We hear a lot about "application ecosystems" today. The old EDI (electronic data interchange) of the past has been replaced with an explosion of new services[i] that interoperate as value networks.
Therefore, words like "ecosystem" make sense. But applications are not necessarily equal to services. A business service is a means of delivering value to customers (ITIL). Business services are often characterized by complex networks of value flows and forms of value, often involving many parties that influence each other in many ways[ii].
A business service is underpinned by IT services, which reflect the heterogeneous, dynamic and expanding nature of what are sometimes referred to as "application ecosystems." The emergence of cloud computing, application programming interfaces (API), internet of things (IoT), microservices and other trends are accelerating these changes.
Today's digital business services are often supported by many different IT services. But whether you prefer the term "application ecosystem" or "IT service" doesn't really matter – many service management concepts still apply. In fact, they're more critical than ever.
Supporting IT services can also span across systems of engagement, systems of record, plus systems of differentiation – further complicating the service management environment.
What's important is that the end-to-end business service, as experienced by the customer, is supported by many IT services. The traditional approach to monitoring has focused on relying upon specialized monitors for each technology domain: Oracle monitoring, web server monitoring, database monitoring, cloud monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, application monitoring and so on.
As IT infrastructures evolve in scale and complexity, it is no longer sufficient to use a silo-based approach for monitoring, in which each technology tier is monitored independently by a different tool. IT teams need unified visibility and actionable insight to diagnose performance issues across the entire IT environment – both physical and virtual; both on-premises and cloud.
The single pane of glass vision for unified monitoring is based on the ability to monitor where you are today. Your current production services are the only place where value is being delivered to customers, so unless you're in a greenfield environment you will need to start back at the beginning, but leveraging your existing IT services.
In addition, modernizing applications for migration to the cloud or to leverage emerging technologies such as containers and microservices will require a detailed understanding of how your current IT services work. Your ability to easily obtain an end-to-end baseline for each IT service (i.e., application ecosystem) will not only benefit operations, it's critical as input to design and development.
Your unified monitor of choice should also be able to demonstrate an ability to accommodate emerging technologies such as containers, microservices, APIs and others. How quickly your application ecosystem will need to leverage these innovations may influence your decision, but a demonstrated track record of keeping pace with complexity may be more important than support for a specific technology.
Finally, the pace of change is accelerating so rapidly that focusing monitoring closer to where value is being delivered (i.e., Production and Pre-Production) may be the most effective and lowest risk approach, and minimize the possibility of repeating the silo-based mistakes of the past.
There are three areas of IT services/application ecosystems that are critical for a successful unified monitoring strategy, so a truly unified monitoring solution will provide a single console that integrates all three areas.
The focus on managing the end user experience starts with business services. User centered design (UCD), user experience (UX) as well as techniques such as journey mapping and moments of truth are all focused on understanding the digital business process, as experienced by the customer.
From an IT service management perspective, managing the end user experience provides alignment to top-level business services. Real user monitoring and synthetic user monitoring can provide early warnings, and are critical guideposts that can ensure that the underpinning IT services are meeting business requirements.
In some cases, aggregated measurements can provide metrics for the end-to-end customer experience that incorporate measures from multiple IT services, both internal and/or external (i.e., cloud) services.
Today's multi-tiered application architectures make application performance management difficult. Due to complex interdependencies between application tiers, the dynamic nature of application rollouts, and deployment on heterogeneous platforms (physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures), IT teams often spend hours trying to determine the root cause of application slowdowns.
If the issue is not in the application code, then the health of the application and the performance of all the underlying infrastructure tiers (server, network, storage, virtualization, cloud, etc.) must be analyzed to determine which tier could be the cause of the application performance issue.
A unified monitoring solution should do more than converge end user experience, application and infrastructure into a single pane of glass.
Unified monitoring is most effective when there's a single source of actionable truth. It's what moves us away from diagnosis-related activities, and toward collaborating on how to establish self-healing properties once an issue is identified. Beyond being just cost-effective, it's a more "unifying" activity than troubleshooting.
Organizations should not underestimate the importance of monitoring for IT service management how important it is to leverage services-oriented monitoring as a key enabler of IT transformation – unified monitoring can ensure that every application ecosystem that serves the business is included in the transformation effort.
Today's enterprise faces a critical need to accelerate IT transformation, and the explosion of IT services makes IT service management more relevant than ever. And, eG Innovations has been pioneering unified monitoring – a key driver for successful IT service management – for over a decade.
The embedded analytics in eG Enterprise has proven its ability to keep pace with increasing complexity – from business service management to the industry's first auto-diagnosis of virtual environments, cloud support, converged application/infrastructure support and code-level diagnostics. eG Innovations holds a stellar track record in adapting its monitoring capabilities to emerging requirements.
eG Enterprise's unified monitoring solution can be a critical enabler of IT service management, DevOps and other IT transformation programs. Contact eG Innovations to learn more.
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Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) [TPE:2325] and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) [TPE:2311] are likely to refile their proposed combination with China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in order to yield more time for the parties to negotiate with the antitrust regulator for a final remedy plan, two sources familiar with the situation said.
Talks about a remedy plan are ongoing, the two sources and a third source familiar said. None of the sources would comment specifically on the talks, but the first source said, "the conversation is definitely moving [in] a positive direction."
Nonetheless, it is very unlikely that the two Taiwanese outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) service providers are going to obtain approval from MOFCOM before the regulator's phase-III review period ends on 11 June, the first source said. Approval from MOFCOM is the final regulatory clearance required for the deal.
The two OSAT companies are strongly committed to the deal, the first source said. As a result, ASE and SPIL will refile in order to carry on having remedy conversations with the MOFCOM and iron out the remaining concerns, the source said.
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Bell Canada Agrees to Buy Astral Media for $3.4 Billion
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March 16, 2012 12:29 pm March 16, 2012 12:29 pm
Christinne Muschi/ReutersGeorge Cope, left, chief of Bell Canada, and Ian Greenerg, chief of Astral Media.
OTTAWA — Bell Canada, Canada's largest telecommunications company, extended its move into the media business on Friday by agreeing to pay 3.38 billion Canadian dollars (about $3.4 billion) for Astral Media, the owner of several prominent cable television channels including HBO Canada.
The move follows Bell's acquisition of CTV, Canada's largest private-sector broadcaster, about a year and a half ago, as well as its participation last year in a joint venture that will own all of Toronto's professional sports teams, including hockey's Toronto Maple Leafs.
The acquisition may encounter some regulatory challenges. Both competition and broadcast regulators may be troubled by the number of radio stations that will be owned by Bell in some communities after the Astral takeover is completed.
"This fits perfectly with what we are trying to do," George Cope, the president and chief executive of Bell, told a news conference in Montreal. "We believe TV everywhere is absolutely where the market is going, and so the consumer ends up with more choice."
About 75 percent of the purchase will be made in cash with the remainder being covered with Bell common shares. The purchase price includes Bell's assumption of 380 million Canadian dollars in debt.
Mr. Cope said that the purchase would immediately generate revenue and cash for Bell once it is completed but he declined to give specifics.
Astral operates nationally, but Mr. Cope emphasized the advantages the transaction would bring the company in Quebec, where Astral controls 13 French-language television channels.
Mr. Cope suggested that Astral's Quebec holdings would enable Bell to better compete against a rival, without naming the company. One of Bell's competitors, Quebecor, which was originally a newspaper publisher, has expanded into a variety of media businesses. Through its Vidéotron cable television subsidiary, Quebecor competes directly with Bell's cellphone and conventional telephone operations.
Bell, which like Astral and Quebecor has its headquarters in Montreal, has been investing in fiber optic technologies to compete against cable television companies, particularly in Quebec. Mr. Cope said that payments to Astral were the largest content cost for Bell's television business.
Mr. Cope's plans are Bell's second foray into the media business. In 2000, it acquired CTV for the first time. Following disappointing results, Bell sold control and became a minority partner in the operation for several years.
This time around, Mr. Cope has said that the rise of the Internet as well as wireless data will make media content ownership profitable and critical for Bell.
Not all analysts are convinced, however. In a note to investors, Dvai Ghose of Canaccord Genuity, suggested Astral's properties were in decline. He said that the Movie Network , one of Astral's most popular English-language channels, would come under increasing competitive pressure from Netflix and that its other specialty channels were threatened by Internet-based content.
Mr. Ghose said he was also concerned that taking on more media properties would divert Bell's attention away from upgrading its network to provide television services and higher-speed Internet connections.
"While Bell may believe that beefing up Quebec content will help against Vidéotron, in our view, spending $3.4 billion on broadband instead may have been more effective," Mr. Ghose wrote, noting that many Quebeckers have said that they choose Vidéotron because its network offers superior service compared with Bell while almost no one mentions content.
At the news conference, however, Mr. Cope said that the Astral acquisition would provide cash necessary to carry out those upgrades.
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Canon PIXMA MG3051, a printer released by Canon, is an all-in-one printer that offers a lot of great features. Just like how it was introduced, this machine provides various function, such as printer, copier, and scanner in just one device. The power consumption of this printer is very efficient, with 1.6 watts during standby mode, and 10 watts during operation. It is equipped with both USB and Wi-Fi as its connectivity, making sure multiple computer can access the printer remotely.
Some operating systems supported by Canon PIXMA MG3051 include Windows (XP or up) and Mac OS X (version 10.8.5 or later). The software included in this printer are Canon Full HD Movie Print, Canon Easy-WebPrint EX, and My Image Garden. The size of the printer is notably compact, with 7.72 lbs. in weight, and 16.8 x 12 x 5.7 inches in width, depth, and height respectively.
Some media types supported by Canon PIXMA MG3051 include plain paper, photo paper, glossy photo paper, and envelopes. The printing speeds are average, with 8 inch per minute and 4 inch per minute for mono and color printing respectively. It is able to print up to 4800 x 600 dpi in resolution, which is quite remarkable.
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Literature References: From roots of Scutellaria baicalensis. Isoln and structure: Bargellini, Gazz. Chim. Ital. 49, II, 47 (1919); Shibata et al., Acta Phytochim. 1, 109 (1923). Synthesis: Sastri, Seshadri, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 23A, 262 (1946), C.A. 41, 449 (1947); Schönberg et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 77, 5390 (1955); Jouanne, Mentzer, Compt. Rend. 254, 727 (1962); Agasimundin, Siddappa, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1973, 503. Pharmacology: Koda et al., C.A. 75, 47200d (1971).
Properties: Yellow prisms from alc, dec 264-265°. uv max (ethanol): 324, 276 nm (log e 4.18, 4.42). Sol in alcohol, methanol, ether, acetone, ethyl acetate, hot glacial acetic acid. Sparingly sol in chloroform, nitrobenzene. Practically insol in water. Sol in dil NaOH with greenish-brown color. Concd H2SO4 gives yellow color, green fluorescence.


