Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More WINTER PARK, Fla. — Chef Mariano Vegel, now managing partner at Bulla Gastrobar and he has pivoted his career to manage the culinary staff and provide a fun almost “boisterous” international experience “The best way to put it is [that] “bulla,” in Spanish The restaurant's guests here should be inspired to have fun with food and friends — and to let their hair down “You’ll see a lot of the traditional Spanish ingredients in this dish," Vegel said Nashville in the mid-2000s was full of aspiring bluegrass musicians from my generation. People were starting bands, landing gigs as sidemen, and living in large, cheap houses on the east side of town. Almost nightly we’d gather at picking parties that sometimes more closely resembled what you’d see at a fraternity. One of the people I met and played with during these heady years was Luke Bulla I was in awe of his professionalism and his palmarès and was struck by his calm demeanor It had been almost 15 years since we’d last played together and I was delighted when he reached out about joining me for the Happy Hour This episode was recorded live at 185 King Street in Brevard Editor’s Note: The Travis Book Happy Hour is hosted by Travis Book of the GRAMMY Award-winning band The show’s focus is musical collaboration and conversation around matters of being The podcast includes highlights from Travis’s interviews and music from each live show recorded in Brevard Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application passed away peacefully at home on August 25 after a 22-month battle with pancreatic cancer she attended Mars Hill College and UNC-Greensboro where she studied music and Belmont University where she earned her BS in Biology Deborah retired after 18 years at Nashville School of the Arts where she taught Biology and was the faculty advisor to the LGBTQ+ student support group she was a professional touring artist under her musical pseudonym “Nikki Vox” and worked as a studio vocalist in Nashville singing on countless publishing demos and regional and national jingles--one of which obtained national notoriety (Texize “Pine Power”).Deborah enjoyed painting She will be remembered for her passion for learning She is preceded in death by her daughter Erica Roark and her parents Raymond and Virginia Wagoner She is survived by her husband Wesley and their daughter Marcie and her college roommate Reba Dunkle (BFF) A Celebration of Life will be held 1:00 to 3:00 PM Sunday please donate to the Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic cancer research(https://lustgarten.org) Williamson Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors The funeral will be at Wildwood FWB Church Johnny Bulla (Elaine) of Fremont and Tommy Bulla (Debbie) of Jacksonville; 6 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great-grandchildren She was preceded in death by her husband John H who died in 1993 and parents Parker and Bessie Price Beasley During her career years she was a domestic engineer and worked with the Board of Elections She was a very active member of Wildwood Free Will Baptist Church and served as Adult Sunday School Treasurer Jerry was a very active lady and had volunteered with the Red Cross at Wilson Medical Center for 41 years and received their Silver Service Red Cross Volunteer of the Year Award She volunteered with the Soup Kitchen for eight years and Relay for Life for 10 years and was a very active member of the Eastern Star for 47 years Her faith in Jesus Christ was the most important thing in her life Memorials are suggested to Wildwood FWB Church (252) 237-7171; www.wilsonmemorialservice.com Bulla has been appointed Chief Judge of the Nevada Court of Appeals for a four-year term "I am honored to serve as Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court," said Chief Justice Herndon "Justice Cadish is a tremendous jurist and a great friend who has provided our court with exemplary leadership and I look forward to building upon her efforts as we continue to promote appreciation for civility in the legal profession uphold fairness and enhance the efficiency of our court system." Justice Cadish expressed confidence in Herndon's leadership "It has been the honor of my lifetime to serve as Chief Justice and lead our Nevada Judiciary this year I am confident that Justice Herndon’s qualities as smart and hard-working will serve him well as Chief Justice and I look forward to his outstanding leadership for the next two years." who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since his election in 2020 previously spent 15 years as a District Court judge in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County including the highest performance rating among District Court judges in the Las Vegas Review-Journal's 2019 judicial evaluation His accolades include the Light and Wisdom Diamond Award for Judicial Excellence in 2019 and the Community Service Award from The Rape Crisis Center in 2010 appointed to the Nevada Court of Appeals in 2019 by Governor Steve Sisolak will oversee the administrative functions of the Court of Appeals "I am grateful for this opportunity to lead the Court of Appeals and am appreciative of Chief Judge Gibbons’ steady leadership during the court’s first decade," said Chief Judge Bulla "I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue providing thoughtful and thorough appellate review for the people of Nevada and moving the court forward in a positive direction." MORE ON NEWS 3 | Nevada Supreme Court considers cap on attorney fees for civil cases including President of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys and the Howard D McKibben Chapter of the American Inns of Court She was also a member of the Nevada Supreme Court Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure Committee which completed a major revision of the rules in 2018 Justice Cadish will continue her service on the Nevada Supreme Court as she begins a new six-year term while Judge Gibbons will remain on the Nevada Court of Appeals This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Cover EditorialsARTS & CULTURE Fashion EditorialsInterviewsSubscriptionLoyalty ProgramCONTACT 20242 min readImage: Kiera Simpson (@kiers)Lauren Bulla’s Porcelain Cherries is the type of reading experience that simultaneously grips and lets go embodying vulnerability with the kind of abandon only heartbreak can inspire the debut collection has since made waves both in London’s East End and New York’s Chinatown finding a dedicated following drawn to Bulla’s raw unpolished takes on the complexities of love and the lighthearted relief that comes only when we learn to “laugh to keep from crying.” The work’s initial release was paired with a launch event at The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green The sold-out event set an intimate yet vibrant tone combining poetry readings with a bi-monthly workshop series Bulla created called Regular Poetry Club: Lost in the Foxglove This session saw emerging poets performing alongside Bulla capturing the almost ritualistic spirit of shared experience and community Image: Kiera Simpson (@kiers)A later event in New York City’s Pretty Garden Club in Chinatown in September echoed this further expanding Bulla’s reach and reinforcing her commitment to fostering safe artistic spaces that resonate with both local and global creatives Bulla’s debut is structured into three sections—“Puppy Love,” “Sometimes Regret is Cherry-Coloured,” and “I’ve Got a Funny Bone for a Reason”—each section peeling back layers of Bulla’s personal journey through love’s highs and lows Her approach is “thoughtfully destabilising,” as she describes it inviting readers to feel both unsettled and comforted as her words carve into universal yet often unspoken emotions “in the chest like some foreign object”—startling but Image: Kiera Simpson (@kiers)Bulla reflects on the transformative power of writing Porcelain Cherries Her words suggest a poet growing alongside her work her journey has since shifted—her past hurts no longer define her She sees this collection as a “peeling gold vanity,” urging readers to sit and find their own reflection within poetry is not just an outlet but a compulsion and naughtiness” where heartbreak and healing coexist as vibrant as cherry-red lacquer on porcelain Porcelain Cherries is a perfect winter read It's an invitation to laugh at the things that once brought us to tears and to celebrate the complexities of growth and change with a dash of humour an understanding that love and pain both deserve their place in the story Sydney Swans AFLW star and UNSW Elite Athlete Program coordinator Hayley Bullas sits down with the Swans to talk all things women in sport Western Australia to Sydney spans approximately 3,290 kilometres It takes just over five hours to fly or over 42 hours to drive In any instance it’s a massive undertaking to relocate The Sydney Swans recruited the experienced midfielder during the AFLW delisted free agency period in 2023 after having played four seasons with the West Coast Eagles it was the pursuit of greater potential that pushed her to make the move But after suffering a ruptured ACL in the 2023 preseason the glass ceiling rapidly shifted as she was tested more than ever before In a candid conversation with Sydney Swans Media and her role at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)  “It’s a bit of a long story but I started playing when I was nine years-old in the U11 side with the boys One day I was kicking the footy around at halftime with my stepdad at my brother’s footy and they suggested I go and play I joined an inter-school competition and my close friend at the time suggested I join the female football side at Chirnside Park do you think you would have continued playing