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The Mendocino Voice (https://www.mendovoice.com/2016/12/covelo-man-arrested-on-false-imprisonment-after-choking-victim-press-release/)
Covelo man arrested for domestic violence, false imprisonment after choking victim (press release)
By Mendo Voice Staff | December 8, 2016
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Lucas Leland Case from his MCSO booking log photo.
MENDOCINO CO., Dec. 7, 2016 -- The following information is from a December 7 press release issued by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. The Mendocino Voice has not independently confirmed the information. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.
On Dec. 2 at 2:30 am, deputies responded to a call in Covelo. A female victim had been choked and prevented from leaving her residence by her former boyfriend, 24 year old suspect Lucas Case, who was still living in the same residence although the two were no longer in a relationship.
The report states that Case had been drinking and wanted the victim to drink with him. When she refused, Case prevented her from leaving and a struggle ensued. The victim then agreed to drink with Case so he would let her go. Case then followed the victim out of the room and began to choke her, prompting a relative in the residence to call Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
When deputies arrived, Case was not present but deputies could see evidence of welts on the victim from choking. The victim declined medical assistance but deputies could not locate Case in the area. At 9:15am that morning, deputies were contacted by Round Valley Tribal Police as Case wanted to speak with them at the office. He was then taken into custody without incident with bail set at $25,000.
The full press release can be seen below:
Incident Number:
Crime/Incident:
273.5(a) PC (Domestic Violence Battery)
236 PC (False Imprisonment)
100 block of Concow Boulevard in Covelo, CA
Victim(s):
Adult Female (22 year-old from Covelo, CA)
Suspect(s):
Lucas Case (24 year-old male from Covelo, CA)
Sergeant Joseph DeMarco
On 12-02-2016 at about 2:25 AM Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a reported unwanted subject and domestic violence incident, occurring in the 100 block of Concow Boulevard in Covelo, California.
When Deputies arrived they learned a female and her boyfriend, Lucas Case, had been in a dating/cohabitating relationship for the past several months. The couple recently broken up, but Case was still living at the same residence with the female.
It was discovered Case had been drinking and that he wanted the female to drink with him which she refused. When the female refused, Case became angry and started to choke the female until she agreed to drink with him. The female attempted to fight Case off but was unsuccessful. After a minute or so the female agreed to drink with Case so he would let her go which he did.
When the female attempted to leave the room Case blocked the doorway. The female was afraid Case was going to choke her again. Case moved out of the doorway and when she walked out of the room he followed her. Case grabbed the female by the throat with both hands and pushed her down on the sofa as she kicked in defense.
A relative of the female who was also inside the residence called the Sheriff's Office and as Deputies were responding Case left the residence on foot.
Deputies observed two welts, some swelling and redness around the female’s throat which was consistent with being choked. The female declined any type of medical assistance.
Deputies checked the area for Case but were unable to locate him.
On 12-02-2016 at about 9:15 AM Deputies were dispatched to the Round Valley Tribal Police office as Case wanted to speak with Deputies.
Deputies responded to the Tribal Police Office and arrested Case without incident.
Case was booked into the Mendocino County Jail on the above listed charges and was to be held in lieu of $25,000.00 bail.
Captain Gregory L. Van Patten
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We hope you find something here that inspires you, teaches you, or at least makes you smile today!
>> Check out the Travel Archive for a chronological list of all the blogs to date.
The Eastern Sierra Nevadas - Alabama Hills & Lone Pine, CA
Travel Stage: After Los Angeles, before Lake Isabella
Date Range: April 17 – May 1, 2016
Summary: We spend two weeks at the base of the majestic, snow-capped Sierra Nevada Mountains and next door to Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, California and Manzanar, one of the Japanese internment camps during WWII.
In the fall of 2016, we made our way south along the Pacific Coast from Oregon down to Southern California. Come spring of 2017, we were ready to head back north and see the eastern side of California and the many marvels it held, including the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, and Lassen Volcanic National Parks.
Our first stop heading north was a place that wasn’t too much on our radar at first, but we loved it so much we extended our planned stay from 5 days to two weeks, the maximum stay limit at our campground!
Lone Pine, CA
As we headed north from Acton and across the Mojave Desert, the Sierra Nevadas burst up out of the ground to boast snow-capped peaks. The range stretched for miles and miles, to where we knew it would climax at the tip of Mount Whitney – the tallest mountain peak in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet! Even more fascinating is that this tallest peak is only 84.6 miles from the lowest point in North America at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park (282 feet below sea level).
Our GPS – per usual – took us a really bad back way to our campground, but it paid off with a great photo-op to get our fifth wheel stationed perfectly in front of the captivating mountain range.
Our camping spot at Tuttle Creek Campground turned out to be just as spectacular! It was only $5/night, gave us great cell service, and the mountains were literally out our front door.
Whitney Portal
The town of Lone Pine is located at the base of Whitney Portal – the gateway to Mount Whitney. We had played with the grand notion of hiking part of the Mount Whitney Trail, but when we went to the Visitors’ Center to get our hiking permit (you need a hiking permit to hike this trail) they told us that no permits were being issues because the spring melt was weakening the snow pack and hiking at this time was dangerous. In fact, just the day before there was an avalanche that buried 3 people…
After hearing that, we no longer felt the need to hike Mt. Whitney! We'll wait until another season.
However we were curious to drive up to the trailhead. From Lone Pine, the road climbs the gradual foothills, then steeply climbs the edge of the mountain. From town the climb up to Whitney Portal is around 4500 feet!
We stopped at the base where signs told us the road was closed due to winter storms. But there wasn't any precipitation in the forecast...and after watching a few more cars cautiously go around the sign, we did too!
Driving up the mountain felt like taking off in an airplane! We wound up the mountain valley, approaching Mount Whitney, which seemed to grow taller as we got closer.
When we reached the top, we found snow!
Mount Whitney
Alabama Hills
Alabama Hills rock formations right next to the Sierra Nevadas
Alabama Hills Recreation Area is just down the road from Tuttle Creek Campground and is a hot spot among boondockers for free, amazing camping. The amazing rock formations at the base of the Sierra Nevadas provide a stunning landscape for adventure seekers or nature junkies. Trails wander throughout the towering boulders and rock arches. Spending time here feels like spending time in another world!
And we aren’t the only one who thought that. In fact, Alabama Hills was used as a film location for over 150 movies and a dozen television shows. Big name actors like John Wayne and Gregory Peck starred in these films and plaques can be found throughout the area memorializing some of the biggest films.
We scoped out the place to see if any of the sites would accommodate us, but most of the big sites were already taken and (deal breaker) we could not get ANY Verizon cell service to get our work done. But it was still so awesome to have that place to recreate just down the road from us. We did some epic mountain biking there!
GOING CAMPING!
While here, we did something that we hadn’t done in about 2 years. We went camping!
Yes, we live in an RV, but that’s normal life to us. Camping is, well…different. We brought all our backpacking gear, tents, sleeping bags, etc. and we hadn’t used them at all! This is for a couple main reasons: 1) We don’t like leaving our RV unattended overnight. 2) A lot of the places we would like to camp/hike don’t allow our dogs (i.e. National Parks). 3) We are cheap-skates – we don’t want to pay for a campsite for our RV and then have to pay for another campsite to pitch a tent.
Our campsite!
We felt relatively safe about leaving our RV at Tuttle Creek Campground while we took a weekend to completely unplug and go camping for free just down the road in Alabama Hills! With just our truck we were able to find an awesome little spot to pitch our tent in the rocks.
Just barely squeezed in here!
Drone shot of our epic campsite in Alabama Hills
We read, relaxed, explored, sipped wine, and had campfires in our cozy little nook. It was fun to “rough it” for a few days – although we did bring the generator, induction cooktop, and hot water maker to make things a little easier!
"Roughing it" LOL
Epic camping under the stars in the Alabama Hills Recreation Area
A few miles north of Lone Pine lies Manzanar, previously a Japanese internment camp from WWII. During our stay, their annual pilgrimage took place, where remaining camp survivors and their families return to Manzanar to remember and honor those who had to stay in this awful place.
Manzanar War Relocation Center
If you are not familiar with the Japanese internment of WWII - where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were rounded up, taken from their homes and possessions, and put into internment camps that were poorly constructed and placed in some of the most hostile environments in this country - I highly recommend you check out information about it. Also consider stopping at one of the National Monuments like Manzanar preserved to teach people about the devastating harm caused by the manipulation of fear and discrimination following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
While there, we saw and overheard elderly survivors tell their kids and grandkids how "it was much worse than this; they've fixed it up to look nice for the exhibit." It was very sobering to hear about the sand storms whipping freezing temperatures and stinging sand through cracks in the walls and floorboards.
The monument honoring the dead at Manzanar was draped in flowers and origami following the pilgrimage ceremony.
One of Our Favorites
As I mentioned at the beginning of the blog, we ended up extending our stay here. There was just so much to explore! It was cold at night still, but the days warmed up and were sunny as could be! We stayed the full 14 days for $70, which you could only really beat if it was free. We never got tired of seeing the mountains out our windows, and wished we could have stayed longer.
We always get asked “Where’s your favorite place?” While that is impossible to answer because there are so many amazing places, this area is pretty far up on our Favorite Places List!
Larry Crawford
Caitlin & Tom,
Amazing Story & pics. Thanks for 'leaking' the sites. BB & I look forward to following in your footsteps.
Be safe!!
Micko link
This place is full of surreal sights as your post shows. I had no idea about Eastern Sierra Nevadas before this..surprising!
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An apocalyptic threat to humanity arrives out of the clear blue sky with a series of violent, inexplicable deaths spreading across the country. The cause of the terrifying phenomenon remains unknown, prompting science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) and his colleague Julian (John Leguizamo) to try to elude the invisible killer in Pennsylvania's farmland. Soon it becomes clear that no one is safe.
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Release Date: June 13th, 2008
DVD Release Date: October 7th, 2008
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Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Ashlyn Sanchez, Spencer Breslin, Robert Bailey Jr., Frank Collison
Genres: Science fiction , Thriller
Production Co: Blinding Edge Pictures
Distributors: 20th Century Fox
Keywords: School, Transformation, Suspenseful, Dark, Wife, Survival, Car, 2000s, Mystery, Police officer
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Stakeholder Feedback Shapes Micron’s Sustainability Program
By Julia Grant - 2018-10-31
As the sustainability program manager for Micron, team members and citizens regularly ask me why Micron isn’t focused on using recyclables at each site, advocating for public transportation options, and installing wind or solar farms around the world?
I explain that Micron focuses its efforts on global ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues. By focusing on these high-level issues, we can essentially find the issues where we get our biggest bang for the buck in regard to sustainability impact and ethical influence. However, there are many ESG issues, so determining priorities can be challenging. Without priorities, we won’t be able to develop sustainability goals, measure success, or shape communications that create a more resilient and responsive Micron for our changing world.
Stakeholders play a vital role in shaping the direction of Micron’s sustainability program. Earlier this year Micron embarked on a materiality assessment, an exercise used by organizations to ensure the care-abouts of our customers, investors, team members, policymakers and communities are reflected in sustainability report content and the sustainability program’s goals.
During the materiality assessment, we posed two questions:
What’s most important to Micron’s business?
What’s most important to you?
You can find out what issues rose to the top and are now sustainability priorities for Micron in this video.
Now what? The Micron Sustainability Council takes these priorities into consideration as they map out the goals they’ll focus on in FY19.
Julia Grant
As illustrated in our new sustainability report, we are becoming more strategic and proactive in our sustainability efforts.
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DRC Cancels Burial Invite For Uganda
Museveni Not Grooming Son
Khadi Defects
By Vision Reporter
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THE DR Congo has withdrawn an invitation to Uganda to attend the burial of President Laurent Kabila slated for today in Kinshasa.
By Richard Mutumba THE DR Congo has withdrawn an invitation to Uganda to attend the burial of President Laurent Kabila slated for today in Kinshasa. State minister for regional cooperation Amama Mbabazi said yesterday as a result, Uganda would not send a delegation to the funeral. Uganda and Rwanda, which back rebels fighting the regime in Kinshasa, said on Monday they were yet to be invited to the funeral. "We have heard from our ambassador in Brussels that an earlier invitation to attend the funeral had been withdrawn. I have therefore asked the ambassador to put the matter in writing," Mbabazi said. Speaking a day after DRC's ambassador in Belgium said he had been instructed to ask both countries to attend today's ceremony, officials in Kampala and Kigali said they would have taken such an offer seriously. "As of last night, we haven't received an invitation. Someone would go if we were invited," President Museveni's press secretary Hope Kivengere told AFP. In Brussels on Sunday, DR Congo ambassador Albert Kisonga, said, "My government instructed me this morning to ask Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi to send, if they wished, representatives to Laurent Kabila's funeral." But Rwandan foreign minister Seth Kamanzi told AFP in Kigali, "We have not received any official invitation, no programme for the ceremonies and we do not intend to invite ourselves to the funeral," "If we had received an invitation we would seriously consider the question," Kamanzi added. Kisonga said this was a sign of "opening up" on the part of the new regime in Kinshasa led by Kabila's son, General Joseph Kabila, 31. Laurent Kabila was shot by a bodyguard last Tuesday in Kinshasa. Meanwhile, US ambassador Martin Brennan yesterday called on President Museveni at State House, Nakasero. Earlier, Museveni received a message from the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi. In another development, First Deputy Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eriya Kategaya has expressed regret over Kabila's assassination. Speaking during an interview on Cameroonian Television, Kategaya said coups and assassinations are outmoded fashions of political change as they do not solve any problems. In a statement issued by the foreign ministry in Kampala, Kategaya renewed Uganda's commitment to the Lusaka peace accord and called for a peaceful settlement. Kategaya represented President Museveni at the 21st Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of Africa and France, in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. Ends
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Endocrinal, nutritional and metabolic conditions: general and other
Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition
Clinical guideline [CG32] Published date: February 2006 Last updated: August 2017
Developing this guideline
Patient-centred care
Key priorities for implementation
2 Research recommendations
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Nutrition support in adults
Quality standard - Nutrition support in adults
This guideline covers identifying and caring for adults who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in their own home or a care home. It offers advice on how oral, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition support should be started, administered and stopped. It aims to support healthcare professionals identify malnourished people and help them to choose the most appropriate form of support.
In August 2017, we updated the links in the footnotes to recommendations 1.3.4 and 1.8.15. Recommendation 1.7.17 was also updated and links added to National Patient Safety Agency documents.
This guideline includes recommendations on:
screening for malnutrition and the risk of malnutrition
indications for nutrition support
what nutrition support to give
monitoring of nutrition support
oral nutrition support
enteral tube feeding
All healthcare workers in hospital and the community who are directly involved in patient care
People who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in their own home or a care home and their families and carers
Is this guideline up to date?
We reviewed the evidence in July 2017. We found no new evidence that affects the recommendations in this guideline.
Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline was previously called nutrition support in adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition.
The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.
Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.
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Phoenix sign Italiano
Ernie Merrick has completed his first Wellington Phoenix signing with former Perth Glory goalkeeper Lewis Italiano joining the club on a one-year contract.
22-year-old Italiano is currently playing for Oakleigh Cannons in the Victoria Premier League and will arrive in Wellington on September 1.
“I want him to play as many games as possible at a good level to get him ready as he will probably be in goal for our opening game against Brisbane Roar with Glen Moss likely to be called up for international duty,” Merrick said.
“Because of the situation the Phoenix is in regarding the number of national team players in the squad, it is vital that we have two good keepers with World Cup qualifying games coming up.”
Merrick said he was confident Italiano, who was understudy to Danny Vukovic at Perth for the past two seasons, would be a valuable acquisition.
“He has had a very good season in the VPL,” Merrick said,
“I-ve had several reports saying he is the best goalkeeper in the league. Also our goalkeeping coach Jonathan Gould worked with him for a season at Perth and knows his character, ability and potential.”
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Enjoy hospitality for Wolves clash
Nottingham Forest host Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday 16 September (kick-off 3pm) and hospitality is still available.
The Castle Club package is available from £55 (+VAT) and offers supporters a truly memorable sporting experience that captures the very essence of Nottingham Forest. Combining a friendly and informal atmosphere with a genuine passion for football, this is a place for the back-seat tacticians, the eternal-optimists and the born and bredders to come together to support the club they love.
Have you ever dreamt about leading The Reds out at The City Ground? The Nottingham Forest mascot package is available from £550 (+VAT), offering children aged 7-12 the opportunity to fulfil their dreams and rub shoulders with their Forest heroes. Lead the first team out in front of over 25,000 supporters and enter the dressing room pre-match as The Reds prepare for the big game.
The club's mascot packages are the ideal way for your child to celebrate a special occasion with friends and family and to feel like part of the first-team squad for the day and make memories that they will never forget.
Or why not take centre stage with Match Ball sponsorship? Available from £1,100 (+ VAT), hear Mull of Kintyre from a whole new perspective as you and a guest step foot on the hallowed City Ground turf to present the match ball to the two captains before kick-off. Included in the package is Robin Hood Suite hospitality for six guests, with an all-inclusive bar, delicious four-course meal, seats in the Peter Taylor Stand, and a first-team player presenting you with a signed match ball.
For more information on the club's hospitality packages or to book, please contact the commercial team on 0115 9824 450 or email hospitality@nottinghamforest.co.uk.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers on 16 Sep 17
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Chapter 411 - Empress Finas’ Eye
Nie Yan refused to believe Bloodlust Blades had more than a few Armoured Catapults. They were extremely costly to manufacture, both in terms of resources and manpower. Although only several of them were enough to destroy the walls of the Blackstone Stronghold, they didn’t pose much of a threat beyond that.
Armoured Catapults were only dangerous in large numbers. A single bombardment could wipe out players in droves. The vast majority of players, save for those over Level 100 with full set equipment, would be instantly killed by the explosive incendiary shells.
Perhaps the Goblin Magic Cannons could destroy the Armoured Catapults before they neared the Blackstone Stronghold by relying on their superior range. However, that would depend on Asskickers United getting them out in time.
This was only the beginning of the siege. Both guilds had brought out their most advanced weaponry.
Aside from manufacturing siege weapons, Asskickers United also had to start focusing on reinforcing the defenses of their strongholds. After provoking the likes of Bloodlust Blades, Alliance of Mages, Divine Protectors, and Angel Corps, their future was guaranteed to be full of strife.
War was fast approaching. Nie Yan understood just how important funding was to Asskickers United at this moment.
「Try to hold out for the next two days,」Nie Yan said. When he returned to the surface, Asskickers United would have at least an additional 1,000,000 gold in capital.
「Two days shouldn’t be a problem. I’ll mobilize the five branch guilds. Even if they can’t do much to the enemy’s forces, they can still buy us a precious few hours,」Guo Huai said. Without accounting for travel time, taking down a stronghold generally took at least a day, which meant the most Bloodlust Blades could accomplish before Nie Yan returned was the occupation of the Blackstone Stronghold. If it really came down to it, Asskickers United could just cut their losses. After all, the stronghold wasn’t going anywhere. It would fall back in their hands after they won the war. All it meant was that their initial investment would be lost.
Asskickers United would have no problem delaying the final battle until Nie Yan returned from the Underworld.
Aside from discussing plans on how to deal with Bloodlust Blades, Nie Yan also ordered Guo Huai to start recruiting more Engineers, Tinkerers, Blacksmiths, and Miners. He feared it would be too late if they waited until the war was over. Since Bloodlust Blades had produced Armoured Catapults, Asskickers United also had to step up the pace, or risk facing grave consequences if they lagged too far behind in terms of both scientific advancements and technology.
What Asskickers United lacked the least right now was Alchemists. Branches of the Starry Night Potion Shop could be found all across the Viridian Empire. With over 600 Alchemists employed, 13 of which were at the Advanced rank, they were unrivalled and could fulfill all the needs of the guild. However, when it came to the other crafting professions, they were sorely underdeveloped.
Guo Huai immediately got to work. Developing players for these several crafting professions would cost at least 100,000 gold. Talented Engineers and Tinkerers were especially hard to find. Thankfully, Nie Yan had given him a list of names, so all he had to do was go down the list. As for Miners, that was a far simpler task. He could recruit five or six hundred in a heartbeat. It was just a shame they couldn’t spare the manpower for mining expeditions in the middle of a war.
Generally, a whole map had to be cleared followed by the construction of a mine before operations could commence.
Doing anything required gold. Wars especially were expensive. It was crucial Nie Yan took full advantage of the Dark Portal!
「Hurry back after you’re finished with your business in the Underworld. Also, that Jewelcrafter you asked me to look for, I’ve already found him,」Guo Huai concluded.
「Alright.」Nie Yan had asked Guo Huai to help him find an Advanced Jewelcrafter because he wanted to use the five Radiant Gems in his possession to upgrade his special items.
The two chatted for a while before hanging up. One of the benefits of the game capsule was that it could link both in-game and real life communications. If Guo Huai had something important to report, he could exit the game and give Nie Yan’s phone a call. Like this, they could circumvent the no-communication restriction when players were in the territories of different factions, allowing Nie Yan to control Asskickers United remotely.
Nie Yan returned his attention to the group of Lava Giants ahead of him. He carefully studied their paths in an attempt to figure out a pattern. Even after intently observing them for a long time, he failed to discover an opening. Do I really have to kill all of them to reach the top of the pillar?
Suddenly, Nie Yan heard the faint sound of trickling water. He investigated further and discovered an underground lake hidden beneath the thick layers of rock. The maps in Conviction were always full of surprises. He hid under a crevice and slowly crawled over there before dipping his finger into the water. Surprisingly, it wasn’t hot at all. He dived in head-first and was greeted by a beautiful underwater world, where the only light was the scant rays that slipped through the cracks between the layers of rock.
As Nie Yan passed by a few crevices, he could see the Lava Giants roaming around above him. After swimming for 150 meters, the pillar was within reach.
Climbing back up to the surface through a crevice, Nie Yan discovered several Lava Giants roaming nearby. He hurriedly activated Disappear and took advantage of the increased Cloaking to approach the pillar and start his ascend.
A moment later, Nie Yan reached the top of the pillar. There he saw an eye calmly floating above a one-meter tall pedestal. It looked like a dazzling emerald emitting a brilliant splendor. It occasionally swiveled around as if it were still alive.
This was Empress Finas’ Eye!
This was the second Occult Item in the quest! Recalling the previous experience with Empress Finas’ Fang, Nie Yan equipped the Detoxifying Marble into his accessory slot before reaching out to take the eye. Suddenly, it trembled and locked onto him.
Nie Yan was struck by a powerful force, every nerve in his body firing off all at once as his skin turned deathly pale.
This was the effect of an Advanced poison!
Nie Yan felt stiff all over as his body was paralyzed. Even moving his fingers was difficult.
−403...
Nie Yan hurriedly activated the Detoxifying Marble as he felt a warm energy course through him and slowly expel the poison.
Nie Yan finally regained control of his body. With the Detoxifying Marble still in effect, he grabbed Empress Finas’ Eye. It resisted violently, trying to break free from his palm. However, his grip remained firm. It gradually lost its brilliance and transformed into an ordinary looking marble.
Nie Yan examined the properties of Empress Finas’ Eye.
Empress Finas’ Eye (Quest Item): Occult Item
Description: Attacks inflict the enemy with poison and reduces their movement speed by 30%.
It was the second of three Occult Items, and boasted pretty decent properties. Nie Yan checked his quest log.
Quest Progress: Search for Empress Finas’ Venom Sac, Occult Item (2/3).
One more to go… Nie Yan wondered what sort of reward he would get for completing this quest. As for whether it would end there or continue on into another quest, he wasn’t too sure.
Nie Yan put away Empress Finas’ Eye in his bag. Although he had collected the eye, Bennett’s Soul didn’t look like it was ready to stop. It danced around him and tried to guide him somewhere else.
Surveying his surroundings, Nie Yan spotted a crevice below the pillar. He jumped back down and dove into the water. He started swimming forward, following after Bennett’s Soul.
Gazing down at the serene depths of the lake, all Nie Yan saw was a large span of darkness along with the faint glow of lava here and there. Large clusters of gas bubbles would occasionally rise up and cloud his vision.
Nie Yan was eventually led to an underwater ridge. As he moved along the ridge, he discovered another cave.
I should still have enough breath left. Nie Yan swam into the cave. Travelling deeper inside, he noticed man-made scribblings on the walls. Could someone be living here?
Pushing these doubts to the back of his mind, Nie Yan pressed forward. As he looked around, he noticed all sorts of strange veiny runes drawn into the walls. They were made out of a black substance and stretched all the way into the depths of the cave.
Nie Yan eventually arrived in a stone room, where he could see the flicker of a figure’s shadow. Any monster or NPC that was residing here would at least be Level 80!
Nie Yan became wary. He slowed his movements and entered stealth. The stone room was roughly 50 by 50 meters, and was completely empty save for an NPC in tattered clothes sitting at the center. He was surrounded by black rope-like lines which converged on him and extended out all across the floor and walls.
This was a sealing formation!
Nie Yan looked at the NPC’s face and saw a bare white skull with two red flames flickering in the eye sockets.
It was an undead NPC!
Nie Yan’s heart tightened. At this moment, the NPC raised his head and looked in his direction. He felt like he was completely laid bare under his gaze.
“Human, what are you doing here?” the NPC asked in the Ancient Common Language, his voice hoarse.
The Modern Common Language had replaced the Ancient Common Language in the Viridian Empire hundreds of years ago. This meant the NPC had been around since at least the Era of Shared Governance!
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Man dies in early morning wreck on SR-20
LAUREN SAGE REINLIE / Daily News
BRUCE � A 30-year-old Freeport man died after wrecking his car on early Sunday morning.
Jerad McCormick, who grew up in the area and attended Freeport High School, was driving west about a mile past Clark Circle about 4:30 a.m. when the wreck occurred, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
He drifted off the road once, veered back and then drifted off again, causing his car to spin out and into a tree.
His 1998 Nissan rolled over several times, landing on its roof on the north shoulder of the road.
McCormick succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, the FHP reported.
He was wearing a seatbelt.
No one else was in the vehicle.
The crash remains under investigation by an FHP traffic homicide unit.
It was unknown whether alcohol was a factor.
McCormick was taken to the Medical Examiner�s Office in Pensacola for an autopsy.
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New York Representative Hopes To End White Privilege Habit Of Calling Police For Persons Being Black
August 24, 2018 by Arkady Bukh
Kenzie Smith was firing up a grill at a park in Oakland. He was enjoying the art of barbecuing, something his family at done, in the same park, for generations. Drama unfolded when Jennifer Schulte, a white woman, call the cops on Smith who is black.
Schulte’s complaint? Using charcoal in an undesignated area in the park.
While the drama didn’t end in violence, many other altercations between racist whites and innocent blacks do.
The Oakland incident didn’t trigger any arrests and Smith wasn’t fined. The matter underscore the truth that many whites are incapable of understanding racism — and their complicity in it.
From white persons calling 911 on blacks for everything from enjoying a family BBQ in a public park, to a little girl selling lemonade outside of her store and a woman calling the cops on a Mexican construction crew, it seems the country has gone off-kilter.
Under a proposed law in New York, the Oakland woman who called 911 to report the barbecue, the Starbucks manager who called the police on two customers and the Yale student who reported a fellow student for napping would be charged and prosecuted had they called in New York State.
The Pattern Must Stop
These stories and more have gone viral and have become the catalyst for one New York legislator’s proposal.
New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton is working to make it a hate crime on call 911 on innocent black individuals. It’s an issue Hamilton has had personal experience with. Hamilton, who is black, once watched as a Trump supporter called the cops on him when when he was campaigning.
Hamilton represents the Brownsville, Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
“That should be a hate crime,” said Arkady Bukh, a noted New York criminal defense lawyer. “This pattern of calling law enforcement on people going about their own business has to stop.”
Hamilton’s bill will strengthen the existing legislation which outlaws false reports by categorizing racially-motivated 911 calls as a hate crime.
If Hamilton’s bill passes, law enforcement will make the determination if a 911 call was made with a racial basis or not. Bukh is concerned about leaving the decision up to New York cops.
“We’re putting the responsibility in the hands of a predatory institution,” Bukh said. “I don’t feel comfortable with that.”
The law would not punish people who mistakenly call 911 about someone who seems legitimately threatening.
People like Schulte need to be held accountable. Hamilton’s bill for white accountability through penalties is not misguided and racist behavior can be mitigated by forcing the guilty to pay for their ignorance.
Financial penalties are not perfect, but can be a solid pre-emptive measure.
The Smith/Schulte incident in Oakland shows racism continues to run rampant while whites are clueless about how it operates.
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Our outreach to culinary professionals extends to four working chefs in the NYC vicinity, who perform throughout the day on the Celebrity Chef Stage in “Central Park.”
In addition, scholarship winners from two culinary schools compete for best day-part food item, utilizing produce items foraged from trade show booths during the show.
2018 Chef Demonstrations
Jacob Javits Center Hall 1C “Central Park” Center Stage
Chef Tony Merola®
Easily one of the more recognizable figures in the produce industry, Chef Tony Merola is back doing what he loves doing: Cooking. Seminars. Educating the foodservice and retail segments of the produce industry on ways to best handle and use fruits and vegetables.
Chef Merola founded Merola Marketing Group Inc. in 1998 after leaving Brooks Tropicals. With expertise in avocados, mangos, papayas and a wide variety of lettuces, he spent the next four years on the seminar circuit before joining Litehouse in 2002. While his day-to-day commitment was in promoting the Must-A-Kraut® Line, with his name Chef Tony Merola® brand and likeness, Tony remained in produce via licensing agreements that were in place for a number of products, including BBQ Sauce, Hot Sauce, Tomato Sauces.
In 1996, Chef Merola added author to his list of accomplishments with the release of the cookbook, Floribbean Flavors, which fuses the Latino, Caribbean and Anglo cuisines of South Florida into one cuisine dubbed Floribbean.
Ciarán Duffy
Vice President, Corporate Executive Chef, Moe’s Southwest Grill®
Ciarán Duffy joined Moe’s Southwest Grill, a brand within the FOCUS Brands portfolio, as Vice President and Corporate Executive Chef after previously holding the position as Director of Research & Development for FOCUS Brands Channels Group developing licensed products for the consumer packaged goods and foodservice divisions, for each of the Focus Brands snack and restaurant brands.
Chef Ciarán brings more than 20 years of professional culinary experience to the table and is extremely passionate about providing a holistic dining experience for guests. Born in Dublin, Ireland to a European pastry chef, Ciarán got his start at just eight years old helping his father in their family restaurant. He comes to Moe’s with a diverse culinary background – cooking all over the world, his roots are well grounded in French-classic cuisine and has restaurant ownership experience. He previously oper.ated an Asian-fusion street food restaurant in Atlanta. Ciarán’s energy and passion for food, along with his dedication to providing a great dining experience allows him to bring a fresh perspective to the Southwestern cuisine Moe’s serves.
Ciarán works with the Moe’s leadership team and franchise community on menu innovation to create new platforms, flavor profiles and ingredients to continue the bold and unique dining experience at Moe’s.
Matt Mckinney
Culinary Manager, Moe’s Southwest Grill®
Matt McKinney is part of the Moe’s Southwest Grill culinary team, a brand within the Atlanta-based Focus Brands portfolio. Matt preceded this position with a 12-year career at Moe’s Southwest Grill. Matt’s background includes culinary, operations and training, which he brings to the culinary team for product innovation.
Matt has 20 years of experience in restaurants and a passion for food and custom.er service. Born in Roswell, GA, Matt got his start at fourteen years of age working in kitchens. Although he has spent years in a variety of foodservice operations, Moe’s is the brand that has brought his true culinary passion of Mexican and Southwest food to the forefront. Matt gets this passion from traveling throughout the country, friends, colleagues, and most especially, from his wife and in-laws who have taught him about their Mexican culture.
In his role as Culinary Manager, Matt works with the Corporate Executive Chef, the Moe’s team and the franchise community on product innovation and development. He is tasked with creating recipes, training materials and operationally sound prod.ucts to elevate the Moe’s guest experience.
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Robin Williams Mocks Apple's Siri
By Sajid Farooq
Published Dec 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM | Updated at 5:30 PM PST on Dec 2, 2011
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The pride of San Francisco's comedy scene isn't too impressed with what another Bay Area icon is offering the world.
Funnyman Robin Williams stop by the Ellen Degeneres Show this week and offered an impression of the Apple iPhone's Siri feature.
Not only did the comedian mock the voice of the app but he also took the opportunity to rail on what the iPhone has done to society.
In a mock response from Siri to an iPhone owner, Williams had a little fun at Apple's expense.
"Look around you, why must you ask a phone?" He said in a mocking French Siri accent. "Live your life. Taking pictures with your phone. Look. Look and then paint."
Check out the full clip from the show below.
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Hum Mutat. 2011 Jan;32(1):25-32. doi: 10.1002/humu.21382. Epub 2010 Nov 16.
HaploGrep: a fast and reliable algorithm for automatic classification of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups.
Kloss-Brandstätter A1, Pacher D, Schönherr S, Weissensteiner H, Binna R, Specht G, Kronenberg F.
Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria. anita.kloss@i-med.ac.at
An ongoing source of controversy in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) research is based on the detection of numerous errors in mtDNA profiles that led to erroneous conclusions and false disease associations. Most of these controversies could be avoided if the samples' haplogroup status would be taken into consideration. Knowing the mtDNA haplogroup affiliation is a critical prerequisite for studying mechanisms of human evolution and discovering genes involved in complex diseases, and validating phylogenetic consistency using haplogroup classification is an important step in quality control. However, despite the availability of Phylotree, a regularly updated classification tree of global mtDNA variation, the process of haplogroup classification is still time-consuming and error-prone, as researchers have to manually compare the polymorphisms found in a population sample to those summarized in Phylotree, polymorphism by polymorphism, sample by sample. We present HaploGrep, a fast, reliable and straight-forward algorithm implemented in a Web application to determine the haplogroup affiliation of thousands of mtDNA profiles genotyped for the entire mtDNA or any part of it. HaploGrep uses the latest version of Phylotree and offers an all-in-one solution for quality assessment of mtDNA profiles in clinical genetics, population genetics and forensics. HaploGrep can be accessed freely at http://haplogrep.uibk.ac.at.
© 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
10.1002/humu.21382
Publication type, MeSH terms, Substance
Algorithms*
DNA, Mitochondrial/classification*
DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics*
Databases, Genetic
Haplotypes/genetics*
Software/trends
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Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct. 1998;27:133-64.
The structure and mechanism of protein phosphatases: insights into catalysis and regulation.
Barford D1, Das AK, Egloff MP.
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. davidb@biop.ox.ac.uk
Eukaryotic protein phosphatases are structurally and functionally diverse enzymes that are represented by three distinct gene families. Two of these, the PPP and PPM families, dephosphorylate phosphoserine and phosphothreonine residues, whereas the protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) dephosphorylate phosphotyrosine amino acids. A subfamily of the PTPs, the dual-specificity phosphatases, dephosphorylate all three phosphoamino acids. Within each family, the catalytic domains are highly conserved, with functional diversity endowed by regulatory domains and subunits. The protein Ser/Thr phosphatases are metalloenzymes and dephosphorylate their substrates in a single reaction step using a metal-activated nucleophilic water molecule. In contrast, the PTPs catalyze dephosphorylation by use of a cysteinyl-phosphate enzyme intermediate. The crystal structures of a number of protein phosphatases have been determined, enabling us to understand their catalytic mechanisms and the basis for substrate recognition and to begin to provide insights into molecular mechanisms of protein phosphatase regulation.
10.1146/annurev.biophys.27.1.133
Macromolecular Substances
Models, Molecular
Multigene Family
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/chemistry*
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/genetics
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism*
Protein Conformation*
Protein Structure, Secondary
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/chemistry
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/metabolism
Substrate Specificity
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
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Title: Dramatic Underground Facility Completed for MECC
Journal: Police Chief Volume:56 Issue:10 Dated:(October 1989) Pages:130-131
Author(s): Anonymous
Type: Program Description (Model)
Annotation: In the spring of 1989 the Minneapolis Department of Emergency Communications moved into a dramatic new underground facility that combines the nearly century-old architectural character of its building with modern electronic systems and work facilities for those who answer emergency 911 calls and provide police and fire radio dispatching for the city.
Abstract: The construction cost was $2.4 million. The electronic subsystems include a computer-aided dispatch system, an enhanced call processing system, computerized radio control consoles, and audio recording facilities. Other features of the facility include a two-level space for administrative and support functions, an operations center with space for 10 operators and 10 dispatchers, meeting and training space, a kitchen, a room for quiet breaks, an exercise room, an observation gallery for visitors, closed-circuit television and radio systems, and a redesigned area for police property and evidence. Photographs.
Main Term(s): Communications units (police); Police facilities
Index Term(s): Dispatching; Emergency communications; Minnesota; Nine-one-one (911) emergency telephone number
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Home / Brands / Remington
Bear & Son Cutlery and Remington Outdoor Company (ROC) have announced a partnership agreement to manufacture a new line of collectible and functional cutlery products. The collection will offer all of the sleek design of a Bear & Son knife with the rugged durability that sportsmen have come to rely on from Remington. Both companies stress the importance of quality products made in the USA.
The new line will be launched in August with the release of an updated version of the legendary Remington Bullet knife, which the companies have successfully manufactured together since 2006. In 2015, Bear & Son will become ROC’s exclusive licensee for cutlery.
The knives will be handcrafted at the Bear & Son plant in Jacksonville, Alabama, where tooling, pressing, heat-treating, grinding, hafting, finishing, and assembly occur.
“Our factory is unique because of the extensive in-house work we do, from research and development to hand finishing,” said Ken Griffey, president of Bear & Son. “The methods we employ ensure that all of our knives are high quality, yet affordable, and our commitment to excellence is steeped in a rich family tradition of craftsmanship.”
“With a history dating back to 1920 of producing only the finest knives, it was critical for Remington to pick the right partner,” said Kevin Graff, senior vice-president and general manager of Business and Consumer Development, ROC. “The dedication, professionalism, and commitment to quality at every level of Bear & Son have become clear to us over the years of our collaboration. That is why we are excited to take our partnership to the next level – one that includes exclusivity in the cutlery space beginning in 2015.”
The expanded Remington line will offer several new and innovative products including an extension of the Remington Defense Tactical Knives and some additions to the popular 700 and 870 Series. New knives will also be added to the popular Remington Sportsman Series.
Remington Stainless Guthook Hunting Knife R11915
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Brighton Appliance Repairs Ltd - 01273 358383
Queensbury House, 106 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XF
Brighton Appliance Repairs
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We cover all of Brighton & Worthing & surrounding areas including most of West Sussex and Surrey. We have a dedicated professional team of Service Engineers and office staff and carry out sales, installations and on site repairs to built in integrated and free standing washing machines, dishwashers, tumble dryers, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, cookers, hobs, extractors and cooker hoods both domestic and commercial.
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Controversy Continues to Surround Geographic Domain Names
Written on 01 October, 2007 by Netregistry
Categories Domains
Australia's domain name regulator, auDA, is to sell a portfolio of valuable 320 geographic domain names including Australia’s capital city canberra.com.au.
These domain names were part of an original ballot in 2005 that saw the release of 2700 previously reserved geographic names in the com.au and net.au name spaces.
The original 2005 ballot of 2700 geographic domains was planned to fund the launch of eight new domain spaces for Australia; nsw.au, nt.au, tas.au, act.au, wa.au, vic.au, qld.au, sa.au, to compliment the existing name spaces under com.au, net.au, gov.au, etc. Each of the 2700 domains were randomly allocated to interested parties at AU$825 and the same price is being placed on the soon-to-be-released 320 names.
The 320 names are being re-released due to a legal issue with the previous registrant.
Leading Australian domain name registrar Netregistry was concerned about auDA’s practice of using valuable geographic domain names to fund the new name spaces. Since launch, only 18 new ‘community domain names’ under these new names spaces have been registered.
“One year on from the formation of the new name spaces, only eighteen of the new style domains have been registered”, says Larry Bloch, CEO Netregistry. “2700 highly valuable domain names were sold with over $1m dollars of the proceeds used to fund community geographics with only 18 names afer 12 months. This is the most spectacularly unsuccessful name space launch globally ever.”
Netregistry is concerned at this practice of funding small interest projects through badly administered schemes. Such controversies affect the reputation of the domain name industry in Australia. Netregistry worries that poor management and controversial decisions disrupts and distorts an otherwise principled online business community.
The 320 remaining geographic domains will be released on 21 October. You will need to be an Australian registered business to own one.
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Local therapist advocates for Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
Jennifer Westendorp, staff Wednesday, Mar. 20th, 2019
Photo: Jennifer Westendorp-Juice FM.
Leeds and Grenville needs a Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, according to local therapist Meagan Cumming. She says the county is one of the few places in the province that doesn’t have one.
Cumming, along with Victim Services Leeds & Grenville Executive Director Sonya Jodoin, presented to North Grenville Council last night.
Jodoin says Sexual Assault Crisis Centres are funded by the Ministry of the Attorney General. She says the county doesn’t get any of that funding and relies on Victim Services and the Assault Response & Care Centre in Brockville to fill the gap. Jodoin says the Ministry is reviewing its programming currently and now is the time to advocate for services.
Jodoin says only 5 per cent of sexual assault victims come forward. Between 2015 and 2016, Victim Services saw about 110 victims, which means around 2,200 potential victims throughout the county.
Jodoin says the numbers are going up. She says based on the 5 per cent assumption, over 14,000 people in Leeds and Grenville have been sexually assaulted in the past four years or are victims of historical sexual assaults.
Cumming asked council to help Steve Clark, Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP, push for funding. Council passed a resolution to draft a letter of support.
If anyone has questions, contact Cumming directly by emailing meagan@shula.ca.
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Edmonton woman quits Claire’s after refusing to pierce tearful seven-year-old’s ears
The company says it has reiterated and clarified its policy to all staff
Joti Grewal
Raylene Marks, who quit a job at a Claire’s store in Edmonton, wrote an open letter to the company asking them to change their piercing policy after an incident with a seven-year-old girl. (@bargainmoose/Flickr)
An Alberta woman quit her job at a Claire’s store after she was told she should not have refused to pierce a crying seven-year-old girl’s ear.
Raylene Marks posted an open letter to Facebook last weekend, asking the U.S.-based accessories and jewelry retailer to change their “right to refuse a piercing” policy after an incident the week prior at one of the stores in the Edmonton area.
The girl who came into the store with her mother “pleaded and sobbed for 30 minutes not to be pierced,” Marks wrote.
“She expressed that she didn’t want us touching her, that we were standing too close, that she was feeling uncomfortable. She made it clear she no longer wanted to get her ears pierced.”
Marks said the mother told her daughter they could leave, but that she was also pressuring the child to go through with it.
Marks told her colleague she wasn’t going to do it, and was relieved when the mother decided they would indeed go home.
The next day, she said she told her manager about it and was told she “would have had no choice but to do it.”
She said she suggested a scenario in which a mother is physically restraining the child, yelling at her to get the piercing, while the girl cries and protests.
“My manager did not hesitate to respond, ‘Yes, you do the piercing.’”
She said gave her notice that day.
READ MORE: Parents in this B.C. city can no longer opt kids out of class for personal beliefs
Marks went on to say Claire’s policy states an employee can only refuse to perform a piercing “if it won’t be successful,” and no mention of a right to refuse if they are concerned about a child’s welfare.
“I implore you to consider changing this policy that blatantly ignores every child who vocally protests, cries, shows obvious signs of distress or is physically restrained by their alleged guardian while they sob and beg to be released,” she wrote.
A public relations firm responded on behalf of Claire’s, saying in an email the company feels Marks acted appropriately, and reiterated and clarified the policy to all staff to ensure its intent is clear.
