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I read that Google Books has created a searchable database of the words in its 5.2 million book digital archive, so I thought would check out “federalism” and “Federal Union” in British books and the results appear on this graph below:
“Federalism”, shown in blue, appears most in books at the end of the first world war, at the time of the Briand plan in 1930, and has its largest peak at the opening of the second world war (also the peak of activity for “Federal Union”, shown in red).
In the post-war era, peaks for federalism accompany the debates about British membership of the EEC in the 1960s and 1970s and also the end of the cold war and the agreement of the Maastricht treaty.
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Christmas Visits Round-Up
MS is a horrible condition but the way that the people here at the centre carry on and get on with their lives is absolutely amazing"
Leigh Griffiths
Wolves’ players and staff all took part in the club’s annual Christmas visits on Tuesday afternoon to try and spread some festive cheer in the local community and beyond.
Members and staff from the first team and Under-21 squads visited four different venues, while Head Coach Kenny Jackett, assistant Joe Gallen, and players Carl Ikeme, Dave Edwards and James Henry led a coaching session for local schoolchildren at the Compton training ground.
The venues visited were New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the MS Therapy Centre in Tettenhall and Woodsetton School in Dudley.
As well as the visit itself, presents, match tickets and Wolves Aid donations totalling £2,000 were also distributed on the day.
At New Cross Hospital the players visited the Childrens’ In-Patient and Outpatient wards, as well as the Cardiology Ward and Care for the Elderly Ward.
Skipper Samuel Ricketts was among the delegation who visited New Cross.
He said: “This is an absolute pleasure for us to do this – just to be able to try and brighten up somebody’s day is great.
“The club belongs to the community, to the city, and so it’s important we connect with the people.
“And the staff who work here at the hospital do a tremendous job - they’re the real heroes.”
Mandi Rogers, from the Childrens Outpatient Ward, said: “We are so grateful to the players.
“It’s lovely to see the children’s faces when they walk in and recognise them from Wolves and to then be given a gift as well - they just can’t believe it.”
At Birmingham Children’s Hospital the players visited both young and older children, including spending time with children on Ward One while they were undergoing one of their three-times weekly kidney dialysis.
The players also visited the Intensive Care Unit to meet baby Ryan Brookhouse, who has spent most of his two months alive being treated for a serious heart problem.
The players chatted to Ryan’s parents Gary and Kaylee, and his brother Harley, before presenting a Wolves’ mini-kit with ‘Ryan’ on the back to the family. (SEE MAIN PICTURE)
“When you come and visit a place like Birmingham Children’s Hospital it puts any day to day problems we have into perspective,” said George Elokobi.
“All the children we have met have been smiling and putting a brave face on everything, and as a father myself it is impossible to imagine what all the parents are going through.
“All the staff here do a fantastic job as well, and if our visit has helped in some small way then that is what it is all about.”
Former Wolves defender Jody Craddock, whose son Toby has been treated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital for leukaemia, also joined his former team-mates at yesterday’s visit.
Vikki Savery, Public Fundraising Manager for Birmingham Children’s Hospital, said: “It was heart-warming to see so many children and families visited by the Wolves players and we are really grateful for the gifts that they bought.
“Christmas is such an important time of year for us at Birmingham Children’s Hospital as there are many children whose Christmases will be very different.
“They might be too poorly to write their letter to Santa or may even have to spend Christmas Day here on one of our wards.
“It can be tough for the whole family, but visits from our local football heroes help to bring Christmas into our hospital, spreading the joy of this very special time of year.”
Woodsetton School in Dudley is a primary special school which primarily provides education for children with moderate learning difficulties, as well as speech, language and communication disorders.
The Wolves players involved in this visit chatted to the schoolchildren, signed autographs and posed for pictures as well as handing out presents.
Peter Ross, Deputy Headteacher at Woodsetton School, said: “We do our best here at Woodsetton to help the children overcome their difficulties but also to give them a fun time as well.
“Sport plays a big part in life at Woodsetton School, and all of the children – regardless of their ability or disability – can participate and succeed and achieve.
“We are so grateful to Wolves for supporting that.
“We have had links with the club for several years now with the Community Trust Coaches coming in and working with our kids every Wednesday as well as money donated to help with our Adventure Playground.
“To do something like this makes it really special for everyone in the school – they have had a wonderful time and will never forget the day the Wolves players came to Woodsetton.”
The MS Therapy in Tettenhall offers a vital service to sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis, with approximately 150 patients seen every week.
Players, including top scorer Leigh Griffiths, chatted to patients and handed out gifts.
Leigh said: “MS is a horrible condition but the way that the people here at the centre carry on and get on with their lives is absolutely amazing.
“They just look so determined not to let things get them down.
“They seemed happy to meet the lads and really pleased with the presents and tickets that we gave them.”
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MATCH REPORT
Swans 1 Chelsea 1
Pablo Hernandez's strike in the 88th minute claimed a share of the spoils as the Swans held Champions League holders Chelsea at the Liberty.
After a goal-less first half, it was the visitors who edged ahead as Gary Cahill's flick on from a corner was nodded in via the post by Victor Moses.
But it was left to Spanish international Hernandez to deny Roberto Di Matteo's side, the winger coolly curling a 20-yard effort past Petr Cech late on to score his second goal in his last two outings at the Liberty.
Sub Danny Graham went close to pinching victory soon after latching onto a through ball only to be denied, but a point apiece was a fair result.
The Swans made three changes to the starting line-up that won at Liverpool in the Capital One Cup in midweek.
Angel Rangel and Ben Davies were restored as full-backs with Jazz Richards and Dwight Tiendalli missing out despite impressing at Anfield, while Wayne Routledge came in for Nathan Dyer - who scored at Liverpool - on the wing.
Chelsea were without David Luiz and Juan Mata along with John Terry and Frank Lampard, though Ashley Cole was back in Roberto Di Matteo's starting XI while Branislav Ivanovic returned from suspension.
Both teams made lively starts, with the Swans carving out the first opportunity within four minutes as Rangel got onto the end of Pablo Hernandez's pass but the right-back's cutback cross was cleared.
Chelsea responded via Fernando Torres, who got onto the end of a corner but thanks to Leon Britton, the Swans avoided the scare with the midfielder clearing off the line.
Back came the Swans, with Hernandez getting forward down the right and his cross was met by Michu, who connected at full stretch but his volley was way off target.
Eden Hazard then blasted over after the Swans defence failed to clear as the clock ticked past the 20-minute mark.
Chelsea came again, Victor Moses latching onto a loose ball and crossing to Torres, but his header was weak and straight at Gerhard Tremmel.
Immediately the Swans pushed on, Hernandez finding Jonathan de Guzman, whose cross was only half-cleared and Wayne Routledge teed up Ki Sung-Yueng, but John Obi Mikel dived in to courageously block his effort.
Ashley Williams then did well to track back and block Torres when the Spaniard was found in space during a swift counter, but that was the last action of a good first half for the Swans.
Half-time: Swans 0 Chelsea 0
Roberto Di Matteo made a change at the break with Ramires replacing Oriol Romeu, with the visitors creating the first opportunity of the half as Hazard's low shot was well-saved by the diving Tremmel before Moses nodded over Torres's cross.
The Swans responded with Ki finding Michu, who was stopped in his tracks by Cahill, but when Routledge shifted the loose to Hernandez, Ashley Cole had to be quick to clear for a corner.
Tremmel then had to be at his best to keep Hazard's free-kick out for a corner, but the visitors got their goal seconds later.
Cahill flicked on and Moses nodded into the net via the far post on 61 minutes.
Michael Laudrup then made a double change as Danny Graham and Nathan Dyer replaced Leon Britton and Routledge.
Petr Cech collected de Guzman's effort following neat work from Angel Rangel and Dyer, before Laudrup made another change for the last ten minutes as Itay Shechter replaced Michu.
And it paid off as Shechter paid a part in the equaliser. Hernandez cut inside and after found Shechter. The Israeli international was tackled by Cahill, but the loose fell to Hernandez, who, from 20 yards out, curled his effort past Cech and into the corner after 88 minutes.
It gave the hosts a massive boost for the remaining few minutes, and sub Graham went close to grabbing the winner as he latched onto a through ball, only for Cahill to block it out for a corner.
Then came four minutes of added on time, but neither side found the winner as they took a deserved share of the spoils.
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The defence lawyer for the crew member charged in the sinking of a passenger ferry off the B.C. coast says the disaster was the result of “honest mistakes,” not criminal action.
Karl Lilgert’s lawyer is also using his closing arguments to deliver a scathing indictment of BC Ferries, which operated the ferry, saying the former Crown corporation placed costs ahead of public safety.
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A boat which sank earlier after colliding with another ferry, is kept stable by tug boats off Hong Kong's Lamma Island October 2, 2012. Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and the company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank.
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Lilgert is on trial for criminal negligence causing the deaths of two passengers, who haven’t been seen since the ferry sank on March 22, 2006.
Lawyer Glen Orris says Lilgert was attempting to navigate the ship down B.C.’s inside passage, but he was saddled with unreliable equipment and company policies that left him without any help on the bridge.
Orris says Lilgert has admitted he was in charge of the ferry and made mistakes, but Orris argues that’s not the same as showing a wanton and reckless disregard for the safety of others, which the law requires for a conviction.
Orris asked the jury to find Lilgert not guilty of criminal negligence causing death, as well as on a lesser charge of dangerous operation of a vessel.
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-Download and wath online Bleach Episode 7 :-Title: "Greetings from a Stuffed Toy"Ichigo confronts the modified soul possessing his body, but is then distracted by an emerging hollow. Together, they defeat the hollow. When Kisuke Urahara (the merchant who sold Rukia her gigai) comes for the "defective" merchandise, Ichigo takes the modified soul back. He places the modified soul into a stuffed
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One of the biggest misconceptions about scarvesis that they are exclusively for women. But history refutes this prejudice. Some of the most courageous representatives of the stronger sex of the past had information about how to tie a man's scarf.
For more than 2000 years, scarvesThey demonstrated power, domination, and among the soldiers of the Asian states they served not only for comfort, but also for designating the title. This is confirmed by terracotta statues of Chinese soldiers found in the burial of the first Chinese emperor.
To be continued
In addition, some of the most courageousHollywood men were seen in scarves: John Wayne, Bruce Willis, Daniel Craig (James Bond), even Al Pacino, Godfather, wears a dark red scarf. They already know how to tie a man's scarf beautifully. Yes, this fashion attribute actively emphasizes the strength and character of its owner. In the end, let's face it, it's not fashionable, without a scarf it's damn cold. Boastfully demonstrate masculinity in the cold without a scarf, and then, sipping chicken broth in bed, calling for help from your mother, so that she corrects you with a blanket ... This is not serious.
So ... How to wear and how to tie a man's scarf?
1. Be easier. Do not go out on the street with a "sea knot" that is tightly tied around your neck. You risk appearing too pompous and snooty. Nobody likes pretentious snobs.
2. Scarf is not a tie. It should lie free and comfortable, not dense and not stuffy. The scarf should give you self-confidence, and not inspire the feeling of a hanged anti-hero.
3. Remember that the scarf is for you, not you for it. Practice tying a scarf at home, understand when you feel most comfortable. You can wear it in different ways:
Behind the shoulder
This is the most common way to wear a scarf. Just put him by the neck and throw one end behind his back. And now we learn how to tie a man's scarf in a more complicated way.
Through a loop
Scarf, tied in this way, will create warmth andthe comfort of your neck, besides, it is somewhat like a tie. Simply connect the ends of the scarf, folding it in half, wrap it around your neck, pull the hanging ends through the resulting loop and pull them down to a convenient location.
Node
He speaks for himself. Just flip the experimental scarf through your neck and make a relatively tight knot in front of you. Place the hanging ends above each other so that the top end gently covers the knot. So, as a pioneer tie is fastened, only this knot remains unfinished.
Hanging node
How to tie a scarf hanging male host, you've probably already guessed. Repeat the same steps as in the previous case, only the node this time should be located below.
Wrap around the neck
Send both ends of the scarf behind your back, right take with your left hand, and the left end with your right hand, pull forward and position them as shown.
Scarf - a man's accessory!
There is nothing difficult in how to tie a scarf -male fashionable and stylish attribute of this macho. Although at the initial stage it may seem difficult, but believe me, very soon, with practice, wearing a scarf will be your second nature. In addition, you will begin to invent your own ways, because there are no strict rules, as in the case of a tie. So try new options and get a unique pleasure!
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OBSERVATIONS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES 2011
A few offhand comments about the Golden Globes: Certainly the biggest news of the night was Justin Bieber’s new haircut. It looks like some stylist talked him into feathering that helmet hair he’s held onto and he really doesn’t look happy about it. We all have to grow up sometime. It wouldn’t be a special event without Rob Pattinson – his arrival elicited the most screams from the fans outside by a long shot. Finally, we think Megan Fox is a classic beauty, but this is 2011 and tattoos on the red carpet look SOOO tired.
25 Comments so far
By WHo ARe You KIdding??On January 16, 2011 at
the 3 people you mention are NOBODIES…..ok, well, to ME anyway….. especially the kid…. who… WHY he is on the freaking cover of Vanity Fair is beyond me…..i do not know ANY 12 year olds that buy that magazine. they will be getting plenty of letters on that mistake trust me….
and megan whats her name, she was fine….til she opened up her mouth. what a voice on her…..
best parts? DeNiro was a master. Pacino, the same……nice to see warren beatty there and michael douglas…..
By clementineOn January 16, 2011 at
Beiber’s new Do is cute. he looks like he’s lost some baby weight in his face and looks more grown-up.
Megan Fox is tiresome…do not care…
By uncle billOn January 16, 2011 at
BeeWeeBieber’s mother invited some PAEDOPHILES at home to “Play” with his son………
OOOOOOOOOH, it were the golden globes!!!!!!!!!!
By GennyOn January 16, 2011 at
I hate Megan Fox but her dress is awesome! I would LOVE to have that dress. Pattinson looked really handsome, I just love how elegant he is. Stop the Pattison hatefest girls!
Beiber looks like a lesbians. HAHA.
By PatrickOn January 16, 2011 at
Reta you looked fabulous at the Golden Globes tonight.
How was the after party?
Was it awkward picking up all of those names on the floor around you?
By calOn January 17, 2011 at
Janet if you think those tattoo’s look tired now, think what they will look like in 5, 10, 20, 30+ years!!
It is my opinion that tattoo’s look horrible on women, and they don’t improve with age.
By HelloOn January 17, 2011 at
That dress does nothing for Megan.
By IndyOn January 17, 2011 at
Bieber needs to grow at least 4 inches.
The vain Megan Fox needs to buy some tits, either from her stash of $$$ or her 14 year older hubby’s $$$.
Pattinson just needs to go far far away into the netherlands of zombies and vampires.
By SariOn January 17, 2011 at
Janet,
I would like to know about the parties afterwards. Did Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds get together? Did Aniston show up at any of the parties? Did she run into Brad and Angie? Also, any tidbits whatsoever about these parties?
By Muffin top!!On January 17, 2011 at
People get tattooes for a reason…..because they like them!!
Does anyone seriously think Meagan Fox cares what you think of her tattooes? I think her tattoo of MM suited the ocassion. It was like it was an accessory. Maybe if it was a picture of a fire breathing dragon I could see your point Janet.
By Muffin top!!On January 17, 2011 at
By the way The Beibs looks handsome with his new do. He looks more mature. Which is a good thing, because he is apparently a sexually active teenager now.
Gotta change with the times to stay relevent these days!!
By DeniseOn January 17, 2011 at
Not being a 12 year old, I must say that whoever styled Justin Bieber did a good job because aside from the hair, he had a great tux on. Other observations, I always want someone to run at Al Pacino and give his hair a good combing; Colin Firth is absolutely gorgeous and classy; and Helena Bonham Carter never disappoints. She even wore mismatched shoes to complement that over the top dress and hair.
By stromOn January 17, 2011 at
Michael Jackson would have given anything to be around…just ask Culkin!
By PalermoOn January 17, 2011 at
I hope the CoS doesn’t go after Ricky Gervais for his comments, which were the only interesting part of the entire evening
By DeniseOn January 17, 2011 at
Hey strom, a Happy Martin Luther King Day to you.
By stromOn January 17, 2011 at
Morgan Freeman and his wife (granddaughter) will be celebrating it in a big way too!
By TinchyOn January 17, 2011 at
Megan Fox looks anorexic and that’s not a good look.
By Bettye BluejayOn January 17, 2011 at
Pattinson was so dull, and unable to be himself, that the interviewer on the red carpet couldn’t get rid of him fast enough.
Bieber’s mother didn’t want the kid exploited, but that’s just what they’re doing with the fauxmance with Selena. So posed, and faked.
By RetaOn January 17, 2011 at
Janet, I was thinking the very same thing about the tats as I watched the red carpet arrivals. Those things really look awful on a beauty with gorgeous skin and a fab gown, (Angie included). They make me think of organised dirt. Just very inappropriate. They could easily be covered with a special foundation for that. When these people go to all this trouble to attract attention to hold their audience with gowns, shoes, hair and make-up I don’t know why they are in mass stupidity with the same non-action when it comes to the tats and evening wear. It ain’t like it used to be, eh, Hilary?
By RetaOn January 17, 2011 at
As for Triangle Head, wouldn’t it be nice if someone introduced him to a razor now that he’s supposedly all grown up? Also, nice fivehead.
By RetaOn January 17, 2011 at
PSS: Won’t it be nice when The Biebs gets out of his girly stage? He couldn’t look prettier now, kind of reminds me of Valerie Bertinelli when she was a young girl on “One Day at a Time.”
By EricOn January 17, 2011 at
Seriously, is Justin wearing pink lipstick? He does make the cutest lesbian.
By KrisOn January 18, 2011 at
Is it me or does The Biebs look like he had a nose job!?
By RetaOn January 18, 2011 at
Kris: I think what you’re seeing is more of an optical illusion. In the left pic he is smiling which changed the shape of the bottom of his nose into a wider spread. It does look slimmer in the rt pic, but not a lot and I think if he smiled the same you’d see it hasn’t been done.
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NEW UPDATE CHECK IT OUT - HOLLYWOOD WHODUNIT!
One of America’s Sweethearts is battling a serious drug addiction- not hers, but her best friend’s. Through the years these two have been stuck to one another like white on rice and her fame rubbed off on her pal. They’ve been roomies, have worked together on set, and even launched a business venture together. But all that success has come with a price. After years of being sober, the less famous friend has fallen HARD off the wagon and our gal doesn’t know what to do. She’s hosted an intervention, hired an addiction specialist, and even threatened to end the friendship, but nothing seems to work. What’s a girl to do?
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AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series Graphics Cards On Linux?
Phoronix: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series Graphics Cards On Linux?
This evening AMD has officially launched their Radeon HD 6800 series, which currently includes the Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards. These are just two of several next-generation graphics cards to be launched over the coming weeks and months for consumers while next year the FirePro derivatives for professional/workstation customers should come around too based upon this architecture. How though does the AMD Radeon HD 6000 series play with Linux?..
I have a 6870 installed in my machine right now. I've been busy with other projects though, so I haven't had a chance to figure out Linux support. However, from this article it would appear that the current binary blob handles it just fine.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I have been very impressed with the performance of this card in Windows. I was using a GTX 460 before, and this is at least as powerful but barely audible.
Gtx 470
Hi yall,
and especially hello, to those "managers" @ ATI/AMD, who starve the bejesus out of the devs doing the code work for FGLRX. Yep, I'm talking about the issue of crap video playback. Guys, it has only been eight years since you supported Linux and still we wait.
Fail.
Corporate astro-turfing is nice, but it does not speed up my video play back....
"But we are working on it!" Yeah, heard it before. Vapordrivers. When real world users tell me it works, then you will have my interest.
I see that AMD has released a new version of UVD (3). Can you tell us if there's been any changes made to make OSS support more likely? Like a hardware redesign that makes it more secure and would allow specs to be released. Or will it be just like the previous versions?
Also, reviews are saying that the card is a very incremental jump from the evergreen architecture. Can you confirm that the drivers will be fairly easily built on top of existing evergreen support? Or if there is some substantial changes like EG had? Any chance of getting some basic 3D desktop functionality by the March/April timeframe, or is it too soon to know anything like that?
I have a 6870 installed in my machine right now. I've been busy with other projects though, so I haven't had a chance to figure out Linux support. However, from this article it would appear that the current binary blob handles it just fine.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I have been very impressed with the performance of this card in Windows. I was using a GTX 460 before, and this is at least as powerful but barely audible.
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Tag Archives: Global Agenda
Hey everyone, been kind of an off week since that Global Agenda patch came out. Been pretty much preoccupied with down mobs than down food; or a shower. Anyways, it’s a small mistake I hope to correct. I don’t want to sit around all the time and just play game. Though on a rainy day, this place is as boring as a bank on a Sunday. Beside from that, I spent the whole week just gouging my game wallet into buying all the blueprints (aka craft recipes). So far I’ve bough everything but no craft skill to really do anything great, beside making a truckload of repair kits. Now that I got them, I’ve been doing nothing but grinding my other classes to get into the new open zone. So far, I’ve been just questing and playing PvE instances to get it done. Hardest part would be the 3 level gap from 17 to 20 since you can solo the old quests easy. Any hopefuls out there wanting to play and want to just solo the beginning, I say do it since you can get to level 17 or 18 within a day. Beats sitting and waiting for a group of people to help you pull off the quest instances.
Aside from all the Global Agenda grinding glory, I’ve been keeping up with a few things more game related and just following up on life stuff. Star Trek Online opened up a dev blog for the new free to play model beta. Covering all that juicy goodness of a mission journal revamp and stuff (noticed the new pet…very nice…) I’ve been playing a bit of Team Fortress as well, however I don’t feel a necessary hook into the gameplay except for collecting stuff and achievements. Kind of a backburner game if I want to pass some time. I’ve been trying to get out of the house as much as I can (still). Every good day presents itself as a day to go out and see my little corner of the world. Though usually resorting me to eat Korean or Mexican food, I do try and do my best to get out there and check out books and just be away from my desktop. I still remember that time after playing 72 hours of GTA IV that I thought the real world was Liberty City (…almost.)
However since the rain is here for a week, I’ve been cooped up in this house. However I’m making the best of it. My sister wanted me to run some errands around my locale so I can gladly help with that. More outdoors for me and time to spend with my sister. She’s pretty awesome that she does that sort of thing to help me out with my problem; wish my medication was like that. Yeah this weekly update is kind of a downer. But here comes the climax, I promise.
I’ve never played Halo ever. Not event the original one. However I’ve always marvelled at the “firefight” play mode feature, the idea of an unrelenting force continually bearing down on your team. Question is why doesn’t any game do that? Give the AI guns and drop the superb aim of them and let them have at you? Well comes games might work better than others at this. Best to have a way to heal or some way to revive your teammates. But considering how simple this function is, there could be lots of variability to game play. Since I’m playing it I might as well point out Global Agenda seems like a game that can benefit from a “firefight” mode as an extension of PvE content. Current the game has instanced PvE where you are either assaulting or defending. Fine to get that fundamentals down but I think this could extend to something greater. Like I don’t know? Terminus Station firefight? Currently that do have something like a firefight mode however it it’s way simplified and exploited by a particular class to get quick items. My idea is an instanced PvE with an infinite time limit where players one and sole objective is to just survive and maybe extend to have random objectives (escort/recover type of tasks). Hi Rez already has those mechanics in there, why not have a hybrid of all these ideas? Endpoint of the game mode would be hopefully be like the raid instances for low levels or even more challenging instances to push players to play as a cohesive team and maybe allow for better loot since it’s simply harder.
As of now, I’ll be waiting for the sunshine and maybe watch a bit of TV online. Until next time, I’m going to get going on those errands.
This literally came just last night or so. The new update to Global Agenda, expanding on their “open zone” PvE has just got (slightly). I managed to download it and play it for about a couple hours last night. For those who are not familiar to the game, it’s an RPG sci-fi shooter set in the future where cybernetic humans have become a reality. From what I gather, some people don’t like that so much and then there’s a war waged against those who oppose (…or something like that). You play as an agent who is rebelling against the man and…well, you get cool looking weapons and items to toy with which will come in handy.
New zone’s set in North Sonora (I think I spelled it correctly, super lazy to check), where the Recursive colonies (robots…lots of robots) are looming ever closer to Dome City (aka safe zone, where you do most of your crafting and selling/buying of stuff). The new expansion takes the lessons from the first zone (“Sonora Desert”) and adds repeatable instances, much more difficult mobs to down (some you will need a group of people to do) and of course….new quests (both story based and repeatables).
From the start, it’s slightly difficult on where to go to receive the new quests or even where to go to really check out the zone (pro tip: talk to the guy you first meet at the end of the tutorial). But after some wandering, I figured out where to go and how to do it. At first sight, you are introduced to a lush and dry environment. the immediate area swarming with bots and allies holding off endless waves of intruders threatening the safe harbour. Just beyond the mouth of the canyon, you can barely make out distance structures of satellite disks and watch towers.
To not give everything away, here’s a list I’ve made of things you will see or able to do in this new playground:
Teleporter network (awesome if you want to go somewhere quickly)
Larger mob concentration (in certain areas)
Team based area for your team based activities (cookies can be found at the intersection, wink wink)
New PvE mission variety (Defence missions and the usual raids)
Lots of people wanting to group up (for the social types)
I’ve managed to complete the story within a day. But I have to say, the terrain makes the map seem larger than it is. Filled with ruins and mounds, without that map button I would be lost most of the time. Though currently somewhat buggy and annoying (i.e. you die and respawn in the middle of nowhere.), I have to hand it to Hi-Rez to deliver on progress. At level 26, doing all the story missions will provide you enough experience for 3 and a half levels. Overall, still repetitive since it’s either you’re raiding or defending some instance. Though I do see progress in more escort/extraction missions, I feel certain areas of the map are just quest places and nothing more. As a player, I’m never going back there but I would like missions which take you everywhere. As for everything else, not much added except for North Sonora. Oh wait, I did find terrain continuity errors. If you looks at the north gate in Dome City, you can see another dome and open terrain. When you load into that area, that dome is 3km away and the first thing you notice is that you’re in a middle of a canyon which disrupts the view from that oh so distant dome. Though it doesn’t ruffle my feathers about that terrain problem.
I’ve been looking through my list of games I’ve been following around. Games that I think I would be interested in or would want to check it out . A lot is changing in the games in terms of free to play options. Better graphics and optimizations are allowing browser games to be a bit more competitive.
One such game in development is Star Trek Infinite Space. Currently still in development, it appears it’s going to be a free-to-play MMO with a bit of social networking and adventure (I’m just taking that from the Game Info page). What I’m hoping into it would be something along the lines of Star Trek Online but less resembling Champions Online. Probably not a knock off but more fitted to explore and play with friends than against a newbie unfriendly atmosphere in terms of PvP. Some other info about it; it’s going to use the Unity 3D engine. So cross your fingers for this one and hope they don’t screw it up like Stargate Worlds (P.S. Still want a Stargate game, I’ll be waiting…).
On the subject of Unity 3D, Interstellar Marines has began development of a multiplayer platform for their FPS browser. It’s kind of reminiscent of the Halo franchise in that you are a futuristic soldier in a full body suit of armour fighting a fictious race of creatures (Saw it in the trailer, bipedal great white sharks).So far, they have made incremental releases showing their efforts into immersing players into the game starting with a simple museum-esque piece displaying some of their objects. Then you have a firing range and training facility, pretty much displaying their use of triggers and AI pathfinding. From what it looks like, it’s not going to be free for the final product, but we’ll leave it on the shelf until release.
What’s coming off that shelf is Global Agenda with their release of Global Agenda: Free Agent. Now you can play for free with many limitations to really screw with you. Besides the fact you can’t use the auction house or make agencies/guilds, you can however be like everyone else and have a nice PvP/PvE experience involving futuristic weapons in your choice of classes and weapons. Skills are fairly customizable and you can always reset. Though downside to all this is that in PvP you are really outgunned in terms of your level, being low level also means your skills will not be as fully upgraded as everyone else at maximum, so be prepared to die senselessly to have fun. Quests are pretty short changed in that they’re all stuff to get you accustomed to the game mechanics. After that, they throw you into the wolves and tell you to have fun. Besides the newbie limits of the game, crafting is only limited to certain salvaged items you get as loot as well as weapons you buy in the shop; unless you bought the game, then you can get weapons from missions. So far, server population is pretty good and community looks fairly diverse.
And hurray, APB is back. After being bought by GamersFirst (formerly K2 Networks), APB: Reloaded promises to re-release with certain changes such as skill matchmaking provides a good curious look. As a fan of the GTA series by Rockstar, this mash-up of GTA and massive online gaming (not really an MMO, servers max out at 50 per side), it might be something to keep watch for. Open beta will in June/July, hopefully with a hack-free and entertaining environment. In all likelihood if it’s from GamersFirst, expect one of those or none. From some of my contacts in closed beta, Punkbuster is enabled for servers but seems to have many players bypassing or able to dodge the client. For those who like a urban PvE, forget it. Either you’re breaking windows or stealing cars as a Criminal or impounding car or beating down people for stealing, that’s about it so be ready to kill time to die repeatedly to level up and get your items. As a bias, I would not recommend it since it’s from GamersFirst and they never do anything great with the hacking. However if you’re into the graphics, cars, and customization features for cars, songs, and clothes; I would like those artists to go ahead and take a peak. PvP-ers, you do the same and check it out. As a free to play game, I can’t find anything wrong with the item shop as of yet from those buddies. Who knows? Maybe GamersFirst might pick themselves up and actually do something to fix itself from such a bad rep from me. Be advise, it’s a large download.
That’s for now on the game front for me. I’ve been doing some Call of Duty walkthroughs but I’ve been slacking on the final uploads since I have stuff to do in real life. Until next week folks, keep fragging!
A new weeknd arrive and so much as happened in the last few days. I spent the thursday help my sister to the airport and on that same day, Global Agenda went free to play which is exciting since it’s been two years and waiting (maybe Santa is real after all?).
Synosis of the whole game; World War 3, science fiction, democracy lost and hail to our new robotic overlords.You play as a resistence member who is freed from re-education to fight against your former Confederate masters. You got 4 classes to choose from, a multitude of facial and suit cutomization features and a not-so boring co-op mode. Of course if you’re not into that, there’s always the player versus player modes and guild on guild actions (wait, they’re called “Agencies”). Certain trades offs is the lack of auction, agency building tool and end of match loot drops that accomany people who already bought the game or suckered into buying the expensive $139 package (give or take a few tens of bucks) which include all that and a few exp and loot drop bonuses. I don’t mind if you you just want to have friend play together or do something or hand around. Though a quick reminder that you will be seeing the same creatures all the way up. I’m already level 20 in two days and so far seems to get repetitive but remains very random in terms of the 4 player co-op. Though not open-world, I would sign off as a “try until level 10” but I would not highly recommend spending big bucks unless you got some good friend to play with in there.
So that pretty muchs sums off my day. Yesterday, one of my wing mates from Battlestar Galactica posted an Easter Egg we discovered. Link is here if you want to check it out! Also he’s starting a Crysis 2 walkthrough. Check it out and maybe enjoy some awesomeness?
Lastly, made bacon and eggs. And they say bacon grease is gold, so I made some toast with it. It was pretty good and delicious.
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Sent this day 8/10/2012 An Open Letter Addressed to The President of the United States of America and to all of the currently seated members of Government and to all of the citizens of the USA to the people of the world and to all governments. Please Handle and deliver/share as you would a letter delivered by the USPS.
Mr. President and all currently seated members of Government and to all the citizens of the USA, to the governments and people of the world.
1st let me state that these letters I send to you I also send out on social media to all of the citizens of the USA to read as well - and I suppose it could be considered as open letters to the world also.
