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Where Are They Now? Flynn, Other Trump Alums Keep MAGA Hopes Alive
Published June 2, 2021 at 1:00 AM AKDT
Megan Varner
Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather to hear Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speak last week at a rally in Dalton, Ga.
Michael Flynn, a onetime national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, was videotaped in Texas over the weekend pushing talking points of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory and also seeming to endorse a coup in the United States, though he later said he doesn't back one.
Flynn is one of many Trump acolytes who, along with the former president himself, continue to push the lie that Trump won the 2020 election.
Flynn's claims on the issue are just one way in which Trump allies are trying to maintain the Make America Great Again movement. A review of what Trump alums are up to shows that there are two distinct groups: those who are going all in on Trump and MAGA, often creating new entities to institutionalize the movement outside established GOP circles; and those who are going more traditional conservative routes.
In that way, the split echoes how Trump has created a rift in the Republican Party, with more establishment figures sidelined.
Like Trump, many of the people around him during his presidency were unorthodox. A number of his aides and nominees were outside mainstream politics, came from various walks of life — like his family — and fell in and out of favor with the former president at various points.
Some former aides and campaign officials are still close to Trump. Dan Scavino, for example, who ran his social media accounts, is a senior adviser, as is Jason Miller, a former campaign adviser.
Others have an eye on the next crop of candidates. Among their efforts, Kellyanne Conway, the 2016 campaign manager and White House adviser, is on board a Senate candidate's campaign in Ohio, and Bill Stepien, who was campaign manager for Trump's 2020 run, is working the campaign of a Senate candidate in Missouri.
Some, such as Brad Parscale, are keeping a foot in both worlds. Parscale was Trump's digital director in 2016 and campaign manager for a short time in 2020 before a domestic incident sidelined him. Parscale is reportedly helping Trump set up a new social media platform, which has not yet materialized, and he is advising a gubernatorial candidate in Ohio and boosting another in New Jersey.
And in all, at least four new Republican-aligned groups have cropped up, involving at least two dozen Trump alums and surrogates, with the goal of raising money, pushing Trump's policies and message to the public and in the courts, as well as backing candidates in the mold of the former president.
But there are also about half a dozen former Trump world officials waiting in the wings and taking steps in case Trump doesn't run for president again in 2024, hoping to capitalize on the movement for themselves. Others are engaged in conservative media or have gone more traditional routes.
Here's a glimpse at some of those key players and where they are now:
Formalizing MAGA
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Stephen Miller, pictured here in 2020 in his role as Trump White House adviser, has formed a group that is vowing to fight to protect Trump-like laws in court.
America First Legal: Stephen Miller, former White House adviser and hard-liner on immigration; Mark Meadows, former chief of staff; Russ Vought, ex-budget director (now also president of the Center for Renewing America); and Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, are all working together at the new group. It vows to take court action against the "radical left." Consider it the legal arm of defending the Trump legacy, and it has Trump's stamp of approval.
America First Policy Institute: Many former officials have signed up with this group, which says its goal is to "conduct research and develop policies that put the American people first."
Its founder is Brooke Rollins, the former head of Trump's Office of American Innovation. The chair of the board is Linda McMahon, Trump's Small Business Administration administrator and wife of the head of World Wrestling Entertainment, Vince McMahon. Larry Kudlow, who now has his own Fox Business show and was Trump's director of the National Economic Council, is vice chair. It includes former Cabinet secretaries and heads of agencies, is being advised by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and even includes Paula White-Cain, a former White House spiritual adviser who went viral for her sermon after Election Day calling on angels in Africa and South America, and deriding "demonic confederacies" who were trying to steal the election from Trump.
American Greatness PAC/American Greatness Fund: Parscale founded the American Greatness PAC and a nonprofit offshoot, the American Greatness Fund. Right up Trump's alley, the group has formed an Election Integrity Alliance and claims to want to strengthen "election safeguards." The board of the group includes former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and disgraced former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik.
Fight Back Now America: Corey Lewandowski, another former Trump campaign manager from the 2016 campaign, created the group, which tests the limits of the fighting metaphor. The top image on its website is an empty boxing ring. It's seeking to raise money, it says, to defeat Democrats and fund primary opponents of candidates who are presumably not Trumpy enough, such as Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
If the fighting imagery wasn't enough, the combativeness even runs deep into its philosophy. "The time for niceties, spin and nuance is over," the site reads. Like an Elizabeth Warren campaign speech, the word "fight" appears 23 times on the site's front page. Of course, what it's fighting for is very different.
Waiting in the wings
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Former Vice President Mike Pence addresses a crowd in Columbia, S.C., at an April event sponsored by the Palmetto Family Council.
Mike Pence, the former vice president, who was targeted during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection because his boss continued to say he wouldn't block certification of President Biden's victory, is forming a policy fundraising committee. The former radio host joined the conservative Young America's Foundation, where he will launch a podcast. And he has a multimillion-dollar book deal; he's set to write two books, including an autobiography due out in 2023, which just so happens to be right when a GOP presidential primary would be kicking off.
Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state, took a position with the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, and was named a Fox News contributor. He's staying engaged in politics though. Among his efforts, he's reportedly planning a trip to Israel on the heels of one by his successor.
Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, created a group called Stand for America, and while its stated goal is to promote conservative issues and ideas, the website looks more like it's promoting her. There are lots of photos of Haley — including with Trump, someone she's had a hot-and-cold relationship with — on what could be a presidential campaign site-in-waiting.
Ben Carson, the former housing and urban development secretary, created a think tank (the American Cornerstone Institute) and political action committee (Think BIG America PAC). The group, Carson says, will also look to fund candidates. "We'll be very interested in who are the people who are advocating visions that are logical and that make sense," Carson has said. Before you think that the low-key former brain surgeon isn't likely to run, remember he was one of only a few candidates who took over the lead (even if briefly) from Trump during the Republican presidential primary in 2015.
Donald Trump Jr., Trump's eldest child, continues the fight on Twitter, where his father is banned, trying to trigger and own the libs. But Trump Jr. can't be dismissed as simply an amplifier for his father. During his father's presidency, Trump Jr. distinguished himself politically, arguably more than either of his siblings.
While Ivanka was a White House adviser, Don Jr. appears poised to be the political heir apparent of the MAGA movement. His natural affinity for the Trump base has won him the adoration of the rank and file, and it's made him a draw on the campaign trail, not just for his father, but down-ballot candidates. He's still running the Trump Organization with his brother, but once someone catches the political bug, it's hard to shut it off. His problem, though, is that he has no natural place to run — yet. He has recently moved to Florida, but there's no race open there at the moment. And there's that criminal probe to deal with in New York.
The rest of the family
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Ivanka Trump, daughter of the former president, and her husband, Jared Kushner, attend her father's departure from Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and former White House adviser, is reportedly founding the Abraham Accords Institute to facilitate trade between Israel and other accords signatory countries. Also on board are former White House envoy Avi Berkowitz; Haim Saban, a major Democratic donor; former United Arab Emirates and Bahrain ambassadors to the U.S. as well as an Israeli foreign minister.
Ivanka Trump still lists herself on Twitter as "advisor to POTUS" despite her father being out of office for more than five months now. What she does next is still an open question. Eric Trump continues to run the Trump Organization, though that has become more complicated given the New York criminal investigation. He also moved to Florida recently. Tiffany Trump mostly avoided the spotlight during her father's time in office, but she graduated from Georgetown Law School during it, and on the final day of Trump's presidency, she announced that she's engaged.
Lara Trump, Eric's wife, always seemed to be the bigger hit with the Trump crowds than her husband — and she seemed to enjoy the political limelight more. There had been speculation she could run for the Senate in her home state of North Carolina, but with her recent move to Florida, there was talk she might challenge Sen. Marco Rubio in a primary. That was put to rest, however, when the former president endorsed Rubio.
They're running ...
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary, is seen during a 2019 appearance on the "Fox & Friends" TV show.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary, is running for governor of Arkansas, a job her father once held. She asked for and got Donald Trump's endorsement.
Ryan Zinke, the former Department of the Interior secretary, rode in on a horse but left under a cloud of investigations. He joined an investment firm and the board of a gold mining company and is now running again for Congress in Montana.
Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician, is now a congressman from Texas despite a Pentagon inspector general's report finding that he bullied subordinates, harassed women and smelled of alcohol while serving in the White House.
Steve Bannon, the former Trump campaign chairman, got new life with a presidential pardon after being charged last year with allegedly defrauding Trump supporters in a scheme he claimed was to help finish the southern border wall. Now, the former Breitbart founder is back in the media with an influential online show and podcast called War Room and ... selling supplements.
Kayleigh McEnany, former White House press secretary, signed on as a Fox News contributor.
Sean Spicer, the former and first White House press secretary of the "largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period" fame, got spicy with the dance moves and fashion choices on ABC's Dancing With the Stars. He now hosts a show on the right-wing cable channel Newsmax.
Steven Mnuchin, former Treasury secretary, started an investment fund. He's landed in controversy already for it because he is reportedly seeking funding from Persian Gulf countries, many of which he traveled to as Treasury secretary. He also is reportedly looking to hire Israel's current director of Mossad, its spy agency. He's also charging upward of $250,000 a speech. If that's too steep for you, he's happy to give you a discount for virtual speeches, which will only cost $75,000.
Mick Mulvaney, former chief of staff, budget director and envoy to Northern Ireland, started a hedge fund.
Wilbur Ross, Trump's former commerce secretary, is back on Wall Street with a $345 million "blank check" fund, groups that help raise cash for initial public offerings.
Anthony Scaramucci, the 11-day White House communications director, went back to his investment firm SkyBridge.
A class of their own
Betsy DeVos, the former education secretary, was a villain to the left during Trump's presidency, and she's continued in that role. DeVos started a group called the American Federation for Children, a school choice and private school advocacy group. As secretary, DeVos was at odds with teachers unions, and even the name of her new group seems a direct response to those unions, the largest of which is the American Federation of Teachers. She has continued to criticize teachers, saying school closures during the pandemic fall "at the feet of the teachers' unions and all of their allies." She got some bad news recently, though, as a judge in California ruled she has to sit for a three-hour deposition about her role in not issuing student loan forgiveness to students who said their for-profit colleges defrauded them. It's part of a class-action lawsuit.
William Barr, the former attorney general, is writing a book.
Gone traditional
Gen. John Kelly, former chief of staff, joined the board of Caliburn, a defense contractor that also operates four shelters for migrant children.
Gen. James Mattis, former defense secretary, joined the board of General Dynamics, a defense contractor, and is a senior counselor at the Cohen Group, a business consultant group.
Don McGahn, former White House counsel, has rejoined the law firm Jones Day. He is slated to testify Friday on Capitol Hill in relation to former special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation. It comes two years after the House Judiciary Committee first requested his testimony, but was blocked by the Trump administration.
Kirstjen Nielsen is a former homeland security secretary whom Trump loyalists reportedly referred to as "Nurse Ratched" behind her back because of her rigid style. Ironically, she left the administration after Trump didn't see her as sufficiently tough enough. Post-Trump, she advises on security threats and risk management.
Reince Priebus, former chief of staff, is president and chief strategist at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP law firm.
Andrew Wheeler, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator and former coal lobbyist, joined the Heritage Foundation.


