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KERRY L STEVENS
Discussion Guide for Book Clubs
"The memoir recounts Stevens' childhood memories, but it's truly about Berthella, with each chapter painting another stroke in a portrait of an exceptional woman. Stevens…has a gift for describing ordinary things in beautiful, artistic ways… Each chapter draws the reader in."
– Kirkus Reviews (Selected to appear in the November 1, 2018 magazine edition.)
"The words maverick and mother are not usually synonymous, but in FOREVER HERSELF, Kerry L Stevens' "love letter" to his mother,…Stevens beautifully fuses memories of his childhood with Berthella's strength, poetry and essays. The combination inspires the discovery of our individual uniqueness and the courage to be our own person."
– Sylvia Dickey Smith, award-winning author of the
Sidra Smart Mystery Series, A War of Her Own, and Original Cyn.
"Forever Herself is a son's stirring tribute to his Indiana mother."
– Philip Gulley, author of the Harmony series
"It's a remarkable story and it not only shows the life of Berthella Stevens, but it shows the love of a son. The words paint a magnificent picture of the ups and downs, and pursuit of life. It's a fabulous memoir that is heartfelt and dramatic."
– Author Amy Shannon of Amy's Bookshelf Reviews
Praise from Other Early Readers
"Forever Herself is a captivating "can't put it down" book about the tender relationship between a mother and son. It took me back to a simpler, gentler time, and stirred memories of my own childhood and growing up years. At times it had me chuckling, at other times wiping away tears. Poignant, funny, warm, and enthralling, this book will make a wonderful gift for any occasion."
– Kellye Noret
"Enchanting book! The author drew me into his mother's story from the beginning, and I grew quite fond of this extraordinary woman as she developed from a poor, city girl into an unconventional farm wife and mother, grandmother and author. I laughed and cried my way through the pages of her life and marveled at her adventurous everyday life. This is the type of book that I hated to put down as I was reading it and was sorry to come to the end of. I was left hungering to read more."
– Kathy Kolbe
"Every mother should read this book! I thoroughly enjoyed this touching memoir of the author's mother who was fearless in being herself in every season of her life. Her life, like many of the women of her time, was not an easy one…. But what tugged at my heart most as a mother, was seeing how powerful even the smallest moments of intentional connection with your child can be. May we all be as loving and bold and fearless as Berthella Stevens."
– Fiona McInally
"I found myself not wanting to put this book down it was very interesting and engaging. It made me happy and sad but it also shows the complex relationships we can have with our mothers. How do we live through our mothers' eyes and our own? Stevens brings us to this question so clearly and gives insight and knowledge to this complex relationship.
A wonderful story of courage, strength, & love! A must read!"
– Jayne Stouse
"I finished reading this wonderful book…some portions left me without words… What a pleasure!!!"
– Christine Hershberger
"This is a funny, soulful, unsparing and joy-filled love story of a son for his remarkable mother that may inspire readers to try harder to live a well-examined, intentional life. And to perhaps leave a rich record behind for loved ones to revel in when they are gone!"
– Gayle Rolland
"I truly enjoyed the story… The ending brought me to tears."
– Vickie Kovach
"I COULD NOT STOP READING!… my heart is reminded of so many similar things with my parents as they aged."
– Sheila Reed
"Forever Herself is an inspirational and stunning example of a woman, Berthella Stevens, living life with a fierce determination to do so with her own code. Author, and Son, Kerry Stevens coaxes the reader to join him on an intimate journey thru mysterious adventures, sweet poetry, traumatic losses, religious comfort, and hope beyond all measure of sadness. This book, or tribute really, is a magnificent example of Love."
– Pamela Reed
"Loved the book – every word of it!"
– Jane Herbst
"The beginning of this sweet memoir reminded me of my own family memories. By the time that the story got more complicated and a little darker, I was so fond of this family that I found myself pulling for everything to turn out OK. In the end, I felt like Berthella was someone I want to learn from. I want to live with as much authenticity as she did…. I will recommend this book to my book club."
– Ann Barlow
"It turns out, you can judge a book by its cover! The whimsical portrait that graces the front of the book – a full-grown woman on stilts in a wildflower garden – foretells the delightful, but sometimes melancholy memoir of the author's mother, Berthella Stevens. The story begins with a small boy's unfailing adoration, and whimsical childhood anecdotes. As time progresses he is able to see his mother as the fiercely independent, before-her-time woman who is flawed, like all of us. The eyes-wide-open recollections during the author's adulthood and the changing relationship with his beloved mother as she ages are poignant, and resonate as we are invited to remember our own mothers, and consider our relationships with our children."
– Linda Carey
"'But the adventure wrapped us in a warm, enveloping blanket of magic where the world could not follow and where the memory of that midnight shall never dim…' written by Berthella Stevens from 'The Night the Mouse Sang.'"
"Berthella and her youngest son were bound not only through blood and DNA; but, through a magical journey that began with love, innocence, faith and curiosity that navigated their very souls through tunnels of anguish, oceans of knowledge and mountains of hope. "Forever Herself" is a home-grown type of captivating story that can not be put down until finished. The honesty of the author in unraveling his feelings and emotions on how he views his mother, his father, his family, the world and himself are very touching and strikingly real. "Forever Herself" is truly a dream that became a reality. It is a "must" read for anyone that believes that dreams can come true."
– Linda Lawrence
"I love the book… Forever Herself is an awe-inspiring memoir… The author spins a family tapestry of loneliness, heartache, laughter, and love, leaving the reader regardful of his own family dynamics. I recommend this book for families and book clubs, as there is potential for endless discussion. You will not be disappointed."
– Debra Miller
"I have had a busy weekend, but found myself reading in every spare moment… It is a well-written tribute… I truly enjoyed your book… I loved chapter 29!… I giggled…had tears… What a touching moment!"
– Cynthia McKenzie
"I have thoroughly enjoyed it…the insight and excellent food for thought."
– Kent Walterhouse
"I've had a hard time getting anything done because I don't want to put the book down."
– Carolyn Bawcom
"Her poetry and writings were so genuine and blunt. This book brought back memories of the quirky times with my mom as I grew up with her. Many of the memories touched my heart. I laughed out loud and drew tears at the ebbs and flows of growing up."
– Nancy Crowther


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Peyton Reed has finished filming on Ant-Man & The Wasp, making this a much less troubled production than Scott Lang's previous solo adventure. Longtime followers of the comic book movie news cycle will remember that it took over eight years for Marvel to get the first Ant-Man movie from conception to completion, with Edgar Wright leaving the project deep into the pre-production process and Peyton Reed stepping in to replace him.
Reed's production of the shrinking sequel Ant-Man & The Wasp, on the other hand, seems to have gone without a hitch. Perhaps the biggest talking point was the reveal of Evangeline Lilly's Wasp costume, which will appear in the film, paying off the post-credit tease from the previous movie. Fans have also glimpsed Paul Rudd's new super suit, and seen an image of the villainous character The Ghost.
Just as short and sweet as you'd expect from the director of an action-comedy about shrinking superheroes, Reed's Tweet consisted of just three words and one hashtag. Filming has clearly wrapped, and now Reed will turn his attention to the film's post-production process, which is sure to include a lot of special effects work. He has until next summer to get the film fit for theaters.
However, although the film's release is only eight months away, it might be a while before we see a trailer for Ant-Man & The Wasp. After all, the film – save for a few flashbacks – is expected to take place after the massive Avengers: Infinity War crossover movie. Marvel Studios hasn't released the trailer for Infinity War yet, so Ant-Man & The Wasp will just have to wait its turn in the promotional queue.
It will be interesting to see how Scott and Hope's lives are changed by Infinity War, and whether or not Scott has to live as an outlaw after turning against the government in Captain America: Civil War. Hopefully, Reed and his team can find a tonal balance to blend the high-stakes nature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the funny banter of Scott and his pals.
Keep it Screen Rant for all the latest Ant-Man & The Wasp news.


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El 1908 va prendre part en els Jocs Olímpics de Londres, on guanyà la medalla de plata en la prova de dobles de rackets, formant equip amb Cecil Browning.

Morí en combat durant la Primera Guerra Mundial a Laventie, Pas-de-Calais, mentre servia com a capità a la King's Royal Rifle Corp.