“We are investigating the specific store instances she mentions, and will take appropriate corrective action,” the statement said. “Customer well-being is our main priority and our existing ear piercing policy ensures that if a child is distressed or resisting the procedure, Claire’s employees can refuse to continue the piercing.”
joti.grewal@bpdigital.ca
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Up until now, the internet has been organized into a handful of generic top-level domains (TLDs, or gTLDs) which were limited to three letters — .com, .org, .gov, .net, .biz, .edu, and so on. Until recently, the list of TLDs stood at 22 extensions.
In early 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international authority over top-level domain names, approved the expansion of the number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which included allowing companies and organizations to create domains for their brands. NAR has been following this initiative since ICANN first began considering the introduction of a new round of gTLDs in 2005.
To make it easier for home buyers, sellers and investors to locate a trusted valued source of real estate information, resources and services online, NAR has secured the branded .realtor top-level domain (TLD) as an alternative to the commonly used .com and .org.
NAR believes the new domain name creates a more positive experience for consumers who are seeking expert information and services and want to ensure they are working with a REALTOR®, a real estate professional committed to abide by a strict Code of Ethics. Given the internet's convenience and round-the-clock accessibility, REALTORS® know that every year a growing number of consumers turn to the internet as a source of information. According to NAR research, nearly nine out of 10 recent buyers used the internet in their home search process.
NAR has also entered into an exclusive marketing partnership with The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), the exclusive licensors of the REALTOR® mark in Canada. REALTOR® members of CREA will also be able to use the domain to provide consumers in Canada the same advantages, making .realtor™ truly North American in scope.
As an early adopter, NAR has been working closely for over 7 years with Second Generation, an Embrescia family investment firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio and registry operator for the top-level domain .jobs, throughout the application, review and development process to bring the .realtor™ solution to the real estate industry.
NAR, through Real Estate Domains LLC (RED), has filed with ICANN for the .realtor™ TLD. RED was created for the sole purpose of applying for and operating the .realtor™ TLD. NAR has also submitted applications for the .realestate and .home top level domains through a partnership of its wholly owned subsidiary, the REALTORS® Information Network (RIN) and DotHome, LLC.
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ICANN and Top-Level Domains
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers)
Root Zone Database (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
What Is a Top-Level Domain (TLD)?
What is a TLD? (Hostinger, May 7, 2019)
TLD (ICANNWiki, Jan. 9, 2017)
Why the TLD Structure Is Changing & What It Means for the Internet
Association Agenda: Internet Sticker Shock (Associations Now, Jun. 2, 2019)
Internet Grows to 351.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the First Quarter of 2019 (Business Wire, May 30, 2019) E
ICANN Encourages Registry Operators to Adopt Industry Best Practices and Rights Protection Measures (AEI, Apr. 23, 2019)
Four Things to Think About When Considering Domain Names (TechRadar, Apr. 1, 2019)
New TLDs, Five Years In (Domain Name Wire, Feb. 28, 2019)
Rampant Spam, Falling Registrations Show New gTLDs Have Limited Business Value (TechRepublic, Jun. 15, 2018)
The .realtor™ and .realestate Domains
Learn why NAR launched .realtor™, and find out what it means for you:
get.realtor — Claim your .realtor™ domain here
5 Tips for Using NAR’s Online Domain in Your Business (RISMedia, May 28, 2019)
Mapping Your .REALTOR Domain to Placester (Placester, May 20, 2019)
Make Double the Marketing Impact With .realestate (REALTOR® Magazine, Nov. 12, 2018)
Become the Master of Your .realtor™ Domain (REALTOR® Magazine, Dec. 2014)
.realtor™ Launch Fact Sheet (National Association of REALTORS®, 2013)
Association .realtor™ Marketing Program (National Association of REALTORS®, 2014)
Top-Level Domains and Your Business
Strategies for Getting the Most Out of Your New Domain Name (Forbes, May 22, 2019)
Goodbye, .com, Hello, .inc: The Rise of Premium TLDs (Inc., May 7, 2019)
Do I Still Need a .com TLD for My Business? (Hub Spot, Mar. 25, 2019)
A Thousand Plus Top Level Domains for What? Who Cares? Google Does! (Realty Times, Aug. 31, 2018)
Top-Level Domains Are Evolving--and Marketers Should Take Notice (The Next Web, Jan. 22, 2018)
Premium Domain Names Fetch Higher Prices (REALTOR® Magazine, Jan. 4, 2018)
eBooks & Other Resources
101 Ways to Promote Your Real Estate Website (Kindle, eBook)
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Website ( eBook)
I’ve Got a Domain Name—Now What??? (Kindle, eBook)
Building Websites All-In-One For Dummies (Kindle, eBook)
101 Ways to Promote Your Website (Kindle, eBook)
The Rough Guide to the Internet (eBook)
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Natera Presents Breast Cancer Data at SABCS Showing Ability of Signatera (RUO) to Detect Molecular Residual Disease Up to Two Years Prior to Clinical Relapse and Predict Treatment Response
Study Demonstrates Utility of Assay in Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment Settings
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a leader in non-invasive genetic testing and the analysis of cell-free DNA, presented data from two studies this week at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), demonstrating the ability of its Signatera™ RUO (research-use-only) circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay to detect molecular residual disease (MRD) up to two years prior to clinical relapse and to predict treatment response in breast cancer.
Both breast cancer studies included a cross-section of patient subtypes, including HER2-positive, hormone receptor-positive, and triple-negative.
I-SPY 2 study*: In a cohort of 82 high-risk early-stage breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy, the change of measurable ctDNA from positive to negative during neoadjuvant treatment predicted therapeutic response, while failure to clear ctDNA after neoadjuvant treatment correlated with poor clinical outcomes (p<0.001). ctDNA levels were also associated with tumor burden as determined by imaging (p<0.01). Abstract 1259: Personalized serial circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis in high-risk early stage breast cancer patients to monitor and predict response to neoadjuvant therapy and outcome in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL.
Leicester/Imperial study: In a cohort of 49 breast cancer patients who received adjuvant therapy, Signatera (RUO) detected molecular residual disease with a lead time of up to two years prior to clinical or radiological detection (median 8.9** months; range 0.5–24.0 months). Overall, Signatera (RUO) detected clinical relapse with a sensitivity of 89 percent and specificity of 100 percent. Abstract 1266: Early detection of residual breast cancer through a robust, scalable and personalized analysis of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) antedates overt metastatic recurrence.
"Our outstanding performance using Signatera (RUO) in clinical studies to detect molecular residual disease and monitor treatment response across lung, bladder, and colon cancers continues in breast cancer," said Jimmy Lin, M.D., Ph.D., MHS, Natera's Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology. "We look forward to sharing this new data and discussing the implications for using Signatera more broadly in clinical trials for patient selection, prognostic evaluation, treatment response monitoring, and recurrence monitoring in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and metastatic settings."
"The consistently strong performance of this assay demonstrates that our unique approach is realizing the promise of personalized medicine in local-regionally advanced early-stage cancer management," said Alexey Aleshin, M.D., Oncology Medical Director, Natera. "The body of evidence is building, and we are excited to see these new results in breast cancer. This represents a key milestone in making our assay available for clinical practice and for use in novel neoadjuvant and adjuvant clinical trial designs."
About Signatera (Research-Use-Only)
Signatera (RUO) is the first ctDNA assay custom-built for treatment monitoring and molecular residual disease assessment. The Signatera (RUO) methodology differs from currently available liquid biopsy assays, which test for a panel of genes independent of an individual's tumor. Signatera (RUO) provides each patient with a customized blood test tailored to match the mutations found in that individual's tumor tissue, which maximizes sensitivity and specificity. Signatera (RUO) also allows researchers to track additional mutations of interest, up to several hundred mutations, for clinical studies.
The body of evidence on the utility of Signatera is growing. A 2017 study demonstrated the Signatera (RUO) method's ability to detect molecular residual disease, measure treatment response, and identify recurrence up to 11 months earlier than the standard of care for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with 93 percent sensitivity and zero false positives.1 Additional research presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology 2018 Congress showed successful results from bladder and colorectal cancer studies, including median detection points of ctDNA that were 3.3 and 7.9 months, respectively, ahead of clinical relapse detection.2,3
Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing. The mission of the company is to transform the management of diseases worldwide. Natera operates an ISO 13485-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in San Carlos, Calif. It offers a host of proprietary genetic testing services to inform physicians who care for pregnant women, researchers in cancer including bio pharmaceutical companies, and genetic laboratories through its cloud-based software platform. For more information, visit natera.com. Follow Natera on LinkedIn and Twitter.
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements and are not a representation that Natera's plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Natera's expectations as of the date of this press release, and Natera disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including with respect to our efforts to develop and commercialize new product offerings, our ability to successfully increase demand for and grow revenues for our product offerings, whether the results of clinical studies will support the use of our product offerings, our expectations of the reliability, accuracy and performance of our screening tests, or of the benefits of our screening tests and product offerings to patients, providers and payers. Additional risks and uncertainties are discussed in greater detail in "Risk Factors" in Natera's recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q and in other filings Natera makes with the SEC from time to time. These documents are available at www.natera.com/investors and www.sec.gov.
Mike Brophy, CFO, Natera, Inc., 650-249-9090
Barbara Sullivan, Sullivan & Associates, 714-374-6174, bsullivan@sullivanpr.com
*I-SPY 2 TRIAL stands for "Investigation of Serial studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging And moLecular analysis 2" (NCT01042379). The goal is to identify improved treatment regimens for subsets of patients on the basis of molecular characteristics (biomarker signatures) of their disease. New drugs enter the trial as those that have undergone testing complete their evaluation. Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) is the sponsor of the I-SPY 2 TRIAL, and is a 501C(3) charitable organization established in 2005 as a collaboration between medical researchers at University of California, San Francisco and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Quantum Leap provides operational, financial, and regulatory oversight to I-SPY. www.quantumleaphealth.org
**Abstract data updated after publication.
Abbosh C, et al. Phylogenetic ctDNA analysis depicts early-stage lung cancer evolution. Nature 545, 446–451 (2017) http://doi.org/10.1038/nature22364.
Reinert T, Henriksen TV, Rasmussen MH, et al. Serial Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis for Detection of Residual Disease, Assessment of Adjuvant Therapy Efficacy and for Early Recurrence Detection in Colorectal Cancer. Poster presented at: European Society for Medical Oncology Annual Congress; October 21, 2018; Munich, Germany. Abstract 456PD.
Birkenkamp-Demtröder K, Christensen E, Sethi H, et al. Sequencing of Plasma cfDNA from Patients with Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer for Surveillance and Therapeutic Efficacy Monitoring. Poster presented at: European Society for Medical Oncology Annual Congress; October 20, 2018; Munich, Germany. Abstract 86P.
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Closing a Business > Index ranking: Doing Business studies the time and cost of bankruptcy proceedings involving domestic entities. The data are derived from survey responses by local law firms. Answers are provided by a senior partner at each firm in cooperation with 1 or 2 junior associates. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Cost of business start-up procedures > % of GNI per capita: Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
Dealing with Licenses > Index ranking: Doing Business records all procedures required for a business in the construction industry to build a standardized warehouse. These include obtaining all necessary licenses and permits, completing all required notifications and inspections and submitting the relevant documents (for example, building plans and site maps) to the authorities. Doing Business also records procedures for obtaining utility connections, such as electricity, telephone, water and sewerage. The survey divides the process of building a warehouse into distinct procedures and calculates the time and cost of completing each procedure under normal circumstances. Information is collected from construction lawyers, construction firms and public officials who deal with building regulations. To make the data comparable across countries, several assumptions about the business and the procedures are used. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Ease of Doing Business > Index ranking: Ranking for ease of doing business. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Enforcing Contracts > Index ranking: Indicators on enforcing contracts measure the efficiency of the judicial (or administrative) system in the collection of overdue debt. The data are built by following the step-by-step evolution of a payment dispute either before local courts or through an administrative process, if such a process is available and preferred by creditors. The data are collected through study of the codes of civil procedures and other court regulations as well as surveys of local litigation lawyers. At least 2 lawyers participate in each country, and in a quarter of the countries judges also complete the survey. To ensure comparability, survey respondents are provided with significant detail, including the amount of the claim, the location and main characteristics of the litigants, the presence of city regulations, the nature of the remedy requested by the plaintiff, the merit of the plaintiff ’s and the defendant’s claims and the social implications of the judicial outcomes. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Getting Credit > Index ranking: Doing Business constructs measures on the legal rights of lenders and credit information sharing. The first set of indicators describes how well collateral and bankruptcy laws facilitate lending. The second set measures the coverage, scope, quality and accessibility of credit information available through public and private credit registries. The data on credit information sharing are built in 2 stages. First, banking supervision authorities and public information sources are surveyed to confirm the presence of public credit registries and private credit information bureaus. Second, when applicable, a detailed survey on the public or private credit registry’s structure, law and associated rules collects data in 5 areas: * Coverage of the market. * Scope of distributed information. * Access to data. * Quality of data. * Laws on information sharing and quality of data. Survey responses are verified through several rounds of follow-up communication with respondents as well as by contacting third parties and consulting public sources. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Hiring and Firing > Index ranking: Every economy has established a complex system of laws and institutions intended to protect the interests of workers and to guarantee a minimum standard of living for its population. The OECD Job Study and the International Encyclopedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations identify 4 areas subject to statutory regulation in all countries: employment, social security, industrial relations and occupational health and safety. Doing Business focuses on the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This year data on social security payments by the employer and pension benefits, including the mandatory retirement age, have been added. The data on hiring and firing workers are based on a detailed survey of employment and social security regulations. The survey is completed by local law firms. The employment laws of most countries are available online in the NATLEX database, published by the International Labour Organization. In all cases both actual laws and secondary sources are used to ensure accuracy. Conflicting answers are further checked against 2 additional sources, including a local legal treatise on employment regulation. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Paying Taxes > Index ranking: Doing Business records the tax that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of the administrative burden in paying taxes. Taxes are measured at all levels of government and include the corporate income tax, the personal income tax withheld by the company, the value added tax or sales tax, property taxes, property transfer taxes, the dividend tax, the capital gains tax, the financial transactions tax, waste collection taxes and vehicle and road taxes. To measure the tax paid by a standardized business and the complexity of a country’s tax law, a case study is prepared with a set of financial statements and assumptions about transactions made over the year. Experts in each country compute the taxes owed for their jurisdiction based on the standardized case facts. Information on the frequency of filing, audits and other costs of compliance is also compiled. The project is developed and implemented in cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Protecting Investors > Index ranking: Doing Business measures the strength of minority shareholder protections against directors’ misuse of corporate assets for personal gain. The indicators distinguish 3 dimensions of investor protection: transparency of transactions (extent of disclosure index), liability for self-dealing (extent of director liability index) and shareholders’ ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct (ease of shareholder suits index). The data come from a survey of corporate lawyers and are based on company laws, codes of civil procedure and securities regulations. To make the data comparable across countries, several assumptions about the business and the transaction are used. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Registering Property > Index ranking: Doing Business records the full sequence of procedures necessary when a business purchases land and a building to transfer the property title from the seller to the buyer, so that the buyer can use it for expanding his business, as collateral in taking new loans, or, if necessary, to sell it to another business. Every required procedure is included, whether it is the responsibility of the seller or the buyer or required to be completed by a third party on their behalf. Local property lawyers and property registries provide information on required procedures as well as the time and cost to complete each of them. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Starting a Business > Index ranking: Doing Business records all generic procedures that are officially required for an entrepreneur to start up and operate an industrial or commercial business. These include obtaining all necessary licenses and permits and completing any required notifications, verifications or inscriptions with relevant authorities. After a study of laws, regulations and publicly available information on business entry, a detailed list of procedures, time, cost and paid-in minimum capital requirements is developed. Subsequently, local incorporation lawyers and government officials complete and verify the data on applicable procedures, the time and cost of complying with each procedure under normal circumstances and the paid-in minimum capital. On average 4 law firms participate in each country. Information is also collected on the sequence in which procedures are to be completed and whether procedures may be carried out simultaneously. It is assumed that any required information is readily available and that all government and nongovernment agencies involved in the start-up process function efficiently and without corruption. If answers by local experts differ, inquiries continue until the data are reconciled. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Trading Across Borders > Index ranking: Home > Methodology > Trading Across Borders Print this page Print Trading Across Borders Doing Business compiles procedural requirements for exporting and importing a standardized cargo of goods. Every official procedure for importing and exporting the goods is recorded -- from the contractual agreement between the two parties to the delivery of goods -- along with the time necessary for completion. All documents and signatures required for clearance of the goods across the border are also recorded. For importing goods, procedures range from the vessel’s arrival at the port of entry to the cargo’s delivery at the factory warehouse. For exporting goods, procedures range from the packing of the goods at the factory to their departure from the port of exit. Local freight forwarders, shipping lines, customs brokers and port officials provide information on required documents and signatures as well as the time to complete each procedure. NOTE: This is a ranking derived from several indicators, 1 being the best (ranked first). The higher the number on this graph, the lower their overall ranking. Invert this graph by clicking on 'Amount' at the top. Consult source for details on methodology.
Closing a Business > Index ranking 28 2005 127th out of 154
Cost of business start-up procedures > % of GNI per capita 2.1% 2009 149th out of 172
Dealing with Licenses > Index ranking 113 2005 38th out of 149
Ease of Doing Business > Index ranking 40 2005 115th out of 154
Enforcing Contracts > Index ranking 45 2005 110th out of 154
Getting Credit > Index ranking 4 2005 150th out of 153
Hiring and Firing > Index ranking 16 2005 138th out of 153
Paying Taxes > Index ranking 59 2005 96th out of 153
Protecting Investors > Index ranking 99 2005 47th out of 144
Registering Property > Index ranking 80 2005 73th out of 151
Starting a Business > Index ranking 74 2005 81st out of 154
Trading Across Borders > Index ranking 66 2005 89th out of 154
SOURCES: Doing Business, Economy Rankings, 2005.; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
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The Kansas Aviation Museum That’s Unlike Any Other In America
Kansans love the sky more than most other states love theirs. We just have so much of it, that it’s hard not to sit and daydream about flying through it and being part of the wonderful world above. Of course, people like Amelia Earhart dreamed of the sky more than anyone else, and it shows. The Kansas aviation museum in this small town showcases more than just our accomplishments, but flying machines of all shapes and sizes. Come take a look!
Welcome to the Mid-America Air Museum, one of the largest aircraft museums in the country, located right here in Liberal, Kansas.
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This museum covers 86,000 square feet of space, with plenty of aircraft to cover it. The Liberal airfield was used from 1943-45 as a B-24 training base and trained more B-24 crews than any other airfield during World War II. Notoriety aside, this amazing museum started up in 1987, growing over the years into what you see today.
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You might first notice that every spare space is filled with one aircraft or another. Over 100 different aircraft are displayed here in this old Beechcraft plant building. In between are plenty of displays detailing the history and uses of flight and how important it has been to the world.
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Some of the aircraft displayed here were for war, with weapons attached and decorated with battle paint.
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Even helicopters of various models made the show floor, like this MASH helicopter you see here. We all know and love the old television series, but seeing one up close is another experience entirely.
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Not all of the displays here are planes, some are parts like engines, blades, and other pieces that help us fly in different ways.
Some of those parts are meant to be attached to rockets, like this model that would take you into outer space.
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The Mid-America Air Museum is open from ( a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. I hear you can even fly here, if you've got an aircraft of your own. They've got a full service jet ramp just down the way from the museum.
You’ll find the Mid-America Air Museum at 2000 W 2nd St, Liberal, Kansas. For more information, check out their website here.
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Home News Reports Ludhiana: Three persons booked for forcefully performing circumcision on a 10-year-old in an attempt to convert to Islam
Ludhiana: Three persons booked for forcefully performing circumcision on a 10-year-old in an attempt to convert to Islam
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A gruesome incident of forced circumcision on a 10-year-old boy has come to light in Ludhiana. According to reports, three Muslim men allegedly performed circumcision on the boy in an attempt to convert him to Islam.
The police in Machhiwara area have lodged an FIR after the victim’s complaint. The boy has reportedly told the police that he hails from Ghaziabad and was abandoned by his father after his mother died eight months ago. The boy was left in a train and had reached Ludhiana seven months back. He had worked as a domestic help but was hired by the main accused named Mobin Khan to work in a juice vending stall Khan owned.
The boy has stated that he was employed with the promised salary of Rs 1000 per month but Mobin had started beating him every day and was forcing him to convert to Islam. He has reportedly stated that on Friday, Mobin and two of his accomplices had grabbed him and performed circumcision on him following which he had started bleeding profusely.
The boy reportedly managed to run away and reached a nearby market area where members of a local tempo union rushed him to hospital. The police were also alerted by the union members.
The SHO of Machhiwara station has reportedly informed the media that the condition of the boy is now stable. The police have filed an FIR against Mobin Khan and his two friends under section 295( hurting religious sentiments), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by a weapon) and section 34 of the IPC. The accused are yet to be arrested.
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Hands on: Toshiba's NB200 netbook
We think the Toshiba NB200 is the sexiest netbook yet
Elias Plastiras (PC World) on 20 May, 2009 15:18
Toshiba's NB200 netbook.
Toshiba today launched what we think is the sexiest 10.1in netbook on the market: the copper-coloured Toshiba NB200. This little netbook is aimed at the premium end of the market, where style and form are just as important as portability and functionality.
The Toshiba NB200 is the sexiest netbook we have seen to date. It has a beautiful copper-coloured, reflective spine with the power button located in the centre. It uses a chiclet keyboard, similar to the ones seen on the Sony VAIO VGN-Z17GN/B and the ASUS Eee PC 1004DN. There is no release date yet for the copper version of the NB200, and no price either.
Textured lid: The lid is a darker tone than the rest of the notebook and it has a textured glossy finish. The process to get the lid looking the way it does is called injection mould rolling, or IMR. The netbook has a silver-coloured 6-cell battery
Specifications: While the copper-coloured NB200 is sexy, it’s still a netbook so you won’t be able to use it for any taxing tasks. In fact, its configuration is underwhelming when you consider it doesn’t even have Gigabit Ethernet or 802.11n networking. You get a standard Intel Atom N280 CPU with a clock speed of 1.6GHz, 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM, a 160GB hard drive (no solid-state storage), Mobile Intel GMA950 graphics, and Windows XP. Its 10.1in screen has a native resolution of 1024x600, and it’s lit by a fluorescent tube instead of an LED backlight. You also get Bluetooth and a webcam.
Stand-out features: It may not have the fastest, most impressive configuration we’ve seen in a netbook, but the NB200 has a few features that make it stand out. Because it has a conventional spinning hard drive, it employs 3G drive guard technology, which can detect movement and park the heads in case you get a little too rough with it. It comes with face recognition technology that allows you to log on by posing instead of typing a password. The netbook has sleep-and-charge USB 2.0 ports, which allow you to charge your USB devices even when the NB200 is switched off (including the iPhone), and it has synchronisation software that allows you to sync your PC or main notebook with the NB200.
It has a full-sized keyboard with isolated keys, a very roomy touchpad and separated left- and right-click buttons. The keyboard takes a little while to get used to, but the touchpad is smooth and responsive.
Ports:The left side of the Toshiba NB200 has D-Sub, microphone, headphone, Ethernet and USB ports, while the front has an SD memory card slot. The screen is glossy, so you’ll have to adjust the angle when using it in a bright room or outdoors.
The right side has a Kensington lock port, power port and two more USB 2.0 ports. You can also see that the status lights have been placed on the front of the Toshiba NB200, rather than on the attractive spine (save for the power button and light).
The black, white and blue NB200 netbooks will hit the market before the copper-coloured model. The black models are the NB200 (PLL25A-00C002) and NB200 (PLL25A-00D002), which both have 3-cell batteries and are identical in every way except hard drive capacity — they have a 120GB and a 160GB hard drive, and cost $749 and $899, respectively. The white model is the NB200 (PLL20A-00P001) and the blue model is the NB200 (PLL20A-00Q001). The white and blue models are identical to the black models except they have 6-cell batteries, Bluetooth and 160GB hard drives.
Optical drive: Toshiba offers an optional USB 2.0-based external DVD burner to match your NB200.
Take a closer look at Toshiba's NB200 netbook in our slideshow.
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Newcastle United 2, Burnley 0: Burnley's unbeaten Premier League run comes to an end
James Tarkowski rues a missed opportunity
Burnley's unbeaten run in the Premier League came to a close as Newcastle United ran out 2-1 winners at St James's Park.
The Clarets had been rubbing shoulders with Europe's elite after embarking on an eight-game stretch without a loss - their best spell in the top flight since 1966 - but they weren't feeling themselves in the north east.
Only Manchester City and Manchester United could better Burnley's 18-point return over that spell but they'll be forced in to a rethink when Crystal Palace come to Turf Moor at the weekend.
Sean Dyche's side were a shadow of the side that had responded so impressively to defeat against Everton on Boxing Day.
All the good qualities that they had shown during a record-breaking eight-game unbeaten run in the Premier League had dissipated and the Magpies capitalised.
The visitors were flat, uninspired, one-dimensional and disjointed. A far cry from what had been on display in away games against Huddersfield Town, Watford, Manchester United and Brighton.
Having dealt with the marauding runs of Serge Aurier and Danny Rose on Saturday, the Clarets had more of an issue negating the threat of Newcastle United's wide men.
The running of Matt Ritchie and Javier Manquillo coupled with the movement of Miguel Almiron and Ayoze Perez continuously stretched and troubled the away side.
As soon as £21m signing from Atlanta United, Almiron, slid the ball wide of the upright, Rafa Benitez's men grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck.
Switzerland international Fabian Schar then reminded the Clarets of his capabilities inside the opposition's penalty area only for Tom Heaton to save the defender's header down at his left hand upright.
However, there was nothing the Burnley skipper could do when the former Deportivo centre back struck to open the scoring midway through the half.
The 27-year-old was afforded far too much space on the edge of the box, with a jaded-looking Dwight McNeil failing to apply the pressure, and he thumped the ball past Heaton off the inside of the post.
It was the first goal Newcastle had scored from outside the box since last April, when Perez netted against Leicester City.
Jay Rod up and running
As poor as the visitors were, they did create a number of good opportunities. Martin Dubravka didn't know much about Chris Wood's volley when the striker connected with Johann Berg Gudmundsson's corner. But, as oblivious as he was, the Slovakian goalkeeper did enough to keep the effort out.
That proved to be a key moment and the hosts went on to double the advantage before the break.
Ritchie infiltrated the space in behind the full back to deliver from the byeline, Rondon couldn't connect, but Sean Longstaff was in place to fire the ball across Heaton and in to the far corner to bag his first Premier League goal for the club.
Burnley's big opportunity to get back in to the game before half-time came from another set-piece situation as Gudmundsson's kick was helped on by both Ben Mee and Ashley Barnes only for an unmarked James Tarkowski to lift over the crossbar from close range.
It didn't get much better for Burnley in the second period, either. Manquillo's pass caught Taylor on his heels early on but Almiron's touch favoured Heaton, who saved with his toes.
Tarkowski had a chance to redeem himself in the second half when the centre back towered above Florian Lejeune to meet substitute Robbie Brady's corner. However, the header sailed well wide of the target.
Peter Crouch and Matej Vydra were introduced in the closing stages of the game, and both had a swing at the ball when Brady's corner caused panic in the six-yard box, but they couldn't alter the course of the game.
Fortunately, results elsewhere were favourable as Cardiff City lost at home to Everton and the Seagulls were beaten by Leicester City.
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For You, Mom. Finally.
Previously published as Not Becoming My Mother
By Ruth Reichl
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Parenting
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Apr 06, 2010 | 144 Pages
Ebook $11.99
Apr 21, 2009 | 90 Minutes
About For You, Mom. Finally.
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother’s life-and gives voice to the unarticulated truths of a generation of exceptional women
A former New York Times restaurant critic, editor in chief of Gourmet, and the author of three bestselling memoirs, Ruth Reichl is a beloved cultural figure in the food world and beyond. For You, Mom. Finally. is her openhearted investigation of the life of a woman she realizes she never really knew-her mother. Through letters and diaries-and a new afterword relating the wisdom she’s gained after sharing her story-Reichl confronts the transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and recognizes the huge sacrifices made to ensure that her daughter’s life would not be as disappointing as her own.
A former New York Times restaurant critic, editor in chief of Gourmet, and the author of three bestselling memoirs, Ruth Reichl is a beloved cultural figure in the food world and beyond. Not Becoming My Mother is her openhearted investigation of the life of a woman she realizes she never really knew-her mother. Through letters and diaries-and a new afterword relating the wisdom she’s gained after sharing her story-Reichl confronts the transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and recognizes the huge sacrifices made to ensure that her daughter’s life would not be as disappointing as her own.
Please note: This title was changed to For You Mom, Finally for the Penguin paperback edition.
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About Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl is the bestselling author of the memoirs Garlic and Sapphires, Tender at the Bone, and Comfort Me with Apples and the novel Delicious! She was editor in chief of Gourmet magazine for ten years. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two cats.
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Places To Go South-america Brazil Rio, Buzios, Paraty & the Costa Verde
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This stretch of Brazilian coastline has a lot to offer, from kayaking off the shore of the Costa Verde, learning to Samba, scaling Sugarloaf Mountain by cable car or admiring the towering statue of Christ the Redeemer. And that's without even mentioning the spectacle that is Rio Carnival. Take a look below for more.
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Aerial view of British Aerospace in 1966
By Pauline Maryan
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I worked in the Fire Dept of Hawker Siddlely [Hawker Siddley. Ed.] Dynamics late 60s early 70s.I was sub Officer to Station Officer Albert Horne at the time, we used to have yearly Fire competitions every year against mainly Aircraft factories around Hertfordshire our main opponents were allways BAC, the last year i was there we won every cup and can remember the Chairman of the Company being over the moon and had all the cups displayed in a specially built cabinet in his office, he invited me up to get approval along with Albert of course, He was very proud of our Internal Fire Brigade and of course would not have won if not for our team who worked so hard to win. I can remember the Fire Station quite small but had two fire appliances that were always at the ready.The Fire team were always on standby by way of company alarms and would assemble at the Station in the event of an fire of which i can recall hardly ever happened as we were always on patrol and giving advice and keeping fire regs up to date, everyone as didcated to safety, had to be building the Blue Steak Rocket was no mean feat.
By Brian Hedges (08/02/2019)
My father and his brother worked here Harry Dransfield. With his brother Alf Dransfield 1977 to
1982 Draftsman Anybody remember them Thanks. Richard
By Richard Dransfield (11/07/2018)
Like many of the people on this comment page I too served an apprenticeship at B.A.C. and I very much doubt there are initiatives offered to young people today which are of the same high quality. We were very lucky.
Following my apprenticeship I continued to work there for four and a half years before leaving at the end of 1969.
Yes I remember the canteen where the Premier Inn is now, there used to be different serving rooms according to your level in the company. The food was good and as an apprentice you got subsidised meals up to the age of 18 – still got my meal pass!!
Worked in many different departments as an apprentice and afterwards worked in N & P buildings until I left.
It focuses the mind when you look at the industry that existed in Stevenage during the 60’s/70’s and which has since vanished. In its prime B.A.C. employed 7000 people.
I’m having trouble identifying the aerial shot of the factory above!!
By Martin B (02/06/2018)
I was an apprentice at the Hawker Siddely Dynamics site in Hatfield starting in September 1969. Following my apprenticeship I was employed as a design draftsmanship in the guided weapons design offices and was then seconded to Stevenage working on the USGW (under surface guided weapon) project in 1975, which was a submarine launched sea skimming anti ship missile.
For a young guy of 23 this was a great place to be, working on new projects and surrounded by such clever and talented people. As is the case with a lot of these advanced studies of the time, the project
got cancelled and was to be replaced by an American missile instead, but this nether happened either.
From the ashes of USGW grew another missile study which did become a success and went into service some years later as Sea Eagle. Although by this time I had left the company to work for Marconi Elliott Bros, my father Anthony Caesari (aka Chez) who I can thank for coaxing me into the industry was the Chief Designer of Sea Eagle. Prior to his time working on missiles, in the early 60s he played a significant part in the Blue Streak space programme also based at Stevenage working alongside some of the inspirational leaders of the day…Charlie Martin worthy of mention here.
For all of us that can remember these times, I am sure we can all agree the Industry provided us with a firm grounding for shaping our careers. I am happy to say I still enjoy the challenge of the workplace and the learning it offers after nearly 50 years in the Industry.
By Tony Caesari (09/02/2018)
I served a 5 year apprenticeship there mostly in the Instrument Wing toolroom until I left in 1965 and emigrated to the USA. I have many memories including my pre apprenticeship working in different departments including the Pilot Factory and the Library in O building. I also worked in the Lapping Dept, Grinding Room, Cutter grinding and learned a lot of very high level precision skills that served me well until I retired. The RoundAbouts near the factory were part of my personal race track on the way to and from work on my motorcycle…good times that I look back on with fondness…at least until I got my first speeding ticket.
By Michael Tooley (19/06/2017)
I began my working life as a pre-apprentice at English Electric in April 1955. I was located in the ‘Pilot Factory’, which still exists, moving across the road to A-B building when the builders finished it.
The canteen was located where the Premier Inn now stands.
In September 1955 when I became 15 my apprenticeship began in the training school on Wilbury Way in Hitchin.
I left English Electric in 1964.
It was a good start to a life in engineering and now good to look back on.
By Rex Burr (08/03/2016)
Just to go back even further … I started my Apprenticeship at English Electric Ltd in 1957 well before it was even renamed English Electric Aviation or any of the ongoing name changes. One memory I have of those early days was that if you wanted a cup of tea at teabreak on the shopfloor, you had to buy a Two Shilling card of Penny and Halfpenny Tea tickets to make your purchase as the Tealady didn’t carry cash on her trolley. If you also invested in a bread roll and butter, the butter came in little round pats with the English Electric logo impressed in it ….. just so you didn’t forget who was in charge!
By Fred Paine (21/10/2012)
I think you should add that the picture shows the Space Division which in 1966 would be Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Space Division, later to become British Aerospace and now Astrium. Not to be confused with the larger site off Six Hills Way which in 1966 was British Aircraft Corporation, then British Aerospace Dynamics and now MBDA
By Robert Gill (04/10/2011)
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Home Art News Capturing Paint the Peninsula
Capturing Paint the Peninsula
Bruce Gomez receives his Best in Show award from judge Cathe Gill
The 5th Annual Paint the Peninsula was considered by many who attended to have been by far the best. With subjects ranging from Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, Port Townsend, and Crescent Bay to lavender fields, boats, and rusty trucks, judge Cathe Gill had some tough choices to make.
More than $12,000 in cash prizes was up for grabs during the 5th Annual Paint the Peninsula plein air competition in Port Angeles, Washington, from August 21 through 27. This year’s judge, artist Cathe Gill, chose awards from paintings produced by 22 nationally known artists, including Paula Ensign, Bruce Gomez, Joel Heger, James Brad Holt, Susiehyer, Anna Lancaster, Shuang Li, Gretha Lindwood, Chuck Marshall, Jim McFarland, Ned Mueller, Deke Palecek, Rachel Pettit, William Rogers, Grant Smith, Richard Sneary, Jinsheng Song, Gregory Stocks, Melanie Thompson, Patty Voje, Robin Weiss, and Yong Hong Zhong.
Bruce Gomez took home Best in Show this year for “Madison Falls, Final” while J. Brad Holt’s entire body of work earned the Artists’ Choice. Gomez also won First Place in the People’s Choice category for “Lake Crescent, the Awakening.” Shuang Li’s “Morning Light” won the People’s Choice Second Place, and Richard Sneary’s “Breakfast at the Lodge” earned the People’s Choice Third Place.
Melanie Thompson’s “Hurricane Ridge Twilight” was deemed the Spirit of the Olympic Peninsula winner. Ned Mueller won Best Wheels, Motors & Sails for “Port Townsend Boatyard,” and Susiehyer was Best Nocturne for “Summer Nights in Sequim.” Robin Weiss’ “Rose Theatre” was the winner of Best Architecture, while Richard Sneary also took Best Waterscape for “Low Tide at Crescent Bay.” Best Landscape went to Rachel Pettit for “Jardin du Soleil.”
Ned Mueller, Robin Weiss, and Yong Hong Zhong took home First, Second, and Third Places (in that order) in the Paint Out category. In the Petit Painting Show category, Shuang Li, Melanie Thompson, and Paula Ensign took home First, Second, and Third Places (in that order). Finally, Yong Hong Zhong and Shuang Li also received Honorable Mentions.
To learn more, visit Paint the Peninsula.
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He says he isn’t the one to lead. Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who was anointed by outgoing Speaker John Boehner as the next leader of the House GOP, has taken himself out of contention for the top job — and thrown the House into chaos, with the election suddenly postponed. McCarthy reportedly believed he didn’t have widespread support among Republicans and might not survive the necessary public roll call vote to make him Speaker. No new date for the election has been set, and it’s now unclear who Boehner’s successor will be.
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Has his 17-year reign over international soccer ended? FIFA’s ethics committee has provisionally suspended its president, Sepp Blatter, alongside Secretary General Jerome Valcke and VP Michel Platini, for three months. The three are being investigated by the committee for corruption — Blatter’s accused of signing a contract “unfavorable” to FIFA and making a “disloyal payment” to Platini — but the trio deny any wrongdoing. Today’s move bans them from any soccer-related activities, slimming Blatter’s chances for a return and the likelihood of Platini taking the helm.
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Sometimes sorry just isn’t enough. The U.S. president issued a rare apology yesterday for the “tragic incident” resulting in a Doctors Without Borders facility being bombed in northern Afghanistan last weekend, killing 22. He also promised a thorough investigation and to make any needed changes to rules of engagement in order to prevent such tragedies. But the aid agency has publicly doubted the independence of probes by the U.S., NATO and Afghanistan, and its president — who responded merely to say Obama’s message was “received” — is still demanding an independent investigation.
Are they risking World War III? The “troubling escalation” of Moscow’s aggression in Syria — which yesterday saw Russia launch cruise missiles at 11 targets — has prompted talks today among the alliance’s defense ministers. Amid international outcry over Putin’s apparent snub of the allied push to oust Assad, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging the Kremlin to stop supporting Syria’s regime. He also says NATO is ready to deploy forces to defend Turkey following reports of Russian jets violating Turkish airspace, even as reports come in that Russia may have accidentally dropped missiles into Iran.
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It’s time to test the waters. Washington is reportedly set to sail warships close to artificial islands that China has built in the marginal sea between Singapore and Taiwan. Beijing says it has territorial control of the area, and the U.S. maneuver signals Washington’s rejection of that claim. American ships will reportedly venture — for the first time since 2012 — within the 12-mile maritime zone the Chinese assert is theirs. The move, expected in the next two weeks, is likely to further strain relations between the countries.
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The Democratic presidential front-runner is sticking with her party’s progressive base and flip-flopping on Obama’s hard-sought trade agreement with 11 Pacific Rim nations. The former secretary of state expressed concern that the deal wouldn’t create enough jobs or raise American wages while unfairly favoring pharmaceutical companies. Clinton’s been distancing herself for months, so the public rejection isn’t a surprise, but it could further steepen the deal’s uphill battle for congressional approval. It also leaves some wondering whether she’s currying party favor to slow Bernie Sanders’ growing momentum.
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Belarussian Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Prize for Literature. (Reuters)
VW exec tells U.S. lawmakers he knew of possible issue in 2014. (BBC)
Search for missing cargo ship ends. (CBS)
French train attack hero stabbed. (NBC)
Conservative caucus flexes muscle ahead of speaker vote. (The Hill)
Deutsche Bank warns of third-quarter losses. (DW)
They’re planting seeds of change. Known for its violent history and 1994 genocide, the nation is now ingeniously using its limited arable land to feed its 11.7 million people. Since 2008, the Rwandan government has micromanaged agricultural output, instructing farmers — which four out of five Rwandans are — in land use consolidation by telling them what, where and when to plant. Many have protested, with some saying they were forced into cooperation by armed guards. While similar policies have failed elsewhere, Rwanda’s starvation rate is now steadily in decline.
They’re promising the moon. Despite its small space industry — Israel Space Agency’s annual budget is $80 million, compared to NASA’s $17.6 billion — the country has spawned an ambitious project. SpaceIL, a nonprofit company, plans to use SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to put the world’s first private lander on the moon. It’s competing for the Google Lunar X Prize, which will hand $20 million to the first company that can land on the lunar surface, and if all goes well, its rover will blast off in late 2017.
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He refuses to turn a blind eye. The U.S. Senate minority leader — who plans to retire rather than seek re-election — and his wife are suing the creators of an exercise band they allege caused him to lose sight in his right eye. The 75-year-old Nevada native was using a TheraBand on New Year’s Day when he says it slipped or snapped, causing eye, head and rib injuries. The lawsuit seeks $50,000 in medical expenses and notes that the accident could impair his ability to earn future income.
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The entertainment giant’s next big animated feature will look to the Pacific Ocean for inspiration, and specifically the famed navigational skills of the seafarers who settled Polynesian islands, sailing huge expanses of open ocean with only the stars to guide them. Moana, which has already signed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to voice a helpful demigod, now has a lead actress for the title role: 14-year-old native Hawaiian Auli’i Cravalho. The film — part of a promise to diversify Disney stories — sails into theaters in November 2016.
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Timing is everything. Chicago dismissed Pittsburgh 4-0 in dramatic fashion in yesterday’s NL wild-card game. Both benches cleared when starter Jake Arietta was hit by a pitch in the seventh, but he regained control and became the first Cub to pitch a complete-game, postseason shutout in 70 years. History isn’t on their side for Friday’s matchup against the Cardinals, who they’ve never met in the playoffs. But, then again, Back to the Future II did predict that 2015 would finally end Chicago’s century-long World Series drought.
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Bears softball blows past Bulldogs
Sports | September 20, 2017
Josh Carney
jcarney@postindependent.com
One day after debuting at No. 11 in the 4A softball RPI rankings, the Rifle Bears’ girls softball team continued its hot start to the season, rolling past the visiting Palisade Bulldogs, 14-4, Wednesday evening in Rifle.
Against the Bulldogs, senior Kaitlyn Harris hit a grand slam in the win, going 2 for 3 with a walk and three runs, adding four runs batted in and two stolen bases to pace the Bears in the win.
Senior Claudia Abbott added two hits for the Bears, driving in one run and scoring two runs, while junior Shaeley Arneson went 3 for 3 with an RBI, a walk and two runs scored. Senior Peyton Caldwell added two hits and an RBI on a double, while junior Kaitlyn Jackson pitched a complete game for her 10th win of the season, allowing just three hits and no earned runs while striking out seven. At the plate, Jackson added two hits, two walks and two RBIs.
Sophomore Hannah Bodrogi picked up a single, a walk and one RBI for Rifle in the 10-run win, while senior Sydney Scarrow doubled, scored a run and drove in two runners. Senior Amanda Green picked up two hits on the day, while sophomore Delaney Phillips singled, walked, scored a run and drove in a run.
With the win, Rifle improves to 10-3 (4-0) on the season. The Bears will host the Basalt Longhorns at 4 p.m. Friday in a nonconference matchup.
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Voter's Guide: Five take aim at attorney general position
There are five people running for attorney general.
Voter's Guide: Five take aim at attorney general position There are five people running for attorney general. Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/30/voters-guide-5-running-attorney-general/1768180002/
Poughkeepsie Journal Published 4:47 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2018 | Updated 4:08 p.m. ET Nov. 1, 2018
A "Vote Here" sign in the City of Poughkeepsie(Photo: Ryan Santistevan)
The general election is Nov. 6. Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Below are the candidates running for attorney general, listed in alphabetical order.
Christopher B. Garvey (Photo: Courtesy of Christopher B. Garvey)
Name: Christopher B. Garvey
Occupation: Patent attorney
Party: Libertarian
Ballot lines: Libertarian
Education: Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law, JD; Columbia College, BA; Columbia University School Of Engineering And Applied Science
Why do you want to serve? To uphold the Libertarian principle that people should be free to do as they wish, except to initiate force or fraud against others or their property. To uphold the Bill of Rights. To prosecute corrupt public officials. To overturn bad laws in court. To force legislators and officials to abide by the the New York Constitution and transparency laws, such as the Open Meetings Law.
