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Salina B Baker
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Category: American Revolution
From Life to Legend: Dr. Joseph Warren 1741 – 1775
"Even in this unfortunate event he has served his country, for he has taught the sons of Freedom in America, that the laurel may be engrafted upon the cypress, and that true glory may be acquired not only in the arms of victory, but in the arms of death."
~~ A eulogy for Joseph Warren published in Philadelphia; 1775 (author unknown).
The Day: perhaps the decisive day is come on which the fate of American depends. My bursting heart must find vent at my pen. I have just heard that our dear friend Dr. Warren is no more but fell gloriously fighting for his country-saying better to die honourably in the field than ignominiously hang upon the gallows. Great is our loss…and the tears of multitudes pay tribute to his memory…
~~Abigail Adams in a letter to her husband, John Adams: June 1775
On June 11, we celebrated Dr. Joseph Warren's 276th birthday. Happy 276th Birthday Dr. Joseph Warren Today is the 242nd anniversary of his death at Bunker Hill.
For this tribute, we will join Joseph Warren in the months that comprised his swan song: April – June 1775.
In early April 1775, after the adjournment of the Provincial Congress in Concord, John Hancock and Samuel Adams didn't return to Boston for fear they would be arrested or hung. Instead, the two leaders of the American rebellion, sheltered at the home of Reverend Jonas Clarke in Lexington.
Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington, MA
Joseph ran a spy ring for the Sons of Liberty out of his home medical office. On the evening of April 18, he received word from one of his informants that, under orders from British General Thomas Gage, troops were assembling on the shore of Back Bay. Gage's troops were readying to march to Concord, where a stockpile of rebel armaments was stored.
Joseph knew the armaments in Concord had been well-hidden or moved in early April; therefore, weapons were not his primary concern. He feared for John Hancock's and Samuel Adams' lives if the British discovered them hiding in Lexington. Joseph summoned Paul Revere and William Dawes to his home on Hanover Street in Boston, and then dispatched them to warn Hancock and Adams, and the countryside that the British regulars were out.
On the morning of April 19, Joseph received news of fighting in Lexington. He slipped out of Boston, and made his way to Menotomy to attend a Committee of Safety meeting. During the meeting, messengers came and went, delivering the latest news.
Afterward, Joseph fought alongside General William Heath. Heath and his men fired on the British as they retreated to Boston along what is now called Battle Road. Joseph was nearly killed when a musket ball hit a pin in his hair.
Despite his unabashed courage, Joseph knew the gallows awaited him if he returned to Boston. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, he lodged at Hastings House in Cambridge, close to the Provincial Congress and Committee of Safety meetings. With John Hancock and Samuel Adams soon to depart for the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Joseph had emerged as the de facto leader of what a militia captain described as "the intended revolution". [1]
On April 20, under the auspices of the Committee of Safety, Joseph issued a colony-wide, almost threatening, circular letter urging men to enlist in the provincial army. He wrote, "Death and devastation are the instant consequences of delay . . ." [2]
A few weeks later, Joseph was elected to the loftiest political position of the rebellion—president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. As president, he also presided over the Provincial Congress' various committees.
In late April, Captain Benedict Arnold told Joseph and the Committee of Safety there was a stockpile of aging cannons in the poorly guarded Ft. Ticonderoga. The committee sent Arnold, equipped with two hundred pounds of valuable rebel gunpowder, to confiscate the cannons. It was a portent of what was to come.
Colonel Benedict Arnold
Several skirmishes erupted between the British and the Americans, leaving the store of rebel gunpowder severely depleted. Joseph, General Artemas Ward, and Moses Gill, the chairman of the Committee of Supplies, sent a plea to New York to send as much gunpowder as they could spare. The supply never arrived.
By June 15, it was clear that the British were about to make a preemptive strike on Roxbury, Dorchester, and Charlestown. Joseph, who now held a major general's commission, and the Committee of Safety decided that the provincial army must make a preemptive move of their own despite the shortage of gunpowder.
At 9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 16, nearly one thousand provincial soldiers under the command of Colonel William Prescott assembled on the common in Cambridge opposite Hastings House. Joseph was not among them as they marched toward Charlestown. General Israel Putnam and Lieutenant Colonel Richard Gridley, commander of an artillery regiment, joined Colonel Prescott just outside of Charlestown Neck.
Colonel Prescott and his men commenced building a redoubt on the Charlestown peninsula under the cover of night. The Committee of Safety's order was to build a redoubt on Bunker Hill, but by mistake Prescott and his men built the redoubt on an unnamed (later called Breed's Hill) hill closer to Boston.
Joseph was nowhere to be found on the morning of June 17. There are speculative reasons for his absence, but what is clear is that Joseph suffered from a sick headache that afternoon. Around 3:00 pm his former medical apprentice, Dr. David Townsend, arrived at Hastings House with the news that the men on Bunker Hill were being fired upon by the British.
After Joseph donned his elegant wedding suit, he and David made their way to Charlestown Neck. David stayed to care for men who had been wounded in the battle. Joseph went on to Bunker Hill. He encountered General Putnam. Putnam relinquished his command to major general Joseph Warren, but Joseph refused saying that his commission was not finalized, and he had come to fight as a volunteer.
Joseph Warren (right) offering to serve General Israel Putnam as a volunteer.
When Joseph entered the redoubt, Colonel Prescott and his 150 exhausted men, raised a cheer of Huzza! Huzza! The sight of their leader joining the fight invigorated them. Like Putnam, Prescott relinquished his command to Joseph, and again Joseph refused saying that he had come to fight as a volunteer.
The rebels had, thus far, repelled the British regulars. What ended the American resistance was neither lack of courage nor unstoppable British resolve. It was the depleted supply of rebel gunpowder. The British regulars, grenadiers, and marines swarmed the redoubt. The rebels tried to make their last stand by swinging their muskets or throwing rocks at the British. Colonel Prescott ordered a retreat.