Anyway today's subject:Co-Opted Government/Government in rebellion against the People/CorpoRATist Government
The following is one comment from a conversation on today's Federal Government of the USA :
Yes - these individuals ( in reference to administration financial advisers ) should likely be charged with taking part in criminal activity.
Why do they have positions of power? Good question.
Why does Obama not push for criminal investigations, charges, prosecutions? Good question.
Why is it that some of the foreign governments are going after their criminal Banksters but the Government of the USA is not? Good question.
Bottom line we have to get money out of politics - we have to get corpoRATist's out of politics.
We ( the People ) need to campaign for proper criminal proceedings on the criminals.
We need to go after the people in government that are in rebellion to the People - this could also include impeachment proceedings and possible charges of treason.
CorpoRATions pulling the strings of government has got to be ended.
The thing is - this needs to be pushed by THE PEOPLE and any one in government that still wants to support the Constitution and the American People.
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Newcastle's season started like it was going to become a disaster and would cost manager Alan Pardew his job, but right now he's looking at Champions League football and has the bargain of the season in Perez.
The outstanding back-flicked goal Perez scored at West Brom was his third in as many league games.
During that time Newcastle have included wins against Spurs, Liverpool and Albion in a six-game unbeaten run that has excitingly turned their season round.
Mehdi Abeid, called up by Algeria for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, is another who is starring in this Newcastle revival and he said of Perez: "He scored a fantastic goal. He will score a lot more for us, he is helping us a lot."
Perez, 21, only cost Newcastle £1.,6m from Tenerife, where he started in their reserves and as he graduated to the first team scored goals on a regular basis in the club's climb from third division to the Segunda Division.
Asked if Perez could be one of the bargain buys of the season, Abeid agreed, saying: "We know he can do big things for us. Perez could be a big player for us. He is very technical, a very good player. We can see in training he has some great skills and he showed it against West Bromwich."
Newcastle spent a year watching Perez play for Tenerife and because of that he chose them ahead of a host of other big name clubs.
Porto were Newcastle's main rivals but Arsenal, Everton, Shalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Real Madrid, Barcelona , Valencia and Atletico Madrid were all in the Canary Isles to see him.
They could have missed out on a goal-scoring nugget.
Perez is 5ft 10 inches and slight of build. It's what put off some of the big names as they watched him slam in goal after goal in the sunshine of the Canaries and Pardew admits they will have to build him up physically.
We know he can do big things for us. Perez could be a big player for us. He is very technical, a very good player. We can see in training he has some great skills and he showed it against West Bromwich
Mehdi Abeid
Perez won best breakthrough player and best attacking midfielder last season with 16 goals in 34 appearances for CD Tenerife.
"Everything has happened very fast, from playing in the Spanish third division to having the pleasure to be here and play for Newcastle in the Premier League," he said.
"It would be unfair to ask for more."
Newcastle fans amended their old Andy Cole song and used Perez's name at The Hawthorns.
"I listened to the song and my team mates explained the significance," said Perez.
"It's the same song they sung about Andy Cole. It was very important for me. It's very nice.
"It's not often you score a goal like that."
Perez lives on Tyneside with his brother, Samuel, who is on the books of non-league Blyth Spartans
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"I think he just loved the way we were determined to bring him here."
Abeid was wanted by Panathinaikos after a successful loan spell last season.
He also went to St Johnstone and after three years had not made his Newcastle league debut until the win over Liverpool.
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Many quasi-economic arguments — really pseudo-arguments — involving economic policy stem from Alfred Marshall who founded new classical economics on the premise that what classical thinkers had called "political economy" — the study of the socio-economic system including government — was too complex to handle with any precision. Marshall proposed a new methodological approach that he called "economics" as a discipline limiting the scope of its study to rather narrow aspects of the economy capable of being examined with some precision using mathematics and graphs based on partial equilibrium (like the familiar supply and demand curve), and the representative firm.
Of course, if this method is scaled to include all firms in aggregate, it commits the fallacy of composition. To his credit Marshall himself realized this danger and cautioned others against.
Marshall meant these simple models as aids to thinking about more complex issues, not as models of them. Extending the simple to the complex involves a logical jump, which is an illegal move in the game, owing to the fallacy of composition, for example, and it also involves the fallacy of overgeneralizing. Such sophistical arguments also generally involve straw man arguments designed to make the opposition look foolish. It's just rhetoric made to look like reasoning in order to advance an ideological view under the guise of being "scientific."
Arguments that mainstream economists present to the public are often based on this kind of over-simplification and over-extension of the part to the whole. I suppose they would defend what are doing by saying that to communication with lay people they need to oversimplify. But in so doing, they are essentially misrepresenting the conclusions they are presenting, which do not hold at all.
I suspect that at least some of them know better, and they are simply couching ideological norms in reasoning that pretends to be that of an expert in economics when is just propagandizing or moralizing. For example, can it coincidental that their line of reasoning always fits their political ideology?
But even in their professional work such "experts" are overshadowed by the notion introduced by Marshall that political economy is based on an ineffective method. As result they miss the forest for the trees. Keynes saw through this error and corrected it in his macro approach, the validity of which both neoliberal and Austrian economists deny, since both marginalize the role of government, even though government is necessarily a key component of the economy in a modern developed state.
Unfortunately, both neoliberals and New Keynesians seem to miss this point. For example, Brad DeLong is one of the few professors teaching political economy these days and he is quite well informed about the subject. But when it comes to his own practice of economics, even he seems to ignore political economy or minimize it in his popular presentations about economic policy. As a layperson in economics, I find this curious.
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ChronicleX: Metagame versus Metagaming
Continued over from Sauron's guide thread, so as not to derail it completely.
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ChronicleX:
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DiscworldDeath:
Metagaming is exactly that, it's playing the meta-game. It's making decisions based on what the metagame is.
No it isn't. Metagame isn't a decision, its a guideline. There is no decisions behind it. That is the part you cannot seem to comprehend, read the wiki for more info. The only decision is do you follow it or not.
You need to read better Chronicle :P Or rather, read it all and not reply just to one sentence, especially the first.
I agreed with you on what METAGAME is.
Then I defined for you metagaming.
Now, yes, people who metagame both accept and subvert the metagame.
It's not the same as people who try to bring forth a new metagame which they think is stronger overall. If people play X, and you have a counter to X, then that counter is actually a discussion from within the realm of the same metagame - it's not analytical versus continental, for an analogy, it's not poetry as opposed to mathematics. It's giving a counter-argument within the same field.
If you know the opposition is likely to do X, and you do something to counter that, you're not breaking the meta-game, you only do it because of the current metagame, and it's a counter. You are gaming the meta, you are meta-gaming.
Meta-gaming already assumes you're aware of the current meta and are engaged in a strategic dialogue with it.
Strategic, as in, before the game, as opposed to tactical decisions made within the game, though these can also occur (will the enemy Malzahar build squishy or tanky? etc).
And once again it goes back to what I have said every post for the past 6-8 posts. The metagame is the unwritten rules. The rules can change, but rules still remain. It's not a metagaming unless it actually works, when it works it becomes the standard. The standard is the metagame. The stupid things that do not work, the strats that do not work, that is not the metagaming, because it doesn't work.
Except this contradicts what you said about solo top AS Volibear. Whatever everyone uses, even if it's dumb and ineffective, is the meta-game. Even if you have the best counter, so long no one else adapts, this remains the metagame.
Except this contradicts what you said about solo top AS Volibear. Whatever everyone uses, even if it's dumb and ineffective, is the meta-game. Even if you have the best counter, so long no one else adapts, this remains the metagame.
None of it is contradicts, you just cannot comprehend that metagaming is not strategy. If I decide next game I want to go AD ahri that isn't metagaming, that is me deciding to go AD ahri. The metagame is Ahri is a mage, thats the basic guideline to follow, that is the meta, she is a caster. Anything outside of that is breaking the meta, because it is not the norm.
How many times must I explain this to you? Is 10+ posts and an entire wikipedia page not enough for you? I'll quote the wiki one last time. Same quote as before.
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In simple terms, it is the use of out-of-game information or resources to affect one's in-game decisions.
It is not the decisions, the decisions you make is stratergy. The current metagame is the decisions you are expected to make. Metagaming is just following the meta. Randomly doing something without an overall purpose is not metagaming, thats just gaming. Is there any part of that you do not understand? I cannot phrase it any simpler.
Meta-gaming is making decisions while taking the current metagame into account. If you play AD Ahri, you're not metagaming. If you play AD Ahri because it counters what you expect to face as a result of the state of the current meta, then you're metagaming.
And metagaming is usually a strategic decision.
As for the wiki article, everything in it supports my posts :-/ I was in my country's top 20 MtG players while I played, and I've played and was an accepted source of knowledge in the warmachine/Hordes wargame, particularly for the faction of my choice. I know what metagame is, but please, try to read.
Metagame is not the same as metagaming. Read this line again, then re-read everything I posted on the issue.
Metagame is an ephemeral object, metagaming is an action.
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Metagaming is just following the meta. Randomly doing something without an overall purpose is not metagaming, thats just gaming.
Metagaming is any act you do while taking the current metagame into account, whether it's to counter it, or to follow it. But it needs to be done consciously.
Also, a note, these are definitions, so there's a certain amount of arbitrariness in them, and thus it's in part a semantic argument; but you do need to make an effort to read what people are writing rather than what you are sure they are saying. You also are arguing against the terminology most people here appear to be using - and in the realm of language, there's fault with that.
And the action is the expected one, the one set out as depicted. You did not decide it. If you decide for yourself then you are not following the meta. If you do something that the meta does not depict with intent then you are breaking the meta.
Try reading. Do I have to go through the entire article and explain every section to you? Do you really still not understand what a metagame or metagaming is? The metagame or metagaming is nothing todo with decision making. Keyword, making. The decision is already made, thats the action. The Action is the pre-determined set of decisions you are expected to make such as going mid if your a mage in rift, having your team go ranged ad carry with support bot. You didn't decide any of that, the metagame did.
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DiscworldDeath:
Metagaming is any act you do while taking the current metagame into account, whether it's to counter it, or to follow it. But it needs to be done consciously.
Almost. It is any act you take while taking the metagame into account with an intent, a purpose. Doing something for "fun" or without intent is not metagaming. The most common intent people have when metagaming is to change the current meta or to improve upon it for example.
Social order, and social structures try to pass off that what they do, what they perpetuate is normal, is just how things are. And you're not actually making any decision.
But this is not true. Suppose one of society's rules is you don't spit on people. It's not that the rule exists, and we all follow the existing rule. The rule is recreated each and every time we do not spit on people. Now, a negative example is a bit problematic, so let's look at saying hello to one's neighbours. Every time you say hello to your neighbours you're not just following and affirming the existing rule, you are in fact creating it.
Likewise with the meta, every time you follow the existing meta you are also creating it, recreating it, cementing it as the current meta.
The decision wants to appear as "already made", but you make it yourself each time you "follow" it.
Also, again with pulling one sentence. The point about intent exists in my post. I called it "consciously".
Also, again with pulling one sentence. The point about intent exists in my post. I called it "consciously".
Then why the hell did you attempt to argue against the things I have said to the point where you made a new topic on it when you have been agreeing with me this entire time? That's not how arguments work, you are not following the argument meta.
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For your safety and the safety of others, please allow room for faster individuals to pass you. If you are running or walking with friends, please do not line-up more than two abreast.
Race officials may cancel, delay or change the race to a no-scored event in case of extreme weather or other conditions that may affect the safety and health of the participants. In the event of cancellation, no refunds will be issued.
The principles of good sportsmanship may or may not be written into the race's rules, but even if not stated explicitly they're always expected. Basically, treat others with respect and you'll be guaranteed an enjoyable race experience.
Often, race registration fees are nonrefundable, and registration fees typically increase the closer you get to race day.
Starting the Race
Many of the rules related to a 5K and other distance races relate to course etiquette. Line up based on how rapidly you plan to run or walk. If you're slow, move to the back of the pack. Heed the instructions, such as remaining inside traffic cones, running on the right and obeying course marshals who keep runners going in the right direction. Ensure your number is pinned on the front of your shirt. If you drop something immediately after the start, don't stop to retrieve it. That could cause a pileup of runners, and injuries could result.
Handling Situations Along the Way
If you must spit or throw up, move to the side of the road. If some bodily function cannot wait, get off the course and look for a potable toilet-- or, if necessary, a large clump of bushes. When Stopping at an aid station, grab the water and move away quickly to let others get their share. Dispose of the cup or plastic bottle within a short distance so volunteers can retrieve it. If another runner calls out that he's coming through, get out of the way. And if your shoelace comes undone or you need to stop for any other reason, move to the side of the road in the interest of safety.
Reaching the Finish Line
Heed race officials' instructions as you get near the end. You may be asked to stay left or right. Discourage friends from running the last portion of the race with you as moral support. But if one does, make sure they do not cross the finish line. Get them off the course before the end. Show true sportsmanship and congratulate other runners who either beat you or came in right behind you.
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World Pole Dancing Championship 2012
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Competitors prepare prior to participating at the World Pole Dancing Championship 2012 held at the Volkshaus on November 10, 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland. The public's perception of pole dancing has recently changed to become a popular sport combining physical strength, technique and choreography.
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Competitors prepare prior to participating at the World Pole Dancing Championship 2012 held at the Volkshaus on November 10, 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland. The public's perception of pole dancing has recently changed to become a popular sport combining physical strength, technique and choreography.
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How a Nebraska Farm Boy Came to Write a Novel About Scottish Earls and Kings and Someone Named Macbeth
Andrew Schultz is a teacher, professor and writer who enjoys woodworking, reading, traveling and learning. He currently lives in Lincoln, Neb. For more information on his book, "Saints and Heroes," visit http://www.saintsandheroes.net.
When
‘me Mum’ died, I promised I'd write about her family. My mother
was a British war bride who arrived in America in 1946. I arrived in
1949, and she raised me in a predominantly Czech community, Schuyler,
Nebraska, to be an Edwardian gentleman. Unfortunately, it never took.
Mother
was a proud British expatriate, a London school teacher who'd
regularly herded her students down into the underground during the
blitz. She'd married a heroic sergeant in the Army Air Corps, Lumir
Schultz, a Czech farm boy, who'd convinced my mother that he was the
equivalent of British landed gentry when he'd inherited the farm in
the “bohemian alps” of Nebraska.
Nebraska
was a bit of a shock for someone from London, as the farms in the
countryside were still without electricity and the town, Schuyler,
was just installing sewer lines in the early 1950s. There were still
many outhouses in the town. As a kid she sang me to sleep with
"Charlie is me darlin'," "Rule Britannia" or
"Christopher Robin" and she made me a kilt from the
Menteith family tartan for my first day in kindergarten. Yes, I was
that
odd boy.
Her
maiden name was Jean Monteith Rathbone, the melding of a fine English
family name, Rathbone, (she vaguely claimed Basil Rathbone as "a
distant cousin") with one of the ancient clan names of Scotland,
Monteith, and its earlier spelling variation, Menteith.
Thus,
I grew up with tales of the Scots and the Menteiths, of their deeds
and misdeeds, of the interactions with the Stuarts, the Comyns, and
the Grahams, how Rob Roy stole Menteith cattle, and of course, how a
Menteith infamously betrayed William Wallace.
So,
naturally, after an abnormal childhood living in two worlds, rural
Nebraska outside and a hyperventilating Britannia at home, I
sometimes felt a citizen of both and occasionally a boy without a
country. I failed at spelling bees because I spelled theater as
theatre,
color as colour,
and because my mother had taught her students the Queen's English, I
spoke grammatically perfect English, much to the chagrin of my
classmates, some of whom had Czech as their first language.
In
1987, when she passed, I began to write down the family stories she'd
told and sorted through a host of pictures she'd left.
I'd
been stationed at Edzell, Scotland for three years from 1970 to 1973
while in the U.S. Navy at the northeastern edge of what had
constituted the Menteith Earldom in Perthshire. This tiny burg is
midway between Dundee and Aberdeen and about 120 miles north of
Edinburgh. While in Scotland, I'd tramped the mountains, prowled the
lochs, visited the castles and cairns, tubed the rivers, hunted the
game and visited the pubs of Scotland with great abandon. My roommate
in the barracks was an ornithologist, John Trapp, and he and I roamed
the coastlines and fence lines in pursuit of golden eagles, curlews,
rooks, puffins, water ouzels and the great hawks and harriers of the
coastal plains before the Grampians. We hung out around harbors and
stalked the wild asparagus. John had a sparrow he called "Woodstock"
and a hedgehog living with us in the barracks and he was always
returning from a ramble with some wild thing he'd discovered in his
pockets.
Together
we attended fests and county fairs and we heard a good number of
squeezeboxes and fiddles in the pubs where we'd eat our lunches and
suppers. The musical tradition was profound. Every pub rang with song
and these songs spoke of the ancient land, the old heroes and the sad
lamentations of poverty, war and hard lives.
I
was the anchor on the base tug'o'war team and we pulled at highland
games throughout the country. Our most significant moment was pulling
before Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne during the Braemar games in
the early '70s. We were a group of eight 20-year old sailors and
marines and our opponents were the Arbroath farmers, a team whose
median age was at least 62 years old. They towed us three times
across the chasm to our utter humiliation.
The
cox (or whatever the equivalent term is in tug'o'war parlayance)
cried, smoke pouring from his pipe, his tweed coat and cap atilt, "Ah
rat na boys, tek a strain", and we leaned back on our heels and
the thick hawser snapped taut. After ten minutes my forearms and
hands were screaming and then the cox coughed, "And a one, and a
one, and a one." On the first count, 8 of the farmers right
boots stomped backwards, digging their heels into the turf in perfect
harmony. They tugged us to and fro three times. Humiliating is not an
adequate a term.
As
these memories were recalled, I wrote them down and added them to the
stories my mother told, and sorted through the pictures she'd left
me, how to tell the story I'd promised. Ah, research. I'd learned how
to conduct research through my graduate studies and as I was in
California at the time, I began at the Huntington Library in
Pasadena, which maintains a large archive of British historical
documents. I also searched at the Library of Congress, University of
Virginia, and University of Nebraska.
The
earliest mention of the Earldom I could find was in 1138 when King
David awarded a tract of land to Gilchrist, Earl of Menteith, but
another reference referred to it as one of the seven ancient earldoms
of Scotland. These were: The Earldom of Angus, Earldom of Caithness,
the Earldom of Carrick, the Earldom of Fife, the Earldom of Mar, the
Earldom of Menteith and finally the Earldom of Strathearn.
Then
I came across a reference to King Malcolm Caenmore establishing the
seven ancient earldoms. Who was this King, I asked, and what was his
story? As I studied, I found it was Malcolm who'd been orphaned by
Macbeth killing Malcolm’s father King Duncan as Shakespeare had
written, but that this occurred in the 11th
century not the 13th.
With that realization, I thought, "the games afoot" to
quote my mother's improbable cousin, Basil Rathbone. I wanted to find
out this story, the "true" story and this is what’s led
me to finishing Saints
and Heroes,
the true story of Macbeth, Malcom Caenmore and his Queen, Saint
Margaret of Scotland.
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Tories leading in poll cash stakes
Ed Miliband is facing fresh pressure after it emerged that Labour has been lagging well behind the Tories in raising money for the general election.
Figures released by the Electoral Commission showed the party received £4.4 million in significant donations in the first quarter of the year.
That included more than £2.5 million from unions Unite and Usdaw.
However, the Conservatives raked in £6.6 million.
The details were published as Mr Miliband introduced American electoral guru David Axelrod to the shadow cabinet.
The leadership is hoping that the adviser to Barack Obama can boost Mr Miliband's personal ratings and halt the apparent Tory poll revival.
A £1.5 million gift from hedge fund mogul Sir Michael Hintze helped swell Conservative coffers, along with £257,500 each from party co-treasurers James Lupton and Michael Farmer.
Labour received £1.8 million from Unite, thought to be among the union's biggest quarterly donations, despite suggestions that it would be cutting funding.
USDAW gave the party £692,000, and Unison handed over £420,049.
Even with a £1.8 million contribution of "short money" from the public purse - designed to offset the benefits of civil service support to parties in government - Labour still had £400,000 less in donations than the Tories.
The Liberal Democrats were given £1.07 million, and Ukip - favourites to win next week's European elections - £493,000.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) added £1.05 million to funds as it fights for a Yes vote in the independence referendum north of the border.
Mr Axelrod was hired last month on a reported six-figure salary to provide advice during what will be a fiercely contested election campaign.
The challenge was underlined as he arrived in London yesterday, with more evidence in polls that David Cameron's Conservatives are benefiting from the turnaround in Britain's economic fortunes.
The political consultant was Mr Obama's campaign adviser during his successful run for the presidency in 2008 and senior strategist for the president's re-election campaign in 2012.
Labour has said he will be an integral part of its team despite being based in the US, and he will work closely with campaign co-ordinator Douglas Alexander and the party's senior pollster Stan Greenberg.
Mr Axelrod dined with Mr Miliband last night, and is expected to hold detailed discussions with Mr Alexander this evening before leaving the country.
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said 75% of Labour's donations in the quarter had come from trade unions.
"Ed Miliband said he'd stand up to his union paymasters like Len McCluskey - but he's failed and broken his promise. Ed Miliband is too weak to stand up to his union bosses and that means he's too weak to stand up for Britain," he said.
"Union bosses are still in the driving seat at Labour HQ. They are holding the purse strings, selecting the candidates and picking the policies.
"We all know what this means - more borrowing, more spending and more taxes hitting families across the country. It's the same old Labour Party."
Labour frontbencher Michael Dugher said: "Hard-working people are worse off under David Cameron, but his party is better off.
"David Cameron's party is increasingly bankrolled by a small number of millionaire bankers and dinner donors. It's no wonder his government stands up for a privileged few over hard-working families.
"Half of the many millions rolling in to Tory coffers during the last quarter came from a wealthy elite who have exclusive access to the top table.
"These are the same millionaires who have been given a tax cut by the same Tory Government which is failing to address the cost-of-living crisis facing families.
"When the Tories are reliant on so few, the many are being overlooked."
Labour said its total income for the first three months of 2014, including small donations and membership fees not recorded by the Electoral Commission, was £8.2 million.
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After selling of public assets at a loss to their private sector mates I would hope they are getting more back then labour else it would seem that they cant even look after their own and that would be more embarrassing to them than not being able to govern the country or look after its people.
After selling of public assets at a loss to their private sector mates I would hope they are getting more back then labour else it would seem that they cant even look after their own and that would be more embarrassing to them than not being able to govern the country or look after its people.RealLivin
After selling of public assets at a loss to their private sector mates I would hope they are getting more back then labour else it would seem that they cant even look after their own and that would be more embarrassing to them than not being able to govern the country or look after its people.
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BloggerSte
8:26pm Thu 15 May 14
I'm sorry but Miliband is hilarious.
Is this the Labour, who:
Gave a knighthood to Fred Goodwin for services to banking
Sold honours for cash
Raised pensions by 75p a week
Said they were “perfectly relaxed about people becoming filthy rich”
Cut taxes on the rich for 13 years except the last 4 weeks before the 2010 election
Gave billion pound PFI contracts to their cronies which resulted in hospitals being in debt for the next 30 years and being charged £350 to have a lightbulb changed
Left poor and elderly people to die in their own urine and faeces at Mid Staffs
Abolished the 10p tax rate
Reduced the number of energy companies, causing people’s bills to rise
Labour couldn't run a booze up in a brewery
I'm sorry but Miliband is hilarious.
Is this the Labour, who:
Gave a knighthood to Fred Goodwin for services to banking
Sold honours for cash
Raised pensions by 75p a week
Said they were “perfectly relaxed about people becoming filthy rich”
Cut taxes on the rich for 13 years except the last 4 weeks before the 2010 election
Gave billion pound PFI contracts to their cronies which resulted in hospitals being in debt for the next 30 years and being charged £350 to have a lightbulb changed
Left poor and elderly people to die in their own urine and faeces at Mid Staffs
Abolished the 10p tax rate
Reduced the number of energy companies, causing people’s bills to rise
Labour couldn't run a booze up in a breweryBloggerSte
I'm sorry but Miliband is hilarious.
Is this the Labour, who:
Gave a knighthood to Fred Goodwin for services to banking
Sold honours for cash
Raised pensions by 75p a week
Said they were “perfectly relaxed about people becoming filthy rich”
Cut taxes on the rich for 13 years except the last 4 weeks before the 2010 election
Gave billion pound PFI contracts to their cronies which resulted in hospitals being in debt for the next 30 years and being charged £350 to have a lightbulb changed
Left poor and elderly people to die in their own urine and faeces at Mid Staffs
Abolished the 10p tax rate
Reduced the number of energy companies, causing people’s bills to rise
Labour couldn't run a booze up in a brewery
Score: -1
the voice of common sense
9:08pm Thu 15 May 14
This is the tories who practically gave away all our nationalised industries to their cronies, flogged off on the cheap our council house stock, recently sold royal mail for 60% of what it was really worth and invented the PFI as a means of getting stuff done without putting it on the books, no wonder the tories are getting in more than labour they are just collecting their dues from grateful recipients of back door government cash
This is the tories who practically gave away all our nationalised industries to their cronies, flogged off on the cheap our council house stock, recently sold royal mail for 60% of what it was really worth and invented the PFI as a means of getting stuff done without putting it on the books, no wonder the tories are getting in more than labour they are just collecting their dues from grateful recipients of back door government cashthe voice of common sense
This is the tories who practically gave away all our nationalised industries to their cronies, flogged off on the cheap our council house stock, recently sold royal mail for 60% of what it was really worth and invented the PFI as a means of getting stuff done without putting it on the books, no wonder the tories are getting in more than labour they are just collecting their dues from grateful recipients of back door government cash
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Flirt-Fest Blogfest
In honor of Flirt-Fest Blogfest, I’ve posted a short excerpt from my completed romance The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn. I hope you enjoy!
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“Bet you a dime I can get you in the shower tonight,” Collie says with a positively lewd grin.
“Bet I can get you there first.”
His grin goes from wicked to satanic, and without warning he scoops a handful of flour out of the five-pound bag he brought and flings it at me just as I grab the wooden spoon from the mixing bowl and launch a wad of sticky chocolate chip dough at him. A cloud of flour envelopes me so that I can’t see my sweet bomb hit its target. But I hear the satisfying splat and his startled yelp before I succumb to flour inhalation. “Nice,” he says, scooping cookie dough off his forehead and out of his hair—which only makes it worse since his hands are coated with flour. “Real nice, Quinn. That could have been a cookie.”
“It was worth the sacrifice,” I retort, chuckling and choking. He’s a mess.
“You look like a ghost,” he remarks.
“I don’t know what you look like, but I’m pretty sure you got the worst of that exchange.”
“Stellar.” He holds my gaze, still smiling.
And God knows what comes over me. Call it a random act of boldness if you will. I reach out and take his hand, and lead him—walking backward—toward the bathroom, still holding his gaze, still smiling.
He pauses at the bathroom door as though unsure he wants to follow me in, but in the end he steps across the threshold willingly. I pop open the shower stall door (thanking God I gave the stall a thorough cleaning yesterday) and turn on the water, adjusting the temperature so it’s not too hot or too cold.
Collie’s smile has mostly faded from his mouth but still hovers around his eyes as though he’s wondering just how far I’ll take this. I drop his hand and grab the front of his shirt, spinning him around as my fingers slip the first button from its moorings.
He opens his mouth, possibly to protest, and I give him a hearty shove backwards. His foot catches on the inch-high lip of the tiled shower base and he stumbles right underneath the spray with a surprised shout.
I totally agree– that glob of dough was definitely worth sacrificing. Although I would have bet more than ten cents! I was on the edge of my seat wondering how far she would take it too, at the end. Well done! Great scene!
Woohooo!!!! I really love the unexpected twist! First, I love how you wrote in present tense first person–Kudos!!! (I wrote an entire YA novel that way, but I had to change it to past tense cuz everyone said it felt weird–yeah, yeah..)
Thanks for posting this very fun, sexy read!!!
oh, sorry about my black on black over at my post. 😦 Thank you for your comments!
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After the thousands of dead-on jokes he has delivered through 50 years, the strongest legacy of
Woody Allen as a filmmaker might involve the gallery of complicated female characters he has
created.
The latest and one of the most absorbing is found in Jasmine, a former woman of privilege
brought low by betrayal and struggling to remake her shattered life with the aid of a little luck
and a lot of alcohol.
Played to crumbling perfection by Cate Blanchett, the focus of the Allen comedy-drama
Blue Jasmine arrives in San Francisco to move in with her sister, Ginger (Sally Hawkins),
after the collapse of her old high life in New York.
Jasmine is soon sharing a cramped space with Ginger and her blue-collar boyfriend, Chili (Bobby
Cannavale) — an obvious echo of the setup of
A Streetcar Named Desire.
A curious element is that Jasmine and Ginger were both adopted, without any biological parents
in common.
If not otherwise desperate, Jasmine might pay little mind to Ginger and the low-class world that
repulses her.
Shuffled with the San Francisco scenes are flashbacks to the previous life that Jasmine shared
with husband Hal (Alec Baldwin), a financier who doted on his wife even while cheating on her and
his investors.
Jasmine is trying to carry on before breaking down.
She lands a job as a dentist’s receptionist, then takes computer classes with a vague notion of
a career in interior design. She meets a suave diplomat (Peter Sarsgaard), but she doesn’t resist
condemning Chili, helping to drive Ginger into an affair.
As with many other Allen scripts, scattered subplots suggest random ideas tapped to expand the
film to feature-length — but with the spotlight always turned back on the hypnotizing Blanchett
performance.
Jasmine is easily disliked as a dilettante who got some of what she deserved, but Blanchett
rallies audience sympathy for someone drowning in circumstances she barely understands.
Blue Jasmine has more working-class types than does the usual Allen script, but, for a
change, they are more grounded than the elites whom Jasmine still aspires to join. For added
flavor, Andrew Dice Clay pops in and out as Ginger’s ex-husband, while Louis C.K. relies on his
edgy tone as Ginger’s new lover.
In many of his best films, Allen has dug through his comedy to find the pain of
relationships.
This time, while the pain remains front and center, the abundant comedy bubbles up through the
agony of Jasmine for an indelible portrait of a fragile woman in free fall.
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War Department
30th May 1798
Sir,
As it is possible the Lieutenant of Marines, appointed to the Ship Constellation, may not arrive before he is ready to go to Sea, and as it is not expedient, that She should be detained a Day on that account, you will when Capt. Truxton shall require, repair on board, and consider Yourself under his [undecipherable] until relieved by the Lieutenant of Marines regularly appointed to The Ship.
Marginalia: Lieut. Triplett
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RAM ATHLETIC FUND YOUNG ALUMNI
The information below reflects the 2016-17 Men's Basketball season.
The VCU Young Alumni program is a branch of the Ram Athletic Fund. Its goal is to provide young graduates an opportunity to become involved with VCU Athletics without straining their finances. To qualify, one must have earned their undergraduate degree within the past five years (2012-16). A minimum of $50 to the Ram Athletic Fund is required to receive all of the potential benefits of the program.
Benefits include:
Ability to purchase men's basketball season tickets
50% off the cost of men’s basketball season tickets (if your RAF gift qualifies you for season tickets)
VCU Athletics will match your contribution
Commonwealth Room hospitality access for all home men’s basketball games
80% tax deduction
For more information on the Young Alumni Program, contact the Ram Athletic Fund at 804-828-FUND.
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The authors, Satoshi Kanazawa and Kaja Perina, explain that hitting the snooze button is actually a good thing because it means that you are ignoring the rules and acting on what your body needs instead.
This means, you are more likely to follow your ambitions and tackle problems.
Now that isn’t to say you should use the “sleep” excuse too frivolously.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, you should be getting between 7 to 9 hours of sleep.
So go ahead, get that beauty rest – it’s nothing to be ashamed of!