Biggest challenges facing your constituents? High Taxes & over-regulation. Government interference with medical treatment.
Penalties for working. Tax rates of above 18.5 percent on high incomes cost the government tax revenue because they encourage tax avoidance. An even higher effective tax is on people who collect disability or various public assistance. Your first dollar earned on a job can cost you all your disability medical and financial assistance benefits. That's an effective tax rate of many thousands of percent. Would anyone deny that the Laffer curve applies to such disincentives to becoming economically independent? Who is crazy enough to work, when the effective income tax rate exceeds 100 percent? The non-punitive and better answer would be to modify public assistance incentives, so that when you earn a dollar, it only costs 18 cents of your public assistance subsidies.
Letitia "Tish" James (Photo: Art By Dj Boy)
Name: Letitia “Tish” James
Occupation: New York City public advocate
Ballot lines: Democratic and Working Families
Education: Lehman College, BA; Howard University School of Law, JD
Why do you want to serve? I believe in the power of the law and in the promise of government — but right now we are living in perilous times. Endless corruption scandals in Albany have decimated New Yorkers’ faith in our elected leaders, all while Republicans in Washington, DC work to undermine our rights. I’m running because the government helped my family, and I feel a duty to help others and to restore confidence in government. Whether battling corruption, taking on the opioid crisis, standing up the Trump administration’s harmful policies, or more, New Yorkers need a champion — and I’m ready to be that champion.
Biggest challenges facing your constituents? As I’ve criss-crossed our state over the last five months, I’ve seen that New Yorkers in every community are facing the same struggles. Government corruption is rampant. Opioids and gun violence are killing far too many of our neighbors. Access to affordable healthcare is waning. The federal government is rolling back critical environmental regulations. And the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers — of all of us — are being undermined. As attorney general, I will use the law as a sword and a shield to take on these issues, and to fight for New Yorkers every day.
Name: Nancy Sliwa
Age: No response.
Occupation: No response.
Party: Reform
Ballot lines: Reform
Education: No response.
Why do you want to serve? No response.
Biggest challenges facing your constituents? No response.
Michael Sussman (Photo: Courtesy of Michael Sussman)
Name: Michael Sussman
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Green
Ballot lines: Green
Education: Amherst College, BA with High Honors and Harvard Law School with Honors
Why do you want to serve?
New York state needs an independent attorney general, someone not beholden to either major political party. I have spent 40 years litigating major public law cases throughout the nation, and particularly in our state. I have far more experience that the Republican and Democratic party candidates and am ready to hold both (Gov. Andrew) Cuomo and (President Donald) Trump accountable for their law breaking. We need campaign finance reform and bail reform. We need an attorney general with boundless energy who will fight for our people.
Biggest challenges facing your constituents? The biggest challenge is to cut through the propaganda which states that only a major party candidate is viable and to judge each candidate on her/his qualifications. The major media has shut out qualified candidates for too long. Attorney general should be a non-partisan position, enforcing laws which ban corruption and insure that the State well treats all its residents. This is not now happening and people must vote for an attorney general who will favor neither political party, but, rather, work tirelessly for the people.
Keith Wofford (Photo: Courtesy of Keith Wofford)
Name: Keith Wofford
Occupation: Co-managing partner, Ropes & Gray New York City office, on leave
Party: Republican
Ballot lines: Republican, Conservative
Education: City Honors High School, Harvard College, Harvard Law School
Why do you want to serve? The opportunities that existed for me and my brother growing up are disappearing — I’m running for New York state attorney general to bring them back. I’m ready to get to work to protect New York state taxpayers and small business. It’s time New York had a professional, independent attorney general with real experience — instead of machine politicians trying to move up to the next job. I am an independent outsider who knows how to get results, and I’m ready to use my experience in the private sector to turn New York state around.
Biggest challenges facing your constituents? New York state has two big problems that must be addressed immediately — and I will address them Day One as attorney general. The first problem is corruption. We have grown all too accustomed to political scandals; too accustomed in my view. Corruption has cost New Yorkers jobs and opportunities. While dozens of officials have been indicted, the indictments barely scratch the surface of what goes on at the taxpayer’s expense.
The second problem is that our business environment is horrible — and the attorney general has been a big part of that problem. Career politicians have twisted laws, strong-armed companies to settle flimsy lawsuits, and used New York companies as a piggy bank. This has driven away jobs and investment, and the cost falls upon All New Yorkers who are denied jobs and opportunity. Businesses refuse to invest here, and now they simply pack-up and leave.
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Press Photographer of the Year 2007
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The Press Photographer of the Year Awards were established to bring the talented & memorable work of Ireland's press photographers to a wider audience. Entries are submitted by members of the Press Photographers Association of Ireland and the images should have been taken during the previous twelve months.
The Awards have gone from strength to strength and judging the entries can take several days. With over 2,000 entries to consider, all of a very high standard, difficult decisions have to be made. The Judging panel picks first, second and third places in each of nine picture categories, as well as the overall winner.
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And this Little Piggy? by John C Kelly
Noel Lorigan gets his charges ready for the Pig Races at Kilmihil Festival of Fun.
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Provincial Growth Fund supports more full-time orchard jobs
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The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will invest to help a Gisborne orchard expand its business and put hard to place unemployed into year-round permanent jobs, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today.
Family owned business, Riverland Fruit Company Limited, will receive a $1.9 million commercial loan to expand its operation, and a grant, over three years, of $1.663 million from the PGF-funded skills and employment programme, Te Ara Mahi. The funding will be used to take on 38 additional hard to place trainees to fill the employment demand created by the expansion of the orchard.
“The Coalition Government knows that our regions will only reach their potential when their people have the support and opportunities they need to get ahead,” Shane Jones said.
“Riverland has been working with hard to place unemployed young people, with 12 trainees currently on its books and receiving on-the-job skills training and pastoral care. The funding announced today will accelerate that programme, with 38 trainees to be taken on. Riverland aims to continue to employ 36 of the trainees at the end of the course.
“This support will allow Riverland to expand its operations through investments targeted at extending its productive season. Trainees will be involved in these projects, gaining valuable and diverse skills, recognised as essential for on-going employment in the primary sector.”
Willie Jackson says Tairawhiti has a higher than average rate of young people not in employment, education or training, as well as a persistent long-term unemployed population, and it’s good to see a local business willing to address this.
“A pastoral care supervisor can help trainees deal with the number of personal challenges trainees might face. This might include supporting them at court appearances, finding them temporary accommodation after an eviction, supporting them through a drug issue or linking them to mental health services. Trainees are picked up in the morning and dropped home at the end of the day.
“Riverland has shown it is committed to successfully working with harder to place members of the workforce and providing wrap around services.”
The training will includes study at the Eastland Institute of Technology (EIT), with a goal for participants to graduate with level 2 qualifications.
“The funding announced today will make a huge difference in the lives of the trainees and their families and the wider community. These are the kind of projects the PGF looks to invest in,” Willie Jackson said.
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Ford Midsize Muscle - Fairlane, Torino & Ranchero
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Author: Marc Cranswick
Format: Hardback, 176 Pages
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Ford Midsize Muscle – Fairlane, Torino & Ranchero details the evolution of Ford's family car through the golden era of Detroit.
See how Henry took the no-frills Fairlane, added more zing to create the Torino, and then satisfied America's luxury desires with the LTD II. Relive the showroom and racetrack battles fought in the evolution of Ford's midsize muscle cars, and witness the creation of the first car-based pickup – the Ranchero. Above all, this book is an account of Ford being ahead of the game.
Through formal study of the postwar American car market, Marc Cranswick brings valuable insight to the topic of muscle cars.
Marc Cranswick has had a lifelong interest in cars and all things mechanical, and has written about and drawn the cars that he loves for many years; these include a variety of European, Japanese and American marques. Formal study of the postwar American car market has led to a series of books about the cars and trucks of the Big 3 and independent automakers. He writes enthusiast-directed model history books, and has involvement with many specialist car clubs. His reference book The Cars of American Motors – An Illustrated History, was featured on NBC’s business channel CNBC. His other books include Ford Mustang II & Pinto; Ford Midsize Muscle - Fairlane, Torino & Ranchero; BMW Classic 5 Series 1972 to 2003; MOPAR Muscle - Barracuda, Dart & Valiant 1960-1980; Mazda Rotary-Engined Cars, and Pontiac Firebird - The Auto-Biography.
Illustrations: 230 color photos
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Triumph Motorcycles: How the West was Won
Nearly every motorcycle nut knows that Triumphs are the most famous bikes to ever come out of Great Britain. However, they also have an extensive history in North America and have been part of that continent’s motorcycling soul since long before World War II. From Triumph Motorcycles in America is an interesting tale of how the first Triumph ...
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Valentino Rossi Through the Years
In his home country of Italy Valentino Rossi is treated like a rock star. In the MotoGP record books, he goes down as one of the greatest motorcycle road racers of all-time. Amongst all of that is a colorful life filled with all sorts of racing machinery, rivalries, victories, as well as some lean times ...
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1912 Bugatti 5-Liter
In the early days of auto making, more powerful cars usually meant considerably more weight. From his base in Molsheim, France, Ettore Bugatti set out to make a trimmed-down performance car to stop the trend. To prove his point, the car was let loose on the race track where it fulfilled its destiny as a winner. ...
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Edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff
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Here’s the most comprehensive book of monologues ever compiled, with 144 audition pieces conveniently grouped into historical “periods” from the classical to the contemporary. The monologues selected for each historical period are representative of the competitive material you might expect to discover at auditions. Each selection also includes a brief character analysis. This text is more than just a fine collection, however. It’s also a “how-to” guide, with the first chapters presenting a blueprint for preparing auditions and selecting audition materials. Read more...The fundamental performance principle that Ratliff develops in the introductory chapters suggests guidelines and strategies to enrich your distinct and individual audition style. There is also a chapter of interesting “non-dramatic” monologues adapted or edited from sources other than theatre playscripts that should challenge your skills in interpretation and characterization. Finally, there are a number of valuable resource materials that include selected readings, a survey of period dates, and a glossary of useful audition terms.
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Based on the popularity of his first book of audition monologues (See above.), Ratliff has compiled another outstanding collection of monologues taken from contemporary, modern, period, Shakespearean, and classical plays. The monologues (and duologues) are conveniently grouped in historical periods and include a brief summary of the historical period, basic approaches to analysis and interpretation of scripts, and performance styles. One chapter, for instance, focuses on playing the “classical” Greek style, another on Shakespeare, the next on playing selected theatre period styles, and still another on playing contemporary monologues. These chapters also explore the skills necessary to visualize the dramatic and theatrical elements in an audition monologue. In addition, there are a number of vocal and physical exercises included to promote ease of movement and distinctive vocal variety.
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Steve Blass has seen almost everything in his 60 seasons with the Pirates, but rarely if ever has the pitcher-turned-broadcaster seen a season similar to the current campaign.
Blass was asked this week if the Pirates were: (A) a team whose 44-45 record heading into the All-Star break was an overachievement; (B) a team that had pretty much reached the ceiling of its collective capabilities (the vicinity of a .500, give or take a game); or (C) a team that still had another gear and would continue to contend in the season’s unofficial second half.
Blass offered up an all-encompassing, one-word response.
Turns out the answer is: (D) all of the above.
“The thing is, all things are possible,” Blass said. “The minute I think I have the game figured out, it goes sideways. They have that bad trip, they lose seven in a row, I say, ‘Well, this is a decent club but I don’t know if they can climb back out of any abyss that they get into for a week or so,’ but they certainly did.|
“This is a club I didn’t think was going to score a lot of runs and we all thought coming out of spring training was going to be a pitching-driven baseball team, they’re knocking the cover off the ball.
“So I don’t know what’s coming next, but if you can solidify the pitching ...”
A big if, to be certain.
The season has gone sideways for Jameson Taillon more than any other Pirate. He was supposed to be the lead arm on that pitching-driven baseball team Blass and so many of the rest of us anticipated. At this juncture, it’s uncertain (if not unlikely) Taillon will be able to contribute anything the rest of the way.
The pressure remains on the rest of the staff — Chris Archer and Joe Musgrove, in particular — to fill the massive void left in Taillon’s absence, and to comprise a rotation more representative of the Pirates’ initial expectations.
But it’s not just Archer and Musgrove who can, should and must deliver more in the season’s second half.
Second baseman Adam Frazier has been an under-the-radar underachiever. Frazier’s disappointing start was overshadowed to an extent by the Pirates’ profound injury issues, and by the feel-good stories being written by the likes of Josh Bell, Bryan Reynolds and Kevin Newman, to name three.
But Frazier celebrated the All-Star break as the National League Player of the Week. And while he won’t go 18-for-30 in many weeks the rest of the way, Frazier’s resurgence offers evidence these Pirates may yet continue to ascend.
It hasn’t gone according to plan. But the contending status the Pirates take with them to Chicago this weekend need not be as good as it gets.
Now, Blass says, he’s “starting to think about a little young core of Pirates.”
“Colin Moran, he looks like he’s 35 under the beard but he’s only been around a couple of years. Bell has only been around two or three years. And then you’re talking about Frazier, Newman, Reynolds.
“Quietly, they’re concocting a little group.”
One that has been surprisingly resilient to this juncture. One that’s stopped blowing leads with regularity and started to make a habit out of coming from behind.
One that continues to personify the unpredictable nature of baseball.
And one that’s as difficult to figure out as it has been fun to watch.
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L’Enclume
By Amanda Menahem
A Month In Food
Ever since I watched that very first episode of The Trip where Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon dined on exquisite food in beautiful surroundings, I vowed to pay a visit to L‘Enclume – a venue that has become a foodie pilgrimage. But there has always been a pretty big problem. It’s in the Lake District.
I once went to the Lake District for one of those dreadful outward bound leadership development courses when I worked for Harrods. I remember it being a bloody long way and although beautiful, the memory was somewhat marred by my being miserable on account of having to scramble up mountains in the rain. Back then the only scrambling I wanted to do was with eggs. Ironic given that I now love nothing more than hiking through the glorious English countryside. I was a different person then, turning down most activities that didn’t involve a lot of sitting down.
So when my beloved foodie stepdad suggested L‘Enclume as his birthday destination of choice, I wholeheartedly embraced the suggestion hopeful in the notion that I could burn off the undoubted over-indulgence with bracing and restorative country walks. These days I welcome a bit of a staycation, finding air travel too much of a faff. The train up was, of course, a bit of a faff but not too bad owing to the brilliant Virgin Train service (‘It’s because we love our jobs’ said a platform guard – Southern take note please).
Ah Cartmel – so pretty, and long known as home to the original and best sticky toffee pudding… and now L‘Enclume. Like Padstow (as in Rick Steinville), they may as well rename Cartmel to Roganville such is his dominance over the place.
Within minutes of my arrival, I passed a L’Enclume shop (really? It’s just a bloody restaurant), Rogan and Co, the gastropub and all the L‘Enclume owned buildings comprising the ‘hotel’ aspect of the L‘Enclume offering.
Staying in one of these pretty stone buildings, I was quite impressed with the cosy country plushness. Thick carpets, fluffy robes and a nice bathroom. A homemade biscuit awaited my arrival but I didn’t want to ruin my appetite for the 19 courses that were to come. This is one of the most famous tasting menus in the country, if not the world.
Documentaries have been made about chef proprietor Simon Rogan and this eponymous restaurant. It is famed for using only what can be grown or foraged from the immediate surroundings. Quite a feat when you think about it – this means no lemons for instance. So they have to find creative ways to deliver the desired flavours. But don’t think for a moment that this is a gimmick or a style over substance type of place. Flavour really is centre stage. And while there is the dreaded ‘molecular gastronomy’, it’s how it should be here, as a means by which to intensify and deliver extraordinary flavour (rather than just ‘show off’ as is so often the case).
Service was absolutely charming, warm and friendly, adding to the entire experience. They didn’t bat an eyelid when my dear mother asked for a dessert sherry as an aperitif (bless her), and they happily moved the angle of a spotlight that was shining right into my eyes. They seamlessly served and contributed to table conversation, often making us laugh.
And so to the food.
I don’t have the word count to describe each dish, so I’ll stick to the standouts.
We were off to an impressive start with the first canapé of ‘leaves’ made of paper thin caramalised pumpkin and pumpkin gel. The second canapé, ‘first tomatoes with black garlic’ were tiny semi dried tomatoes with an exquisite intense flavour. So simple. Letting the quality of the ingredient speak for itself.
‘Broad bean tops, goats curd, apple and nasturtium’ a light, tangy, creamy dish evoking spring on a plate. ‘Asparagus, pine, hen of the woods and quail egg’ was a gorgeous foamy asparagus soup, with crispy ‘hen of the woods’ which turned out to be mushrooms that tasted of bacon! How have I not known about these before?? They were delicious and had me immediately texting my head chef who reassuringly knew exactly what they were and replied nonchalantly, “Oh yes, they’re one of my favourite things.”
The next plate was outstanding. Aged veal in coal oil, shallot and sorrel. A tiny rectangle of veal tartare with the other elements weaved throughout, and not only that, but amazing little ‘candies’ of gin and sorrel which burst open in the mouth adding an intense sweet freshness to the veal. So unusual and delicious. A unique mouthful of food. We then moved through a series of delicate and faultless fish and meat courses and progressed to an impressive cheese board. Then finally, desserts.
I didn’t expect to like the liquorice custard and sea buckthorn as I absolutely hate liquorice, but this was a subtle and moreish dessert with the sea buckthorn made into a pleasing crumble. The colours were fabulous, a grey custard with tan crumble - adding to the novelty factor.
The final two desserts were disappointing; strawberries with a bit of jelly and ice-cream, and then a dessert where their logo had been made out of some confection which I couldn’t discern (I’d had a lot of wine by then), but which tasted a bit synthetic.
Amazingly, after all 19 courses none of us were stuffed. The menu is refreshingly light and delicate and well spaced, allowing for an evening of pure food delight, surprise and well, theatre. We enjoyed many different wines by the glass, chosen from the comprehensive list. The Sommelier was great at assisting where we needed it.
This dinner was included in a bed and breakfast deal of about £300 per person, which included breakfast and dinner the following night at their sister property, Rogan and Co. I would say this is great value for a pretty unique food experience.
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Get Your Tickets to See "An American in Paris" on the Silver Screen
Leanne Cope and Robert Fairchild. Photo Courtesy Trafalger Releasing.
An American in Paris, the wildly popular musical directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, comes to movie theaters nationwide September 20 and 23. Filmed in London in 2017, this version features the show's original stars: former New York City Ballet principal Robert Fairchild and former Royal Ballet first artist Leanne Cope. Based on the classic 1951 Gene Kelly film with a score of Gershwin standards, An American in Paris played on Broadway and in London's West End to rave reviews and numerous awards, including a 2015 Tony for Best Choreographer. This limited screening will bring the best of Broadway up close to the masses. For a full list of participating theaters and to purchase tickets, available July 12, click here.
Robert Fairchild to Give Final Performances with New York City Ballet
Fairchild and Sterling Hilton in "Duo Concertant." Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB.
New York City Ballet announced today that principal dancer Robert Fairchild will give his final performances with the company this October. Since his 2015 leave of absence to make his Broadway debut as Jerry Mulligan in Christopher Wheeldon's An American in Paris, Fairchild's presence on the Koch Theater stage has been rare. A true song-and-dance man, as a child he dreamt of following in the footsteps (or tap shoes) of Gene Kelly. Fairchild leaves the world of ballet to take on the surplus of opportunities in musical theater that have recently come his way.
Fairchild in "Apollo." Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB.
Amy Brandt
Apr. 01, 2015 09:49PM EST
Inside "American in Paris" Star Leanne Cope's Dance Bag
Photo by Kyle Froman
Ever wonder what life is like as a ballerina on Broadway? Just peek inside Leanne Cope's dance bag. Cope, who stars as Lise in Christopher Wheeldon's production of An American in Paris, carries not only pointe shoes in her Parisian canvas tote but also a well-worn pair of LaDuca heels. “My dresser, Midge, carries this bag around with her during the show, just in case of emergencies," says the Royal Ballet first artist, who's on sabbatical from the company through the end of the show's run. “She basically shadows me, because I have a lot of quick changes."
Cope always has her script nearby, as well. “Not only is every word of the show written in here, but all my stage directions. It's nice to go back to it every once in a while. When you reread it, almost as a novel, it gives you another spin on things." Her other Broadway must-have? Lip balm. “With all the singing and talking, my lips tend to get dry," she says. It also serves as a better alternative to lipstick during kissing scenes with her co-star, New York City Ballet principal Robert Fairchild. “We don't do lipstick—it would end up all over his face!"
Harris Green
Sparkle and Spirit: NYCB's Sterling Hyltin
Sterling Hyltin photographed for Pointe by Nathan Sayers.
Daylight saving time had been in effect only a few hours last November when New York City Ballet principal Sterling Hyltin entered an NYCB rehearsal studio to recapture history. In Classroom 2 on the seventh floor, the clock had been turned back to 1968, when NYCB premiered Balanchine's La Source, a demanding pas de deux with four solos set to a Léo Delibes score and made on Violette Verdy and John Prinz. The George Balanchine Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving the choreographer's ballets in a state as close to the original as possible, had arranged to tape Hyltin and Gonzalo Garcia in practice clothes performing La Source.
Verdy herself was there as an expert observer and advisor, while Helgi Tomasson, who often performed La Source at New York City Ballet before becoming artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, served as co-critic. Lined up along one mirrored wall of the classroom were an accompanist at a grand piano, a movie cameraman, sound technicians and an assistant responsible for keeping a boom mike hovering out of camera range to catch every word Verdy and Tomasson said to Hyltin and Garcia.
Choosing Hyltin for taping this demanding role would have surprised no one who saw her debut in La Source the last week of the 2010 spring season. She had only one opportunity to achieve its many piquant subtleties, such as the brace of gargouillades that blossom amid a flourish of footwork, and she performed each with the assurance and precision of a veteran. “NYCB ballet master Sally Leland invited me to observe the company rehearse the three casts," Verdy recalls. “Sterling was incredible, with endless arms and legs, and she was always open to criticism. Her dancing has a quality I call 'true from the inside.' "
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Rupturing the Affective Natural Attitude: The Purpose of Moral Phenomenology?
By: J. Edward Hackett
I would like to draw an analogy between Husserl’s natural attitude, and what I call the affective natural attitude, a type of natural attitude for ethics. Phenomenology sought to rescue philosophy from its past mistakes. Chief among them, Husserl regarded uncritical reductive naturalism as a threat to the philosophical truth that subjects live through their experiences. Consider if you will the theoretic standpoint of science. Science takes a third-personal view of objects, and this is the view of the natural attitude. Typically, it’s not a problem to think that physical objects stand in causal relation to other objects, even in our everyday natural attitude as the only way to explain all phenomena—as if the objects in the world are that which is appearing to consciousness is like other objects, a “factually existent actuality and also accept it as it presents itself to me as factually existing.”[1] The natural attitude only becomes problematic when people regard this as the only possible standpoint of explanation as if every phenomenon is an object in causal relations with other objects, and the only way to understand all objects is through science. Truth be told, and as all the followers of Husserl well know, Husserl defends the case that phenomena are first known through a subjective act and the intended correlate. We live through the experience in which intentionality constitutes the sense-and-meaning of an experience first and foremost before we abstract from our experience. The experiencer has access only to their own first-personal experience and the objects as they appear to us. This relation is the site of meaning generation in experience which the phenomenologist is discerning. Within this relation, “experience does not require concepts but actually generates them, ‘constitutes them.’ Every experience of the world is a matter of constitution…”[2]
For Husserl, meanings of the world arise only from the subjective act and the enjoined object. This intentional relationship is the primordial contact subjects possess with the world, and while the natural attitude is useful for most of our practical lives, phenomenology helps to describe and disclose this pre-scientific and pre-reflective contact with the world. It restores the original intending relationship of consciousness and world while the natural attitude can get in the way of sustaining a view of this original and primordial relationship. The natural attitude can obfuscate, conceal over, and make us fall under a type of ontological forgetfulness that subjects live through this experience. Phenomenology’s purpose is to recover and retrieve the original meanings we experience in the world as they are disclosed to consciousness. Every act takes an object. For Husserl, consciousness is consciousness of—this is the basic conception of the act-object correlation.
Parallel to Husserl, I want to say there’s a type of affective natural attitude when it comes to affective intentionality. In keeping with Scheler and Levinas, the order of values is described in terms of its own givenness unlike Husserl who subordinated ethical phenomena to the epistemic orientation of his early phenomenological efforts. In this everyday consciousness, others become an obstacle and instrumental to the satisfaction of my desires. These others remain aloof. In this mode, I am inconsiderate to them, do not take the other into moral concern like I should, and I maintain a half-awareness of their moral status. In such a mode, morality and values take a backseat to my interpersonal interactions. In this affective natural attitude, the other is not de-personalized or de-otherized completely, but we could say that others are still de-personalized halfway. An-other can still have value, but only instrumental value to the purposes of my wants and needs and only when this other enters the field of my attention that they stand in some resistance to the satisfaction of my wants. There are two features worth exploring in Levinas and Heidegger that can help us explicate the full dimension of the affective natural attitude. Regarding the first dimension, there are structures of experience that stem from myself that inhibit the recognition of the value of an-other. They originate in myself from the “inside.” Regarding the second dimension, there are features from the “outside” that can take over the person.
In Levinas’s Totality and Infinity, an analysis and description of everyday enjoyment is offered. We engage in patterns of behavior of enjoyment (Jouissance). To enjoy something is to seek some pleasure in an activity—from being immersed in the activity of video game play or delighting in the taste of fine wine. We take these activities into us. As the countless hours pass of my video game play, I do not notice time in the usual sense just as much as I may not hear another speak to me as I imbibe a fantastic wine with a tasty bouquet. In the act of enjoyment, my self merges with the object. I become so one with them that we manipulate the world to sate our own desire. This is as Levinas described “the work of existing.” In Time and the Other, he continues: “To take up existing in the existent is to enclose it within a unity.”[3] It’s being within this unity in which the activity of my existing folds into the object, and this relationship actively resists relationships with others. In effect, this unity within the daily act of existing can harbor tendencies to never relate, to never engage the other and step out and relate to those others that truly constitute my existence.
In Heidegger’s Being and Time, there is a spectrum between complete inauthenticity and authenticity.[4] These are modes or ways of being when dealing with others for Dasein. Dasein is Heidegger’s term for the phenomenological subject just translating literally “being-there” as much as person is a conception of human life purged of the natural attitude in Scheler. The affective natural attitude exemplifies Heidegger’s inauthentic mode of Dasein. Within the inauthentic mode, the question of any particular Dasein’s “who” is lost. We forget ourselves as we let the public interpretations and justifications take over our awareness of the type of being we are. When authentic, Dasein can resolutely face itself as a free being of possibility. The inauthentic Dasein cannot since in such a mode “Dasein is tacitly conceived of in advance as something present-at-hand.”[5] In other words, our self-conception can be taken over by the roles and everyday expectations of others. In such a mode, our freedom is lost because our ownmost possibilities are treated like already-made things. In Heidegger, present-at-hand is the vocabulary that denies contingency and freedom. Daughters and sons become what their parents want them to be. People fall in line with dominant ways of acting (leaving aside their moral or immoral status), and yet Heidegger reminds us “presence-at-hand” is the kind of Being which belongs to entities whose character is not that of Dasein.”[6] When we think of ourselves and others as substitutable objects, we fall into a world where readymade expectations and desires can give way to domination and unjust manipulation of our ownmost possibilities. A world in which people are things and not persons is one that has already backslid into the complete depths from which the potential to fall into the affective natural attitude occurs.
I propose we take two features from both the brief excursions into Levinas and Heidegger’s work. In other words, there are two parts of the affective natural attitude.
The sense of instrumental involvement and absorption of objects
At this level, the person becomes so attached to an activity or object that others become like or identical to the objects in the field of my awareness. The other-qua-object is taken into the person as just another perceptual object, something to be moved around and played. In fact, in my encounters with others at this level, I may only be half-aware of them. When I am in the grocery store and I am eager to get done with my shopping, I weave the grocery cart around others. In my haste, I do not consider others at all. A woman may be short, incapable of reaching an item on the higher shelf, and I do not stop to help. There are others-qua-objects that work here and can do that for her. Indeed, habit takes over. Part of these habits may revolve around rules of etiquette that help constrain my actions, but rules of etiquette may also originate from the same de-personalizing place that my desires generate.
This sense of involvement and absorption can occur in a multitude of relationships beyond strangers, too. Husbands and wives can become instrumentally attuned of each other where the other does not surprise and is a nuisance rather than a window into that who makes us better. The wife continually thinks of her husband as an oaf, and the husband may think of his wife as that which nags him for the chores of the family but “never lets him be or do what he wants.” Family and friends alike are only maintained for their instrumental role in my own desires. Working environments regard others as objects; it’s in the very name of the department that hires workers: human resources. In effect, there are many sources one can point to in our shared intersubjective experience that reinforces the idea our relationships with other people should only be instrumental to the point that the other becomes an other-qua-object. Put another way, there are many cultural sources of intersubjective constitution that de-personalize the other and legitimate our devaluation of the other’s transcendence (which I will not mention here). In addition, since this relationship will eventually fall back on us when we are the other of another person relating to us, the devaluation goes both ways where we forget our mutual transcendence.
The overriding loss of responsibility and its spiraling
When the forces are perceived from having come from outside us, we retreat back into ourselves. In this retreat, persons experience a lack of their own freedom and are unaware that they’ve given up the freedom to the very outside they are retreating from. The swirling madness or chaos outside of them convinces them and weighs them down. In Heidegger, we retreat away from the fact that we are an ecstatic consciousness. An ecstatic consciousness is one that is reaching outside of itself. Reaching outside of itself towards something more is seeing our existence as one that can align with pure possibility and transcend one own’s situation. There are many ways we can decide to respond to these forces from the outside, and yet the most damaging way is when again we give up on the freedom to respond to these forces under our own terms and abide by some other decision that’s ready-made for us. When we do that, we act on what we might call the public and cliché interpretation of what is possible for us. We fall back on the expectation of others or what’s possible.
There are many examples one might generate along these lines. One example could be contagion, a psychic feeling that overtake a crowd. In the midst of a riot, we forget ourselves. We re-feel the level of awareness of those around us, but nothing of ourselves is left. On some level we are conscious of our actions, but there’s no individual acting in that scenario but a herding instinct that sweeps us up. Dancing at a party or attending a concert in the entire audience is enthralled—both these examples highlight the contagion of mass feeling. Scheler called this process emotional infection (Gefuhlsansteckung), “We all know how the cheerful atmosphere in a pub or at a party may ‘infect’ the newcomers, who may even have been depressed beforehand, so that they are ‘swept up’ into the prevailing gaiety.”[7] Young high school students may bully another not simply out of indifference, but there’s a communal pride and acceptance one achieves from this level of mass conformity.
Instrumental involvement and the spiraling loss of responsibility are committed to the false language of an ontologically separate inside in the mind of an individual and external public meanings exerting influence from the outside. Like all phenomenologists before me, I am committed to the view of feeling acts having value correlates. All intentional acts have an object, and in that connection, relationship, or co-relation, persons participate in the very field of consciousness-and-world relation. Persons are open to the world and its phenomena being revealed to them, but also the person constitutes the object, too. While certainly the two sources of the affective natural attitude may be isolated incidents in which the inside and outside play, it should be clear that I am describing the sense of these experiences, but in no way to the ways I describe these experiences entail that I am committed to the ontological separation of the inside and outside, the subject and the object. Instead, we can, as it were, describe aspects from both sides, and it may seem that instrumental involvement is act-originative and the spiraling loss of responsibility is object-originative. They seem this way because of how the affective natural attitude registers these experiences. They are like blinders on a horse.
In many ways, the history of ethics has already disclosed this conception of the affective natural attitude as a basis for morality itself. Thomas Hobbes’s conception of the person consisted of seeing our practical reasoning as that which navigated the satisfaction of our appetites and aversions. A point confirmed in Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue, “Modern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under minimal constraints.”[8] Generally speaking, the posited state of nature of social contact theory’s definition of man is the very ethos of the affective natural attitude that I think moral phenomenology should seek to disrupt. Even more to the point of parallel, persons can form a functional society like one may assume the everyday natural attitude functions, but this functional interpersonal relationship we have with others in an instrumental-only mindset prevents the type of full self-other disclosure in Levinas, the I-thou relation in Buber, or the absolute dignity of the person in Scheler. In MacIntyre’s words again, such individualist concepts are reflected in philosophical theories that offer us no conception of community.[9] Left unchecked this affective natural attitude becomes problematic in the very same way that the natural attitude becomes problematic; it prevents us from seeing the constitutive role consciousness truly plays in experience and to which phenomenology is sought to remedy and at the same time moral theories that abandon the concepts of person, community, and values only repeat the same defects needlessly.[10]
Personally, I have long contemplated why do these ethics of the other (or Continental personalisms) have been generated by religiously-minded ethicists? Indeed, I have often charged Levinas’s ethics and subsequent phenomenological descriptions of the self-other with being a mere conceptual imitation of Biblical accounts where a self relates to a radically different other. Under such a reading, Levinas just describes what he could very easily find in religious scripture. One could charge Buber and Scheler along similar lines passing off religious concepts as phenomenologically basic to experience. In fact, one might object that the moral phenomenologists here are engaged in describing the relationships and concepts at work in religious scripture and their lives. Even if true that religiously-minded phenomenologists give us descriptions of that which is not, moral phenomenology can capture the core of moral experience on the functional level. On the functional level, the phenomenological description would still be an aesthetics of transcendence to orient our ethical selves. It wasn’t until I saw that religious rituals often seek to disrupt the affective moral attitude and restore our ethical subjectivity in the very manner that Levinas sought and to which Scheler sought in the act intentionality of love that some place for the religious can be made in ethics—this is not to say religions are always oriented towards that possibility as such. In my personal life, I’ve witnessed parishes doing harm and contributing to future injustices as much as I have seen some of them do good. Therefore, the only religion that we ought to accept in the end is a religion that responds completely and fully to the overwhelming transcendence and responsibility for the other. In fact, I call this is the personalist constraint of religion itself, and its observation is a slippery thing. On the one hand, religions can do immense social good and in some areas of the world, they are all there is. On the other hand, the backsliding into absolutism and lack of empathy can give rise to innumerable problems. All too often we face the dangers of the latter rather than the best of the former.
As such, this affective natural attitude can be diminished, but perhaps never confidently overcome. Moral phenomenology, then, becomes the ethical interruption; it brings to light the event of value in the encounter that resides at both the heart of Scheler and Levinas’s ethics. Morality – while it can serve and be designed to reinforce a community of individuals – is the device that the ethical theorist uses as a method to break into that very rupture whereupon the other/person can be manifest in their whole self. Yet, as we well know, ethical theories can also conceal in them the backsliding dangers already exposed as the affective natural attitude. Kantian ethics can always universalize an injustice of the times that’s not unjust and utilitarianism can always maximize happiness in already unjust society. Rational principles of deliberation cannot alone secure an orientation towards the Good, the Right, and the True. Even more to the point, a complete neglect of the ethical in experience can lead to complicit forces of objectification/de-peronalization taking over completely without any rupture. Ruptures are needed. There’s a reason why Levinas’s thought has its origin in the very sites of human history that perfected the de-personalization of the other/person—the Holocaust. Therefore, we need a moral phenomenology to help us foster a vision to rupture this everyday moral natural attitude, to arrest this tendency, and to give us resources such that we can fight against the proclivities of ourselves.
[1] Edmund Husserl, Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy trans. F. Kersten (The Hague: Kluwer, 1983), 57/<53>. Italics belong to the author.
[2] Sebastian Luft, Subjectivity and Lifeworld in Transcendental Phenomenology (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2011), 13.
[3] Emmanuel Levinas, Time and the Other trans. R. Cohen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Duquesne University Press, 1979), 43.
[4] While many might agree that these are either/or categories of are “ways of being,” Irene McMullin’s recent book develops the idea of a spectrum between these two possibilities. For more information, see her Time and the Shared World: Heidegger on Social Relations (Evanston, IL: Northwestern Press, 2013).
[5] Martin Heidegger, Being and Time trans. John Macquarrie and E. Robinson (New York: Harper and Rowe, 1962), 150. Here, I cite pagination of the translation.
[6] Heidegger, BT, 150.
[7] Max Scheler, Nature and Sympathy, trans. Peter Heath (Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2011), 16.
[8] Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007), 251.
[9] MacIntyre, After Virtue, 251.
[10] While an extremely general sentiment, this highlights the impatience I have with many forms of analytic ethics that seek to establish moral principles extricated from the social and historical circumstance they are part of, and also demonstrates the necessity for a phenomenological ethics/moral phenomenology. I think it also might be interesting to see if the Neo-Humean account of practical rationality, which is skeptical of anything resembling how we are speaking about transcendence here, is just the affective natural attitude given as a form of moral psychology.
[11] For a full discussion on how phenomenology can describe the Eucharist as a mode of divine presence, see Fr. Robert Sokolowski’s Eucharistic Presence: A Study in the Theology of Disclosure (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1993), 199-208. This analysis is a bit disappointing since it shows the reader how one might apply a theology of disclosure whereas I am committing to a functional view of religion for this example as one possible positive existential role religion can play. Sokolowski’s theology of disclosure bridges the gap between positive and speculative theologies and reveals what various manifestations and modes of presentation are contained in both encountering scripture and the Eucharist. By contrast, Antony Steinbock’s Phenomenology of Mysticism: The Verticality of Religious Experience (Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2007) reveals in its fifth chapter “Matters of Evidence in Religious Experience” a broader interpretation of the givenness of religious phenomena. While beyond Steinbock’s analysis, one could readily see just how indeterminate and fluid such experiences are, and our phenomenological efforts need not be grounded in one specific theological tradition, but rather a more truncated and general application of phenomenology can capture the many forms these experiences take.
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When Caste surfaced in Bollywood movies
Last updated on: June 27, 2019 16:25 IST
Two Dalit girls are raped and hung from a tree, prompting a police procedural and soul searching in the hard-hitting promo of Anubhav Sinha's Article 15.
The Ayushmann Khurrana starrer, which evokes the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth as per the Constitution of India, earnestly declares 'Farq bahut kar liye. Ab farq layenge.'
Given how rarely Bollywood mainstream broaches the subject of caste discrimination, it's no surprise Article 15 has piqued everybody's curiosity.
As we eagerly wait to see what 'farq' it makes when it hits the screens on June 28, Sukanya Verma looks at the few occasions caste came up in Hindi movies.
Abhishek Chaubey's Sonchiriya is a gritty, existential take on dacoit life.
But the element of caste politics -- Gujjars, Thakurs -- dominates its soul as well as spirit.
Like our review states, 'caste allegiance counts above everything else in the dusty ravines of Chambal'.
You just can't miss it.
Mukkabaaz
Besides being an underdog story of a small-town boxer wanting to succeed against all odds, Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz also looks at the ugliness of casteism in Vineet Kumar Singh and Zoya Hussain's opposed romance.
Masaan
Vicky Kaushal plays a young engineering student belonging to the Dom community, in love with a girl from an upper caste. He's embarrassed by his own identity.
Neeraj Ghaywan's critically acclaimed Masaan calls out the privileged view in believing education eradicates caste-based prejudices and how it affects urban, contemporary India just the same as its rural counterparts.
Caste-based politics reared its ugly head in Nagraj Manjule's Marathi blockbuster Sairat to alarming levels.
But its glamourised remake, fixated on launching star kids and siblings on silver screen, barely skims the surface.
Chauranga
Bikas Mishra's Chauranga points fingers at India's terribly casteist scheme and double standards when its 14-year-old Dalit protagonist develops feelings for an upper caste girl even as his mother carries on with the latter's bigoted, influential father.
Aarakshan
Though Prakash Jha's star-studded Aarakshan attracted attention and controversy for its theme of caste-based reservations, its unfocused storytelling shows little understanding of the complexity at hand.
Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Although only a subplot, Sanjay Dutt's presence as a lower caste cop high on sarcastic resentment is a caustic commentary on prevailing caste discrimination and rotting royalty in contemporary India.
Omkara
Hailed for his cunning retellings of Shakespeare's popular plays, Vishal Bhardwaj swaps race for caste to infuse nuance in a notably suspicious characterisation and raise the stake of Ajay Devgn's 'Adha Brahmin' insecurities.
Swades
Shah Rukh Khan's serene soul, as a NRI and NASA employee, is stunned to see the problems India faces at the grass root level because of unfair caste politics excluding an individual's basic right to employment and education.
His encounters provide some of the most poignant, life-changing imagery in Ashutosh Gowariker's slice-of-rural realism.
Lagaan
Caste, religion, disability, underdogs... Ashutosh Gowariker readily addresses the efforts of disadvantage rising above its stature to turn Lagaan into a glorious triumph of spirit.
And so there's Aditya Lakhia as Kachra, a Dalit whose inclusion in the village team assembled to beat the British in a game of cricket at first invites displeasure until his exceptional spinner skills make them see the absurdity of such prejudiced mindsets.
Bandit Queen
Horrendous instances of physical and mental abuse and humiliation of a low caste village woman at the hands of upper caste men give rise to dacoit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi's legend in Seema Biswas's unflinching portrayal.
Rudaali
Caste may not be the focus of Kalpana Lajmi's adaptation of Mahasweta Devi's short story, but it's certainly the catalyst to Rudaali's steady chaos and conflicts.
Here, a low caste community of professional mourners conveys grief for those high up in the social strata, as part of an archaic custom, underlining even suffering is controlled by caste.
Aakrosh
Always a frontrunner in showing reality affecting the farthest sections of Indian society, Shyam Benegal presents a powerful portrait of the subjugated lot through the prism of caste system in the haunting, unforgettable cry of its biggest victim.
Chameli Ki Shaadi
Basu Chatterjee's playful take on inter-caste romance, starring Anil Kapoor and Amrita Singh, turns the boy-meets-girl premise on its head to highlight the disparities and hypocrisies of social classification.
Caste may not be an in-your-face detriment in Ketan Mehta's Mirch Masala as much as patriarchy and misogyny, but its evils imprint the actions of some characters and the fate they receive.
Sadgati
Satyajit Ray's adaptation of Munshi Premchand's story takes a scathing look at the plight of untouchables through Om Puri's frail, penurious and desperate peasant and Mohan Agashe's inhuman, entitled village Brahmin resulting in both heartbreak and embarrassment.
Set against the backdrop of feudal oppression in rural India, Shyam Benegal's Ankur documents distressing scenes of caste dynamics through the illicit liaison between a lower caste married woman and her upper caste employer.
Godaan
Once again a poor peasant is at the centre of Munshi Premchand's celebrated Godaan, also the inspiration for Raaj Kumar-Kamini Kaushal's 1963 melodrama and revolves around the exploitation of lower castes by higher castes.
Bimal Roy's 1959 classic is an emotional plea to abandon parochial mindsets that look at caste as the basis of identity or affection through the experiences of a low-caste orphan in love with a Brahmin boy, much to the chagrin of the family that adopted her.
Achhut Kanya
One of the first movies to explore the consequences of caste differences, Achhut Kanya -- starring Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar -- is a star-crossed romance between a Dalit girl and Brahmin boy whose predictable disapproval can only be countered by an act of gallantry and grace.
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Museum of Apiculture
Take off into the world of the Carniolan grey bee, learn about the history of beekeeping in Slovenia, and admire the diverse painted beehive panels.
Slovenian beekeeping is marked by centuries of world renowned tradition. In 2017 the birth date of the pioneer of Slovenian beekeeping, Anton Jansa – 20th May – was announced as World Bee Day. His work and that of other Slovenian beekeepers is on view in the Museum of Apiculture, Radovljica.
