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|Gardiners Bay
|Total islands
|5.184 sq mi (13.43 km2)
United States
|New York
|Suffolk County
Gardiner's Island is a small island in the Town of East Hampton, New York, in Eastern Suffolk County. It is located in Gardiner's Bay between the two peninsulas at the east end of Long Island. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) long, 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and has 27 miles (43 km) of coastline.
The island has been owned by the Gardiner family and their descendants since 1639 when Lion Gardiner purchased it from the Montaukett chief Wyandanch.[1] It is one of the largest privately owned islands in the United States, and is slightly smaller than Naushon Island in Massachusetts, owned by the Forbes family.[2][3]
The island is 3,318 acres (1,343 ha) in size.[4] It includes more than 1,000 acres (400 ha) of old growth forest and another 1,000 acres (405 ha) of meadows. Many of the buildings date back to the 17th century. In 1989, the island was said to be worth $125 million.[5]
The island has the largest stand of white oak in the American Northeast. Other trees include swamp maple, wild cherry and birch. The island is home to New York state's largest colony of ospreys, and is one of the few locations in the world where they build their nests on the ground, as there are no natural predators to the osprey on the island.
Its structures include the oldest surviving wood-frame structure in New York state, a carpenter's shed built there in 1639, as well as a private airstrip on the south side of the island.
First English settlement in New York[edit]
In 1639, the island was settled by Lion Gardiner, who moved there with his family from Connecticut. The island was originally in its own jurisdiction, not part of Connecticut or Rhode Island, long before there was a State of New York. It has been privately owned by Gardiner's descendants for 381 years.
Lion Gardiner reportedly purchased the island locally in 1639 from the Montaukett Indians for "a large black dog, some powder and shot, and a few Dutch blankets." The Indians called the island Manchonake, while Gardiner initially called it Isle of Wight, because it reminded him of the Isle of Wight in England.[6] The Montauketts gave Gardiner the title, at least in part because of his support for them in the Pequot War.
Gardiner also had to gain approval for the land grant from James Farrett, an agent of the Earl of Stirling, William Alexander. The Earl of Stirling had been given Long Island by the King of England in 1636.
The royal patent of 1639 gave Gardiner the "right to possess the land forever", with the island being declared a proprietary colony. Lion Gardiner was given the title of Lord of the Manor and thus was able to govern the island.
On October 5, 1665, after it had been resolved that the English, rather than the Dutch, would rule Long Island, and that it would not be part of Connecticut, Richard Nicolls, the first Governor of the Province of New York, issued a new patent to Lion Gardiner's son David Gardiner.
In 1688, when Governor Thomas Dongan granted a patent formally establishing the East Hampton government, there was an attempt to annex the island to East Hampton. However, the Gardiners resisted and Dongan reaffirmed its special status.[7] The island's special status was to continue until after the American Revolution, when it was formally annexed to East Hampton.
Gardiner established a plantation on the island for growing corn, wheat, fruit, and tobacco, as well for raising livestock.
Captain Kidd[edit]
Privateer William Kidd buried treasure on the island in June 1699, having stopped there while sailing to Boston to answer charges of piracy. With the permission of the island's proprietor, he buried a chest and a box of gold and two boxes of silver (the box of gold, Kidd told Gardiner, was intended for Lord Bellomont) in a ravine between Bostwick's Point and the Manor House. For her trouble, Kidd gave Mrs Gardiner a length of gold cloth, captured from a Moorish ship off the coast of India (a piece of which is now at the East Hampton library), and a sack of sugar.
It is said that Kidd warned that if the treasure was not there when he returned he would kill the Gardiners, although trial testimony given by John Gardiner on July 17, 1699 makes no mention of any threats, and Kidd's conduct appears to have been quite civil.[8] Kidd was tried in Boston, and Gardiner was ordered by Governor Bellomont to deliver the treasure as evidence. The booty included gold dust, bars of silver, Spanish dollars, rubies, diamonds, candlesticks, and porringers. Gardiner kept one of the diamonds which he later gave to his daughter. A plaque on the island marks the spot where the treasure was buried.[9][10][11]
American Revolution[edit]
The Gardiners sided with the colonists during the American Revolution. However, a fleet of thirteen British ships sailed into Cherry Harbor and began foraging the island and its manor house at will; they were planning to turn it into a private hunting preserve. Among the British guests were Henry Clinton and John André. At one point, Major André and Gardiner's son Nathaniel Gardiner exchanged toasts on the island. Nathaniel Gardiner was a surgeon for the New Hampshire Continental Infantry. He was the American surgeon who later attended to André before he was executed for spying with Benedict Arnold.[12]
Following the revolution, the island was formally brought under East Hampton town jurisdiction.
War of 1812[edit]
During the War of 1812 a British fleet of seven ships of the line and several smaller frigates anchored in Cherry Harbor and conducted raids on American shipping through Long Island Sound. Crews would come ashore for provisions which were purchased at market prices. During one of the British excursions, Americans captured some of the crew. The British came to arrest then Lord of the Manor John Lyon Gardiner I, who, being a delicate man, adopted the "green room defense" where he stayed in a bed with green curtains surrounded by medicine to make him look feeble. The British, not wanting a sick man on board, let him be.[13]
The British were to bury several personnel on the island during the course of the war. Some of the British fleet that burned Washington assembled in the harbor in 1814.[14]
Gardiner's supply boats were manned by slaves during the war and this made it easier for them to pass through British lines. Many of the Gardiner slaves were to live in the Freetown, just north of East Hampton village.[13]
Birthplace of First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler[edit]
Julia Gardiner, who was to become President John Tyler's second wife and First Lady in 1844, was born on the island in 1820.
Gardiners Point Lighthouse and Fort Tyler[edit]
From 1854 to 1894, the island was the site of the Gardiners Island Lighthouse.
Gardiners Point Island is an island in Block Island Sound that was the former location of the Gardiner Island Lighthouse as well as Fort Tyler.
For many years the island was connected via a shoal to Gardiners Island and as such it is under the jurisdiction of East Hampton (town), New York. In 1851 the federal government purchased 14 acres (5.7 ha) on the peninsula from the Gardiners for $400 with the lighthouse first being lit in 1855 after a construction expenditure of $7,000.
The lighthouse was in 27-foot (8.2 m) square, 1½ story brick building and had a sixth order Fresnel Lens, fixed white light 33 feet (10 m) above sea level.
A March 1888 Nor'easter caused a break in the peninsula permanently turning the point into an island. Between 1890 and 1893 the island was shrinking at the rate of 10 3⁄4 feet (3.3 m) per year. On March 7, 1894, the lighthouse was abandoned and shortly afterward fell into the ocean. A lighted buoy was then moored ¼ miles northeast of the lighthouse.
During the Spanish–American War the War Department appropriated $500,000 to build the Fort Tyler battery on the island. There are two stories as to who the permanent fort was named for. One source states it was named for Daniel Tyler, a general and Civil War veteran who died in 1882, in General Order 194 of 27 December 1904.[15] Another story is that it was named for former President John Tyler (1841-1845) who married Julia Gardiner Tyler, born on Gardiners Island. The permanent fort consisted of Battery Edmund Smith, with emplacements for two 8-inch M1888 disappearing guns and two 5-inch M1900 guns on pedestal mounts.[16][17] Records indicate that it was never armed.[15] The shifting sands caused problems for the fort as well and it was abandoned in the late 1920s.
