Lower Dauphin High School recently announced its third-quarter distinguished honor roll and honor roll. Distinguished Honor Roll requires all As or perfect marks. For the Honor Roll, a student must earn all As and Bs. There will be no fourth-quarter honor rolls.

Distinguished Honor Roll

Grade 12: Kayla Ajala, Sophia Balshy, Madison Baumgardner, Morgan Besic, Sarah Blouch, Kylie Boyer, Juliana Bramley, Ian Bruce, Leonardo Bueno, Ashleigh Cake, Kellie Chandler, Morgan Chiara, Anna Duncan, Elijah Durantine, Natasha Ebersole, Troy-Thomas Elhajj, Abdelrahman Elsaid, Colby Flohr, Isaac Fox, Daniel Geisel, Phoebe Gesford, Nicholas Giampetro, Christian Gingrich, Anastasia Hahnlen, Brandelynn Heinbaugh, Bryce Hickey, Kendall Hixon, Madelyn Hoke, Ryan Hsing-Smith, Isabelle Johnson, Sullivan Johnson, Donavan Kann, Kaleigh Kindall, Mitchell Kleman, Ryan Klingensmith, Aubrie Koser, Thomas Kropp, Zachary Landis, Dakota Lawson, Helen Lemarr, Christopher Leslie, Hunter Lohmann, Katherine Lynch, Emily Martz, Emma McQuinn, Morgan Mosco, Micah Nye, Emma ONeill, Delainey Olinger, Sienna Pegram, Sofia Pendolino, Annalisa Petrascu, Gabriela Ponce, Eva Pumo, Trey Sadler, Kate Sarsfield, Gracie Scheaffer, Tori Schrader, Carly Shaffer, Elizabeth Sharp, Colby Shaver, Alexandra Sierer, Nidhi Singh, Kyla Smith, Benjamin Spangenberg, Kameron Stepp, Shenandoah Stull, Abigail Tarczynski, Janel Thompson, Cora Tse, Aiden Turner, Clayton Ulrey, Michael VanGavree, Aiden Walmer, Destiny Waugh, Jessica Weaver, Carson Wendling, Kira Wertz, Willow Wisniewski, and Rebecca Yeager.

Grade 11: Nischal Adhikari, Zoe Baer, Nicole Baker, Maya Bayhart, Natalie Bennett, Adam Bonawitz, Emma Bretz, Caroline Brubaker, Emily Brubaker, Coryn Buck, Sophia Bunting, Josalyn Byers, Kennedy Cannon, Alexandra Cassel, Hailey Clouser, Olivia Cormack, Alvin Coulbourn, Caiden Covell, Grace Craig, Eva Day, Mason Dillon, Sophia Ditty, Gabriella Dixon, Kiara Dougherty, Abigaile English, Sophia Farole, David Feria Figueroa, Katherine Foley, Daniel Fombu, Bella Fry, Amelia Gaither, Caleb Gibbs, Anthony Hannan, Brooke Hofsass, Tyson Hofsass, Maya Hoover, Lauren Hunter, Christina Isabella, Logan Kephart, Kaden Kirchhoefer, Lauren Kirsch, Ella Klinger, Kyla Knauber, Timothy Koons, Aaron Krasley, Daniel Kreiss, Marguerite Kutz, Abby Lauer, Curtis Lin, Kate Little, Briona Lookenbill, Makayla Lookenbill, Julian Loraschi, Joshua Mackrell, Steven Mannetta, Cole McCulley, Clarissa McQuain, Tristan McQuiddy, Alec Merry, Trevor Millhimes, Robin Mitchell, Mackenzie Mowery, Kayla Pedersen, Jacob Pegher, Avery Price, Melina Putt, Miran Rezhan, Cole Rife, Alaina Riley, Deyanery Rodriguez, Janie Rost, Vaughn Sarago, Valentina Scottodicarlo, Elijah Sells, Cameron Shearer, Daniel Sheffer, Kilee Sims, Sierra Slentz, Cameron Snelbaker, Ana Snowden, Hannah Stickel, Marissa Vandernick, Mason Wahlers, Emma Walt, Catherine Walter, Grace Walter, Bridget Wappman, Lillie Weaver, Katherine Weigle, Luke Wren, Brody York, Madison Zerbe, and Julia Zewe.

Grade 10: Kristen Ajala, Margo Albarano, Delanie Batula, Paige Berzinski, Paige Bitting, Avery Book, Clara Breidenstine, Britley Brubaker, Sarah Brubaker, Emma Dickinson, Adam Dotts, Todd Dowhower, Alana Earley, Benjamin Ebert, Brianna Espenshade, Ethan Espenshade, Katherine Estes, Adam Fellin, Emma Foley, Joseph Frank, Matthew Giampetro, Joshua Given, Gabrielle Goodman, Conor Grubb, Makaylee Hale, Sarah Hanula, Christianna Harchuska, Nicholas Harhaj, Alexia Hedrick, Justyce Hollenbach, Alicia Jones, Tevon Kerr-Hornbaker, Andrew King, Chloe Krasley, Adam Lemarr, Anne Linker, Hailley Lynch, Sydnee Lynch, Shalee McGowen, Matthew Newman, Lilian Nop, Carolynn ODonnell, Nina Pace, Gabriella Pagano, Sarah Pikhit, Madison Ploutz, Ella Rafferty, Benjamin Rodemaker, Isabelle Rodemaker, Carlos Rodriguez, Elyza Roush, Alexa Shaffer, Lindsey Stine, Ryan Stoe, Leah Tierney, Cassandra Tipa-Bowman, Grant Tredinnick, Madeline Turjan, Colton Waters, Cailynn White, Saige Wilt, James Winninger, Celleste Wohlfarth, and Ryan Woolf.

