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(14) William Coppinger Of Barryscourt
The MacMahon estates, in the County of Clare, now held by Mr. Coppinger, of Barryscourt, were once in great jeopardy, as the MacMahons had reason to fear a discoverer. A very spirited, though ancient maiden, a Miss MacMahon, resolved to extricate her family by becoming a Protestant. Before doing so she consulted a friar upon the propriety of her intentions. He very frankly told her, that if for the sake of lucre she changed her creed, that she would peril her soul. 'Here goes, then,' she cried, 'better at any time that the soul of an old maid should go to the devil, than that the property of the MacMahons of Clare should go to the Protestants.' She conformed, and saved the property. Pity that so spirited a spinster never found a mate![1]
William was not the first-born of his parents, but his clever and promising young brother Stephen having died during the lifetime of his parents, on William devolved the task of steering his course through the shoals and pitfalls that beset a Catholic landowner in troubled times. That neither he nor his father ever abjured their faith when the temptations to do so were so strong, is the great thing which redounds to their credit. Both were very extravagant in money matters: lavish and prodigal in their hospitality; - though when this second William got old he would have tried to retrench. Setting aside that portion of their lives which was passed in dealing with old encumbrances and creating fresh ones, so far as can be learned about the second William, he seems to have been a kindly, honourable, devout, and well-educated person - probably educated abroad - certainly very familiar with the French language. His portrait, in his wedding garb, represents a fair, slender man of middle size; of course, clean shaven, with powdered hair, tied in a queue. He has an oval face, neat, regular features, small blue eyes, a long straight nose, and a small mouth. His coat is pale blue silk, embroidered in silver, with Mechlin lace ruffles and Jabot. His wife's portrait, taken evidently before her marriage, represents a very slender, fragile, sweet-looking girl, her blonde hair looped up in a classical knot of curls, well suiting her delicate Grecian profile. Her bodice is of some plain dark stuff, with a dark red drapery thrown round it. The painter seems to have rather striven after picturesque effect than actual representation of any fashion. The girl's sweet young portrait, of the most Rousseau-like simplicity, contrasts strangely with her handsome, stately mother's ample draperies of blue satin, red velvet, and ermine, and her grandmother's long-waisted cloth-of-gold bodice, as with the jewels worn by both. As that beautiful mother died before she was forty, both must have married very young.
William and Jane lived chiefly at Barryscourt, having a town house in Jones' Row, in Cork. There are people now living who remember William in his old age, and when nearly blind, with long white hair walking up and down the Rosary Walk - a high walk which ran along the Avenue; - the mere bank still exists, but it's clipped yew hedges have vanished. Up and down the old squire used to pace, saying his rosary, and followed by a man-servant, whose double function was to give the responses and to see that the blind man did not get off the "Rosary Walk," as the great orchards necessitated a man-trap or two - objects of great wonder and awe to the grandchildren. As they sat with their books and toys in the dark wainscoted parlours, ensconced in the deep window seats, they used to see sundry venerable great-uncles, tall old men, coming frequently to their grandfather, all of whom were of course staunch Papists.
The tradition concerning the second William's marriage is that he was staying for hunting with some of his Butler kindred near Clonmel, when he met his distant kinswoman Jane McMahon, whom he married almost out of the nursery.
The following is an abstract of his marriage settlement:-
Abstract of Marriage Treaty, 3rd November, 1777.
Abstract of Marriage treaty of Wm Coppinger of Barryscourt, the younger, Esqre and Jane McMahon of Clenagh, spinster, concluded Novr 3rd 1777. Parties to treaty Wm Coppinger the elder of Barryscourt, Co Cork, Esquire.
William Coppinger, Junr his eldest son and heir apparent.
Donat McMahon of Clenagh, Co Clare, Esqr now residing in Clonmell.
Jane McMahon, spinster, only sister of the sd Donat.
James Butler of Kilcommon, Co Tipperary, Esquire.
John Galway of Lota, Co Cork, Esquire.
In consideration of approaching marriage William Coppinger the elder secures £10,000 to trustees. James Butler and John Galway passing penal bond for sum of £20,000, interest at 5 per cent.; Donat McMahon in like manner passes penal bond of £12,000 to trustees to secure his sister's portion of £6,000 at 5 per cent.
Donat McMahon hands over his Estates to be managed by his future brother‑in‑law. The trustees declare that they accept trust and guarantee payment. In case of Jane's widowhood, they guarantee to pay out of trust funds a jointure of £300 a year for her life on payment in full of her fortune, increase of Jointure to £400 a year. If she bears children who survive her husband jointure to be increased to £500, payable half‑yearly; on getting her jointure she must renounce her third part of husband's personal property.
In case William Coppinger the younger should leave one or more daughters and younger sons, Jane McMahon's £6,000 goes to these younger children as he shall apportion it. . . . .
In the event of only one son, that eldest son to come in for the sums of £10,000 and £6,000 eventually.
Should Jane McMahon die without issue within ten years of her marriage her husband should have £3,000 refunded to Donat McMahon, if so much of it shall have been paid.
If so much shall not have been paid there shall then be a deduction out of bonds what will make it £3,000, Donat only being liable then to £3,000. . . . .
Donat McMahon contracts to give a power of attorney that William Coppinger the younger shall enter into and take possession of all Donat's Lands and Estates in Clare, with all rents, issues, and profits, out of which he shall undertake to pay Mrs. Lucinda McMahon, the mother of the said Donat McMahon, the dower which shall grow due and payable to her the interest on all mortgages and judgments affecting the lands of Donat McMahon, and pay to Donat £200 a year, first payment May 1; any surplus remaining in William Coppinger, Junr's, hands to go in payment of interest on his wife's portion.
Any further surplus to Donat.
Should there not be what will pay interest of Dowry the interest is to be considered as due and allowed to accumulate, as it is feared for some years to come the estate will not be equal to meeting charges. Dower to Lucinda McMahon, £200 to Donat and interest on debts, unless debts can be reduced to 5 p. cent. William Coppinger is to procure money at 5 p. cent. to pay off incumberances, or, failing to do so, to advance money of his own for the purpose at 5 p. cent. William Coppinger further binds himself within a year of his marriage to procure the money at 5 p. cent., and failing this the trustees must pay interest on all the Judgment debts, only charging Donat McMahon the 5 per cent.
The terribly incumbered state of the property can be imagined when Donat McMahon only sought to get £200 a-year out of his property, of which the gross rental was that very year
£1,023. 5s. 6d.
Statute acreage, 10,326 acs. 2 rds. 7 1/2 pchs.
Irish " 6,389 acs. 0 rds. 22 pchs.
The bride and bridegroom belonged to the same "Brahmin caste," as one might venture to style the Catholic gentry, during the 90 years the Penal Laws prevented any new Catholic rising to any considerable position or buying lands in fee-simple. This couple were third cousins through their joint descent from a younger branch of the great house of Ormonde, through the Catholic Leader of 1641, Colonel Richard Butler, brother to the Great Duke of Ormonde.
A dispensation was easily procured and the marriage duly solemnised. William Coppinger, husband of Jane McMahon, was not very old in years, but he was of a grave and dignified demeanour, and his wife was so very young she always looked up with almost filial respect, and seldom called him William, generally addressing him as Mr. Coppinger or Sir. Irish grand-parents and elderly aunts and uncles were generally addressed as Sir or Ma'am, and many old folks are still thus addressed by their descendants. The young bride had an only brother, an Abbé in Paris, and was his undoubted heir. His estates were over 10,000 English acres, comprising the ruined Castle and valuable lime-stone estate of Clenagh, near New Market-on-Fergus, and two wild tracts of moor and mountain, with sundry outlying bits on the banks of the Shannon near Kildysart, where the Shannon and Fergus join to form a brackish lake 5 miles wide. Four thousand English acres of this alone remain handed down, along with Coppinger's property, to their great-grandson.
The Coppingers of Ballyvolane representing the McMahons of Clenagh, and both families being now represented in the female line by Minor John Coppinger O'Connell, the writer's son, she has strung together the few leading points of the history of this genuinely Celtic family to preserve them from oblivion.
McMahons of Clenagh. Jane McMahon of Glenagh was the lineal descendant of a chieftain named Donogh-na-glaicé - the six-fingered - through his third son, Tiege McMahon, founder of the family of Clenagh.
The old chieftain's territories extended from 6 miles below Ennis to beyond Kilkee along the Shannon, with bits on the other bank. He made his eldest son Chief of West Corcobaskin, now Moyarta Barony, the wild promontory by the Shannon's mouth and running up to Kilrush; and his second son Chief of East Corobaskin, the present Barony of Clonderlaw, between the O'Brien territories near Ennis, and his elder brother's wild western lands. The third son got the estates, on which he or some of his people built the Castle of Clenagh, near New Market-on-Fergus, and the wild lands on the Shannon called the Tua-na-farné Estates - the name "Country of the Alders" applied to the district near Kildysart. This was at the end of the 15th century.