In the museum in Radovljica Manor there is an outstanding exhibition of nearly 250 hand-painted beehive panels. This is the largest exhibition of this particular Slovenian folk art. The oldest known painted beehive panel, dating from 1758, is also on view.
The third part of the exhibition is devoted to the Carniolan grey bee, an indigenous breed of bee. Due to its biological specialities the Carniolan grey bee is one of the most popular bees and among Slovenians it has long held a special place. A visit to the museum is especially interesting from spring to autumn where there is an observation hive where you can watch the industrious bees hard at work.
You can end your visit to the Museum of Apiculture by watching a documentary film, available in Slovenian or English, about the Carniolan grey bee.
The Museum of Apiculture opened in Radovljica in 1959 and still to this day its content and the extent of its exhibits are unique in Slovenia and Europe. All exhibits are labelled in Slovenian, English, German and Italian. Guided tours for groups are also available upon prior arrangement in Slovenian, German and English.
Radovljica Municipality Museums, Linhartov trg 1, Radovljica
E: mro@mro.si
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January, Ferbruary Tuesday-Friday 8am -3pm
March and April, November and December Tuesday-Sunday 10am -4pm
May-October Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm
Children: 2 €
Adults: 4 €
Family ticket: 7 €
Museum of Apiculture + The Municipal Museum:
Family ticket: 11 €
The Beekeeping Education Centre of Gorenjska
Modern beekeeping and the well-stocked Beeshop
Visit the Beekeeping Education Centre of Gorenjska where you will found out about modern beekeeping and enter the secret world of bees.
The Municipal Museum
Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795)
Find out why the 18th century was a breakthrough year for the development of Slovenianism and Slovenian theatre.
Radovljica Manor
The 'King' of Linhart Square
The architectural style of the manor in Radovljica old town is 18th century in character, whilst its interior is home to museums, music and events.
The capital of beekeeping and chocolate
Radovljica is the sweetest Slovenian town, also known as the town with the most sun in Gorenjska.
Guided tours of Radovljica
Experience Radovljica with a local guide
Explore one of Slovenia's most beautiful town centres in the company of a local guide.
Lectar Workshop and Museum
Podnaslov A workshop of traditional Slovenian crafts
A workshop and museum, full of delicious smells of honeybread, and where every day decorative honeybread products are made.
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Local students make Carroll University dean's list
ROCKFORD — Seventeen students were named to the spring dean’s list at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wis.
To qualify for the dean’s list, students had to earn a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Belvidere:
Luis Reppert, an exercise science major, is a 2010 graduate of Belvidere North High School and the son of Judy Reppert of Belvidere.
Caledonia:
Brooke Berkenpas, a health science major, is a 2011 graduate of Belvidere North High School and the daughter of Todd and Pam Berkenpas of Caledonia.
Pecatonica:
Joel Peterson, a music education major, is a 2006 graduate of Winnebago High School and the son of Russ and Bonnie Peterson of Pecatonica.
Poplar Grove:
Stephanie Brown, a nursing major, is a 2009 graduate of North Boone High School and the daughter of Randy and Mindy Brown of Poplar Grove.
Rockford:
Carolyn Brady, an exercise science pre-physical therapy major, is a 2010 graduate of Boylan High School and the daughter of Tom and Cheryl Brady of Rockford.
Anna Cacciatore, an elementary education major, is a 2010 graduate of Belvidere North High School and the daughter of Anthony and Karen Cacciatore of Rockford.
Emily Dyreson, a photography major, is a 2007 graduate of Auburn High School and the daughter of Gene and Gina Dyreson of Rockford.
Ashley Sciame, a nursing major, is a 2011 graduate of Boylan High School and the daughter of George and Tammy Sciame of Rockford.
Taryn Zimmer, a business administration major, is a 2010 graduate of Rockford Lutheran High School and the daughter of Larry and Susan Zimmer of Rockford.
Rockton:
Aaron Neitzel, a psychology major, is a 2009 graduate of Hononegah High School and the son of Gary and Marianne Neitzel of Rockton.
Brianna Ross, a business-finance major, is a 2010 graduate of Hononegah High School and the daughter of Mike and Lori Ross of Rockton.
Beni Tidwell, a mathematics major, is a graduate of Hononegah High School and the daughter of Lari Tidwell of Rockton.
Roscoe:
Marquea McClenthan, an elementary education major, is a 2008 graduate of Hononegah High School and the daughter of Mark and Marilyn McClenathan of Roscoe.
Allyson Morrow is a 2011 graduate of Hononegah High School and the daughter of Patrick and Lisa Morrow of Roscoe.
Samantha Ryan, a graphic design management major, is a 2009 graduate of Harlem High School and the daughter of Mickale and Christine Ryan of Roscoe.
South Beloit:
Ryan Olson, an exercise science-pre-physical therapy major, is a 2010 graduate of Hononegah High School and the son of Rick and Katie Olson of South Beloit.
Rose Rementer, a communications major, is a 2009 graduate of Hononegah High School and the daughter of Bob and Tina Rementer of South Beloit.
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» Ontario Family Law Resources
» Navigating the Family Court System in Ontario
Ontario Family Law Resources
Anyone involved in a family law matter will find the following basic list of basic government departments, websites, online forms, and other resources useful.
Family Courts in Ontario
Some communities have a special family court called the Family Court of the Superior Court of Justice (Family Court), also called the unified Family Court. All types of family law matters can be dealt with in this Family Court.
If you do not have a unified Family Court in your area, you can take family law matters to the Ontario Court of Justice or to the Superior Court of Justice, depending on what family law issues you are dealing with.
Ontario Courts
An online guide that provides an overview of all courts in Ontario, including those that deal with family law matters.
www.ontariocourts.on.ca
For information on court locations and the services they provide, contact the Ministry of the Attorney General
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/Court_Addresses/
Court Fee Waiver Form
You can apply to have certain court fees waived if you cannot pay them because of financial circumstances. The fee waiver applies to most fees in family law cases that are not appeals. See the following website for more information and Fee Waiver Request forms.
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/feewaiver/guide-forms.asp
Forms for Family Court
Downloadable, printable court forms for family law matters.
www.ontariocourtforms.on.ca/english/family/
Duty Counsel
Duty counsel lawyers are available in courthouses to help low-income people who do not have a lawyer with them in the courtroom. You may have to show that you cannot afford to pay for a lawyer. Duty counsel can provide advice, request adjournments, and assist in settling issues. To find out more about duty counsel services, contact your local Legal Aid Ontario office.
www.legalaid.on.ca
Family Law Information Centres
All Ontario courts that deal with family law matters provide information and referral through Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) services. FLIC services include free information and help on issues related to separation and divorce and other family law matters. They also include information about court procedures, how to get a lawyer, services available in the community for families and children, and alternatives to going to court, such as family mediation. Advice lawyers from Legal Aid Ontario are also available at FLICs at certain hours. For information on FLIC services in your area, visit their website.
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/infoctr.asp
Family Mediation Services
Family mediation services are available at all unified Family Court locations. For more information contact your local Family Law Information Centre (see above).
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/mediation.asp
Ontario Association for Family Mediation
A not-for-profit association promoting family mediation as a dispute resolution process for separating couples and for families in conflict.
www.oafm.on.ca
Free parent information sessions are available at all unified Family Court locations in Ontario for parents who are separating or considering separation.
Community Legal Clinics
Community legal clinics provide legal services to low-income people in areas such as housing, employment insurance, income support, immigration, human rights, and workers’ compensation. Some clinics also provide assistance with wills, powers of attorney, and education law. To find the community legal clinic nearest you, visit the Legal Aid Ontario web site or call Legal Aid Ontario (see below).
1-800-668-8258 (bilingual)
Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
Visit the website below for guides to family law procedures in Ontario courts, including information on making an application for an uncontested divorce. This web site also has information on child protection court cases, child support, supervised access, and other family law topics.
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/justice-ont/family_law.asp
The Department of Justice web site listed below has information on the laws of Canada, public legal education and information, and resources and publications for the general public. You can also call the Family Law Information Line for information on the Federal Child Support Guidelines and the Divorce Act, and to order Department of Justice Canada publications related to family law and family violence.
www.canada.justice.gc.ca
Publications Ontario
Publications on various family law topics, including information on wills and divorce in various languages.
www.publications.serviceontario.ca
The Farm Line
Confidential peer counseling and referral for farm families, operating Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Provides clear language legal education and information materials for low-income and disadvantaged people in Ontario. CLEO’s materials address issues in many areas of law, including family, domestic violence, social assistance, housing, and immigration and refugee law. Most materials are also available in French. All print publications are free and can be viewed online.
416-408-4420 (accepts collect calls)
www.cleo.on.ca
CLEONet
An online collection of public legal education resources for community workers.
www.cleonet.ca
Address changes, name changes; birth, marriage & death certificates, etc.
www.serviceontario.ca
Ontario Statutes and Legislation
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Federal Child Support Guidelines
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fcy-fea/sup-pen/index.html
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Helpful Websites and Books
Navigating the Family Court System in Ontario
Child & Spousal Support Resources
Domestic Violence Resources
Resources on Children and Youth
Special Cases: Resources on Addiction, Disability, Elderly and Vulnerable Adults
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Chef Charlie Hallowell plans return to Oakland restaurants where he was accused of sexual harassment
Food // Restaurants
Tara Duggan June 15, 2018 Updated: June 15, 2018 5:06 p.m.
Chef Charlie Hallowell plans return to Oakland...
1of2Chef Charlie Hallowell and his partner own two Oakland restaurants where employees have launched accusations of sexual misconduct.Photo: Sam Wolson / Special to The Chronicle 2013
2of2Karina Vlastnik (left), Jadelynn Stahl, Claire Whitmer and Molly Surbridge are among the 31 employees of of chef Charlie Hallowell’s restaurants who accused him of sexual harassment.Photo: Christie Hemm Klok / Special to The Chronicle
Chef Charlie Hallowell, who has been absent from his Oakland restaurants since December after dozens of employees accused him of sexual misconduct, is making plans to return to work, according to restaurant management.
“Charlie agreed to take six months off without pay. That time is coming to a close,” said Donna Insalaco, the company’s chief operating officer. Insalaco said Hallowell might start by dining in one of the restaurants with his partner, buying produce at the farmers’ market and holding off-site staff meetings. She did not rule out the possibility that Hallowell would go back to working in the kitchen.
“That absolutely came up in a discussion, but we have not solidified a plan,” said Insalaco, who wouldn’t specify the timing of his return other than this summer. “I really want to know how the staff feels.”
Managers have invited employees of Hallowell’s Pizzaiolo and Penrose to meet on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
The news came just weeks after a bar manager at Penrose resigned because of complaints, including sexual harassment, according to an employee who spoke on condition of anonymity, and before Hallowell is due to begin mediation Monday with five women who were part of the original sexual harassment complaint.
“I’m disappointed that Charlie feels that he can just step back in before a lot of work has been done,” said attorney Mika Hilaire, who will represent the five women in mediation Monday. “It’s a pretty brazen step to do before there is any clarity on what has been done and how he is going to change.”
Hilaire’s clients were among the 31 women who told The Chronicle that Hallowell had subjected them to inappropriate touching, unwanted sexual advances and lewd language. Hilaire said that one of her plaintiffs’ main goals, in addition to possible monetary claims, is “making sure that no one else is injured or harmed” in the restaurant.
“What is being done to protect the women to make sure nothing happens again?” Hilaire said.
Hallowell is among several high-profile chefs nationally who have been accused of misconduct — and are now looking to reinstate their careers.
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Insalaco said that though she, as well as staff and Hallowell himself, are “conflicted” about him coming back, she has seen him change.
“I absolutely have seen evidence of it,” she said. “I see a tremendous amount of vulnerability. There’s not a time that I’m with him that he doesn’t get emotional about it, the idea that he has caused the people he cares about pain.”
Insalaco said that since December the restaurant has been training employees on sexual harassment and has an outside human resources firm that employees can contact, which they did in the case of the bar manager who recently left the company. The HR firm alerted Insalaco about the complaints, who worked with restaurant managers to discuss his termination right before the bar manager left on his own.
Insalaco announced the staff meeting to discuss Hallowell’s return in an email dated June 5 obtained by The Chronicle.
“There have been many questions regarding the return of Charlie and what that will look like for each restaurant,” she wrote. “Please come to listen to our plan, provide feedback and ask questions!” she wrote.
Hallowell did not immediately respond when The Chronicle attempted to contact him for a comment.
In December, 17 former and current employees told The Chronicle that Hallowell had subjected them to sexual harassment. In March, the total increased to 31 after The Chronicle published a second investigation detailing additional allegations of sexual misconduct, a pattern of behavior going back to when the chef worked at Chez Panisse in the late 1990s. Employees also made complaints of unwanted advances and inappropriate touching against Hallowell’s business partner, Richard Weinstein.
Former employees, including those who made the complaints, have asked Hallowell to step down from the business on multiple occasions.
Hallowell and Weinstein sold their restaurant Boot & Shoe Service in Oakland to former employee Jen Cramer and her husband, Richard Clark, in April. The restaurant group owns an additional restaurant location in Berkeley that is not yet open.
Tara Duggan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: tduggan@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @taraduggan
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A fourth-generation Northern Californian, Tara Duggan has written about food for The San Francisco Chronicle since 1999, starting out as a culinary intern in the Food & Wine department’s test kitchen. She currently covers the restaurant and food industry, seafood, sustainable agriculture and food policy, all with a Bay Area focus. A graduate of the California Culinary Academy, Tara also wrote The Working Cook recipe column, which appeared in The Chronicle for 11 years. She authored a cookbook based on the column in 2006 and has since written three other cookbooks, including “Root to Stalk Cooking” and “The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee.” Her writing and recipes have also appeared in the New York Times, Sunset and Food & Wine Magazine.
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Blogger appointed to GM’s helm
I was thrilled at the News that Bob Lutz who started blogging on the GM FastLane blog is back. The Gm press release says:
Bob Lutz has agreed to join the new GM as vice chairman responsible for all creative elements of products and customer relationships. Lutz and Tom Stephens, vice chairman, product development, will work together as a team, partnering with Ed Welburn, vice president of design, to guide all creative aspects of design. GM's brands, marketing, advertising, and communications will report to Lutz for consistent messaging and results. He will report to Henderson, and be part of the newly formed executive committee.
"I am pleased to announce that we are 'unretiring' Bob Lutz so he can fill this important position in the new GM," said Henderson. "He has a proven track record of unleashing creativity in the design and development of GM cars and trucks. This new role allows him to take that passion a step further, applying it to other parts of GM that connect directly with customers."
I read about Bob Lutz in Debbie Weil’s “The Corporate Blogging book” . A few month’s ago he came to Washington DC to demonstrate eco friendly GM vehicles to Montgomery County school kids.
Shel Israel interviewed Bob Lutz for his blog Global Neighbourhoods
As a board member at the Fortune 3 company, Lutz began blogging on GMFastLane in early 2005. FastLane has become one of a growing number of GM blogs and social media programs. FastLane has evolved into a team blog.
I am confident that Bob Lutz as vice chairman responsible for all creative elements of products and customer relationships at Gm will do a fantastic job. Congrats ! GM
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Savills Studley Represents Intelligent Medical Objects in HQ Relocation
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Growing technology company leases 43,384 square feet in O’Hare submarket
Savills Studley has completed a 43,384-square-foot lease to relocate medical technology company Intelligent Medical Objects’ (IMO) corporate headquarters to O’Hare Gateway Office Center, a 350,000-square-foot Class A office complex in Rosemont.
IMO, which is the market leader in terminology solutions for healthcare enterprises, will be the first tenant to occupy the center’s 9600 W. Bryn Mawr Drive building, after an extensive renovation of the property. The company will move from its current offices at 60 Revere Drive in Northbrook to the center in the second quarter of 2019.
The lease, which encompasses the majority of the first and the entire second floors, features access to newly-added and upgraded services at the complex, including on-site dining, a 3,000-square-foot fitness center, conference facilities, and an outdoor patio and gathering area. With its new space, IMO will expand its footprint by 30 percent. The offices will initially house approximately 200 employees.
IMO’s new headquarters affords the company greater reach in conducting business, and supports the company’s continued emphasis on attracting and retaining the best talent and offering an exceptional working environment. IMO has received the Chicago Tribune’s “Top Workplaces” honor for five consecutive years, beginning in 2014.
“We wanted to remain in Suburban Chicago, our corporate home since 2007, by supporting our customer-fueled growth in a modernized workspace that will enable employees to continue to innovate and be leaders in the Healthcare IT industry,” said IMO President and CFO Dan Watanapongse. “At the same time, we were seeking increased accessibility, and Savills Studley created an opportunity in a highly desirable location minutes from both the O’Hare International Airport and the Blue Line Rosemont station, which provides a direct link to downtown.” IMO also maintains an office downtown.
Savills Studley’s Jon Azulay and Robert Sevim advised IMO in the long-term transaction, along with Adam Southard. Rich Dale and Loredana Perri, members of the firm’s Project Management Services practice, are overseeing tenant build-out and relocation.
“O’Hare is the most desirable suburban submarket due to its proximity to the city center and multiple modes of transportation. This property provided a unique value proposition – a suburban address with urban access and amenities,” said Azulay. “Class A space in the O’Hare submarket is very limited, and transaction terms build in lease flexibility and future expansion rights.”
Sevim added: “Like many of the region’s growing technology companies, IMO is attracted to what the entire Chicago metropolitan area has to offer, including exceptional talent, educational resources, relative affordability, economic and cultural diversity, and a strong work ethic. The corporate flight from the suburbs to downtown has been much discussed, but we are also seeing companies supporting dual locations, leveraging both for greater client and workforce success.”
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Marine Corps Bans OxyElite Pro on Military Bases… Again
October 14, 2013 — The U.S. Marine Corps is leading the way in banning OxyElite Pro, a potentially dangerous dietary supplement that has been linked to dozens of cases of liver damage in Hawaii. Cpl. Scott Reel reported the ban on the official website of the U.S. Marine Corps.
On October 8, Camp Pendleton banned on-base sales of OxyElite Pro. The action spread to other bases, and by October 10, OxyElite Pro was pulled off shelves on all GNC military installations and the Marine Corps Exchange.
The report states:
“The MCCS [Marine Corps Community Services] exchanges on Camp Pendleton got the instruction, Oct. 8, to pull the product.” said Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Wilkes, preventative medicine officer of I Marine Expeditionary Force. “On Oct. 9, I verified that this product was not on the shelf of the Del Mar area exchange, the commissary, or the country store.”
This is the second time the military has proactively banned OxyElite Pro over concerns about safety. The Department of Defense (DOD) previously banned OxyElite Pro and Jack3D in 2011 because they contained DMAA, a synthetic stimulant drug that was linked to two soldiers’ deaths. Military investigators concluded that the deaths were not caused by DMAA, but they did warn that it could have serious side effects.
OxyElite Pro was re-formulated to contain aegeline. Last week, the FDA warned the aegeline is not approved for use in dietary supplements. They also presented stark evidence linking re-formulated OxyElite Pro to dozens of cases of liver damage in Hawaii.
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A European Journey #18 – Jelling (Denmark)
Cédric Placentino
Denmark’s birth certificate
Today we are visiting the continental part of Denmark, that is the region of Jutland.
We will specifically visit a village 12 km North-West from the town Vejle called Jelling.
As we enter the village surrounded by idyllic meadows and fields, we discover typical red brick houses and white houses with black roofs. A bit further along there is a beautiful park next to the main road, with two Viking mounds, a white church and a graveyard. As we walk along the footpath towards the church, we discover two runic stones, each under a glass casing.
What were these mounds and stones all about?
Firstly, the mounds were typical Viking pagan burial sites. Secondly, the runic stones were commemorative monuments usually erected by wealthy people or rulers for their deceased relatives. The name ‘runic’ refers to the alphabet used in the engravings on the stones.
In the Viking Age, Jelling was actually the royal seat of the kings of the Danes. And the story of the stones is as follows: the smaller stone was erected by the 10th century king Gorm in memory of his deceased wife Thyre.
But the second stone which is the largest is probably the most famous runic stone of all, so much so that it has been nicknamed ‘the birth certificate of Denmark’. Why is this?
In fact, this stone with three facets was erected by Gorm’s son, Harald Bluetooth. While the mounds testify to the pagan past of the Danes, the big runic stone is a testimony of their shift towards Christianity.
On one facet, we discover the image of a giant snake attacking a lion. Then on another facet we find the figure of Christ with His arms wide open, maybe crucified, in front of what looks like branches. The artwork displayed on this stone shows an interesting mixture of pagan and Christian imagery. Some believe that the artwork describes how Christianity overcame paganism. And the branches could be a reference to the god Odin who had been entangled in a tree for nine nights.
Nevertheless, we find more clues about the meaning of this stone on yet another facet. It reads:
King Harald commanded this monument to be made in memory of his father Gorm and his mother Thyre. That Harald won the whole of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian.
In reading this, we find out that Harald Bluetooth had several reasons for erecting this stone. One was to raise a memorial for his deceased parents Gorm and Thyre.
But the rest of the sentence explains why this stone has a national significance. Firstly, here we have the oldest known reference to ‘Denmark’, which came to mean the territory of the Dane people. Secondly, Harald claims that he was the one to make the Danes Christians.
However, history tells us that Christianity had first made its appearance in Denmark nearly two hundred years before Harald was born. This was shortly before Charlemagne became emperor of the Franks, the southern Christian neighbours of the Danes. The enmity between the two nations slowed the spread of the Gospel among the Danes, as Christianity was primarily seen as the religion of the enemy.
Soit was only under Harald Bluetooth in the 10thcentury that Christianity finally took root in Danish soil. An interesting detail about Bluetooth was that he was named like this because he loved eating blueberries so much that his teeth turned blue. And today, the merging of his runic initials is actually used as the Bluetooth symbol on our phones or computers.
So how did Christianity take root in Denmark under the reign of Bluetooth?
A key person in spreading the gospel at this time was the Archbishop of Bremen, Unni, who preached in Jutland and in the Danish Isles. After his death, the work continued with his successor Adaldag. He established the first three bishoprics of Denmark, in Schleswig (today in Germany), Ribe and Aarhus. It was also through his ministry that Harald Bluetooth was personally converted. Later on, due to the invasion of Denmark by Otto II, Harald was forced to negotiate with the Frankish emperor. As a result of these negotiations, he had to build a cathedral and a church in the former pagan sites respectively of Odense and Roskilde.
Finally, here in Jelling, Harald built a church to give a Christian burial to his father, who had been previously buried in one of the two pagan mounds. This may explain why one of the mounds is indeed actually empty.
Just as the empty tomb of Jesus testified to his resurrection, the empty mound and the Jelling stones are a powerful testimony of the adoption of Christianity by the Danes.
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WOSM Service Platform now open to all 170 National Scout Organizations
Safe from Harm
by World Scouting from Malaysia
Publication date: 7. Feb 2019
Creator: World Scouting
Today, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) announced the launch of the full WOSM Services as a new approach to strengthen the capacity of National Scout Organizations (NSO) and deliver better Scouting activities and programmes to more young people worldwide.
The innovative platform makes it easier for NSOs to request direct support and access high-quality resources and e-learning courses connected to the core areas of Scouting programmes and operations from youth engagement to spiritual development and good governance.
WOSM Services, which was soft launched in June 2018 and tested across regions with the help of hundreds of WOSM volunteers, NSO representatives, and World Scout Bureau (WSB) staff, now features a range of new upgrades that are now available to all 170 NSOs.
The platform hosts more than 700 structured resources, publications, and videos in different working languages of WOSM, making it the largest hub for Scouting resources. A range of interactive e-learning courses are also now live on the platform. The courses focus on education around key Scouting programmes, initiatives, and topic areas including Scouts for SDGs, Safe from Harm, Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT), diversity and inclusion, humanitarian action, and more.
In addition to this support, NSOs can requestforin-person or online support through the platform from a pool of 50 trained consultants comprised of WSB staff and WOSM volunteers who can offer expertise and guidance in each the WOSM Services.
The WOSM Service Platform is currently available in English, French, and Spanish, with plans to make it available in Russian and Arabic in the coming months. More new e-learning courses and resources will be released throughout the year, along a new WOSM Service on growth that will help NSOs develop their strategies for outreach to engage more young people and volunteers in Scouting.
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How Roman Was Roman Britain?
A Day Conference organised by the Roman Studies Group of Surrey Archaeological Society
Roman metal knives and spoons excavated from the City of London
Image copyright Museum of London.
Chertsey Hall, Chertsey
Just how 'Roman' life was in Roman Britain is still hotly debated. Issues to be covered during the Conference will include: What was the situation prior to the Roman invasion of AD 43? What did being 'Roman' involve? In what ways and to what extent were 'Roman' life styles and religious habits adopted by the native population? How did the situation differ between the towns and the countryside? What role did immigrants play? How did these features change during the lifetime of Britannia?
Professor Michael Fulford will chair the Conference and the speakers will include:
Professor Tim Champion – Southern Britain before the Conquest
Professor Martin Millet – On Being a Roman
Philip Crummy – Large Towns and Town Life – Colchester
Paul Booth – Small Towns and Town Life
Alex Smith – The Impact of Rome on the Countryside
Dr Hella Eckardt – Immigrants and Locals
Professor Tony King –Religions in Southern Roman Britain
The Conference will be held in the Chertsey Hall, Chertsey, Surrey and will run from 9.30 until 17.15.
Tickets will cost £18 (£16 for members; £10 for students) and will include morning coffee and afternoon tea. A hot lunch will be available at the Hall for approximately £9 for two courses. Further details and an application form can be found at www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk
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Anthony Duruji's 23 points leads Louisiana Tech in C-USA opener
Bulldogs have won seven consecutive games.
Anthony Duruji's 23 points leads Louisiana Tech in C-USA opener Bulldogs have won seven consecutive games. Check out this story on shreveporttimes.com: https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/college/2018/12/29/anthony-durujis-23-points-leads-louisiana-tech-c-usa-opener/2442627002/
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Louisiana Tech's Anthony Duruji scored 23 points to lead the Bulldogs to a win over Southern Miss.(Photo: File Photo)
RUSTON — Anthony Duruji scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Louisiana Tech won its seventh straight on Saturday, 71-56 over Southern Miss in the Conference USA season opener for both teams.
JaColby Pemberton had seven boards and hit four of Louisiana Tech's 12 3-pointers in scoring 14 points. Daquan Bracey added 11 points with six assists and the Bulldogs (11-3, 1-0) held Southern Miss to 32 percent shooting to improve to 8-0 at home.
The first of Amorie Archibald's back-to-back 3-pointers amid an 11-0 run put the Bulldogs up for good, 8-5, and Louisiana Tech led by as many as 11 in the first half. Southern Miss closed to 30-27 on Cortez Edwards' jumper with 1:43 left, but Bracey's 3 put the Bulldogs up 33-27 at halftime.
Duruji hit a jumper and back-to-back 3s amid a 24-6 Bulldogs run for a 24-point lead with 13:42 to play and the Golden Eagles got no closer than the final score.
LaDavius Draine scored 13 points and Edwards added 10 for Southern Miss (8-5, 0-1).
RUSTON, La. (AP) — Anthony Duruji scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Louisiana Tech won its seventh straight on Saturday, 71-56 over Southern Miss in the Conference USA season opener for both teams.
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2226 Hartland BlvdIndependence, KY 41051
Stunning 3 Bd/4 Bth Home In The Heart of Independence! Over 1.5 Acres of Park-Like Setting! Open Floor Plan Boasting Oak Staircase, Corner Gas Fireplace, Eat-In Kitchen w/Walkout To Back Patio & Beautiful Flat Backyard. 3 Finished Levels w/1st Floor Laundry! Above Ground Pool With Built-In Deck! Cherry & Apple Trees Nestled In The Tree Line With Hidden Storage Shed. Truly A Backyard Oasis! No HOA Fee & USDA 100% Financing To Top It All Off! RARE FIND
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The area was first called Crewitts Creek. It became “Independence” when Campell County split away and Kenton County was then created in 1840. The city of Independence serves as the county seat of Kenton County and features the traditional white courthouse in the town square. The community has both a rural and suburban mix as well as new developments – each complimenting the other. There are 25,000 residents who live in Independence.
With good access to the Greater Cincinnati area, this area is feeling the wave of new growth that has taken place in other areas of Northern Kentucky. Suburban and rural neighborhoods characterize this growing community.
T.A.N.K. city bus service serves the Independence area. Interstates I-75 and I-275 provide access to various points.
St. Elizabeth West is located in Florence (10 minutes). St. Elizabeth is on 20th and Eastern Avenue in Covington. St. Elizabeth South on Dudley Pike in Edgewood, Kentucky, is within ten minutes. Children’s Hospital Outpatient Northern Kentucky is located in nearby Crestview Hills and its main campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Florence Mall and downtown Covington Plaza are only 10-20 minutes away.
There are numerous basketball courts and baseball fields in Independence. Pee Wee football and knothole baseball are available for boys and girls. Various clubs and organizations are in the area. Kenton Golf Course, a public course, is nearby. The Kenton YMCA has a summer children’s program. The city hosts many summer events called Family Fun Nights at the Amphitheater in Memorial Park including puppet and magic shows, movies and concerts. In addition the city sponsors an Easter Egg Hunt, Memorial Day Parade, Fourth of July celebration and an annual Christmas Walk.
There are seven parks in Independence. "Glenhurst Park" is four acres and features a play area and walking trails. "Independence Park" is also a four-acre park and features playground equipment alongside the green spaces. "Marion Schadler Park" is a smaller park witih one and one-half acres. This park has play equipment and a picnic shelter area. "Memorial Park" is where the Senior Citizen and Community Center is located on its 26 acres. You will find play equipment, walking trails, a field, an amphitheater, a picnic shelter and a paved track. "Shadybrook Park" has 17.5 acres amd features soccer fields, basketball courts and playground equipment. "Sterling Staggs Park" has baseball and soccer fields, volleyball court, playground area and a picnic shelter on its five acres. "Lincoln Woods Park" has 15 acres and features two tennis courts, a basketball court, playground areas, picnic shelter and two ball fields.
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I started my radio career in the 1980s doing community forums and research for editorials at KCBS, a premier national news-talk station in San Francisco. Unfortunately, few radio and television stations produce such carefully crafted position statements voiced by station owners or general managers. Today’s media executives are employed by much larger corporations and they’d rather play it safe. They seem reluctant to take positions on local issues for fear of creating liability to their company.
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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/AP/Steve Helber/Photo montage by Salon)
Losing the airtime battle to Trump: Why Hillary Clinton can't attack an unconventional candidate conventionally
Clinton must make herself more accessible to the media or Trump will continue to control the narrative
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2016/05/31/losing_the_airtime_battle_to_trump_why_hillary_clinton_cant_attack_an_unconventional_candidate_conventionally/
One of the more frustrating aspects of Hillary Clinton is her conventionality. She's been in the political cross-hairs of Republicans for decades, and the result is a candidate who clings obsessively to the script. She avoids any situation that might produce an unengineered moment. That's often smart politics, but the play-it-safe approach won't work this year.
Donald Trump is nothing if not unconventional. All the fact-checkers and policy papers in the world are futile against him. Trump wins because he knows how to work the media. He's done this masterfully since launching his campaign last year. His omnipresence on television and radio during the primaries is the reason he dominated the primaries.
Trump's attention-mongering will put Clinton – and the television news industry – in a difficult position this fall. For all the talk of fairness and balance, the media has but one imperative: ratings. Trump understands this and uses it to his advantage. As Michael M. Grynbaum noted in The New York Times, Trump's cardinal focus is remaining a “daily fixture on influential programs,” particularly television programs. This is how he courts controversy and steers the conversation.
Clinton, however, takes a different approach. She isn't “absent from cable news,” Grynbaum writes, “but she remains leery of TV's unscripted nature, appearing far less often than Trump and irking some bookers who complain about the difficulties of luring her on air.” As a consequence, Trump will be seen and heard much more than Clinton. This asymmetry could be uniquely consequential this year, given the success of Trump's media-centric strategy.
So far it appears the Clinton campaign is content to attack Trump the way'd they'd attack any other candidate. We've heard constantly from surrogates and spokespeople, all of whom parrot their talking points with perfect discipline. But Trump isn't like any other candidate, and exposing his vacuousness won't move the meter. Clinton will have to try something different.
There won't be anything like balanced coverage this year. No prominent program will turn down an interview with Trump, and Trump won't turn down an interview with a prominent program. Unleashing staffers and surrogates to do her bidding is an ineffective counter to Trump's media blitz. The only thing Trump has is the spotlight. Clinton has to be willing to steal it, regardless of the risks involved.
Clinton has to define herself as a candidate, and that means more appearances and a fearless posture. Exchanging insults with Trump is a fruitless endeavor, but competing with him for airtime is not. Remaining sheltered is a terrible strategy in this climate. In addition to saying outrageous things, Trump commands attention because he's unafraid to tangle with reporters. He uses these opportunities to drive the news cycle, giving the press just enough meat to chew on. There's a lesson in this for Clinton, if she's willing to take it.
Ultimately, Clinton and the Democrats can't rely on the press to fulfill its social obligation. Corporate media will follow the ratings straight to hell if that's where it leads. There is no higher responsibility at work here. They'll offer a platform to both candidates, but that's all they'll do. If Clinton prefers to mitigate risk, Trump will happily fill the void. And there's no real downside for Trump. He pays no price among his supporters for lying and distorting and exaggerating; it's dismissed as political incorrectness. But the unearned media attention he receives in the process propels his campaign.
This means Clinton has no choice but to put herself out there. Ceding the airtime battle to Trump puts Clinton at a comparative disadvantage. It amounts to abandoning any control over the narrative or the terms of the debate. More exposure means more errors, but that's a price Clinton has to accept. We've seen already how dangerous it is to allow Trump to suck all the oxygen out of the room. There's a graveyard of Republican candidates who learned that lesson the hard way.
Sean Illing is a USAF veteran who previously taught philosophy and politics at Loyola and LSU. He is currently Salon's politics writer. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter. Read his blog here. Email at silling@salon.com.
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Mindhunter to return with second season on Aug 16
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Netflix’s Mindhunter will return for a second season on August 16.
The show follows the two FBI agents, Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), as they travel across America to interview psychopaths and serial killers in an attempt to understand their mindset.
Fincher first confirmed the release date and revealed more details about the second season on KCRW’s The Treatment podcast.
#MINDHUNTER Season 2 premieres August 16 https://t.co/AoIqjx2dTt
— See What’s Next (@seewhatsnext) July 12, 2019
Although two years seemed like a long time to wait for another instalment, fans have now only have to wait a little over a month till the second season is released on Netflix.
As per Deadline, season two is expected to pick up between 1979 and 1981, a couple of years after season one was set. The focus of the new season will be the Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings which took place between those years and left 28 African-American children, teenagers, and adults dead.
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“Things” by Sinclair Lewis
This is not the story of Theodora Duke and Stacy Lindstrom, but of a traveling bag with silver fittings, a collection of cloisonné, a pile of ratty schoolbooks, and a fireless cooker that did not cook.
Sinclair Lewis
Editor George Horace Lorimer accepted Sinclair Lewis’s short story “Nature, Inc.” from The Saturday Evening Post’s “slush pile” of manuscripts in 1915 and began a prolific relationship between the satirical author and the magazine. Lewis’s novel Babbitt (1922) brought this kinship to a screeching halt due to its critique of business and the middle class. Lorimer wrote an unkind review of the book, and Lewis was left out of the Post for years to come.
In his story “Things,” Lewis writes about a Minnesota family’s ascent to great wealth and their resulting materialistic tendencies. The world of drawing rooms, social homicide, and needless china is on full display in this tale of love-or-money during World War I.
Long before these things were acquired, when Theo was a girl and her father, Lyman Duke, was a so-so dealer in cut-over lands, there was a feeling of adventure in the family. They lived in a small brown house which predicated children and rabbits in the backyard, and a father invariably home for supper. But Mr. Duke was always catching trains to look at pine tracts in Northern Minnesota. Often his wife went along, and, in the wilds, way and beyond Grand Marais and the steely shore of Lake Superior, she heard wolves howl and was unafraid. The Dukes laughed much those years, and were eager to see mountains and new kinds of shade trees.
Theo found her own freedom in exploring jungles of five-foot mullen weeds with Stacy Lindstrom. That pale, stolid little Norwegian she chose from her playmates because he was always ready to try new games.
The city of Vernon was newer then — in 1900. There were no country clubs, no fixed sets. The pioneers from Maine and York State who had appropriated lumber and flour were richer than the newly come Buckeyes and Hoosiers and Scandinavians, but they were friendly. As they drove their smart trotters the leading citizens shouted “Hello, Heinie,” or “Evenin’, Knute,” without a feeling of condescension. In preferring Stacy Lindstrom to Eddie Barnes, who had a hundred-dollar bicycle and had spent a year in a private school, Theo did not consider herself virtuously democratic. Neither did Stacy!
The brown-haired, bright-legged, dark-cheeked, glowing girl was a gorgeous colt, while he was a fuzzy lamb. Theo’s father had an office, Stacy’s father a job in a planing mill. Yet Stacy was the leader. He read books, and he could do things with his hands. He invented Privateers, which is a much better game than Pirates. For his gallant company of one privateers he rigged a forsaken dump cart, in the shaggy woods on the Mississippi bluffs, with sackcloth sails, barrel-hoop cutlasses, and a plank for victims to walk. Upon the request of the victims, who were Theo, he added to the plank a convenient handrail.
But anyone could play Ship — even Eddie Barnes. From a territorial pioneer Stacy learned of the Red River carts which, with the earthquaking squawk of ungreased wheels and the glare of scarlet sashes on the buckskin shirts of drivers, used to come plodding all the redskin-haunted way from the outposts of the Free Trappers, bearing marten and silver fox for the throats of princesses. Stacy changed the privateers’ brigantine into a Red River cart. Sometimes it was seven or ten carts, and a barricade. Behind it Stacy and Theo kept off hordes of Dakotas.
After voyaging with Stacy, Theo merely ya-ah’d at Eddie Barnes when he wanted her to go skating. Eddie considered a figure eight, performed on the ice of a safe creek, the final accomplishment of imaginative sport, while Stacy could from immemorial caverns call the wizard Merlin as servitor to a little playing girl. Besides, he could jump on ski! And mend a bike! Eddie had to take even a dirty sprocket to the repair shop.
The city, and Theo, had grown less simple-hearted when she went to Central High School. Twenty-five hundred boys and girls gathered in those tall gloomy rooms, which smelled of water pails and chalk and worn floors. There were a glee club, a school paper, a debating society and dress-up parties. The school was brisk and sensible, but it was too large for the intimacy of the grade buildings. Eddie Barnes was conspicuous now, with his energy in managing the athletic association, his beautifully combed hair and his real gold watch. Stacy Lindstrom was lost in the mass.
It was Eddie who saw Theo home from parties. He was a man of the world. He went to Chicago as calmly as you or I would go out to the St. Croix River to spear pickerel.
Stacy rarely went to parties. Theo invited him to her own, and the girls were polite to him. Actually he danced rather better than Eddie. But he couldn’t talk about Chicago. He couldn’t talk at all. Nor did he sing or go out for sports. His father was dead. He worked Saturdays and three nights a week in an upholstery shop — a dingy, lint-blurred loft, where two old Swedes kept up as a permanent institution a debate on the Lutheran Church versus the Swedish Adventist.
“Why don’t you get a good live job?” Eddie patronizingly asked Stacy at recess, and Theo echoed the question; but neither of them had any suggestions about specific good live jobs.
Stacy stood from first to fifth in every class. But what, Eddie demanded, was the use of studying unless you were going to be a schoolteacher? Which he certainly was not! He was going to college. He was eloquent and frequent on this topic. It wasn’t the darned old books, but the association with the fellows, that educated you, he pointed out. Friendships. Fraternities. Helped a fellow like the dickens, both in society and business, when he got out of college.
“Yes, I suppose so,” sighed Theo.
Eddie said that Stacy was a longitudinal, latitudinous, isothermic, geologic, catawampaboid Scandahoofian. Everybody admired the way Eddie could make up long words. Theo’s older sister, Janet, who had cold, level eyes, said that Theo was a fool to let a shabby, drabby nobody like that Stacy Lindstrom carry her books home from school. Theo defended Stacy whenever he was mentioned. There is nothing which so cools young affection as having to defend people.
After high school Eddie went East to college, Stacy was a clerk in the tax commissioner’s department of the railroad — and the Dukes became rich, and immediately ceased to be adventurous.
Iron had been found under Mr. Duke’s holdings in Northern Minnesota. He refused to sell. He leased the land to the iron-mining company, and every time a scoop brought up a mass of brown earth in the open pit the company ran very fast and dropped twenty-five cents in Mr. Duke’s pocket. He felt heavy with silver and importance; he bought the P.J. Broom mansion and became the abject servant of possessions.
The Broom mansion had four drawing rooms, a heraldic limestone fireplace and a tower and a half. The half tower was merely an octagonal shingle structure with a bulbous Moorish top; but the full tower, which was of stone on a base of brick, had cathedral windows, a weather vane, and a metal roof down which dripped decorative blobs like copper tears. While the mansion was being redecorated the Dukes senior took the grand tour from Miami to Port Said, and brought home a carload of treasures. There was a ready-made collection of cloisonné, which an English baron had spent five years in gathering in Japan, and five hours in losing at Monte Carlo. There was a London traveling bag, real seal, too crammed with silver fittings to admit much of anything else, and too heavy for anyone save a piano mover to lift. There were rugs, and books, and hand-painted pictures, and a glass window from Nuremberg, and ushabti figures from Egypt, and a pierced brass lamp in the shape of a mosque.
All these symbols of respectability the Dukes installed in the renovated Broom mansion, and settled down to watch them.
Lyman Duke was a kindly man, and shrewd, but the pride of ownership was a germ, and he was a sick man. Who, he meditated, had such a lamp? Could even the Honorable Gerard Randall point to such glowing rods of book backs?
Mrs. Duke organized personally conducted excursions to view the Axminster rug in the library. Janet forgot that she had ever stood brushing her hair before a pine bureau. Now she sat before a dressing table displaying candlesticks, an eyelash pencil, and a powder-puff box of gold lace over old rose. Janet moved graciously, and invited little sister Theo to be cordially unpleasant to their grubby friends of grammar school days.
The accumulation of things to make other people envious is nothing beside their accumulation because it’s the thing to do. Janet discovered that life would be unendurable without an evening cloak. At least three evening cloaks were known to exist within a block of the Broom mansion. True, nobody wore them. There aren’t any balls or plays except in winter, and during a Vernon winter you don’t wear a satin cloak — you wear a fur coat and a muffler and a sweater and arctics, and you brush the frozen breath from your collar, and dig out of your wraps like a rabbit emerging from a brush pile. But if everybody had them Janet was not going to be marked for life as one ignorant of the niceties. She used the word “niceties” frequently and without quailing.
She got an evening cloak. Also a pair of fifteen-dollar gun-metal pumps, which she discarded for patent leathers as soon as she found that everybody wore those — everybody being a girl in the next block, whose house wasn’t anywhere near as nice as “ours.”
Theo was only half glad of their grandeur. Oh, undoubtedly she was excited about the house at first, and mentioned it to other girls rather often, and rang for maids she didn’t need. But she had a little pain in the conscience. She felt that she hadn’t kept up defending Stacy Lindstrom very pluckily.
She was never allowed to forget Stacy’s first call at the mansion. The family were settled in the house. They were anxious for witnesses of their nobility. The bell rang at eight one Saturday evening when they were finishing dinner. It was hard to be finishing dinner at eight. They had been used to starting at six-thirty-one and ending the last lap, neck and neck, at six-fifty-two. But by starting at seven, and having a salad, and letting father smoke his cigar at the table, they had stretched out the ceremony to a reasonable decency.