In 1938 the island was declared a National Wildlife Refuge by Franklin D Roosevelt and transferred to the Agriculture Department. During World War II the fort was used for target practice and was reduced to its present state where it is popularly called 'The Ruins'.
The state of New York briefly considered turning it into a park but it is deemed a navigational hazard because of the possibilities of unexploded ordnance. It is privately owned now.
1947 to today[edit]
The current manor house was built some time after 1947 by Sarah Diodati Gardiner, who was descended from Lion Gardiner the First in three ways. The previous manor house was built by David Gardiner in 1774 and burned to the ground in 1947; it was thought after a guest fell asleep while smoking. Valuable antiques were destroyed in this fire, while the caretaker saved his own life by jumping from a window. Sarah Gardiner erected a new 28-room manor house in the Georgian style. She died in 1953, still unmarried, at the age of ninety. From 1955 until 1963 Sperry Rand leased the island for top echelon meetings.[18] Sarah Gardiner was a multimillionaire and left the island estate to her nephew, Robert David Lion Gardiner and his sister, Alexandra Gardiner Creel. They took possession of the island at the expiration of Sperry Rand's lease in 1963.
Robert David Lion Gardiner, the 16th Lord of the Manor, inherited three Gardiner fortunes from his father, his uncle and his Aunt Sarah.[19]
The island was designated as a National Natural Landmark (NNL) in April 1967 by the National Park Service, in recognition of its waterfowl and shorebird habitat, and its role as a breeding ground for osprey.[20] Its NNL status was removed in July 2006 following a request from the island's owner.[21]
Challenges to private ownership[edit]
Owing to the high cost of upkeep, in 1937 the island was put up for sale but was bought at the last minute by a relative, Sarah Diodati Gardiner, for $400,000. Upon her death in 1953, the island passed in trust to her nephew, Robert David Lion Gardiner, and his sister, Alexandra Gardiner Creel.[5] Their aunt had also set aside a trust fund for upkeep of the island, but it was exhausted by the 1970s. When Creel died, her rights passed to her daughter, Alexandra Creel Goelet. Robert Gardiner and Mrs. Goelet were to have a highly publicized dispute over ownership and direction of the island.
Robert accused Alexandra of wanting to sell and develop the island. She accused him of not paying his share of the estimated $2 million per year upkeep and taxes of the island. Robert said he would not oppose ownership by the government or a private conservancy group.[5] The case went to court in 1980 and Robert was initially barred from visiting the island, but in 1992, courts ruled that he could visit the island (although the Goelets and Gardiner were not on the island at the same time).
Robert Gardiner, who claimed the title "16th Lord of the Manor of Gardiner's Island" and lived in East Hampton, married in 1961 but had no children, leaving him with no direct heir. In 1989, Mr. Gardiner attempted unsuccessfully to adopt a middle-aged Mississippi businessman, George Gardiner Green Jr., as his "son."[5] Green was a descendant of Lion Gardiner. Upon Robert's death in 2004, total ownership passed to Alexandra. Shortly before his death he said:
We have always married into wealth. We've covered all our bets. We were on both sides of the Revolution, and both sides of the Civil War. The Gardiner family always came out on top.[5]
The Goelets offered to place a conservation easement on the island in exchange for a promise from the Town of East Hampton not to rezone the land, change its assessment or attempt to acquire it by condemnation. The Goelets and East Hampton agreed upon the easement through 2025.[22]
- Lion Gardiner as a proprietary colony, 1st Proprietor and Lord of the Manor. 1639 to 1663.[23]
- John Lyon Gardiner I.
- John Lyon Gardiner II ? to 1910.[24]
- Sarah Diodati Gardiner 1937 to 1953.[23]
- Alexandra Gardiner Creel and Robert David Lion Gardiner, 16th Lord of the Manor, 1953 to ?[23]
- Alexandra Creel Goelet, sole owner after the death of her uncle, 2004 to present.
Notable people[edit]
- Lewis A. Edwards (1811–1879), was an American businessman, manufacturer, politician and a Democratic member of the New York State Senate (1st D.)[25]
- Julia Gardiner Tyler, former First Lady of the United States; wife of U.S. President John Tyler (1844—1845)
See also[edit]
- ^ Weigold, Mary E. (2015). Peconic Bay: Four Centuries of History on Long Island's North and South Forks. Syracuse University Press. pp. 16–17.
- ^ Nevius, Michelle & Nevius, James (2009), Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City, New York: Free Press, ISBN 141658997X, pp.84-85
- ^ Niihau is larger, see: Trebay, Guy (2004-08-29). "The Last Lord Of Gardiners Island". New York Times.
- ^ Suffolk County Department of Planning (October 2000). "1999 Land Available for Development - Eastern Suffolk County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2006. Retrieved 2006-04-26. Cite journal requires
- ^ a b c d e Gardiners Island: What Next? Archived June 16, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Isle of Wight Postcard and Feature Page's summary of information from Newsday". Round-the-island.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ Henry P. Hedges, History of East Hampton (1849) Chapter 6, on longislandgenealogy.com
- ^ New England Historical and Genealogy Register, Vol. VI, pp. 72-84. A verbatim report of John Gardiner's testimony taken before a board of government commissioners at Boston.
- ^ Jeannette Edwards Rattray, PIRATES AND PROHIBITION from East Hampton History (1953, Country Life Press, Garden City, NY) on longislandgeneology.com, accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ Richard Zacks, The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd, pp. 153-159, 241, 260
- ^ http://archive.easthamptonstar.com/ehquery/980625/hist1.htm\East[permanent dead link]
- ^ John Austin Stevens, 'The Manor of Gardiners Island' in The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries (January 1885), p. 12
- ^ a b The Manor of Gardiners Island - The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries By John Austin Stevens - January 1885
- ^ "Gardiners Island Lighouses". East End Lighthouses. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ a b Fort Tyler at FortWiki.com
- ^ Berhow, Mark A., Ed. (2015). American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide, Third Edition. McLean, Virginia: CDSG Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-9748167-3-9.
- ^ Fort Tyler at the New York State Military Museum
- ^ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ Ellsworth S. Grant, writing in American Heritage, October 1975 issue
- ^ National Registry of Natural Landmarks. National Park Service. 1989. p. 79. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ^ "Notice of Multiple National Natural Landmark Boundary Changes and De-designations" (PDF). Federal Register. 71 (138): 41050. July 19, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ^ Newsday, May 24, 2005
- ^ a b c "Robert D.L. Gardiner, 93, Lord of His Own Island, Dies". New York Times. August 24, 2004. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
Robert David Lion Gardiner, the last heir to bear the name of the family that has owned Gardiner's Island, off the coast of Long Island, for nearly four centuries, died yesterday at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 93. ... Mr. Gardiner called himself the 16th Lord of the Manor and saw himself as a custodian of his family's history on what is said to be the largest privately owned island in the world.Cite has empty unknown parameter:
- ^ "John Lyon Gardiner Dead. Owner of Gardiner's Island, Associated with Capt. Kidd, the Pirate" (PDF). New York Times. January 22, 1910. Retrieved 2014-01-29. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
- ^ The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 444 and 591)
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`Nuclear power has to be an important part of the actions to reduce greenhouse gases,'' he said!!!
