease in deaths and attribute it in part to the availability of naloxone.
Through Project DAWN, Montgomery County ADAMHS distributed 3,303 naloxone kits in 2017. They reported 248 people came back to get refills, meaning they'd used the doses to revive someone.
Montgomery County had 62 suspected overdose deaths in the first three months of this year, down from 185 during the same period last year.
In Butler County, the health department distributed 283 doses of naloxone through Project DAWN in 2017 and 43 doses so far this year.
The fact that people have to attend a 45-minute training may be a deterrent, said Butler County Health Commissioner Jenny Bailer.
"We can't just pass out the kits," she said. "There isn't a lot of interest from the public (to attend the training)."
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The department is going to try and do more free training outside of its office this year to bring the kits to the public, she said.
A grant will allow 450 kits provided by the Ohio Department of Health to be distributed through quick response teams following up with recent overdose survivors and through reentry specialists that work with recent jail releases in Butler County, according to Tiffany Lombardo, director of alcohol and drug addiction services.
Anyone interested in having naloxone on hand can also get a prescription from their doctor, with insurance covering the cost, or it can be purchased at local pharmacies with no prescription needed, but at an out-of-pocket cost.
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Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has described Dublin's consistent level of performance as "unbelievable" but insists "every team is beatable."
Ahead of tonight's eagerly anticipated showdown in Tralee, Fitzmaurice paid tribute to a Dublin side looking to extend their unbeaten run across league and championship to 34 games, and in the process, equal the record held by the Kerry team of 1929 to 1932.
"They are a serious team, everyone knows that," Fitzmaurice said of Jim Gavin's Dublin.
"I think the consistency they have brought to it is incredible. I saw a stat a couple of weeks ago concerning the great Kilkenny team that won four All-Irelands in the middle of the last decade and their longest winning streak between league and championship ran to 14 games. That puts in context what they're doing.
"It is incredible what they are doing. Their level of consistency, their level of performance week in, week out, year in, year out is unbelievable. Championship is one thing.
"If you've achieved that in championship, that is doable. When you put all the variables that come into it during the league and they've managed to do what they've done, it is incredible.
"But, every team is beatable. They are beatable. Whether it will happen this Saturday night or not, I don't know. It will happen at some stage. I'd love if it was this Saturday night."
Kerry are the last team to beat the Dubs as they turned them over in the 2015 league and Fitzmaurice insists they aren't too far off the pace, despite losing a league final and an All-Ireland semi-final to them last year.
"We know we are in close in championship terms. It is different in the league because you don't have the same level of preparation you do for championship, you don't have the full deck to work with.
"It is slightly different in championship. We know we are close. Like anything, if you fail you come back and you go again.
"You try to learn, you to improve. That is what we have been doing every time and we have been getting closer and closer.
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Choo-Choo! All-aboard! This is the sound of the Atlanta Hawks bandwagon about to leave the station. If you haven't jumped on already and bought into this year's team, it definitely is time to. Atlanta's "other" team has emerged as the must see ticket in town. Atlanta is in uncharted territory. The Hawks are 26-8 and off to their best start in franchise history since moving to Atlanta from St. Louis and are showing no signs of slowing down.
The stars are seemingly aligned for Atlanta this year. They are playing in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers have flopped, and the Hawks have managed to stay healthy. In Coach Mike Budenholzer's first year at the helm last season, he took the plucky eighth-seeded Hawks without Al Horford and pushed the number one seed Indiana Pacers to the brink of elimination. Fast forward to this season and Bud has a healthy cast and a much improved bench. Horford may not be the 20 and 10 threat he was in years past, but he is settling in nicely as a third-option behind Paul Millsap and the steady Jeff Teague.