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Contrary to what is becoming a popular belief, that Hamilton tickets, this years mega-hit Broadway show, are "impossible to get", I'm writing this post today to simply refute this perception. In fact, I can state for the record that Hamilton tickets are easily obtainable. Yes the prices for Hamilton tickets are, in general, the highest I've ever seen for a Broadway musical in all my 39 years as a licensed ticket broker in New York City. Here's is why my friends.
So if I can simply ask people to trust me when I tell you that Hamilton tickets are easily available for every performance throughout 2016 (actually the show is selling tickets through January 2017), its just that they are being sold at extremely high prices these days. And why is this? It's simply a matter of supply and demand really.
When Hamilton tickets or any other hit Broadway show for that matter go "on sale, the tickets sell out very quickly. After all, the theater for Hamilton only has a capacity of 1319 seats, not very large for a blockbuster Broadway musical is it? And when you further consider that a singer like Adele or rock concert artists like Billy Joel and many others "sell out" arenas that have a capacity of 25,000 seats and more, it kind of makes sense that a hit Broadway show like Hamilton would have a demand that far outweighs the seating capacity.
So the general public as well as ticket companies all over the country buy up all the tickets quickly.
Then when other people find out that there are no tickets available in the "primary market" (the primary market is simply the first price a ticket has printed on it, usually sold at the theater directly or at the recognized ticket service-in this case it would be TicketMaster), they have to turn elsewhere to find tickets to purchase. So right now, in the case of Hamilton tickets, there are simply no seats available in the primary market. So this makes every ticket that is being "resold" by ticket companies as well as the general public (yes consumers are buying and reselling their own Hamilton tickets and other tickets for all sort of events to make profit now)- a commodity of the "secondary market". It's this simple.
And thank goodness for the secondary market as this market helps make Hamilton tickets easy to get. Clients are calling my company Applause-Tickets (NY State License # 71AP1001029) every day and generally the first thing they say is "why are Hamilton tickets impossible to get"? And when our staff says "Hamilton tickets are easy to get, it's just that the prices are fairly high", explaining why we as Broadway ticket experts think they are high priced, it helps clients better understand the situation.
And I would have to say in all my 39 years in the Broadway ticket selling business, I've not seen a show like Hamilton command such high prices. This is simply because enough theatergoers are paying these prices. At Applause-Tickets we take the time and go through as many dates and performances as well as all the seat location options and try to help guide clients to purchasing the best value tickets for the money. In many instances, people are turned off to these prices and we help them obtain tickets for other shows. After all, we have over 30 shows playing on Broadway right now.
So if your heart is set on seeing Hamilton on Broadway right now, then I respectfully say that at this point in time, the prices are likely to remain high but we have noticed that after the summer of 2016, the prices will come down somewhat as young people go back to school and families focus on other priorities they have. Then I believe that prices will go up again for Hamilton tickets as October, November and December 2016 show a very big increase in visitors to New York City. And we cater to a large tourist trade so we know this has been a pattern for over 30 years now. After Hamilton opens other productions of the show in Chicago, London and other places around the world, this should eventually lead to reduced prices for the show. After all, it goes back to supply and demand and after lots of people have seen Hamilton, eventually the prices will come down to earth again.
So my friends, Hamilton tickets are easy to come by. They really are. It's simply a matter of how much they will cost. In time and after the first wave of Hamilton ticket buyers have seen the show, the prices will come down. And for those folks that have no intention of spending 5 to 10 times the original face value for the show, I suggest you consider a visit to one of the other fabulous Broadway Shows we offer. The last two years have been filled with lots of terrific plays and musicals and we'd love to talk with you about how we might help you obtain tickets for another exciting Broadway show.
Please call me personally anytime or one of my teammates and we'll help guide you offering the best advice on obtaining Hamilton tickets or the show of your choice. You should consider "shopping around", talk to other ticket companies then give us a call at 212-307-7050 or 800-451-9930. Applause-Tickets is open 24 hours a day , 7 days a week. We never miss an opportunity to be of service and we love to talk about Broadway Theatre.
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PSMA: A New Target for Prostate Cancer Treatment
By Jim Stallard Wednesday, November 15, 2017
A protein called PSMA helps fuel the development of prostate cancer cells.
Prostate cancer cells have high levels of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), but researchers were unsure of its biological role. Now an MSK-led team has discovered that PSMA contributes to prostate cancer's development. This offers a new target for drugs.
PSMA is a protein in prostate cells.
Researchers have found that it helps fuel prostate cancer.
This offers a new target for prostate cancer treatments.
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) can be an indicator of prostate cancer and is easily detected and measured with a blood test. But another protein, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), is also linked to prostate cancer. PSMA is present at a low level even in normal prostate tissue, but the amount is markedly higher in prostate cancer cells.
PSMA is a transmembrane protein — meaning it exists across the cell membrane — but 95 percent rests on the surface of prostate cells. Due to this external location, it is very accessible to researchers targeting it with molecules for the purpose of imaging or delivering drugs. Researchers have long regarded PSMA mainly as a means to an end, without fully understanding its biological purpose.
How PSMA Fuels Prostate Cancer
Now a team of researchers led by MSK radiologist and molecular imaging specialist Jan Grimm has discovered that PSMA plays a role in prostate cancer's development. They report in the Journal of Experimental Medicine that PSMA indirectly activates a cancer-causing pathway that involves the PI3K protein kinase.
"Everybody knew that PSMA was related to more-aggressive prostate cancer, but nobody was able to figure out its biological role," Dr. Grimm says. "Knowing how it helps trigger PI3K has important implications for treating men with prostate cancer."
Everybody knew that PSMA was related to more-aggressive prostate cancer, but nobody was able to figure out its biological role.
Jan Grimm radiologist
In cell and animal experiments, as well as in tumor samples from patients, Dr. Grimm's team found that PSMA causes the release of the amino acid glutamate, which acts as a second messenger to bind to a receptor on the surface of prostate cells. This binding transmits a signal to the cell to help activate the PI3K pathway. Dr. Grimm's team showed that targeting PSMA with drugs slowed PI3K signaling, as well as the growth and spread of PSMA-expressing tumors, and, in the animal subjects, allowed them to live longer.
Dr. Grimm explains that PSMA inhibitors could potentially be used in combination with the existing prostate cancer drugs called androgen inhibitors, which block hormones that fuel cancer growth.
Some nutrients, such as vitamin B9, actually contain glutamate. This suggests that vitamin B9 could possibly play a small role in fueling prostate cancer through its interaction with PSMA, although Dr. Grimm cautions that more research needs to be done.
Improving Prostate Cancer Classification and Treatment
The finding could also help doctors more accurately predict how a prostate tumor might behave in certain people. PSMA is easily detectable on PET scans. Such images could allow researchers to reliably detect the presence of cancer and to understand the cancer's aggressiveness.
"This could help with prognoses and help doctors make better treatment decisions," Dr. Grimm says. "For example, there are some men with aggressive prostate cancer that doesn't have much PSMA expression, which may not need to be treated that aggressively."
The Role of PSMA in Solid Tumors
The role of PSMA in tumor growth is probably not limited to just prostate cancer, says Dr. Grimm. The protein is commonly found in the inner lining of blood vessels that supply other solid tumors, such as bladder cancer or colorectal cancer. Targeting PSMA in these blood vessels cells could starve a tumor to death by cutting off its food supply.
"We're trying to apply what we've learned from the prostate cancer cells to see if the same effects hold true in these other settings," Dr. Grimm says.
Prostate Cancer Treatments
How is prostate cancer treated? The approach depends on if the cancer has spread beyond the prostate. Learn more about MSK's approach for surgery, radiation therapy, and more.
More Precise Imaging of Prostate Cancer Could Give Insight into Drug Effectiveness
Light-Activated Drug Destroys Small Prostate Cancers with Fewer Side Effects
Spongelike Particles Show Promise for Delivering Drugs to Tumors
Jan Grimm
The Jan Grimm Lab
Hormone Therapy, Chemotherapy, and Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Clinical Trials & Research for Prostate Cancer