footy “I guess it all happens for a reason and if I hadn't had that break and then gone back in Year 8 but I would have loved more opportunities to look at female athletes and have them as role models which I don't feel like I had when I was younger.” Had you always wanted to become a professional athlete “I don't think it was ever really on my mind I knew that I wanted to be the best sport person that I could be and find that limit in myself - and I still haven't found that limit I haven't reached that limit and that pinnacle Moving from Western Australia to Sydney is significant What was running through your mind when you had to make that decision and I knew that I hadn't reached my potential yet I knew that I still had so much more to give and I just needed different people around me to facilitate that What have you learned about yourself since the move and I wanted to reach and find those limits But what I've learnt is this club is amazing I feel really lucky to have had everybody help get me through the past year and to then see this year come to fruition and be able to run out there and play with the girls is amazing.” Talk to me about your role at UNSW in the Elite Athlete Program “I was looking for a job as soon as I hit the ground here and the UNSW Sport Elite Athlete Program was looking for somebody so I applied for that through the club…and I ended up getting the role Really helping to facilitate athletes to be able to do education and have a career post-sport but also pursue their sporting career while they can so it's really important that they see that.” How does UNSW support you as a professional athlete “They provide me with a lot of flexibility too which is incredibly important when you play at this level we have a high-demand schedule and especially in-season when we have a floating schedule… I just have to get my hours in within the week and I get my work done So it's just going back and forth between the two but I'm so lucky that they're really understanding of my football commitments.” How did it feel to finally run out with the team after everything that’s happened in the last 12 months and I just kind of looked around and took it in because you don't get moments like this very often having both the win as well as getting through unscathed too It was awesome to be back on the big stage.” What goes through your mind out on the field But genuinely when I'm playing inside mid or wing I don't really think too much but that's when I go into the forward line because it's not a position that I play very often But I think the times when I play my best is when I am not thinking at all and the coaches just trust that you know what you're doing.” “The ultimate goal for all of us is winning a premiership - making finals That would be the ultimate pinnacle for anyone Just being able to run out at the end of the day.” UNSW respectfully acknowledges the Bidjigal clan of the Dharawal Nation on whose unceded lands we are privileged to learn and recognise the broader Nations with whom we walk together UNSW acknowledges the enduring connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to culture The Uluru Statement This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. 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Image © Javier Agustín RojasThe Horizontal Folly blends interpretative and recreational functions through its spatial versatility in an environment where river fluctuations synchronize with lunar and seasonal cycles This structure seeks to enrich the understanding of the surrounding environment and foster a dynamic interaction with the landscape You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email The annual Vinarte festival is being held during March in Bullas dinners and wine tastings during the month of March The events programmed include the following: 19.30: Official opening of the exhibition “Jaraiz” by Juan Ros at the Bodega de la Balsa 11.30: “Jaraiz” opens at the Bodega la Balsa from 11.30 to 13.30 and 18.30 to 20.30 9.00 to 14.00: The monthly El Zacatín arts and crafts market in Bullas features a gastronomy special 19.30 to 21.30: VINO CON FIRMA DE MUJER at the Centro La Almazara Free guided tours of the Bullas Wine Museum bookings at the Wine Museum or on 968 657211 14.00: “A CUATRO MANOS” wine tasting at the Centro La Almazara featuring restaurants and wineries of the Wine Route of Bullas Registration 50 euros via www.descubre.bullasenruta.es The wineries taking part are Bodega del Rosario Bodega Carrascalejo and Bodega Pura Viña while the food is supplied by Restaurante La Almazara and Restaurante El Sol 14.00: The “A CUATRO MANOS” weekend continues with more tasting and food bookings 50 euros via www.descubre.bullasenruta.es The wineries taking part are Bodegas Lavia, Bodegas Monastrell. Bodegas Carreño, Bodegas Hydria and Bodega Llano y Monte while the food is supplied by Entretempos Café & Vino and Restaurante Thermae El Pozo NOTE: THE REGIONAL TOURIST BOARD WINE BUS IS TAKING VISITORS TO THE A CUATRO MANOS EVENTS FROM MURCIA AND CARTAGENA – CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS a live concert at the Wine Museum accompanied by wine tasting with Pepe Sánchez Alcaraz Registration 15 euros via www.descubre.bullasenruta.es Free guided tours of the Casa-Museo Don Pepe bookings via the Wine Museum on 968 657211 16.30: A “Murcia Rural” tasting intended for professionals within the wine industry at the Museo del Vino 20.00: Live concert by Pedro Guerra at the Centro La Almazara accompanied by tastings of wines affiliated to the Ruta del Vino de Bullas and led once again by Pepe Sánchez Alcaraz Further information on these events can be obtained from the Museo del Vino de Bullas or online at bullasenruta.es (this site includes visits to wineries apart from the events including within the Vinarte season) and bullasbodeganatural.es For more information in English about Bullas and the wineries affiliated to the Wine Route go to the Bullas section of Murcia Today Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox (List price   3  months 12 Bulletins)  and thank you for choosing CamposolToday.com to publicise your organisation’s info or event Camposol Today is a website set up by Murcia Today specifically for residents of the urbanisation in Southwest Murcia providing news and information on what’s happening in the local area which is the largest English-speaking expat area in the Region of Murcia When submitting text to be included on Camposol Today please abide by the following guidelines so we can upload your article as swiftly as possible: Send an email to editor@camposoltoday.com or contact@murciatoday.com Attach the information in a Word Document or Google Doc Also attach a photo to illustrate your article Receive emails when new obituariesare published to our website the Williams-Kampp/Woodward Funeral Home has taken these words seriously while providing funeral services in their Wheaton location and throughout the Chicago metropolitan area Our family owned business has been passed down through four generations with each dedicated to providing the integrity and compassion that has become our tradition our family expanded to include the West Chicago area with our Williams-Woodward Funeral Home which has been servicing the area for over forty years We offer a complete range of quality services from funerals to cremation and are experienced at servicing families of different faiths and customs We invite you to contact us with your questions and we are glad to arrange a tour of our well-designed facilities It is our goal to support you through this difficult time; 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Upgrade now. Sydney Swans AFLW midfielder Hayley Bullas has informed the club she wishes to retire, effective immediately. 28-year old Bullas arrived in the Harbour City in 2023 having played 30 AFLW games for West Coast across four seasons, making her debut in 2020, coming from the Essendon VFL side. Her first year in the red and white in 2023 didn’t go to plan as she missed the entire season with a knee reconstruction but made an impact off the field with her attitude and standards. Despite the setback, Bullas recovered to play seven games for the Swans in 2024, averaging 12 disposals and more than four tackles a game. She retires with a total of 37 games across six seasons. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sydney Swans AFLW (@sydneyswansaflw) AFLW Senior Coach Scott Gowans said Bullas was a valuable leader for the club “Hayley was a critical part of establishing a professional culture in our group by bringing in her elite standards and her midfield grunt,” Gowans said played the game hard and leaves the game knowing she got the best out of herself I wish her well in whatever so chooses to do next.” Hear from Swans debutant Hayley Bullas after our seasoner opening win over Collingwood In this month's exclusive update for Sydney Swans Premiership Club members Assistant Coach Ben Mathews spoke candidly about the start to the season Swans defender James Jordon spoke to the media ahead of his 100th AFL game on Saturday as it has been adapted from the work of renowned Bidiagal artist Jordan Ardler The Sydney Swans welcome midfielder/forward Darcy Moloney who has joined the club in the AFLW Trade Period Go into the rooms with Juzzy as he chats to the boys with the Maccas Mic after our win over GWS Hear from Swans star James Jordon ahead of our Round 9 clash with Essendon The Sydney Swans have unveiled a new 2025 Marn Grook guernsey ahead of the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round but Joel Hamling finally kicks his first goal in AFL footy Five Sydney Swans stars have polled votes from the coaches in Derby XXX The Sydney Swans acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country across all the lands on which we operate and play our great game Elders are the knowledge keepers of our culture and we respectfully acknowledge and pay our respects to the elders past Dartford entertained Horsham at Bericote Powerhouse Princes Park on Saturday Hayden Bullas featured in our matchday programme that afternoon SECTION ONEHayden Bullas arrived on loan from EFL outfit Leyton Orient at the beginning of December and the midfielder has become an important part of the Dartford engine room Since his arrival at Bericote Powerhouse Princes Park Hayden has made fifteen appearances (ten starts) He scored his first goal in Dartford colours in the recent 3-2 win at Hendon The 18-year-old was evidently delighted to be playing First Team football at the time of our discussion over WhatsApp… and I’ve never been more excited to play football!” “It’s a privilege to play for such a big club like Dartford and especially with the players I’m playing alongside It’s a privilege to train and play with them week in week out.” When Ady Pennock brings a new player aboard his incarnation of the Dartford side This is true whether that signing is permanent or a loan one And Hayden seems to fit the bill perfectly despite his young age and this being another step up the ladder of his playing career “I signed for the club because of how big it is and to be able to sign for them is a privilege to help win the league and take Dartford back into the National League South.” Seeing that he has mentioned the fact that he’s a local lad let’s take a trip back to the beginning of Hayden’s footballing journey with the emphasis very much focused on youth and the success of Dartford’s Academy Graduates this season this young footballer is still in the early stages of his career “I actually started at Ebbsfleet United Chris I grew up through their Academy and Orient’s The Academy has helped to improve my technical skills which is a key part of being a good player I think that no matter what path or Academy you’re at you’ll be taught the simple basics of the game I believe that’s true whether you’re at an Academy or a local Sunday League team Is there a big difference to how things are done at Dartford’s level when compared to an EFL outfit like Leyton Orient there’s not a massive difference between my parent club and Non-League The training is virtually the same with nice facilities whereas it doesn’t so much at Non-League level clubs which is something you have to get used to.” since I’m obviously full-time at Orient so I’m basically doing fitness work every day At Orient we get taught the right things to eat and the right training methods and we even do Psychology classes to help keep our general wellbeing in check We also have recovery classes after every training session Does that mean that he has to return to his parent club when Dartford aren’t playing I’ll train Monday and Friday at Leyton Orient then I train with Dartford on Tuesdays and Thursdays but I still have to do gym work on that day as it is a big demand throughout the week to train in the evenings and then wake up early to train again in the morning but by staying on top of my nutrition and recovery it helps me to make sure I’m ready for the next training session or game.” Considering such high demands on footballers and athletes in general has Hayden always dreamt of becoming a professional player It’s something I’ve always dreamed of since I was a kid It is a dream that I want to chase and get to and make my family proud It has taught me a lot of things and made me the player that I am today I want to keep going and progress into the player that I want to be.” With such a high demand for focus and obedience any free time that Hayden gets is spent with his family and friends he likes to relax while doing a bit of fishing too the main focus of his attention is his future playing career and making people proud… “I just want to make everyone that has supported me proud I would like to reach 500 career appearances I want to make sure that the club gets back in the league they deserve to be in I will always love this club and would love to return because it’s a massive club.” It certainly sounds like Hayden has his future planned out ahead of him All he has to do is remain focused and continue reaching for the heights he’ll always be remembered as a Dartford player who wore the number 32 black and white shirt I’ll leave Hayden to say a few words to the Dartford faithful… and we will get over that finish line together and then celebrate that title!” SECTION TWOFaith or Superstition?Superstition Do you follow any other sports besides football?Darts Biggest influence in the dressing room?Michael Olarewaju would make up your dream five-a-side team?Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)Paolo Maldini (ex-AC Milan)Andrea Pirlo (ex-AC Milan)Adel Taarabt (Sharjah FC)Ronaldinho (ex-Barcelona) GrassbanksDartfordKentDA1 1RTUnited Kingdom Telephone: 01322 299991Email: info@dartfordfc.com Dartford FC prides itself on being a community club wholly committed to eradicating all forms of discrimination and we continue to take a zero-tolerance approach we remind all supporters that anyone using discriminatory or abusive language will be asked to leave the stadium immediately and will face future punishment Alice Bullas receives funding from UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme for a project on 'evaluation of body measurement methods for children living with obesity' She is affiliated with the International Society of the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK); international accreditation society for manual body measurement Sheffield Hallam University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK View all partners Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person’s body fat levels you divide their weight in kilograms by their height in metres times itself The resulting number is used to determine a person’s health risk But many health experts believe BMI has significant limitations particularly for children and young people (whose body fat levels change as they grow) athletic people (who have high levels of muscle mass) and people from ethnic minority groups (who may develop health problems at lower body fat levels) BMI was never created for use in health and was developed using data from European people in the 19th century. Although child and ethnicity‐specific adjusted BMI and alternative height and weight ratios have been suggested none have made sufficient headway to improve BMI’s reputation Several alternatives to BMI have also been suggested – such as using waist-to-hip ratio (waist circumference divided by hip circumference) or body volume index (which uses 3D body scanners to estimate total body fat distribution) But a recent study suggests that instead of BMI, we should be using something called body roundness index (BRI) to get a more accurate picture of a person’s body fat levels and predict health risk BRI was developed by US researchers in 2013 in response to criticisms of BMI BRI mathematically quantifies body fat levels by looking at height and waist circumference instead This provides a value typically ranging from one to 20 It is the lowest and highest values that suggest the highest health risk This latest study which looked at 32,995 US adults between 1999 and 2018 found an association between BRI and death from any cause they also found that people with the lowest and highest BRI scores had the greatest health risks They also found that BRI was better than BMI at accurately detecting this risk. This is because BRI considers the fat held around the abdomen, which is linked to greater risk of health problems Given BRI only requires a tape measure and a maths equation this means it’s as easy to use and accessible as BMI it remains as subject to human error as BMI One study even found that eight out of ten trained health professionals demonstrated such high levels of human error when manually measuring the abdomen that they failed to notice an increase of 3cm the second time they took the measurement This margin of error will probably be even higher in people taking their own measurements at home BRI also does not yet have the kind of extensive data backing up its use that exists for BMI This makes it harder to know just how effective and reliable it is compared to these more established methods And like BMI, BRI is a composite measure – meaning it combines multiple highly related measures into a single index This makes it very hard to unpick the impact that different body fat levels can have on health – and can lead to misleading interpretations of the results BRI most certainly represents an advancement in the hunt for a more accurate alternative to BMI by focusing more on body shape and fat distribution rather than just body size Although this latest study gives us more data on BRI’s accuracy more research is still needed before we can be certain it’s better than BMI and should replace it Perhaps an even better way of getting a picture of a person’s health is to use 3D body surface imaging This creates a scale digital 3D image of the human body which allows health professionals to explore all potential existing body measures as well as allowing us to explore new digital alternatives But regardless of which body measure you or a doctor may use to asses your health it’s important to remember that every person is unique and our bodies do – and should – always come in a wide range of shapes and sizes Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon The best of Los Angeles straight to your inbox We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy Los Angeles without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. 