McCain has also put forth a plan to bail out homeowners in danger of foreclosure with government backed loans. He defended it in today's interview.
``Relief to 400,000 people who are basically caught up in this crisis is a legitimate role for government,'' he said.
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WASHINGTON—Mexico's next president is a fiery left-wing populist and nationalist who says he won't be Donald Trump's "pinata" and says he will bring "profound" change to his country.
But he also says he won't change anything much about NAFTA negotiations.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a longtime NAFTA critic turned recent NAFTA supporter, has worked since last year to reassure proponents of the North American free trade pact. Since his landslide election on Sunday, his team has gone further.
In interviews this week, his chief negotiator, Jesus Seade, has said they will make no new demands of the U.S. and Canada.
"I do have ideas on things to explore to try to find a movement that's maybe satisfactory to both sides, but not new demands, I mean not bringing in new issues...that would be very disruptive and it's not in our interest," Seade, a former World Trade Organization economist, told Inside U.S. Trade. "No new demands, and the flip side of that — no rejections of positions taken up [until] now by the Mexican side."
The negotiations have been stalled over contentious demands from the Trump administration. One of the biggest disagreements is over a Trump proposal to exempt a North American car from tariffs only if a certain percentage is produced by workers earning a wage much higher than workers currently earn in Mexico.
Read more:
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Some analysts had speculated that Lopez Obrador might be more accommodating to this proposal than the current president, business-friendly Enrique Pena Nieto, since Lopez Obrador campaigned on raising wages for low-paid Mexican workers. But Seade, like Pena Nieto's officials, said a trade deal should not be used to force wage hikes on particular sectors.
Pena Nieto has largely chosen to play down Trump's insults of his county. Lopez Obrador, known for his combative rhetoric, wrote a book called Listen Up, Trump, and he vowed during his campaign to push back forcefully.
But he has struck a more conciliatory note since his victory, telling Televisa, "We are not going to fight." He also said he would act with "prudence" in response to inflammatory tweets.
"Lopez Obrador's skin is much thicker than Pena Nieto's," said Horacio A. Lopez-Portillo, a trade lawyer at Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda in Mexico. "I think he's too much of a pragmatist to let himself be swayed by something crass or something offensive."
Lopez Obrador, widely called AMLO, is known for his invective against political elites and corporate tycoons he says have been part of a corrupt "mafia of power." But he showed a pragmatic side as mayor of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005, partnering with a billionaire on a major redevelopment project. He has promised not to expropriate property or nationalize companies.
"He may use sharp rhetoric, but he is very pragmatic and measured as a political leader. Are we likely to have unpredictability? Absolutely, but that will be coming from the U.S.," said Harley Shaiken, chair of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lopez Obrador's party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), will control both houses of Congress. Many Mexican business leaders, foreign investors and outside analysts remain skeptical of his professed moderation.
"Right now he has maintained a moderate tone, he has been conciliatory. But the real question is: is this really just a discourse or has Lopez Obrador changed his views? And my fear is that it is the former rather than the latter," said Hugo Perezcano, an official at Mexico's economy ministry for 20 years who is now deputy director of economic law at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Perezcano argued Lopez Obrador will be less inclined to fight for the preservation of NAFTA than Pena Nieto is. "If ultimately the NAFTA fails and he can blame Trump for it, I don't see that that would be a result Lopez Obrador would find as terrible as the current administration seems to have found," he said.
Despite Seade's insistence that Lopez Obrador will not make new NAFTA demands, Lopez Obrador has not renounced campaign promises on agriculture and energy that may sit uneasily with the U.S. and Canada.
Lopez Obrador's base includes farmers and ex-farmers who have suffered as U.S. imports have spiked under NAFTA. During the campaign, he pledged to increase Mexico's agricultural self-sufficiency by imposing price floors for homegrown corn, beans and other key items.
"His whole economic platform is oriented toward reinvigorating the domestic market, which feels it's been abandoned, and the countryside, including with government programs — some of which could possibly be prohibited under NAFTA," said Laura Carlsen, Mexico City-based director of the Americas program at the left-leaning Center for International Policy.
In 2017, Lopez Obrador told the Wall Street Journal that NAFTA must "include migration issues." Trump also says he wants to include immigration issues in NAFTA, but from an opposite, anti-immigration perspective.
Carlsen said it would be a "big disappointment" if Lopez Obrador did not raise labour mobility issues. She added: "Of course, if they did bring it up, and talk about it, they would get nowhere."
Lopez Obrador does not take office until Dec. 1. Before that, some of his negotiators will join Pena Nieto's NAFTA team. With the U.S. congressional mid-terms in November, it appears unlikely a deal will be struck before Lopez Obrador's inauguration.


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Day four for us opened with a visit to the British Music Experience. We went to this while it was at the O2 in London, and I was sad when it closed there, so it was great to visit it at it's new home at the Cunard Building in Liverpool. We especially had great fun in the music room, with me playing drums, and Lilia guitar. If you go to Liverpool, it's well worth a visit.
We then went to the Pier Head, where Cavern City Tours has a great outdoor stage, right in front of the Liver Building. There we saw the great Nube 9, Rocks Off, a great Stones tribute band, and Back From the USSR, featuring the wonderful singer, Alyona Yarushina. Her version of Here There and Everywhere is the best I've ever heard (and that includes the Beatles!)
The weather at the Pier Head as very warm and sunny, very unusual for an August Bank Holiday in Liverpool!
It was then time to say goodbye to all our friends, and catch the train back to London. But we will see you all again next year!
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TURIN, ITALIA — New Olympiakos coach Takis Lemonis conceded he faces a baptism of fire against last year's finalists Juventus in Wednesday's Champions League Group D clash in Turin just two days after his appointment.
Lemonis has returned to coach Olympiakos for the fourth time, replacing Albanian Besnik Hasi who was sacked Monday after the weekend's dramatic derby collapse to AEK.
"Everything was so fast I didn't even have time to think," said the 57-year-old who won his fifth championship with Olympiakos just last May, following previous triumphs in 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2008.
"I did the first training session with the team today (Tuesday) and tomorrow will be the second. Tomorrow night we play this important game, afterwards I will have time to reflect and think about things."
Olympiakos lost their opener to Sporting Lisbon 3-2 and like Juventus, who fell 3-0 at Barcelona, are looking for their first points of the European campaign.
"Obviously the difficulty is huge but we're in a situation where we want to fight.
"We knew we would face enormous difficulties in this group, Sporting Lisbon is also a wonderful team."
Hasi, 45, was fired after just 109 days on the job having replaced Lemonis himself.
The former Albanian international was blamed for Olympiakos' poor start in the Super League, where they trail AEK by five points.
"We have to prove something to people," said Lemonis.
"The image of the team is not good but we're playing Champions League so we have to think not just about the match but a whole range of matches.
