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An 1876 engraving of the Hindu Rajputs of Delhi, from the Illustrated London News
|Hinduism and Islam[1][2][3]
|Hindi, Haryanvi, Marwari, Mewari, Bhojpuri,[4] Gujarati, Maithili,[5] Sindhi, Urdu, Punjabi, Dogri and Pahari
|Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,[6] and Sindh
Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra, "son of a king") is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Rajput covers various patrilineal clans historically associated with warriorhood: several clans claim Rajput status, although not all claims are universally accepted.
The term "Rajput" acquired its present meaning only in the 16th century, although it is also anachronistically used to describe the earlier lineages that emerged in northern India from the sixth century onwards. In the 11th century, the term "rajaputra" appeared as a non-hereditary designation for royal officials. Gradually, the Rajputs emerged as a social class comprising people from a variety of ethnic and geographical backgrounds. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the membership of this class became largely hereditary, although new claims to Rajput status continued to be made in the later centuries. Several Rajput-ruled kingdoms played a significant role in many regions of central and northern India until the 20th century.
The Rajput population and the former Rajput states are found in north, west, central and east India. These areas include Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
Recent research suggests that the Rajputs came from a variety of ethnic and geographical backgrounds.[7] The root word "rajaputra" (literally "son of a king") first appears as a designation for royal officials in the 11th century Sanskrit inscriptions. According to some scholars, it was reserved for the immediate relatives of a king; others believe that it was used by a larger group of high-ranking men.[8] Over time, the derivative term "Rajput" came to denote a hereditary political status, which was not necessarily very high: the term could denote a wide range of rank-holders, from an actual son of a king to the lowest-ranked landholder.[9] Before the 15th century, the term "Rajput" was also associated with people of mixed-caste origin, who were considered inferior in rank to "Kshatriya".[10]
Gradually, the term Rajput came to denote a social class, which was formed when the various tribal and nomadic groups became landed aristocrats, and transformed into the ruling class.[11] These groups assumed the title "Rajput" as part of their claim to higher social positions and ranks.[12] The early medieval literature suggests that this newly formed Rajput class comprised people from multiple castes.[13] Thus, the Rajput identity is not the result of a shared ancestry. Rather, it emerged when different social groups of medieval India sought to legitimize their newly acquired political power by claiming Kshatriya status. These groups started identifying as Rajput at different times, in different ways.[14]
The origin of the Rajputs has been a much-debated topic among the historians. Colonial-era writers characterised them as descendants of the foreign invaders such as the Scythians or the Hunas, and believed that the Agnikula myth was invented to conceal their foreign origin.[15] According to this theory, the Rajputs originated when these invaders were assimilated into the Kshatriya category during the 6th or 7th century, following the collapse of the Gupta Empire.[16][17] While many of these colonial writers propagated this foreign-origin theory in order to legitimise the colonial rule, the theory was also supported by some Indian scholars, such as D. R. Bhandarkar.[15] The Indian nationalist historians, such as C. V. Vaidya, believed the Rajputs to be descendants of the ancient Vedic Aryan Kshatriyas.[18] A third group of historians, which includes Jai Narayan Asopa, theorized that the Rajputs were Brahmins who became rulers.[19]
Scholarly opinions differ on when the term Rajput acquired hereditary connotations and came to denote a clan-based community. Historian Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, based on his analysis of inscriptions (primarily from Rajasthan), believed that by the 12th century, the term "rajaputra" was associated with fortified settlements, kin-based landholding, and other features that later became indicative of the Rajput status.[8] According to Chattopadhyaya, the title acquired "an element of heredity" from c. 1300.[20] A later study by of 11th–14th century inscriptions from western and central India, by Michael B. Bednar, concludes that the designations such as "rajaputra", "thakkura" and "rauta" were not necessarily hereditary during this period.[20]
During its formative stages, the Rajput class was quite assimilative and absorbed people from a wide range of lineages.[11] However, by the late 16th century, it had become genealogically rigid, based on the ideas of blood purity.[21] The membership of the Rajput class was now largely inherited rather than acquired through military achievements.[20] A major factor behind this development was the consolidation of the Mughal Empire, whose rulers had great interest in genealogy. As the various Rajput chiefs became Mughal feduatories, they no longer engaged in major conflicts with each other. This decreased the possibility of achieving prestige through military action, and made hereditary prestige more important.[22]
The word "Rajput" thus acquired its present-day meaning in the 16th century.[23][24] During 16th and 17th centuries, the Rajput rulers and their bards (charans) sought to legitimize the Rajput socio-political status on the basis of descent and kinship.[25] They fabricated genealogies linking the Rajput families to the ancient dynasties, and associated them with myths of origins that established their Kshatriya status.[20][26] This led to the emergence of what Indologist Dirk Kolff calls the "Rajput Great Tradition", which accepted only hereditary claims to the Rajput identity, and fostered a notion of eliteness and exclusivity.[27] The legendary epic poem Prithviraj Raso, which depicts warriors from several different Rajput clans as associates of Prithviraj Chauhan, fostered a sense of unity among these clans.[28] The text thus contributed to the consolidation of the Rajput identity by offering these clans a shared history.[8]
Despite these developments, migrant soldiers made new claims to the Rajput status until as late as the 19th century.[21] In the 19th century, the colonial administrators of India re-imagined the Rajputs as similar to the Anglo-Saxon knights. They compiled the Rajput genealogies in the process of settling land disputes, surveying castes and tribes, and writing history. These genealogies became the basis of distinguishing between the "genuine" and the "spurious" Rajput clans.[29]
The Rajput kingdoms were disparate: loyalty to a clan was more important than allegiance to the wider Rajput social grouping, meaning that one clan would fight another. This and the internecine jostling for position that took place when a clan leader (raja) died meant that Rajput politics were fluid and prevented the formation of a coherent Rajput empire.[30]
The first major Rajput kingdom was the Sisodia-ruled kingdom of Mewar.[7] However, the term "Rajput" has also been used as an anachronistic designation for leading martial lineages of 11th and 12th centuries that confronted the Ghaznavid and Ghurid invaders such as the Pratiharas, the Chahamanas (of Shakambhari, Nadol and Jalor), the Tomaras, the Chaulukyas, the Paramaras, the Gahadavalas, and the Chandelas.[31][32]Although the Rajput identity did not exist at this time, these lineages were classified as aristocratic Rajput clans in the later times.[33]
In the 15th century, the Muslim sultans of Malwa and Gujarat put a joint effort to overcome the Mewar ruler Rana Kumbha but both the sultans were defeated.[34] Subsequently, in 1518 the Rajput Mewar Kingdom under Rana Sanga achieved a major victory over Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi of Delhi Sultanate and afterwards Rana's influence extended up to the striking distance of Pilia Khar in Agra.[35][36] Accordingly, Rana Sanga came to be the most distinguished indigenous contender for supremacy but was defeated by the Mughal invader Babur at Battle of Khanwa in 1527.[37]
From as early as the 16th century, Purbiya Rajput soldiers from the eastern regions of Bihar and Awadh, were recruited as mercenaries for Rajputs in the west, particularly in the Malwa region.[38]
After the mid-16th century, many Rajput rulers formed close relationships with the Mughal emperors and served them in different capacities.[39][40] It was due to the support of the Rajputs that Akbar was able to lay the foundations of the Mughal empire in India.[41] Some Rajput nobles gave away their daughters in marriage to Mughal emperors and princes for political motives.[42][43][44][45] For example, Akbar accomplished 40 marriages for himself, his sons and grandsons, out of which 17 were Rajput-Mughal alliances.[46] Akbar's successors as Mughal emperors, his son Jahangir and grandson Shah Jahan had Rajput mothers.[47] The ruling Sisodia Rajput family of Mewar made it a point of honour not to engage in matrimonial relationships with Mughals and thus claimed to stand apart from those Rajput clans who did so.[48]Once Mewar had submitted and alliance of Rajputs reached a measure of stability matrimonial between leading Rajput states and Mughals became rare[49]Akbar's intimate involvement with the Rajputs had begun when he returned from a pilgrimage to the Christi Sufi Shaykh at Sikri, west of Agra, in 1561. Many Rajput princesses were married to Akbar but still Rajput princess were allowed to maintain their religion.[50]