Grade 9: Riana Agili-Shaban, Cameron Barber, Ella Blazi, Abigail Carter, Jacob Collins, Ethan Covell, Riley Fisher, Kylee Flohr, Devin Harris, Ryan Jorich, Emily Kline, Isaac Mende, Audrey Meyers, Abigail Nissley, Lekhana Pa, Andi Pagano, Ethan Parker, Kaiden Redcay, Makenna Robinson, Logan Rosenberry, Julia Ruzzi, Luke Schnoor, Andrew Seacord, Ian Sharp, Amanda Shultz, Makayla Shutt, Lauren Wahlers, Madelyn Weaver, True Weaver, and Eric West.

Honor Roll

Grade 12: Chloe Bomgardner, Matthew Brian, Lillian Carney, Paulimar Coll, Justin Curtis, Samuel Davis, Emily Dether, Aidan Ferguson, Colby Gaylor, Anna Given, Alayna Graeff, Axel Grater, Andrew Harnsberger, Claudio Hernandez, Seth High, Brenna Holland, Heidee Johnson, Elisabeth Jones, Kyle Jorich, Joshua Koteles, Richard Laychock, Meghan Lehew, Jack Levi, Daniel Little, Matthew Little, Malachi Lockard, Noell Long, Alex McQuain, Olivia Meyers, Madison Miduri, Amy Miller, Cole Miller, Mauricette Musser, Angela Orwan, Dustin Petrovic, Hunter Reifsnyder, Lexis Rhoads, Andrew Rhodes, Amanda Ruch, Claudia Rutledge, Ryan Sanson, Adriana Scheaffer, Kane Schrum, Olivia Sharrow, Erin Shifflet, Benjamin Sierer, Emily Singiser, Amber Snody, Katelyn Sparks, Trevor Spurlock, Micaiah Stiffler, Hunter Thomas, Ethan Varnicle, Ethan Westerberg, Jason Woolf, Austin Yohn, Nuvia Zaragoza, and Rylee Zartman.

Grade 11: James Abraham, Casey Ahern, Sophia Alterio, Kara Arnold, Linda Arredondo Sandoval, Madison Balmer, Ava Bell, Zachary Bixler, Rachel Blessing, Gabriella Branchi, Jackson Bruce, Brennen Brydun, Randy Burkhardt, Cassidy Burton, Olivia Carnes, Jason Carver, Kiara Cressinger, Hernandez, Diaz Nicholas Dirkman, Sierra Endy, Sofia Feeney, Thomas Gahring, Daniela Garcia Santiago, Miguel Garcia, Kylie Gerst, Steven Goss, Nathan Helmer, Jaylen Hernandez, Travis Hershey, Zoe Hobbs, Faith Hollinger, Kayla Horting, Caroline Hummer, Tyler Kobielnik, Noah Leach, Abigail Lennox, Mario Leon-Fuentes, Mya Macfarlane, Annabel Mauger, Derek McGlaughlin, Zachary McIntire, Jack McNally, Derwin Merca, Noah Miles, Matheus Neves, Ethan Peterson, Hannah Pho, Matthew Piermattei, Luis Radanovic, Madisyn Renninger, Yessenia Reza, Madison Riccio, Benelli Risser, Brianna Risser, Morgan Roth, Sebastian Salinas, Dale Sanders, Madalyn Sanders, Madison Seymour, Vijesh Singh, Nicole Smarsh, Sarah Snavely, Mikayla Spangenberg, Alexis Stockton, James Taylor, Ashlynn Tolbert, Marissa Vyhonsky, Emily Wealand, Olivia Weigher, Erin Wenrich, and Halie Woodring.

Grade 10: Natalie Allman-Sheibley, Gabriel Andrews, Tessa Barone, Chelsea Blazina, Ezra Bulgrien, Jackson Burger, Olivia Byers, Morgan Clouser, Gwen Daily, Zack Davis, Emily DeNotaris, Cody Dent, Logan Devine, Ava Donohue, Morgan Earley, Brooke Eberhard, Alyssa Eckman, Lauren Eisenhour, Samantha Farace, Isaiah Fisher, Peter Foran, Emma Fure, Ksanet Gebreharyat, Megan Geesaman, Luke Gibbs, Larisa Goodman, Elaria Gregg, Josephine Grundon, Katelyn Hanft, Abigail Hannan, Dylan Hassinger, Anna Hess, Delaney Hoover, Tate Ingram, Luke Johns, Cadence Kanode, Miranda Kelley, Payten Kirk, Maxwell Klingensmith, Logan Klinger, Braden Landis, Austin Little, Colton Matako, Samantha McGowen, Shaine McMonagle, Mikhaela Merca, Hayden Milic, Hudson Millar, Ethan Miller, Sydney Miller, Andrew Monuteaux, Matthew Mosco, Hannah Murray, Olivia Murray, Hadley Orth, Novani Patel, Cameron Patterson, Angelica Peluso, Fatima Perez, Ethan Piegzik, Aidan Powell, Austin Rabert, Anya Ray, Lina Rehr, Gisell Reza, Kisla Rhoads, Cody Rosati, Angelena Rossi, Cameron Saich, Geraldine Salinas, Samuel Sandy, Elyse Shenfeld, Jarrett Simonetti, Grayson Smith, Hunter Stroble, Morgan Stumpf, Tyler Swartz, Caitlyn Umidi, Sam Walker, Sofia Walsh, Jackson Weber, Gracie White, Adam Yalcinanahtar, Wyatt Yeakle, and Brandon Zelusky.