"I'll be careful in the selection of players. I want to create a balanced team, but when you have players like Olympiakos it's easier to create strategies.
"I have some ideas in mind but for the first two days I have just been thinking about Juventus. We have to be realistic Juventus is a great team, but we have come here to fight as a team."
Belgian goalkeeper Silvio Proto will play in the Allianz Stadium after Greek international Stefanos Kapino was sent to train with the club's under-20 squad after the AEK defeat.
"We're here to play with heart," said Proto. "It's a special match for me because half of my family is Italian, my Dad is Sicilian.
"Also a year ago I had a serious knee injury and I was thinking about quitting football and today I have the possibility to playing a big match in this great stadium. I'm going to do my maximum."


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The two-year Post-graduate Programme in Management (PGP) at IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) is a full-time residential course for graduates from all disciplines wishing to choose a career in management.
The candidate must hold a bachelor's degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category, this is relaxed to 45%), of any of the universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate in the bachelor's degree would be based on the practice followed by the institution/university from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case of the candidate being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/university from where they have obtained the bachelor's degree. In case the institution/university does not have any scheme for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by IIMA by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant by 100.
A candidate appearing for the final year bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed the degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. Such a candidate must produce a certificate from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university certifying that the candidate is currently in the final year/is awaiting final results and has obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category) based on latest available grades/marks. Such a candidate, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally only if they submit a certificate latest by June 30, 2021 from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university (issued on or before June 30, 2021) stating that they have completed all the requirements (the result may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate. Their admission will be confirmed only when the candidate submits the mark-sheet and a certificate of having passed the bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university with at least 50% marks (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category). It is mandatory for a final year student, who is provisionally admitted, to submit the mark-sheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor's degree examination held on or before June 30, 2021 (including supplementaries, if any), to be eligible for admission to the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) batch 2021-23. The deadline for submission of the mark-sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2021. Non-fulfillment of this condition will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission. IIMA would not allow any candidate to join its PGP in case the candidate is unable to complete all the requirements for a bachelor's degree on or before June 30, 2021.
IIMA would also not offer admission to any candidate after June 30, 2021.


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Table of contents
About this book
This book draws upon ethical dimensions of Muslim education as a means through which to address contemporary issues, such as social and societal conflicts, exclusion and marginalisation, and violence. It argues that an ethical Muslim education is underscored by the practice of autonomous, critical and deliberative engagement that can engender reflective judgement, compassionate recognition and a responsible ethical (Muslim) community. Such a community is not only capable of cultivating human relationships based on non-coercion, truthful and peaceful human coexistence, but can also quell the stereotypes and forms of dystopia and exclusion that are pervasive in contemporary society. Put differently, Muslim education extends the neo-Kantian view that ethical human conduct can be rationalised in terms of achieving morally worthwhile action towards forms of engagement that are potentially disruptive.
Nuraan Davids is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education Policy Studs at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She has previously published Women, Cosmopolitanism and Islamic Education and Citizenship, Education and Violence (with Yusef Waghid).
Yusef Waghid is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has previously published African Philosophy of Education Reconsidered.
Religious education Philosophy and education Schooling Faith schools Education and ethics
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29317-2
- Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
- eBook Packages Education Education (R0)
- Print ISBN 978-3-319-29316-5
- Online ISBN 978-3-319-29317-2
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Hadley Stewart sits down for a chat with Chris McCrudden about his second novel and a myriad of other projects.
Stopping Brexit is no longer just about leaving the EU – it's about defeating bigotry and fascism
Brexit has unleashed an ugly wave of right-wing populism and bigotry. It needs to be stopped to stem the tide, argues Lee Williscroft-Ferris
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Drag Race-watching veteran Daz Skubich recaps and reviews the eagerly awaited first episode of 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK'. Keep reading for reads, toots, boots and more eleganza than you can handle!
Live Review: Swim Deep @ The Parish – 27th September
Kerri Wynter reviews Swim Deep's concert at The Parish in Huddersfield, ahead of the release of their third album.
Sober socials: Does the queer community have an alcohol problem?
LGBTQ+ socialising has been centred around alcohol for as long as we can remember. Daz Skubich explores why now is the time for more dry queer events.
Book Review: Fabulosa! The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language by Paul Baker
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The Pride's guide to understanding sexual health
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Singles of the Week – 9th August 2019
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Today was sunny hot and windy so we did a very short tour at Doggie Park. I had treats. I got them to sit on a rock.
Em."This is incredible. We are supposed to be running and then coming back and she is going to give us treats for sitting on a rock."
Bodie, "I told ya. This gal just cracks me up,"
Em, "So hilarious"
You have to live with dogs for many years before you get what is happening.


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Okay.....well I'm going to wade into the waters of the 'Duggar Scandal.' I don't watch the Duggars' show, and never have - except for those few occasions that I watched an episode or two with my sister while I was on home assignment.
However, I can't escape the unadulterated venom and hate being spewed forth on Facebook by Christians and non-Christians. The whole situation makes me mad, and really sad, too. I'm sad because what happened to those girls and what Josh did, doesn't just go away. It creates scars. The scars may be long healed, but they're there as a forever reminder of what happened. That's a scar that no child should carry into adulthood. And, now, all these years later their pain, their embarrassment, their shame is being put on very public display. How utterly awful. Maybe even more painful that what actually happened.
People are screaming from the roof tops that he is a child molester. What he did was wrong, and he knew it was wrong. What he did was disgusting and repulsive. But, let's remember that he was a child himself. I do not know anyone, who, if this happened in their family would haul their fourteen-year-old off to let the law deal with him. To have him registered as a sex-offender FOR LIFE. To ruin his chances for college, a good job, a loving family. Yes, anyone would be heartbroken for their daughters, but you'd be equally heartbroken for your son. Maybe even more so for your son. You'd be wondering how in the world this child that you love could do that - especially to another child that you love. You'd be wondering where you went wrong, how you didn't see this coming. Every instinct within you would want to protect your son just as much as those instincts would tell you to rescue your daughter.
Maybe they didn't seek the best help for their son. Maybe they should have sent him to a program, or talked to a different police officer, or.....maybe they should have done a hundred different things. But, they were trying to do the best they could do just like any blindsided parent would.
Josh's sin doesn't make him or anyone in his family incapable of having an opinion on sin. Lying is a sin. But, I've lied. I still believe it's a sin. Every time I catch one of my little kiddos in a lie, I call them on it. I tell them it's a sin and that we don't do it because it breaks God's heart.
Maybe I'm more capable of recognizing sin and it's damaging effects because I am a sinner.
They haven't pretended to be anything they are not. They are imperfect people trying to live before a holy and perfect God. They (and we) don't and never will attain that standard of perfection until we trade in our fallen world and our sinful souls for the ones waiting on the other side of the veil.
That's what sin does. It lures us, calling us for that momentary pleasure, that costs us so much more in the end. A man with a precious little family has lost his job and his family is losing their show. Sure, there are other jobs and life will go on for everybody without that show - even the Duggars. Those, in the grand scheme of things, are actually quite small. But Josh Duggar and his parents, family members who weren't even alive twelve years ago, his wife, his little children, and the sisters he harmed will have to deal with all those old feelings and new ones too as it is played out on a national stage. Is that really fair? Do you really want to pay for all your youthful indiscretions well into the adult life you've built for yourself?
