New York Times | A U-Boat Strikes and Terror Follows on the High Seas New York Times But until the Mid-Week Pictorial of June 7, 1917, you might have had no idea what the final moments looked like before a torpedoed steamer, sinking by the bow, slipped under the waves; its screw and rudder raised helplessly high above the water, a big ... |
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US LNG exports have not only provided an important source of incremental demand for the domestic natural gas market, but those exports, along with other sources of growing global LNG supply, have begun to disrupt traditional seaborne flows of gas. As the LNG spot market develops and the share of contracts without fixed destination clauses grows, a fight for market share is likely to ensue. So, how will US LNG fare in an increasingly congested global market?
One market that saw major changes in supply over the last year is Mexico. Over the last five years, Mexico has imported an average of 600 MMcf/d of LNG to meet its demand. However, the sources of these imports have changed dramatically, specifically over the past year. The graphic below shows Mexico's LNG suppliers over time with the US taking a larger portion of total Mexican LNG import market share, virtually displacing all other sources of cargoes.
This change is occurring close to home and leaves us wondering if US LNG will have the same effect in other parts of the world? The US is not the only country bringing on new LNG terminals and adding incremental cargoes into the market. Australia, Malaysia and Russia, among others, have also announced LNG export projects with in-service dates in the next few years. Asia and Europe are often cited as the markets that are likely to soak up this impending incremental supply. Not only are they currently the two largest markets, as the graphic below shows, but they also hold the greatest potential for growth.
Historically, Asia has proven to be the largest source of imports, reaching 31 Bcf/d in winter 2017. European imports have dwindled from an average of 7.9 Bcf/d in 2010 to 4.3 Bcf/d in 2016. However, European declines are not necessarily directly attributable to declines in demand. While, according to the 2016 BP Statistical Review, European gas consumption has been on the decline since peaking in 2008, Europe also received much of its supply from piped-in Russian gas, which might have squeezed out some LNG imports over the past few years. This means that, if made economic, LNG imports could retake market share back from Russian gas.
Assuming that Asia will continue to be a large source of demand for LNG, will US LNG be able to compete into the region? To answer this, we must look at how economic US LNG cargoes would be entering the region (in this case Japan).
To be incentivized to ship to Asia, Japanese LNG prices need to be greater than the variable costs to ship a cargo. Let's assume the cost of the gas (115% of Henry Hub) and shipping costs are variable. That would mean over the past year it would have been economic to send cargoes to Asia. However, if incremental demand in the region is not able to keep up with supply, Japanese LNG prices would have to fall below variable costs to disincentivize imports into the region. While the US gas market is set to enter a time of potential oversupply and depressed Henry Hub prices, transport costs into the region could become prohibitive in a liquid spot market leaving US cargoes heading back to sea in search of a destination closer to home.
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Falling away: Artemis Racing lost both races to SoftBank Team Japan (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Dean Barker had to draw on his vast experience as he steered SoftBank Team Japan to back-to-back wins over Artemis Racing in rough conditions yesterday.
With both boats being battered by the high winds, it was Barker who rose to the challenge to open up a healthy 3-1 lead in the race to first-to-five points in their semi-final.
Bits were flying off both boats during the first race as Team Japan crossed the finish line moments before Artemis confirmed their retirement from the contest.
We had a bit of a stuff just before the start of that first race and blew out a bunch of the fairings, Nathan Outteridge, the Artemis skipper, said.
We spent a lot of time just trying to bandage up the boat and it just shows how fragile these boats are.
It was a disappointing day but you just have to keep chipping away. It was pretty tough but now the boat is back in the shed and we are doing all the checks, and Im sure it will be good for tomorrow.
There was some hastily reupholstering to both boats before the second race, Barker showing his skill with another strong start to give his team an early advantage.
Artemiss woes were further compounded after incurring two costly penalties, awarded against them for sailing out of the racecourse boundary on leg three after avoiding a collision.
Iain Percy, the Artemis tactician and grinder, was left fuming at Richard Slater, the chief umpire, who issued the sanctions that all but ended the Swedes challenge.
Do your f***ing job, the British double Olympic gold medal-winner roared at Slater, before adding: This is ridiculous; you get ready for when I am back on shore.
Percy already had reason to be upset at Slater after he issued the Swedish team with a penalty that cost them victory against Emirates Team New Zealand in the double round-robin stage. That time, Slater admitted that he had got it wrong.
Outteridge said he feared his boat was at risk of a pitch-pole capsize, much like Team New Zealand did in the next race, had he not veered out of bounds.
I saw Team New Zealands incident and we had plenty of close moments ourselves, Outteridge said. You would have seen in the second race how close we got to Dean when we had a little nose stuff.
We bailed out of that situation, turned up and that eventually put us out of bounds. I was a bit nervous that we were going to do something like Pete [Burling] did and we would have gone right on top of [Team Japan].
Although more measured in his criticism of the umpires than Percy, Outteridge also feels his teams treatment was unjust.
When we re-entered the racecourse, we had to lose two boat lengths from SoftBank Team Japan, he said. From what I understand, the umpires decided it was a deliberate intention going out of bounds.
So they added a second penalty and we had to lose four boat lengths.
Outteridge said that most of the damage to Artemiss boat was surface-related and that he had no real concerns.
I was talking to Dean and he said they had little issues with their boat as well, Outteridge added.
Most of the stuff was cosmetic, but there were one or two other bits and pieces that were holding us back as well.
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Rear Admiral Sayyari described Iranian Navys mission as protecting and defending the country's maritimeboundaries as well as national resources and interests in territorial waters, adding since 2009 and upon the directive of Irans Leader saying the Navy is a strategic force, our mission zone and presence on high seas and international waters has expanded, in a way that we have so far dispatched 52 flotillas to high seas.
He went on to add that the Iranian Navy has been also conducting patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 in order to safeguard merchant ships and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran or other countries against piracy.
Sea diplomacy is needed so that the enemy will not assume that Iran is isolated, said Sayyari, adding our presence on high seas neutralizes the Iranophobia campaigns by displaying Iranian culture, science, and identity at various ports in the world.
The Navy commander went on to add, today, we are proud to say that the Iranian Navy receivesall of its required modern equipment, destroyers and vessels from domestic manufacturing.
Sayyari noted that the Navy has so far provided security to 4,000 merchant ships and oil tankers on high seas, adding our presence on high seas is in accordance with the international law. We will not allow an ounce of insecurity in the zone under our patrol and will stand firm against anyone who seeks to cause insecurity.
On Tuesday, Sayyari said up to 25 naval exercises have been planned to be staged by March 2018.
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have been together for over 20 years, and while that kind of love is a reward in itself, it's also proven to have some other benefits, too.
Both Tim and Faithsaw quite a bit of success in the early '90s, and they ended up gettingtogether at the peak of their careers in 1996. Faith joined the country crooner on hisSpontaneous Combustion Tour, and they ended up falling hard and fast for one another. They married in October of that year and welcomed their first child, Gracie, into the world in May of 1997.