Akbar's diplomatic policy regarding the Rajputs was later damaged by the intolerant rules introduced by his great-grandson Aurangzeb. A prominent example of these rules included the re-imposition of Jaziya, which had been abolished by Akbar.[41] However, despite imposition of Jaziya Aurangzeb's army had a high proportion of Rajput officers in the upper ranks of the imperial army and they were all exempted from paying Jaziya[51] The Rajputs then revolted against the Mughal empire. Aurangzeb's conflicts with the Rajputs, which commenced in the early 1680s, henceforth became a contributing factor towards the downfall of the Mughal empire.[52][41]
In the 18th century, the Rajputs came under influence of the Maratha empire.[52][53][54] By the late 18th century, the Rajput rulers begin negotiations with the East India Company and by 1818 all the Rajput states had formed an alliance with the company.[55]
From 1200 A.D., many Rajput groups moved eastwards towards the Eastern Gangetic plains forming their own chieftaincies.[56] These minor Rajput kingdoms were dotted all over the Gangetic plains in modern-day Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[57] During this process, petty clashes occurred with the local population and in some cases, alliances were formed.[56] Among these Rajput chieftaincies were the Bhojpur zamindars[58] and the taluks of Awadh.[59]
The immigration of Rajput clan chiefs into these parts of the Gangetic plains also contributed the agricultural appropriation of previously forested areas, especially in South Bihar.[60] Some have linked this eastwards expansion with the onset of Ghurid invasion in the West.[60]
The medieval bardic chronicles (kavya and masnavi) glorified the Rajput past, presenting warriorhood and honour as Rajput ideals. This later became the basis of the British reconstruction of the Rajput history and the nationalist interpretations of Rajputs' struggles with the Muslim invaders.[61] James Tod, a British colonial official, was impressed by the military qualities of the Rajputs but is today considered to have been unusually enamoured of them. In his Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, James Tod writes:[62]
What nation on earth could have maintained the semblance of civilization, the spirit or the customs of their forefathers, during so many centuries of overwhelming depression, but one of such singular character as the Rajpoot? ... Rajast'han exhibits the sole example in the history of mankind, of a people withstanding every outrage barbarity could inflict, or human nature sustain, from a foe whose religion commands annihilation; and bent to the earth, yet rising buoyant from the pressure, and making calamity a whetstone to courage .... Not an iota of their religion or customs have they lost ...
Although the group venerate him to this day, he is viewed by many historians since the late nineteenth century as being a not particularly reliable commentator.[63][64] Jason Freitag, his only significant biographer, has said that Tod is "manifestly biased".[65]
The Rajput practices of female infanticide and sati (widow immolation) were other matters of concern to the British. It was believed that the Rajputs were the primary adherents to these practices, which the British Raj considered savage and which provided the initial impetus for British ethnographic studies of the subcontinent that eventually manifested itself as a much wider exercise in social engineering.[67]
In reference to the role of the Rajput soldiers serving under the British banner, Captain A. H. Bingley wrote:
Rajputs have served in our ranks from Plassey to the present day (1899). They have taken part in almost every campaign undertaken by the Indian armies. Under Forde they defeated the French at Condore. Under Monro at Buxar they routed the forces of the Nawab of Oudh. Under Lake they took part in the brilliant series of victories which destroyed the power of the Marathas.[68]
Will Durant, in his The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage, compare the Rajputs to Samurai.[69]
On India's independence in 1947, the princely states, including those of the Rajput, were given three options: join either India or Pakistan, or remain independent. Rajput rulers of the 22 princely states of Rajputana acceded to newly independent India, amalgamated into the new state of Rajasthan in 1949–1950.[70] Initially the maharajas were granted funding from the Privy purse in exchange for their acquiescence, but a series of land reforms over the following decades weakened their power, and their privy purse was cut off during Indira Gandhi's administration under the 1971 Constitution 26th Amendment Act. The estates, treasures, and practices of the old Rajput rulers now form a key part of Rajasthan's tourist trade and cultural memory.[71]
In 1951, the Rajput Rana dynasty of Nepal came to an end, having been the power behind the throne of the Shah dynasty figureheads since 1846.[72]
The Rajput Dogra dynasty of Kashmir and Jammu also came to an end in 1947,[73] though title was retained until monarchy was abolished in 1971 by the 26th amendment to the Constitution of India.[74]
The Rajputs, in states such as Madhya Pradesh are today considered to be a Forward Caste in India's system of positive discrimination. This means that they have no access to reservations here. But they are classified as an Other Backward Class by the National Commission for Backward Classes in the state of Karnataka.[75][76][77] [78] However, some Rajputs too like other agricultural castes demand reservations in Government jobs.[79][80][81][82]
The term "Rajput" denotes a cluster of castes,[83] clans, and lineages.[84] It is a vaguely-defined term, and there is no universal consensus on which clans make up the Rajput community.[85] In medieval Rajasthan (the historical Rajputana) and its neighbouring areas, the word Rajput came to be restricted to certain specific clans, based on patrilineal descent and intermarriages. On the other hand, the Rajput communities living in the region to the east of Rajasthan had a fluid and inclusive nature. The Rajputs of Rajasthan eventually refused to acknowledge the Rajput identity claimed by their eastern counterparts,[86] such as the Bundelas.[87] The Rajputs claim to be Kshatriyas or descendants of Kshatriyas, but their actual status varies greatly, ranging from princely lineages to common cultivators.[88]
There are several major subdivisions of Rajputs, known as vansh or vamsha, the step below the super-division jāti[89] These vansh delineate claimed descent from various sources, and the Rajput are generally considered to be divided into three primary vansh:[90] Suryavanshi denotes descent from the solar deity Surya, Chandravanshi (Somavanshi) from the lunar deity Chandra, and Agnivanshi from the fire deity Agni. The Agnivanshi clans include Parmar, Chaulukya (Solanki), Parihar and Chauhan.[91]
Lesser-noted vansh include Udayvanshi, Rajvanshi,[92] and Rishivanshi[citation needed]. The histories of the various vanshs were later recorded in documents known as vamshāavalīis; André Wink counts these among the "status-legitimizing texts".[93]
Beneath the vansh division are smaller and smaller subdivisions: kul, shakh ("branch"), khamp or khanp ("twig"), and nak ("twig tip").[89] Marriages within a kul are generally disallowed (with some flexibility for kul-mates of different gotra lineages). The kul serves as the primary identity for many of the Rajput clans, and each kul is protected by a family goddess, the kuldevi. Lindsey Harlan notes that in some cases, shakhs have become powerful enough to be functionally kuls in their own right.[94]
The Bengal army of the East India Company recruited heavily from upper castes such as Brahmins and Rajputs. However,after the revolt of 1857 by the Bengal sepoys, the British Indian army shifted recruitment to the Punjab.[95] The Rajputs were designated as a Martial Race in the period of the British Raj. This was a designation created by administrators that classified each ethnic group as either "martial" or "non-martial": a "martial race" was typically considered brave and well built for fighting,[96] whilst the remainder were those whom the British believed to be unfit for battle because of their sedentary lifestyles.[97]
The double-edged scimitar known as the khanda was a popular weapon among the Rajputs of that era.[when?] On special occasions, a primary chief would break up a meeting of his vassal chiefs with khanda nariyal, the distribution of daggers and coconuts. Another affirmation of the Rajput's reverence for his sword was the Karga Shapna ("adoration of the sword") ritual, performed during the annual Navaratri festival, after which a Rajput is considered "free to indulge his passion for rapine and revenge".[98] The Rajput of Rajasthan also offer a sacrifice of water buffalo or goat to their family Goddess ( Kuldevta) during Navaratri.[99] The ritual requires slaying of the animal with a single stroke. In the past this ritual was considered a rite of passage for young Rajput men.[100]
