UCLA is No. 1 seed for 1st time in NCAA baseball tournament
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — UCLA coach John Savage didn't expect his Bruins to be down for long after they went from being national champions in 2013 to finishing five games under .500 in 2014.
The Bruins' dominance in the Pac-12 this spring impressed the Division I Baseball Committee so much that on Monday they were awarded their first No. 1 national seed for the NCAA tournament.
"We knew we were going to have a good team," he said. "We knew we had some players back, and we knew we were healthy. But to go from the top of the mountain in '13 to the bottom in '14 and then back in '15, at least to this point, feels pretty good.
"The Pac-12 coaches predicted us to win the league. I think that's kind of a telling sign. You still have to go out and do it and have things go your way."
The Bruins (42-14) edged out Southeastern Conference regular-season champion LSU (48-10) even though they lost two of three at Oregon in their last series.
"UCLA has been there for much of the season. LSU is an outstanding club as well. There's such a fine line between the two," said committee chairman Dave Heeke, athletic director at Central Michigan.
"UCLA did not lose a series until that last weekend. They were a powerful group throughout the entire year. Ultimately, it was very close, but they were deemed to be our No. 1 overall seed."
The other six national seeds, in order, are: Louisville, Florida, Miami, Illinois, TCU and Missouri State.
The tournament opens Friday with 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals. Best-of-three super regionals are next week, with those winners moving to the College World Series in Omaha.
National seeds that win their regionals play at home in super regionals. Since the NCAA went to its current tournament format in 1999, only one No. 1 national seed — Miami in 1999 — has won the championship.
UCLA didn't even make the tournament last year, following its championship with an injury-riddled 25-30-1 season.
The Bruins have bounced back on the strength of a pitching staff that leads the nation with a 2.16 ERA and a much-improved offense that's batting .285 and averaging better than six runs a game.
This is the third time since 2010 that UCLA has earned a national seed. UCLA starts the tournament in Los Angeles against Cal State Bakersfield. Maryland and Mississippi also are in the Bruins' regional.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri's team has been the consensus No. 1 team in the major polls for a month. He said he had no problem with the selection committee's decision on national seedings.
The Tigers have one of the country's most powerful offenses, batting .320 and scoring 7.2 runs a game. They lost to Florida in the semifinals of the SEC tournament.
"A lot was made of, 'Are we going to be the No. 1 overall seed?' I wasn't the least bit concerned about it," Mainieri said. "UCLA is very deserving of that honor. We would have been deserving as well. It really doesn't matter."
Defending national champion Vanderbilt was among a group of teams considered for one of the last two national seeds. The Commodores, runners-up to Florida in the SEC tournament, start the NCAA tournament at home against Lipscomb.
The Atlantic Coast Conference and SEC tied for most qualifiers with seven apiece. The Pac-12 has six teams in the tournament, and the Big Ten set a conference record with five NCAA teams.
Teams making their first appearances are conference tournament champions Radford (Big South) Florida A&M (MEAC), Houston Baptist (Southland) and Cal State Bakersfield (WAC).
Two teams got in with losing records, Northeast Conference champion Sacred Heart (23-30-1) and Patriot League champ Lehigh (25-29).
Twenty-seven of the 64 teams were in the field last year.
Miami is in the tournament for a record 43rd consecutive year. Florida State qualified for a 38th year in a row.
According to the selection committee, the last four teams in the field were Maryland, South Florida, Oregon and Clemson. The first four out were North Carolina, Missouri, Michigan State and Southern Mississippi.
Posted on Tue, May 26, 2015 by ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer


Travel-related measures in the early stage of the epidemic. (A) Probability distribution of the arrival time (date of arrival of the first symptomatic case) in Germany for different values of traffic reduction, ϕ. The vertical dotted line indicates the observed arrival time in the country, as obtained from official reports, and the vertical solid line indicates the starting date of the travel restrictions (25 April, 2009), which was the day after the international alert. The probability distributions were obtained from 2,000 stochastic realizations, and data were binned over 7 days. (B) Cumulative probability distributions of the first seeding event from Mexico to Germany for different values of traffic reduction ϕ. We considered any source of infection in the seeding event, including symptomatic cases and non-detectable infected cases, such as latent and asymptomatic. (C) Delay in the case importation from Mexico to a given country compared with the reference stochastic forecast output (SFO) as a function of the travel reduction ϕ. The delay was measured in terms of the date at which the cumulative distribution of the seeding from Mexico (B) reached 90%.


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Chris Perri Law
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An award-winning attorney with over 15 years of experience practicing criminal law, Chris Perri has dedicated his life to fighting for justice and freedom. As the child of a doctor and nurse, he learned early on the value of helping others, a value he now tries to instill in his son. Although he took a different path by pursuing law, Chris chose to become a criminal defense lawyer so that he could help people in their times of trouble and need. Just like his parents to their patients, Chris strives to be a caring, knowledgeable, hardworking, and successful advocate for his clients, regardless of the charges they may face.
Chris Perri says, "My goal is to provide personalized service to each client, where I give each case my fullest attention. That's the only way to ensure that you achieve the best possible outcome."
UNLIKE MOST CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IN AUSTIN, CHRIS PERRI IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW AT BOTH THE TEXAS STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
Unlike most criminal defense attorneys in Austin, Chris Perri is licensed to practice law at both the Texas state and federal levels. He has extensive experience helping clients win trials, overturn convictions, get cases dismissed or reduced, and expunge criminal records. Dependent on the details of your situation, Chris Perri will develop a tailored strategy to ensure the best possible outcome for your particular case.
Through his expertise in legal research, Chris Perri will ensure that the government respects your constitutional rights, and he'll fearlessly challenge the police and prosecution if they fail to do so. Moreover, his jury trial experience ensures that if plea negotiations falter, you will have someone by your side with a proven track record of success. In addition to his law degree from the University of Texas, Chris Perri earned a Master's Degree in Economics in order to hone his logical thinking process. As a result, you can rest assured that he won't fall into any surprise holes once he has thoroughly analyzed your case.
Put simply, no matter the situation at hand, Chris Perri is ready to fight for you—and win.
THERE IS A REASON WHY AUSTIN MONTHLY MAGAZINE NAMED CHRIS PERRI AS ONE OF AUSTIN'S TOP ATTORNEYS.
In addition to running his own law firm, Chris Perri is a leader in the criminal defense community. Since 2014, he has served as a founding and supervising attorney for UT Law's pro bono Texas Expunction Project. In 2016, UT's Texas Law Fellowships program awarded Chris the Excellence in Public Interest Award based on his pro bono work as a private-practicing attorney.
Chris is a member of the Austin Bar Association, Texas NORML, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, where he served on the board of directors from 2014 to 2019, and is a graduate of Leadership Austin's Emerge program. He is also a member of the National Trial Lawyers Association, which recently recognized Chris as one of the top criminal defense trial attorneys in the region.
Further, Chris is a sought-after legal thinker, often leading educational seminars for fellow defense lawyers and college students as well as penning powerful articles focused on criminal justice. You can read some of his publications listed further below. He's guest-appeared on several podcasts and co-hosts a weekly web series called The Budding Report, which explores all things cannabis. His priority on the show is to ensure that everyone knows their rights when it comes to the ever-changing drug laws.
There is a reason why Chris Perri was selected to the premiere 2022 Texas SuperLawyers List and that Austin Monthly Magazine named him one of Austin's Top Attorneys in both 2021 and 2022. Yes, he's a legal expert in criminal defense at both the trial and appellate levels, but, perhaps more importantly, he cares about the person behind the criminal allegation. With our firm by your side, you can rest assured that you'll receive the best possible defense from someone who sees you as more than your criminal charge.
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"How to Handle a Criminal Record When Applying for Jobs." Do512. 9 April. 2021
"Magic Mushrooms and The Law: What You Need to Know." Do512. 24 Feb. 2021
"The Case of Rosa Jimenez and the Uphill Battle of Freeing the Wrongfully Convicted." Jurist News. 4 Feb. 2021
"Three Ways The Progressive New D.A. Could Transform Austin." Do512. 22 Jan. 2021
"How to Help a Friend Facing DWI Charges in Travis County." Do512. 15 Dec. 2020
"What the "Green Wave" Might Mean for Texas." Do512. 20 Nov. 2020
"Know Your Voting Rights." Do512. 14 Oct. 2020
"A Word Every Longhorn Should Know: Expunction." The Daily Texan. 11 Oct. 2020
"We Should Reimagine the Legal Process to Overturn Faulty Convictions." Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2020
"Austin's Marijuana Laws: Explained." Do512, 29 July 2020
"Know Your Rights When Interacting with the Cops." Do512, 6 June 2020
"The Trial of Joe Biden in the Court of Public Opinion." Jurist News. 14 May 2020
"Because of COVID-19, It's Less Safe Behind Bars. Here's How Federal Prisoners Can Petition to Get Their Sentences Reduced." Austin Chronicle, 24 April 2020
"How Making a Murderer Exposes America's Flawed Jury System." Austin American-Statesman. 4 Sept. 2016
"Expunction for DWI Arrest? Texas Law: Obtaining an Expunction." Austin Chronicle: The Common Law. 3 Oct. 2014
"Does An Old Arrest Show Up on a Criminal Background Check? What's Best to Do After a Case Gets Dismissed" Austin Chronicle: The Common Law. 5 Sept. 2014
"Abortion in Texas: Where the Law Stands Now." Do512 29 July 2022
"Boating While Intoxicated: What You Need to Know." Do512. 1 July 2022
"Deterioration of Due Process for the Wrongfully Convicted." Jurist News. 24 June 2022
"Criminal Records and Dating Apps: What You Need to Know." Do512. 2 June 2022
"What Are My Options If Arrested for Drug Possession in Austin?" Do512. 14 April 2022
"Ten Tips on How to Avoid a Criminal Arrest This Holiday Season." Do512. 7 Dec. 2021
"APD's No Refusal Initiative: What You Need to Know." Do512. 8 Oct. 2021
"Pleading the 5th: Everything to Know About Your Rights and the 5th Amendment in Austin." Do512. 10 Sept. 2021
"Can You Be Arrested for Alcohol and Drugs While Camping and Hiking Near Austin?" Do512. 9 Aug. 2021
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"Wild Card." Orange Tree Podcast, The Drag Audio Production House at The University of Texas at Austin, 4 Aug. 2020
"Innocent Until Proven Guilty." The Foundation Podcast, Texas Public Policy Foundation, 28 Aug. 2018
Interview regarding DNA testing errors in Austin. KXAN. 14 Oct. 2015
"Top Lawyers: Chris Perri of Chris Perri Law On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law" interview. Authority Magazine. Oct. 2021
Named one of Austin's 2021 Top Attorneys by Austin Monthly Magazine
Selected to the exclusive and research-driven 2021 Super Lawyers Texas Rising Stars List
Recognized as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the region by the National Trial Lawyers Association
Received the Avvo 2020 Clients' Choice Award
Awarded with the 2016 Excellence in Public Interest Award, put forth by the University of Texas Law Fellowships Program
Selected to the premiere 2022 Texas SuperLawyers List
Recognized by Expertise.com as one of the 2022 Best Criminal Defense Attorneys in Both Austin and Rock Rock


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AZ buys cut price priority review voucher, but for what?