At the sound of the buzz in the butler’s pantry Janet squeaked: “Oh, maybe it’s the Garlands! Or even the Randalls!” She ran into the hall.
“Janet! Jan-et! The maid will open the door!” Mrs. Duke wailed.
“I know, but I want to see who it is!”
Janet returned snapping: “Good heavens, it’s only that Stacy Lindstrom! Coming at this early hour! And he’s bought a new suit, just to go calling. It looks like sheet iron.”
Theo pretended she had not heard. She fled to the distant library. She was in a panic. She was ashamed of herself, but she didn’t trust Stacy to make enough impression. So it was Mr. Duke who had the first chance at the audience:
“Ah, Stacy, glad to see you, my boy. The girls are round some place. Theo!”
“Lyman! Don’t shout so! I’ll send a maid to find her,” remonstrated Mrs. Duke.
“Oh, she’ll come a-running. Trust these girls to know when a boy’s round!” boomed Mr. Duke.
Janet had joined Theo in the library. She veritably hissed as she protested: “Boys-s-s-s-s! We come running for a commonplace railway clerk!”
Theo made her handkerchief into a damp, tight little ball in her lap, smoothed it out, and very carefully began to tear off its border.
Afar Mr. Duke was shouting: “Come see my new collection while we’re waiting.”
“I hate you!” Theo snarled at Janet, and ran into the last of the series of drawing rooms. From its darkness she could see her father and Stacy. She felt that she was protecting this, her brother, from danger; from the greatest of dangers — being awkward in the presence of the stranger, Janet. She was aware of Janet slithering in beside her.
“Now what do you think of that, eh?” Mr. Duke was demanding. He had unlocked a walnut cabinet, taken out an enameled plate.
Stacy was radiant. “Oh, yes. I know what that stuff is. I’ve read about it. It’s cloysoan.” He had pronounced it to rime with moan.
“Well, not precisely! Cloysonnay, most folks would call it. Or culwasonnay, if you want to be real highbrow. But cloysoan, that’s pretty good! Mamma! Janet! The lad says this is cloysoan! Ha, ha! Well, never mind, my boy. Better folks than you and I have made that kind of a mistake.”
Janet was tittering. The poisonous stream of it trickled through all the rooms. Stacy must have heard. He looked about uneasily.
Suddenly Theo saw him as a lout, in his new suit, that hung like wood. He was twisting a button and trying to smile back at Mr. Duke.
The cloisonné plate was given to Stacy to admire. What he saw was a flare of many-colored enamels in tiny compartments. In the center a dragon writhed its tongue in a field of stars, and on the rim were buds on clouds of snow, a flying bird, and amusing symbols among willow leaves.
But Mr. Duke was lecturing on what he ought to have seen:
“This is a sara, and a very fine specimen. Authorities differ, but it belonged either to the Shi sinwo or the Mon-zeki — princely monks, in the monastery of Nin-na-ji. Note the extreme thinness of the cloisons, and the pastes are very evenly vitrified. The colors are remarkable. You’ll notice there’s slate blue, sage green, chrome yellow, and — uh — well there’s several other colors. You see the ground shows the kara kusa. That bird there is a ho-ito in flight above the branches of the kiri tree.”
Stacy had a healthy suspicion that a few months before Mr. Duke had known no more about Oriental art than Stacy Lindstrom. But he had no Japanese words for repartee, and he could only rest his weight on the other foot and croak “Well, well!”
Mr. Duke was beatifically going on: “Now this chatsubo, you’ll notice, is not cloisonné at all, but champlevé. Very important point in studying shippo ware. Note the unusually fine kiku crest on this chawan.”
“I see. Uh — I see,” said Stacy.
“Just a goat, that’s all he is, just a giddy goat,” Janet whispered to Theo in the dark room beyond, and pranced away.
It was five minutes before Theo got up courage to rescue Stacy. When she edged into the room he was sitting in a large leather chair and fidgeting. He was fidgeting in twenty different but equally irritating ways. He kept recrossing his legs, and every time he crossed them the stiff trousers bagged out in more hideous folds. Between times he tapped his feet. His fingers drummed on the chair. He looked up at the ceiling, licking his lips, and hastily looked down, with an artificial smile in acknowledgment of Mr. Duke’s reminiscences of travel.
Theo swooped on Stacy with hands clapping in welcome, with a flutter of white muslin skirts about young ankles.
“Isn’t the house comfy? When we get a pig we can keep him under that piano! Come on, I’ll show you all the hidey holes,” she crowed.
She skipped off, dragging him by the hand — but she realized that she was doing altogether too much dragging. Stacy, who had always been too intent on their games to be self-conscious, was self-conscious enough now. What could she say to him?
She besought: “I hope you’ll come often. We’ll have lots of fun out of — ”
“Oh, you won’t know me anymore, with a swell place like this,” he mumbled.
As women do she tried to bandage this raw, bruised moment. She snapped on the lights in the third drawing room, and called his attention to the late Mr. P.J. Broom’s coat of arms carved on the hulking stone fireplace. “I got the decorator to puzzle it out for me, and as far as he could make out, if Pat Broom was right he was descended from an English duke, a German general and a Serbian undertaker. He didn’t miss a trick except — ”
“Well, it’s a pretty fine fireplace,” Stacy interrupted. He looked away, his eyes roving but dull, and dully he added: “Too fine for me, I guess.”
Not once could she get him to share her joy in the house. He seemed proud of the virtue of being poor. Like a boast sounded his repeated “Too darn fine for me — don’t belong in with all these doo-dads.” She worked hard. She showed him not only the company rooms but the delightful secret passage of the clothes chute which led from an upstairs bedroom to the laundry; the closet drawers which moved on rollers and could be drawn out by the little finger; the built-in clock with both Trinity and Westminster chimes; the mysterious spaces of the basement, with the gas drier for wet wash, and the wine cellar which — as it so far contained only a case of beer and seven bottles of ginger ale — was chiefly interesting to the sense of make-believe.
Obediently he looked where she pointed; politely he repeated that everything was “pretty fine”; and not once was he her comrade. The spirit of divine trust was dead, horribly mangled and dead, she panted, while she caroled in the best nice-young-woman tone she could summon: “See, Stace. Isn’t this cun-ning?”
It is by certain mystics fabled that the most malignant ghosts are souls that in life have been the most kindly and beloved. Dead though this ancient friendship seemed, it had yet one phase of horror to manifest. After having implied that he was a plain honest fellow and glad of it, Stacy descended to actual boasting. They sat uneasily in the smallest of the drawing rooms, their eyes fencing. Theo warned herself that he was merely embarrassed. She wanted to be sorry for him. But she was tired — tired of defending him to others, tired of fighting to hold his affection.
“I certainly am eating the work in the tax commissioner’s office. I’m studying accounting systems and banking methods evenings, and you want to watch your Uncle Stacy. I’ll make some of these rich fellows sit up! I know the cashier at the Lumber National pretty well now, and he as much as said I could have a job there, at better money, any time I wanted to.”
He did not say what he wished to put into the railroad and the bank — only what he wished to get out of them. He had no plans, apparently, to build up great institutions for Vernon, but he did have plans to build up a large salary for Stacy Lindstrom.
And one by one, as flustered youth does, he dragged in the names of all the important men he had met. The conversation had to be bent distressingly to get them all in.
He took half an hour in trying to make an impressive exit.
“I hate him! He expects me to be snobbish! He made it so hard for me to apologize for being rich. He — Oh, I hate him!” Theo sobbed by her bed.
“You want to watch your Uncle Stanley. I’ll make some of these rich fellows sit up.” (Illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell)
Not for a week did she want to see the boy again; and not for a month did he call. By that time she was used to doing without him. Before long she was used to doing without most people. She was left lonely. Janet had gone East to a college that wasn’t a college at all, but a manicurist’s buffer of a school, all chamois, celluloid and pink powder — a school all roses and purring and saddle horses and pleasant reading of little manuals about art. Theo had admired her older sister. She had been eager when Janet had let her wash gloves and run ribbons. She missed the joy of service. She missed too the conveniences of the old brown house — the straw-smelling dog house in the back yard, with the filthy, agreeable, gentlemanly old setter who had resided there; and the tree up which a young woman with secret sorrows could shin resentfully.
Not only Janet and Eddie Barnes but most of Theo’s friends had escaped domestic bliss and gone off to school. Theo wanted to follow them, but Mrs. Duke objected. “I wouldn’t like to have both my little daughters desert me at once.” At the age halfway between child and independent woman Theo was alone. She missed playing; she missed the achievements of housework.
In the old days on the hired girl’s night out Theo had not minded splashing in rainbow-bubbled suds and polishing the water glasses to shininess. But now there was no hired girl’s night out; and no hired girls. There were maids instead, three of them, with a man who took care of the furnace and garden and put on storm windows. The eldest of the maids was the housekeeper-cook, and she was a straight-mouthed, carp-eyed person named Lizzie. Lizzie had been in the best houses. She saw to it that neither the other servants nor the Dukes grew slack. She would have fainted at the sight of Sunday supper in the kitchen or of Theo washing dishes.
Mr. Duke pretended to be glad that they had a furnace man; that he no longer had to put on overalls and black leather gloves to tend the furnace and sift the ashes. That had been his before supper game at the shabby brown house. As a real-estate man he had been mediocre. As a furnace man he had been a surgeon, an artist. He had operated on the furnace delicately, giving lectures on his technic to a clinic of admiring young. You mustn’t, he had exhorted, shake for one second after the slivers of hot coal tumble through the grate. You must turn off the draft at exactly the moment when the rose and saffron flames quiver above the sullen mound of coal.
His wife now maintained that he had been dreadfully bored and put upon by chores. He didn’t contradict. He was proud that he no longer had to perch on a ladder holding a storm window or mightily whirling the screw driver as the screws sunk sweetly home. But it was to be noticed that with nothing to do but to look at the furnace man, to hold his pockets open for the quarters from the iron-mining company, and to gaze at his collections of jugs and bugs and rugs — he became slow of step and foggy of eye, and sometimes, about nothing in particular, he sighed.
Whenever they had guests for dinner he solemnly showed the cloisonné, and solemnly the guests said “Oh,” and “Really?” and “Is it?” They didn’t want to see the cloisonné, and Mr. Duke didn’t want to show it, and of his half-dozen words of Japanese he was exceeding weary. But if one is a celebrated collector one must keep on collecting and showing the collections.
These dinners and private exhibits were part of a social system in which the Dukes were entangled. It wasn’t an easy-fitting system. It was too new. If we ever have professional gentlemen in this country we may learn to do nothing and do it beautifully. But so far we want to do things. Vernon society went out for businesslike activities. There was much motoring, golf and the discussion of golf, and country club dances at which the men’s costumes ran from full evening dress through dinner coats to gray suits with tan shoes.
Most of the men enjoyed these activities honestly. They danced and motored and golfed because they liked to; because it rested them after the day in the office. But there was a small exclusive set in Vernon that had to spend all its time in getting recognized as a small exclusive set. It was social solitaire. By living in a district composed of a particular three blocks on the Boulevard of the Lakes Mr. Duke had been pushed into that exclusive set — Mrs. Duke giving a hand in the pushing.
Sometimes he rebelled. He wanted to be back at work. He had engaged a dismayingly competent manager for his real-estate office, and even by the most ingenious efforts to find something wrong with the books or the correspondence he couldn’t keep occupied at the office for more than two hours a day. He longed to discharge the manager, but Mrs. Duke would not have it. She enjoyed the ownership of a leisure-class husband.
For rich women the social system in Vernon does provide more games than for men. The poor we have always with us, and the purpose of the Lord in providing the poor is to enable us of the better classes to amuse ourselves by investigating them and uplifting them and at dinners telling how charitable we are. The poor don’t like it much. They have no gratitude. They would rather be uplifters themselves. But if they are taken firmly in hand they can be kept reasonably dependent and interesting for years.
The remnants of the energy that had once taken Mrs. Duke into the woods beyond the end of steel now drove her into poor-baiting. She was a committeewoman five deep. She had pigeonholes of mysteriously important correspondence, and she hustled about in the limousine. When her husband wanted to go back and do real work she was oratorical:
“That’s the trouble with the American man. He really likes his sordid office. No, dearie, you just enjoy your leisure for a while yet. As soon as we finish the campaign for censoring music you and I will run away and take a good trip — San Francisco and Honolulu.”
But whenever she actually was almost ready to go even he saw objections. How ridiculous to desert their adorable house, the beds soft as whipped cream, the mushrooms and wild rice that only Lizzie could cook, for the discomforts of trains and hotels! And was it safe to leave the priceless collections? There had been a burglar scare — there always has just been a burglar scare in all cities. The Dukes didn’t explain how their presence would keep burglars away, but they gallantly gave up their lives to guarding the cloisonné, while they talked about getting a caretaker, and never tried to get him.
Thus at last was Lyman Duke become a prison guard shackled to the things he owned, and the longest journey of the man who had once desired new peaks and softer air was a slow walk down to the Commercial Club for lunch.
When Janet and Eddie Barnes and the rest of Theo’s friends came back from college; when the sons went into their fathers’ wholesale offices and clubs, and the daughters joined their mothers’ lecture courses and societies, and there was an inheriting Younger Set and many family plans for marriages — then Theo ceased to be lonely, and remembered how to play. She had gone to desultory dances during their absence, but only with people too old or too young. Now she had a group of her own. She danced with a hot passion for music and movement; her questioning about life disappeared in laughter as she rose to the rushing of people and the flashing of gowns.
Stacy Lindstrom was out of existence in this colored world. Stacy was now chief clerk in the railroad tax commissioner’s office, and spoken of as future assistant cashier in the Lumber National Bank. But he was quite insignificant. He was thin — not slim. He was silent — not reserved. His clothes were plain — not cleverly inconspicuous. He wore eyeglasses with a gold chain attached to a hoop over one ear; and he totally failed to insist that he was bored by the vaudeville which everybody attended and everybody sneered at. Oh, he was ordinary, through and through.
Thus with boarding-school wisdom Janet dissected the unfortunate social problem known as Stacy Lindstrom. Theo didn’t protest much. It was not possible for youth to keep on for five years very ardently defending anybody who changed as little as Stacy. And Theo was busy.
Not only to dances did Janet lead her, but into the delights of being artistic. Janet had been gapingly impressed by the Broom mansion when the family had acquired it, but now, after vacation visits to Eastern friends, she saw that the large brown velvet chairs were stuffy, and the table with the inlaid chessboard of mother-of-pearl a horror. What Janet saw she also expressed, in words as cold and sharp as swords at chilly dawn.
In one of the manuals the girls had been tenderly encouraged to glance through at Janet’s college it was courageously stated that simplicity was the keynote in decoration. At breakfast, dinner, and even at suppers personally abstracted from the ice box at two a.m., Janet clamored that their ratty old palace ought to be refurnished. Her parents paid no attention. That was just as well.
Otherwise Janet would have lost the chance to get into her portable pulpit and admonish: “When I have a house it will be absolutely simple. Just a few exquisite vases, and not one chair that doesn’t melt into the environment. Things — things — things — they are so dreadful! I shan’t have a thing I can’t use. Use is the test of beauty.”
Theo knew that the admirable Janet expressed something which she had been feeling like a dull unplaced pain. She became a member of an informal art association consisting of herself, Janet, Eddie Barnes and Harry McPherson, Janet’s chief suitor. It is true that the art association gave most of its attention to sitting together in corners at dances and giggling at other people’s clothes, but Janet did lead them to an exhibit at the Vernon Art Institute, and afterward they had tea and felt intellectual and peculiar and proud.
Eddie Barnes was showing new depths. He had attended a great seaboard university whose principal distinction, besides its athletics, was its skill in instructing select young gentlemen to discuss any topic in the world without having any knowledge of it whatever. During Janet’s pogrom against the Dukes’ mosque-shaped brass lamp Eddie was heard to say a number of terribly good things about the social value of knowing wall sconces.
When Janet and Harry McPherson were married Eddie was best man, Theo bridesmaid.
Janet had furnished her new house. When Theo had accompanied Janet on the first shopping flight she had wanted to know just what sort of chairs would perform the miracle of melting into the environment. She wondered whether they could be found in department stores or only in magic shops. But Janet led her to a place only too familiar — Ye Crafts League Shoppe, where Mrs. Duke always bought candle shades and small almond dishes.
Janet instantly purchased a hand-tooled leather box for playing cards, and a desk set which included a locked diary in a morocco cover and an ingenious case containing scissors, magnifying glass, pencil sharpener, paper cutter, steel ink eraser, silver penknife. This tool kit was a delightful toy, and it cost thirty-seven dollars. The clerk explained that it was especially marked down from forty-five dollars, though he did not explain why it should be especially marked down.
Theo wailed: “But those aren’t necessary! That last thingumajig has four different kinds of knives, where you only need one. It’s at least as useless as papa’s cloisonné.”
“I know, but it’s so amusing. And it’s entirely different from papa’s old stuff. It’s the newest thing out!” Janet explained.
Before she had bought a single environment-melting chair Janet added to her simple and useful furnishings a collection of glass fruit for table centerpiece, a set of Venetian glass bottles, a traveling clock with a case of gold and platinum, and works of tin. For her sensible desk she acquired a complicated engine consisting of a tiny marble pedestal, on which was an onyx ball, on which was a cerise and turquoise china parrot, from whose back, for no very clear anatomical reason, issued a candlestick. But not a stick for candles. It was wired for electricity.
As she accepted each treasure Janet rippled that it was so amusing. The clerk added “So quaint,” as though it rimed with amusing. While Theo listened uncomfortably they two sang a chorus of disparagement of Mid-Victorian bric-a-brac, and praise of modern clever bits.
When Janet got time for the miraculous chairs —
She had decided to furnish her dining room in friendly, graceful Sheraton, but the clerk spoke confidentially of French lacquer, and Theo watched Janet pledge her troth to a frail red-lacquered dining-room set of brazen angles. The clerk also spoke of distinguished entrance halls, and wished upon Janet an enormous Spanish chair of stamped leather upholstery and dropsical gilded legs, with a mirror that cost a hundred and twenty dollars, and a chest in which Janet didn’t intend to keep anything.
Theo went home feeling that she was carrying on her shoulders a burden of gilded oak; that she would never again run free.
When Janet’s house was done it looked like a sale in a seaside gift shop. Even her telephone was covered with a brocade and china doll. Theo saw Janet spending her days vaguely endeavoring to telephone to living life through brocade dolls.
After Janet’s marriage Theo realized that she was tired of going to parties with the same group; of hearing the same Eddie tell the same stories about the cousin of the Vanderbilts who had almost invited him to go yachting. She was tired of Vernon’s one rich middle-aged bachelor; of the bouncing girl twins who always roughhoused at dances. She was peculiarly weary of the same salads and ices, which all Vernon hostesses always got from the same caterer. There was one kind of cake with rosettes of nuts which Theo met four times in two weeks — and expected to meet till the caterer passed beyond. She could tell beforehand how any given festivity would turn out. She knew at just what moment after a luncheon the conversation about babies would turn into uneasy yawns, and the hostess would, inevitably, propose bridge. Theo desired to assassinate the entire court of face cards.
Stacy Lindstrom had about once a year indicated a shy desire to have her meet his own set. He told her that they went skiing in winter and picnicking in summer; he hinted how simply and frankly they talked at dinners. Theo went gladly with him to several parties of young married people, and a few unmarried sisters and cousins. For three times she enjoyed the change in personnel. As she saw the bright new flats, with the glassed-in porches, the wicker furniture, the colored prints and the davenports; as she heard the people chaff one another; as she accompanied them to a public skating rink and sang to the blaring band — she felt that she had come out of the stupidity of stilted social sets and returned to the naturalness of the old brown house.
But after three parties she knew all the jokes of the husbands about their wives, and with unnecessary thoroughness she knew the opinions of each person upon movies, Chicago, prohibition, the I.W.W., Mrs. Sam Jenkins’ chronic party gown, and Stacy’s new job in the Lumber National. She tried to enliven the parties. She worked harder than any of her hostesses. She proposed charades, music. She failed. She gave them one gorgeous dance, and disappeared from their group forever. She did go with Stacy on a tramp through the snow, and enjoyed it — till he began to hint that he, too, might have a great house and many drawing rooms someday. He had very little to say about what he hoped to do for the Lumber National Bank in return.
Then did Theo feel utterly deserted. She blamed herself. Was something wrong with her that she alone found these amusements so agonizingly unamusing? And feeling thus why didn’t she do something about it? She went on helping her mother in the gigantic task of asking Lizzie what orders Lizzie wanted them to give her. She went on planning that someday she would read large books and know all about world problems, and she went on forgetting to buy the books. She was twenty-six, and there was no man to marry except the chattering Eddie Barnes. Certainly she could not think romantically about that Stacy Lindstrom whose ambition seemed to be to get enough money to become an imitation chattering Eddie Barnes.
Then America entered the war.
Eddie Barnes went to the first officers’ training camp, and presently was a highly decorative first lieutenant in a hundred-dollar uniform. Stacy Lindstrom made his savings over to his mother, and enlisted. While Eddie was still stationed at a cantonment as instructor Stacy was writing Theo ten-word messages from France. He had become a sergeant, and French agriculture was interesting, he wrote.
Stacy’s farewell had been undistinguished. He called — a slight, commonplace figure in a badly fitted private’s uniform. He sat on the piano stool and mouthed: “Well, I have a furlough; then we get shipped across. Well — don’t forget me, Theo.”
At the door Stacy kissed her hand so sharply that his teeth bruised her skin, and ran down the steps, silent.
But Eddie, who came up from the cantonment at least once a month, at least that often gave a long, brave farewell to Theo. Handsome, slim, erect — he invariably paced the smallest drawing room, stopped, trembled, and said in a military tone, tenor but resolute: “Well, old honey, this may be the last time I see you. I may get overseas service anytime now. Theo dear, do you know how much I care? I shall take a picture of you in my heart, and it may be the last thing I ever think of. I’m no hero, but I know I shall do my duty. And, Theo, if I don’t come back — ”
The first two times Theo flared into weeping at this point, and Eddie’s arm was about her, and she kissed him. But the third, fourth and fifth times he said goodbye forever, she chuckled “Cheer up, old boy.” It was hard for her to feel tragic about Eddie’s being in the service, because she was in the service herself.
At last there was work that needed her. She had started with three afternoons a week at Red Cross; chatty afternoons, with her mother beside her, and familiar neighbors stopping in the making of surgical dressings to gurgle: “Oh, did you hear about how angry George Bangs was when Nellie bought a case of toilet soap at a dollar a cake? Think of it. A dollar! When you can get a very nice imported soap at twenty-five cents.”
Theo felt that there was too much lint on the conversation and too little on their hands. She found herself one with a dozen girls who had been wrens and wanted to be eagles. Two of them learned motor repairing and got across to France. Theo wanted to go, but her mother refused. After a dignified protest from Mrs. Duke, Theo became telephone girl at Red Cross headquarters, till she had learned shorthand and typing, and was able to serve the head of the state Red Cross as secretary. She envied the motor-corps women in their uniforms, but she exulted in power — in being able to give quick, accurate information to the distressed women who came fluttering to headquarters.
Mrs. Duke felt that typing was low. Theo was protected by her father.
“Good thing for the girl to have business training,” he kept insisting, till the commanding officer of the house impatiently consented.
It was the American Library Association collection which turned Theo from a dim uneasiness about the tyranny of possessions to active war. She bounced into the largest drawing room one dinner time, ten minutes late, crying: “Let’s go over all our books tonight and weed out a dandy bunch for the soldiers!”
Mrs. Duke ruled: “Really, my dear, if you would only try to be on time for your meals! It’s hard enough on Lizzie and myself to keep the house running — ”
“Come, come, come! Get your hat off and comb your hair and get ready for dinner. I’m almost starved!” grumbled Mr. Duke.
Theo repeated the demand as soon as she was seated. The soldiers, she began, needed —
“We occasionally read the newspapers ourselves! Of course we shall be very glad to give what books we can spare. But there doesn’t seem to be any necessity of going at things in this — this — hit-or-a-miss! Besides, I have some letters to write this evening,” stated Mrs. Duke.
“Well, I’m going over them anyway!”
“I wish to see any books before you send them away!”
With Theo visualizing herself carrying off a carload of books the Dukes ambled to the library after finishing dinner — and finishing coffee, a cigar and chocolate peppermints, and a discussion of the proper chintz for the shabby chairs in the guest room. Theo realized as she looked at the lofty, benign and carefully locked bookcases that she hadn’t touched one of the books for a year; that for six months she hadn’t seen anyone enter the room for any purpose other than sweeping.
After fifteen minutes spent in studying every illustration in a three-volume history Mrs. Duke announced: “Here’s something I think we might give away, Lym. Nobody has ever read it. A good many of the pages are uncut.”
Mr. Duke protested: “Give that away? No, sir! I been meaning to get at that for a long time. Why, that’s a valuable history. Tells all about modern Europe. Man ought to read it to get an idea of the sources of the war.”
“But you never will read it, papa,” begged Theo.
“Now, Theo,” her mother remonstrated in the D.A.R. manner, “if your father wishes to keep it that’s all there is to be said, and we will make no more words about it.” She returned the three volumes to the shelf.
“I’ll turn it over to you just as soon as I’ve read it,” her father obliged. Theo reflected that if any soldiers in the current conflict were to see the history they would have to prolong the war till 1960.
But she tried to look grateful while her father went on: “Tell you what I was thinking, though, mother. Here’s these two shelves of novels — none of ’em standard authors — all just moonshine or blood and thunder. Let’s clear out the whole bunch.”
“But those books are just the thing for a rainy day — nice light reading. And for guests. But now this — this old book on saddlery. When we had horses you used to look at it, but now, with motors and all — ”
“I know, but I still like to browse in it now and then.”
“Very well.”
Theo fled. She remembered piles of shabby books in the attic. While the Dukes were discovering that after all there wasn’t one of the four hundred volumes in the library which they weren’t going to read right away Theo heaped the dining room table with attic waifs. She called her parents. The first thing Mrs. Duke spied was a Tennyson, printed in 1890 in a type doubtless suitable to ants, small sand-colored ants, but illegible to the human eye. Mrs. Duke shrieked: “Oh! You weren’t thinking of giving that handsome Tennyson away! Why, it’s a very handsome edition. Besides, it’s one of the first books your father and I ever had. It was given to us by your Aunt Gracie.”
“But moth-er dear! You haven’t even seen the book for years!”
“Well, I’ve thought of it often.”
“How about all these Christmas books?”
“Now, Theodora, if you wouldn’t be so impatient, but kindly give your father and me time to look them over — ”
Two hours and seventeen minutes after dinner Mr. and Mrs. Duke had almost resignedly agreed to present the following literary treasures to the soldiers of these United States for their edification and entertainment:
One sixth-grade geography. One Wild Flowers of Northern Wisconsin. Two duplicate copies of Little Women. The Congressional Record for part of 1902. One black, depressed, religious volume entitled The Dragon’s Fight With the Woman for 1260 Prophetic Days; from which the last seven hundred days were missing, leaving the issue of the combat in serious doubt. Four novels, all by women, severally called Griselda of the Red Hand, Bramleigh of British Columbia, Lady Tip-Tippet, and Billikins’ Lonely Christmas.
Theo looked at them. She laughed. Then she was sitting by the table, her head down, sobbing. Her parents glanced at each other in hurt amazement.
“I can’t understand the girl. After all the pains we took to try to help her!” sighed Mrs. Duke later, when they were undressing.
“O-o-o-oh,” yawned Mr. Duke as he removed his collar from the back button — with the slight invariable twinge in his rheumatic shoulder blades. “Oh, she’s nervous and tired from her work down at that Red Cross place. I’m in favor of her having a little experience, but at the same time there’s no need of overdoing. Plenty of other people to help out.”
He intended to state this paternal wisdom to Theo at breakfast, but Theo at breakfast was not one to whom to state things paternally. Her normally broad shining lips were sucked in. She merely nodded to her parents, then attended with strictness to her oatmeal, and departed — after privily instructing Lizzie to give the smaller pile of books in the dining room to the junk collector.
Three novels from the pile she did take to the public library for the A.L.A. To these she added twenty books, mostly trigonometries, bought with her own pocket money. Consequently, she had no lunch save a glass of milk for twenty days. But as the Dukes didn’t know that, everybody was happy. The battle of the books led to other sanguinary skirmishes.
Theo was responsive to her father’s kindliness. She knew that in her mother’s perpetual committees there was as much desire to make a cleaner world as there was desire to have notoriety. But she believed that in this time of flaming worlds no one was exempt. She ceased to take daily things as a matter of course.
There was the fireless cooker.
It was an early, homemade fireless cooker, constructed in the days when anything in the shape of one box inside another, with any spare scraps of sawdust between, was regarded as a valuable domestic machine. Aside from the fact that it didn’t cook, the Dukes’ cooker took up room in the kitchen, gathered a film of grease which caught a swamp of dust, and regularly banged Lizzie’s shins. For six years the Dukes had talked about having it fixed. They had run through the historical, scientific and financial aspects of cookers at least once a season.
“I’ve wondered sometimes if we couldn’t just have the furnace man take out the sawdust and put in something else or Theo, wouldn’t you like to run into Whaley & Baumgarten’s one of these days, and price all of the new fireless cookers?” beamed Mrs. Duke.
“Too busy.”
In a grieved, spacious manner Mrs. Duke reproved: “Well, my dear, I certainly am too busy, what with the party for the new rector and his bride — ”
“Call up the store. Tell ’em to send up a good cooker on trial,” said Theo.
“But these things have to be done with care and thought — ”
Theo was stalking away as she retorted: “Not by me, they don’t!”
She was sorry for her rudeness afterward, and that evening she was gay and young as she played ballads for her father and did her mother’s hair. After that, when she was going to bed, and very tired, and horribly confused in her thinking, she was sorry because she had been sorry because she had been rude.
The furnace went wrong, and its dissipations were discussed by Mr. Duke, Mrs. Duke, Mrs. Harry McPherson nee Duke, Lizzie, the furnace man and the plumber — till Theo ran up to her room and bit the pillow to keep from screaming. She begged her father to install a new furnace: “The old one will set the house afire — it’s a terrible old animal.”
“Nonsense. Take a chance on fire,” said he. “House and everything well insured anyway. If the house did burn down there’d be one good thing — wouldn’t have to worry any more about getting that twelve tons of coal we’re still shy.”
When Mr. Duke was summoned to Duluth by the iron-mining company Mrs. Duke sobbingly called Theo home from the midst of tearing work.
Theo arrived in terror. “What is it? What’s happened to papa?”
“Happened? Why, nothing. But he didn’t have a chance to take a single thing to Duluth, and he simply won’t know what to do without his traveling bag — the one he got in London — all the fittings and everything that he’s used to so he could put his hand on a toothbrush right in the dark — ”
“But mother dear, I’m sure bathrooms in Duluth have electric lights, so he won’t need to put his hand on toothbrushes in the dark. And he can get nice new lovely brushes at almost any drug store and not have to fuss — ”
“Fuss? Fuss? It’s you who are doing the fussing. He just won’t know what to do without his traveling bag.”
While she helped her mother and Lizzie drag the ponderous bag down from the attic; while her mother, merely thinking aloud, discussed whether “Your father” would want the madras pyjamas or the flannelette; while, upon almost tearful maternal request, Theo hunted all through the house for the missing cut-glass soap case — she was holding herself in. She disliked herself for being so unsympathetic. She remembered how touched she had been by exactly the same domestic comedy two years before. But unsympathetic she was, even two days later, when her mother triumphantly showed Mr. Duke’s note: “I can’t tell you how glad I was to see good old bag showing up here at hotel; felt lost without it.”
“Just the same, my absence that afternoon cost the Red Cross at least fifty dollars, and for a lot less than that he could have gone out and bought twice as good a bag — lighter, more convenient. Things! Poor dad is the servant of that cursed pig-iron bag,” she meditated.
She believed that she was being very subtle about her rebellion, but it must have been obvious, for after Mr. Duke’s return her mother suddenly attacked her at dinner.
“So far as I can make out from the way you’re pouting and sulking and carrying on, you must have some sort of a socialistic idea that possessions are unimportant. Now you ought — ”
“Anarchist, do you mean, mother dear?”
“Kindly do not interrupt me! As I was saying: It’s things that have made the world advance from barbarism. Motor cars, clothes you can wash, razors that enable a man to look neat, canned foods, printing presses, steamers, bathrooms — those are what have gotten men beyond living in skins in horrid damp caves.”
“Of course. And that’s why I object to people fussing so about certain things, and keeping themselves from getting full use of bigger things. If you’re always so busy arranging the flowers in the vase in a limousine that you never have time to go riding, then the vase has spoiled the motor for — ”
“I don’t get your logic at all. I certainly pay very little attention to the flowers in our car. Lizzie arranges them for me!” triumphed Mrs. Duke.
Theo was charging on. She was trying to get her own ideas straight. “And if a man spends valuable time in tinkering with a worn-out razor when he could buy a new one, then he’s keeping himself in the damp cave and the bearskin undies. That isn’t thrift. It’s waste.”
“I fancy that people in caves, in prehistoric times, did not use razors at all, did they, Lyman?” her mother majestically corrected.
“Now you always worry about papa’s bag. It was nice once, and worth caring for, but it’s just a bother now. On your principle a factory would stop running for half the year to patch up or lace up the belting, or whatever it is they do, instead of getting new belting and thus — Oh, can’t you see? Buy things. Use ’em. But throw ’em away if they’re more bother than good. If a bag keeps you from enjoying traveling — chuck it in the river! If a man makes a tennis court and finds he really doesn’t like tennis, let the court get weedy rather than spend glorious free October afternoons in mowing and raking — ”
“Well, I suppose you mean rolling it,” said her mother domestically. “And I don’t know what tennis has to do with the subject. I’m sure I haven’t mentioned tennis. And I trust you’ll admit that your knowledge of factories and belting is not authoritative. No. The trouble is, this Red Cross work is getting you so you can’t think straight. Of course with this war and all, it may be permissible to waste a lot of good time and money making dressings and things for a lot of green nurses to waste, but you girls must learn the great principle of thrift.”
“We have! I’m practicing it. It means — oh, so much, now. Thrift is doing without things you don’t need, and taking care of things as long as they’re useful. It distinctly isn’t wasting time and spiritual devotion over things you can’t use — just because you happen to be so unfortunate as to own ’em. Like our eternal fussing over that clock in the upper hall that no one ever looks at — ”
Not listening her mother was placidly rolling on: “You seem to think this house needs too much attention. You’d like it, wouldn’t you, if we moved to a couple of rooms in the Dakota Lodging House!”
Theo gave it up.
Two days later she forgot it.
Creeping into her snug life, wailing for her help, came a yellow-faced apparition whose eyes were not for seeing but mere gashes to show the suffering within. It was — it had been — one Stacy Lindstrom, a sergeant of the A.E.F.
Stacy had lain with a shattered shoulder in a shell pit for three days. He had had pneumonia. Four distinct times all of him had died, quite definitely died — all but the desire to see Theo.
His little, timid, vehemently respectable mother sent for Theo on the night when he was brought home, and despite Mrs. Duke’s panicky protest Theo went to him, at eleven in the evening.
“Not going to die for little while. Terribly weak, but all here. Pull through — if you want me to. Not asking you to like me. All I want — want you to want me to live. Made ’em send me home. Old doc — the major himself — I told him I’d die on him if didn’t ship me home. Was all right on the sea. But weak. Got touch of typhoid in New York. Didn’t show up till on the train. But all right and cheerful Oh! I hurt so. Just hurt, hurt, hurt, every inch of me. Never mind. Well, seen you again. Can die now. Guess I will.”
Thus in panting words he muttered, while she knelt by him and could not tell whether she loved him or hated him; whether she shrank from this skinny claw outstretched from the grave or was drawn to him by a longing to nurse his soul back to a desire for life. But this she knew: Even Red Cross efficiency was nothing in the presence of her first contact with raw living life — most rawly living when crawling out from the slime of death.
She overruled Mrs. Lindstrom; got a nurse and Doctor Rollin — Rollin, the interior medicine specialist.
“Boy’s all right. Hasn’t got strength enough to fight very hard. Better cheer him up,” said Doctor Rollin. “Bill? My bill? He’s a soldier, isn’t he? Don’t you suppose I wanted to go into the army too? Chance to see beautiful cases for once. Yes. Admit it. Like to have fool salutes too. Got to stay home, nurse lot of damn-fool women. Charge a soldier? Don’t bother me,” he grumbled, while he was folding up his stethoscope, and closing his bag, and trying to find his hat, which Mrs. Lindstrom had politely concealed.
Every day after her work Theo trudged to the Lindstrom house — a scrubbed and tidied cottage, in whose living room was a bureau with a lace cover, a gilded shell, and two photographs of stiff relatives in Norway. She watched Stacy grow back into life. His hands, which had been yellow and drawn as the talons of a starved Chinaman, became pink and solid. The big knuckles, which had been lumpy under the crackly skin, were padded again.
She had been surprised into hot pity for him. She was saved equally by his amusement over his own weakness, and by his irritableness. Though he had called for her, during the first week he seemed to dislike her and all other human beings save his nurse. In the depths of lead-colored pain nothing mattered to him save his own comfort. The coolness of his glass of water was more to him than the war. Even when he became human again, and eager at her coming, there was nothing very personal in their talk. When he was able to do more than gasp out a few words she encouraged in him the ambition to pile up money which she detested.
Uncomfortably she looked at him, thin against a plump pillow, and her voice was artificially cheery as she declared: “You’ll be back in the bank soon. I’m sure they’ll raise you. No reason why you shouldn’t be president of it someday.”
He had closed his pale eyelids. She thought he was discouraged. Noisily she reassured, “Honestly! I’m sure you’ll make money — lots of it.”
His eyes were open, blazing. “Money! Yes! Wonderful thing!”
“Ye-es.”
“Buys tanks and shells, and food for homeless babies. But for me — I just want a living. There isn’t any Stacy Lindstrom any more. He was absorbed in that bigger thing over there, in that Nirvana — a fighting Nirvana! I’ve got ambitions, big ’uns, but not to see myself in a morning coat and new gloves on Sunday!”
He said nothing more. A week after he was sitting up in bed, reading, in a Lindstromy nightgown of white cotton edged with red. She wondered at the book. It was Colloquial French.
“You aren’t planning to go back?” she asked casually.
“Yes. I’ve got it straight now.” He leaned back, pulled the bedclothes carefully up about his neck and said quietly, “I’m going back, to fight. But not just for the duration of the war. Now I know what I was meant for. I can do things with my hands, and I get along with plain folks. I’m going back on reconstruction work. We’re going to rebuild France. I’m studying — French, cottage architecture, cabbages. I’m a pretty good farmer — ’member how I used to work on the farm, vacations? If they’ll let me I’m going to be the servant of the peasants. That’s a big ambition — to be a servant — to be intrusted with lives, with food and babies. What do you think?”
“I think it’s wonderful!”
She meant it. She saw that all self-consciousness was gone from him. He was again the Stacy Lindstrom who had been lord of the Red River carts. Her haunted years of nervousness about life disappeared, and suddenly she was again too fond of her boy companion to waste time considering whether she was fond of him. They were making plans, laughing the quick curt laughs of intimates.
A week later Mrs. Lindstrom took her aside.
Mrs. Lindstrom had always, after admitting Theo and nodding without the slightest expression in her anaemic face, vanished through the kitchen doorway. Tonight as Theo was sailing out Mrs. Lindstrom hastened after her through the living room.
“Miss! Miss Duke! Yoost a minute. Could you speak wit’ me?”
“Why, yes.”
“Dis — Ay — Da boy get along pretty gude, eh? He seem werry gude, today. Ay vish you should — ” The little woman’s face was hard. “Ay don’t know how to say it elegant, but if you ever — I know he ain’t your fella, but he always got that picture of you, and maybe now he ban pretty brave soldier, maybe you could like him better, but I know I yoost ban Old Country woman. If you and him marry — I keep away, not bother you. Your folks is rich and — Oh, I gif, I gif him to you — if you vant him.”
Mrs. Lindstrom’s sulky eyes seemed to expand, grow misty. Her Puritanical chest was terribly heaving. She sobbed: “He always talk about you ever since he ban little fella. Please, excuse me I spoke, if you don’t vant him, but I vanted you should know, I do anyt’ing for him. And you.”
She fled, and Theo could hear the scouring of a pot in the kitchen. Theo fled the other way.
It was that same evening, at dinner, that Mrs. Duke delicately attempted social homicide.
“My dear, aren’t you going to see this Lindstrom boy rather oftener than you need to? From what you say he must be convalescing. I hope that your pity for him won’t lead you into any foolish notions and sentiment about him.”
Theo laughed. “No time to be sentimental about anything, these days. I’ve canned the word — ”
“‘Canned’! Oh, Theo!”
“ — ‘sentiment’ entirely. But if I hadn’t, Stace wouldn’t be a bad one to write little poems about. He used to be my buddy when — ”
“Please — do — not — be — so — vulgar! And Theo, however you may regard Stacy, kindly do stop and think how Mrs. Lindstrom would look in this house!”
The cheerful, gustatory manner died in Theo. She rose. She said with an intense, a religious solemnity: “This house! Damn this house!”
The Lindstroms were not mentioned again. There was no need. Mrs. Duke’s eyebrows adequately repeated her opinions when Theo came racing in at night, buoyant with work and talking and fighting over Stacy’s plans.
Theo fancied that her father looked at her more sympathetically. She ceased to take Mr. Duke as a matter of course, as one more fixed than the radiators. She realized that he spent these autumn evenings in staring at the fire. When he looked up he smiled, but his eyes were scary. Theo noticed that he had given up making wistful suggestions to Mrs. Duke that he be permitted to go back to real work, or that they get a farm, or go traveling. Once they had a week’s excursion to New York, but Mrs. Duke had to hasten back for her committees. She was ever firmer with her husband; more ready with reminders that it was hard to get away from a big house like this; that men oughtn’t to be so selfish and just expect Lizzie and her —
Mr. Duke no longer argued. He rarely went to his office. He was becoming a slippered old man.
Eddie Barnes was back in Vernon on the sixth of his positively last, final, ultimate farewells.
Theo yelled in joy when he called. She was positively blowzy with healthy vulgarity. She had won an argument with Stacy about teaching the French to plant corn, and had walked home almost at a trot.
“Fine to see you! Saying an eternal farewell again?” she brutally asked Eddie.
For one of the young samurai Eddie was rather sheepish. He stalked about the largest drawing-room. His putties shone. Eddie really had very nice legs, the modern young woman reflected.
“Gosh, I am an awful fareweller. Nope, I’m not going to do a single weep. Because this time I’ve got my orders. I’ll be in France in three weeks. So I just thought — I just thought — maybe — I’d ask you if you could conveniently — Ouch, that tooth still aches; have to get this bridge finished tomorrow sure. Could you marry me?”
“Ungh!” Theo flopped into a chair.
“You’ve queered all my poetic tactics by your rude merry mirth. So just got to talk naturally.”
“Glad you did. Now let me think. Do I want to marry you?”
“We get along bully. Listen — wait till I get back from France, and we’ll have some celebration. Oh, boy! I’ll stand for the cooties and the mud till the job’s done, but when I get back and put the Croix de Guerre into the safe-deposit I’m going to have a drink of champagne four quarts deep! And you and I — we’ll have one time! Guess you’ll be pretty sick of Red Cross by — ”
“No. Now I know. Dear, you are a good playmate. But I know a man who thinks that when the war is over, then the real work begins.”
Eddie was grave, steady, more mature than he had ever seemed. “Yes. Stacy Lindstrom. See here, honey; he has big advantages over me. I’m not picturesque. I never had to work for my bread and butter, and I was brought up to try to be amusing, not noble. Nothing more touching than high ideals and poverty. But if I try to be touching, you laugh at me. I’m — I may get killed, and I’ll be just as dead in my expensible first lieut’s pants as any self-sacrificing private.”
