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'If a town's worth living in, it's worth working for': A small town love story
Bill Welsh served in the navy in World War II, and played briefly for Collingwood in 1950, but desperately wanted to return home to Yinnar. There he met Jean at a dance one Saturday night, and the rest is history visible all over town. Jordyn Beazley continues our series on life in a Victorian country town.
Bill Welsh, back row, far left, next to legendary coach Phonse Kyne.
Words and pictures by Jordyn Beazley
Jean Welsh looks at the 1950 Collingwood team photo sitting on the glass coffee table, taking pride of place in the centre of her loungeroom. Back row, far left, next to legendary coach Phonse Kyne is her husband at 23, pictured moments before he played against Fitzroy in his first VFL game.
Jean lifts her gaze to Bill, now 94, resting opposite her in his favourite lounge chair. She smiles as she reflects on all they've achieved since the photo was taken 68 years ago. "We've lived a very happy life here, haven't we Bill," she says.
Bill nods as he reaches for the cup of tea resting on his walking frame. Though he is hard of hearing nowadays, he doesn't need Jean to speak up to know her nostalgic tone.
Jean and Bill Welsh met at a dance in Yinnar, which "had the best dance floor in the area, so I would come from Morwell with my friends. It always drew a big crowd," says Jean.
Over the years, young Bill received invitations to try for Carlton, Fitzroy, Hawthorn and Essendon. But after just eight games with Collingwood, Bill left Melbourne and his burgeoning VFL career. His heart was set on something more important – giving back to his hometown of Yinnar, where he has lived since he was two.
It takes five minutes to walk from one end of Yinnar's Main Street to the other. Hugging one side of the street are the icons of all regional Australian towns – a hardware store, bowling club, general store, primary school, RSL, war memorial, and of course, a pub.
Like most small towns, it appears humdrum to an outsider. But with the benefit of a tour through the town guided by Jean, its less visible dimensions are revealed.
Yinnar is a place that thrives on the support of one another, and reflects Bill's mantra "if a town's worth living in it's worth working for".
Strolling past the locally owned businesses with Jean, you might feel like you've also lived there for years. She stops to chat to most people, piecing together the conversation from when they last spoke with ease. Jean says ''hello'' to everyone, even those she doesn't know. The lines from always smiling are etched into her skin.
Jean leads the tour to the war memorial with an ease of motion that makes you forget she is 90. The memorial is opposite the RSL at the northern end of the Main Street. It is sheltered by trees that dapple pale winter sunlight on the names of Yinnar's people who didn't return from the war. This is a place of pride for the Welsh family.
Bill is the last living World War II veteran in Yinnar, and one of fewer than 20,000 left in Australia. He joined the Australian Navy when he was 18 and spent three years in service, seeing action in the Pacific, New Guinea, Philippines, and Borneo on HMAS Arunta (1).
Jean crosses the road to the bowling club – an emblem of what communities can achieve when they work together. Locals raised the money to build the club in 1958, and have since managed the upkeep themselves. Jean walks through the ''side'' gate, welcoming herself as if it were her second home. She points to the trees that line the back fence of the bowling green. "Bill planted those," she says.
Bill was the foundation president, and Jean was also president for a time. She gave it up nine years ago once Bill became unwell. His health deteriorated after their son Peter passed away in 2008 from a long illness at age 54. Peter is remembered as a local football star who also made it to the VFL, playing for both Hawthorn and Richmond.
Jean Welsh in the community gardens she and Bill helped create to mark the town's centenary in 1974: "When we wanted something, the community pulled together and made it happen, we didn't rely on government grants." Picture: Jordyn Beazley
Bill and Jean had two children after they married in 1951. They met at the dance that was once held in Yinnar every Saturday. "Yinnar had the best dance floor in the area, so I would come from Morwell with my friends. It always drew a big crowd," Jean says.
"He asked me for a dance, and what a life it has been since that moment."
There are echoes of Bill and Jean's marriage spent in civic service the length and breadth of the town. Sitting across from Yinnar's row of businesses is the Centenary Gardens. Jean recounts Bill's role as president of the Centenary Committee, an event that saw the gardens built to mark Yinnar's centenary in 1974.
The money raised from the event also went towards building the community sports hall that sits in the primary school directly across the road.
"When we wanted something, the community pulled together and made it happen, we didn't rely on government grants" Jean says.
Strolling through the sites with Jean you can feel that Yinnar is a safe place. The type of place where you can leave your doors unlocked or have your kids play without constant supervision.
Bill spent 40 years as justice of the peace in place of a local police officer. "There is no crime in Yinnar, so we have never had a police officer. There wouldn't be much for one to do!" Jean quips in her jovial way.
From Jean's sprightly step, you wouldn't have guessed she fractured her hip in November last year. "I tripped up the back step [at home]. I had been going up and down that step for 67 years, we never thought something like that would happen," Jean recounts.
The Department of Veterans Affairs was unable to provide emergency respite care for Bill when Jean was hospitalised and recovering. The cleaner, a service provided by the Latrobe City Council, extended her hours to support meal preparations in the mornings. Mavis, Jean's 91-year-old cousin, would drive to the Welsh's home from Newborough, after she finished her shift at the op shop, to care for Bill in the evenings.
Continuing the town tour, Jean points to the town clock sitting atop the railway shed that once serviced the old Morwell to Mirboo North line. The line closed in 1974. Jean recalls catching the last train to Mirboo North the day it closed. "By then most people had a car, so people just weren't using it as much anymore," she says.
Below the clock is a plaque that tells you the clock was donated by Bill in 2011. It could be a reminder of the time Bill spent carting stock feed to the Yinnar Farm and Hardware store, which he and his brother Alf ran for 37 years.
Jean enters the hardware store, which she hasn't visited for some time, and walks with purpose to the back storeroom. Still hanging in the corner is the bike Bill rode 20 kilometres each way from Yinnar to Yallourn High school every day.
The store owner spots Jean in her crimson red jacket standing in an aisle bordered by piled stockfeed. His quizzical expression transforms to familiarity once Jean introduces herself as a Welsh. Looking up at the bike, covered in 80 years of rust, he remarks that it is an enduring emblem of Bill's ownership of the store.
Jean returns home, excited to tell Bill the bike is still there.
Bill and Jean have lived in their home since 1951. It was once the only house at the end of Yinnar's Main Street. Now, it stands in a row of brick homes. On the opposite side of the Welsh's back fence is a new housing estate.
Jean remarks that the coule didn't want Yinnar to grow. "A few of the local farmers divided their land into housing blocks. People just weren't buying the milk, so the land wasn't paying. What else could they do?" She says.
She worries that the burdens of modern life on residents have meant a loss of connection with the community. "[People] have much larger mortgages now, they don't seem to have as much time to give to the community," she says.
Jean hands Bill another cup of tea, then pulls a chair from the dining room to sit next to him. He has since moved to a different lounge chair, one that catches the afternoon sun. Bill raises the cup of tea to his lips to blow away the steam. He remarks that "there is nothing like a cup of tea to ease your day."
Bill says many people have asked him over the years how he did it all.
"When it is a little town like this you get involved in everything, and you enjoy it." He proudly proclaims that he is a "Yinnar person".
Bill and Jean continue to live in their cherished home thanks to a network of support services. The Latrobe City Council supports them with a cleaner and a woman who showers Bill. Both increased their services while Jean was recovering from her fractured hip. "The local government do as much as they can. The help we get is all subsidised. We could get more help, but we like our independence," Bill says. "If we ever get in strife, we know we can count on them to help us."
Helen Taylor, the manager of age and disability services for La Trobe Council, says elderly people living in the shire are well supported by the Commonwealth Homes Support Program. This aids people over the age of 65 with personal care, such as Meals on Wheels and respite care, and activity groups for socially isolated people. For people living in Yinnar, the majority of the services are in Morwell. The council arranges transport for elderly people who are no longer able to drive. While Yinnar does have retirement villas, as do most regional and rural towns, it does not have a residential home. This means that those who can no longer care for themselves leave their home towns when the support they need exceeds what the council can provide to them to look after themselves.
Bill and Jean say their health is the most important thing to them as it dictates the next chapter of their life story.
"Once I get to an age where Jean can no longer be looking after me, I'll need to go to a nursing home," Bill says with resignation.
He doesn't look at Jean. But she moves her hand to rest on his.
Jean Welsh with The Citizen's reporter Jordyn Beazley
This story is part of a special series by The Citizen, co-published with ABC Gippsland. Check out the whole package of stories here.
Categories A Day In The Life Of Yinnar
Date published October 19, 2018
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Seat belts for limos could soon become mandatory, some are not happy
Andrea Salcedo - March 8, 2019 - NYC, News, City Politics, Transportation
HOST INTRO: After a fatal crash that killed 20 people last October in upstate New York, Governor Cuomo wanted to ban stretch limousines. THEN, after much opposition from the limo industry, he agreed not to. Now, he is proposing all limo and large vehicles–old and new–to install seat belts for its passengers. Reporter Andrea Salcedo talked to limo companies about how this could impact their business.
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BARWELL 1: Many of these companies will have a fleet of these vehicles that don't have seatbelts out of their fleets, you know, within the next four or five years regardless and many of us have already gone that way because of the federal requirement as well.
SALCEDO 2: That's Kevin Barwell, president of Limousine, Bus, Taxi Operators of Upstate NY. He says it would cost as much as $30,000 to install seat belts in old vehicles. But Russ Rader, with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Virginia, says safety has no price.
RADER 1: When you're thinking about the people's lives the cost of adding belts to an existing limousine is really a small investment.
SALCEDO 3: Plus, Rader says, safety in limos is not usually a passengers main concern.
RADER 2: There is this attitude that when people are in limousines and they're out celebrating that somehow they don't need to follow safety habits that they would if they were riding in the backseat of a passenger vehicle… The laws of physics are not repealed because you're celebrating an event in the backseat of a limousine.
SALCEDO 4: Some business managers like Kenny Cruz, manager of New App Limo, have gotten on board with Cuomo's proposal. I went to his offices on the Upper West Side to get his take.
AMBI: *CAR SERVICE PLACE, PHONE CALLS AND TYPING*
CRUZ 1: If we're in the business of transporting people, we have to make sure we do it correctly. We have to make sure that at least on our end, for whatever we have to be responsible for, we have to be also liable for. Unfortunately, if it will help us improve our safety then by all means, yeah.
SALCEDO 5: Cruz says that he understands why many business owners would oppose this measure, but that in the car service industry, safety should be the provider's main concern.
CRUZ 3: And if safety is not a concern of yours for your passengers, then you shouldn't be in business at all.
SALCEDO 6: Andrea Salcedo, Columbia Radio News.
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Dehradun (hindî : देहरादून), aussi écrit Dehra Dun, est la capitale de l'État de l'Uttarakhand, au nord de l'Inde. Située dans la division de Garhwal, la ville se trouve à  au nord de la capitale de l'Inde, New Delhi.