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Signup Bulla’s style has not changed a bit over the years is a menacing memory; not many could digest his love for violence and misogyny his and the other characters' humorously cringe and long-winded self-introductions have become part of India’s social media pop culture Consumer wearables brand boAt focused on the latter when it made him unbox a new limited-edition airbuds made for the upcoming movie Deadpool & Wolverine which hits screens on July 26 A post shared by boAt (@boat.nirvana) Unboxing karunga khullam kulla,” he growled while looking straight at you the viewer He is as much a force today as he was in the movie 26 years ago Actor Mukesh Rishi essayed the role of Bulla in Gunda using dialogues from the movie praises the long battery life and other features of the Airdopes Alpha Deadpool Collection tehelka unboxing karunga,” commented boAt on its Instagram post it is available for Rs 999 on boAt’s website and Rs 1,099 on e-commerce platform Flipkart (checked on July 23 The trend of seeing an on-screen character in an ad took off last year and has found its place in many brands’ strategy; they want to use celebrities but considering viewers’ exhaustion of seeing the same stars their on-screen characters became the alternative go-to choice Also Read: Your favourite movie characters are being reprised in ads; here’s why the lead cast from CID and Crime Patrol – two legacy shows of Sony Entertainment Network – appeared in a boAt ad to catch a killer it was a killer sale where products were up to 70% off on the brand’s website CID may have shuttered its doors a while ago but its main cast of ACP Pradyuman and Abhijeet have appeared in ads for Nykaa Also Read: Why did Acko bring Munna Bhai and Circuit back to life? went big by casting Munna and Circuit from the Munnabhai movies for a series of ad films and in June 2023 Pratik Gandhi donned his Harshad Mehta avatar to sell CenturyPly Club Rungta Steel made a coup when it made Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, and Ranbir Kapoor enact their famous characters in its ad And then there was Ranbir Kapoor and Konkana Sen Sharma bringing Wake Up Sid back to life for an Oppo ad campaign "When a celebrity channels a character from a beloved movie it accelerates brand familiarity,” said Shivaji Dasgupta founder and managing director at INEXGRO Brand Advisory But if it strikes a chord with today's audience the celebrity's endorsement becomes even more powerful maximising the brand's return on investment." West Cobar Metals (ASX:WC1) has delivered a maiden inferred resource estimate of 19.7 million tonnes @ 0.58% copper-equivalent for the Bulla Park Project in New South Wales.  West Cobar also delivered an exploration target for Bulla Park which contains 30 to 50 million tonnes of 0.47% to 0.66% copper-equivalent.  Further reverse circulation and diamond drilling is planned to extend the mineral resources and to explore for zones of higher grades and new zones of mineralisation.  A planned program includes diamond drilling to extend the inferred resource zone that includes thick more than 60m mineralisation north of and adjacent to the WSW fault It also includes testing the fault zone at depth for higher grades of copper and antimony.  Further metallurgical testwork for flotation and leach optimisation will continue Works are currently in progress to test the precipitation process to form a final antimony product from the leach solution Managing Director Matt Szwedzicki says the resource and exploration target show the scale of the deposit with potential tonnage to support a major bulk mining open-cut operation.  “The copper equivalent grade associated with these estimates is excellent and supports further drill programs to define the full extent of the deposit and studies to determine the optimal commercial pathways,” Szwedzicki says Szwedzicki adds that recent metallurgical testwork shows the “unique style” of mineralisation will enable the extraction and production of its copper 82.6% antimony and 84.1% silver have been achieved The company expects further testwork will improve the metal recoverability.  comprises four granted exploration licences and is owned by the company’s wholly owned subsidiary Bulla Park Metals.  West Cobar Metals is a mineral explorer and developer focused on its assets prospective for critical minerals within Australia Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au    Flagship eyes potential to expand Pantanillo’s mineralisation Flagship Minerals (ASX:FLG) is undertaking an ongoing data review of the Pantanillo.. 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anomalies that have been missed by historical drilling West Cobar expects that drilling of these holes could enable estimation of a maiden copper-antimony resource for Bulla Park.  Metallurgical flotation testwork on drilled core samples is planned to begin during this month.  three holes will test combine gravity anomaly highs within a zone of elevated IP chargeability that may be caused by higher sulphide mineral content with potential to contain elevated copper and antimony grades alongside testing zones that have not been effectively tested by historical drilling.  one hole will test a combined deeper chargeability anomaly gravity high zone and subtle magnetic anomaly located within the southwest part of the IP survey area.  Managing Director Matt Szwedzicki says the project continues to shape up as having all the indications of a “major” copper-antimony deposit.  “The antimony content is both unusual and exceptional,” Swedzicki says.  “Global prices of antimony trade at nearly 2.5 times the current price of copper.  “The next drill program will target coincident geophysical gravity and IP chargeability anomalies for higher grade copper antimony mineralisation along strike and to test for steeply dipping higher grade veins forming fluid conduits to the known flat-lying mineralised layers at Bulla Park.” West Cobar Metals is a junior mineral explorer and developer focused primarily on critical minerals discoveries within Australia The Bulla Park Project comprises four granted exploration licences and is located 110km west of the Cobar region.  Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au    Plan your visit and work out all the details for your trip to Cooperstown The Museum Discover one-of-a-kind artifacts and get lost in sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the game and its impact far beyond the field Hall of Famers Learn more about the legends who are honored in the Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery Discover History Stories from baseball's rich history are constantly being added to keep you connected to the game you love its legendary contributors and baseball's impact on American culture Ways to Give Show your love of the game and be part of preserving baseball history an English industrialist from Derbyshire (now Staffordshire) and founder of Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks visited the United States on business and became fascinated with baseball His visits – combined with his passion for A.G Spalding’s 1888-89 world tour – motivated Ley to construct a 12-acre park called “Ley’s Baseball Ground” where his factory workers could play both cricket and baseball This field remained in operation (known later simply as the Baseball Ground) until 1997 although it probably hadn’t hosted baseball since the turn of the 20th century the National Baseball League of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1890 – and Ley’s newly founded Derby team was one of the original members of its professional league According to an article in the Cleveland Press league rules allowed each team to acquire three American players One of these players was a catcher named Simeon “Sim” Bullas whose tintype was recently donated to the Hall’s Photo Archives A tintype is a historic photograph process that created a positive image on a thin sheet of tin or similar metal with dark lacquer or enamel They were most popular in the 1860s and 1870s The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has about 10 tintypes among a collection of more than 250,000 images Bullas’ career in the Major Leagues was unremarkable playing only 13 games in 1884 for the American Association’s Toledo Blue Stockings with a batting average of .089 His short career may be explained by teammate who once stated that “No matter how the ball came he was ready for it…The trouble with him was that he couldn’t throw very well and couldn’t field a little bit.” Another teammate of Bullas’ in Toledo was Moses Fleetwood Walker – one of the last Black players in the segregated major leagues before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 played on the Toledo Blue Stockings with Sim Bullas the National Baseball League of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1890 Despite Bullas’ shortcomings in the big leagues Bullas continued to play ball but also fell back on manufacturing work working as a metal molder at a foundry in Cleveland requesting two men be transferred to his plant to work and play for his new team Bullas was sent alongside a pitcher named John Reidenbach was also from Ohio but the rest of their team was made up of English natives Tom Ramsey and Moses Fleetwood Walker all played for the Toledo Blue Stockings (pictured above in 1883) Sim Bullas would play for the team in 1884 The tintype captures Bullas at the peak of his baseball career reminiscent of many of the team uniforms of the time he is posed with a bat rather than his catching gear which was described in one article as having “meager padding for chin and cheeks.” The backdrop looks similar to the one used in the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings team photo but this type of setting was fairly common for portraiture