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Lofty
By Matt Clough
NAT LOFTHOUSE is a name that rings through the annals of English football history like few others. He was a pivotal figure in one of the true golden ages of the beautiful game, ending his career as the leading goal scorer for both his club and his country, with a reputation as one of the game's true greats. His retirement coincided almost exactly with the abolition of the maximum wage, and ensured that his name would forever be identified with a time before money flooded the game and changed it inexorably. Lofty explores not only Lofthouse's life and career in detail never done before, but also delves into his personality and motivation through various key points of his life. Matt Clough uses interviews with those who knew him best and played alongside him, extensive research into newspaper archives and, of course, the words of the man himself to breathe life into one of football's most legendary figures.
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THE REVOLUTION WHICH THE US RAID ON SYRIA LAUNCHED – NO MORE US AIR SUPERIORITY MEANS EVERYONE IS ON THEIR OWN (PASS THE S-400 PLEASE)
By John Helmer, Moscow
US President Donald Trump didn't mean to start a revolution. President Vladimir Putin tried persuading him not to. But on April 14 the revolution was launched by American warplanes, surface ships and a submarine.
The outcome is that the US can no longer count on air superiority anywhere in the world where Russian air defences operate, backed by Russian command-and-control systems. Without air superiority, the US has no force multiple on the ground of the magnitude required for the Pentagon to attack; that is, the ratio of American men and firepower the Pentagon calculates for making sure their enemies on their ground can be defeated.
This is revolutionary, and has spread instantly to every war front — the Russian lines with NATO; the Korea-Japan front; the Taiwan Straits and South China Sea for China; and the Indian Ocean for India and Pakistan.
The treaties which promise US allies that an attack on them will draw US military support for their collective defence – Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), Article 4 of the Australia New Zealand US Treaty (ANZUS), Article 3 of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio), and the Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Pakistan and Israel defence treaties – are dead letters.
So long, shock and awe – that was the American warfighting doctrine against people who lack Russian-standard defences.
The official Pentagon version of the April 14 attack on Syria, led by Marine Corps Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie, can be read here. The video presentation of what the junior Pentagon spokesman called "Happy Saturday", with target pictures and maps, can be watched by clicking to open here.
The Russian Defence Ministry has given two briefings, the first on April 14 by the General Staff spokesman, Lieutenant General Sergei Grudskoy (pictured below, left); follow the text and visuals here. The second briefing was given on April 16 by the Defence Ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov (right). Click to open.
Since so much is at stake for future military strategy in the assessment of the April 14 attack, and in the coordination between the forces on both sides, the discrepancies between the official accounts are very large. They are exaggerated in media reporting from all sides; the truth will take more time to become clearer. The key differences are:
Russia says there were 8 targets, the majority of them Syrian air force bases. The US says there were 3 targets, all chemical warfare sites.
Russia says there were 103 incoming missiles, fired by aircraft, ship and submarine; the US says 85.The difference appears to be accounted for by the UK and France, which are reported as firing 18 or 19 air to ground missiles.
Russia says 112 ground-to-air missiles were fired at the incoming weapons — Buk, Osa, Strela, Pantsir, Kvadrat, S-125, S-200 – and the interception rate for each reported by Konashenkov. The overall kill rate was 69%; the US says it was zero.
Russian military sources say the US did not use jamming and electronic suppression (ECM) against the Syrian air defence systems; the Pentagon says ECM aircraft were deployed on both the eastern (Mediterranean) and western (Arabian Gulf, Red Sea) attack fronts. This was repeated by the Israeli media. Russian sources add that the ECM systems of the US naval vessels engaged in the operation were too far out of range of the Syrian defences to be useful.
If the interception rate was 69%, as Russia claims, this is one of the greatest air-defence victories against missile attacks ever recorded. If three targets were destroyed with 100% accuracy, with no release of chemical weapons stocks, no casualties, and no collateral damage, this was the largest firepower-to-destruction ratio ever launched by the US military.
The unresolved uncertainties, as well as the calculated probabilities, add up to the same thing to Russian military analysts. "A strange umbrella" (Чужой зонтик) Ilya Kramnik, military analyst for Izvestia, titled his report. The US avoided every target defended by Russia, and succeeded against targets which were not defended by the Pantsir and other missile systems delivered to Syria in recent weeks. The range of detection, speed of coordination, and effectiveness of fire control between the Russian military and their Syrian counterparts have never been achieved at this level of operation before.
At the Defence Ministry Konashenkov acknowledged that the S-200 system launched 8 missiles at the attackers, and none was hit. This, Russian sources and the Defence Ministry explain, is because the S-200 was designed to combat aircraft, not missiles. The Syrian S-125, according to Konashenkov, was more successful, firing 13 missiles and intercepting 5. This was achieved, Russian sources say, because the Syrian S-125 has been upgraded by Belarus specialists. The S-300, which Iran and Greece operate, and the S-400, which guards the Russian naval and air bases in Syria and which Turkey is acquiring, are capable of striking both aircraft and missiles. This is the game-changer for Syrian defence against Israel if the S-300 is delivered, as the Russian Defence Ministry is now proposing.
Igor Korotchenko, editor of National Defence Magazine in Moscow, believes the April 14 outcome is confirmation of the effectiveness of Russian defence against the most advanced weapons in the American armoury. "Well, if even old Soviet AAD [anti-aircraft defence] systems in Syria could repel the missile attacks and fight against modern US and Israel aircraft, I think the latest Russian AAD systems are more effective. But the key to success is the training of crews for these systems. Now they are getting the necessary experience in Syria."
In short, it is the Russian assessment that the Americans launched an armada which was blown off course by a Russian wind.
But Korotchenko (right) warns that the lesson the Americans will draw is a doctrine of surprise and swarm. Swarm means the multiplication of attack forces from every direction at once in such weapons numbers as will penetrate even the densest defensive screen. It is the opposite of precision or smart, as US officials like to describe their targeting. "Of course, if the US fires very large numbers of missiles as a swarm tactic, they will penetrate through the defensive system. The outcome for them, I would say, would be more effective, especially if they also use systems of radio-electronic suppression [ECM]. This time in Syria they didn't use [ECM], so the Syrian AAD could work effectively."
Russian analysts judge that while swarm is likely to be the American tactic, surprise is contradicted because the larger the swarm, the longer the time required to prepare it, and the more visible the preparations become in advance. This, according to the Defence Ministry and repeated speeches by President Vladimir Putin, is the Russian interpretation for US pre-positioning of missile batteries in Poland and Romania, on US Navy vessels in the Black Sea, as well as ground weapons in the Baltic states. For Putin's "cross-hairs" warning, read this.
While the tactical results of the April 14 attack continue to be debated with fresh evidence, the US operation has removed strategic uncertainty for Russia's military leadership in its debate with Putin. The General Staff are convinced the US is at war with Russia on all fronts, and readying to attack with military force. Consequently, Russia must prepare to defend to the point where the US will lose the advantage of both surprise and swarm – and lose its own forces as well. Such a defence requires the Russian doctrine of red-line surprise so that, once crossed, the US cannot be confident it can defeat Russian defences, nor confident the US can defend itself against the launch of the newest Russian weapons. War by miscalculation between US and Russian forces is therefore much closer now.
"I hope," says Korotchenko, "that all sides will come to a common decision on this conflict, because 'hot war' will mean the end for all mankind. And we don't want it."
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A's place Coco Crisp on DL, call up prospect Michael Taylor
By Aaron GleemanMay 4, 2012, 11:51 AM EDT
As expected the A's have placed Coco Crisp on the disabled list with an inner-ear infection, calling up Michael Taylor from Triple-A to replace him on the roster and in the outfield.
Taylor was a top prospect when the A's acquired him from the Blue Jays via the Phillies in mid-2009, ranking No. 29 on Baseball America's list the next spring, but his stock has dropped since then and now he's getting his first extended look in the majors at age 26.
Taylor was hitting well at Triple-A with a .347 batting average and .938 OPS in 23 games, but in 273 total games at the level he's hit .280 with a modest .439 slugging percentage.
Crisp has been battling dizziness, head congestion, and various other symptoms, so it's unclear how quickly he'll be able to return after beginning the season in a 13-for-67 (.194) slump.