Lizzy Buczak
Lizzy’s passions have always included music, pop culture and Britney Spears… not necessarily in that order. Becoming a web producer for B96 is like a dream come true for Lizzy, who has been a fan of the s...
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K.C. Johnson's answers
K.C., I'm a big Bill Cartwright fan and was wondering how much blame for the team's performance falls on him. Would a new coach improve this team or is more veteran presence all that is needed? --Keith, Rochester, N.Y.
I would answer no to both of those questions. I think Bill is a good fit for this team and I think they need way more than just another veteran presence. This is a young team. Bill is a new coach. Mistakes will be part of both growing processes. But let's remember: This whole team is built around the success of Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler. If they succeed, so goes the thinking, so will the Bulls. And I think Bill is a good fit for those two guys. He's a big man's coach. He knows the psyche of the big man. And he certainly is patient with their development. Bill is stubborn at times, and his substitution pattern has raised some questions. But overall, I think he's a good fit for the direction of this organization.
Cartwright talks defense a lot. He's absolutely right, but which assistant coach is responsible primarily for coaching defense? Is there a Buddy Ryan of assistant coaches in the NBA right now? --Russell, Seattle
Bill Berry, a longtime NBA assistant, is in charge of the team's defense.
K.C., man, I think you need a vacation or something. Your article about the Bulls-Rockets game was HARSH! Funny, entertaining, and honest but still quite harsh. Is the Bulls' lackluster play bringing you down? --Matt Ahrens, Redwood City, Calif.
As long as you used the word honest, I don't mind you using the word harsh. Here's the deal: When you cover a bad team--and having covered the Hawks for two seasons and the Bulls for three, I know bad--certain losses transcend the norm. Back-to-back losses by 29 and 30 points qualify. And in those cases, I think you have to keep the reader honest and step up the tone of the article. I'd be insulting your intelligence if I didn't. And I got three days off after the latest road trip, thanks for asking.
There are rumors that the LA Clippers are not interested in Elton Brand after the season. Do you think that Jerry Krause will pursue him? --Dwayne Williams, Wichita, Ka.
All the Bulls have to offer is the mid-level exception, which again will be around $4.5 million. Elton is more likely to sign a one-year tender offer from the Clippers and become an unrestricted free agent following next season. He certainly will sign for more than $4.5 million.
Do you agree that the toughest transition from college to the pros is the point guard? Generally most individuals struggle their first season playing the position. They usually take too many shots, play erratically and commit turnovers. So what's the knock on Jay Williams? His stats are comparable with most first year PGs. --Nilay Shroff, Bloomfield, N.J.
Is this Cartwright? Those words sound suspiciously similar to what we've been hearing from Mr. Bill all season long and I don't think you can argue them. What has made Jay seem like a disappointment is this: Everybody expected him to be an immediate impact player and the college player most ready to make the transition to the NBA. I think everybody, Cartwright included, has been surprised at how difficult the transition has been, how Jay has struggled with everybody else being as quick as him.
Did you know that Marcus Fizer parks a rusty old Buick from the 1960s, windows open, even in winter time, on the street outside his house to annoy his neighbors? He hasn't moved this car in over a year. --Jim Morrison, Northbrook
Maybe this is the reason he has a question mark tattoo on his neck.
Thanks for your questions. Talk to you next week,
K.C.
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Family First launch Netflix competitor
by McBlog2 • 23 December 2015 • Comments Off on Family First launch Netflix competitor
Stuff co.nz 23 December 2015
Conservative lobby group Family First have launched an online TV service for parents worried about exposing their children to offensive content.
The online streaming service, called “Family First TV”, allows families to rent or buy content with granular controls over who can see what. It also offers a large amount of political content from Family First for free.
Family First trumpet the granular parental controls as the main innovation within the service. The system is split into four separate five point scales – language, violence, sexual themes, and adult themes.
For example, a “1” on the sexual themes scale signifies an on-screen kiss or a partially naked character, while a “3” signified implied intercourse – such as a “morning after” scene.
Parents can create different profiles for children with fine tuned levels, and assign credits for them to rent or buy the content.
Spokesman Nick Hitchins argued that sticker ratings don’t give parents enough control over the content their children see.
“A PG can be anything from fantasy swordfighting in Puss in Boots through to teenagers kissing behind the bush through to people using some quite colourful language,” he said.
“Instantly,our insights panel gives families the ability to say ‘what is going to occur in this that might concern me’.”
Hitchins points to the M-rated Star Wars: The Force Awakens as an example of this imprecise rating.
“Parents are suddenly in a quandary. M in my mind suddenly feels like I would tell my kid they need to be sixteen before they can watch that. Now comes Star Wars which used to be pretty much PG all the way through.”
Michelle Baker from the Office of Film and Literature Classification said they were always happy for parents to look up extra information on films they wanted to show their children.
“We would like to put as much information as we can on the sticker, but there are some limitations on the physical label,” she said.
“At the end of the day our classifications are based on criteria set out in legislation. There are things we are told to give weight too, to consider, but people might have certain sensitivities around content we don’t cover.”
“For example, religious and political content is not a part of our filter. We’ve had complaints in the past around magic in Harry Potter.”
Baker also noted the low-level ratings were crossrated from other countries.
Parent of two Sarah Bicknell often went online to look up more information about what was in a film before showing it to her children.
“Especially if I have other kids coming around, to make sure it’s suitable for them as well as mine.”
Bicknell liked the idea of an accessible and precise rating system. Often movies aimed at children with low ratings still contained content that might be problematic.
“Recently there was a Tinker Bell movie out, Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, which was rated G, and all the other Tinker Bells have been really easy and good for this kids, but this particular one had some really scary scenes, and one really sad scene. I went online and decided not to choose it.”
Hitchins said the service was a proactive way to preserve family values.
“Here’s a tool which we believe families can use to help preserve the values we’ve spent the rest of the year talking about. We’ve obviously been in the media recently talking about censorship and the importance of keeping kids safe.”
Family First made headlines earlier this year for the part they played in banning Ted Dawes’ book Into The River.
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Art Profile: The Covers of Terror Tales
Terror Tales was originally published by Popular Publications. The first issue was published in September 1934. One of the most successful horror magazines, it was joined shortly afterwards (1935) with its sister horror pulp, Horror Stories, also from the same publisher. Some of the writers whose work appeared in Terror Tales included E. Hoffmann Price, Wayne Rogers, Wyatt Blassingame (who later wrote nonfiction books for children), Ray Cummings, Paul Ernst, Arthur Leo Zagat and Arthur J. Burks. Rudolph Belarski provided several covers for the magazine. Terror Tales ceased publication in March 1941.
Below are just a few covers from Terror Tales. When possible, the cover artist has been identified:
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In this contest, which will count towards the final standings of the Jaunt for the Jersey, your powers of prognostication will be tested. We have devised a list of 40 questions that cover the entire span of the playoffs, and you have to look into your crystal ball to find the answers! There will be 15 questions based on player performance, 15 questions based on team performance, and 10 questions about the outcome of selected series. Additionally, you have 20 questions to answer based on each round of the playoffs. These questions will vary from each round, and will be specific to the circumstances that we experience on a round-to-round basis. It is therefore important that you follow every game, every night, every series, so that you can be ready for when the questions for rounds 2-4 are posted.
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A busy undomesticated crafters diary of crafting amongst other things
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Twelfth day
I can’t believe I have actually managed to blog for a whole 12 days. At the moment I am enjoying an unabridged audio book whilst I knit or surf the web. I downloaded it after a recommendation from Skein Queen in her newsletter. It goes into great description about fabrics and embroidery and transports you to Thessalonika. The book is The Thread by Victoria Hislop and I can whole heartedly recommend it both in audio and written form. I have just downloaded the ebook The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow. There is a quilt pattern that can be downloaded from her website www.liztrenow.com which I believe can be sewn alongside the book. I will review it once I’ve got around to reading it.
I have almost finished my friends birthday and Christmas present which I am greatly pleased about
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Neofolk
Sol Invictus is an English neofolk group, fronted by Tony Wakeford. As they have released a huge amount of quality albums since their formation in 1987, I decided to compile a bootleg best of collection as a Spotify playlist. Soon however, I realized that it would have to include about a quintillion tracks. A natural way to tackle this turned out to be dividing the collection into 4 parts by the release years. As always I wanted to make the collection like a “real” album entity.
The first of the four, 1990-1994 includes a few of my favourite releases: Trees In Winter (1990), King & Queen (1992) and Death of the West (1994). Almost every other full-length and live album between these years is also included!
A sharp-eyed lad may notice the absence of Lex Talionis (1993). That doesn’t mean I don’t like it, actually the opposite. I struggled hard in adding 3-4 tracks of industrial neofolk noise into an acoustic guitar driven collection and decided to make the more experimental Sol Invictus tracks into a separate collection. Also the lo-fi Against the Modern World (1988) will suffer the same fate! Nevertheless, I decided to include Angels Fall from Black Europe (1994) live album to make a cameo appearance.
Musings on some tracks
The starting track, The Man Next Door is Very Strange is my favourite rendition of Trees in Winter’s Sawney Bean. Many consider it a classic Sol Invictus song and I like to think this 1991 Killing Tide version is more definitive than 1990 Trees in Winter version. I do prefer the title Sawney Bean though. The track is chilling and has an extremely chilling backstory too: “Alexander “Sawney” Bean was said to be the head of a 48-member clan in Scotland anywhere between the 13th and 16th centuries, reportedly executed for the mass murder and cannibalisation of over 1,000 people.” There are old folk versions of this track but I cannot say whether the composition or lyrics have been influenced by any of them.
Talking about folk ballads the 6th track Sheath and Knife is one the Child ballads (folk songs collected by Francis Child during the second half of 19th century). A lot of musicians have made new renditions of these ballads, many extremely dark in nature. Sheath and Knife portrays a particularly tragic and a bit violent love story. And the ending… Sheesh.
Quite a few Sol Invictus listeners that found the band in 2000s came through the metal band Agalloch. They released a cover of Kneel to the Cross in their EP Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor (2001). This lead me to the unpolished version on Kneel to the Cross on Lex Talionis (1993) which I could not fathom at all. However I also found Death of the West (1994). It hit the mark almost instantly and is featured as the 9th track in this collection.
Tracklist
1. The Man Next Door is Very Strange (The Killing Tide, 1991)
2. The Watching Moon (King & Queen, 1992) – one of the many occurences of nihilist pitch-black humouristic lyrics. Just some lovely piano-dibbling on the composition too!
3. Death of the West (Death of the West, 1994)
4. Media (Trees in Winter, 1990) – probably the most loved Sol Invictus track, straight to the point, melancholic and melodic.
5. Sheath and Knife (Death of the West, 1994)
6. Angels Fall (Black Europe, live, 1994; originally Against The Modern World, 1988)
7. Like a Sword (Let Us Prey, live, 1992; originally The Killing Tide, 1991)
8. Amongst the Ruins (Death of the West, 1994)
9. Kneel to the Cross (Death of the West, 1994)
10. The Return (King & Queen 1992)
11. Tears and Rain (King & Queen, 1992) – Seek out Tor Lundvall’s cover; it’s even more chilling.
12. English Murder (Trees in Winter, 1990)
13. Sun and Moon (King & Queen, 1992) – bonus track
The next collection will cover the years 1995-2000, it will be linked here when it’s ready!
1.Fleurety – Fragmenter av en Fortid disappeared from Spotify just a while ago, it will be added back when it comes back around. Full-length Min tid skal komme from 1995 is the real jewel of their discography. One of many “lost” metal releases that many consider a classic but most people have never heard about. It’s definitely a must checkup for fans of folkish metal.
1. Fleurety’s place was taken by Pillorian, the newly formed line-up of ex-Agalloch John Haughm. After Agalloch split into two pieces in 2016, the remaining three members went to form Khôrada that is due to release their first album. Pillorian‘s 2017 release Obsidian Arc starts with it’s brightest spots, By the Light of a Black Sun (+ Archaen Divinity) should sate most Agalloch fans.
2.Fen is not a band that I’ve tracked, even though it’s similarities to Agalloch have been known to me since their first full-length Malediction Fields in 2009. It is only lately that I gave a true chance to their unpolished first album and it unveiled a real jewel in Lashed by Storm. The weak clean vocals in the very end are it’s only grey spot. Fen’s 2017 release Winter materialized on my listening cycle; it does have some very atmospheric sections but its also really-frigging-long (75 minutes!). I would deem it very possible that a track from it appears to my playlists later on.
3.-4. As a humble praise, Wilderun‘s Sleep at the Edge of Earth might be my favourite metal release of past 5 years. It has a glorious quaternity Ash Memory (trinity has 3, quaternity 4, yeah i just looked it up from google…), from which 2 well fitting tracks were chosen. Hope and Shadow (II), and the The Faintest Echo (IV). The traces in the beginning of Hope and Shadow that clip in this collection are from the 1st track of the quaternity. Wilderun really took care to make it a logical entity which I then disturbed!
The Faintest Echo’s 3.20 monumental symphonic centerpiece and outro of the quaternity is a prime example why Wilderun’s output doesn’t pale in comparison with any symphonic and folk metal bands of today.
5. Tore Hund is by Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik’s Skuggsjá. It is a project by Enslaved and Wardruna veterans, which may run below radar cause of it’s eccentric name that sounds like artsy folk music. Well um, it is kind of that actually, in a lot of ways Skuggsja sounds more like folk with metal elements than the other way around. Though even the folkier tracks often have a heavy backbone that owes to metal and makes these two elements come together naturally.
6. In Zuriaake‘s Afterimage of Autumn‘s most stunning moment, the chorus of 歸兮 / Return Journey Zuriaake seamlessly adds a traditional sounding Chinese tremolo melody to a slow doomy basis. Unfortunately I could not pick the name of this guitar like string instrument as the booklet is all in Chinese (except track titles). Zuriaake’s black metal focuses on entwining natural atmospherics, ambience with very overdriven guitars and depressive black metal vibe. I also reviewed them in the past (https://likemusictoyourears.com/2016/01/26/zuriaake-afterimage-of-autumn).
7. October Falls is an interesting beast for their first promo was metal but three of the first four official releases were acoustic guitar driven material with a lot of natural ambience. Since then they’ve mostly strolled on the metallic grounds, always with quality but rarely with something that really catches my ears. A Collapse of Faith Part III, from 2010 A Collapse of Faith must be their best track to date. I must admit however that I have spent way too little time in adjusting to 2013, The Plague of a Coming Age. That ought to be my next listen.
8. The noise / drone wall of Sol Invictus‘ English Murder‘s intro make it a significantly difficult piece. But I am not making these collections for layman listeners quick fix. The controversy and paradox of a folk track being actually heavier and darker than the following metal track make it a juicy addon.
9. Logically following Sol Invictus is Agalloch, who have listed Sol Invictus as one of their big influences. Agalloch is one of the very first metal bands that I got into and surely the first folkish metal band. Yet in their sound progressive elements, post-rock and melancholia are also ever present. Limbs 10 minute brilliance is started by deliciously annoyingly long 10 second note after which it goes all post-rock. Climbing to mountains, descending into valleys and drifting among the transparent mist.
I do appreciate a well timed and set up grunt, John Haughm’s 6.35 effort is one of the prime examples! “These boughs were said to be lost! Torn, unearthed and broken – IYRRRRRRRRRRRR”. What the fuck is he even singing about? There must be something to it as it inspires genuine sing-along grunting from yours truly. When it comes to grunting, Haughm is right up there with Thomas Gabriel Fischer.
10.Skyclad‘s past two albums haven’t been nearly as notable as most of their 12 full-lengths before them (many of them are masterpieces after all). I would only rate A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol and No Daylights Not Heeltaps on level with the new albums. However, on In The… All Together from 2009 Skyclad formed possibly the best track of their career, The Well-Travelled Man. The vocalist Kevin Ridley is on fire, shouting half of the track. Lyrics and composition communicate perfectly into a folky, dramatic, upbeat, yet melancholic tune with a heart-wrenching ending. Wow.
Released in 2004 the 30 minute LP The Bright And The Pure is the gem of Dies Natalis discography.
The Bright And The Pure is not essentially just a simple neofolk album, it has a lot of neoclassical and cinematic hues. The starting three headed beast Near Heaven / The Bright And The Pure / The Fortress is a joyous glimpse of a 70s psychedelic western film that never existed. This trinity is tight with atmosphere and lo-fi-massive and organic with mystic compositions. I can’t help thinking The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Three following tracks are sung neoclassical / neofolk that retain the cinematic mysticism. Really far from regular neofolk really. The atmosphere is unlike earlier or later in Dies Natalis discography. Occitanias Knights is the least impressive of these 3 tracks but the intro builds tension wonderfully with deep ambience and acoustic guitar. Later on the march drums keep the weirdly bumpy verse on the bright side.
Rich female vocals are an essential texture to the release. La Complainte Pour Esclarmonde De Foix a French art film track (!) highlights the vocals and woodwind instruments while gently overpeaking. Perhaps it is just my copy that does it, but I do love some gentle overpeaking!
My hate relationship with the 7th track The Upward Spiral turned to a friendship yet ultimately it is on a wrong release. Nihilistically symphatetic lyrics on a bright, major key composition are a nice paradox but thematically it does not really fit on The Bright and the Pure. It is like a disjointed Ben Stiller film scene in an art film.
The Upward Spiral is musically very close to other releases by Dies Natalis. Their earlier releases suffer from accented German vocals which aren’t that well sung either. A lot of great Neofolk is not that well sung though, so the dislike of German lyrics and accent may be my personal problem. Dies Natalis did correct that to their later album The Phoenix Contradiction (2008) but compositions are a lot more straightforward and acoustic guitar driven than on The Bright And The Pure. This may be a positive or a negative feat, depending on the listener and the mood!
The final track, another cinematic trinity, Near Heaven II / The Bright And The Beast / The Stake, shifts from ambient to finale after halfway mark and resembles the title track of the album. It grows in tension until suddenly ends. Actually it sounds like a duality, unlike the first track that has clearly three different sides. Be it a duality, trinity or a quadruplicity, the finale really weaves the release together.
The Bright And The Pure might be a bit difficult album to get into and even more difficult to find these days, yet it has continued to grow in our over 10 year old relationship. Very much recommended for seekers of strange neofolk and neoclassical who are not afraid of a dose of lo-fi.
Owls’ 2011 album, The Night Stays starts with a bang. The first two tracks Hide and Seek and The Night Stays unite bass-rich downtempo with intense atmosphere and acoustic guitar & keys lusciously but most of the rest album easily sinks into just rather pleasing somber soundwave. If the Night Stays seems redundant or hard to grasp after the surprise of such captivating dark beats wears out, you need to give it some time.
It took about a year’s pause for the album to grow from tasty bits to a rather fantastic entity. Yet it is undeniable that the tastiest bits are served in the start. Title track’s luscious distortion and bright xylophone, bass backdrop and gloomy yet blackly humorous Tony Wakeford lyrics explore such depths of brain activity you’d be surprised.
Tony Wakeford’s vocals which always divide opinions fit the pace so well you come to hope Sol Invictus had more electronics. The lyrics are strangely more exposed than in Sol Invictus and as strong as one can expect from a Wakeford record. Occasional very neofolkish guitarwork commemorates the dark toned compositions. I have been told the genres in question can be classified as trip hop or downtempo.
Owls is indeed not just Tony Wakeford, but a threesome, the electronicswork of Eraldo Bernocchi and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari cannot be underestimated. Both also have a gazillion other projects including Somma, Obake, O.R.k (Pat Mastelotto :O). and collaborations for example with Mick Harris (of Napalm Death), Ephel Duath and Eivind Aarset (a man with another gazillion projects).
Owls live @ Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2011.
Perhaps the reason for the slow reception of The Night Stays is the difficult track order. It kicks right in but it takes until the 8th track We Took This Land to find a really tight footing again. A fragile guitar driven track that portrays great nihilistic lyrics about American oppression and breaks loose to a distorted and powerful chorus:o, we took this land with bribes and murder, and we will keep it toodon’t pretend to be so shocked, it’s what the right (or white?) men do [i may have misheard some of this part]
In the middle part perhaps the brightest glimmer is the the glorious end to the repetitive Come Back, even though I have no idea what they are singing about. Strange Kind of Beauty is as titled, a touching slow burner which creates magical twinkling atmosphere in minimalistic ambientish/neofolkish background.
With Tony Wakeford’s solo album Not All Of Me Will Die, The Night Stays fits to A-category only shallowly under the best bits of Sol Invictus.
Vektor – Terminal Redux (2016)Vektor’s hyped 2016 release is astronomically progressive metal. Vektor was the best modern thrash metal band for years, it is about time for them to get recognition. For an album that sates me midway, it is astoningly good but it would be more enjoyable shorter. It’s really not a better album than their previous efforts but still ridiculously good and full of everything tasty.9/10Listen: Mountains Above The Sun + Ultimate Artificer
Current 93 Calling For Vanished Faces Calling for Vanished Faces (I: Funeral Music for
Us All) and (II: Love, Sleep And Dreams) (1999)
David Tibet’s overtheateritical aesthetics drove this Sol Invictus fanboy mad for half a decade. “Maybe, I might finally appreciate something of theirs?” I thought. I: Funeral Music for Us All starts as an oddities collection I cannot recommend less but picks up on Coal Black Smith, staggers to its most annoying pieces and picks up decently at Hourglass (For Diana) soon to turn into 1 hour 30 minutes of pure neofolk bliss. Probably my favourite release on which I completely skip 1/3 of it.I 7/10
II 10-/10
Listen: The whole second side, except the 4 ending tracks, is blissful.
Katatonia – The Fall of Hearts (2016)
Some outerworldly charm with heartbreaking atmosphere. Drags time to time yet still wrenches heartstrings every minute. Passer‘s descending scale should be obnoxious yet it is genuinely alluring. How on earth did they make it work.Listen: Decima & Residual for angsting in a dark room, Passer for prog.Grade upcoming
Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence (2016)
Middle aged Devin is zen and re uses his components but those lures still amount some catch. Not bad, but I may have heard too much “c-grade progressive metal” (quoting their own making of documentary) to fully appreciate this kind of polished sound anymore. Danger lurks somewhere else. Here’s hoping the next album goes permanently Higher.
The second album is simply too much as can be noticed from the lack of recognition it has gotten. The (demo) titles are a very Devin Townsendish joke, the stuff is nearly as polised as the first. Love the commercial suicide though, it could have well been released it as a lone piece.Listen: Higher7ish/10
Behemoth – The Satanist (2014)
If you can think of a more epic way to start a track than in the title track of The Satanist please let me know. The track does not carry the weight of its beginning but the album does. The wall-of-sound production, mildly reminiscent of Emperor, gives it weight unlike many releases.
Incorporating a massive and satisfying finale that only runs through the last minute of Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel requires so much finesse. O Father O Satan O Sun! towers above the rest of the release with another finale, this time based on a monster riff and oration like an esoteric sermon. Here’s hoping The Satanist won’t be the last of Behemoth like Nergal hinted in the past.Listen: Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel & O Father O Satan O Sun!Grade upcoming
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Acreage
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Parish
Caldwell, Catahoula
Owner/manager
LDWF
Description
Boeuf WMA is bordered by the Bouef River for approximately 47 miles on its eastern side. There are eight bayous on the area with a combined length of 30 miles. Boeuf WMA has 26 lakes, totaling about 1,800 acres. The terrain is flat and poorly drained. The majority of the area is subject to frequent flooding from Boeuf River and Bayou LaFourche. All lakes and bayous on Boeuf WMA are subject to annual overflow.
A large portion of Boeuf WMA consists of farmland that has been partially reforested in bottomland hardwoods. The forest overstory is a relatively closed stand of mixed bottomland hardwoods. On the higher elevations, the main tree species are willow, Nuttall, and post oak; cedar elm; sweetgum; green ash; persimmon; and honey locust. The main tree species in the lower elevations are overcup oak, bitter pecan, cypress, and tupelo gum. Understory species include rattan, Rubus sp., Crataegus sp., swamp dogwood, Vitis sp., deciduous holly, Smilax sp., baccharis, poison ivy, and many herbaceous species. LDWF manages approximately 4,000 acres of the bottomland hardwood forest along with an 1,800-acre greentree reservoir in moist soil and shallow water for waterfowl, wading birds, and shorebirds.
LDWF purchased the majority of Boeuf WMA (three tracts totaling 38,444 acres) through the Conservation Fund between 1977 and 1981. Between 1993 and 1998, LDWF purchased the Tensas Delta Tract (approximately 10,000 acres) from the Tensas Delta Land Company through the State Duck Stamp Fund. LDWF purchased the remaining acreage, the Topan Tract, in mid-2000.
Activities and Amenities
Hunting and trapping: The most popular game species on Boeuf WMA are white-tailed deer, waterfowl, squirrel, rabbit, and turkey. There are youth-only deer and squirrel seasons and a small game emphasis area. The areas managed for waterfowl along with the numerous sloughs and waterways offer excellent waterfowl hunting. Dove, woodcock, and snipe hunting opportunities are also available. Several dove fields planted annually in brown-top millet are available to area users. See regulations for details.
Fishing and boating: There are boat launches on most area lakes. Common freshwater fish include largemouth bass, crappie, sunfish, and catfish. Crawfishing and frogging are also available. See regulations for details.
Birding and wildlife viewing: Boeuf WMA is visited by many neotropical bird and shorebird species annually and is home to large numbers of passerine and wading birds. The areas managed for waterfowl, wading birds, and shorebirds along with the numerous sloughs and waterways offer excellent birding opportunities. Bucks Brake, located in the Hebert area, contains a rookery that provides resting and nesting habitat for many species of wading birds, egrets, and wood ducks. Birders also frequently observe bald eagles and their nests.
Hiking: The ¾-mile Bayou Crew Nature Trail is located in the interior of Boeuf WMA. Several walking trails follow pipeline rights-of-way.
Other: horseback riding, berry picking
Directions
Boeuf WMA is located 10 miles southeast of Columbia. Major access routes to the area include LA Hwy 4, 559, 133, and 848. LDWF maintains a system of all-weather gravel roads and numerous ATV trails that provide access to area users. There are seven self-clearing permit stations located at major entrances to the area.
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How the DNC fabricated a Russian hacker conspiracy to deflect blame for its email scandal
By Patrick Lawrence, July 25, 2016
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In late July 2016, author Patrick Lawrence*** was sickened, as he watched what he immediately recognized as a well planned and highly significant "Magnificent Diversion." The Clinton-friendly media was excoriating Russia for "hacking" DNC emails and was glossing over what the emails showed; namely, that the Clinton Dems had stolen the nomination from Bernie Sanders.
Six weeks before, on June 12, 2016, Julian Assange had announced that he had "emails relating to Hillary Clinton pending publication." But he did not publish them until July 22 three days before the Democratic National Convention. It was clear even then that the Democrats, with invaluable help from intelligence leaks and other prepping to the media, had made good use of those six weeks before the convention. The media was primed to castigate the Russians for "hacking," while diverting attention from the grand larceny showing through the emails themselves. It was a liminal event of historic significance, as we now know. The "Magnificent Diversion worked like a charm and then it grew like Topsy.
Patrick Lawrence was onto it from the start. He commented that he had "fire in the belly" on the morning of July 25 and wrote what follows pretty much "in one long, furious exhale" within 12 hours of when the media started really pushing the "the Russians-did-it" narrative.
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Here's the text of his article:
How the DNC fabricated a Russian hacker conspiracy to deflect blame for its email scandal
Leaked revelations of the DNC's latest misconduct bear a disturbing resemblance to Cold War red-baitingBy Patrick Lawrence, July 25, 2016
Now wait a minute, all you upper-case "D" Democrats. A flood light suddenly shines on your party apparatus, revealing its grossly corrupt machinations to fix the primary process and sink the Sanders campaign, and within a day you are on about the evil Russians having hacked into your computers to sabotage our elections on behalf of Donald Trump, no less?
Is this a joke? Are you kidding? Is nothing beneath your dignity? Is this how lowly you rate the intelligence of American voters? My answers to these, in order: yes, but the kind one cannot laugh at; no, we're not kidding; no, we will do anything, and yes, we have no regard whatsoever for Americans so long as we can connive them out of their votes every four years.
Clowns. Subversives. Do you know who you remind me of? I will tell you: Nixon, in his famously red-baiting campaign a disgusting episode against the right-thinking Helen Gahagan Douglas during his first run for the Senate, in 1950. Your political tricks are as transparent and anti-democratic as his, it is perfectly fair to say.
I confess to a heated reaction to events since last Friday among the Democrats, specifically in the Democratic National Committee. I should briefly explain these for the benefit of readers who have better things to do than watch the ever more insulting farce foisted upon us as legitimate political procedure.
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The Sanders people have long charged that the DNC has had its fingers on the scale, as one of them put it the other day, in favor of Hillary Clinton's nomination. The prints were everywhere many those of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has repeatedly been accused of anti-Sanders bias. Schultz, do not forget, co-chaired Clinton's 2008 campaign against Barack Obama. That would be enough to disqualify her as the DNC's chair in any society that takes ethics seriously, but it is not enough in our great country. Chairwoman she has been for the past five years.
Last Friday WikiLeaks published nearly 20,000 DNC email messages providing abundant proof that Sanders and his staff were right all along. The worst of these, involving senior DNC officers, proposed Nixon-esque smears having to do with everything from ineptitude within the Sanders campaign to Sanders as a Jew in name only and an atheist by conviction.
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He was an Army infantry/intelligence officer and then a CIA analyst for 27 years, and is now on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). His (more...)
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Coup attempt thwarted, says South Sudan president
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday said government forces had thwarted an attempted coup allegedly engineered by former vice president Riek Machar who was fired from his post in July.
In a televised address to the nation, and flanked by government officials, the president said the military had foiled a coup orchestrated by “a group of soldiers allied with the former vice president”.
The soldiers had attacked the South Sudanese military headquarters in the capital of Juba late on Sunday, sparking sporadic clashes that continued Monday, he said.
“The attackers went and [the] armed forces are pursuing them,” Kiir said, who was dressed in military uniform rather than his trademark suit and cowboy hat. “I promise you today that justice will prevail”.
The government is now “in full control of the military situation” in Juba, he said, ordering a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the city.
The UN urges calm
The United Nations said Monday that hundreds of terrified civilians had sought refuge in a UN compound while others had locked themselves in their homes or were trying to flee to safer areas.
Hilde Johnson, special representative of the United Nations secretary-general for South Sudan, said in a statement that the UN mission in Juba was “deeply concerned” over the fighting.
“As the Special Representative of the Secretary General I urge all parties in the fighting to cease hostilities immediately and exercise restraint,” the statement said. “I have been in touch regularly with the key leaders, including at the highest levels to call for calm.”
Machar an arch-rival
Tension have been mounting in South Sudan since Kiir fired Machar as his deputy in July.
Machar, who has expressed a willingness to contest the presidency in 2015, said after he was fired that if the country is to be united it cannot tolerate a “one man’s rule or it cannot tolerate dictatorship.”
Machar’s ouster, part of a wider dismissal of the entire cabinet by Kiir, followed reports of a power struggle within the ruling party. At the time, the United States and the European Union urged calm amid fears the dismissals could spark political upheaval in the country.
While Kiir is leader of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement party, many of the dismissed ministers, including Machar, were key figures in the rebel movement that fought a decades-long war against Sudan that led to South Sudan’s independence in 2011. Machar, a deputy chairman of the ruling party, is one of the country’s most influential politicians.
Officials said some arrests had been made after the botched coup attempt, but the fate of Machar was unclear -- with the US embassy in Juba and the UN denying they had given him shelter.
South Sudan has experienced bouts of ethnic violence, especially in rural Jonglei state, since the country peacefully broke away from Sudan after a brutal civil war.