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This post is in continuation with web service tutorial (Part -8).
In previous post, we have already seen simple Restful web services(JAXWS) which returns json as response.In this post, we will extend same example and create Restful web services(JAXWS) using jersey which will provide CRUD(Create, read, update and delete) operation example.
We will use following annotations for CRUD operation.
It is used to create new resource.
Delete is idempotent method because when you first time use delete, it will delete the resource (initial application) but after that, all other request will have no result because resource is already deleted.
Post is not idempotent method because when you use post to create resource , it will keep creating resource for each new request, so result of multiple successful request will not be same.
Here are steps to create a simple Restful web services(JAXWS) using jersey which will provide CRUD opertion.
Please change initParam "com.sun.jersey.config.property.package" property to provide correct controller package name if you are not using same package.
10) We will test this application in postman , UI based client for testing restful web applications. It is chrome plugin. Launch postman. If you want java based client, then you can also use how to send get or post request in java.
12) Post method is used to create new resource. Here we are adding new Country England to country list, so you can see we have used new country json in post body.
Use get method to check if above country have been added to country list.
13) Put method is used to update resource. Here will update population of nepal using put method.
We will update country json in body of request.
Use get method to check population of nepal.
14) Delete method is used to delete resource.We will pass id of country which needs to be deleted as PathParam. We are going delete id:4 i.e. china to demonstrate delete method.
Use get method to check country list.
We are done with Restful web services json CRUD example using jersey. If you are still facing any issue, please comment.


What is the National Youth Administration?
The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency implemented during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It operated from 1935 to 1943 as part of the Works Progress Administration. The NYA provided work training based on U.S. citizenship and financial need for youth between ages 16 and 25. In addition to offering courses in writing, reading, and arithmetic, the NYA operated two programs: the Works Project Program to train unemployed, out-of-school youth, and the Student Aid Program to provide work-study training for high school, college, and graduate students.
Overall, the NYA helped over 4.5 million young people find work, get vocational training, or afford a better education before the office was closed down in 1943. Due to the rising rate of youth unemployment throughout the nation since the current recession, those seeking solutions have suggested re-vamping the National Youth Administration. Many view providing jobs and making education and vocational training more affordable for young people as a positive investment in our future.
Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow David Woolner discusses saving a "Lost Generation" through the NYA… Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren laments that we don't have the leadership to implement a modern-day NYA… Randall Wray suggests an NYA concept for direct job creation.


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Recently cultural tourism has become a promising economic factor and a growing sector of the tourism industry. Destinations with a cultural tourism potential might profit from enhancing the tourism infrastructure in various ways: Cultural tourism contributes to shaping regional identities, it strengthens local economies and it has a positive influence on employment opportunities.
All partner regions of the CHIRON project from Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria and Ukraine have a rich cultural heritage and a cultural tourism potential which need further development, promotion and marketing. Moreover, the institutions and infrastructure of the project areas need enhancement to facilitate cultural tourism. Here in particular transnational co-operation and networking which mobilises, links and co-ordinates relevant stakeholders would be helpful.
By protecting and preserving cultural heritage assets and improving tourism services more visitors would be attracted to the areas. In addition, the tourism period should be extended. Based on a common transnational approach the cultural tourism potential of the regional and urban areas involved in the project should be developed and pilot demonstrations on protection and preservation of cultural heritage will be implemented.
Discussed, agreed and signed at the final conference of CHIRON project, co-funded by the European Union INTERREG IIIB CADSES Programme, on 'Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development', held in Agria, Magnesia, Greece, on 3-5 July 2008.


Memphis, TN Jan. 17, 2019 The Pink Palace Family of Museums is offering Federal employees and contractors affected by the government shutdown free admission to the exhibits at the Pink Palace Museum, Lichterman Nature Center and Mallory-Neely House throughout the month of January.
To receive free admission, furloughed employees and contractors must show their federal ID or badge at the box office. Furloughed employees and contractors may bring an additional adult and up to 10 related children.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Barrera.
José Enrique Díaz Barrera (born 7 April 1953) is a Spanish football manager.
Born in Seville, Andalusia, Díaz made his managerial debut with Granada CF in Segunda División B. After a stint at Xerez CD in the same category, he was appointed Segunda División's CP Mérida manager in 1992.
In the 1992 summer Díaz was named CD Badajoz manager. In 1994, after a year at Levante UD, he was appointed at the helm of UD Almería and led the club to its first promotion to the second level ever.
Díaz subsequently managed Écija Balompié and Levante in the second level, being sacked by the latter on 24 November 1997. He resumed his career in the third level, managing Xerez, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, AD Ceuta (three spells) and Cádiz CF; he was also Andalusia Football Federation's manager for eight years.
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Gabby Agbonlahor's 68th minute goal secured the bragging rights and a 1-0 victory over Blues on Sunday.
But it certainly wasn't the first time the forward had netted a crucial winner against the men from B9.
The strike, in front of the Holte End, was Agbonlahor's fifth career goal in Second City meetings.
He scored deciders at Blues in 2007 and 2009 either side of Villa's 5-1 Villa Park win - adding further gloss to the scoreline with the final goal.
Relive his best moments in our video below.