“I hadn’t thought of that. Of course. You have disadvantages. Comfort isn’t dramatic. But still — It’s the champagne and the big time. I’ve — ”
“See here, honey, you’d be dreadfully bored by poverty. You do like nice things.”
“That’s it. Things! That’s what I’m afraid of. I’m interested in tractors for France, but not in the exact shade of hock glasses. And beauty — It’s the soul of things, but it’s got to be inherent, not just painted on. Nice things! Ugh! And — If I married you what would be your plans for me? How would I get through twenty-four hours a day?”
“Why — uh — why, how does anybody get through ’em? You’d have a good time — dances, and playin’ round, and maybe children, and we’d run down to Palm Beach — ”
“Yes. You’d permit me to go on doing what I always did till the war came. Nope. It isn’t good enough. I want to work. You wouldn’t let me, even in the house. There’d be maids, nurses. It’s not that I want a career. I don’t want to be an actress or a congresswoman. Perfectly willing to be assistant to some man. Providing he can really use me in useful work. No. You pre-war boys are going to have a frightful time with us post-war women.”
“But you’ll get tired — ”
“Oh, I know, I know! You and father and mother will wear me out. You all may win. You and this house, this horrible sleek warm house that Mrs. — that she isn’t fit to come into! She that gave him — ”
Her voice was rising, hysterical. She was bent in the big chair, curiously twisted, as though she had been wounded.
Eddie stroked her hair, then abruptly stalked out.
Theo sat marveling. “Did I really send Eddie away? Poor Eddie. And he’ll lead his company — Oh, I’ll write him. He’s right. Nice to think of brave maiden defiantly marrying poor hero. But they never do. Not in this house.”
The deep courthouse bell, awakening Theo to bewildered staring at the speckled darkness — a factory whistle fantastically tooting, then beating against her ears in long steady waves of sound — the triumphant yelping of a small boy and the quacking of a toy horn — a motor starting next door, a cold motor that bucked and snorted before it began to sing, but at last roared away with the horn blaring — finally the distant “Extra! Extra!”
Her sleepy body protestingly curled tighter in a downy ball in her bed on the upper porch, but her mind was frantically awake as the clamor thickened. “Is it really peace this time? The armistice really signed?” she exulted.
In pleasant reasonable phrases the warm body objected to the cold outside the silk comforter. “Remember how you were fooled on Thursday. Oo-oo! Bed feels so luxurious!” it insisted.
She was a practical heroine. She threw off the covers. The indolent body had to awaken, in self-defense. She merely squeaked “Ouch!” as her feet groped for their slippers on the cold floor. She flung downstairs, into rubbers and a fur coat, and she was out on the walk in time to stop a bellowing newsboy.
Yes. It was true. Official report from Washington. War over.
“Hurray!” said the ragged newsboy, proud of being out adventuring by night; and “Hurray!” she answered him. She felt that she was one with awakening crowds all over the country, from the T Wharf to the Embarcadero. She wanted to make great noises.
She was too frightened to move. She could smell smoke, hear a noise like the folding of stiff wrapping paper. (Illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell)
The news had reached the almost Western city of Vernon at three. It was only four, but as she stood on the porch a crush of motor cars swept by, headed for downtown. Bumping behind them they dragged lard cans, saucepans, frying pans. One man standing on a running board played Mr. Zip on a cornet. Another dashing for a trolley had on his chest a board with an insistent electric bell. He saw her on the porch and shouted, “Come on, sister! Downtown! All celebrate! Some carnival!”
She waved to him. She wanted to get out the electric and drive down. There would be noise — singing.
Four strange girls ran by and shrieked to her, “Come on and dance!”
Suddenly she was asking herself: “But do they know what it means? It isn’t just a carnival. It’s sacred.” Sharply: “But do I know all it means, either? Worldwide. History, here, now!” Leaning against the door, cold but not conscious that she was cold, she found herself praying.
As she marched back upstairs she was startled. She fancied she saw a gray figure fleeing down the upper hall. She stopped. No sound.
“Heavens; I’m so wrought up! All jumpy. Shall I give papa the paper? Oh, I’m too trembly to talk to anyone.”
While the city went noise-mad it was a very solemn white small figure that crawled into bed. The emotion that for four years had been gathering burst into sobbing. She snuggled close, but she did not sleep. Presently: “My Red Cross work will be over soon. What can I do then? Come back to packing papa’s bag?”
She noticed a glow on the windows of the room beside the sleeping porch. “They’re lighting up the whole city. Wonder if I oughtn’t to go down and see the fun? Wonder if papa would like to go down? No, mother wouldn’t let him! Windows all shining. House might almost be afire.” Out of a nap she awoke sharply. “Oh, I wish the house were afire! I want the little old brown shack. Where Stacy could come and play. Mother used to give him cookies then.
“I wish I had the nerve to set the place afire. If I were a big fighting soul I would. But I’m a worm. Am I being bad to think this way? Guess so — committed mental arson, but hadn’t the nerve — My God, the house is afire!”
She was too frightened to move. She could smell smoke, hear a noise like the folding of stiff wrapping paper. Instantly, apparently without ever having got out of bed, she was running by a bedroom into which flames were licking from the clothes chute that led to the basement. “That dratted old furnace!” she could hear herself saying aloud. She was bursting into her parents’ room, hysterically shaking her mother.
“Get up! Get up!”
With a drowsy dignity her mother was saying, “Yes — I know — peace — get paper morning — let me sleep.”
“It’s fire! Fire! The house afire!”
Her mother sat up, a thick gray lock bobbing in front of one eye, and said indignantly, “How perfectly preposterous!”
Already Mr. Duke was out of bed, in smoke-prickly darkness, flapping his hands in the air. “Never could find that globe. Ought to have bedside light. Come, mother, jump up! Theo, have you got on a warm bathrobe?” He was cool. His voice trembled, but only with nervousness.
He charged down the back hall, Theo just behind. Mrs. Duke remained at the head of the front stairs, lamenting, “Don’t leave me!”
The flames were darting hissing heads into the hall. As Theo looked they caught a box couch and ran over an old chest of drawers. The heat seemed to slap her face.
“Can’t do anything. Get out of this. Wake the servants. You take your mother down,” bled Mr. Duke.
Theo had her mother into a loose gown, shoes and a huge fleecy couch cover, and down on the front porch, by the time Mr. Duke appeared driving the maids — Lizzie a gorgon in curl papers.
“Huh! Back stairs all afire,” he grunted, rubbing his chin. His fingers, rubbing then stopping, showed that for a split second he was thinking, “I need a shave.”
“Theo! Run down to the corner. Turn in alarm. I’ll try to phone. Then save things,” he commanded.
Moved by his coolness to a new passion of love Theo flung her arm, bare as the sleeve of her bathrobe fell from it, about his seamed neck, beseeching: “Don’t save anything but the cloisonné. Let ‘em burn. Won’t have you go in there, risk your life for things. Here — let me phone!”
Unreasoning she slammed the front door, bolted him out. She shouted their address and “Fire — hustle alarm!” at the telephone operator. In the largest drawing room she snatched bit after bit of cloisonné from the cabinet and dumped them into a wastebasket. Now the lower hall, at her back, was boiling with flame-tortured smoke. The noise expanded from crackling to a roar.
The window on the porch was smashed. Her father’s arm was reaching up to the catch, unlocking the window. He was crawling in. As the smoke encircled him he puffed like a man blowing out water after a dive.
Theo ran to him. “I didn’t want you here! I have the cloisonné — ”
As calmly as though he were arguing a point at cards he mumbled, “Yes, yes, yes! Don’t bother me. You forgot the two big saras in the wall safe.”
While the paint on the balusters in the hall bubbled and charred, and the heat was a pang in her lungs, he twirled the knob of the safe behind the big picture and drew out two cloisonné plates. Flames curled round the doorjamb of the room like fingers closing on a stick.
“We’re shut off!” Theo cried.
“Yep. Better get out. Here. Drop that basket!”
Mr. Duke snatched the cloisonné from her, dropped it, hurled away his two plates, shoved her to the window he had opened, helped her out on the porch. He himself was still in the burning room. She gripped his arm when he tried to dart back. The cloisonné was already hidden from them by puffs of smoke.
Mr. Duke glanced back. He eluded her; pulled his arm free; disappeared in the smoke. He came back with a cheap china vase that for a thing so small was monumentally ugly. As he swung out of the window he said, “Your mother always thought a lot of that vase.” Theo saw through eyes stinging with smoke that his hair had been scorched.
Fire engines were importantly unloading at the corner, firemen running up. A neighbor came to herd the Dukes into her house, and into more clothes.
Alone, from the room given to her by the neighbor, Theo watched her home burn. The flames were leering out of all the windows on the ground floor. Her father would never read the three-volume history that was too valuable for soldiers. Now the attic was glaring. Gone the elephant of a London traveling bag. Woolly smoke curled out of the kitchen windows as a fireman smashed them. Gone the fireless cooker that would not cook. She laughed. “It’s nicely cooked itself! Oh, I’m beastly. Poor mother. All her beautiful marked linen — ”
But she did not lose a sensation of running ungirdled, of breathing Maytime air.
Her father came in, dressed in the neighbor-host’s corduroy hunting coat, a pair of black dress trousers and red slippers. His hair was conscientiously combed, but his fingers still querulously examined the state of his unshaven chin.
She begged: “Daddy dear, it’s pretty bad, but don’t worry. We have plenty of money. We’ll make arrangements — ”
He took her arms from about his neck, walked to the window. The broken skeleton of their home was tombed in darkness as the firemen controlled the flames. He looked at Theo in a puzzled way.
He said hesitatingly: “No, I won’t worry. I guess it’s all right. You see — I set the house afire.”
She was silent, but her trembling fingers sought her lips as he went on: “Shoveled hot coals from the furnace into kindling bin in the basement. Huh! Yes. Used to be good furnace tender when I was a real man. Peace bells had woke me up. Wanted to be free. Hate destruction, but — no other way. Your mother wouldn’t let me sell the house. I was going mad, sticking there, waiting — waiting for death. Now your mother will be willing to come. Get a farm. Travel., And I been watching you. You couldn’t have had Stacy Lindstrom, long as that house bossed us. You almost caught me, in the hall, coming back from the basement. It was kind of hard, with house afire, to lie there in bed, quiet, so’s your mother wouldn’t ever know — waiting for you to come wake us up. You almost didn’t, in time. Would have had to confess. Uh, let’s go comfort your mother. She’s crying.”
Theo had moved away from him. “But it’s criminal! We’re stealing — robbing the insurance company.”
The wrinkles beside his eyes opened with laughter.
“No. Watched out for that. I was careful to be careless, and let all the insurance run out last month. Huh! Maybe I won’t catch it from your mother for that, though! Girl! Look! It’s dawn!”
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Transcript: Julie Bishop's extraordinary New Zealand citizenship press conference
Updated August 16, 2017 — 12.19pm first published at 12.08pm
Below is an edited transcript of a press conference held by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at Parliament House, Canberra on August 16.
JULIE BISHOP: Good morning. On the issue of citizenship, there has been a dramatic development this morning. The New Zealand Labour Leader, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that Bill Shorten sought to use the New Zealand Parliament to undermine the Australian government. Bill Shorten has sought to use a foreign political party to raise serious allegations in a foreign Parliament designed to undermine confidence in the Australian government. Bill Shorten has serious questions to answer. This is highly unethical, at least, but more importantly, puts at risk the relationship between the Australian government and the New Zealand government. Bill Shorten must reveal who he put up to this dirty task and the details of the urging of a foreign political party to be involved in efforts to undermine the Australian government. We're used to these dodgy backroom deals from Bill Shorten when he was leader of the union movement. He's now brought that into not only Australian politics but into our international relationships, and Bill Shorten should be called to account for this appalling behaviour.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop during the press conference. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
REPORTER: Minister, the New Zealand Minister, the relevant minister Dunne, has said today that it's utter nonsense to suggest that the Labour Party's question played any role and that it was actually media enquiries and not the Labour Party's question. What do you say to that?
JULIE BISHOP: I don't accept that. The New Zealand Labour Leader has confirmed that a Labour member of Parliament was contacted by an unnamed Labor member here in Australia. Bill Shorten must reveal the name of that member.
REPORTER: So are you saying that you don't accept the Internal Minister's series of events from New Zealand?
JULIE BISHOP: Bill Shorten must reveal the role he played in getting one of his members, that he's refused to name, and I would be calling – I do call on Bill Shorten to name that person and he needs to reveal his involvement in what is treacherous behaviour.
REPORTER: You said that this has put at risk the relationship between Australia and New Zealand. How so?
JULIE BISHOP: New Zealand is facing an election. Should there be a change of government, I would find it very hard to build trust with those involved in allegations designed to undermine the government of Australia.
REPORTER: Have journalists who asked questions of the New Zealand government behaved treacherously as well?
JULIE BISHOP: I'm referring to Bill Shorten using a foreign political party to raise questions in a foreign Parliament deliberately designed to undermine confidence in the Australian government.
REPORTER: Can I clarify your previous answer? Are you saying that you would not trust a New Zealand Labour government?
JULIE BISHOP: I would find it very difficult to build trust with members of a political party that had been used by the Australian Labor Party to seek to undermine the Australian government.
REPORTER: The New Zealand Internal Affairs Minister explicitly said that was nonsense, he said it started with media enquiries. Are you calling into question the official version of events here?
JULIE BISHOP: I explicitly call into question Bill Shorten's ethics. The Labour leader said this morning that the Labor Party in Australia contacted the Labour Party in New Zealand and we know what occurred. Allegations were raised in a New Zealand Parliament deliberately designed by the Labor in Australia to undermine confidence in the Australian government.
REPORTER: Have you spoken to Peter Dunne, the Minister?
JULIE BISHOP: No, I have not.
REPORTER: Have you contacted anyone in the New Zealand government or the High Commission about this?
JULIE BISHOP: I maintain constant contact with my colleagues in New Zealand.
REPORTER: This morning, though, have you made any contact this morning?
REPORTER: But nothing this morning? No contact this morning?
REPORTER: Is this the first that the New Zealand government has learned of your displeasure, this media conference?
JULIE BISHOP: I maintain constant contact with my New Zealand colleagues, and I'm not going into the details of conversations that I have had, but I do call on Bill Shorten to reveal the name of the Labor member who urged a New Zealand member of Parliament, this is a foreign political party, to raise questions in a foreign Parliament deliberately designed to undermine confidence in the Australian government.
REPORTER: This New Zealand Labour MP took it upon himself to put questions on the notice paper. There's no sense of coercion.
JULIE BISHOP: Are you making a statement or are you asking me a question?
REPORTER: I'm asking you the question.
JULIE BISHOP: Well I disagree.
REPORTER: Minister, can you argue that if this conspiracy or whatever is true, that Labor and the New Zealand Parliament were doing what Barnaby Joyce should have done in the first place and checked his own citizenship given that he had a New Zealand father? Doesn't he bear some responsibility for this?
JULIE BISHOP: If Labor had any interest in resolving the uncertainties that arise from section 44 of the constitution – and might I point out again that there are many uncertainties involving their Members of Parliament that should be pursued – if he had any interest in resolving the uncertainties, wouldn't he have raised it in the Australian Parliament? Wouldn't he have raised it in a letter to the Prime Minister? Why involve a foreign political party and a foreign parliament to resolve what is an Australian issue? I find his conduct utterly unacceptable. If he was serious about resolving uncertainty for the good governance of this country, uncertainties that involve his Members of Parliament and his Senators, then surely he'd raise the question in the Australian Parliament? He'd write to the Prime Minister? He'd write to the Deputy Prime Minister? But no, in a typical back-handed dodgy way, Bill Shorten sought to invoke the services of the New Zealand Labour Party to ask a question in the New Zealand Parliament. Highly unethical at the very least.
REPORTER: So you'll believe treachery but you do not believe that the Minister of Internal Affairs in New Zealand, who is not a member of the Labour Party's version of events?
JULIE BISHOP: I believe that Bill Shorten should be called to account for his role in urging...
REPORTER: Do you believe Minister Dunne?
JULIE BISHOP: I'm just answering your question...
REPORTER: No you've answered with that already.
JULIE BISHOP: Well I'll say it again. I believe that Bill Shorten should be held accountable for his role in urging a foreign political party to raise questions in a foreign Parliament deliberately designed to undermine the Australian government. Thank you.
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The Social parts of The Indus River Valley are made up of language, work, and free time activities. There language and writing is San-script. They have a working system called the cast system. They spend their free-time farming, pottery and writing. They had more of free-time when they became better farmers.
The Government in the Indus River Valley. They where a monarchy and had only one ruler called a Rajah. Rajahs were elected by a group of warriors. There government was good because of the trade and the monarchy.
The Religion of the Indus River Valley. There religion is Polytheism and Hinduism. They believe that their . They believed in many gods and made statues to represent them. Their religion in the Indus River Valley.
The Intel in the Indus River Valley. The Intel mostly came from people called scribes. Boys where the only people at the time to get educated. They used there math and agriculture to build temples. The Indus River Valley Intel was very slim for some people.
The Technology in the Indus River Valley. They did not have a lot of technology there, but it made a big difference. They had canals to control the floods and the amount of water to the crops. They made their language called San- Script. Their technology and their people made a big difference.
The economics of the Indus River Valley. They traded for food by farming and making bricks. People in the valley had to trade for wood to make house because they did not have forests. The Indus River Valley and trade made good for them.
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Sep 9, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) celebrates his touchdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars with offensive tackle Nate Solder (76) and wide receiver Sterling Shepard (87) during the fourth quarter at MetLife Stadium. The touchdown was the first of his NFL career. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
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There are some who decided the Giants' 2019 season would be a disaster the moment they decided to bring Eli Manning back for one more year. Others became convinced they were tanking the moment they made quarterback Daniel Jones the sixth overall pick in the draft.
The truth, though, is nobody knows what the Giants really are and what will happen in 2019 until the games start for real -- and that's still about three months away.
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Matt Barkley, Nate Peterman had better ratings coming out of college
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Jones had an abysmal grade of 63, which is the lowest grade among rookie quarterbacks. Even undrafted free agent QB Tyree Jackson has a 64 rating for the Bills to start the year.
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The Giants announced the suspension of S Kam Moore on Monday following his role in an alleged domestic violence-related incident last Thursday.
According to NJ.com, Moore was arrested and charged with third-degree aggravated assault after allegedly punching a woman and knocking her out unconscious by stepping on her neck and applying pressure.
The woman, who is Moore's girlfriend, said that she was arguing with Moore and pushed him which caused his reaction, the report said. She walked into the police department on Saturday to file her complaint, as police weren't called to the scene on Thursday night.
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Dec 30, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) reacts during the third quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
Football fans look forward to the release of each year's installment of the Madden NFL franchise, but Giants fans may want to play with a different team in this year's game.
The Madden NFL 20 player and team ratings were released on Monday, and the Giants have the lowest team rating in the NFC at 77. That's the second-lowest rating only in front of the Dolphins (74). Their NFC East rivals in the Eagles and Cowboys are rated much higher at 89 and 88 respectively.
The Giants' gem on their roster is RB Saquon Barkley, who led the Giants with a 91 overall (and was ranked the fifth-best running back in the game). Other than that, the ratings weren't too kind to the Giants.
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It is no secret Giants GM Dave Gettleman thinks highly of safety Jabrill Peppers. It is part of the reason he followed through on the trade that sent Odell Beckham Jr. to the Browns.
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"Once we realized we had him locked in, we're excited," Njoku said at a football camp he runs in Cedar Grove, NJ, per NJ.com. "We have a great team. It's up to us to take advantage of this opportunity."
Njoku, who was a rookie during the winless 0-16 season in 2017, began seeing a shift in the Browns culture last season with Baker Mayfield at quarterback and other new offensive weapons, such as Jarvis Landry and Nick Chubb to help lead the team to a 7-8-1 season.
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Jan 26, 2019; Mobile, AL, United States; North defensive back Corey Ballentine of Washburn (1) before the Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports (Chuck Cook)
Police have charged an 18-year-old man in the April 28 shooting in Topeka, Kansas that wounded Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine and killed his friend, Dwane Simmons.
Francisco Alejandro Mendez was charged on Friday with seven felony counts, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and five accounts of aggravated robbery, according to Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay and first reported by ESPN.
Police connected the crimes to two related aggravated robberies that occurred on April 27 and April 30. Mendez is being held on $1 million bond and is scheduled to be in court Monday.
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Dec 24, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ; General overall view of MetLife Stadium during an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the New YorK Jets. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
The NFL is starting to get creative in its continued pursuit for an 18-game schedule.
According to Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal, one idea being proposed among owners is to limit players to a maximum of 16 regular season games. That would mean, by rule, the Giants and Jets would have to pick at least two games for players like Saquon Barkley and Sam Darnold to sit out.
The NFLPA has pushed back against an 18-game schedule, largely because the toll an extra two games would place on the players' bodies would be too much to handle on top of an already grueling 16-game schedule. Giants long snapper and NFLPA vice president Zak DeOssie voiced these concerns back in June.
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The Giants made some big changes heading into the 2019 season -- the obvious being the departure of stars like Odell Beckham Jr., Landon Collins, and Olivier Vernon. But despite those losses, the Giants are confident that their change will be for the better starting this year.
Will it be enough to fight for an NFC East division title?
Many know how tough the NFC East can be, with no team winning the division in back-to-back seasons since the Eagles won four straight from 2001-2004. The Cowboys were the winners last season at 10-6, but can they repeat?
Let's see where the Giants sit on the list heading into training camp in a couple weeks...
Tags: Eli Manning, Evan Engram, Lorenzo Carter, Nate Solder, Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Will Hernandez, Scott Thompson
Here are Saquon Barkley's 2019 MVP odds
Barkley was 2018's Offensive Rookie of the Year
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Washington Redskins in the second quarter at FedEx Field. (Geoff Burke/USA TODAY Sports)
Both of New York's football teams have potential MVP candidates in their backfield, according to Bovada. Only one of the two have a player under center that was given odds, though.
Odds Shark released Bovada's latest odds for the NFL's 2019 MVP Award and both Jets' running back Le'Veon Bell and Giants' running back Saquon Barkley were listed by the odds makers. Both landed with +5000 odds to take home the top-individual silverware next season.
The only rusher with higher odds to land the honor was Alvin Kamara from the New Orleans Saints.
SEE IT: Giants' Saquon Barkley takes home ESPY Award for Best Breakthrough Athlete
Bakley burst onto the NFL scene in 2018
Dec 30, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) points to his family on the sideline during warmups before a game against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK (Danielle Parhizkaran)
Saquon Barkley can add another accolade to his already-illustrious young NFL career.
At Wednesday's ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, the Giants running back took home the award for Best Breakthrough Athlete, edging out Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers, Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks, and female tennis player Naomi Osaka.
Tags: Saquon Barkley
A way-too-early prediction for Giants' 2019 season: Is this the change Big Blue needed?
With stars gone, Giants will have a new look heading into the new season
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jul 10 | 12:10PM
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley celebrates his touchdown with quarterback Eli Manning during the first half at MetLife Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta/USA TODAY Sports)
Giants GM Dave Gettleman believes his culture overhaul of the Giants' locker room will result in more wins. Coach Pat Shurmur believes Eli Manning has just enough left in his right arm to make his team a contender. Defensive coordinator James Bettcher believes he can piece together enough of a pass rush to help the Giants make a run, too.
They are, if nothing else, dreamers. They believe in the potential of their team. But are they realistic or are they delusional about the roster they've created?
Here's a way-too-early look at how the Giants' 2019 season just might go…
Tags: Eli Manning, Evan Engram, Landon Collins, Olivier Vernon, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Ralph Vacchiano
The New Jersey Giants? Presidential candidate Cory Booker has some thoughts
The Giants haven't called New York home since 1975
Dec 15, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; A general view of MetLife Stadium prior to the game between the Houston Texans and the New York Jets. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
The Giants haven't played their home games in New York since the 1975 season, when they called Shea Stadium home. That came two years after their final game at Yankee Stadium, with one season playing home games in New Haven in-between.
They've called New Jersey home since then, playing home games first at Giants Stadium and now at MetLife Stadium. Wouldn't that make them the New Jersey Giants?
Presidential candidate Cory Booker, who is a Senator representing New Jersey after serving as the Mayor of Newark, has some ideas...
After years of not playing, Droogsma couldn't believe the Giants came calling
By Scott Thompson | Jul 9 | 2:31PM
Apr 27, 2018; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Austin Droogsma of Florida State poses after winning the shot put during the 124th Penn Relays at Franklin Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
Each year at training camp, there always seems to be that one player you want to make the 53-man roster out of the 90 men that show up on Day 1. Well, for many, that players just might have to be offensive lineman Austin Droogsma.
Droogsma certainly has the height and weight of an offensive lineman (6-foot-4, 345 pounds), but that isn't what he played at Florida State. Instead, Droogsma was focused on his track and field career as a shot-putter. He was one of the best in the NCAA, finishing fourth at the indoor championships in 2018.
But he figured his sports days were over, as he looked for a real world job following graduation. That is until the Giants came calling.
These 5 Giants are on the hot seat heading into training camp
Who will be the odd man out in the WR battle? Will Halapio beat out Pulley?
Nov 25, 2018; Philadelphia, PA, USA; New York Giants middle linebacker B.J. Goodson (93) walks out of the tunnel before game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports (Eric Hartline)
A few weeks ago during Giants minicamp, we profiled five dark horse players who turned heads. At the end of the day though, every football player knows that, while minicamp standouts are nice stories, the real competition starts in training camp.
Big Blue training camp starts in a little over two weeks. It's a 90-man competition for 53 spots, and more than a few veterans will be left behind if they don't put up a good showing.
Here are five guys who are on the hot seat for the Giants:
Tags: B.J. Goodson, Cody Latimer, Corey Coleman, Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Wayne Gallman
10 most important players to Giants' success in 2019
Big Blue will rely heavily on these players this season
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jul 5 | 10:46AM
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The Giants let a lot of big-name, big-talent players go this offseason. In fact, Odell Beckham Jr., Landon Collins and Olivier Vernon were easily three of the most important players the Giants had.
How will they survive without them? The answer to that will be provided by the performances of several key players this season.
So here's a look at the Giants' 10 most important players for 2019:
Tags: Alec Ogletree, Eli Manning, Evan Engram, Landon Collins, Nate Solder, Odell Beckham Jr., Olivier Vernon, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Ralph Vacchiano
How Jared Lorenzen helped Eli Manning in Giants' biggest play of Super Bowl XLII
Lorenzen played a much bigger role than realized
A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports)
The late Jared Lorenzen had a much bigger impact on the Giants than one might have thought.
Despite attempting just eight passes in his career, Lorenzen played a significant role in arguably the greatest play in Giants' history.
In Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated Patriots, Eli Manning escaped the grasp of the Patriots' pass rush to find David Tyree down field for the famous Helmet Catch, but Manning may not have been able to make that escape if not for Lorenzen.
Tags: Eli Manning
Former Giants QB Jared Lorenzen dies at 38 after long battle with health issues
Lorenzen won a Super Bowl with the Giants in '07
Former Giants QB Jared Lorenzen has unfortunately lost his battle with health issues, as the family announced his passing on Wednesday at age 38.
Lorenzen was admitted to the hospital last Friday with an infection as well as dealing with kidney and heart issues. He was battling them while in an intensive care unit, but he couldn't prevail.
Kentucky Sports Radio's Matt Jones released a statement from Lorenzen's family...
Tags: Eli Manning, Scott Thompson
Giants' Eli Manning on entering Year 16: 'I'm not rushing into retirement'
Manning's family is "pushing hard" for the QB to turn things around in New York
May 20, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning answers questions from media during organized team activities at Quest Diagnostic Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports (Noah K. Murray)
You don't have to remind Eli Manning how old he is. Entering his 16th year in the NFL this season, the veteran signal caller is well aware of how young his teammates are compared to his 38-year-old self.
He's reminded of it when he enters the quarterbacks room at the team facility in East Rutherford, when sixth overall pick Daniel Jones is sitting right there awaiting his turn to take over the Giants (or so the team hopes).
That transition isn't expected to happen this season. The Giants are entrusting Manning to lead the way on offense yet again, and he's fully prepared to do so. Because on and off the field around his teammates, Manning does feel young again...
Tags: Eli Manning, Sterling Shepard, Scott Thompson
How Eli Manning reportedly factored into Peyton declining 'Monday Night Football' gig
The Giants are scheduled for two 'MNF' games this year
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning reacts after throwing a interception to Indianapolis Colts free safety Malik Hooker during the second half at Lucas Oil Stadium. (Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar via USA TODAY NETWORK)
No matter how much money ESPN offered Peyton Manning to do "Monday Night Football," nothing was going to outweigh the price of brotherly love.
According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports, two sources close to Manning revealed that the future Hall of Fame quarterback declined a lucrative deal in April to join the "Monday Night Football" booth this season largely because he did not want to analyze Eli Manning.
Peyton was offered the opportunity to join the booth in April, but the Giants are scheduled to appear on "Monday Night Football" twice this season and Eli's decline over the last few years has been a focal point of the team. That should be amplified even greater this season with sixth overall pick Daniel Jones waiting in the wings.
Former Giants QB Jared Lorenzen in ICU with kidney, heart issues
'He is fighting with everything he has'
Aug 14, 2015; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Detailed view of a New York Giants helmet on the sidelines in a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports (Andrew Weber)
Former New York Giants quarterback Jared Lorenzen has been hospitalized with an infection, as well as kidney and heart issues. Lorenzen, 38, has been in the hospital since Friday with his family by his side, they announced in a statement.
According to the family's statement, Lorenzen had not been feeling well before being admitted to the intensive care unit.
I just spoke to Jared Lorenzen's mother. He has been admitted to the hospital with an infection and is dealing with some medical issues at this time
She asks for prayers from the Big Blue Nation and privacy at this time
Prayers for one of the best people I know
Eli Manning believes Giants' offense can be better, even without Odell Beckham Jr.
Manning explains why he is so optimistic
Nov 12, 2018; Santa Clara, CA, USA; New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) prepares to take the snap against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
Eli Manning is undoubtedly a glass half-full kind of guy.
The Giants quarterback expressed optimism that the offense can be better in 2019 than it was last season, despite the team's decision to trade away Odell Beckham Jr. to the Browns.
"I think we can be productive and score more points and be a better offense," Manning told NFL Network this weekend.
Tags: Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr.
Giants' Eli Manning says there is no QB competition with Daniel Jones
Pat Shurmur left door open to competition at OTAs
New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones watches Eli Manning during organized team activities at Quest Diagnostic Training Center. (Noah K. Murray/USA TODAY Sports)
If Pat Shurmur is leaving the door open for a quarterback competition, Eli Manning isn't buying it.
The Giants quarterback told NFL Network's Rhett Lewis in an interview that will air Friday night that he does not think there is a quarterback competition between himself and first-round pick Daniel Jones.
"I mean no, I don't feel like it's a competition," he said at the Manning Passing Academy. "I feel like I've got to do my job and I've got to compete every day and try to get better every day. That's the way it's been my whole life and that's just the way I've always approached practice every day to improve, to earn my place on the team, to earn the respect of the teammates and do it each year."
PFF breaks down each team's strengths, weaknesses and X-factors
After the Jets spent big money this summer, making splashes with the additions of Le'Veon Bell, C.J. Mosley, Jamison Crowder and Quinnen Williams, there has been a renewed buzz around Florham Park.
Meanwhile, their stadium-mates, the Giants, continued their roster revamp in controversial fashion - they said goodbye to stars Odell Beckham Jr. and Landon Collins, drafted a quarterback sixth overall and turned the keys over to an extremely young defense.
While the Giants are still rebuilding, the Jets are going all-in with a young quarterback, a budding defense and a new coach.
Tags: Eli Manning, Landon Collins, Le'Veon Bell, Marcus Maye, Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard
'Sky's the limit': Sam Beal's college coach expects big things for Giants cornerback in first season
Beal will battle for starting role after missing entire rookie season in 2018
May 20, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants corner back Sam Beal answers questions from media during organized team activities at Quest Diagnostic Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports (Noah K. Murray)
Of the many position battles at Giants training camp, the cornerbacks competition may be the most intriguing to watch this season.
Giants GM Dave Gettleman brought in three rookies in the 2019 NFL Draft, all of which will be vying for a starting role opposite veteran incumbent Janoris Jenkins.
The biggest spotlight will shine on Georgia product Deandre Baker, who the Giants traded back into the first round to snag. There is also Notre Dame's Julian Love -- arguably one of the top steals in the Draft -- and Washburn's Corey Ballentine, who will certainly be a fan favorite to make the team after the unfortunate events that saw his best friend shot and killed, while he was left in the hospital as well.
Tags: Janoris Jenkins, Michael Thomas, Scott Thompson
How will Giants make up for Odell Beckham Jr.'s production? 'It's a group effort'
Sterling Shepard has already stepped it up this offseason
Jun 4, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard (87) makes a catch during mini camp at Quest Diagnostic Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports (Noah K. Murray)
Say what you want about your opinion on the Giants trading away star WR Odell Beckham Jr. His former teammates miss him.
"Just his presence," Sterling Shepard told The Post's Paul Schwartz, adding that there has been an adjustment period to get used to him not in the locker room. "He's a great guy, he's loved around this facility. Just his presence, I guess."
Beckham has always been one of a kind since entering the league, and it showed in his awe-inspiring play that was matched with an exuberant personality as well. Whether it was making his signature one-handed grabs like it was just another day on the gridiron, or dancing in around practice with players like Shepard and Saquon Barkley, Beckham was always keeping things light and fun.
Tags: Cody Latimer, Evan Engram, Odell Beckham Jr., Russell Shepard, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Scott Thompson
Odell Beckham Jr. goes on Twitter rant to address comments about Giants
Browns receiver insists he has moved on
Sep 18, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) screams before a game against the Detroit Lions at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
Odell Beckham Jr. is attempting to smooth over his comments about the Giants in a Complex Magazine interview earlier this week.
After revealing that he was never going to live up to his potential "mentally, physically, spiritually," in New York, the Browns receiver tweeted multiple times on Saturday afternoon about his love for New York and the Giants organization, but also thanked the "haters" he dealt with, too.
"I'm thankful GOD gave me and opportunity to play my first years where he did," Beckham tweeted. "I'm thankful for every memory and experience I had there. The good and the bad. I'm thankful for every hater and supporter, for every fan. I will always have luv 4 that place. But we ALL have moved on."
Baker Mayfield pays up Giants' Saquon Barkley on Rookie of the Year bet
The Giants' running back has a new piece of jewelry
Offensive Rookie of the Year winner Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants during media availabilities for the NFL Honors show at the Fox Theatre. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
Baker Mayfield is true to his word.
The Browns quarterback followed through on a friendly wager he had with Giants running back Saquon Barkley on who will win the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
The two agreed that the loser would have to buy the winner a chain, but the loser gets to pick what the chain says.
Odell Beckham Jr. says he was never going to reach full potential with Giants
The Browns wide receiver is still taking shots at his former team
Oct 22, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham (13) runs to the locker room during the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports (Jason Getz)
The Giants traded Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns three months ago, but the star receiver is still not done talking about his former team.
Beckham, who has expressed some bitterness with the Giants since being traded, vented some more about Big Blue in a Q&A with Complex Magazine this week where he sounded as if he was the one who wanted out of New York.
"I just felt with the Giants I was just stuck at a place that wasn't working for me anymore," he said in a Q&A with Complex Magazine. "I felt like I wasn't going to be able to reach my full potential there; mentally, physically, spiritually, everything I felt capable of doing, I just couldn't see it happening there.
Giants' Daniel Jones reacts to hearing boos at Yankee Stadium
'I certainly don't pay a whole lot of attention to it'
By Danny Abriano | Jun 19 | 8:36AM
May 4, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) speaks to media during rookie minicamp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Sarah Stier-USA TODAY Sports (Sarah Stier)
Giants rookie QB Daniel Jones has seemed unflappable since being selected No. 6 overall in the NFL Draft. And his demeanor hasn't changed now that he's heard boos at Yankee Stadium before taking a single snap for Big Blue.
"I certainly don't pay a whole lot of attention to it," Jones said Tuesday during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show . "You're aware of it. I'm focused on what we're doing here and focused on trying to practice as well as I could these past six weeks and show some progress over these six weeks. So, at the end of the day, I'm grateful to be part of this franchise, get this opportunity and looking forward to keeping it going."
After getting booed on Monday night by what amounted a smattering of a subset of fans in the Bronx, two of Jones' teammates came to his defense.
SEE IT: Giants' Evan Engram, Saquon Barkley react to Yankee fans booing Daniel Jones
Engram: "For what reason? Please keep that same energy. PLEASE!"
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Monday night at Yankee Stadium, Giants rookie QB Daniel Jones was enjoying the Yankees and Rays game when he was showed on the jumbrotron in between innings. But instead of cheers for the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft from the Giants fans in attendance, he heard a chorus of boos instead.
Well, his teammates aren't too happy about that.
Tight end Evan Engram quote tweeted our news story about the incident, and he wants an explanation from the fans...
Tags: Evan Engram, Saquon Barkley
Fans not giving first-round pick much of a chance
May 4, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants quarterback draft pick Daniel Jones (8) looks on during rookie minicamp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Sarah Stier-USA TODAY Sports (Sarah Stier)
It did not take long for Giants QB Daniel Jones to experience his first Bronx Cheer.
Big Blue's rookie quarterback was at Monday's Yankees game against the Rays when he was showed on the Yankee Stadium jumbotron and was welcomed with a chorus of boos, according to those in attendance at the game.
Jones, 22, has not even been a member of the Giants for two months despite the harsh greeting by New York.
Is there really a quarterback competition? Where's the pass rush coming from?
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jun 17 | 5:49PM
Jun 4, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones (8) and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) warm up during mini camp at Quest Diagnostic Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports (Noah K. Murray)
The Giants ended the offseason feeling pretty good about themselves, even though they arguably spent the last five months losing more talent than they gained. They are big believers in addition by subtraction, and they feel they've added some pretty good pieces, too.
It'll be a few more months until we know whether GM Dave Gettleman's plan was genius or ill-conceived, and whether his big makeover of the team's culture will result in any more wins. But during the spring organized team activities and mini-camp, there were a few hints about which direction the Giants were headed.
So here are 5 things we've learned about the Giants this spring:
Tags: Eli Manning, Landon Collins, Nate Solder, Odell Beckham Jr., Will Hernandez, Ralph Vacchiano
Jon Halapio prepares to be key piece on revamped Giants' offensive line
Center missed nearly all of last season after fracturing ankle in Week 2
New York Giants offensive lineman Jon Halapio (Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports)
When Jon Halapio beat out Brett Jones for the starting center job on the Giants' offensive line last training camp, expectations were high for the 27-year-old.
He didn't have much of a chance to live up to them, going down with a fractured ankle during in Week 2 against the Cowboys and missing the remainder of the season. Halapio watched from the sidelines as the team stumbled to a 5-11 record and the play of the offensive line initially drew criticism, before continuity led to more rushing success for Saquon Barkley later in the season.
"He was really playing well for us before he got hurt a year ago," coach Pat Shurmur said earlier this offseason. "So we had high hopes for him last season. It appears he has come back 100 percent and is back in there just like he was when he left us."
Former Giants WR Hakeem Nicks gives XFL a try thanks to Eli Manning
Nicks attended tryout after encouragement from Giants QB
Jan 3, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (88) reacts after a first down catch against the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter at MetLife Stadium. The Eagles won 35-30. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
It has been four years since Hakeem Nicks played football professionally, but the former Giants wide receiver hopes he still has something left in the tank.
All it took was a little push from Eli Manning to find out.
Nicks worked out at the XFL's "Summer Showcase" on Friday at Montclair State University in front of XFL New York/New Jersey coach Kevin Gilbride, Nicks' former offensive coordinator, hoping to make a return to professional football.
5 dark horse candidates who could emerge for Giants in 2019
Lots of young players and rebounding veterans could make waves for Big Blue
By Tom Krosnowski | Jun 14 | 12:45PM
Sep 2, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Western Michigan Broncos defensive back Sam Beal (1) intercepts a pass intended for Southern California Trojans wide receiver Jalen Greene (10) during a NCAA football game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC defeated Western Michigan 49-31. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
The 2019 New York Giants season is rapidly approaching, and there is still a lot to be sorted out along the depth chart. One of the best parts of minicamp and summer workouts is finding out which potential dark horses have a chance to make the 53-man roster and make an impact.
Here are five guys who have stood out so far:
Corey Coleman (WR/KR):
Tags: Alec Ogletree, B.J. Goodson, Saquon Barkley
A Super Bowl champion in 2011, Nicks played six seasons with Big Blue
New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks reacts after scoring a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (Julio Cortez/AP)
Former Giants WR Hakeem Nicks isn't done with his football career just yet.
The XFL is hosting Summer showcases all over the country to find the best players for their inaugural season in 2020. And the Super Bowl champion will be among the participants in the New York tryout on Friday, according to the official Twitter account.
Nicks last played in the NFL on a contract with the Saints. However, he was waived on Aug. 8, 2016 and hasn't been in the league since. But the 31-year-old isn't about to hang up his cleats for good just yet.
The 5-step plan for how Daniel Jones could beat out Eli Manning in Giants QB battle
It won't be easy, but anything is possible in training camp
Pat Shurmur might as well have fired a starter's pistol into the air on Tuesday to signal the beginning of a quarterback controversy that will last through Giants training camp and beyond.
His words had the same jolting effect. After he was asked if rookie quarterback Daniel Jones could beat out Eli Manning and be the opening day starter, he could have just said "No."
Instead, he said this: "I think we are going to play the very best player and I know we are dancing around the words there. Right now, Eli is getting ready to have a great year and Daniel is getting ready to play. You see what happens with it."
Tags: Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr., Ralph Vacchiano
Despite another injury, Giants' Evan Engram working hard to bounce back in 2019
With OBJ gone, Engram could be looked at as top deep ball threat
Evan Engram (88) carries the ball during training camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports (Vincent Carchietta)
Giants TE Evan Engram just can't catch a break.
The Ole Miss product didn't have the sophomore season he was hoping for after a solid debut back in 2017. Injuries that included a concussion as well as hamstring and knee ailments kept him out five games. And when he was in the game, Engram didn't seem like his normal self as he battled back to full strength.
Unfortunately, his third year isn't getting off to the best start either. Engram has been dealing with another hamstring injury that has kept him out most of the OTAs as well as the three-day minicamp last week...
Tags: Evan Engram, Odell Beckham Jr., Sterling Shepard, Scott Thompson
WATCH: Pat Shurmur doesn't shut door on Giants' QB competition between Eli Manning, Daniel Jones
"I think we're going to play the very best player."
Shurmur on Giants QB competition 00:00:54
New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said rookie QB Daniel Jones could be ready to start Week 1 but Eli Manning is the current starter.
It's been great to see and hear that the Giants' sixth overall pick in Daniel Jones has been impressing during the team's voluntary practices as well as their three-day minicamp.
Jones' new teammates and coaches have noticed by the day that he became more comfortable with the offense, and in turn, his confidence rose.
"You can see him getting confident," Evan Engram said of Jones after minicamp. "Anytime you're coming in as a rookie, you're going to be a little shaky or a little nervous. You kind of see him starting to brush that off, get into his groove and take advantage of everything he's given."
Tags: Eli Manning, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Scott Thompson
Once teammates, Collins and Barkley must avoid each other on the field
Aug 1, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants strong safety Landon Collins (21) and running back Saquon Barkley (26) react after an intercepted pass by Collins during training camp in East Rutherford. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK (Danielle Parhizkaran)
There was a time when Landon Collins wouldn't want to hit Saquon Barkley during practice. Well, now he doesn't have a choice with the Redskins.