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Join the 1 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2in strips on their long edges. Press all the seams in the same direction.
Trim the top and bottom of the panel so it's 12 1⁄2in high. If your 1⁄4in seam allowance is accurate, it should be the required width of 12 1⁄2in, so you will end up with a 12 1⁄2in square pieced inner panel.
Fuse the wadding to the wrong side of the pieced panel.
Wrong sides together, fold the 8 x 12 1⁄2in rectangle in half along the 12 1⁄2in side; press.
Topstitch along the folded 12 1⁄2in edges approx 1⁄4in from the fold.
PATCHWORKER'S SECRETS Young sewers, be careful with scissors, pins and needles, and remember that irons get very hot.
Please ask an adult to help you with these. If you need help to use a sewing machine, ask your adult helper if you can work the foot pedal while they guide the fabric.
Sew adjacent seams in opposite directions to prevent the pieced fabric bowing.
Matching up the raw edges, place the inner pocket on top of the wadded pieced panel; pin in place.
Fold the ribbon in half to form a loop. Matching up the centre fold of the loop with the righthand side of the panel, place the loop 5in up from the bottom of the panel – the ribbon will lay across the panel. Pin in place to secure. See Fig 1.
Right sides together, place the 12 1⁄2in square outer fabric on top of pieced panel. Pin to secure and then stitch all the way round, leaving an approx 4in gap on one long edge. The ribbon will be trapped in the seam.
Trim the corners of the panel, taking care not to cut your stitches, and turn the roll right side out through the gap. Slipstitch the gap closed.
Using a chalk marker or air-erasable pen, extend the seam lines of the pieced panel across the inner pocket to the bottom of the roll.
Attach a walking foot to your machine; put thread to match or contrast with the outer fabric in the bobbin and put quilting thread on top. Pieced panel side up, start quilting at the top left corner of the roll as follows: approx 1⁄4in from the top edge, stitch along the top of the first strips of the roll to the first seam; with your needle in the fabric, turn the roll and stitch down the first seam line to the bottom of the roll, stopping approx 1⁄4in from the bottom edge; with the needle in the fabric, turn the roll and stitch along the bottom to the next seam line; with the needle in the fabric, turn the roll and stitch up the seam line to the top of the roll, stopping approx 1⁄4in from the top edge. Continue working in this way until you reach the bottom right-hand corner. See Fig 2.
On the inner pieced panel, sew one half of a press stud at the top corners of the roll; sew the corresponding halves at the sides of the roll approx 6in down from the top.
Fill your roll with pencils or crayons, fold the top over the points and close the press studs. Roll it up from the left-hand side and tie with the ribbon to secure.


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Each and every day we hear the words "I don't have time". No time to exercise, cook, shop, eat lunch, spend time with the family, meditate, write, read, just not able to make that extra hour happen.
Life is busy, but carving out some time in the day for those positive lifestyle changes and goals are important. It's time to make the time.
Here are some tips that you can use to free up that extra hour in your day. Make sure you use it the best way possible so you can utilize this gift of time wisely.
Book that hour on your calendar. Write it in as an appointment that cannot be moved. By committing to a time and writing it down you are more likely to get it done. It's important and so are you ie: Workout classes, run, spin class, yoga, hike, meditate, your grocery shopping.
My favorite and most important time of day is that early morning wake up call. This time works well as there are less distractions and interruptions, your mind and body are fresh and ready to go for those important goals. Start your day (and metabolism) off early on the right foot, ie: Hit the gym and workout before the crowd, food prep for your day, early morning run, brisk walk, meditate, yoga stretching or early classes.
If there is no way your morning can start any earlier, book your hour directly after work. By also having a friend, group, a team, or workout partner you are more likely to be on time and not work late. By sticking to this commitment, you will find that your work actually becomes more efficiently during the day ie: A group fitness class, boot camp, running group, yoga class, swim, gym.
The average person checks their phone150 times / day and emails 20x/ day. You don't need to turn off your phone or emails but you should have some blocks of time when you don't check or take calls so you can focus on any important tasks. It's amazing what you can get done, and the time you can free up when you shut off even for 30 minutes.
Don't sweat the small stuff. What do you really need to do? Figure out what your core work activities are and drop the rest. Some tasks really don't need to be done as often or even done at all. By focusing on the important things and dropping the "fillers" you will create more time for yourself, your body and your mind ie: Write a list in order of priorities and drop the last half.
This is hard for some, as wanting to "do it all" has become a way of life. But if you start asking others for assistance and passing on some of the tasks on your list, you will then be able to free up some well deserved time for yourself, ie: Allow yourself to give others authority to making some decisions and lessen your load.
We all have an hour or so to make time for those goals we keep telling ourselves we want to do. There are a thousand excuses in the book that will keep replaying itself over and over again in your brain. Stop and recognize the chatter. Be honest and open with yourself.
Making an hour in your day is possible. If it's not, ask yourself... is this goal something I really want? Is it achievable? Do you need some help and support getting there? What is really holding you back? Am I taking on too much.
If so, try some of these tips and make the commitment to yourself and your health for that extra hour needed that you (and your body) very well deserve.


Effects of C5 complement inhibitor pexelizumab on outcome in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting: combined results from the PRIMO-CABG I and II trials.
OBJECTIVE: The previous Pexelizumab for Reduction of Infarction and Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery I (PRIMO-CABG I) trial (n = 3099) indicated that C5 complement inhibition with pexelizumab might reduce myocardial infarction (MI) and postoperative mortality. PRIMO-CABG II was designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of terminal complement inhibition in reducing perioperative MI and mortality in patients undergoing CABG surgery who have 2 or more predefined preoperative risk factors. METHODS: PRIMO-CABG II, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, enrolled 4254 patients undergoing CABG with or without valve surgery at 249 hospitals in North America and Western Europe from June 2004 to July 2005. The patients were randomly assigned to receive intravenous pexelizumab or placebo. The primary composite endpoint was the incidence of death or MI within 30 days of randomization. RESULTS: The PRIMO-CABG II trial did not meet its prespecified primary endpoint of death or MI at 30 days, the secondary endpoints of death at 30 days, or the development of new or worsening congestive heart failure (relative risk 0.91, 0.82, and 1.01, respectively; P > .05). However, in a combined analysis of both pivotal trials, PRIMO-CABG I and II (n = 7353), death at 30 days was significantly reduced for the greatest risk subset (n = 2156, pexelizumab 5.7% vs placebo 8.1%, P = .024). Furthermore, this mortality reduction persisted throughout the 180-day follow-up period (pexelizumab 11.1% vs placebo 14.4%, P = .036). CONCLUSIONS: Pexelizumab was associated with a nonsignificant 6.7% reduction in the primary composite endpoint of death or MI at postoperative day 30 in CABG patients enrolled in the PRIMO-CABG II trial, despite the suggestion of a more favorable treatment effect in the previous PRIMO-CABG I trial. However, an exploratory analysis of the combined PRIMO I and II data set using an established predictive risk model showed a mortality benefit for high-risk surgical patients.