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Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark
Arts & Entertainment, Last Word
June 2, 2016 by oldtowncrier
By Miriam R. Kramer
Lifestyle gurus and sociologists extol Denmark as a Scandinavian wonderland, a nation that is possibly the most happy, or at least content, in the world. That assessment may be the truth, but it certainly is not in the imagination of Danish author, publisher, musician, and entrepreneur Jussi Adler-Olsen. He writes the Department Q mystery novels, a series that explodes like a bomb, flinging Denmark's social and political dirty laundry, criminals, and cops into the center of the carnage. The author shares a common personal background with popular Norwegian thriller author, Jo Nesbø. He also parallels Nesbø somewhat in the way his main character, Carl Mørck, a policeman, dives into the seamy underbelly of society. Recently I have been ensconced in Nordic noir novels, so reading The Keeper of Lost Causes, The Absent One, and A Conspiracy of Faith has been a fun way to lose myself in a madcap subterranean view of dirty Denmark.
In The Keeper of Lost Causes, we first meet Carl Mørck, a morose, cynical detective, a true contrarian with decided views on government and police corruption, and a tendency to take naps. He does not play well with others and has an odd existence at home, living with his stepson and a closeted gay boarder while his separated wife lives in a garden cottage some ways away with her latest ne'er-do-well boyfriend. Yet he stands out in the police force as a stubborn and determined officer who diligently solves his cases. So the chief of homicide digs money out of government funds to create a department for him somewhere reasonably far away—Department Q in the basement. While in the same building as the regular police, it remains a galaxy away from the politics and interpersonal maneuverings in Department A.
Carl, who has PTSD from a previous botched investigation, has been assigned to be the head of this new department to give him time to recover away from others. Department Q solves leftover cold cases of special interest. Carl has been given an office off the basement corridor with a fly problem, no windows, asbestos issues, and two assigned assistants, including at first a unexpectedly jolly and efficient Syrian refugee who starts by mopping the floor and making tea and coffee, until his diligence and insights help Carl investigate his new case. In The Absent One, the next book in the series, the police department also thrust upon him an abrasive secretary who hides a strange secret. In fact, Department Q is the department of odd and often gory secrets, and the two- to three-person team nimbly fits the warped pieces of old jigsaw puzzles together with intuition and peculiar insights that come from their hidden selves.
The Keeper of Lost Causes focuses on the disappearance of a beautiful politician, Merete Lynggard, who is on her way up the ladder of Danish politics, navigating its bureaucracy with panache. She suddenly vanished five years earlier from a ferry when traveling with her brain-damaged brother, Uffe, who is found wandering the German countryside afterwards. When Carl begins to half-heartedly poke around, interviewing passengers and wondering whether he is wasting his time with someone who committed suicide or fell off the boat, he is suddenly surprised at the persistence of his assistant, Assad, whom he begins to take seriously. As Carl grumbles constantly about his corridor office, whose paint job reminds him of an Eastern European hospital, his tiny team begins to come together.
After solving his first cold case, Carl continues to offer sarcastic and frustrated insights into Danish politics, the police department, publishing, business, and Danish social hierarchies. Often his views are very funny, as are those of his refugee assistant. Assad mangles Danish and sometimes presents a superficial image of himself as someone not to be taken seriously, which proves to be a smoke screen as he repeatedly exhibits initiative, sharp investigative skills, and unusual fighting techniques. Carl the insular contrarian then gains a new secretary named Rose, a grating Goth-looking woman who hates his smoking. She has the tendency to say inadvertently offensive stereotypes about Arabs that Assad ignores, but she also has the efficiency that begins to bring the three together as a team.
In The Absent One, his second shelved case, he is on the hunt for a member of the wealthy upper crust of Danish society, Kristen-Marie Lassen, known as Kimmie, who has lived as a bag lady for years after a nervous breakdown, dropping the societal role expected of her. He has the hunch that she is the key to solving a bunch of murders committed by fellow members of her elite boarding school. They resemble the gang from A Clockwork Orange in getting their kicks from brutality and hunting exotic animals. When Carl and Assad start putting the pieces together regarding the gang's history, they hunt these potential criminals and wealthy "Masters of the Universe." Yet the hunters may become the hunted, with Kimmie an unpredictable hand grenade who may appear at any moment.
Through Carl Mørck and his team, Adler-Olsen's third book in the series, A Conspiracy of Faith, brings out his sardonic views on strange religious sects in Denmark and other parts of Scandinavia. When a message in a tar-sealed bottle arrives by sea near John o' Groats in Scotland, a police officer sees remnants of blood inside and suspects that it may contain a message relating to a violent crime. When this message is examined and identified as sub-standard Danish, it is sent on to Department Q, which works to decipher words and letters that have disappeared after the years it spent bobbing in the ocean. The assistant Rose suddenly disappears, substituting her equally weird and garish twin sister, Yrsa, whose peroxide perm and clothes are the only real physical difference between them. Yrsa's different personality and ability to do crosswords proves a useful key in cracking the inadvertent code of the message in the bottle. During her stint at Department Q, she is very eccentric, as odd as her sister. She is one of the many secrets that lingers in the department, along with the unusual nature of Assad's sharp intelligence and ability to fight liked a trained warrior. When Carl finds the address of Assad's apartment, he finds that it is empty, and that Assad rarely if ever uses it. His assistant offers explanations, and Carl accepts them momentarily as he focuses on the case at hand.
With the help of forensics and the team's diligence, they begin to believe that this garbled message indicates a serial murderer, one who focuses on harshly domineering, insulated religious groups that stick to themselves and do not report missing persons. In his personal life, Carl and the therapist he respects but also physically wants begin to dig deep into his guilt and PTSD, the result of an unsolved investigation that ended in violence. He was left alive, with one colleague dead, and the other, Hardy Henningsen, paralyzed from the neck down. Desperate, Hardy asks Carl to help him commit suicide or take him away from the hospital. Feeling both guilt and tenderness, he thinks about adding another factor to his household, already overflowing with odd, random people.
Adler-Olsen had now written six novels in the Department Q series, and I will continue reading them. These books are picaresque, over-the-top stories featuring quirkiness, political incorrectness, and black humor. Yet at the same time Mørck, his colleagues and opponents toss out dark insights into human nature, criminal behavior, European underworld influences and Danish society that ring true, although seen mostly through this anti-hero's very jaded lens.
Adler-Olsen's Nordic noir novels are quite different from those of Jo Nesbø, despite the authors' similar backgrounds. Nesbø writes a more serious, carefully organized, and detailed book, with a hero who is a loner and a former addict. Adler-Olsen's series has some relationship to Stieg Larsson's blockbusters in commenting on society, although Larsson went into Swedish politics and societal problems in much greater depth and created a character for the ages with the amazing Lisbeth Salander. In the end, though, Jussi Adler-Olsen's novels skate like humorous dragonflies across a scummy, nasty pond, quick-reading and enjoyable. Hamlet himself says in Act 1, Scene 5: "[M]eet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least I'm sure it may be so in Denmark." Despite some less-than-ideal English translations and exaggerated scenarios, these procedurals are quite simply bizarre and fun to read. After the third book, Adler-Olsen has left some lingering mysteries about the characters in Department Q. I want to continue to solve these mysteries about the cast of strange characters along with their peculiar and engaging cold cases.
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Two members of far-right Proud Boys convicted in 2018 fight with antifascists
A video showed a member body-slamming a protester and kicking him while wearing work boots, while another showed a member punching an antifa activist multiple times
John Kinsman arrives for his trial at the State Supreme Court Building in Manhattan, Aug. 14, 2019. During the trial of Kinsman and another member of the Proud Boys, Maxwell Hare, who are both charged with attempted assault and riot, Manhattan prosecutors have suggested some of the blame for the violence should land on Gavin McInnes.Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post
Two members of the Proud Boys, a self-identified Western-chauvinist group, were convicted of assault for fighting with members of a leftist group on the streets after an event in New York last year.
A jury found Maxwell Hare, 27, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and John Kinsman, 39, of Morristown, New Jersey, guilty of attempted gang assault, three charges of attempted assault and rioting.
The two men were among 10 members of the Proud Boys charged after the October street fight. All but three of them pleaded guilty to various charges; one faces a trial at a later date.
Maxwell Hare, centre, arrives for his trial at the State Supreme Court Building in Manhattan, Aug. 14, 2019. Hare and John Kinsman on Aug. 19 were convicted on charges of attempted gang assault, attempted assault and riot for their part in a melee after an appearance by the founder of the Proud Boys at the Metropolitan Republican Club on East 83rd Street. Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times
The brawl took place on Oct. 12, on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Members of the Proud Boys left an event at the Metropolitan Republican Club — where the group's founder, Gavin McInnes, had spoken — and encountered antifascists, or "antifa" activists, protesting, officials said.
Hare, Kinsman and other members of the Proud Boys taunted the protesters and made threats, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, before being dispersed by police.
Then, Hare and Kinsman and other members of their group punched, kicked, elbowed and stomped the antifa activists about a block away, Vance said, before police intervened again.
"As violent extremism rises in America, a Manhattan jury has declared in one voice that New Yorkers will not tolerate mob violence in our own backyard," Vance said in a statement. "These defendants transformed a quiet, residential street into the site of a battle-royale, kicking and beating four individuals in a brutal act of political violence. I commend my office's prosecutors and investigators for their diligence in tracking these defendants down, and I thank the NYPD for their partnership in holding them accountable."
Members of the Proud Boys and their supporters march during a rally in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
The Proud Boys, one of many right-wing groups to come to the fore in the past few years, has been condemned by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. Facebook and Instagram banned the group from their services shortly after the October brawl.
The group believes in ending welfare assistance, closing the United States borders and adhering to gender stereotypes. McInnes long denied that the group was racist in its orientation, before quitting the Proud Boys in the fall as its legal exposure increased.
Prosecutors had shown video that depicted Kinsman body-slamming a protester and kicking him while wearing work boots, according to The Wall Street Journal. Another video showed Hare punching an antifa activist multiple times, The Journal reported. Jack Goldberg and Ronald Paul Hart, attorneys for Hare and Kinsman, had argued that the protesters had started the fight.
Goldberg declined to comment when reached by The Washington Post, and Hart did not respond to a request for comment.
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Meet the Teams: Erie Hack Team Prioritizes Water Resources
MEET CCTRONIC
"To have a huge natural resource, and not be able to use it - this struck a nerve"
In 2016, Nida Ammar and Leo Idraikh moved to Toledo, Ohio from the country Jordan, a place where water is scarce. "We were given one person's share of water per day - 23 gallons per day," says Ammar. This ration was to be used for showering, for food, and for drinking.
For perspective: the average-sized person would need 50 gallons of water to comfortably soak in a bathtub.
Ammar expected to find plentiful, clean water in her new city next to one of the largest sources of surface freshwater in the world.
"When I moved here, I thought all my water problems would be gone. Water would be cheap, easy to access. But then I heard about the water advisories."
While Ammar moved to Toledo after the 2014 Toledo drinking water crisis, but evidence of the emergency that left Toledo residents without water for 3 days due to harmful algal blooms still felt present in the city.
"To have a huge natural resource, and not be able to use it - this struck a nerve," she says.
And so, CCTronic was born. With a team of passionate entrepreneurs who had come from countries where water resources were scarce, CCTronic wanted to create technologies that could benefit Lake Erie and help solve its problems. The team signed up for Erie Hack in Toledo and has advanced to the all-city Semi Final round.
The technology CCTronic is pitching is called cHorizon. It is a system designed to conserve soil and extract nutrients out of water runoff before nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen funnel into the lake, contributing to the nutrient loading that causes the same harmful algal blooms that plagued Toledo in 2014.
The system contains three parts: the probe, the valve, and the extraction mesh. The probe contains sensors that collect information about the soil where it is implanted, transmitting real time data back to the farmer to help guide decision making. This data would be accessible via an app on a smartphone or tablet.
From there, water runoff is regulated via a valve connected to the tile systems that run beneath fields, allowing the farmer to control the outflow of water resources. When water flows out, the final component of cHorizon kicks in: a mesh extraction device designed to extract nutrients from runoff water before it returns to the rivers and lakes.
Erie Hack is a pitching competition designed to find and accelerate some of the most exciting, cutting-edge technologies that can help solve our water problems in the Great Lakes region and beyond. If cHorizon were to win any prize money from the competition? "The winnings would go directly into producing the first batch of cHorizon and creating a pilot program for us to put it into pilot farms. We will be able to see how farmers would react to the product and what we would need to enhance."
CCTronic includes Leo Idraikh, Beyan Khazaleh, Nida Ammar, and Ala Abu Emair. You can see them pitch at the Erie Hack Semi Final at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Detroit on June 5th, 2019.
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Carriera