of the time Derby quickly became the best team in the league and Bullas their star catcher playing despite a bad injury to his hand in the early weeks of the season the Derby team proved to be too dominant with its American players and it withdrew from the league in August Bullas would return home to Ohio where he would continue to play ball for a few more years on amateur teams Bullas was remembered as “the life of [the] team” and was “asked about every day” according to Bryan the only one of the three Americans to remain with Derby The team fully disbanded in 1898 and baseball did not return to Derbyshire until 2015 with the formation of the Long Eaton Storm baseball club This tintype of Sim Bullas was donated to the Hall of Fame to join its collection of more than 250,000 images and approximately 10 tintypes Kelli Bogan was the photo archives manager at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ® I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York State’s Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards Projet de conservation de la mosaïque de Bulla Regia: Un projet de terrain modèle de l'initiative MOSAIKON Bulla Regia Mosaic Conservation Project is a summary report of the model field project that took place between 2010 and 2017 at the archaeological site of Bulla Regia in northwest Tunisia as part of the MOSAIKON Initiative It presents the conservation methodology and results of the project's two components The first component was a conservation and maintenance plan for the nearly 400 mosaics excavated throughout the site An important element of the planning process was the development and use of a rapid survey form to program and prioritize the conservation treatment of all the mosaics Together with the creation of a new site plan and a geographic information system (GIS) and geodatabase to accurately locate and visualize the mosaic survey data it was possible to produce thematic maps of the mosaics which were a significant tool for production of the multiyear conservation and maintenance plan The second component was the conservation treatment and presentation strategy for an entire building at the site and the conservation treatment and reburial of a building not intended for presentation The majority of the conservation work on these two buildings was carried out by trained Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia (INP) technicians using local lime-based materials for mortars The technicians worked under the supervision of Getty Conservation Institute instructors and project consultants during spring and fall campaigns and independently during the rest of the year to insure the sustainability of future work at his home surrounded by his family and loved ones after a hard-fought battle with cancer one thing that never changed was his trust and faith in his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Maryland to James Bulla and the late Emma Medina Bulla He was a member of Eufola Baptist Church and was a supervisor at Benfield Sanitation A few things he loved most were all of his girls under one roof and spending time with friends that became family Mike was proceeded in death by his grandson Evan Lee Stone Jr "EJ" Those left to cherish his memories include his beloved wife Rebecca "Becky" Hargrove Bulla; daughters at Troutman Funeral Home from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday at Eufola Baptist Church with burial to follow in Oakwood Cemetery the family requests donations be made to St St. Jude Children's Research Hospital501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105Tel: 1-800-805-5856Web: http://www.stjude.org/ the Isaiah bulla was unearthed together with the Hezekiah bulla by Dr The seal was discovered next to the massive Solomonic-period Ophel walls Mazar was not able to complete her study of the Isaiah bulla until 2018 News of the discovery was finally released in February 2018 The long wait between the bulla’s discovery and its release was due in part to ensuing excavations and the study of tthe Hezekiah bulla But another reason was that there was some difficulty in interpreting the bulla’s inscription The Hezekiah bulla is indisputable proof of the existence of the Judean king and his father There is some debate in the scientific community as to whether or not this seal really belonged to the Prophet Isaiah the Isaiah bulla has sustained heavy damage Much of the upper half of the bulla is broken off This missing portion does not hinder interpretation not text (as shown by a small remaining sliver) The lower half of the bulla contains the all-important inscription bearing the name of the owner Both lines are slightly damaged on the left side by a thumbprint probably made by the owner of the seal as he held down the edge of the clay while stamping it This thumbprint erased some of the letters the first line of script is easy to interpret: “Belonging to Isaiah ….” The debate revolves around the text on the lower register The Hebrew word for prophet is nvy’—a four-letter word in which the final letter ‘ (called an aleph) is silent the word is pronounced “navy.” Despite the silent nature of the final missing letter the aleph is a critical root letter for “prophet.” The explanation for this missing letter was simple—the thumbprint damage clearly covered where the letter would be expected (remember we thus have “Belonging to Isaiah [the] Prophe[t].” In spite of the simplicity of this solution a complex semantic debate has taken place over whether the aleph existed the three remaining visible letters would leave two options: 1.) Nvy as a patronym (father’s name) or 2.) Nvy as an ethnicon (place of origin) [son of] Nvy” (a name probably pronounced “Novy”) Two impressions have been found at Tel Lachish with the patronym “son of Nvy,” so there is a precedent for this name (despite the Isaiah bulla missing the “son of” attribution) the bulla would translate to “Isaiah [the] Novite”—Nvy in this case pronounced “Novay,” someone of the biblical city of Nob (spelled Nv in Hebrew) It is unusual for such a seal to identify someone as being “of” a city Seals were meant to clearly identify the owner—and given that Isaiah was a common name “Isaiah of Nob” would have been an exceptionally vague identification Seals typically used a family name or specific title to identify an individual These are the two primary counterarguments in the debate Mazar and her assistant Reut Ben-Aryeh when drawing their conclusions taking into account the preserved bulla border Ben-Aryeh was able to retrace the overall outline of the bulla This outline indicated that there was originally a four-letter word in the lower register—precisely the right amount of space for nvy’ prophet (as well as an h—“the”—at the end of the middle register—thus completing “Isaiah the Prophet”) and the final one wasn’t an aleph (making “prophet”) there could theoretically be any number of combinations they are largely all speculative rather than rooted in known Hebrew words Of the 23,466 different words in the Hebrew Bible there are two options for a four-letter word starting with nvy: the title prophet (nvy’) or the name Nebajoth (nvyt) “Isaiah [son of] Nebajoth” is extremely unlikely It is a foreign name given to only one individual early in the book of Genesis (a son of Ishmael)—predating the eighth-century b.c.e This name is found five times in the Bible—four of those spell the name with five letters (nvywt) And if the middle line indeed included the infinitive h (“the”) as is indicated by the reconstructed border outline as it would have to be an ethnicon—thus requiring an additional y to make “the Nebajothite”—and resulting in five or six letters depending on the spelling of Nebajoth (nvyty or nvywty) the most logical four-letter word for the lower register is nvy’ “prophet,” ending in aleph—a word used 320 times in the Hebrew Bible And upon recent reexamination of the bulla it appears that a part of an aleph is visible in the bottom register There are some preserved lines matching the outline of an aleph the bulla unquestionably reads: “Belonging to Isaiah the Prophet.” But the above evidence cited comes from only a textual examination of the bulla But doing this overlooks some of the most important and compelling evidence that this seal belongs to Isaiah the prophet: the archaeological context this bulla dates to the late eighth century b.c.e. precisely the time that the Prophet Isaiah was on the scene The bulla was found just outside the royal Ophel area And it lay barely 10 feet from the bulla belonging to King Hezekiah These bullae were found in exactly the same assemblage and strata of soil King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet are mentioned together in 16 Bible verses Their literal physical and biblical proximity is compelling what are the chances that this is another Isaiah Nvy[?] separate from the Isaiah Nvy’ of the Bible What are the chances that this individual happens to have exactly the same name and title Such a coincidence would be extraordinary—requiring just as much of a “miracle” as the deeds accomplished through the prophet himself Only high-ranking individuals carried personal seals Isaiah Nvy[?]s in the same place and time together Mazar herself wrote in Biblical Archaeology Review the “chances of it belonging to any other but the known Prophet Isaiah are extremely slim.” The sum weight of evidence thus points to this being the personal seal of Isaiah the prophet The preserved sliver of a motif at the top of the bulla is believed to be that of a grazing doe—imagery the prophet used in his book (Isaiah 11:6; 13:14; 35:6) It is thus apparent that we here have the unique fingerprint of the prophet himself The upper half of the bulla had split off due to the string cord that bound the package beneath it the reserve side