Joseph was one of the last remaining men in the redoubt. There has been much debate about what happened next. What is known is that Joseph was shot, at close range, in the face just below his left eye, and probably by someone who recognized him. His biographer, Dr. Samuel Forman, wrote that Joseph would have died instantly, unlike the scene depicted in John Trumble's painting, "The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 "
The Death of General Joseph Warren at Bunker Hill
The British stripped Joseph of his fine clothes, mutilated his body, and buried him in a shallow grave with a farmer. Exactly who and when Joseph's body was mutilated has been lost to lore. His youngest brother, Dr. John Warren, attempted to find Joseph's body, but he was stopped by British sentries at Charlestown Neck.
Joseph's body wasn't recovered until after the Siege of Boston ended in March 1776. The corpse was badly decomposed. Paul Revere identified him by a tooth he had made for Joseph.
Joseph Warren shouldn't have been on the battlefield that day. The people needed him to lead the patriotic movement. They needed him as a friend, brother, and physician. His four children were orphaned.
Dr. Joseph Warren sacrificed his life for liberty, and in doing so, became America's first martyr. His death encouraged the people of a nation yet to born, to keep fighting despite their grief. It's what he would have done.
Statue of Joseph Warren erected on his family grave site by the 6th Masonic District October 2016
Warren family grave site in Forest Hills Cemetery
Painting of "The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill" by John Trumbull the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Forman, Samuel A. Dr. Joseph Warren, The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty. 2012: Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. Bunker Hill A City, A Siege, A Revolution. 2013: Penguin Books, New York, NY.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626357/ Dr. Joseph Warren: leader in medicine, politics, and revolution. George C. Wildrick, MSSM, MBA
Massachusetts Gate pic
[1] (Philbrick pg 163)
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Happy 276th Birthday, Dr. Joseph Warren!
"Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves."
~~ Dr. Joseph Warren (from his 1775 Boston Massacre Oration)
President Ronald Reagan quoted these words in his 1981 presidential inaugural address. Like the patriots of colonial America, Reagan was inspired by Dr. Joseph Warren's determination, fortitude, and passion. Without Joseph's influence and actions, this nation may not have been born.
Joseph Warren was a Boston physician who cared for rich and poor, American and English, free and slave. He was deeply involved with his fellow patriots, Sons of Liberty, and masonic lodge brothers: John Adams, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere—to name a few.
Dr. Joseph Warren
In April 1775, Joseph was elected president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and the Committee of Safety, to replace the absent John Hancock. With little money or resources, he was faced with the challenges of a rapidly evolving revolutionary political and military climate. He was a tireless devoted leader who responded to each new challenge with intelligence and courage.
He held the American rebellion together during the critical months (April – June 1775) that spanned the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Those collective months were his swan song.
If he had lived, he may have outshined all the Founding Fathers. Loyalist Peter Oliver surmised in 1782 that if Warren had lived, George Washington would have been "an obscurity." But, the imminent grief of Joseph's death eased, and his dazzling light dimmed.
Joseph Warren was born on June 11, 1741. The eldest of four boys, he grew up outside of Boston on the Warren family farm in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The Warren farm produced a distinctive kind of apple called Warren or Roxbury Russet.
By age fourteen, Joseph was attending Harvard. In October 1755, while working in the orchard, his father died after a fall from a ladder. Suddenly, Joseph was the head of the household, and it was a responsibility he took to heart.
Due to the generosity of the community, he was able to continue his studies at Harvard, where he became interested in medicine. Joseph learned the prevailing humeral approach to disease. Ancient Greek and Roman medicine ascribed diseases to imbalances in the humors; the four distinctive attributes of living organisms: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. As a physician, Joseph would have prescribed and prepared herbal medications to return the bodily humors to balance, and thus, cure the patient's affliction.
During a time when a layman could practice medicine, Joseph was a passionate proponent of disciplined medical education. When a colleague, Dr. Thomas Young, prescribed a treatment for tuberculosis that resulted in the patient's death, Joseph's quill flew. With sardonic humor and under the pen name, Philo Physic, he carried on a ruthless debate with Dr. Young in the newspapers.
In early 1764, a smallpox epidemic swept Boston and the surrounding areas. Joseph went to work for the physicians' initiative for community wide inoculation at Castle William, a fort and smallpox hospital just south of Boston. The doctors administered inoculations, and worked on case reporting and quarantine measures.
The following year, Joseph wrote articles calling for the establishment of an organization of Massachusetts physicians (the Massachusetts Medical Society would be established in 1782 by Joseph's youngest brother John).
As a woman, I find descriptions of Joseph's beauty and mannerisms alluring. His elegance was also apparent to men.
Richard Frothingham, in his 1865 text on the Life and Times of Joseph Warren, amply describes Warren, whose sandy blonde hair and gentle complexion was considered, especially by the ladies, as being quite handsome.
"He had a graceful figure, was scrupulously neat in his person, of thorough culture, and had an elegant address; and these traits rendered him a welcome visitor in polite circles, while a frank and genial manner made him a general favorite. He had a great love for his fellow man; and being a stranger to the passion of avarice, and even neglectful to a fault in pecuniary matters, he had an ear ever open to the claims of want, and a hand ever extended to afford relief." [1]
John Adams wrote in a letter dated July 29, 1775, shortly after Joseph's death: "Warren was a young man whom nature had adorned with grace and manly beauty, and a courage that would have been rash absurdity, had it not been tempered by self-control." [2]
Joseph's religious roots were Puritan, and his writings reveal his passionate use of religious allegories coupled with erotic metaphors. His 1772 and 1775 Boston Massacre Orations are filled with such references. How did his religious beliefs influence his associations with women?