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Lecture 4-4: Principle Component Analysis
Data Modeling and Regression Analysis in Business
イリノイ大学アーバナ・シャンペーン校(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
The course will begin with what is familiar to many business managers and those who have taken the first two courses in this specialization. The first set of tools will explore data description, statistical inference, and regression. We will extend these concepts to other statistical methods used for prediction when the response variable is categorical such as win-don't win an auction. In the next segment, students will learn about tools used for identifying important features in the dataset that can either reduce the complexity or help identify important features of the data or further help explain behavior.
Module 4: Curse of Dimensionality
There has been a tremendous increase in the way data generation via sensors, digital platforms, user-generated content, etc. are being used in the industry. For example, sensors continuously record data and store it for analysis at a later point. In the way data gets captured, there can be a lot of redundancy. With more variables, comes more trouble! There may be very little (or no) incremental information gained from these sources. This is the problem of a high number of unwanted dimensions. To avoid this pitfall, data transformation and dimension reduction comes to the rescue by examining and extracting fewer dimensions while ensuring that it conveys the full information concisely.
Lecture 4-1: Data Types, Data Organization, and Data Modality9:18
Lecture 4-2: Curse of Dimensionality9:40
Lecture 4-3: Limitations of Scatterplots10:04
Lecture 4-4: Principle Component Analysis10:10
Lecture 4-5: Principle Component Analysis in Rattle9:16
Lecture 4-6: Principle Component Analysis in Rattle With Regression10:41
Lecture 4-7: Principle Component Analysis Exercise and Summary8:10
Sridhar Seshadri
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So that brings me to what we call as principal components analysis. It has its own restriction because it works only with numerical data, but it's a cool tool to have in your toolkit which allows you to use a lens to project. So to make this more visual, I'll give you some examples. Let's take a coordinate system. This example again [inaudible] let's take a point in three-dimensions and we'll call these dimensions i, j and k. So i, j and k correspond to each of these axes you can see, i-axis, j-axis, k-axis. Now, if you take a point in the three-dimensional space we can see what is the value it takes on the width, how much is the value it takes on the length and what is the value it takes on the height and that describes a point in the space. So basically you are looking at a point and representing it as Mu x1 in the direction of i, Mu x2 in the direction of j, and Mu x3 in the direction of k and ignore the rest of the information on this slide if you want. That we know what to. But let us say, one of these dimensions is more important. So for example, look at the number 3,528. Well, it's not 3,000 that's important. Maybe it's more or less important that it's 3,500. But 3,500 communicates a lot about this data. Twenty eight? Twenty may be important, but what about eight, least important. So basically, the way we are representing a number says the one-dimension is more important than the next dimension is more important than the third and then that is most important. More important than the fourth. So what we really want to do is take that data and extract dimensions out of it. So that in the first one captures a lot of information about these data like 3,000. The next one captures the next most important amount of this information, like 500 and so forth. So this idea is that we want to do this. But there is a word there which I want you to notice, we call it orthogonal. Basically, the first dimension captures all the variation in one direction. This next one captures all the variation in the second direction. The third one, it's a 90-degree storage. So the first and the second one do not measure the same type of variation. The third one captures variation but in a different direction, which is orthogonal or 90 degrees if you will to the other two. I know it's 90 degrees to both. So this is the idea of orthogonal basis. So here's the basic idea. This, you will understand. Say I have triplet cricket. This is stumps and you have a torch and you're shining a torch on the stumps. The stumps are three sticks stuck into the ground, which are like that, three sticks. Imagine shining light on them. Now, when you shine light on them, they will project as three lines on the surface. You can imagine. So that's the idea of projection. The projection is, you take a higher dimension shine a light on it so that it projects the same object. It's a shadow of this object if you will, in a lower dimension. So the direction in which I project matters. Isn't it? So you have data of the stumps in three-dimensional space but where your torch is will affect the shadow you see. So you have the projected data in 2D space but that changes with where your torch is. As your torch moves, the projection gets distorted. Look at this. The stumps are three and you use a torch on the side. So all you see is one line and that doesn't give you a lot of information. So obviously from this example, I want you to think of an idea that some projections are more useful and convey lots more information than other protections. That doesn't mean that the predictions are not useful. We will talk about it. So some projections almost mimic the object, whereas some projections do not give as much information. Here you go. So which one is the best? We say the one that is the best is the one that preserves the most amount of information. As you can see, A probably is the best in the sense that it's saying, "Okay. They are parallel lines, they're straight lines, they are equal lines in three-dimensional space." D is the worst because it's saying, "There's only one line." Actually, there are three. So projection is the best which captures the most variability in that data. So how does that data vary? The actual three-dimensional data is varying because the stumps are at equal distances, but they're shifted in a longer line. So what do you really trying to capture is that variability in three dimensions in two dimensions. Now, let's think of a data in a non-data cloud. Now, interestingly, with all my telling you, there is no best projection here, because it's all circular. So whether your torch is shining, it's a cloud, it's a sphere and you shine light through it, what it's going to do is going to just project it on a circle 1, 2 dimensions. It doesn't matter where your torch is, the torch goes to the left, on the top, you get the same image. So as far as we're concerned for an object like this, I don't benefit at all from where we project. So the measure we are using here is, the variation in the cloud unlike capturing it and we are saying, "For the sort of symmetric object doesn't matter." So we want to find a projection which maximizes the information content. Instead, what we do is, let's say I distort the sphere, and make it sort of elliptical sphere. Now you'll agree with me that one of these is the best projection and one of this is the worst. I don't think we'll have to debate very long that the one that projects along the long axis of the ellipse, the one at the bottom is preserving the most amount of variation in the data, whereas the other one that is projecting it along the shorter axis which is on the circle on the top there, that is not capturing as much variability of the data. So you have the best projection and the worst projection. Are we done? No. We're not done because what we really want to do is project and project and project until we capture the entire variation of the data. So this is called a Complete and Orthogonal projection. So basically, we are projecting it on to the left and we're projecting onto the top. Just using those two projection, I can recover the ellipse. These two projections are orthogonal because they're at 90 degrees to each other. They're complete because using the two, I'm going to recover the data. So the idea is take the data and try to project it into complete and orthogonal projections with one more caveat. You'll agree this set of projection has something special going about. It's complete, it's orthogonal, but on top of it, the first projection which is along the major axis of this ellipse captures most of the data. The next one is after it has captured that, it captures the rest. So basically, this is what is the idea that projected in such a way such that the first component of the projection captures the most amount of variation, the next one orthogonal to it captures the next amount of variation and so forth. That is called the principal component method in words.


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Alexander James Edward Cave  (13 September 1900 – 17 May 2001) was a British anatomist.

Cave was born in Manchester and received his education at Manchester High School. He attended Manchester University to study medicine, graduating in 1923.

Cave was Senior Demonstrator and Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Leeds until 1933, when he became the Curator of the Anatomical Museum at University College in London. He also became Arnott Demonstrator and Professor of Human and Comparative Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. For more than two decades, he was Professor of Anatomy at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was also Examiner in Anatomy for London University, Cambridge University, and the Royal University of Malta. Elected to the Royal College of Surgeons as a Fellow in 1959, Cave was also granted lifetime membership to the Anatomical Society.

He served as president of the Linnean Society from 1970 to 1973. He was a staunch Roman Catholic and got involved in several attempts to authenticate church relics.

He died in London in 2001. He had married twice: firstly in 1926 to Dorothy Dimbleby (they had one daughter) and secondly in 1970 to Catherine FitzGerald.

He and William L. Straus are known for having published jointly during 1957 the remark concerning Neanderthal people that:
"If he could be reincarnated and placed in a New York subway— provided that he were bathed, shaved, and dressed in modern clothing— it is doubtful whether he would attract any more attention than some of its other denizens."

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2001 deaths
Alumni of the University of Manchester
British anatomists
British centenarians
British Roman Catholics
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons
Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
Academics of the University of Leeds
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Q: Sliding window operation with arbitrary slide distance and no loops (matlab) I am trying to completely vectorize a sliding window operation that involves an arbitrary slide distance in order to minimize the run time for this code.
I have two vectors: (1) A time vector which records in sample number a series of event times and (2) A channel vector which indicates on which channel each event time was recorded. So:
time = [1,13,58,96,1002];
channel = [1,1,1,2,2];

Which means, for example, that an event was detected at sample number 1 on channel 1. I want to calculate a sliding event count with an arbitrary slide length. For example, if there were only one channel, it would look something like this:
binary = sparse(1,time,1,1,max(time));
nx = max(time);  %length of sequence
nwind = <some window size>;
noverlap = <some size smaller than nwind>;
ncol = fix((nx-noverlap)/(nwind-noverlap));    %number of sliding windows
colindex = 1 + (0:(ncol-1))*(nwind-noverlap);  %starting index of each
idx = bsxfun(@plus, (1:nwind)', colindex)-1;
eventcounts=sum(binary(idx),1);

I was wondering whether (1) anyone has an idea how to expand this for multiple channels without adding a loop? and (2) perhaps there is an even faster way of making the calculation in general?
Thanks a lot for any ideas. :)
Here is a sample solution without vectorization:
fs = 100; %number of samples in a window
lastwin = max(time);
slide = fs/2; %slide by a half a window
winvec = 0:slide:lastwin;
for x=1:max(channel)
 t = histcounts(time(channel==x),winvec);
 t = conv(t, [1,1], 'same'); %convolve to get window size of fs
 eventcounts(x,:) = t;
end

Ideally, the script would return an [MxN] array, called eventcounts, where M is the total number of channels and N is the total number of windows numel(winvec). In each position (i,j), eventcounts(i,j) would contain the number of events for channel i and window j.

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This great lime green creme is Disco. I used two coats.
The formula was thick and pigmented and went on without streaks; I was really impressed!
The glitter topper, I Heart You, has a clear pink base and is filled with small iridescent glitter and pink and red heart-shaped glitter. I applied one thick coat over Disco and wasn't sure if it would work out with the green and pink layered, but it turned into a really great olive green shade! I think it actually ended up being my favourite combo with I Heart You! A couple of swirls of the brush generally brought out 1-3 hearts from the bottle without trouble, and there was a little placement of hearts involved to get them distributed evenly on the nail.
The second shade, Paradise, is a medium bright blue creme, also thick and pigmented like Disco. In fact, this swatch shows just one thick coat.
I probably should have done two thinner coats instead of one thick, since I ended up getting a few tiny bubbles as it dried, but I wanted to see if it covered in a single layer.
Here is one coat of I Heart You over Paradise, turning it a dusty periwinkle. Sorry for the little bald spots in the glitter; I didn't notice until I took the photos!
The base is sheer to let the shimmer show through, and the formula is thinner than the other polishes. It builds to a nice glowy colour in just two coats though, which is what is shown here.
I also did a comparison with one coat over black versus two coats alone (bottom to top in the photos).
Applying over black makes the look more opaque and dark, but doesn't really change much about the colour shift. At an extreme angle, you can see the shimmer shifts more to blue.
This last photo is under halogen light.
Disclosure: The polishes in this post were provided for review. Opinions expressed are my own honest opinions.