Of course you don't.
And thank God, that's not the price that God requires of us. God sent His holy and perfect son to pay the price for the wickedness of our souls. He remembers our sin NO MORE. He buries it as far as the east is from the west.
I don't think it's right, to call for grace and turn our backs on justice. One doesn't really exist without the other. However, all these years later, after repentance, what is justice? The law can't do anything anymore. Is is justice to drag a man, his wife (who knew all along), and his young children through the mud? Is is justice to smear a family and accuse them of all sorts of things and call them all kinds of horrible names? Is it justice to have to explain to the world every disgusting detail of your sin? I'm not saying consequences don't exist or that laws shouldn't be followed. I'm just asking you what is justice in this situation and who exactly is qualified to apply those consequences. I sure don't want to, because I know I don't have a leg to stand on.
I hope and pray that those girls have found the healing that they need. I hope that they have allowed the precious love of Jesus to penetrate so deeply into their souls that there is no room left for the damage that their brother's sin caused. I also hope that Josh Duggar will allow that same love to wash his sins whiter than snow. Surely as Christians we can see that there is no room for guilt and shame. Jesus' blood washed all that away.
That's the thing about grace. It's scandalous. It's undeserved. Completely unearned - washing away the darkest sin from the most vile sinner. We all want this kind of grace. We all are in desperate need of this scandalous grace.
Don't demand grace for yourself that you aren't willing to give to others. Don't be so sure about what you would do until you are in that very situation. Don't demand that a person pay for a sin God is no longer charging him with. Don't be a part of the crowd that's "shooting the wounded."
If anything, I hope this story calls each of us to a higher standard of living. I hope this teaches us the long-lasting, life-destroying, painful effects of sin. Satan demands a hidden cost, and when that payment comes due, it's is always much higher price to pay than we ever dreamed.
Jesus says that price has already been paid.
II Samuel 6:22 - "I will become even more undignified than this. I will be humiliated in my own eyes."
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
So Long, Farewell
Our YWAM Nampula Team
Praying blessings over our friends!
Moving Truck (Mozambican Style!)
This morning, we said our final goodbyes to our dear friends and teammates and I watched them head off to their new adventure with a little lump in my throat. Some of these folks I've known since my first trip to Mozambique in 2006. Others I've known since my very earliest days in Mozambique. And, some, I've only had the opportunity to know since I came to Lichinga in 2013. However, they are all dear, sweet friends and I will miss the greatly.
I will miss their wisdom and friendship. I will miss sharing meals and doing life with them. I will miss their sweet children who have all been a part of my school over the last three years. I will miss the precious faces of my little friends, their laughter, their hugs, their persistent questions, "Tia, Jennifer, can we....?"
In my flesh, I want to scream about the unfairness of it all. I mean, all of you know what it's like to say goodbye to someone whether it be forever or just because distance is creating a void. Things were just fine the way they were. Our team was healthy and happy and we valued their place on our team. In a missionary's life, life is often marked by goodbye on one side of the ocean or the other and it is a word you come to dread.
However, God moved in some pretty grand ways to take this team to Nampula - a place where there is no YWAM base and where there are people desperate for the truth of the Gospel. So, I'm excited for all the possibilities and plans that God has for them and the Makonde people.
There will certainly be a void for awhile as our team adjusts and evens out again. Some of these folks have been here for over 15 years. Lori and Victor met and married here. Within the walls of the DTS, some of these folks learned to love Jesus and each other. Leaving was a significant step as well. But, I have to be confident that this "see you later" is for the benefit of the kingdom and that little "hiccup" in our hearts is so worth the soul of another.
Every sacrifice that it is made for the cross of Christ is undoubtedly worth it. Whatever price we pay to know Jesus, to show His love, share His light, and spread His grace is so very small. He gave all and, surely so can I. The answer to the Savior - whatever He may ask - is always, always, yes.
However, I do long for the day when there are no more goodbyes (whether temporary or permanent). I long for the day when I do not struggle so with my old man. When hurt is something I don't really even remember because I am with the One who loved all my hurt away. What a glorious day, when I can hug the ones I've loved and lost. I welcome the day when evil, and selfishness, and sin no longer rule the day and it is no longer necessary to pay the ultimate price to name the name of Jesus. How beautiful will that day be when the only thing on my agenda is loving and worshipping my Savior.
With the tumult in our world, the evil, and all the chaos I believe that we are living in those last moments. Maybe those "last moments" will be a few years, maybe it will be fifty - or even more. But, it is evident that our world is spiraling downward and losing all sight of the One who came to save them.
On the day of goodbyes, that I wish I didn't have to be said, I want to encourage you that nothing you give up or do without will even matter for a millisecond when you see HIS face. In fact, I'll bet we will all wish that we gave more and sought our on pleasure less. No earthly gain will have any significance in that moment. All that will matter will be Him and those we helped to know Him.
So, please, be ever diligent in hearing His still small voice. Say goodbye. Give more. Love selflessly. Value souls over things. He is coming and all this regret and sadness and difficulty will pass. What will remain are those who will worship Jesus forever with us. May we all invest in the expansion of that forever kingdom and its forever God.
Nothing else matters. Nothing else at all.
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The average rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages went up four basis points, while the 15-year fixed and 5/1 ARM each rose two basis points, according to a NerdWallet survey of daily mortgage rates published by national lenders Friday.
The 30-year fixed is at its highest level since July 26, when it averaged 4.11%. It is eight basis points higher than one week ago, and 39 basis points higher than a year ago.
The rise can be attributed to news coming out of the Senate, which adopted a budget resolution Thursday. Through parliamentary intricacies, adoption of the resolution will make it easier for Republicans to change the tax code without any Democratic votes in the Senate.
If Congress succeeds in cutting taxes without corresponding decreases in spending, the federal government will have to issue more bonds to pay for budget deficits. The prospect of this future development drove Treasury bond yields higher Friday, and since mortgage rates tend to move in concert with bond yields, mortgage rates moved upward as well.
(Change from 10/19)
30-year fixed: 4.09% APR (+0.04)
15-year fixed: 3.52% APR (+0.02)
NerdWallet daily mortgage rates are an average of the published annual percentage rate with the lowest points for each loan term offered by a sampling of major national lenders. APR quotes reflect an interest rate plus points, fees and other expenses, providing the most accurate view of the costs a borrower might pay.


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Pakistan is warning that the Taliban are plotting to secure the freedom of Osama bin Laden's wives and children by kidnapping a high-ranking government official and then offering to exchange him or her for the former terror chief's family.
US Navy Seals killed bin Laden in a May helicopter-borne raid on his house in north-western Pakistan.
They took the corpse with them, but left at least two of his wives and several children in the house.
They were detained by Pakistani authorities.
Pakistan's interior ministry warned of the kidnap purported plot in a letter that was sent to top security officials on August 23 - just three days before gunmen seized Shahbaz Taseer, the son of a wealthy provincial governor who was killed by an Islamist militant earlier this year.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said there was no evidence that the group that had seized Mr Taseer from the streets of the Punjab provincial capital, Lahore, was hoping to exchange him for bin Laden's family members.