Joseph married seventeen-year-old orphaned heiress, Elizabeth Hooton, in September 1764. She was probably pregnant when the couple married. Their first child, Elizabeth "Betsey", was born sometime in March 1765. The marriage appeared to have been, at least in the beginning, little more than a union of convenience. The couple went on to have three more children: Joseph, Richard, and Mary.
No authentic records of Elizabeth's thoughts, beliefs, or life with Joseph exists. Her portrait lacks adornments–jewelry, hairdressing, a book, a favorite pet–to suggest her personal tastes. Elizabeth died on April 26, 1773. (Paul Revere's wife, Sarah, died a few weeks later.)
Elizabeth Hooton Warren
The only accounts of Joseph's thoughts on his wife were written following her death. On her passing, Joseph wrote:
Aetherial Spirits see the S[y]stem's right, But mortal Minds demand a clearer Sight, In Spight of Reason's philosophic Art, A tear must fall to indicate the Heart.[4]
After Elizabeth's death, Mercy Scollay cared for his children and became a member of the Warren household. Mercy was said to be Joseph's intellectual equal. She was certainly articulate in her writings. Lore suggests she was Joseph's fiance at the time of his death. There is no documented evidence of that engagement.
After Joseph's death, his youngest brother, Dr. John Warren, eventually got custody of the children. Their welfare remained in dire straits until 1778 when General Benedict Arnold (who had befriended Joseph at Cambridge) gave $500 for their education and petitioned Congress for the amount of a major general's half pay for their welfare until the youngest reached majority.
Joseph's biographer, Dr. Samuel Forman wrote that Joseph was "dismissive of women". [3] Yet, history tells the tale of a handsome young doctor whose female patients feigned continuing illnesses as a ploy for Dr. Warren's lingering attentions.
Apart from Mercy Scollay, lore links Joseph to many women, outside of the years he was married. Mary Wheatley, Margaret Gage, and Sally Edwards are among the women who may or may not have had a romantic relationship with him.
Margaret Gage
Joseph was too occupied with establishing his medical practice, a smallpox epidemic, attempts to organize a province medical society, and his new life as a husband and soon-to-be father to notice the growing colonial despair over the acts of the British parliament. Then, parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Joseph went from a young independent physician to a committed radical Whig and Son of Liberty insider.
Enter Joseph's political mentor, the much older, Samuel Adams. Their budding interaction was to mature into one of the most significant of their lives and of the patriot movement.
Joseph's first successful strategic battle was an initiative to resolve a Boston dispute between his masonic lodge, St. Andrew's Lodge of the Ancients, and the exclusionary and privileged English St. John's Grand Lodge of the Moderns. The members of St. John's refused to allow the inclusion of St. Andrew's "common folk" into their masonic celebrations and rituals. One can imagine Joseph leaning in close to his fellow St. Andrew's lodge members, Paul Revere and John Hancock, and with a smile, saying, "Screw this. We will procure our own Grand Lodge charter."
A committee headed by Joseph, by-passed England and applied to Scotland for St. Andrew's chartering as a Grand Lodge. The application was granted, and the commission establishing a new Grand Lodge of the Ancients with Joseph as its Grand Master was dated May 30, 1769. Now, St. John's and St. Andrew's Masonic lodges were on even ground.
I adjourn our visit with Joseph Warren's life until June 17, when we will follow him to Bunker Hill.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Frothingham, Richard. Life and Times of Joseph Warren. 1865: Little Brown & Company, New York, NY.
http://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/warren/#more-519; Revolutionary War Journal 2017
Painting of Joseph Warren by John Singleton Copley, 1765. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Painting of Elizabeth Hooton Warren by John Singleton Copley, 1772. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Painting of Margaret Gage in the Turquerie style, circa 1771, by John Singleton Copley. Timken Museum of Art in San Diego, California.
Image of the Battle of Bunker Hill by Winthrop Chandler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
[1] (Frothingham, pg 19)
[2] http://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/warren/#more-519
[3] (Forman, pg 191)
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Lexington and Concord: 7 British Military Blunders
Military campaigns have been marred with blunders since man began the business of organized war. Beyond the strategies, armaments, battles, and aftermath, human error is one of the many fascinating chronicles of a mission. That isn't to say that courage and determination and grit are not just as fascinating—they are, but for this moment, they are put aside.
There were many British military blunders surrounding the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The Royal Governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage planned the mission. He had intelligence that there were rebel armaments in Concord and the mission was to capture the armaments. (He may have learned at the last minute that most of those munitions had been removed from Concord).
General Thomas Gage
General Gage handpicked the companies of light infantrymen and grenadiers from different regiments and placed them under the command of Colonel Francis Smith, with Royal Marine Major John Pitcairn as Smith's second in command. This had the disadvantage of placing junior officers under the command of superior officers they didn't know. Likewise, Smith and Pitcairn had no knowledge of their junior officers' strengths and weaknesses.
General Gage believed he was planning the mission in secrecy
Colonel Francis Smith
with only Colonel Francis Smith's prior knowledge. However, Gage supposedly revealed those orders to General Lord Hugh Percy. Further, Gage's brother-in-law, Samuel Kemble, was his private secretary, and Kemble may have written Smith's orders for Gage. There is speculation that Gage's wife, Margaret, may have learned of the mission and betrayed that information to Joseph Warren, which would have spurred Warren to send Paul Revere and William Dawes to issue the warning that the regulars were out. That is quite another story…
The 800 regulars and 70 officers assembled on the shores of Back Bay to cross the Charles River. The crossing was slow. Longboats had to make two trips to ferry the 800 troops to the Cambridge shore. To make matters worse, they were crossing against the incoming tide.