Rajputs generally have adopted the custom of purdah (seclusion of women).[52]
Alcoholism is considered a problem in the Rajput community of Rajasthan and hence Rajput women do not like their men drinking alcohol. It was reported in a 1983 study of alcoholism in India that it was customary for Rajput men (not all) in northern India to drink in groups. The women would at times be subjected to domestic violence such as beating after these men returned home from drinking.[101]
Until recent times polygamy was common among Rajputs also concubines were kept freely depending upon economic status of a person, particularly in Rajasthan where there were three classes of concubines first were called khawals, who were generally jatins and gujarins[102] they lived in harem and children were treated as Rajputs except few restrictions. The other two classes were called Darogi and Goli.[103][104]
During the British rule their love for pork, i.e. wild boar, was also well known and the British identified them as a group based on this. [105][106][full citation needed]
By the late 19th century, there was a shift of focus among Rajputs from politics to a concern with kinship.[107] Many Rajputs of Rajasthan are nostalgic about their past and keenly conscious of their genealogy, emphasising a Rajput ethos that is martial in spirit, with a fierce pride in lineage and tradition.[108]
Rajput politics refers to the role played by the Rajput community in the electoral politics of India.[110][111][better source needed] In states such as Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttrakhand, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, and Gujarat, the large populations of Rajputs gives them a decisive role.[112][113][114][better source needed]
The term Rajput painting refers to works of art created at the Rajput-ruled courts of Rajasthan, Central India, and the Punjab Hills. The term is also used to describe the style of these paintings, distinct from the Mughal painting style.[115]
According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, Rajput painting symbolised the divide between Muslims and Hindus during Mughal rule. The styles of Mughal and Rajput painting are oppositional in character. He characterised Rajput painting as "popular, universal and mystic".[116]
Rajput painting varied geographically, corresponding to each of the various Rajput kingdoms and regions. The Delhi area, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Central India each had its own variant.[117][failed verification]
[In Maharashtra]The Lingayats, the Gujjars and the Rajputs are three other important castes which belong to the intermediate category. The lingayats who hail from north Karnataka are found primarily in south Maharashtra and Marthwada while Gujjars and Rajputs who migrated centuries ago from north India have settled in north Maharashtra districts.
What nation on earth could have maintained the semblance of civilization, the spirit or the customs of their forefathers, during so many centuries of overwhelming depression, but one of such singular character as the Rajpoot.
The twenty-two princely states that were amalgamated in 1949 to form a political entity called Rajasthan ...
(continued list of OBC classes) 7.Rajput 120.Karnataka Rajput
The term Rajput denotes a cluster of castes that are accorded Kshatriya status in the varna system.
...the region's erstwhile ruling aristocracy, a cluster of clans and lineages bearing the label 'Rajput'.
Many women do not like their husbands to drink much alcohol; they consider alcoholism a problem in their community particularly because Rajput drinking is sanctioned by tradition.
The British defined Rajputs as a group in part by their affinity for wild pork.
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Norwich Union is to introduce postcode-rated annuities, in a move that could penalise healthy and wealthy retirees.
The insurer plans to start looking at where annuity customers live, as well as their martial status and whether they smoke or not, when deciding how much retirement income to offer them. It will use this information to gauge customers' life expectancy, with the best annuity rates offered to people with lower life expectancy.
However, there are fears that those living in affluent areas will be penalised as they tend on average to live longer. People living in Kensington and Chelsea, where the life expectancy for men is currently 82.2 years or 86.2 years for women, are likely to be some the thousands of retiree disadvantaged by the move.
Legal & General adopted a similar postcode pricing system last year, and experts say other pension providers will follow suit in the months ahead.
Nigel Callaghan, a pensions analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, says providers are increasingly looking to "squeeze extra value" out of the way they rate people for annuities.
"Investors will increasingly be offered a rate that reflects their own life expectancy, rather than one from a large pool of people," he adds.
This will lead to a wider gap in annuity rates, depending on investors' health and wealth, and better returns for people who have a shorter life expectancy.
The downside is that people who have healthy lives or live in affluent areas are likely to see their pension income squeezed.
Despite every retiree having the right to shop around for an annuity product - known as the Open Market Option (OMO) - around two-thirds of people still accept the first offer made to them by their insurance company.
Callaghan adds: "From investors' point of view, the wider choice on offer only has value if they actually exercise that choice - everyone must shop around with their pension fund at retirement. If you don't, then you are going to miss out."
The changes at Norwich Union, which come into effect on 22 September, will see 30% of customer worse off.

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District gold for three YAIAA swimmers
Numerous swimmers from York, Adams and Franklin counties have earned top seeds in the District 3 swimming championships set for this weekend.
MECHANICSBURG – By the time Friday's District 3 swimming championships concluded, Dallastown's Jacob Stoner could barely speak.
The Wildcats senior had already lost his voice when friend and teammate Logan Brockway placed third in the 200-yard individual medley with a 1:53.73.
But Stoner had his own race, and he made the most of it. Stoner swam a 49.85 100 butterfly to capture the Class 3A district gold at Cumberland Valley.
"That represents a whole season's worth of work," a hoarse Stoner said, "getting up every other morning, going to morning practice, coming after school with blood, sweat and chlorine.
"I went up to Logan after and said, 'This is 50 percent you.' He's been my training partner. He has pushed me all season and really molded me into the swimmer I can be."
A huge start put Stoner in the driver's seat throughout his race, a year after he finished third in the district.
"I could never negative split a race. If I come out in the first 50 slow, my race is going to be slow," he said.
Stoner and Brockway finished the two-day competition in great style too, teaming with Joel Dunnigan and Seth Schuler to swim 1:27.64 and earn a bronze medal – and an automatic PIAA berth – in the 200 free relay.
Also in boys' Class 3A action, the South Western foursome of John Gill, Todd Jones, Ben Shoul and Alex Yokem earned a sixth-place medal in the 200 medley relay.
And Central York's Brynn DuRand, Sarah Minnich, Sarah Spinney and Gabby Miller won an eighth-place medal in the girls' medley relay.
YAIAA comes up huge in 2A
The YAIAA won 30 medals during the first day of the Class 2A championships.
Seven of those medals belonged to the West York girls' squad that leads the team standings after the first day. The Bulldogs have 155 points, six ahead of Schuylkill Valley and 31 in front of York Suburban.
West York senior Courtney Harnish earned gold by nearly four seconds with her 1:47.74 in the 200 freestyle.
"I am not tapered at all, so I was just going out there, staying loose, and seeing what time I could do to set myself up for states," Harnish said. "I am really excited to finish it off strong with these girls, and right now I am enjoying it all."
Harnish opened the meet by swimming the butterfly portion of the 200 medley relay, combining with Claudia Keller, Tesia Thomas and Maddi Stoner for a silver medal in 1:49.44, only .31 out of first.
Suburban closed the 2A girls' meet with silver medals in the final two events. Jenna Hufnagle took second in 1:00.49 in the 100 butterfly. And Keelie Walker, Cara Zortman, Megan Hunt and Havannah Suarez, who combined to go 1:40.00 in the 200 free relay.
The Trojans medley team of Maddy Abel, Walker, Hufnagle and Zortman scored a fourth-place medal, which provided momentum right from the start.
"Kicking off with a medley relay that drops six seconds set a tone that this was going to be a fast meet for York Suburban and it just kept going," said Trojans coach Craig Brennan.