Grade 9: Paige Adelman, Digby Althoff, Shannon Angerer, Abbigail Auringer, Kelly Bastian, Raphael Bastos, Brooke Becker, Lauren Berstler, Regan Bixler, Hannah Bloomer, Jordan Care, Olivia Carter, Jaiden Dissinger, Lily Ditty, Katelyn Economopoulos, Kristen Economopoulos, Isaiah Edmonds, Kelsey Epoca, Riley Fanning, Timothy Fausnight, Ella Fields, Tyce Fischl, William Foley, Cole Garber, Joseph Goduto, Collin Gourley, Alysa Harbilas, Leyna Harner, Chloe Haslup, Parker Hayes, Rylan Helmer, Valerie Hevner, Ean High, Kyler Holland, Alyssa Johnson, Payton Killian, Faith Kingsbury, Mayson Klopp, Ava Kulp, Jeffrey LaRuffa, Kenzie Laudermilch, Bridget Lawn, Rylee Malseed, Antonio Mardegain, Felicity Martin, Nicole McCloskey, Hannah McConnell, Emerson McCulley, Mia McEvers, Marielle McGurrin, Jacob McIntire, Cory Miduri, Katelyn Miller, Raeann Miller, Shannon Miller, Aaron Moyer, Jacob Neithercoat, Caelyn Nikoloff, Abrianna Nissley, Connor OBarr, Ashlyn OSick, Sara Olweiler, Megan Orris, Brahm Parks, Mena Patel, Alexandra Raser, Jolie Revenis, Bawan Rezhan, Dylan Robinson, Katherine Ross, Thomas Royer, Kayley Schell, Anna Schmidt, Brynn Shaffer, William Sierer, Julia Singiser, Chase Smith, Laylah Snow, Morgan Sparks, Cailin Stepanian, Carly Stephens, Piper Taylor, Tyler Tharp, Sophia Tse, Loren Tucker, Miranda Ulrey, Tobias Waters, Aden Weigle, Alexandria Wells, Collin Whitley, Allison Wilbert, Eden Williams, and Reghyn Wilson.

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The University of Alberta has fired Kathleen Lowrey from her role as associate chair of undergraduate programs in the Department of Anthropology, for saying biological sex is a reality.

Kathleen Lowery, an academic at the University of Alberta, has been fired from her role as associate chair of undergraduate programs in the Department of Anthropology for expressing gender-critical feminist ideas, according to the Centre for Free Expression.

It was in March that Lowrey was asked to resign from her position. She was told that the reasons for this were that the learning environment she created was "unsafe" for students. This was as per the University, "on the basis that one or more students had gone to the Universitys Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights and the Dean of Students, Andr Costopolous, to complain about her without filing formal complaints."

Her employer empowered students to damage their teacher's career and livelihood. It is the type of power which todays' students are accustomed to wielding, much as the Red Guards routinely punished their teachers for "wrong thinking" during the Cultural Revolution.

Universities were once known as hives of critical thinking, intellectual engagement, and the advancement of knowledge. However, as postmodern ideas took root, certain types of knowledge have become verboten. One of the most taboo subjects is biological sex, and the social impact of being born female or male.

The trend seems to have started at Evergreen College, a "progressive" liberal arts school in Washington State. From there, it spread like a virus to college campuses across the US, crossing the border to Canada, and jumping the Atlantic to the UK.

The University of Alberta justified its decision on the basis that a student, or students, informally complained to its Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights that Lowery made the learning environment feel "unsafe" for them by voicing gender critical feminist ideas.

As a teacher of young people with curious minds, Lowery said her method is to summarize her views on the first day of any course about sex or gender, along with a declaration that students are not required to agree with her. She took this approach to her 2020 course on the "Anthropology of Women."

It is difficult to imagine how a teacher could communicate knowledge on that topic without reference to biological sex, as opposed to the relatively recent academic trend of gender identity. However, Lowery's employers felt that her reference to the importance of biological sex broke with orthodoxy to such an unacceptable degree that she had to go.

The University did not give any reasons for dismissal, other than the fact an informal complaint had been received. They said that "it is not in the best interests of the students or the University" for Lowery to continue in her post. In effect, an institution of learning claims it is "protecting" its anthropology students from confronting the reality, and importance, of biological sex, because the students dont want to have to think about it.

For a sense of just how bizarre and unrealistic it is for a any university to prevent such teaching, imagine a science professor being sacked for asserting that an understanding of the laws of Newtonian physics is necessary to study the mechanics of objects. You can't teach anything useful without the material, factual foundations in place.

It is remarkable how much power the students now haveover female teachers, at least. All they need to do is whisper the magic word "transphobia" behind closed doors for the institution to show her the door.

Clearly, ideological purity, conformity of thought, instilling orthodoxy andcrucially - disciplining difficult women - are more important than factual teaching for the University of Alberta. Instead of a place to learn about all manner of different ideas, debate and critique them to arrive at something approaching the truth, a University is now remade as a "safe space" where students are to be cosseted by teachers chanting the liturgy of gender.