Many stories like this would continue by saying "the rest was history," but the rest was only about to get better for these two.
The next 20 years of marriage proved to not only be filled with love, family (including two more daughters, Audrey and Maggie), friendship and tons of memories, it also proved to be quite lucrative, too.
Tim and Faith have built a massively successful empire together...and by massive we mean $145 million worth.Just check out some of the numbers below...
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$145 Million: Together, it's estimated that the couple is worth a whopping $145 million, which putsthem in the list of top earning celebrity couples.
$80 Million:Faith's estimated net worth adds up to around $80 million thanks to her music career as well as her occasional acting roles on television shows and movies. She's also seen some payoffs from her fragrance line as well as her involvement with the NFL's Sunday Night Football.
$70 Million: Tim's estimated net worth comes in around $70 million, which can be chalked up to his music career as well as a couple acting appearances here and there.
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20 Million: Faith has sold over 20 million album units since debuting her first albumin 1993. She's released seven studio albums, four compilation albums and 42 singles.
40 Million: Tim has sold over 40 million album units since his debut album in 1994. Since then, he's released14 studio albums, 11 compilation albums and 67 singlesall of which havegrossed around $530 million.
$139 Million:After getting together, Tim and Faith decided they didn't want to spend more than a few days apart. Thus, they started touring together in 2000 with their first Soul2Soul tour. They followed that tour with the Soul2Soul II tour on which they embarked in 2006. The first grossed $50 million and the second grossed $89 million, becoming the highest grossing country music tour of all time (a record they held for several years). Together, the two tours grossed around $139 million. The couple has recently taken off for their third tour together, the Soul2Soul World Tour, which will only continue to add to their empire.
$18.3 Million: The couple just put their Franklin, Tenn., mansion on the market for $18.3 million.The 3,152square-foot home was built in 1800 and features three bedrooms with four baths as well as a master suite. The home also boasts sixfire placesand is part of a 622-acre property they own (though they sold off 131 acres of it in 2015). Faith and Tim bought the property in two separate transactions 17 years ago (in 2000) paying $13.75 million total for both.
20 Acres: The couple have recently transition theirpermanent residence to the 20-acre Bahamas islandthat they call "L'le d'Anges." They bought the land in 2003, and it took over a decade todevelopas they realized it was like building a small town. We can only imagine the cost that went into that!
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$85,000: This is the base price listed for Faith's cara Range Rover, which she shared a photo of her hubby washing on Instagram not too long ago.
$149,000: Tim keeps a couple cars in his garage (that we know of), which add up to around $149,000. First and foremost, he's always talked about his red Jeep Wrangler, which he shared a photo of last year, noting "that's how I'll always be." He also owns a Land Rover Defender 90, which can cost around $70,000 as well as his late father's vintage Mercedes 200 series 280SL, which he could sell upwards of from $64,000.
Priceless: Although the couple is certainly not lacking when it comes to finances (they live on a damn island!), there's one thing money simply can't buy...20 years of marriage and unbreakable love.
"Tim has given me confidence and strength and my foundation," Faith said in an interview in 2000. "He makes me feel like I can conquer the world."
Tim, on the other hand, said, "I'm lucky to have her. She's the light of our whole family's life. She keeps everything going for us. We all strive to be like my wife, everybody in our family. If your wife holds the example for everybody in your family, that's a good thing."
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are a pretty low-key couple who like to spend most of their time out of the limelight, so it makes sense that they hosted a quiet and casual affair for Kanye's 40th birthday.
The family of four kept things small and intimate by renting out an entire private island in the Bahamas for a four-day vacation with their friends. The Kardashian-Wests booked out the Bakers Bay Golf and Ocean Club in the Abaco Islands for their stay, where they drank, played golf, swam in the ocean and had an all-round good time. According to Travel + Leisure, the trip put them back a cool $233,200 for the resort alone, and an extra $349,800 for the four private jets.
"Kim rented out an island and had all of Kanye's friends come and their families. They rented 4 planes and everyone left in secrecy and there was a no social media rule so no one would find them," a report from E! News read.
"It was a fun weekend for the family. Everyone hung out by the pool and the kids played on the beach making sand castles."
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The following interview with Archbishop Charles Chaput, conducted by Australian writer Marilyn Rodrigues, appeared in slightly edited form on June 2 in The Catholic Weekly, newsweekly of the Archdiocese of Sydney.
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Q. Your latest book is clearly written for the American Catholic people, but its relevance for us here in Australia is also very clear. Briefly, for those who are yet to read your book, in what ways do you understand us to be living in a post-Christian world?
A. Theres actually no such thing as post Christian as long as people anywhere believe in Jesus Christ and try to live accordingly. Jesus is the lord and meaning of history. And since he is, there can be no history after him. The Church has often found herself dying or extinguished in some places and thriving in others. Its no different today.
But we can do our best to ignore or diminish Jesus. So in that sense, much of the developed world, or at least its leadership class, makes itself post Christian by trying very hard to forget God.
Q. You paint a comprehensive picture of the historical philosophical, political, and social anti-Christian forces underpinning contemporary life. Much of your book is concerned with how we got to this point. Why is it not enough to simply get on with things why is it so important to understand the past?
A. The ability to remember and learn from the past sets humans uniquely apart. So a man with amnesia literally becomes a nobody. He loses his identity. Hes a blank slate for others to write on. Thats because his life story is shaped by the past, by his beliefs and experiences over time, and once forgotten, others can insert a new life story in its place.
The same applies to nations and communities. Thats why totalitarian systems and democracies, too, can be totalitarian always end up trying to erase or revise the past.
Q. You explain that Christian hope is the overcoming of despair, differentiating it from optimism which assumes things will always improve. In many ways we are witnessing a crisis of despair, maybe best manifested in Australia in unprecedented suicide rates. You clearly lay out the reality of, and good reason for, much despair and disquiet in our culture today. Would you say that the world we face today is crystallizing into precisely a most Christian moment of hope? What should this inspire? Where do you most see manifestations of hope today?
A. The Christian faith is growing rapidly in much of the world. But we rarely hear about it because it doesnt fit the standard secular narrative. So we over-focus on our own problems. Thats natural. But its also dangerous, because when we lose a sense of the larger picture, we can lose confidence in our own beliefs. The reality is this: Even in countries like the United States and Australia, God is raising up plenty of strong young clergy, religious and laypeople, and movements and communities committed to renewal. Theyre the future. They need to be encouraged. Thats where we need to focus. God will take care of the rest. Theres no reason to be bitter or afraid.
What believers are now experiencing in the developed world is equivalent to a cold shower. Its not fun, its not pleasant, but it does wake us up. It forces each of us into a choice. The indifferent may leave the Church, and thats a sadness. But those who stay with the Church will be more alert and intentional. Thats a good thing. Honesty and clarity are always good things. Confusion and ambiguity are never of God.