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God Can Know the Free Acts of Man without Making Them Determinatively Necessary | Part Three
Ronnie Rogers | Pastor
Trinity Baptist Church, Norman, OK
Simply said, what man could do (range of available options) and what he will choose to do from the God-given range of options, has forever been known with inviolable certainty by God. He knows this with the same certitude that He knows those things He would directly cause. God’s knowledge of the actual, potential, and what potential realities He will actualize are inherent in His perfection and omniscience, which does not require microcausality of every act of man. This understanding is in fact a more biblically reflective and grander portrayal of God than the Calvinist painting. The God of Scripture can cause or permit (permit allowing results from libertarian free beings), and He can know with certainty (without necessity) the acts of efficient causes—agent causation. He even knew the influences and the intricacies of the deliberative process of each free being. This represents man as having objective liberty in contrast to believing that man’s liberty is merely subjective (objective meaning that man’s sense of choosing between accessible options is actual rather than merely subjective, imaginary).
God’s certainty of man’s choice within the range of options given by God does not mean that man could not have chosen to do other than what he did in fact choose. The act in time is both free and certain. It is free as to choose between options afforded man in time, and it is certain as to God’s eternal knowledge of what said choice would be. Some ask, if God believed in eternity that man would act a certain way, and then at the last second he acted differently, would God have believed wrong—been mistaken. The answer is no. Regarding man, William Lane Craig notes, “He has the power to act in a different way, and if he were to act in that way, God would have believed differently.”[1] Lewis Sperry Chafer notes, “If the question be asked whether the moral agent has freedom to act otherwise than as God foresees he will act, it may be replied that the human will because of its inherent freedom of choice is capable of electing the opposite course to that divinely foreknown; but he will not do so. If he did so, that would be the thing which God foreknew. The divine foreknowledge does not coerce; it merely knows what the human choice will be.”[2]
To wit, God always knew what a person would freely decide (so the decision is in fact free and could have been otherwise had the free agent so chosen), but it is certain in that God’s knowledge of such choice is perfect. Had man chosen otherwise, God would have always known that. Thus, Extensivists believe that man will act in a certain way, whereas Calvinism believes man must act in a certain way. Extensivists believe man will certainly act a definite way when he could have truly done otherwise, and therefore man’s deliberative process, freedom, and liberty are objective. The free act of man is certain, but it is not necessary. The only thing that is necessary about man’s choice is that if he would have chosen otherwise, God would have known that choice because God knows everything and cannot be mistaken.[3] Therefore, the concept of liberty is objective rather than merely subjective. Further, the belief in libertarian free choice does not mean that God cannot override man’s freedom when He so chooses, and to postulate such is an egregious misrepresentation of Libertarianism.
Calvinism teaches that God foreknows because He decreed that man would act a certain way, and thus man necessarily acts a certain way and God can be certain of that. Extensivism says God foreknows because infinite knowledge of the actual and potential (including new event sequences resulting from otherwise choice of humans), is an essential property of His foreknowledge. Thus, it seems that Calvinism inadequately portrays and comprehends the biblical representation and facts regarding what man could, should, might, and will do whereas Extensivism does encompass these in foreknowledge. In both perspectives, there is never a nanosecond that God does not know with certainty the outcome of every act. The difference is that Calvinism permits God to know because He decreed such to be a certain way, whereas Extensivism makes liberty objective and known by God simply because He is God.[4] The latter is more reflective of the numerous biblical encounters of man with God wherein man is commanded to act a certain way, reprimanded and punished for not doing so, and blessed when he does; thus, making man responsible for his actions against grace very clear.
Of course such understanding does not make sense to a Calvinist. Part of the reason is that their definitions are derived from and lead to micro predetermination. I understand this does not fit the grid of Calvinism because I am not a determinist with all of its horror; however, my argument is that it does fit Scripture. It makes both foreknowledge (omniscience) and otherwise choice more consistent with Scripture without theoretical accoutrements. Calvinists strongly demur to man possessing such freedom, God being able to create such, and I understand that position. I would argue that their conclusions are largely reliant upon speculative theology and unnecessarily restrictive definitions of terms, which require auxiliary concepts, whereas Extensivism seems to be more reflective of the biblical portrayal of God’s knowing and man’s freedom than some speculation that God is incapable of knowing what He permits without necessitating such by causality.
We must remember that according to knowledge—finite vs. infinite—we are similar to ants (metaphorically speaking) under the microscopic lens of omniscience, which sees the deliberative process, influences, and degrees of struggle. All of which has been eternally known by God before the event in time better than man knows his choices after the event. Consequently neither the slightest aspect of the deliberative process nor the final choice is ever unknown to God. With man having true libertarian freedom, God could always have written Genesis 3:1—6, and there was never a point that He could not. Both the actualization of the event and Moses’ writing of it were dependent upon the start of time, whereas God’s knowledge of such is eternally a part of His being. Thus, foreknowledge establishes certainty without determinative causation.
Although all human examples of God’s foreknowledge break down at some point, e.g. humans never can know the future perfectly and humans know perceptively whereas God’s knowledge is essential; the following does serve to illustrate the difference between foreknowing and causing even though the foreknowledge is not absolute. I tell people that I know whom Gina (my wife for over 40 years) will vote for when she goes into the voting booth. I know this with mathematical certainty. I can tell you whom she voted for before I ever see her or talk with her after she has cast her vote. Why? Is it because I forced her, I coerced her, or that I somehow rigged the booth to cause her to vote a certain way (so that her freedom was merely subjective)? Absolutely not! I know how she will vote because I know her intimately. My knowledge of how she would vote actually has no bearing on her choice of whom to vote for, but rather I know because I know her. Simply put, knowledge and causation of certain actions are not synonymous. With regard to man, God’s knowledge does not necessarily prejudice outcomes.[5] Chafer notes, “Divine prescience of itself implies no element of necessity or determination, though it does imply certainty.”[6] God is not informed by looking beyond Himself, nor is He informed sequentially even though he distinguishes the sequence of events.
[1] William Lane Craig, The Only Wise God (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1999), 71.[2] Chafer, Systematic Theology. vol. I, 196.[3] See William Lane Craig’s book The Only Wise God for a fuller explanation and illustration of certainty and necessity, pages 69—73.[4] Craig, Only Wise God, 74. Craig says of logical priority, “To say that something is logically prior to something else is not to say that the one occurs before the other in time. Temporally, they could be simultaneous. Rather, logical priority means that something serves to explain something else. The one provides the grounds or basis for the other. For example, the premises in an argument are logically prior to the conclusion, since the conclusion is derived from and based on the premises, even though temporally the premises and conclusion are all simultaneously true….this does not mean that there was a time at which certain events occurred without God’s knowing about them. The priority here is purely logical, not temporal.” 127—128. See also where he demonstrates the fallacy of the fatalistic argument, 72—74. I think the term explanatorily prior may be more helpful.[5] The action does not cause (chronologically prior) God’s foreknowledge, but it is logically prior like “four is an even number because it is divisible by two.’ The word because expresses a logical relation of ground and consequent….Once we understand the logical priority of the events to God’s knowledge of them, we can see more easily why the fact of God’s foreknowledge does not prejudice anything.’” Craig, Only Wise God, 73—74.[6] Chafer, Systematic Theology, vol. I, 194.
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The top ten most read stories of 2014
This has been an intense year for many different reasons at FC Barcelona
But which ten stories attracted the most readers to fcbarcelona.com in 2014?
Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar all made headlines in 2014. But what was our most read story of the year? / FCB
[[DES_1]]The year 2014 has produced no shortage of big news stories at FC Barcelona, and as the year draws to an end, here’s a countdown of the ten most viewed articles on the English language version of the club website at www.fcbarcelona.com.
In tenth place came Barça’s Gerard Piqué, Neymar, LionelMessi and Cesc Fàbregas appearing in Colombian singer Shakira’s World Cup song La La La. The video, released in May, also featured former Barça player Eric Abidal, Manchester City’s Argentinian star Kun Agüero, and Shakira’s compatriots RadamelFalcao and JamesRodríguez.
The ninth most viewed story showed Messi, Neymar, Dani Alves, Piqué, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitic, Marc Bartra and Munir El Haddadi trying out the new FIFA 2015 game in October. All eight of them chose to play with FC Barcelona!
The release of the new home strip is always a much anticipated moment at the club, and May 2014 was no exception. Marketed with the slogan Crafted to Win, “this distinct new design provides Barcelona fans with their most authentic and truest identity of the modern era.”
In April 2014, the announcement of the passing away of former FC Barcelona first team manager, Tito Vilanova, was one of the saddest moments in club history. This article announced that a space for condolence would be made available in the main grandstand at theCamp Nou, and thousands of supporters came to the club to pay their last respects to the man who guided the team to the 2012/13 league title with its highest ever points tally.
The summer transfer market always generates a huge amount of interest, and 2014 was one of the busiest close seasons ever at Barça. When this article was published in June, Rakitic had just become the fourth new arrival, following on from the signing of Marc-André Ter Stegen and the returns from loan of Gerard Deulofeu and Rafinha.
On a similar theme, the fourth most read story of 2014 concerned a change of faces in the Barça goal. José Manual Pinto was leaving after six and a half years of service and German keeper Ter Stegen arrived from Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Another goalkeeper featured in our third most visited story. Victor Valdés had already announced his retirement, but when he missed the end of the season through injury, he was unable to say goodbye to the fans the way he might have hoped. Instead he penned this farewell letter to the fans in May.
The Barça first strip always features the same basic colour scheme, so the release of the second strip often generates more interest due to the use of different colour combinations. The 2014/15 crimson kit was no exception, and the response was so enthusiastic that this story was the second most read of the year.
The rumours were finally confirmed. Luis Suárez was on his way to FC Barcelona! The official announcement by the club in July was one of the media stories of the year, not just in Catalonia but all around the world. So it should come as no surprise that the signing of the Uruguayan striker was the story that the drew the most visitors to www.fcbarcelona.com in 2014.
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It was an ordinary winter Sunday for the Ames family. They went to church and visited with friends during the intermission between the morning and afternoon services. Back home, Evelina’s nephew Augustus came to call and seems to have overstayed his welcome; Evelina barely got to read. She probably sat looking at the new spools of cotton thread that Oakes had brought her the day before and wished that she could at least do some sewing. But sewing and other work was forbidden on the Sabbath.
The laws that the Puritans had established in the 17th century that forbid work or play on the Sabbath still held sway in Massachusetts in 1850. Businesses weren’t open, mail wasn’t delivered, and many people wouldn’t travel. People in Evelina’s generation had been taught to put down their daily work – except for chores which were essential, such as milking the cows – and spend Sundays quietly, at church and at home in contemplation and worship. No sewing, no housework, no shovel-making was permissible.
As the tempo of 19th century life picked up, however, that restrictive pattern was changing. Rail travel, for instance, was impossible to harness to a Puritan timetable. Many of the old ways were beginning to break down, and the advent of the Civil War would effectively demolish most of the lingering vestiges of Puritanism. The “blue laws,” however (so named by Connecticut preacher Samuel Peters) would continue to influence state laws, especially around commerce. For much of the 20th century, retail stores could not open on Sundays, and in many places, alcohol couldn’t be sold. Even today, in 2015, several states – Maine and Colorado, for two – forbid car dealerships to operate on Sundays.
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I’m told that the “blue” in blue laws came from an early term for the people who supported Oliver Cromwell. They were strict and rule-bound and they wore “blue stockings.” So “blue” became an occasionally derisive term for Puritans.
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Garden Photos
So, all those flowers I loved in New Orleans, but didn’t know the name of, were azaleas! They come in many different colors from white, to light pink, to this pink, to red.
Doesn’t this look like it should be a puzzle?
Azaleas and holly.
This was an old logging pond the Bellingrath’s cleaned out and fixed up. It seemed familiar to me—I swear I’ve seen it before on a puzzle, or something.
The house sits in the middle of all the gardens.
A courtyard that’s surrounded by the house on three sides. No pics were allowed in the house which is too bad, becasue it was beautiful. This was a close as I could get you. : )
This tree was just starting to bloom and it was stunning.
Another glimpse of the house.
This staircase leads down to the river and the boat dock. Apparently that was a favorite place for the Bellingrath’s nephews and nieces to hang out when they’d spend the summers with them.
This is the boat dock. It wasn’t so appealing on such an overcast day.
Another view of the beautiful gardens.
Here’s part of the home the Bellingraths built. They didn’t have any children and she died about 12 years before he did. He left his millions to turn his home and garden into a public museum in honor of his wife. Today, the entrance fees not only maintain the grounds, they also fund many scholarships and provide income to three colleges the Bellingraths supported.
More of the gardens. The landscaping is really beautiful.
I love this color.
Not only was it overcast, it was cold. We had to change into pants so we woldn’t freeze. (it was in the mid 60s)
The azalea bushes were huge.
Easter liliies, a little early.
Gorgeous orchids.
This hibiscus was the size of a dinner plate. The colors were spectacular.
Not sure what these are, but I loved them.
I liked this one because of the pineapples in the background. They were about 6 inches long. That gives you an idea of just how big the hydrangeas are.
The blue hydrangeas were almost the size of volleyballs.
This is part of the rose garden, which wasn’t blooming yet. In the background is a greenhouse.
This boardwalk goes over, along, and back over the estuary. It’s full of wildlife, including alligators. We didn’t see any, though.
There were even bamboo forests!
The weather worked perfectly for us. As we were getting ready to leave Bellingrath, the rain began to pour. I like this picture becasue of the lilac bush that climbed the evergreen and produced a couple stories of lilac flowers.
It’s hard to understand how big the waves are and how hard they hit the rocks and explode everywhere. Those rocks really take a pounding. This video shows several chasms and the waves rushing into them. In the picture above, this video was taken in the area indicated by the green line.
We were 800 feet above the ocean, standing in an old stone cabin built by the CCC in the 1930s, but I was surprised by how small the whales looked. These are enormous animals–the mama was probably about 45 feet long!
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From this week’s Automotive News, editor Jason Stein talks to former Hyundai CEO and now TrueCar board member John Krafcik about connected cars
“Do you notice that as we talk about increased connectivity in the car, we are also talking about being less connected with the car?” Krafcik asks through a phone line. “Connectivity and autonomy. Sounds like those are at odds with each other, hey?”
Speaking at a preview event for the next-generation Hyundai Genesis, Hyundai CEO John Krafcik defended his company’s decision to forgo establishing a seperate luxury channel for cars like the Genesis and Equus. While the rationale put forth usually revolves around the exorbitantly expensive pricetag for launching a new brand and an all-new sales network, Krafcik put it from another angle.
The Hyundai Sonata is the oldest car in its segment and a new model is expected next year. Normally, when a car is about to be replaced by the next generation of that model, automakers usually start increasing incentives to move the metal. Sonata sales are down 11% from last year. Now, Hyundai has slashed production of its midsize car, allowing it to reduce incentives to the second lowest in the segment. Average incentive spending on the Sonata is down to ~$2,200. Only Honda’s Accord, with about $840 in incentives available is discounted less.(Read More…)
The head of Hyundai Motor Company’s U.S. sales unit, John Krafcik told the Bloomberg news agency that the continued partial shutdown of the United States government is affecting consumer confidence and may result in as much as a 10% drop in October sales. Krafcik said that the political impasse in Washington is creating “anxiety” for many people.
If it weren’t for auto bloggers, the question of a separate Hyundai luxury brand would have been dead and buried long ago. But auto bloggers, with a desperate need to generate news out of thin air, won’t let the story die. 224,000 Google results later, and we finally have a definitive answer.
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Thank you, Roger. This was very interesting. You picked a good quotation from Jung and caught that archetypes are
psychic states with the power of organizing consciousness but have no fixed images or symbolic representations. This
discussion of Dali's paintings is the best astrological use of Jung's idea of archetypes that I've ever seen.
An Afterthought: I find the above description of *archetype* as "formula" an inspired starting point; and
this formula-with-no-name seems unlimited in it potential use as a type of solvent in the analysis of the
collected symbols I call my "self".
Jung actually posited the Self as an archetype, most commonly--though not necessarily--represented in (1) various symbolic
"marriages," such as the conjunction of the opposites, the _hieros gamos_ ("sacred marriage"), the alchemical marriage of
Sol and Luna, and (2) in the simple quartered circle, and its elaborations as mandalas, most familiar to us as the ordinary
form of the horoscope. (I think this is the only archetypal symbol/image operative in astrology.)
Though this idea is fortunately available to me as a starting point, I note that above writing appears in
1921, some 17 to 18 years into Jung's opus of collected works: this rather fundamental notion seems to
have 'popped up' as an instantaneous synthesis of long considered experiences (and it is also Jung's
premise that all states of the psyche are the products of many years of living, "half a lifetime" is not
uncommon says).
Jung had a very hard time that coincided with World War I. The Jungians refer to it as his descent into the unconscious and
his detractors call it his raging psychosis. "Seven Sermons to the Dead" comes from this period. Whatever he underwent,
he put his pieces back together and had some new ideas. Jungian analysis is generally regarded as suitable for those in the
second half of life, middle-aged and older. If you're younger than that, you get a lot of Freud, even from the Jungians.
This founding principle may have been an impulsive 'neptuian' act as it finds itself not as a title or a
chapter heading, rather, it seems a treasure buried in the subheading above: perhaps dreamed up on the
very moment of this writing...maybe not. Perhaps a Jungian scholar will set me straight on this point as I
am little lazy at the thought of searching the previous 18 years of Jung's writing. However this sweeping,
vague notion of archetype as formula would be a good candidate as a parallel expression of Jung's natal
Saturn *square* Pluto (90 degrees apart--suggesting a piling of ideas as evidence--as one pile's bricks).
There's an analyst joke that Freud had one idea and ran all his facts through it and Jung had one fact and ran all his ideas
through it.
It becomes very easy to view Dali's surrealistic paintings as a search for *archetype* as "formula",
"Metamorphosis of Narcissus", as largely the product of Dali's Saturn *trine* Pluto (120 degrees
apart--suggesting forms as created by the process of an instantaneous, mutual infusion of ideas). The
reported difference of the square aspect vs. the trine aspect indeed seems appropriately conceived because
Dali's dream-like themes, unlike Jung's, are conjured into tangible objects, and not a Jungian compilation
of intangibles. The reported, 'easy as 1,2,3', nature of trine aspect is probably consistent with my thinking
of Dali's 'forms' as being much more immediate in their accessibility and a lot less weighty than even, "The
Portable Jung"...:)
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The 64-year-old actress said she was going to 'miss the eye candy' after saying goodbye to the camp.
Vicki Michelle is the fourth celeb to be voted off the show
Speaking to Ant and Dec as she came out of camp, Vicki said: “It feels fabulous I am going to be out in the real world. But I don’t know how I will cope.
“I am going to miss the eye candy, Foggy’s pants and Jake’s pants in the morning.
“It was much harder than I thought it would be, but in a weird sadistic way, fun.
“Living in the rain forest, you wake up and think thank god.
“It is a long time and you feel you have known the other people for years, everything is heightened.”
Vicki said things became tense with Melanie Sykes over who cooked
Vicki admitted there were tensions in the camp, particularly with Melanie Sykes over who cooked.
“To start with I found it frustrating because I cook all the time at home," she explained "I don’t buy pre-prepared. Mel likes to do it all and that became difficult. There would be tension that set in and there shouldn’t be tension over food.
“I thought ‘you know what, step back Vic’. I did bite my tongue and trust me that was difficult. So I started doing the washing up.
“There is so much to do, she gets tense with it and she takes it very seriously, that is what it is with Mel. Sometimes it is a little bit tetchy.”
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A Silver Nutmeg and A Golden Pear
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Artwork commissioned for '#exstrange: a curatorial intervention on eBay by Maria-Laura Ghidini and Rebekah Modrak. The artwork consists of two gilded objects, a nutmeg and a quince; the online auction and all correspondence relating to the auction.
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LARGE CROWD
(EXPECTED AT
UNION PICNIC
All arrangements have been completed for
the Union Picnic of the Hershey Churches
to be held in Carsonia Park , Reading, Friday ,
August 8. Jud ging by the number who
have already stated their intention of going
it will be the largest picnic in point of
attendance in the history of the town.
The general committee have about com-pleted
all their plans. There seems however
to be a little question in the minds of some
concerning the railroad fare . In last week's
Press it was stated that the fare would be
$1.22 for adults and half fare for children
under twelve years of age. That fare for
the adults includes the transportation rate
upon the street car from the Reading term-inal
to the Park , the railroad fare being but
$1.08. The half rate fare does not app ly to
children upon the street cars. The street
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ride at that rate , therefore making the
children 's total fare $.68.
It is expected that a number of people
from outside the town will accompany the
picknickers and according ly arrangements
have been made to have the train stop at
Palmyra and Lebanon.
The Basket Committee is emphatic in
their request that the baskets be placed at
the respective stations before 7.00 o'clock
a. m. as the trucks will gather , them promptl y
at that hour. In case that they are not
there at that time, the owners will be forced
to handle them themselves.
At a meeting of the Sports Committee
Tuesday evening, the program of sports for
the day was drawn up. Every possible
kind of contest is included , and prizes will
be awarded the winne rs . One of the events
scheduled is a ball game between the single
men and the married men. Cyrus Garman
was appointed manage r for the single men
and Paul Zentmyer will serve in the same
capacity for the benedicts. The program in
full for the day follows:
1. Baseball game, Single men vs Married
men—10:30 a. m.
Afternoon —1:30 o'clock:
1. Apple eating contest'
Boys and girs, 5 to 12 years.
2. Three leg race
Boys and girls , 5 to 12 years.
3. Bag race
Boys and girls 5 to 12 years.
4. Peanut race
Children 5 years and under .
5. Husband and Wife race.
6. Fat Man 's Race
7. Fat Woman 's Race .
8. Shoe Scramble (all).
9. Tug of war
Men and Women , Boys and Girls
10. Ball throwing contest.
Girls 16 to 25 years .
11. Rooster fight (all).
12. Biscuit eating contest
Boys and girls under 16 years .
13. 100 yd. dash
Boys and girls—16 and under
Boys and girls—16 to 21 years
Boys and women—21 and over.
14. Relay race.
15. Peanut Scramb le.
SHOE SHININ G STAND IN BARBER
SHOP
Another industrious business venture has
been started 'in Hershey in the form of a
boot-blacking estab lishment in the Hershey
Barter Shop, under the direction of Dick
Wallis, champion shoe shiner of Harrisburg
and vicinity. The future owner of the
chain of Wallis Shoe Shining Parlors began
his career in Hershey this week. He guar-antees
satisfaction or no fee collected .
THOMAS BLACK CUTS HAND
While try ing to fit a cork into a bottle
last week, Thomas Black, proprietor of the
Hershey Barber Shop, met with a serious
accident when the bottle sudd enly broke ,
cutting a deep gash in his righ t hand. Dr.
Zimmerman , who was called in, found it
necessary to insert five stitches to dose the
wound. It is healin g nicely now but Mr.
Black will be obliged to remai n inactive for
several weeks.
HAT BOYS WIN
BY ONE RUN
IN BIG GAME
Wildness in the firs t innin g proved the
downfall of Eisenber ger and the Hershey
team in the contest with the Stetson team
of Philadel phia Saturday . Aside from this
inning Eisenberger pitched a wonderful
game, giving the -hard hitting hat makers
but two hits .during the balance of the
game . The final score gave the boys from
the City of Brotherl y Love the long end of
a 3-2 score.
The Hershey boys dr ew first blood when
they sent one man across the plate in the
opening inning. Forrest was out , via third
to first base . Foster reached first when
the shortstop fumbled his hard hit grounder.
S. Heagy then hit safely to center but Foster
was nipped at third on the play when the
fielder made a perfec t throw to the base.
T. Heagy singled and S. Heagy reached
home when the shortstop threw wild on the
return. Straub ended the inni ng by ground-ing
to second .
The hat boys came back stron g in their
half of the inning and tallied their three
runs on two hits and a successful squeeze
play . After that inning the Stetson boys
were helpless before Eisenber ger 's slants.
The Hatters won the game when they
batted in their half of the first. Muffler
was saf e when S. Heagy fumbled his ground-er.
Thomas sacrificed . Hamilton singled
to left and Mauger sent a hot one to centre .
Muffler scored . Hamilton and Ma uger
moved up a base on the throw in. With
Stevenson at the bat , the squeeze play was
engineered. Hamilton and Mauger , who
had a big lead off second , both scored on the
bunt which the Stetson catcher laid down .
Eisenberger was upset by this performance ,
and before he had recovered thre e of the
Hatters were presented with bases on balls.
With the bags loaded David struck out.
The Hershey boiys scored their second
and last run in the fifth inning when Alber t
was hit by a pitched ball and advanced to
third on Forrest 's single. In an attempt to
catch Forrest at first , the ball went wild and
Albert crossed the home plate.
T. Heagy was robbed of a possible two-bagger
in the eighth inning when Hamilton ,
the left fielder , made a beautiful stop of the
ball and threw the ball to first ahead of the
runner.
STORE PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS
An afternoon , crammed full of sports of
every descri ption , marked the annual picnic
of the Hershey Store at Valley Glen last
Friday afternoon and evening . Not only
the store employees but those from the
Printery , the Mechanical Department and
several others enjoyed the day.
One of the main events was a game of
ball between the Store and the Mechanical
Department which was won by the Store
boys through all around better playin g.
Bathing "and various contests all came in for
their share of the program.
Last, but notleas t,camethe "eats. " It was
the unanimous opinion that the dinner com-mittee
would have been a credit to the United
States army . Everything in the line of
edibles was loaded on the long tables . To
permit anything to remain upon the table
constituted a crime and there fore everyone
was forced to his or her share in* causing the
disappearance of the delicacies.
Shortl y after dusk , the affair br ke up,
the picknickers returning to Hershey by
truck. Altogether it was voted one of the
most successful picnics upon the records of
the store.
LOCAL BOY RECEIVES COMMISSION
Word has been received here to the affect
that Lester A. Keiffer , son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Keiffer , has been awarded a Lieu-tenant
's Commission in the Aviation Service,
Signal Corps , U. S. A. Lieutenant KeiSer
entered the service shortl y after the out-break
of war and was immediately sent to
Fort Worth , Texas, at which place he has
been ever since. He attained the highest
non-comm ission rank possible, that of Master
Electrician during the period of the war.
As a reward for his services he received his
commission last week.
OFFIC ERS
FACE CHARGE
OF CRUELTY
All over the country , a wave of indigna-tion,
turnin g into a perfect fury of rage * is
growing stronger with the tales of barbous
cruelty inflicted upon American prisoners in
American pri sons, as related by witnesses
before the congressional sub-committee which
is investigating the disciplinary system of
the A. E. F.
Some of the testimony is nearl y beyond
belief but of the truthfulness of the accounts
the re can be but little doubt. At the hear-ing
yesterda y, the men "higher up" than
th ose in char ge of the camps, were blamed
for the conditions. Colonel T. Q. Donald-son,
of the Inspectors General 's Department ,
who made an official investi gation of the
prisons after the first charge of brutality
was made public , was the principal witness.
Under close questionin g by Representative
Bland, and wi h much reluctance , Colonel
Donaldson admitted that . much blame for
the brutal conditions surrounding he Paris
camp must be kid to General Harts.
"Hardboiled" Smith , who was in char ge
of one of the camps, admitted that "terrible
brutalities " were practiced in the prison
camp but he said that his camp was a
"pleasure resort " compared to some others.
He was sentenced to three years imprison-ment
but his sentence , for some unknown
reason , was later reduced to eighteen months.
The descri ption of Smith 's Camp as a
"summer resort " was contradicted by Ser-geant
Clarence E. Ball, formerl y the lieu-tenant
's subordinate , and now serving a
penitentiary sentence for cruelty to pris oners.
He swore that he and others had been
forced to beat scores of prisoners on the
direct orders of Smith and often in his
presence.
The most sensational testimon y of the
hearing was given by Jose ph C. Ryszelewski,
a sophomore of the University of Pennsyl-vania
, who enlisted in the aviation corps.
Ryszelewski , who speaks English, French ,
Polish and Russian , got into some trouble
over gambling which was not specified in
the testimony, and was sentenc ed to three
years imprisonment.
"I saw men in the stocka de prison at
Gievres tortured to make them give evidence
against their comrades ," he said. "They
were hand-cuffed and chained to the walls
and then beaten senseless with blackjack s
by sergea nts ."
Ryszelewski described one case of a colored
soldier who was caught entering the kitchen
at night to try and get some food. The
prisoners were so hungry, he declared , that
they begged food from the Chinese coolies
working on the roads. The negro was
beaten unconscious with blackjacks by three
sergeants. Afterward he was put in solitary
confinement where his hah* was burned off
his head and he was flogged on the soles of
the feet with sticks to try and make him tell
the name of a supposed accomplice.
STORE BEATS MECHANICS
The Store Department again demonstrated
their superior ity over the Mechanical De-partment
in the national pastime by trounc-ing
them in a decisive manner Tuesday
evening befor e a large crowd of spectators.
The final score was 11-5, and the Mecha nical
boys walked off the field under a bar rage of
gloom, while the Store boys were corres-pond
entl y elated.
Homer Smith was elected to do the hurling
for the Mechanics and his offerings were
welcomed by the Store _ Boys who pounded
the ball to all corners of the lot "Paps "
Zentmyer was on the mound for the victors
and he succeeded in keeping the hits well
scattered. Both Shellenhammer and Cyrus
Garman , opposing catchers , played a. nice
brand of ball and supported the pitchers in
big league style.
The game marked the come back of one
of Hershey's old reliables, "Pink" Saylor ,
who at one time hurled dismay into the
ranks of the opposition when it was an-nounced
that he would pitch for Hershey.
He celebrated his return to the game by
fielding an errorless game at shorts top and
pounding out two clean hits.
The game was staged for the benefit of
Howard Romig and a nice sum was realized.
STOCK CO.
TO CONTIN UE
IN THEATRE
Patrons of Hershey Park Theatre will be
glad to learn that the United Southern Stock
Company will continue to play in the Park
Theatre for several weeks longer at least,
and possibly for the balan ce of the summer.
They had originally been scheduled for a
six week's run which would have ended [this
week.
There is little doubt but that this company
is one of the best that has ever appear ed in
Hershey . Supported by an exceptionally
strong cast of versatile performers , they
mixed their plays, comedy with drama land
melo-drama , in a manner that aroused the
admiration of the large audiences. '
The plays presented have all been of the
popular trend , plays that have been carry ing
the people by storm. ' i ¦
The compan y is booked for appeara nce
in the northern part of the state for thej last
two weeks of August but efforts are to be
made to cancel the engagement. If itjcan
be arr anged , they wiU finish out the summer
season here in Hershey. !
In addition to provin g themselves capable
actors , they have proven to be desirable
citizens and have made a number of warm
friends throughout the community. |
The program for the latter part of next
week has not been announc ed as yet. jThe
bill for the early part of the weekiwill be
the old time favorite , "Ten Night s in a|Bar
Room." This play needs no intro duction .
It has stood-upon its meri ts for a number of
years and when produced by as capable
company as the United Southern Stock
Company , it is certain not to lose any of its
popularity . I
COLORED TEAM TO PLAY HER SHEY
TO-NIGHT I
The Harrisburg Giants , the crack j colored
organization of that place, will oppose the
Hershey nine in a twilight game this evening.
The local boys will have to exert thems elves
if they want to come off with a victory, as
the colored boys have one of thej fastest
teams in this section. They have estab-lished
quite an enviabl e repntati onj having
defeated some of the championship con-tenders
in easy manner .
The Rosewood Club of Harrisbur g will
be the attraction next Tuesda y evening.
This should prove a great game as ther e is
more or less friendl y rivalry between these
aggregations. The Rosewood Club; isj one
of the oldest organizatio ns in Harrisburg
and has done much towards , developing
clean athletics in that city. ¦
j
The Hershey baseball team defeated
the Rosewood combina tion several years
ago on the local diamond by a 4-2 score,! and
the Cap ital City boys are out to even up
the score. j
The Rosewood team is a member of the
Allison Hill League and is composed (of a
number of high class player s. They, have
been greatly handicappe d this i season
through lack of pitchers. For this game
however , "Lefty " Chall enger, the old Rose-wood
standby, will do the hurlin g. I
CHILD WELFARE WORK
As a stimulus to increa se interest in the
Child welfare work now being carr ied on in
Hershey under the direc tion of Mr s. K. fl.