AstraZeneca has bought a priority review voucher (PRV) from Swedish biotech Sobi for $95 million, but isn't revealing just yet what it intends to use it for.
A PRV can be used to reduce an FDA regulatory review by four months to six months, and there has been a thriving trade in them over the last few years driven by companies that feel there is a significant benefit from reducing the time to market for a new drug product.
Drug developers are awarded PRVs from the FDA as a reward for bringing orphan drugs for diseases with significant unmet need to market, and this one was awarded to Novimmune when it got approval for Gamifant (emapalumab) for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) from the FDA last November.
Stockholm-based Sobi claimed rights to Gamifant – and the PRV – when it acquired the business from Novimmune in a $518 million deal in June.
The price paid by AZ suggests that the going rate for PRVs continues to slide, however, having reached a peak when AbbVie paid a whopping $350 million for one awarded to United Therapeutics in 2015. In 2017 the deal values were still generally above $100 million, but since then have slipped below that threshold.
At the time only a handful of vouchers had been granted by the FDA, but the drive by biopharma companies into rare diseases has made them more common. That may explain why prices are on the slide, and it may also be that with a fairly fertile fundraising environment smaller biotechs are hanging onto them in case they can benefit from them in the future.
There were six PRVs awarded in 2017, seven in 2018 and so far 2019's tally has reached five with four months of the year still to go.
Speculation on the motivation for AZ's purchase is focusing mainly on two late-stage projects which could both benefit from a head start in the market.
One is Fibrogen-partnered HIF-PHI drug roxadustat for anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease, which is already approved in China – picking up an additional approval for a broader patient population just this week. It is in a race to market with GlaxoSmithKline's daprodustat in the US, Europe and other world markets including Japan.
Roxadustat is tipped to become a $2 billion product in 2023, according to Clarivate forecasts, and with GSK hard on its heels with data that looks comparable a few months' lead could make it easier to claim dominance in the emerging HIF-PHI market.
Another is HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) trastuzumab deruxtecan (DS-8201) for breast, gastric and other solid cancers, which AZ licensed from Daiichi Sankyo earlier this year in a massive deal that included $1.35 billion upfront and another $5.55 billion in potential follow-up payments.
DS-8201 is currently in phase 3 testing for HER2-positive breast cancer, including a head-to-head trial with Roche's $1 billion-a-year HER2-targeting ADC Kadycla (trastuzumab emtansine) and importantly another late-stage study in advanced breast cancer patients with lower levels of HER2 expression.
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Paul Clermont is a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Business Technology & Digital Transformation Strategies practice. He has been a consultant in IT strategy, governance, and management for 30 years. His clients have been primarily in the financial and manufacturing industries, as well as the US government. Mr. Clermont takes a clear, practical view of how information technology can transform organizations and what it takes to direct both business people and technicians toward that end. His major practice areas include directing, managing, and organizing information technology; reengineering business processes to take full advantage of technology; and developing economic models and business plans.
Mr. Clermont is known for successfully communicating IT issues to general managers in a comprehensible, jargon-free way that frames decisions and describes their consequences in business terms. In his consulting engagements, he follows a pragmatic approach to the specific situation and players at hand and is not wedded to particular models, methodologies, or textbook solutions.
Before going into individual practice, Mr. Clermont was a Principal with Nolan, Norton & Co., a boutique consultancy that became part of KPMG. Before joining Nolan, Norton & Co., he directed IT strategy at a major Boston bank and launched its IT executive steering committee. Mr. Clermont has spoken and written about the challenges of getting significant and predictable value from IT investments and has taught executive MBA courses on the topic. His undergraduate and graduate education at MIT's Sloan School of Management was heavily oriented toward operations research. He can be reached at consulting@cutter.com
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From Russia with love – LP as a guest star of contest 'New Wave 2017' in Sochi
by Anna / September 8, 2017
On September 8th, LP arrived to Russia. Her day started with promo stuff, including interview for Life Новости, that was streamed live via Facebook. You can still watch it by clicking here. On her arrival to Russia, LP also announced tour for Russia that will take place in March 2018, for dates check 'Dates' section on the blog.
photo via @kartina.tv via Instagram
Later tonight LP was a guest star at a gala concert opening contest 'New Wave 2017' at a New Wave Hall in Sochi. New Wave (Russian: Новая волна) is an international contest for young performers of popular music founded in 2002 by the Russian composer Igor Krutoy and Latvian pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls and later enhanced by the Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva.
photo via @starhit.ru Instagram – LP with Olga Buzova/Ольга Бузова (@buzova86)
For many years, the 'New Wave' International Contest of Young Pop Singers has been a major event on the cultural scene of Russia, in neighboring countries and beyond. The great interest of millions of viewers cheering for Contestants and the Contest's concert programs is the indication that the New Wave has become a highly anticipated annual international music award. For full history of the contest click here.
Print screen of live video
In 2017, the Contest Organizing Committee received more than 12,000 applications. Professional Jury had selected 14 finalists from 9 countries of the world after the semi-finals, and these finalists came to Russia to fight for their victory from September, 8 to 14. Finalists will be judged by the professional jury. The Jury is presided by People's Artist of Russia, composer Igor Krutoy.
photo via @arsenairapetov Instagram
Tonight, as a special guest (and the most fashionable one) LP sang 4 songs in total. She started with 'Other People', followed by 'Suspicion' along with 'When We're High'. LP finished with her biggest hit (so far) – 'Lost On You'. Arsen (@arsenairapetov), streamed live LP's set via Instagram, and again I've managed to save it and you can watch it by clicking here. Or you can go to his Instagram account and view it there, though it will be deleted after 24 h, as it is with lives & insta-stories.
Now, I would also like to mention Alia, little girl, who was travelling to Sochi with a big dream: "Dear LP, I want to hug you, give you flowers, I'll sing with you. I can not wait to see you, I'll come to Sochi just for you!!!! Your voice is very beautiful. I also sing at my music lessons. I also dream of becoming a star like you. My biggest dream is to sing with you. And I'm sending you kisses!!! Wish you a strong health, a lot of songs, and always stay beautiful as you are!!!!" ??????????????????".
photo @olga.norova via Instagram
Thanks to good souls of Evgenia / FB page Letters to LP /Instagram: @allstraaange; as well as Instagram magic with help of @iamlp_fan_ru, LP did notice this wish, as she wrote: "I want to meet her tonight!!", and she made Alia's dream come true! Very happy for Alia! I'm sure her mum @olga.norova is very proud of her little girl.That's all for now. I will be looking for some official videos of LP's concert and hopefully some photo-gallery of pictures. I will be updating my post tomorrow.
photo by @_humpa via Instagram, posted with kind permission
Update: Interview with LP conducted before her concert can be found here. It's in Russian, so some of you will need help of translator. Gallery of images here, here, here & here – this one has also short video reportage. HQ video of LP performing 'Lost On You' is here. Another interview with LP can be found here. And here's really great gallery of images from the gala concert.
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U.N. Publicly Rejects Russia's Call for Secret Vote on Ukraine
(Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly voted on Monday to reject Russia's call for the 193-member body to hold a secret ballot later this week on whether to condemn Moscow's move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine.
The General Assembly decided, with 107 votes in favor, that it would hold a public vote - not a secret ballot - on a draft resolution that condemns Russia's "illegal so-called referenda" and the "attempted illegal annexation." Diplomats said the vote on the resolution would likely be on Wednesday or Thursday.
Only 13 countries on Monday opposed holding a public vote on the draft resolution, another 39 countries abstained and the remaining countries - including Russia and China - did not vote.
Russia had argued that Western lobbying meant that "it may be very difficult if positions are expressed publicly." During the meeting on Monday Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia questioned the push to condemn Moscow.
"What does this have to do with peace and security or trying to settle conflicts?" said Nebenzia, describing it as "yet one more step towards division and escalation, which I'm sure is not something the absolute majority of states in this room need."
After the General Assembly decided on Monday that it would hold a public vote on the draft resolution, Russia immediately tried to get the body to reconsider the issue, but it overwhelmingly failed.