Q. In Australia, among other things we are seeing companies exerting pressure on the federal government to enact same-sex marriage laws. New South Wales has been facing a push for extreme abortion laws, and euthanasia is on the table in Victoria. Where do you see examples of Christians engaging well in political life? What are they doing successfully?
A. I cant speak to Australias situation, obviously. But in the United States, companies like Apple and Salesforce.com have been very aggressive in pushing same-sex marriage and similar issues, often in the face of strong popular resistance. They have no interest in the will of the people unless the economic and public relations cost of their actions is too high. So Christians need to get involved in the kind of political organizing and economic boycotts that inflict an appropriate penalty. That has to start at the local and regional level. Lots of people are already doing it. Even when good people lose a battle in the public square, they achieve something good. They witness to the truth, they clarify whats at stake in an issue, and they extract a cost from those who would do evil.
None of this should lead us to believe that politics is the most important part of a Christian life. Its not, by a long shot. And none of this absolves us from the Christian duty to act with good sense about strategy and tactics, or with the respect, justice, charity and prudence we owe to others including those with whom we disagree. But avoiding a fight on matters of real importance is never excusable.
Q. Increasingly, Christian values around marriage and family, reverence for life from conception until natural death, and are being understood to be archaic and nave at best, and inhibitory of human freedom and equality at worst. A Catholic mentality means different things by freedom and equality. What is happening here at the level of language of meaning? Is it more important than ever now for Christians to say what we mean and mean what we say?
A. Those who control the language of a debate largely control the outcome. Words shape thought. An expression like marriage equality is deeply misleading and arguably dishonest. But its also very effective. It bypasses serious thought and goes straight to the emotions that surround the word equality. So its vital for Catholics to know and understand what their faith teaches, to speak the truth, and to challenge the words of a public debate when they mask lies and ambiguities.
Q. You express some sympathy for, but dont advocate for, the Benedict option the idea that people wanting to preserve Christian culture might need to withdraw into alternative communities. You would rather see Catholics as healthy cells within society. Why is this this the better option, and why do you think the idea of the Benedict option is so appealing to many people?
A. Rod Dreher the author of the recent book The Benedict Option is a man I know and admire, and Im quite sure he doesnt mean the Benedict Option as a call to withdraw to a religious bomb shelter. He does mean, and I think hes right, that we Christians need to find better ways to build intentional communities of faith and separate ourselves mentally from the bad things in our culture. But this isnt a new message. And Benedict probably isnt the best model for our age. Augustine is.
Augustine never ran or hid from adversity. He was a bishop for and with his people, people who had to continue their everyday lives even as the Roman world around them fell apart. Augustine knew that the City of God and the City of Man overlap and interpenetrate. He wanted Christians to realize that their real home, their real loyalty, is heaven, but we get there by passing through the City of Man. So we need to seed this world with as much good as we can while were here.
Like anything else, the Benedict Option is unhelpful when its over-marketed and poorly understood. People are always attracted to escape hatches in trying times. But there arent any escape hatches. The world follows us. The world is in us, so we need to deal with it. Jesus accepted the cross, and if we claim to be his disciples, why would we try to avoid it? And even if we could hide from the world, we shouldnt, because we have the mandate to heal and convert it.
Q. What can young parents do, who are worried about their children being exposed to toxic elements of culture at younger ages, from which its becoming increasingly impossible to shield them at younger ages?
A. Turn off the electronics. Unplug the devices. Read to them. Pray with them. Play with them. Teach them the value of silence. Develop their critical skills in examining the daily life around them. These things sound simple, and in a sense they are. But try to do them for a couple of weeks and youll see that theyre actually quite radical. Most of all, love each other as a couple and show it, because the love, tenderness and fidelity between parents has a profoundly formative effect on children. Theyre watching their parents every waking minute of every day.
Q. You write that the fundamental crisis of our time, and the special crisis of todays Christians, is a crisis of faith. Could you offer some thoughts about the continuing disunity among Christians, and within the Catholic community (as manifested by the disagreements over Pope Francis ministry and Amoris Laetitia) on how this relates to the crisis of faith?
A. Any current disunity we have in the Catholic Church and we can easily overstate it comes down to how much we want to accommodate the world; how much were willing to bend; how much we want to gloss the hard edges of the Gospel message and Church teaching. I was a Capuchin Franciscan before I was a bishop, so Francis of Assisi has always had a big influence on my thinking. Francis had no use at all for glosses, so I think we need to be more radically faithful to the uncomfortable parts of our faith and teaching, not less.
Numbers arent essential for the Church. Fidelity is. Charity is. A commitment to truth is. And thats because the Church doesnt finally belong to us, but to Jesus Christ. Its his Church, not ours.
As for our relations with other Christians: The disdain often shown toward religion today has the ironic effect of drawing many believing Christians together across lines that once divided them. I have more friends who are pastors, scholars and persons I deeply admire in other, non-Catholic Christian communities than I ever thought possible 45 years ago as a young priest. Denominational labels are often less important than whether a person really believes in Jesus Christ, the Word of God and the core of the Christian faith. Our differences are important. They cant be minimized. But the common faith we share in Jesus Christ is equally important.
Q. You recommend an effort to live the beatitudes, in their radicalness, for people who live in the world of mortgages, tough jobs, and complaining children all Christians in their daily lives. Theyre meant for plumbers and doctors, teachers and salesmen, mothers and fathers. It reminded me of GK Chestertons comment, that Christianity has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found difficult and not tried. Can you give an example, perhaps from your own family or friends, where you have seen someone (not a priest or religious) has really tried to live this way? What impact has that made on you?
A. Dorothy Day had a huge impact on my life. And there are many other invisible people like her in the Catholic Worker movement, the Neo-Catechumenal Way, the [Protestant] Bruderhof communities, Communion and Liberation, and a dozen other renewal movements and communities. And there are thousands of similar examples of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in local parishes.
No one lives the Beatitudes perfectly. We all fail. Its in our deliberate, persistent efforts in trying to live them that God remakes us, and through us, provides a witness of holiness to others which is the only way a culture really changes for the better.
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The Rochester Folk Art Guild attains a milestone accomplishment this year, as the group celebrates 50 years as a vibrant and creative crafts community.
The first seven members put down roots on East Hill, Middlesex in 1967. Since that time, hundreds of people have spent time at East Hill Farm, helping the Guild grow and develop into an exceptional school for crafts, and one of the most successful and long-lasting intentional communities in the country.
The Guilds fine pottery, woodworking, weaving, and other handcrafts have found their way around the world into museums, galleries, and private collections, even appearing on the table at the White House on different occasions.
The half-century marks a special point in the Guilds history, and the members are extending a warm welcome to all in the local communities to come share in a day of celebration, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 10.
There will be tours of the studios and East Hill Gallery, chamber music by Ensemble Resonance, and free, light refreshments for all.