Everyone loves to vacation in Maine, hence the motto Vacationland. But where to stay in Maine? We hope to help with our picks of some of the top places to stay in Maine. There are so many more great lodging properties in Maine - but these are a few favorite hotels and resorts in the great state of Maine.
In York, The York Harbor Inn , a traditional Inn has something for everyone - country rooms, luxury rooms and suites, with an ocean view dining room and a more casual Ship's Cellar Pub offering live entertainment most evenings. You can walk to the beach, drive to historical sites and outlet shopping, or just soak in the outdoor hot tub.
Ogunquit Resort Motel is one of the great places to stay for families with affordable rates, the location is convenient - on the trolley route to town or Ogunquit's beaches, and the resort has its own outdoor swimming pool and hot tub in season.
Misty Harbor Resort in Wells offers a suite set up for vacation families, literally. With condo style accommodations a mile from Wells Beach and views of Wells Marsh, plus an indoor pool and outdoor picnic area, you have everything you need for a relaxing getaway.
Village by the Sea in Wells is a full service resort, meeting and wedding facility. Indoor and outdoor pools, ballroom and meeting facilities plus the all suite lodging with kitchens and private bedrooms make this a great spacious spot for your trip to Wells.
The Seaside Inn directly on Kennebunk Beach is the oldest continually operated Inn in the country. The location, with a private sand beach,and oceanview outdoor hot tub, is priceless, but the hospitality and humble rates will keep you coming back to this 9th generation inn.
The Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport is one of the last grand seaside hotels remaining. Perched above the sea in Kennebunkport, this lovely Hotel with the wrap around veranda overlooking the Atlantic and the salt water pool is a scene out of a classic summer movie. The Colony is a pet friendly, green hotel too.
Rhumb Line Resort in Kennebunkport is a family-friendly affordable lodging, not fancy - but fun. Daily Continental breakfast, free WiFi and use of the indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs are all included. The poolside Admiral's Table is the best place for a Down East Feast of chowder, lobster, steamers, corn on the cob and strawberry shortcake.
Ocean Point Inn in East Boothbay is perfectly located on a spectacular oceanfront point, with an Adirondack chair waiting for you. This comfortable Inn, with a motel, Inn and cottages accommodations at reasonable rates offers a swimming pool, and great seafood with spectacular sunsets in the Ocean Point dining room.
Harborside Hotel and Spa in Bar Harbor is the place to stay when visiting Acadia National Park for luxury and true leisure. The four diamond Harborside hotel overlooks Bar Harbor, and guests have access to the exclusive Bar Harbor Club next door for swimming, tennis and swank cocktails in the Oceanside Poolhouse.
Sunday River Grand Summit Hotel is located slopeside at Maine's largest ski resort, with ski valet, an outdoor heated pool and hot tub, and Legends Restaurant for apres ski or take the free shuttle to the Foggy Goggle.
Sugarloaf Mountain Hotel is perfect for skiers, a short walk to to the slopes and to Sugarloaf's legendary apres ski in the Village; this is the place to stay at the Loaf.
The Lodge at Moosehead Lake delivers luxury in this rustic part of Moosehead Lake in Maine's Highlands Region. The four diamond lodge set on a hillside overlooking the majestic lake, offers guests a unique Maine sophistication.
North Country Rivers Cabins in Maine's Kennebec and Moose River region offers deluxe cabins located near the Forks of the Kennebec River, Dead River and Penobscot. This is the place to go for Maine white water rafting, moose safaris, and snowmobiling trips in the winter.
These are just a few of the many great hotels in Maine. Please see the lodging directory section of our web site for many more great Maine Hotels.


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Kalmár Ferenc (Szabadka, 1928. május 25. – Szabadka, 2013. október 12.) vajdasági magyar szobrász, kerámiaművész.

Életpályája
1944–1947 között a szabadkai Tanítóképző Intézet hallgatója volt. 1947–1953 között az újvidéki Tanárképző Főiskola képzőművészet szakán tanult. 1951–1952 között a szabadkai 7. sz. Általános Iskola pedagógusa volt. 1952-től volt kiállító művész. 1953–1980 között a szabadkai Ivo Lola Ribar Általános Iskola képzőművészet szakos oktatója volt. 1964–1982 között több tanulmányúton vett részt: Párizs, Velence; Budapest.

Munkássága
A Híd Irodalmi Díj (B. Szabó Györggyel), a Forum Képzőművészeti Díj (Ács Józseffel), a Vajdasági Közművelődési Közösség Kultúra Szikrái díjának, a Belgrádi Rádió Siring Zeneművészeti díjának, a Magyar Nyelvművelő Egyesület Szarvas Gábor-díjának tervezője és kivitelezője. Hosszabb ideig bronz-, terrakotta- és vasszobrokat készített, kombinálta az anyagokat. Kezdettől fogva kísérletezett (pl. fémvázas konstrukciói, hegesztett, forrasztott fémszobrai, fát, kerámiát, alumíniumot ötvöző alkotásai; papírszobrai, sárgaréz madarai). Az 1980-as évek amerikai tanulmányútja hatására változtatott addigi kifejezésmódján: az indián kultúra, művészet hatására fából faragta szobrait, melyeket sokszor kékre, vagy más élénk színűre színezett. Elvont, asszociatív formái után a figuratív ábrázolásra tért át és megállapodott a madaraknál, rovaroknál. Ekkor készült el Szárnyak című ciklusa. A madár mint motívum végigvonul egész művészetén.

Családja
Szülei: Kalmár Ferenc és Kozma Jolán voltak. Felesége, Kalmár Magdolna/Magdaléna keramikus volt (1936-2013).

Kiállításai

Egyéni
 1956, 1969, 1982, 1990, 1997 Szabadka
 1959 Topolya
 1969 Szeged
 1970, 1986, 1994 Újvidék
 1988 Kishegyes
 1990 Ada
 1991 Belgrád
 1995 Zenta
 1997 Nagybecskerek

Válogatott, csoportos
 1952, 1954 Palics
 1957-1958, 1962 Zenta
 1959, 1961 Topolya
 1960 Kishegyes
 1962, 1984 Újvidék
 1964, 1984, 1994-1996 Szabadka
 1968 Szeged
 1969 Écska
 1970, 1996 Belgrád
 1974 Pécs, Kaposvár
 1979 Kecskemét

Művei közgyűjteményekben
 Écskai Galéria, Écska
 Képzőművészeti Találkozó Galéria, Szabadka
 Modern Művészetek Képtára, Újvidék
 Városi Múzeum, Óbecse
 Városi Múzeum, Szabadka
 Városi Múzeum, Zenta

Díjai
 a Magyar Szó pályázatán Elesett harcosok című emlékműtervéért II. díj (1961)
 a Szarvas Gábor-emlékműpályázat II. díja (1971)
 Óbecsén az Elesett partizánok emlékfala című tervéért I. díj (1975)
 Óbecsén az Elesett ifjúkommunisták fala című tervéért a Közművelődési Közösség díja (1976)
 az óbecsei emlékpark tervéért különdíj (1978)
 Forum Képzőművészeti díj (1993)

Jegyzetek

Források
 Artportal.hu
 Elhunyt Kalmár Ferenc szobrászművész
 KI KICSODA

További információk
 Kalmár Ferenc - portréfilm (rendező: GELLÉR T., Újvidéki Televízió, 1970)
 Kalmár Ferenc portréja (rendező: Gobby Fehér Gyula, 1980)
 Tolnai Ottó: Vas súlyom. Kalmár Ferenc hatvanadik születésnapjára (Üzenet, 1988/7)
 Baranovszky E.: Röpke beszélgetés Kalmár Ferenc szabadkai szobrásszal (Családi Kör, 1992. január 16.)
 Náray É.: Kalmár Ferenc festett madarai (Magyar Szó, Kilátó, 1994. május 21.)
 Farkas ZS.: Gúzsba kötve. Látogatóban Kalmár Ferenc szobrászművésznél szabadkai kiállítása alkalmából (Magyar Szó, 1997. február 9.)
 Szárnyak, portréfilm (rendező: SIFLIS Z. 1997)
 Kalmár Ferenc (Szabad Hét Nap, 1999. március 3.)

1928-ban született személyek
2013-ban elhunyt személyek
Magyar szobrászok
Szerb festők
Vajdasági magyarok