of the bulla bears a cloth sack imprint since one would naturally expect a prophet to seal a papyrus letter or some kind of written document the bulla was found just outside what is believed to be the royal Ophel bakery area Isaiah ordered a “cake of figs” to be delivered to a sick Hezekiah University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Magazine my search was inspired by The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which tells the story of teenage Cora and her bold escape from slavery Detailed and brutal in its depiction of plantation life Whitehead’s novel turns to fancy as it forges a literal subterranean locomotive connecting stops along Cora’s route north from Georgia the foreboding narrative offers different possibilities for the future of black-white relationships in America at each stop of her journey the reader comes up for air as Cora spends time in a black utopian farming community in Indiana when I was still living with the characters and imagining their lives continuing beyond the edges of the novel’s final pages I began researching the history of the Underground Railroad Historian Eric Foner estimates that the loosely woven network of blacks aided more than 1,000 freedom-seeking slaves per year between 1830 and 1860 South Bend Tribune lauded him as one who “did more than any other one man in the earlier history of the county to advance its interests and prosperity.” Bulla a friendly neighbor to Father Edward Sorin and the priest’s frontier school surveyor and “earnest abolitionist.” And he may well have been an Underground Railroad stationmaster The slave trade kept abolitionists like Thomas Bulla dodging the law as they maintained the Underground Railroad 1898 map of routes marked in red courtesy of New York Public Library Archives My own journey began — as it often does these days — with a Google search “Notre Dame AND Underground Railroad” returned a series of websites — including one that offered photographs of a campus building referred to as the “Bulla Farmhouse” and described as an “Underground Railroad station.” The edifice in the photo sure looked like a Notre Dame building — those telltale tawny bricks handmade from the marl of the campus lakes It even looked like a building from my workday commute — now named the Wilson Commons and located at the southwest corner of the Fischer O’Hara-Grace graduate student residences now out of place among the O’Hara-Grace apartments the newer Fischer apartments and the still newer McCourtney Hall The relative wildness of this patch of property on the edge of campus offers up the building as a playground for the moral imagination Could this building really be an antebellum Underground Railroad site University archivist Peter Lysy and architect Tony Polotto from Notre Dame Facilities joined me to play This Old House on a visit to the Wilson Commons with Fischer O’Hara-Grace rector Nathan Elliot ’99 as our host Walking hallways slightly too narrow and descending stairways slightly too steep our team gathered in the musty basement of the building currently used as a community center for Notre Dame graduate students Lysy used his flashlight to illuminate modern tongue-and-groove floor boards with joists and other framing lumber planed smooth on all four sides in the modern way Polotto directed our attention to the basement walls rather than the pargeted lime or fieldstone walls of other 19th century foundations on campus These post-bellum construction techniques matched the steel lintels over the structure’s exterior windows and doors it was clear to our team that the Internet claims were wrong: Wilson Commons is not an Underground Railroad site a search of the University’s registry of buildings on campus estimates its construction date as 1920 our inspection did not answer the question of how this building mistakenly came to be referred to as the “Bulla Farmhouse.” Who was Bulla and why would people associate him with the Underground Railroad At the University Archives on the sixth floor of the Hesburgh Library Lysy produced decades of plat maps and surveys showing land ownership around the University Father Sorin’s growing vision for Notre Dame could be seen as his name appeared in more and more squares on the chess board He bought property contiguous to Notre Dame’s campus but also properties farther afield that could be traded or sold to finance Notre Dame’s growth resisted Sorin’s strategy: the property at the northeast corner of the original campus This parcel proudly displayed one name on the plats from 1832 all the way until the 1920s Bulla family history says the property was transferred directly to Bulla by a land grant signed by President Andrew Jackson In the earliest aerial photographs of campus a grove of trees shades a rectangular sliver of that Bulla property — the kind of grove that would protect a farmhouse from the vicissitudes of weather on the Indiana prairie in the early 19th century and from the invasive gaze of flying cameras in the early 20th Lysy sent me home with Father Arthur Hope’s 1943 history of the University After recounting Sorin’s arduous journey from France to New York to Vincennes to Notre Dame the Holy Cross priest writes: “In the vicinity of the University there was a household that cared for the negro slaves making a dash for Canada and liberty (the old Bulla house directly across from the present Biology Building and recently demolished) and you may be sure that Father Sorin’s long nose had I realized then that the owner of that demolished household — about where Flanner and Grace halls stand today — held the secrets I was after Joseph County Public Library and rolled through spools of microfilm and dug through dusty files of yellowing clippings local histories written in the 19th century and nearly illegible census and other handwritten records allowed me to reach back into time and uncover what had faded from view South Bend’s Center for History provided more pieces of the Bulla family puzzle among the photographs family documents and personal effects archived there My research revealed that the Bulla family had its own unique migration story but one that was part of massive migration patterns defined by nationality The Bullas were Quakers who emigrated from Ireland taking up residence in Lancaster and Chester counties in Pennsylvania where they were among the early settlers in a state founded by another Quaker though the family moved to Guilford County populated by the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road that brought many Pennsylvanians to the piedmont counties of the Carolinas Quaker theology of the “inward light” and Christ’s presence within each and all led most members of the Religious Society of Friends to reject slavery This light illuminated the Gospel command to “love your neighbor as yourself.” North Carolina laws severely restricting manumission — the act of an owner freeing his slaves — left many Quakers who wished to abandon the “peculiar institution” few options other than leaving the state his bride and two daughters joined this Quaker migration to the free states of the Midwest before continuing on another 40 miles to Richmond the edge of the frontier for European Americans Quakers referred to their new home as “the promised land.” Though Thomas Bulla lived a spartan life on the frontier he gained sufficient education to become a teacher himself Bulla taught school in the same log cabin where he himself was once a student with windows covered with oiled paper rather than glass who would rely upon his talents as a teacher for income later in his life in Clay Township had among his pupils in Richmond the young George Washington Julian who served six terms in Congress and was a leading opponent of slavery a founder of the Free Soil party and later the Republican Party and a supporter of the 13th amendment that abolished slavery in 1865 Bulla’s community in Wayne County was deeply abolitionist who would later be heralded as the “President of the Underground Railroad” was a prominent member of the Quaker community which formed the border between the southern slave states and the putatively free north was a “stopping place for runaway slaves.” It was here that “the young Bulla became a very enthusiastic abolitionist.” No doubt his enthusiasm was fueled by the witness of his father and the specific actions he took on behalf of neighbor and “his fealty to the principles of human liberty.” William and his fellow Quaker and father-in-law aided the escape of a black man living under the name of “George Shelton,” whom slave catchers accused of fleeing from his Kentucky master in 1821 Shelton had been living as a free man and working in the porous border area where Hoosiers both for and against slavery could be found William Bulla and Hoover reportedly helped Shelton escape from the slave catchers through a window as Bulla “caught the catcher by the back of the neck and threw him across the room.” a judge ordered William Bulla to pay the slave owner more than $1,000 for the slave and associated costs this was a towering sum and a potentially ruinous penalty Quaker neighbors stood in solidarity with Bulla and raised about $200 recalled their father’s witness: “And one day while my father was in abstract thought on his misfortune and some regarded this as a testimonial of approval for what he had done in the rescue of one man from servile bondage.” led him to answer the question of “Who is my neighbor?” in a way that affected his oldest son His land adjoined the property owned by Stephen Badin the first Catholic priest ordained in the United States whose mission cabin Sorin would eventually inherit for his school Bulla had visited the area on multiple occasions before When his labor was not needed for his father’s harvest the young Bulla’s extraordinary