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Colonies burnt in Greece
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Cyprus and Greece
A large number of colonies have been burnt during the recent spate of fires in Greece. The pictures tell the story.
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tkwinston4
WBC/Smith/National/nucs in Horsham, West Sussex.
That is a truly horrible and upsetting sight Do you think they would have flown away from the smoke or would it be the same as when we smoke them?
Awful. Very sad indeed
oliver90owner
Do you think they would have flown away from the smoke or would it be the same as when we smoke them?
Honey bees would most likely have made a run for it. That is how they have been programmed throughout their evolution (as their habitat used to be in trees, in forests - and forests would catch fire and burn), why we use smoke to quieten them - they gorge on honey to be ready to make an exit if the fire gets too close, so less likely to sting as they are pre-occupied with a potential life threatening occurence and will be full of food if you smoke long enough before opening the colony. I gather they might return if/when the danger passes.
The youngest house bees might have to tough it out and take their chances as the fire flashes through.
Perhaps someone would actually know what happened in this instance. Some dead bees would be inevitable and the colony may have relocated, just like an emergency 'swarm' (the queen would not have chance to slim down before leaving, would she?). I wonder, what was the state of the honey combs after the fire? -melted or intact? The paint was OK on some hives and wood is quite a good thermal insulator.
Regards, RAB
South Cheshire
Lots of Commercial hives.......
I hope they don't clip their queens over there
Best wishes to all those affected by the disaster. Sad indeed.
deep regrets , from pete
Newick, East Sussex
My son is working over there- been quite a worry. Will pass on your thoughts to him as he knows some of the beekeepers.
I nearly volunteered for a job as the local bee chap there had all produce on a table- he lay on a bench nearby with a straw hat over his face- and was fast asleep. Now that was what I called a good job- but maybe he is out of work now- so sad...
In 2007 24,000 hives were burnt in the fires and a further 20,000 suffered damage. There are only a few people who keep bees as a hobby, for the majority it is a sideline business to give a supplementary income. A large number of hives have been lost in the latest fires which have destroyed about 200,000 hectares of forest and farmland. About 150 homes have also been burnt.
At one stage the fire front was 50 kilometers long and out of control due to the very strong winds.
John Phipps, editor of the BKQ, described vividly a scene in the 2007 fires, similar to a pyroclastic surge from a volcano. He said that this "wave" of super-heated fire/gas came rolling down a mountain side, it had hardly any orange/yellow flames and was mostly blue and clear. This wave was traveling quite fast and incinerated anything it came into contact with, which of course gave it more energy and made it spin (horizontally) even faster. It only stopped when it reached the sea. A frightening experience!


Capture-and-release-neutering programmes are used to control and reduce the feral cat populations as an alternative to capture and euthanasia (often referred to as "trap and kill"). The cat is captured and tested for lethal diseases. If it tests positive, it is euthanased. If it tests negative, it is spayed or neutered and returned to the area in which it was found.


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Q: Can Node run multiple file read streams parallel? I am trying to:

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*receive a list of file paths

*iterate over them and return an array of promises that start a stream for each file

*pipe the stream to hash function

*pipe to chunk gatherer that resolves the promise with derived hash value on end event

My setup works perfect with a single path and file, but with multiple paths and files I get false results.
It seems that file read stream is shared between all promise instances. I would like it to open a separate stream for each file, and resolve them when all streams are finished.
Is it compatible with how node streams work in general? Also, I am pretty sure that everything after the first fs.createReadStream is not relevant to the problem.
const fs = require("fs-extra")
const { Transform } = require("stream")
const hash = require("crypto")
  .createHash("sha256")
  .setEncoding("hex")

module.exports = {
  async start({ filePath }) {
    const hashes = await Promise.all(
      filePath.map(path => {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          fs.createReadStream(path)
            .pipe(hash)
            .pipe(
              (() => {
                const data = []
                return new Transform({
                  transform(chunk, encoding, done) {
                    data.push(chunk)
                    done()
                  },
                  flush(done) {
                    resolve(data.toString())
                    done()
                  },
                })
              })()
            )
        })
      })
    )
    console.log(hashes)
  },
}

A: So fs and crypto library are presented by libuv - one of the core parts of nodejs. These two libraries provide blocking operations and run them in separate threads. So if your processor has enough cores to manage a lot of operations in the one time you can easily run a lot of parallel processes. For example if your processor has 2 cores you can run 2 parallel read file streams

A: The only thing wrong with your example is that you are only creating one hash stream. All the files will go through the same stream so all the files will report the same hash. The below example creates a new hash stream for every file.
const fs = require("fs-extra");
const { Transform } = require("stream");
const hash = require("crypto");

module.exports = {
  async start({ filePath }) {
    const hashes = await Promise.all(
      filePath.map(path => {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          fs.createReadStream(path)
            .pipe(hash.createHash("sha256").setEncoding("hex"))
            .pipe(
              (() => {
                const data = [];
                return new Transform({
                  transform(chunk, encoding, done) {
                    data.push(chunk);
                    done();
                  },
                  flush(done) {
                    resolve(data.toString());
                    done();
                  }
                });
              })()
            );
        });
      })
    );
    console.log(hashes);
  }
};

A: You can use async npm for this.
async.map(['file1','file2','file3'], fs.stat, function(err, results) {
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Welcome to BMOS Musical Theatre Company! Founded in 1886, the company is steeped in history but is also one of the most modern and forward thinking companies in the region. We are have the privilege of performing every summer in Birmingham's professional New Alexandra Theatre.
We also enjoy 'treading the boards' and performing concerts at other venues. We are also engaged to perform at corporate and charity events and are always happy to discuss opportunities.
We are a friendly company and members are drawn from across the Midlands. New members are always welcome to join our successful company and we attract new talent from far and wide. If you are interested please see our 'join us' section.
"The Alexandra is a lovely intimate theatre. We saw Fiddler on the Roof & loved it. I 'd never before been to an amatuer performance but will definitely book a BMOS show again. Well done."
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Suzanne started with BMOS to join the tap dancers for 42nd Street in 2005 and is still tap dancing. Her mum would think all the tap dancing round Sainsburys has come to good use!!! "Well you had to liven up food shopping didn't you!!" Suzanne says.
Alongside her day job, Suzanne is passionate about fundraising for Marie Curie and is chair of the Solihull Marie Curie Fundraising Group. They've raised £170,000 for the charity to date.
We have a limited number of spaces available for adults to join the BMOS family for our production of 'A Christmas Carol ' at The Alexandra in Birmingham so we extend this invitation to you.
In particular we are looking for strong singers There are many roles plus singing opportunities for chorus as solos and trios as well as group singing.
Auditions in May with rehearsals starting July. Show week 26th to 30th November 2019.
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BMOS has been a proud winner of the deluxe programme category at the NODA awards the last 2 years. Our A4 programmes are of a very high quality with plenty of content and sold to our audiences who come from all over the Midlands to see us at the prestigious Alexandra Theatre.
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"I think there is a ghost tapping on the window!"
was there just out side the window.
and immediately was doing 60 miles and hour.
"Step on it!" "He's still out there!"
And sure enough, there was another tapping at the window.
The driver shoved his foot to the floor again!
This time he was doing 90 miles an hour.
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Which "Stand By Me" Character Are You?
You find a hidden treasure map, now what?
You see a bully picking on someone, how do you handle that?
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This well loved coming of age movie, about four young friends who have each others' backs through thick and thin, is heartwarming and humorous, and has heart-stopping moments of high-risk adventure. If you were one of the boys of Castle Rock, which would you be?