Collins, who once praised Barkley's physical attributes that made him such a tough running back to bring down, will now be tasked to keep him in the backfield twice a year. And he says he's ready for that commitment.
"I've been ready to tackle Saquon," Collins told NorthJersey.com's Art Stapleton at the Landon Collins Celebrity Softball Game over the weekend. "That's my guy, though. All love to him and he's been doing his thing as we all know. But when I get to meet him in the hole this time, it's going to be full-go."
Tags: Landon Collins, Saquon Barkley, Scott Thompson
Coaches and teammates were impressed by Jones' confidence
By Scott Thompson | Jun 9 | 2:12PM
May 4, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) runs between drills during rookie minicamp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Sarah Stier-USA TODAY Sports (Sarah Stier)
It may not be much, but minicamps give a quick glimpse into what the new pieces to a team can bring in the upcoming season.
Daniel Jones, the Giants' No. 6 overall selection back in April, may be the exception as he is currently behind Eli Manning on the depth chart. But his development this season will be a major storyline, even if he isn't on the field getting NFL reps.
During the three-day minicamp in East Rutherford, Jones surprised in many facets like his foot speed, arm strength that didn't appear average like the scouting reports said, and his overall performance during team drills. Working with the second team, Jones was very efficient while going through his progressions quickly and fire strikes across the gridiron.
After four seasons with the Giants, Collins joined the Redskins this offseason
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jun 8 | 10:41PM
New York Giants strong safety Landon Collins calls a play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half at Raymond James Stadium. (Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)
POMONA, N.Y. - Landon Collins spent the first four years of his NFL career in Giants blue, dreaming of staying in that uniform forever.
Less than three months after joining the Redskins, though, all those warm, fuzzy feelings for the Giants are gone.
"Honestly, I feel more of a Redskin now after going through OTAs, being there for a while, hanging out with them and having a great time," Collins said. "I feel like I'm at home.
Tags: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Ereck Flowers, Landon Collins, Ralph Vacchiano
Shaun O'Hara: 'There's nothing wrong' with Eli Manning's arm
Manning's former teammates have defended the QB's ability
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jun 8 | 8:33PM
Jan 30, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; Shaun O'Hara at NFL Network press conference at Georgia World Congress Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
POMONA, N.Y. - The former Giants who won championships with Eli Manning have long been his biggest defenders. But even they understand that the end is coming for their quarterback.
They just don't think the end is here yet.
"I chuckle at the reports you hear weekly about how Eli can't play quarterback and he's washed up," said former Giants center Shaun O'Hara. "Nothing could be further from the truth. The Giants have lost a lot of games the last few years, but they're not all Eli's fault -- and none of them are because Eli can't throw the ball."
Will any of these guys pose a threat to quarterbacks?
Lorenzo Carter (59) Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports (Noah K. Murray)
The Giants' pass rush has long been one of the franchise's trademarks. From Lawrence Taylor to Michael Strahan to Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, the Giants' defense does its best work when it's rushing the passer.
It's no coincidence that the Giants' defense has declined recently as the pass rush disappeared.
The Giants have been a bottom-five team in sacks in three of the last four years. The one time they were better, they made the playoffs.
Giants' Zak DeOssie, NFLPA VP, makes case against 18-game NFL schedule
The 13-year vet explains why two more games are unnecessary
By John Healy | Jun 7 | 10:07AM
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; New York Giants long snapper Zak DeOssie (51) before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
As preliminary negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement are underway in the NFL, the push for an 18-game schedule has once again entered the conversation.
And once again, it is being met with resistance by the players' union.
Zak DeOssie, the Giants long snapper and member of the NFLPA executive committee as vice president, vocalized his opposition to that idea on Thursday at Giants minicamp.
Tags: Zak DeOssie
Giants rookie wide receiver Darius Slayton impresses at minicamp
Fifth-rounder out of Auburn could be in mix for No. 3 receiver spot
Dec 28, 2018; Nashville, TN, USA; Auburn Tigers wide receiver Darius Slayton (81) catches a pass and rushes for a touchdown against the Purdue Boilermakers during the first half of the 2018 Music City Bowl at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports (Jim Brown)
Behind Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate, there is an opportunity for somebody to step up and grab the Giants' No. 3 wide receiver spot. If rookie Darius Slayton performs in training camp this summer like he did this week, he'll have a shot.
By all accounts, the fifth-round pick out of Auburn had a strong minicamp this week, rebounding from what was a rough showing during rookie camp.
"The guy that's made huge improvements in my eyes has been Slayton, he's done a really good job," Giants coach Pat Shurmur said Thursday. "I think we were all here during rookie minicamp when he kind of had the yips, drops and what not. He's really smoothed it out and he's been making plays. He's the first guy that comes to mind. This time of year, it's more about throwing and catching and less about blocking and tackling. I think the young guys in the secondary have been competing, all of the new players. That's a good thing."
Tags: Corey Coleman, Sterling Shepard
WATCH: Giants' Saquon Barkley on 'iconic' Odell Beckham's supposed dig at Eli Manning
Barkley also discussed Daniel Jones and more
By Danny Abriano | Jun 6 | 1:48PM
Saquon Barkley 1-on-1 00:03:45
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley believes QB Daniel Jones 'will be a threat' and comments on Odell Beckham's Eli Manning comment.
When Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. talked on Wednesday about having to get used to new QB Baker Mayfield's arm strength, many took it as a dig at Eli Manning.
Saquon Barkley did not.
"I saw his comments. I don't think Odell was making a shot at Eli or anybody," Barkley told SNY's Jonas Schwartz on Thursday after shaking his head at the situation. "You have to get used to a new quarterback," Barkley explained, likening the situation to how he got used to the Giants' reshuffled offensive line during the second half of last season.
Tags: Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley
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Recent assaults prompt safety discussion
Carbondale’s elected leaders on Tuesday continued an ongoing discussion about installing lights along town streets, trails and paths that historically have been dark sections, out of a concern for public safety stemming from recent nighttime attempted sexual assaults and other problems.
Discussions about public safety have taken on added urgency following reports by women of attempted sexual assault in recent weeks, and Trustee Ben Bohmfalk announced at the trustee meeting that the town’s Bike/Pedestrians/Trails Commission recently talked about the need to provide better lighting on trails and streets, particularly along the Rio Grande Trail.
“That’s a pretty obvious dark spot,” Bohmfalk said, though he acknowledged that recent assaults had taken place elsewhere.
Caution was advised, however, by Trustee Frosty Merriott, who noted that the town has long prided itself on having a starry sky above at night, with little interference from the lights of town.
“I do know that we are throwing off a lot more light into the night sky than we used to,” Merriott said, adding that “there’s a balance there that we need to be aware of.”
And Police Chief Gene Schilling, while acknowledging that recent attacks are cause for concern, stressed that Carbondale is not a community plagued by violent crime.
Citing national statistics about violent crime that he has researched recently, he said, Basalt and Carbondale fall at the lower end of cities and towns in terms of such crimes.
According to statistics kept by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Schilling said, where a value of 1 is “the best ranking,” meaning the lowest incidence of violent crime, Carbondale was ranked 24th and Basalt was ranked 21st, while Glenwood Springs and Aspen were “in the mid-sixties.”
Plus, Schilling said, a review of local crime reports indicated that, between Jan. 1, 2014 and now, the town has experienced only two assaults by “unknown suspects,” along with one that began as a Facebook friendship and later turned into an assault that remains unsolved.
Schilling took the statistics to mean, generally speaking, “We’re still doing pretty good” in terms of the relative crime rate here as opposed to larger communities.
“But we can always try and improve safety, with lighting or whatever,” Schilling agreed.
Trustee Katrina Byars said more lights are needed to provide safe passage particularly for women walking along the town’s trails and streets at night, calling the dark areas of town “a very immediate and alarming” problem for lone pedestrians.
“I really want to have a public safety plan,” she said, asking that it be put on a future agenda for discussion and action.
Acting Mayor Dan Richardson, while agreeing a discussion may be warranted, said he was not meaning to imply that the community is unsafe for women to walk around in.
“It’s not to say, ‘oh, my gosh, the sky is falling,’” he said of the town’s security standing.
At the end of the discussion, it was agreed that it should be placed on a future agenda, and that any such talk should be bolstered by statistical analyses of the level of danger posed by dark streets and trails.
In other action the trustees:
• Adopted a “code of conduct” to govern trustee behavior at meetings;
• Approved special-event liquor licenses for the Festival Las Americas (scheduled for Aug. 28 in Sopris Park); an Aug. 21 fundraiser for Alliance America, an environmental group, at the Launch Pad; and the 5Point Film Festival, scheduled for Sept. 15 at the Third Street Center;
• Approved an expansion of the Wine Time liquor store on Highway 133;
• Adopted some amendments to the town’s marijuana business regulations;
• Approved an affordable housing mitigation plan for a development project at Cooper Place;
• Approved a development improvements agreement concerning relocation of a town ditch as it passes through True Nature Healing Arts on Third Street;
• Approved a relocation of the Sweet Leaf Pioneer marijuana shop, which is moving from the Buggy Circle area to a white house located just west of the 7/Eleven Store on Main Street;
• Approved a “modification of premises” for the SP manufacturing retail and medical marijuana business.
Published in The Sopris Sun on August 11, 2016.
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Michiana Tasting Trail
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Muta Mwenya pours Madcap Coffee Corazón blend at Atomic Bean Coffee in Niles.
Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN
Pour-over coffee is presented in a science beaker at Atomic Bean Coffee in Niles.
Muta Mwenya, owner of Atomic Bean Coffee in Niles, makes a pour-over of Madcap’s Corazón coffee.
Hot water is poured in a circular motion to make sure all of the coffee grounds are saturated for a pour-over cup of coffee.
Espresso is brewed at Atomic Bean Coffee in downtown Niles.
Atomic Bean Coffee opened January in downtown Niles. The space was formerly Top Heavy Coffee, which closed in September.
Coffee beans at Atomic Bean Coffee in Niles are sourced from Madcap Coffee in Grand Rapids. Tribune Photos/ROBERT FRANKLIN
Eighteen grams of coffee are ground and placed in a filter for pour-over coffee. The method extracts the most flavor from the coffee as possible.
Atomic Bean Coffee is located at 205 E. Main St. in Niles. The new café opened in January.
Drink Up: New Niles coffeehouse continues pour-over tradition
By Mary Shown South Bend Tribune
Mary Shown
Muta Mwenya didn’t begin to really question coffee and the brewing process until friends of his opened a coffee shop in Niles.
“I just really enjoyed going to places like Madcap in Grand Rapids, and then when Eric and Wendy (Halder) opened up over here, I would be in here all the time just kind of watching what they were doing,” he says. “Here, I could sit in front of them and ask what they were doing and why. I began to really taste the difference in the flavor, the nuances of the coffee.”
The Halders opened Top Heavy Coffee at 205 E. Main St. in downtown Niles in 2016 as a minimalist-styled café that aimed to provide a place for customers to hang out and enjoy upscale coffee. Then, in September 2018, the café closed its doors so the owners could concentrate on their other jobs, Mwenya says.
Mwenya wanted to carry on what the Halders had started and opened Atomic Bean Coffee in January at Top Heavy’s former location.
The lead pastor at Relevant Church in Niles, he wanted to provide another place beyond the church for community members to gather, develop conversations and work together.
“We have a lot of small business owners in the area and entrepreneurs who don’t have office space, so coffee spaces are generally a great place to have meetings and things,” Mwenya says. “It’s a place for students to study, a co-work space for entrepreneurs, an idea lab for creatives and everything in between.”
But it’s also a coffeehouse that provides what Mwenya calls “upscale, high-end coffee.” The coffeehouse sources its beans from roaster Madcap, which provides medium-roasted coffee from countries such as Peru, Ethiopia and Colombia. The business also utilizes other local ingredients, such as chocolate from Veni’s Sweet Shop and caramel created by the Brass Eye, both Niles-based businesses.
But how you take and make your coffee makes all the difference.
Customers can expect traditional coffeehouse options such as a cappuccino, latte or a mocha. But a pour-over coffee is where the café excels.
When most people think of coffee, they think of drip coffee because, well, the process is fairly painless.
“You grind the beans, you put them in a machine, and you let the water just drip through it,” Mwenya says. “After three minutes, the water has saturated through and it’s good to go.”
Pour-over coffee, however, takes a bit more time and a bit more thought.
“The first time you do it, you think it just tastes like coffee,” Mwenya says. “Then, the more you do it, the more you say, ‘OK, ya this one is juicy, this one is light and this one has got floral tones.’”
But getting those notes and flavors takes a scientific process.
First, Mwenya takes a small metallic coffee pot and places a teacup-shaped sieve on top. He places a filter in the sieve and wets the paper filter with water, ridding it of any taste the paper might add to the coffee. He then dumps the excess water and places the pour-over device on a scale. Now onto the coffee.
The café has “dosed” out the perfect amount of single-sourced beans into a vial for the perfect balance of water and coffee in the pour-over. On Friday, the café served Corazón, a Peruvian coffee with juicy and light notes. Based on the taste of the coffee, the café portioned out 18.5 grams of beans to be ground on a 14 level fineness, which was then placed inside the damp filter.
Then a timer is set and a kettle holding 210-degree water is poured in a circular motion over the grounds. Mwenya pours just enough until the weight reads 55 grams. He waits 25 seconds before starting the circular pour-over again, this time pouring until the weight reads 300 grams, then hitting the outer rim of the filter until the weight reads 350 grams.
Mwenya says that a perfect pour-over cup takes between 2½ and 3½ minutes to completely brew.
“If it’s below that, that means the grinds were too loose and we didn’t grind them as much so you’re not going to get the taste,” he says. “If it takes longer, like if it takes 4½ minutes to brew, then the grinds were too dense and fine and the water is going to burn the coffee.”
On Friday, it took 3 minutes and 37 seconds to brew.
“That’s nearly perfect,” he says happily. “That’s going to be a good pour-over.”
Mwenya then pours the medium-roasted coffee into a beaker and waits about five minutes for the coffee to cool before being poured into a teacup to consume.
So why is all of this necessary? Why find out the perfect ratio of ground coffee to water and exactly time how long a pour-over takes to brew?
“It’s all about the taste,” Mwenya says. “A lot of times when you get drip coffee, you want to drink it right away because you need the caffeine. But pour-overs are more about the taste, so most people let it sit, cool a little bit, because once it starts cooling, that’s when the flavors really come out.”
Mwenya compares the appreciation for the beverage to that of craft beer. Many people can opt for a mass-production lager to get the use out of the alcohol. But some choose craft beer for the taste, trying to taste the notes the brewer attempts to have come through.
“It’s the same thing with coffee,” Mwenya says. “Coffee is so much deeper than just the caffeine that is in there. … I always tell people to pause for a moment and to sit back and enjoy a good pour-over, to enjoy a good latte and to not put too much sugar in your lattes or in your mochas. Allow yourself to taste the coffee nuances and flavors that coffee can provide.”
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Atomic Bean Coffee
• What: A new coffeehouse in downtown Niles
• Where: 205 E. Main St., Niles
• Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays
• Prices: $4.50-$2
• For more information: atomicbeancoffee.com
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New Coal Railways For Galilee And Bowen Basins
Posted on 08 June 2012 . Tags: Queensland, Railway Line
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney
Queensland Minister for State Development Jeff Seeney
Queensland Minister for Infrastructure Jeff Seeney
Queensland Minister for Planning Jeff Seeney
Two Rail Corridors Defined For Galilee Basin
The Newman Government today announced two rail corridors to service new and existing coal mines in both the Galilee and Bowen Basins.
An east-west corridor will see an extension of the existing QR National network from near Moranbah to the central Galilee Basin and will provide links to coal ports of Abbot Point, Dalrymple Bay and Dudgeon Point.
A north-south rail corridor will be defined along the proposed GVK-Hancock Coal alignment to facilitate the construction of new standard gauge rail lines to link the proposed large-scale, vertically integrated mining operations in the southern Galilee Basin to Abbot Point.
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney said the government’s decision for two corridors was a common-sense and co-ordinated approach that would replace eight different railway proposals under the previous Bligh Government.
“This outcome is a win for the mine proponents, loc al communities, landholders and the environment.” Mr. Seeney said.
He told Parliament today the two corridors were the only areas in which the State Government was likely to use its powers to compulsorily acquire land for new rail lines.
“After exhaustive negotiations with all the mine proponents I believe that the responsible development of the Galilee Basin can be achieved by defining an east-west extension of the QRN network and a north-south corridor to facilitate a new standard gauge line.” Mr. Seeney said.
“The Government will work towards declaring State Development Areas to define these two preferred corridors within which the Government’s powers of compulsory land acquisition can be exercised to bring about our clearly stated policy outcomes of a coordinated approach to railway development.”
“The east-west extension is currently being developed by QRN and Adani and provides the best option for a staged development of mine, rail and port capacity for the Galilee Basin in the short term.” Mr. Seeney said.
“A major increase in tonnages can be carried on this extension and the existing network. The Government will also support an expansion of capacity on the existing QRN alignment north to Abbot Point.”
“It will be the preferred transport corridor for proposed developments and expansions in the northern Bowen Basin and will provide a long awaiting deviation around Collinsville.” Mr. Seeney said.
The Government will also support the development of coal-line standard for the existing rail line from Alpha to Emerald.
For the large, vertically integrated mines proposed for the southern Galilee area the Government will define a corridor that straddles the alignment proposed by GVK-Hancock Coal for a new 500 km standard gauge line north to Abbot Point.
“The Government will ensure third party access to each of these corridors and no proponent will be disadvantaged.”
“There will be the option for other large mining proposals to co-locate their own new railway lines within north-south corridor should they consider that to be more commercially viable.” Mr. Seeney said.
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Jun 28 Travelling Latin America With The Rolling Stones
Colin Morrison
Late on Monday night I found myself with some free time. I hit the Netflix button on my remote and was presented with the usual mix of films and series their algorithm thinks are to my liking.
One suggestion did stand out from the rest - Rolling Stones: Ole, Ole, Ole! A Trip Across Latin America. Upon further investigation I discovered this was a documentary charting the band's 2016 tour of that part of the world.
I pressed play....
Apr 22 Art Garfunkel: Grand in Glasgow
Art Garfunkel brought his eleven date UK tour to an end in Glasgow on Sunday night. The Royal Concert Hall was sold out for the show which was billed as "an evening of songs and stories." It was an opportunity for fans of the legendary singer to hear some old favourites performed and listen to some excerpts from his book.
Jan 25 Kirill Bichutsky: More Than Just a Champagne Facial
Back in 2017, I interviewed ‘The Slut Whisperer’ / ‘KirillWasHere’. Unfortunately the article was never published - it seems a shame to never share it, so I've released it now, ‘hopefully’ for your enjoyment.
Dec 31 What a Year: The Highs & Lows of 2018
Sep 5 They Reminisce Over You – Fantasy, Reality and Everything In Between
Brad Dobbing
The plight of any sports fan over 30 is that we constantly yearn for bygone eras. Nostalgia has a funny way of making things seem better or worse than they actually were therefore complaining that things just aren’t as good as they used to be becomes a staple of watching our favourite teams as we get older regardless of whether it’s true or not.
Aug 18 Skinnyman - Council Estate of Mind (Review)
Troy Weaver
August 9th, 2004. I was thirteen going on twenty. It was the summer holidays, I probably spent that day either riding my bike around the city, playing football or lighting fires down the brook. Not much about that summer sticks out in my memory other than a few weeks later I would be introduced to in my opinion, the greatest UK hip-hop album of my generation.
Jun 23 Sean Speaks to GB Freestyle Athlete Peter Speight
Peter Speight is a British freestyle skier and 2018 Winter Olympics hopeful. Sean Shute caught up with the British Halfpipe champion while he was in training in Canada. The Sheffield native talks about his preparations for Pyeongchang 2018, his goals for the season ahead and being part of a thriving Team GB Park and Pipe team.
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1st cover of Jeans Intern, 1975
Peter Schindler, the founder of Sportswear International passed away
According to family sources the charismatic publisher, who ran his then mainly golf sports related publishing and consulting company ‘Strokesaver’ out of Zürich, Switzerland until recently, died of a heart attack last Sunday, March 25 in Dubai, soon after his 67th birthday.
Schindler founded first ‘Jeans Intern’ in 1975 and later on Sportswear International in 1979 out of Ratingen near Düsseldorf, Germany. He gave especially the newly rising jeans and sportswear community its own well accepted voice and constituted its position as the leading B2B publication for the sports- and jeanswear industry in the eighties. He added the North American edition of the magazine in 1982 and made Sportswear International a truly international publication with offices in Germany, New York and Milan, Italy in the years to follow. He sold his shares and ownership to Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt in 1992 that still publishes the magazine with great success until today.
All team members of Sportswear International, the owner family, the advisory board and the management of Deutscher Fachverlag deeply regret the loss of this highly respected visionary, publisher and entrepreneur.
Peter Schindler
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Earth Sciences & Geography Geography
Ecological Studies
Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences
Editors: van Oppen, Madeleine J. H., Lough, Janice (Eds.)
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Brings together the available scientific information on coral bleaching
From the level of individual colonies to ecosystems
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One of the most dire consequences of global climate change for coral reefs is the increased frequency and severity of mass coral bleaching events. This volume provides information on the causes and consequences of coral bleaching for coral reef ecosystems, from the level of individual colonies to ecosystems and at different spatial scales, as well as a detailed analysis of how it can be detected and quantified. Future scenarios based on modelling efforts and the potential mechanisms of acclimatisation and adaptation are reviewed. The much more severe coral bleaching events experienced on Caribbean coral reefs (compared with those of the Indo-Pacific) are discussed, as are the differences in bleaching susceptibility and recovery that have been observed on smaller geographic scales.
From the reviews:
"The book Coral bleaching: patterns, processes, causes and consequences, edited by Madeleine van Oppen and Janice Lough of the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, is … a timely contribution to the coral bleaching literature. … Overall, the book is a useful addition to the library of reef ecology researchers and students. It is a small, handy, and inexpensive volume which makes it accessible to a relatively large audience. The editors provide excellent introductory and concluding chapters that summarize the work well … ." (Kenneth R. N. Anthony, Ecology, Vol. 90 (9), September, 2009)
Introduction: Coral Bleaching — Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences
Lough, J. M. (et al.)
The Evolution of the Coral–Algal Symbiosis
Stanley, G. D., Jr. (et al.)
Coral Bleaching in Space and Time
Oliver, J. K. (et al.)
Climate Variability and Change: Monitoring Data and Evidence for Increased Coral Bleaching Stress
Eakin, C. M. (et al.)
Detecting and Monitoring Coral Bleaching Events
Spalding, M.
Bleaching Resistance and the Role of Algal Endosymbionts
Oppen, Madeleine J. H. (et al.)
Bleaching and Mortality Thresholds: How Much is Too Much?
Berkelmans, R.
Consequences of Coral Bleaching for Sessile Reef Organisms
McClanahan, T. R. (et al.)
Coral Bleaching and Consequences for Motile Reef Organisms: Past, Present and Uncertain Future Effects
Pratchett, M. S. (et al.)
Future Scenarios: a Review of Modelling Efforts to Predict the Future of Coral Reefs in an Era of Climate Change
Donner, Simon D. (et al.)
Synthesis: Coral Bleaching — Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences
Oppen, M. J. H. (et al.)
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
10.1007/978-3-540-69775-6
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U.S. export value share of organic pears and quince 2011-2016
Export value share of organic pears and quince of the United States from 2011 to 2016
by M. Shahbandeh, last edited May 29, 2018
This statistic shows the export value share of organic pears and quince of the United States from 2011 to 2016. In 2016, the U.S. organic pear and quince export value share amounted to about 11 percent.
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Number of certified organic milk producers in Canada in 2017/18, by province
Value of organic exports from Canada from 2013 to 2016 (in million Canadian dollars)
Value of tracked organic imports to Canada from 2012 to 2015 (in million Canadian dollars)
Trade value of the top three tracked organic food products imported to Canada in 2015 (in million Canadian dollars)
Volume of fresh organic apples imported to Canada from 2010/11 to 2017/18 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Volume of fresh organic grapes imported to Canada from 2010/11 to 2017/18 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Volume of fresh organic pears imported to Canada from 2010/11 to 2017/18 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Forecasted sales value of organic packaged foods in Canada from 2012 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Share of consumers who purchased organic food in Canada in 2016 and 2017, by product type
Share of consumers purchasing organic products on a regular basis in Canada in 2016 and 2017
Categories in which consumers purchase organic products regularly in Canada as of March 2017
Share of weekly grocery budget consumers spend on organic products in Canada as of 2017, by household size
Leading consumer groups who purchase organic products weekly in Canada in 2017
Attitudes towards organic products among consumers in Canada as of March 2017*
Locations consumers purchase organic products in Canada as of 2017, by distribution channel
Consumer level of trust in organic or fair-trade labels on food products in Canada as of October 2016
Export value of organic pears and quince of the United States from 2011 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
Export value share of organic pears in the United States in 2014, by destination country
Organic pear export value of the United States in 2014, by destination country (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Import value share of organic pears in the United States from 2011 to 2016
Import value of organic pears in the United States from 2011 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
Export value share of organic broccoli of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic cherries of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic lemons of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic strawberries of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic oranges of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic grapefruit of the United States from 2012 to 2016
Export value share of organic fresh grapes of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic cult blueberries of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic apples of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Export value share of organic peppers of the United States from 2011 to 2016
Annual volume of pears and quinces sold in Germany from 2006 to 2016* (in 1,000 tonnes)
Mississippi's share of total U.S. exports from 2007 to 2011, based on value
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United Kingdom: brand footprint ranking 2016, by frequency rate
Most chosen brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by frequency rate*
by Statista Research Department, last edited May 19, 2016
The figure shows the most chosen brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by the number of time shoppers acquired the brand in a year. Warburtons was top of the list, being chosen by consumers on average 26.7 times a year, followed by Hovis, chosen 16.3 times a year.
Frequency rate
* Frequency rate means the number of times shoppers acquire the brand in a year.
Attitude to the use of nuclear energy in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019
Energy & Environmental Technology
Levels of awareness in the United Kingdom (UK) about fracking 2018
Public opinion on nuclear energy in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Support for wave and tidal energy developments in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
Statistics on "Energy awareness in the United Kingdom (UK)"
General energy awareness
Household expenditure
Trust in energy companies
Energy source awareness
As far as you know, which of these are used as energy sources in your home?Public awareness of energy sources used in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Which of the following do you think it is possible for energy consumers to do?Consumers aware of possible energy engagement activities in Great Britain 2014-2018
Before today, had you heard of smart meters?Level of smart meter awareness in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
Do you know what the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating for your property is?Public knowledge about the Energy Performance Certificate rating in the UK 2018
How concerned, if at all, are you about the UK becoming too dependent on energy from other countries?*Levels of concern about the United Kingdom (UK) depending on foreign energy 2018
How concerned, if at all, are you about UK supplies of fossil fuels not being sufficient to meet the UK's demand for them?*Levels of concern about the supply of fossil fuels for the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
How concerned, if at all, are you that the UK is not investing fast enough in alternative sources of energy?*Levels of concern over alternative energy investment in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Over the course of the year, which type of energy do you think your household spends the most money on?Public opinions on households energy expenses in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Yearly spend on home energy in Great Britain 2012 to 2018Annual home energy spending in Great Britain 2012-2018
How concerned, if at all, are you about steep rises in energy prices in the future?*Levels of concern about energy price rises in in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Average weekly gas expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2018*, by country (in British pounds)Regional weekly gas expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016-2018
Total household expenditure on electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)Total household expenditure on electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Total household expenditure on energy from gas in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)Total household expenditure on energy from gas in the UK 2010-2017
Total household expenditure on energy in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)*Total household expenditure on energy in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Level of trust consumers show in their energy suppliers to charge a fair price in Great Britain (GB) in 2018Consumer trust in fair prices from their energy supplier in Great Britain 2018
Level of trust consumers show in their gas suppliers to charge a fair price in Great Britain (GB) in 2018Consumer trust in fair prices from their gas supplier in Great Britain 2018
Level of trust consumers show in their combined energy suppliers to charge a fair price in Great Britain (GB) in 2018Consumer trust in fair prices from their combined supplier in Great Britain 2018
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments?*Support for renewable energy developments in the UK 2019, by type
Do you support or oppose the use of renewable energy for providing our electricity, fuel and heat?Level of support for renewable energy sources in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2019
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose on-shore wind renewable energy developments*Support for onshore wind in the United Kingdom 2012-2019
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose solar renewable energy developments?*Support for solar power developments in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2019
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose wave and tidal renewable energy developments?*Support for wave and tidal energy developments in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2019
From what you know, or have heard about using nuclear energy for generating electricity in the UK, do you support or oppose its use?Attitude to the use of nuclear energy in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements about nuclear energy?Public opinion on nuclear energy in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
How much, if anything, do you know about carbon capture and storage? Knowledge of carbon capture and storage in in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
United Kingdom: brand footprint ranking 2016, by Consumer Reach Points
Survey- top 50 sporting goods brands consumer purchases in the United States 2014
Survey on worst employer brands in Finland 2016
Most valuable global brands in 2015, by region
Casual dining restaurants brand equity ranking 2012
Most valuable Australian brands 2018, by brand value
Leading high quality brands in British Columbia 2014
Retailers with the best retail brand promotion in China 2013
Italian dining restaurants brand equity ranking 2012
Cruise lines brand equity ranking 2012
Sports leagues brand equity ranking 2012
Favorite brands of U.S. consumers in 2018
Full service hotels brand equity ranking 2012
Pizza chains brand equity ranking 2012
Extended stay hotels brand equity ranking 2012
Mid-market hotels brand equity ranking 2012
Luxury hotels brand equity ranking 2012
Amusement attractions brand equity ranking 2012
Energy awareness in the United Kingdom (UK)
Soft drinks and non-alcoholic beverages in the UK
Fruit consumption
Food shopping behavior in the United Kingdom (UK)
Beverage industry in Italy
Sugar tax and soft drinks in the UK
Pork in the United Kingdom (UK)
Beef in the United Kingdom (UK)
Alimentación en España 2018
Utviklingen i norsk kosthold 2018
Special Eurobarometer 450: EU consumer habits regarding fishery and aquaculture products
Informe Ecónomico 2015
Informe del consumo de alimentación en España 2016
As far as you know, which of these are used as energy sources in your home?
Which of the following do you think it is possible for energy consumers to do?
Before today, had you heard of smart meters?
Do you know what the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating for your property is?
How concerned, if at all, are you about the UK becoming too dependent on energy from other countries?*
How concerned, if at all, are you about UK supplies of fossil fuels not being sufficient to meet the UK's demand for them?*
How concerned, if at all, are you that the UK is not investing fast enough in alternative sources of energy?*
Over the course of the year, which type of energy do you think your household spends the most money on?
Yearly spend on home energy in Great Britain 2012 to 2018
How concerned, if at all, are you about steep rises in energy prices in the future?*
Average weekly gas expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2018*, by country (in British pounds)
Total household expenditure on electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)
Total household expenditure on energy from gas in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)
Total household expenditure on energy in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)*
Level of trust consumers show in their energy suppliers to charge a fair price in Great Britain (GB) in 2018
Level of trust consumers show in their gas suppliers to charge a fair price in Great Britain (GB) in 2018
Level of trust consumers show in their combined energy suppliers to charge a fair price in Great Britain (GB) in 2018
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments?*
Do you support or oppose the use of renewable energy for providing our electricity, fuel and heat?
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose on-shore wind renewable energy developments*
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose solar renewable energy developments?*
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose wave and tidal renewable energy developments?*
From what you know, or have heard about using nuclear energy for generating electricity in the UK, do you support or oppose its use?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements about nuclear energy?
How much, if anything, do you know about carbon capture and storage?
Before today, how much, if anything did you know about hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, otherwise known as 'fracking'?
From what you know, or have heard about, extracting shale gas to generate the UK’s heat and electricity, do you support or oppose its use?
Most chosen brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by Consumer Reach Points*
Have you purchased products from one or more of the following sporting goods brands over the past year?*
Companies with worst employer brands in Finland in 2016
Leading brands worldwide in 2015, by brand value and region (in billion U.S. dollars)
Brand equity ranking of casual dining restaurants in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand value of the most valuable Australian brands in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
Leading high quality brands according to consumers in British Columbia in 2014 (index score)
Retail companies with the best retail brand promotion in China in 2013
Brand equity ranking of Italian dining restaurants in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand equity ranking of cruise lines in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)
Brand equity ranking of sports leagues in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)
Consumers most loved brands in the United States in 2018 (net favorability score)
Brand equity ranking of full service hotels in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand equity ranking of pizza chains in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand equity ranking of extended stay hotels in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand equity ranking of mid-market hotels in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand equity ranking of luxury hotel brands in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
Brand equity ranking of amusement attractions in the U.S. 2012 (EquiTrend score)*
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Interactive: Explore what’s driving surging overdose deaths
By Talia Bronshtein
Natalia Bronshtein/STAT
A new STAT-Harvard poll finds that 41 percent of Americans know someone who has abused prescription painkillers in the last five years — and 1 in 12 say they know someone who died from an overdose.
That’s the latest evidence showing the broad reach of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States. From 1999 to 2015, over half a million Americans died from overdoses of legal or illegal drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of annual deaths from narcotics and hallucinogens increased threefold during that period, from 11,081 to 37,269.
Deaths resulting from opioid overdoses increased fivefold since 1999, jumping by 16 percent in 2015 alone.
The CDC data also show:
The surge in overdose deaths from narcotics and hallucinogens has been particularly dramatic among people 55 to 64 years old; since 1999, deaths in that age group increased by 1,180 percent.
The number of heroin overdose deaths is climbing sharply, more than tripling since 2011.
In 2015, the sharpest increase in deaths, 72 percent, was among people who overdosed on “other synthetic narcotics,” a category that includes opioid painkillers fentanyl, propoxyphene, and meperidine.
16 years of overdose deaths in the US
Explore the interactive visualization below to learn more about overdose deaths caused by narcotics and hallucinogens from 1999 to 2015. The vertical axis shows the number of people who died from a drug-related overdose in a year. The colored bands represent different types of drugs. "Other opioids" include morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone. The "other synthetic narcotics" category includes fentanyl, propoxyphene, and meperidine. Click on the colored bands to see the data broken down by drug type. Click on the arrows above the chart or the age groups at the bottom to see the data broken down by age.
Cannabis (derivatives)
Other and unspecified narcotics
Other synthetic narcotics
Other opioids
Talia Bronshtein/STAT Source: CDC WONDER The Multiple Cause of Death data (T40.0-T40.9)
Compounding pharmacies need stricter federal oversight
Pharmalittle: Pharma keeps winning in Washington; J&J faces test…
Pharmalittle: Pharma keeps winning in Washington; J&J faces test as Oklahoma opioid trial wraps up
By Diana Cai
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Taxi drivers park illegally in protest over city centre rank changes
The rank was either side of Lichfield Street, in Hanley, but council bosses have withdrawn it on one side of the road
Jack Furness
Dozens of cabbies parked their cars illegally in the city centre in protest at their taxi rank being removed.
Hackney carriage drivers were moved to a temporary rank in Lichfield Street,Hanley, while Stafford Street is being developed.
But they were informed earlier this week they could no longer park on the right-hand side of Lichfield Street.
This prompted 35 drivers to descend on Hanley Town Hall on Monday to demand answers from Stoke-on-Trent City Council. And they parked their cars at the former rank as they went in to complain.
Taxi drivers parked their vehicles on their former rank when they went to Hanley Town Hall to complain
The council has now agreed to introduce temporary arrangements, including a waiting area in Lichfield Street if the rank on the left-hand side is full. Part of Stafford Street, currently used at night, will also be available to taxi drivers in the day.
Waqas Nawaz, Stoke-on-Trent chairman of the Hackney Carriage Association, said cabbies felt strongly about the issue as it affected their livelihoods.
The 35-year-old, from Hanley, said: “There are almost 350 taxi drivers. Some of them are working at the train station who have that permit, some of them are working in private hire, and some of them are working on the taxi rank in the city centre.
“We all need to feed our kids and we all need to pay our mortgages and council tax. Do they want us to rob a bank or something? We have to work and we can only make money on the taxi rank.
“The council want more taxi drivers. A plate for a driver costs £242 each year for a driver. The MOT costs £60 and renewing of your badge costs over £270 each year and they are not providing us with ranks.
“They are issuing more plates and they don’t have the space."
Waqas Nawaz (centre) and Jamil Ahmed (far left) were among the 35 drivers who went to Hanley Town Hall to ask why the rank has been removed
Hackney carriage driver Jamil Ahmed, said ‘at least’ 15 spaces had gone.
Students told to leave cars at golf course to ease parking chaos
The 42-year-old, from Hanley, said: “Stafford Street is being done up. On Town Road, there was a minimum of 14 spaces we had taken off us some time back.
“It wouldn’t be a problem if we were given somewhere else. They have to provide space for us.
“We know Stafford Street being developed is helping the city. We can sacrifice this time and go to Lichfield Street, but now they have done this.”
How this dash cam image landed a taxi driver in court for picking up illegal fares
A city council spokesman said the changes had been prompted by plans for the Winter Wonderland attraction in the run-up to Christmas. It has meant 'displacing' the disabled parking bays in Birch Terrace car park and moving them to Lichfield Street.
But he added: "We have been working with taxi drivers affected by this move and are pleased to say we have been able to incorporate their suggestions in alternative taxi provision as a temporary measure.
"When the multi-million public realm work in Stafford Street is completed, the taxi rank will locate fully there."
The temporary steps are still being finalised.
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Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Center
4353 Gunn Hwy
www.tuffygunn.com
About We welcome the opportunity to earn your trust with our excellent customer service, and we look forward to seeing you soon! We have been in business since 1970 and have earned the reputation built on trust and quality auto care.
Auto Repair, Auto Maintenance, Repair Shop
SureCritic / Auto Repair / Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Center
Yandry P.
Ford Econoline Wagon
Yandry said the vehicle wasn't completed and it's shaking at certain miles per hour.
Well done guys!
Had a rather awkward coupling on the power steering system which didn't seem to want to line up for reconnection, it was always trying to cross thread, the guys here managed to get it done.
We've always brought our cars here for service and will continue to do so.
KENNETH S.
Brian is great
Ricardo G.
MINI Cooper Hardtop
Ricardo said the service was good. The manager provided excellent service.
Nicole D.
Nicole said the staff matched her price from another mechanic, and it brought the price down. The person on the phone was a little rude with her when they were discussing the issues with the vehicle, but they did a really good job, and was not affected by this.
Greg F.
Greg said they did a good job.
Recent visit
Brian and crew are awesome
Tony said he went into the business expecting to spend $40 and ended up spending $200.
Richard S.
Volkswagen Passat Sedan
Richard said he was really pleased with his overall experience.
Lisa E.
Spoke with Henkin. He said it took a little longer than he expected, about 45 minutes. He had a flat tire and had it towed to the business. The man who towed it was extremely nice. It was great service, and a great team. They were done in a timely fashion, and got the job done well. He had no complaints.
Tony P.
Tony said the service took a long time, but the staff was busy and it was not their fault. The staff was very conscientious in doing everything properly. They put the sticker back on, and reset everything. They were awesome. He will be back in the future.
Patrick E.
Patrick said the service was great. The price was fair. However, the staff didn't have a part in stock. The wait was a small issue, but otherwise, all is good.
David said he had to take his vehicle back several times, for the same issue. It cost more money, every time. They finally fixed the problem.
JOSEPH V.
Volkswagen Jetta Sedan
Custormer Service
The customer service is truly sincere at this location. The manager Brian gives his customers his full attention when speaking with them and addresses their concerns and needs for the care of their vehicle. His prices are reasonable and he does not try and talk you into something you really do not need like at some of the other car service shops.
KIM L.
Great overall experience and value in getting my new tires here. Second time I have purchased here. Timely, and efficient.
My only issue is the flat tire indicator would not come off after getting these new tires. It was explaiyto me that it will go off after I drive 10 miles or so. After 30 miles no go. I went to my mechanic and it was discovers my new tires were slightly under inflated. Once Air was added the warning went away.
Steve said the employees were good and they took care of him. He came in for a tire which had to be ordered, so there was a little wait. He stated he liked that the business carried nitrogen.
Gincarlo A.
Gincarlo said the service was great, but the vehicle had to stay over one night because of a part.
Miguel M.
Miguel said the business provided good service. They answered his questions and provided him with follow up information.
Kathy D.
Kathy said this business was very personable.
Frank said he had to wait a long time at this business.
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Women’s Volleyball Grabs Thrilling 3-1 Home Win Over Cobleskill
SUNY Cobleskill (1-4) 25 15 8 25 1
Southern Vt. (4-0) 20 25 25 27 3
K: 2 Players (#2, #16) - 8
B: 2 Players (#2, #16) - 2
D: Mikayla Catherman - 22
SA: Mackenzie Holbert - 3
K: Liv Sowles - 19
B: Meg Maddalena - 4
D: Vianey Hernandez - 22
SA: Sarah Baty - 7
BENNINGTON, Vt. – Despite losing the first set and then being down multiple times through the next three frames, the Southern Vermont College women's volleyball team pulled out a 3-1 non-conference victory over SUNY Cobleskill Thursday night at the Mountaineer Athletic Center.
The Fighting Tigers took the lead in the match by winning the opening game by a 25-20 margin. SVC then came from behind to take the second at 25-15 before carrying its momentum on to snag a 25-8 victory in the third.
Cobleskill fought to extend the match and nearly forced the decisive fifth, but the Mountaineers came back from being down six late in the fourth and eventually won it 27-25 to remain undefeated on the young season.
Southern Vermont (4-0) is back in action on Saturday with a tri-match at Green Mountain College; the Mountaineers will take on the hosting Eagles at 12 p.m. before playing Northern Vermont University-Johnson for the second time this year at 2 p.m. The Fighting Tigers (1-4) are off until Wednesday when they host Keuka College for a 7 p.m. North Eastern Athletic Conference showdown.
Mountaineer senior captain Liv Sowles (Sacramento, Calif.) led all players with a season-high 19 kills while adding nine digs and a pair of block assists to her line. Freshman Vianey Hernandez (Jewett, Texas) tied the match-best of 22 digs in addition to landing five kills, and junior Sarah Baty (Portola, Calif.) assisted on 20 of the 35 SVC kills while registering 11 digs and seven aces. Southern Vermont was strong at the net defensively as the Mountaineers combined for 12 block assists—junior Meg Maddalena (Portola, Calif.) having four on her own.
Cobleskill was paced in the attack by sophomore Karyn Knaul (Central Square, N.Y.) who had eight kills. Junior libero Mikayla Catherman (Marcellus, N.Y.) tied Hernandez's 22 digs while senior Mackenzie Holbert (Sauquoit, N.Y.) chipped in with 20 assists, 12 digs, four kills, and three service aces.
The only time SVC led in the first set, the score was 2-1. The Mountaineers remained close until a 12-2 run put the Fighting Tigers in front comfortably. Not to go quietly, Southern Vermont made a small surge to get within a handful, but the comeback fell short as Cobleskill finished off the frame.
Down three in the front end of the second, Southern Vermont rattled off six straight to pull ahead. The Mountaineers never relinquished the advantage as points went back-and-forth before SVC notched four straight to tie the match.
SVC kept rolling into the third and stormed to a 15-3 run for a sizable upper hand. The Mountaineers cruised to a 2-1 edge in the contest, but the Fighting Tigers would challenge them in closing it out.
Southern Vermont led 7-5 early in the fourth before a 7-1 Cobleskill run put the visitors in front by four. SVC tied it up—only to see the Fighting Tigers take to another 7-1 run to go ahead 20-14. The Mountaineers battled back and got within one, but Cobleskill answered and pushed it to set-point at 24-21. Southern Vermont would win the next two and force a Fighting Tiger timeout, and a service ace then tied it at 24-24.