Ensemble Resonance is flute, bassoon, and piano, and the three will play Mozart, Nino Rota, and Taylor-Coleridge at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
We are thankful to have great supporters, as well as wonderful neighbors in Middlesex and the surrounding Finger Lakes communities, says Guild spokesperson David Barnet.
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Power Street Theatre Company (PSTC) was founded out of rage.
Gabriela Sanchezstarted the theatre company the only one in Philly run by all women of color, she said in 2012 while studying theater and communications at Temple University. It was there where she felt the frustration of knowing that it wasnt for a lack of she skill she wasnt getting more opportunities on stage. Rather, it was because her stories as a Latinx woman werent being represented and as weve heard before, representation is everything.
Sanchez realized if she was feeling this way, there must be others around her who also felt the same way, and soon enough, she met and collaborated with Erlina Ortiz, a classmate at Temple, to start PSTC, where Ortiz is now the resident playwright.
Five years later, the theatre company is going strong with its main focus of providing accessible theater and arts to the North Philly communities, through which Sanchez said theyve engaged more than 3,000 audience members through seven productions and six contract performances.
That focus on serving the North Philly area, where Sanchez has deep familial ties to having been born and raised in Philly, is an intentional effort in promoting diversity and inclusion, which are values Sanchez said are still just buzzwords in the theater industry.
Im very intentional about the work that I produce, the relationships that I build and knowing that it takes time, Sanchez said. My work is very rooted in the communities that I care about, that I serve, that I come from.
PSTCs most recent production series, Theatre en Las Parcelas, is currently underway through a partnership with the Norris Square Neighborhood Project, where she is the education director for the organization that aims to make social change by engaging youth in education, leadership and the arts. The second show of the series, Out of Orbit, will feature Sanchez and two other women tackling the topic of privilege, among other things, through the lens of space and the universe.
The free performance will take on June 10 at the Las Parcelas garden, where the last event, an open mic garden party, will also take place on Aug. 12.
Working in tandem with community and social change organizations is nothing new for PSTC, like when it partnered with Women Organized Against Rape and Warrior Writers to produce She Wore Those Shoes, a production that looked at sexual assault in the military.
The art-for-social-change effort is also something Sanchez herself has personally been involved in with since she was 15 years old, when her first full-time job for six years was being part of the City of Philadelphias Conflict Resolution Theatre, part of a series of Strength-Based (Trauma-Informed) Leadership Programs hosted throughout the city.
I saw a need in my city, I saw a need in communities that were disenfranchised and young people that didnt have access to the arts, she said.
Location and pricing of tickets are bothaccessibility factors PSTC has givenattention to, whichSanchez says shes proud of. All youth under the age of 18 get free access to any shows, college students and senior citizens get half-off their tickets and community residents just pay $5. All in all, inclusivity is key to keep theatre alive, Sanchez said.
Theres this stigma that people of color dont like theater, but the reality is that thats not true were storytellers, its ingrained in who we are, she said. We just dont have the platform or the resources or the accessibility to access theatre because its an expensive and secluded art form in some ways.
Even as a student, Sanchez felt that her studies would often not teach her how to sustain the art, thus prompting her to learn how to run a theatre company through experience, whether it be writing grants or fostering those relationships with community organizations. She hopes to grow PSTC into a full-time company within the next two years, and in that effort, teach and grow other women and people of color in the theater world.
Sanchez credits the success of PSTC so far to her team Ortiz; Asaki Kuruma, Diana Rodriguez and Lexi White who have often volunteered much of the administrative labor, and its through listening to other communities PSTC may have not yet reached out to where they hope to find more stories.
Creating art and social change arent on one person, Sanchez said. I believe its about dialogue, about reflection, about asking questions and having conversations. In order for all of us to get on the same page, we have to start listening to each others stories.
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From homemade sauces to local artwork, North Asheville residents now haveanother place to shop on Saturday mornings: Anew community market debuted June 3 outside Gan Shan Station on Charlotte Street.
The market was created to give localbrick-and-mortar businesses an alternativeplace to sell their goods, says Jade Pombrio, director of the new project. Currently, most areatailgate markets are producer-only, meaning that you can only sell things that you produce, saysMolly Nicholie, program director at ASAP Connections.
Weve been wanting for a while for a venue to be able to sell all of our hot sauces and rib glaze, Pombrio says. So it kind of started as someone else wanting to sell stuff realizing that, Oh, we do have a good space. We really wanted to make this a community restaurant and make it a place with lots of community engagement, and a market seems like a natural symptom of that.
In addition to Gan Shans products, the market will feature fresh bread and pastries from The Rhu, handmade sausage and ethical meats from Intentional Swine, flowers from Paper Crane Farms and a food pantry with items from Lees Asian Market. Pombrio also plansto have a rotating weekly schedule of featured artists from the community.
The Gan Shan Market joins the North Asheville Tailgate Market as a Saturday morning shopping destination for North Asheville residents. Competition amongmarkets can be challenging, Nicholie says, as markets tend to attract similar vendors and customer bases. However, Pombrio thinks the Gan Shan market will appeal toresidents in the immediate Charlotte Street neighborhood and shoppers who are looking for items they cant get at other markets.
Coffee, pastries, breads, sauces this is going to be more pantry items because theres already so much produce, there are already so many farmers here, Pombrio says.
Gan Shan Station isnt the only business to embrace the idea of community farmers markets. Breweries have also jumped at the chance to offer their establishments as potential locations, with the intent of strengthening ties within the immediate community and bringing in a new set of customers.
Several months ago, Highland Brewing Co. reached out to offer its Meadowspace to the Oakley Farmers Market. Themarket declined the offer at the time, but when itsprevious Fairview Road sitebacked out just days before the 2017 season opened, the Oakley Farmers Market relocated toHighland on May 4.
While the market has been operating at Highland for only a few weeks,Oakley Farmers Market directorLexi Binns-Cravensays shehas received positive feedback from both vendors and visitors.
Our new location is a lot more child-friendly, where [vendors] can just bring their children, Binns-Craven says. People bring their dogs to the Meadow, and weve had a lot more families come. They bring their children, the kids are playing around as the parents shop, and its just a much more child-friendly atmosphere.
The current popularity of farmers markets is causing people to try and align their mindsets and shopping needs with local vendors, Nicholie says. Over the years, there have been amazing partnerships between businesses and farmers markets, she says. One thing I dont think the public realizes is how farmers markets serve as an incubator for businesses many cant necessarily afford a brick-and-mortar building but can sell their product at a farmers market.
Highland Brewing Co. President Leah Ashburn says the community-focused market fits well with the brewerys community-oriented mindset and that partnerships between businesses and local grassroots effortsare important for growth.
Asheville, in general, has so many wonderful resources for people that grow or bake or make things, and farmers markets are such a nice way for residents to connect directly to those growers, Ashburn says. Theres a similarity to directly connecting with brewers they are both crafting a product, and there are individual people behind that. And those individual people that make beer and craft beer are going to be shopping and buying baked goods and produce at local farmers markets, and that just feels good.