This third's son's name was Teige. His posterity were followers of the Eastern Chiefs, who generally threw in their fortunes with the O'Briens, of which powerful sept the McMahons were an off-shoot. There were close alliances and intermarriages among the different O'Briens and McMahons, and the alliances made by the Clenagh family show that they held an excellent position. In the reign of Henry VIII., Una' daughter of Torlogh of Clenagh, married Edmund Fitsz Maurice, Lord Lixnaw, afterwards 10th Lord Kerry, an ancestor of the Earl of Kerry. Her unpaid dowry led to the sale of the estate two centuries later. Some time afterwards another Turlogh McMahon of Clenagh married the Lady Eleanor de Burgo, daughter of an Earl of Clanricarde, whose father or grandfather had been given by Henry VIII. Brian Boru's harp, presented by the Pope to the Defender of the Faith. It formed part of her dowry and long hung on the walls of Clenagh. A Turlogh McMahon, in 1641, raised 100 men in the abortive Catholic rising. A Tiege, in 1671, mortgaged the most valuable townsland on that portion of the McMahon estate, still retained by the present representative of the family. In 1694 Donogh McMahon married Bridget Barnwall, daughter of Henry, second Viscount Kingsland, and Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Richard, Earle of Westmeath. She bore the Christian name of her grandmother, the Lady Bridget Fitzgerald, heiress of Henry, 12th Earl of Kildare, and widow of the famous Red Hugh O'Donnell, Earl Tyrconnell. The McMahon property was conveyed in trust to a Protestant kinsman, Sir Donogh O'Brien (ancestor of the Inchiquin family), to Lord Kingsland, to the great Catholic lawyer, Sir Stephen Rice, and to Nicholas Barnswall, a kinsman of the bride. Donogh McMahon was implicated in the Jacobite troubles, and fled to Austria some years later with his eldest son, Turlogh, alias Terence.[2]
The marriage of Jane McMahon with William Coppinger brought the McMahon property into the Coppinger family, and the unsold fragment, the Ballylean Estate, near Kildysart, has passed, along with the Cork lands of these Danish settlers, to the boy-representative of the second branch of the O'Connells of Iveragh, and of Charles Bianconi, the inventor of Irish car traffic.
Some time before the marriage the family re-visited Clenagh. The Bridegroom elect was not there, being probably busy with his preparations, but his cousin Mr. Galway was there. A wicked kinsman, Francis McMahon of Creeva, actually succeeded in carrying off the betrothed, but she was rescued by Mr. Galway and the peasants. The heiress was actually carried into the middle of a bog, while a coach was waiting on the nearest road to carry her away. Mr. Galway beat off the assailants, helped by the peasants, but was quite unable to carry the rescued damsel through the bog, so one huge, tall clansman, Murto McMahon, took her on his back and carried her to the coach, in which they drove her to Moyrisk, where her aunt, Mrs Macnamara lived. His grandson and namesake, aged near 80, is now gardener to the writer at Ballylean, on which property a farm was let cheap to the athletic and valiant Murto the elder.
William Coppinger of Barryscourt. The married life of William Coppinger and his young wife was very happy, and from old letters, &c., she seems to have been very fond of his sisters and to have been greatly beloved by them. She had four children who lived to grow up. Though her brother principally resided in France he sometimes came over, and the tie between them was very close and tender. It had been hoped her husband's prudent management might have saved the Castle of Clenagh and a good part of the estate for her second son, but the hope was a vain one, and the mortgage was foreclosed. To a woman of strong family affections and much family pride, it must have been a very bitter moment when the home of her fathers passed away from the race, especially as her second son bore her name and arms. She was a particularly charitable woman, an excellent housekeeper, as her receipts book testifies, but lavish in all things, and very fond of entertaining. Debts and difficulties accumulated, and there were large charges made for her children. They received the best and costliest education, and were all skilled musicians and excellent linguists. The boys were first at a Protestant school near Cork, where Daniel O'Connell was for a time their classfellow, and then went to a famous Catholic private school at Harrow, kept by a very handsome, affluent, and dignified priest of the old school, Rev. Dr. Collins. Many English boys of high position were his pupils and the friends of her eldest son, even when he advanced in life. From an early date this eldest son was manfully striving to get the family concerns into some sort of financial order; his father's loss of sight in his old age rendering his help all the more needed. It was probably that truly Irish mixture of family pride and family affection which led William Coppinger, Jane McMahon's husband, to give her brother a peculiarly splendid funeral when the poor Abbé died in the most embarrassed circumstances.
Dr. Richard Copinger, whose father was agent to the Barryscourt Estate soon after, was then a student in the Irish College, and related to Dr. Caulfield, the well-known historian of so many southern towns, as follows :-
Though after Abbé Donat McMahon's death no means were found to warrant such expenditure, his remains were incased in a set of coffins, one of which was a leaden chest enclosing a cedar shell. The outside coffin was covered with Genoa velvet, with a silver escutcheon and heraldic devices. The velvet was of the most costly kind. He was placed in a vault in Perè-la-Chaise, in which were also the remains of many French nobles. It was said at the time it was the intention of his friends to have had the remains brought to Ireland and interred in their ancient tomb, but others said this design would never be carried out. He still remains there in the pomp of the tomb. His obsequies were carried out with immense splendour. Hundreds of wax tapers burned for several days and nights around and on his catafalque, the Archbishop of Paris attended the funeral ceremonies. The extravagance displayed was one of the topics of the day among the Irish, as it was known that the Abbé had no means, and was extremely lavish and profuse with any money he ever had or could get from Ireland. Some friends and relatives came from Ireland, but no one ever knew who paid the undertaker.
The Abbé had apartments in the Sorbonne, so he probably had some connection with it. His books show he was devoted to classical lore and historical and theological studies; they are nearly all French, Latin, and Greek. Though extravagant in money matters, he was a man of pure and virtuous life, handsome, courteous, and learned.[3]
His sister was his heir, and on the death of her second son, John Coppinger McMahon, her eldest son, William Coppinger, was the eventful inheritor.
[1] Mr. Coppinger, of Barryscourt, was one of the first commoners in the Empire, and was the head of the oldest branch of the Coppingers. He was one of the very few commoners who retained Catholic advowsons. The power of presenting a Catholic rector to the parishes of St. Peter and Paul, and of St. Anne Shandon, in the City of Cork, was in the gift of Mr. Coppinger, and the right was exercised. In the last century it was the custom of the Catholic bishops to ask the representative of the Coppinger family for the nomination, which was usually given to them. In 1820, the right of nomination was disputed by the Bishop Murphy, and was the subject of an ecclesiastical suit at Rome, when it was formally decided that the right had existed in the Coppinger family for centuries, and the claim was confirmed. The family papers in the possession of the representatives of this ancient house, are well calculated to throw upon the social history of the Irish Catholics during the last century. - Note by Mr. Owen-Madden.
[2] Col. W.F. Butler, author of the Great Lone Land, states in an article in the Contemporary Review: "They were a Great People, that the uncle of Mary Hamilton, Lady Kingsland, commanded a regiment of Imperial Cuirassiers - in which one of her brothers-in-law was killed fighting the Turks at Critzka - and that Barnwalls and Hamilton fell also at Marsiglia, Malplaquet, and Sauverne. Mary Hamilton, Lady Kingsland, was the daughter of a niece of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, a connection very valuable to Papist kindred." Sir Donogh O'Brien, the Protestant kinsman who, by pretending to seize, really saved the lands of Clenagh, had a son married to Katherine Keightley, a niece of Queens Mary and Anne; her mother, Lady Catherine, being a sister of their mother, Lady Anne Hyde. As Lord Kingsland, brother to Donogh McMahon's wife, was married to one of the beautiful Hamiltons, and as Barnwalls and Hamiltons held commands in the Austrian service, Donogh naturally entered it too when forced to fly from Ireland. This Donogh died an Austrian colonel in 1753. The boy, Torlough, took service abroad, followed Marie Theresa's husband to Tuscany, was military Governor of Pistoja, and married one of the McMahons of Monogha, who had followed the Stuarts to France. Their son, Stanislaus James Maximilian, returned to Ireland, which his father never seems to have re-visited. This father's younger brother Henry had managed Clenagh in their absence, and his son and namesake, Henry, gave up quiet possession. Stanislaus gave them Brian Boru's harp, in gratitude for their faithful trust. From McMahons it passed to the MacNamaras, and then to the Cunninghams, one of whom gave it to Trinity College, Dublin, where it may now be seen.