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Dehradun est située dans la Vallée de Doon, au pied de l'Himalaya, entre les vallées du Gange à l'est et de la Yamuna à l'ouest. La ville est célèbre pour ses paysages pittoresques et la douceur de son climat, et est une porte d'entrée pour la région. Elle est bien reliée à des destinations touristiques himalayennes telles que Mussoorie, Auli et les villes saintes hindoues de Haridwar et de Rishikesh, ainsi qu'avec le circuit de pèlerinage himalayen hindou de .

Dehradun a un climat plutôt tempéré: hiver ensoleillé et frais, été chaud.

Économie
Station hivernale de l'Himalaya, son activité principale est le tourisme.

Histoire

Selon la légende du Ramayana, Rama et Lakshman s'étaient réfugiés là pour se repentir de la mort de Ravana. De la même façon, Dronacharya, le maitre des cinq Pandavas, venait ici pour trouver la paix.

Plus tard, au , Guru Ram Rai, expulsé du Penjab par les Sikhs trouve refuge à Dehradun cinq jours après la célébration hindoue de holi ; cet évènement est célébré chaque année à cette date. Ce jour-là, le drapeau "Jhanda" est hissé sur le temple Sikh Guru Ram Rai Gurudwara. Il nomma la ville "Dehra Doon", ce qui veut dire « Le Camp de la Vallée ».

Au , la ville fut plusieurs fois envahie et finalement annexée au Népal par les Gurkhas.

Le traité de Sugauli de 1816 donna aux Anglais les districts de Dehradun, Nanital, Kumaon et Garhwal. Du fait de la beauté des paysages, les Anglais firent de Dehradun un lieu de villégiature.

Aujourd'hui, la ville est la capitale de l'Uttarakhand, État indien créé en 2000.