Before this year, Horford was relied upon to be "the man" for the offense and was expected to shoulder much of the load. This season, Coach Budenholzer has the Hawks clicking offensively while sharing the ball. Atlanta is currently ranked third in the NBA with 25.3 assists per game led by Teague's 7.1. The offense has run smoothly and has managed to keep the turnovers down, with the Hawks boasting the fourth best assist-to-turnover ratio in the league. Kyle Korver is off to the league's best shooting season in history and is attempting to become the first player ever to record a 50/50/90 shooting line; that is 50 percent from the field, 50 percent from the three-point line, and 90 percent from the foul line.
As great and unselfish as the Hawks have been offensively, Coach Budenholzer will be the first to tell you that it is Atlanta's defense that has taken the next step into becoming elite. They currently rank fifth in the NBA allowing just 97.6 points per game. During their current stretch of winning 19 out of 21 games, they have allowed over 100 points just eight times. It has been a group effort with four players averaging over a steal a game led by Paul Millsap's 1.88, which by far is the most by any power forward in the league and is tied for sixth in the NBA.
The main reason for Atlanta's success is that its players are getting it done on both sides of the court; they are not one dimensional. Millsap is not only leading the team in steals, but he also is second in scoring with 17.2 per game, and averages a team high 8.1 rebounds to go along with 3.1 assists. Teague, who leads the Hawks with 17.4 points per game, also is a thief on defense picking up 1.77 steals per game. This trend continues down the roster. Al Horford is blocking nearly a shot and a half a game and DeMarre Carroll has blossomed into one of the NBA's premier "3 & D" guys.
A rock solid starting five with players that get it done on both ends of the court is great, but the lack of a bench is something that often separates the pretenders from the contenders. A lot of Atlanta's success has to be credited to the bench and the added pieces. Mike Scott emerged as one of the East's best knock-down shooters off the bench last year. He exploded in the Indiana series and has continued his evolution from a post player into a dynamic 3-4 man shooting 38.5 percent from downtown. Scott along with stretch big man Pero Antic, cause matchup issues all over the floor for opponents' big men who are not accustomed to guarding on the perimeter must step out to contest their three pointers. The newly added Thabo Sefolosha struggled early on to find his shot but has slowly begun to creep out of his slump. Thabo has added a toughness on the wing and an ability to guard other teams' best scorers when needed. His playoff experience with the Thunder is also invaluable for the Hawks' bench unit.
The biggest improvement Atlanta has seen has been from second year guard Dennis Schroder. The 17th overall pick in the 2013 draft got limited burn a year ago, but the heralded Rajon Rondo clone has begun to tear things up on the second unit. His scoring is up to 8.2 points per game after just 3.7 last season and has shot well from the floor at a 44.8 percent clip. Though he still plays under 18 minutes per game, the German-born Schroder is second on the team in assists with 3.2 a night. He has come up big late in games including this Monday when he scored all seven of his points in the fourth quarter in a 107-98 win over the Clippers.
Coach Bud has established a winning mindset and a culture change after a rocky offseason with the front office issues. The team has bought into playing with intensity on both ends and Hawks fans have reaped the benefits seeing their team hold first place in the Eastern Conference. It took fans and pundits a while to believe however. Atlanta opened up with a soft schedule and many questioned the merits of its victories. They soon crushed all doubt with their nine game win streak and current 19 of 21 stretch. They have gone 9-2 against Western Conference teams, which is the measuring stick for all Eastern teams.
The Highlight Factory has been a nightmare for opposing teams, as Atlanta has gone 14-3 at Philips Arena. The franchise is continuously trying to sell out games and get fans to appreciate the best team in the East. The Pac is back and it is finally time for Atlantans to embrace the team's success and ride this train all the way into the postseason and possibly to their first division title since 1993-94.


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Subject: Arizona Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of Thrilling New Mystery from Celebrated Writer Jeffrey Hatcher, "Holmes and Watson"
Thrilling New Mystery from Writer of ATC Smash Hit "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club" and film "Mr. Holmes"
Even after his supposed "death" at Reichenbach Falls, the great detective kept his hold on the world through the frauds, fakes and charlatans claiming to be him, forcing the loyal Dr. Watson to find the truth in Arizona Theatre Company's world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's Holmes and Watson.
