Written by Fiona Cummins — In January 2017 I was lucky enough to be given a debut novel to review. It stayed with me through thick and thin and ended up being one of my favourite crime fiction books of the year. That book was Rattle by Fiona Cummins and now both the author and her odious Bone Collector character are back.
The so-called difficult second novel is something we readers hear about a lot. Some authors fail miserably, others don't even try to match the success of that soaring first taste of stardom. A third group go on to even greater things, and Fiona Cummins is definitely in the latter category.
This is an author who can handle the darkest depravity with a steady hand, and The Collector pulls you in from the get-go. If you haven't read Rattle then be advised that this review contains spoilers. Best grab a copy first before plunging into this book otherwise you'll be left feeling at a distinct disadvantage.
Young Jakey is free from the grasp of the Bone Collector and he and his father have moved, hoping for a clean slate and a fresh new start. But the boy is still troubled by his imprisonment and by the girl he left behind. He may be in a wheelchair, but by hook or by crook, Jake is determined to help her.
DS Etta Fitzroy is also imprisoned by memories of that time. She hates loose ends, and the unknown fate of Clara Foyle has preyed on her mind ever since she let the Bone Collector escape from her grasp. He's still out there, somewhere. And when Clara's pinafore dress washes up on a beach, 100 days after she disappeared, Fitzroy's anguish ratchets up to unbearable proportions. She is a troubled woman, and this case is tearing her apart – could she finally find closure?
What about the Bone Collector? He's changed his appearance and his name and is living in splendid isolation on the Essex coast, seething over what Fitzroy did to him and planning both his resurrection and shocking revenge. His collection of deformed skeletons has been destroyed and he is keen to begin rebuilding it, with Jakey a prime specimen. Cummins has created a monster and you may find yourself reaching for the hand sanitiser after touching the pages in which he appears.
This author is a master plotter, so cue a tasty new ingredient in what is already a heady cocktail of drama. The wonderfully-named Saul Anguish is a troubled teenager, a loner with an alcoholic for a mother and too much time on his hands… ripe for the picking, where the Bone Collector is concerned. Why do all the dirty work when you can recruit a keen young apprentice to do it for you? Tension builds as Saul hovers between the path of righteousness and damnation. Naughty or nice? It's likely to be a close run thing.
This book kept me awake for two reasons – because it is so darn addictive that I had to keep on reading well into the night, and also because it has the power to latch into the imagination and never let go. Cummins creates such realistic characters and twisted scenarios that her words are in danger of burning into the retina.
Rattle arrived with a bang and won plaudits galore for a debut novel which stood out from the crowd. The Collector is a mighty fine piece of work too. If you like your crime fiction dark, shocking and devious, then both Rattle and The Collector should be top of the to-be-read list. You'll thank me for it.
For more dark, dramatic crime fiction, try The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood, or go to the original Bone Collector who appears in Jeffrey Deaver's first Lincoln Rhyme novel. The print version of The Collector arrives in February.


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Statistician David J. Hand Shows How the Seemingly Improbable Becomes a Sure Thing
There are so many things in heaven and earth that coincidences become certainties
By Steve Mirsky on May 1, 2014
Back in 1980, a woman named Maureen Wilcox played the Rhode Island and the Massachusetts lotteries at the same time. And she hit the correct numbers for both. Unfortunately, she picked all the correct Massachusetts numbers on her Rhode Island ticket and all the right Rhode Island numbers on her Massachusetts ticket. Shirley Jackson couldn't write a more terrifying lottery story.
Wilcox's shenanigans bring to mind a short work by Woody Allen that lampoons numerology, the search for meaning in random numbers. Its last line: "It was reasoning like this that led Rabbi Yitzhok Ben Levi, the great Jewish mystic, to hit the double at Aqueduct fifty-two days running and still wind up on relief."
Anyway, the sad tale of the lottery switcheroo is discussed in the new book The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day, by mathematician and statistician David J. Hand. (What are the chances that the author of a book that mentions "the probability of being dealt a royal flush in poker is about 1 in 650,000" is named Hand?)
The New England states' mash-up and other oddball lottery cases are in the chapter of the Hand book entitled "The Law of Truly Large Numbers." It opens with a quote, circa 1832, from British writer E. G. Bulwer-Lytton: "Fate laughs at probabilities." By the way, Bulwer-Lytton is the guy who actually started a novel with "It was a dark and stormy night" and who now has a contest named for him that rewards the worst fictional sentence. The Improbability Principle is not eligible, because it is a work of nonfiction, and it is good.
"The law," writes the learned Hand, "of truly large numbers ... says that, with a large enough number of opportunities, any outrageous thing is likely to happen." Lotteries are wonderful examples of how events that appear virtually impossible actually become inevitable given enough time and trials. Remember, the salient feature of the Wilcox mix-up is not that it happened to her—those odds are crazy small—but that it would eventually happen to somebody. And chance happened to pluck her.
Double lottery winners illustrate the law of truly large numbers in action. For example, on April 7, 2012, a woman matched five of the six Powerball numbers in the lottery in Virginia. Twice. Her two winning tickets were each worth more than $1 million. Plus, her first name is Virginia, which is utterly meaningless but would keep Rabbi Ben Levi up for 52 nights in a row.
Then there are the lotteries themselves. In consecutive games in 2009, the Bulgarian lottery randomly picked the same set of six winning numbers. Naturally, some people suspected fraud. But Hand outs the real culprit: probability. When he works up the math, it takes just 43 years for there to exist a better than even chance for the same sets of numbers to get drawn twice (although the two-in-a-row pick was a bonus).
And that's just in Bulgaria. "When we take into account the number of lotteries around the world," Hand writes, "we see that it would be amazing if draws did not occasionally repeat." So it came to pass that in 2010 on September 21 and then on October 16, an Israeli lottery drew the same numbers. "Scores of people flooded Israeli radio station phone-ins," Hand prints in the book, "to complain that the lottery was fixed." Rabbi Ben Levi might have been among them, but chances are he hadn't paid his phone bill.
Which brings us to what comedian Dave Attell calls "God's drive-by shooting," that is, getting hit by lightning. Hand notes the case of one Roy Sullivan, a seven-time loser in the lightning-strike lottery. Sullivan was a park ranger, so he upped his odds by being outdoors a lot. The same went for a sportsman named Major Walter Summerford, struck three times, whose gravestone took a shot four years after his death.
Yet consider that about 100 lightning bolts reach the earth's surface every second—statistically, hundreds of thousands of people are going to get hit annually, with somebody bound to take multiple zaps. And if there were really such a thing as bad luck, that somebody would be Maureen Wilcox.