Moscow has moved to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - after staging what it called referendums. Ukraine and allies have denounced the votes as illegal and coercive.
The draft U.N. General Assembly resolution calls on states not to recognize Russia's move and reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF MACAU
From fusion cuisine to spectacular performances to a colorful blend of history, the peninsula has more than one way to hit the jackpot.
LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST coast of mainland China and with a history that includes centuries as a Portuguese outpost, Macau is a curious blend of cultures. Now though it is probably best known for its glitzy Las Vegas-like casino scene and grand hotel complexes including the Sheraton Macao Hotel (the largest Sheraton in the world) and the Conrad Macao. And the boom doesn't seem to be ending soon, new projects planned for the near future include the Wynn Macau casino and hotel, and Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels. But beyond all of the dazzling neon lights, Macau still retains its rich past and boasts a number of great ways to spend your time away from the tables.
Get A Taste
Macanese cuisine was created when colonists arrived here from other Portuguese outposts such as Angola, Brazil, and Goa, blending their cooking styles with the local Chinese fare. To sample some of these fusion cuisine front-runners head to Restaurante Litoral. The restaurant specializes in hard-to-find Macanese dishes such as beef pork with shrimp paste and tacho, a Macanese meat stew.
Be sure to save some room for Taipa's Kwun Ya Kai, a popular street-food area where hawkers sell something for every taste including almond cookies, hundreds of variations on meat jerkies, durian ice cream, and egg tarts. But if you want the original egg tart, follow the crowd to Lord Stow's Bakery. Opened in 1989. this egg-custard creation or pastel de nata in Portuguese, quickly became a national dish. There are a number of different outlets now across Macau and in Asia, but the original bakery is in the Coloane Town Square on Rua Do Tassara.
Step Back to the Past
The historic center of Macau was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005 and inside you will find a mix of residential, public, and religious Chinese and Portuguese buildings. The old buildings are numerous, but there are some can't-miss stops in the area. The large crimson A-Ma Temple is the oldest Taoist temple in Macau, built in 1488, and is still a popular worship site today. Perhaps Macau's best-known historical site, the ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral are also located in the area. The cathedral, built by Jesuits in 1602, used to be one of the largest Catholic complexes in Asia but it was abandoned and the building was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon in 1835. Although only the imposing and ornate facade remains, the Museum of Sacred Arts is located behind it in what was formally the cathedral's crypt.
You can see excellent examples of Portuguese influence at Senado Square and St. Dominic's Church. Both display trademark design elements from the country. In the early 1990s. Portuguese experts were brought in to pave the 3.700-square-meter square with a wave-patterned mosaic of colored stone in a manner popular in Portugal. The church, whose current structure dates back to the 17th century, boasts a bright pastel facade that is in a classic Portuguese style.
The second section of the historic center comprises the sprawling Guia Fortress. This popular tourist site is a great example of Western and Chinese cultures blending in Macau. Sitting on the highest point on the peninsula, the fortress was built after the Dutch unsuccessfully tried to take Macau. The compound also holds the first Western-style lighthouse built on the East Asian coast as well as the Chapel of Our Lady Guia. which retains nearly all its original features including frescos discovered in 1998 that show both Western and Chinese themes.
With the hustle and bustle of Macau's glittering casino scene it can be easy to forget that the peninsula also has a natural side. For a change of pace head to the southern island of Coloane There are two beaches on the island; the golden-sand Cheoc Van is the smaller but more beautiful of the two.
Coloane's mountainous terrain makes for interesting and visually captivating biking and hiking adventures. The island's center is crisscrossed with unpaved routes that vary in length and difficulty.
Coloane is also home to one of two golf courses in Macau, the 18-hole Macau Golf and Country Club, which has hosted the Macau Open and players like Nick Faldo, Lee Westwood, and John Daly since 1998.
Daily Amusements
Don't forget to take in a show while in Macau. The US$257-million House of Dancing Water is a record-breaking production created by former Cirque du Soleil director Franco Dragone. The show has everything: high-flying aerials, more than 250 embedded fountains, 77 performers from 18 different counties, water stunts, and more all performed in the world's largest commercial pool, built especially for the production.
Macau has a number of action-packed activities for the whole family starting with Macau Tower, which has a 360-degree observation deck 223 meters above ground level for unparalleled views of the island. From the deck, Skywalk X offers a couple of activities not for the faint-hearted; take a walk around the outer rim of the deck on a 1.8-meter platform or take the plunge with a bungee or Sky fall jump.
For amusements on firm ground, Fisherman's Wharf is an 11-hectare theme park that is open 24 hours a day with free admission. Inside, you will find a hodgepodge of structures and attractions including replicas of Tang Dynasty towers, a 40-meter man-made volcano, and a Roman amphitheater. There is also a large shopping center, video-game arcade, and water-performance space.
Macau also has a collection of museums dedicated to the peninsula's colorful past. The Macau Museum is probably the most comprehensive with three floors dedicated to the beginnings of Macau, popular arts and traditions, and to contemporary Macau and its portrayal in literature and arts. Additionally, the Museum of Taipa and Coloane History is a notable stop for those interested in archeology and history as it holds the findings and some artifacts from five excavations in the Hac-Sa area of Coloane Island that span from 1973 to 2006. Comprised of five green houses built in 1921 in the traditional Macanese style with strong Portuguese influences, the Taipa Houses Museum gives visitors a historical and intimate look at everyday life in Macau.
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Whitehouse extending facemask requirement until January 18, 2022
Posted on August 17, 2021 by Daniel Gillaspia
8/17/21 Update:
It looks like the Biden Administration is going to extend the mask requirement until January 18, 2022.
Back in April when the mask requirement was extended to September 13, 2021, a lot of us thought there may be an end to masks on planes by mid September but with the outbreak of the Delta variant this summer I think a lot of us saw the writing on the wall.
Unfortunately, this probably means a lot more unruly passengers as mask usage seems to be a major correlative factor for that type of behavior. In fact, according to the FAA, out of 3,889 unruly passenger reports this year about 74% of them related to violations of airline mask policies.
There has been talk about mandating vaccines for air travel and indeed that is already going to happen in Canada. Indeed, most Americans support mandating vaccine passports for domestic air travel and some major US airlines (United Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines) now require their employees to be vaccinated.
However, based on comments made from airline executives and top government officials it does not seem like vaccines will be mandatory for domestic air travel in the US. It could happen but it doesn't seem very likely at this point.
TSA is extending the facemask requirement for everyone across all transportation networks throughout the United States, including at airports, onboard commercial aircraft, on over-the-road buses, and on commuter bus and rail systems through September 13.
"The federal mask requirement throughout the transportation system seeks to minimize the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation," said Darby LaJoye, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the TSA Administrator.
"Right now, about half of all adults have at least one vaccination shot and masks remain an important tool in defeating this pandemic. We will continue to work closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to evaluate the need for these directives and recognize the significant level of compliance thus far."
TSA notes that "[t]he extension of the face mask requirement is consistent with this most recent CDC guidance."
This is true but many people including myself are starting to question the guidance from the CDC.
First, there is the long list of reversals that the CDC has made on issues such as mask wearing that make many people skeptical about CDC recommendations in general.
But that aside, early reports are showing that vaccinations are effective not just at preventing infection but also transmission.
In other words, vaccinated individuals likely have a very low risk of spreading the coronavirus to anyone.
This likely means that others would only benefit a very small (perhaps negligible) amount from a vaccinated person wearing a mask. Basically, I suspect that if you do get vaccinated, wearing a mask is simply not needed or at least not worth the burden.
And if you still do need the mask even after getting vaccinated then I guess masks are now a permanent fixture?
Now I am not a medical professional so don't take any of this advice too seriously but I think a lot of people share this same viewpoint that the CDC cost/benefit analysis is out of whack post-vaccinations.
Vaccines have now been available to virtually everyone in the country for a couple of weeks and so within another couple of weeks virtually everybody will have had a chance to get fully vaccinated.
To me, logic would dictate that mask wearing (for vaccinated adults) would not be needed much sooner than September. By the end of May, full immunity will have kicked in for just about everybody who wanted the vaccine and it would seem that masks for vaccinated people don't make sense beyond that date.
But I understand that governments like to play things conservatively so it really is no surprise that the extension has been made until September.
Perhaps they feel that if they remove the mask mandate now then a lot of the non-vaccinated individuals will stop wearing them and contribute to the spread of the virus among the non-vaccinated which includes children. New strains of coronavirus might be spreading to more children so there could be legitimate concern there.
At some point we just have to accept that there's going to be a risk to people who are not vaccinated and just get on with life, though. As of two weeks ago, half the country's adults had at least one vaccine shot so I think that day should be here pretty soon.
I will give TSA credit for at least establishing a specific date as that shows that they are interested in this all coming to an end at some point.
Still, it's going to be weird when there is a mask requirement in the middle to late summer when the virus is likely posing virtually no threat in the US.
Worth noting: the existing civil penalty fine structure will also remain in place which starts at $250 and rises to $1,500 for repeat offenders who violate this face mask requirement.
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News Corp.'s Hulu hope: more commercials
Brian Steinberg, AdAge.com
As it negotiates its next contract with Hulu, News Corp. is pushing for the ability to run a greater number of ads in a portion of the Fox programs available on the site—a shift for Hulu, which since its launch in 2007 has touted significantly lighter ad loads than what viewers get on TV. And a growing number of ads in Hulu could signal a shift for the wider online video world as well.
Under the terms being discussed, Fox hopes to add more commercials to the Hulu inventory it's already allowed to sell to its own ad clients, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The talks may not result in any concrete changes, and Fox would likely step gingerly into the effort, taking consumer and advertiser reaction into account, these people suggested.