Club

Gli esordi in patria
Martin ha cominciato la carriera con la maglia del Monaco. Ha esordito nella Ligue 1 il 12 gennaio 2008, sostituendo Lucas Bernardi nella vittoria per 1-0 sul Lorient. Nella stessa stagione, ha totalizzato 8 presenze in squadra, 7 delle quali in campionato e una nella Coupe de France.

La stagione successiva ha giocato nel Nîmes, con la formula del prestito. Ha debuttato nella Ligue 2 il 12 settembre 2008, nella sconfitta casalinga contro il Tours, col punteggio di 0-1. Dopo 14 presenze nella serie cadetta e 2 nella Coupe de la Ligue, Martin è tornato al Monaco, dove non è stato più impiegato in incontri ufficiali.

L'approdo in Inghilterra
Martin ha sostenuto un provino con gli inglesi del Blackpool, prima di firmare un contratto annuale con il club. Il giocatore è arrivato a parametro zero. Non ha disputato alcun incontro ufficiale per i Tangerines, lasciando così il club a fine stagione.

Nell'estate 2011, ha sostenuto quindi un provino con il Middlesbrough ed è diventato il primo calciatore ingaggiato dal Boro nel corso di quella stagione. Ha debuttato in squadra il 13 agosto 2011, subentrando a Barry Robson nella vittoria per 0-1 sul campo del Leeds, in una sfida valida per la Football League Championship 2011-2012. Il 21 agosto successivo, ha realizzato un gol nella vittoria per 3-1 sul Birmingham City, rete che è diventata la sua prima marcatura nel calcio professionistico. A fine stagione, si è svincolato dal club. Poco dopo, Martin ha sostenuto un provino con il Barnsley, che non lo ha portato ad ottenere un contratto.

Losanna
A febbraio 2013, è stato ingaggiato dagli svizzeri del Losanna, a cui si è legato con un contratto valido fino al termine della stagione in corso. Ha debuttato in squadra il 3 marzo, schierato titolare nel pareggio a reti inviolate contro il Grasshopper. Il 3 maggio ha realizzato l'unica rete in squadra, nel pareggio per 1-1 contro lo Zurigo. A fine stagione, si è ritrovato svincolato.

Sandnes Ulf
A febbraio 2014, si è aggregato ai norvegesi del Sandnes Ulf per sostenere un provino. Il 24 febbraio, ha firmato ufficialmente un contratto biennale con il club. Ha esordito nell'Eliteserien il 30 marzo 2014, schierato titolare nel pareggio per 1-1 contro l'Odd. Il 27 aprile, ha subito la rottura del legamento nel corso della sfida persa per 1-3 contro il Molde, infortunio che gli ha fatto concludere la stagione anzitempo. Nel frattempo, il Sandnes Ulf è retrocesso in 1. divisjon al termine dell'annata.

È tornato a calcare i campi da gioco in partite ufficiali in data 6 aprile 2015, schierato titolare nel pareggio per 2-2 contro lo Jerv: nel corso della stessa gara, ha segnato la prima rete con questa maglia. Il 29 luglio successivo, il Sandnes Ulf ha comunicato sul suo profilo Twitter ufficiale che Martin aveva rescisso il contratto che lo legava al club.

Lillestrøm
Il 1º agosto 2015 è passato ufficialmente al Lillestrøm, firmando un contratto valido per il successivo anno e mezzo: ha scelto il numero 8. Ha esordito in squadra il 9 agosto successivo, schierato titolare nella sconfitta interna per 0-5 contro il Rosenborg. Il 21 agosto ha trovato la prima rete, con cui ha sancito il successo per 1-0 sul Tromsø. Si è svincolato al termine del campionato 2016.

Hearts
Libero da vincoli contrattuali, in data 17 gennaio 2017 ha firmato un contratto valido per i successivi tre anni e mezzo con gli scozzesi degli Hearts.

Palermo
Rescisso consensualmente il contratto che lo legava agli Hearts, il 12 agosto 2019 si aggrega al ritiro del nuovo Palermo presso la località madonita di Petralia Sottana. Superato il periodo di prova con esito positivo, viene tesserato ufficialmente il 25 agosto successivo, nel giorno del suo compleanno. La settimana seguente, il 1º settembre, debutta in campionato, nella vittoria di misura contro il . Il primo gol, invece arriva il 3 novembre 2019, nell'ampia vittoria contro il  per 6-0.
Il 9 novembre 2020 indossa la fascia da capitano in occasione del Derby di Sicilia, complici le assenze di Santana e Crivello.

Casale
Dopo essere rimasto svincolato, passa al  in Serie D.

Nazionale
Martin ha rappresentato la Francia a livello Under-17, Under-18, Under-19 e Under-21, formazioni di cui è stato anche capitano.

Statistiche

Presenze e reti nei club
Statistiche aggiornate al 23 luglio 2022.

Palmarès

Club

Competizioni interregionali

Palermo: 2019-2020 (girone I)

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


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Spring 2013 Archive
Western Region table quiz
The Society's Western Region table quiz, whih was held on February 21 in the House Hotel in aid of the Galway and Mayo/Roscommon Hospices, was a great success. There were 17 tables of four, and teams on the night included building contractors, general practitioners, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, engineers, solicitors, accountants, etc. Most of the participants waited around after the quiz
Appreciation: Laurence Liddle, March 6, 1915 – September 11, 2012
Laurence Hamilton Liddle was born in Howth in 1915. He graduated in general studies from Edinburgh University in 1937, and returned to Dublin to teach until the outbreak of war in 1939, when he enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps based in York. Also in 1939, Laurence married Katharine Gwynn, daughter of the headmaster of Baymount School
Member benefit – OSi group scheme
The Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) group scheme, which offers a 20% reduction on the annual copyright licensing fee, will operate again in 2013, and will be available to both estate agents and surveyors. The licence fee applicable to estate agents is based on a unit price per outlet of €400 plus
Claire Solon FSCSI FRICS has been appointed to the position of Head of Estates Management at ESB. Formerly Development Manager of ESB 1927 Properties Ltd, Claire is a Past Honorary Secretary of the SCS, and past Chair of the Society's Planning and Development Division. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Surveyors Journal.
Reminder on new housing standards
In recent weeks, members of the Society have been featured in the national and regional press and on radio informing the public about new housing standards, which effectively ban shared bathrooms and landlord-controlled heating systems in bedsits. Siobhan O'Dwyer, Chairman of the Society's Property & Facilities Management