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The Lake & Sumter Counties Chapter (MOAA) was chartered and became an affiliate of The Retired Officers Association of America (TROA) in 1970, originally designated as the "Lake Chapter." This included the geographical area of Lake County, Florida. The majority of membership came from the cities of Eustis, Mount Dora, Tavares, and Leesburg, Florida. The name of TROA was changed by a vote of members in 2003 to the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA).
In 2010, chapter members voted to change the name to include Sumter County, thus Lake & Sumter Counties Chapter - MOAA. This was done to recognize the entire geographical area in which our members reside. It more accurately portrayed a "Pride" of demographic location and ownership to our members. It did result in an increase in membership, including many new members who reside in The Villages. Residents of Marion County who live in The Villages are also welcome members of our chapter.
The chapter holds their monthly meetings at the Eisenhower Recreation Center near the Brownwood Paddock Square in The Villages from January through November. No meetings are held in June, July, August, or December. All meetings, except the November meeting, are luncheon meetings starting at 11:30 on the second Tuesday of the month. The November meeting is a dinner meeting honoring the Junior ROTC students from the six high schools the chapter supports and starts at 5:30 p.m.
The mission and purpose of our chapter shall be to:
Promote the purposes and objectives of MOAA.
Foster fraternal relations among retired, active, and former officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Protect the rights and interests of active duty and retired personnel of the uniformed services and their dependents and survivors.
Provide useful services for members of our chapter and their dependents and survivors.
Support family financial assistance projects and scholarship programs as approved by the Executive Board.
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A few weeks ago, we were paddling around Lake Union in one of the Center for Wooden Boats' umiaks when I managed to hook a pinky on my glasses and hurl them into the water. I made a grab for them as they began to sink, but failed. There was a brief moment when I wondered if it would be worth jumping in, but just as quickly decided that it would be both rash and very unlikely to succeed. So I watched them disappear into the deep.
I've been wearing those glasses for more than twenty years, the ones you see in the photo of me at the top of this blog. As I saw them for the last time, it felt as if I'd lost a part of me, both physically and emotionally. Glasses are a type of prothetic for sure, and as such replaceable, but I'd been using this particular prosthetic for such a long time, they're in all the pictures of me, they're part of of who I am . . . Or rather was, I realized as they passed out of view.
The truth is that not only had I owned those glasses for two decades, but I'm pretty sure it had been that long since the last time I had a new prescription. Indeed, it had gotten so that I rarely wore them on my face any longer because they were really only effective for mid-distances and I don't need glasses for reading. I had become one of those people who are forever taking my glasses off and on or, alternatively, squinting into the distance hoping to see something slightly more clearly. So even as I began a mini-mourning process, the rational part of my brain recognized that this was a blessing in that it would force me into an optometrist's office. Later that afternoon, I found that the soonest appointment I could secure was a week away so I resigned myself to living without my prosthetic for a time.
Since I rarely drive this wasn't as big a handicap as it might be for other people. Mostly it was just a bit annoying, but also edifying. Several times I caught myself reaching for my glasses and I began to note what kinds of things caused me to want to see more clearly. For instance, several times I imagined that the blurry figure walking toward me was a friend or acquaintance and I wanted to know for certain. I spotted an unknown figure opening the school gate and reached for those glasses to get a better look at the "stranger," who turned out to be Teacher Rachel wearing a cap I'd never seen before. I missed the clarity of the scenery on sunny days and found myself forever reaching for my seeing aids so as to better take in the beauty. And, pathetically, I caught myself more than once seeking more clarity when an attractive woman passed me by.
In the meantime, I flew to Alberta, Canada without my glasses. When I arrived at the airport I found it annoying that I couldn't read all the signs and schedules without walking right up to them, but otherwise it was fine. I was there, however, to give a couple talks at a conference and what I really didn't like was not being able to actually see the faces of the people in the audience. I hadn't realized before how much I rely on that kind of feedback.
My eye doctor told me that I wasn't the first patient to come in after having dropped his glasses in the lake. He even told the story of one woman who had hired a scuba diver to look for hers. He had turned up a couple pair, although neither of which were her lost ones. I briefly considered going that route myself, but only passingly.
So now I have new glasses. I didn't bother trying to replace the old ones and, with the advice of my wife, picked a pair of tortoise shell frames. And oh, what a change! I'm sure they alter my physical appearance, but more importantly, I can really see again, something that hasn't been true for a decade at least. Just walking down the street, seeing things clearly that I'd forgotten could be seen clearly, made me feel like a kind of peeper, as if I was ogling the entire world, seeing things I was not meant to see. I was astonished at the clarity of the world, the sharp lines, the shapes, and the colors. And for a week I've moved through my daily life living in a new and better world. I feel taller, stronger, more competent, better looking.
But I realized yesterday that the thrill is to be short lived. It's only been a week and I'm already taking it for granted: this miracle of seeing clearly. It's only human nature, after all, to begin to take things for granted, which is why it's important to periodically, as my mother says, count our blessings. Still, I hate that my sense of wonder is already faded. I'm going to try to continue to be amazed by it, but I know that it's only a matter of time before this prosthetic will just be another part of my body, an everyday aspect of me, something that I'll forget to appreciate until its gone. But that's neither here nor there, to be honest, it's just a pair of glasses. The important thing is that sense of wonder and, as always, it is most often found in the little things. This, more than anything else, is why I am grateful for the career I've chosen: I get to work, every day, with people who know this.


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Noel Coward: An Entertainer for All Seasons
Born on December 16, 1899 in the south-west London suburb of Teddington in a family of lower middle class, genteel poverty, son of an unsuccessful piano salesman but with an ambitious mother, he had little formal education and trained as a child as a dancer and actor who made his stage debut at the age of 12, but he became an astonishing polymath, one of the highest paid writers of his times, and for many the Grand Old Man of British drama and the entertainer of the world and an international celebrity.
He became the epitome of charm and a life of luxury with his Rolls-Royce, travelling first class, displaying bright turtle necks, flamboyantly using a long cigarette holder, and living part of the time in a house in Jamaica where he died in March 1973. He was the embodiment of art and style, characteristics that had an international impact on the fashion and culture of his time.
Sir Noel Coward was one of the twentieth century's most prolific playwrights, wrought more than 65 plays, and also extraordinary as a versatile actor, novelist, theater producer and director, film maker, songwriter, TV and cabaret performer, autobiographer, and even in war time a spy. In everything he touched, personal and impersonal, Coward was the incarnation of impeccable style, sophistication, expressing both verbal and artistic wit. His work remains influential. Many of his plays, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Design for Living, remain in the contemporary repertory of theatre and film.
Sir Noel Coward is currently being honored in a major exhibition at the Guildhall Art Museum in London which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the West End, London, acting debut of the 19 -year old playwright. The exhibition illustrates the ways in which Coward, often referred to as The Master, and his creative circle, influenced fashion and culture, and indicated some of the aspects of his extraordinary 60 year long career.
The exhibition drawn from the Coward archives is an eclectic assortment of the items and features of art, costumes, and memorabilia from his homes, personal wardrobe, theater productions, letters, photos, medals, videos original artworks, home movies, sheet music handwritten notes, pieces of art, his favorite scent, Caron's Narcisse Noir, his make up kit, white kid gloves , cream silk foulard and extravagant ties. However, it only very indirectly hints at his gay identity.
What are most significant are particular items. Some are the vintage dresses by the famous couturiers who worked for Coward productions., especially the iconic Molyneux white satin dress worn by Gertrude Lawrence in the play Private Lives. Coward hired and worked with the most gifted theater designers and original set and costume designers. Among them are Oliver Messel, Cecil Beaton, Victor Stiebel, Norman Hartnell, Doris Zinkeisen, and Rex Whistler. Stage productions in which these designs appeared influenced international theatrical and general fashion. Other outstanding items on view are the legendary dressing gowns that Coward was prone to wear on stage.
Considering the Coward's highly productive output, and the popularity of so many of his works until later in his life, continuing until a 2021 film version of Blithe Spirit, it prompts the question of whether Coward can rank in the classical comic tradition of Congreve, Sheridan, Oscar Wilde, and GBS. It is worth considering the extraordinary diversity of his output.
His early plays set in elegant drawing rooms, dwelt with the collapse of social norms, with a touch of darkness, and taboos such as cocaine addiction, adultery, promiscuity and a menage a trois. His first great West End , the equivalent of Broadway, success The Vortex featured a nymphomaniac socialite and cocaine addicted son. The characters rarely express their true feelings. At one time he had four plays being performed at the same time in the West End. He wrote not only a number of hit plays but revues, operettas, and musicals.
In Private Lives, which he wrote in 4 days, he simultaneosly mocked and celebrated modern mores, featuring a divorced couple, with clever repartee, acerbic barbs, flippant remarks, and demonstrating how romance and rivalry were quickly rekindled. Coward featured patriotism: in war time he wrote In Which We Serve and acted as the upper-class captain of a destroyer, a role he modelled on his friend Lord Mountbatten. He tried current history in Cavalcade, set against the major historical events of the early 20th century. He himself appeared in 70 stage productions. In his work he also parodied, as in Stately Homes of England, upper-class rules and idiosyncrasies. Yet he also wrote both a story , made into the film Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean, which may be considered the most romantic movie ever made, and the dark comedy Blithe Spirit.
He exhibited sentiment and spectacle with operattas such as Bitter Sweet, inspired by Die Fledermaus. Though not a composer like Gershwin or a lyricist like Johnny Mercer, and joked in Private Lives, "strange how potent cheap music is," Coward composed a number of carefully crafted melodies that are virtually standards, "I'll see you again", "I'll follow my secret heart," "Someday I'll find you ."
He became an elegant cabaret performer, first in London at the Café de Paris, and then in June 1955 in Las Vegas. Sometimes during his performance he might pen new lyrics to Cole Porter's list songs. To the melody of "Let's do it" he wrote, "in Texas some of the men do it, others drill a hole, then do it, West Point cadets forming fours do it, people say all those Gabors do it."
Yet, Coward's biggest and most successful creation was himself. "I am," he said, "an enormously talented man, and there's no use pretending that I'm not." Certainly, the British entertainment world did not, and called him the Master. He did everything with style including his own creation with his particular staccato manner of language, clipped diction speech, and appearance. On continual display, on and off stage, was his unique personality, debonaire, insouciance, flamboyance, chic, poise. If James Bond is typified with his dinner jacket and cocktail, Coward is personified by signature, his luxurious and very expensive dressing gowns and long cigarette holder. In all this he did not publicly convey his real sexual orientation, though known as gay by the British theater community. Though he had long term homosexual relationships, they were kept secret from the general public.
For some time Coward has been remembered in many ways including a bust in the foyer of the Theater Royal of Drury Lane.
Adept at social climbing, Coward entered chic circles of theater and public figures of men and women: among the latter were Gertrude Lawrence, Joyce Carey, Judy Campbell, Tallulah Bankhead, and Marlene Dietrich, and even Rebecca West and Virginia Woolf, and the Queen Mother. His male circle included John Gielgud, his rival in musical shows Ivor Novello, Terence Rattigan, and a possible dalliance with prince George , then Duke of Kent, and in the private background his fellow homosexuals. He was a generous person. Gielgud got his real start as Coward's understudy in The Vortex in 1925. He discovered Elaine Stritch and starred her in a musical in London and on Broadway.
In his practice of using art and style, and elegance, on and off stage, Coward was concerned with the visual style. He hired the best artists and designers of his time. He use courtiers such as Cecil Beaton, Victor Stiebel and Norman Hartnell, and set designs by Gladys Calthrop and Doris Zinkeisen. Not surprisingly, these spectacular productions were admired and had an international influence on fashion
Coward was a gifted verbal wit as he showed not only in his comic songs, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," " I went to a marvelous party" but in general. The totally bald Yul Brynner was "curly." Gertrude Stein was "literary diarrhea". The duke of Windsor pretends "not to hate me, but he does, and it's because I'm queer and he's not, but unlike him I don't pretend not to be."
Coward learned foreign languages, and performed his star role in the play Present Laughter in French in Paris in 1948. He lifted the spirits of the nation in the years of the Great Depression and wartime , while lifting himself at the same time, never boring, as he said, the living hell out of the public.
He also said , "I have taken a lot of trouble with my public face." That face and his image of impeccable style and sophistication continues to be admired fifty years after his death.
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Hats off to someone who lived his life as an expanding universe of talent, entertainment, public education in the arts, and good fellowship. No need to ask for anything more. Noel indeed!