The first Henry's wife had been an O'Brien of Arra, which made it doubly precious in their eyes. Stanislaus was a very handsome man - tall, dark, slender, with regular features and sad, dark eyes. His portrait is dressed in dark brown and cloth-of-gold, He married the beautiful Lucinda Esmonde, only child of Sir Walter Esmonde and Joan Butler, Lord Cahir's daughter. They had two children, Abb_; Donat, painted as a lovely little fair-haired, blue eyed child at his mother's knee; and Jane, wife of William Coppinger. The handsome young couple truly loved each other, but Stanislaus died soon, literally of worry. Lady Lixnaw's unpaid dowry, the multitudinous mortgages, the loans at heavy interest - portions at six per cent. - jointures and charges, of which five were running together, and three generations of enforced absenteeism had crippled the estate. Stanislaus mortgaged Clenagh, and the mortgage was foreclosed in his son's lifetime. The Hon. John Butler of Kilcash, his wife's kinsman, was appointed guardian to the children, who were to remain with their mother. Stanislaus died at Cregg, now the seat of Mr. Lalor, in 1757. His wife's father, Sir Walter Esmonde, then lived there. She spent most of her time in Clonmel, where she had rented the old house over the westgate. Her husband's Will cut off the next-of-kin, which was not to be wondered at, as this Francis McMahon of Creeva - nick-named Rutty - a fire-eating squire, whose ill deeds are still remembered, had tried to push him down from the top of the ruined Castle of Clenagh. There was an old house in which their people had lived since Colonel Donogh broke down the stone stairs of the Castle before his flight to Austria, so that no other man's foot might tread it until his return; but he never returned.
[3] It is probable Donat McMahon was not quite so absolutely without means as here represented, as may be seen from proceedings which were instituted on the 4th November, 1790, in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, by William Coppinger, as the executor of Donat McMahon, against John Butler, Lord Dunboyne, John Meagher, Arthur Creaghe, and Thomas Edmond Weir, executors of Stephen Creaghe Butler, deceased, and others, when it was declared by a decree dated 7th July, 1802, that William Coppinger, as such executor, was entitled to the sum of £1,828. 19s. 1 1/2d., with interest till paid, and the same was deemed to be a charge upon the lands in the report in the cause mentioned. These were lands in the counties of Meath and Tipperary. - W.A.C.


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Horowitz is issuing a clarion call like a watchman on the wall, to Christians in America. He is reinforcing what I have been saying for decades. The Hard Left reprobates hate God; therefore, they loath and hate us.
This is very exciting news! This will be challenged and head to the Supreme Court along with Alabama finding that life begins at conception. There is now hope that Rove v Wade can be overturned.
The Hard Left rhetoric is getting worse and the murdering spirit is really coming to the surface. Sin has taken over their minds, and they are easily used by satan. We can watch their insanity growing by the week.
This is the best article I found about what happened. What will happen next? Will Russia retaliate? I don't think so at this time. Putin might wait for another time that is more to his advantage.
Just to show how crazy things are getting with the reprobate minded. This is not a natural function of the male body, so I'm thinking that the "milk" is most like some form of poison with all the drugs in the body. Mankind now is intent on destroying every part of God's creation. This is an all-out assault on many fronts against God's creation to the point man is now the creator!
This is huge because McCabe was removed after the FBI Director read Representative Nunes memo! Wow! This memo must be power packed. I hope more of these swamp critters are dragged out of the FBI and Justice Department, and if possible out of the CIA.


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Section 33 – Repeals and revocations do not revive law previously repealed, revoked or abolished
165.Section 33 overrides the common law rule that when an Act is repealed, it is treated as if it had never been enacted except in relation to things already done and finished under the Act.
166.This section deals with the situation where:
Act 1 is passed.
Act 2 subsequently repeals Act 1.
Act 3 then repeals Act 2.
167.At common law, the effect of Act 3 would be to revive Act 1. As this is rarely the desired outcome in practice, section 33 provides that in the above circumstances Act 3 does not revive Act 1.
168.Section 33 also deals with the situation where Act 1 abolishes a rule of common law, and then Act 2 repeals Act 1. Again, the common law position would be that Act 2 revived the rule that had been abolished. Section 33 prevents the revival of the previously abolished rule.
169.Section 33 operates in relation to repeals and revocations made both by Assembly Acts and by Welsh subordinate instruments. And given the definition of "enactment" in Schedule 1, it operates where an Assembly Act or Welsh subordinate instrument repeals or revokes any Assembly Act or Measure, Act of the UK Parliament, retained direct EU legislation, or any subordinate legislation made under any of those kinds of legislation.
170.Section 33 is subject to section 4(1)(a) of the Act, but not to section 4(1)(b); so if the intention is that the rule in section 33 should not apply in relation to a particular repeal or revocation, express words will be needed to revive the earlier enactment or rule (rather than relying on the context).
171.Section 33 is equivalent to section 15 of the 1978 Act. However, section 15 applies only to the repeal of legislation which repealed another enactment, and not to the repeal of legislation which abolished a common law rule. In the 1978 Act, the latter situation is instead treated as falling within section 16(1)(a), which has a similar effect but is subject to any "contrary intention" (whether express or implied).

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Sometimes The Sun is obligated to report events that may have eluded the mainstream press. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Dudley Moore's film, Santa Claus: The Movie, the infamous chronicle of one elf's crusade against corporate fraud. To honor the occasion, we decided to cull recollections from some of his most notable admirers and critics. Unfortunately, hardly any students we interviewed had seen or heard of that movie. But everyone had seen Moore's 1981 smash, Arthur.
Julia Donahue '07 admires Moore's depiction of a "generous playboy, living life to its fullest." Mark Rice '07, the only student who had seen Santa Claus, had no comments about Arthur. But others remember more intimate, critical encounters with the movie. Daniel McAlvin '05, a sort of Moore scholar, believes there is a substantial and debilitating flaw in both Arthur and its sequel, 1988's Arthur 2: On the Rocks. "I was in Baltimore with my friend, Miguel Sabogal, a student at Johns Hopkins. One night, after just a few cocktails, we were in his apartment, and we decided to look at celebrity mug shots, knowing they're easily available on the Internet. We found a picture of Dudley Moore. He was arrested for domestic abuse or something similar. We thought it was funny that someone known for being so jovial could have done something so uncharacteristic, so we looked up his entire filmography and pledged to see who could watch both Arthur and Arthur 2 first."
McAlvin added, "he downloaded the movies from the Internet; I went to the public library." For McAlvin, the fascination with Moore amounts to the ageless contradiction between his private life and the public persona that subsumed his entire identity. "He's like four feet seven inches," this genial, silly little man," McAlvin said. "And that's just part of his caricature as a celebrity and as an actor. Part of his success and failure was to be such a perennially amiable character. He was unable to escape Arthur. He died bound to this embarrassing, clownish reputation."
McAlvin's appraisal of Arthur as a film is similarly muted. While he objects to any total condemnation of the film, he seems indifferent and bored with — and perhaps even belligerent towards — the mysterious motivations of the characters and the haphazard interests of the screenpla. "Arthur leaves behind too many questions," McAlvin said, "Even for a slapstick comedy, too many scenes seem arbitrary or misplaced, as if they weren't meant to be seen together. None of the conflicts seem to be remedied, not that I'm against that per se, but in a slapstick, something needs to be resolved by the end or else it just seems monotonous."
In an analogy that may seem uncannily close to truth, McAlvin offers that "everything seems incidental, like a drunk Arthur making a film about himself."
Arthur 2 only widens these faults while prolonging the repetitive jokes and lethargic romances. The production of the sequel occurred seven years after the release of the first movie, resulting in a perplexing disjuncture between the characters' personalities and appearances. "Everyone is gray and withered," McAlvin said. "They look tired, but they're compelled to imitate the characters from the first film."
Brian London '06 challenges this critique, contending that the haggard actors are supposed to represent a sort of "hyper-aging" that accompanies marriage when lovers become more mature and domesticated: "The obvious implication embedded in the gestation period of Arthur 2 is that the weight of marriage is really, really a lot deeper than the physical transformation after the first night. There's a symbolic aging that does not manifest itself physically. Except in Liza Minelli's case."
Nevertheless, McAlvin got more irate as he reflected upon this befuddling scenario: "Who waits seven years for this sort of thing? 'End this slumber! The world awaits Arthur 2!' It's bizarre. The second film makes it more pronounced how little Arthur learned in the first one. Arthur is presented with ever more intractable conflicts. But at the end, his wife finally adopts a child because she was thought infertile. Then, literally one minute before the credits roll, we find out she's actually pregnant. It's like a solution to a problem that was already a solution. It just makes no fucking sense at all."
McAlvin hastens to note that none of this will matter much to home viewers: "The Arthur 'dualology' is something you rent and then return, without having watched a minute of it."