The idea is for Fox to be able to sell advertisers the ability to hawk their wares across all platforms—including Hulu.
To do so, it needs to get Hulu to agree to allow more ads, narrowing the gap between ad loads on Hulu and TV. The Hulu ad load, however, will likely not mirror the TV ad load.
The talks spotlight one of the most-fevered taffy pulls of the modern media age. Digital outlets covet network TV programs because they're often among the most-watched pieces of content. Yet letting those shows run online with a reduced ad load doesn't always make financial sense. Losing viewers to the Web or a mobile device can mean a drop in TV ratings, still the largest driver of ad revenue for the TV business.
For Hulu, which has been in recent talks with all three of its media owners—News Corp., Walt Disney and NBC Universal—over a variety of issues related to access to programming, accommodating News Corp. could have a business effect. Hulu has stood out because of its ease of use and its sparse, streamlined design, of which the small ad load is no small part. Hulu in some cases even lets users choose the ad they'd prefer to see.
"Hulu and the networks are starting to step on each other's toes," said Michael Bologna, managing partner and director-emerging communications at WPP's Group M. While Hulu sells much of its own inventory, the networks are allowed to sell some as well. As Mr. Bologna understands the situation, Fox hopes to offer advertisers the opportunity to place ads on Hulu and Fox.com as a way to bolster their TV buy and reach a broader audience around such programs as Family Guy and Fringe. Last year Fox did something similar with the slice of Hulu advertising under its control, using the Hulu stash to offer "make-goods," or ad inventory used to make up for TV-ratings shortfalls, to its advertisers. Such a move could easily undercut Hulu's own ad-sales efforts.
Fox offered brief detail about its venture at its recent upfront presentation, where Toby Byrne, the network's president-sales, said Fox planned "to extend the ability of your ads to travel with our content across screens to create a unified audience experience regardless of platform." Fox's ad-sales staff, he added, "will provide the one-stop shopping solution for your ads to run on-air as well as online with scale on Hulu. "
A Fox spokeswoman said Mr. Byrne was not available for further comment. A Hulu spokeswoman said the company would not comment.
Fox has reason to test these waters. The streaming-video site for the CW network, owned jointly by Time Warner and CBS Corp., last year upped its ad load close to matching the number of ads shown on TV. Despite the increase in ads, unique viewers of full episodes on CWTV.com increased 55% season to date as of May 19; the amount of time viewers spent watching online shows increased 175% this season; and 94% of the ads in full episodes streamed online were watched to completion.
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Ariel Winter's Sister -- Money isn't the Motive ... Because She's Loaded
Ariel Winter's Sister Money Isn't the Motive ... Because She's LOADED
11/22/2012 8:00 AM PT
Ariel Winter's sister may have declared bankruptcy more than a decade ago, but her fortunes have changed dramatically ... as in there is no way in the world she needs Ariel's money ... TMZ has learned.
Shanelle Gray is married to David Barry Gray ... who is an heir to the Pepsi fortune. His grandfather was one of the founding members of Pepsi Cola.
David's grandfather, Philip Rubenstein, owned 23 of the original Pepsi plants and, with the help of a guy named Al Steele, took the company nationwide. Rubenstein served as the President of Pepsi Cola in the 1950s and amassed a fortune.
As for what happens to the untold millions of dollars ... Rubenstein died in 1997 and was survived by his wife, 2 daughters and 6 grandchildren, one of whom is David. Rubenstein's wife died in 1998. Short story -- David -- an actor who played the role of Todd Palin in the Emmy-winning HBO movie "Game Change" -- is in line to inherit a big chunk of the family money.
Family dough aside, Shanelle and David are doing well with their 2 acting businesses -- Gray Studios in L.A. and Gray Studios in Orange County. The business is so successful, it's expanding to NYC next year.
And Shanelle -- who gave up a fairly successful acting career to raise their 2 daughters -- is now back in the acting game and getting gigs.
Short story -- it seems Chrystal Workman, the mother of Ariel and Shanelle -- doesn't know much about her older daughter, who was taken away from her years ago and placed in foster care. It would seem she has no idea Shanelle is more financially secure than the entire cast of "Modern Family."
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What do the Units of Measure in the Product Edit Window mean?
Each product has a Stocking Unit which is the base unit of measure (UOM) for all transactions. Conversions to other UOM are created for use throughout the application. These can then be set as a default Sales, Purchasing, or Packaging unit.
Acctivate supports multiple, related units of measure per product. There are many configuration options for units of measure and there are no limits to the number of units that can be defined. For example, this allows an item stocked by Each to be purchased by Case, sold by Dozen, and packaged/shipped by Box.
For more information, review our training page.
Unit of Measure: Unit of measure is configured in Configuration Manager > Inventory > Unit of Measure
View/Edit Alternates button: When not in edit mode, this button will say View Alternates. When in edit mode, this button will say Edit Alternates.
There can be virtually unlimited multiple related units of measure per product. This button opens a data entry grid for viewing and entering additional related units. To hide this data grid, click the Hide Alternates button.
Stocking Unit
The product stocking unit of measure is used to count the warehouse quantity.
Each product must be stocked in a single unit of measure. This is required since all transactions will be converted to this Stocking Unit for inventory valuation and the Transactions tab of the Product Information window.
All units of measure are available for the Stocking Unit, but the Sales, Purchasing and Packaging Unit drop-downs only contain those related to the Stocking Unit.
NOTE: Once a product has been included in a transaction, users are unable to change the Stocking Unit. For more information on how to accomplish this, see our article on changing the Stocking Unit of Measure.
Product Alternate Unit Quantity
The quantity of Stocking Units contained in a single Alternate Unit often varies. A good example of this is the Each-to-Case quantity. The Case quantity for one item may be 12 Each, while it's 20 Each for another product.
A box will appear to the right of the Alternate Unit (e.g. Purchasing Unit) if the Unit of Measure relationship is Product Specific.
A View Alternates (or Edit Alternates when in edit mode) is also available to view and edit Product Specific unit quantity relationships (factors). Changes to the Alternate Unit quantity only affect new transactions.
The sales unit of measure relates to the stocking unit of measure. This will be used as the default unit of measure for sales orders. If related units exist (that are defined in the Configuration Manager) they will be in the provided drop-down.
If a related unit is selected that is defined as having a product-specific relationship (the stocking unit quantity varies by product) with the stocking unit, then the field to the left of the unit of measure will allow you to enter a quantity for the related unit in relation to the stocking unit.
Price Unit must be for all prices, which allows you to enter all sales orders in the single Sales Unit, regardless of customers' special pricing.
The purchasing unit of measure relates to the stocking unit of measure. This will be used as the default unit of measure for purchase orders. If related units exist (that are defined in the Configuration Manager) they will be in the provided drop-down.
The Purchasing Unit is only used when a Vendor Price (or prior PO) doesn't exist for the item. Acctivate prefers using the Unit from the Vendors tab.
The packaging unit of measure (used with the Packaging Manager and EDI Manager add-ons) relates to the stocking unit of measure. This will be used as the default unit of measure for packaging. If related units exist (that are defined in the Configuration Manager) they will be in the provided drop-down.
The Packaging Unit is used to determine how many cartons should be created when using the Packaging Manager for Standard Pack Cartons.


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PETER E. TARLOW PhD
Title: Disaster Management: Exploring Ways to Mitigate Disasters before they Occur
Peter E. Tarlow is a sociologist specializing in the impact of crime and terrorism on the tourism industry and also in tourism and economic development. Tarlow earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Texas A&M University. He also holds degrees in history, in Spanish and Hebrew literatures, and psychotherapy. In 1990, Tarlow introduced one of the nation's first courses on the Sociology of Tourism, and in 1994; Tarlow designed and taught a groundbreaking course on Tourism, Crime & Security. Since 1997, Tarlow has also taught tourism security courses for the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Tarlow is a member of the Distance Learning Faculty of "The George Washington University" in Washington. DC, and he is an adjunct faculty member of Colorado State University and a honorary professor at the Universidad de Especialidades Turisticas (Quito, Ecuador) and of the Universidad de la Policia Federal (Buenos Aires, Argentina). He lectures at numerous other universities around the world including universities in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.
In 1996, Tarlow became Hoover Dam's head advisor for tourism development and security. In 1998, Tarlow's role at the Bureau of Reclamation expanded. He was promoted to head advisor on tourism security for all Bureau of Reclamation properties and visitor centers. In 1999, Tarlow was also asked to work with US Customs agents in the area of customer service and cultural awareness and custom's impact on tourism. In 2000 Tarlow, due to interagency cooperation on the part of the Bureau of Reclamation, helped to train security personnel for the FBI in preparation of the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics.
Early in 2001 Tarlow was made part of the senior security team of the Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) and is a member of its critical infrastructure committee. In this capacity, Tarlow works with other government and international agencies such as the US Park Service at the Statue of Liberty, The Smithsonian's Institution's Office of Protection Services, the FBI, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the World Tourism Organization, and police departments around the world.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the United States, Tarlow has had to travel throughout North America representing the US government. He speaks on issues such as: the sociology of terrorism, its impact on tourism security, how the US government can help local agencies to recover, and how communities must face a major paradigm shift in the way it does business. Tarlow has trained numerous police departments in both the US and Mexico in TOPS (Tourism Oriented Policing Skills) and offers certification in this area.