thirst for knowledge and experience in this “new country” led him to take work as a millwright and carpenter in Niles wheat cutter and furniture maker near Peoria He even crossed the Detroit River into Canada so that he could say he had “been in the domain of George IV.” Bulla was resourceful and confident in his skills; he was not afraid to take risks Bulla had erected the first hewn log house in Clay Township Bulla recalls that his “neighbors regarded it as a rather aristocratic structure,” with its “hard-wood floor of matched oak a brick chimney and pine shingle roof.” Other accounts refer to the cabin as “quite a pretentious one at the time” consisting of a large room serving as kitchen with a winding staircase leading to a garret the garret stored “sundry jars of preserves and other delicacies — in readiness for company and away from the poking eyes (and fingers too) of the children.” It is revealing that William would recall this space as a “hiding place” stowing away food for visitors Although Bulla remained a farmer all his life Many of the early surveys in the county bear Bulla’s name; major developers and landowners hired Bulla to draw their holdings So Bulla’s name was well-known in the county when 10,955 people were counted in the 1850 census and he knew well the county’s nooks and crannies — from the hills of Potato Creek where the county’s first African-American community was formed to the northerly crossings over the St Joseph River that led to Michigan and freedom and his strong stances on matters of moral principle — including slavery which he called a “great national evil” — were also well known locally “My sympathies ever were against oppression of every kind I have lived to witness the removal of one of the darkest stains on our character as a nation.” Though Bulla describes himself as a “witness” to the fight against slavery In a cardboard box in South Bend’s Center for History I found a handwritten biographical sketch that Bulla’s son “maintained the habit of reading and study throughout his whole life,” including the “speeches and writings” of noted abolitionists such as Thomas Clarkson Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison He also subscribed to the anti-slavery weekly he would borrow his father’s copy to read the weekly installments of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin which was originally published serially in that national newspaper in 1851-52 William writes that his father was so “imbued with the spirit of civil liberty and believing in the equality of all men in their right to life he could not reconcile the theory of a free government in which the traffic in the bodies and souls of men was permitted and protected.” William also comments that his father and an uncle were for years “the only voters of Clay township casting their ballots with the anti-slavery or free-soil party.” But the biographical sketch also suggests that Bulla’s anti-slavery position moved him to action “Particularly after the enactment of the infamous ‘fugitive slave law’ he was ever the friend of the escaping colored man who might be on his way to Canada and freedom rendering such assistance as was in his power to do — whether in affording assistance to an escaping fugitive or refusing to play the part of a blood-hound in aiding in his capture.” Bulla’s active resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law can also be found in the Hesburgh Library — in an essay “The Underground Railroad in Northern Indiana,” typewritten in 1939 by Helen Hibberd Windle and based on interviews by Esse B remembers distinctly an incident of the Underground Railroad which occurred about 1856 One evening in early autumn a knock came on the door as the family sat at supper in the Bulla farmhouse in Clay township and upon opening the door a man asked Mr followed closed by his father’s side and saw a wagon standing there with the usual wagon box covered by another wagon box turned upsidedown In this space were two negroes who were being carried northward The man in charge had stopped for food and rest Bulla and placed in the wagon and the party proceeded on its lonely dark drive toward freedom.” Even though Bulla’s obituary identified him as a “very enthusiastic abolitionist” and an “earnest abolitionist,” Bulla was necessarily discreet about his role with the Underground Railroad signed into law by President George Washington reinforced the Constitution’s requirement that escaped slaves be “delivered up” to their owners The law imposed a $500 penalty on people like Bulla who would “obstruct” or “hinder” or “rescue” fugitive slaves — a fine that was in addition to legal liability for the cost of the liberated slave the uneven application of the act in some northern states and Supreme Court decisions led to the even more draconian Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 This version imposed jail time and doubled the penalties on people like Bulla and required citizens to aid in the capture of fugitive slaves decided that their neighbors included blacks and that neighborliness required acts of solidarity passing laws to exclude blacks and to punish those who assisted in their finding freedom Though Indiana had outlawed slavery in its founding Constitution of 1816 a constitutional convention leading to the superseding constitution of 1851 revealed ugly sentiments in Indiana Fugitive slaves and free blacks alike were referred to as “aliens and enemies” and one delegate to the convention called for “preventing our State from being overrun with these vermin.” The resulting Indiana Constitution of 1851 went beyond the extreme federal law “No negro or mulatto shall come into or settle in the State” and making it illegal to employ newly arriving free blacks or to encourage them to stay Fines for breaking these provisions were to be collected for the colonization in Africa of blacks living in Indiana Indiana sought to build a virtual wall to keep out nearly one-fifth of the country’s population This affected lives across Indiana’s borders and revealed Indiana to be a state where freedom had a fuzzy and unstable meaning for blacks in the decades preceding the Civil War just as Whitehead’s Cora experienced in his Underground Railroad The “South Bend Fugitive Slave Case” of 1849 offers a singular perspective through which neighborliness and solidarity among abolitionists and others collide with the efforts of those enforcing both slavery and the law The Saint Joseph Valley Register described the incident that led to the court case as an issue of “life and death” that “caused so much excitement in our usually quiet town.” The Fugitive Slave Case became a notorious example of the conflicts between morality and legality facing South Bend and the nation It began — according to a pamphlet published in 1851 at the “Anti-Slavery Office” in New York and a 1985 article by an Indiana University historian — on the night of September 27 James and Lewis — and Lewis’ wife lay in their beds near Cassopolis It was harvest season; their limbs were sore and overworked — but free — as they rested after another day of picking sweet corn and their son Samuel were out for the evening but she was awakened by voices that she recognized — John Norris The Powells had labored in bondage for Norris on his horse farm in Boone County That is when the Powell family escaped from slavery by crossing the Ohio River into the temporary safety of Indiana had come north to live outside of the confines of slave society For two years the Powells lived in freedom with as many as 1,500 other free blacks and former slaves between Cassopolis and Vandalia Described by their neighbor as “quiet and industrious persons,” the Powells had purchased land and “were working hard to pay for it.” Norris and his gang of eight men forcibly broke into the Powells’ home with pistols and bowie knives drawn hid them in their covered wagons and set off south for Kentucky where Norris would once again force them to live as his property As the wagons and their human cargo rolled south through the night described as a white friend and neighbor of the Powells raced on horseback to find a lawyer to assist the Powells The description of Maudlin as simply a neighbor of the Powell’s is not quite accurate assisted by the Underground Railroad Society of Cass County shows that Maudlin was actually a well-known Quaker agent on the Underground Railroad who frequently entered Kentucky to assist fugitives on their way north to freedom Maudlin was born among the Quakers of North Guilford Crocker petitioned the Honorable Elisha Egbert and a deputy sheriff and group of citizens from South Bend set off to serve the writ on the kidnappers and their captives Surrounded by “thirty or forty” citizens from South Bend and the Powells were brought to South Bend for a determination of their legal status It is no coincidence that the slave owner would seek Liston’s services A local history recounts Liston yelling “with bitter violence” at Almond Bugbee a local abolitionist who spoke out in defense of other men arrested for violating the fugitive slave law: “You are a traitor After hurried legal proceedings in which each side had but hours to submit written pleadings and prepare oral arguments Judge Egbert ordered the Powells to be freed His reasoning seems to have been that Norris did not obtain a certificate for recapturing his slaves that Egbert deemed a requirement under the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act As the verdict was announced on Friday night Norris and his Kentuckians seized the Powells and attorney Liston climbed on top of a table and shouted to his clients When Egbert regained control of the courtroom it became clear that Norris had obtained his own writ under an 1824 Indiana law meant to help slaveholders recapture