YAIAA schools took the top five spots in the 200 free. Eastern York's Madison Nalls was second, Hunt earned bronze from the middle heat, Dover's Lindsay Brenneman was fourth and Meghan French of West York rounded out the top five.
Keller was third in the 200 individual medley, and independents Jessie McMurray (York Catholic) and Caroline Dudenhoffer (Delone Catholic) placed seventh and eighth respectively.
Dover's Grace Beierschmitt was third in the 50 free, going 24.44 and West York's Thomas was fourth. Dover was sixth and West York seventh in the girls' 200 free relay.
Herr leads 2A boys' medal charge
On the Class 2A boys' side, Gettysburg junior Jared Herr was trailing heading into the second half of his 200 freestyle. He closed the gap in the next 50, then bounced off the wall in his final turn to pass and win gold with a time of 1:43.16.
"When I was coming off the last 50 I could see it was close," Herr said. "Coming off that (turn) I realized how close it was and knew I had to keep going. I knew that would set me up for a strong finish."
Herr also swam on the Warriors' 200 medley relay that kick-started the day by earning a fifth-place medal. He teamed with Nico DeAngelo II, Logan Hyde and Zach Kiick. DeAngelo took fifth in the 100 butterfly.
"It was kind of a nice way to get the nerves out. It was great to get that medal with the team, especially working together with all those guys," Herr said.
The Suburban's boys' squad ended the day second in the 2A points standings, 19 behind Boiling Springs.
Like their female counterpart, the Trojan boys' 200 medley relay got things started the right way when Karl Schmittle, Matt Peters, Aidan Fryar and Charles Rogers swam 1:39.48 for silver, only .27 from the top spot.
It was the first of two silver medals for Fryar, who swam a 21.29 to place second in the 50 free, by a mere 0.09 seconds. Peters went on to place sixth in the 200 IM and Schmittle did the same in the butterfly. The Trojans also took sixth in the 200 free relay.
Susquehannock put a relay on the medal stand when the medley took seventh. Justin Reed scored a bronze in the butterfly, and Logan McFadden earned bronze in the 200 IM.
York Catholic freshman Miles Cox was fourth in the fly.


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The 'Style Award' competition at the Epsom Derby Festival 2016 takes place on Investec Ladies' Day, Friday 3rd June and model, TV presenter and DJ Vogue Williams and Alexandra Wilby, Hello! Magazine's Inside Entertainment and Features Writer, will be judging.
Renowned as one of the biggest social events in the British calendar, the Investec Derby Festival combines high style stakes with some of the best Flat racing in the world.
Racegoers never fail to impress with the range of fashion on display and this year will undoubtedly be no different as they challenge for the coveted title. Epsom Downs Racecourse invites women of all ages to dress to impress for a chance of winning the 'Style Award' at Investec Ladies' Day.
The fantastic prizes on offer include the use of a Bentley Continental GT for a weekend; a Bentley Ladies Continental handbag worth £2,950; luxury Bloom Gin hampers; and tickets to see Irish music sensation The Corrs at Epsom Downs Racecourse later this summer.
Vogue Williams is a true fashionista and she is a regular celebrity blogger on hello! online and guest panellist on shows such as ITV's 'Off the Rails'. She has also DJ'ed at some of the biggest festivals in Europe and will bring Investec Ladies Day to a close amidst a party atmosphere when she DJs after racing.
Vogue Williams said: "I am absolutely delighted to be invited back to Epsom Downs Racecourse to judge the Investec Ladies Day Style Award on Friday 3rd June.
"The Ladies Day first prize is the use of a Bentley Continental GT for a weekend and a Bentley Ladies Continental handbag worth £2,950, so get your outfits ready and be in for a chance to win, it's a great prize.
"Dressing for this sort of occasion can be difficult so my advice is, dress like you're meeting your boyfriend's parents for the first time!"
Williams will be taking to the decks on Investec Ladies' Day for a post-racing DJ party.
Tickets for the Grandstand enclosure cost £60. For more information and tickets: epsomderby.co.uk.


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Marvel Comics Universe & X-Men: Black Mojo #1 Spoilers: A Weird New Status Quo For Mojo As Extermination Roars & Uncanny X-Men Disassembled Looms?
Marvel Comics Universe and X-Men: Black Mojo #1 Spoilers follows.
A Surprising New Status Quo For Mojo As Extermination Roars & Uncanny X-Men Disassembled Looms?
We open with a storyline catch-up and creators' credits page.
Mojo has a renaissance mission to Earth as his Major Domo says. He has a ratings plan.
Those plans change as he encounters a woman on the streets of New York City as well as mutant.
However, Major Domo is implementing Mojo's plan and the Half-Sentient is turned loose on X-Men Mansion.
Domo believes that the second part of the plan involves the young lady Mojo met and the mutant…
…causing Mojo to snap and turn… good?
The book ends with Mojo have asked for and gone on a date with the young lady who is not turned off by his odd appearance; she apparently has seen weirder in New York City.
Here is a look at what's next from the X-Men Black one-shots.
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In addition to sequels and a TV series, The Bad News Bears (1976) begat ripoffs including the shameless Here Come the Tigers (1978), directed by future horror-movie icon Sean S. Cunningham. Amazingly, the same year he made Here Come the Tigers, Cunningham made another riff on The Bad News Bears, this time swapping out youth baseball for youth soccer. Manny's Orphans, which is pleasant enough to watch but painfully formulaic and predictable, concerns an everyman with bad gambling debts who takes a job as the live-in supervisor at an orphanage, then organizes the kids into a soccer team. To the minor credit of Cunningham and his collaborators, the story structure of Manny's Orphans does not slavishly emulate the plotting of The Bad News Bears, though the gist is similar—a man lacking direction finds himself by guiding children, and the children gain self-esteem by coalescing into an effective team. That said, the characterization, jokes, and style of Manny's Orphans are primitive compared to the sly textures of The Bad News Bears.
Manny (Jim Baker) loses his job as the soccer coach at a snooty private school because of his crass manners and disreputable lifestyle. Desperate to pay off a loan shark, he answers a want ad and meets Father McCoy (Malachy McCourt), who needs someone to supervise the boys in his care. Naturally, Manny takes an unusual approach, swearing around the children and playing poker with them. In the usual way of such movies, the kids find his vulgarity endearing. Among feeble subplots, the most important concerns a new arrival at the orphanage, Pepe (Melissa Valentin), who is secretly a girl. (She fled an abusive foster home.) You get the idea. Although Baker's performance is fairly charming, McCourt is likeable, and some of the juvenile actors render passable work, flat scripting and uninspired direction make Manny's Orphans monotonous. Still, the picture mostly avoids mean jokes and stereotypes, and the warm-fuzzy ending—no matter how obvious its construction—checks the appropriate boxes.
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Huge congratulations to Zöe Cannell who became the next Manx Bard at Sunday's event!
Zöe takes over from Annie Kissack who has held the position for the last year.
The 6th Manx Bard, Zoe Cannell, is absolutely delighted with her appointment for the 2019/2020 year:-
This is a role that I have aspired to ever since I attended its first initiation in 2014 at Jabberwocky in Douglas. It is a real honour to be following in the footsteps of the posthumous Bard, TE Brown, and the previous four local living Bards before me.
I am full of ideas, which I am already starting to implement. A year is not as long a time period as it sounds and I am certainly not going to waste any of it. I have already penned my first poem – a gift for the Island's new Deputy High Bailiff who is being invested on Monday.
The hard work starts here. But I also intend to have a lot of fun and fully embrace the whole magical experience.
I am so proud. I haven't stopped smiling. Thank you very much to all involved for affording me this opportunity.
The Bard is a cultural initiative sponsored by the Isle of Man Arts Council and endorsed by Culture Vannin and Manxlitfest - the winning poet is selected by a panel of judges based on their poems, performance and bringing innovation to the role.