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As the communications industry gets more homogenized and the same syndicated sitcoms run rampant across every basic cable channel, viewers are understandably besought by anxiety. Are we all just mechanical observers, faceless hordes without any discernible interests or attention spans? A spate of more specific channels has tried to redress this problem in recent years: The History Channel for nebbish pseudo-intellectuals; the vintage DisneyToons channel for 25-year-olds still going on about 1989's Tail Spin Christmas spectacular; The Agriculture Channel for farmers and livestock. But audiences barely know their own traits, let alone what channels would appeal to them. It's too much to ask all viewers to go through each facet of their personality. No one wants to pontificate on how ironic or introverted they are before they can watch TV. All we ask for is flashing lights, celebrities, and something, anything, to get our attention away from that goddamn divorce that crippled my life two years ago. Three channels have come to the rescue to simplify this procedure. On one side, the Oxygen Network. On the other, Spike TV and the Outdoor Life Network (OLN). It's no longer a matter of considering one's own interests. Have a seat. Grab your crotch and figure out your gender. Shut up and watch. This vastly superior method eliminates all the guesswork. All I need to know is that I'm male and not blind, and the TV will take care of the rest. So I made it my duty to watch Spike TV and OLN for an entire week in an effort to determine what sort of things I enjoy. Apparently, I am quite fond of rivers, soft porn and detergent commercials. Familiar to all male college students, Spike offers essentially two types of shows on any given day: reruns of Blind Date and MXC, a dubbed Japanese game show in which contestants literally blast their brains down their throats by falling face-first on large rocks. In the case of the former, balding, unemployed geezers try vainly to solicit blow jobs through incomprehensible speech impediments. For the latter, let's just note that it's both the end of civilization and the funniest show ever. When taken as a whole then, the message to young males seems to be something like, "Hey, we're all just going to turn into lonely, dull, impotent struggling actors anyway, so we might as well just start literally cracking our skulls on stepping stones." Which is actually a very good point and one that young men often forget. In fact, one could argue convincingly that Spike TV is a worthy successor to C
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Closer's ensemble cast of Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Jude Law and Julia Roberts displays extraordinary versatility in acting. Nevertheless, behind those dynamic, raw performances is a brutally honest and intelligent script, written by Patrick Marber, who also wrote the play of the same name. Marber uses a deep understanding of people to write one of the best screenplays of the year. Some have found parts of the film vulgar and inappropriate. While there are no sex scenes, the dialogue is often jarring. I saw people walk out of the movie theater. The film is not merely about miserable people making other people miserable. Rather, the film precisely illustrates the vulnerability that people experience in relationships because of their shifting dynamics. The story is sincere and profound, and the characters are captivating and believable. Marber intimately focuses on four individuals, Dan (Law), Alice (Portman), Larry (Owen) and Anna (Roberts), all of whom have severe difficulties connecting with, and getting closer to, one another. We are led to believe that Alice is the only pure character of the four, but this assumption is challenged at the end of the film, when it is revealed that Alice's name is really Jane, and that she had been living a fantasy during her time in England. There is clear foreshadowing of this event; earlier in the film, Alice tells Larry that "everybody loves a big fat lie," and later, that "lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off." Jane picks the name Alice from one of the plaques on the wall of a London memorial garden; the plaque, which is shown at the end, says that a woman named Alice Ayers died saving three children. In the play, the character of Alice (i.e. Jane) also dies at the end, but not in the film. Nevertheless, the illusion she had created does die. One could argue that she ironically saved the other three characters in the film, not in any sort of conventional way, but in a way in which she made them more awake and curious. Dan, who writes obituaries, Larry, who would rather chat on the Internet than in person, and Anna, who uses her camera to see the world, are all isolated before Alice arrives. At least for a short while, Alice saves them from their misery. By showing them the intricacies of love and relationships, she saves them from themselves. Alice initially inspires Dan, in particular. Marber portrays Dan's character as if he is a child. At one point, Anna sarcastically asks him if he's twelve. Perhaps more significantly, Dan is still mourning over the death of his mother, and is searching for a nurturing figure. After all, he seems to fall in love with Alice when she cleans his glasses at the hospital, and with Anna when she fixes his tie during a photo shoot. Alice's relationship with Dan is based on an illusion, and at the end of the film, Dan threatens this by his insistence on the truth about whether or not Alice and Larry slept together. Whether they actually did is brilliantly left up to interpretation, but Dan cannot learn to trust Alice, and in the final hotel room scene, Alice ironically tests him by saying, "This is the moment of your life." Indeed it was, and seconds later, he ruined it. "I would have loved you forever," Alice then tragically tells him, "but now it's too late." Alice returns to New York, and we see her walking confidently down the street in the final shot, with heads turning and staring at her. They can't take their eyes off of her. This time, however, she does not make the mistake of returning their gazes, as she did with Dan in the film's opening scene. This final shot also illustrates that lust is not the same thing as love, something that Anna, Larry and Dan were never able to understand. Closer is an absorbing dialogue-driven film. The metaphors are smart, such as smoking reflecting the characters' inability to overcome their struggles with loneliness, and they seem to constantly create conflict for themselves. They are unfaithful to one another, but they are almost always truthful. Sadly, even the truth isn't enough for them to get closer. It is an art film that tells a timeless story of how relationships can shift from uplifting to tragic in a moment's notice. The film is not for everyone, but it can be, if you look close enough. Archived article by Avash KalraSun Staff Writer
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Renewed calls for inquiry into alleged human rights violations in Yemen
Dutch appeal to UN human rights council for independent investigation into 15-month conflict between Yemeni government and Houthi rebels
Calls for an independent investigation into alleged breaches of humanitarian law in Yemen were stepped up on Monday when the Dutch government requested an inquiry at a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva.
The British government has said it has not yet ruled out supporting such an inquiry, but may follow the lead of Saudi Arabia and other Arab states which will resist the call.


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Doing What's Best for Pets Best Pet Insurance
Improving performance across Paid Search, Paid Social and Display
Objectives.
US based pet insurer Pets Best, offers a range of flexible pet insurance plans to help provide pet parents with peace of mind when it comes to veterinarian bills. Understanding that pets are part of the family, Pets Best strives to take the financial worry out of owning a pet and to help their customers afford the best veterinary care for their best friends.
We've been running Pets Best Pet Health Insurance's Display, Paid Search and Paid Social since May 2018.
Pets Best's digital activity was siloed, with their Display activity, Paid Search, and Paid Social run by a mix of in-house and agencies. This meant they were often attributing individual sales to multiple channels, which resulted in them paying for each sale multiple times with little to no visibility on this activity.
Pets Best wanted to remove the silos and implement a multi-channel approach which reaches new users, maximizes sales, and expands their strong online presence.
We launched social, search and display campaigns on a pure-performance model, deduped against each other to ensure that Pets Best would only pay for unique sales.
We wanted to capture users at every part of their journey and ensure that the final purchase was made on site. We noticed that Paid Search was driving 96% of total clicks, so we decided to use the cookies acquired from these clicks to build our Paid Social and Display audiences.
We also decided to test out our top performing keywords as contextual targets for Display. We then used these same keywords combined with a list of competitors taken from AdWords' Auction Insights to create custom intent audiences which reach specific people as they are making a decision about pet insurance.
In order for us to improve the conversion rates, be cost effective and improve customer experience, we created a negative audience of past converters. We also developed rule-based audiences of people that had visited the success page and the customer portal page, as this would show that they had already purchased and so we couldn't get any ROAS from them.
We had access to the performance reports from Pets Best's old agencies, and so we could compare past performance to what we were driving. From the historic Display conversion rate to our deduped activity, we saw an increase of roughly 1,014%.
Comparing our first full month of Paid Search performance to their last full month of activity, there was a 212% increase in traffic to the website at a 55% increase in leads driven. The bulk of this uplift came from our non-branded activity, which we used to build the cookie pool's that these users could be converted later on, in the lower-funnel branded campaigns.
We also saw an uplift in Social activity, with the undeduped conversion rate increasing by 14.9%.
When using high performing keywords on Search, we saw a 67% increase in conversion rate compared to our Non-RLSA campaigns. Since going live with remarketing to the Search audience on Display, the Search audience segment has gained a CTR that is 50% higher than the rest of the remarketing segment.
In the first two months, cross-channel conversions have accounted for around 5% of conversions.
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WHAT IS RAMAH COLORADO DEFENSIVE DRIVING?
Defensive driving for those driving in Ramah Colorado who have gotten traffic tickets or get an insurance discount from their insurer is simple and convenient with Driving University traffic school. Now that traffic school is taken online at Driving University, more and more Colorado drivers are finding Driving University to be a better solution than driving school in a classroom. The Ramah Colorado defensive driving school is 100% online and self paced – you can log in and out whenever you want.
HOW DOES DEFENSIVE DRIVING ONLINE IN RAMAH Colorado WORK?
WHO TAKES DEFENSIVE DRIVING IN RAMAH COLORADO?
Drivers from all age groups take the Colorado Driving University online traffic school everyday as a result of a traffic ticket or they can get an insurance discount for completing a defensive driving course. Rather than sitting in a Ramah class all day, Colorado drivers may take defensive driving online to satisfy Ramah courts or their insurance company.