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NOAA Weather Radio has a new computerized voice called "Donna" and she seems to like saying the words "partly cloudy" a lot, except that the skies over Bar Harbor (summer tourist mecca) are always described as "partly sunny". I live 30 miles east of Bar Harbor, as the crow flies, in the area that is definitely termed "downeast Maine" . . . more lobstermen, less tourists . . . and Donna tells it like it is: partly cloudy and always a "chance of rain". Donna seldom says that about Bar Harbor. "Downeast" is a term from sailing days when schooners on my part of the Maine coast sailed downwind, going east. Those days are gone. On the other hand, my bay is empty and peaceful at this time of year. In fact, my bay has been undisturbed since last fall when scallop draggers worked for a week and then were gone. The summer migration of lobsters from deep water into the bay hasn't occurred yet, so this morning the crew and I had the bay to ourselves…. and that's the usual, not the unusual, way it is. When the summer lobstermen come up into the bay, we will be headed toward the offshore islands, kelp season accomplished, alaria season accomplished, dulse season yet ahead of us to do.
So what has the weather actually been like this year? Well, I ate kale from the garden all winter long, and I was actually transplanting kale plants from garden to greenhouse in January! I had to chip through an inch of frost. In the ocean, there is more kelp than usual, but less alaria in the upper annuals zone. The deeper perennial alaria zone seems as full as ever, but I do not harvest this zone because that is my spore stock for replenishment of the upper zone.
Out there in the world beyond my peaceful bay, it would seem that situations are definitely getting worse. A Gallup poll of 2000 Americans asked the question, "Do you think there will be a nuclear catastrophe in this country within the next fifty years?" and 60% replied "Yes." It is my opinion that the other 40% do not read the newspapers: "Only a thin, noncorrosive, stainless steel membrane kept the hole at the Ohio reactor from bursting open." " A nuclear reactor in Ohio is found to have a large hole nobody thought possible, burned almost through its 6-inch protective steel cover." Former NRC Commissioner Victor Gilinsky wrote in a recent commentary in The Washington Post, "If this occurred in Russia we would be saying it could never happen here." Well, we have 103 aging reactors in this country, and it IS happening here.
Bill Moyers recently explained that the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center could easily have destroyed the two atomic reactors at Indian Point, about 35 miles up the Hudson River. The resulting meltdown would strike the Hudson River and raise clouds of radioactive steam that "would render thousands of the world's most populous and expensive square miles permanently uninhabitable." Cheer up, chummy. Even the May 2002 issue of Reader's Digest, the mainstream equivalent of cheerful NOAA weather radio, includes an article, "The Nuclear Bomb Squad," which is based on interviews with current and former members of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, 1000 members of a volunteer "army" who are deployed when there is a threat of a nuclear "dirty bomb" in our country. Dirty bombs use conventional explosives to spread radioactive materials into the environment.
It is because kelp contains Iodine 127 that we do this work. Iodine 127 will prevent the body from absorbing radioactive iodine 131 which is constantly being released into our atmosphere by so-called normal operations of nuclear power plants and weapons facilities. Homeland security is a joke unless you have true security of good nutrition that includes Iodine 127 in your daily diet. This is specific protection for the thyroid gland, and you need to be aware that most nuclear pathologies in a disaster like Chernobyl are related to the intake of radioactive Iodine 131 into the thyroid gland. Rather than wait for the government to dispense potassium iodide to the population after a disaster occurs, eat kelp as part of your daily diet.
We also do this work because Dr. Tatsuichiro Akizuki, M.D. and the staff of his hospital, survived the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. The hospital was built of bricks, it was located about a mile from the epicenter of the explosion. Dr. Akizuki and his staff had been eating a diet that included brown rice and miso soup and seaweeds. Sugar was excluded. After the bombing, rice balls, seaweeds, salt, miso and other good-quality strengthening foods were fed to all the patients and staff.
I suggest that we all practice being a world community. I have always relied on word-of-mouth to sustain this work. This time, I am enclosing two fliers in my mailing: One for you, a member of the present Circle, and one for someone who is more at risk than you whom you would like to invite into the Circle. If you can afford to copy this flier and distribute it more widely, please do.


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International Championships and other major events
27 January – 5 February 2023 in Aalborg, Denmark
European Senior Championship 2023 (ESC 2023)
1-10 April 2023 in Vienna, Austria
European Youth Championship 2023
7-14 May 2023 In San Marino
Mediterranean Bowling Championship 2023
7-18 June 2023 in Wittelsheim, France
European Men Championship 2023
24 June -2 July 2023 in Bologna/Modena, Italy
ESBC 2023
23-29 October 2023 in Berlin, Germany
European Championship of Champions 2023
23 March – 1 April 2024 in Helsinki, Finland
European Women Championship 2024
21-27 October 2024 In TBA
European Championship of Champions
24 January – 2 February 2025 in TBA
European Senior Championship 2025
12-21 April 2025 in TBA
4-13 June 2025 in Aalborg, Denmark
20-26 October 2025 in Vienna, Austria


Due to the nature of my work (I'm in the creative industry), I have the luxury to experiment with colours.
In fact, I have ALWAYS been about LOUD colours because I feel that it reflects more of my vivacious personality.
Name any colour – I probably would have donned it before!
In fact, I bleach my hair monthly… until my hair has become like hay!
Frizzy hair doesn't really freak me out because it is so much easier to style.
LOL Crazy I know but I love it like that…. (at least that's what I tell myself).
I'm not sure what has gotten into me recently but I'm getting a little sick of my bad hair condition. While combing my hair, I realize that many of my hair at the side fringe area is broken. In fact, it broke in such a strange way that it makes my hair shape look not so nice.
So for the past 1 month I have been secretly using conditioner and hair mask at home in hope for a miracle.
I approached Agent G from Beauty Undercover for help and she recommended me to try 99 Percent Hair Studio!
I've heard a lot about 99 Percent Hair Studio because I actually have a long-time friend working there as a senior hairstylist in Haji Lane. She has been nagging me to let her do my hair for me.
In fact, I've been following them on Instagram long enough to identify their incredible hair colours.
Therefore, I was really excited to have the chance to try 99 Percent Hair Studio at Katong for a hair makeover!
This is 99 Percent Hair Studio second outlet and it's located at Marine Parade near i12 Katong Mall.
It is actually really hard to find – many taxi uncles don't know where Katong MODA is!
So remember to look out for i12 Katong, pass Katong Plaza, East gate and you'll see a huge sign with the word 'Moda'.
99 Percent Hair Studio is on your left.
I was wowed by the dark Scandi interior which is so welcoming, cosy and hip. The colours are so on point, light and dark brown with green patches of grass.
I was introduced to Danson, the creative director and store manager, who is known not only for his impressive colour gradation but also his eye for details who has helped many customers achieve a 180 degree change in hairstyle!
Just what I needed since I am all about change!
Bet you can sense my excitement already.
Very sad lifeless broken hair!
I'm pretty tired of this and have been thinking of taking a break from all the colours.
It's time to mellow down with browns and highlights… and maybe go minimalist chic?
Danson knew exactly what I was talking about and showed me some pictures that got me really excited.
Can I really get this type of hair?
I wanted to keep my hair long but the hair ends are too damaged to be salvaged.
Danson suggested snipping 2-3 inches off as this will give my hair a shape and make the hair look thicker!
I didn't quite get how he could make them thicker till the cut is complete.
My hair shape looks so much better and it really did look thicker!
(You will soon see what I mean as you read along).
The next thing he did after the cut was to apply the base colour.
This is no ordinary base colour – he is doing an ombre brown in dark coffee, medium light coffee so that the highlights later on would be more obvious.
It may seem simple but not many stylists can actually do a gradation the way he does! I've tried to ask that from other salons I've frequented in the past… but they usually tell me that's not possible.
Can't wait to see if Danson can do it!
Colours are coming out already…. Wheeeeee covering all my dark roots first before "painting" the rest with highlights.
While waiting for the colours to penetrate the hair, Danson shared with me about the differences between non-ammonia, low-ammonia and high-ammonia hair colours.
The primary function of ammonia is to raise the pH of the hair sufficiently so as to open the cuticle and allow colour to enter the cortex of the hair. Depending on the percentage of ammonia in each colour, this will affect how light the colour can go and how lasting the colour is!
Yey, we are done with the first step and my hair already looks amazing, if I may say so myself! My hair FINALLY has some semblance of a shape and the colour!
This picture itself doesn't do it justice as the gradation is really very pretty in person!
Glad to see that even such a "normal gradation" looks so good!
Hahaaa I am loving it so much I couldn't stop laughing!
Going for the second step and adding medium coffee brown!
Ok my bad, after this second colour, my hair looks even more awesome!
If just now was nice, now is even more awesome!
At this point, I wouldn't mind leaving as it is because it looks so pretty already!
You see you see, very nice already right?
For those who know me, I'm sure you're shocked!
As someone who has donned every colour I know (but brown), this is definitely a big change!
But wait wait… Danson is NOT done yet!
Danson is all ready to paint and give me those light blonde highlights!
He used the foils and bleach to lighten parts of my hair further.
This is how it looks like before the wash!
Do you see how bad my hair is now?
This is pretty much how it looks like after every shower!
Tangled and impossible to comb or brush through!!
As my hair was so bad, Danson recommended to go for a Keratin Treatment.
Can it really revive my badly damaged hair?
I mean I've tried so many hair masks at home… but they didn't work.
Can this be better than that?
First he applied Keratin Treatment onto my hair and ironed it straight.
Usually many stylists are afraid of applying Keratin Treatment onto bleached hair as it can cause hair breakage if the stylist is not skilled enough. Danson, however, has done it for so many customers… well, it is not a problem for him!
After "heating" and making sure all the "vitamins" are soaked into my hair, it's time to blow dry.
This treatment produces formaldehyde during the process.
To avoid the smell of formaldehyde from making me uncomfortable, I was given a mask. To be honest, there was no strong and neither was I feeling uncomfortable.
This cannot be my hair! Is this fake??
Oh yes, that's his exact words!
I cannot believe my eyes! WOAH!!!
Most hair treatments I did, couldn't even last me a week!
THANK YOU SO MUCH DANSON, my hair and I are eternally grateful! My girlfriends, colleagues and blogger friends are surprised to see my hair! Most of them thought I was donning a wig!
Hahahahaaa Many couldn't resist touching my hair.
It's been a week now and my hair is still in perfect shape and softness!
This isn't just an ordinary hair service.
The colour and the subsequent keratin treatment has given me a complete makeover!
I didn't know that my hair would simply look so good again.
I almost feel like this hair makeover has changed my life somewhat!
I'm very grateful to have met Danson and his team of friendly hairstylists who connected very well with me and made my experience at 99 Percent such an enjoyable one.
I would recommend Danson unequivocally to anyone who wants a real makeover transformation!
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The Frankville Fiddler's Convention is the oldest continuing example of a kind of community event that was once ubiquitous in Alabama. Showcasing a musical form that dates back to Alabama's early historic period, the convention also serves social and educational functions in the community and attracts visitors from beyond. Joey Brackner hosts.