An Associated Press reported obtained a copy of the letter, stamped "secret" on Friday.
It said the information that led to the warning was reliable. It doesn't say which Pakistani official the Taliban plan to kidnap, but said the most likely location was one of the country's four provincial capitals.
Pakistan has reportedly released Taliban prisoners before in exchange for kidnapped government officials and army officers.
Mr Taseer's kidnapping was the second high-profile abduction in Lahore in August. On August 15, gunmen seized a 70-year-old American aid expert from his house. The man, Warren Weinstein, is still missing, and police have declined to speculate on who may be holding him.


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If there's enough left to put towards making repayments on a credit card, you could start thinking about credit cards that might be suitable for you. But if there's nothing left, or very little, you should hold off on applying for a credit card right now. That's because if you fall behind with your repayments you could be charged a penalty fee and your credit history will suffer. Tip: We understand that being unemployed can be incredibly frustrating, and that it can sometimes happen completely out of the blue. But in future, it's always a good idea to try and set aside around three months' worth of your wages in savings in case you do ever lose your job. This can cushion the blow as it gives you more time to look for a new job, while still allowing you to meet your essential bills without needing to borrow. What do you need the credit card for? Secondly, it's wise to ask yourself why you're applying for a credit card. Is it to make an essential one-off purchase, or to pay for repairs? If so then a credit card might be suitable for your situation. On the other hand, if it's for a shopping spree, or because your finances are stretched and you need a little extra cash, you really shouldn't try to take out a credit card at this time. Spending on a credit card when you can't afford to repay it may mean you miss payments, which will damage your credit history and could result in legal action by your lender. There may be other reasons behind you wanting a credit card, though. When used responsibly, a credit card can offer protection on purchases over £100, and it can also help you to build your credit history. As long as you make at least the minimum repayment on time each month, your credit history will slowly improve. Remember, even if you spend on your credit card and just make the minimum payment each month, you could end up with a large credit card bill as the interest piles up. When you can, it's always better to clear the balance in full as you won't have to pay a penny in interest. Otherwise, try to make more than the minimum repayment, as this will mean you're charged less interest. Be extra careful if you're unemployed So if you do have the room in your budget for credit card repayments, and you're using it for one of the reasons we outlined above, a credit card could be suitable for you. Because you don't have an income from a job, you probably won't be able to apply for the credit cards with the best rates – even if you have a perfect credit history. You may have to lower your expectations, but there are still credit cards that may be useful to you. The Ocean Credit Card (39.9% APR representative) may be suitable for you if you know you have the spare cash to repay what you borrow. And with Ocean's QuickCheck, you could find out whether you'll be accepted before you apply – without leaving a mark on your credit history. 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....make leather earrings!
A couple months ago, I made earrings from some leather cord my nephew gave me. I love those earrings. They're just simple but way awesome because of the texture and the fact that they're leather. A friend bought a new leather saddlebag for his Harley, cut some pieces off and gave it to whoever wanted it. FREE LEATHER?!?! HECK YES!!! Well, as you can see, that's what I did with the leather. I kept the feather-like earrings for myself (they kinda look more like pine cones) and gave the earrings on the right to my niece and sister. I actually wanna make a pair of the lil black knot earrings for myself. They're simple and I always LOVE simplicity!! Plus the leather earrings are SO light!! LOVE EM!! I've still got more leather left, I'm just trying to think of what I want to make with them.
p.s. This is from Mother's day..... I'm several weeks behind on my Sunday outfit pics:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that dress!! It's such the perfect dress!! No wrinkles and falls oh so perfectly!! Plus I love the design. As for my Mom, she made her entire outfit the week before Mother's Day. Everything she's wearing [excluding the shoes, of course], she made. That's where I learned it from. Thank you, Mom.


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Rec. 2100
ITU-R Recommendation BT.2100, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 2100 or BT.2100, defines various aspects of high dynamic range (HDR) video such as display resolution (HDTV and UHDTV), frame rate, chroma subsampling, bit depth, color space, and optical transfer function.[1][2] It was posted on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) website on July 4, 2016.[1][2] Rec. 2100 expands on several aspects of Rec. 2020.[2]
Rec. 2100 defines three resolutions of 1920 × 1080 ("Full HD"), 3840 × 2160 ("4K UHD"), and 7680 × 4320 ("8K UHD").[1] These resolutions have an aspect ratio of 16:9 and use square pixels.[1]
Frame rateEdit
Rec. 2100 specifies the following frame rates: 120p, 119.88p, 100p, 60p, 59.94p, 50p, 30p, 29.97p, 25p, 24p, 23.976p.[1] Only progressive scan frame rates are allowed.[1]
Digital representationEdit
Rec. 2100 defines a bit depth of either 10-bits per sample or 12-bits per sample, with either narrow range or full range color values.[1]
For narrow range color, 10-bits per sample use video levels where the black level is defined as 64, achromatic gray level as 512 and the nominal peak as 940 in RGB encoding and 960 in YCbCr encoding. Codes 0–3 and 1,020–1,023 can be used for the timing reference and should be avoided.[1] 12-bits per sample use 256 as the black level, 2048 as the achromatic gray level and the nominal peak is 3760 in RGB encoding and 3840 in YCbCr encoding.[1] Codes 0–15 and 4,080–4,095 can be used for the timing reference and should be avoided.[1]
For full range color, 10-bit levels are 0 for the black level, 512 for the grey level and 1023 for the nominal peak, and 12-bit levels are 0, 2048 and 4092 (values 4093-4095 are avoided to exclude clipping errors on 10-bit ADC/DAC circuits which have 1023 steps).[1]
System colorimetryEdit
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Luma coefficientsEdit
Rec. 2100 allows for RGB, YCbCr, and ICtCp signal formats with 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and 4:2:0 chroma subsampling.[1] Rec. 2100 specifies that if a luma (Y') signal is made that it use the same R'G'B' coefficients as Rec. 2020: 0.2627 for red, 0.678 for green, and 0.0593 for blue.[1]
Signal formatsEdit
Rec. 2100 defines the use of RGB, YCbCr, and ICtCp.[1] ICtCp provides an improved color representation that is designed for high dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamut signals (WCG).[1][3]
Optical transfer functionsEdit
Rec. 2100 defines two sets of HDR optical transfer functions which are perceptual quantization (PQ) and Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG).[1] HLG is supported in Rec. 2100 with a nominal peak luminance of 1,000 cd/m2 and a system gamma value that can be adjusted depending on background luminance.[1] For a reference viewing environment the peak luminance should be 1,000 cd/m2 or more and the black level should be 0.005 cd/m2 or less.[1] The surround light should be 5 cd/m2 and be neutral grey at standard illuminant D65.[1]
Within each set, the documented transfer functions include an:
- electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) which maps the non-linear signal value into display light
- opto-optical transfer function (OOTF) which maps relative scene linear light to display linear light
- opto-electronic transfer function (OETF) which maps relative scene linear light into the non-linear signal value
See alsoEdit
- Rec. 2020 – ITU-R Recommendation for UHDTV
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "BT.2100 : Image parameter values for high dynamic range television for use in production and international programme exchange". International Telecommunication Union. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ a b c d "ITU announces BT.2100 HDR TV standard". FlatpanelsHD. Rasmus Larsen. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ^ "ICtCp Dolby White Paper" (PDF). Dolby. Retrieved 2016-04-20.