Map of British Movement
The regulars' landing point was in the middle of the wetlands of the Cambridge marshes. The men, burdened with the weight of their uniforms and equipment, had to slog through the knee-deep waters of the marshes.
Four hours after their initial departure from Back Bay, Smith's regulars were marching the road to Lexington. The country folk were raising alarms and some were shooting at the regulars. Smith sent an appeal to General Gage for reinforcements.
Lord Hugh Percy
The troops of the First Brigade should have been at the ready to march at a moment's notice. However, they were asleep and had to be roused.
As the First Brigade prepared to march, Lord Hugh Percy waited for the battalion of Royal Marines to arrive. Two hours later, the marines had not answered the call. The marines were also asleep because the orders for reinforcements had been sent to Major John Pitcairn's quarters, and at that moment, Major Pitcairn was marching toward Lexington.
As they entered Lexington, Major John Pitcairn's troops in the vanguard continued along the road to Concord under the watchful eye of Captain John Parker and the Lexington militia. Then, the vanguard, led by the impetuous Lieutenant Jessie Adair, veered the wrong way at the intersection and marched up Bedford Road toward Captain Parker's forces. Major Pitcairn and several other officers galloped toward the vanguard shouting at them to halt. In the confusion, a shot rang out.
The Battle of Lexington
General Gage had ordered Colonel Smith not to plunder or disturb individuals or private property, but Smith's regulars did just that in Concord and Menotomy (where the heaviest fight of April 19 took place). Those acts served to further anger the colonists.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. Bunker Hill A City, A Siege, A Revolution New York: Penguin Books, 2013. Print.
Borneman, Walter R. American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014. Print.
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Lexington and Concord: The Last Days Leading up to a Revolution, Part 2
The violences committed by those who have take up arms in Massachusetts Bay have appeared to me as the acts of a rude Rabble without plan, without concert, & without conduct, and therefore I think that smaller Force now, if put to the Test, would be able to encounter them with greater probability of Success…..
….In this view of the situation of the King's affairs, it is the opinion of the King's servants, in which his Majesty concurs, that the essential step to be taken toward reestablishing government would be to arrest and imprison the principle actors and abettors in the Provincial Congress (whose proceedings appear in every light to be acts of treason….
~~Lord Dartmouth to General Thomas Gage, about April 16, 1775
The Earl of Dartmouth
Secretary of State for the Colonies 1772 – 1775
This was part of Lord Dartmouth's long awaited, cross-Atlantic response to General Gage's admonishments, which he had written to Lord Dartmouth in late January 1775, on how to handle the rebellious acts of the colonists. Those defiant acts were seemingly endless: the illegal proceedings of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and the Continental Congress, the Suffolk Resolves, smuggling, seizures of powder and munitions, and threats to march into Boston "like locusts and rid the town of every soldier." (Philbrick quoting Rev. John Andrews, pg 71)
Royal Governor of Massachusetts 1774 – 1775
General Gage did not consider himself a royalist, but part of his advice to Dartmouth was something he believed the King wanted to hear:
"It's the opinion of most People, if a respectable Force is seen in the Field, the most obnoxious of the Leaders seized, and a Pardon proclaimed for all other's, that Government will come off Victorious, and with less Opposition than was expected a few Months ago."
By the time Lord Dartmouth's lengthy letter of advice reached Thomas Gage, tempers among the British ministry, the loyalists, and the patriots in Massachusetts had simmered down. In fact at this point, there was growing discord among the patriots' own ranks, rooted in a misguided optimism that once King George III saw for himself that his ministers had misled him, the king would withdrawal his troops and the demand for unfair taxes would withdraw with them, leaving New England free. That optimism was founded in the colonists' previous experiences with protests and the king's withdrawal of the transgressions.
If Gage had chosen to do nothing in response to Dartmouth's letter that spring, the patriots may have had a difficult time maintaining a united front. Ironically, Dartmouth's letter, based on information and instructions months old, arrived around the same time Gage was receiving valuable information from his British spies. Those things came together to lead Gage to make a series of decisions that would change the course of history.
Just as ironically, one of Thomas Gage's spies was a trusted colleague among the members of the Sons of Liberty and the Provincial Congress: Dr. Benjamin Church.
Dr. Benjamin Church
When it came to rebel secrets and plotting; only Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Joseph Warren were more involved than Benjamin Church. But Benjamin had an expensive mistress, and spying brought the ready cash he needed to please her. He had no qualms about betraying his fellow patriots in exchange for the means to pay for the treasures that lay between the legs of his mistress, Phoebe Yates.
Church, among other spies, assured Gage there was a stockpile of provincial armaments located in Concord. Instead of taking Dartmouth's advice to arrest the leaders of the Provincial Congress, Thomas Gage focused on securing and destroying the rebel military stores in Concord.
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Lexington and Concord: The Last Days Leading up to a Revolution
On April 11, 1775, five days before Lord Dartmouth's long awaited orders on how to deal with the rebels reached General Thomas Gage via the HMS Falcon, the general's clandestine patriot informer noted, "A sudden blow struck now or immediately upon the arrival of reinforcements from England would cripple all the rebels' plans."
But despite this warning, the rebels already had plans.
The members of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and their president, John Hancock, feared that the sudden rapid decay between England and America would thrust them into war. All those in attendance, including Samuel Adams and Dr. Joseph Warren, recognized the portent and the need for preparedness.
The Committee of Safety put a military command structure in place, incorporating existing militia companies and regiments, and their officers. They promoted six men, of various military abilities, to generals, and tasked them with tightening the local militias in Cambridge and Watertown and Roxbury into a well-trained fighting force.
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Joseph Warren had a rebel intelligence network of tradesmen and skilled workers who frequented the Green Dragon and other Boston taverns. These members of the Sons of Liberty noted British troop movements, ship arrivals and departures, and anything out of the ordinary.