Well done, Zöe!
Words by Bridget Carter
Excitement grew as people began to arrive, the sound of bagpipes played throughout by piper, Sharon Christian, for the Inauguration of the 6th Manx Bard. With their refreshments, consisting of not only tea and coffee but also lots of lovely homemade food, in hand, they headed to comfy chairs and hay stacks where they were soon propelled into the diverse world of performance poetry, together with a wealth of entertainment delivered by some well-known local musicians.
Meri Wade, one of the younger poets reading at the event last Sunday.
A spectacular turn out with people travelling from all over the Island to find out who the next Manx Bard would be. The event is hosted each year at Moorehouse Farm, by Paul Costain, in one of Paul's fabulous Barns in Colby, Paul, a well-known local farmer, with a big personality and an even bigger voice, is the winner of a number of Cleveland medals, and together with family and friends, rallies round, ensuring the barn is as welcoming as it has been in previous years and this one didn't disappoint.
The Manx Bard is sponsored by the Isle of Man Arts Council and supported by Culture Vannin and Shoprite and attracts many new followers by the day. This year's occurrence saw a fabulous array of entertainment including songs by Phil Gawne, Greg Joughan, Richard Corlett and Bill Corlett, with an electrifying blend of poetry performed by the Bards, Manx Youth Bard, Holly MacRea, runner up to the Youth Bard, Esther Walters, an incredibly talented and very young, Meri Wade, who read two beautiful poems, one of which was in Manx Gaelic, also very talented, Kinley Clugston and the youngest, at only 7 years old, Finn Franklin.
The Lieutenant Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, announced, as the audience waited with bated breath, that the 6th Manx Bard was the fabulous Zoe Cannel. Zoe went on to read a collection of magnificent poetry ending with one that had the audience in stitches of laughter.
Zoe will now follow in the inspirational footsteps of T. E. Brown, named posthumously as the 1st Manx Bard in 2014, Stacey Astill, the 2nd and first living Manx Bard, John "Dog" Callister the 3rd Manx Bard, Sara Goodwins, the 4th Manx Bard and our most recent 5th Manx Bard, Annie Kissack.
Zoe has some hard acts to follow but we are both, excited and confident that she will shine very bright in her role of current Manx Bard.
The event concluded with everyone singing the traditional Ellan Vannin, a truly captivating and thrilling afternoon all round.
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Renowned Economist David Ndii opined a widely read article on the Daily Nation with the title: Kenya is a cruel marriage is time we talked divorce. At the core of his message is, as a country we have failed to show ability to live harmoniously or share equitably the resources of this country and that perhaps regions not satisfied should break away.
It's possible that's an oversimplification of the over 1300 words in that article but really, that was the gist. Anyhow, Dr. Ndii was right on one thing. This is a cruel marriage. However, rather than talking divorce we should try make it work. But first we need to understand how we got here. While Dr. Ndii's article gives that background there's that sessional paper that is perhaps the mother of inequality in Kenya. The Sessional paper no. 10 of 1965.
Back when we had the eight provinces the leadership at the time under Mzee Jomo Kenyatta-the founding father, decided that to grow the economy faster, money for development should be "invested where it will yield the largest input." And by this, the approach ended up favoring areas with good climatic patterns and better infrastructure compared to other provinces. It goes without saying that Central Province and certain parts of the Rift Valley were the major beneficiaries.
This wasn't necessarily a bad idea; in fact if Mzee Kenyatta and his economists had gone a little further to think of how they would have utilized the non-productive regions we wouldn't be here. Additionally, the inability by his government and subsequent governments to spread the resources to other regions is what has led to the "our turn to eat" mentality. And perhaps Mzee Kenyatta and his predecessor Moi bear the biggest brunt having ethnicized the government.
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Court orders KRA to make MP tax records public
A three-judge bench has ordered Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to make public the tax records of Members of Parliament who served in the 10th Parliament. The Court of Appeal made the decision following an appeal filed by Rev. Timothy Njoya. The former PCEA clergy man had in 2013 sought orders from the High Court to have KRA produce documents showing MPs who had complied with their tax obligations. Kenya Revenue Commission has 30days to comply with the court order.
Duale battles election malpractice allegation
National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale has denied claims he bribed voters during the August 8th elections. While responding to a suit filed by Farah Maalim, the Garissa Township MP insisted he was validly elected and denied ballot boxes tampering allegations where seals are alleged to have been broken and ballots stuffed. The MP insists his challenger must prove any electoral malpractice on his side.
Electoral Amendment Bill awaits Presidential Assent
President Uhuru Kenyatta has less than eight days to sign into law the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2017 or return it back to Parliament. The President acknowledged receipt saying Parliament had done its bit and now it was up to him to consider it and then append his signature. Majority Leader Duale expressed satisfaction with the Parliament's job and said they hope the president signs the Bill immediately. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill was drafted, debated and passed by the ruling Jubilee MPs after NASA boycotted it saying it was not done in good will.
Aukot on the October 26th ballot
High Court has ordered IEBC to ensure Thirdway Alliance candidate Ekuru Aukot is on the ballot scheduled for October 26th. The court ordered the electoral agency to amend the gazette notice it had issued to reflect Mr. Aukot's name. The court ruled that having participated in the Supreme Court case that led to the nullification of the August 8th presidential results, Aukot had every right to also participate in the repeat elections.
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Quote by IEBC Chairman, Wafula Chebukati when giving a press statement following the resignation of Senior Commissioner Roselyne Akombe on October 18, 2017
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Why No One Talks About Warehouses Anymore
How to Conduct a Proper Warehouse Operation
When you are working a distribution centre, the ideal approach to see how to run your place proficiently is by taking a gander at the amount needs that you require in that area and pick everything else admirably. The structure that you set up to hold your stock will exceedingly rely upon what you will hold in the stockroom. Regardless of what sort of stockroom you require, to store your things productively, you should set up two focal components which are the uprights and columns. Many people get a kick out of the chance to use the particular rack. Most distribution centres utilise this to hold every one of the materials that are received disposing of the requirement for doing a great deal of evacuating and supplanting assignment when the one that you require isn't in the best position. Other than the right sort of rack, you need to settle astutely on other factors that will require you look at all your factors carefully if you want incredible outcomes. If you are bringing in heavy items, they will need shelves that can withhold their pressure. Such a circumstance warrants the establishment of racks that have been produced using quality materials and strengthened with steel jolts to such an extent that they are steady when the substantial elements are set over them.
If you need to ensure that your stock replenishment goes correctly, you might need to pick a gravity controlled rack. This sort of rack guarantees that the pallet towards one side of the rack holds the stock you desire to be used before all others. Another gravity controlled sort of pallet rack is intended for container stream and functions from a similar perspective. If you establish this system, you will have a good inventory follow up such that all stocking in and out needs are catered for most appropriately. If you are keen on a greatly improved stock framework, you can execute the pushback which utilises rails that has a plate on it. This system is ideal in great in increasing the storage capacities.
The pallet rack system is the most critical fundamental thought that you must put in place when interested in conducting a warehouse such that after knowing the right one you can now start going for the stock replenishments. You will have a lot of other racking needs also, also stepping stools, parcels, wire decking and possibly particular workplaces. It is after you have cared for all the setup mechanisms that you can now start worrying on how the stock will be received. Warehousing is challenging and those that have years of experience still need some guidance. The activity requires master hands while doing it out of the blue. A person operating a warehouse must be well informed on the updated warehousing practices. It is best to get an organisation that can give you the vital supplies in shelf establishment. Enable them to prompt you in like manner. If you approach this wisely, you will end up with a proper functioning warehouse.