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Celebrities Who Take the Best Fashion Risks
Kelis has given herself tons of credit, claiming to be the first to rock many of the 'edgy' styles we see today. And in actuality, she's right. Her sense of style is always different, fashion forward, and trendsetting. From colorful hair to colorful clothes, she mixed some of the hottest designers like Marc Jacobs with streetwear brands.


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Watch Lopamudra Raut in the Jazzy B's music video:
Crazy Ya has been sung by Lil Golu of Manali Trance and the music is by Sukshinder Shinda while the song is composed by Dr. Love & Lil Golu. It is penned by Dr. Love.
Few days ago, Lopamudra was news for her 'stunning' photoshoot. The pictures were shared by her photographer on Instagram.
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After Bigg Boss 9 Lopamudra endorsed various fashion brands and walked the ramp for few. She's been a busy bee and her Instagram updates suggest that she has no time to look back.
During her stint in Bigg Boss 9 House, she made news for her and fellow contestant Bani J's frequent fights. Both of them along with Manu Punjabi and the winner Manveer Gurjar were in the top four.
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Veteran major leaguer Mike Pelfrey hits the books
Mike Pelfrey, a 12-year veteran of the MLB, is back at Wichita State finishing his degree.
Mike Pelfrey can't get the moment out of his head.
Chris Young, an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, walked up to the plate at Fenway Park. Pelfrey stood on the mound and watched as Young loomed over the plate, waiting for Pelfrey to throw one inside.
Pelfrey, a left-handed pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, had a history of tormenting right-handed hitters with his sinking fastball. Young begged for it inside, and Pelfrey delivered.
Young sent the first pitch over the Green Monster in left-field for a solo home run. Pelfrey was numb.
"Never in my career had anybody done that to me," Pelfrey said.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the White Sox intentionally walked Andrew Benintendi to get another shot at Young. Again, Young wanted it inside. Pelfrey delivered a mid-90s sinking fastball inside, and on the first pitch, Young blasted a second home run over the Green Monster.
That night, I went back to my hotel room and cried. That was the turning point when I said, 'I need to go, I need to get out.'"
— Mike Pelfrey
"That night, I went back to my hotel room and cried," Pelfrey said. "That was the turning point when I said, 'I need to go, I need to get out.'
"I knew that this was it."
Young went 3-3 in five innings against Pelfrey that night, tacking on a double.
"I have an expectation of how good I need to be," Pelfrey said. "I'm a competitor. I have a certain threshold I want to hit, and if I'm always falling short, I'm miserable."
At 33, Pelfrey retired from Major League Baseball.
Pelfrey, a 12-year veteran of the MLB, is now a senior at Wichita State. He's finishing up the bachelor's degree in sport management that he started more than a decade ago.
"I'm the oldest kid in my classes," he said.
He wants to finish his degree so he can focus on his second career, coaching Division I college baseball. Most programs require their coaches to have a degree.
"I wanted to make sure if that was ever an obstacle, I'd have it taken care of," Pelfrey said.
The majors
Major League Baseball started in 1869. In the history of the MLB, 1,200 players have stayed in the league 10 or more years. Mike Pelfrey is one of them.
"I was given a gift and I tried to make the most of it," Pelfrey said. "I was blessed to be able to do it as long as I did."
In 2009 with the New York Mets, Pelfrey emerged as one of the premiere pitchers in the league.
He had mastered the split finger change-up that off-season, and his game jumped to the next level. He had 10 wins and two losses a week before the All-Star break. His ERA was around a 2.7 at the time. In his mind, he was a lock for the All-Star game.
Pelfrey was short-changed of a spot in the All-Star lineup. The MLB gave Tim Lincecum, the reigning Cy Young recipient, the starting spot in the All-Star game. Young had just six wins in 11 starts at that point, and a worse ERA than Pelfrey.
"It pissed me off," Pelfrey said. "I understand the politics of it.
"Do you want to watch Mike Pelfrey or do you want to watch Tim Lincecum? You want to watch Tim Lincecum."
"I told myself there'd be another opportunity," Pelfrey said. "Well, there wasn't."
Lincecum won the Cy Young again that season. Pelfrey, meanwhile, experienced what he calls the "worst five-start stretch in the history of baseball" to start the second half of the season. He "had more baserunners than outs" and he didn't make it out of the fifth inning in any of the five starts.
"Boy, was it ugly," Pelfrey said. "Nothing was working."
The Mets considered sending him down to the minors. Pelfrey rebounded the following season with a career-best 15 wins and nine losses, one save, and a 3.66 ERA.
Tommy John
Injuries weren't a part of Pelfrey's baseball history. In high school and college, nothing kept him out of the bullpen.
In the 2012 season, Pelfrey felt some "tightness" in his forearm. The trainers told him it was likely tendonitis, but a cautionary MRI revealed he had torn a ligament and would require Tommy John surgery. He worried he'd never return to the major leagues.
"I had never had baseball taken away from me before," Pelfrey said.
He didn't travel with the Mets for much of that season, and for two months, he watched every game from his couch at home.
"I had dealt with adversity, but nothing like that," Pelfrey said.
Nine-and-a-half months later, Pelfrey returned to pitching. Eleven months after his surgery, he was pitching in Spring Training games.
"They tell you if you're in the big leagues and you return to the big leagues, you're a success," Pelfrey said. "I don't necessarily agree with the statistics."
His fastball, Pelfrey said, was never the same.
Chipper knew the tip
People often ask Mike Pelfrey who the toughest hitter he ever faced was. His quick answer is Hall of Famer Chipper Jones.
"It's like he knew everything that was coming," Pelfrey said.
He gave the answer at a Minnesota Twins fan fest event a few summers ago and teammate Ryan Dozier started laughing.
"What's funny?" Pelfrey asked.
"I got a story for you," Dozier replied.
Earlier that offseason, Dozier and Jones were out hunting. Jones revealed to Dozier that Pelfrey had a way of tipping off his pitch. Pelfrey would stick out his tongue for a fastball, and keep it in on a change-up. Jones knew every pitch that was coming.
Pelfrey was in the bullpen for the last game in Turner Field before the stadium closed in 2016. The Braves organization brought in some of the team's greats for a ceremony, and Jones was among the honorees. Pelfrey shouted out to Jones from the left-field bullpen, "Hey man, you knew everything that was coming?"
"Who told you that?" Jones said.
"Dozier," Pelfrey replied.
"I wasn't supposed to know," Pelfrey said. "In the end, he would've hit just about anything I threw whether I tipped him off or not. He was that good."
Draft night
Mike Pelfrey was taken the ninth pick by the New York Mets in the 2005 MLB Draft.
Draft night wasn't anything like it is now. Back then, there weren't the same restrictions and salary caps on given draft slots. Teams could offer salaries to their first round picks, and negotiations dominated some of the top spots.
Pelfrey entered the draft as arguably the best pitcher in college baseball.