This article was originally published with the title "Statistical Significance" in Scientific American 310, 5, 80 (May 2014)
Steve Mirsky has been writing the Anti Gravity column since a typical tectonic plate was about 34 inches from its current location. He also hosts the Scientific American podcast Science Talk.

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Cosplay Dossier
How Cosplay and the "Normie Stare" Made Me A Better Person
Liana Kerzner | 3 Nov 2015 13:30
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Another Halloween has passed, meaning the single night of the year when costumes are socially acceptable attire is over, and most people go back to being obnoxious to anyone found outside a convention in cosplay. Granted, Halloween isn't quite the same as cosplay - many cosplayers don't go out for Halloween and joke that Halloween is amateur hour. I'm not sure that's so much a reference to the costumes though. It's more that we just don't want to deal with the sloppy drunks, cold weather, and the annual histrionics regarding the perceived oppression of women through sexy fairytale costumes.
Halloween is weird to a cosplayer. All of a sudden the sartorial conformists who think we're freaks the rest of the year have fun dressing up... and they never question how odd it is that, in their minds, it's okay to do this one day a year and one day only because... reasons. Any other day they think it's okay to take pictures of us eating, catcall us on the street, and ask us if Halloween came early. Perhaps that last extremely tired line is another reason most cosplayers don't do Halloween.
The mental partition that normies have around Halloween has always struck me as strange, because our society revolves around costumes. Military dress uniforms serve no purpose other than ornament. A judge's robe serves no purpose other than to indicate that they are a judge... or possibly a wizard. And of course, the "power suits" associated with the business world are impractical, expensive, and inconvenient to clean... but they're status symbols so some people put one on every morning.
Don't tell me these things aren't costumes. They're costumes. They're just costumes with social benefits. It's called a power suit for a reason, after all.
Walking the streets of Salem, Massachusetts in costume was a real eye-opener, because no one stared at us like we were crazy. When we went into a restaurant, we didn't get the "oh god eat quickly and leave" looks from the staff. And people didn't keep their children on the other side of them in case we were the bad kind of crazy. The worst part of a convention for me is getting to and from that convention, because the normie stares drive me crazy.
The normie stare is a look that combines amusement, condescension and disgust while trying to hide the disgust. It's a look more appropriate for someone with a gaping head wound than a person wearing a costume. The greatest normie stares I've ever experienced was when the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario held their annual convention in the same building and the same weekend as Anime North. I asked one of the very confused-looking Conservatives if the Ivy Valentine cosplay I was wearing upheld conservative values. I got a vaguely hypnotized thumbs up.
In Salem, the whole month is a Halloween party, so no one is struck dumb like that. It's Mardi Gras without the nudity, and it's very good for business. But the business benefits don't stop some normies in towns with big conventions from giving cosplayers the normie stare. There's a set of train tracks in San Diego that mark the boundary between a cosplay-friendly environment and catcalls, dumb comments, and open leering in the Gaslamp Quarter. Even in Los Angeles, a city you would think would have residents immune to eccentricity, there are a surprising number of gawkers if you dare to go into Walgreens dressed as a character from Tron. Yeah. I won't do that again.
There was none of that in the Salem area. I want to believe that's connected to the fact that the city was the site of an intolerant, murderous moral panic, and constant reminders of that exist via a memorial to those who were hanged in a graveyard in the center of the city. It's like everyone is immersed in the ethic of "don't be a jerk! We've already filled our quota here!"
We've come a long way as a society since the witch hysteria of 1692, but we still struggle with those seeds of fear of those who are different. That's not just an American thing, either. We had a whole ugly debate about the niqab up here in Canada, during which I constantly had to stop my nerdy gamer self from interjecting "Just pretend they're female Krogans and shut up about all of this!"
That reference would have fallen flat because Krogans are not as well known by the masses as I think they should be, despite Krogans being awesome. Geeks have points of reference that others don't - we don't get offended, for instance, when compared to an alien race.
My awkward internal monologue aside, a Muslim woman with her face covered gets the same normie stare that cosplayers do. I think that what she wears, and what I wear, should be of no concern to anyone else... with some exceptions. If I walked down the street in a chainmail bikini, I would expect people to stare just because I'm that fabulous.
Great boobs and joking aside, the normie stare undeniably comes from a place that's intolerant of differences. People generally know it's rude to stare. Staring is a gut level thing. You catch yourself doing it and stop... unless some social excuse makes you believe you have license to keep staring.
I wish these staring normies would have the opportunity to experience the world as various other characters, because it does give you a perspective on the world beyond your core identity. Being subjected to the normie stare on a regular basis has made me more likely to celebrate a person's differences than be intimidated by them. I've been dismissed as "just a cosplayer" -- which is a code phrase for "fake geek girl bimbo" -- slut shamed online, and people have even sent some of my "incriminating" cosplay pictures to my mother. That was annoying, and these experiences have made me more likely to question whether another person's unusual behavior is causing harm to anyone else.
But we also live in a time when white kids are dressing up like Princess Tiana and Falcon from the Avengers because they don't see people of other races as an Other, and that's wonderful... if a bit awkward when my friend had to tell his son that, no, he would not paint his face brown for his costume. By kid logic, being the Hulk had meant green face paint, and he was innocent of anything being different in the case of a character who was black.
In the cosplay world, if two men hold hands in public, no one cares. If a woman assumes a male gender identity, no one cares. We're still working on the idiot comments when a black woman cosplays Sailor Moon or an Asian guy cosplays Doctor Who, but the point is that we're working on it. We're not closing off our minds and citing family values or something equally complacent.
Because cosplayers have felt the normie stare. So we don't want to be anything like those staring normies.
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190111. John Taylor, Lord of P.I. Lore.
This page discusses my experience with P.I. John L. Taylor of Solvang, CA.
I didn't believe, as an adult, in Santa Claus. But I had difficulty understanding that some normals lied pretty much every time that they opened their mouths.
I'm still naive. But the rest of it has changed.
On Friday, January 11, 2019, I displayed my naiveté again. The back-story is fun. I've told it different ways before. We'll go with matter of fact today.
This post discusses a P.I. named John Taylor in the San Luis Obispo, CA area whose business model, I feel, is based in part on fraud.
The website, and John's Web presence in general, are oddly threadbare considering that he's supposedly been in business for 35 years.
A closer look at what John has been up to over the years might be productive.
This is probably the John Leonard Taylor who used to be associated with addresses on Carlo Drive, Goleta, CA and multiple streets in Solvang, CA.
The identification of the middle name is preliminary and unconfirmed.
If it's the same John L. Taylor, P.I., eager to meet your Santa Barbara, CA research needs, it appears that he's a Junior. He's named, if the "L" is for "Leonard", after a father or uncle born circa 1914.
Siblings, cousins, and/or uncles and aunts for John L. Taylor, Jr., seem to include Roberta, Beverly, Derek, and Janie.