HOW IS THE RAMAH COLORADO DEFENSIVE DRIVING SCHOOL DIFFERENT?
Most Ramah driving schools tend to be lengthy and often boring for experienced drivers. The Driving University online defensive driving school is far from it. Self paced and user friendly, the Colorado online traffic school is rich with unforgettable highway humor; it's interactive; it's interesting; it's simple and convenient. Unlike others, you will not be note taking, studying or memorizing pages of boring traffic laws. Sign up today and see why Driving University is the nation's favorite defensive driving school online.
Whether you finish the Driving University online defensive driving program at 10am or 10pm, your Colorado certificate will automatically be generated. We will mail your Colorado certificate to you or you can have it delivered by FedEx. Be sure to give the Ramah Colorado traffic court or your insurance provider your driving school certificate.


Students have a greater chance of excelling in grade school and beyond with more qualified teachers. Obviously, private schools are at a disadvantage. Without the leadership of competent, experienced teachers, a student's academic achievement is considerably limited.
Another form of advantage for public school students is the sources of funding. Public schools are funded by federal, state, and local funds. In contrast, private schools receive their main funding support from tuition paid by the parents of the child. This is an awkward contrast, however, since tuition only pays for a portion of the total expenditures of a child's education. Again, private schools are forced to limit their student's academic ability due to another limiting cause, monetary constraints. Public students would never have to worry about this problem since they receive government funding. It would relieve the parents from worrying about the burden of funding their child's education.


Magnetic resonance imaging is an ever developing area that makes it possible to image the human body in vivo. The development of nuclear magnetic resonance in physics has led to multiple Nobel Prizes in various fields. The two most recent are in MR imaging for Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield. That this should be so is evidenced by the amazing number of clinical and technical applications of this methodology. Today we can image down to resolutions of a few hundred microns in vivo, we can watch the brain at work and we can measure chemical processes in action. In this presentation, I will give a brief overview of the basics of MRI, and show several examples of what can be accomplished with this technology in imaging the brain. A number of different contrast mechanisms will be introduced, including spin density, T1 and T2 as well as some new concepts of diffusion tensor imaging, susceptibility weighted imaging and functional brain imaging. Some examples will be presented at standard fields of 1.5 Tesla and others up to 4 Tesla. The role that physics plays in these developments will be stressed. These methods allow us to study normal human anatomy and physiology as well as diseased states. The ability of the above mentioned methods to diagnose disease is making it possible today to either detect the disease state earlier and/or to follow the effects of treatment. Specifically, I will focus on applications related to trauma, stroke and tumors. As technology improves, we may yet find ourselves able to do in vivo microscopic imaging, if not directly at least indirectly.


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Stormi's Review: Finding You in Time (Train Through Time #4) by Bess McBride
Publisher: Bess McBride
Genre: Time Travel, Romance
Format: ebook , paperback, audiobook
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Nathan Carpenter has lost the woman he loves...on a train...to another time. He has lost everything, even himself as he cannot find a way to return to his own time...to 1906. Amanda Cartwright can't remember the stranger who accosts her on a train one fateful night, though he says they were engaged to be married...in another time...over 100 years ago. Time and the fates seem to conspire to keep Nathan and Amanda apart. Is their love strong enough to find each other in time?
Finding You In Time was so good! It didn't follow the normal path for the rest of the series. Amanda and Nathan are lost in time. They keep coming together and then losing each other again. This book had me on an emotional rollercoaster. It was sad, happy, and full of love. It was wonderful. It was written so well and the ending was awesome!


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Man shot by bouncer at Cancun's Sports Bar
A man was shot by a bouncer at Cancun's Sports Bar last night.
Man shot by bouncer at Cancun's Sports Bar A man was shot by a bouncer at Cancun's Sports Bar last night. Check out this story on fsunews.com: https://fsune.ws/1SomANS
David Walker, Editor-in-Chief Published 12:23 p.m. ET May 22, 2015 | Updated 11:11 a.m. ET May 25, 2015
Per a brief from WCTV, a patron of Cancun's Sports Bar on West Tennessee Street was shot by one of the bar's bouncers. An altercation between the patron and the bouncer occurred when the patron was asked to leave.
"The initial investigation leads us to believe that the victim and one of the bar security personnel were in some sort of altercation, a physical fight, where the patron was asked to leave the bar area and at some point the victim was shot," Tallahassee Police Department Spokesman David Northway said
The shooting occurred at around 1:55 a.m. took place on the front porch of the establishment, according to Northway.
The man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries by the bar staff.
"We know that there are many other witnesses who probably left before we were able to interview and we're asking any of them if they did see the altercation and subsequent shooting to please call us at (850) 891-4200," Northway said. "We would need their information in order to bring this case to a close."
Charges remain pending.
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Q: Local Bot for Skype for business using Microsoft bot framework I have created a bot using the bot framework, integrated LUIS and deployed it to Azure. I want to deploy it to Skype for Business but not to everyone, just to test it with my personal account first. Is this possible? (I'm not a tenant administrator)
This procedure is to add the bot to everyone which is not what I want for now.

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How 'Bout Them Spurs?
Maybe it's because Tim Duncan is the anti-LeBron, but it's pretty clear that during this year's NBA Finals, San Antonio's team is America's Team.
Are the Houston Texans Doomed?
The Texans' month-long dive from top team in the AFC to number three seed with no bye week has fans and sports scribes talking like the franchise didn't even make the playoffs.
Your 2011 Houston Texans: Five Reasons Not to Grieve
The Texans lost to the Baltimore Ravens, but it was still the franchise's best-ever season. And they're still better than the Cowboys.
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Our users who need to log in, our administrators who manage our users.
I have built apps that do this, normally via JWT, I am sure the dev team know how this would work.
Currently passbolt pro supports users and groups synchronization using active directory / openldap. It shouldnt be too hard to make it work for Azure AD if it's not already working (I haven't tested it).
Concerning authentication using AD it is not a trivial problem and was discussed before. The way authentication works in passbolt is by using a protocol called GpgAuth. It is a challenge based authentication, not a password (or token based auth). The passphrase in passbolt is used to decrypt the private key, so it cannot be easily tied to directory credentials (mostly because of when the directory password changes).
One approach would be to store the passphrase to decrypt the private key in the directory, but this is not considered a very secure approach and would require schema customization in active directory, which is not very practical.
Feel free to share your thoughts on that topic in this thread.
thanks for the reply, maybe just have a way to import users via AzureAD, the user would then need to login via AzureAD to allow them to use Passbolt. I guess this skips the email verification step.
Azure AD Auth takes over, normally the user would not need to enter their username or password, it should just work… Ofc any 2FA would kick in etc.
Passbolt knows who they are, the JWT token has been generated with this info.
To add a little extra layer of security, you could use the passphrase with part of the jwt token, maybe the oid value. This would mean if the user has been deleted or disabled in AzureAD they would not be allowed to access customer passwords.
pomerium an identity-access proxy, inspired by BeyondCorp.
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openshift/oauth_proxy an openshift specific version of this project.
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Best in class: Fidelity Global Dividend
By Darius McDermott
There is an understandable home bias for income-hungry investors in the UK given the strong and long-standing dividend culture which has been established here.
However, the risk-reward scenario for UK equity income is that while the UK has an established dividend market, investors are relying on payments from only a handful of companies: roughly 80 per cent of all dividend payments come from just 15 companies in the UK, with 51 per cent coming from the largest five alone.
So the idea of widening the net for income-seeking investors to look for companies' globally is one which has been growing in the past decade, especially as company dividend-paying culture has been improving in many parts of the world.
It also allows investors access to sectors which are under-represented in a local index. The UK, for example, has a limited exposure to the technology market where the main representation is in the US and Asia.
The preference for active investing for global equity income is clear: investors go from famine to feast given there are almost 2,500 dividend-paying companies to choose from.
This is where this week's best in class fund can step in.
Fidelity Global Dividend has been managed by Dan Roberts since its launch in January 2012. Mr Roberts looks for companies with understandable business models and predictable, resilient returns, and is happy to pay a fair price for a good company.
The stocks included in the portfolio need to have their "destiny in their own hands" and not be too heavily linked to the wider economy.
The criteria for selecting companies falls mainly into two buckets. The first is valuation support, with Mr Roberts wanting to make sure he does not overpay for stocks – regardless of how good they look – as he does not want to dilute returns.
He has a preference for cash-based valuation metrics, as it is harder for companies to manipulate these – as opposed to reported earnings.
The second is the quality of the franchise, with the emphasis on investing in resilient businesses which can be depended upon. Here Mr Roberts targets returns on invested capital, cash conversion, balance sheet strength and earnings persistence.
His screening process encompasses around 20 metrics to filter his universe down to 180 - 200 potential stock picks.
He is also able to reference the investment recommendations of the team's global diversified and global sector portfolio managers, which provide him with an overall perspective and highlight the most promising investment themes and stock ideas.