Lieux et monuments
Plusieurs places sont à visiter notamment le Guru Ram Rai Darbar , le Forest Research Institute, Clock Tower , le Zoo de Dehradun , le parc national de Rajaji , Robber's Cave, Buddha Temple , Shiv temple , Tapkeshwar Temple, Mindrolling Monastery, Sai Temple et Santala devi Temple.

A proximité de Dehradun se trouvent les villes touristiques de Mussoorie, Landour, Haridwar et Rhishikesh.

Personnalités liées à la ville
 Vandana Shiva
 Udita Goswami
 Heinrich Harrer
 Khandro Rinpoché
 Mindroling Trichen Rinpoché
 Monisha Kaltenborn
Ruskin Bond

Galerie

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Lien externe

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La danse, l'art de la rencontre
Numeridanse.tv 2007
Choreographer(s) : Hervieu, Dominique (France) Montalvo, José (France)
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Video producer : Senso films;ARTE France
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In 1981, choreographer José Montalvo met dancer Dominique Hervieu and began to create short playful works, like choreographic aphorisms, for her to perform. Together, they invented a unique vocabulary, fluid, rapid and precise. They formed the Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu in 1988. At once experimental and poetic, they created a hybrid world as a rampart against xenophobia, questioning the history and geography of dance in highly exuberant and imaginative works. This film takes us to Mali, Cambodia and Tunisia, where choreographers and dancers are asked to create duets at a symbolic site in their respective cities. From one continent to another, performance sequences are combined with documentary footage and the dreamlike images and poetic reflections of José Montalvo. The film focuses on the particular role of dance in each of the countries, underscoring the relationship between identity and cultural diversity. The result is not, strictly speaking, a documentary but rather a joyful collage in which dance becomes a focal point for encounters, and a mirror of our time.
Hervieu, Dominique
Born in 1962 in Coutances (Normandy, France), Dominique Hervieu has had a voracious appetite for every form of movement since she was six years old. After her first love, gymnastics, she elected dance as the new object of her passion : classical dance, at first, which she practised for a dozen years, mainly with Michèle Latini; and then contemporary dance, with Peter Goss, Alwin Nicolais and Hervé Diasnas.
In 1981, she met José Montalvo and with him developed an original gestural language – fluid, rapid and precise – that would impart a singular style to their works. In 1988, their close artistic bond yielded Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu, which performs at the leading venues in France and beyond. Ten years and five new pieces later, the duo were appointed to head the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de- Marne. Since 2000, Dominique Hervieu has co- devised all the pieces by Compagnie Montalvo- Hervieu, which ranks among the most popular and recognised contemporary-dance companies in France and abroad.
In 2000, they specially created Variation au Paradis for the opening ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival. That year, Dominique Hervieu became artistic adviser to the Théâtre National de Chaillot and was appointed director of the venue's youth programme. She conducted original arts-education actions, drawing on connections between dance works and artistic practices on the one hand, and on those between the arts on the other hand, in partnership with the Musée du Louvre and several other Paris institutions. She notably conceived a choreographic trail at the Louvre in 2004, attracting 5,000 spectators.
In 2001 she created "Mosaïque... Danse(s) d'une ville", a piece for 180 amateur dancers aged 15 to 85: a multicultural portrait in dance of the town of Créteil, which involved residents in the creative process. In 2002 and 2003 she devised two pieces on her own: "Intervallo Brio" at the Mettre en scène festival, a work for two virtuoso dancers, a grandfather and two little girls; and "Le Corbeau et le renard", a dance version of La Fontaine's fable.
In 2006 she created "La Bossa Fataka" de Rameau with José Montalvo. With Montalvo she also choreographed and directed two operas : "Les Paladins", under the musical direction of William Christie of Les Arts Florissants, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris (2004); and George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" at the Opéra National de Lyon (2008).
Also in 2006, Dominique Hervieu created L'artde la rencontre - Cartes postales chorégraphiques for " Les Francophonies ! " festival, in conjunction with four choreographers from the Francophone world. These collaborations gave rise to 12 filmed duos and provided the material for a documentary for Arte. In June 2008, Hervieu was appointed director of the Théâtre National de Chaillot. The duo's most recent work, "Orphée", was staged in 2010. In July that year she initiated Imaginez Maintenant, a national event to promote young artists, in conjunction with France's High Commissioner for Youth and its Council for Artistic Creation. In July 2011, she succeeded Guy Darmet as general manager of La Maison de la Danse and as artistic director of the Lyon Dance Biennial.
Since 2014, Dominique Hervieu has been developing the international part of the Lyon Dance Biennial parade by inviting groups of major European cities (Turin and Barcelona). In 2018, she will be the Artistic Director of the Triennial of Yokohama Dance, Dance, Dance.
Source: Maison de la Danse
Montalvo, José
At the end of his teenage years, José Montalvo began studying history of art and plastic arts. He was fascinated by the Dada period and its countless inventions. Whilst continuing his university studies, he took dance classes with Jerome Andrews and Françoise and Dominique Dupuy – and joined their company, the Ballets Modernes de Paris – and continued his dance training with Carolyn Carlson, Lucinda Childs, Alwin Nikolais and Merce Cunningham.
José Montalvo's first creations were short fun-filled pieces, types of choreographic aphorisms, mini danced novels filled with emotions, for which he was honoured with a variety of international awards. One of his performers was called Dominique Hervieu: it was the beginning of an artistic adventure and profound complicity that would result in the creation of the compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu in 1988. In 1989, José Montalvo moved on to an innovational path with the creation of "in situ" events: Dances to see and to dance. In July 1993, invited to the Paris Quartier d'été Festival, he was one of the first choreographers to be associated with the Bal Moderne which was created at the Théâtre National de Chaillot at this time.
Another decisive moment the same year: "Double Trouble", created with the complicity of the video artist Michel Coste, inaugurated a cycle of works where technological images and the physical presence of dancers were confronted with each other. This period led to the creation of a series of works that intertwine with each other and that, whilst being self-sufficient, could, one day, be applied together, like a great baroque-style fresco. This led to great success. In 1998, José Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu were appointed as directors of the Centre chorégraphique national (National Choreographic Centre) in Creteil, Val de Marne. In 2000, José Montalvo was also appointed as dance director of the Théâtre National de Chaillot which was then directed by Ariel Goldenberg.
In 2001, "Le Jardin io io ito ito" was awarded the Laurence Olivier Prize. In 2004, the choreography and the production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's opera "Les Paladins" won unanimous critical acclaim. The performance was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Prize and obtained the prize for the best live recording of an opera for the film produced by François Roussillon. It was also shown in Shanghai, Athens, Paris and Tokyo. Next followed "On danse"(2005) and a diptych devoted to George Gershwin in 2008, with a production of "Porgy and Bess"for the Opéra de Lyon and, echoing this, a luminous choreographic work created for the Biennale de la danse in Lyon: "Good Morning, Mr. Gershwin".
In 2006, he was awarded the SACD Prize for all of his works. In June 2008, José Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu accepted the proposal to direct the Théâtre National de Chaillot. "Orphée" and "Lalala Gershwin" were created in 2010 and sealed their last joint creations before Dominique Hervieu left to become director of the Maison de la Danse and the Biennale de la danse in Lyon. José Montalvo continues his missions at the Théâtre National de Chaillot alongside Didier Deschamps, around his own creations and privileges events that contribute to renewing the relationship of the theatre with the public. In June 2013, he will be, in particular, the creator and coordinator of an event focusing on amateur activities.