SVC found its back against the wall after an ensuing service error made it set-point once again. The seasoned Mountaineers remained focused, however, and connected to win the next three points and celebrate the triumphant victory. Sowles landed two kills in that stretch, including the match winner, while junior Abby Landon (South Glens Falls, N.Y.) tallied one when she went up on a Cobleskill pass near the net and knocked it back to make it match-point.
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Ash vs Evil Dead finally heads to the UK and that’s just groovy
New Evil Dead TV show finds a home on Virgin Media
By Marc Chacksfield 2015-12-01T00:05:00.334Z
Ash is back and heading to the UK this week, thanks to Virgin Media. The cult TV show that's been getting groovy reviews in the US finally heads to UK screens this week and there are five episodes ready to devour right now.
That's because Virgin Media has put Ash Vs Evil Dead out on on demand, rather than any of its channels. This means you can catch up with where the US are, then continue to watch the show weekly in time with how it's scheduled in the US.
Ash Vs Evil Dead follows the exploits of Bruce Campbell's titular character. 30 years on from the Evil Dead movies, the show shows that Ash hasn't really been doing much. But it is down to him to make sure the Deadites don't end up taking over the world.
Demons on demand
Ash vs Evil Dead will be available from 1 December for Virgin Media TV customers to watch through its TV on-demand service.
The good news is that is is free and available to everyone that has Virgin's More TV and above package and it will be available in gloriously gory HD to TV XL subscribers.
Top 10 Christmas movies on Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime Day: the best Amazon Echo Dot deals
There has never been a better time to buy a smart speaker thanks to crazy Amazon Prime Day price cuts
By Matt Kollat • 2019-07-14T04:01:00Z
Amazon Prime Day: the best Amazon Echo Show deals
3 different smart speakers with great screens from Amazon, all now going for some very attractive price points
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AB16 7HG
Area Information for Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG
Byron Court in Aberdeen is in Scotland. The postcode is within the Northfield/Mastrick North ward/electoral division, which is in the UK Parliamentary Constituency of Aberdeen North. The Scottish Parliament constituency is Aberdeen Donside. This page combines information for the address Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. If you wish, you can also view information for the whole of AB16 here. For more details on the exact area these statistics cover, please see the map below and click "Show Census Area Covered" immediately below the map.
Our information is available for almost all UK postcodes. Why not take a look at some of these other postcodes in the immediate vicinity of Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG:
Byron Terrace, Aberdeen, AB16 7JS
Springhill Road, Aberdeen, AB16 7SB
Cruden Park, Aberdeen, AB16 7JJ
Springhill Road, Aberdeen, AB16 7SA
Springhill Road, Aberdeen, AB16 7RX
Byron Terrace, Aberdeen, AB16 7JR
The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2011. They are performed once every 10 years. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. The figures are therefore representative of the local area, not a specific street address or row of houses. The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland). This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building. You can see the area covered by the census statistics by clicking "Show Census Area Covered" below the map above.
The area containing Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland consists predominantly of semi-detached housing, which can be an indicator of an affluent neighbourhood. Please note that the figures may include adjacent streets - see the Summary tab for an explanation and map of the area that these figures cover.
Terraced 1
The area containing Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland contains a higher than average level of social housing - 39% of household spaces. This contrasts with the national average of just over 18%.
Four People 14
Female 109
The postcode AB16 7HG does not show a significant deviation from the average figures for the UK. In the UK as a whole, the average figures are approximately as follows for relationship statuses: 34% single, 47% married, 3% separated, 9% divorced, 7% widowed, and 0.2% same sex.
Other Asian 3
Black African 10
No Religion 131
TransportationInc. Storage and Logistics 12
Below are the details of the closest services to AB16 7HG. All distances are straightline distances, please consult the map of the facility to check the exact location. You can also view these details on our interactive services map for AB16 7HG.
Listed here are the 4 closest railway stations to Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG. The nearest railway station is Aberdeen, approximately 3 miles away.
Aberdeen 3 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest primary schools to Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG. The nearest is Westpark School, approximately 140 yards away.
Bramble Brae School 0.8 miles
Brimmond School 1 mile
Fernielea School 1.1 miles
Holy Family RC School 1.1 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest secondary schools to Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG. The nearest is Northfield Academy, approximately 0.8 miles away.
Listed here are the 10 closest GPs (General Practitioners) to Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG. The nearest is Bucksburn Medical Practice, approximately 1.1 miles away. Please consult the facility to check if they are currently accepting new NHS patients.
Listed here are the 10 closest hospitals to Byron Court, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 7HG. The nearest is Maidencraig House, approximately 1.1 miles away.
Roxburghe House 2 miles
Royal Cornhill Hospital 2 miles
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Events for Broward and Miami-Dade counties for June 19-25
Alan Goch
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Socrates Cafe
1-2 p.m. Exchange thoughtful and reflective dialogue on a variety of topics. Thrive in a setting of civilized discussion with this engaging form of philosophical discourse. Occurs on the second Wednesday of the month. Pembroke Pines Library / Walter C. Young Resource Center, 955 NW 129th Ave. Pembroke Pines. (954) 357-6750. rtpienn@broward.org.
Bingo mornings
Doors open: 10 a.m., Games start: 11 a.m. $11. $500 Power Ball. Temple Beth Am of Margate, 7205 Royal Palm Blvd, Margate. 954-968-4545.
Yoga with Melanie
Gentle mat class. 10-11 a.m. Members: $8. Guests: $10. Melanie Weschler, 954-328-2880.
Sushi & Kabbalah
Weekly Sushi and Kaballah class, where relevant and exciting discussion takes place in a warm and comfortable environment. 7 p.m. Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center, 1304 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-780-6770.
Join together with fellow Jewish women for warm camaraderie, hot tea and refreshments. Led by Chana Denburg this weekly study group finds timely and relevant messages from the ideas and issues discussed in the Weekly Torah portion. 11 a.m. Chabad of South West Coral Springs, 11325 W. Atlantic Blvd., Coral Springs. 954-471-8646.
Tamarac Food Trucks
Wednesdays. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tamarac Park, 7501 N. University Drive, Tamarac. 954-597-3620.
Midrasha Graduate Program
$560. 9:30-11:45 a.m. David Posnack JCC, 5950 S. Pine Island Road., Davie. 954-434-0499. dpjcc.org.
Food Truck Invasion
5-9 p.m. Brian Piccolo Park, 9501 Sheridan St., Cooper City. 954-357-5150. broward.org.
Broward County Mummers String Band
Rehearsals 7:30-9 p.m. Open invitation to all musicians who play banjo, saxophone, drums, bass, accordions and key board. Moose Club, 6191 Rock Island Road, Tamarac. Jack Hultman, 954-956-7212.
Storytelling, Songs and Activities for toddlers (ages 18-36 months) with caregiver. 11-11:30 a.m. Lauderhill Towne Centre Library, 6399 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill. 954-357-6409.
Weekly Bingo
Cash prizes. Doors open at 5 p.m. Early bird games: 6:30 p.m.; General Bingo immediately following. Temple Beth Orr, 2151 Riverside Drive, Coral Springs. 954-753-3232.
Minyan & Bagels with Rabbi Tuffs
9 a.m. Temple Beth El, 1351 S. 14th Ave., Hollywood. 954-920-8225.
Ongoing Chair Yoga Class
Yoga Class with Melanie Weschler, RYT. A chair replaces the yoga mat to safely perform yoga postures with more support and stability. This class is appropriate for any age or ability. $8. 10:15-11:15 a.m. Federation Plaza, 3081 Taft Street, Hollywood. 954 328-2880.
Daily Morning Minyan
Become a Minyanaire! Start your day with meaning and prayer by joining Chabad’s daily Minyan. Followed by Coffee Cake & Chumash. 6:45 a.m. Chabad of South West Coral Springs, 11325 W Atlantic Blvd., Coral Springs. 954-471-8646.
Adults Chair Yoga
Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that is practiced sitting on a chair, or standing using a chair for support. Free. 12-1 p.m. Weston Branch Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston. 954-357-5304.
Fridays at Chabad of Lubavitch, 3500 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-568-1190.
Fridays at Chabad of SW Coral Springs, 11325 W. Atlantic Blvd., Coral Springs. 954-471-8646.
Fridays at Congregation Etz Chaim, 1501 NE 26th St., Wilton Manors. 954-564-9232.
Fridays at Congregation Judea, 6736 Stirling Road, Hollywood. 954-986-2685.
Fridays at Congregation Kol Tikvah, 6750 N. University Dr., Parkland, 954-346-7878.
Fridays at The Liberal Jewish Temple, 3950 Coconut Creek Parkway, Coconut Creek. 954-971-3581.
Fridays at Ramat Shalom, 11301 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation. 954-472-3600.
Fridays at Temple B’Nai Shalom, 3501 West Drive, Deerfield Beach. 954-570-3316.
Fridays at Temple Bat Yam, 5151 NE 14th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale. 954-928-0410.
Fridays at Temple Beth Am, 7205 Royal Palm Blvd., Margate. 954-968-4545.
Fridays at Temple Beth El, 1351 S. 14th Ave., Hollywood. 954-920-8225.
Fridays at Temple Beth Emet, 4807 South Flamingo Road, Cooper City. 954-680-1882.
Fridays at Temple Beth Israel, 481 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Sunrise. 954-851-9999.
Fridays at Temple Beth Orr, 2151 Riverside Dr., Coral Springs. 954-753-3232.
Fridays at Temple Beth Torah Sha’aray Tzedek, 5700 NW 94th Ave., Tamarac. 954-721-7660.
Fridays at Temple Sholom, 132 SE 11th Ave., Pompano Beach. 954-942-6410.
Fridays at Temple Sinai of Hollywood, 1400 N. 46th Ave., Hollywood. 954-987-0026.
Fridays at Temple Solel of Hollywood, 5100 Sheridan Street, Hollywood. 954-989-0205.
Fridays at Village Reform Congregation 13400 SW 10th Street, Century Village, Pembroke Pines. 954-437-7969
Boker Tov discussion
Noon-12:45 p.m. Weekly peer led study group examining the week's current Torah portion. Group meets every Shabbat in the Social Hall unless otherwise noted. Complimentary Kiddush luncheon. Temple Beth Am Margate. 7205 Royal Palm Blvd. Margate. (954) 968-4545. amentinoff@templebeth-am.org.
Saturdays at Chabad of Lubavitch, 3500 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-568-1190.
Saturdays at Chabad of SW Coral Springs, 11325 W. Atlantic Blvd., Coral Springs. 954-471-8646.
Saturdays at Congregation Kol Tikvah, 6750 N. University Dr., Parkland, 954-346-7878.
Saturdays at The Liberal Jewish Temple, 3950 Coconut Creek Parkway, Coconut Creek. 954-971-3581.
Saturdays at Temple Bat Yam, 5151 NE 14th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale. 954-928-0410.
Saturdays at Temple Beth Am, 7205 Royal Palm Blvd., Margate. 954-968-4545.
Saturdays at Temple Beth El, 1351 S. 14th Ave., Hollywood. 954-920-8225.
Saturdays at Temple Beth Israel, 201 S. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach. 954-421-7060.
Saturdays at Temple Beth Israel, 481 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Sunrise. 954-851-9999.
Saturdays at Temple Beth Orr, 2151 Riverside Dr., Coral Springs. 954-753-3232.
Saturdays at Temple Beth Torah Sha’aray Tzedek, 5700 NW 94th Ave., Tamarac. 954-721-7660.
Saturdays at Temple Sholom, 132 SE 11th Ave., Pompano Beach. 954-942-6410.
Saturdays at Temple Sinai of Hollywood, 1400 N. 46th Ave., Hollywood. 954-987-0026.
Saturdays at Temple Solel of Hollywood, 5100 Sheridan Street, Hollywood. 954-989-0205.
Saturdays at Village Reform Congregation 13400 SW 10th Street, Century Village, Pembroke Pines. 954-437-7969.
Songs of the Inspired Soul
7-8 p.m. $20 per person in advance or $25 per person at door. Evening of film and live musical performances by a string quartet. Experience the musical legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the stories behind it. Chabad Jewish Center, 11325 W. Atlantic Blvd. Coral Springs. (954) 501-8920. office@mychabadcenter.org.
Become a Minyanaire! Start your day with meaning and prayer by joining Chabad’s daily Minyan. Followed by Bagels & Cream Cheese, served together with a lively Torah discussion. 8 a.m. Chabad of South West Coral Springs, 11325 W Atlantic Blvd., Coral Springs. 954-471-8646.
Brian Piccolo Food Truck Invasion
5-9:30 p.m. Brian Piccolo Park, 9501 Sheridan St., Hollywood. foodtruckinvasion.com.
MONDAY 24
Daily Minyan
Mon. to Fri. 7:45 a.m. Breakfast served.; Mon. to Thur. 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Temple Beth Torah Sha’aray Tzedek, 5700 NW 94th Ave., Tamarac. 954-721-7660, ext. 131. TBTST.org.
The Cupboard – Goodman JFS of Broward
New volunteer orientation - Kosher choice pantry. Mondays. 10 a.m.-noon. 4703 SW 51st St., Bay 4, Davie. RSVP: thecupboard@jfsbroward.org, 954-530-7555.
Lauderhill Towne Centre Classes
Citizenship classes that include Naturalization Interview and Civics and Government Test practices. Free study materials provided. 6:15-7:45 p.m. Lauderhill Towne Centre Library, 6399 W Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill. 954-357-6409.
Bingo Evenings
Doors open at 5 p.m. Early Bird at 6:30 p.m. $11. $1,000 Power Ball. Temple Beth Am of Margate, 7205 Royal Palm Blvd, Margate. 954-968-4545.
Food Trucks at ArtsPark
More than 20 different food trucks. 5:30-10 p.m. Mondays. ArtsPark, 1 Young Circle, Hollywood. Free admission. 954-921-3500.
Weekly Parsha Discussion Group
1:30 p.m. Chabad Ocean Synagogue, 7 Seacrest Pkwy, Hollywood. 954-457-8080.
Mat Yoga Class
Yoga Class with Melanie Weschler, RYT. $8. 2-3 p.m. Federation Plaza, 3081 Taft Street, Hollywood. 954 328-2880.
Tuesday Night Beach Dances
Enjoy a movie and dancing. Fee. 7-9 p.m. Main Beach Parking Lot, 149 SE 21st Ave., Deerfield Beach. deerfield-beach.com. 954-480-4429.
Events may be submitted at FloridaJewishJournal.com no later than Monday of the week prior to publication.
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A Sociological Perspective
Edited by Charis E. Kubrin and Thomas D. Stucky
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Sociology / Theory and Methods
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Introduction to Criminal Justice is the first textbook to approach theories and practices of criminal justice from a sociological perspective. It empowers students to develop expertise in criminal justice and understand how its central tenets are informed by broader sociological principles and concepts, such as power, race, gender, and class.
This text is organized around five themes: justice, police, courts, corrections, and crime control. Offering both foundational and contemporary texts, theoretical and empirical discussions, and quantitative and qualitative approaches, the readings underscore the inextricable relationship between social structures and the criminal justice system. This comprehensive text will expose students to some of the best thinking and research in the field.
Charis E. Kubrin is Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine, and coeditor of Punishing Immigrants: Policy, Politics, and Injustice (2012) and Crime: Readings (2007), now in its third edition.
Thomas D. Stucky is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University-Purdue University, and author of Urban Politics, Crime Rates, and Police Strength (2005).
They are coauthors of Researching Theories of Crime and Deviance (2008), with Marvin D. Krohn.
"This exceptional collection of readings, and the thoughtful and engaging introductions by the editors, will contextualize contemporary debates and enrich class discussions about the societal institutions, structures, and actors that together shape our criminal justice system."
—Marjorie Zatz, Arizona State University
"Criminal justice represents the biggest clash between noble ideals and raging inequalities in the social world. As students learn the rules of the game and its key players—police, courts, and corrections—they should also understand how the system can simultaneously serve the cause of justice and lead to injustices. Kubrin and Stucky have marshaled a marvelous collection for presenting criminal justice in this sociological light."
—Christopher Uggen, University of Minnesota
"The best textbooks identify critical issues in the field and then provide thought-provoking, evidence-based studies that ground the issues in what we know. Kubrin and Stucky's Introduction to Criminal Justice does just this. Students are exposed to some of the best thinking and research produced by scholars with diverse ideas on how to prevent and control crime in our society."
—John Hagan, Northwestern University
Introduction to Part I
Theory of Society, Volume 1
Niklas Luhmann Translated by Rhodes Barrett
Gianfranco Poggi and Giuseppe Sciortino
Theories of Social Order
Edited by Michael Hechter and Christine Horne
Zooland
Irus Braverman
A Systems Theory of Religion
Niklas Luhmann Edited by André Kieserling Translated by David A. Brenner with Adrian Hermann
Theorizing in Social Science
Edited by Richard Swedberg
Edited by Erich Goode
Provisional Avant-Gardes
Sophie Seita
For God or Empire
Wilson Chacko Jacob
Entrepreneurial Finance
Janet Kiholm Smith and Richard L. Smith
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Thames Coast Kiwi Care was set up by the Thames Coast Protection Society in 2006, with support from DOC. We are an Incorporated Society registered as Thames Coast Kiwi Care Incorporated 2009848 with the Charities Commission (CC40090). We fundraise with an annual concert, auction and through stalls in and around Thames. Membership is more than 300 . We have a number of volunteer trappers, and a dedicated committee which meets monthly. We welcome new supporters, members and volunteers.
By removing mustelids and educating the local communities, our primary goal on both private and DOC land is to enhance the conditions for kiwi already living there to the point where they represent a viable, self-sustaining population.
Why is this work necessary?
The Coromandel Brown Kiwi is seriously declining in places where predators are not controlled. For instance, Kiwi surveyed south of the Kopu-Hikuai Rd area in the 1990s were not found in surveys in 2014. The worst kiwi predators are ferrets and stoats, but uncontrolled dogs also pose a problem. Trapping for stoats and ferrets will increase the survival rate for young kiwi. Just a 20% survival rate for kiwi chicks is enough to ensure the population is stable. More than this will increase the population!
Where is the project area?
We operate within approximately 2,300 ha of private and DOC land behind Te Mata and Tapu.
Are dogs allowed in the Kiwi Project Area?
Dogs are a major threat to both adult and juvenile kiwi. Private landowners decide whether dogs are allowed on their land but any dog entering the DOC estate must be Kiwi Aversion Trained (KAT). Your dog(s) can receive free KAT at various locations around the Coromandel. Please contact DOC or watch for local notices as to where and when you can receive KAT for your dogs.
Private landowners
Private landowners can choose to be part of the project if they wish to be and approve anything that happens on their land, including the number and location of traps and who has access to their land via an agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The group does not interfere with landowner’s rights.
Trap information
We use DOC 200 traps in wooden boxes to target stoats and Connibear traps for feral cats. Traps are serviced and baited with eggs or rabbit lure, once a month in winter and fortnightly in summer. Traps are checked mostly by volunteers. Our paid Coordinator liaises with trappers, the community, agencies and also audits trapping gear and trap lines, manages rosters and collates trapping data.
Operation Nest Egg (ONE)
Kiwi chicks are particularly vulnerable to stoats. Now in use nationwide, a process has been developed in which kiwi eggs are harvested just before hatching, incubated and hatched, and the young chicks released into temporary predator-free safe havens. When they reach the target weight of approximately 1200 grams, they can be released back into their home territory with a much better chance of survival. Thames Coast Kiwi Care became involved in ONE in 2014 and the first release of juvenile birds back in Te Mata will occur in early 2016.
One of our kiwi practitioners, Tommy Herbert (seen in this photo) locates birds with his dog and attaches transmitters to male birds to help with the later harvest.
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Nation unsure if it can accept same-sex couples on show about ballroom dancing
FANS of BBC show Strictly Come Dancing are unsure whether they could accept single-sex couples doing something as deeply heterosexual as ballroom dancing.
After judge Craig Revel Horwood predicted same-sex couples would appear on next year’s show, some ballroom dancing fans claimed it might make ballroom dancing appear somehow gay.
Stella-guzzling ballroom dancing fan Stephen Malley said, “I’m like most blokes in Britain. I like beer, birds and ballroom dancing.
“Now, I don’t have a problem drinking beer with gay people, or watching gay people play football but when it comes to ballroom dancing, I’ve got to draw the line.”
Fellow Strictly fan, Mary Fisher added: “Gay people doing ballroom dancing? Whatever next? Musical theatre? Ancient Greece? Grindr?
“They should stay where they belong, in the army or doing cage fighting.”
Frank de Boer no longer able to get six-month tenancy on a flat
NO LANDLORD in Europe is willing to give Frank de Boer a six-month lease on a flat because there is little chance he’ll be in employment that long.
Football manager de Boer, who was fired by Crystal Palace after only five games, now has to call his landlord and tell him the bad news.
De Boer said: “When he asked me how long I’d been at my previous job and address in Milan I kind of mumbled ‘three something’ and luckily he didn’t do a background check so I was okay.
“But now I’ve got to ring him and tell him that I’m out of work after ‘three something’ again and hope that he doesn’t see it as some sort of breach of contract.”
With Roy Hodgson now looking set to take the vacant seat at Palace, De Boer may take the vacant bed in the night shelter that Hodgson had been sleeping in.
De Boer added: “That really is only an extreme possibility. My landlord is a rich London guy so I’m sure he’ll be fine with me being out of work for a while.
“Plus, I saw that my local Pret-a-Manger is hiring and with my knowledge on the training field I’m sure I’ll at least get to the interview stage.”
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Taylor Swift performs Calvin Harris song live at Grand Prix
Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes, this is a tad awkward.
Taylor Swift performed her ex Calvin Harris' hit song 'This Is What You Came For' at the Grand Pix on Saturday.
Incase you forgot, Taylor actually co-wrote this song for Calvin and Rihanna back when she and Cal were still together.
Watch a snippet of the performance below:
We LOVE it, but how did Calvin feel about his ex gf performing his hit song?? According to an exlusive report from HollywoodLife he "absolutely loved it."
The close source went on to reveal that, "regardless of his feelings for her, it is a great song that he is going to play for his own concerts the rest of his life."
"Calvin can't ever get away from it and seeing her performance he thought Taylor knocked it out of the park."
We guess it was bound to happen sooner or later...
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E-Trike : Electric Tricycle
Informal statistics show that, in the Philippines, tricycles outnumber all other forms of public transport - kalesas, jeepneys, buses, pedicabs and taxis - combined.
This would have been great news -- except that it's an undeniable fact that tricycles aren't only noisy but also highly prone to smoke belching; all 2.8 Million of them.
Late last year, in an effort to address criticism surrounding the Pinoy road icon, a Filipino father-and-son inventor-tandem from Marilao Bulacan embarked on a venture to modernize the Filipino tricycle. "Now is the time to eliminate the very damaging effect of noise and [air] pollution generated by tricycles," shared Mr. Antonio Aguilar and his son, Allan, while unveiling their creation: The first ever electricity powered tricycle that they aptly named E-Trike.
"The E-Trike Electric Tricycle is the better alternative to gas-fed tricycles," they proclaimed, "No gas, oil, noise and smoke." The E-Trike is fully automatic and runs merely on batteries that hold charge well. Because there are less parts needed to run it, the units are cheaper and maintenance costs, less.
Learn more about E-Trike by watching this video:
E-Trike Electric Tricycle has been patented by the Intellectual Property Office of the Department of Trade and Industry and has been fully accredited by the Land Transportation Office of Department of Trade and Communication.
The E-Trike is already being used as a free public transport system in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and in La Mesa Eco-Park.
Labels: E-Trike Filipino Pinoy Pride
E-Trike : Electric Tricycle Reviewed by TechPinas on 2/05/2009 Rating: 5
Eagle Motorcycle Philippines is now working with Mayor Hagedorn on this EV conversion.
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Rust programming language: Seven reasons why you should learn it in 2019
By Nick Heath in Software on January 9, 2019, 3:37 AM PST
Here's why there's never been a better time to delve into the C++ alternative Rust.
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Rust is a programming language that offers the performance of C and C++ but with safeguards to stop developers shooting themselves in the foot.
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Born out of a personal project by then Mozilla developer Graydon Hoare in 2006, the language, like the Rust fungus it is named after, is starting to spread, and today is used to build software for the web, embedded computers, distributed services, and the command line.
"The biggest strength of Rust is that it's an empowering technology," says Carol Nichols, from the Rust programming language core team and co-author of The Rust Programming Language book.
"To write extremely fast code with a low memory footprint previously meant using C or C++. However, using those languages in production code requires you to manage memory manually and know all the ways you might cause undefined behavior."
Nichols points out that the ever-expanding CVE database of code vulnerabilities is evidence that "even the best programmers" can struggle with this level of freedom.
"The Rust compiler is stricter and makes sure you're using memory safely so that you can concentrate on the problem you're really trying to solve," she says.
On top of this, Rust adds the quality of life features of some higher-level languages.
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"I like to think of Rust as high level in the front, low level in the back," says Nichols.
"As far as the experience of writing Rust, I'd say it feels like a mix of Ruby, Haskell, and Scala. It has functional influences such as closures and iterators, and a rich type system similar to Haskell.
"As far as the programs created using Rust, they're the most similar to those created using C and C++ in their speed and memory usage."
Here's seven reason why now is a good time to start learning Rust.
It's never been easier to get started
"Now is a great time to learn Rust because the 2018 Edition, just released December 6th, has a lot of improvements to the idioms of the language to make Rust more ergonomic to read and write," says Nichols.
Rust's user base is growing
There are hundreds of companies using Rust in production, such as Dropbox, Yelp, and Cloudflare.
Products like Amazon's recently announced virtualization technology Firecracker are being created with Rust, with new production deployments regularly added to this page.
That said, use of Rust is generally still at an early stage, and employers aren't crying out for Rust skills at present, with the language not featuring in global job site Indeed's top tech languages for the US last year.
However, Raj Mukherjee, SVP Product at Indeed, said there were signs employers were starting to take an interest in Rust.
"We are beginning to see the programming language Rust appear in job adverts, albeit in a relatively small number of job openings globally," he said.
"Demand is outpacing supply here, as search outweighs the total available postings — but again, this is by a very small margin right now."
Rust's low overhead is a good fit for embedded programming
Writing software to run on the very underpowered embedded systems found in the likes of home appliances and industrial machines poses its own challenge.
Rust's very low overhead makes it well-suited to running on the extremely constrained resources of these weedy microcontrollers, says Nichols.
"The lack of a runtime in Rust makes it one of the few modern programming languages appropriate for extremely low resource environments," she says, adding there are plenty of options for compiling code to run on these devices.
"There's great tooling to cross-compile Rust to a variety of embedded devices. Rust also has C FFI support, so it can integrate with existing code in this and other domains."
The version of Rust available via its stable channel has also been reworked for Rust 2018 to include the necessary features for embedded development, reducing the need for developers to source these features from third-party libraries.
Rust can build powerful web apps
Rust increasingly looks like a decent choice for building web apps that offer performance that wouldn't have been possible using JavaScript, the longstanding scripting language of the web.
Rust can be compiled into WebAssembly, which runs in each major web browser at near-native speeds.
"WebAssembly is a really promising new domain to bring native application performance to the web," says Nichols.
"Rust has become the go-to language for writing code that compiles to WebAssembly.
"There's tooling that allows you to ship Rust code to npm (the JavaScript package repository) through WebAssembly transparently to downstream users, and also to deploy Rust onto the web via bindings, which allow calling most functions provided by browsers and JavaScript itself."
Nichols has high hopes that Rust could soon rival established web-development languages for features.
"I'm also excited for the day we have a fully featured web framework in Rust. There are a lot of pieces of frameworks and exciting experimentation happening in the ecosystem right now, but there isn't something comparable to, say, Rails, in Rust just yet. I'm optimistic that we'll get there soon."
Rust is good for building distributed online services
For networked services, Nichols says Rust's minimal footprint and ability to ensure memory safety across multiple threads make it a great choice for services that scale across distributed systems online.
"Rust also makes it harder to write code that leaks memory or other resources. These aspects translate to lower server costs and a lower operational burden," she adds.
Pulling data in from different online services should also soon be easier, with Rust due to implement support for the async/await commands, which will make it far easier to write asynchronous code that doesn't hang while waiting for data to be delivered.
Rust is suited to creating powerful, cross-platform command-line tools
"Cross-platform command line applications are another place where Rust really shines," says Nichols.
"You can cross-compile to the platforms you're targeting and get a single binary to ship to users. Ripgrep is a great example: it's a reimplementation of grep in Rust that works on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and is faster than any other text searching tool in its class."
Rust now has new developer tools and better IDE support
A range of developer tools are now out of preview, including Rustfmt, a tool for automatically formatting code based on a default code style; Clippy for helping ensure idiomatic code style; Rust's linter for highlighting potential bugs; and support in IDEs via Rust Language Server and IntelliJ Rust.
Existing tools are also improved, such the borrow checker that helps ensure code is memory safe, which has been made more forgiving so it won't block other borrowers from using data if a variable is finished using that value.
How will Rust be improved in 2019?
Faster compilation times
Nichols says the time it takes to compile Rust code to software is still "slower than we'd like it to be".
"There's been work on incremental compilation that has improved the situation somewhat, and there have been ongoing refactoring efforts that should unlock further improvements in the near future."
Recent improvements for Rust 2018 made recompilation faster via several methods, including incremental compilation, where the compiler only recompiles parts of the code that have changed.
Better choice of software libraries
While Nichols says the ecosystem of community-built software libraries, known as "crates", has expanded a lot since Rust 1.0 in 2015, she says developers may still not be able to find a library that offers the features they are looking for.
"In other cases, there might be a library available, but it's incomplete or otherwise not as mature as it needs to be to be used in production," she says.
"We have a variety of working groups that are investing in the ecosystem and making improvements outside of the compiler itself, and we're likely to have more working groups form in the coming year."
Easier to learn
Finally, she says that Rust can still be difficult to learn and to master, but adds a number of books have come out recently, including The Rust Programming Language that she wrote alongside Steve Klabnik.
In the longer term she says there are plans to work on more beginner learning resources and new intermediate-level books and tutorials.
"We want everyone to be able to learn and be productive in Rust," she says.
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Best Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL Cases: Rugged, Thin, And More
12 May 2019, 11:13 pm EDT By Vincent Lanaria Tech Times
The Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL recently went official with $399 and $479 price tags, respectively, but regardless of how affordable or expensive a smartphone is, it deserves a good case.
On that note, here are some of the best for Google's new midrange Android handsets.
Best Pixel 3a Case
• Google Fabric Case
As a first-party case, the Google Fabric Case fits the Pixel 3a like a glove, so much so that it's compatible with the Active Edge feature that lets users squeeze the phone to call Google Assistant. After all, what company out there knows the Pixel better than the one who made it? Also, not only does it add protection, but it gives a stylish look and premium feel as well.
It comes in Carbon, Fog, and Seascape, and it's available for $40 a pop from the Google Store.
• Spigen Rugged Armor
In the smartphone case scene, Spigen is a household name known for making rugged and stylish protectors. Case in point (heh), there's the Spigen Rugged Armor. The thing is, it's available only in matte black, so when it comes to color options, it's limited.
It's available for $12.99 at Amazon.
• Spigen Tough Armor
Another option from Spigen that's worth considering is its Tough Armor case. As its name suggests, it's built like a tank and boasts a MIL-STD 810G protection, which means the Pixel 3a will have better chances of surviving drops unscathed. In other words, it's perfect for butterfingered users.
It's $15.99 at Amazon, but just like the Rugged Armor case, it comes only in black.
• Totallee Thin Case
Totallee makes some of the thinnest cases for smartphones around, and it's made one for the Pixel 3a too. It's completely clear to make the phone's eye-catching design shine and has a rubbery finish to add more grip.
It's $27.99 at Amazon.
Best Pixel 3a XL Case
It's the same as the one listed above. This one's just for the Pixel 3a XL. It also costs the same at $40 and comes in the same colors.
• Speck Presidio Grip
The bigger the phone, the harder it is to hold, especially with one hand. Speck's Presidio Grip adds extra grip so that users won't have to worry too much about their phones slipping from their hands and falling onto the floor.
It's available for $44.95 at Speck's official online store and comes in black, Eclipse Blue and Carbon Black, and Marble Grey and Anthracite Grey.
• Case-Mate Tough Clear
Some might be torn between a rugged or clear case, but Case-Mate brings the best of both worlds with its Tough Clear case for the Pixel 3a XL. It's made to withstand shocks, featuring a 10-foot drop protection, and designed without adding too much bulk. On top of that, it has flexible sides to add some level of grip, making drops more unlikely to happen.
It's $40 at Case-Mate's official website. There's also a Smoke color variant for those who don't want a transparent case.
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Com Hem Press Releases
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The Com Hem Group merged with Tele2 the 5th of November 2018. This archive contains the Com Hem Group's press releases 2014-2018.
Nov 20, 2018 10:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem confirms the redemption of all existing Senior Notes
Nov 2, 2018 12:00 AM CET Press release
Authorization to Implement the merger plan between Tele2 and Com Hem Holding granted by the Swedish Companies Registration Office
Com Hem announces the proposed redemption of all existing Senior Notes
Oct 18, 2018 7:30 AM CET Press release
COM HEM REPORTS THIRD QUARTER RESULTS 2018
Oct 10, 2018 3:00 PM CET Press release
Com Hem will be delisted and the last day of trading is 1 November 2018
Oct 8, 2018 3:10 PM CET Press release
Com Hem applies for delisting of its shares from Nasdaq Stockholm after approval from the European Commission to merge with Tele2
Sep 21, 2018 4:00 PM CET Press release
Com Hem Holding AB (publ) changes release date of third quarter 2018 interim report
Extraordinary general meeting in Com Hem Holding Ab (Publ) on 21 September 2018
Aug 29, 2018 8:05 AM CET Press release
Leadership team positions in merged company today announced by Tele2
NOTICE TO ATTEND THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING IN COM HEM HOLDING AB (PUBL)
Aug 15, 2018 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem launches maximum speed of 1,200 Mbit/s
Jul 11, 2018 7:31 AM CET Press release
Com Hem publishes re-audited financial statements for the merger with Tele2
Com Hem reports second quarter results 2018
Jun 17, 2018 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem beats World Record for internet connection
May 16, 2018 12:00 AM CET Press release
Launch of Com Hem Smart – A Digital Platform for multi-dwelling units
Apr 30, 2018 3:00 PM CET Press release
Change in the number of shares and votes in Com Hem
Apr 23, 2018 7:02 AM CET Press release
Updated financial framework for Tele2, post the proposed merger with Com Hem
COM HEM REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS 2018
Com Hem extends the term of its loan facilities by 18 months
Apr 12, 2018 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem and Boxer launches Tv Hub – A platform based on Android Tv
Mar 21, 2018 6:00 PM CET Press release
Annual General Meeting in Com Hem Holding AB (Publ) on 21 March 2018
Feb 21, 2018 9:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem Holding publishes the Annual Report for 2017
Feb 19, 2018 10:00 AM CET Press release
NOTICE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IN COM HEM HOLDING AB (PUBL)
Feb 6, 2018 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem Labs testing symmetrical broadband of over 1 Gbit/s
Jan 23, 2018 7:30 AM CET Press release
COM HEM REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS 2017
STATEMENT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COM HEM IN RELATION TO THE MERGER WITH TELE2
TELE2 AND COM HEM COMBINING TO CREATE LEADING INTEGRATED CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER
Dec 28, 2017 12:00 AM CET Press release
iTUX signs new agreement with Förvaltnings AB Framtiden
New Sports channel launching for Boxer and Com Hem Customers
Com Hem repurchases own shares
Nomination committee appointed for Com Hem Holding AB’s Annual General Meeting 2018
Sep 27, 2017 12:00 AM CET Press release
Launch of Com Hem Cloud
Com Hem initiates cooperation on smart homes
Jun 13, 2017 4:00 PM CET Press release
Extraordinary General Meeting in Com Hem Holding AB (publ) on 13 June 2017
May 9, 2017 7:30 PM CET Press release
Annual General Meeting in Com Hem Holding AB (publ) on March 23, 2017
Stefan Trampus appointed new head of B2B at Com Hem
Feb 22, 2017 5:30 PM CET Press release
Com Hem publishes Prospectus and applies for listing of Notes on Nasdaq Stockholm
Jan 9, 2017 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem’s new broadband router delivers fastest WiFi in Sweden
Dec 13, 2016 7:30 AM CET Press release
THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2016 SENIOR NOTES HAS BEEN APPROVED
Dec 1, 2016 7:30 AM CET Press release
Nov 30, 2016 9:00 PM CET Press release
COM HEM CONFIRMS THE REDEMPTION OF THE 2014 SENIOR NOTES AND INITIATES WRITTEN PROCEDURE UNDER 2016 SENIOR NOTES
COM HEM ANNOUNCES THE ISSUE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES
Nov 8, 2016 7:30 AM CET Press release
COM HEM INTENDS TO ISSUE NEW SEK BONDS
Nov 1, 2016 3:30 PM CET Press release
COM HEM ANNOUNCES THE CONDITIONAL REDEMPTION OF THE 2014 SENIOR NOTES
Oct 28, 2016 12:00 AM CET Press release
Sep 1, 2016 5:10 PM CET Press release
The Swedish state has approved Com Hem’s acquisition of Boxer Sweden
2016 COM HEM REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS 2016
Com Hem Labs Testing TV platform in VR environment
COM HEM ANNOUNCES THE ISSUE OF SEK 1,750 MILLION SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES
Jun 8, 2016 1:00 PM CET Press release
Com Hem expands into the SDU market and acquires Boxer Sweden
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IN COM HEM HOLDING AB (PUBL) ON 19 MAY, 2016
COM HEM HOLDING PUBLISHES THE ANNUAL REPORT 2015
JONATHAN JAMES RESIGNS AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT COM HEM FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION OF THE COMPANY
Mar 2, 2016 12:30 PM CET Press release
Com Hem upgraded by Standard & Poor’s corporate credit rating
Com Hem continues buy-back program
Com Hem connects SSM’s upcoming construction projects
Feb 9, 2016 7:30 AM CET Press release
Rosendal Fastigheter signs agreement with Com Hem
Jan 25, 2016 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem signs five-year agreement with K-Fastigheter
Com Hem’s holding of its own shares has exceeded 5 per cent
Jan 19, 2016 2:00 PM CET Press release
Invitation to presentation of Com Hem’s Year-End Report on February 9
The TV-remote is moving into your smartwatch
Affärsverken in Karlskrona signs agreement with Com Hem
Com Hem confirms the redemption of its Senior Notes
Invitation to presentation of Com Hem’s Interim Report on November 3
Oct 8, 2015 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem Holding AB announces the conditional redemption of its Senior Notes
Com Hem and Norcell Sweden Holding 3: secures new financing and intends to redeem its Euro Notes
Aug 3, 2015 12:00 AM CET Press release
Jul 14, 2015 12:00 AM CET Press release
Jul 7, 2015 12:00 AM CET Press release
Invitation to presentation of Com Hem’s Interim Report on July 14
Annual General Meeting in Com Hem Holding AB (publ) on May 21, 2015
May 6, 2015 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem reports first quarter results 2015 – Continued strong operational and financial performance
Number of shares and votes in Com Hem on 30 April 2015
Invitation to presentation of Com Hem’s Interim Report on May 6
Com Hem redeems 886,221 shares for a total of SEK 65 million
Com Hem’s Annual Report 2014
Mar 10, 2015 12:00 AM CET Press release
Announcement from Extraordinary Meeting of shareholders on March 10, 2015
Year end report for NorCell Sweden Holding 2 AB (publ) is now published on Com Hem Group’s website
Com Hem reports fourth quarter and full year results 2014 – Strong growth in revenue and operating free cash flow
Com Hem Holding AB announces proposed share redemption, buy-back programme and a 2015 dividend
Changes in Com Hem’s Executive Management Team
Invitation to presentation of Com Hem’s Year-End Report on February 10
Com Hem’s new router delivers up to four times faster WiFi than the competition
Com Hem publishes prospectus and lists notes on Nasdaq Stockholm
Com Hem confirms the redemption of its Senior Secured Notes
Com Hem reports third quarter results
Com Hem announces the issue of SEK 2,500,000,000 Senior Secured Notes
Com Hem announces the conditional redemption of its Senior Secured Notes
Com Hem appoints Tomas Kihlstrand as interim CFO
Com Hem sets a new standard for broadband speed
New number of shares in Com Hem
Phonera new GothNet service provider
Com Hem Holding – Q2 2014 Interim Report
Exercise of over-allotment option in relation to Com Hem
Phonera signs switchboard solution agreements with Möller Bil AB and Sectra
Com Hem prices its initial public offering at SEK 58 per share – trading commences on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm today
Jun 3, 2014 12:00 AM CET Press release
Com Hem publishes prospectus and announces price range for its initial public offering on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm
Com Hem announces its intention to launch an initial public offering and listing on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm
Com Hem reports continued strong TiVo sales and adds a record number of new broadband subscribers
Com Hem announces the appointment of Anders Nilsson as CEO and Jon James as COO
Com Hem sells 38,000 TiVos, reaching 6% of the base three months after launch
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from CTIA Resource Library
Industry leaders believe U.S. must be a global leader in 5G wireless for their business to stay competitive
Via CTIA Resource Library
New Survey Shows Leaders in Key Sectors Expect 5G to Positively Impact their Business and are Investing more in Wireless Technologies
WASHINGTON – Reflecting the increasing importance of wireless connectivity to the ability of businesses to innovate and compete, seven out of ten leaders across the healthcare, transportation, energy and manufacturing industries believe the U.S. must win the global 5G race to stay economically competitive, according to a survey commissioned by CTIA.
The survey, conducted by Harris Poll, also found that 80 percent of business leaders in these key industries believe 5G, the next generation of wireless, will positively impact their businesses, and a strong majority, 62 percent, are planning to invest more in wireless technologies next year.
“Key corporate executives know the U.S. needs to lead the world in 5G because wireless leadership is critical for their continued global competitiveness,” said Meredith Attwell Baker, President and CEO, CTIA. “The global race to 5G is on and this is a race that America has to win.”
The survey’s findings occur at a critical time. If policymakers make additional spectrum available for wireless broadband, modernize infrastructure rules and ensure regulations and tax policies incentivize wireless investment, the U.S. wireless industry stands to invest a projected $275 billion to deploy 5G, creating over 3 million new American jobs and adding $500 billion to the economy, according to Accenture. [link to Accenture]
In addition, the survey found almost 9 out of ten business leaders in these industries rely more on wireless today compared to five years ago, and 87 percent of respondents also view wireless as very important to their business today.
The poll further showed that business leaders believe 5G promises a range of additional benefits, including some of the ones highlighted below.
Polling of senior healthcare executives showed:
Eighty-four percent believe that 5G will generate better patient outcomes through wireless-powered advancements such as remote, real-time patient monitoring and telemedicine.
Over two-thirds, 67 percent, believe that 5G has the ability to reduce medical costs.
Polling of senior transportation executives showed:
Eighty-one percent believe 5G-powered autonomous cars will improve roadway safety, reduce traffic congestion and accidents, and save lives.
Polling of senior energy executives showed:
Three out of four believe that a wireless-powered smart grid will reduce energy consumption, and help consumers and businesses save money on electricity bills.
Polling of senior manufacturing executives showed:
More than seven in ten believe 5G will be very important to manufacturing, from management, to production, logistics and distribution.
Nearly three-quarters, 73 percent, believe wireless technologies will make their business more competitive in an ever-expanding global marketplace.
The study was conducted August 3-21, 2017, online by Harris Poll on behalf of CTIA among 507 executives in the U.S. working in the healthcare, transportation, energy, and manufacturing industries. A full methodology is available upon request.
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