If it's the same John Taylor, P.I., Solvang, CA area, perhaps these people will be able to explain how the enjoyment that John feels when he commits prosecutables crimes originated.
If it's not the same John, well, one step at a time.
DOB for the John L. Taylor in question is March 08, 1942, but this could easily be somebody else.
A company named Bomar, S.I., asserts that the PDF linked below provides license information for John Taylor. I haven't attempted to confirm this yet.
John Taylor has been a P.I. for a long time. His State of California P.I. license number is said to be 11313.
John Taylor, P.I., has no compunction, it appears, related to stealing thousands of dollars from hapless clients. As a note to John's peers in the profession and to attorneys, read the correspondence from John quoted below before you elect to comment.
Remarks to the effect that John Taylor's letters are protected in any way by intellectual property or other laws will be mocked.
One take-away is that most P.I.s who work on cases for individuals, and who aren't retired police officers, will lie to you and try to cheat you.
I've dealt with enough P.I.s to have a solid basis for the assertion.
There are, to be clear, good P.I.s and I hope to continue to find them. They're useful.
Retired police officers seem more trustworthy than average, but I think that most of them prefer pro-forma work such as process service to anything out of the ordinary.
P.I.s who are willing to go beyond pro-forma work assume, in some cases, that their clients are blinded by anger or greed and try to take advantage of the emotions.
If you don't keep an eye out, some of them will take you for all that you've got. The same thing is true of attorneys, but that's a subject for another time.
In most cases, P.I.s don't actually have "sources". That's for TV shows. Instead, they buy standard data-broker reports and resell them.
Fair enough. But the profit margin isn't that high. The real money is in field work. And the easiest type of field work is surveillance.
Surveillance is profitable enough. But it becomes even more profitable if a P.I. mixes in a bit of fraud. It's a constant temptation to the lower-tier types.
Unambiguous fraud is one approach. A P.I. can go somewhere, take a photo to prove that they were there, leave, and claim that they spent hours on the job.
How is a client going to prove otherwise unless he or she hires a 2nd P.I. to conduct surveillance on the 1st one?
But the most common case is more subtle.
Some P.I.s press clients to approve surveillance when it's not essential or even relevant.
The P.I.s might actually go. It's easy money. It's not as though the work is difficult or, in most cases, dangerous. The P.I.s collect from $75 to $150 per hour — up to $1,200 per day — just to sit and wait for somebody who might not even show up.
It is no Sin to sell dear, but [it is] a Sin to give ill Measure.
I'll name a P.I. firm later this year that I feel might see surveillance fraud as one of the pillars of its business model.
A week before Christmas 2016, I talked to John Taylor, P.I., about a possible job for him.
The job was to confirm, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that were protected under U.S. laws, that my parents Jim and Grace Kiraly were physically resident in a house located on Twinberry Circle in Avila Beach, CA.
My correspondence with John Taylor, P.I. was mundane at first. Here's one of John's initial letters. Note: John's misspellings are preserved in this letter and in other letters below.
See attached profile on James Kiraly. Keep in mind that this type of report are [sic] not always accurate or up to date. I ran the two property profiles and the Avila Beach address and the owner is listed as "Kiraly Family Trust".
The Newport Beach profile shows David L. New as the owner since 2004. I did an occupancy search on the Newport Beach address and James Kiraly shows being there from Dec. 2015 to July 2016.
As you have indicated the only way to confirm who is where is a knock and talk at the addresses. I suggest getting some vehicle license plate numbers from any vehicles in the drive to see who they are registered to. There always the chance cars are in the garage.
I don't see his brother Tom listed on Possible Relatives on the profile.
No charge for this little bit of information. Let me know if further is needed.
John Taylor, P.I., and I exchanged a few more letters. Then John sent me the following. In this letter, John introduces a new character, an "old law enforcement buddy".
Quick follow up. I have an operative in Avila Beach, old law enforcement buddy, who took a couple of drive by checks of the address. No vehicles in the drive or on the street in front of the residence. Nicely kept gated community. Vehicles of course could have been in the garage.
It's interesting that the "operative" was able to do not just one, but two, drive-by checks. John suggested subsequently that entry into the complex was so difficult that surveillance was the only possible way to proceed. This, despite the fact the "operative" could apparently get into the complex whenever he wished to do so.
I responded as follows. Logistic paragraphs are omitted for the sake of brevity.
John, thanks for this as well.
May I hire you and the Avila Beach operative to proceed as described in my Dec. 17 4:11pm letter? This was my letter responding to your initial report.
He'd make two attempts to show the photo I sent you to people in the residence, then visit perhaps 4 neighbors after the second attempt to show the photo to them. With luck, at least 1 neighbor would be home.
John Taylor, P.I., and I discussed possible approaches to the work. On December 28, John sent me the formal proposal included below.
In this proposal, John adds another character to the story, an "inside reliable and confidential contact".
The "operative" mentioned here is John Taylor's "old law enforcement buddy"; i.e., a retired police officer or the like.
We have no problem taking on this assignment. I'm not sure I agree with neighbor contacts in this small gated community. It only takes one neighbor who is friendly to your parents who would call them when an enquiry is made.
My operative is very familiar with this complex and any door to door contacts are reported and he could be banned from further entry. His inside reliable and confidential contact lives across the street from your parents and has confirmed they live there.
1) We do a DMV vehicle ownership search to obtain description and Lic. Number of target's vehicle/s.
2) Conduct surveillance on the outside perimeter of the complex to observe the targets leaving. Attempt photos when they reach a destination if possible.
3) Once confirmation is made we can serve documents. Surveillance effort should start early morning in hopes they go someplace. Or if you know of any routine or habits that have. Church, dinners out, etc.
As I quoted prior the hourly rate is $ 85.00 plus .50 cents a mile and minimal data expense. We generally request a retainer to start this type of investigation. I leave the amount up to you knowing the cost of the effort involved.
It could be a 10 or 15 hour effort depending on movement from the residence. We keep a log of time and expense. Any unused funds are returned.
Um. If John had an "inside reliable and confidential contact", why did we need to do anything but talk to that person?
I responded to John's proposal as follows. This is just the relevant part.
If the "inside reliable contact" *has* seen my parents recently, would your operative be willing to visit just them [the contact] as opposed to the neighbors and confirm that they [Jim and Grace] are present?
Alternatively, would he be willing to negotiate with the "inside reliable contact" for whatever information that person can provide? I'd be willing to add fixed-rate payments for relevant information in addition to hourly.
Does this updated proposal work for you? Note: Everything will be paid for in advance.
* I'll pay to cover three people — You, your Avila Beach associate, and his "inside contact". If we proceed, your time for this setup stage will be covered.