On April 7, the rebels observed longboats being moored under the sterns of British men-of-war in Boston harbor for ready access and concluded that an attack somewhere was imminent. The next day, Paul Revere saddled up to carry a message of alarm to Concord given the stockpiles of munitions and supplies located there, and to the the Committee of Safety of the Provincial Congress, which was now adjourned in Concord.
Joseph Warren did not attend the Committee of Safety sessions held in Concord after April 8. The committee had already laid plans for a watch and couriers to alarm the countryside of suspicious British army movement, and he was well-versed in those plans.
By this time, it was obvious to both John Hancock and Samuel Adams that things had deteriorated with the British to the point that it was not safe for them to return to Boston before setting out for Philadelphia and the Second Continental Congress scheduled to convene on May 10.
John managed to get word to his aunt, Lydia Hancock, his fiancee, Dorothy Quincy, and his young clerk, John Howell, to leave Boston and refugee to Reverend Jonas Clarke's house in Lexington. John was very familiar with the Clarke house. It was from that house that he had been spirited away, as a seven-year-old boy, by his uncle and aunt, Thomas and Lydia Hancock, to be raised in the world of Boston business.
Samuel's wife, Betsy, left their house on Purchase Street in Boston and went to stay in the home of her father in Cambridge. Samuel's nineteen-year-old daughter, Hannah, his child with his deceased wife, Elizabeth, joined Betsy in Cambridge.
During this time, the widowed Dr. Joseph Warren was making arrangements to refugee his children and their nanny, Mercy Scollay, out of Boston. It is unclear exactly what those arrangements were and whether their destination was Roxbury or Worcester. (His children and Mercy Scollay did eventually refugee to Worcester to the home of Joseph's colleague Dr. Elijah Dix).
In the meantime, Joseph continued to tend to his patients in Boston, but his friends were concerned for his safety. The young handsome doctor was well-known and very recognizable.
Forman, Samuel A. Dr. Joseph Warren The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty Gretna, Pelican Publishing, Inc, 2012. Print.
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10 Interesting Facts About the Sons of Liberty and other American Patriots
John Hancock was raised by his uncle and aunt, Thomas and Lydia Hancock, after his father died when John was a boy of seven.
John Adams was the defense lawyer for the British soldiers who were put on trial for the Boston Massacre. The soldiers were acquitted.
Dr. Joseph Warren became the situational leader of the patriotic cause. He dispatched Paul Revere and William Dawes to spread the alarm that the British were on the move the night of April 18, 1775.
Samuel Adams was uninterested in money. He failed as a tax collector and neglected his father's brewery.
Paul Revere rode to spread the alarm and deliver news for the Massachusetts Provincial Congress throughout New England on many, many occasions other than the night of April 18, 1775.
Dr. Benjamin Church, a trusted compatriot of the Sons of Liberty, was a spy for British General Thomas Gage.
Benedict Arnold donated $500 to the education of Dr. Joseph Warren's children after Warren died at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Israel Putnam was the leader of the Connecticut branch of the Sons of Liberty.
Dr. Samuel Prescott was the man who carried the alarm to Concord that the British were on the move, after Paul Revere and William Dawes were detained by a British patrol in the early morning hours of April 19, 1775.
Abigail Adams urged her husband, John, to take women's rights into consideration if and when the colonies gained independence. "If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment [promote] a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation."
Author Salina B BakerPosted on April 11, 2017 July 9, 2019 Categories American Revolution, Angels and Patriots, Colonial America, Dr. Joseph Warren, Dr. Samuel Prescott, Paul Revere, William DawesTags abigail adams, American History, american patriots, American Revolution, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Church, Dr. Samuel Prescott, John Adams, John Hancock, Joseph Warren, Patriots, Paul Revere, revolution, samuel adams, the sons of liberty5 Comments on 10 Interesting Facts About the Sons of Liberty and other American Patriots
The Man Who Finished The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Paul Revere and William Dawes didn't make it to Concord to sound the alarm that the British regulars were out. That ride was completed by twenty-three-year old Dr. Samuel Prescott.
Dr. Samuel Prescott went on to serve as a doctor in the Continental army. He died at the age of 25 (or 26). Legend has it that he died in a prison in Nova Scotia. There are no known likenesses of him. A great deal of myth has been built around Prescott like other little known but important patriots.
Imagine you are witness to the events that ended Revere's and Dawes' ride:
Samuel Adams joined John Hancock and Reverend Clarke in the living room while Paul Revere delivered Joseph Warren's warning that the British regulars were out. William Dawes arrived as Paul was finishing. Paul Revere and William Dawes could not linger in Lexington, and they left immediately to ride west toward Concord to spread the alarm.
On the road, Paul and William encountered Dr. Samuel Prescott, who was returning from an evening in Lexington with his fiance Lydia Mulliken. The three men knocked on doors and spread the word through the countryside. Midway between Lexington and Concord, Paul scouted the road ahead for British patrols while William and Samuel stopped to warn a family who lived on a large farm.
The bright moonlight shadowed the woods on either side of the road, and Paul was surprised by two British officers who rode out from the shelter of the trees.
"We have been seen!" Paul shouted to William and Samuel.
Two more heavily armed regulars emerged from the shadows. The unarmed patriots' only choice was to flee. Samuel Prescott urged his horse over a stone wall and escaped into the darkness of the woods.
William, who was mounted on the slowest horse, rode in the opposite direction until he found the shelter of an abandoned farmhouse.
Paul attempted to outrun the British, but six more regulars blocked his path. He was taken prisoner along with three other rebels who had been captured earlier in the morning. An officer ordered Paul to dismount, and then asked him where he had come from and when.
"I have ridden from Boston just hours ago," Paul said with a surly attitude.