What parents paying tuition fees and accommodation for their offspring think about the quality of humanities education available at the University of Alberta remains to be seen.

The dictum "Go Woke, Go Broke" certainly seems to apply to Evergreen College, which saw enrollment drop following the students' de facto takeover of the institution. Alberta sacked Lowrey out of concern that students would avoid the anthropology department, but perhaps they should be more concerned about the effect of this negative publicity on parental appetite to pay for higher education there.

Either way, it shows that the marketization of universities is incompatible with academic values.

As a parent myself, this decision to sack a feminist academic does not inspire confidence and trust but their opposite. It appears that students with mental health issues, or misogyny issues, or both, are running the show, rather than capable adults with a commitment to academic values.

Academic freedom is under threat under the guise of "protecting" minorities, particularly young people steeped in the belief system of gender ideology. For them, even to speak of the reality of sex is a form of "harm."

Of course, crying because you've been exposed to an idea which doesn't sit neatly with your current world view is a way to shut down debate, discussion and dissent. When deployed against heterodox academicsand it should not be considered heterodox to know that sex is realit is cry-bullying, and it is now endemic within academia in the West.

Jordan Peterson, a professor of psychology, publicly opposed the compelled speech element of Bill C-16 without losing his job. In fact, he tallied his battle with preferred pronouns into a stand-alone media and publishing career. Could it be that his sex makes him a higher-caste member of the academic community than Lowery, whose femaleness is inescapable?

There is a pattern emerging whereby the capture of institutions of learning by gender ideology - including the funding which comes from pharmaceutical companies, and charitable trusts connected to them - culminates in the bullying, harassment or sacking of gender-critical women. Instead of backing them up, the institution folds at the first whiff of student grumblings. It is a short cut to declaring their own conformity with demands of their new paymastersboth funders and students.

In England, the universities at which Professors Kathleen Stock and Rosa Freedman teach backed them in the face of harassment by gender ideologues. However, otherssuch as Professor Selina Toddwere not supported to the same extent. Women subject to accusations of gender heresy have been deplatformed from even guest speaking slots at universities.

The University of Alberta should have backed up a woman who was simply doing her job. Unfortunately, there is emergent pattern of thoughtful women being sacked for doing their jobs. Consider Maya Forstater, who was sacked by the Think Tank she worked for on the grounds that she initiated a conversation about the difference between sex and gender, and the reasons why sex matters in international development. Her feminist test case is currently on appeal.

Such is the power of the student as consumer, in an age of intense conformity of thought within liberal institutions. All it takes is hearsay from one or two students for the usual rules of employment disputes to fall away: no formal complaints process, no transparency regarding the nature of the accusations made, no disciplinary process.

Under the banner of "progressivism," we have regressed to a stage where careers and livelihoods can be destroyed behind closed doors, where any deviation from orthodoxy is framed as a damnable heresy, where matters of individual conscience and freedom of thought and expression fall by the wayside.

All of this shows us just how fragile gender ideology is, if one woman teaching an anthropology course can be made out as public enemy number one just because she knows sex is real, and that it matters.

Welcome to the new Dark Ages where irrational dogma dominates our universities, even though dogma is supposedly antithetical to the academic mission.

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AllCardinals publisher Howard Balzer joined SI.com's Madelyn Burke to discuss how the Arizona Cardinals are managing the elevated expectations on them since acquiring DeAndre Hopkins, arguably one of the best wide receivers in the league, among other new additions. The hype surrounding the Cardinals has grown exponentially and their players are mediating them and working on a defense that lacked in the 2019 season.

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Burke: The Arizona Cardinals had a splashy offseason headlined by the trade for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. But despite the overwhelming hype surrounding the squad, the Cards are doing their best to temper expectations. Joining me now is Howard Balzer of SI's AllCardinals and Howard, acquiring arguably the league's best wide receiver is a big move for this Cardinals team, yet how is this team navigating these expectations?

Balzer: Well, the big thing is they're saying all the right things and they all have a lot of confidence so that this can be a good year for them. But they always then say, "The sky's the limit." But then they say, "But, of course, that's only on paper." They're concentrating on the things they have to do to come together as a team because of the confidence they have. One of the biggest aspects, as you mentioned Hopkins, of it is the improvements on defense because that's where this team had some struggles. Last year, they were better towards the end of the season and everyone believes that they can pick up where they left off and have the makings of a well-balanced team this season.

Burke: And balance, obviously, the key. I mean, we've seen in the past and in recent history, even with the Browns, with the addition of Odell Beckham Jr. and the hype that that team struggled to live up to. How key are some of these other moves outside of this DeAndre Hopkins trade?

Balzer: Well, a lot of moves are very strong: of course, they got Kenyan Drake re-signed on the transition tag and on defense, the moves that they made with Jordan Phillips and De'Vondre Campbell and Devon Kennard and then drafting Isaiah Simmons. One real key that is overlooked a little bit is that Robert Alford, who was supposed to be a starting cornerback last year, missed the entire season with an injury and Patrick Peterson missed the first six games because of a league suspension. So, they get those players back to go with everything else. Plus, being in the second year of Vance Joseph's system and that's where a lot of the confidence is building from on this team. As I mentioned, it's with that defense.

Burke: "Defense wins championships" is the old adage, Howard Balzer, thank you so much for the insight.

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During a Twitch stream, xQc was temporarily granted the title of Grandmaster while playing online blitz matches on chess.com.