* The "inside contact" will provide a letter discussing what he or she knows about my parents' location and activities.
Identification of church would be helpful. That's the primary place where they [Jim and Grace Kiraly] can be found and served that isn't behind a locked door. Price for the letter is open to negotiation.
I'd like, and I'll pay for, any information that isn't legally confidential and that may be useful in litigation. One example, in addition to identification of church, would be OCD behavior by my father, which he's known to exhibit in front of neighbors.
My assumption is that the "inside contact" doesn't have a fiduciary relationship with my parents, e.g., isn't their therapist, and can therefore talk freely.
* Your associate will be paid to communicate with the "inside contact", to photograph any vehicles, and possibly to visit my parents and confirm their presence.
If you need a specific reason for the visit, I could write a minor but formal letter to be hand-delivered to my parents. This might be useful, actually, as legitimate and reasonable misdirection.
* Surveillance for one specific purpose may be done as well. This part is to be discussed after we see what the "inside contact" has to say.
This is where it gets interesting. John Taylor responded as follows. Note that he completely disregards the points about his "inside reliable contact".
John jumps right back to the surveillance part here despite the fact that, if he has an "inside reliable contact", surveillance is pointless and unnecessary.
I have received all your email. Here is my proposal: We set up no more than 10 Hours of investigation time to attempt to identify and serve your parents at the Avila Beach address.
We will attempt photographs if possible before during or after observation.
You will receive a written report from me at the conclusion of the investigation including information from my confidential inside informants.
From what I understand of your request is to locate and serve your parents either with legal papers or other written correspondents or both.
We keep it pretty simple in this business. It appears to me to be straight forward assignment. It appears their vehicle/s are most likely parked in the garage so we won't see them in the drive.
I can request a legal report from DMV for vehicles owned by the occupants of the house.
We set up surveillance at the entrance of the complex and wait for them to leave. They can be served when they reach their destination or upon returning to the house. We will attempt to photograph the event if possible.
1) Do they attend church? if so, what denomination?
2) Do they have pets, dog or cat?
3) Do they both drive?
4) Are they morning people?
5) Do they go for walks or other exercise?
6) Any known daily habits?
7) Any medical conditions, use of cane, walkers, etc.?
Flat rate for this effort will be $ 1,000.00 to include time and millage [sic] and any data work.
At this point, it was clear that John Taylor, P.I., San Luis Obispo area, was lying through his teeth. But I gave him a chance to straighten things out.
John, the following is worded directly, but it's intended to be friendly. If we can't come to terms, I'd still like to look at hiring you for other types of research.
Your associate states that he has an "inside reliable and confidential contact [who] lives across the street from your parents and has confirmed they live there".
"Pretty simple in this business" is fine, but there is nothing complicated about a proposal to obtain information from the "inside contact" who your associate states exists, knows my parents, and has commented regarding them.
Why in the world would I agree to pay for surveillance that might produce nothing before I hear what an "inside reliable and confidential contact" with definite information has to say?
You haven't even acknowledged that the "inside contact" should be asked if he or she has seen my parents recently as opposed to months ago. Isn't this an obvious step?
My proposal is the one that was sent at about midnight last night. If you'll work out a quote that you feel is fair, you'll receive payment in advance for a job that is "pretty simple".
I'll also, most likely, pay for surveillance as well. But surveillance will be *after* I read what the "inside contact" has to say.
Otherwise, that's fine, and I hope to discuss other types of work.
I will advise when my inside source has a visual on the subjects or any positive proof they are there.
At this point, I repeated previous offers to give John Taylor, P.I., piles of cash in exchange for nothing but evidence that he wasn't a liar and a fraud.
John, you don't need to invest any more time or effort for free. I'm offering to provide a retainer. We only need to agree on steps.
I'm assuming that your associate is trustworthy. He's a retired LEO or something similar, right? Most are by-the-book types.
So, the inside source presumably exists and is willing to talk. Do you doubt this, yourself?
I'm offering to pay you, your associate, and the inside source for a letter from the inside source. I'd send some questions, the source would answer to the extent possible, and you and I would discuss surveillance.
Unless any of the three of you has a fiduciary relationship that creates a conflict of interest, I don't see a reason not to proceed.
It's up to you. Feel free to point out anything I've overlooked.
John Taylor's next to last letter is pasted below.
The relationship between a client and an investigator is kind of like a marriage. If there is no trust there is no relationship.
Your strong indication that I fabricated information to induce you to pay me is very insulting to say the least. The normal procedure for most investigators is getting a retainer up front before any time or effort is put into the investigation.
I broke my own rule by doing some initial research and putting manpower into your case. I will take that lose [sic] and take my Avila Beach operative to dinner for his time and effort.
With that said, I'm terminating any further effort in your cause. No need to respond to this email.
I have received your email and forwarded it to my attorney for review. Sorry our relationship didn't work out.
Two years later, I'm still waiting to hear from the "attorney". It's regrettable. In such cases, I find attorneys to be a crunchy part of a nutritious breakfast.
These days, God, I love it when attorneys cross the line.
You can't touch the straight and narrow type. Harmeet Dhillon, I'm talking to you. The bottom of the barrel type... oh, that's mighty fine eatin'.
On January 11, 2019, I was referred to a P.I. who supposedly lived near Solvang, CA. The city that Jim and Grace Kiraly were supposed to have moved to a month before.
The P.I.'s name was John Taylor. But his phone number was 805-896-1613. The original John Taylor's phone number was 805-964-2089. So, it was probably a different John Taylor, right?
I needed to get the scoop on whether or not Jim and Grace were still located in Solvang. So, I called the 2nd John Taylor.
The 2nd John Taylor was polite, but he seemed oddly nervous.
The issue wasn't that non-pro forma work was off-putting. We didn't get far enough into the discussion for that to be the case.
The 2nd John Taylor indicated that he didn't wish to take on a new research job. His statements were garbled due to agitation.
I asked him if I'd offended him somehow. I think that he said "No", but I'm not sure.
The 2nd John Taylor hung up abruptly. I was puzzled. I speculated that perhaps Jim and Grace had been calling P.I.s in the area and asking them not to work for me.
Then the possibility that I'd been a fool occurred to me. It can be a useful realization.
I looked closer and found that both phone numbers, 805-896-1613 and 805-964-2089, had been associated, at different times, with a John L. Taylor, P.I.
I can believe in two P.I.s with the same first and last name in the same general area. But the same middle initial as well? Probably not.
Howdy, John L. Taylor. It was pleasant to chat with you, even if I wasn't aware of who I was speaking to.


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Rankin, Rebus TM and the Templars - Part 1
For some reason last week, I started thinking about Ian Rankin. It might have been that he was in the local news which I will return to later but I dont really know.