Sources: Théâtre National de Chaillot ; Maison de la Danse show program
Artistic direction / Conception : Dominique Hervieu et José Montalvo
Choreography : Kettly Noël, Aïcha M'Barek, Hafiz Dhaou, Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Buppha Devi assistée de Proeung Cheng et de Soth Somaly, Dominique Hervieu en collaboration avec Delphine Caron et Ahmed Khemis
Interpretation : Merlin Nyakam, Véronica Vallecillo, Blaise Kouakou, Dominique Hervieu, P.Lock, Mélanie Lomoff, Sabine Novel Carmen Ribes, Ousmane Kone (Mali) Aïcha M'Barek, Hafiz Dhaou (Tunisie) Serey Van Kosan, Hong Solika (Cambodge) Delphine Caron, Ahmed Khemis (France) / Esther Blavo, Cheick Mohamed Touré, Mamani Kouyaté, Augusto Mateus Cuvilas, Sin Sakda, Nol Kol et Sylvain Lim
Text : Delphine Noly et Julie Sanerot (voix)
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Once you make this, you will find that even more of your favorite spring time foods will go well with this recipe. Think of roasted red peppers, garlic, black olives, feta cheese ... and if you like "heat," try some jalapeno peppers.
Couscous is a small, light & fluffy pasta that when mixed with diced tomatoes, black beans, ripe avocados, sweet corn and tossed with a lime-infused vinaigrette, it makes a refreshing salad that can do double duty as a tortilla chip dip.
1. Bring chicken broth to a boil in a 2 quart or larger saucepan and stir in the couscous. Cover the pot and remove it from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes.2. In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, vinegar and cumin. Add green onions, tomato, cilantro, corn, drained beans and avocado. Toss to coat.3. Fluff the couscous well with a fork, breaking up any chunks. Add the couscous to the bowl with vegetables and mix well. Season with salt and pepper to taste.4. Cover and put in the fridge for at least 4 hours or longer. Flavors blend better after a day in the fridge.Serve alone or with a large bowl of tortilla chips.
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A middle-class culture dominates the Church
Barriers that hinder working-class people from responding to their call should be removed, says Lynne Cullens
AT A regional church-leadership meeting a few years ago, one of the clergy recounted a phone call that she had received. A young woman with a strong working-class accent had phoned her to ask whether she could discuss a strong call she was feeling to ordination.
When the woman arrived, she was wearing leopard-print leggings and UGG boots, and had bleached blonde hair and eyelashes thick with mascara. The priest expressed amazement at the way in which the woman articulated a passionate personal faith, and a sincere and informed vocation to ministry.
"So, did you put her through to the diocese, then?" she was asked. "Oh, no!" she laughed, "Of course not. What would they have made of me sending someone like her through to them?"
God is clearly not just calling the middle classes to serve. But the Church's leadership, and the Church in general, is unhealthily — and, I would say, sinfully — dominated by middle-class culture.
Why does that concern me so much? I come from a decidedly working-class background. I was born in Ordsall, in Salford, statistically one of the poorest places in Europe in the 1960s. The founder of the bookmaking company Betfred, Peter Done, was born there, too. He left school at 15 and went on to become a billionaire; but such success stories are rare, and I've come into the Church knowing something of the resilience, intelligence, and skills that are needed to navigate any form of successful life from beginnings such as his.
And yet, once here, I found that, instead of recognising the value of people with these working-class qualities, and their potential usefulness in leadership, particularly in tougher areas, the Church was failing almost entirely to pick them up — favouring, at best, the middle-class leader with a "heart for the poor".
IT MATTERS whom we place as leaders in working-class communities. Continuing to prefer the deployment of middle-class clergy rather than change the structures to nurture indigenous leadership — or even attempting to repair things by sending middle-class clergy on placement into working-class areas — is woefully short of the mark.
The people seen by the working class as role-models, to whom people in those communities can best respond, and who can understand, challenge, and connect with them, will come from a similar background and have similar life experience.
It was on the foundation of such a working-class background that I came into the Church of England with a desire to see its culture change. But I underestimated how difficult many in the Church would find it to accept, confront, and agree to any form of pragmatic action to broaden our culture.
Why has it been so challenging? Because middle-class culture is the Anglican default position, and has been "just the way the Church does business" for so long.
At what point do the working classes get to speak for themselves? Why do we continue to treat the working class merely as the subject of case studies by middle-class theologians?
The Church hierarchy finds it easiest to engage with people from the same socio-economic groups as themselves. In doing so, they create an ongoing spiral of middle-class leaders, leaving the working class out in the cold.
It is vital to the Church's mission, future engagement, and relevance that it widen its perspective, actively seeking to populate leadership positions with people whose backgrounds, frames of reference, and skills are currently missing.
THE Church of England is, thankfully, becoming open to this issue of culture, which makes now the time to act.
First, we need to stop terming the working class "marginalised", because that continues to excuse the skewed nature of our culture. The working class forms between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of the UK population, depending whose statistics you use and how the data is defined. That is not marginal. Working-class people form the main customer base of many organisations and businesses.
Second, this should be seen as a whole Church issue. This is not about "them and us". We need the working class in the Church to be affirmed in their identity, and for attempts at greater class neutrality across our systems, structures, and narratives to be nurtured.
On this, I applaud work on selection oversight currently being led by the Bishop of Berwick, the Rt Revd Mark Tanner, and staff at the Ministry Division, where a policy-review model has emerged that embraces a broader range of voices. It is not yet a 360-degree view, but it is certainly a move in the right direction.
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We also need the gifted, committed, compassionate visionaries in our middle-class leadership to pledge to affirm working-class vocations. And we need appointments to our episcopate made the subject of far greater scrutiny: white middle-class females' replacing white middle-class males does little to enthuse those of us seeking greater diversity in senior ranks.
We need nothing less than for this to be a gateway generation in the Church; for our middle-class leadership to facilitate the nurturing of disciples by the working class in their own communities, to lead churches in their own communities — gateways, not gatekeepers, of apostles from the poor to the poor.
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Many people attempt to bypass the need for a medical exam by seeking out no exam policies. Policy seekers are likely to need to answer lots of questions about their medical history, but the poking and prodding from a doctor is avoided. There is no need to draw blood. Lab results can potentially bring about complications that will raise potential premiums or even lead to denied coverage.
Years ago, it was very hard to find a decent policy from a reputable company without subjecting yourself to an intrusive medical exam. Nowadays, due to advances in underwriting and actuarial sciences, there are companies out there that can offer hundreds of thousands of dollars in coverage for people that choose the no-exam route.
Time is saved on no-exam life insurance policies because the underwriting process can take minutes in this electronic age, instead of weeks. No more waiting for lab results to come back or waiting for a doctor to see you in the first place. Because more and more companies are opening up and offering no-exam life insurance policies, competition is driving the price down.
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[Active] Charge through enemies while being invincible. You can press the key during the skill to perform a strong thrust attack.
This skill is useful for when you need to quickly avoid an oncoming attack.
If you hold the arrow key in the direction you're moving, you will immediately start dashing after Shadow Step ends.
If Shadow Step is used off a platform, Raven will glide through the air for the duration of the skill.
The distance traveled is affected by your Movement Speed and any Status Effects that would affect it.