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Q: I have two tables (Temp1 & finalTemp) I have two tables (Temp1 & finalTemp)
temp1
AccId  Name  address city GuarantorId
1       abc   xyz     a       11
1       qwe   asd     a       115
2        kk    aa     t        21
3       t       u      p       96

now I want my finalTemp like
AccId  Name1  address1 city1  Name2  address2 city2 Name3  address3 city3
 1     abc     xyz      a     qwe      asd      a     null   null    null
 2     kk       aa      t      null    null     null  null    null   null
3       t        u       p

A: Self LEFT JOIN?
select t1.*,t2.*
from temp t1
  left join temp t2 on t1.AccId = t2.AccId and t1.name < t2.name

Or, extended, double self left join:
select t1.*,t2.*,t3.*
from temp t1
  left join temp t2 on t1.AccId = t2.AccId and t1.name < t2.name
  left join temp t3 on t2.AccId = t3.AccId and t2.name < t3.name

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CHI St. Vincent Health at Home in Little Rock and Morrilton, Ark.
Little Rock, AR – Petit Jean Home Care in Morrilton, Ark. and Visiting Nurse Association of Arkansas in Little Rock, Ark. are now CHI St. Vincent Health at Home. As part of the CHI St. Vincent family, this alignment will create a stronger, more unified structure as CHI St. Vincent continues to care for patients and build healthier communities throughout Arkansas.
In November 2014, the CHI St. Vincent Health at Home brand was launched with the opening of CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs. CHI St. Vincent is committed to move beyond exceptional medicine to exceptional health. As we move into the next era of health care, together, we will continue to exceed the expectations of our patients and consumers, while working to truly imagine better health.
We are excited to align with our local partner, CHI St. Vincent, as we continue to build healthy communities.
Dan Dietz, President and CEO of CHI Health at Home
Every patient, customer, health care partner of CHI St. Vincent Health at Home can still expect the same high level of care and service they have always received. As a long-time member of the community and one of the highest-rated home care providers in Arkansas, CHI St. Vincent can ensure quality compliance and standards of care that provide patients with optimal outcomes. This alignment of home health services will allow for greater coordination of home care services across the entire healthcare system.
"We are excited to align with our local partner, CHI St. Vincent, as we continue to build healthy communities, offer the full continuum of care to every patient we serve and provide care the way a loving family member would," said Dan Dietz, President and CEO of CHI Health at Home.
CHI St. Vincent Health at Home has three locations, serving all of central Arkansas at 220 McAuley Ct. in Hot Springs; 1 Executive Center Court in Little Rock and 2110 Helicopter Lane in Morrilton.
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In all of my reading about German shepherds, I keep getting confused about the different coat colors and markings. I forget what "sable" means, what "black and red" looks like, and all the other labels in between ("saddle" versus a "blanket" pattern? I don't know). In an effort not to sound like an idiot when I do talk with the rescues, here's my little bit of research on GSD markings.
This is the official AKC standard for the GSD coat and markings. Some, especially those with white GSDs, obviously take issue with this standard, but that's another debate for another time.
Here's a sampling of the different coats I've found, doing my best to rely on examples from the rescues I've applied to. If you live in the area, maybe one of these dogs will speak to you! Most of the ones below are up for adoption!
Black and red tends to be a more popular coat color in Europe, I've heard. I think it's very beautiful and rich-looking. These dogs are Zeva and Layla, who were both adopted through Southeast German Shepherd Rescue.
Our dog Pyrrha is a classic black-and-tan. She has a very traditional (for U.S. GSDs) coat pattern. The tan, as you can see, is quite light. She has almost a full saddle (the black pattern). There are plenty more photos of Pyrrha and her coat pattern on this blog, obviously!
Black and cream tends to be more diluted than the tans and reds, clearly. (Pyrrha is almost a black and cream, and I think she could become one in her old age.) This is Jadyn, who was adopted through SGSR, too.
OK, I am not an expert, obviously, so I have trouble distinguishing between black and cream and black and silver. This long-coat is apparently a black and silver. What do you think? Can you tell the difference?
OK, here's where I need someone more experienced to explain. Is there any difference between "bicolor" and the other "black and [other color]" patterns? I feel like the bicolors usually have little eyebrow markings, but I don't really know. This dude is Brando, our first foster from Southeast German Shepherd Rescue. You can see the brown points on his legs.
Xander, recently adopted through SGSR!
These dogs are Xander and Enya, who were adopted through SGSR. I've tried to remember this pattern as "the wolf pattern," because sable GSDs make me think of wolves more than anything else. I've come to really love this coat, too. For whatever reason, sables look extra-intense to me, even more than your standard black and red/tan.
You get the idea: Solid black coat, no other markings. He looks so sleek. Many people are surprised to learn that GSDs can come in all black, with no markings at all.
Solid white GSDs are considered a fault in the AKC and cannot be shown, but I think they are quite beautiful. This is Dakota, who was adopted through SGSR, too.
L to R: Blue GSD, blue Belgian malinois, and blue Dutch shepherd. Photo from Cher Car Kennels.
OK, couldn't find any gray/blue dogs up for rescue, so this is a photo from Cher Car Kennels. Gray and blue dogs are considered serious faults according to the AKC standard. I know these are three different breeds, but I think the only dog I could correctly identify as "blue" would be the Dutch shepherd on the far right. I think I would have missed it in the GSD and malinois. How about you? Have you ever seen a blue GSD?
Quinn is a beautiful liver-sable girl who was adopted through SGSR recently. Isn't she striking? This is a very rare coat pattern and is generally considered a fault in AKC standards.
And this is Marli, a liver GSD, also adopted through SGSR.
And, of course, don't forget the long coats!
The following dogs were all adopted through Southeast German Shepherd Rescue.
I love the diversity of coats and colors in the shepherd. I think many people are unaware that they can come in so many different colors!
More on saddles versus blankets and masks here.
A serious and genetics-heavy discussion of coat colors in the GSD; very comprehensive!
BrightStar German Shepherd Rescue also has a comprehensive, but layperson-friendly overview, with photos, of the coats and colors.
Absolutely LOVED your write up on German Shepherd's! They are truly beautiful and intelligent looking dogs! Our dog, Nikita, is part Akita and German Shepherd, but she has more of Shepherd look in her. She is very loyal and family oriented, and a great watch dog too! Check out her blog when you get the chance! By the way, I have never seen a GSD with blue eyes either, it definitely must be part Husky! Great Post!
I have never before seen a German Shepherd with blue eyes, holy smokes! She's beautiful and a bit startling!
I like the black and red as well. I wonder if it's because with my "black and tan" Doberman, "tan" is really "rust" and so more like red? The paler ones (tan and then cream) just look kind of faded to my Doberman schooled eye.
Sable is also very cool. I think that comparing it to a wolf coat makes some amount of sense.
SGSR incorrectly identified Marli as a Liver (with red) He's actually an Isabella, which is very rare in GSDs, much rarer than Liver. Isabella is the blue gene diluting the liver masking gene.
A: Liver is NOT a masking gene. WGSDs are more commonly referred to as expressing a masking gene. Liver blocks any and all black pigment on the dog. It does not mask other colors\patterns like white does in GSDs.
B: Marley is most certainly not an Isabella. He also doesn't appear to be purebred but it's difficult to tell with that photo. The color and quality of that photo are so poor it is impossible to tell if he has a black nose with faded pigment (modifier unrelated to the liver gene) or a dark brown nose. If it's the latter then he is genetically "bb".
Not sure if my eyes are playing tricks on me or if there is just some distortion, noise, or other type of file corruption, or if he actually does have what appears to be a white line of fur running the outsides of his ears. An obvious huge white chest patch is not hard to miss but again, not sure if I'm seeing this right, but his paws appear to show white socks that are covered in liver\red spots. It appears as though he is expressing Ticking ontop of what is quite obviously the white spotting gene.
Everything I just mentioned can be found on GSDs except for the Ticking. Not the type of ticking that describes silver hairs running the back of their necks and down their backs, but spots of color. That type of ticking does not exist in the GSD breed which would of course mean that Marley is a mix. Also note the tufts of white hairs coming from his tail. My first assumption would be this is just more of the spotting series although it normally expresses itself as a tip on their tail if it is present on a GSDs tail. However in light of the fact the chances are very good Marley is a mix, it could be the result of any number of modifiers.
I have a (GSD) that has an all tan muzzle, was told she is pure bred but does the lack of a black mask keen she is mixed?
I am buying 2 dogs from a breeder. The 1 has a tan face with no black markings o. The face but does have the black saddle and german shepherd face shape. Do you agree this is a full blood?
Hi, Sonia! The only way to determine if a German shepherd is purebred is if the breeder has legitimate papers (either pink papers, from a German kennel, or AKC/UKC papers). Good luck to you!
I'm not sure that I have, but it could be possible. More than anything, though, I would say that the quality of the breeder and the health and soundness of the dogs matters more than whether they are purebreds!
Ohh, Wow! The red / liver sable is amazing!!
I recently adopted a GSD that looks identical to the first pic. People have asked me if he has rottie in him. *raises eyebrow* Question is based on what exactly? LOL Zeva could be Tyson's twin sister.
I have a black/tan German Shepard but a newborns dog mated with her he is a white GS what will the puppies look like.