Anyway, I would like to share some strange coincidences and syncronicities which quickly became apparent after a few minutes googling. Mr. Rankin writes crime novels, the majority of which involve a police detective called Rubus. The books are very popular and published by Orion.
Now, the first of the series of books was called Knots and Crosses. It was recently reissued to celebrate 20 years of Rebus and a new logo was issued which includes a trade mark and two XX's which may represent the roman numerals for 20. As well as this, a beer is being launched in honour of the books, Rebus20. It is a variation of Rebus' favoured pint, Deuchars IPA.and is to be launched in London in Auguust.
Firstly, please take a look at this press release for the beer release http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=188948
You will see that appears to contain masonic references, "encompass", "handcrafted","no small amount of art and craft" "true master of his art".
Then if we move on to the release date for the novel, it was 19/03/07 (29, 2+9=11) also (19+3=22).
Turning to wikipedia we find that the 19th of March is Quinquatria and was a Roman festival day scared to Minerva, godess of craft and wisdom. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitle=Minerva&oldid=127340871.
Now Deuchers IPA is produced by the Caledonian Brewing Company. Their website states it comes from a Robert Deuchar of Edinburgh in the late 1800's. Have a look at this Mr. Deuchar on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Deuchar&oldid=123261344 and then take a link to Scottish Knights Templar. Even though it might seem a bit intangible, it is worth it just to add up the dates, ie 1811 (11).
Just to add a bit spice, Bob Dylan got married that day 19/03/65 (19+3=22, 6+5=11). For more on the remarkable Bob Dylan together with a host of multi-coloured features see http://the-daily-behemoth.blogspot.com/2007/03/talisman-of-one-world-religion.html .
But back to the remarkable Rebus. A rebus is a puzzle which those of you familiar with the TV show Catchphrase will be accquainted. "Say what you see". It is a mixture of a visual symbol and letters or numbers, thus creating a new word. For example a bumble bee and the letter R = BEER.
Now Rankin has trade marked his Rebus character and name so it now reads Rebus TM. In addition, the 20 is sometimes represented by XX in the top right hand corner, in smaller letters, rather like that of a number being factorised. In addition, there is also a curious new image being portrayed with what looks like a candle flickering and an image which I cant work out. I would link it but I am not sure of the position being new to this malarky.
So, is it a Rebus. Is it telling us something. Does the TM and XX have significance. I have merely skimmed the top of this bubbling pot and have a feeling the soup is yet to come.
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I should have anticipated that request and done the work earlier! I'll start importing the repository and it will probably show up on the site pretty quickly, but it won't have a full set of changesets listed for a while.
Well, since comm-central is much lower traffic I decided to only cache the most recent 1000 changesets, let me know if that is a problem. Because it is a much smaller repository the indexing went fast and it is all up there now.
Thanks, that should be perfect!
Maybe long-term it's something that could live inside or alongside DXR (http://dxr.mozilla.org/) ?
I made it standalone because I knew I could knock it out quickly and I wanted to play with mercurial hooks (awesome!) and refresh my django memories (still awesome!). But long term sure I'd love to see it more formally owned and supported.
I totally agree, but given that we've been waiting three years on that being fixed I'm not holding out a lot of hope.
Someone did a write-up—and a Planet post? My archives don't go back that far—on devmo about getting this info using Yahoo! pipes: Filter a Mercurial Changelog feed by Pushlog directory paths. I can confirm that it did work at one time, because I set a couple up when it first appeared, but one of them was broken from the beginning, and I later removed the other when it broke (since I didn't want to read the Pipes docs…). So for anyone wanting to give it a go, YMMV, etc.


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When a thread is created as hidden and only after some time is made visible to forum users, it doesn't appear in the "New posts" section. It usually happens with the Competition threads and that's how I missed at least one competition poll.
Perhaps once a thread is made visible, there could be added another post saying something like "The competition is now open to vote", so that this new post appears in the "New posts" section.
Oh my I am sorry you have missed different competitions Elsje! It is something that is promoted in valley chat and often I use igms' to remind people; and it is discussed in general chat. Yes I am aware of the need for a post to trigger the new posts alert .
Generally speaking the new competition is open for entries when the preceding one's voting process has finished. It is usually available for 'thinking time' while the voting element is underway.
The 'New Posts' section can be quite confusing I understand, now so many forums are together, and I find the buttons on the front page of the English forum helpful to indicate there are new posts to read.
It was quite a while ago, before I realised that something goes wrong with the comps threads. Now I take care to check the competitons section separately from time to time, as I don't always read the valley chat and in the general chat there are so many messages that info about a competition poll is lost pretty fast. It would just be nice to have this additional post that would make the thread appear in the "New posts" - although the forums merger really messed it up, I still use it to find out what's has been happening since I last visited.
So I entered the Announcement section and there is was, but marked as 'read', although I never read it. I suppose the 'Mark all threads read' button works for the invisible threads as well and the end result is that once a previously hidden thread is made visible for forum users, those who earlier clicked 'Mark all threads read' can't see the indication of new posts in such a thread.
The thread was not invisible elsje. I have no idea why it did not show up in new posts . . as people read it within minutes of it being moved to the announcements thread. I will begin investigations immediately!
It was created yesterday and became available for forum users only today, so in the meantime it must have been somewhere where we could not see it.
The simple solution to avoid such situations would be to post an entirely new comment in the thread to make the thread appear in the New posts list, as otherwise it won't be there.


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What's Black, White, and Red All Over? A Mercedes, A Blonde Prostitute, and an Unsolved Murder. The tale of this young woman, murdered in 1957, spawned one of the biggest scandals in postwar Germany, involving prominent politicians and businessmen.
Rosalie Marie Auguste Nitribitt (1933-1957), known as Rosemarie, was one of the most notorious prostitutes in German history, both in life and in death. Nitribitt was known for her great beauty, unconventional displays of self-made wealth, and her untimely death at the age of twenty-four—a brutal strangulation—by a culprit who remains undiscovered.
Rosemarie openly celebrated the luxury that her gritty romps with Frankfurt's high society men afforded her. The young red-lipsticked blonde prowled Frankfurt streets for new Johns in a 1956 jet-black Mercedes-Benz, which she customized with bright cherry red leather seats and stark white wall tires. This model, the convertible Mercedes 190 SL, is still often called, "The Nitribitt Mercedes", forever marrying its streamlined curvature with the image of this beautiful, tragic woman.
She was often accompanied by her white poodle, Joey, and was known for dressing in the latest fashions, seductively propositioning German men in English and French. She lived in an elegant apartment in Eschenheimer tower in the affluent Stiftsstraße 36 area. Nitribitt was unabashedly proud of her profession and reveled in the sex and glamour that accompanied it, earning a reputation among the horny young men of Frankfurt's rising elite class—her main clientele—and a vicious distaste for the local police.