A focus on capital protection means Mr Roberts likes to have a diversified income stream so that he does not rely on any one country or sector in the portfolio.
The fund is also likely to be invested in larger cap, more liquid companies, with 88 per cent currently held in firms worth over £10bn.
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From the banks of the river la Petite Meine rises a very steep hill covered with lush foliage, wildflowers, and exotic species of trees. This beautiful environment in the middle of nowhere in the Vendeen countryside is home to a monument of remarkable architecture; a place of pilgrimage that draws a crowd each first Sunday of September but is a quiet spot of tranquility and reflection the rest of year: the Sanctuary of La Salette at La Rabateliere. It is a grouping of religious buildings commemorating the apparition of the Virgin Mary to two children in the French Alps anno 1846.History and location – The sanctuary was built in 1887 at the initiative of Abbot Hillairet, then parish priest of the small village La Rabatelière. The land belonged to the Count of La Poëze who then owned and lived in Château de La Rabatelière (which is today a bed and …
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Nonprofit launches 'Black City Hall' to address gaps in access to critical services
By Tiana Woodard Globe Staff,Updated December 5, 2021, 4:01 p.m.
Atyia Martin, founder and executive director of Next Leadership Development Corporation, or NextLeads (left), and Shauntea Gregory, office and project manager, stood for a portrait in Hyde Park. Soon, they will be launching a communications center as a virtual "Black City Hall," intended to connect Black Bostonians with needed services and assistance on a variety of fronts, from food and housing assistance to COVID vaccines and information to real estate and credit consultations.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Boston's long history of racism means Black Bostonians have more trouble accessing the economic, social, and health support they need, leaving them more vulnerable in times of stress.
Addressing these gaps is the driving force behind the Community Communications Center, a virtual "Black City Hall," launched by a Boston nonprofit where Black Bostonians can ask for help with securing food assistance, scheduling a COVID-19 booster shot, or repairing their credit.
"My goal is supporting Black people to be able to . . . transition from survival mode to thriving," said Atyia Martin, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit behind the initiative, Next Leadership Development Corporation, or NextLeads.
Atyia Martin, the founder and executive director of Next Leadership Development Corporation, or NextLeads.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Martin, who previously served as the city's first "chief resilience officer" and as the Boston Public Health Commission's director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness, said her work in government showed her that for many residents, knowing where to get help or information is often the hardest step.
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"People waste a lot of time trying to figure stuff out, and it's not their fault that a lot of the things we have — whether it's social services, government services — to navigate every day aren't the easiest," Martin said.
National and local policies and practices that have helped working-class people build wealth through education, jobs, and homeownership have historically left out Black residents, creating a wealth deficit that has widened over generations. A 2015 study found that African Americans in Greater Boston have an average net worth of $8, compared with $247,500 for their white counterparts.
"We've allowed these systemic structures and issues to fester for a very long time," said Lee Pelton, CEO and president of The Boston Foundation, one of the nation's largest and oldest community foundations. "Our communities have been invisible to those who sit at the table."
Related: Closing racial wealth gap could grow the Massachusetts economy by $25b over five years, according to report
Martin said the wealth gap has made it harder for Black residents not only to meet their basic needs but also to bounce back from disasters, such as the pandemic, and to weather ongoing stressors, such as racism. Building "economic resilience," by buying homes, building credit, and amassing savings, means that Black Bostonians can recover more quickly from financial challenges.
Pelton said achieving this boils down to "giving the right tools, and moving out of their way."
"Based on what I know, [the Black City Hall] will provide an opportunity for folks to have access to a set of tools that will allow them to develop solutions for themselves," Pelton said.
Martin delved deep into the question of how to build economic resilience in Boston's communities of color as the city's first "chief resilience officer." Appointed by former mayor Martin J. Walsh in 2017, she was the lead author of the administration's 2017 "Resilient Boston: An Equitable and Connected City" report, which stressed creating partnerships between city agencies and community groups, improving infrastructure, and removing barriers to economic opportunity.
Related: Where white people go, where Black people go: Cellphone data reveals how segregated Bostonians are in their movements
Martin, who stepped down from her post in 2018, said that she realized she had done everything she could as a city official, but, she said, "when working to move things forward, it became clear that I wasn't going to have the support to do that."
Martin said no single initiative can solve the complex problems Black Bostonians face but helping people access the resources they need is a step in the right direction.
Shauntea Gregory, office and project manager at NextLeads.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Shauntea Gregory, NextLeads' office and project manager, said the nonprofit laid the foundation for the call center's work by conducting about 7,000 "resilience checks" during the pandemic to look for households in need of assistance, which helped build relationships with people in the community.
"They already know we're going to call," Gregory said. "They already trust us. We don't make promises that we can't keep."
Leslie Hamilton, 37, of Dorchester, got a call from the organization last spring. A Boston Public Schools staffer, Hamilton said she had difficulty covering expenses for her two children the weeks between her biweekly paychecks.
"With kids, you can never have enough," Hamilton said. "[NextLeads' assistance] helped keep me afloat."
The nonprofit sent her gift cards and a food basket. She said she still receives follow-ups and feels good about the new center.
"Now that they're trying to expand it and have people call them — that's great," Hamilton said. "I just hope people don't abuse it."
The center's staffers answer simple questions themselves; but if they can't answer an inquiry or feel that another organization would be better equipped to do so, they connect callers to other, more specialized community and grass-roots organizations, including Project R.I.G.H.T. Inc., a Grove Hall neighborhood development group; Encuentro Diaspora Afro, an Afro-Latino empowerment group; and Union Capital Boston, Inc., which builds resilience through networking.
One of the center's call representatives is Leah White, who also works as a division director of a nonprofit in Worcester that helps people with developmental disabilities. White said she's happy that she's been able to use her "people person" skills for an important cause.
"We get so caught up with our lives sometimes that we may not think of others and know what they have going on," White said.
If successful, Martin said she hopes the service can help people get to a place where they can weather various difficulties on their own.
"We're going to support them until they don't need us anymore," Martin said. "And that's the goal. We want people to not need us."
The city's new mayor, Michelle Wu, has promised to reverse discriminatory policies that have burdened communities of color. Martin said she hopes Wu will work with community organizations like hers to address structural racism.
"At the end of the day, the city doesn't have everything it needs, businesses don't have everything they need, and community-based organizations don't have everything they need to address these challenges," she said.
Bostonians can contact the Community Communications Center from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday by calling 617-675-0005, sending an e-mail to info@nextleads.org, or using the web chat feature on its website.
Tiana Woodard is a Report for America corps member covering Black neighborhoods. She can be reached at tiana.woodard@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @tianarochon.


I've been absent from posting for the last couple of weeks due to an amazing holiday in Central Australia. I highly recommend it to anyone hasn't been. I'll post a few highlights soon.
It was my Dad's 60th recently and we did a bit of digging through the family archives to put together a presentation for the party, as well as a "this is your life" book. I've always loved looking through all family photos. It reminded me how I've always loved my Mum's style, and so I secretly scanned a few extra images to share here to give you a little insight into how it's influenced me.
This photo isn't so much about the fashio (though I do love her yellow jumper and how it fits with the touches of yellow in the room). I just love how it sums up the life and room of a 60s teenager.
It seems yellow was quite the fashion. Check out those those flares! Why couldn't I inherit pins like that!
Mum's parents, Nance & Jim. Nan has always been so stylish. Not sure about those shorts pop, but the glasses would be very hip right now.
I think this was during the Annie Hall years. I love the way the photos around it have aged and the way it came up on the scan.
Greece during her European travels with my aunt Ros, sporting her own simple calico creation.
This was some kind of dress up party, but I still think these pics capture the spirit of the 70s so well!
Pregnant Pixie photo - that's me in there!
I do love my curls, but the straight hair gene may have been nice too. If only so I could have sported a chic asymmetrical haircut like this one.
I'm actually not sure whose christening this was, but I love the look Mum is rocking here. So very Gossip Girl no?
In other news, I am hard at work making more pieces for the Finders Keepers markets in Brisbane in a couple of weeks. My little profile is up on their site here, and I am very chuffed that they have also asked to do a profile on Simply Phoebe on their blog. I'll be sure to share the link when it's posted.


While Tool will soon take Maynard's attention, APC don't expect a lengthy hiatus.
Howerdel discusses how Axl Rose's involvement helped shape one of A Perfect Circle's new songs. Also: why APC's no cellphone policy is sometimes suspended.
Billy Howerdel revealed A Perfect Circle's fourth studio album will be finished in 'the next several weeks' and will likely see a Q2 release.
Maynard James Keenan will be joined by friends like Kim Thayil, Billy Howerdel and more as moderators for his upcoming book tour.