Becker , Community Nur se, apprize hasjbeen
offered to the baby fulfillin g the require ^
ments of the work to the greatest extent.
The weighing and measuring of •* babies
under school age is to be continued Tuesday
and Thursday afterno ons of every Week
from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock. Untol d benefit
is derived from these lectures and;de mon-stra
tions and mothers are urged to-bring
their babies to every meeting if. possible.
APPROPRIATE SERVICES AT! PALI *
LUTHERAN !
Appropriate services will mark the unveil-ing
and presentation of th e Baptism al {Font
presented by the Sempre Fidelis Class of the
Palm Lutheran Church, Palmyra, [Sunday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Dedication ser-vice
will be held in the evening, hi charge
of the pastor , the Rev. H. A. Kunkle, M. A.
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LARGE CROWD
(EXPECTED AT
UNION PICNIC
All arrangements have been completed for
the Union Picnic of the Hershey Churches
to be held in Carsonia Park , Reading, Friday ,
August 8. Jud ging by the number who
have already stated their intention of going
it will be the largest picnic in point of
attendance in the history of the town.
The general committee have about com-pleted
all their plans. There seems however
to be a little question in the minds of some
concerning the railroad fare . In last week's
Press it was stated that the fare would be
$1.22 for adults and half fare for children
under twelve years of age. That fare for
the adults includes the transportation rate
upon the street car from the Reading term-inal
to the Park , the railroad fare being but
$1.08. The half rate fare does not app ly to
children upon the street cars. The street
car company does not permit children to
ride at that rate , therefore making the
children 's total fare $.68.
It is expected that a number of people
from outside the town will accompany the
picknickers and according ly arrangements
have been made to have the train stop at
Palmyra and Lebanon.
The Basket Committee is emphatic in
their request that the baskets be placed at
the respective stations before 7.00 o'clock
a. m. as the trucks will gather , them promptl y
at that hour. In case that they are not
there at that time, the owners will be forced
to handle them themselves.
At a meeting of the Sports Committee
Tuesday evening, the program of sports for
the day was drawn up. Every possible
kind of contest is included , and prizes will
be awarded the winne rs . One of the events
scheduled is a ball game between the single
men and the married men. Cyrus Garman
was appointed manage r for the single men
and Paul Zentmyer will serve in the same
capacity for the benedicts. The program in
full for the day follows:
1. Baseball game, Single men vs Married
men—10:30 a. m.
Afternoon —1:30 o'clock:
1. Apple eating contest'
Boys and girs, 5 to 12 years.
2. Three leg race
Boys and girls , 5 to 12 years.
3. Bag race
Boys and girls 5 to 12 years.
4. Peanut race
Children 5 years and under .
5. Husband and Wife race.
6. Fat Man 's Race
7. Fat Woman 's Race .
8. Shoe Scramble (all).
9. Tug of war
Men and Women , Boys and Girls
10. Ball throwing contest.
Girls 16 to 25 years .
11. Rooster fight (all).
12. Biscuit eating contest
Boys and girls under 16 years .
13. 100 yd. dash
Boys and girls—16 and under
Boys and girls—16 to 21 years
Boys and women—21 and over.
14. Relay race.
15. Peanut Scramb le.
SHOE SHININ G STAND IN BARBER
SHOP
Another industrious business venture has
been started 'in Hershey in the form of a
boot-blacking estab lishment in the Hershey
Barter Shop, under the direction of Dick
Wallis, champion shoe shiner of Harrisburg
and vicinity. The future owner of the
chain of Wallis Shoe Shining Parlors began
his career in Hershey this week. He guar-antees
satisfaction or no fee collected .
THOMAS BLACK CUTS HAND
While try ing to fit a cork into a bottle
last week, Thomas Black, proprietor of the
Hershey Barber Shop, met with a serious
accident when the bottle sudd enly broke ,
cutting a deep gash in his righ t hand. Dr.
Zimmerman , who was called in, found it
necessary to insert five stitches to dose the
wound. It is healin g nicely now but Mr.
Black will be obliged to remai n inactive for
several weeks.
HAT BOYS WIN
BY ONE RUN
IN BIG GAME
Wildness in the firs t innin g proved the
downfall of Eisenber ger and the Hershey
team in the contest with the Stetson team
of Philadel phia Saturday . Aside from this
inning Eisenberger pitched a wonderful
game, giving the -hard hitting hat makers
but two hits .during the balance of the
game . The final score gave the boys from
the City of Brotherl y Love the long end of
a 3-2 score.
The Hershey boys dr ew first blood when
they sent one man across the plate in the
opening inning. Forrest was out , via third
to first base . Foster reached first when
the shortstop fumbled his hard hit grounder.
S. Heagy then hit safely to center but Foster
was nipped at third on the play when the
fielder made a perfec t throw to the base.
T. Heagy singled and S. Heagy reached
home when the shortstop threw wild on the
return. Straub ended the inni ng by ground-ing
to second .
The hat boys came back stron g in their
half of the inning and tallied their three
runs on two hits and a successful squeeze
play . After that inning the Stetson boys
were helpless before Eisenber ger 's slants.
The Hatters won the game when they
batted in their half of the first. Muffler
was saf e when S. Heagy fumbled his ground-er.
Thomas sacrificed . Hamilton singled
to left and Mauger sent a hot one to centre .
Muffler scored . Hamilton and Ma uger
moved up a base on the throw in. With
Stevenson at the bat , the squeeze play was
engineered. Hamilton and Mauger , who
had a big lead off second , both scored on the
bunt which the Stetson catcher laid down .
Eisenberger was upset by this performance ,
and before he had recovered thre e of the
Hatters were presented with bases on balls.
With the bags loaded David struck out.
The Hershey boiys scored their second
and last run in the fifth inning when Alber t
was hit by a pitched ball and advanced to
third on Forrest 's single. In an attempt to
catch Forrest at first , the ball went wild and
Albert crossed the home plate.
T. Heagy was robbed of a possible two-bagger
in the eighth inning when Hamilton ,
the left fielder , made a beautiful stop of the
ball and threw the ball to first ahead of the
runner.
STORE PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS
An afternoon , crammed full of sports of
every descri ption , marked the annual picnic
of the Hershey Store at Valley Glen last
Friday afternoon and evening . Not only
the store employees but those from the
Printery , the Mechanical Department and
several others enjoyed the day.
One of the main events was a game of
ball between the Store and the Mechanical
Department which was won by the Store
boys through all around better playin g.
Bathing "and various contests all came in for
their share of the program.
Last, but notleas t,camethe "eats. " It was
the unanimous opinion that the dinner com-mittee
would have been a credit to the United
States army . Everything in the line of
edibles was loaded on the long tables . To
permit anything to remain upon the table
constituted a crime and there fore everyone
was forced to his or her share in* causing the
disappearance of the delicacies.
Shortl y after dusk , the affair br ke up,
the picknickers returning to Hershey by
truck. Altogether it was voted one of the
most successful picnics upon the records of
the store.
LOCAL BOY RECEIVES COMMISSION
Word has been received here to the affect
that Lester A. Keiffer , son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Keiffer , has been awarded a Lieu-tenant
's Commission in the Aviation Service,
Signal Corps , U. S. A. Lieutenant KeiSer
entered the service shortl y after the out-break
of war and was immediately sent to
Fort Worth , Texas, at which place he has
been ever since. He attained the highest
non-comm ission rank possible, that of Master
Electrician during the period of the war.
As a reward for his services he received his
commission last week.
OFFIC ERS
FACE CHARGE
OF CRUELTY
All over the country , a wave of indigna-tion,
turnin g into a perfect fury of rage * is
growing stronger with the tales of barbous
cruelty inflicted upon American prisoners in
American pri sons, as related by witnesses
before the congressional sub-committee which
is investigating the disciplinary system of
the A. E. F.
Some of the testimony is nearl y beyond
belief but of the truthfulness of the accounts
the re can be but little doubt. At the hear-ing
yesterda y, the men "higher up" than
th ose in char ge of the camps, were blamed
for the conditions. Colonel T. Q. Donald-son,
of the Inspectors General 's Department ,
who made an official investi gation of the
prisons after the first charge of brutality
was made public , was the principal witness.
Under close questionin g by Representative
Bland, and wi h much reluctance , Colonel
Donaldson admitted that . much blame for
the brutal conditions surrounding he Paris
camp must be kid to General Harts.
"Hardboiled" Smith , who was in char ge
of one of the camps, admitted that "terrible
brutalities " were practiced in the prison
camp but he said that his camp was a
"pleasure resort " compared to some others.
He was sentenced to three years imprison-ment
but his sentence , for some unknown
reason , was later reduced to eighteen months.
The descri ption of Smith 's Camp as a
"summer resort " was contradicted by Ser-geant
Clarence E. Ball, formerl y the lieu-tenant
's subordinate , and now serving a
penitentiary sentence for cruelty to pris oners.
He swore that he and others had been
forced to beat scores of prisoners on the
direct orders of Smith and often in his
presence.
The most sensational testimon y of the
hearing was given by Jose ph C. Ryszelewski,
a sophomore of the University of Pennsyl-vania
, who enlisted in the aviation corps.
Ryszelewski , who speaks English, French ,
Polish and Russian , got into some trouble
over gambling which was not specified in
the testimony, and was sentenc ed to three
years imprisonment.
"I saw men in the stocka de prison at
Gievres tortured to make them give evidence
against their comrades ," he said. "They
were hand-cuffed and chained to the walls
and then beaten senseless with blackjack s
by sergea nts ."
Ryszelewski described one case of a colored
soldier who was caught entering the kitchen
at night to try and get some food. The
prisoners were so hungry, he declared , that
they begged food from the Chinese coolies
working on the roads. The negro was
beaten unconscious with blackjacks by three
sergeants. Afterward he was put in solitary
confinement where his hah* was burned off
his head and he was flogged on the soles of
the feet with sticks to try and make him tell
the name of a supposed accomplice.
STORE BEATS MECHANICS
The Store Department again demonstrated
their superior ity over the Mechanical De-partment
in the national pastime by trounc-ing
them in a decisive manner Tuesday
evening befor e a large crowd of spectators.
The final score was 11-5, and the Mecha nical
boys walked off the field under a bar rage of
gloom, while the Store boys were corres-pond
entl y elated.
Homer Smith was elected to do the hurling
for the Mechanics and his offerings were
welcomed by the Store _ Boys who pounded
the ball to all corners of the lot "Paps "
Zentmyer was on the mound for the victors
and he succeeded in keeping the hits well
scattered. Both Shellenhammer and Cyrus
Garman , opposing catchers , played a. nice
brand of ball and supported the pitchers in
big league style.
The game marked the come back of one
of Hershey's old reliables, "Pink" Saylor ,
who at one time hurled dismay into the
ranks of the opposition when it was an-nounced
that he would pitch for Hershey.
He celebrated his return to the game by
fielding an errorless game at shorts top and
pounding out two clean hits.
The game was staged for the benefit of
Howard Romig and a nice sum was realized.
STOCK CO.
TO CONTIN UE
IN THEATRE
Patrons of Hershey Park Theatre will be
glad to learn that the United Southern Stock
Company will continue to play in the Park
Theatre for several weeks longer at least,
and possibly for the balan ce of the summer.
They had originally been scheduled for a
six week's run which would have ended [this
week.
There is little doubt but that this company
is one of the best that has ever appear ed in
Hershey . Supported by an exceptionally
strong cast of versatile performers , they
mixed their plays, comedy with drama land
melo-drama , in a manner that aroused the
admiration of the large audiences. '
The plays presented have all been of the
popular trend , plays that have been carry ing
the people by storm. ' i ¦
The compan y is booked for appeara nce
in the northern part of the state for thej last
two weeks of August but efforts are to be
made to cancel the engagement. If itjcan
be arr anged , they wiU finish out the summer
season here in Hershey. !
In addition to provin g themselves capable
actors , they have proven to be desirable
citizens and have made a number of warm
friends throughout the community. |
The program for the latter part of next
week has not been announc ed as yet. jThe
bill for the early part of the weekiwill be
the old time favorite , "Ten Night s in a|Bar
Room." This play needs no intro duction .
It has stood-upon its meri ts for a number of
years and when produced by as capable
company as the United Southern Stock
Company , it is certain not to lose any of its
popularity . I
COLORED TEAM TO PLAY HER SHEY
TO-NIGHT I
The Harrisburg Giants , the crack j colored
organization of that place, will oppose the
Hershey nine in a twilight game this evening.
The local boys will have to exert thems elves
if they want to come off with a victory, as
the colored boys have one of thej fastest
teams in this section. They have estab-lished
quite an enviabl e repntati onj having
defeated some of the championship con-tenders
in easy manner .
The Rosewood Club of Harrisbur g will
be the attraction next Tuesda y evening.
This should prove a great game as ther e is
more or less friendl y rivalry between these
aggregations. The Rosewood Club; isj one
of the oldest organizatio ns in Harrisburg
and has done much towards , developing
clean athletics in that city. ¦
j
The Hershey baseball team defeated
the Rosewood combina tion several years
ago on the local diamond by a 4-2 score,! and
the Cap ital City boys are out to even up
the score. j
The Rosewood team is a member of the
Allison Hill League and is composed (of a
number of high class player s. They, have
been greatly handicappe d this i season
through lack of pitchers. For this game
however , "Lefty " Chall enger, the old Rose-wood
standby, will do the hurlin g. I
CHILD WELFARE WORK
As a stimulus to increa se interest in the
Child welfare work now being carr ied on in
Hershey under the direc tion of Mr s. K. fl.
Becker , Community Nur se, apprize hasjbeen
offered to the baby fulfillin g the require ^
ments of the work to the greatest extent.
The weighing and measuring of •* babies
under school age is to be continued Tuesday
and Thursday afterno ons of every Week
from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock. Untol d benefit
is derived from these lectures and;de mon-stra
tions and mothers are urged to-bring
their babies to every meeting if. possible.
APPROPRIATE SERVICES AT! PALI *
LUTHERAN !
Appropriate services will mark the unveil-ing
and presentation of th e Baptism al {Font
presented by the Sempre Fidelis Class of the
Palm Lutheran Church, Palmyra, [Sunday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Dedication ser-vice
will be held in the evening, hi charge
of the pastor , the Rev. H. A. Kunkle, M. A.
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Heavy Negev Rains Into June
The rainy season in Israel, especially in the southern desert region, normally ends by Passover, or sometime in April. Between Passover and Shavuot/Pentecost we are more accustomed to hot dry winds and dust. This year we have seen an unusually high amount of rainfall — some deadly in their effects — well into June. This is highly unusual. This year so far, June has seen the second highest rainfall in Israel, only behind 1992. But the Negev has seen some historic amounts of rain during this period, and this month.
We know that many people pray for rain in Israel, and rainfall is definitely needed . . . . during the rainy season. The blessing of God regarding rain is the right amount at the right time — not simply rain in quantities. It is always nice to have the occasional summer rain shower to break the heat and wash off the dust from everything.
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While Oslo and Bergen are the big draws for tourists, Norway is first and foremost a place of unforgettable natural beauty. There’s a certain mystique about the “land of the midnight sun,” but you’ll enjoy the most scenic travel thrills per mile, minute, and dollar by going west from Oslo rather than north. And the handiest way to do that on a quick visit is the “Norway in a Nutshell” package.
A series of well-organized and spectacular bus, train, and ferry connections — appropriately nicknamed “Norway in a Nutshell” — lays Norway’s beautiful fjord country before you on a scenic platter. You’ll ride the train from Oslo to a high-mountain station (Myrdal), where you’ll take a super-scenic tourist train down to the fjord hamlet of Flåm, where you’ll catch a ferry up and down two breathtaking fjords to the village of Gudvangen, where a bus is waiting to zip you scenically into the mountains, where you’ll board your train to Bergen (or back to Oslo). Whew!
Here’s the general game plan for your five Nutshell segments, from Oslo to Bergen (it also works in the opposite direction — just read these steps backwards):
1) National train from Oslo to Myrdal (5 hours, departs each morning at 6:43 — recommended, and again at 8:05 — for sleepyheads; reserve either train in advance).
On a sunny day, the ride is one of those fine times — like when you’re high on the tip of an Alp — when a warm camaraderie spontaneously combusts between the strangers who’ve come together for the experience.
Here are photos of some of these steps, snapped during my latest trip:
The journey from Oslo into the mountains is simply the most spectacular train ride in northern Europe. The scenery crescendos as you climb over Norway’s mountainous spine. After a mild three hours of deep woods and lakes, you’re into the barren, windswept heaths and glaciers. These tracks were begun in 1894 to link Stockholm and Bergen, but Norway won its independence from Sweden in 1905, so the line served to link the two main cities in the new country: Oslo and Bergen. The entire railway, an amazing engineering feat completed in 1909, is 300 miles long; peaks at 4,266 feet, which, at this Alaskan latitude, is far above the tree line; goes under 18 miles of snow sheds; trundles over 300 bridges; and passes through 200 tunnels in just under seven hours.
All along the way, I noticed mountain bikers (many of them entire families pedaling together) enjoying what looked like wonderful rides high above the tree line, along lakes and skirting patches of snow still there late in the summer. At several towns, the conductor may announce for how many minutes the train will be there. This gives you a few fun moments to get out, stretch, take a photograph, and look around.
Sailing Norway’s fjords can be breathtaking in any weather. My favorite trip is sailing from Flåm up the Aurlandsfjord (pictured here), and then down the Nærøyfjord. Camera-clicking tourists scurry around struggling to get a photo that will catch the magic. Waterfalls turn the black cliffs into bridal veils, and you can nearly reach out and touch the cliffs.
Norway’s greatest claims to scenic fame are her deep, lush fjords. Three million years ago, an ice age made this land as inhabitable as the center of Greenland. As the glaciers advanced and cut their way to the sea, they gouged out long grooves — today’s fjords. The entire west coast is slashed by stunning fjords, and the Sognefjord — Norway’s longest (120 miles) and deepest (1 mile) — is tops. The seductive Sognefjord has tiny but tough ferries, towering canyons, and isolated farms and villages marinated in the mist of countless waterfalls.
Enjoying the fjord views from my “Norway in a Nutshell” ferry, the last thing on my mind was the five Nutshell segments and how to connect them. But as you’re planning this amazing day, it’s likely the first thing on your mind. Study the steps I’ve outlined, and confirm specific times for your trip at www.ruteinfo.net. But most of all: Relax. Everyone’s going where you’re going, and the connections are well-coordinated. Just go with the flow and enjoy the scenery.
About This Entry
Glad to know Norway in a Nutshell is still available. We did that tour in 1978 and it was fantastic! All the sights were as beautiful as described. But Rick, you didn’t mention the bus ride up Stalheim Gorge. In ’78 it was a steep single lane with 2-way traffic, switchbacks, and a sheer drop. I recall all conversation on the bus stopped when the driver backed up to let another vehicle go by. When we got to the hotel at the top for refreshments, the driver told us we could get out to enjoy the view, but everyone just sat there, unable to move. But it was worth it>
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Cary Harkaway - Aug 23, 2014 05:33 PM
The Stalheim road has been replaced by a tunnel. You can still drive down (one way only) but it takes a detour. Great view from the hotel terrace still though. I don’t remember what it was like in ’78, I was only born that year :)
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Charges Filed Against Colby Fire Suspects
The U.S. Attorney's Office filed charges against the three men accused of starting the Colby Fire, which burned more than 1,900 acres and destroyed five homes in the San Gabriel Mountains. Kim Baldonado reports from downtown Los Angeles for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (Published Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014)
Three Southern California men accused of starting the 1,952-acre Colby Fire allegedly smoked marijuana as the brush fire flared, according to a federal complaint filed on Tuesday.
Clifford Eugene Henry Jr., 22, of Glendora; Steven Robert Aguirre, 21, a transient last known to live in Los Angeles; and Jonathan Carl Jarrell, 23, of Irwindale, were charged with one federal count each of unlawfully setting a fire.
The men allegedly tossed papers into a campfire when winds sent embers into the brush above Glendora, setting off the Colby Fire.
A federal complaint alleges they were camping, smoking pot and watching videos on a laptop when their campfire got out of control.
Colby Blaze Rages, Firefight Continues
They face up to five years in prison if convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Residents Return After Colby Fire Evacs Lifted
As residents in Azusa prepare to return to their homes after mandatory fire evacuations are lifted, some recall the experience of watching a fire threaten their houses. Reggie Kumar reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014.
Glendora police Chief Tim Staab last week a resident called police shortly after the fire began and reported seeing at least two people near what was believed to be the origin of the blaze.
Colby Fire Evacuees Return to Homes
As crews make progress on the Colby Fire near Azusa, most of the residents placed under evacuation orders are being allowed to return to their homes. Kim Baldonado reports from Azusa for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014.
Firefighters Struggle to Contain Colby Fire
Firefighters continue to battle the Colby Fire, which began Thursday morning in the Angeles National Forest near Glendora. The fire has burned more than 1,800 acres and is 30 percent contained. Azusa residents were still not allowed home on Saturday morning. Reggie Kumar reports for Today in LA Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014.
(Published Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014)
The Colby Fire was 95 percent contained as of Tuesday.
It destroyed five homes, damaged 17 others and injured six people, including five firefighters and a civilian. It also prompted evacuations of several neighborhoods.
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During the first week of July 1885 William and George Gordon Graham, together with other Carlisle ranger riders, shot up a Ute encampment in the Blue Mountains of southern Utah, killing six sleeping... more
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Catholic Revert
Scott Woltze
At the age of 18, Scott Woltze robbed three banks and was sent to prison. After his release he pursued a life as a secular academic. Then at the age of 33, he had an experience of the mercy and love of God, and reverted back to the Catholic faith.
So let’s start with the obvious question: How does an eighteen year-old come to the shocking decision to rob banks? At that time I thought I was at an impasse: I dropped out of high school after being suspended seven times my senior year, and I’d just quit my job because I couldn’t manage my anxiety amongst the ups and downs. I was still reeling from a rough childhood, and I had gradually become alienated in some deep sense from life itself, from existence, from the ultimate meaning of things. Of course now I know that all of these things add up to the fact that I was alienated from God—who I didn’t even believe in at the time. Even so, I couldn’t bear this alienation, and so I held the strange view that the radical act of robbing banks would help me break through the gray facade of life and scratch the bottom of existence. I thought that robbing banks was so out of the ordinary, such a break from the normal that it would cause a kind of metaphysical rupture and I would finally see life for what it is. I also thought that robbing banks would surely land me in prison—since I knew that nine out of ten bank robbers get caught—and that prison would give me a chance to rebuild myself. I know it sounds crazy—a wild paradox—but I was making an escape into prison as a last attempt to salvage myself. And believe it or not it actually worked and exceeded all of my desperate hopes.
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The November 17–18 Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim show will have an encore on December 4.
Melissa Errico
Following the virtual sell-out of her November 17 and 18 Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim concert dates at at Feinstein’s/54 Below supper club in New York city, the actor-singer has added a third performance, 7 PM December 4.
Tony Award nominee Errico, who sold out the same venue in June, told Playbill “I’m thrilled that there’s been such an enthusiastic response to my singing Sondheim. It’s a tribute to Steve, to his music, and to the appetite we all have now, in this troubled time, for work of seriousness and soul.”
She said she’s grateful for the chance to bring her concert back to Manhattan. “It had that excitement of something that would happen once, and be over in a flash! And now we get to do it again!”
The star of Broadway’s Amour (Tony Award nomination), High Society, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas has performed in composer Stephen Sondheim’s musicals regionally and Off-Broadway (Do I Hear a Waltz?, Passion).
Nevertheless, she felt she needed to do extensive research on the composer for the cabaret show. “I watched and listened to everything I could get my hands on about Sondheim. The more I learned, the more I admired him. I think he represents the very best of all that is intelligent, ironic, introspective, skeptical, urban and cosmopolitan. And within his musicals, hidden in the stories, sitting like a solid truth under the music, is the celebration and confidence of the outsider. I've even started to deeply regret not having a career in the 1970s when he was just reaching his maturity—and could have written something for me! I was newborn then, so I really did miss all the fun. But there is good fortune in being able to retrospect his work: I am in the very early stages of planning my next solo studio album to be recorded in the spring. Produced by Rob Mathes, it will be all Sondheim.”
She has had the privilege of working for the composer of Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music and other modern Broadway landmarks, playing Dot in a Kennedy Center production of his Sunday in the Park With George. She says, “The first time I sang for Stephen Sondheim I was in a rehearsal room at the Kennedy Center— fully clothed but lying in an empty bathtub, singing the ‘Color & Light’ sequence. I was playing Dot opposite Raul Esparza, whom I had only met a few days before. We had to dive straight into rehearsal. I remember Raul’s reaction when Steve came in. He became even more passionate and inspired, as he was already singing that manic music ‘red, red, red, red....’ I remember feeling excited and a little bit foolish, pretending to be kicking bubbles in a bath.”
And that’s when she took a chance that led to Sondheim changing one of his lyrics for her. “Having Dot nude in the bathtub in the number was, I’ll confess, my own idea. Looking back, I’m a little embarrassed that I wasn’t yet sufficiently knowledgeable about Sondheim to know that you weren’t supposed to suggest alterations like that. I was aware that the bathtub was a bold idea—but I also knew that Impressionist paintings were, historically, full of nude girls in bathtubs. (I was an art history major in college.) My concept was that Dot's nudity would be unashamed and might even accent the rejection when George chooses to cancel their date-night in order to finish the damn hat.
“I took it for granted that Mr. Sondheim would be glad to see a Dot frolicking, Follies-style, in make-believe water instead of at her makeup table, as in the iconic Bernadette Peters performance. I hadn't had time to discuss this concept with him, and being that I was already in a tub, it seemed a bit late to start the discussion. So, I guess the answer is: the first time I sang for him I was, more or less, ‘singing in the shower.’ Fortunately, he liked the idea, and actually altered the lyrics to make them fit the bathtub: after debating ‘more soap,’ he went with ‘more scent.’
Errico is making some alterations in her current show, as well. “I have always wanted to sing this song [“The Miller’s Son” from A Little Night Music], and I'm working on adding it to my set list. It is the most daunting and dazzling of songs, lusty in every sense. Ever since listening to Judy Kuhn sing [“Loving You”] eight times a week when we were doing Passion together, I have loved this song. Out of the context of the show, I have my own attachment to the message of the song and harmonically, it’s a piece of music that’s unparalleled—and heart-wrenchingly romantic. Like all of Fosca’s songs, it has to be sung very straightforwardly to avoid sounding crazy. And I might sing something else from Passion. Maybe a Clara song. Passion, obsession, romantic doom—it’s my material.”
Feinstein’s/54 Below is located at 254 West 54th Street, beneath Studio 54, in Manhattan. Tickets, which cost $45 to $85 (plus a $25 food/drink minimum), are now on sale and can be ordered here.
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They have no clean water to drink and are being forced to wash themselves and their clothes in a nearby river, which is contaminated by filth.
Their previously picturesque village had hoped to draw in tourists with its spectacular sea views. Now, it resembles the set of a disaster film. The ground is no longer visible and it is impossible to walk around without treading on the scattered remains of the villagers’ shattered lives – everything from children’s toys to mattresses and wardrobes lying where the storm hurled them, among rubbish washed in by the sea.
“We are alive but life is very hard,” said Jolita, who sold rice at a local market. “We are all exhausted and hungry. For now, I can see no way forward for us. Our only meals come when Lionell is able to catch a fish but that is so hard as his boat and all his fishing equipment were taken away by the sea during the hurricane.
“He keeps going into the water on foot to catch what he can but many times there are no fish. We’re not eating much. I don’t know what we are going to do – we have nothing left. We are surviving day to day.”
Satellite image of Hurricane Matthew is seen moving through the Bahamas (Image: NASA)
Jolita’s neighbour Roseline, 33, has five children aged between seven and 18 - and is six months pregnant.
Her husband Joel, 46, left their village four days before the hurricane to visit his mother in Jeremie, 77 miles away. When the hurricane’s route and full force became clear, he stayed to protect his mum.
But Roseline has not heard from him since and now fears the worst.
She said: “I pray to God he is alive but I just don’t know and I fear for the health of my unborn baby. I can’t go to the hospital because I can’t physically get there. My belly has been hurting and I can’t check if everything is OK.”
Speaking of the moment she realised she had to get herself and her children out of Port Salut to save their lives, Roseline added: “We ran for our lives and took shelter in a school next to a church. The storm carried on from 1am until 6pm. It was terrifying and then when we returned we found what you can see now. It is like the start of the apocalypse. We came back to a world of s***.
“I’m stressed out. I don’t know what is going to happen to any of us now. It is like living in a nightmare.”
More than 1,000 men, women and children have been killed, tens of thousands are homeless and an estimated 2.1 million people – including 500,000 children – are in urgent need of medicine, food, clean water and safe toilet facilities.
Ninety per cent of some areas in the southern Haiti have been destroyed, leading to thousands of temporary shelters being set up.
Entire villages like Port Salut were flattened and tens of thousands of trees toppled as 145mph winds and torrential rain tore through the island. Bridges were demolished, crops ruined and animals drowned.
For those left behind here, a new fight for survival has begun.
Fears of famine and cholera are mounting in the stricken country, which is one of the poorest in the world.
Many of Haiti’s dead have already been buried in mass graves. Flooding and contamination have made water unsafe to drink.
Small towns all along the western part of Haiti suffered extreme damage from heavy winds and rains and on the coastal areas, storm surge (Image: UNICEF/Abassi)
Killer bacterial infection cholera – which has a short incubation period that leads to rapid outbreaks – can kill within hours if untreated. It has already claimed more than a dozen lives and has so far led to nearly 200 being hospitalised.
Damien Berrendorf, director of Oxfam in Haiti, said: “Our greatest fear is that loss of crops and possible spread of cholera and other diseases will cause more deaths than the actual hurricane over the next days and weeks. We are talking about vulnerable people who have lost everything.
"They’ll not recover livelihoods or reach minimum survival conditions without more support.
“Damage wrought by Hurricane Matthew to roads and power lines in some areas is of the same magnitude to those after the 2010 earthquake.”
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Eleven days after the hurricane, Haiti was last night a country on the edge.
The initial international aid effort – to which Britain is giving £5million – has been stepped up after initially being hampered by the lack of a usable airstrip large enough for cargo planes.
But with many roads still blocked and communications down in the worst-affected areas, the help is still struggling to get through to some areas, leading to anger and even violence. Earlier this week, 1,000 looters armed with stones, knives, ice-picks and hammers battled to grab T-shirts, bags, toys and any other items they could find in destroyed houses and shops on one street.
Aid trucks carrying water supplies as well as cars and jeeps belonging to charities and NGOs have been attacked by looters in recent days and some are now forced to travel in convoy under armed police guard – and only during daylight hours, as it is too dangerous at night.
The people of Haiti – which had still not fully recovered from the 2010 earthquake, which killed 200,000 – know from previous experience there will be no quick fix.
Yesterday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon flew in to see some of the hardest-hit areas. He visited the city of Les Cayes as the UN appealed for $120million to help the stricken island. So far $6.1million has been raised, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Aid agencies say it could take a decade to get people’s lives back to normal. In the most devastated areas in the south-west region, more than 80 per cent of the population relied on self-sufficiency farming.
Two children play with tires in Jeremie, a town the Garnd-Anse Department, Haiti (Image: UNICEF/Moreno Gonzalez)
It was proudly known here as Haiti’s Pantry, as it provided most of the country’s food.
With their crops destroyed and farm animals killed by the hurricane, many are now going hungry and cannot afford to buy replacement seeds or farming tools.