I have a sale with the following dimension for sale.
The sail has standard aluminum/alloy headboard for the halyard attachment, 3/8" slides up the mast for easy hauling and durability and it is in great shape. I do not know the age of the sail but I believe it is barely used. I do not have a sail bag for the sail storage and I do not have the 3 batons needed—but those should be easy enough to obtain. The R19 class logo is not on the sail. I would like to list the sail at $350 and I will pay for the shipping.
Stuart Rhodes 19, Centerboard. 1993.
Beautiful boat, well maintained, barely a blemish to be found, original gelcoat still shines like new, no repairs ever, none needed, ready to sail.
Check it out online, fast and stable, seats 6, active racing fleet, exc. resale value.
Nice galvanized Lil Rider trailer in excellent condition.
2014 2 hp HONDA OB.
Please note that new boats are still being built today by Stuart Marine in Rockland, ME and they are selling for around $30,000.
If you would like more information, please call me. Emails will not be answered.
You can reach me at 603-547-083one. Thank you.
Rhodes 19 keel. Cast iron. Sandblasted and primed with Kem Paint. Very good condition. Ready to Fair. It is 5 pounds under class weight so will finish out right on the money. Was going to put it on another boat but changed boats. Located in Chicago and can be brought to Nationals for pick up. Make a good offer and it's yours.
(Note this is not a Rhodes 19).
A great Rhodes 19 keel sailboat with dark blue hull and white painted bottom and kiel, half-way to making it a true racer, is for sale. A set of practice Doyle sails and and two spinnakers in a fair shape. The ribs have been recently replaced. The bottom was refinished and painted two years ago. You have the chance to set it up for racing the way you like or just use it for cruising in its current condition. It has a full boat cover and can be used with mast up or down. The trailer is two years old Triad with bunks. An extra set of barely used cruising sails and cruising spinnaker can be sold for an additional 700,-. There is an outboard Tohatsu 4 stroke barely used by previous owner for 500,-. The boat has been dry sailed for the past four years and can be seen or pictures sent upon request. You can buy it all for 7000,- and I will throw in an extra set of practice Doyle sails.
I have a Rhodes 19 that I have been restoring for almost a year now. I have sailed it 3 times and decided its too small. This boat is in great condition, handles well, and is a solid boat.
This boat is priced low compared to any Rhodes 19s out there in its condition. I can assist with delivery and deliver within a certain distance. Let me know if you have any questions or want to see the boat.


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God of War is out now.
Putting aside any console/PC rivalry, it seems that PS4-exclusive God of War is a fantastic game.
The game's now sitting at a 95/100 average score, making it the highest-rated game of 2018 thus far.
Interestingly, the game has indeed hugely fantastic reviews as it has achieved a Metascore of 95/100 on Metacritic, beating a behemoth such as The Last of Us Remastered (94/100).
We all believed it but that's only a testament to the power of football , to the power of these two men. "His achievements at Arsenal are a testimony to his commitment and love for the club".
Following the day-one update of God of War, Sony has now confirmed that another patch will add photo mode. While there was talk from God of War creative director Cory Barlog leading up to release about how this opens up the franchise to limitless possibilities going forward, exploring Egyptian and Mayan mythology as examples, that's not going to be the case for a while. On the other hand, Artreus is the voice of Sony Santa Monica who is actually instructing Kratos related to the game missions. This fundamentally changes the game, drawing you much closer to the carnage, as well as to other modern action games. This is a special game, and it deserves every hour you're willing to spend with it. How many copies do you think the game will sell in its debut week? And as you may know, PvP multiplayer games consistently dominate Twitch viewership charts, without fail. Long story short, he does and becomes the God of War in Ares' stead. Once you throw his axe, it can be quickly retrieved by pressing the square button, much like Thor's hammer in the Marvel movies. He mentions the talented team with whom he was working on the God of War.
Combat in the game has also undergone a significant revision.
Within that transition, Kratos grew the God of all Beards, raised his son Atrius, learned to suppress his rage and gave up his life of slaughter. For all of those tangible, progression creeping rewards, I found myself drawn more by the opportunities to dig deeper into a fascinating new setting for the God of War franchise.
God Of War then is a triumph for the PlayStation 4. Throwing the axe at weak points always does extra damage, but with more unlocked skills it can freeze enemies in spot, give you extra bonuses upon hit and much more. Kratos is seen directing the Artreus to lead in the war and survive.


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package org.radargun.reporting.html;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.jfree.chart.axis.AxisState;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberTick;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberTickUnitSource;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.TickType;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.ValueAxis;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotRenderingInfo;
import org.jfree.data.Range;
import org.jfree.ui.RectangleEdge;
import org.jfree.ui.TextAnchor;

/**
 * Inverse logarithmic axis 0 .. limit < 100
 *
 * @author Radim Vansa <rvansa@redhat.com>
 */
class PercentileLogAxis extends ValueAxis {

   protected static final double TICK_LABEL_ANGLE = Math.PI / 4;
   private final double limit;
   private final double totalTicks;

   PercentileLogAxis(String label, double limit) {
      super(label, new NumberTickUnitSource());
      this.limit = limit;
      totalTicks = computeTicks(limit);
   }

   @Override
   public void configure() {
   }

   @Override
   public AxisState draw(Graphics2D g2, double cursor, Rectangle2D plotArea, Rectangle2D dataArea, RectangleEdge edge, PlotRenderingInfo plotState) {
      AxisState state;
      // if the axis is not visible, don't draw it...
      if (!isVisible()) {
         state = new AxisState(cursor);
         // even though the axis is not visible, we need ticks for the
         // gridlines...
         java.util.List ticks = refreshTicks(g2, state, dataArea, edge);
         state.setTicks(ticks);
         return state;
      }
      state = drawTickMarksAndLabels(g2, cursor, plotArea, dataArea, edge);
      if (getAttributedLabel() != null) {
         state = drawAttributedLabel(getAttributedLabel(), g2, plotArea,
               dataArea, edge, state);

      } else {
         state = drawLabel(getLabel(), g2, plotArea, dataArea, edge, state);
      }
      createAndAddEntity(cursor, state, dataArea, edge, plotState);
      return state;
   }

   @Override
   public java.util.List refreshTicks(Graphics2D g2, AxisState state, Rectangle2D dataArea, RectangleEdge edge) {
      if (RectangleEdge.isTopOrBottom(edge)) {
         return refreshTicksHorizontal(g2, dataArea, edge);
      } else throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }

   protected java.util.List refreshTicksHorizontal(Graphics2D g2, Rectangle2D dataArea, RectangleEdge edge) {
      Range range = getRange();
      java.util.List ticks = new ArrayList();
      Font tickLabelFont = getTickLabelFont();
      g2.setFont(tickLabelFont);
      TextAnchor textAnchor;
      if (edge == RectangleEdge.TOP) {
         textAnchor = TextAnchor.BOTTOM_RIGHT;
      } else {
         textAnchor = TextAnchor.TOP_LEFT;
      }

      DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("##.#%");
      int tick = 1;
      ticks.add(new NumberTick(TickType.MINOR, 0.5, "50%", textAnchor, TextAnchor.TOP_LEFT, TICK_LABEL_ANGLE));
      for (;;) {
         formatter.setMinimumFractionDigits(tick - 2);
         formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(tick - 1);;
         double current = computeInverseTicks(tick);
         if (current > limit) break;
         if (range.contains(current)) {
            ticks.add(new NumberTick(TickType.MAJOR, current, formatter.format(current), textAnchor, textAnchor, TICK_LABEL_ANGLE));
         }
         current = current + (1 - current) / 2;
         if (current > limit) break;
         ticks.add(new NumberTick(TickType.MINOR, current, formatter.format(current), textAnchor, TextAnchor.TOP_LEFT, TICK_LABEL_ANGLE));
         ++tick;
      }
      return ticks;
   }

   protected double findMaximumTickLabelHeight(List ticks, Graphics2D g2, Rectangle2D drawArea, boolean vertical) {
      return ChartsHelper.getMaximumTickLabelHeight(ticks, g2, getTickLabelInsets(), getTickLabelFont(), TICK_LABEL_ANGLE);
   }

   protected double findMaximumTickLabelWidth(List ticks, Graphics2D g2, Rectangle2D drawArea, boolean vertical) {
      return ChartsHelper.getMaximumTickLabelWidth(ticks, g2, getTickLabelInsets(), getTickLabelFont(), TICK_LABEL_ANGLE);
   }

   @Override
   public double valueToJava2D(double value, Rectangle2D area, RectangleEdge edge) {
      double valueTicks = computeTicks(value);

      double min = 0.0, max = 0.0;
      if (RectangleEdge.isTopOrBottom(edge)) {
         min = area.getX();
         max = area.getMaxX();
      } else if (RectangleEdge.isLeftOrRight(edge)) {
         max = area.getMinY();
         min = area.getMaxY();
      }
      return min + (valueTicks / totalTicks) * (max - min);
   }