Both the thrust and the falling bombs can be countered.
Each bomb that doesn't hit a target will leave behind a flame.
Shadow Step can be used in midair.
Though the use of grenades is a trait belonging solely to the Nova Imperator job path, due to Shadow Backslide being incorporated as Shadow Step's [Enhanced] effect, all of Raven's paths have access to them.
▲ MP usage decreased from 30 to 20.
▲ Merged with Shadow Thrust (without Super Armor),Counter Chance and Shadow Backslide.
▲ Activation, Movement speed increased.
▲ Can be used in mid-air.
Fixed problem where you could get hit during Shadow Step.
▲ Changed so Z thrust attacks forward in [Enhanced].
▲ Additional Attacks' MP Usage decreased.
▼ Firebombs changed to be small hitstun.
Fixed issue where cooldown increasing when choosing "Haste" trait.
Fixed issue where shows Shadow Backslide's icon after casting.
Fixed issue where Thrust is not affected by The Ring of Flexibility (II).
Fixed Fire Bomb tooltip not showing Physical/Magical damage sign.
Fixed Fire Bomb damage only doing half damage.
▼ Thrust and Fire Bomb MP cost increased.
▼ Cooldown starts after the skill is finished.
▲ Additional MP Usage removed.
▼ Invincibility changed to Super Armor.
Tooltip error in [Enhanced] level fixed.
▲ Super Armor changed to Invincibility Frames.
▼ Cannot used during core shield.
Skill does not affect Recovery X, made default to Raven.
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Mr. Galuska, who served more than two years as Stanadyne's Vice President and Chief Operating Officer before being elected Chief Executive Officer in 2014, is responsible for the company's global operations in the United States, China, India and Italy.
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Dr. Pinson is responsible for overseeing the development of Stanadyne's long-term strategic vision and leading the company's global engineering teams.
He joined Stanadyne in 2009 as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer after serving as Vice President, Diesel and Large Engines for Ricardo. Previously, Dr. Pinson worked 14 years for General Motors in positions of increasing responsibility within the Research and Development and Powertrain organizations, including a key role in the FIAT-GM joint venture in Turin, Italy.
Dr. Pinson possesses 20-plus years of experience in global emission compliance strategy, combustion development for high efficiency and fuel injection system design.
Dr. Pinson earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on diesel combustion technology from Pennsylvania State University, and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Dr. Pinson also holds both a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University.
Costas Loukellis Vice President
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Costas Loukellis
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Costas Loukellis joined Stanadyne in 2019 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Loukellis has an extensive financial manufacturing background, most recently serving as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies (UTC) where he spent 38 years prior to retiring in January 2019.
Loukellis served in a number of global financial executive roles during his career at UTC including Vice President, Operations Finance and CFO of Aerospace Power Systems, both at Hamilton Sundstrand, and Operations Finance Director at Carrier.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Western New England University.
Brad Stroia Chief Technology Officer
Brad Stroia
Dr. Stroia, named Stanadyne's Chief Technology Officer in June 2019, was formerly the company's Director of Advanced Engineering.
Dr. Stroia joined Stanadyne in August 2016 as the advanced engineering leader for diesel products after nearly three decades in the propulsion industry. Most recently, he was with Cummins Inc., for 26 years, in positions of increasing responsibility within the Fuel Systems and Aftertreatment organizations, eventually becoming the director of advanced fuel system technology.
Throughout his career, Dr. Stroia has received several honors for his work, including the 2009 "American Chemical Society National Award for Team Innovation" for developing the first commercial NOx adsorber emission control system for heavy–duty diesel engines.
David Zimmerman President of Gasoline Products
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Mr. Zimmerman is Stanadyne's new president of gasoline products. He was promoted after serving as the company's managing director of the Americas, where he was responsible for developing growth strategies in Stanadyne's OE and aftermarket sales markets throughout North and South America.
Prior to Stanadyne, Mr. Zimmerman was Global Sales Director at Continental Automotive, where he represented six business units with manufacturing touchpoints on six continents. Previously, Mr. Zimmerman worked for Lear Corporation as a test engineer, before taking on roles of increasing responsibility, eventually becoming Resident Engineer at BorgWarner. He then transitioned to a sales role as the lead account manager for fuel systems and powertrain.
Throughout his career, Mr. Zimmerman has led an expansion of powertrain products into new and existing markets, ensuring compliance with emission regulations while staying attuned to voice of customer, to deliver high-performance automotive products.
Mr. Zimmerman holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Western Michigan University.
Sanjay Chadda Managing Director, Near East
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Managing Director, Near East
As the Managing Director for Stanadyne's Near East operations, Mr. Chadda, who has worked at major automotive component manufacturing companies in India, Europe and the United States, is responsible for overseeing the operations of the Chennai facility.
Prior to joining Stanadyne, Mr. Chadda served as President at Allied Nippon, Business Lead at Mindia Huf, Engineering Lead at Sumitomo Motherson and General Manager at Gabriel India. He was also President at RSB North America in Michigan, CEO at RSB Mexico and Director at MSI Belgium. Mr. Chadda is the former Vice Chairman, Technical of the SAE India Chapter and has been a member of the manufacturing committee for the Confederation of India Industry and ACMA.
Mr. Chadda has been trained in lean manufacturing and total quality management at the Japan Institute of Quality. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the Sam Walton Business School at the University of Arkansas as well as an MS in Investment Banking from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Zhu Managing Director, Far East
Michael Zhu
Managing Director, Far East
Mr. Zhu, who is responsible for Stanadyne operations, sales & marketing, engineering and business strategy in Far East region, came to Stanadyne in March 2014.
Prior to joining the company, he served as General Manager, Fehrer Automotive Co., LTD and General Manager, Beijing Tianhai Westport Company. He was also the Technical & Commercial Affairs Manager - China for Engelhard Asia-Pacific.
Mr. Zhu has 25 years of automotive and related business and manufacturing experience, including facility, program and project start-up and launch. He holds an MBA from Richard Ivey Business School of University of Western Ontario.
Guido Terzi Managing Director, EMEA & Global Quality Director
Guido Terzi
Managing Director, EMEA & Global Quality Director
As Managing Director of Stanadyne EMEA (SpA), Mr. Terzi is responsible for Stanadyne's global operations in Italy and the rest of EMEA region. He was appointed to the position in 2012.
Mr. Terzi joined Stanadyne Italy in 1997, serving as Quality Manager and then as Engineering Manager. In these positions, he played a critical role in implementing the QS9000 and ISO/TS 16949 Quality Management System, and then in developing many engine applications using Stanadyne's patented RSN mechanical injectors. He was ultimately promoted to Plant Manager in 2006.
Prior to joining Stanadyne, Mr. Terzi worked for ST Micro-electronics as a Quality & Reliability engineer.
Mr. Terzi holds an MBS in Physics and an MBS and Material Science, both from the University of Milan-Italy.
Greg Butler Managing Director, PurePower Technologies
Managing Director, PurePower Technologies
Mr. Butler joins Stanadyne as managing director of PurePower Technologies after previously working as global operations director at PurePower Technologies Inc., for more than eight years. During his time at PurePower, he served the company in a variety of roles, including vice president of operations, director of the engine systems business unit and plant manager.
Mr. Butler's career spans nearly 30 years, working at a number of high-profile corporations such as FN America, LLC, Raytheon, Navistar Inc. and Nestlé. He is also a military veteran, having served as a corporal E4 for the United States Army from 1989 – 1992.
Mr. Butler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational management from Oakland City University and a Master of Science degree in management from Indiana Wesleyan University.