Rosemarie's casual attitude toward high-class prostitution and the outward display of wealth that came with it contrasted with the dull conservatism of postwar 1950s Germany. Germany after the war was a grey, crumbling country in disarray, and women during that time were pressured to display a generic humility and subservience. The national obsession with alluring, curvy seductresses had ended, and bombshell personas—like that of ex-pat Marlene Dietrich—were criticized. There was a national push to focus on stark morality, discipline, and domestic matters.
"Decent" women were left to fantasize about the types of hot sexual acts that were Rosemarie's every day. Scarce were the places in Germany where one could engage in lurid sexual desires and abandon the fear of judgement from prudish peers—especially if you had to worry about Mommy and Daddy cutting you out of the family fortune. Rosemarie's naughty persona provided a fantasy experience in a luxury package that the rich were used to, proving to be a very lucrative business model.
Undress for the job you want…that's how the phrase goes, right? She became the premiere escort among the young spoiled brats of Frankfurt, earning the nickname, "The Countess." The sex-starved wives of drab Frankfurt had a few less complimentary names for her.
Nitribitt's origin story reads like any other generic rags-to-riches tale, apart from one notably tragic event. She was born on February 1, 1933 in Düsseldorf—the illegitimate child of an 18-year old maid. She and two half-sisters had spent a childhood in Nazi Germany shuffling between bleak juvenile centers and neglectful foster parents. At eleven, she was raped by a local eighteen-year-old boy, who suffered no consequences for the brutal attack. Because the city failed to protect young Rosemarie, she spurned the societal norms for "nice girls" and sought power through financial independence. She befriended two prostitutes and found refuge on the streets.
The rebellious teenage Rosemarie was arrested countless times for solicitation, and eventually fled Dusseldorf for Frankfurt in April 1953 to pursue a short-lived career as a model and waitress. Rosemarie quickly developed a taste for elegance far beyond the income of a waitress. She adopted the name, "Rebecca," which came with a sultry persona to match. Rosemarie reveled in using her beauty and wit to charm clients out of large sums of money and gifts. Local lawyers, politicians, industry leaders, and doctors became enamored with Rosemarie, and she rapidly rose up the ranks to become the most popular call girl in Frankfurt.
One Turkish suitor bought her a vehicle—an Opel Kapitän—which became the precursor to the notorious black Mercedes. With the newfound freedom that a car provided, Nitribitt could now find clients past the range of local bars and restaurants near the Frankfurt train station. She could now hunt for generous patrons with the glib satisfaction of a cat-in-heat. Soon thereafter she upgraded to the infamous inky-black Mercedes, similar to the seductive sheen of a black patent high-heeled shoe. The [now] 24-year-old temptress was unsuspecting of how abruptly her newfound success would end.
On the morning of November 1, 1957, Rosemarie's maid arrived to stacks of unopened bread deliveries left outside of the apartment door. The maid reportedly heard the wailing cries of Rosemarie's starving trapped poodle and opened the door to a macabre scene. The blonde bombshell lay lifeless on her velvet couch with a silk stocking tied tightly around her neck. Her platinum curls were matted and tinged pink with blood, and her bloated, limp body had been left unattended for several days.
When German police arrived, they failed to follow standard crime scene protocol and opened a window before taking the temperature of her body—destroying evidence of exact time of death. Few details were noted before objects were moved and tampered with, and police reports were markedly vague and inefficient. The police noted that 18,000 marks had been stolen, but nothing else from Nitribitt's posh belongings appeared missing.
The contemporary German newspaper, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) published previously unreleased police files on the Nitribitt case in 2014. These files revealed that a broken red wine bottle containing a set of unknown fingerprints was found at the scene. The police file also revealed that four affluent Germany high society men were Rosemarie's regular customers—the Krupp heir Harald von Bohlen und Halbach, the billionaire entrepreneur Harald Quandt, and the industrial sons Ernst Wilhelm and Gunter Sachs.
[One small digression…while researching Quandt I had discovered that liaisons with a prostitute were minor infractions compared to the revolting acts he had previously committed. Quandt's mother—Magdalena Behrend Rietschel—divorced his father and later married Joseph Goebbels on December 19, 1931. His mother was known as, "the First Lady of Nazi Germany" and Harald Quandt served as a Luftwaffe lieutenant until 1947. Magda Goebbels committed suicide (with her monstrous husband) after they murdered their six children. Harald Quandt, Nazi-turned-billionaire, solely inherited his industrialist father's fortune and seemingly attempted to sweep his past under the rug.]
Nitribitt with Joey
The released file reveals many dramatic love letters from von Bohlen und Halbach to Rosemarie, addressing her in pet names and even listing all the gifts he'd sent her during their relationship. All of the prominent men were sloppily interrogated and alibis were not closely checked. The preferential treatment of these suspects due to their social standing and the "delicate" nature of Rosemarie's profession is one of the many dismal aspects of the handling of her case. Files were destroyed, family names were redacted, and valid leads were left to grow stale. It is believed that the corrupt police were paid off in order for the upper echelon of Germany to remain unscathed.
Interestingly, Heinz Pohlmann, a prominent friend of Nitribitt, reportedly paid off gambling debts to the tune of 18,000 marks a short time after the murder. He was later accused of being the murderer but a lack of evidence led to his release in July 1960 by the district court of Frankfurt.
Police diagram of crime scene
Rosemarie's true murderer was never caught, and her gruesome tale became a staple in German pop-culture history. Four separate movies have been made about her story, the first being the 1958 biopic Rosemary, directed by Rolf Tiele. This film was based on the bestselling book by journalist Erich Kuby, Rosemarie: The Favorite Child of the Economic Miracle.
Most recently, was the made-for-TV movie A Girl Called Rosemary (1996) and a musical based on her life, which was staged in 2004.
Much like America's fixation with the gruesome unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short—The Black Dahlia—these decade-old cold cases continue to gain cult status in the annals of time. We share a collective obsession with the motif of a beautiful woman snuffed out and denied justice, as if a mere glint in an exploding flashbulb.
A band called Nitribitts recorded this rocking tribute to Rosemarie:
Photo of the crime scene
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Young, attractive and boundlessly in love with each other. Young, attractive and boundlessly in love with each other. It was very intimate photosession and at the same time plenty of life one.
We talked about how the world is changing and how good it is to return to a place we call home. We danced to Madonna's hits from the 80's, and sometimes we sank into calmer rhythms.
In the photographer's work, the most beautiful is that in any such situation, you experience all these wonderful emotions together with the couple. And by the way, for the couple photographer create something that allows them to easily get back to those moments when the memory is not as clear as before. How not to love it ?!