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In this second installment of my series on Oracle Forms and Reports, I'll explain why Oracle APEX is ideally suited for Forms Modernization (My first blog was about Forms Challenges). APEX is a web-based Rapid Application Development tool that comes with the Oracle Database. If you already run an Oracle database, it is there for your company to use, right now, without extra licensing fees. Forms-APEX similarities run deep. This is why APEX represents the most cost-effective method to bring your Forms and Reports applications into the 21st century.
The Backbone and the Thorn in the Foot
Legacy Systems like Oracle Forms and Reports can be both the backbone and the thorn in the foot of an organization. On one hand, they've evolved over time to fit the needs of order processing, shipping, finance, and more. In many organizations, they are a model of efficiency. On the other hand, connecting them to the outside world and the needs of the modern business is increasingly difficult, sometimes impossible.
Various options have been made available to modernize or replace Forms systems over the years. Among them:
-Open Source Technology
Some have chosen to replace Forms with open source technology. For example, the LAMP approach: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. There is no integration with Forms and you are starting from scratch. Open source is free and without licensing fees. However, long-term support on these platforms is a question mark. Even the most popular open source software risks being superseded. The result can be fewer upgrades and dwindling support.
It's true that some open source software is supported by large manufacturers. For example, Oracle supports MySQL. Overall, however, open source tools often lack structure. The understanding and use of these tools will often depend on how well the specific technology suits the developer.
-ERP Systems (SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite, JD Edwards etc.)
These standardized platforms became very popular in the early 2000s. They've helped businesses grow, but they didn't necessarily grow with all business needs. Companies using these systems are increasingly calling on software developers to extend their ERP's capability. Each division of a large company can end up having custom needs outside the ERP's parameters. This could come from managing new products, new technologies, new processes. ERPs may cover 80%-90% of your application needs, but that remaining 10%-20% is often what makes your business unique.
All in all, the associated costs of ERPs are high. This can make sense if your business functions are covered by the new system. In my experience though, there is always something of Forms which isn't. When this happens, we now use APEX to extend the ERP to integrate the necessary functionality.
-Object Oriented Development Technology
Some Businesses change over to a different technology entirely, such as Java or .NET. But does your development team have the time and talent to convert to a completely new application framework? Can your company get safely through such a transition? If not, it can become a job for 3rd party technologists with the costs that this entails.
-Custom Software
Many companies have application suites with Forms-like behavior created for them by 3rd parties using a combination of technologies. Just as with open source technology, you don't know how that will turn out for you in the long term. You might end up with a system that is just as difficult to maintain as your Forms system was.
All of the approaches above are basically "From Scratch", where Forms and its efficiency get put aside. This where the Oracle APEX approach differs. It isn't from scratch. In fact, it allows you to reuse much of what your company has painstakingly developed over the years with Forms.
Forms: the Thick Database Paradigm
The often-recommended best-practice approach with Forms was to have as much of the code as possible reside in the database, including business functions and security. This can make migration or extension work with Forms easier. In this paradigm, Forms acts as a front-end to all this functionality while most of the business logic resides in the Database. This is the thick database Paradigm. This approach is secure, centralized, easy to maintain, easy to deploy, and makes for good performance. Forms is not always set up this way but it can be transferred fairly easily during a migration. Oracle APEX offers tools for such a transition.
Another advantage of this paradigm is that you can reuse the same code. For example, if you have 15 order taking screens, you can have them all make the same call from the same code in the database. You won't have to develop code for 15 different order-taking screens. This not only makes development easier, but it also makes for better application performance.
This is what Forms-APEX similarities stem from. APEX shares this exact same paradigm and much more.
Forms-APEX Similarities: Same Paradigm, Same Database Model, Same Programming Language
Forms is based on a relational data model, meaning most application screens or blocks of information are based on tables in the database. Often, these are management applications: Client management, order management, PL Management, etc. APEX uses this same relational data model.
Another similarity: Forms development is procedural and not object-oriented such as with Java or .Net. So is APEX. Forms and APEX even share the same coding language, PL/SQL. There are, of course, many new functions in APEX, but the base is still the same. APEX even allows you to reuse much of the code you already have in Forms (that's right, EXACTLY the same PL/SQL code!).
Because of these similarities, your Forms developers will feel at home using APEX very rapidly. They'll have a fast, efficient learning curve. Forms and APEX, after all, are both Oracle tools.
Moving From Forms to APEX
So, you have a data model, you have PL/SQL, you have Forms applications, you have business functions in your database, you have predefined security parameters. You've had all of this for years. It's thoroughly debugged and proven. It is a stable and reliable backbone of your operations. All you need to do is position APEX alongside Forms and reuse the same database, the same SQL code, and the same business functions. The only thing that is really changing is the presentation layer, the User Interface, which also happens to be the one that is web-based. You can also partially or completely replace your Forms applications. It's up to you.
If you decide to go with another technology, you are basically throwing all of these Forms-APEX Similarities away and starting over, with all that entails. With APEX you are leveraging the significant investments you've made in your Database. You are using the same server, the same personnel, the same developers the same knowledge, and the same IT structure.
Why start from scratch when you can start from a large percentage of your existing investment?
APEX: Rapid Application Development at the service of Forms Developers
Because Forms and APEX share the same developmental approach, the development methodology is the same as well. Just like in Forms, you develop a logic model, create a physical model, then sit down with the customer/end user and establish a list of business functions and start development.
The beauty of modernizing Forms with APEX is that it enables you to keep most of this backend programming. This is because your backend processes don't really change. You'll always have customers, you'll always products, you'll always have shipping. You order process will remain the same.
What's different? These actions might be performed over the internet, on a mobile or tablet. They might be put into communication with web services. This opens up so many possibilities. It allows connection to internal or external systems such as other departments, business process, business partners and customers.
APEX's Rapid Application development allows all this to happen quickly and smoothly. Plus, you can now use modern development approaches, like AGILE. This is a far cry from line-by-line Java coding. Suddenly, the move towards web-based applications becomes feasible. Suddenly, those hundreds of Forms your company has developed over the years can be moved into the 21st century within a reasonable timeframe and cost.
Forms-APEX Similarities Conclusion
To recap Forms-APEX Similarities
- Technology
- Database
- Maintenance
- Backup
- Recovery
- High availability
- Performance tuning
- Data model
- Methodology
- Development approach
It's no wonder they work so well together.
In the next blog in this series, we'll look at the advantages of Modernizing Oracle Forms with APEX. Interested in learning more? See our Oracle Forms and Reports Modernization services
See the others in this series on Oracle Forms Modernization
First blog in this series Forms and reports Modernization – Forms Challenges
Third blog in this series Advantages of Modernizing Oracle Forms with APEX
Fouth blog in this series Modernize Oracle Forms Applications
See also
Oracle Forms Conversion to Oracle APEX – Where to Start
The Oracle Forms Modernization Journey
How You Know It's Time To Modernize Your Oracle Forms & Reports App
Debating Whether to Keep Oracle Forms or to Migrate From It?


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OHA Board approves resolution on Maunakea
News Release from OHA, July 25, 2019
HONOLULU (July 25, 2019) – The OHA Board of Trustees today approved a resolution that calls on Gov. David Ige to rescind his Emergency Proclamation for Maunakea and authorizes the OHA administration to advocate for the rights, safety and well-being of Native Hawaiian protectors and provide related-assistance as appropriate.
"Our hearts go out to our beneficiaries peacefully demanding the protection of Maunakea," said Trustee Dan Ahuna, chair of the OHA Board's Ad Hoc Committee on Maunakea. "Regardless of your position on the Thirty Meter Telescope, we all want the same thing: to mālama the mountain. Unfortunately, the state and the University of Hawaiʻi have spent the last half century failing their management responsibilities for this special place. Their longstanding stewardship failures are the real emergency on Maunakea. This is why we are suing the state and the university."