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Coal Mining in India
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We want to give a brief overview on the current scope of coal mining and consumption in India [2].
In 2009, India (526 million tonnes) was the third biggest hard coal producer after China (2,971 Mt) and the USA (919Mt). 85 per cent of coal is produced by Coal India Limited (CIL), the world largest coal mining company, currently employing around 380,000 permanent workers and running around 500 mines in India.
Around 55 per cent of energy production in India stems from coal, compared to around 3 per cent from nuclear energy. Around 75 per cent of total coal stock is consumed by the energy sector. Global market prices for coking coal increased by 70 per cent during 2010 – the regime in India is forced to import coal for energy production and at the same time put more pressure on production costs 'at home'.
Production costs in India are 35 per cent higher compared to Australia, Indonesia or South Africa, which is not due to higher wages, but lower out-put productivity. The Coal India Ltd. subsidiary SCCL claimed in 2010 that wage costs account for 44 per cent of total production costs. The average mechanised mine in India had an out-put of 3.8 tons per man-shift in 2008, while manual mines operate on levels of 0.4 tonnes. In comparison, the United Colliery in Australia reports to achieve an output per man shift of 65 tonnes. In order to increase productivity there is a shift towards large scale open pit mining. In 2005 around 80 per cent of coal production in India came from open-cast mining, this compares to 20 per cent in 1971. The underground production declined from 50.56 to 43.54 million tonnes during the period 2001 to 2008.
The imports of coal increased rapidly over the last three years, from 59 million tonnes in 2008-9 to 73 million tonnes in 2009-10 to 84 million tonnes in 2010-11. There is also a significant increase in direct investment of steel manufacturing companies from India in coal mining companies in the US, Africa and Australia, while CIL in turn outsources whole open-cast mines to international companies and companies previously only engaged in transport and logistics.
Total coal production in India
1945 30 Mt
1992 200 Mt (by Coal India Limited alone)
2011 526 Mt (out of which 430 Mt by Coal India Limited)
Estimated official work-force before nationalisation
Permanent workers at CIL
Book traversal links for Coal Mining in India
Dhanbad, India – Report from a Visit in the Coal Fields
The Dhanbad-Jharia coal-mining area