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 It is storm season, and between British Columbia earthquakes, Hawaiian Island tsunamis and East Coast "Frankenstorms", it is time to take a few minutes to think about storm preparedness and making sure you and your home are as ready as possible for whatever nature throws your way this fall and winter.
Over the next few weeks we will share some valuable tips on preventive home maintenance, disaster preparedness and post-winter storm cleanup.
Control where the water goes. Water in the wrong place can do a whole lot of damage. Start by ensuring your gutters and downspouts are doing their job. Don't attempt this task yourself if you have a multi-story house with a deep roof; hire a professional instead. Your gutter maintenance will depend on your property. If you have tall trees nearby that can drop needles or leaves, you will want to check your gutters quarterly.
First, make sure your gutters are secured, flush to the roof. Repair or replace sagging and broken portions of the gutters. Then clean out your gutters and downspouts, checking that outlet strainers are in good shape and firmly in place. Finally, ensure that your downspouts direct water away from the house, not straight into the foundation. You may want to consider gutter/downspout extensions to redirect water away from your foundation.
If you have a sump pump under your home, test it. Run a hose to be sure draining water travels directly to the pump (dig small trenches if needed), and that the pump removes the water efficiently and expels it well away from the house.
Check your roof, doors and windows. Now that the rain has started again, check your roof for any leaks. Check the underside, looking for moisture on joints or insulation. You can mark any damp spots and have a professional come out and repair any leaks. Don't wait for wet spots to appear on the ceiling; the damage will be much more expensive if the insulation and dry wall is soaked. Waiting can also lead to larger problems such as mold, a health hazard.
Also check your windows and doors to ensure they are properly sealed. If you feel any drafts, isolate the location using the match trick. You may want to use silicon to repair any gaps between the frame and wall, or if the window itself is drafty you can use weather stripping. With doors, you may want to use weather stripping, or if you have a large gap at the bottom of your door, a draft dodger may be a simple solution.
Maintaining your heating and cooling systems. Fall is a smart time to have your home's heating and air-conditioning systems checked and tuned up if necessary. Don't wait for extreme temperatures to arrive, when service companies are slammed with emergency calls. Between maintenance calls, keep your system performing optimally by cleaning and/or replacing air filters.
If you have a wood-burning fireplace, a professional inspection and cleaning will help prevent potentially lethal chimney fires and carbon monoxide poisoning. Even if you don't use your fireplace often, always keep a supply of dry firewood or sawdust composite logs so you have a backup source of heat in case of an emergency.
Next week we will have more information about preparing your family and your home for winter storms, from power outages to natural disasters.


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Scandalous Secrets is a TV show that raises important issues which affect considerably the life of the contemporary society. In fact, the TV show focuses on basic issues which raise the public debate and draw the public attention. At the same time, the TV show has racial and gender biases. On the other hand, the TV show attempts to draw the public attention to important issues to resolve socially significant problems.
In actuality, the show depicts the life of Olivia Pope. The star of the show is Mrs. Kerry Washington. At this point, it is worth mentioning the fact that the main star of the show already manifests deeply-rooted biases and gender-related stereotypes. To put it more precisely, the main star of the show represents a female as a subject to the sexual attractiveness. At any rate, the physical appearance of the star of the show is much more important rather than her intellectual capabilities and expertise.
Furthermore, the show often raises racial issues since representatives of the racial minorities are often under-represented in the TV show. As a result, the audience may form erroneous views on representatives of racial minorities. For instance, often representatives of African American community are depicted as aggressive and violent, while the show fails to provide the broad overview of all participants of the show and their background, while the selection of participants of the show is grounded on the interest of the show.
Thus, the television show Scandalous Secrets is vulnerable to racial and gender-related biases, which have multiple manifestations in the show. The show has a considerable impact on the audience and may form the public opinion in relation to race and gender roles.
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Quick Sunday Trivia question: Who is the only other religious monk in the world – apart from Yogi Adityanath - to assume political office? Answer: Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus in 1960. And the events in distant Cyprus from 50 years ago serve as a cautionary tale for Uttar Pradesh.
But first a bit, dear reader, about Cyprus. The island is located off the coast of Syria and to the south of Turkey. It is one of the top holiday destinations in the Mediterranean. But the outward calm reflects a fractured and tense past.
The two main communities on the Island are the Greek-Cypriots, comprising 77% of the island's 1.14 million population, and Turkish Cypriots, making up 18%. The island became a British colony in 1914 and finally gained independence in 1960. The event was preceded by tensions between the two ethnic communities, which plagued the country even after independence.
Michael Christodoulou Mouskos, who became Archbishop aged 37 and assumed the title Archbishop Makarios III, became the first President of Cyprus in 1960. He was not only became the official head of the Orthodox church of Cyprus but also the de facto head of the Greek-Cypriot community.
He was an enthusiastic supporter of the union of Cyprus with Greece, an idea that was popular among the Greek-Cypriots but was bitterly opposed by the Turkish-Cypriots. But after he became the head of state he quickly moved to the political centre and abandoned the idea of a union with Greece. However, he failed to convince Turkish-Cypriots that they would be safe in an independent Cyprus. His own community was skeptical about independence.
In 1963 violence broke out between the two communities, which displaced more than 25,000 Turkish-Cypriots. The tensions continued for a decade when a coup by Greek-Cypriot nationalists in 1974 precipitated an invasion of the island by Turkey. More than 150,000 Greek-Cypriots and 50,000 Turkish-Cypriots were displaced.
The United Nations brokered a ceasefire, but the island effectively remains divided into two countries: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which controls about 36% of the territory and the Republic of Cyprus to the south, with a Greek-Cypriot majority, controls the rest. A United Nations policed 'Green Line' is the buffer zone that separates the two parts.
Of course, this is not to suggest any parallels between UP and Cyprus. The course of events after Archbishop Makarios III became President of Cyprus serve as a reminder to what could happen in identitarian issues are allowed to spiral out of control.


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Richard O'Barry Honored by South Miami Street Naming
Richard O'Barry, Founder/Director of Dolphin Project and star of the Academy Award-winning documentary, The Cove, will be honored on Saturday, January 8th, by the City of South Miami naming a street "Richard O'Barry Drive".
Over the last 40 years, O'Barry has rescued and rehabilitated dolphins in many countries, including Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, the Bahamas Islands and the United States. He is a leading voice in the fight to end brutal dolphin hunts in Japan, the Solomon Islands and Faroe Islands. In 1991 O'Barry received the 'Environmental Achievement Award' presented by the United States Committee for the United Nations Environmental Program (US/UNEP). Most recently in 2010, O'Barry was voted Huffington Post's 2010 Most Influential Green Game Changer, and was listed on O Magazine's 2010 Power List – Men We Admire for his "Power of Passion." He has done countless interviews with such prestigious news programs as Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, The Mike Huckabee Show, andThe Oprah Winfrey Show, just to name a few. O'Barry is a long-time resident of South Miami.