Over the last two weeks, thousands of Native Hawaiians and others have gathered at Puʻuhonua o Puʻuhuluhulu at the base of Maunakea to call for the protection of Maunakea. Kiaʻi leaders have formally asked OHA to help cover the cost for supplies to maintain the puʻuhonua. OHA has also been asked to help coordinate or provide for legal observers and other health, safety and legal needs.
"Our community is asking for OHA's help," said Trustee Ahuna. "Today's resolution directs the OHA administration to review these requests and respond appropriately."
With the approval of today's resolution, the OHA Board also took the following positions:
To view the resolution, click here.
For more information on OHA's lawsuit against the state and UH, visit www.oha.org/maunakea.
As Explained: Machado: "OHA has no position on the siting of the TMT on Maunakea"
KITV: OHA approves resolution to advocate for health, safety of protectors
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Lauretti on Scanlon plea: She had 'no choice'
Mayor Mark Lauretti indicated during an earlier interview on the Sharon Scanlon case that he would not be surprised if a guilty plea is how the case ended. "She doesn't really have a choice," he said.
"It's a terrible thing — for the city and for the people who work in City Hall, and a terrible thing for her," he said.
Scanlon pleaded no contest to forgery and larceny charges today in state Superior court in Milford
Lauretti said it can be hard to be certain whether someone is an honest person or not. "You know, I like and trust most people," he said.
Lauretti said city officials have had minimal communication with state prosecutors during the legal process.


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Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for direction for her movie based on Iraq war drama, "The Hurt Locker", in 2009.
However this year's Tony Awards took it further by handing out its best directing awards to two women namely Pam MacKinnon for Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," and Diane Paulus for her elaborately staged musical "Pippin."
The reigning feminine power achieved new heights in theater this year with Cyndi Lauper becoming the first solo woman to win a Tony for score, in the best musical award winner "Kinky Boots."
"We're hitting our stride, absolutely," said MacKinnon in recognition of all her fellow women in the theater.
Even Lauper also echoed that sentiment after she won: "I guess I'm the first woman, so maybe I'd do it for my mother and my grandmother who could not have careers. And for all the women that'll follow me, because there'll be lots of them."
This was the second time in Tony's history that two women have won best direction awards. MacKinnon also recalled the 1998 Tony Awards, when both Julie Taymor and Garry Hynes won best direction awards for "The Lion King" and "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," respectively. In the year 1998 it was the first time when two women ended up winning both directing prizes at Tonys, and also was the first time when a woman had won in either of the categories.
"That was the June that I moved to New York, so very exciting to be a part of that," MacKinnon said.
MacKinnon and Paulus have become fourth and fifth women to achieve this feat at Tonys. Susan Stroman won the best direction Tony in 2001 for "The Producers."
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About Sport for All
Sports for All was designed in collaboration with the Youth Sport Trust, UK and is being implemented by the British Council, Malaysia to provide children with special needs equal access to sports and high-quality physical education (PE). Through the provision of inclusive PE, sports and play opportunities, children with disabilities have a greater chance of participating in activities that will not only help them develop life and leadership skills, but can also lead to increased participation in education.
Sports for All builds on the success of the International Inspiration (II) Programme. It is being delivered in Malaysia by the British Council with input from a steering committee comprised of our country partners UNICEF, the National Olympic Council of Malaysia and the National Paralympic Committee. It initially ran for two years (2011-12), and achieved a great deal of success and recognition for its impact on physical education (PE) delivery in schools and its support of the transformation of the primary and secondary school PE curriculum.
- To showcase the Sports for All training model to policymakers with the aim of replicating and scaling up the project with new audiences.
- To promote youth volunteerism and enhance youth leadership skills through the Sports for All Youth Sport Leadership (YSL) Project.
- To enable outstanding YSL Projects to become more sustainable social enterprise models.
- To create a pool of local trainers and practitioners who are able to deliver Sportability Training at a national level.
Activities since 2012
Sports for All was piloted through Sportability Training and reached out to lecturers from teacher training colleges, as well as in-service special education teachers. The pilot project also served to train several local NGOs, encouraging them to involve special needs children in sport activities on a regular basis.
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- 1-day Sportability Training workshops: the workshops aim to provide community teachers with tips and resources for delivering PE to young people in their communities.
- 3-day Sportability Training Programmes: in depth Train the Trainers (ToT) programmes are conducted by UK Youth Sport Trust trainers.
Sports for All Youth Sport Leadership (YSL) Project
- To encourage youth volunteerism through engagement with children with special needs in sports activities.


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Crankin' Old Men: Taking long bike rides into their 80s
When Jay Bender was turning 40, his wife, Rita, thought, "What the heck am I going to get him for his birthday?"
The answer was nearby. "I was in a shopping center on Commack Road; there was a bike shop in there," she said. "He had been a jogger and kept getting shin splints. I said, 'I'll get him a bicycle!' "
She brought it home, parked it in the middle of their family room in Dix Hills and tied a red ribbon to the handlebar. "When he came home, he said 'What's that?' " Rita recalled. "I said, 'Your birthday present.' He said, 'What am I going to do with that?' I said, 'Ride it.' "
And so he has. For the past 40 years. And not just around the block.
His most recent bicycle venture took him from Long Island to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -- a one-way, six-day, 390-mile trip he made with seven buddies, all members of an informal but tightly knit group of older riders who call themselves Crankin' Old Men.
Bender is now 80, retired from the home furnishings industry, a great-grandfather of two and an accomplished road cyclist. There are about 25 members of Crankin' Old Men who range in age from 59 to 84. Some, like Bender, have been riding for years; others started more recently to lose weight and get in shape without aggravating creaky joints -- something well-suited to bicycle-riding.
They pedal together three times a week, year-round. Usually the rides are 30-40 miles, with the group departing from the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Huntington Station. Each ride is followed by a breakfast during which there is much good-natured ribbing about who was slowest, who has the worst-looking bike shorts, who couldn't change a flat tire if his life depended on it and so forth.
Once a year, eight of the most hardy of the Crankin' Old Men go on a road trip. (Cranking is a term road cyclists use to describe someone who is riding hard and fast.) The Men have been doing these trips together for nearly a quarter-century. Past destinations have included the Blue Ridge Mountains, Cape Cod, the Finger Lakes, Canadian Rockies and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
The origins of the annual trip and the group are a bit murky. What the Men agree on is that they are a spinoff of the Huntington Bicycle Club, and their acknowledged leader was Harry Peckham, a senior cyclist who lived in Huntington Station and died in 2004 at the age of 77. Bender said Peckhan "had an extensive military background and believed in teamwork and esprit de corps. We all learned a lot from him."
Nothing is left to chance
Those lessons are evident in the annual road trip; a marvel of organization and efficiency. "Like a well-oiled machine," Bender said proudly. "Everyone knows their jobs."
Planning starts in the spring. Once a destination is set, motels are booked, a 15-passenger van is rented, provisions purchased, a course mapped out. The Gettysburg trip took them from Greenlawn, along back roads through Nassau and Queens, over the Brooklyn Bridge and into Manhattan.
"Riding in the city is always an experience," said Bender. Maybe, it's the spectacle of eight older bicyclists wearing matching yellow jerseys with the Crankin' Old Men logo: a rider on a Victorian penny-farthing bike. In Brooklyn, "People were taking photos of us," Bender said. "They were yelling, 'Where ya' going?' When we told them -- their jaws dropped."
The generally friendly reception by pedestrians and drivers in traffic was a welcome change. "We didn't get anything thrown at us," Bender said. "We didn't get driven off the roads. That's happened in the past."
In all, eight of the Men, including Bender, completed the June trip: Don Natiello, 67, Paul Modelewski, 59, and Marvin Gerber, 76, all from Greenlawn; Bob McLaughlin, 68, of Huntington; Tony Barone, 82, of Dix Hills; Don Auriemma, 73, of Cold Spring Harbor; and Alec Dick, 73, a former Syosset resident who now lives in Chestertown, Maryland.