Photo: Battle damage on rear of the Anderson House.
Caption: Battle damage on rear of the Anderson House.
Additional Description: This photo shows some of the damage to the Anderson House described on the marker.


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Greenburn Surface Mine by Ramboll and Kier Minerals Ltd
Shortlisted for Brownfield Awards Category 13 - Best Biodiversity Enhancement
Ramboll has facilitated the restoration of habitats and created ecological enhancements at the Greenburn Surface Mine through a more than 20-year collaboration with Kier Minerals Ltd, part of the wider Kier Group Plc. Effective stakeholder communication has been at the core of the project's success, creating a site that has benefited biodiversity and the community.
On a 227-hectare site in East Ayrshire, Scotland, the Greenburn Surface Mine began operating in 2003 and was heralded as an exemplary coal mine, extracting 7.7 million tonnes of coal until the last of the coal was mined in 2018 with the site then moving fully to the restoration phase.
Operated by Kier Minerals, a division of Kier Infrastructure, the operations saw excavation and industrial development on multiple farms and their land in the upper reaches of the Nith Valley near New Cumnock. This included construction and operation of a new railhead, and permanent realignment of the River Nith in two locations.
Site Before Mining
Restored Site
Site during Operational Mining
Ramboll has provided a range of key ecological services and consultancy for the Greenburn Surface Mine since the project's pre-development stage in 1998—work that continues today through monitoring of the species and habitats on site post-restoration.
Prior to the development of the mine, the site contained a number of habitats of low biodiversity value, with the vast majority of the area dominated by heavily grazed agricultural grasslands and remnant patches of degraded peatland. To facilitate the development of an operational site for the mine, these habitats of low biodiversity value were removed but habitats of higher biodiversity value were retained, where possible, such as an area of wet modified bog and an area of mature broadleaved woodland.
In its role as a specialist ecological adviser to Kier Minerals Ltd, Ramboll was brought on board to help avoid or reduce any impacts to habitats and species during the development and operation of the mine, as far as possible, as well as advising on and monitoring the eventual restoration of the site.
To ensure that all restoration targets could be achieved, a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) was produced for the site, setting out the key species and habitats present, the measures to protect and restore them and the subsequent monitoring required between 2011 and 2025. The plan has undergone considerable changes and updates since its initial publication due to the adaptive management approach that was adopted.
Through effective and pragmatic biodiversity action and with close collaboration with Ramboll, Kier Minerals was not only able to restore Greenburn to its pre-mine conditions but has helped the site to far surpass its former biodiversity value.
The site now supports a diverse range of habitats and species and showcases a number of key ecological successes, including an enhanced restoration area with an artificial badger sett; a large seasonal wetland supporting a variety of bird species, including species new to the area; creation of rich bird nesting habitat; and enhanced bat roosting and foraging habitats.
The seasonal wetland is a particularly innovative feature that has led to new habitat creation. The habitat has already attracted many species not previously seen on site, as well as providing vital habitat for threatened wader species, such as lapwing and ringed plover, the populations of which continue to decline on other degraded farmland habitat types.
Improving the site's ecological value
In order to act as the central framework for Ramboll's involvement in the Greenburn Surface Mine, and to ensure that mitigation and restoration goals could be met, it was crucial the CMP's perspective extended from well before the development of the mine to well after its closure. As such, an ecological baseline for the site was established prior to mining operations, in addition to assessing and forecasting the effects of the development.
Close examination of the likely effects on peat present on site were conducted from soil resource and carbon flux perspectives. In close collaboration with Kier Minerals and key stakeholders, Ramboll produced progressive restoration protocols for the grassland and peatland habitats, ensuring they could address planning requirements and meet on-site targets.
For example, this included documentation of the various grassland types on-site before development of the mine began, in order to aim for an improved quality of habitat post-mining. This pre-mining baseline data collection and documentation was especially important in areas of grassland with higher ecological value, such as at the margins of the agricultural lands where grazing pressures were lower, and in species rich grasslands, where abundant.
However, the foresight involved in curating the CMP extended the purpose of restoration beyond just the biodiversity value that preceded mining operations. From the outset, Ramboll and Kier Minerals approached the plan with a view to improving the ecological capabilities of the site after mining had ceased.
The plan, therefore, had to remain as robust and adaptable as it was all-encompassing. This involved extensive consultation with key stakeholders, such as East Ayrshire Council (EAC), to implement plans to mitigate effects on local wildlife, and specific instalments of features that would encourage species to thrive in the area post mining.
Several protected species were identified on the site, including badgers, barn owls, otters, and various bat species and bird species of conservation concern. For each species, a targeted plan of mitigation was set out in the CMP, each of which was designed as an evolving framework of management measures that were regularly updated with new ecological management initiatives.
Ongoing monitoring of the restoration process and regular environmental auditing allowed for the accurate assessment of results and showed an overwhelming success in increasing the ecological value of the Greenburn site. The key protected species found inhabiting the area before mining operations were successfully protected during the development and operational phases.
Furthermore, key habitats and features were restored and created on the site to encourage those species, including restored watercourses, new waterbodies, a seasonal wetland, barn owl nesting locations, artificial otter holts, a bat loft and other roosting features and an artificial badger sett.
The restoration and introduction of these features has seen native wildlife thrive, and even welcomed new visitors to the area, such as a snow goose, which overwintered in 2019.
Post-operation monitoring of bat species using the restored site has to-date recorded seven of the nine species of bat found in Scotland. The population of barn owls using the site has increased from that pre-mining and the watercourse restoration has allowed salmon and trout to reach areas inaccessible prior to mining.
Close collaboration with stakeholders
Recognising the importance of effective working relationships with both statutory and non-statutory key stakeholders, Ramboll chairs the biannual Technical Support Group (TSG) for the project that brings together Kier Minerals and key stakeholders to discuss all environmental matters for the project.
Through that process, input from NatureScot (then Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), RSPB, SWT and the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board (NDSFB) heavily informed the plans for the management, restoration, and improvement of watercourses on site. NDSFB's electrofishing surveys and inspections of local salmon populations provided a valuable reference framework for monitoring progress and comparing the pre- mining and post-mining ecological values of watercourses along the River Nith.
Similarly, both NDSFB and SEPA were regularly updated on plans for channel excavations and flow introductions, allowing them to actively contribute to the project. Their input helped ensure that the restored watercourses are better than those degraded versions present on- site prior to mining.
Additionally, there has been regular liaison with the statutory body for planning approval and continuing compliance, EAC, which had approved
the development and operation of the Greenburn Mine throughout the development, operation, and restoration phases of the project.
EAC was consulted during the drafting of the CMP to ensure their approval of the plan was based on a comprehensive understanding of the strategy. Thereafter, EAC's ongoing involvement was required to acknowledge that key phases of the project had been completed to the standard proposed and this has been based on the detailed annual monitoring completed by Ramboll. This task has been made easier by the exceptional job done by Kier Minerals Ltd to deliver the restoration plans and proposals on the ground.
Waterbody design inspired by local community engagement
Opportunities for engagement with the local communities surrounding Greenburn were also a priority. As the restoration of the site dealt with unique and sensitive conditions, the project presented an opportunity for local schools to engage with hands-on learning experiences of natural ecosystems and the environment. The project sought to act on this opportunity from an early stage as a key part of its stakeholder engagement, inviting school children to learn about Kier Minerals' work on the site and design features for the enhanced restoration area.
Taking the children's ideas into real consideration, the Ramboll and Kier Minerals Ltd team worked together to deliver an additional waterbody alongside the aptly-named Coalburn watercourse, along with a rock wall, wildflower planting and other ecological improvements that far exceeded the restoration planning requirements for that area. The area was further enhanced for wildlife when restoration plans were amended to retain a soil bank originally intended for restoration, but now home each summer to a colony of migratory sand martins.
The significance of the project
From the very start, Ramboll worked with Kier Minerals to develop the strategy for management and restoration of the Greenburn site to be as far-looking as possible and, when opportunities arose, built upon and improved that strategy. The success in effectively mitigating the impacts of the mine meant that, in the immediate and short term, the site was in the best possible condition to be restored and improved to leave it with a far higher biodiversity value than that pre-mining.
As the project entered the latter stages, Ramboll's continued oversight and involvement allowed for further forecasting and planning for the long-term future of the area. Success stories are already well underway, such as the wading birds, barn owls and bats as described. Ramboll and Kier Minerals remain committed to supporting these species into the future and Ramboll will continue monitoring the restored site until the restored habitats have reached a stable situation.
For the project's work in relocating bat species, as well as badgers and barn owls, and for the increased numbers of farmland birds and waders resulting from diverse habitat creation, Greenburn was recognised with a 2013 Green Apple Award.
Moreover, Ramboll and Kier Minerals maintained positive working relationships with all key stakeholders and local communities with an interest in the successful restoration and ecological enhancement of the area throughout the length of the project. Ramboll remained especially mindful that the delicate conditions of the site marked it as of particular interest to Kier Minerals and to local communities, and Kier Minerals demonstrable success of navigating these conditions and enhancing the site beyond its pre-mine status was especially appreciated by all involved.