This thrilling new mystery from the celebrated writer of ATC smash hits Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, will play at the Temple of Music and Art In Tucson from April 15 through May 5 and at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix from May 11-28.
Arizona Theatre Company's 50th anniversary season is sponsored by I. Michael and Beth Kasser.
The final show of the 2016-17 season, directed by ATC Artistic Director David Ira Goldstein, finds Dr. Watson at a remote mental asylum on an island off the Scottish coast, where three recently admitted men claim to be the late detective. Each matches Holmes's physical description and knows secrets only the real Holmes could possibly know. Watson heads to the asylum to confront the three, convinced that one of them must be the real Holmes. As he investigates, Watson is drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and surprise revolving around what really happened at Reichenbach Falls in the fateful confrontation between Holmes and the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty.
"This is the fourth time in the last ten years I've had the pleasure to direct a world premiere by Jeffrey Hatcher," Goldstein said. "And, each time has been a wonderful adventure. Holmes and Watson is Jeffrey's very rich take on a 'locked-room mystery' full of surprise, disguise, deduction, unexpected twists and mind-bending surprises. I do have one request of our audiences: Shhhh … once you know the ending … don't give it away!"
Ticket prices are $25-$64 and are available in-person in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art box office or by calling (520) 622-2823. Tickets are available in-person in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center, or by calling (602) 256-6995 or online for performances in both cities at www.arizonatheatre.org.
For more information call (520) 622-2823 in Tucson, (602) 256-6995 in Phoenix or visit www.arizonatheatre.org.
Director: David Ira Goldstein
Scenic Design: John Ezell
Costume Designer: Matthew LeFebvre
Lighting Designer: Don Darnutzer
Sound Designer: Brian Jerome Peterson
Composer: Roberta Carlson
Projection Designer: Jeffrey Teeter
Fight Coordinator: David Barker
Dialect Coach: David Morden
Production Stage Manager: Glenn Bruner
Jeffrey Hatcher (Playwright) is the author of Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club, Ten Chimneys, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Ella and co-author of Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright and Tuesdays with Morrie – all of which have been seen on Arizona theatre Company's stages. Mr. Hatcher authored the book for the Broadway musical, Never Gonna Dance. Off-Broadway, he has had several plays produced, including Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club, Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages,Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at Minetta Lane Theatre, Murder by Poe and The Turn of the Screw with The Acting Company and Neddy at The American Place Theatre. His plays – among them, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Armadale, Korczak's Children, To Fool the Eye, The Government Inspector and Work Song (with Eric Simonson) – have been seen at such theatres as Yale Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Florida Stage, The Empty Space, California Theatre Center, Madison Repertory Theatre, Illusion Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Asolo Repertory Theatre, City Theatre, Studio Arena Theatre and dozens more in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Hatcher wrote the screenplays for Stage Beauty, The Duchess, Casanova and Mr. Holmes, as well as authoring episodes of the Peter Falk series, Columbo and The Mentalist. He is a member and/or alumnus of e Playwrights' Center, The Dramatists Guild of America, Writers Guild of America and New Dramatists.
David Ira Goldstein (Director) celebrates his 25th and final season as Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company. In that time, he has produced and/or directed over 240 mainstage plays, workshops, readings and presentations. This season he will direct Fiddler on the Roof and the world premiere of Holmes and Watson by Jeffrey Hatcher for ATC. Mr. Goldstein has been a guest director at theatres all across the country including Arizona Opera, The Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Florida Stage, Center Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Laguna Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Mixed Blood Theatre, The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis and Illusion Theatre. His musical A Marvelous Party: The Noël Coward Celebration has played extensively across the U.S., winning many awards including four Jeff Awards in Chicago (including Best Director), the Elliot Norton Award in Boston, several Bay Area Critics' Awards and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Production. He received the 2003 Governor's Arts Award as Individual Artist for his contributions to the arts in Arizona.