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Traveling Shofar – A Weekly Letter from Rabbi Davis – August 31, 2018
I recently returned from a family vacation in Oregon. As I was packing for the trip, I suddenly realized that I would be traveling in the month of Elul. Throughout this month, it's customary to sound the shofar every morning to prepare for the coming holidays. My kids suggested that I simply download an app and use my phone to blow the shofar. But that didn't seem right. Luckily, I have a small shofar that just fits in my tallit bag. I took it along and wherever we were, each morning I blew the shofar. In hotel rooms, I blew it softly so as not to disturb other guests. On the porch of a cabin on a lake, I could let it rip.
My experience traveling with a shofar reminds me of another story.
Once, there was a rabbi who set off on a journey at sea to a distant land. He had hoped to arrive before Rosh Hashanah. But disaster struck; a huge storm hit the ship. The storm pounded the ship. The sailors bailed the water. All the while, the rabbi sat in his study below the deck praying. The storm grew stronger and stronger. Soon, the sailors realized that it was going to tear the boat apart. They had to inform the rabbi that they were about to drown. They knocked on his door and when he invited them in, they told him of the dire situation. Realizing that the end was near, the rabbi said, "Let's at least perform one final mitzvah." He pulled out his shofar and with all his might and all his spirit, blew a tekiah gedolah. And with that, the storm receded and the waters calmed. When he regained his composure, the captain of the ship came to the rabbi and asked to buy his "magic shofar." But the rabbi said he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
We are not to understand the story literally, but it does contain a message for us. There are times when our world feels stormy, when life seems out of control and we feel overwhelmed. How can we calm the waters? With a shofar.
Recall, the shofar was an instrument used to gather people together. When we gather community around us, we feel more safe and secure. Community helps us face the stormy waters.
The shofar is our voice of prayer. It is a cry of pain, a call for help, a longing to be heard. When we lift our voices in prayer, when we seek support from others, the stormy waters around us recede.
Finally, the shofar announces the arrival of the messiah. In that way, it offers assurance that we can pass through the storm to calmer seas. In the face of storms, hope in tomorrow calms the waters around us.
May the shofar on Rosh Hashanah usher in a year of peace and blessing for our community and our world.
L'Shalom,
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Name Index Dorothy Ellen "Dottie" JOHNSON was born on 10 Jun 1922 in Missouri. She died on 10 May 2010. She was buried in Avalon Cemetery, Avalon, Missouri. Parents: Lester Frank JOHNSON and Edna RICHESON.
Spouse: Raleigh A. "Bud" REEVES. Raleigh A. "Bud" REEVES and Dorothy Ellen "Dottie" JOHNSON were married on 29 Jun 1940 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Chillicothe. Children were: Raleigh Richard REEVES.
Spouse: Rollie REEVES.
Dorothy J. JOHNSON was born about 1909.
Spouse: Paul G. WILLIAMS. Paul G. WILLIAMS and Dorothy J. JOHNSON were married on 1 Feb 1930 in Jackson Co., Missouri. Children were: Delores Jane WILLIAMS.
Dorothy Mae JOHNSON was born on 3 Mar 1925 in Ludlow, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 29 Oct 2008 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 1 Nov 2008 in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Walter Sherman JOHNSON and Alice May JONES.
Spouse: Doyle GARBER. Children were: Bob GARBER, Carolyn GARBER.
Spouse: James Edward KARNES. James Edward KARNES and Dorothy Mae JOHNSON were married on 7 Aug 1976 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri.
Duane C. JOHNSON died on 19 Dec 1984 in Los Angeles Co., California. He was buried in Brea, Orange, California. Duane and Dana were twins. Parents: Curtis JOHNSON and Norma.
Durward B. Johnson JOHNSON Jr. Parents: Durward Burdette JOHNSON and Lilly.
Durward Burdette JOHNSON was born on 2 Dec 1903 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. He died on 13 Apr 1982 in Vandalia, Audrain, Missouri. He was buried on 15 Apr 1982 in Vandalia, Audrain, Missouri. Burial was in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Parents: George Matthew JOHNSON and Cora Mary SETTLE.
Spouse: Lilly. Durward Burdette JOHNSON and Lilly were married about 1929. Children were: George JOHNSON, Velma JOHNSON, Durward B. Johnson JOHNSON Jr.
E. M. JOHNSON. He lived in or near Paola, Kansas in 1922. Parents: David JOHNSON and Frances "Fannie" HUFF.
Earl Dan JOHNSON was born on 3 Feb 1886 in Cloud Co., Kansas. Parents: Thomas Clark JOHNSON and Barbara Ellen BASHFORD.
Edith Latitia JOHNSON was born on 6 Dec 1896 in Tina, Carroll, Missouri. She died on 21 Mar 1984 in North Kansas City Hospital, Clay, Missouri. Her home was in Tina, Missouri. She was buried in Blue Mound "Burner" Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: William H. JOHNSON and Emma Jane NEWTON.
Spouse: Lilburn R. BRYANT. Lilburn R. BRYANT and Edith Latitia JOHNSON were married on 23 Dec 1920 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. The bride was of Tina, the groom of Hale.
Edith May JOHNSON was born on 30 Jan 1894 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She died on 30 Dec 1970 in Chillicothe Hospital, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried in Monroe Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: George Jackson JOHNSON and Mary Ellen GOLDSWORTHY.
Spouse: Frank Thomas COLDIRON. Frank Thomas COLDIRON and Edith May JOHNSON were married on 18 Mar 1912 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. The bride was of Dawn, the groom of Ludlow. Children were: Sylvia Gwendolyn COLDIRON, Irma Eileen COLDIRON, Melvin Burr COLDIRON, Vernon COLDIRON, Herman Alton COLDIRON, Geneva COLDIRON.
Edmond JOHNSON.
Spouse: Margaret COLLINS. Children were: James Cyrus JOHNSON.
Edward JOHNSON.
Spouse: Emily SHAFFER. Children were: Marian JOHNSON.
Edward JOHNSON was born in Jan 1877 in Missouri. Parents: Perry Commodore JOHNSON and Elizabeth.
Edward C. JOHNSON was born in 1910 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Albert Washington "Al" JOHNSON and Calla May "Callie" PUCKET.
Edward F. JOHNSON.
Spouse: Catherine FULLERTON. Children were: Callie Florence JOHNSON.
Edwin Lewis JOHNSON was born on 17 Dec 1930 in Los Angeles Co., California. He died on 5 Jul 1989 in Orange Co., California. He was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California. Parents: Franklin JOHNSON and Leah TONER.
Edwin Reberyl JOHNSON was born on 19 May 1908 in Ludlow, Livingston, Missouri. He died on 26 Jan 1978 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. He died at a Veterans Administration hospital; his home was in Ludlow. He was buried on 30 Jan 1978 in Monroe Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Thomas Jefferson JOHNSON and Lilly May SMITH.
Spouse: Donna Lee ROWLAND. Children were: Donald Lynn "Butch" JOHNSON, Susie JOHNSON.
Eldon I. JOHNSON. Parents: Cornelius I. JOHNSON and Velma JEFFRIES.
Eleanor Minerva "Nellie" JOHNSON was born in Mar 1817 in Kentucky. She died on 15 Sep 1901 in Mooresville Twp., Livingston, Missouri.
Spouse: Anthony Helner SMITH. Anthony Helner SMITH and Eleanor Minerva "Nellie" JOHNSON were married in 1836 in Kentucky. Anthony and Eleanor lived with their son William on his Mooresville Twp. farm in 1900. Children were: James May SMITH, Rebecca SMITH, John SMITH, William M. SMITH, Lorenzo Dow SMITH, Hugh D. SMITH, Amy SMITH, Adaline SMITH, George SMITH, Joseph SMITH, Jackson SMITH, Benjamin Franklin SMITH, Caroline SMITH, Rachel R. SMITH, Calvin Jackson SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth SMITH.
Elijah William JOHNSON was born on 27 May 1880 in Carroll Co., Missouri. He died on 23 Jul 1940 in Ray Co., Missouri. He was buried in Enon Cemetery, Carroll, Missouri. Parents: Isaac Pierce JOHNSON and Levina TOBEY.
Spouse: Sadie Leora.
Elijah Wisdom "Lige" JOHNSON was born on 18 Feb 1850 in Monroe Twp., Livingston, Missouri. He died on 31 Jan 1930 in Carroll Co., Missouri. He was buried on 31 Jan 1930 in Plymouth Cemetery, Carroll, Missouri. He never married. Parents: George Washington JOHNSON and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" WISDOM.
Eliza Jane "Liza" JOHNSON.
Spouse: Jesse Andrew ADCOX. Children were: Eva Mae ADCOX, Mary Ellen ADCOX, Rose ADCOX, Minnie ADCOX.
Eliza Jane JOHNSON was born in Aug 1848 in Ohio.