The officer raised an eyebrow in surprise that someone like this man had slipped out of Boston and had ridden this far. "What is your name?"
"Paul Revere," Paul said boldly.
The officer nodded and said, "You are known."
"Well you will not find what you are after whether that is men or arms," Paul sneered. "I've warned the countryside all the way from Charlestown, and soon you will be facing five hundred men."
Another officer rode at Paul at a gallop. The officer identified himself as Major Edward Mitchell. He then held a pistol to Paul's head and said, "You will answer my questions or I will blow your brains out."
After more detailed questioning, Major Mitchell ordered Paul to mount his horse. A regular took the reins, and Paul and the other captive rebels were led eastward. As they neared Lexington, the boom of a signal gun reverberated through the cold dawn air. Mitchell questioned Paul about the signal. Paul shrugged and repeated what he had already said twice before.
Soon after, the bell at the meetinghouse on Lexington Green began to ring. At this point, Major Mitchell and his regulars forced the rebels to dismount. One soldier drew his sword and cut the horses' bridles and saddles off, and drove the horses away. Major Mitchell's patrol kept Paul Revere's horse.
Paul Revere and the other rebels were forced to walk back to Lexington.
In the meantime, Dr. Samuel Prescott had ridden to Concord and sounded the alarm to arms along the way.
Author Salina B BakerPosted on January 22, 2017 July 9, 2019 Categories American Revolution, Colonial America, Dr. Samuel Prescott, Paul Revere, William DawesTags american patriots, American Revolution, Concord, Dr. Samuel Prescott, Lexington and Concord, Midnight Ride, Patriot, Paul Revere, William Dawes5 Comments on The Man Who Finished The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Angels & Patriots is the violent struggle for freedom, played out on the battlefield and the firmament as the angels fend off the demons in a quest to serve both humans and God.
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If you have driven on I-5 North recently you might have noticed several new buildings near the exit for 164th Street SW in Lynnwood. The new development is Ash Way Urban Center, a multi-family development that is pedestrian oriented to take advantage of the adjacent regional Park and Ride transit station. Raedeke Associates, Inc. (RAI) conducted field studies, obtained the critical area permits, and prepared the wetland and stream restoration plan as mitigation for the development.
During the beginning phase of the project, RAI delineated two wetlands and a ditched stream on this 9-acre site. In order to construct the project, it was necessary to fill a portion of one of these wetlands, requiring permits from local, state, and federal agencies. RAI evaluated project impacts on the wetlands and stream in order to prepare a mitigation plan that was required for these permits. For the federal permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, we also completed a biological evaluation of project impacts to fish and wildlife species listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act.
RAI provided landscape architectural design services to prepare a mitigation plan that would restore wetland and stream functions that had been reduced or lost from previous human activities and from the wetland fill that would be required for project construction. The plan included removing old fill from one of the wetlands to restore the historic water regime and enhancing the both wetlands and their buffers by removing noxious weeds, planting native species, and installing habitat features including snags and logs. The ditched stream was re-meandered to a more natural configuration, fish friendly gravel was laid on the streambed, and the stream banks were planted with native riparian vegetation well-adapted to the site conditions. The wetland and stream restoration areas and their buffers will be monitored and maintained for 5 years to ensure that they meet specific goals of the mitigation plan.
The restoration plan also included construction of a trail within the wetland buffer using pervious materials. The intent of the trail is for public access to the wetlands and stream to allow low-impact recreation and to provide environmental education opportunities regarding their value. As part of the environmental education component of the project, we designed three trail-side interpretive signs regarding wetland functions, wildlife habitat, and fish habitat that would be provided by the wetland and stream restoration. Implementation of the wetland and stream restoration plan was completed this year, and people are starting to occupy Ash Way Urban Center and use the trail.


Beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 full bath ranch home with finished basement. This home boasts great curb appeal on a professionally landscaped corner lot w/ very little through traffic. Open floor plan w/ vaulted ceilings w/ Pergo wood flooring in the living and dining rooms. Tons of natural light & a gas fireplace make the living space inviting & warm. The split floor plan is perfectly laid out w/ master suite on left side of living space w/ double vanity, walk-in closet, large walk-in shower & water closet. The two ancillary bedrooms are on the right side w/ full bath & linen closet between the two. Enjoy full mud room & laundry room. Sliding glass doors open up to a spacious back deck overlooking the back yard. Finished basement was done 5 years ago w/ a large bedroom w/ egress window, 2nd living room, full bath, partially finished workshop & plenty of unfinished storage space. Fully insulated & heated extended two car garage that is attached. Move in ready with fresh paint & carpet.
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Can worm composting become a community activity? Carpenter/artist Rowin Snijder is testing this concept out on a street corner in Amsterdam. He has designed and built a durable, oak cabinet that looks like an elevated planter box. Inside, it hides 2 vermicomposting compartments, into which neighbors can deposit their food scraps. When one side is filled, they use the adjacent section so the worms will follow the food scraps and move into it through a bamboo lattice that connects them. The finished compost can be harvested from the first bin while the second becomes full of worms that are being fed. And the composting process continues. Rowin says, "When a group of people take it upon themselves to take responsibility for their own trash, and work together, so much more happens than just making compost. It builds community, a connection with your surrounding, and is an inspiration for others to do so as well. The compost produced, can be used in gardens in the street or on rooftop gardens and balconies." He has also designed a version for the balcony, which he sells in Amsterdam, but also offers the plans for free on the Le Compostier Facebook page for others who want to build it themselves. And there is a new, 2 square meter version that has space for worms and bees. The bees are invited in through a yellow-painted portal in the wood box, where they can find refuge in their own protected box inside. An intriguing cohabitation with worms, bees, plants and people on the street. I look forward to hearing more about this project as it develops. Visit the Le Compostier blog for more information.