   @Override
   public double java2DToValue(double java2DValue, Rectangle2D area, RectangleEdge edge) {
      double min = 0.0, max = 0.0;

      if (RectangleEdge.isTopOrBottom(edge)) {
         min = area.getX();
         max = area.getMaxX();
      } else if (RectangleEdge.isLeftOrRight(edge)) {
         min = area.getMaxY();
         max = area.getY();
      }

      double valueTicks = totalTicks * (java2DValue - min) / (max - min);
      return computeInverseTicks(valueTicks);
   }

   private double computeTicks(double value) {
      return -Math.log10(1 - value);
   }

   private double computeInverseTicks(double valueTicks) {
      return 1 - Math.pow(10d, -valueTicks);
   }

   @Override
   protected void autoAdjustRange() {
      // nothing to do, the range is fixed to 0 .. limit
   }
}


"Communio India" is an initiative of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) to assist all our Dioceses and Religious Congregations working in rural and mission areas in their pastoral ministry.
The CCBI has been deliberating for a long time on how to find ways to help and promote evangelization and pastoral ministry in Mission areas facing financial difficulty. After extensive discussions through various meetings of the Executive Committee of the CCBI, it was decided to inaugurate "Communio India" during the 29th Plenary Assembly held in Bhopal from Jan. 31 to Feb. 8, 2017.
While the Universal Church observed the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy (December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016) and soon after, declared Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Saint on September 4, 2016 as well as a model of mercy and compassion, the Latin Church in India took this historical decision, and declared "Communio India" as a response of the Indian Bishops to the appeal of Pope Francis to make the Church more merciful and compassionate.
The motto of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy in 2016 was "Be merciful just as your Father is merciful" (Lk 6:36). Pope Francis, through the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Misericordiae Vultus, requested all the faithful to become more merciful and compassionate. This historical decision to begin "Communio India" to help poor dioceses and religious congregations working in the Missions was taken when the CCBI Executive Committee met at St John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore on September 20, 2016.
The objectives of Communio India: (1) The Primary objective of "Communio India" is to assist our dioceses and religious congregations working in the Missions. (2) It is to build a culture of sharing among our own people in order to express solidarity with our needy brothers and sisters in the country. (3) To encourage our faithful to pray and help the Missions and the missionaries, and to promote missionary vocations. (4) To inspire our lay faithful to work in Mission areas as lay missionaries. (5) To prepare all our faithful as missionary disciples, as envisaged by Pope Francis.


Harare: Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.
Mugabe's second wife Grace - his former secretary who is 41 years his junior and has been seen as a potential successor - boasted that even in his 80s he would rise before dawn to work out.
But in his later years, he has stumbled and fallen more than once and delivered the wrong speech at the opening of parliament in 2016.
After his carpenter father walked out on the family when he was 10, the young Mugabe concentrated on his studies, qualifying as a school teacher at the age of 17.


Don't worry, my miniskirt obsession is still very well intact. In order to modify my usual bare-legged look for winter, I chose this wooly and beautifully thickMSGM skirt. To show the least amount of skin with a miniskirt I would also recommend putting on your thigh-high boots instead of shorter booties. I think a long coat/high boot combo is a classically adaptable pairing that can last all through the winter. I played on different shades of pink for this look found on my coat, jumper, design on my jumper and heel of my boots (is you can see it)! It's a little more whimsical than I'm used to, but the 70s cut of the coat just felt too glam not to try out.
Love the look! :) So inspiring… You are stunnig girl!


Aberdeen lost out to a Pressley spot kick at Tynecastle despite a good second half performance. The Dons were totally outplayed for the opening 25 minutes before easing themselves back into the match. In the second half we witnessed a completely different performance with Hinds going closest. Unfortunately as the Dons looked the more likely Hearts won a penalty in the 81st minute when Diamond tripped de Vries. Pressley stepped up to grab all three points as the Dons paid for a lack of sharpness up front.
The Dons kicked off, but were under pressure as soon as possession was lost. The opening minute saw a half hearted penalty claim from the home side when Wyness took a tumble. The first corner of the match followed this as McNaughton over hit a pass back to Preece. Fortunately the Dons were able to clear following a second corner kick. The Dons first sniff at goal was a weak Hinds effort in the fourth minute after Clark had set the striker up.
Hearts held the upper hand at this stage of the match and they made a strong start as they tried to make amends for their poor cup performance at the weekend. The pressure almost paid off in the 11th minute when de Vries got on the end of a Hamill cross. The striker headed the ball down firmly and watched in agony as it bounced over the keeper and the bar with the Dons defence looking static. The pressure was unrelenting and Anderson had to look lively in the 14th minute as he conceded a corner to deny de Vries.
A minute later Preece was down quickly to deny the troublesome de Vries again. The one-way traffic continued as Aberdeen struggled to retain the ball, but the Dons did get forward in the 22nd minute when Sheerin made a good run. He ended up on the deck at the end of the move, but any penalty claim would have been very optimistic. In the 25th minute the Dons won a free kick and Morrison whipped in a good cross, but Gordon was out quickly to deny Anderson an attempt at goal. The Dons had weathered the early storm and were now easing their way into the match.
Aberdeen won their first two corners of the match in the 32nd minute, but were crowded out allowing de Vries to break. Fortunately Diamond got back to deny the Hearts striker. The Dons were back up the field a minute later to win their third corner, which Hearts dealt with comfortably. With four minutes of the half remaining Zdrilic almost grabbed a goal when Gordon rushed from his goal and hit the ball off the Aussie. Luckily for the Hearts keeper the ball rolled wide of the target.
Hearts then had a strong penalty claim a minute later as McNaughton clashed with Hartley. Mr. Dougal indicated that McNaughton had played the ball first and turned appeals aside. This seemed to spark the game into life and Clark forced a save from Gordon before Hearts raced up field and Stamp went close with his effort. Then in the second minute of the one-minute of injury time Hearts won a free kick on the edge of the box, but Preece made a comfortable stop from Stamp's effort.
The second half started at 100 miles an hour and in the 48th minute Hearts strung together some good play before de Vries fired wildly over. A minute later Muirhead and Morrison combined well to win the first corner of the half. Unfortunately the delivery was poor and the danger was easily cleared. In the 52nd minute de Vries went close again as he combined well with Wyness after a quick break from an Aberdeen attack.
Then in the 55th minute Aberdeen broke quickly when Sheerin released Hinds and the striker beat Kisnorbo before firing inches wide of the goal with Gordon beaten. With Zander Diamond off the pitch receiving treatment in the 59th minute Mark de Vries earned a 5.9 for a dive inside the Dons box. Mr. Dougal was again unimpressed, but surprisingly didn't book the striker. With the Dons back to eleven men they won a free kick in the Hearts half, which ended with a weak Anderson effort, which Gordon saved easily. In the 64th minute Heikkinen and McNaughton got in a mix up before the Fin fired an effort wide of the target.
A minute later Preece was down quickly to save a fierce Kisnorbo drive. In the 68th minute Hinds did well to keep the ball in play and set up his striking partner. Zdrilic was eventually crowded out and the ball cleared. Following a poor Hearts free kick Aberdeen broke again and efforts from Sheerin and Zdrilic put the home side under pressure. The Dons were certainly enjoying the lions share of the game at this stage, but like the home side earlier they were unable to score when in the ascendancy.
Just as Aberdeen looked to be taking control they were hit by a sucker punch when Hearts won a penalty in the 81st minute when Diamond tripped de Vries. Pressley stepped up and fired the ball past Preece to give the home side a lead they barely deserved. With five minutes remaining the Dons won a free kick when Pressley cynically fouled Hinds. Just when the Dons needed a decent delivery Morrison failed to find his colleagues and the chance and the points were gone.
Heart of Midlothian Teamsheet: Gordon, Maybury, Pressley, Webster, Stamp, de Vries, Hamill, Wyness, Hartley, Kisnorbo, Sloan.
Aberdeen Teamsheet: Preece, McNaughton, Morrison, Heikkinen (Foster 89), Anderson, Diamond, Sheerin, Muirhead, Zdrilic, Hinds (Prunty 86), Clark.


I purchased sample sizes of a selection of teas based to be brewed Gong Fu style base on Daniel Reid's, the Art and Alchemy of Chinese tea. This tea was too vegetal and woody for my taste. I'm glad I tried it as I now know my preferences better. I would say the taste matches the description.
Unless you're looking for a green oolong, try this today!
Though I know many prefer the more vegetal tones of something like a monkey-picked oolong, I prefer my red teas to be darker. This is the richest, smoothest oolong I've ever tasted, and it's one I always keep on hand at the house. Try it, you won't regret it!


Alyssa provides statistical support to DGHI Faculty and affiliates via the DGHI Biostatistics Core. Support includes assistance with research design and methods as well support with analyses and manuscript preparation/review. In addition to her work with the DGHI Biostatistics Core, Alyssa also provides direct statistical support to faculty members, Dr. Sara Benjamin Neelon and Dr. Wendy O'Meara. Alyssa has an M.A. in Applied Economics from Duke and has focused subsequent work in the field of health economics.
Why I'm interested in global health: I think that everyone deserves the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life and I have an profound curiosity about the nature and magnitude of the barriers to living a life in good health.


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A list of thriller films released in the 1970s.

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1970s
Thriller