During a Twitch stream, xQc was granted the title of Grandmaster while playing online blitz matches on chess.com. The promotion was quite shocking as the coveted "GM" rank is only held by an elite few. On that note, xQcwas only sitting at a 589 rating, typical for chess beginners. For perspective, actual chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamurahas a 3214 blitz ranking currently number 1 on the leaderboards.

Overall, the chess community has proventhat they are more than ready to deal with the new attention that Twitch has driven the sport. The streamer's sudden promotion was likely alighthearted prankset upby chess.com admins, especially considering that xQcis fairly new to the sport and only playing for fun. Additionally, chess.com even added xQc to their list of Grandmasterson a separate page only to be eventually removed after the fun died down.

Certain chess personalities emerged as vocal opponents tothe recent attention Hikaru and xQc generated through their collaboration. Nevertheless,many of these "chess elitists" have come around. Ben Finegold recently made amends for his earlier insults, apologizing to xQc fansand showing some respectable sportsmanship. Oh, and the powerhouse known as Magnus Carlsen is starting to warm up to the platform.

Sources: Twitch, Chess.com

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The field of eight includes Jos Ral Capablanca, the former World Champion, and Alexander Alekhine, the reigning World Champion who is now reigning again. We remember: In 1935 Dr. Alekhine played a World Championship match against Max Euwe, a Dutch teacher of Mathematics. Alekhine was not in good shape and lost the match and his title.

Alexander Alekhine

Chess was already popular in the Netherlands but after Euwe's win it became a national passion. The last game of the 1935 match, in which Euwe secured the title, was attended by 6000 (!) spectators.

Max Euwe

But the new world champion Euwe granted his predecessor Alekhine a rematch which Alekhine had demanded when agreeing to the match. Alekhine's predecessor Capablanca, who lost the title in 1927, is still waiting for a rematch.

Jos Ral Capablanca

In the second match against Euwe Alekhine took things much more seriously. He changed his unhealthy lifestyle at least for a time and seemed to be focused and concentrated during the rematch. Max Euwe also takes part in the AVRO tournament and therefore three of the eight players are or were world champions. At first, Euwe was afraid that he had to teach in the morning but he managed to get a vacation for the tournament.

Though Alekhine is a tremendous player only a few people would have been willing to bet on him before the rematch against Euwe. But Alekhine's victory in the match makes the old question of determining a challenger to the world champion more complicated again. The world champion has always determined against whom he will play for the title but this often leads to unsatisfying results.

After winning the title Euwe wanted to put the organization of the World Championships into the hands of FIDE, the World Chess Federation and at the FIDE Congress in 1937 a proposal was made to organize a candidates' tournament to determine the challenger. The Dutch radio station AVRO was willing to sponsor such a tournament. However, this proposal did not find a majority and instead the delegates decided that Salo Flohr should be the official candidate for the world championship.

Salo Flohr

Salo Flohr has a tragic family history. He was born in 1908 in Horodenka, which back then was part of Austro-Hungary but now is part of the new Poland. Flohr's parents and six brothers died in an anti-Jewish pogrom in his hometown. Flohr fled to Prague and grew up with a brother at foster parents and later became a naturazlized Czech. He learned chess in the Prague cafs but probably brought his talent with him.

At the Chess Olympiads in Warsaw in 1935 and in Stockholm in 1937 Flohr played on board one for Czechoslovakia and in both Olympiads he was the best player of the whole tournament. Flohr would certainly be a worthy challenger but while he arrangements for a world championship match against Alekhine were discussed Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia made Flohr a refugee again and brought all plans for a match against Alekhine to a halt.

Unlike Euwe, Alekhine does not want to have anything to do with the FIDE, and prefers to negotiate here and there and with various players. He will also negotiate about the conditions of a possible title match with the winner of the AVRO tournament, but he will not grant the winner the automatic right to play for title. Thus, AVRO is one of the strongest if not the strongest tournaments in the history of chess but it is not a candidates tournament.

A possible contender for the crown is the 27-year old Mikhail Botvinnik from the Soviet Union who also starts in the AVRO tournament. He has had a number of successes in the past and enjoys the reputation of being a formidable theoretician and positional player who also knows how to attack and how to play the endgame.

Mikhail Botvinnik

Another promising young player is the 22-year old Estonian Paul Keres who is not only an outstanding chess talent but also a very good tennis player.

Paul Keres

Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky present the United States. Fine, just turned 24, and is a good friend of Dr. Euwe and at the world championship 1937 Fine was Euwe's second. Fine currently lives in the Netherlands and despite his relatively young age he has already managed to be married twice. After a divorce from his first wife he married the reporter Emma Thea Keesing.

Reuben Fine

Reshevsky also comes from the US but was born in Orzokow which back then was part of Russia and is now in Poland. In 1920 Reshevsky's parents emigrated with their many children to the USA. Reshevsky is a kind of wunderkind and as a child he was already able to defeat strong masters and to give simultaneous performances. But later Reshevsky interrupted his chess career to study business administration and became an accountant by profession. Only at the beginning of this decade he returned to tournament chess.

Samuel Reshevsky

In chess we are facing a generational change. Capablanca is almost 50 years of age, although he has recently rejuvenated himself in a way: three weeks ago he married a Russian princess in the USA, and he is now spending his honeymoon in the Netherlands. Alekhine is also not very far from 50 and at 37 years of age Euwe is no longer young. They have to compete with young players such as Botvinnik and Keres and it is certainly only a matter of time before Alekhine loses his title.