The yellow painted hole invites bees in to share the space with the worms.


I've been working really, really, hard in physical therapy and with my exercises at home. And it's paying off. I saw my surgeon's assistant on the 21st, and she removed the dressing on the incision and swapped it out for Steri-strips. She showed me the x-rays they'd taken of my new knee so that I could see what it looks like now. Absolutely fascinating. I won't post the photo here; no like gross anybody out. But you know, no wonder it hurts…there's a bunch of metal in there! Best of all, she said I could hemo the compression hose!!! I was so happy!! They were were a pain in the ʻōkole! Oh yeah… and she confirmed that there's such a thing as surgery brain. I could tell that all my cylinders weren't firing quite right. It's 'way better now, though. Megan told me that she was really pleased with my progress; she'd wanted at least a 90° angle on my bent knee, and my PT told me the day before it was 115°!
I managed to walk across the skybridge with my walker pau my appointment. It's amazing how something small kine like that can tire me out. We came home and I still had to exercise, too.
So since then, more PT twice a week. Patrick adds new exercises every time I go in there, and some of them hurt like crazy, but I do 'em. He's not torturing me, but he certainly does challenge me! Last week he got me started on the bike; my bad left knee won't go all the way around, but my new did actually did. Surprised the heck out of both of us.
I was doing well enough to be able to go to Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival. It was supposed to rain, but it didn't! I had to use a wheelchair, though; it was Nolemana's first time as a wheelchair driver. He did great. But I couldn't go out onto the lawn area…'way too bumpy there. But at least I got to go, and some of us local members of the My Knitting Has Cat Hair In It group on Ravelry had a wonderful meet-up.
There are always interesting/fascinating outfits at OFFF, like this hat, for instance.
Everyone was in such a good mood, and I loved the atmosphere all around me.
Nolemana and I went back the next day to get a part for my electric spinner, so I took more photos. I didn't get any from the buildings the day before because it was just too crowded.
This cute Shetland sheep was going for a walk.
I was getting tired, so we decided to make a quick trip out to Swan Island Dahlias on the way home. This is a yearly stop for us, too, and I'm so glad we decided to head over there. The dahlias were absolutely amazing.
We took more photos from the road on our way out.
I snapped a photo of this '52 Chevy; my brother and I love these classic cars. Our dad used to have a '50 Chevy kinda like this one.
And yippee! We saw a train, too, alongside the Willamette River.
Yesterday at PT, Patrick graduated me to using a cane part-time, and said I could go to the gym and use the Nu-Step machine for 5-7 minutes. I did 7. I was greeted by my gym posse brothers, who I surprised by being there. They all came over and gave me a huge welcome…one of them spotted me across the room and they all came hurrying over, like this wonderful wave. Five of them. I was so happy to see them, along with Janice, my exercise buddy.
By the time I got home, I was beat and my knee hurt. I still had more exercises to do, so I did those and then iced my knee big time.
It's been a very busy ten days; some days are worse than others, and some nights my knee hurts bad. Like where they drilled the puka in my bones for R2D2 support. Mostly I can see that I'm making progress, though, even with a few hiccups here and there. The weather has been gorgeous, and I love getting out and seeing the Fall colors.
K'den. Mahalo for riding along this journey with me.
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OK, I gotta ask–f'real R2D2 support? Dat's hilarious.
But seriously, Moki-chan, I'm so proud of you. Dis is hard stuff. And you killin' it, sistah.
I love the dahlias. I call them the supermodels of the flower world–it's hard to take a bad photo of one. I love them.
Sounds like you're making great progress because of all your hard work! Three cheers!
Glad you are doing well. I love craft fairs.
I want to run through the flowers!
Mahalo, tita! Yeah, the flowers… so magnificent, and acres and acres of them!


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Q: Proving path connectedness (simple)
Let $L=\left \{ (x,0)\in \mathbb{R}^{2}~:~x\geq 0 \right \}$. Prove that $\mathbb{R}^{2}\setminus L$ is path-connected.

It's easy to see why this set is path connected. I'm just not sure how to show it rigorously. Also how would I go about showing a set is not path connected?

A: For each $p\in\mathbb R^2\setminus L$, the line segment from $p$ to $(-1,0)$ is a subset of $\mathbb R^2\setminus L$. So, given a second point $q$, you have a path in $\mathbb R^2\setminus L$ from $p$ to $(-1,0)$ and another one from $(-1,0)$ to $q$.
And the simpler way to prove that a set is not path connected is to prove that it is not connected.

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The silkworm, Bombyxmori L., has developed various defense mechanisms that reducethe negative effects of adverse environmental conditions. However, the mechanisms by which many physiological and ecological aspects work, including the functioning of the prophenoloxidase (pro-PO) system in Bombyxmori (BmPPO), are not completely understood. In our previous study, we found that eicosanoids mediated the innate immunity of the Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraeapernyi. To investigate the role of the pro-PO system in the silk-producing insect, Bombyxmori, the transcripts and activity of BmPPO were studied. We found that lipopolysaccharides (LPS) could induce the transcripts of BmPPO1, while eicosanoids could mediatethe induction of BmPPO1 gene expression in hemocytes. Most interestingly, the expression of BmPPO2 had no response to LPS challenge and treatment with eicosanoids. These results support the hypothesis that the B.mori pro-POsystem is associated with the eicosanoids signaling pathway.


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Will Pentium III live up to its hype?
Intel is always on the hunt for applications that will create new uses for more powerful microprocessors. The latest: The Internet.
By Tom Steinert Threlkeld | February 17, 1999 -- 18:10 GMT (10:10 PST) | Topic: Networking
The chip making giant today gives a sneak preview of features of its Pentium III processor, scheduled to be formally introduced Feb. 26. On hand will be a variety of top Internet content providers, ranging from the Excite navigation hub to its high-bandwidth ally At Home to CBS Sportsline to CNN.