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The Secret Service Code Names
Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Kennedys, the, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth II, RELIGION, Ronald Reagan (& Nancy), ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, biographies of politicians, Frank Sinatra, George H. Bush, George W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Hillary Clinton, Jackie Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Laura Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Michelle Obama, pictures of Kennedy assassination, pictures of Reagan assassination attempt, Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, richard nixon, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Secret Service agent Clint Hill, the White House, U.S. Presidents, U.S. Secret Service code names on February 9, 2011| 11 Comments »
The U.S. Secret Service provided security for Pope Benedict XVI at the Papal Mass in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2008. Although the agents have no official uniform and can be seen wearing anything from tuxedos to blue jeans, they are often identified by their dark sunglasses, listening devices, and lapel pins bearing the agency's gold star logo.
The United States Secret Service uses code names to refer to the President of the United States, his family, other officials, and places. Originally, these code names were designed to protect sensitive communications, back in the day before restricted communications were routinely encrypted. Nowadays, there is no need to keep these names secret. Nevertheless, The Secret Service who guards the First Family and other U.S. officials continues to use the code names for clarity, brevity, and tradition. (1)
The U.S. Secret Service Star Logo. The U.S. Secret Service protects the President and First Family, other officials of the U.S. government, and visiting dignitaries.
General Code Names
President of the United States: POTUS
First Lady of the United States: FLOTUS
Vice President of the United States: VPOTUS
Barack: Renegade
Michelle: Renaissance
Malia: Radiance
Sasha: Rosebud
The Bushes
George W.: Tumbler
Laura: Tempo
Barbara: Turquoise
Jenna: Twinkle
The Clintons
Bill: Eagle
Hillary: Evergreen
Chelsea: Energy
George H.: Timberwolf
Barbara: Tranquility
The Carters
Jimmy: Deacon
Rosalynn: Dancer
Amy: Dynamo
Secret Service agents respond to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. on March 30, 1981. President Reagan took a bullet in the abdomen but made a full recovery.
The Reagans
Ronald: Rawhide
Nancy: Rainbow
The Fords
Gerald: Passkey
Betty: Pinafore
The Nixons
Richard: Searchlight
Pat: Starlight
The Johnsons
Lyndon: Volunteer
Lady Bird: Victoria
Lynda Bird: Velvet
Luci Baines: Venus
A motorcade carries President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy through the streets of Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Texas Governor John Connally and wife Nellie ride in front of the Kennedys.
Secret Service agent Clint Hill stood on the running board of the car behind the Kennedy's limo.
Agent Hill heard the first shot that hit President Kennedy. Mr Hill is the figure in the famous Zapruder film of the killing which shows him climbing onto the back of the president's limousine. "I heard the first shot, saw the president grab his throat, lurch left, and I knew something was wrong," recalled Hill in the book, The Kennedy Detail. Jackie Kennedy can be seen crawling out the back of the car onto the trunk to get help for her slain husband, slumped in the seat.
Agent Hill got in the back seat with Mrs. Kennedy and the president and shielded them with his body on the way to Parkland Hospital.
John F.: Lancer
Jackie: Lace
Caroline: Lyric
John Jr.: Lark
Other Individuals
Queen Elizabeth II: Kittyhawk, Redfern
Prince Charles: Unicorn
Frank Sinatra: Napoleon
Pope John Paul II: Halo
Sarah Palin: Denali
John McCain: Phoenix
The White House: Castle
The Capitol: Punchbowl
(1) Source: Wiki "Secret Service Codename"
Teddy's Bear
Posted in Teddy Bears, Teddy Roosevelt, tagged Booker T. Washington, Clifford Berryman, Rose and Morris Michtom, teddy bear, Teddy Roosevelt, U.S. Presidents on January 27, 2009| 6 Comments »
11/16/1902 Washington Post cartoon by Clifford Berryman, "Drawing the Line in Mississippi"
Everyone knows that the teddy bear is named after the twenty-sixth president of the United States, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, but they may not know why.
It happened in November of 1902. Teddy Roosevelt was on a bear-hunting trip through Louisiana and Mississippi. It was an "exasperating" hunt, said Roosevelt, and after five days, he never got a shot. Out of pity, his companions corraled and roped a bear for his prey. But Roosevelt refused to kill a defenseless animal. The press printed the story and the public applauded their president's restraint. But the story really caught fire when a political cartoon appeared on the front page of the Washington Post two days later, with cartoonist Clifford Berryman portraying Roosevelt as "turning away with disgust, with sloped rifle," from a "very black bear being roped around the neck by a very white catcher." (1)
Berryman was commenting on Roosevelt's race relations. Roosevelt thought that "negroes" as a group were far inferior to whites. He, however, also believed that individual blacks could rise to social heights. In 1901, he became the first president to invite a black man to the White House when he sat down to dinner with African-American educator Booker T. Washington.
Anyway, whether or not the readers of the Post picked up on Berryman's allegory is not what we remember today. What is recalled is that the cartoon sparked a full-scale teddy bear craze. (2) The public fell in love with the cartoon bear. People wrote and begged Berryman to draw more "bear cartoons," which he did. In subsequent cartoons, he made the bear rounder, smaller, and cuter, and thus all the more endearing with its prickly pear ears, imploring eyes, and scraggly fur.
Skip to a candy and toy shop in Brooklyn. Shop owner Morris Michtom had seen Berryman's cartoon. He asked his wife Rose to create a stuffed bear like the one in the cartoon.
That night, Rose cut and stuffed a piece of plush velvet into the shape of a bear, sewed on shoe button eyes and handed it to Morris to display in the shop window. He labeled it, "Teddy's bear." (3)
To Michtom's surprise, not just one but a dozen customers wanted to buy the bears. Michtom received Roosevelt's permission to use his name on his product and began the mass production of the cuddly toy bears which sold for $1.50.
Oregon family c.1900 with prized family teddy bear
Today the teddy bear craze is still going strong and we think of teddy bears as being toys for children. But, back at the beginning, women bought the teddy bears for themselves, made them clothes they read about in Ladies' Home Journal, and carried them with them everywhere.
(1) Morris, Edmund. Theodore Rex. Random House: New York, 2001.
(2) History.com: http://www.history.com/home.do
(3) Jewish Virtual Library: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org


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Published November 18, 2013 at 5:56 AM PST
322nd Day of 2013 / 43 Remaining
33 Days Until The First Day of Winter
10 Hours 1 Minute of Daylight
Moon Rise:6:02pm
Moon Set:7:47am
Moon's Phase: 99 %
November 17 @ 7:16am
Full Beaver Moon
Full Frosty Moon
This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon.
High:10:16am
Low:4:28am/5:16pm
Rainfall (measured July 1 – June 30)
Normal To Date:3.13
Last Year:3.02
Annual Seasonal Average:23.80
National Vichyssoise Day
Married to a Scorpio Support Day
Independence Day-Latvia
National Holiday-Oman
Flag Day-Uzbekistan
Independence Day-Morocco
Vertieres' Day-Haiti
1307 --- The story of William Tell shooting the apple off of his young
son's noggin is said to have taken place on this day. The story is of either Swiss, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, or Persian origin.
1863 --- President Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to deliver a short speech at the dedication of a cemetery of soldiers killed during the battle there on July 1 to July 3, 1863. The address Lincoln gave in Gettysburg became one of the most famous speeches in American history.
1865 --- Samuel L. Clemens published "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" under the pen name "Mark Twain" in the New York "Saturday Press."
1874 --- Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1883 --- North American railroads switched to a new Standard Railway Time (SRT), resulting in the creation of four standard time zones adopted were Eastern Standard Time, Central Daylight Time, Mountain Standard Time, and Pacific Daylight Time.
1928 --- Walt Disney debuted his talking, animated cartoon, Steamboat Willie, at the Colony Theatre in New York. The short film featured a character who had been named Mortimer. Walt changed the name to Mickey Mouse. Steamboat Willie was the first cartoon
with synchronized sound. And, for those of you who don't remember, Steamboat Willie was in black and white. Disney's first color cartoon wasn't released for another four years. The star of the film has changed somewhat over the years; but Mickey Mouse is still with us, in cartoons, on TV, in books and even in his own stores.
1951 --- Chuck Connors (Los Angeles Angels) became the first player to oppose the major league draft. Connors later became the star of the television show "The Rifleman."
1951 --- Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly launched one of the most highly-praised TV productions in history. See It Now debuted on CBS. On that first program, Murrow showed a live camera shot of
the Atlantic Ocean, followed by a live shot of the Pacific, then he said, "We are impressed by a medium through which a man sitting in his living room has been able to look at two oceans at once."
1956 --- Fats Domino appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and performed his hit "Blueberry Hill."
1966 --- Sandy Koufax, the ace pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, retires from baseball. He was just 30 years old, and he was retiring after a great season--he'd led the Dodgers to a National League pennant and won his third Cy Young award. But he had chronic arthritis in his pitching arm, and he was afraid that if he kept playing baseball, eventually he wouldn't be able to use his left hand at all. "In those days there was no surgery," he said much later. "The wisdom was if you went in there, it would only make things worse and your career would be over, anyway. Now you go in, fix it, and you're OK for next spring."
1969 --- Apollo 12 astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean landed on the lunar surface during the second manned mission to the moon.
1970 --- Linus Pauling declares that large doses of Vitamin C will keep the common cold at bay.
1978 --- The worst case of murder-suicide in history took place in
Jonestown, Guyana. Religious-cult leader Jim Jones (Peoples Temple) directed the ingestion of Kool-Aid (laced with cyanide) by at least 900 of his followers. He and his mistress then followed suit. Earlier in the day, Jones had directed the murder of California Congressman Leo J. Ryan, three newspeople and several
'defectors'. Ryan, on a fact-finding tour of Jonestown, was boarding a privated airplane with the small group when they were shot down.
1987 --- A fire in a London subway station kills 30 commuters and injures scores of others on this day in 1987. It is the worst fire in the history of the city's underground rail system. The King's Cross station in London is one of the city's busiest; it contains two terminals and is at the intersection of several subway lines. Late on a Wednesday afternoon, people began to smell smoke coming from beneath one of the station's escalators. Even though several people
reported the smell to station employees, no action was taken. At 7:50 p.m., flames were spotted beneath the escalator. By that time, it was too late. Smoke filled the station as the fire quickly spread, leaving no clear path of escape. The London Fire Brigade arrived to find general chaos and panic; they were also faced with what one witness described as a "shock wave of fire." The heat level rose rapidly since the fire was trapped far below street level. One
firefighter, Colin Townley, and 30 commuters died in this catastrophic fire. Another 80 people were hospitalized. It was later revealed that debris and grease had built up under the escalator, but the exact cause of ignition is unknown.
1987 --- After nearly a year of hearings into the Iran-Contra scandal, the joint Congressional investigating committee issues its final report. It concluded that the scandal, involving a complicated plan whereby some of the funds from secret weapons sales to Iran were used to finance the Contra war against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, was one in which the administration of Ronald Reagan exhibited "secrecy, deception, and disdain for the law." Naming several members of the Reagan administration as having been directly involved in the scheme (including National Security Advisor John Poindexter and deceased CIA Director William Casey), the report stated that Reagan must bear "ultimate responsibility." A number of government officials were charged and convicted of various crimes associated with the scandal.
1996 --- Tony Silva, a world-renowned expert and outspoken protector of exotic birds, is sentenced to seven years in prison without parole for leading an illegal parrot smuggling operation. Silva was only one of many to be arrested during "Operation Renegade," a three-year international probe into bird smuggling by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Law Enforcement, although his case was by far the best known. Silva's indictment and guilty plea shocked the international community of academic experts, conservationists, zoologists, and collectors interested in exotic birds, most of whom had known and respected him as a benevolent bird lover. However, Silva's image greatly changed when he was accused of smuggling more than 100 hyacinth macaws, valued at almost $1.4 million, as well as hundreds of other exotic birds. Hyacinth macaws are extremely rare, having a wild population numbering between only 2,000 and 5,000. During smuggling operations, many of the birds die.
1998 --- Alice McDermott beats out front-runner Tom Wolfe for the National Book Award with her novel Charming Billy, losing a bet with her children.
2004 --- Parliament voted to ban Fox hunting in the U.K. effective in February 2005.
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The school district is a staple of American law. As the local government tasked with controlling our public schools, the school district is so well-entrenched that lawmakers and commentators ignore its uniqueness as a legal institution. The school district is peculiar to American law, and it is a peculiarity within American law. General purpose governments—cities and counties—are the local governments controlling schools outside the United States. In the United States itself, these governments control almost all other major local functions. But they do not control education here. Why? Why does American law rely on a separate local government for the provision of education? This Article tackles this fundamental—yet heretofore largely neglected—historical and normative question. It offers a legal history of the school district, tracing its roots to colonial Massachusetts and chronicling its consolidation and spread through successive centuries. This exploration demonstrates that the school district was adopted as an expedient solution to varied practical problems presented by the unique patterns of early settlement that prevailed in different places and times in American history. Yet the historical investigation additionally shows that at distinct periods lawmakers, commentators, and activists also asserted substantive arguments, of potentially enduring relevance, for the school district's embrace. These actors ascribed to the school district a capacity to outperform other, general purpose, local governments in promoting certain core values. Those normative values included citizen participation, community building, school improvement through expert management, and stable school funding. Unfortunately, due to modern legal, economic, and social developments, the current school district fails to serve any of these values that were at times attributed to its antecedents; worse, the contemporary school district often undermines them. Accordingly, the Article concludes that state lawmakers should consider abolishing the school district and bestowing control over schools on general governments.
Nadav Shoked, An American Oddity: The Law, History, and Toll of the School District, 111 Nw. U. L. Rev. 945 (2017).