Stephen D'Ambrose (Orderly) is a 40-year stage veteran, and has previously appeared at ATC in Molly's Delicious and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Mr. D'Ambrose has performed at theatres across the country, including the Guthrie, the Old Globe, San Jose Repertory Theatre, The Children's Theatre Company, Thee Jungle Theater, and the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. National Tours include the Guthrie Theater's Great Expectations and the Broadway Tour of Tracy Letts' acclaimed August: Osage County.
Philip Goodwin (Dr Evans) has previously appeared as Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Timon in Timon of Athens, Mayor Stockbridge in An Enemy of the People (Helen Hayes Awards); King John, Henry VI, The Tempest, Volpone, and others (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC). Broadway: The Diary of Anne Frank, The School for Scandal, Tartufie. Off-Broadway: Cymbeline, Pericles, Macbeth, and as the Fool in King Lear with Kevin Kline (Public Theatre); Henry VI in Henry VI (Drama Desk nomination), The Broken Heart, Troilus and Cressida (Theatre for a New Audience); Grace (MCC Theater); Drowning (Signature Theatre); The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (New York Theatre Workshop); Richard III, Double Falsehood (Classic Stage Company); Celebration (Atlantic Theatre Company). Regional: Kenneth Tynan in Tynan, The Lisbon Traviata, The Puppetmaster of Lodz, The Seafarer (Studio Theatre, DC); Dr. Tambourri in Passion, Golden Child (The Kennedy Center). Other regional appearances include Hartford Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Company, Guthrie Theatre, Portland Stage, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Intiman Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Two River Theater and The Acting Company. Film: The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther 2, Diary of a City Priest. Television: Law and Order, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Gotham and Hamlet for PBS.
Noah Racey (Patient 2) makes his Arizona Theatre Company debut in Holmes and Watson. Broadway: Curtains, Never Gonna Dance, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Follies. Off-Broadway: Earnest in Love (Irish Repertory Theatre). Recent credits: Pastor Manders in Ibsen's Ghosts (ArtsWest, Seattle); Wilson Mizner in Steven Sondheim's Road Show (D.C.'s Signature Theatre, dir. Gary Griffin); Bridges of Madison County (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), The Odd Couple (Geva Theatre Center, Cape Playhouse); Greater Tuna (Theatre by the Sea); Crazy for You, West Side Story (The Muny, St Louis). TV: Boardwalk Empire, Person of Interest. Mr. Racey also conceived, wrote, staged, and starred in the world premiere of Noah Racey's Pulse (Asolo Repertory Theatre).
James Michael Reilly (Patient 1) is making his Arizona Theatre Company debut. Mr. Reilly has appeared Off-Broadway, in the international tour of West Side Story, and in major roles at Geva Theatre Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, Denver Center, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, and many others. He has appeared on Law & Order, The Blacklist, Person of Interest, Elementary, The Onion News Network, and in many commercials.
Carrie Paff (Matron), was last seen at Arizona Theatre Company in the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Last season, she played Hannah in the Off-Broadway production of Ideation (New York Times Critics' Pick). Regional credits include King Charles III and After the War (A.C.T.); Stage Kiss and Stupid Fucking Bird (San Francisco Playhouse); Double Indemnity (ACT Seattle); The Other Place (Magic Theatre); The Big Meal (San Jose Repertory Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire and Tiny Alice (Marin Theatre Company); and The Real Thing, A Delicate Balance and Betrayal (Aurora Theatre Company). She appeared in Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London. Film work includes Pixar's The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory, Love & Taxes, and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.