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Brooks Kraft Reflects on Winning Political Photograph of the Year Award
BY Wonderful Machine 9 May 2013
Published, Photographer Spotlight
On a rainy day in July 2012, political photographer Brooks Kraft stood amongst a drenched crowd, his camera ready. His subject? Then president Barack Obama, who was speaking at a campaign rally despite the downpour. The result? An iconic image that will continue to turn heads and create buzz for years to come.
We got in touch with Brooks after learning his image was chosen as the 2013 White House News Photographers Political Photograph of the Year. Below, we discuss his career and capturing this award-winning shot for TIME Magazine.
How would you describe your photographic style?
For my editorial work, I look for iconic imagery that is not specific to a time or place, but reflects the character of my subjects. On the White House beat, I'm interested in portrait style photographs of the President, as well as iconic images of power in American politics.
How did you first get into shooting politically-centered photojournalism?
I started in political photojournalism by covering the New Hampshire Primary when I was working in Boston. At the time I was working part time at the Boston Globe, but was interested in moving into magazine photography. I have since covered seven Presidential campaigns for TIME, always returning to New Hampshire early in each cycle.
You used to be a White House photographer, what was that role like?
I covered the White House regularly for 10 years as a member of the travel pool for TIME. I traveled to over 50 countries and 49 states covering the President, which was a true privilege. Although I am no longer there on a daily basis, I still cover it selectively. Being on that beat requires patience and persistence, as the good opportunities are few and far between. Despite all the control and choreography, the best photos always come at unexpected moments, especially for magazine photographers who are not as concerned with documenting the news of the day.
Where did you capture the image of President Obama in the rain?
At a standard campaign rally in Glenn Allen, Va., just outside of Richmond. It was an assignment for TIME.
Obama White House photographer Pete Souza (left) who stayed dry at the event and Brooks Kraft (right) who obviously did not.
What was the shoot day like?
It was a hot and steamy summer day. On the way to the shoot we got lost due to faulty address information in Google Maps. We barely arrived in time and the event actually started early in an effort to beat the rain…which was a vain attempt clearly! During the shoot, I was concentrating on keeping the front of my lens as dry as possible, the rain was essentially like being in the shower!
How did you capture the moment?
I looked for a dark background with backlights to make the rain visible…which is a challenge even when it's pouring. There were large HMI stage lights on the side of the stage, and I ended up crouching behind a Secret Service agent so that I could shoot into an HMI without getting too much lens flare.
When you shot it, did you know it was special?
For me the photo captures President Obama's character, his determination and resiliency, despite the storm around him on the campaign trail. It's unusual getting to see the President speaking in torrential rain, so I knew it was a special opportunity at the time.
What was TIME's reaction to the photo?
My editor, Paul Moakley, felt the photo had an iconic quality and wanted to save it for a cover or special spread. In the end, it was used in our post election issue, almost three months after it was taken.
Has President Obama commented on the photograph?
Just a quick congratulations for the award in a brief Oval Office visit.
Brooks Kraft shaking hands with Barack Obama on a visit to the White House
What other awards you've won with this photo?
Other than the 2013 White House News Photographers Contest, it's received First Place in Road to the White House category of National Press Photographs 2013 Best of Photojournalism contest and selected for the Campaign category of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.
Did you learn anything through this assignment?
A dramatic last minute change in the weather can actually be your friend on assignment!
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Cockroaches first appeared some 320 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period. And it's true that the humble roach could survive radiation exposure that would kill most humans in a matter of minutes. So, it's little wonder that this pest is so difficult to wipe out!
Also, roaches will eat almost anything, walking across garbage, feces, and piles of rotting food during their foraging trips; and then trotting across your kitchen countertops or through your food cupboards, tracking dangerous bacteria as they go. Bearing that in mind, you'll want to know how you can eradicate such resilient, tough household pests.
In our Buyer's Guide, we've reviewed seven of the most effective roach killer products on the market today. You'll also find lots of helpful advice on how to control roaches, along with the answers to many commonly asked, roach-related questions.
Let's start by reviewing the tools you'll need to kill your unwanted, scuttling house guests.
We've looked at seven different roach killers, including baits, gels, sprays, and traps. Use a combination of all these products to efficiently and quickly rid your home of these unhygienic nuisances for good.
Click on the links to read more about each product and to check out reviews that other customers have posted.
German cockroaches can be one of the most challenging species to get rid of. Invict Gold gel bait is specially designed to tackle these most persistent and resilient of roaches. Made by a highly regarded U.S.-based manufacturer, this gel bait uses imidacloprid, as well as no fewer than 11 other attractants to dispatch problem pests within just a few days.
Use the handy syringe to apply a pea-sized blob of gel to infested areas, indoors and outdoors.
4 x 35 gram tubes. Kill German Roaches!! See Pestcontrolpros Amazon store for less then 4 tubes.
You MUST ALWAYS READ THE LABEL BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT!!
The powerful attractant is highly effective in tempting and killing German roaches.
The gel can be used inside and outside of the home.
The syringe dispenser makes it easy to target the nooks and crannies where roaches love to hide.
The gel can dry out quickly, so it loses its efficacy, especially in very hot weather. That means you'll need to keep reapplying the gel to be sure it's still working.
The product only works on German cockroaches, leaving you with a problem if you have a mixed range of roach species to eradicate.
Using the gel can be labor-intensive if you're treating a large area or a heavy infestation.
Combat Max are roach killing bait stations that can be placed in drawers, cabinets, under kitchen appliances, and wherever else you've seen roach activity. The roaches are attracted by the bait, eat it, and are poisoned. The toxin (fipronil) contained the bait is taken back to the main nest where it's eaten by many more roaches, eventually eradicating the whole colony.
The bait stations work for up to 12 months, offering great value for your money.
The compact, black bait stations are easy to use and can be discreetly positioned where they're not noticeable to visitors.
The poison contained in the bait stations works on many species of cockroaches.
Some users report that the bait stations are not effective against larger roach species.
The toxin contained in the bait stations is harmful to pets and children, although it is difficult to access.
As part of a comprehensive campaign to wipe out roaches in your home, a kill-on-contact spray is essential. Raid's roach killer spray acts on contact and can be used to treat areas of known roach activity.
You can also use the spray to create barriers to areas of your home that are not infested, restricting the roaches' movement and keeping them contained in isolated zones that are easier to treat.
The spray kills roaches instantly.
The product has a pleasant lemony fragrance.
The spray also works against other insect pests, making it a multi-use product that's good value for money.
The spray is great for wiping out small infestations of roaches and for use as a barrier to keep existing populations contained, but it doesn't provide a long-term solution, and it won't work in isolation.
The poison in the spray is highly toxic, making it dangerous to use around pets and small children, especially if inhaled.
Roaches can squeeze into the tightest of spaces, making it easy for them to hide and very difficult for you to kill them! Advion gel is perfect for targeting cracks and crevices where roaches hide. You can also use the gel on your boat, in your caravan, and even in your car. Unlike a bait station that's placed for roaches to find, this gel enables you to take the bait to the pests!
The gel has a long-lasting action and is irresistible to roaches.
The highly-potent, toxic gel is perfect for tackling heavy roach infestations.
The gel is suitable for use in a domestic or commercial environment.
Using the gel can be labor-intensive compared with bait stations, especially if you have a large area to treat.
One major drawback to using some roach bait products is that you're left with dead bugs all over your place. With the Roach Motel, the roaches crawl inside to eat the sweet-scented, sticky bait, are trapped inside, and die there. You can check the station once a week to see how many roaches you've caught. That will allow you to see how successful your eradication strategy is.
The bait inside the trap is non-toxic, so the product is safe to use around kids and pets.
You won't find dead roaches littering your floors.
The traps are effective for many weeks, basically until they're full and you have to replace them.
You have to rely on the roaches entering the traps for the product to be effective. That can be a problem as not all species are attracted to the same type of bait.
Ortho Insect Killer is perfect for creating a roach-proof barrier around your baseboards, under cabinets, doors, etc. That will prevent other roaches from entering the area or existing ones from moving and spreading throughout your home. The barrier is also effective against silverfish, ants, etc.
The product represents excellent value for its cost, and it creates a really useful, long-lasting barrier against roaches.
You can use the product indoors and outdoors.
The electric spray nozzle makes for easy, targeted application of the product.
The spray nozzle can fail after relatively minimal use.
Harris pest-killing products are a long-established brand that has been around since 1924. Their boric acid roach killer powder contains 99 percent boric acid, enhanced with a special food-grade lure. You can use the powder indoors and outdoors. The product is EPA registered, so it's not harmful to the environment.
Apply the powder generously behind appliances, cabinets, baseboards, your dishwasher, and other roach hotspots. Use the handy nozzle to treat cracks and crevices where roaches may lurk.
The powder is highly effective at killing all species of roaches.
The product is U.S.-made by a reputable company.
In comparison to other roach killer products, Harris' powder is very cost effective.
You can't use the product in isolation to effectively to tackle large roach infestations, although it is handy when used as part of a holistic treatment campaign.