Jean Claude Fignole, programme director of Oxfam in Haiti, said: “The west coast of the country is still cut off and we fear that the numbers are going to increase considerably as emergency teams advance.
“What is most urgent now is to provide safe water to prevent disease, as well as food and essential supplies. Mobilisation of the international community in support of the Haitian people is urgently needed.”
Back in Port Salut, fisherman Robert Labri, 37, a married dad of one, summed up the community’s sense of helplessness.
He said: “God knows what we will do now. We have nothing to live on and we have all lost our homes.
“We want to rebuild here but we don’t have the means. We cannot do this ourselves, we’re all in the same situation and desperately need help.
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Housing.com to lay-off 600 employees in next 3 months
A management representative at Housing said the company was laying off 160 employees in noncore businesses that it plans to shut. The threeyear-old startup employs about 2,600 people.Aditi Shrivastava&Krithika Krishnamurthy | ET Bureau | August 10, 2015, 08:40 IST
Target India is laying off 180 employees in its Bengaluru centre as the US retailer undertakes a global restructuring with the objective of saving $2 billion in the next two years. (Representative image)BENGALURU: Realty portal Housing.com plans to lay off at least 600 employees in the next three months, as it steps up focus on its core technology and product and tightens its cash burn, according to several people familiar with developments at the company.
"Housing is being completely restructured and performance for each employee across departments is being (scrutinised)," said a top executive at the company, which in July fired cofounder and former CEORahul Yadav for bad behaviour after months of chaos.
"While some people have been asked to leave because businesses are being shut down, others because of underperformance and in some cases due to overstaffing," this person said.
A management representative at Housing said the company was laying off 160 employees in noncore businesses that it plans to shut. The threeyear-old startup employs about 2,600 people.
After the recent upheavals in its top management, Mumbai-based Housing.com has increased focus on revenue-generation and building an advertisement business. It has shut its commercial properties, short stays and land businesses and streamlined focus on large cities and towns while ceasing operations in smaller cities.
"The plan is to make the model much more skeletal. Internally, there is going to be a lot of churn on the product side as well," said one of the persons familiar with the developments.Another person said Housing is laying off underperformers in its engineering and product divisions and has fired operations staff it had hired for expanding to new cities. All the people who spoke on the layoffs at Housing declined to be identified.
Housing is currently managed by an executive committee that controls its finances and operations. The committee is led by Jonathan Bullock, who represents majority shareholder SoftBank on the board of Housing. Rishabh Gupta, interim CEO and chief operating officer, Housing's first angel investor Haresh Chawla and chief technical officer Abhishek Anand are also in the committee.
Housing—which competes with CommonFloor, 99Acres and MagicBricks, owned by the publisher of this paper—has so far raised more than Rs 760 crore ($120 million) in funding and is valued at over Rs 1,500 crore. It was founded in 2012 by a dozen college-mates from IIT-Mumbai. Four of them, including Yadav, have now left the company.
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Who is Responsible for the Navy?
"If 'The Truth about the Navy
' is true, whom must we impeach?" was the blunt question asked us by a correspondent the day after we published the startling revelation by "One who Knows the Facts." "The Truth about the Navy" was only too true, but what is wanted is not impeachment but amendment. Our lost ground must be regained. Our superiority at sea must be rendered irresistible. In this Whigs and Tories all agree, and our democracy, which to a certain extent is on its trial, prompted by the instinct of self-preservation, will no longer face the risk of attempting to guard an increased population, a more extended empire, a vaster commerce, and an enormously multiplied capital with a comparatively smaller naval force than was held to be indispensable in
1868.
The nation is of one mind about this matter. The maintenance of our naval supremacy is one of those fundamental principles of our national polity which lie beyond the range of party polemic. Our unquestioned supremacy at sea is the charter of our existence. At any cost - without even counting the cost, although it mounted up, as Cobden said, to a hundred millions sterling - we are bound to maintain, unchallenged and indisputable, the absolute empire of the seas. In that respect we brook no rivals near our throne. The moment a question can be raised as to the possible equality a single Power in any department of maritime force, that moment our position becomes insecure, and the removal of that insecurity takes precedence of all other business. It can no longer be disputed - as a matter of fact, it is no longer disputed by any of those responsible for the defence of the country - that our supremacy at sea has ceased to be unchallenged. We have lagged while our rivals have forged ahead. It is no longer a matter of positive certainty that the English navy on the outbreak of war would sweep the seas of our enemies' fleet, and keep the ocean highway free for our mercantile marine. The probability, if not certainty, is all the other way. The country, therefore, is in a condition of peril from which it must be extricated without the loss of a single unnecessary day.
In this grave and serious crisis the nation turns to the Admiralty, and asks the responsible advisers of the First Lord what they propose to do to place the national defences on a sound footing? The present Board is exceptionally strong. At the Head is Admiral Sir A. Cooper Key, the first Naval Lord, who is virtually supreme in the absence of Lord Northbrook. The other lords are Lord Alcester, Admiral Richards, and
Admiral Brandreth. These Naval Lords are assisted by Mr. Rendel, Mr. Campbell Bannerman and Sir Thomas Brassey.
This is a strong and representative Board, a permanent, responsible Committee, in whom the country and the Cabinet rightly repose implicit confidence. What is wanted is that these responsible administrators should frankly but firmly set forth before the First Lord of the Treasury exactly what is wanted in order to put the navy on a satisfactory footing. They know, every man of them, that "One who Knows the Facts" set forth with sober, serious moderation the alarming "Truth about the Navy
." They know (1) that we arc much behind the French in heavy guns; (2) that, with the exception of ironclads of the first-class, France, with not one-fourth of our commerce or our colonies to protect, will soon be abreast of us in ships of war; (3) that we have not half a dozen swift cruisers capable of keeping pace with, to say nothing of overtaking, the swiftest ships that might be let loose on our commerce; (4) that our coaling stations are undefended ; (5) that our ports lie open to every passing cruiser; (6) that there is not a dock in which an ironclad can refit in the whole Indian empire; and (7) that both in torpedo vessels and in torpedo boats the cheapest and
for some purposes the most effective mode of defence, we have
a great deal to do if we are to keep ahead of our rivals. They know all these things, and more besides, but their mouths are closed. Mr. Gladstone, however, will have good reason to complain if he is being kept in the dark by his Admirals as to the actual state of the navy, as Napoleon III. was misinformed by his Marshals about the state of his army in 1870. If they were now to keep silence, the nation, suddenly
roused into a momentary anxiety, will soon be lulled once more into a fool's paradise from which it may not again
be awakened except by a naval Sedan. If the opportunity is lost it may not again occur, and the responsibility for all the consequences of its neglect will be heavy on the Lords of the Admiralty.
The whole matter is as simple and as clear as can be. The responsibility for the maintenance of a supreme navy rests sole and undivided upon the Lords of the Admiralty. If they find that the funds allotted for that purpose are insufficient, they can only relieve themselves of their responsibility by making a formal and emphatic representation to that effect to the First Lord of the Treasury. The Lords of the Admiralty took that course in 1867, when the need was not more pressing than it is to-day. Their representations were promptly attended to then. They would command not less attention now. As we have repeatedly pointed out, the present Prime Minister is peculiarly committed to the maintenance of our naval supremacy. His belief in the irresistible superiority of our fleet is the key to the whole of his foreign and colonial policy. Once prove to his satisfaction that our naval supremacy is really in danger, and there is no Minister England has ever had who will insist more strenuously upon making whatever sacrifices may be required to regain our rightful position of necessary and undisputed pre-eminence. Mr. Gladstone in this, as in other matters, is virtually autocrat of the empire. He can never forget that power has its obligations as well as its prerogatives. But he is busied with so many matters that he may very easily be unaware of the extent to which our naval supremacy is being undermined. In these matters he trusts his Lords of the Admiralty, and until they speak out. warning him in clear and unmistakable
terms of the inefficiency of the fleet, the responsibility is not his but theirs. And how heavy that responsibility is no one knows so well as themselves.
Who is behind this website?
My name is Owen Mulpetre (BA, MPhil), a historian turned web designer and I founded this website in 2001. Since then, it has been used by students, scholars and institutions around the world. It is today the largest online resource on the life and career of W.T. Stead.
If you have a question or query, or you are interested in my web design services, please feel free to Contact me
(but please don't ask me to do your research for you!)
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A hotel room, a bed, a chair. Lovers, strangers and the low moan of a clarinet all intersect in two rarely performed one-act plays by Tennessee Williams — Green Eyes and The Traveling Companion –exploring the consequences of desire and the struggle for love in a cruel world. Adult themes and language.
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Especially after Ellis hit one long-range shot. Then another. And another.
Ellis dominated the final period and led the Milwaukee Bucks back from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to shock the Magic 115-109 at Bradley Center.
"It shows you that the game's not over until there's zeros on that clock," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said. "So our focus and intensity has to be the same throughout. This is a tough one."
In a season full of losses, this defeat hurt more than most. The Magic controlled the Bucks most of the afternoon, only to see a chance at a rare victory slip away.
Ellis scored 25 points in the fourth quarter — the most by any NBA player in a fourth quarter this season — and finished with 39 points.
"It was just going in," Ellis said. "It was just one of them days where you feel it. The crowd got into it, and my teammates had faith in me to give me the ball at the time, and I was able to knock the shots down."
But how did Ellis accomplish what he accomplished?
Magic defenders fully contested only four of his eight fourth-quarter baskets.
Ellis' first 3-pointer of the quarter occurred shortly after Arron Afflalo made an acrobatic layup that left Afflalo sprawled on the floor underneath the backboard. The Bucks' ensuing 5-on-4 advantage left Ellis wide open in the left corner because Jameer Nelson had to leave Ellis to defend Brandon Jennings.
Ellis made his second 3-pointer of the period with the Bucks down by nine points. Ekpe Udoh screened Afflalo, and Afflalo didn't maneuver around the screen well enough while Tobias Harris didn't collapse quickly enough onto Ellis. That gave Ellis a wide-open jumper from the top of the arc.
Ellis made another basket on a dunk in transition.
Another 3-pointer, which cut Orlando's lead to 104-102, was partially contested. Ersan Ilyasova screened Ellis' defender, Afflalo, and Afflalo went with Ilyasova as Ilyasova rolled to the hoop.
That left Harris defending Ellis one-on-one. Harris gave Ellis room in order to prevent a drive to the hoop, and Ellis unleashed a jumper from the top of the arc before Harris could react fully.
Harris had reason to guard against a drive instead of a 3-pointer. Although Ellis is a good scorer, he had been an awful 3-point shooter this season, making only 24 percent of his attempts before Sunday.
In the Magic's postgame locker room, a reporter prefaced a question to Harris by saying Harris must've seen Ellis dominate a game like that before when they were teammates.
"Not that many 3s," Harris responded. "But he was hot."
For three quarters, the Magic played one of their better games of recent weeks. They limited the Bucks to 37 percent shooting and outscored the Bucks in the paint 48-20.
Rookie Maurice Harkless was on his way to scoring a career-high 23 points.
"You've got the game in your hands, and you let it go," Nelson said. "We've just got to go out there and play harder and try to play the way we had been playing in the first three quarters in that fourth quarter. We didn't stay consistent."
Redick played just 23 minutes, and he finished with four points on 1-of-5 shooting.
But he played the entire fourth quarter, and because of his track record as a long-range shooter, the Magic had to account for him on defense.
That, in turn, helped prevent the Magic from double-teaming Ellis.
"It wasn't weird playing against those guys," Redick said. "Much respect for the way they compete."
[email protected]. Read his blog at OrlandoSentinel.com/magicblog and follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaBRobbins.
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“Blatant and extreme gender inequality in this large and important industry is shameful and unacceptable,” says Melissa Goodman, director of the ACLU SoCal’s LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project. “The time has come for new solutions to this serious civil rights problem.”
The organization states that in 2014, a third of all network shows hired no female directors, and almost 70 percent of all television episodes were directed by white men. The ACLU also recognizes that systematic discrimination keeps women from accessing equal opportunities, and notes that when it comes to directors, depressingly, there are fewer women working in TV and film in 2015 than twenty years ago.
The situation is even worse for women of color. As a South Asian woman I still jump for joy when I see any actress whose appearance remotely resembles mine. But there can only be so much enthusiasm heaped on the Mindy Kaling or Frieda Pinto who comes around every decade in a sea of white actors. Forget about behind the camera, I am still trying to see more of us just make it onto the screen.
So it is a big deal that Bollywood superstar, Priyanka Chopra is being featured in a major U.S. network’s fall lineup, in the thriller Quantico. The new ABC series stars Chopra as FBI recruit Alex Parrish, a woman trying to prove herself at a tough Marine Corps boot camp when she is accused of being behind a major terrorist attack.
One look at the show’s just-released trailer makes plain that Quantico has the potential to be in the same league as ABC’s major hit shows like Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder, both of which feature African-American women in strong lead and supporting roles; not just as token minority faces or, worse, playing a role that perpetuates stereotypes of race and gender.
“There is a very big stereotype with Indian actors, and you get only Indian parts,” Chopra told Reuters in a 2013 interview. “There is a stereotype that there’s a certain accent and there’s a certain vibe. I felt a lot of that and I really want to be able to change that, for people to be proud of their roots.”
And she’s been doing just that. Chopra has been steadily and strategically making her entryway into the American market, lending her voice to a lead in Disney’s Planes last year, and to a hit single with pop star Pitbull. The casting of Chopra in Quantico from a huge pool of talented Bollywood actresses is no small feat—a breakout that many South Asian mega-stars, including Aishwariya Rai, failed to achieve.
Although Chopra, the former Miss World, has starred in countless major Bollywood blockbusters, a quick glance over her body of work shows that she has extended herself by playing characters beyond the bombshell role. She portrayed an autistic girl in India’s 2012 Oscar entry, Barfi!, and starred as the iconic Indian Olympic gold medal boxer Mary Kom in a biopic of the athlete.
But Chopra’s casting as Alex Parish could change the game for South Asian women, and women of color in general, in American TV and film.
Her level of success in the series will be major news in Bollywood, but she is waging a tougher battle in Hollywood. If Quantico is a hit with viewers, it could accelerate access to roles for women of color, both behind and in front of the camera.
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USDJPY - Down Wave Analysis After hitting the resistance level 114.15, the US Dollar pulled back to the lower side but is currently approaching a daily support set at 112.78. As long as this level holds the price to the upper side, we're waiting for a possible rebound to pick a long term long position […]
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2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV
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$29125 - $31125
2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV information
In 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV was released in 2 different versions, 1 of which are in a body "4dr Hatchback".
At the time, according to the manufacturer's recommendations, the cheapest modification 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV ES 4dr Hatchback (electric DD) with a Direct Drive gearbox should do its future owner of $29125.On the other side - the most expensive modification - 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV SE 4dr Hatchback (electric DD) with an Direct Drive transmission and MSRP $31125 manufacturer.
Did you know that: the earliest Mitsubishi i-MiEV, which you can find information on our website has been released in 2012.
Did you know that: The most expensive modification of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, according to the manufacturer's recommendations - SE 4dr Hatchback (electric DD) - $31125.
For models of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV in 2012 were used the following colors in the color of body: Cool Silver Metallic, Diamond White Pearl, Diamond White Pearl/Ocean Blue Metallic, Labrador Black Pearl, Raspberry Metallic.
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Confusion exists surrounding legality of recording police officers
Charlotte Criminal Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: “Am I allowed to videotape an interaction with police? Can they make me stop filming?”
A recent incident in Wilmington highlighted an area of legal uncertainty. The case involved an Uber-driving criminal defense attorney, a smartphone and an irritated police officer. Though this particular dispute was resolved with a public apology by the Wilmington Police Department, it begs bigger questions about how other similar incidents might be handled in the future, especially if a case were to make its way to court. To learn more about the legal issues surrounding recording police officers in North Carolina, keep reading.
First things first, let’s discuss the recent incident in Wilmington. An Uber driver who also happens to work as a criminal defense attorney got pulled over by the cops. He turned on his phone to record the interaction for his protection. The officer told him to turn off the phone, falsely claiming that a recent state law had been passed making it illegal to record police officers. The man knew his rights and refused to comply and, after conducting an illegal search of his vehicle, the officer let him go. Subsequently, the Wilmington Police Department issued an apology, stating that citizens do in fact have the right to record such encounters and that officers in the department would be made aware of this right. Going even further, the police chief said that he welcomes recordings, something that he believes creates safety for officers and citizens alike.
Now let’s backup a bit and consider what the law says. Importantly, North Carolina is a one-party consent state. This means that so long as one party to an encounter consents to having the encounter recorded (by audio or video) then the recording is lawful. Though it’s nearly impossible to record police officers in states that require two-party consent, the law in places like North Carolina help clear this initial legal hurdle.
What about police officers? Are the rules different when it comes to them? This is where things get a little tricky. As the Wilmington Police Department said, taking photographs and videos of people that are in plain sight, including police, is your legal right. Though it is encouraging that the police have acknowledged the ability for citizens to record officers, there is a still a problem with how this gets interpreted in court.
Several federal appeals courts have heard cases regarding recording police officers and all have ruled that the First Amendment affords protection to citizens to record officers who are performing their duties in public. Though there’s no explicit disagreement with this concept, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North Carolina), has a muddy history with the issue.
Years ago the Court affirmed a lower court ruling that held that the First Amendment protects the video recording of police officers on duty. Though this would seem to be a slam dunk win, the twist was that the lower court blocked suit against the officer involved who had arrested someone for making a recording, saying that the officer was protected by qualified immunity. The idea behind this is that while the officer did violate someone’s rights, those rights were not yet clearly established and thus qualified immunity should shield the officer from damages. Since then, a question has lingered about whether the right has become “clearly established” and thus enforceable against officers in court. Though we don’t have a definitive answer, the fact that the police departments themselves now acknowledge the right of citizens to record police is a good indication that the First Amendment protection is in fact sufficiently well established.
If you or someone you know has been charged with a crime, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at Arnold & Smith, PLLC. Our attorneys stand at the ready to defend you against state or federal charges. Please contact Arnold & Smith, PLLC today at (704) 370-2828 or find additional resources here.
About the Author
Brad Smith is a Managing Member of Arnold & Smith, PLLC, where he focuses on the areas of criminal defense, DUI / DWI defense and traffic defense.
Mr. Smith was born and raised in Charlotte. He began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney before entering private practice in 2006.
In his free time, Mr. Smith enjoys traveling, boating, golf, hiking and spending time with his wife and three children.
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With the ever growing popularity of tag rugby, our range of tags, belts and packages has developed with it. Offering exceptional value for money, our PVC tags attach via velcro to the supplied velcro belt and are available in multiple colours in senior and junior sizes.
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Digital Humanities Speaker Series: Walter ScheidelRedrawing the Map of the Roman World
In March, Dr. Walter Scheidel, Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and Chair of the Department of Classics at Stanford University, spoke about ORBIS, a tool developed at Standord that models the geospatial network of the Roman world.
Summary:
Ancient societies were shaped by logistical constraints that are almost unimaginable to modern observers. “ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World” (orbis.stanford.edu), for the first time, allows us to understand the true cost of distance in building and maintaining a huge empire with pre-modern technology. This talk explores various ways in which this novel Digital Humanities tool changes and enriches our understanding of ancient history.
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Paxil known to cause side effects
Q: No one warned me that Paxil might affect my sexual ability. I suffered impotence for several years until I stopped taking Paxil. Then the problem went away.
Stopping Paxil turned into a nightmare. It took weeks of gradually decreasing dosages to get off the drug, and even then I had withdrawal problems. Fortunately, sexual inability was not one of them.
The company advertises that Paxil is not habit-forming. I'm not sure what "habit-forming" means to them, but if it has to do with withdrawal problems, then they are lying.
If I ever need another medicine for depression, how will I know which one won't cause impotence?
A: Antidepressants like Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft are notorious for affecting sexuality. Impotence, lowered libido and inability to achieve orgasm are possible side effects.
You are quite right that the company states that Paxil "is not habit-forming." But the official prescribing information warns that "discontinuation (particularly when abrupt) may lead to symptoms such as dizziness, sensory disturbances, agitation or anxiety, nausea and sweating."
Antidepressants that might be less likely to affect sexuality include bupropion (Wellbutrin), trazodone (Desyrel) and nefazodone (Serzone).
People are being fleeced for their prescription medicine. I thought the politicians said they were going to look into this situation, but all they think about is getting re-elected.
Q: A year ago, at age 55, I was finally diagnosed as having celiac disease. This is an abnormal reaction to gluten, a component in common grains (wheat, rye, barley and possibly oats). As a result, the immune system attacks the small intestine and can cause dramatic problems.
Doctors think this condition is rare. I myself went through test after test over the years, with nothing definitive found until last year. So have my daughter and son, who inherited this condition.
Research shows that one in 150 adults in this country might suffer from celiac disease. But many are undiagnosed or told they have other ailments such as chronic fatigue, Crohn's disease or irritable bowel syndrome. How many people are taking medications they don't need when the true treatment is a lifelong gluten-free diet?
A: Thank you for your story. Celiac disease is often overlooked. Digestive-tract problems might not be the only symptoms. Other tip-offs include constant fatigue, brittle bones and anemia because nutrients are not absorbed properly. There is a blood test to help with diagnosis.
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3 BYOs in the plateau
Okay, really two. One of them has to be Les Heritiers. I know, I know, but it's a once a year staple for us. But what about the other two nights? We're leaning towards Le P'tit Plateau...it's been a while since we've been there. Le Bleu Raisin? Wanted to go to Yoyo, but heard they closed. Has anyone been to its replacement? How is Monsieur B's doing? It was great the last time we went. All suggestions appreciated. Want BYOs, though. Thanks!
We just went to O'Thym on Amherst and de Maisonneuve last night. Haven't been there in years and it is still as good as I remember it 7 years ago. It has always been a BYOB. The menu changes often depending on what is in season. Last night they started off our meal with a complimentary gazpacho of white asperagus and pear with truffle oil. Served ice cold, it was a lovely starter. I then had a lovely arugula salad, with smoked duck, parmesan shavings and a figue confiture. It was fantastic. My partner had their salmon tartare with a endives and capers. Very, very tasty too. The portions were nicely sized and presentation was excellent. For the main course, I ordered one of two specials of the night, a cote de veau with a fresh morel sauce. It was accompanied by fresh steamed green beans and a pommes de terre gratin. It was cooked to perfection. My partner dug into a beautiful filet mignon with fresh cipollini mushrooms. Also cooked to perfection. Finally for dessert(I admit we couldn't fit in 2 desserts), we shared a lovely pot de chocolat with a salty caramel and 'brownie' on the the bottom of the pot. It was divine and was not quite enough for two, but alas, one has to think of the waistline sometimes...... Overall I give it a 4.5/5 stars. The service was excellent and the prices were very reasonable. I'd definitely go back. Having gone to Yoyo and Le P'tit Plateau in the past, I think I actually like this place better. The ambiance is nicer, the restaurant has high ceilings and is well lit and not overly crowded although the place was packed last night. Give it a try. It is more in the "gay village' area than in the Plateau but definitely worth the short hike! www.othym.com
Mandarine! Thank you for reminding me! We did go to O'Thym a couple of years ago and liked it very much. At the time, the street was undergoing some amount of construction, and I remember having a difficult time finding it. But....it was worth it! I think I just found another resto to make reservations at! Your descriptions were making my mouth water...for sure! I will check out their website. We'll be there Sat., Sun., Monday and some restos are closed Mondays. We have to eat somewhat earlier on Sat. nite because I don't want to miss the fireworks. Have you been to Yoyo since it was sold? Thanks again...I'll post upon our return.
We took a big group of people and close to a case of wine over to Raisin Bleu a few weeks ago, and enjoyed ourselves.
Table d'hôte is 49$ (4 courses), and there is also an à la carte set of options. Despite us being a dozen people and the place was loud and packed (but not unpleasant, I thought), service was sweet and competent.
Everybody enjoyed some creative riffs on classics (we all took the prix fixe) ... the poudding chômeur dessert with a tiny ball of bitter orange sherbert which tasted on someone else's plate was totally killer.
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In contact with LED equipment, we sometimes encounter LED lighting and LED lighting. So what's the difference between them?
LED project-light lamp, also called spot, projection lamp, lamp and so on, mainly used for building decoration lighting, lighting, and commercial space, decorative elements heavier, its appearance has a round and square, because usually need to consider the reason of the heat dissipation, so its appearance and traditional project-light lamp or have some difference.
LED lighting characteristics:
On the market at present commonly used LED project-light lamp is basically choose 1 w high power LED (each LED components will have a high photosynthetic efficiency made of PMMA lens, its main purpose is the secondary distribution of LED light, which is secondary optics), there are a few companies handle well because the cooling technology, and choose the LED 3 w and higher power. Suitable for lighting lighting, building and other lighting.
What else should I pay attention to?
1. High purity aluminum reflector, the beam is the most accurate, the reflected effect is the best.
4. The lamps and lanterns are attached with scale to adjust the Angle of irradiation.
LED project-light lamp by microchip control, in the small engineering applications, can be used without the controller, can realize the gradient, jump, color twinkle twinkle, random, alternating gradient dynamic effect, also can be controlled by DMX, pursue, such as scanning effect. At present, the main place for application about these: monomer architecture, historical buildings facade lighting, building light outside the local lighting, landscape lighting, indoor lighting, billboard lighting, medical culture and other specialized facilities, bars, dance halls and other places of entertainment atmosphere illumination and so on.
The LED floodlight
LED floodlight is a kind of point light source that can be evenly distributed in all directions, and its range of irradiation can be adjusted arbitrarily, which is shown in the scene as a picture of a positive octahedron. Floodlight is the most widely used light source in the production of renderings. The standard floodlight is used to illuminate the whole scene. Multiple floodlights can be applied in the scene to produce better results. Floodlight is one of the most widely used light sources in the renderings. In the scene, it can be coordinated with multiple floodlights to produce better results.
It's best to use it as an analogy between light bulbs and candles. Floodlights can be placed anywhere in the scene. For example, it can be placed outside the camera range, or inside the object. It is common to use many different colors of floodlights in the distance of the scene. These floodlights can cast shadows and mix them on the model. Because the illuminate of omni range is big, so the omni light effect is very easy to predict, and the lights and many auxiliary USES, for example, place the floodlight near the surface of the object position, will create a bright light on the surface.
It should be noted that the floodlights cannot be overbuilt, otherwise the effect picture will appear dull and mechanical. Therefore, it is important to pay more attention to the effects of lighting parameters and layout on the lighting of the whole effect picture, and gain more experience and master the matching technique of lighting.
Features of floodlight:
A floodlight is the best way to light an object evenly from one point to the other, using it as an analogy to light bulbs and candles. Floodlights can be placed anywhere in the scene. For example, it can be placed outside the camera range, or inside the object. It is common to use many different colors of floodlights in the distance of the scene. These floodlights can cast shadows and mix them on the model. Because the illuminate of omni range is big, so the omni light effect is very easy to predict, and the lights and many auxiliary USES, for example, place the floodlight near the surface of the object position, will create a bright light on the surface.
The difference between LED lighting and floodlight
The difference between the floodlight and the lighting lamp is not only reflected in the visual effect of lighting, but also in the use of floodlights and lighting lamps. Omni difference is that a floodlight with project-light lamp cannot be set up too much, this will appear on the visual effect is inflexible, pay more attention to the experience in the production lighting parameters and impact on the whole scene light rendering. Project-light lamp items need to be aware of: the most accurate, high purity aluminum reflector, light beam reflection effect best, symmetry narrow Angle, wide Angle and asymmetric light distribution system, cast light lamps and lanterns is convenient scale plate are provided in order to adjust the Angle of irradiation.
Floodlights with project-light lamp also shows the difference between the illuminate of scope between the two, project-light lamp, called projection lamp, spot light, lamp, etc., mainly used for building decoration lighting and commercial lighting space, its decorate a gender composition, species is higher in the modelling design style. Floodlight is a kind of light source that can be distributed evenly in all directions. The range of radiation can be adjusted arbitrarily. The standard floodlight can be used to illuminate the whole scene.
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Sticks and Scones
About this Book
Book Summary
Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz accepts a series of bookings at Hyde Castle and gets to cook authentic Elizabethan fare. However, death is peering around every corner.
The New York Times bestselling author of Tough Cookie dishes up another tasty treat of murder and mystery -- as caterer turned sleuth Goldy Schulz stirs up a heap of trouble while trying not to get burned by a killer who is striking far too close to home....
For Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz, accepting a series of bookings at Hyde Castle is like a dream come true. It's not every day that she gets to cook authentic Elizabethan fare -- especially at a real castle that was brought over from England and reassembled stone by stone in Aspen Meadow. Goldy is determined that everything will go right -- which is why, she figures later, everything went terribly wrong.
It all started before dawn on the day of the first Anglophile lunch, when Goldy had just about the rudest awakening possible: a shotgun blast through her living room window. With her home now a crime scene and her cop husband, Tom, out of town searching for a fugitive hijacker, Goldy has no choice but to show up at the castle -- six hours early. And it doesn't take her long to realize that her early morning wake-up call was only the beginning....
While out checking on the tables for the luncheon, Goldy spots something strange lying in the Cottonwood Creek. Upon closer inspection, she can see that it is a body, clad in flannel and shot through the head. Goldy quickly dials 911, but before the police arrive, shots ring out for the second time that day -- and this time, someone Goldy loves is right in the line of fire.
Now Goldy has to face tough question: Was the victim killed by his partners in crime to keep him quiet -- and would they go so far to target Goldy herself? Could Tom's investigation have trigger a murder? Or could that shots be completely unrelated, perhaps coming at the hands of Goldy's violent and recently paroled ex-husband?
With her own life in peril, the last thing Goldy wants to think about is Shakespeare's Steak Pie, 911 Chocolate Emergency Cookies, or Damsel-in-Distress Plum Tart. But with death peering around every corner, she has no choice but to cook up some crime-solving solutions -- before the only dish that's left on her menu is murder....
Chapter 1
Nighttime noises are torture. When a midnight wind shrieks through our window jambs, or footsteps clomp past the house, I think, It could be anything. Once a snowbank slid from our roof and thundered onto the deck. I awoke, heart pounding, convinced I'd been shot.
It isn't logical, of course. But living with terror for seven years had not made me the most rational of thinkers, least of all when roused from sleep. A sound could be anything? No.
It was something.
When I awoke at four o'clock on Monday morning, February ninth, those years of dread were long over. Still, I was certain I'd heard a tiny scraping noise, like boots chafing against ice. Think, I warned myself. Don't panic.
Heart pulsing, throat dry, I waited for my brain to clear, for the sound to come again. My husband Tom was out of town. Even when he's at home, noise rarely interrupts his slumber. Tom is a big hulking cop, and isn't afraid of much.
Media Reviews
Five-star praise for the New York Times bestselling mysteries of Diane Mott Davidson, The Julia Child of mystery writers
Entertainment Weekly
Today's foremost practitioner of culinary whodunit.
The Sun, Baltimore
A cross between Mary Higgins Clark and Betty Crocker!
The San Diego Union-Tribune
You don't have to be a cook or a mystery fan to love Diane Mott Davidson books. But if you're either -- or both -- her tempting recipes and elaborate plots add up to a literary feast!
Publishers Weekly
Davidson has garnished her story with a rich sauce of old feuds, double-dealing and marital secrets. In the end, Goldy gets her culprit, the guests get their meals and readers, perhaps not so much sated as stuffed, get several excellent recipes.
Reader Reviews
Linda
I have read every one of Diane Mott Davidson's books - and each one is wonderful! I await her new book with eager anticipation! And, the good thing is, the quality of the books hasn't been effected by the quantity!! Hurray!
Lucy Wolf
This book is a great read. It is fast moving and interesting. This was the first book by Diane Mott Davidson that I have read.I have now read Tough Cookie; and I have Dying for Chocolatestarted and also The Last Suppers. I love these stories. For ... Read More
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Last 10 definitions
8483. JDK : Java Development Kit, a free Sun Microsystems product which provides the environment required for programming in Java. The JDK is available for a variety of platforms, but most notably Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows.