The tournament is not played in one place and one city, but travels from round to round to different cities. At noon, the players travel from their hotel in Amsterdam, the Amstel Hotel, to the respective tournament location. Usually, they will take the train but when the tournament comes to Groningen the players will fly. After the round the players return to Amsterdam but often they will have no time to rest because they will have to play their adjourned games on the next day. A tough schedule that might favour the younger players.

The Amstel Hotel

Sponsor of the tournament is the "Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep" (The General Broadcasting Association), founded in 1923 and the first Dutch radio station. AVRO broadcasts on the Hilversum station and shares the space with the station of the socialist-oriented "Vereeniging van Arbeiders Radio Amateurs" (VARA) and the Protestant station VPRO.

The house of AVRO in Hilversum

Modern technology

The chess tournament's journey through the country will certainly help to promote the AVRO channel. The format has tradition. After all, the World Championship match between Euwe and Alekhine was played in different places, and last year, AVRO organised a simultaneous tour with Lasker and Bogoljubow that visited the major cities of the Netherlands and attracted hundreds of spectators in each city.

More and more households have a radio receiver, a development that has a lot of positive sides but can also be frightening. Last month a man by the name of Orson Welles demonstrated in the USA how easily people can be influenced by false information. In a radio show Welles managed to make his listeners believe that the earth would be attacked by aliens. Many of his listeners took the well-done fictitious account for real and fled their homes in panic.

But you can also use the new media in a different way.

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has been regularly broadcasting such recordings for a few years now, even though hardly anyone owns a device to receive the signals yet.

Cinematography seems to be much more real than the radio, at least in some ways but also comes with the danger of propagande. For example, Leni Riefenstahl, a young German dancer, actress and director just released Olympia, a two-part film about the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, in which Riefenstahl shows the Olympic competitions in unique pictures that have never been seen before.

Adolf Hitler himself had invited Riefenstahl to film the Olympics in Berlin and there are sources that indicate that Olympia was secretly funded by the Third Reich and it is certainly no coincidence that Olympia premiered for Hitler's 49th birthday in 1938.

In fact, Riefenstahl has close ties to the National Socialists and is said to be a good friend of Hitler. Hitler gave Riefenstahl the opportunity to direct "The Victory of Faith" (Der Sieg des Glaubens), a propaganda film about the fifth Nuremberg Rally in 1933, and in 1935 Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) was released, a propaganda film about the 1934 rally in Nuremberg. Riefenstahl then completed this trilogy withDay of Freedom: Our Armed Forces ("Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht"), a propagandistic portrait of the German Wehrmacht.

The opening ceremony of the AVRO Tournament was much less dramatic and spectacular. Girls in the national costumes of the players greeted each player with the exception of Capablanca, who had not yet arrived in their national language with the words: "Dear countryman! You are about to go into battle and fight for the honour of our country. It will be a fight with the noblest weapons imaginable and I wish you victory from my heart. Fight this fight with nobility and courage. I bring you greetings on behalf of all those who will breathlessly watch the battle. May you fare well. We have placed our hopes in you."

Gustaaf de Clercq, president of the AVRO, then drew lots. The tournament of the world's best players can begin.

Translation from German: Johannes Fischer

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Lately, Twitch has served as the primary medium for fans to observe and interact with some of the world's top chess players and it's awesome.

Lately, Twitch has served as the primary medium for fans to observe and interact with some of the world's top chess players and it's been awesome. Sure, this is nothing new, but things are heating up now that top chess personalities have demonstrated renewed interest in showcasing their skills on the platform. It seems that fans are more interested in the sport than ever before with associatedYouTube videos, Twitch streams, and Twitter activity at an all-time high.

One of the most significant game-changers that led to this chess takeover was xQc's collaboration with Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamuraabout two months ago. Fans were eager to see Hikaru run a coaching session with xQc, so the two made it happen. Since then, xQc has continuallyenjoyed chess on stream while Hikaru has rolled with the fresh exposure.

It could be argued that chess is flirting with the danger, slowlygetting sucked into the black hole of Twitch-drama. There has been some light scuffles as of late, but nothing too serious yet. Hopefully, chess manages to avoid the platform's drama trap and remains wholesome. To recap, here are somekey players on the board.

A blitz chess specialist, Hikaru is an infectious personality. He runs a channel that is equal parts entertaining and educational; either way, his streams arehighly-interactive and fun. Hikaru presents as a very open-minded player, willing to attempt some goofy activities and ready to collaborate with anyone.

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The Botez sisters bring a huge amount of energy to the game. The eldest, Alexandra Botez, is an Woman FIDE Master and 5-time Canadian National Girls Champion. The youngest, Andrea Botez, is also a competitive chess player (former Team Canada) with a big personality. Their channel also features Woman Grandmaster title-holder Qiyu Zhou, also a former Team Canada player.

BenFinegold is another Grandmaster and veteran increating chess-based media.He has recently been painted as the chess-scene villain due to some edgy remarks directed towards Hikaru and xQc's audience. Regardless, he has a loyal fanbase that vouches for his invaluable contributions to chess education.

Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in the world, revered by any and all familiar with the sport. Hailing from Norway, Carlsen does't hide his confidence in playing chessandregularly dominates his competition in tournaments. Although he seems to have vocal disdain for streaming on Twitch, he might just be warming up to it.