I attempted to write my first short story collection over a decade ago, just after I'd finished my first novel, in that strange no-man's land before publication. I saw the shape of it perfectly in my head: the stories would all be set in Belfast or between Belfast and London, and they'd all be narrated by girls or young women. I thought it would be easy (cue hollow laugh). I realised very quickly that I had none of the skill or technique to make even the simplest of my ideas work: and it's taken a further decade of reading, and the writing three novels, a novella, several stage plays and radio dramas to learn or acquire enough of the craft that stories demand.
Two of the stories in my collection, Multitudes, have first drafts going back eleven years to those earliest attempts: I'd come back to them every year or couple of years, unable quite to let them go, unable to make them live.
It's often said that the short story is perfect for modern times: for our short attention spans, for our commutes, for our over-stretched, time-poor, bite-sized lives. I think this is utterly wrong. If a novel is a warm bath, something that you can sink into and get comfortable in, the short story is an ice-cold plunge pool.
The short story can be a profoundly uncomfortable form: it often demands a lot from the reader. It requires concentration as you're reading, and it needs to be allowed the space and time to resonate in you after you've read it. You need to read a story in its entirety, in one sitting, and you often need, as Mavis Gallant recommends, to close the collection or the anthology after you've read one story in order to recover and regain the strength to plunge into the next.
Another coming-of-age story from her first, and to-date only (come on ZZ!) collection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. A high-spirited young Brownie pack from Atlanta, Georgia go to summer camp, where they become convinced that a group of white girls are racially abusing them. But there's an unexpected twist. The story is both playful and profoundly serious, and asks all sorts of questions about the confusions of growing up and the complications of friendship.
I'm really torn here for my final story. I was about to write about one by a criminally under-read writer, Katherine Anne Porter, and the title story from her recently reissued Collected stories: "Pale Horse, Pale Rider". It's about a young woman hallucinating in a hotel room in Colorado in the influenza epidemic of 1918, as she lingers at the gateway between life and death. It's an astonishing story. But North American writers, I suddenly see, are over-represented in my list.
I could go instead with Zimbabwean Dambudzo Marechera's jagged, brilliant "The House of Hunger", or I could attempt to answer the question I'm always asked and always make a hash of: what is my favourite Irish short story (today it's a toss-up between Claire Keegan's "Walk the Blue Fields" and Sean O'Faolain's "Lovers of the Lake"). But I'm going to choose, instead, a brand-new story from a brand-new collection.
Northern Irish writer David Park published his second collection of stories, Gods and Angels, on the very same day that my Multitudes was published. The second story in the collection, "Boxing Day", is about a father taking his truculent teenage son on the boy's annual visit to his estranged, mentally ill mother. The story is almost unbearably tender. The collection is worth buying for this story alone.