"I am very touched by this honor from the citizens of South Miami," stated O'Barry. "Through many years of ups and downs in my dolphin protection efforts, this is certainly a high point."
"But there is still much work to do to protect dolphins around the world," O'Barry added. "Dolphins are being killed in Taiji, Japan, as I speak. After the celebration on Saturday, our Save Japan Dolphins Team and I are off to Japan and several other countries to help dolphins and stop their slaughter and enslavement in captivity. Our work continues, and I truly appreciate all the support we are getting from the public."
Dolphins are killed in Japan for their meat, despite the fact that the meat is highly contaminated with mercury and other toxins. Levels of mercury in dolphin meat often exceed Japanese and World Health Organization standards, but the Japanese government ignores the problem and continues to promote the killing of dolphins and whales. Dolphin traffickers take advantage of the hunts to pick out "show-quality" dolphins for display in aquariums around the world, which will pay as much as $300,000 for a trained dolphin. The captive dolphin industry subsidizes the slaughter, as depicted in The Cove.
The public dedication of the new street name is set for Saturday, January 8th, next to the South Miami City Hall, 6130 Sunset Drive, starting at 11 AM. A band and food and drink will be supplied.
Along with the street naming celebration, Animal Planet, a Discovery channel, will be re-airing the O'Barry television series, Blood Dolphins, produced and directed by O'Barry's son Lincoln, January 8th through the 16th.
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Deslumbre-se diante da beleza lírica e mágica da Noruega. Das cidades efervescentes às montanhas e fiordes, esta é uma jornada de heróis e reis. Passeie pela icónica Milha Real em Edimburgo antes de vagabundear pelos caminhos fervilhantes de história da maravilhosa Bergen. Esta é a verdadeira terra do sol da meia-noite no topo do mundo.
Stavanger has always prospered from the riches of the sea. During the 19th century, huge harvests of brisling (also called sprat) and herring helped put it on the map as the sardine capital of the world. Some people claim the locals are called Siddis, from S(tavanger) plus iddis, which means "sardine label," although some linguists argue it's actually a mispronunciation of the English word "citizen."During the past three decades a different product from the sea has been Stavanger's lifeblood—oil. Since its discovery in the late 1960s, North Sea oil hasn't just transformed the economy; Stavanger has emerged as cosmopolitan and vibrant, more bustling than other cities with a population of only 110,000. Norway's most international city, it has attracted residents from more than 90 nations. Ler mais Roam its cobblestone streets or wander the harbor front and you're likely to see many cafés, fine restaurants, and lively pubs, as well as many museums, galleries, and other venues that are part of its rich, dynamic art scene.
Make no bones about it, this is Fjordland at its finest. Named by the National Geographic Traveler magazine as "the world's most iconic destination", legend has it that Vikings and Trolls battled on these very waters and the pretty stave churches – of which Vik has two – are built on sacred Norse land. Vik is a place that could have been written by Tolkein; a mysterious land where mists roll off the mountains, the air is crisp and the silent, glassy Fjords are definitely the ruler of the kingdom. Shrouded in enchantment, the landscape of Vik is steeped in Viking heritage, Scandinavian myth and human enchantment.


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The Mission of Aquinas and St. Mary`s Catholic schools community is to provide a Christ-centered learning environment where we develop individuals to be disciples of Christ in all areas of their lives.
The Aquinas & St. Mary`s school community will: Foster a God-centered, Catholic culture to promote a Christ-like outlook on life Provide a learning environment to promote academic achievement for all students by developing their unique abilities and interests to prepare them for future vocations and challenges Provide opportunities for individuals to grow spiritually, physically, socially and emotionally Nurture a life-long commitment to Christian values that promote growth in church, family, and civic relationships Promote respect for one`s self worth and mutual respect for others at all stages of life.
Aquinas Catholic Middle & High School places among the top 20% of private schools in Nebraska for:
School Membership(s)School Assoc. National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Religious Affiliation Roman Catholic
ADD/ADHD Support Yes
Learning Difference Programs Yes
Number of AP Courses 1 course
Endowment Size $6 million
With great faith, the first parishioners or St. Mary`s Catholic parish decided to start a school. The doors of St. Mary`s Grade School opened in August 1899. Fr. William A Murphy, pastor of St. Mary`s from 1933-1952, expressed his desire to offer a Catholic secondary education. With his transfer to St. Francis, Center, in 1952, this task was handed over to Msgr. Alphonse Lisko. On August 29, 1954 the new St. Mary`s High School was blessed. The next day 57 students registered for the ninth and tenth grades. Twenty-five students completed their four year program on May 26, 1957. The High School remained in operation for 8 years until Aquinas High School was built. In December 1959, Bishop James V. Casey announced that a new Catholic High School would be erected in the David City area. The parishes involved were Sts. Peter and Paul, Abie; Presentation, St. Joseph and St. Peter`s, Bellwood; Holy Trinity, Brainard; St. Anthony`s, Bruno; Assumption, St. Francis and St. Mary`s, David City; St. Mary`s, Linwood; Sacred Heart, Shelby; Immaculate Conception, Ulysses; St. Luke, Loma; St. Wenceslaus, Bee; and Assumption, Dwight. On June 12, 1960, it was announced that the name of the school would be Aquinas High School. This title was chosen because St. Thomas Aquinas is the universal patron of Catholic Schools, and in addition, he was one of the greatest scholars of the Christian era; he had a special love for truth; he loved Christ above all; he had a great affection for Our Lady; he had a special love for the Eucharistic Sacrifice; and his idea of God`s providential guidance of all events is appropriate for all times. The school opened on September 5, 1961 with 295 students from 15 parishes in Butler, Polk, and Seward Counties. In 1986 a middle school was added to the system. On Sept. 17 1990, the Council of Administration at Aquinas Middle School-High School, the Parish Council of St. Mary`s School and the Pastors of the David City Deanery held a joint meeting to discuss the future of Catholic Education in the three county area. It was the unanimous decision of each of these groups that Aquinas and St. Mary`s should be merged into one school system. Aquinas Middle-High School is owned and operated by the thirteen parishes of the Aquinas area. This area comprises all of Butler County and parts of Polk and Seward Counties. The school`s operation policies are determined by the administration through recommendations of the staff and school councils, subject to the policies of the Diocese of Lincoln. The school enjoys a Class A accreditation by the Nebraska State Department of Education, is a member of the Nebraska School Activities Association, and as such, is subject to the rules and regulations of both of these bodies.
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