Chess has risen on the platform so rapidly that Twitch itself has responded. Currently, a Twitch Rivals event is scheduled in July, adding to the overall hype.Its precursor event,PogChamps, has been scheduled for June. The collaboration will include hosts Alexandra Botez/Hikaru Nakamura, multiple Twitch streamers as competitors, and Chess.com as the medium.

Seeing chess personalities emerge on the platform is fantastic; fans get to see the sport from a more personal perspective. Consequently, many are actively attempting to stir up drama between them, but in reality they are all quite civil even friendly. Sure, chess could just be the flavor of the month on Twitch, but I hope it's here to stay for a while.

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Parveen Babi was considered as one of the most glamorous stars of the 70s and 80s. She had a westernised image that perhaps came in the way of her getting roles that depicted her as a girl-next-door as filmmakers were keen to bank on her Eurasian good looks. She was one of the highest-paid heroines of her era and appeared with Amitabh Bachchan in eight films, all of them being superhits. She was known for her item numbers. Numbers like Jawaani Jaaneman and Raat baaqi baat Baaqi in Namak Halaal, and Pyaar karne wale in Shaan still remain popular today. She was being featured on the covers of all major film magazines. Apart from her good looks, she was known for her bohemian lifestyle. She always spoke her mind and never hid her affairs and lived life on her own terms. Parveen Babi created a stir when she joined beau Kabir Bedi in Italy on the sets of Sandokan. Kabir became an international star when he agreed to be part of the Italian serial Sandokan. Directed by Sergio Sollima, it was based upon the novels of Emilio Salgari featuring the pirate hero Sandokan. They were two beautiful people very much in love and the European press, who had been hailing him as a sort of superstar from India, played up their relationship. It was widely reported and they even merited covers in Italian and Spanish media. Their romance was intense but short-lived. He was increasingly becoming popular in Europe and was seemingly flooded with work. After Sandokan he even signed an adventure film calledThe Black Corsair (1976), where he reportedly played a pirate. She was one of the most sought after heroines of the time and couldnt afford to give her Bollywood career a miss. Its said she had around 40 films lined up when she left and producers in Mumbai gave a collective sigh of relief when she came back. Her career soon picked up and she was back to top again, it was as if the two years with Kabir had never happened. A long-distance relationship seemed out of the question, as Kabir was already married to Protima Bedi at the time. However, it was said that their marriage was already on the rocks. Protima reportedly admitted that she considered her marriage to be over and hence she didnt mind his having a fling with Parveen. In an interview, Protima stated that when Kabir finally left, she felt a sense of relief. She mentioned he had been trying to get away from her and Parveen came into her life at the right time.

Parveen didnt regret leaving him. She understood that things wouldnt have worked out between them in the long run, especially when his career was very much centred in Europe and when he wanted to be away from Promita. She said she had her own life and could never consent to roam around the world in his shadow. She later reportedly started a relationship with director Mahesh Bhatt. Both were spiritually inclined at the time and used to visit UG Krishnamurti and Osho in his company. Sadly, it was during her relationship with Mahesh Bhatt that first signs of schizophrenia began to appear.

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Leading Natural Herbal Products Brand Helps Connect People, Plants and Planet Through its Gaia Roots Small Grants Program

Gaia Herbs, a leading natural herbal products brand in the United States, is now accepting applications for $5,000 grants via its social impact program, the Gaia Herbs Roots Initiative (Gaia Roots). Open through July 31, the program is exclusive to organizations based in the United States that are working to increase herbal access to drive community empowerment and health. The four winners of the $5,000 grants will be announced in August.

"Gaia Herbs has a strong foundation of advocating for farmer prosperity and environmental regeneration through our Gaia Roots program," said Alison Czeczuga, Sustainability and Social Impact Manager of Gaia Herbs. "This year, we have broadened the emphasis for our small grants program to focus on projects expanding herbal access to underserved communities, supporting health and personal empowerment in these regions. There is a critical need in this area and our grants program will help communities develop and strengthen programs that bring herbs and herbal products to marginalized populations in a time when they are most urgently needed."

"This year within Western North Carolina, weve given away over 16,500 certified organic vegetable and medicinal herb seedlings to both non-profits who are fighting food insecurity, as well as our own employees. The Gaia Herbs Farm provides for not only our supply chain in creating herbal products, but also for our team and communities. In seeking to expand that powerful impact beyond the footprint of our own land, Gaia Roots was born," said Angela McElwee, President and CEO of Gaia Herbs. "Our Gaia Roots small grants program represents the heart of our social impact work, enabling us to connect people and plants in meaningful, empowering ways. As a Certified B Corporation, we remain committed to using business as a force for good and are proud to be able to award financial grants to organizations providing greater herbal access to those in need."

The Gaia Roots small grants program is open to U.S.-based social enterprises, non-profit organizations, small businesses, individual herbalists, and naturopaths. To apply for the small grants program, focusing on projects supporting herbal access, organizations must complete the official application and provide a quarterly progress report on their project. In an effort to advance herbal knowledge and education, establishments must also be willing to allow Gaia Herbs to share its story. Examples of the types of projects that the initiative will fund include herbal educational programs, free clinics, mobile clinics, herbal farming and community garden projects.