New Belgium Brewing Co. also extended an offer to house the West Asheville Tailgate Market, says market director Quinn Asteak. Although the market decided not to change locations, Asteak appreciates the offer.
While we all think it would be great to have a market at New Belgium for so many reasons they are a beautiful space and a great organization and theres a lot of great appeal we wont be leaving Grace Baptist Church, Asteak says. When the conversations started, everyones ears perked up. Theres a lot of benefits to it; its definitely a thing where it would help both businesses for markets to exist at their locations.
Despite the fact that New Belgium will not host the West Asheville Tailgate Market, the brewery remains a great place for local community involvement, says Suzanne Hackett, communications specialist at New Belgium.
What weve heard from the community is that they love to meet here and see our neighbors here, which feels really good to us, Hackett says. Supporting farmers, for us, is more than just interacting with communities; its essential to our business. Without sustainable agriculture, we dont exist, so its very important to us.
The Gan Shan Farmers Market happens 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdaysthrough midfall. The Oakley Farmers Market operates 3:30-6:30 p.m.Thursdays through the end of September at The Meadow at Highland Brewing Co.
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IKEA is set to produce a collection ofspace-saving furniturethat draws on the logistics of space travelto find innovativesolutions for shrinking living spaces.
The new collection was announced today at the furniture company's annual Democratic Design Day, which is taking place in lmhult, Sweden. While it hasn't been revealed whatproducts will be included in the collection, IKEA says it will launch in 2019.
IKEA's Democratic Design Day aims to make the company's plans more transparent by sharing some of its behind-the-scenes research and processes. It takes place each yearin lmhult, the home of the first IKEA store.
Working alongside NASA and Lund University School of Industrial Design, the space collection will "tap into what scientists and engineers learn from spaceflight" particularly the way they deal with restricted living areas.
As part of theproject, IKEA also revealed that it is working alongside NASA to figure out howinterior spaces might be designed for life on Mars, andhowthey could make the planet feel like home tothose who would live there.
"This collaboration is not about IKEA going to Mars, but we are curious about life in space, the challenges and needs, and what we can make out of that experience for the many people," Michael Nikolic, creative leader at IKEA Range and Supply.
"When you design for life in a spacecraft or planetary surface habitat on Mars, you need to be creative yet precise, find ways to repurpose things and think carefully about sustainability aspects," he added. "With urbanisation and environmental challenges on earth, we need to do the same."
The company attributes the idea for this new collection to a change in our living conditions, citing shrinking homes and a 70 per cent increase in city living as the main drivers.
"Urban challenges such as small living spaces will lead to changes in the home," said IKEA. "Already today downsizing and micro-living is a reality in big cities."
"In spaceflights, small space living has always been a reality. IKEA will, therefore, tap into what scientists and engineers learn from spaceflight to Mars, and apply these discoveries to products and methods for everyday life at home, here on earth."
The Swedish furniture giant joins a number of designers who are already responding to smaller, more flexible spaces with furniture that makes the most of every inch of the floors, walls and even the ceiling.
Recent solutions include a hanging storage system byJordi Iranzo, aspace-efficient "living cube" by Till Knneker and a shelving system that comprises three interchangeable desktops by Matej Chabera.
Last year, IKEA announced its collaborations with Hay and Tom Dixon during its Democratic Design Dayevent.
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FREMONT - Local students had a blast this week learning about space travel at a summer camp at Vanguard Career Center in Fremont.
The theme for the four-day "Blast Camp," according to Vanguard AssistantPrincipal Clay Frye, was space.
Frye said 95 students, entering grades five through eight from local schools, were able to attend free of charge, thanks to a $20,000 grant obtained bythe United Way of Sandusky County.
The camp was broken into seven mini camps offering students an opportunity to learn about NASA and what it takes to travel in space.
"The first thing we asked the kids is what they think it takes to send a rocket into space," Frye said. "Most said fuel, or a rocket. It's not just a countdown and a push of a button,but some didn't realize it takes engineers, welders and mechanics to launch a rocket."
Many of the jobs needed to build, send and maintain rockets in space are skilled trades that can be learned at schools like Vanguard, whichspecialize in skilled trade programs such as engineering, robotics and mechanical skills that it takes to build rockets.
Brooklyn Holland, 11, from Stamm Elementary, works on calculating her body weight in zero gravity.(Photo: Craig Shoup/The News-Messenger)
In one group, students were given the controls to fly a drone through a course and landon a pad, to would simulate what NASA is using to send drones into spacerather than more dangerous and expensive manned space flight.
Austin Dix, a 17-year-old Gibsonburg High School student, showed campers how to operate the drone, and thenhow to navigate through obstacles before landing the craft.
"NASA is using drones a lot on Mars, and here we are teaching them the basics of how to fly drones," Dix said.
JennieMcCoy, a medical career teacher at Vanguard, taught students about zero gravityand the effects it has on astronauts.
"When there is no gravity, all the liquids move up from your feet to your head," McCoy said. "Your head swells, your tongue swells and youlose your taste buds."
Students Parker Zelns, 11, Natalie Frye, 11 and Virginia DaBrunz, 11, are blindfolded and pinch their nose to simulate the lack of taste buds in zero gravity. Vanguard teacher Jenny McCoy administers the test with salty, sweet and sour tastes.(Photo: Craig Shoup/The News-Messenger)
McCoy had the students blindfolded, their noses pinched and drop different tastes like salty, sweet and sour on the students' tongues to see if students could taste what they were swallowing.
The summer camp is the first at Vanguard, something Frye said he would like to continue in the future.
"We've hosted winter camps for the last three years and we really want to do a summer camp each year," Frye said.
The camp would continue educating students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, orSTEM courses,and coincide with programs offered to students at Vanguard.
"A lot of these aren't aware of what we offer, so we are trying to expose them to these careers and the education that they can get at Vanguard," Frye said.
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Grace Waltermier, 11, is assisted by drone instructor Austin Dix on how to fly and land a drone. Dix said NASA is using drones more than ever to save money on exploring space by using unmanned aircraft.(Photo: Craig Shoup/The News-Messenger)
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Foreign Policy (blog) | How SpaceX Launched a Chinese Experiment Into Space, Despite US Ban Foreign Policy (blog) The Chinese experiment carried aloft by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will test how space radiation effects gene mutation, with potential ramifications for extended human space travel. It was designed by the Beijing Institute of Technology, who partnered ... Commercial space travel: A peek into its near future |
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA named 12 astronauts on Wednesday to the U.S. space agency's first new class of space fliers in five years, chosen from a record 18,300 applicants, for a new era of space travel.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence welcomed the five women and seven men, aged 28 to 42, during their introduction at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Pence said the White House planned to form a council to advise President Donald Trump on space policy and strategy, relaunching a body that has been inactive for more than 25 years.