Staying safe on the road
To minimize problems, the Men ride defensively. "The key is communication," says Auriemma, a retired corporate consultant. "We always yell, 'Car back!' when there's a car behind us. We make sure everyone stays in line."
After taking the Staten Island Ferry, the Men headed south to New Jersey -- battling stiff headwinds and hills much of the way -- then rode through Delaware, Maryland, and, finally, reached Pennsylvania. The Men took turns driving the van that followed the cyclists with daily supplies for the six- to seven-hour rides.
On the road, there was only one stop for lunch before ending each of the riding days with dinner at a local restaurant. Even here, things were well organized. "We had a designated treasurer who took care of payments" for meals, motels and other expenses, McLaughlin said. It cost each rider $1,000 for the trip. "It's really a team effort," Auriemma said.
It's also good for their physical and mental health. "This is what psychologists call social support," said Norman Abeles, emeritus professor of psychology at Michigan State University and an expert on mental health for seniors. "They support each other, they have meaningful friendships and they're probably healthier, more exercise- and weight-conscious, and more relationship-oriented as a result."
The morning after arriving in Gettysburg, they stashed the bikes in the van, headed home and checked off another successful road trip for the troops while the wives stayed home.
"My wife and I have our joint interests and our separate interests and that makes for a 43-year marriage," McLaughlin said. This year, when his wife, Suzan, asked how long his trip would be, he told her about a week. Her reply: "That's all?"
Although there are women who ride on weekend excursions with the Huntington Bike Club, the Crankin' Old Men trips are for guys only.
Rita Bender said there's no way she could ride with the Men, even if they made an exception and allowed her. Years ago, she pedaled 8 miles from her home to Huntington and ended up taking a taxi home, with the bike in the trunk.
For her husband, it's a different story. "I think it's a wonderful thing for him to have this exercise and camaraderie," she says. Being part of the Crankin' Old Men, doing the weekly rides, planning and participating in the annual excursion is more than a hobby, she said. "It's a way of life for him."
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Headstrong Intervention for Pediatric Headache
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00269581
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 23, 2005
Last Update Posted : September 25, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|Chronic Headaches
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|35 participants
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- Pain, mood, and stress self-rating scales [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-Treatment and 3, 6 and 12 Month Follow-Up ]
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- Headache-related disability [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-Treatment and 3, 6 and 12 Month Follow-Up ]
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- 7-12 years of age
- having recurrent, intermittent, nonmalignant headaches occurring on an average of at least once per week by parental or child report and separated by symptom-free periods
- having a diagnosis by a nurse practitioner, pediatrician, or pediatric neurologist of migraine, muscle-contraction, or chronic daily headaches
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- their medical history and/or neurological exam suggests that headaches are secondary to another physical or developmental condition
- their parents report they have been diagnosed with a mental health condition or they are receiving concurrent psychotherapy
- their baseline headache diaries indicate an average headache frequency of less than one per week
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|United States, Kansas
|University of Kansas Medical Center
|Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
|United States, Missouri
|Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108
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|Michael Rapoff, PhD
|University of Kansas Medical Center
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Week 4 found the drawing lab group exploring a continuous line and how to incorporate this idea into drawing various subjects.
The artist Paul Klee said that "a line drawing is like taking a dot for a walk." In this week's lab we went for a walk, skipped a little and began to run.
A continuous line drawing is actually a very powerful way to create a piece that is both hard-edged and fluid, representational and abstract, rational and emotional all in one.
Known as unbroken line drawing, continuous line drawing or blind object drawing, the premise is that the pen, pencil or another easy writing instrument never leaves the paper until you are done.
To do this type of drawing you need a pencil or any writing element that offers a smooth, continuous line and a smooth, blank piece of paper. Choose something you want to draw such as a person, flower, fruit or whatever inspires you.
In the drawing lab we are trying to capture the essence of the object and the idea of movement.
The final part of this week's exercise was to add color to the images we created.


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European Union finds stability?
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Conception Bay South, NL, November 15, 2011- Consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador will find cold comfort with government releasing details of its home heating rebate today with the markets and oil prices rebounding this week. That news is from George Murphy, group researcher for the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices.
"We're at a point where the markets have bounced oil prices upwards again, mainly on speculation of the European union's member nations Italy and Greece replacing their leadership, and some positive US economic news." Murphy said. 'However, the markets are turning refined commodity prices to a point where they're starting to bite into consumers pocket-books again with heating and stove oil prices rising again to almost $1.03 a litre in the St. John's area, and up close to $1.23 for a litre of heating oil in Gaultois. They're again making heating prices unaffordable to most, regardless of what relief measures that government is undertaking today."
First, the numbers
"Numbers are showing a 2.69 cents a litre increase for heating and stove oil prices and an added 2.8 cents a litre on diesel fuels. Gasoline shows a 2.0 cent a litre drop, but a break in prices may be short-lived if oil prices continue their way upwards. With energy prices rising, consumers are going to feel the pinch at the wrong time of the year."
Government announces heating rebate program
"While government is enjoying almost 600 million in royalties, according to Minister Marshall's statement some weeks ago, we're looking at consumers getting the fickle end of the stick that comes with higher energy prices, and a lot of consumers out there simply can't afford some energy costs anymore. The rebate itself potentially only covers a third of a tank of heating fuel and needs to see another examination of what it sends out to consumers who need it. What's even more alarming is a statistic tied with last year's program that showed almost 66,000 homes received the rebate, a $16.5 million dollar payout! The number of recipient homes here is an alarming statistic and adds focus to the problem of sky-rocketing energy costs, particularly for those on fixed incomes or pensions."
"Hopefully, the markets will turn the opposite direction again and send prices lower, but the promise of economic turn-around has to be worrisome for at least some people out there, particularly for those left behind. It's for just this example that the Occupy movement has reason, and some have good reason to worry this winter, so far."
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text: The 10th Sports Gala of the University of Gujrat (UoG) ended here at Hafiz Hayat Campus on Thursday. As many as 1025 men and women athletes from all UoG campuses vying for honours at different sports contests going on for the last two days dedicated their struggle for victory to the people of occupied Kashmir facing Indian lockdown. There was tremendous uproar of applause from the crowds who were greeting their favourite pick of teams and individuals swaggering along for the march-past to the beat of the drums. The stage was set for the thumping finale to the 10th Sports Gala of the University of Gujrat (UoG). Those jubilant contingents of men and women from various UoG departments at Hafiz Hayat Campus, the Nawaz Sharif Medical College (NSMC) UoG Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Shabbar Atiq declared the mega event open by lighting the sports torch. Annual sports and games have become an essential part of UoG traditions.Sports Gala Organizing Committee member Sports Officer Nasira Perveen warmly welcomed the participants. Another member director Ikhlaq Ahmad took the oath from the athletes before the final round of the contests. Prof. Dr Shabbar Atiq in his address congratulated the directorates of Administration & Coordination, Sports and Security for a successful and hiccup-free organization of the mega sports event. "Sports and games are equally important for our youth for their personality development and academic progress," Dr Shabbar Atiq said, adding that these activities provide them with a chance to learn and develop, personality traits like tolerance, cooperation and discipline," Dr Zia said. Later, he gave away prizes to the winning teams and individuals.Registrar Dr Tahir Aqil, Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Muhammad Faheem Malik, Dean Dr Fauzia Maqsood, Dean Dr Abdul Rehman, City Campus Director Arif Chaudhry, Dr Razia Aqbal, Dr Zakia Bano, HoDs and chairpersons of various other UoG departments were among the guests of honour. According to a notification issued by the provincial government, the schools will remain closed due to "dense smog" in the three districts.


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