8483. JDK : Java Development Kit, a free Sun Microsystems product which provides the environment required for programming in Java. The JDK is available for a variety of platforms, but most notably Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows.
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We adopted a freezer when my mother-in-law sold her house, but the nice moving men discombobulated our manual thermostat in the process of moving said freezer into our home.
I took the opportunity to buy a programmable digital thermostat.
The cable coming out of the wall behind the thermostat was literally plastered in place. When I test-mounted the new box, the wire leads were too short to make connections inside it.
I went to Reno Depot and bought a meter of wire. I stripped the insulation off the main cable and liberated lengths of smaller coloured wire. I’d also bought some heat-shrink insulation and a heat gun.
I soldered the wires together and protected the joints with the heat-shrink wrapping. Here’s a photo (I’d put it in the blog were Blogger behaving).
I’m quite proud of my work.It’s not easy to solder loose wires above eye level. The new thermostat is working like a charm.
By the way, you can’t use a heat gun to caramelize the sugar on top of creme brulee. The thing puts out sufficient heat, but it blows the sugar all over the kitchen.
Bonus call to arms:
I’ve been hearing scritching noises in my office area – it’s a subdued sound, like the sound the scroll wheel of a mouse makes. I suspect the culprit is a mouse of the organic variety. Traps go down tonight.
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GQ USA - A New Direction in Men's Style (January 2014)
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GQ (originally Gentlemen’s Quarterly) is an American monthly men’s magazine focusing on fashion, style, and culture for men, through articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books. Gentlemen’s Quarterly was launched in 1931 in the United States as Apparel Arts, a men’s fashion magazine for the clothing trade, aimed primarily at wholesale buyers and retail sellers. Initially it had a very limited print run and was aimed solely at industry insiders to enable them to give advice to their customers. The popularity of the magazine amongst retail customers, who often took the magazine from the retailers, spurred the creation of Esquire magazine in 1933. GQ’s STYLE MANUAL.
GQ USA – January 2014
English | PDF | 120 pages | 102 MB Please use 7Zip/WinRAR/Universal Extractor to EXTRACT FILES
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Make mandb path configurable. makemandb (and related tools) use
the path from the _mandb variable from man.conf now.
Set _mandb in man.conf to same value as was used before.
From Abhinav Upadhyay <[email protected]>.
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1. Natacha Atlas w/ Gaida: Levantine Indulgence
Musically and geographically, Natacha Atlas has always been an itinerant. The Anglo-Egyptian singer has spent more than a decade fusing electronic beats with North African and Arabic music, finding links between seemingly disparate musical genres, exploring new and different sonic settings and working with a wealth of like-minded collaborators from across the world along the way. The resulting body of work is both a triumph of true multiculturalism and a testament to the richness and accessibility of Arabic culture.
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Meaning of message on online dating
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I’m a woman who is new to an online dating site. Recently, I sent a “like” to one of the guys and he replied with a message of “Thank you”. I am unsure what this means. I am leaning toward thinking that this means “thank you, however I am not interested” as it doesn’t really seem to be an invitation to further conversation. Thank you for any feedback you may have for me.
It means he’s not interested.
However he didn’t want to be rude by not acknowledging the “like”.
If someone is “interested” in you they’ll generally ask you some questions and initiate a conversation.
There are some people especially women who tend to have a negative view of “likes” “flirts” or “emojis” as ice breakers.
It conjures up an image of someone scrolling down a list of profiles and simply hitting like (hoping) for the other person to make contact.
Men are notorious for hitting the “like” or “cute” button without putting in any time or effort to connect.
If you “like” someone’s profile it only takes a minute to state a couple of things you liked in it and wish them a good day.
At least they’ll feel as though you actually read their profile and didn’t simply click on “like” because of a photo.
Don’t allow yourself to become emotionally invested in anyone you haven’t spent significant time with.
In a world with over 7 Billion people rejection just means NEXT!
Yes, it’s quite clear that he isn’t interested. If a guy is interested in you online, at the very least, he will “like” you back. But most likely, he will message you, trying to get to know you more. The fact that he didn’t either means a) he has very poor social skills, or b) more likely, he isn’t interested.
@dashingscorpio: ‘Men are notorious for hitting the “like” or “cute” button without putting in any time or effort to connect.’
Isn’t that exactly what she did?
I agree, most likely he isn’t interested. Or maybe he has other more interesting conversations going. Anyway, for men and women alike, if you want a response, dont send a like, send a message that encourages a response (e.g. has a question).
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Accessing AJAX Rendered Controls via JavaScript
The AJAX library and Control Toolkit provided for ASP.Net helps you do some really cool things that previously would have taken a lot of work. AutoComplete Textboxes (like when you start typing into Googles search box), rounded corners, post backs without the flicker, and even more become something you can be easily added into basic line of business apps that would often be reserved for front facing apps due to the time or complexity involved with them.
However, there is one gotcha with the way that the dynamic controls are created. In order to preserve the uniqueness of control Ids, the AJAX library will put a prefix in front of the Id you assign to a control, to make sure duplicates do not occur. Go ahead and take a peek at your AJAX enabled application, youll find a lot of controls named
ctl00_BodyPlaceHolder_EmployeeSearcher1_txtSearchEmployeeId
when you named your control
txtSearchEmployeeId
as its name. Sometimes youll also run into this issue when youre dealing with a lot of master/child templates, especially when tossing in user controls into the mix.
Normally this isnt much of a problem. Most of the client side interaction is already handled by the dynamic JavaScript code AJAX generates for you. In addition, when you go to access the controls through your code behind page, you can get to them just fine using their original names.
The problem arises when you need to do some additional magic through JavaScript with these dynamically created control. For example, I created a simple employee search box for our internal applications that leverages the AutoCompleteExtender control. When you type in a partial last name, like Patt, it returns all employees in the list that match that last name. In my particular case, I had additional textboxes that contained the employees first name and Id that I wanted populated into additional textboxes on the page.
The mechanics behind making this work isnt hard at all. The AutoCompleteExtender has an event called OnClientItemSelected that allows you to write your own client side code to handle what happens once the user selects an item. A little bit of work later and I had the following client side code:
The basic interpretation of the code is that the selected value is split into the individual fields and put into the textboxes.
The problem we run into is that when the AutoComplete controls are rendered, they are given the ctl00_ type markup in front of the code. This breaks the JavaScript code listed above. One way to resolve this issue is to peek at your rendered page and then hard code the JavaScript code to the extended names. Ive done this. It works. However, once you move this control to another page, or if you want to wrap your AutoComplete controls within a user control, the name changes and you are back to square one.
The answer to this is to escape your JavaScript code with a little bit of .Net code. This is how classic ASP works and there is a lot of .Net code (particularly when it comes to data binding GridView controls) that still leverages this trick. I personally dont like to escape code out of my ASPX pages, but I also code by the rule the right tool for the job and this is the case where it is the right tool. The other alternative would be to dynamically register a JavaScript block when the page (or control) is rendered, but in my opinion that would create more hassle than it is worth.
So in our case, we take advantage of the fact that each server control has a property called ClientId which contains the name of the control as it is rendered on the page. We can get at this value and escape it into our $get() function to get our extended control name. When we do things this way, the code looks like this on our ASPX page:
When the page is rendered to the user, the <%= %>sections will be processed before the HTML is written (just like our PHP/ASP works) and the server will inject the extended name of the control. From there, you can take this code to any page you need, or create as many controls as you need, and the page will make sure the proper Id is injected into the JavaScript code to be used with your method.
If you’ve found any other clever ways around this issue (with jQuery or anything else for that matter), share it here! Im always looking for new tricks to add to my toolkit. Enjoy!
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TVNewser reports that Ailes delivered the message in light of Monday's Washington Post article, in which Howard Kurtz cited anonymous Fox News staffers in claiming that the network is "divided" over Beck, with "many journalists...worried about the prospect that Beck is becoming the face of the network." Staffers also claimed that Beck rehearses trademark crying segments, tears and all.
Kurtz pointed out in his article that Ailes is firmly in Beck's corner, a sentiment Ailes doubled-down on Wednesday afternoon.
"For the first time in our 14 years we've had people apparently shooting in the tent, from within the tent," TVNewser quotes Ailes as saying to the Washington bureau. "Glenn Beck does his show and that's his opinion. It's not the opinion of FOX News and he has a right to say it. We prefer people in the tent not dumping on other people in the tent."
According to TVNewser, Ailes — a former Republican operative and the architect of what has become the dominant player in cable news — added, "I was brought up to defend the family. If I couldn't defend the family I'd leave. I'd go to another family."
In January, MSNBC President Phil Griffin issued a similar message, alerting his network's talent and producers that he would not tolerate public in-fighting between network employees.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756345472034513672.post2260312882295849685..comments2017-09-09T14:35:42.336-07:00Comments on On Wednesdays, We Wear Polish : A Ridiculously Mushy Valentine's Day ManiCassandra [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756345472034513672.post-6232020408902057722015-03-02T17:12:24.268-08:002015-03-02T17:12:24.268-08:00Thanks! <3Thanks! <3Cassandra wewearpolishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756345472034513672.post-38034120297314559332015-03-02T10:09:43.421-08:002015-03-02T10:09:43.421-08:00This is just so sweet and adorable. I love it! This is just so sweet and adorable. I love it! Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
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Trump signs executive order to improve mental health resources
Transitioning servicemembers and veterans can now receive up to a year of mental healthcare from the Veterans Affairs Department after discharge from the service, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Jan. 9.
The order, "Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life," directs the Defense, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security departments to develop a joint action plan to ensure the 60 percent of new veterans who now do not qualify for enrollment in healthcare -- primarily because of a lack of verified service connection related to the medical issue at hand -- will receive treatment and access to services for mental healthcare for one year following their separation from service.
"We look forward to continuing our partnership with the VA to ensure veterans who have served our country continue to receive the important mental healthcare and services they need and deserve," said Defense Secretary James Mattis.
"We want them to get the highest care and the care that they so richly deserve, and I've been working very hard on that with (VA Secretary David Shulkin) and with everybody," Trump said. "It's something that is a top priority. We will not rest until all of America's great veterans receive the care they've earned through their incredible service and sacrifice to our country."
Shulkin noted that as servicemembers transition to veteran status, they face higher risk of suicide and mental health difficulties.
"During this critical phase, many transitioning servicemembers may not qualify for enrollment in healthcare," he said. "The focus of this executive order is to coordinate federal assets to close that gap."
Three Departments
The three departments will work to expand mental health programs and other resources to new veterans in the year following departure from uniformed service, including eliminating prior time limits and to:
Expand peer community outreach and group sessions in the VA Whole Health initiative from 18 Whole Health flagship facilities to all facilities. Whole Health includes wellness and establishing individual health goals.
Extend DoD's "Be There Peer Support Call and Outreach Center" services to provide peer support for veterans in the year following separation from uniformed service.
Expand the DoD's Military OneSource, which offers resources to active-duty members, to include services to separating servicemembers to one year beyond service separation.
Serving Their Country
"The Department of Homeland Security is where many veterans find a second opportunity to serve their country -- nearly 28 percent of our workforce has served in the Armed Forces, in addition to the 49,000 active-duty members of the United States Coast Guard," said Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
"This critically important executive order will provide our servicemembers with the support they need as they transition to civilian life," she said. "These dedicated men and women have put their lives on the line to protect our nation and our American way of life, and we owe them a debt we can never repay. We look forward to working with the VA and DoD to implement the President's (executive order)."
In signing this executive order, Shulkin said, the President has provided "clear guidance to further ensure our veterans and their families know that we are focusing on ways to improve their ability to move forward and achieve their goals in life after service."
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Living in a dream
“… Her own native HeavenMore clearly she mirror’d , as life’s troubled dreamWore away; and love sigh’d into rest, like a streamThat breaks its heart over wild rocks toward the shoreOf the great sea which hushes it up evermoreWith its little wild wailing.” — Owen Meredith, Lucille
I might not be able to blog tomorrow, so I thought I’d show you the beauty I found at the thrift store for a whopping $6.50. I have to say, this dress makes me want even more to live in the bygone age of corsets and gowns and masquerade evenings. Seriously. Why don’t we do that any more?
Also, not to ruin the dreamy mood of this post, but when I first tried on this dress, it reminded me of an old western brothel. In a good way. If there is such a thing. But then I styled it this way and I feel more like a lady.
A lady who really needs to do the dishes so she can go watch a movie with a certain charming Irishman in it. Because that’s important.
Thank you! I really love this dress. Like, I would wear it every day and everywhere if not for the fact that it’s a little big on top and falls too low unless I’m careful, and also it would get pretty dirty at work. But yes. I want more things like this!
http://aluckyblackcat.wordpress.com Comy
It’s not very practical, is it? But it’s so pretty!
I don’t think there is a woman in the world that doesn’t want more things like that dress.
http://gravatar.com/vintagemelodies Georgia
You look so beautiful! I am sooo jealous! You find the most amazing things at thrift stores.
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I seriously don’t know what to say other than gush over your amazing-ness! You look very beautiful. May a Mr Rochester ride your way swiftly (preferably without the mad wife locked in the North Tower XD)
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
hehe, thank you! One day when we meet, we’ll have to go thrift store shopping. I’ve become a pro at finding things hidden away.
*sigh* Oh, I would love Rochester to ride my way swiftly. But yes, preferably without the crazy wife.
http://asiamorela.wordpress.com Asia Morela
One word: amazing! You are so skilled with creating atmospheres in photographs… First pic, with the lighting effect, I wasn’t sure it was you! It looked so professional. Not that your photos don’t usually, but I mean artistic professional, which you don’t do that much of.
Great dress, great hair, great makeup!
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
Thank you! I used to do artistic lighting/effects all the time back before I did outfit shots, and then I noticed that all the fashion bloggers seem to keep it as natural and untouched by effects so I don’t… but I love doing artistic editing. I might start doing that again. It’s more fun, and more “me.”
Kelly
You look so pretty! Also there are probably balls where you live. I just went to a Pride and Prejudice ball where everyone was dressed in Regency era clothes and all the dancing was from that period too. It was really fun! I’m going to another ball, this one a Victorian age Christmas ball. The group who hosts it here is called We Make History but I bet if you search a bit you’ll find a group who does the same sort of thing! =)
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
That sounds like SO much fun! AH! I have to research this. I have been thinking I need to host a tea party with my female friends and require that we all dress up like this. Because it would be WAY too fun to pass up!
http://www.petitepanoply.blogspot.com Jamie Rose
Aw you’re so pretty in these pictures!
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
Thank you, dear.
http://Booksphotographsandartwork Linda
Wow! These are stunning! I love the second to the last one. Just amazing!!!!
http://Booksphotographsandartwork Linda
Girl you could make money taking shots like this of people. These things are seriously gorgeous! If I had extra I would buy one. So so pretty.
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
That would be so very much fun, I think! I love photographing people. I’m really bad at directing, though. I sort of just tell them “Uh… go over there and… do… stuff.” Thank you!
http://Booksphotographsandartwork Linda
Oops I meant if I had extra money.
Demy
OH MY GOSH!!! This.is.breathtaking. Seriously breathtaking!! You’re so pretty. WOW!!! I’m..open mouthed! You’re a beauty! WOW! And the dress omg, it’s gorgeous!
The second to last picture could be in Vogue. And I would tear the page and stick it to my wall. You’re stunning!!! See? You managed to make me speechless!! That IS an achievement!!
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
Thank you, dear!
That IS an achievement! Hehe!
http://cartoondramas.wordpress.com Elana
Yes! Why don’t we wear more ballgowns and corsets (not too tight of course) and stuff? I love all the flower details!
When I saw the title, I thought you had tuned into my literature. We are reading Eliot’s “The Wasteland” at the moment, and apparently I’m thinking too much about it, because I’m starting to link it to blog posts!
http://maranwetelrunya.wordpress.com Mara
I wish people wore this stuff every day! Ah well.
I haven’t ever read that. I should! I do that, too, though. Whatever I’m reading sort of inserts itself into my thought process as I read or write blogs.
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joel parkinson cutting back
by petebowes on December 24, 2010
A Parkinson cutback
(1) The left leg that is driving the board’s velocity through the arc is being steered by the (2) right foot that is providing the steerage and push through the fins that in turn are being accelerated by the (3) right arm which is at full extension which adds weight to the (4) shift of body mass that will be soon defined by the (5) fingers (antennae) of the left hand when they touch water (see how they bend towards the surface of the water), that’s how you tickle the back of your wife’s neck as you pass by her at the dinner table.
(6) The head is already positioned for the imminent change of direction and is close co-ordination with the (7) eyes that are mapping the possibilities of the terrain about six feet in advance of the next move.
– and how else could he release the backhand rail so quickly if it wasn’t so thin
– and stepping back in time we can surmise that the lack of rooster spray at the top of the wave can only mean that this is the fast-end manoeuvre of what must have been an outrageous round-house.
– And lastly we can commend the career pro boofhead for pulling off such a good move with a bare chest – doing it without a contest singlet – a step backward is a step forward if you know what we mean.
What you fail to appreciate is as Parko “lifts” out of the first stage of this turn, he opens his hips and his chest to his future…. the key to running both template and rocker through the turn completely.
Problem with a lot of Parko’s cutbacks, like this one, is that they are not-so-carve-y redirects into carving backside bottom turns. Hopefully his four fins have him carving right from the start these days.
I realized one should elaborate some what , the writings are not about the technicality of surfing rather freedom of the expressed word , the chosen word and I quote “that’s how you tickle the back of your wife’s neck as you pass by her at the dinner table.” now that’s style, and that is what we come in search of ,not a critique of someone else’s surfing style because that would be quite simply grotesque and more suited to the popular idiots guide to crap that modern surf writers produce in monthly glossy no good even for toilet paper let a lone a improvised hand rolled chillum magazines…
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Retirement Confusion Leads to Drop in Contributions From Millennials
Even though more millennials contributed money into their pensions in 2016, the overall savings total has noticeably dropped. Looking at the statistics, Generation Z has been revealed to be the demographic that has contributed the most to their retirements, with their pension wealth almost doubling in size. The causes of this drop in millennials investing in their future are for a variety of reasons, but the primary one appears to be the fact that so few people understand what a pension is or how it works. This is not solely limited to younger workers, but when a large percentage of millennials admit that they are confused about pensions, it’s clear that more needs to be done when it comes to explaining the importance of them.
Pension Problems
It’s not just the millennials workers who admit to confusion when it comes to their pension. Even the over-55s have said they would prefer to be given more information about their pension options. In fact, 27% of over-55shave said they would like it if there were more resources provided so that they are better able to make informed decisions about their pensions, how they work, and how to get the most from them. Pension advice specialists Portafinahave created a collection of information that not only explains more about how pensions work but the benefits of having one. These include:
Tax relief: If you look at your pension contributions as a form of cash-back, then you can make some big savings. When adding money to your pension, the government will refund your income tax payments. This can lead to significant long-term savings, although there is a limit.
Workplace Pensions: Your employer is legally obligated to provide you with a workplace pension, and they will be required to pay contributions at the minimum amount. In these cases, you can expect to pay around 3% of your wage, while your employer will contribute 2%. This is set to change in April 2019, when your contributions will rise to 5%, but your employer will have to contribute 3%. This is why workplace pensions can be massively useful when it comes to retirement.
Snowball Effect: Compound interest means that the more you put into your pension, the more money you can generate towards your pension. Looking at the tax breaks and tax reliefs options available, the fact is that the more money you put into your savings, the more money will accumulate in a snowball effect.
Millennial Issues
The high cost of living means that many millennials are finding it hard to justify putting money aside for the future. The combination of the high costs of renting a home alongside other financial commitments has clearly led to the drop in pensions contribution among younger workers. More education about the value that pensions offer is clearly vital. Looking at the advice from Portafina Discoverycan help you to understand the real value of prioritising your pension.
Having a better understanding about how pensions work and how they can also work for you is the key to getting more from them. If you want to have a more comfortable and stress-free retirement, then consider following Portafina on Twitter @Portafina_UK,YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
- Dale Carnegie
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Rating:★★★★★
Recently when it comes to my reading habits it has been a bumpy ride when it comes to picking out a book and getting past the first fifty pages and having the inspiration to finish it. I am learning how to change my habits and how to get enthusiastic when a new book comes into my possession. I always believe that a book chooses you and not vice-versa and when reading this book it definitely chose me. I am an avid fan of Stephen King and while I may have not read a ton of his books, nevertheless I love his writing style and how he can seduce you into his crazy stories.
A few months back I was scanning the libraries online catalogue and saw that this book was available and I cannot recall whether it was because Stephen King wrote his autobiography or because it is one of his shortest books but I placed a request and had it on the nightstand until finally I picked it up a few weeks back and read it. Stephen King is a brilliant writer and a huge advocate of preserving the English language and teaching the younger generations the difference between great writing and filth. The book is divided into three parts and this review will follow suit.
Part One: Memoir
Before getting into the tips and grammar of writing, the big question follows who is Stephen King and how did he become a successful writer with over 50 books and counting? Knowing this brilliant man, he gives us the bright insight into this upbringing to when he published Carrie. This first segment was incredible and insightful because I do not know much about Stephen King except his car accident, his drug/alcohol problems, his children, and certain backstory information surrounding his most iconic books.
When it comes to this memoir nothing is sugar coated. His father abandon him at such an early age and his mother suffered when it came to making money and supporting two children. It was incredible what she had to go through and fascinating how she always supported her children in everything that they pursue especially Stephen. He started writing stories at an early age, and his first reader was his mother who told him to continue pursuing this hobby. His imagination ran wild as a child and the moments that were traumatizing to him would later become sources of inspiration for his novels (ex. doctor visits, being locked in a closet, etc.)
He faced rejection when it came to publishing and it didn't discouraged him at all instead it boost his confidence to continue writing. Not being disappointed was fascinating to me because even at an early age I never let people's opinions discourage me in pursuing my dreams. When it comes to following your dreams, or pursuing careers that are difficult to achieve you need to have thick skin in order to focus the task at hand and rise above the situation. We get a bit of insight how he met his wife and how she is his main inspiration when writing his books.
Obviously he loves his fans and writes for the love of storytelling and when reading this book I made the connection that regardless if people hate or love his books at the end of the day if his wife enjoys it then he accomplished his goal and I found that to be sweet. I would have loved to learned more what lead to his drinking and drug problems and how that was a difficult time in his life and on his family. I understand that's not a moment that he would love to revisit but it could shed light on those who have an addiction problem and how to recover from it. When reading about the addiction problems, I would like to now compare and contrast his work and see if these influences affected his work.
While get a sneak peek into his background, by the end of this first part it will leave you wishing for more especially how he got the inspiration for classics like IT, Pet Sematary, The Green Mile, and countless others.
Part Two: On Writing
Now we have come to the hard part of this book and Mr. King is serious when it comes to writing and how to eliminate unnecessary items when writing anything. Sadly the way public education teaches students how to read and write, we have degraded our level of comprehension and writing and I have come to realize which this book illustrates that we have entered this new age of terrible writing. Regardless whether you want to become a writer or not, as a reader we have forgotten the elements of writing and it is reflected on the books that we buy.
There is nothing wrong to read trash if that is your guilty pleasure but look at the books that are currently selling millions and makes you wonder how these books get published. I did not want to mention this book but a great example is 50 Shades of Grey series. Forget about the abusive relationship, the BDSM, and the controversy that surrounds this book and when you peel back the layers you discover that there is not much depth, and the writing is atrocious.
Stephen makes a reminder that regardless what is currently selling on the best-seller list, always stay authentic to yourself and the writing process because if you are only writing books to make money you won't go far and it will be tedious job to find creative inspiration if the end result is money. This part of the book was interesting and gave me insight when I read future books to look at whether the author gave their 110% or became lazy and lost in their writing.
I didn't necessarily loved this part of the book because I was still addicted into Stephen's life and it felt so short and cut off that it took me some time to feel the flow of this section and enjoy it. This book shouldn't discouraged readers because while you may not want to become a writer, it sure teaches you how to improve your writing, the attention to detail, and help you rediscover the love of literature.
Part Three: Adjustment
This section of the book deals mainly with his car accident. I did not know that he completed this book after his surgery. This author is one lucky guy because he should have been killed between getting hit by the car and impact it did to his body. I appreciate it that he went into details by what was happening on that day, what was he doing that led to his accident, and all the names of everyone that he encounters from the man who ran him over by accident to the doctors who helped cured him.
When I started reading Stephen King, I knew he got in a bad accident but I didn't know to the extent of it and now learning what I know now I am amazed that he is still writing. He could have easily retired and I wouldn't have had a problem about that because he had already published books that have solidified his career and his legacy. He has made his millions between the books, the movie adaptations, and the television special so he could disappeared and no one would argue. It is the love of literature and his ability to write stories is what keeps him passionate about reading.
Between facing the kiss of death and the recovery process we get to discover that he had to start from scratch with everything and that includes his writing. He no longer writes as quick as he used to, he is getting older by the second, and a lot of tricks when writing no longer applied to him that means that his writing has to change and that is not a bad thing. Obviously he is no longer the same writer who can give people nightmares but he still knows how to drawn in an audience and keep them asking for more.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it is definitely worth reading multiple times. I found myself laughing throughout the entire book whether it be moments of frustration, anxiety, or laughter for this author. I highly recommend everyone to pick up this book and discover more about Stephen King and the power of writing.
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Our advanced technology is a result of identifying our customer's needs, partnering with them and creating cost-effective solutions. We have built a strong reputation for technical innovation, quality products and excellence in customer service.
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Pistons Preview
The pre-season is underway and the regular season jumps off in less than a month (Oct. 31), so it’s probably time to start previewing the 2006-2007 NBA season. With the help of some of the most prominent hoop writers on the web (bloggers and newspaper columnists), we’ll be taking an in-depth look at each one of the 30 teams.
Today, Natalie Sitto from Need4Sheed helps us preview her team, the Detroit Pistons.
SLAM: Do you get the sense that Pistons fans are mad that Ben Wallace left, or are they understanding since he was such a beloved player in that city?
NS: I would have to say for the most part Pistons fans can’t blame Ben for leaving for the big paycheck. They respect Ben and his “Hard Work” attitude and thank him for helping the Pistons win a Championship in 2004. Ben’s 10 million dollar salary bump in Chicago is something most players wouldn’t turn down and after last season’s quick exit from the playoffs you could sense that Big Ben wasn’t happy with Detroit’s new offensive direction. But Ben’s departure did leave a bad taste with some Pistons fans who can’t understand how a guy like Ben would take the money and run, break up one of the best starting fives of all time and leave the Pistons team in a bad way after they traded Darko and Arroyo for cap space to sign him. Either way, the man will be missed in Motown.
Has management done enough to fill the void left by Big Ben?
The acquisition of Nazr Mohammed to fill the huge space left by Wallace was the best move Joe Dumars could have made without trading one of the Pistons’ core players. There weren’t many choices in this summer’s free agent pool and Dumars jumped on signing a center as soon as Ben bolted. Sure Nazr is no Ben but then again, nobody is. It’s not that easy to replace an All Star that is a four time Defensive Player of the year. Anyone was going to be a downgrade defensively but Mohammed brings some offense to the center position in Detroit, something they haven’t seen since Bill Laimbeer donned a Piston uniform.
Flip Saunders looked lost at times in last season’s playoffs, and some players grumbled. Is he the right man for the job?
You would think that coaching a team to a 64-18 record would solidify one’s job with an organization but Flip’s got to get this team to the Finals this season or risk losing his job. After last season’s playoff meltdown it was widely observed that Saunders’ failure to utilize his bench and make adjustments during the playoffs had many pointing fingers at Saunders’ coaching abilities. This season with the absence of Ben Wallace, Saunders can fully put his offensive minded ways to the test on the court. With a center that can score it will keep the opposition from using his defender to roam around and help on the other four players, like they did with Ben Wallace.
Flip has vowed to be tougher and more demanding on his players this season, and play more zone defense. He knows what he has to do, let’s hope he gets it done.
Ron Artest returns to the Palace of Auburn Hills on January 20th. What kind of scene should we expect in Motown that night?
Even with the change of uniform, a different number, new German kicks and rap career that’s not going to have 50 Cent running scared, Ron Artest has his Tru challenge when he steps on the Palace floor.
Even though Pistons fans haven’t seen Ron in two years, since the day he ran into the stands and started that awful brawl that has shamed the city, Detroit fans aren’t quick to forget. The Palace fans, known to be very loud, will be sure to let Artest know how they feel. It will be a steady stream of boos from the moment he hits the floor until he walks off it. Detroit can be ruthless, Ron. Get ready.
Alright, enough foreplay, how will the Pistons fare this season?
The Pistons are in a familiar underdog position going into the season. Everyone outside the Motor City has written off the team with the loss of Big Ben Wallace. But the major players still have not changed: Chauncey Billups at point, Rip Hamilton at the two, Tayshaun Prince at SF, Rasheed Wallace at PF, and Antonio McDyess. What other team in the league can boast four former All Stars and a burgeoning star as the team’s core? With the addition of Nazr Mohammed and Flip Murray, and the likelihood that Delfino and Maxiell will get quality minutes, you can be sure to see the Pistons right at the top of the Eastern Conference. Don’t count the Pistons out, they are just where they want to be, in the backs of everyone’s minds and ready to strike.
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One Voice Prayer Website
One Voice
One Voice is a network of Christian organizations, prayer networks, churches, and individuals who believe that prayer is the most powerful intervention.
I was brought on board this project by the digital agency HandsUp, to carry out all development work after the design stage.
The Project
Built on the robust CMS of WordPress, this short project involved the development of multi-option post types, creation of several core widgets and template configurations to fit the clients need.
As part of the large Tearfund organisation, One Voice sourced key data, specifically Tearfund’s Prayer request data, which required integration into the CMS.
Key to the role of One Voice is their ongoing relationship with their international and domestic partners, something they wanted to demonstrate and share from their homepage. It was also essential to have an attractive and engaging homepage. Subsequent pages that could be text-heavy still had to maintain a high level of usability and accessibility.
The Result
A clean, colourful and engaging site that break several distinct data types into easily accessible areas, all designed and developed within a very tight deadline.
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Kirin Brewery Co.,LTD.
Head Office: Tokyo, Japan
Japan's Kirin Brewery followed Asahi to market with the 2nd Dry beer on the market, "Kirin Dry"
Kirin is another multinational, involved in not just the beer industry, but also other spirits, soft drinks, nutrient foods (health foods?) Real Estate, Food services, IT services, Business Services as well as Phamaceuticals.
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Marlborough Chamber of Commerce are pleased to be able to offer Buy Local Discounts. If you are keen to be involved then please complete the application form and return it at your earliest convenience.
Regional Business Partners
Regional Business Partners are responsible for the delivery of the NZTE Capability Development Voucher Scheme through specialist services, support and funding to enhance business management capabilities, to help businesses grow and develop.
Health & Safety
Marlborough Safety Forum is a collection of people who are involved in Health & Safety and want to help each other. Our focus is to keep Marlborough employees safe & healthy by networking and sharing solutions.
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Warm Cotton Colored Pockets Dress
85.00 €
Black round shaped dress is handmade of extra warm comfortable thick cotton material. This dress is comfortable to wear on a daily basis when you need to keep yourself warm or fancy occasions when it’s really cold and you want to feel warm and beautiful.
Warm Cotton Colored Pockets Dress. The dress is handmade of thick, warm and cozy cotton fabric. The design of the dress is simple, round shaped slightly narrow at the bottom. The dress gives a sense of freedom; it is complemented with zipper in the back. It is easy to match various accessories and every time look amazingly different. It is suitable for parties and as everyday wear.