Spouse: Reuben LEWIS. Reuben LEWIS and Eliza Jane JOHNSON were married on 19 Oct 1874 in Carroll Co., Missouri. The bride was of Carroll Co., the groom of Livingston Co. Children were: Mary LEWIS, Emma LEWIS, Everett LEWIS, Bertha Eleanor LEWIS.
Elizabeth JOHNSON.
Spouse: Jacob Fredrick GROOMER. Jacob Fredrick GROOMER and Elizabeth JOHNSON were married on 22 Aug 1841 in Daviess Co., Missouri. Children were: Jane GROOMER.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" JOHNSON.
Spouse: Oscar Fitzallen RYBOLT. Oscar Fitzallen RYBOLT and Elizabeth "Lizzie" JOHNSON were married on 18 Dec 1897 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. The bride was of Allen Co., Kansas, the groom of Jackson Co., Missouri.
Elizabeth JOHNSON was born in Missouri.
Spouse: James A. FINDLEY. Children were: Mary C. FINDLEY.
Spouse: Columbus "Col" FIELD. Children were: Lelia FIELD.
Elizabeth JOHNSON was born on 7 Oct 1817 in Kentucky. She died on 24 Jul 1880 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She was buried in Collar Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri.
Spouse: John BENCH. Children were: James John BENCH.
Spouse: Granville TOBY. Elizabeth and Mr. Toby were divorced before 1880. Children were: Granville C. TOBY, Levina TOBEY, William TOBY, Elizabeth TOBY.
Elizabeth JOHNSON was born about 1823 in Ohio. Parents: John JOHNSON and Mary.
Elizabeth "Betsy" JOHNSON was born on 27 Mar 1843 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky. The 1900 Federal census says she was born in Kentucky in April 1855. She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. She is also identified as Elizabeth Diggs. Her granddaughter Pearl Douglas, born May 1893, lived with Elizabeth and family in 1900.
Spouse: William DOUGLAS. Children were: Catherine DOUGLAS, Richard DOUGLAS, William DOUGLAS, Anderson DOUGLAS, Maria "Mary" DOUGLAS, Mary DOUGLAS, Frank H. DOUGLAS, Benjamin DOUGLAS, Elizabeth "Lizzie" DOUGLAS, Maggie DOUGLAS, Joanne Josephine DOUGLAS.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" JOHNSON was born on 31 Dec 1892 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She died on 7 Aug 1964 in Chillicothe Hospital, Livingston, Missouri. Her home was near Ludlow. She was buried on 9 Aug 1964 in Monroe Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Emmanuel Nelson JOHNSON and Margaret Frances TEVAULT. Parents: Israel Francis JOHNSON and Nancy Medora Ann RUNION.
Spouse: William Lester ROWLAND. William Lester ROWLAND and Elizabeth "Lizzie" JOHNSON were married on 25 Jan 1911 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. Children were: William Clyde ROWLAND, Linville T. "Lynn" ROWLAND, Lydia Faye ROWLAND, Walter Lewis ROWLAND, Donna Lee ROWLAND, Ray R. ROWLAND.
Elizabeth A. "Betty" JOHNSON was born on 11 May 1931 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She died on 8 Jan 2006 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 11 Jan 2006 in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Livingston, Missouri. She graduated from Lock Springs High School in 1949. Parents: Albert Washington "Al" JOHNSON and Temple Faye SHARP.
Spouse: Lloyd Richard MCCRACKEN. Lloyd Richard MCCRACKEN and Elizabeth A. "Betty" JOHNSON were married on 8 Jun 1949 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Children were: Lloyd Richard MCCRACKEN Jr., Robert Alan MCCRACKEN, Jean Ann MCCRACKEN, Terry Sue MCCRACKEN.
Elizabeth Ann JOHNSON.
Spouse: Lloyd Dean SILKWOOD. Lloyd Dean SILKWOOD and Elizabeth Ann JOHNSON were married on 14 Jan 1950 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Children were: Lonnie Dean SILKWOOD, Orville Lee SILKWOOD, James Lloyd SILKWOOD, Vickie Ann SILKWOOD, Regina SILKWOOD.
Elizabeth Jane JOHNSON was born on 22 Apr 1843 in Monroe Twp., Livingston, Missouri. She died on 29 Apr 1867 in Missouri. She was buried in Gudgel Cemetery, Carroll, Missouri. Gudgel Cemetery was destroyed by a bulldozer in 1960. George Washington Johnsob had four children buried there. Parents: George Washington JOHNSON and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" WISDOM.
Spouse: William BLANN. William BLANN and Elizabeth Jane JOHNSON were married on 24 May 1865 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: Laura Ann BLANN.
Ellenore Marie JOHNSON was born on 4 Feb 1929 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 8 Jan 2002 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 11 Jan 2002 in Blue Mound "Burner" Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Hallie Ray JOHNSON and Mabel B. MATHEWS.
Spouse: Everett Edwin HAYNES. Everett Edwin HAYNES and Ellenore Marie JOHNSON were married on 12 Feb 1945 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. E. R. Haynes, father of Everett, gives consent. H. R. Johnson, father of Eleanor, gives consent. Children were: Edwin Lee HAYNES, Charlotte Sue HAYNES, Pamela K. HAYNES, Robyn Lynn HAYNES.
Ellis JOHNSON.
Spouse: Sarah Ann DEAN. Children were: Mary Ellen JOHNSON, Harvey JOHNSON, Robert L. JOHNSON.
Ellsworth E. JOHNSON was born on 19 May 1872 in Illinois. He died on 24 May 1954 in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri. He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Christian S. JOHNSON and Adeline E. WILLIAMSON.
Spouse: Louise GREEN. Children were: Marion Heathington JOHNSON.
Elmer Francis JOHNSON was born on 4 Nov 1875 in Missouri. He died on 9 Mar 1945. Parents: Emmanuel Nelson JOHNSON and Margaret Frances TEVAULT.
Emily JOHNSON.
Spouse: Elbert M. BOWKER.
Emily JOHNSON was born on 14 Dec 1854 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. She died on 15 Feb 1926 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She was buried in Utica Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Benjamin JOHNSON and Amelia Jane LAMAN.
Spouse: Phillip SCHMITT. Phillip SCHMITT and Emily JOHNSON were married on 7 Apr 1874 in Utica, Livingston, Missouri. Children were: Bertha Alice SMITH, Frank Henry SMITH, Rosina Jane "Rosa" SMITH.
Emma Bell JOHNSON was born in Jun 1864 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri. She died in 1906. She was buried in Arkadelphia Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri.
Spouse: Charles Emmett BURTON. Charles Emmett BURTON and Emma Bell JOHNSON were married on 27 Feb 1890 in Buchanan Co., Missouri. The bride was of Buchanan Co., the groom of Carroll Co. Children were: Ralph Johnson BURTON, Nina E. "Nannie" BURTON, Charles Emmett BURTON Jr., Millard BURTON, Clifford Elijah BURTON, Vival Belle BURTON, Nellie Corrine BURTON, Aubrey Carmel BURTON.
Emmanuel Nelson JOHNSON was born on 26 Jun 1848 in Monroe Twp., Livingston, Missouri. He died on 21 Jan 1926 in Washington Twp., Carroll, Missouri. He was buried on 24 Jan 1926 in Plymouth Cemetery, Carroll, Missouri. Parents: George Washington JOHNSON and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" WISDOM.
Spouse: Margaret Frances TEVAULT. Emmanuel Nelson JOHNSON and Margaret Frances TEVAULT were married on 10 Aug 1874 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: George W. JOHNSON, Elmer Francis JOHNSON, Albert Ross JOHNSON, Myrtle Lee JOHNSON, Leta M. JOHNSON, Jessie Ann JOHNSON, Lloyd A. JOHNSON, Fred Clyde JOHNSON, Elizabeth "Lizzie" JOHNSON, Amanda Luella "Lula" JOHNSON, Otis Emanuel JOHNSON.
Enoch A. "Gus" JOHNSON was born on 13 Jan 1906 in Danby, Jefferson, Missouri. He died on 26 Oct 1960 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri. He died following an auto accident in Kansas City, Missouri., He was buried on 28 Oct 1960 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Enoch Walter JOHNSON Sr. and Mary Elizabeth FIELDS.
Spouse: Emma Mildred WOOLSEY. Enoch A. "Gus" JOHNSON and Emma Mildred WOOLSEY were married on 17 Aug 1935 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Bride and groom were of St. Louis, Missouri.
Enoch R. JOHNSON.
Spouse: Mary E. BLANPIED.
Enoch Walter JOHNSON Sr. was born on 11 Apr 1875 in Danby, Jefferson, Missouri. He died on 19 Jan 1954 in Danby, Jefferson, Missouri. He was buried on 22 Jan 1954 in Festus, Jefferson, Missouri. Parents: Augustus M. JOHNSON and Nancy MEDLEY.
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth FIELDS. Children were: Enoch A. "Gus" JOHNSON.
Ernest JOHNSON. Parents: Milton A. JOHNSON and Bertha SIMPSON.
Ernest JOHNSON was born about 1888 in Missouri. He died on 15 Apr 1970 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. He was buried on 17 Apr 1970 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Jacob JOHNSON and Isabel DUNN.
Ernest Leslie JOHNSON was born about 1907 in Missouri. He lived in Denver, Colorado in 1940. Parents: John Thomas JOHNSON and Amy Annette PROFFITT.
Erva JOHNSON. Parents: Cornelius I. JOHNSON and Velma JEFFRIES.
Spouse: Charles HALL.
Ervin JOHNSON was born about 1903 in Missouri. Parents: John Thomas JOHNSON and Amy Annette PROFFITT.