Trump is "firmly committed to NASA's noble mission leading America in space," Pence said, noting that only 338 Americans have served as NASA astronauts.
The trainees include a scientist working with the Mars robotic rover Curiosity, a SpaceX engineer, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and an Army surgeon.
NASA is developing a heavy-lift rocket and Orion capsule for travel to the moon and eventually Mars. It is also working with Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, and Boeing Co to develop commercial space taxis that can ferry crews to and from the International Space Station, a $100 billion research lab that flies about 240 miles (400 km) above Earth.
"Hopefully one day I'll get to fly on a vehicle that has components I've actually designed," said Robb Kulin, 33, a doctor of engineering and Fulbright Fellow who is joining the astronaut corps from SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.
Since the shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA has been dependent on Russia for rides to the station, a 15-nation project.
Jessica Watkins, 28, a post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, joins the class after serving on the science team operating the car-sized Curiosity rover which has been exploring Gale Crater on Mars since August 2012.
"We intend to send her to Mars one day," said acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot.
The astronauts have two years of training before they are eligible for flight assignments. They are scheduled to report for duty at the Johnson Space Center in August.
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BEIJING China is making "preliminary" preparations to send a man to the moon, state media cited a senior space official as saying, the latest goal in China's ambitious lunar exploration program.
CHIRPAN, Bulgaria A team of excavators in Bulgaria has resumed a search for fossils of an ape-like creature which may be the oldest-known direct ancestor of man and whose discovery has challenged the central hypothesis that humankind originated in Africa.
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Mass Effect Edit This gravitational power sucks multiple enemies within a radius to a single area, leaving them floating helplessly and vulnerable to attack. It can also attract objects from the environment, such as crates or pieces of furniture; enemies will take damage if they collide with other solid objects in the Singularity field. Talent Ranks Edit
These classes have access to the Singularity talent:
Note: This power travels in the direction of the cross-hair, arcing towards the target. Upon impact, it will create the Singularity. Liara's Singularity travels in a straight line, instantly creating a singularity at the targeted location.
Rank 4
Choose to evolve the power into one of the following,
Create a sphere of dark energy that traps and dangles enemies caught in its field.
Increase recharge speed by 25%.
Increase Singularity's hold duration by 20%. Increase impact radius by 20%.
Duration
Increase Singularity's hold duration by 30%. Additional enemies can be lifted before Singularity fades.
Radius
Increase impact radius by 25%.
Lift Damage
Inflict 20 damage per second to lifted targets.
Recharge Speed
Increase recharge speed by 30%.
Expand
Expand the Singularity field by 35% for 10 seconds.
Detonate
Detonate Singularity when the field dies to inflict 300 damage across 5 meters.
Create a sphere of dark energy that traps and dangles enemies caught in its field.
Increase recharge speed by 25%.
Increase damage by 20%.
Duration
Increase Singularity's hold duration by 150%.
Radius
Increase impact radius by 35%.
Lift Damage
Inflict 50 damage per second to lifted targets.
Recharge Speed
Increase recharge speed by 35%.
Damage
Increase damage by 50%.
Detonate
Detonate Singularity when the field dies to inflict 500 damage across 7 meters.
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In BriefNine experts weighed in on the future of artificialintelligence and machine learning recently for IEEE Spectrum. Theiranswers provide a glimpse into what's coming in the world of AI andwhat to expect from the Singularity. AI Visionaries
Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing so fast that there are new developments in the field almost every week. The tendrils of AI grow further into human life and continue to rapidly intertwine with our reality, and this process will only accelerate. Some worry about the consequences of a future in which AIs have more capabilities than humans, while some relish this prospect. IEEE Spectrum has just published a special issue for June 2017, which reports on the views of nine visionaries, technologists, and futurists on whats coming in AI.
Each expert was asked, When will we have computers as capable as the brain? Ray Kurzweil thinks this will happen in 2029, while Jrgen Schmidhuber simply agrees that it will be soon, and Gary Marcus estimates that it will happen 20 to 50 years from now. Nick Bostrom predicts within a small number of decades. Rodney Brooks is a little more conservative, estimating 50 to 100 years, while both Robin Hanson and Martine Rothblatt think that it will happen within the 21st century.
Ruchir Puris answer to this question was perhaps the most interesting: A human brain is fundamentally different than being a champion chess, Jeopardy!, or Go player. It is something that entails essential traits like caring, empathy, sharing, ingenuity, and innovation. These human brain traits might prove to be elusive to machines for a long time. . .. Although AIs impact on society will accelerate further. . .it will be a while before we will be able to holistically answer [that] question.
So, How will brainlike computers change the world? Robin Hanson thinks that humans will get rich from robot labor, while Gary Marcus anticipates major advancements in science and medicine and Martine Rothblatt agrees with Kurzweil that we will essentially eventually become downloadable and therefore immortal. Ray Kurzweil sees AI as a massive brain extender, and therefore a problem solver, making every aspect of our lives better. Rodney Brooks thinks making realistic predictions about this isnt possible since its too far off, and instead posits that in 20 years, baby boomers including Kurzweil will be assisted by in-home computers, but wont be immortal. Jrgen Schmidhuber thinks that AIs will be fascinated by the possibilities of space as they become self-motivated and pursue their own goals.
Finally, Do you have any qualms about a future in which computers have human-level (or greater) intelligence? Carver Mead points out that people always fear new technologies, even though history shows that we have continually benefitted from them. Robin Hanson thinks anyone who doesnt have qualms about a change this momentous isnt paying attention, but Martine Rothblatt doesnt have qualms, because she thinks human needs will shape a Darwinian market for robots. Ray Kurzweil thinks we will avoid peril and gain optimally by merging with AI. Nick Bostrom is concerned by the problem of scalable control of AI, while Rodney Brooks says he has no qualms at all, and that qualming is not useful, even for Nick Bostrom. Gary Marcus doesnt see clear solutions to potential problems yet, but thinks that future technologies will provide them.
The experts had different ideas about many things, but there was no dispute about the most important point: the singularity is coming, and its closer than we think.
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Singularity University is dismayed by the Trump administrations choice to withdraw from the Paris Accord. Climate change is one of the greatest risks to humankind, and the decisions we make over the next few decades will impact life on earth for thousands of years.
At SU were proud to support the responsible development of exponential technologies, such as AI, robotics, nanotechnology, and digital biology, that may provide solutions to climate change. These exponential technologies should be nurtured in enabling policy environments, but independent of the decisions made by politicians, SU will move forward with our plans to address climate change.
Were proud to see an increase in breakthroughs that greatly improve our stewardship of the planet and global abundance such as in vitro meat production, carbon capture techniques, genetic engineering of climate resilient crops, advances in atmospheric water extraction, and countless others.
While this is a disappointing decision, there are more powerful forces at work. The global response to the federal governments decision has renewed our faith in the common goodness of humankind. Innovation will continue. We will move forward.