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NEW YORK (AP) — When « The Wiz Live! » airs on NBC this Thursday, it will come alive for the blind with a voiced description of the broadcast's sights and action integrated into its soundtrack.
NBC parent Comcast says this will be the first live entertainment program in U.S. history to be accessible in this way to those who are blind. The vocal description is a narration track interspersed between existing pauses in dialogue that describes the show's visual elements such as facial expressions, settings, costumes and stage direction.
This enhanced broadcast of « The Wiz Live! » will be a pilot program available on local NBC stations where SAP (Second Audio Program) feeds are available. The service will be provided by Descriptive Video Works, which has provided more than 1,000 hours of live description for certain news and sports events.
« The Wiz Live! » premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. EST, with stars including Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David Alan Grier, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Uzo Aduba and Common, as well as Shanice Williams as the young heroine, Dorothy.
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Hospital Capacity: How Much Will Be Needed Tomorrow?
Empty Threat: How Much Space Will Hospitals Need Tomorrow?
The biggest guessing game in healthcare today isn't what the U.S. Supreme Court will do with "Obamacare" in June.
It's about how much capacity hospitals will need tomorrow.
Right now, hospital capacity is in the intensive care unit as healthcare executives monitor its vital signs. Will volume go up or down?
Nobody seems to know for sure, despite the fact that the largest generation in U.S. history is entering its retirement years and 40 million more Americans may become insured by the High Court ruling this summer.
Some hospital executives believe reimbursement changes will shift the focus to prevention of disease and therefore, more primary care. Others are preparing for an onslaught of new patients who will be demanding private rooms, requiring new construction.
As a result, the trend lines are all jumbled up. In a weak economy, a hospital building boom is underway. At the same time, some hospitals are acquiring alternative delivery venues in order to actually keep patients out of their units.
Ascension Health, the largest not-for-profit U.S. system, constantly analyzes capacity while trends change, system president and CEO Robert Henkel told Modern Healthcare Magazine recently.
Admissions within the 76-hospital system have been flat over the last three years, Henkel says, and Ascension will "continue to be cautious" about expanding inpatient capacity, despite population growth trends. The same article cited efforts by Eisenhower Medical Center of Rancho Mirage, CA to extend its market reach through acquisition of clinics and physician practices in hopes of gaining more referrals. At the close of 2011, the medical center had lost $26 million. The loss followed the opening of the hospital's $212 million, 248-bed addition.
Demographic and geographic population shifts, technological advances, pressure from government and insurers, and changing public behavior are all factors to be considered. What seems most likely is a rise in hospital volume as Baby Boomers move into their senior years, then a tapering off as healthcare shifts to alternative delivery modes, possibly followed by another rise as Boomers face acute illnesses.
According to healthcare economist Gloria Bazzoli, of Virginia Commonwealth University, should the Supreme Court uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, demand from the newly insured will outpace reductions in volume brought about by other reform measures.
With all the fogginess surrounding the volume question, one thing should become clear. Keeping a close eye on capacity will become increasingly important to the financial wellbeing of all hospitals, regardless of whether the volume roller coaster is going up or down.
Managing capacity in real-time gives managers a moving picture of operations as they are happening so they can keep their hospitals leaner and more efficient.. It allows them to plan for rises and falls in volume on a daily and even monthly basis. It lets them make the best use of the space and other assets they have on a 24/7 basis.
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, a recent winner of the Malcolm Baldrige award, uses TeleTracking's Capacity Management Suite™ system to plan for a possible downturn in admissions related to broader outpatient services. They feel capacity control will be just as important in a downturn as it is in an overcrowded environment.
That makes sense, because waste is waste. Anytime you can take it out of the system, you are doing something good. TeleTracking made its bones on taking wasted time out of the patient flow process and turning it into usable space.
Now we're taking waste out of the entire enterprise. Could the timing be any better?


Martin, Tennessee never fails to amaze me. If you have ever asked a person, why they came to Martin, a lot of them would answer with, "the people". What about the people, right? There are people everywhere, but for this small town, diversity is something that we cherish and encourage! Instead of seeing races you are used to, Martin is home to many different ethnicity! I used to think that only large cities contained ethnic diversity, to this level of extent. If you pay attention, you'll notice there is a mixture of African Americans, Asians, Irish people, Saudi Arabians, Greeks, Canadians, and so much more. Lately I have pondered what life is like for foreigners, especially non-athletes.
Above are a couple of international students providing the staff with a recipe for a delicious foreign meal, in the UTM cafe.
Europe is so far and such a large continent in itself, I could not imagine moving to a small little town, that I was never aware of. Now that's a drastic change! Not knowing anything about your school, the town, or people that inhabit it, can be a scary thought. However, upon arrival Amelia Campbell, UTM tennis player, says "coming from England, I didn't really know what to expect but I think this small town has provided me with many opportunities!" Yes, Martin is not Nashville, and never will be. We are our own community that takes pride in itself because we have the opportunity to do something that other cities can't, at least not to our extent. We seize every chance to engage the community and offer personal and business opportunities to every person who shows that they want that one opportunity.
The people of Martin are more than kind and patient, they are genuine. Their ability to make anyone feel welcome and like any other student is what really captured Wenhe Zhu's attention. "Every classmate and professor were more than patient with me. I'm very appreciative for them. I love Martin, love UTM, UTM taught me a lot." Zhu is from Shanghai, China and graduated this past December and credits our wonderful town in helping shape the amazing and hard-working man that he is today!
Ali Alshaban and Adrian De Sagon, both members of the UT Martin International club, credit their love of Martin, mostly to the community! Martin's size does not matter especially since the people that occupy the town represent a portion of the American population that value relationships and the success of others. The amount of selflessness that resides in Martin is incomparable to other towns! Alshaban's, a native of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, best memory in Martin is when he was invited to a barbecue with the UT Martin football team. Barbecue and a chance to hang out and get to know such an influential group on campus sounds like an amazing experience! This is just one of the many welcoming acts of kindness that have stuck with our international students. De Sagon describes his five-year experience, in this happy little town, as a good one. His love of the no-traffic, family-oriented nature, and size are all major factors to his fondness for Martin!
Small towns offer the chance to have that sense of belonging and family because it is much closer community, unlike large cities! At one point, UTM was super diverse, and had all kinds of ethnicity enjoying our little town! Both Ali and Adrian want to stay in Martin after graduation, and hey, can you blame them? Martin is affordable, not crowded, and is extremely family-oriented! Being surrounded by people that were once strangers, but now, they can't imagine not having in their lives is something that I can say I'm happy to hear. It's pleasing and comforting to know that we live in a town committed to making every single individual, regardless of color or background, feel like family.
Martin gives its citizens and new-comers every opportunity to create all kinds of relationships, whether it's on a business or personal level and I am so glad that Martin is able to make anyone feel welcome! Martin is all about building connections and that can only be achieved if everyone in the community buys and tries to connect with others. It's tough coming to a new country and adjusting to their culture and lifestyles, but each individual I had the opportunity to interview, assured me that the people of Martin never fall short of making them feel like Martin, Tennessee is also their home too! So if you have not had the opportunity to just sit down and talk to an international student, or even a regular foreigner in town, please take your chances, and help us continue to bridge the gap between internationals and locals, relatively speaking!