Tarlow's fluency in many languages enables him to speak throughout the world (United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa). Tarlow lectures on current and future trends in the tourism industry, rural tourism economic development, the gaming industry, issues of crime and terrorism, the role of police departments in urban economic development, and international trade. Tarlow has done extensive research on the impact of school calendars on the tourism industries, on tourism crime, and on terrorism. Tarlow is also well known in the area of rural tourism having lectured on this subject in numerous states throughout the United States. Tarlow publishes extensively in these areas and writes numerous professional reports for US governmental agencies and for businesses throughout the world.
Tarlow speaks at numerous governors' conferences and international meetings on tourism, and its economic and sociological impact. Tarlow has appeared on National televised programs such as Dateline: NBC and on CNBC. Tarlow organizes conferences around the world dealing with visitor safety and security issues and with the economic importance of tourism and tourism marketing. He also works with numerous cities, states, and foreign governments to improve their tourism products and to train their tourism security professionals. John Wiley & Sons published Tarlow's new book on event risk management, Event Risk Management and Safety in July of 2002, and his new book on Tourism Safety is to be published by the US Government Printing office Department of the Interior.
Tarlow is a founder and president of Tourism & More Inc. (T&M). He currently is the president of the Texas Chapter of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA). Tarlow is a member of the International Editorial Boards of "Turizam" published in Zagreb, Croatia, "Anatolia: International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research," published in Turkey, "Turismo: Visão e Ação" published in Brazil, and "Estudios y Perspectivas en Turismo," published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tarlow co-edited the special August 1999 edition of the Journal of Travel Research on "War, Terrorism, and Tourism." Tarlow is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS).
Tarlow writes and publishes "Tourism Tidbits," an electronic newsletter on tourism and travel. Tidbits is read monthly in its English, Spanish and Croatian language editions by thousands of tourism and travel professionals around the world. Tarlow is a member of the national and Texas Chapters of ASIS.
DAVID BEIRMAN PhD
Title: Marketing Tourism Destinations from Crisis to Recovery: A Strategic Marketing Approach.
David Beirman is the founding Director of the Israel Tourism Office Australasia & SW Pacific and the first non-Israeli contracted by the Israel Ministry of Tourism to run an Israel Tourism office. He has held the position since 1994. He is also the founder and inaugural Chairman of the Eastern Mediterranean Tourism Association (Australia) which was established in 2001 to market and promote the eleven countries between Italy and Jordan to the travel industry and public. He is a Board member of ANTOR (Association of National Tourist Office Representatives Australasia) and a member of the Australian Travel Industry Advisory Committee to DFAT which negotiated the Charter for Safe Travel, the first of only two agreements in the world between a government and its travel industry. David has been professionally active in the travel industry for 24 years including ten years working for Jetset Tours in a variety of roles ranging from travel consultant to personnel and in-service training manger. Since 1989 he has been the principal of his own training and management consultancy firm Struan & Associates specialising in the travel industry.
Dr. Beirman has extensive university lecturing experience in the fields of Tourism, Market Research, Middle East Studies and Sociology. He has lectured At the University of Technology - Sydney, University of Sydney, University of NSW and has guest lectured at many schools of tourism and professional and academic conferences and symposia in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Israel. His articles on tourism crisis management have been published by international publications including the International Journal of Vacation Marketing, AFTA Traveller and PATA's publication Compass. His first book, Restoring Tourism Destinations in Crisis-A Strategic Marketing Approach was published in April 2003 by Allen & Unwin Australia for Australasian distribution and CABI Publications globally.
As a direct result of the book Dr. Beirman was invited by the leadership of the Kenyan tourism industry to go to Kenya in May 2003 to develop and implement a strategy to manage Kenya's tourism industry marketing crisis which arose from negative travel advisories in April 2003. In May and June 2003 Tourism NSW invited him to assist regional tourism associations in developing marketing recovery strategies following drought and bushfires. In July 2003 Dr Beirman was the keynote speaker at the Asia-Pacific Tourism Association Conference, the region's premier gathering of tourism academics. In September 2003 he was keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Philippines tourism industry. In January 2004 he was a speaker at the Prime Minister's Conference on Tourism in Israel and in late September and October 2004 he was keynote speaker at the ABACUS Conferences "Rewarding Partnerships" held in Hanoi, Vietnam and Bangkok Thailand. Beirman is frequently consulted by tourism professionals, academics and the media on the field of managing a wide range of crises including war, terrorism, epidemic, natural disasters and crime waves which impact on global and Australian tourism. He is based in Sydney.
Contacts: Tel: 61 2 9328 1722, Fax: 61 2 9326 1676
david@aicc.org.au
SCOTT K. CUNLIFFE PhD
Title: Tourism Risk Management for Small and Medium Enterprises
A consultant to government and the private sector throughout the Asian region, Mr. Cunliffe specializes in strategic planning and risk management for sustainable tourism whilst living in South East Asia, the USA and Europe for the last fifteen years.
His recent PhD research focused on tourism risk management for coastal tropical areas, which developed a comprehensive approach to sustainable tourism with risk management at the core. Milestone projects include: the introduction of the Main Street urban revitalization process to community and business development in Australia; cultural heritage and conservation planning for the ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia; Team Leader for the Asian Development Bank longterm tourism development plan for the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and tourism development strategies in more than a dozen Asian countries and regions for the World Tourism Organization.
Trained as an architect and urban planner, his first project for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam in 1985 nurtured a growing interest in risk management, strategic planning and long-term forecasting. His current professional activities are focused on introducing risk management methodologies to mitigate the impacts of disaster and catastrophes affecting communities and tourism businesses in coastal areas.
The presentation initially presents some recent research on risk models, their origins and their adaptation to tourism businesses. Risk management is a critical sustainable tourism working tool that can minimize losses of all kinds resulting from both natural and anthropogenic hazards. A few practical templates will illustrate the application of risk management methodologies that respond to the needs of the tourism industry small and medium enterprises in coastal tropical areas. The approach adopts the term 'Total Risk' to describe what is needed to provide small businesses with a means to minimize future losses
Secondly, the presentation will look at some existing examples of the inclusion or not of using risk management as a sustainable tourism planning tool. One such example is how the tourism sector of the economy was considered in the initial response to the recent Indian Ocean tsunami in examples of macro-economic recovery planning. The evidence is dismal, apart from the tourism industry response illustrated in the Phuket Action Plan draft from February 2005.
Thirdly, the presentation will take the 'Total Risk' approach to describe a few essential components of what is termed 'Critical Risk Infrastructure' including risk financing, which needs urgent attention. Finally, the presentation will suggest a possible approach for integrating risk management into sustainable tourism that may require a paradigm change to include risk analyses in a comprehensive approach to minimizing future loss potential of small and medium tourism businesses. The future of sustainable tourism must necessarily account for the uncertainties of disaster and catastrophe and we possess the tools to act responsibly.


North America Travel Guide North America Trips Spooky Destinations Around The World
Spooky Destinations Around The World
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Catacombs of Paris
St Louis Cemetery
As much as I love travel there are some places that I just won't go!
Xochimico is just south of Mexico City, you'll find "The Island of the Dolls." Don Julian Santana Barrera once found a little girl in the river who had drowned, and awhile after her death he found a floating doll in the river. To honor her, he hung the doll in the tree, and over the years he found more dolls, convincing him that each one held the spirit of a dead little girl. Im totally creeped out!
Catacombs in Paris, an underground ossuary in Paris that holds the remains of about 7 million people. Part of the city's efforts to store human remains from its overcrowded cemeteries, the tunnels run for more than 150 miles below ground, but only 1 mile is open to the public. No thanks!
New Orleans is easily one of my favorite US cities, but I nearly dropped my beignet…note I said nearly! Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Roman Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana.The renown Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau is believed to be interred in the Glapion family crypt. Baybee naw!
Have a safe trip….or NAH?!
Im totally creeped out!
Part of the city's efforts to store human remains from its overcrowded cemeteries, the tunnels run for more than 150 miles below ground, but only 1 mile is open to the public. No thanks!
Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Roman Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana.The renown Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau is believed to be interred in the Glapion family crypt. Baybee naw!
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Sri Lanka imposes 10-hour countrywide power cuts amid economic crisis
Since the beginning of March, there had already been seven-hour power cuts in the island nation.
Mar 30, 2022 · 01:37 pm Updated Mar 30, 2022 · 03:00 pm
A food vendor prepares food at his shop after a power cut in Colombo. | Ishara S Kodikara/AFP
The Sri Lankan government imposed 10-hour daily power cuts across the country on Wednesday amidst a severe economic crisis, PTI reported.
Since the beginning of March, there have been seven-hour power cuts in the island country. The duration has now been increased by three hours.
Janaka Ratnayaka, the chair of the Public Utilities Commission, said that there was a shortage of 750 megawatts of electricity as fuel to generate thermal power was not available.
Officials also said that most water reservoirs in the country are running dangerously low because of deficient rainfall, AFP reported. Sri Lanka generates over 40% of its electricity from hydrological sources.
I belong to group Q. If the 10 hour power cut is scheduled for Wednesday, I will not have electricity from 2pm till midnight. How do we work ! How to do we manage our kids !
Even using the worst possible language against the leadership is an utter waste.
They need to be ousted pic.twitter.com/tvE8ZrDps5
— Lihini Fernando (@LihiniFernando) March 29, 2022
Meanwhile, the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said that diesel will not be available in the country for a minimum of two days. It urged people waiting in queues at fuel stations to leave, and come back only when imported diesel is distributed.
Since the beginning of the year, petrol prices in Sri Lanka have increased by 92% and diesel by 76%, according to the agency.
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948 as the island's foreign exchange reserves have hit rock bottom. The country had declared an emergency in August last year. Sri Lankans are now facing shortages of milk powder, cooking gas, kerosene and other essential items.
Government-run hospitals are also running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of foreign exchange needed for imports, according to AFP.