Remi Sandri (Patient 3) returns to ATC where he appeared in Wait Until Dark, The Great Gatsby, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club, Much Ado about Nothing, Pride and Prejudice and The Kite Runner. Mr. Sandri has worked at theatres throughout the country, including Geva Theatre Center (A Chorus Line, Twelve Angry Men, Camelot, House and Garden, 1776, The Importance of Being Earnest, My Fair Lady, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Clybourne Park); ACT (Arcadia, Othello); Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Foreigner, The Underpants); Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Macbeth, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Journey to the West); Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Art, Tuesdays with Morrie); San Jose Repertory Theatre (A Flea in Her Ear, Three Days of Rain, Iphigenia at Aulis); TheatreWorks (The North Pool, Violet, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me) and six seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
R Hamilton Wright (John Watson) was last seen on stage at ATC as Dr. Henry Jekyll in Jeffery Hatcher's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Prior to that, Mr. Wright had the great good fortune of appearing at ATC in Scapin, Private Eyes and Irma Vep. His play Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem received its World Premiere at The Seattle Repertory theatre in 2016 and is slated for production at the Vertigo Theatre in Calgary and the Barter Theatre in Virginia.
Arizona Theatre Company offers accessibility services for patrons with disabilities for select performances. Audio Description provides patrons with vision loss a running audio description of the movement and activities onstage through an infrared broadcast system. An Audio-Described performance is offered in Tucson on Thursday, May 4 at 2 p.m. and in Phoenix on Wednesday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 25 at 2 p.m.. Interested patrons with vision loss may request a tactile tour one hour prior to curtain. American Sign Language Interpretation is presented by professional, theatrically-trained ASL-interpreters for people who have deafness or hearing impairment. An ASL-interpreted performance is offered in Tucson on Thursday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. and in Phoenix on Saturday, May 27 at 4 p.m. Open captioning allows patrons to read the play's dialogue on an LED screen as the play progresses. An open captioned performance is offered in Tucson on Thursday, May 4 at 2 p.m. and in Phoenix on Sunday, May 21 at 6 p.m. For open-captioned or ASL-interpreted performances, patrons should request seats best suited to ASL interpretation or captioning when purchasing tickets. Large print and Braille playbills and infrared listening amplification devices are also available at every ATC performance with reservation. TTY access for the box office is available in Tucson at (520) 884-9723 or via Arizona Relay at (800) 367-8939 (TTY/ASCII).
Fact Sheet:
Holmes and Watson
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by David Ira Goldstein
Tucson Venue:
Temple of Music and Art
330 S. Scott Ave.
Tucson, Arizona
Previews Begin: Saturday, April 15 at 8 .m.
Opening Night: Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Closing Performance: Saturday, May 6 at 8 p.m.
Phoenix Venue:
Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe St.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Previews Begin: Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Opening Night: Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m.
Closing Performance: Sunday, May 28 at 1 p.m.
Ticket Info:
Ticket prices are $25-$64 and are available in-person at the Temple of Music and Art box office or via phone at (520) 622-2823; or at the Herberger Theater Center box office or by calling (602) 256-6995 in Phoenix. Tickets also can be purchased online at www.arizonatheatre.org.
Steve Carr, The Kur Carr Group, Inc., (602) 317-3040
About Arizona Theatre Company:
Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) is the preeminent fully professional theatre in the state of Arizona committed to inspiring, engaging, and entertaining - one moment, one production, and one audience at a time. Boasting the largest seasonal subscriber base in the performing arts in Arizona, ATC is the only resident company in the U.S. that is fully based in two cities providing its wide array of programming and community outreach across the region. Now in its 50th season, more than 130,000 people a year attend our performances at the historic Temple of Music and Art in Tucson, and the elegant Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. Each season of home-grown productions reflects the rich variety of world drama—from classics to contemporary plays, from musicals to new works—along with a wide array of community outreach programs, educational opportunities, access initiatives and new play programs. Designated The State Theatre of Arizona, ATC is led by Artistic Director David Ira Goldstein and a dedicated Board of Trustees.