We at SU provide access to a deep and broad innovation ecosystem that includes forward thinking corporations (e.g., Deloitte, Google, Lowes), development organizations (e.g., Stockholm Resilience Center, Unicef, World Wide Fund for Nature), and governments around the world. We will continue to work across industries and disciplines to bring abundance to all.
We welcome you to join our bold march into the future.
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Singularity Universitys Exponential Finance Summit begins today and runs through June 9 in New York, the finance industrys bustling capital. You can tune into the summit as it happens from anywhere with this livestream.
Singularity Hub is also covering the event as it brings together financial and technology leaders from across the industry. From exciting startups like Lemonade and HyperScience to established financial institutions such as BlackRock and Bank of America, well be learning about how emerging technologies are changing the workings of the finance industry and how financial services companies do business.
At the summit, experts will dive into:
Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Services, and Sharon Sputz, director of Columbia Universitys Data Science Institute, will discuss the future of financial advice and investing. Angela Strange, partner at Andreesen Horowitz, will break down exponential technology and insurance, and BlackRocks chief talent officer, Matthew Breitfelder, will take a look at the future of work.
Of course, as usual, well also keep an eye on talks and question-and-answer sessions with Ray Kurzweil, Singularity University cofounder and chancellor, and Peter Diamandis, Singularity University cofounder and chairman.
Be sure to join the conversation on the future of finance in real-time on Twitter with@SingularityHuband@xfinanceor using the hashtag#xfin.
Much of the latest technology driving fintech is still new, and its impact has yet to be fully fleshed outwhich should make for an interesting summit.
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Greg Kurtzer invented software called Singularity to enable the use of containers in high-performance computing (Credit: Marillyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)
Scientists used to come to Gregory Kurtzer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratorys (Berkeley Labs) IT department a lot, asking for a better way to use software containers in a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. After a while he got tired of saying, Sorry, not possible. So he invented a solution and named it Singularity.
Within a few months of its release last year, Singularity took off. Computing-heavy scientific institutions worldwidefrom Stanford University to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to various sites on the European Grid e-Infrastructureflocked to the software. Singularity was also recently recognized by HPCwire editors as one of five new technologies to watch.
Singularity has been making huge strides in the computing community, Kurtzer said, with some surprise, adding that Open Science Grid, a consortium that provides distributed computing resources for scientific research, has served over 20 million containers with Singularity.
Its now on its seventh release (version 2.2.1) and has caught on so quickly that Kurtzer has launched SingularityWare LLC to further develop and support the open-source software. The company is being funded by RStor Inc., a startup based in Saratoga, California. Kurtzer, the long-time technical lead and architect for the HPC Services group at Berkeley Lab with a joint appointment at UC Berkeley, will shift to an advisory role at the Lab in order to focus on Singularity.
Berkeley Lab makes some Lab-developed software available at no cost to maximize its impact and to participate in the open-source software community, said ElsieQuaite-Randall, Berkeley Labs Chief Technology Transfer Officer. Singularity fosters innovation as open-source software, and now SingularityWare LLClike other Berkeley Lab startupswill set out to expand the reach and adoption of an important technology.
A typical case where users might need Singularity is if they want to run an application such as Googles TensorFlow. They may need a very specific version of Tensor Flow installed, Kurtzer said. They can create a container to do that in about five minutes. Then they can take that container, bring it to our environment and run it, even if we dont have that version of Tensor Flow installed.
Software containers make it possible to take your entire computing environment, including your files and all the applications you want to run, and encapsulate it so it can be easily replicated on another machine without worrying whether the new machine has a compatible operating system, libraries, applications, and so forth.
Containers share some of the use cases of virtual machines but without the code redundancy and performance hit associated with virtualization, Kurtzer said. Singularity containers allow a user to encapsulate an entire OS (operating system) environment and use it on a shared HPC system like any other program, without an admin doing anything.
Another example where Singularity would be useful would be allowing other scientists to reproduce experiments. Say you just published an article. Wouldnt it be nice to have a location you can cite where someone can download the Singularity container and replicate all the experiments? Kurtzer asked. Someone can enter the container, and now theyre sitting in the exact same environment as you were.
Containerization was developed for enterprise environments, where it has become very popular, especially with the rise of Dockers container technology. Dockers container solution is for the enterprise. But the scientific use case is quite different, Kurtzer said. Our goal isnt to run as many containers as we can on a single host, with each having the illusion of sole occupancy and isolation, but to run maybe one, and enable it to utilize all the resources on that host. Its kind of the opposite of isolation!
So Kurtzer started working on his own solution, and four months later, the first version was released last spring. When I started working on it, I asked, what do scientists really need from containers? They need reproducibility, mobility, and also freedomthe ability to install their own applications and run in their own environment, and store it just like any other data file, Kurtzer said. Thats what Singularity solves for scientific computing.
Kurtzer chose the name Singularity for its meaning in astronomy. As I understand it, its the culmination of a whole bunch of matter in the universe forming a single infinitely dense point, he said. Thats what I was thinking when I was creating Singularitytaking everything necessary to create a reproducible scientific environment and putting it in one file.
Singularity also enables users to run legacy workflows easily. Kurtzer cites one example of how his group saved an 18-year-old workflow from failing hardware and was able to convert it to a Singularity container that is still being used in production today.
Kurtzer believes Singularity will benefit scientists who may not even know they need it. Were trying to reach out to more scientists and engage with additional groups, especially those who are not traditional HPC users, also known as the computational long tail of science, Kurtzer said. We have a lot of users that are running computationally intensive jobs on their laptops and workstations and not making use of the dedicated computational cycles that are designed specifically for computing and available to them. With Singularity we can easily make these large computing resources tangible.
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Four Bulldog players land make Class 1A All-State baseball and softball
The Ascension Catholic Bulldogs earned their way to the Division IV semifinals in baseball this season with a 9-3 district mark and a 19-13 overall record. That performance helped two players earn Louisiana Sports Writers Associations All-State berths and an honorable mention for another.
The two Bulldogs selected to the first team were senior standouts and also happened to become LSU-Eunice signees. The first was pitcher Landon Clifton, who had an outstanding 10-4 record and a 1.95 ERA on the mound. The other was infielder Nick Bellina, who sported a whopping .420 batting average and 39 RBIs in his senior year. Junior Mason Zeringue earned an honorable mention.
The Lady Bulldogs made it to the quarterfinals in softball this season and put a pair of players on the Louisiana Sports Writers Associations softball squads. Infielder Ceily Grisaffe hit for an impressive .417 batting average and added 19 RBIs for her hitting totals. Utility player Isabelle Abadie hit for a .373 batting average and added 20 RBIs to make the softball squad.