"The situation is very grave and we need a disaster management initiative to deal with the worsening situation," said Ravi Kumudesh, chief of the Medical Laboratory Technologists Association.
The government said it has permitted suppliers of medical devices to increase prices by 30%. This applies to suppliers of stents to heart patients as well.
'India working overtime to extend help to Sri Lanka'
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India was working overtime, and has stepped up its efforts to support Sri Lanka during its crisis.
"In a situation like this, things cannot be done at a normal pace," said Jaishankar, according to The Hindu. "Everything must be fast-tracked. Our system is working overtime. What would have taken weeks earlier is now taking days."
Jaishankar's remarks came on the last day of his visit to Colombo where he was attending the three-day Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC summit.
"We are approaching it [Sri Lankan crisis] like a sensible, good neighbour, keeping politics out of it," he said.
On Monday, the Sri Lankan central bank said it has sought an additional line of credit of $1.5 billion, or over Rs 11,396 crore, from India to import essential supplies.
On March 18, New Delhi had extended a line of credit worth $1 billion, or over Rs 7,600 crore, to support Colombo to manage the economic meltdown. In January too, India had offered an assistance of $1.4 billion, over Rs 10,661 crore, to Sri Lanka.
On March 16, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had said that the country was in discussions with the International Monetary Fund and foreign countries on deferring loan payments, according to the Associated Press.
He had urged people to limit electricity and fuel consumption in order to deal with the crisis.
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புத்தாண்டு தினத்தன்று அஸ்ஸாம் காவல்துறையின் வினோதமான குடிபோதையில் வாகனம் ஓட்டுவதற்கு எதிரான செய்தி
புத்தாண்டை முன்னிட்டு அஸ்ஸாம் பிரச்சாரத்தை முடுக்கிவிட்டுள்ளது.[s eve.
Guwahati:
Assam has taken a resolve for this New Year's eve – the northeastern state is trying to ensure it does not see any cases of drunk driving on the last day of 2021.
To fulfill this resolve, the state government launched a week-long drive to spread awareness. "Before the onset of the New Year, I want to appeal to you all, let's make the last day of the year memorable by not having any motor accident due to drunk driving," appealed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The state police have also gone creative on Twitter in its social media outreach. "This New Year's eve… try not to be our guests," reads a poster tweeted on the official handle.
If your New Year's Eve plans include drunk and/or rash driving, this invitation is for you.
P.S – Stag Entry Allowed. #ThinkBeforeYouDrive#NewYearsEvePartypic.twitter.com/wnNkONUK9U
— Assam Police (@assampolice) December 30, 2021
Assam's road accident death figures reveal why it's an important cause for the state. Till November 30, 2,756 people have died in 6,745 road accidents and another 5,252 were injured, according to the state transport department data.
Last year, as the state welcomed the New Year, the state lost 29 lives to road accidents between December 31 and January 1.
Between 2018 and 2020, Assam saw 23,191 road accidents that claimed 8,803 lives. About 56 per cent of victims were in the age group of 18-35 years. And 6,149 of all accidents involved two-wheelers.
About 75 per cent of accidents happened due to over-speeding due to drunk driving.
"Lots of efforts are being made by the police transport department, and honorable Chief Minister also made an appeal to the public to avoid drunk driving. I feel people have got the message and they are very much cooperative now as you can see from the records. Initially, when we had started it we are getting cases of around 60 to 70 per night… and now it has come down," Devashish Borah, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Guwahati, said.
Since Christmas, Guwahati alone has registered 515 cases of drunken driving. Around Rs 50 lakh was collected as revenue till December 29.
"It's good during festive season. Such people create inconvenience on road also," said Partha, a local.
"This is a very nice step taken by the government of Assam. A lot of young people lose their lives in road accidents," Santanu, another local added.
அசாம் குடிபோதையில் வாகனம் ஓட்டிய வழக்கு அசாம் போலீஸ் புத்தாண்டு ஈவ்
SA vs IND: இந்தியாவை தோற்கடிக்க "தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா தங்கள் தோலை விட்டு விளையாட வேண்டும்" என்கிறார் சவுரவ் கங்குலி | கிரிக்கெட் செய்திகள்
நாகாலாந்தில் மனித உரிமை மீறலில் சர்ச்சைக்குரிய AFSPA சட்டத்தை நீட்டித்தல்: குடிமக்கள் கூட்டு


"Tragic:" Medical examiner says driver sped off after spotting squad car; cousins killed
By Derica Williams
Medical examiner says driver sped off after spotting squad car; cousins killed
MILWAUKEE -- Speed is believed to have led to a crash that killed two cousins early Monday morning, April 3rd near 70th and Marion in Milwaukee, and loved ones -- hundreds of them -- gathered in the rain to pay tribute to the two young men on Monday evening.
The crash happened around 2:00 a.m.
The medical examiner on Monday night identified the victims as 29-year-old Quincy Brown and 22-year-old Kelvin Jones.
According to the medical examiner's report, Milwaukee police noted the vehicle Brown and Jones were in was "driving recklessly." The report says "when the driver of the vehicle saw the police squad, he took off at a high rate of speed, headed south on 70th Street."
The driver then lost control of the vehicle, and hit a curb before hitting a light pole -- taking it completely out of the ground and hitting a tree on the passenger side before coming to rest.
Brown, who was driving, and Jones, who was a passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Vigil for Quincy Brown and Kelvin Jones, killed in crash near 70th and Marion
The medical examiner's report notes there was no evidence of alcohol use or illegal drug use noted at the scene.
The posted speed limit in the area is 25 miles-per-hour.
All day long loved ones stopped at the scene to pray for the lives lost.
"It's just tragic," said Marques Green.
Quincy Brown and Kelvin Jones
Green said the family members and friends of Quincy Brown and Kelvin Jones are having a tough time coping with this loss.
"Everybody is in shock and still in disbelief due to the fact that these are two good people," said Green.
The men were killed after a night out together with Jones' dad.
"When we separated last night, he said 'Dad, I'll see you later.' I said 'I'll see you tomorrow, son' -- and just to wake up, preparing myself to work, to hear the news. That's the worst news you ever want to receive -- saying that your child has passed away," Jones' father said.
Neighbors said they heard a loud 'boom,' and then looked out to see a mangled vehicle that had collided with a light pole and tree early Monday.
"It was a loud roar, is all I can say," a neighbor said.
Fatal crash at 70th and Marion
On Monday evening, rain fell as tears welled in many eyes during a vigil in the men's honor.
"Hopefully we can get the word out here about speeding. There's a lot of it going on here in the city of Milwaukee. We just need to slow down," Jones' father said.
"These are people who are loved in the family," Green said. "Everyone knows Quincy. He's a good man. He provides for a lot of people. Make sure his children and family he's around going somewhere in life. Kelvin is good-spirited guy. He does a lot for his kids and his cousins. It's a tight-knit family. These are two individuals who are going to be sadly missed."
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The XIX
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference
The 19th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-XIX) will be held at the ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, on 13-17 July 2020.
It will build on the remarkable success of the previous ELS conferences held in Amsterdam, Helsinki (twice), New York, Vigo, Halifax, Gainesville, Bremen, Salobreña, St. Petersburg, Bodrum, Hatfield, Taormina, Lille, Leipzig, College Park, College Station, and Hangzhou. The main objective of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers studying various aspects of light scattering and to provide a relaxed academic atmosphere for in-depth discussions of theoretical advances, measurements, and applications.
The specific topics that will be covered include (but are not limited to) the following:
new theoretical developments, numerical simulations, and laboratory measurements of light scattering by nonspherical and morphologically complex particles and particle groups
detection and characterization of atmospheric particulates using laboratory, in situ, and remote sensing techniques
scattering of light by terrestrial aerosols and clouds
scattering of light by oceanic particulates
scattering of light by solar system objects, exoplanets, and exoplanetary environments
scattering of light by various astrophysical objects
applications of light scattering methods in biology and biomedicine
light scattering in densely packed particulate media
near-field and coherent effects in light scattering, optical trapping, and manipulation
light scattering methods to control material properties and technological applications
Please e-mail your abstract by 15 March 2020 to nadezhda.zakharova@nasa.gov with a copy to michael.i.mishchenko@nasa.gov. Only Word files will be accepted. Please use the following Word template.
Conference conveners
Alexey Shcherbakov, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia Michael Mishchenko, NASA GISS, New York, USA Matthew Berg, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
Local committee
(ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Alexey Shcherbakov, Chair
Anastasia Kaptsova, Secretary
Pavel Belov, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Anatoli Borovoi, Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk, Russia
Sharon Burton, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Anthony Davis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
Gérard Gouesbet, National Institute of Applied Sciences, Rouen, France
Joop Hovenier, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Evgueni Kassianov, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Nikolai Khlebtsov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia
Gerhard Kristensson, Lund University, Sweden
Eric Le Ru, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
James Lock, Cleveland State University, OH, USA
Hal Maring, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, USA
Alexander Marshak, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
M. Pinar Mengüç, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
Karri Muinonen, University of Helsinki & National Land Survey, Finland
Timo Nieminen, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Elena Petrova, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Christopher Sorensen, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
Knut Stamnes, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Gorden Videen, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
Thomas Wriedt, University of Bremen, Germany
Ping Yang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Maxim Yurkin, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
regularly updated
Speaker Talk
Albert Ansmann Recent progress in polarization lidar applications to aerosols and clouds
Lei Bi A review of electromagnetic scattering by super-spheroids: methods and applications
Adrian Doicu Electromagnetic scattering by discrete random media
Oleg Dubovik Advancements in solving inverse problems: utilisation of multiple a priori constraints in atmospheric remote sensing
Yuri Eremin Discrete Sources Method: outline, plasmonic applications, and non-local effects
Nikolai Khlebtsov Plasmonic SERS tags for biomedical applications
Daniel Mackowski TBD
Hal Maring Programmatic approach and progress in the preformulation study for NASA's Aerosol, Cloud, Convection and Precipitation (ACCP) observing system
M. Pinar Mengüç TBD
Hans Moosmgüller TBD
Karri Muinonen Scattering and absorption in discrete random media of densely-packed particles
Eric Le Ru TBD
Christopher M. Sorensen and Justin B. Maughan New perspectives on light scattering by particles of arbitrary morphology
Ping Yang TBD
Maxim Yurkin The discrete dipole approximation: from Maxwell's equations to practical applications
Regular 22 000 RUB (or 350 USD)
Student 14 000 RUB (or 220 USD)
The conference proceedings has been published in the AIP Conference Proceedings journal and are available online
Please print your posters in color on the paper of A1 or A0 (preferred) format.