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Lean Project Management Explained
Publisher's Summary
The concepts that form the fundamental principles of Lean were initially developed by Taiichi Ohno in the creation of the venerated Toyota Production System (TPS). Ohno employed techniques such as jidoka (intelligent automation), Just-in-Time manufacturing, Kanban (visual ordering systems), kaizen (continuous improvement), and Heijunka (production balancing) to revolutionize production in Toyota's vehicle manufacturing plants. In his book, The Machine that Changed the World, James Womack christened the TPS a Lean system, and the term has since been used to describe any manufacturing or operating system that utilizes a similar methodology. Lean helped Toyota race ahead of GM to take the top-spot in global vehicle manufacture, and it has since laid the foundation for phenomenal success in myriad companies and organizations. Lean is extremely versatile, as can be seen in the profound effect it has had on the success of organizations in wide-ranging sectors of business: from manufacture to government administration. This versatility does not end with the overhaul of company cultures and production systems in different industry sectors. Lean can be adapted and utilized on a much smaller scale: project management.
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Lean/Agile introduction book
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Because the end of a job well done should be a time of joy and celebration – bring life to your projects with this lovely "Print Release" template, fully editable in Adobe Photoshop.
Images meant only as previews – Photos are not included in download.
Thanks to Sheri Hubbs for providing us these lovely images
You can easily print these with any of the big pro labs such as WHCC, Miller's, MpixPRO and many others


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Weapons Law and the Legal Review of Weapons 2019
- SchoolGeneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
- FormatIn person
- All dates December 9-13, 2019
- Duration 4 days
- LocationGeneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, CH
- Price CHF 750
- CategoryMiscellaneous
About the course
Master legal reviews of weapons
States have a legal obligation to ensure that the weapons that are newly developed, manufactured or produced for their own armed forces are compliant with international law. Therefore, all States should conduct legal reviews of weapons at various stages in their manufacture or procurement. These reviews should be carried out by experts with a good understanding of the relevant legal provisions. This course will provide lawyers, diplomats and other officials with the knowledge and skills required for that purpose.
The course has been running since 2011 and is funded by the Swiss Government.
Who should attend
The course is designed for lawyers, diplomats and other officials, either currently involved or likely to be involved in legal weapons reviews and/or other weapons-related issues. It does not assume any particular knowledge of, or previous experience in international law or the law of armed conflict.
Please note that instructors are subject to change and not all instructors teach in each session of the program.
Tobias Vestner
Tobias Vestner is the Cluster Leader within the Security and Law Programme. He teaches, researches, and organizes dialogue on the intersection between security policy and international law.
Tobias Vestner has many years of experience in international law, international relations, and policymaking. Before joining the GCSP, Tobias Vestner was Research Affiliate and Global Futures Fellow at Georgetown University. Prior to that, he was Policy Advisor at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, where he managed political processes with regard to the export of conventional weapons, and participated in the UN negotiations of the Arms Trade Treaty. Previously, while at the Law of Armed Conflict Section at the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Sports and Civil Protection, he contributed to bilateral negotiations on military cooperation, and trained military officers in international humanitarian law.
Tobias Vestner holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a Master of Laws in International and European Law from the University of Geneva, and a Bachelor degree in Swiss law from the University of Lausanne. Tobias Vestner has Swiss and German nationality, and is fluent in English, French, and German. A former member of the Swiss Special Forces Command, he serves as Legal Advisor at the Swiss Armed Forces Staff.


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President Traian Basescu said Monday evening he wouldn't approve the memorandum with the IMF and the World Bank due to the government approved hike of the fuel excise of EUR 0.07 per liter included in the draft state budget for 2014.
Basescu said he would try to negotiate this issue with the IMF in January.
"I have decided not to approve this memorandum because of the government's undertaken obligation to hike the excise for fuel. This is an anti-economic decision that perils economic development and the executive does not need this decision,' the President said.
Traian Basescu stated the government needs to get rid of this excise hike.
'I want to warn the government as well as the parliament to give up lies, this decision could be compensated by the cutting down of expenditures for Mr. Dragnea (deputy-PM, minister for development) by RON 1.5 bln,' Basescu said.
The head of state stressed he would not sign this memorandum, because he had warned the executive long ago on this issues. 'There were difficulties for governments before regarding taxation issues, but this time the government is not in any difficulty. They want only to build up resources for the 2014 elections and it is unfair for the poor people,' Basescu said.
The statement was made by the Romanian President Monday evening, starting 18.30 hours, at Cotroceni Palace.