School Anti-Bullying Laws in the United States, written by Maryellen Kueny and Perry Zirkel, states that bullying has been a persistent problem in middle level and high schools.
endowment. Bullying is normally carried out with an intention to harm the victim and inflict a sense of power among the bullies (The National alliance for Parent Centers, 2003).
New data show a decline in school-based bullying.Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 8 (3 247-252.Researchers discovered that students with disabilities were more worried about school safety and being injured or harassed by other peers compared to students without a disability ( Saylor Leach, 2009 ).
Shelley,., Craig,.Student bullying: Overview of research, federal initiatives, and legal issues.The youth voice research project: Victimization and strategies.
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The push out after the break rule in 9-ball is a dinosaur of a rule that needs to be eliminated as the intention is no longer justified. Originally it was a means to help eliminate luck from the unfortunate player that does not have a good shot after the break. When two skilled players are playing and one of them must play a push out shot where can you push out that the opponent does not know the best response, either offense or defense.
The bulk of the time a proper push out strategy requires you to push out to a kick shot that possesses some chance in an effort to not give your opponent the upper hand by allowing them to have the first good shot. This rule is problematic for two good reasons. First to grow our sport and bring new players along simple straight forward rules make sense, onefoul ball in hand. This is readily explained and understood but under today's rule we must then go on to explain except on the first shot after the break a player can declare a push out (foul shot) and not suffer a penalty.
At this point you have now lost all levels of eash comprehension of the rules and any idea regarding the strategy of using this option. You could achieve the same level of general comprehension if you were to describe this rule mutation in Latin. Secondly the big area of luck in 9-ball is not in the first shot after the break shot. Also it is not the amount of balls that find a pocket unexpectedly. The biggest element of luck among good players occurs when someone misses the intended shot and inadvertently leaves a tough shot for the opponent by accident. The reason people today play 9-ball is the fast pace and the turns of fortunes that occur when the 9-ball is the only ball that scores.
The very nature of this game is predicated on a combination of luck and skill that has created widespread appeal. Get rid of the silly old rule that only serves to unnecessarily complicate today's game of choice. This rule has only been left in because "that's the way we have always played and why would we change?" Generally people are resistant to change but I feel that an update and streamlining of the rules would be a benefit to everyone long-term.
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The Amalfi Coast is a wonderful destination and The Traveling Professor has run several small group tours to Amalfi. When planning a trip to the Amalfi Coast including Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, Capri, and Ravello, there are a few considerations to consider. Probably lodging is the #1 concern along with how to get from place to place, what to see and do, and of course where to eat. In today's blog post, The Traveling Professor gives some of his best tips in planning an Amalfi Coast tour.


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Influenced by R&B, rap, and buoyant pop music, the American boy band Mindless Behavior formed in Los Angeles in 2008. The initial lineup featured Jacob Anthony Perez (also know as "Princeton"), Chresanto Romelo Lorenzo August ("Roc Royal"), Rayan De'Quan Lopez ("Ray Ray"), and Craig Thomas Crippen Jr. ("Prodigy"), all of whom were recruited by the group's manager, Walter Millsap. An accomplished musician who had engineered Alicia Keys' The Diary of Alicia Keys, apprenticed under producer Timbaland, and served as Lady Gaga's music director, Millsap took an active role in Mindless Behavior's career, producing and co-writing nearly every song on the group's three albums. The first of those records, #1 Girl, was released in 2011. While Mindless Behavior toured the country with Janet Jackson, #1 Girl became a hit, producing a pair of popular singles — "My Girl" and "Mrs. Right," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the R&B chart — and climbing to Number 7 on the Billboard 200. Mindless Behavior won the Viewers Choice Award at the 2012 BET Awards and released a second album, All Around the World, the following year. Tensions within the band's ranks prompted Prodigy to leave Mindless Behavior in November 2013, with Elijan "EJ" Johnson — a Broadway actor who had previously starred in The Lion King — replacing him in April 2014. By the time the group's third album, #OfficialMBMusic, appeared in 2016, Mindless Behavior had morphed into a slimmed-down trio featuring EJ, Princeton, and Michael "Mike River" Martin. Although it debuted at Number 4 on the Hip-Hop Albums chart, #OfficialMBMusic was a commercial disappointment, and the group broke up in 2017.
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An entertaining exploration of the colourful community we pass through every day, Familiar Strangers is poised to be one of the highlights of the Fringe Festival this year. Its original premise and bold execution pay off well, and the result is a fresh and lively spectacle that will win over audiences from far and wide.
Familiar Strangers doesn't take place in a theatre or a studio, or indeed any one set location. Armed with a map and a few directions, the audience is expected to move itself through Wellington City searching for the performers. The idea is similar to last years Lovers of Central Park, also directed by James Hadley. This time around the show is connected to the cityscape of Wellington through the actual experience of its sights, sounds, motions and people. This gives the performers, acting in locations varying from a car park to a public toilet block, a realism which makes them all the more accessible to the audience.
We find quite the colourful pack of characters over our two-hour roam of the city, all reminiscent of the sorts of people we regularly see hanging about around Courtney Place. A mesmerising con-artist, a wacky old guy and a pair of European backpackers are all included in the tour. In effect, the show plays out as a series of monologues (and one dialogue). Because each has been devised independently of the others, some pieces have been rehearsed quite specifically while others leave room for improvisation. This offers the courageous audience the potential to verbally interact with the characters, asking questions and playing around. Aspects such as this really do enhance the novelty factor of the performance. Familiar Strangers has a very broad appeal, so if you're one of those people always saying how much they'd love to get out and do something "arty" for once, then here's your chance.


Hand painted lanternslide of a man wearing a Freemasons sash and apron, in a handmade wood frame. The slide can be manipulated so the man's arm moves up and down as if he is taking an oath. Part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866 and 1913. Reader was a Kansas farmer who was active in the early Topeka community. He built two homes, served in the Civil War, and wrote in a diary nearly every day for 64 years. Reader began painting slides in 1866 and continued throughout much of his life, holding magic lantern shows for the local community in his house and at church.


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Long ago, when the world was still getting used to Pierce Brosnan was James Bond, I started reading Ian Fleming's novels at my grandmother's house, where the slim paperbacks, spines emblazoned with the title and the minimalist "/Fleming" had been left behind by my uncles. (Thankfully, I didn't start with The Spy Who Loved Me.)
Since then, I've had a fondness for both short books and spy novels, which, despite their content, tend to make me think of open windows, box fans, and tomato sandwiches eaten with one hand. They're summer books, at least for me, serving as quick palate cleansers between heavier main courses.
And so I was happy to zip through Daniel Silva's The English Spy*, which is, I learned, the latest installment in a long series of best-selling novels (which appear most summers) featuring Gabriel Allon, an Israeli spy and art restorer. I should note here that I haven't read any of Mr. Silva's previous novels, but I had no trouble jumping into the story and getting a sense of the characters, so don't let prior unfamiliarity stop you from picking up the book.
The book opens when a skilled assassin sinks the yacht carrying a certain (unnamed) English former princess; Gabriel is called in to help find the killer, and he recruits an old friend to help him. Together they track the bomber, who has ties to an ultra-violent faction of the IRA and various terrorist organizations. And of course, as in any good espionage thriller, there's always a bigger fish.
The English Spy features plenty of action and twists, memorable minor characters, and solid writing. It's violent, but not unusually so for a spy novel, and features far fewer adult shenanigans or gadgets and far more politics than your average James Bond book (or movie, for that matter). More Patriot Games than Goldfinger. It's a fun, fast read.
Now, I promised summer reading two ways. There's quick-reading genre fiction, like The English Spy, and then, at least for me, short, serious fiction.
Colum McCann's Everything in This Country Must (2001) is the latter, a mini-collection of two short stories and a novella. All three take place in Northern Ireland during the "troubles" (which made me pick it up after The English Spy's focus on the IRA), and all three feature young people and their parents trying to negotiate the uncertain world they find themselves in. In the title story, a girl and her father try to save their horse, unwillingly helped by British soldiers. In the second short story, a boy conceals his involvement in helping his mother make supplies for the Protestant marches. In the novella, Hunger Strike, a boy and his mother move to a small trailer in a new town, and the boy flounders in his anger as they live out the days of his uncle's hunger strike.
The writing is just gorgeous, simple with impeccably-placed figurative language. These are bruising, brilliant stories; the book is a small masterpiece. Highly recommended.
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review consideration, which did not affect the content of my review.
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