The conference venue is ITMO University located at Lomonosova str. 9, St. Petersburg. The ITMO University is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg. The city was thoroughly refurbished for the World Cup held in Russia in 2018 and has by now become the No. 1 tourist destination in Europe.
Late June - early July is a beautiful time of year, famous for its "White Nights". The weather is usually nice, with temperatures around 18-19 C.
Given the extreme popularity of this destination in June/July, it is very important to start your planning now and reserve a hotel as early as possible.
There will be three Elsevier awards presented at the conference:
The 2020 Hendrik C. Van de Hulst Award presented to a senior scientist who has made landmark original contributions to the research field of electromagnetic scattering and its applications (see announcement).
The 2020 Peter C. Waterman Award presented to an early career scientist in the category of electromagnetic scattering (see announcement).
The 2020 Richard M. Goody Award presented to an early career scientist in the category of atmospheric radiation and remote sensing (see announcement).
Topical issue of JQSRT
Following the highly successful ELS practice, we will be soliciting papers for the ELS-XIX Topical Issue of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT) and hope that you will want your state-of-the-art research to become part of yet another benchmark collection of papers on electromagnetic scattering and its applications. This Topical Issue will consist only of full-size papers documenting research either reported at the conference or pertaining to the main topics of ELS-XIX. Extended abstracts of conference presentations will not be considered. Each submission will be thoroughly reviewed by at least two independent referees to ensure that all accepted manuscripts satisfy the highest standards of scientific quality adopted for JQSRT. Again, this will be a topical issue of JQSRT rather than a conference proceedings volume.
To expedite the communication of your research results to the scientific community, each paper will be officially published (including the year, volume, and page numbers) as soon as it has been accepted, typeset, and proof-read. In other words, the authors of accepted manuscripts will see their papers officially published without having to wait for the rest of the manuscripts to get accepted. This accelerated publication protocol is a recent improvement in the JQSRT production process.
The paper submission deadline is 30 September 2020.
Please notify Alexey Shcherbakov and Anastasia Kaptsova as soon as possible if you need an official invitation in order to apply for Russian visa.
A foreign citizen traveling to Russia must have a valid passport (expiry date must be no sooner than 6 months after the date of departure from Russia) and a visa (for almost all foreign visitors, please see the details below).
The deadline for the visa support from the conference organizers is April 31, 2020.
The visa application rules are different depending on the citizenship of the applicant:
Starting from October 1, 2019, nationals of 53 foreign states (please see the list of the countries) may be granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through air, naval, automobile, and pedestrian checkpoints located in the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region. With the e-visa you will be able to stay only in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region for 8 days (the eVisa will be valid for 30 days to use) if your arrive at Pulkovo airport or other checkpoints in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region (please see the list here).
You can apply for the e-visa via this link.
I. VISA-FREE
For citizens of the following countries: Azerbaijan, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Venezuela, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Cuba, Moldova, Nicaragua, Peru, Serbia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Montenegro, Chile, South Korea no visa is needed.
Nevertheless, we kindly ask you to contact the Organizing Committee to receive a letter from the organizers confirming the purpose of your visit to Russia (you might be asked at the Russian customs).
II.VISA NEEDED
Citizens of the countries not eligible for the e-visa has to submit to a Russian Embassy or Consulate a visa invitation letter issued either by ITMO University (takes about 5-10 working days to process) or by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (takes about 25-30 working days to process).
Please, apply for a visa as soon as possible after receiving the invitation letter to ensure that the visa is issued timely and also check that you have a valid medical insurance.
NECESSARY DATA FOR VISA APPLICATION (Required during visa application at the local Russian Embassy)
Name of the organization: ITMO University
Address: 49 Kronverksky pr., St.Petersburg, 197101, Russia
TIN: 7813045547
Further information: Alexey Shcherbakov
NASA contact: Michael Mishchenko
199034, Russia, St. Petersburg, Lomonosova str. 9
Metamaterials and Nanophotonics Department
Policy on personal data processing (in Russian)


Fill'er Up, The Glory Days of Wisconsin's Gas Stations
By Jim Draeger and Mark Speltz The authors visit 60 Wisconsin gas stations that are still standing today and chronicles the history of these humble yet ubiquitous buildings. The book tells the larger story of the gas station's place in automobile culture and its evolution in tandem with American history, as well as the stories of the individuals influenced by the gas stations in their lives.
Arved Ojamaa Ashby was born in Estonia on the Finnish Sea on August 8, 1922. Soviet armed forces brutally occupied his home country in 1940, and a carefree and idyllic life gave way to a time of uncertainty, fear, and death. He evaded the Russian draft in 1941 before he joined the military forces that liberated his home country. In 1943, he started his medical studies at the University of Tartu in Estonia. He fled to Finland to escape the German military draft, and fought the Russians as part of the Finnish army. Ashby moved with his young family to Wisconsin, where he opened his medical practice in 1960, at the Sheboygan Clinic. He retired in December 1989, having delivered thousands of babies.This book, a reprint of the two memoirs Capful of Wind and The Wind at my Back, tells Ashby's traumatic but ultimately successful story – a coming of age story, and a story of emigration and survival. It is an immigrant story like no other.
"Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, 150 Years of Dutch-American Tradition," has been updated and reprinted. Three new chapters entitled, "Historical Update, Old News and The Royal Visit" have been added. The new publication will be available for sale at a discounted price during the festival at the following locations: Holland Festival Souvenir Stand, Het Museum, Te Ronde House Museum, Oma's on Main Restaurant, Cedar Grove Library and the Union Dollar General Store.
Sheboygan County Connection IV, From Vollrath Park Zoo to Wisconsin's Oleo Wars
This is a compilation of articles run in the Sheboygan Press during late 2016 and early 2017. Story titles include: What we used to do at Sheboygan's zoo Remembering Sheboygan County's forgotten places Interurbans' meteoric rise, then fall Remembering American wars from the Home Front Memories from a town of Mitchell farm Recalling Sheboygan's unsavory 1920s, 1930s Quirky forgotten laws abound in Sheboygan When bootleggers smuggled margarine Pinehurst Farms boasts rich history Letters to Santa offer look into kids' lives Discovering stories of lost places in Sheboygan County Remembering the architectural trend of octagon houses Appreciation of Grassroots art emerges in recent decades Advertisements reflect culture, paint picture of past Passengers on Orphan Train found home in Sheboygan Dozens of brothels housed in county in early 1900s How Sheboygan cleaned up after hosting brothels
Great Surveys and Surveyors of Sheboygan County
By Edgar Harvey Jr.
This book deals with many of Ed Harvey's predecessors as Sheboygan County Surveyors. Harvey, after years of research, found that they included men of great character, and others whom we could term "shysters". They included some pretty unremarkable individuals and others of great genius. Although they were humble surveyors while they worked in Sheboygan County, some of these men invented great things, or were otherwise involved in major events which changed the history of the entire nation or the world. One man worked on the Brooklyn Bridge project. Another worked on the Panama Canal. At least two of these men prepared maps which shaped the boundaries of nations. With all the same care, the same men prepared surveys which depicted the boundaries of comparatively small, private properties in Sheboygan County; An interesting and fresh way of analyzing Sheboygan County History.
Remembrances of Ada
By Howards Grove Historical Research Group, Doris Henschel.
Ada was one of four small trading places (Howard, Franklin, Edwards and Ada) in the township in 1912. Ada consisted of a hotel, cheese factory, store and blacksmith. The population of town Herman in 1910 was 1,913, the majority of whom were Germans. This hamlet, located on the old Calumet-Sheboygan Plank Road twelve miles northwest of Sheboygan has a name of unknown origin. The post office was established on January 13, 1868, with Anton Goepfert acting as the first postmaster. Operations were discontinued on November 18, 1873. It was re-established on August 31, 1877, and once again discontinued permanently on April 30, 1909. William Maurer was the last postmaster. The book is full of history and wonderful memories.
Images of America, Plymouth
By Plymouth Historical Society and SCHRC
Plymouth, originally considered a "hub" city because of the hub and wheel factory located there, it has also earned that moniker because of its central location between Milwaukee and Green Bay. Tourists flock to Plymouth year round to visit the variety of shops, to golf, swim and ski, or explore the beautiful Kettle Moraine State Forest. Residents are proud of their heritage, which can be seen at sites throughout the city. Visit Plymouth through this wonderful tribute using historic photographs.
By Robert Spatt On the Home Front is a chronological account of daily life for Sheboygan residents and how it changed dramatically during WWII. The story is told by way of actual headlines, story excerpts, photographs, editorials and advertisements as published in Sheboygan County newspapers at that time.