In District 5-5A, first-team selections were pitchers Austin Bankert of Dutchtown and Blayne Enlow of St. Amant; catcher Jacob Thompson of East Ascension; infielders Larson Fontenot of St. Amant, Cameron Sibley of Dutchtown, Joseph Stephens of East Ascension and Jack Merrifield of Dutchtown; outfielders Zach Johnson of Dutchtown and Zane Zeppuhar of St. Amant; and utility players Noah Fontenot of East Ascension and Cameron Crawford of Dutchtown.
Second-team selections included pitchers Cade Blanchard of Dutchtown and Colin Schutz of St. Amant; catcher Reid Bouchereau of Dutchtown; infielders Kolby Blanchard and Ivan Prejean, both of St. Amant, and Preston Thrash of East Ascension; outfielders Sammy Waguespack of Dutchtown, Pat Wolfe of St. Amant and Ryan Williams of East Ascension; and utility players Brayden Caskey of Dutchtown, Tory Louis of McKinley and Reese Hebert of East Ascension. The Most Valuable Player was pitcher and LSU signee Blayne Enlow of St. Amant.
District 6-1A first-team selections included senior Dylan Hurst of Ascension Catholic and sophomore Nic Montalbano of Ascension Christian as pitchers; senior Nick Bellina and senior Ross Ponville, both of Ascension Catholic, and junior Mason Braud of Ascension Christian as infielders; Mason Zeringue of Ascension Catholic and sophomore Tyler Cambre of Ascension Christian as outfielders; and senior Payton Bahlinger of Ascension Christian, senior William Dunn of Ascension Catholic and junior Landon Ortego of Ascension Christian as utility players.
Second-team selections were junior Josh Diez of Ascension Christian and senior D.J. Giroir of Ascension Catholic as pitchers; junior Charlie Gianelloni of Ascension Catholic as an infielder; sophomore Rodney Blanchard of Ascension Catholic as an outfielder; and senior Dylan Vice of Ascension Catholic and senior Jacob Antie and sophomore Sal Montalbano, both of Ascension Christian, as utility players.
Selected to the District 5-5A first team were freshman Carly Turner of Dutchtown and freshman Alyssa Romano of St. Amant as pitchers; freshman Paige Patterson of Dutchtown as a catcher; senior McKenzie King, junior Taylor Tidwell and senior Pamela Carbo, all of St. Amant, junior Hannah Martin of Dutchtown and sophomore Rachel Ducote of East Ascension as infielders; senior Abby McKey and junior Jadyn Rumfellow, both of St. Amant, and senior Blayne Pence of Dutchtown as outfielders; junior Baylee Bourgeois of Dutchtown, junior Grace Bagwell of East Ascension and juniors Madison Hurt and Brooke Romano, both of St. Amant, as utility players; and junior Dena Lowe of Dutchtown as designated hitter.
Selected on the second team were freshman Erin Hardy of Dutchtown and sophomore Erin Nicol of East Ascension as pitchers; sophomore Chandler Guedry of St. Amant and sophomore Brynnen Gautreau of East Ascension as catchers; junior Meagan Ross of East Ascension as an infielder; sophomores Skylar Boyd and Kaylee Sharpe, both of Dutchtown, as outfielders; freshman Camille Dawsey of Dutchtown as a utility player; and freshman Jesse Allison of St. Amant as designated player.
Senior Abby McKey of the St. Amant Gators was selected Most Valuable Player while Amy Pitre of St. Amant was chosen as Coach of the Year.
District 6-1A first-team selections were eighth-grader Madison Gautreau of Ascension Christian and freshman Emily Beck of Ascension Christian as pitchers; eighth-grader Hallie Dupree of Ascension Christian and sophomore Ceiley Grisaffe of Ascension Catholic as catchers; eighth-grader Layla Thompson of Ascension Christian and juniors Alicia Canatella and Lauren Landry and sophomore Isabella Abadie, all of Ascension Catholic, as infielders; and junior Bailey Acosta and senior Carson Dunn, both of Ascension Catholic, as outfielders.
Second-team selections were freshman Angelle Theriot of Ascension Catholic as a pitcher; senior Kaley Ryan and junior Lauren Thompson, both of Ascension Christian, and junior Abagail Landry and eighth-grader Mackenzie Marroy, both of Ascension Catholic, as infielders; and senior Emily Millet of Ascension Christian and sophomore Emme Medine of Ascension Catholic as outfielders.
Most Valuable Player was sophomore Ceily Grisaffe of Ascension Catholic. Don Henry of Ascension Catholic was named Coach of the Year.
Ascension Parish has lost one of its great role models, mentors, teachers, principals and, most of all, coaches. W.J. "Butch" Little passed away on May 26.
His teaching, coaching and administrative positions spanned nearly half a century and included stints as a boys basketball coach at East Ascension and a girls basketball coach at Donaldsonville and Lutcher high schools. Coach Little had more than 750 wins during his career that spanned parts of five decades. He also was a vice principal and principal at East Ascension and served on the LHSAA's executive committee.
Little played high school basketball at French Settlement and earned a scholarship to Southeastern Louisiana University, where he had a memorable basketball career.
After college, Little accepted his first coaching and teaching role at St. Theresa of Avila in 1967. Thats where our paths crossed for the first of many times in my life, and its one Ill never forget.
Little had high expectations in the classroom and on the basketball court that some might interpret as stern at first glance. But that character trait was inspired by his love for his kids. Along with those expectations was plenty of humor and friendship highlighted by an infectious smile I can see every time I think of him.
But basketball was in his blood as a player and even more as a coach. In our ninth-grade year, the Warrior basketball team was probably a little better than average. Our starting five consisted of Kent Schexnaydre, Edgar Amedee, Jeff Lanoux, A.P. Marchand and Dennis Haydel.
The Warriors had tough opposition. The Gonzales Bulldogs probably had the best talent with Sidney Lambert, Glen Decoteau and Jerry Babin. The other team was the St. Amant Wildcats, led by Kent Melancon and Gabe Mayers. Back in the day, Gabe stood a towering 6 feet, 3 inches tall and we might as well have been playing against Shaquille ONeal.
Little had a strategy for each game and player when we played those better teams. It was awesome to see him get 110 percent out of each player because of the respect he earned from each one of us by his leadership. The St. Theresa Warriors went on to claim the junior high parish championship that season.
Coach Little went on from that first opportunity to influence generations of kids, whether a student or an athlete. Our paths crossed many more times in my life. I have a little hole in my heart right now that might ache for a little while, but its a good hurt. Butch Little, you may be gone from here, but your influence will be passed on for generations to come.
Jambalaya lunches are on sale starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Delaunes Hardware on La. 44 to raise money for the four Ascension Parish fishing teams that qualified for the National High School Fishing Championship in Paris, Tennessee, later this summer.
Jambalaya is $7 a plate and tickets are available for a $300 gift basket.
Lyle Johnson, a writer and host of the Ascension Outdoors cable TV show, covers sports and the outdoors for The Ascension Advocate. He can be contacted at reelman@eatel.net or ascension@theadvocate.com.
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