Boric acid won't work against large species of outdoor roaches.
What are the different types of roach killer products?
Roach control is an essential part of maintaining a healthy, hygienic home. These scuttling pests can spread bacteria around your living space, potentially causing food poisoning and even triggering allergic reactions and asthma in vulnerable individuals. And once your home is invaded by roaches, they can be tough to eliminate.
There are several different forms of roach killer products.
Sprays kill-on-contact, making them perfect for instantly terminating very small numbers of roaches or individuals. They can also be used to create a toxic barrier, preventing roaches from spreading and keeping them contained in one small area where they can be more effectively eradicated.
Once you've applied a coat of spray, it should last for up to four weeks before reapplication is required.
Gel roach killer usually comes in a dispenser with a nozzle that you can aim into small cracks and crevices where roaches like to hide. Gels are perfect for killing roaches where they hide during the day before they get a chance to come foraging in your home after dark.
The main drawback to gel is that it can dry out after a few weeks and you'll need to keep reapplying it until the infestation is wiped out.
Roach traps are extremely useful for dealing with larger scale roach infestations. Multiple traps can be placed around infested areas, under kitchen appliances, inside cupboards, etc.
Some traps contain a sweet substance that attracts the pests, which are then caught inside the trap where they eventually die.
Other bait station-style traps contain a slow-acting toxic bait that kills the roaches slowly after they've ingested it. Foraging roaches carry the bait back to their nest for their compatriots, effectively poisoning the whole colony.
If you have kids or pets, you may need to choose only roach killer that doesn't contain poison, just in case your dog, cat, or curious toddler decides to eat some of the toxic substance. Alternatively, you'll need to take steps to restrict access to roach-infested areas that are being treated.
If you want to use a safe, non-toxic roach killer, you could try using boric acid powder.
Boric acid is a naturally occurring chemical that sticks to the roaches' bodies. Once ingested, the powder destroys the pests' nervous system, eventually leading to death. Although you won't see the immediate effect that you'll get with a kill-on-contact spray product, boric acid does work eventually.
Additionally, it has the bonus that the roaches take the poison back to their nest, spreading it among the entire population.
What poisons are contained in roach killer products?
Before you can decide what roach killer to use, you'll need to understand what ingredients to look out for. Most roach eradication products contain toxic chemicals and insecticides that will kill roaches very effectively, but which can also cause serious health problems if they are ingested by kids or pets.
Fipronil is a potent insecticide that certainly kills roaches, but it can cause nausea, vomiting, headaches, dizziness, weakness, and even seizures if it is ingested in any quantity by a person. Watch out too for imidacloprid. Imidacloprid is another highly effective chemical that's used to specifically target German cockroaches, which are notoriously difficult to kill.
Insect killer sprays such as Raid, use a combination of imiprothrin and Cypermethrin. These chemicals are both highly effective at killing insect pests, but they can irritate people who suffer from asthma and other respiratory conditions.
If you need to use a safe, child and pet-friendly option, look out for bifenthrin and zeta-cypermethrin as active ingredients in roach killer products. These chemicals are derived from the broad-spectrum insecticide, a pyrethroid. Although pyrethroids can cause minor side-effects if inhaled from a spray, they are generally safe for kids and pets to walk across once the product has dried.
If you have a roach infestation that comprises many different species of roaches, you'll need a high-performance product that works for all of them. MetaActive is contained in Advion cockroach killer products. The compound is effective against all species of roaches that are commonly found in the U.S. It's highly palatable to the pests and is especially useful for treating species that have become resistant to other insect baits.
Using just one roach killer product will not achieve the total annihilation you seek! The best way to get rid of roaches is to make sure you use a holistic approach that covers all your bases.
First of all, restrict existing roach populations to small areas to prevent them from spreading and colonizing your whole home. To do this, use a roach spray to create a barrier across doorways and windowsills, or "fence off" roach kill-zones within a room. Don't forget to include exterior doors to prevent roaches from coming in from outside.
Gel, Bait, and Traps…Oh My!
Use a gel bait to fill nooks and crannies where roaches could hide.
In areas where roach activity has been seen, place powder, gel, bait stations, or traps. Focus on places where there is moisture or a food source such as in your kitchen or bathroom. Cover all areas by placing traps or bait stations underneath appliances, cabinets, and cupboards, behind the toilet, and near the kitchen trash can.
Incorporating roach traps in your strategy is essential. Traps don't allow roaches to escape, keeping them inside the trap until they die. That allows you to monitor roach numbers in different areas of your home so you can see how effective your eradication campaign is and keep your focus on problem areas.
Avoid checking traps and bait stations for at least a week after you've put them in position. That's because roaches seek quiet, dark places, and disturbing the pests could prevent them from taking the bait or walking into the trap. Once your holistic roach killing strategy is in place, take care to keep your home as unattractive to roaches as possible.
Clean down all kitchen countertops on a daily basis, don't leave dirty dishes in the sink or allow the dishwasher to remain full for days before switching it on, and always take your trash out at night. It's also a good idea to mop your kitchen floor with a bleach solution at least once a week to keep germs at bay.
In this section, we've tried to answer some of the questions asked by homeowners who are suffering from a roach invasion. If you don't see the information you're looking for, shoot us an email, and we'll find you what you need.
Q: What attracts roaches to your home?
A: The resilient roach has very basic needs: food, moisture, warmth, and shelter. If you are in the habit of leaving dirty dishes in your sink, crumbs, and scraps of food on the floor, and food left out on your countertops, you are effectively laying on a buffet for roaches.
Also, roaches need moisture, so damp towels, a wet bathmat, or a leaking pipe underneath your bathroom sink will draw the bugs to your home.
Q: Can cockroaches play dead?
A: Yes, indeed they can. Cockroaches can remain immobile or even roll onto their backs, giving the illusion of death until a human or other threat has gone. Once the coast is clear, the roach will flip itself back onto its feet and make a break for freedom.
Q: Can you drown roaches?
A: Roaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes! In an experiment carried out by Mythbusters, several roaches were submerged in water for 30 minutes. At first, the bugs appeared to be dead, but the next day, all of the "drowned" roaches were alive and kicking!
Q: Can you kill roaches with vinegar?
A: No, vinegar doesn't kill or repel roaches. However, undiluted vinegar sprayed over a countertop and left to work for 10 minutes will kill Salmonella, preventing the roaches from carrying the bacteria around your home.
Q: What diseases do roaches carry?
A: One of the main reasons that roaches are so feared and despised is that they can carry and spread diseases, some of which are extremely serious. Some diseases that have been found in roaches are, salmonella typhi (causes typhoid), poliomyelitis, and dysentery.
Also, roaches pick up bacteria and germs from garbage and feces on their bodies during their foraging trips. And you don't want that trampled all over your home!
A: Although roaches don't go in search of people to attack, they can inflict a bite if you try to pick one up. The bites themselves are minor, possibly causing minor lesions, localized irritation, and swelling. However, roaches can carry disease and bacteria, so it's best not to touch them at all if you can avoid doing so.
Cockroaches are a disgusting health hazard that you don't want to find crawling over your floors, kitchen work surfaces, and bathroom.
We recommend taking a holistic approach to getting rid of roaches, and that means using a multi-pronged approach and a variety of products. Now, that may seem like overkill, but it's necessary to eliminate this harmful pest from your home.
Use a roach killing spray such as Raid to create barriers, restricting roach movement and keeping the pest contained.
Apply a gel to the nooks and crannies where roaches hide out during daylight hours; we like Advion gel for this purpose. The product is easy to use and highly effective, killing the pests before they have a chance to emerge from their hiding places.
Set roach bait stations around infested areas. We like Combat Max 12 Month Roach Killing Bait as a bait station solution. The bait is slow-acting, allowing roaches to take the poison back to the nest, quickly wiping out the whole colony.
Finally, use traps to capture roaches. Strategically-placed traps allow you to monitor roach numbers so you can see how well your campaign is working. We like the Black Flag Roach Motel for this purpose. The product is simple to use, traps roaches very effectively, and can be used safely around pets and kids.


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For about three years I worked in underground mines.
Boy that can be dirty work.
My last job was a driller and often I would come up from underground almost pure black. The oil was so thick and the dirt so hard to remove that often I would shower with a sandy salt to scrub away the dirt. Sometimes not even that would work.
There are some stains that are just hard to remove. Our sins are like that. They stick to us and they stain us. In fact there is nothing that we can do that can cleanse us from those sins, but there is something that can.
The Bible says in first John that the blood of Jesus purifies us from all sin.
If you look at your hands and your life and see the stain of sin, Jesus blood is the answer. He desires to wash you clean and make you holy in God's eyes. In fact that's what he does. So that not a spot, not a blemish, not the smallest stain remains.
So when you are troubled by the stain of your sin, wash in the blood of Jesus and you will be clean. Amen.