Millersville, Wisconsin
By Millersville Historical Research Group
The history of the area dates back to 1846 when the first immigrants found their way along the Pigeon River and settled in the area. At first the two settlements were known as Howards and Mueller Villa, later becoming Howards Grove and Millersville.
But in 1967, the two communities incorporated as Howards Grove-Millersville, becoming Sheboygan County's 10th village, the fourth largest. It also brought the village fame with its cumbersome 24-letter title, the longest in the state. Eventually, the city dropped Millersville and took Howards Grove as its proper name. This book follows the history of just the Millersville portion of the area.
Landverhuizers or The Immigrants
By Pieter J. Risseeuw
A historical novel, originally published as a trilogy, of Dutch immigration of the mid-nineteenth century. This English translation is made available for the first time by permission of the original publisher and supported by Netherland-America Foundation of New York. Originally published in Dutch in 1947, the novel discusses the trials and tribulations of immigration and the establishment of the Dutch churches and colonies in Iowa and Michigan.
A History of Schools in the Village of Oostburg
This book covers Oostburg school history from 1899-2005. A great timeline gives the reader a wonderful overview of what happened educationally and socially in Oostburg, Wisconsin. Class photos and memories and reflections are included.
By Bill Wangemann
This second book of Bill's is a compilation of articles that appeared in the Sheboygan Press during 2004. Many are based on activities of the 1950s
By James E. Schultz. More than a history about Schultz's great grandparents, this book features:
threads of our German heritage, including food, wine and beer, language, religion, music, dance, and customs woven into the family history and indexed;
sections devoted to "Why they came", "Today's German Attitudes", and "People and Places";
a "Special Find" for each of the eight featured ancestors, a genealogical gem that I uncovered;
a wide variety of church, government, military, personal, and other resources, with a list of 40 resources cataloged as an appendix; and,
a section called "Challenges, Tips, and Surprises" that provides helpful pointers for finding information.
by Peter Fetterer
The railroads of Sheboygan County have left behind a legacy of stories … some tragic, some humorous, and some almost unbelievable. The stories bear testimony to the men and women who worked on the early rail lines that served the county … the engineers, firemen, brakemen and conductors who ran the trains … the shop men and track gangs who kept them running … the station agents, freight handlers and railroad officials supporting the operations, and the passengers and hobos who rode the rails.
The railroaders working these lines for nearly 150 years and the passengers riding their trains have been an integral part of our history. These are some of their stories … tales from the rails of Sheboygan County.
Sheboygan County Connection III is the continuing record of the lives of Sheboygan County residents and their adventures in history. Read about dozens of historic happenings experienced by residents from the death and autopsy of victims of Ed Gein to the mysteries of Sheboygan's Rancho de las Flores, refugees of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the architect for the construction of the first Mormon Temple at Nauvoo, Illinois and history of outhouses. These stories ran in the Sheboygan Press from November 2015 to October 2016.
Days Gone By The Falls - Growing up in small town Wisconsin is John Wirth's poignant, colorful account of growing up in Sheboygan Falls in the 1950s and 1960s. The book features a collection of 39 newspaper columns, which have appeared on a regular basis in The Sheboygan Falls News since 2007. The book takes readers back to a time when imagination, creativity and the pursuit of good, clean fun ruled the lives of youngsters long before the clutches of modern technology swooped in to stifle such endeavors. Wirth paints a vivid portrait of an era in time when people worked hard without question and played hard without considering the possible dangers of youthful exuberance. Readers will meet several colorful characters who inhabited many memorable locales in the quant, picturesque, Midwestern city of Sheboygan Falls. Whether you have your own memories of the 1950s and 1960s or are looking to find out what all the fuss was about, buckle in and enjoy the twists and turns of a real-life, small-town adventure ride going on 60 years in the making.
A Time for Reflection 1892-1992 This booklet was prepared for a centennial celebration of the arrival of the first Volga Germans in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. That small group of seven, unsure of their destination or what they would do when they arrived, was followed by many other relatives and friends. Today, thousands of people who live in Sheboygan - or who lived there at one time - are descendants of German Russian immigrants. "A Time for Reflection" is our anniversary theme, for now is an appropriate time to reflect on our ancestors' lives and to count the many blessings we have received as a result of their courage and sacrifice. With a new government in power, many Russian people of German descent will be searching for relatives and acquaintances in the West. Many Americans, too, want to be reunited with lost kin. We want to be ready to help each other. The history, chronology, and maps in this booklet represent only a small part of our unique heritage. Here is a brief look at the Volga Deitsch, how they got to Russia and why they came to America, and then to Sheboygan. It is a tale of more than 200 years of travel, hardship and joy endured by our ancestors. Older generations might recall the good times as well as the not-so-good when they read about old customs and practices. Younger people may learn a history they did not know existed. This 2016 update adds extra photos and more history.
The Sheboygan County Connection is a collection of forty-one stories about the way folks from Sheboygan County are connected to the greater world. Most were seen as Sheboygan County History columns in the Sheboygan Press from February to October 2014. Extra information and photos have been added. Topics range from ice fishing and the brutal winter of 1936 to the advent of Rocky Knoll and citizens' participation in the Manhattan Project.
By Bernard Michaels
The poignant story of immigration and settlement of the Irish in Sheboygan County, this book gives an account of the Byron-Lima Settlement, a span of some thirty miles in which over 600 Irish families settled. The community's irregular borders ran from Kennedy's Corners in Lima to the frame church of Byron's St. John. The town of Mitchell, Sheboygan County is at the heart of this story.
By Mary Risseeuw
These letters, memoirs and travel journals span a hundred year period (1847-1959) and offer a fascinating view into the lives of the immigrants and their families. Some provide remarkable detail about their journey to America and their struggles to establish a new life. Others offer little beyond the basics: weather, health, crops, births and deaths. Most are grateful for the blessings of God and the fact that they are still 'fresh and healthy' (alive and well, in more modern terms!). The criterion for selecting the contents of this book was to present an overview of different settlements in Wisconsin and to provide a glimpse into the differences and similarities between the various immigration waves. There are vivid tales of crossing the Atlantic Ocean and personal glimpses into the Civil War, World War I and World War
By Elmer Koppelmann The village of Howards Grove began as two separate villages, Howards Grove and Millersville. Not until 1967 did the two unite into one incorporated village. The first European settlers to settle in the town of Herman (originally named Howard) were the "Lippers"- a group of 13 families and seven orphaned young people from Lippe-Detmold, Germany. The year was 1846, and the group's leader was Friedrich Reineking. They settled on the land that is now Lakeland College. This volume brings the history of the area back to life, and documents the families and businesses that, today, make up Howards Grove.
A History of Schools in Towns of Herman and Mosel
By Roland Schomberg
Originally published 1994, this 2008 update provides the reader with a look at the schools in the towns of Herman and Mosel from the town's earliest history. Schools covered: Millersville, Howards Grove, Green Bay Road, Washington, Franklin, Pinehurst, Schwartzwald, Elm Grove, Haven, Champion, and Lakeview.
Stories Told in Granite and Glass
Across time, cemeteries have acted as places of burial and remembrance, but they also provide vivid records of community history. Whether large or small, well maintained or neglected, historic cemeteries are an important part of our cultural landscape. The vast richness of expression through form, decoration and materials inform our understanding of the individuals buried in historic cemeteries and their cultural significance. The very stones that mark the graves form a museum of their own.
A church's stained glass windows, to some degree, play much the same role to a community. They tell the story of some element important to the life of parishioners. They uplift, beautify and instruct.
This volume will introduce readers to some of the most interesting and beautiful stained glass windows and cemetery monuments in the county. We'll discuss the background and history of each form of expression and much more. Consider this a primer to Sheboygan County's treasures.
Historic Sheboygan County
By Gustave Buchen
Considered the quintessential book on Sheboygan County history, this volume by Gustave Buchen, was written in 1944, when many of the original settlers were still alive. The information is well documented and tells the story of Sheboygan County's first years. The book includes an index, maps of early Sheboygan County and drawings. 2015 Reprint.
By Robert Spatt. The City of Sheboygan has many interesting and important "Firsts". This book documents many of those items. There is bound to be a chapter for every interest and although residents of Sheboygan will know many of these firsts, there are a lot of surprises. Some of the firsts are obscure such as the first bratwurst stand, the first department store, the first female principal of a school, the first baby born in Sheboygan; Others, such as the city founder, Farnsworth, and many of the sporting events, maybe remembered by many. The final chapter is entitled "Et Cetera." Here are little known firsts that don't fit into any category – Peter Dinkel and his canaries, Clemens Reiss the first to cross the city's new Eighth Street Bridge in 1923, the street sprinkler who sprayed water on the dusty dirt streets and other obscure first facts. A book to pick up and read a chapter at a time then casually sprinkle conversations with a "did you know that…."
Tales from the Rails of Sheboygan County
An entertaining compilation of great newspaper articles following the history of the railroad in Sheboygan County. Some are humorous, some are serious, and some are downright shocking. Great reading for the railroad enthusiast and amateur alike. 2016 Reprint.
Rebuilding a Railroad in the 21st Century: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, documents the rebuilding of an 11-mile rail line in Sheboygan County, after being dormant for nearly 30 years. This was more than just a fix-it-up job, but the replacement of the entire line from the ground up with new track built to modern standards to handle heavy loads. It also required one trestle to be completely replaced and others reinforced. Adding to the generous amount of photos, there are "before" and "after" photos taken at dozens of locations, and it won't seem possible that these photos were taken at the same location. Also included is the history of this line from the pre-civil war era to current times. Old rail dating back over 150 years was found and included is the story that these old rails tell.
Lipper's Mills: Starting Life Over in a Foreign Land