Gaia Roots was created to form partnerships with like-minded, purpose-driven individuals and organizations to develop programs that have a positive social and environmental impact in communities throughout the world. Guided by our purpose of connecting people, plants, and planet to create healing, our work is focused on the three key pillars of this initiative:

All Gaia Herbs products are sold through natural and independently owned health food stores across the nation as well as through gaiaherbs.com and other trusted online retail sites. To find a store near you, visit gaiaherbs.com/stores.

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Since 1987, Gaia Herbs has been connecting plants, people, and planet to create healing. Today, Gaia Herbs is a leading herbal brand in North America with more than 200 liquid extracts, functional powders, teas, and patented Liquid Phyto-Caps. Our dedication to quality and integrity is unparalleled and meticulously proven by science. We use organic methods to cultivate more than 3 million plants each year on our farm, and we screen the plants in our analytical laboratory to pinpoint the exact right time to harvest and extract in our state of-the-art processing facility. All of that leads to products exceptional in their purity and integrity. We offer the industrys first comprehensive herb traceability program, meetyourherbs.com, which allows us to share complete transparency with our customers. We are proud to be a Certified B Corporation using business as a force for good. Our mission to nurture healthy connections with nature extends beyond our herbs through the Gaia Herbs Roots Initiative, which champions environmental and social sustainability on our farm, our community, and around the world. Learn more at gaiaherbs.com and join in the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

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Amidst a global pandemic and growing research which suggests women are severely affected by COVID-19, it's an opportunity to make big strides in our effort to address larger societal issues such as equality and justice, reproductive rights, poverty and domestic issues like financial abuse, as well as income security and retirement. It is estimated that 46% of women are "not too confident" or "not at all confident" about their ability to live comfortably after retirement, compared to only 31% of men who feel that way.

After my husband died unexpectedly, leaving me a 31-year-old widow with two small children, I realized that all women need to have a firm financial identity. I also found my voice in raising awareness about women's financial empowerment and issues such as financial abuse, as well as the importance of gender equality, diversity and financial inclusion. Women's rights have become my passion, and I realize that, globally, we can't fully achieve holistically wealthy communities if women don't have access to the same opportunities to thrive and be successful. This is especially the case, given through COVID-19. Indeed, women can't be fully empowered, if they're not financially empowered.

Financial abuse is often the first sign of dating violence and domestic abuse. However, it hasn't received the attention and profile that it ought to. According to Allstate Financial, one in four women experience domestic violence in the United States. 99% of those cases also include financial abuse. Financial abuse is one of the main reasons why victims are unable to leave an abusive partner or have to return to one as abusers typically control the finances to ensure that their victims can't leave.

As a trained Economist and bestselling author of Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity and Happiness, I have embraced a mission of raising awareness of female economic empowerment. After all, women can't be fully empowered if they're not financially empowered.

Financial abuse is the act of controlling someone's ability to acquire, use, and maintain financial resources. Those who are abused financially may be manipulated and sabotaged and thereby prevented from working. Victims of financial abuse may also have restricted access to their own money or bank accounts or have their funds stolen by the abuser. When they do have money, they often have to account for every penny they spend.

Financial abuse is one of the main reasons why victims are unable to leave an abusive partner or have to return to one as abusers typically control the finances to ensure that their victims can't leave.

In this video, I discuss the signs of financial abuse and outline some strategies to overcome it.

Violence against women and women's economic security are highly-interlined. Public policies that enable increased pay equity to boost women's access to resources and support, including counseling, will be effective.

Equally as important as educating women about recognizing the signs of financial abuse is giving them the skills to protect themselves from it. This has to start in high schools and universities. We can't afford to wait until after it happens. This is why the messages and strategies outlined in my book, Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity and Happiness, are so important to teach women how to create an empowered financial identity that protects them from abuse, boosts their confidence and leads to improved mental, emotional and spiritual health. A key part of this strategy is embracing a "Holistic Wealth Mindset," and this stems from the "Holistic Wealth Method," which I've also developed. Having a curriculum designed to introduce students to the signs and strategies to overcome financial abuse is key.

Empowering women financially is critical to preventing financial abuse. Gender-based violence is rooted in gender inequality. Violence against women and women's economic security are highly intertwined. According to WomenAct, "Abuse often results in economic costs for survivors, including health costs, lost wages, and relocation expenses. Survivors can experience long -term economic consequences that make it difficult to rebuild economic security and resilience, including barriers such as debt, poor credit, housing instability and a diminished ability to work." Initiatives that enable increased pay equity to boost women's access to resources as well as supports, including counseling, will be effective.

In this video, I discuss developing personal mission statements for women.

The Holistic Wealth Development Index that's presented in my book Holistic Wealth, contains a modern framework that allows public policy experts a tool for evaluating the effectiveness of public policy interventions. It is a model that allows societies to develop resilience in the face of setbacks. As a result, it encompasses a model for societal resilience that is also necessary for societal growth. It takes into consideration the necessary supports that are required for individuals to be able to achieve holistic wealth even in the face of adversity, tragedy, and setbacks (including domestic and financial abuse). A more resilient society is a more prosperous and successful and holistically wealthy society. The Holistic Wealth Development approach is the counter theory we need in a time of urgent human problems and economic and social inequality.

Empowering women financially is critical to preventing financial abuse.

My approach also entails a list of holistic wealth functionalitiesand the idea that societies that embrace holistic wealth for all embrace these opportunities for individuals without humiliation and loss of dignity, as is the case in domestic and financial abuse. In times like these, where we are faced with a crisis, the choices we make now will affect the holistic wealth of generations to come.

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