The Kansas City Royals, with the second pick in the draft, called Pelfrey and his agent. They had $4 million to offer — short of the $5.5 million Pelfrey's agent knew his client was worth, and declined the offer. The Royals drafted outfielder Alex Gordon with the pick instead.
The Seattle Mariners called with the third pick and $3.2 million to offer. Still not enough. It wasn't until the ninth pick when the Mets phoned in the right offer at $5.5 million.
"I was the third pitcher taken in that draft," Pelfrey said. "I don't know that any of us has All-Star appearances, but the three other guys [Justin Upton (No. 1), Ryan Zimmerman (No. 4), and Troy Tulowitzki (No. 7)] have like 100 of them."
The draft class was stacked with position players, including Ryan Braun and Andrew McCutchen.
"Looking back, later in my career, I wanted to play in Kansas City," Pelfrey said. "I called a couple of times and they said they were interested but I'd have to wait a little longer."
The Royals called last year and invited Pelfrey to training camp. He declined the invitation.
"Mentally and physically, I was done," Pelfrey said. "Any other year, I would've loved to go."
No other choice
Mike Pelfrey used to go to Wichita State baseball games as a child.
Baseball was king under the direction of Gene Stephenson, the second winningest coach in NCAA baseball history. Games would sell out almost every night.
"This place was larger than life," Pelfrey said. "Coming here as a kid, I remember thinking these guys were like eight feet tall."
In high school, Pelfrey would rush out of Wichita Heights practices to go watch the Shockers.
"I always wanted to be here," he said.
When the decision came for Pelfrey to consider college, there was no other choice.
"I was the easiest recruit Wichita State has ever had," he said.
The first day of the early signing period that year, Pelfrey walked into the office of WSU pitching coach Brent Kemnitz and said, "this is the only place I want to be." Pelfrey signed a letter of intent in Stephenson's office hours later.
Pelfrey was drafted out of high school. Kemnitz worried he'd never see the 18-year-old set foot on the campus.
"We weren't sure he would go to college," Kemnitz said. "He was projected to be a big-time draft pick and sign out of high school."
Pelfrey slid too late in the draft.
"I remember telling him in my office when he slid in the draft, I said 'this is a blessing in disguise,'" Kemnitz said. "This is the best thing that's ever happened to you because you're going to grow up mentally and you're going to grow up physically."
Kemnitz remembers Pelfrey rolling his eyes. Pelfrey said to himself, "I don't want to go to college."
Kemnitz assured him that three years from then, he'd be the best player in college baseball and his stock would rise greatly in the draft.
"Brent (Kemnitz) always tells me that it's a blessing in disguise that I came here, and I agree," Pelfrey said. "This might be the best decision I ever made."
Second career
Mike Pelfrey needed to walk away from baseball. Games are on TV now and he doesn't watch them. But his love for baseball hasn't died.
Pelfrey is the assistant pitching coach at Newman University, a Division-II school in Wichita.
"This is what I know, this is what I love," Pelfrey said.
Pelfrey believes he stayed in the majors for 12 years because he was a "clubhouse guy." He'd mentor newcomers as they worked their way through the system into the majors.
In Minnesota, a young pitcher was late to practice. Rick Anderson, the pitching coach, motioned to Pelfrey, "you got him."
"You don't want me to take care of it, you take care of it," Anderson said. "This is your problem."
Kemnitz, who coached college baseball for 38 years, said Pelfrey is destined for coaching.
He's such a down-to-earth, personable guy who genuinely cares for people."
— Brent Kemnitz
"He's such a down-to-earth, personable guy who genuinely cares for people," Kemnitz said. "It's so refreshing to be around him."
Outside of Newman, Pelfrey coaches his 9-year-old son's baseball team.
"It's fun for me because he loves it," Pelfrey said.
Just like dad at 9 years old, he says, "Dad, I'm going to play in the big leagues."
"Sure, man," Pelfrey replies.
"I was the same way as a kid," Pelfrey said. Pelfrey will often remind his son of the few opportunities there are to play in the major leagues, but it's hard for his son to understand when dad played on TV in stadiums filled with 40,000 people.
"I'm not helping him understand that," Pelfrey said.
Pelfrey's career in the MLB didn't end how he envisioned. His physical decline after Tommy John surgery came quicker than he expected. He never got into the All-Star game, but at the end of the day, he said, his accomplishments are far greater than he could have imagined.
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Celebrity hairstylist Kylee Heath created Diane Kruger's tousled tresses for the FOX All-Star Party during the 2014 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour.
She started by applying Kerastase Volumactive Mousse from roots to ends on damp hair, adding a small amount of Oscar Blandi Jasmine Oil Serum to the ends.
Then she combed the product through and created a straight middle part with a rat-tail comb before blowing the hair out with a Croc Eco Blow Dryer and an Ibiza round brush.
She then started in the front to create smoothness and shine in the front sections, lightly rough-drying the rest of the hair, tucking the front sections behind Diane's ears.
The desired result was contrast – smooth on the top, moving into lots of texture.
She then sprayed the hair mid-shaft through ends with Leonor Greyl Voluforme Styling Spray.
Kylee created a textured bend from the top of the ear through the ends by alternating with the Enzo Milano Bi-Tube Curling Iron and a smoothing iron. She rocked the smoothing iron forward and backward to create a smoothed-out zigzag bend. The Enzo iron created a more exaggerated version of the same bend. In creating a texture like this, it is important to use different sizes of bend.
After spraying Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray from mid-shaft through ends and lightly teased the hair underneath for added volume, she finished the look by applying a small amount of Kevin Murphy Easy Rider for any flyaways and a light spray throughout the hair with Oribe Superfine Strong Hairspray.
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Post a picture or video on Instagram of your best grilled cheese sandwich for a chance to win 1 of 48 $100 Walmart gift cards in the #ShareYourCheesy Sweepstakes.
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Let's please the cat lover with a lovely cat doll decorated with a bouquet in box of flowers like no other. It will last for a long time; can be used as a decoration of room, desktop or your shop, suitable as a gift for congratulations to many occasions such as birthday, graduation date, wedding day or a gift shop opening date. ● Bouquet: A bouquet of dried flowers and a pussycat doll in a wooden box. Inside the bouquet consists of dried flowers, artificial flowers and pussy cat doll. ● Box: Wooden box, flat-square with glass cover that can be open or closed. The contents are seen clearly. ● Dimension: W22.5 X D22.6 X D6.5 cm. ● Card message: Able to dictate your own text (maximum 90 characters) ● Storage: Keep away from moisture and strong sunlight. Remarks: -Since it is a natural material. Styles, shapes and colors of dried flowers may vary slightly from the picture. -This product is handmade. So it may be a little bit difference between the item and the picture. If you have any questions, please send us a message.
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Footwear Labels are used to endorse brand and providing unique looks to the footwear. These labels are designed by using best quality printing paper, thermal printer and thermal transfer printer. It is stringently checked by our quality controllers in order to ensures its flawless design. Our provided Footwear Labels are available in numerous design, sizes and alluring patterns, which is known for their unique attributes like perfect finish, unique craftsmanship, beautiful manifestation and creates brand awareness and identity.
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