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Rihanna is one of the world's most beautiful women. The popular entertainer transcends the world with her talent.
She's currently gearing up to reveal her "Savage X Fenty" women's lingerie line. On Wednesday, she took some time out her day to relax while basking in the sunrays.
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Excerpt from Barron's
"Gold's Surge Has Been Disguised by the Strong Dollar"
By Evie Liu Feb. 12, 2019
Gold seems to be out of favor, but that's only compared to the U.S. dollar.
Over the past two decades, the commodity has actually seen a widespread, strong, and sustained value appreciation around the globe against 72 currencies, according to Ross Norman, CEO of London-based bullion broker Sharps Pixley. That basket of currencies includes developed countries such as Canada, Australia, and Japan, as well as emerging markets including Brazil, India, and Iran. "Using the dollar gold price, as most of us do, has disguised what is actually quite a powerful bull market," Norman wrote in a note last week.
Admittedly, the real return on gold over the past century has been much lower than other risk-free assets such as Treasury bills. But T-bills today may be less safe now, Fraser-Jenkins wrote.
Global government debt has risen to a near-record level since World War II, posing an increasing risk of inflation through additional capital in the market. The U.S., for example, has seen its national debt relative to gross domestic product grow 86% from 2000 to 2017, noted David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors. And that's not the highest compared to developing countries such as China at 109%, Mexico at 135%, and Iran at 233%.
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What is ADRail?
ADRail™ is a patented film for advertising on escalator handrails. ADRail™ film is easily and safely applied to the existing escalator handrail using our patented applicator system. See a demonstration video at http://youtu.be/nNV9WWW_DBg
ADRail™ technology was developed and patented worldwide by EHC Global (our licensor), the world's leading escalator handrail manufacturer and provider.
Is ADRail™ fim approved?
Yes, ADRail™ film is approved by all major OEM's/Escalator maintenance agencies and has been installed in all types of venues.
Is ADRail™ film safe?
Yes, ADRail improves safety by helping passengers gauge the speed, motion and direction of the escalator, using the handrail advertisements as a point of reference resulting in a more natural step on and off.
Can ADRail™ film be used on any escalator or moving walkway?
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How long does ADRail™ film last?
Our anti-microbial film is designed to last up to 8 weeks, though most campaigns run for 4 weeks.
Who installs your product?
We use EHC certified installers nationwide and can also work directly with escalator maintenance agencies as required. Installation can be done anytime, day or night, and takes approximately 1 hour per escalator to install and half hour to remove, using our patented applicator system. No special tools are required for film removal.
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2018 Annual Report on Education Spending in England
Over the last 30 years, there have been significant changes to the level and structure of education spending in England. How have these changes affected spending per pupil across the different phases of education over time and how will they evolve in the next few years? Such questions have become much more prominent in the public debate over the last few years. Given the work by James Heckman and others emphasising the differential effectiveness of resources at different stages of the life course, they are also of vital importance for understanding the effectiveness of the way education spending is targeted.
To inform such debates, IFS researchers released their first annual report on education spending in England, supported by the Nuffield Foundation. This provides consistent measures of day-to-day spending per pupil in England across the four main stages of education (early years, schools, further education and sixth forms, and higher education) stretching back to the early 1990s.


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A film by Tom Holland
Cast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse
A teenager obsessed with horror films finds out that a vampire lives across from him. He tells the police, his friends but none of them will believe him. He decides to take matters into his own hands.
Roddy McDowall, who plays Peter Vincent an old wash out actor who used to star in vampire movies. "The kids today," he complains, "don't have the patience for vampires. They want to see some mad slasher running around and chopping off heads." That is so true even back then. This film is fun watch and more fun to see it again some 33 years later due to the fact that the special effect then where awesome. It happens one night where Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) while making out with his girlfriend who does not put out, sees some neighbours caring a coffin downstairs across where he lives. He gets curious and try to find out who lives there. When he finds out that it is a Vampire and tells everyone of his entourage even the police they do not believe him.