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Hitchin and Harpenden's Labour chairman has categorically denied any party members sought to harass MP Bim Afolami's family – but Mr Afolami has today firmly stood by his claim.
Constituency Labour chairman John Hayes yesterday told this paper that the Conservative MP's allegation that some Labour members in Hitchin and Harpenden sought to identify where his two sons go to school – though they are too young to attend – was completely baseless, and that Mr Afolami's behaviour was "disgraceful".
But Mr Afolami, who says his source is a concerned Labour member, today stood by his claim – saying he had been told that one of the minutes of October 12's constituency Labour meeting was "to find out where you live and where the boys are at school".
Mr Afolami claims the Labour member said this was "absolutely too much for me and crosses too many lines", and described similar comments from Labour activists in a now-deleted thread in a private Facebook group "for close members".
The MP told us: "Clearly, the allegations that discussions about my family and me had 'crossed lines' were made by a Labour member. So those who want me to prove harm was intended are looking in the wrong direction.
In a forthright conversation with this paper yesterday, Mr Hayes acknowledged there had been questions at the last constituency Labour Party meeting about whether the MP actually lived in his rented St Ippolyts home, and whether he would use the area's schools or educate his children privately.
"That was it," Mr Hayes said – adding that if someone at the meeting took that as "some scientific campaign to find out about that, then that's an absolute nonsense".
After Mr Afolami revealed his concerns through social media on Sunday morning, Mr Hayes pledged action against any harassment, saying it had "no place in any political party".
He was angered when, after he exchanged emails with Mr Afolami, the 31-year-old MP said Mr Hayes had confirmed internal Labour discussions about "getting the detail (for political purposes) as to my address and where my children go to school".
Mr Hayes called this a gross misrepresentation of what he had told Mr Afolami. He also took strong exception to the MP's statement on Monday that some Hitchin Labour members "seem to believe that personal information about my very young children is fair game for political purposes".
Mr Hayes said he was unaware of any members who thought that way, and that he wanted to "have the last word" with Mr Afolami on this matter.
He said: "I only want to talk to him about politics, not scurrilous rumour. I'm not interested in that – it's pathetic.
Mr Afolami says he has made parliamentary authorities aware of the situation and contacted police, albeit without making a formal complaint.


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Is Hope a Bad Thing?
With a book as content-loaded and complex as Zone One by Colson Whitehead, you are sure to run into at least a handful of memorable scenes and quotes.
As I am quickly approaching the end of this novel, I'd like to point out a quote that has had me thinking for quite some time. "He told himself: hope is a gateway drug, don't do it." (Page 222) Take that in for a second. For me, personally, that one sentence has the most dreary, despondent feel to it. And yet those two adjectives reflect the atmosphere of New York City and its inhabitants during the course of this novel quite nicely. It especially embodies the mood in the "Sunday" portion of this book. But I've been thinking about how this quote relates to Mark Spitz' character, specifically. Mark spends a great deal of time reflecting on his past, and the "good ol' days," and how things will probably never be the same. In this nostalgic representation of his past, there is a glimmer of hope to hold on to. From pages 189 to 191, we delve into one of Mark's memories at a restaurant that his family used to go to for birthdays and celebrations. These sweet and vibrant events are always juxtaposed with the harsh and hopeless reality of the skels and the stragglers and where Mark is now. These memories seem to, if anything, side-track Mark from his responsibilities in the present.
It got me wondering: is hope, in any form, a dangerous thing? When you're in a situation as gloomy and dismal as Mark Spitz, I think a yearning for the past and hoping for what once was (but will never be again) can really just make you feel worse. In this case, hope in this nostalgic view of the past is literally a drug. Knowing that you will never have the past back really make you feel messed up inside.
Though this may be a stretch and in an entirely different context of hope, I think this quote can be applied to our reading of Clay's Ark as well. Ok, bear with me while I switch tracks. Remember when Blake Maslin, Keira, and Rane were abducted? They were taken into a small farm– a society of its own where the family repeatedly told Blake and his kids that there was no use escaping the disease. That they were better off just adopting to the new lifestyle and to let the disease become a part of their identity. Though knowing the book has much more context to it, I'd say that's a pretty dreary outlook on life. Yet Blake ignores this and remains hopeful and determined to find an explanation, or a way out of the disease. He isn't willing to submit to these people and this lifestyle and feels as though he'll be able to cure the disease. At the very end of the novel, we find that Blake, the most hopeful one of all, is the one to get killed and spread the disease even further. As depressing as it is, should Blake have just listened to the family on the farm? Though completely different from the way hope is defined in Zone One, Blake Maslin has his own glimmer of hope that he holds onto. And yet, it ends up hurting him.
What do you guys think? Of course it's always good to be hopeful of something, but do you think having hope can be a bad thing in some instances?