I am trying to make the pages on a new blog template mandatory, for example, a store owner must fill out his return policy etc.
New blog template can help setting up the page as a default for new users, how do I protect the page so that users can edit but not delete it?
New Blog Templates itself is meant only for the initial setup of the site, it's not intended to keep any of its options intact, so potentially, users could alter the appearance.
You could use the Membership plugin, setup to use a global database, and create a restriction for page deletion. I guess that with a particular configuration of a URL Group rule (using a regular expression) you could restrict access to editing a single page or even several pages. If you'd like to go that route, I can see about getting a regular expression that might work for you (though I'm no regex wizard so it may take a moment).
That said, I really don't know of another way it could be done.
"If you'd like to go that route, I can see about getting a regular expression that might work for you (though I'm no regex wizard so it may take a moment)."


text:
Mālama ʻĀina
Pull on some boots, grab a digging stick, and help bring a Hawaiian dryland forest back from the brink.
Story by Paul Wood | Photography by Bob Bangerter
It's dawn on a Saturday and dozens of people are parking in the gravel lot next to 'Ulupalakua Ranch Store. You can tell by their dress that this expedition is no surfing safari: heavy boots, knit caps, down vests, Pendleton shirts and camo pants. The air is crisp and silent at 3,000 feet, back side of Haleakala. The mood is cordial but quiet, some handclasps and nose rubbing, but little inclination to chatter. Everyone knows why they've come, and it isn't to socialize. Using stiff brushes, each person scours his or her boots assiduously, knocking off any seed or crumb of lowland soil that might be stuck in the treads. Then the assembled wedge themselves into four-wheel-drive vehicles—along with picks and 'o'o (digging sticks) and flats full of seedlings growing in long yellow dibble tubes—and the vehicles begin to caravan straight up the mountain over ranch trails and rocky pastureland.
The landscape is tilted and dizzying at this elevation. These leeward slopes are largely devoid of trees, and the wind beats unbroken against cracked boulders and weary kikuyu grass. The land is pleated and humped with domes, still twisted in the fantastic shapes of lava that once blew out of vents in Haleakala's Southwest Rift Zone. The sea channel far below ripples in the wind. Sunlight and racing clouds play tricks of color on the cobalt flatness and on the red-brown islands off shore—eyelash-like Molokini, long Kaho'olawe, and far in the eastern sky, the mirage-like dome of Mauna Kea.
"We're beginning a march back in time."
This was all forest once, from the top of the mountain all the way down to what is now called Wailea. People lived here in the old days, walking under a canopy light enough to allow a great diversity of life—a multitude of lichens and spiders, insects and birds that occurred nowhere else on Earth. This was one of the greatest dryland forests in all Hawai'i. The dryland forests were quite different from their wetland counterparts on the windward side of the mountain, in that they comprised so many more species, species of all kinds, but especially of trees.
I could list the names of these trees, but the names would probably not ring a bell, unless perhaps you know the old chants. Holei is a lovely tree with fragrant flowers, the source of a brilliant dye. Kauila has wood that's almost as hard as iron. Lama represented both lamplight and the enlightenment of the mind. These trees and dozens of others are almost gone from the Earth, just as the great forest that was their home is almost gone from leeward Haleakala. The key word is "almost."
All those warm-dressed, clean-booted expeditioners are headed upslope with a single mission—to replant that forest one seedling at a time.
Auwahi is the name of the mountain district where this wildly unlikely reforestation is happening, nudged ahead by monthly outings of quietly determined volunteers.
The first time I went on one of these Auwahi trips was about ten years ago. I remember the austerity of the mountain and the smallness of the seedlings that we inserted into pockets of soil, signing off with a cup of water and a prayer, the wind whipping and whipping them as soon as we turned our backs. These seedlings had all come from the trees that remained in the vicinity, raised in a nursery back at 'Ulupalakua Ranch headquarters until big enough to be returned to their bleak native homeland. The parents of these seedlings still stood, bent as geriatric patients in an apocalyptic nursing home. With our own backs bent in honor of the almost moribund trees, we planted their keiki (children) for them.
Dr. Art Medeiros is the man who identified the need, collected the native seed, and gathered the forces to heed the call for last-minute, hang-on-by-a-fingernail restoration of Maui's formerly great dryland forest. Like an Old Testament prophet, the Maui biologist is bearded, eloquent, and standing resolute at the drawbridge before native Hawai'i's last stand. He's the one who identified Auwahi as a "museum forest" with elderly trees that lived without hope—without an understory, a younger generation, a tomorrow. He convinced the Erdman family, whose 'Ulupalakua Ranch encompasses Auwahi, to participate in an experiment. Together they constructed a ten-acre "exclosure"—a rectangular fenced area that excluded cattle, goats, deer, and pigs. And they sprayed that ten acres with herbicide to destroy the kikuyu grass—an imported grazing plant that chokes out all others.
Those steps alone could maybe suffice to allow a natural system to restore itself. But not at Auwahi. The original trees are too scattered and geriatric. So Art asked for volunteer planters to start these steep mountain caravans and begin reversing two centuries of environmental collapse.
Here are two statements that I have heard many times from Art Medeiros. One: "They said to me, 'You are [expletive deleted] nuts, brah!'" Two: "It is okay to fail. It is not okay not to try. What are you going to say when your grandchildren come to you and ask, 'Why didn't you even try?'"
The last trip I made to Auwahi with the Saturday morning volunteers, bouncing up the high slopes for what seemed like an hour—the travel time must be far less, but I always lose touch with the clock on these mind-bending excursions—we parked by a fence with plants crowding and pushing against the boundary. On the other side of the fence line, treetops were whipping gleefully in the winds. I thought immediately: "Who the hell built a botanical garden up here?" Then in an instant I realized.
We did.
You can see Auwahi on Google Earth—a ten-acre rectangle of exuberant foliage against an otherwise bitten-to-nothing rockscape. A grove of reclaimed forest.
But Google Earth is actually out of touch, because it shows only what we now call Auwahi One. The next exclosure, Auwahi Two, twenty-three acres in size, has just this month been planted to its capacity. Art and his mainly volunteer staff are talking about bringing some of the rare elements back to Auwahi One—the ferns, for example, that can't thrive without a "locked-in" forest canopy.
"With the ferns," Art told me, "we begin a march back in time. People think that I know the Hawaiian dryland forest. But now, every year, we march back to a forest I am increasingly unfamiliar with."
A visiting biologist has discovered a lovely white spider that lives only in the Auwahi forest. A bright red native bird, the endangered 'apapane, has returned on it own to Auwahi. Art described the sighting as "almost a religious experience."
"None of this could have happened without the Erdmans," says Art. "They are the greatest. At one point they actually asked me, 'Are we doing enough?'" You won't find anyone to answer that question in the negative, not since late 2009, when the Erdmans gave the Maui Coastal Land Trust a conservation easement to more than 11,000 of its pastoral acres, including the Auwahi groves. Their gift permits agricultural pursuits on the land but bans development in perpetuity.
Success at Auwahi has inspired a dozen or so other major landholders of these dramatic, dry mountain slopes (including Haleakala National Park) to form the Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership. The group intends to regrow native forest on more than 43,000 acres of what is presently stark pastureland.
These partners are not simply idealistic about saving rare plants and critters. They have practical ideas about the health of the land. The forest would yield valuable hardwoods. (Think koa, which is the mother of these dryland forests.) It would create job opportunities and supply the physical materials for traditional Hawaiian cultural practices. And it would raise the water table for a major part of the island, bringing rainfall back to now-parched hillsides, perhaps even regenerating the na'ulu clouds that old-timers say used to feed not only Haleakala's kula (mid-elevation) slopes, but also the hills of Kaho'olawe. Art Medeiros is also envisioning a museum from which a school program would emanate.
And why not? Auwahi Three is already underway—151 acres for the new increment. The forest is growing again. Get yourself some good boots. This is the best experience you will find anywhere on earth to undestroy the natural order. You have something better to do on your day off?
To volunteer for an Auwahi service trip, call 572-4471 or email auwahi@yahoo.com. You will need ankle-high hiking boots, raingear, layered clothing, two liters of water, lunch, and sunscreen. High-clearance, four-wheel-drive vehicles are most welcome.
Maui forest
Paul Wood
Cycling Moloka'i's Less-Traveled Trails
Current Attractions at Maui Ocean Center


I'm not entirely sure when exactly, nor how long ago since I have been trying to get myself to visit Japan, but a trip had always been nagging me in the back of my mind… Whether I heard or read a little snippet of news from Japan, it caught my interest. The more I looked into details of the workings and occasional quirks of various towns, cities and localities, the more I felt a need to experience them. The more I heard about Japan from my fellow University colleagues, the more and more I became envious… And so, once I finally found a buddy who had the means and similar interests as I did, we began planning many months before hand, and we finally had an opportunity to visit late-January through February.
This post reflects a sample of photos and commentary from our brief week in Tokyo.


This lamp design is an example of my design philosophy: capitalize on serendipity, re-mix, and upgrade. The base materials were free from Craigslist and almost free from SCRAP. The rest I ordered online and via multiple trips to my favorite store, Cole Hardware.
I'm a shameless troll on the free section of Craigslist. Probably half of my apartment is furnished by "free" items that I found and maybe remixed. Even my kombucha SCOBY and kefir grains were sourced from the wonderful craigslist community.
I got lucky and scored four old pool table lamp shades from a bar upgrading to gastropub status somewhere in the Mission. I gave one away, and I put the rest in my entry way so I would be reminded to do something with them. The initial concept was to hang the shades over my table, suspended by a horizontal piece made either out of wood or metal.
Concept sketch showing ideas for wood vs. tube.
On a trip to SCRAP, I found an inspiring tube of steel has a small bend in it, giving it an organic look AND is the exact length of my dining table. Though Cole Hardware couldn't help me drill holes, it turned out, I could tap into the community; a neighbor I know from the dog park helped me drill the holes I needed!
Having the two main design elements, I sourced parts for the lamps: electrical fittings that could switch each lamp on/off individually, fabric covered electrical wire, dimmer switch, etc. Some sweat, plaster dust, and Voila!
The funny thing is that I never would have designed this particular lamp without the lamp shades. When I got them, I took time to decide if they were ugly or beautiful. Creativity comes out under constraint.
Another home DIY project: a curtain from a bedsheet that happens to fit my bay window perfectly.


~ by theresakishkan on June 9, 2017.
Theresa, a technical problem – the picture is clear but the words are not.
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