The first part of the film is funny and the second part unleashes lots of spectacular special effects and yes back then there were done well and fun to watch. Now days CGI on the computer which laid off those who was doing it in the studio. By the way Peter Vincent, is obviously supposed to remind us of Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. McDowall's performance is funny, and he must have enjoyed it. Fright night is not your usual film horror film it stand out.


text: I figure my family won't look at these cards in my blog, so i decided to upload them here before Easter. I made these cards for my daughter to send out to her relatives. I couldn't resist the stamp. I actually stamped it and resized it in Photoshop. I should have colored it before i printed it too, but i was low on ink so i hand colored each one.


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You are currently browsing the daily archive for November 30, 2009.
… but I wasn't really going out on a limb, was I?
Anyway, I have this humongous backlog of photos to share. I think I named them in reverse-chronological order, meaning the "2" or "3" was taken before the "1" on most of them, for those who bother mousing over and looking at photo names. (I do try to make relatively helpful names, or at least ones that amuse me. I mean, a lot of my photos are of snowy mountains, sure, but if there's some point to the photo, other than "Look at these huge freaking mountains," I try to put it in the name.)
I took a couple of photos as I was driving through midtown on Thanksgiving; driving in snow that thick is kind of a freaky experience, but it went fine. Speaking of Thanksgiving, I've been up toward Wasilla, now, though I haven't driven through the town itself. My boss invited me along to Thanksgiving dinner, which was really nice of him. Everyone was super friendly, and the food was awesome. (And now back to roads — maybe I should have called this blog "Driving in Alaska.") Driving back down the Glenn Highway that night was a little scary, because, while large parts of it are lit, not all of it is; visibility got low, at times. And given how many cars we'd seen flipped over on the way up, I was–I think understandably–cautious. But I made it home without even going all that miserably slow, except for a few minutes when I got stuck behind a car going 35-45mph. I'm chicken when it comes to changing lanes in weather, but I got over it to get past that guy. :)
I think 70 miles of highway driving was good for the car's engine; my gas mileage has been up since then.
Anyway, as you can see, I have pictures from before and after Thanksgiving, and quite a few of them show not-too-miserable roads. The before pics show good roads due to heavy use; we wore the snow and ice down to pavement over a couple of weeks. The after pics have good roads due to plowing, because however much snow we got the night before Thanksgiving is clearly beyond the limit at which they plow. (You can get a rough idea from the photo I took of my car the next morning, keeping in mind I'd brushed it off 1/3 of the way through the storm. Also, yeah, I doctored the photo really poorly to hide where I park in the morning, because I'm paranoid. :D) Unfortunately, my picture of the pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm didn't come out all that well; you can't really see the snow, but the windshield is obviously wet (what's not obvious is that I took the picture right after the wiper swooshed–it was snowing that fast).
Other photos: I went out to look at the duck pond, now that it's iced and snowed over. I only saw two ducks, and they didn't stick around to be fed. (Note the "Thin Ice" sign, the clearly-still-flowing water-over-rocks photo, and the footprints out on the water/ice. People are amazing.) I took a picture of my office, now that I have lights up; don't bother clicking it, since it's all blurry–it's probably a better-looking photo in thumbnail size. :) And I got pictures of those ice lines I was talking about, forming on the inside of the windshield. I don't know if you'll be able to parse the picture, not having seen them, but it was the best I could do.
Anyone following the drama of the windshield crack will notice from some of the photos that it's gotten bigger. But it's not growing all that quickly; I'm not too worried about it. I think I've seen a crack all the way across someone's windshield nearly every day, up here, which makes my windshield crack look really piddly by comparison.
Oh, and, finally, I took pictures on my way into work this morning. Those photos are from right around 9:15am. It's now 4pm, and it's almost as dark as it was when I took those photos. Apparently the four days we took off for Thanksgiving made quite a difference in the amount of daylight we get. Or, you know, it could have been overcast all day. :P