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some big savers. Reporter: Here's joanny. She spent years of perfecting the art of purchasing for less. As a mom of seven, she's had to. She's been featured on "extreme couponing." The ohio resident says she saves thousands a month using tried and true tips. I have gotten $2500 this year. Reporter:2500 back in cash? In cash. Reporter: Tip number one, when you buy online, use a shopping portal, like ebates. You can get a cash rebate. Second tip, give yourself a gift. Cards. Some stores give points toward free gas for ever dollar you spend. Load up on gift cards for stores you plan to shop any way. Last christmas, we purchased so many gift cards that we didn't have to purchase gas for up to three months. Reporter: Use coupons after you buy? New smartphone apps allow you the get coupon savings after you buy something. I have earned $48 in my paypal account. Reporter: Take a picture of the receipt. I'm going to get cash back. Shop sites that buy back returned merchandise. Joanie likes sar dipty. I think that is a win-win. Reporter: And joanie says, keep looking for new ideas. She follows money-saving blogs to find the best places to use coupo coupons. Most people with save 50% by following a blog. Reporter: Finally, she gives back. She's able to donate what she doesn't need to local charities and families in need all by stretching a dollar. Any savings big or small is just that, a savings. Reporter: For "good morning america," amy robach, abc news, new york.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Worthy Websites
Civil Eats
Paula Crossfield and her associates provide smart, literate new perspectives on all things connected to sustainable food.
Nourish Network
Lia Huber’s slick new site provides nourishment for body, mind, and soul. Packed with recipies, articles, videos, social networking opportunities–and even an opportunity to win a free trip to Napa!
OnEarth
Bob Deans, Scott Dodd, Wendy Gordon, David Gessner, Ben Jervey, Paige Smith Orloff, Elizabeth Royte and others deliver some of the best environmental writing to be found in one site–and I’m not talking about the posts I regularly contribute.
I was in the second row of the spectators’ gallery at a trial in Winchester, Illinois, a county seat of 1,700 citizens. Ten residents of flat, cornfield-studded, and profoundly rural Scott County had filed a nuisance suit against the owners of a massive hog farm that kept 15,000 animals crammed into a few low, warehouse-like buildings near their homes creating foul smells and infestations of flies, the plaintiffs claimed. More than seventy townsfolk had packed into Winchester’s redbrick Victorian courthouse, a grand structure that must have been built in anticipation of a prosperous future that never materialized. I had no trouble seeing where their loyalties lay. Virtually everyone sat on the plaintiffs’ side, leaving empty rows of seats behind the tables of the defendants’ lawyers. From the outset, Judge David Cherry of the Seventh Circuit Court of Illinois, a beefy middle-aged fellow, seemed nervous and a little out of sorts. In his opening remarks to jurors, he said that getting them selected in such a close-knit community had been the longest ordeal he’d ever been part of.
When he returned to the courtroom after the lunch recess, Judge Cherry was red-faced and made no attempt to hide his anger. “There has been a serious breach in security,” he said, and ordered Karen Hudson, who had come to watch the proceedings, to approach the bench. Hudson is a veteran campaigner against factory farms and the head of an organization called Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water. In a brown pantsuit and with her unnaturally blond hair sprayed neatlyn place, she looked more like a Sunday-school teacher than a zealous environmental crusader. Judge Cherry held up a pamphlet put out by her group and a paperback copy of The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories—an anthology of articles condemning modern confinement farms such as the one owned by the defendants. The judge informed Hudson that bringing such literature into his courtroom and sharing it could be construed as jury tampering. She stammered an apology, but that only made Judge Cherry angrier. He had the sheriff arrest her immediately. The officer clapped handcuffs on the middle-aged woman and escorted her out of court. The judge then adjourned the trial and told the legal teams to meet with him in his chambers. On the way out, he said to me, “You wait here.”
A half hour later, he summoned me to his office, which was crowded with ten lawyers representing both sides in the case. He gestured to a copy of a book I had written about industrial tomato agriculture and asked if I had brought it to court. I explained that one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys had requested a couple of copies and that I had waited until the noon recess to give them to the lawyer, who placed them facedown on the table. After several more questions, Judge Cherry said that he was tempted to give me the same treatment he had given Hudson, but because my misdeeds did not rise to the level of hers, he was simply going to have me removed from his courtroom.
The trial had been open to the media, and I had sat silently taking notes during the morning’s session. I got an inkling of what may have been behind Judge Cherry’s decision when I learned that a member of the hog farmers’ legal team had seen me hand over the books and reported the incident to the judge. Ultimately, Judge Cherry declared a mistrial based on the chance that the jurors could have been influenced if they had seen Hudson’s book and pamphlets.
Based on the opening statements I had heard, I could imagine plenty of reasons why the lawyers for the pork producers wouldn’t want a journalist in the courtroom. During my three hours there, I had heard how a company run by one of the defendants had bought a small farm and, without informing any of the neighbors, erected four buildings and filled them with those 15,000 hogs. The plaintiffs’ lawyer said that the new pig factory emitted noxious odors through fans that blew dust, dander, and more than 200 gaseous chemical compounds over nearby homes. Manure, allowed to collect in vast pits under the barns and applied to fields without any treatment in quantities that made the ground too wet to plow, created a stench so bad that the neighbors, many from families who had lived on the same land for several generations, had to keep their windows closed in the summer. Within two months of the facility’s opening, investigators from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that dead hogs had been left lying around the barns to rot, creating more stink and attracting hordes of flies that pestered area residents. The three Hispanic employees who tended the pigs spoke no English and could not read state manuals on how to legally dispose of the pigs that died in their care, which the plaintiffs’ lawyer said could amount to one hundred a week. State and federal officials had refused to act, forcing the reluctant plaintiffs to sue.
The defense attorney countered that, this being rural Illinois, manure odors, flies, and dead livestock were simply facts of farming life, “the nature of the business.” Besides, the facility now sent animals that died to a rendering plant, a legal method of disposal. Those dust-spewing ventilators kept the pigs cool and healthy. Everything his clients did, including spraying manure on the land, complied with state regulations. The confinement buildings that housed the hogs were an example of innovation in the industry, and he would introduce expert witnesses who would testify that the farm attracting the neighbors’ ire was a well-run, thoroughly modern operation. “These facilities are lawfully there,” he said.
Both lawyers were right. The pig factory with its thousands of crammed-together animals did pollute the air. Animals did sicken and die by the hundreds. Neighbors could no longer enjoy their homes and yards. But it was all perfectly lawful. That pig factory was no different from thousands of other operations across the country that produce virtually all the pork eaten in the United States today.
The chop that got me thinking about the way we raise pigs in this country came from a hog raised at Flying Pigs Farm, an idyllic stretch of pastures and forest set amid the hills of upstate New York. The pigs, hearty heritage breeds that don’t fit the cookie-cutter demands of factory pork production, roam freely, and produce the finest meat I’ve ever tasted. My chop was transcendent, deep-red in color, and well marbled with strands of delicious fat that made it tender, juicy, and sublimely “porky.” It bore no resemblance to the bland “other white meat” sold in supermarkets. It was as different as a hard, pinkish January tomato is from an heirloom pulled off the vine in a garden on a warm summer afternoon. I wanted to find out how our pork met with such a fate and learn everything I could about modern pork production. When I told my partner of my plans, she sighed, “Does this mean I’ll have to give up eating bacon?” This book is my answer to that question.
President Obama didn’t need to issue a $1.2 billion National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, which he did last week, to figure out how the United States could reduce the antibiotic-resistant bacteria created by the country’s agriculture industry. He could have simply spent a day with Kaj Munck, a Danish hog farmer.
Mr. Munck is a husky, loquacious man who lives about an hour south of Copenhagen. His operation looks and smells a lot like the factory pig farms I have visited in the American Midwest. The 12,000 pigs he raises each year — making his operation larger than the average American producer — live in cramped stalls with hard floors inside low-slung warehouselike structures. Mr. Munck can produce pork at prices low enough to compete in the same international markets as American pork. In fact, a large number of the popular baby back ribs served in the United States are imported from Danish farms like his.
But there is one big difference between Danish hog farms and those in the United States that does meet the eye (or nose). Since 2000, Danish farmers have raised pigs without relying on regular doses of antibiotics — while in the United States, perfectly healthy pigs and other livestock are frequently given low levels of antibiotics in their food or water to prevent disease, a practice that also enhances their growth.
If all this pork talk triggers a hunger to know more, be on the lookout for Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat by Barry Estabrook (W.W. Norton) . . . .
Estabrook, winner of a James Beard award for magazine feature writing, delves into the world of pigs and pig farmers, looking at modern pork production, from industrial pigs to heritage breeds, like those raised at Flying Pigs Farm, which produces some of the “finest meat I’ve ever tasted,” he writes. “My chop was transcendent, deep-red in color, and well marbled with strands of delicious fat that made it tender, juicy, and sublimely ‘porky.'”
I vowed never to touch another Thai-farmed shrimp after attending a panel discussion recently at Sea Web’s Seafood Summit in New Orleans.
Steve Trent, the executive director of the Britain’s Environmental Justice Foundation, described a multi-billion-dollar industry with a financial model that would not be viable slave labor. “It’s the most horrific situation I have seen in more than 25 years of monitoring human rights abuses around the world,” he said.
The victims, according to Trent, typically come from poorer countries near Thailand such as Burma, Cambodia, and Laos, which supply 90 percent of the 300,000 shrimp workers in Thailand. Some are lured by promises of well-paid factory jobs only to be forced aboard fishing boats where they are held as captives. Others are kidnapped by traffickers. Fishing boat owners can conveniently order slaves from criminal gangs just as they order nets, engine parts, and fuel from suppliers, although humans are not as expensive as a new net or a tank of diesel. The going price for a human being in Thai fishing ports ranges between $375 and $960–cheaper than a pure-bred dog.
Once aboard the boats and in international waters, the unpaid workers remain trapped, often for several years, according to the United States State Department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, in which Thailand was relegated to the lowest category among 188 countries examined. More than half of Burmese workers in one Thai fishing port reported to state department officials that they had experienced slave conditions.
Shrimp slaves are fed as little as one bowl of rice a day, are forced to work for 18-hour shifts, and often endure beatings—or worse. More than half of workers on Thai fishing boats surveyed by the United Nations reported that they had seen fellow workers murdered while at sea. Slaves too weak or too ill to work are often simply tossed overboard.
Thailand’s slavery problem was caused by rampant, uncontrolled overfishing. Catches there have dropped to 14 percent of levels a few decades ago, and most of what’s caught consists of small “trash” fish that are sold to companies that make the fishmeal fed to Thailand’s shrimp farmers. In order to profit in face of the plummeting catches, boat owners kept cutting crews’ wages until they hit zero and could cut no farther. To keep itself afloat, the industry became reliant on slavery rings for labor.
Despite its unsavory underpinnings, the Thai shrimp industry generates $6 billion in export earnings. Much of that profit comes from shrimp sold to the United States. Shrimp is the most popular seafood in this country, and we import more than 90 percent of the shrimp we consume. For most of the last decade, Thailand has been our biggest source of imported shrimp, accounting to one-fourth of the total. After the conference I visited the Shaw’s supermarket in my New England hometown. Half the bags of frozen shrimp there were imported from Thailand. I could have found them at the stores of very major supermarket chain and companies like Costco and Walmart.
Thai government officials are doing little, if anything, to combat the problem. According to the Guardian, many regulators work in cahoots with the boat owners and slavers. Trent said that there has never been slavery conviction as a result of slavery on a Thai fishing boat. “The countries that Thailand exports to are the only way to pressure Thailand to take action,” he said. “The market can provide sustainable long-term solutions to these problems.”
Which means that American consumers should refrain from buying Thai shrimp until the country cleans up its act.
Avoiding them is easy—at least in supermarkets. Regulations require that unprocessed seafood is labeled with the country of origin.
The fine print.
I usually play it safe by buying wild American shrimp. They cost more. But it’s a small price to pay to know that I’m not supporting slavery.
A graphic message from the folks at Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Last summer, I stood on a bridge over the flooding Middle Raccoon River in Iowa and watched thick mats of brownish foam surging downstream. They had been created by hog manure washed from fields into the river by heavy rains.
Later, when I asked him about the froth, William Stowe, Chief Executive Officer and general manager of the Des Moines Water Works, smiled ruefully and informed me that I was going to be drinking that very water in my hotel room.
Pollution from hog farms and other agricultural operations has become a steadily worsening problem for Stowe and the 500,000 customers he serves.
For several months in 2013, levels of agricultural nitrates in the Des Moines water supply hovered at levels just below the maximum limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, even though the Water Works kept machines designed to remove the pollutants—which can cause “blue baby” disease and have been linked to cancers—operating at full capacity. Keeping the water barely potable cost ratepayers $7,000 a day.
In early 2014, Water Works wrestled to control ammonia pollution in the water supply caused by hog manure, again bumping up against safe limits. Since early December, the utility’s denitrification facilities have once again been in operation 24/7.
There are few more concrete examples of what critics of industrial agriculture call “externalizing costs.” Not only are residents of Des Moines paying to clean up the pollution caused by highly profitable factory farmers, but they face the possibility of suffering health consequences from problems that are created hundreds of miles away. Pollution from the Raccoon flows into the Mississippi, where it effects St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans and contributed to the vast, lifeless dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
This week the Water Works decided that it has taken enough shit. It filed a notice of intent to sue the Boards of Supervisors of three upstream counties under the Clean Water Act unless they stop discharging pollutants within 60 days.
Monitoring at 72 sites in the three counties showed nitrate levels nearly four times the EPA limit. Water Works claims that the counties are responsible for a system of ditches, pipes, and drainage tiles that whisk runoff from fields and confined hog operations directly into drinking water sources.
The Water Works’ notice of intent is the latest in a series of legal actions taken by Iowa citizens after their concerns were shrugged by a state government where politicians of both major parties are deeply beholden to agribusiness. In 2012, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, threatened to sue the federal Environmental Protection Agency unless it forced the state Department of Natural Resources to strengthen its oversight of pollution from factory farms.
In 2013, the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, a grassroots organization, sued Maschhoffs, LLC, a pork producing company that dumped thousands of gallons of manure into a creek. If successful, the suit would require the company to obtain a Clean Water Act permit that would require it to adhere to strict regulations—and perhaps set a precedent that other big operations will have to follow.
These were important victories. That they were achieved in courts of law rather than in the statehouse says a lot about the cozy relationship between agricultural polluters and the government officials charged with policing them.
It’s Sustainable Santa, writing. Wee Barry Estabrook is preoccupied with putting together a new book proposal, so Santa thought it was a good idea to help him out (and lighten Santa’s sleigh) by stepping into this space to dash off a few words about Santa’s favorite books of food journalism for 2014—dandy gifts for the food lovers on your list.
Santa’s image consultants insist that Santa maintains the physique of a fat, jolly, old elf, so it should come as no surprise that he takes food ve-r-r-r-r-r-y seriously. And because Santa expects to be embarking on his annual sleigh ride for many more millennia, it should also come as no surprise that he has a vested interest in the long-term sustainability of our food system.
Which brings Santa to this year’s first book. (Always fair-minded, Santa will proceed in alphabetical order.)
Aptly subtitled Field Notes on the Future of Food, Young Dan Barber’s The Third Plate makes a perfect gift for the deeply thoughtful eaters on your list, the ones who gobbled up Michael Pollan’s Onmivore’s Dilemma when it came out. In fact, Santa will go so far as to say that The Third Plate is the most important book to come out about our food system since Pollan’s seminal work.
Dan, of course, is the James-Beard-Award-Winning chef-owner of the two Blue Hill restaurants in the New York City area. His cooking is earthy, imaginative, intellectual, sometimes playful, and always interesting, yet he never lets diners forget that his culinary tours de force begin in some nearby barnyard. The same could be said of his writing.
It seems a little unfair that such a talented chef writes as well as he cooks, but those of us who are unable to make it to a Blue Hill should be delighted we have the opportunity devour Dan’s masterful prose.
Santa freely admits to having a sweet tooth. He’s always delighted to find a few cookies left out on hearths. But each Christmas Eve after sliding down Sam Fromartz’s chimney, Santa head directly to the kitchen, where inevitably Sam has left a few fresh loaves of his just-baked bread.
Sam happens to be a journalist, and a very good one at that. But he is also one of the very best bread bakers in the land. His baguettes beat out those of all the professionals in a bake-off in his home town, Washington, DC, and when Alice Waters hosted a benefit in the capitol, she insisted that Sam make the bread.
In his book, In Search of a Perfect Loaf, Sam mixes practical advice and age-old wisdom and leavens combination with interesting characters and irresistible writing. What arises is an absolute must-have book for the bread baker on your list (Santa guarantees he or she will love it—and love you all the more for being so thoughtful). But it is also a page-turning read for anyone with a vicarious curiosity about how this miracle food is made.
Santa, back again for Wee Barry Estabrook who is supposed to be toiling away on a new book proposal but seems to be wasting a lot of time on social media instead.
As you know, Santa tends a small herd of domestic ruminants himself, so he has a soft spot for all livestock. After reading The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of our Food, Ted Genoways’ scathing investigative report on factory pig farming, Santa will be stuffing several large, dirty lumps of coal in his bag to be put into the stockings of the executives at Hormel Foods and other corporate pork producers.
From the dismal working conditions inside slaughterhouses to the rundown Midwestern “barrios” that house immigrant workers, Ted takes on Big Pig with investigative vigor and muckraking gusto not seen since Little Upton Sinclair lashed out at the same industry in The Jungle. Santa’s been around a long time. It saddens him to see how little has changed.
Give this eye-opener to all of the meat lovers on your list as well as those who shun animal products.
As the CEO of a worldwide company that gives its products (toys) away for free, Santa is well aware of how bottom-line realities can put pressure on worker wages and benefits. Nonetheless, Santa makes sure his elves make at least minimum wage, have full medical coverage, receive overtime, and have generous vacation schedules. He expects all farmers to follow his example.
Alas, Labor and the Locavore, Maggie Gray’s investigation of the growers who supply pretty products to New York City’s farmers’ markets, shows that those Carhartt-clad neo-agrarians under the pop-up tents hide the reality that unseen migrant laborers do the real work. The men and women who tend and pick urbanites’ upscale fruits and veggies live anything but upscale lives, without benefits, overtime, medical insurance—or even a guarantee that they will make minimum wage. Naughty, naughty.
Give this book to all farmers’ market shoppers on your list and ask them to share what they learn with their favorite vendors.
Santa considers himself fortunate. With much of the Bering Sea and Alaska lying within his foodshed, Santa has ready access to plenty of pollock, Arctic char, wild salmon and other local seafood.
But as Paul Greenberg points out in American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood, Santa is the exception among Americans. Despite controlling more ocean than any other country, the United States imports in excess of 85 percent of its seafood. And at the same time as the country is bringing in all those fish from who-knows-where, it is exporting fully one-third of the fish that come from its waters. Alaska alone produces enough fish to feed the nation. How did this come about? Why don’t Americans give their seafood the respect it deserves? Why, oh why, does the definition of “locavore” stop at the high-tide mark? What’s the catch? The American catch.
Paul, who has to be one of the most amiable narrators taking on serious food issues today, uses this paradox as a stepping off point for a lively exploration of America’s complex relationship with the marine resources at its doorstep, from the oyster beds of the Northeast, to the salmon runs of Alaska. He encounters lots of problems and threats along the way, but ends on a hopeful note, which Santa might sum up as, “Yes, America, there is a way to have your seafood and eat it too.”
Give this book to anyone who loves to catch fish, dines on seafood, or enjoys the coastal waters of the United States.
When Santa stamps back into the house after his annual rounds, he looks forward to sitting down at the dinner table with Mrs. Claus for a beautiful standing rib roast accompanied by her unbeatable Yorkshire pudding.
So Santa’s been feeling a little conflicted lately, trying to justify his love of good beef in the face of all the human health and environmental horrors that have been attributed to cattle production over the last several years.
Leave it to Nicolette Hahn Niman—lawyer, environmentalist, rancher, mother, and (Santa isn’t kidding) practicing vegetarian—to lay out a vigorous, intellectually robust argument in favor of beef. With one huge caveat: Meat has to be raised the right way. From an environmental point of view, Nicolette argues, there is a huge difference between grass-fed, pastured cattle and those that consume a diet based on corn (and a host of chemicals) in massive feedlots.
At the same time, Nicolette presents a convincing case that sugars and simple carbohydrates, not cows, might be the real culprits behind the national epidemic of obesity and cardiovascular disease.
For the committed carnivores on your list as well as the environmentalists and vegetarians who aren’t adverse to a little food for thought.
By the powers vested in me as the one and only Santa, I hereby declare 2014 to have been the year of sustainable meat books. Christopher Leonard set the pace early in the year with the publication of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business.
Like Ted Genoways in The Chain, Christopher looks at meat production through the lens on a single company, in this case Tyson, which grew from a one-man, one-truck operation in tiny Springdale, Ark., in the early 1930s, to a vertically integrated chicken, pork, and beef colossus, one of a handful of corporations that control most of the meat Americans eat today. Collectively, these corporations damage the environment and destroy the economic and social fabric of rural communities, all in the name of cheap food—which isn’t all that cheap anymore. The most abused victims group are the folks who raise corporate animals despite the ever-present prospect of bankruptcy. They are called “contract farmers.” Back in Santa’s younger days, people who toiled under the conditions Christopher describes were simply called serfs.
The Meat Racket is a great gift for meat lovers with a taste for business books or anyone curious about how livestock production in America became controlled by a heartless oligarchy.
During long winter nights, Santa loves to immerse himself in a deftly-plotted novel full of vivid characters. He also enjoys evocative writing about his favorite topic—food.
He all but wolfed down Delicious!, the bestselling debut novel by Ruth Reichl, the author of popular food-related memoirs and the former editor of Gourmet magazine. Santa views Ruth’s novel as her personal twist on a genre made popular by Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada, but with gravy-stained aprons instead of designer clothes. It’s the story about the trials of a young woman who comes to New York to work at a quirky food magazine. No one writes about food as well as Ruth, and few authors tell as good a story.
Wee Barry Estabrook, who worked for Ruth for several years, wanted to make sure that Santa told readers of this review that he had no hard feelings about being the real life model for Richard, the creative director character, who the narrator describes as “the most attractive man I’d ever met. His olive skin, emerald eyes, and chiseled cheekbones gave him the languid, unshaven arrogance of a model . . .” Santa is not so sure.
For fiction lovers and food lovers and lovers of Ruth’s memoirs—especially those who might be looking forward to some relaxing beach time in the not-too-distant future.
Santa is never averse to sitting back in his big, comfy chair with a noggin of something to warm his insides (it gets damn cold up here). And he supports any trend that adds cheer to the season. So he has been a big booster of the craft distilling movement that has sprung up in the wake of the craft brewing upsurge a couple of decades back.
Alas, Santa has been disappointed at some of the naughty boys (most are boys) in the “artisanal” booze business. Far too many of them are not distillers at all. Instead they buy tanker truckloads of generic whiskey or neutral spirits from huge, industrial distilling corporations, pour the hooch into quaint bottles and slap on labels with olde-fashioned typefaces that mislead consumers into thinking that they are buying lovingly made, local tipple.
In American Spirit James Rodewald, former spirits editor at the late lamented Gourmet magazine (a tough job, but somebody had to do it), separates the phonies from the real McCoys through firsthand visits to and vivid profiles of more than twenty still masters across the country who are fully transparent about how their products are created. No “craftwashing” here, to use Rodewald’s expression. They are a merry bunch, all great raconteurs, who, even though their trade is now legal, maintain the swashbuckling attitude of bygone bootleggers. Santa raises a glass to each and every one of them.
Ideal for anyone on your list who loves honest liquors and well-made cocktails—and a must for any small-batch whiskey aficionados.
“Fat-is-good/carbs-are-bad” has become a nonfiction genre in and of itself in recent years, a direct reaction to the “fat is evil” doctrine that has become the establishment’s dietary mantra over the last few decades. The Big Fat Surprise is the first book in the genre that merits serious attention.
Santa has been around long enough to know that all entrenched wisdom should be viewed with a measure of skepticism. Nina brings that and more to the subject.
What pleased Santa the most is the depth and soundness of the research behind Nina’s claim that fat is not the poison it’s been made out to be. She takes readers back to the earliest studies demonizing fat, and shows how government, university, and NGO types (many with serious conflicts of interest) launched career-destroying ad hominem attacks on anyone who questioned their anti-fat contentions. Despite all but being blackballed by academia, a few researchers managed to publish work that refutes the blanket condemnation of dietary fat. Fat, in fact, may be good for us. It’s a bold claim. But Santa has yet to see a serious, scientific refutation of the assertions in The Big Fat Surprise.
Give to anyone on your lists who has followed conventional low-fat diets without losing weight—or anyone who is interested in nutrition and not afraid to question the status quo.
That’s it for book suggestions from Sustainable Santa this year. Happy holidays to all, and to all a good read.
“Fat-is-good/carbs-are-bad” has become a nonfiction genre in and of itself in recent years, a direct reaction to the “fat is evil” doctrine that has become the establishment’s dietary mantra over the last few decades. The Big Fat Surprise is the first book in the genre that merits serious attention.
Santa has been around long enough to know that all entrenched wisdom should be viewed with a measure of skepticism. Nina brings that and more to the subject.
What pleased Santa the most is the depth and soundness of the research behind Nina’s claim that fat is not the poison it’s been made out to be. She takes readers back to the earliest studies demonizing fat, and shows how government, university, and NGO types (many with serious conflicts of interest) launched career-destroying ad hominem attacks on anyone who questioned their anti-fat contentions. Despite all but being blackballed by academia, a few researchers managed to publish work that refutes the blanket condemnation of dietary fat. Fat, in fact, may be good for us. It’s a bold claim. But Santa has yet to see a serious, scientific refutation of the assertions in The Big Fat Surprise.
Give to anyone on your lists who has followed conventional low-fat diets without losing weight—or anyone who is interested in nutrition and not afraid to question the status quo.
That’s it for book suggestions from Sustainable Santa this year. Happy holidays to all, and to all a good read.
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AWLQ work with local councils, state government, rescue groups and the community to improve the outcomes for stray and surrendered pets, and are renowned for our unique and inventive programs, initiatives and rehoming strategies.
Our organisation was the first in Queensland to open a Community Veterinary Clinic to the public, making essential vet care services accessible for the first time to those owners previously unable to afford treatment for their pets.
The charter of AWLQ’s Community Vet Clinics is that no suffering animal is ever to be turned away, despite the owner’s financial circumstances.
AWLQ strives to give every animal in need a second chance and maintains an organisation wide policy of zero euthanasia of healthy animals.
We have one of the highest ‘save’ rates in Australia for a shelter of our size, rehoming an average of 800 animals each month from our five South East Queensland locations.
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Margin Makers: Guide to Bethesda merchandise
Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Dishonored – Bethesda has produced some of the most talked-about titles in games. MCV investigates the publisher's impressive repertoire
In terms of commercial and critical success, there are few publishers that can match up to the creative output of Bethesda.
Founded in 1986, the company's perhaps best-known IP, The Elder Scrolls, was established in 1994 with The Elder Scrolls: Arena. Four direct sequels followed, as well as numerous spin-offs, including last year's The Elder Scrolls Online.
The fifth entry in the Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim, shipped seven million copies worldwide within its first week of release, generating revenue of around $450 million (306m). By mid-2013, the game had sold more than 20 million units.
Launched on April 4th 2014 on PC, The Elder Scrolls Online was the top-selling game in the UK individual retail charts for the week of its release, claiming second place in the All Formats chart. The game will see a second launch on PS4 and Xbox One this June, plus transitioning to free-to-play on PC.
Three other enduring hit franchises created decades ago will also see a return in the near future, thanks to Bethesda.
The follow-up to 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order – itself a continuation of the alt-history shooter IP created way back in 1981 – Wolfenstein: The Old Blood hits PC, PS4 and Xbox One on May 5th. The New Order was the 22nd-best-selling title of 2014 in the UK, and was a pleasant surprise, according to critics.
Beyond The Old Blood, Bethesda is hosting its inaugural press conference at this year's E3 event.
A reboot of horror shooter series Doom has already been announced, and the upcoming game could see some gameplay demonstrated for the first time at the show.
Plus, 2015 marks five years since the last Fallout title, New Vegas – leading some observers to believe a Fallout 4 announcement may be in the works.
Fallout 3 Tranquility Lane Vault Boy
This second-edition timepiece is based on the world of Fallout 3's fan-favourite virtual reality simulation mission, Tranquility Lane. The watch is plated in 43mm gold ion, complemented by a genuine leather band. Inside, the hands – literally, as they take the form of Fallout 3's Vault Boy's arms – boast battery-powered Japanese quartz movement. The watch is protected thanks to a scratch-resistant mineral crystal lens and 30-metre water resistance.
SRP: $60 (40)
Manufacturer: Bethesda
Distributor: Bethesda
Contact: 020 7389 1100
Skyrim Dead Man's Drink Beer Glass
Inspired by the local tavern Dead Man's Drink, which can be visited by The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim players exploring the virtual capital of Falkreath, this beer glass features the logo of the famous watering hole on both sides.
SRP: 12.99
Manufacturer: Gaya Entertainment
Distributor: Gaya Entertainment UK
Contact: [email protected]
The Evil Within Asylum T-Shirt
This top displays artwork from the creepy asylum setting of Bethesda's 2014 horror title, The Evil Within.
SRP: 15.99
Manufacturer: Gaya Entertainment
Distributor: Gaming Merchandise UK
Contact: [email protected]
Doom Pain ElementalSix-Inch Plush
One of Doom's most recognisable enemies, the Pain Elemental is more huggable than horrible in plush form.
SRP: 22.99
Manufacturer: The IP Factory
Distributor: Gaming Heads
Contact: [email protected]
Wolfenstein: The New Order Cap
This headgear is branded with the logo of the 2014 Wolfenstein title. Not guaranteed to protect against headshots.
SRP: 24.99
Manufacturer: Gaya Entertainment
Distributor: Gaming Merchandise UK
Contact: [email protected]
Dishonored:The Dunwall Archives
A companion publication to the 2012 game, this 212-page book includes art and text from throughout Dishonored's world.
SRP: 29.99
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
Distributor: Diamond Comic Distributors UK
Contact: 01928 531 760
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Armour Wallet
Tri-folded, with a coin pouch and windowed pocket, this is the ideal vessel for Skyrim fans' Septim coins.
SRP: 34.99
Manufacturer: Gaya Entertainment
Distributor: Gaming Merchandise UK
Contact: [email protected]
Fallout Vault BoyBobbleheads
Fans of the post-apocalypse can gain +10 skill points thanks to these recreations of Fallout 3's in-game collectables.
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Officials: Missing Air Algerie plane with 116 on board likely crashed
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(CNN) — An Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board that dropped off radar early Thursday is thought to have crashed in Mali, the flight operator said. Air Algerie said via Twitter that the plane has apparently crashed in the Tilemsi area, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the southeastern city of Gao
Flight 5017 lost radar contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, early Thursday. It was supposed to arrive at Algiers’ Houari Boumediene Airport about four hours later.
The plane, an MD-83, is carrying 110 passengers, two pilots and four crew members. The MD-83 is part of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 family of twin-engine, single-aisle jets.
The plane belongs to a private Spanish company, Swiftair, but it appears to have been operated by Air Algerie.
“We have lost contact with the plane,” Swiftair said.
“At this moment, emergency services and our staff are working on finding out more on this situation.”
Air Algerie said via Twitter, “Unfortunately, for the moment we have no more information than you do. We will give you the latest news live.”
Air Algerie is Algeria’s national airline, with flights to 28 countries.
The deadliest incident in the airline’s history occurred in March 2003 when a domestic fight crashed after takeoff, killing 102 people on board. One person survived.
In February, a Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashed in the mountains of eastern Algeria, killing 77 of the 78 people on board.
The MD-83’s disappearance comes exactly a week after a Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down in Ukraine with 298 people on board.
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