their fugitive slaves The Powells would be held in jail for the weekend until a Monday morning hearing to determine their fate scores if not hundreds of members of the Powells’ community — most black but some white — arrived in South Bend to support their neighbors Census records indicate only 39 blacks lived in all of Saint Joseph County in 1850; the sight of hundreds of free blacks in the streets of South Bend would have been alarming to the Kentucky slave owner seeing the growing crowds and sensing what the newspaper referred to as “the strong feeling of sympathy for the oppressed evidenced by our citizens” did not show up for his hearing on Monday morning pursuing suits for recompense and damages in the federal courts against the South Bend residents who impeded his kidnapping of the Powells recalls the Powells’ release from jail: “The colored friends and neighbors of the captives immediately came forward conducted them out of the court-house to a wagon and made the welkin ring with their cheers for liberty rejoicing over the fortunate escape of their friends from the horrible fate of slavery Thus ended one of the most exciting scenes ever witnessed in Northern Indiana.” Lucy and David Powell appear in the 1850 federal census records Wright Maudlin and his family of seven are listed as neighbors Having risked everything for freedom in a way that even their most ardent white well-wishers would never have to perhaps the Powells sought a more secure end to their freedom journey in Canada Norris would successfully sue nearly a dozen residents of South Bend — including the Powells’ lawyer the deputy sheriff and others who surrounded Norris as he passed through South Bend — for the cost of his human property and for obstructing his attempt to recover it The defendants hardly stood a chance; both federal law and politics favored the slave owner The case was heard in Indianapolis by Supreme Court Justice John McLean who at that time was considering a run for the presidency gave highly charged instructions to the jury in the presence of the governor of Indiana and the governor of Kentucky Insisting in the midst of growing tension between the South and the North “that every cord which binds us together should be strengthened,” McLean appealed to the concept of “neighbor.” However the neighbor McLean had in mind was the slaveholder He informed the jury that a person who actively assisted fugitives violates the law “to the injury of his neighbor” and is an “enemy to the best interests of his country.” The abolitionists of South Bend who acted on conscience would pay a steep price for their actions; some were ruined financially Some were able to stretch the cases out for years through transferring their property to family members to avoid collection though many of these sales eventually were overturned residents of South Bend stood in solidarity with the defendants by refusing to bid on their property when it was auctioned off to satisfy debts owed to Norris of the defendants in the South Bend Fugitive Slave Case; the local abolitionist community was small An 1880 history of the county describes the intimacy of these neighbors in conscience as a “little band of nine men in South Bend braved public odium and reproach for conscience’ sake.” This band also included the spouses and family members whose secret mercies did not find print in the written histories of South Bend While white abolitionists had access to the press and to the courts free blacks in South Bend such as James Washington and a “Mr Sawyer” risked life and liberty as solicitors and conductors for the Underground Railroad and the story of how they worked together with their white counterparts in a northern state where the constitution was even hostile to the presence of blacks is the kind of “local research by local people” that remains to be written Thomas Bulla and Father Sorin would be neighbors throughout their lives though the historical record reveals only glimpses of their 44-year friendship A Bulla family history recalls the 1842 arrival of “Father Sorin and his band of brothers” to “the lands purchased by Fr Badin” making Bulla “the nearest neighbor to the site of the proposed institution of Notre Dame.” In his log cabin schoolhouse the nephew of the county’s earliest European residents “then a gangling youth of seventeen,” who would lead Sorin from South Bend to Badin’s abandoned and more modest log cabin on the edge of Saint Mary’s Lake Alexis would soon become one of Notre Dame’s first students and Bulla would leave a request in his private papers that Alexis serve as one of his pallbearers (a request with which he complied along with other students Bulla taught in the county’s first school) A weathered and chipped chest-high marble obelisk gravestone marks Bulla’s burial site at South Bend’s City Cemetery Though I have found no evidence of Sorin or Bulla writing about the other directly records suggest a cordial and more than casual relationship Old issues of the student-run Notre Dame Scholastic magazine mention “our kind neighbor Bulla,” pulling a 35-inch gar pike from Saint Joseph’s Lake and the Bullas and their adult children being “well known and esteemed neighbors” who opened their home during “our great calamity” — the fire that destroyed much of the University on April 23 University records indicate financial ties between the Bullas and Notre Dame; perhaps the Bullas sold crops to the University to feed its growing student population or even Mrs Another source speaks of Sorin and Bulla engaging in earnest respectful conversations: “The friendly calls between these two men were quite frequent in which the differences of their respective views on religious matters were freely discussed.” Bulla was not a Catholic; his own religious journey spanned a Quaker upbringing to becoming an elder of the Disciples of Christ send his sons to Notre Dame — evidence of the University’s ecumenical origins “As time passed,” it was later written of the Sorin-Bulla visits though neighborly friendship existed so long as both lived.” When Bulla died in his South Bend home on December 1 Scholastic reported the death and extended sympathy to his sons class of 1867: “He was well known and respected as a good man and citizen and his demise is mourned by a large circle of friends.” Sorin lived another seven years after Bulla’s death On an unseasonably crisp but sunny spring morning in May I sat and watched scores of undergrads rush past Flanner Hall notebooks and North Dining Hall donuts in hand as they frantically made their way to a final exam in Stepan Center These young students flipped through their notes for last-second reassurance with existential questions about the issues of the day and graduation and what comes next necessarily tucked away for the moment 10 years before Sorin arrived at Sainte-Marie-des-Lacs the intrepid young Thomas Bulla built his hewn log home founded his own school and began the precarious work of eking out a life on the frontier It is not hard to imagine the fellow frontiersmen — Bulla and Sorin both strong-willed and driven by faith — discussing the moral religious and legal challenges posed by slavery sanctuary and the question of “Who is my neighbor?” Much evidence points to Bulla’s answer Sean O’Brien is assistant director of Notre Dame’s Center for Civil and Human Rights and a concurrent assistant professor of law The magazine welcomes comments, but we do ask that they be on topic and civil. Read our full comment policy Notre Dame Magazine © 2025 University of Notre Dame Wilmington made national headlines following the violent murder of a trans woman named KC Johnson Her death had a major impact on the LGBTQ+ community in Wilmington and beyond But it was Johnson's loved ones who felt the impact most keenly And though her life has changed dramatically since Johnson's death she still wants people to remember her life "I have had to find peace with it," Brodzinski told WHQR Brodzinski said they met on a dating app in August 2022 It only took a few weeks for them to get serious "I took her out to Cici's Pizza," she said Brodzinski told WHQR that she felt drawn to Johnson because they shared many of the same struggles There were also the more light-hearted moments: playing Fortnite together Johnson had made a lot of progress on her gender transition: she started hormone replacement therapy in 2020 and was considering sex reassignment surgery She still stayed in touch with her relatives — particularly her grandma who Brodzinski said was one of her biggest supporters But she also found her own chosen family among other queer and trans people: her online friends "She was someone that could brighten your smile and brighten the room up." 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So I guess I let my guard down and didn't think much of it," Brodzinski said She and her friends spent the next day looking for KC — in the woods "Then the police came and told me there was no use looking anymore," she said Transgender Europe (TGEU) — a registered NGO that supports organizations working to combat discrimination against trans people and support trans people’s rights — reported that globally Most LGBTQ+ activists agree that fatal violence against trans people is a major problem particularly for trans women and Black trans women Many victims are initially misidentified by police as their birth gender Brodzinski said Johnson was one of the few who was gendered correctly by the media Her death was met with an outpouring of support from LGBTQ+ rights organizations from across the United States "I just fell down and cried," said Brodzinski It's been a year since Johnson's death — one of the hardest for Brodzinski "I know it wasn't the healthiest decision," she said It brought 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