Also present with services and software that take advantage of a processor that purports to be 'optimised' for the Net are e-commerce software supplier CommerceOne, multimedia software developers Macromedia, MetaCreaitons, Real Audio and Kinetix; and immersive entertainment event organiser Quokka.
Pentium III promises to support the holy grail of Internet multimedia: The ability to display on a full computer screen. The "wished for 30 frames a second," as In-Stat analyst Max Baron puts it, that provides the fluidity and crispness of conventional motion pictures.
But that is only if Internet users have high-speed connections that transfer 1.5 million bits of data or more, Intel engineers say. To the average PC user, a high-speed connection to the Web is still 56 thousand bits a second or less. At those rates, Web pages will feature more and better stock tickers, rotating sports score boxes and animated features In simple terms, Pentium III will enhance the liveliness of the Web through:
New instruction sets that will extend the usefulness of MMX technology. Particularly, the floating point operations that are key to the delivery of three-dimensional images. Characters, vehicles, and other objects in animated scenes will appear more lifelike and environments more realistic, even when smoke, haze, cloudiness or other relatively subtle conditions are introduced.
Video images will stream on screen more smoothly. Decompression and compression of images will happen simultaneously. The processor will manage frame buffers and other memory more effectively. The object: To display streaming audio and video files without interruption. With truly high-speed connections, the PC hard drive will act as a PC VCR, storing frames even when a user has paused the playback.
Scripts will save bandwidth. Images can be pulled off CDs or downloaded to hard drives; then an application will just send instructions to the PC on how to draw from the library of components and use them. As popular games such as Quake and Doom have proven, the technique consumes little capacity, even on 28,800 bit connections.
Mathematical formulas will replace polygons, as methods of creating realistic images. By describing how lines will be formed and then letting algorithms for such different effects as a race car, the sound of its engine, the sound of a car passing by, and the white noise of wind, realistic and constantly changing imagery will be integrated on the fly. Without any files to download, bandwidth will be conserved.
"With increased computing power can convey information more intelligently, and so provide better communication over the same amount of bandwidth," says Baron.
A key basis for this last characteristic is a form of geometry that in geek-speak is called the creation of Non Uniform Rational B-Splines. How these formulas that describe a curving line or a changing pitch work is not as important as how few bytes they chew up. Where the description of all the pertinent characteristics of a Stradivarius violin might take hundreds of thousands or even millions of bytes of data when stored in a file, the same results can be produced with the transmission of somewhere on the order of 2,000 to 10,000 characters of data in algorithms that can interact with each other, according to R. Victor Varney, Intel's director of developer relations and engineering
"Used to be richer meant fatter. With the technology we have now, richer means less bandwidth, better experience," says Varney. "You're basically trading MIPs for baud," referring to the use of computing power in a machine in place of data being transferred over a communication link.
All told, 70 new instructions have been incorporated into Pentium III to streamline memory usage and improve floating point operations. The results: better accuracy and less training time in speech recognition software, such as IBM's Via Voice means of talking to a computer; improved video telephony over the Net; and more visual excitement on Web pages.
"What you're seeing now is really a platform that is pretty much bottleneck free," argues Varney. Except for the key ingredient of connecting to the Internet: the connection itself. "The fact of the matter is the bottleneck is still the connection," said Michael Feibus, principal semiconductor analyst of Mercury Research. "Until you fix that, no amount of hardware will solve that."
The Pentium III also has come under fire on the Internet for including a 'personal serial number' that would allow an employer to track the software on a user's machine or other parties to identify what Web pages have been visited and services purchased. But Intel marketing director for desktop products, Richard Dracott, said the company used the firestorm as a "wake-up call" to privacy issues. Now, there are two procedures that computer makers can use to keep the personal serial numbers from actually being used.
Computer makers can turn off a switch at the bus level that would preclude the number from being used. A user would actually have to know how to turn on the switch, in order to make the number available.
Also, a software utility will be supplied with the Pentium III that will allow users to turn off and on the use of the number. But it, Dracott said, would be useful only if the user has already elected to turn on the number at the input-output bus that sends and receives data from the chip. In effect, users now must 'opt in' twice, in order to make the number active presuming computer makers send out their machines with the number turned off.
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Guy's Grocery Games
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Host & Judges
Guy's Grocery Games: Supermarket Masters — Highlights from the Tournament
Relive the highs and lows from the competition, and find out which chefs automatically won $10,000 and earned spots in the finale for a chance to win an additional $25,000.
Photo By: David Moir
Finale: Rushing to the Finish Line
"You will get to make this fantastic Italian dinner using the entire grocery store," Guy tells returning "super chefs" Gator, Tracey, Sammy and Tom in Game 1. But the chefs know better than to believe he doesn't have a catch. "Good luck in making this happen in 20 minutes or less," Guy blurts out just before saying 'go.' It's a game of Dinner Rush. "I just want to get my food fast," says Tracey, shopping in about three minutes.
Primo Pasta Not Without Critiques
Since there's no budget restriction, Sammy says "I'm just going to grab some primo ingredients," going all out on a dish of bucatini with Iberico ham, peas and mushrooms. With two minutes left, he divides the pasta among the bowls with his bare hands, and then grates parmesan over everything. "You need to get the parmesan tossed in the pasta," Marc advises him, noting that by not doing so there's a pool of fat in the bottom of the bowl.
Overshooting the Target
"This is you in your wheelhouse," Guy tells Tracey, watching her grill the veal chops for her vitelo tonnato dish. "It's like literally I'm an octopus," she explains of doing a number of things all at once for her dish, which includes a salad. But Marc questions her choice of making two components. "Let's make one dish properly and let's not try to make two," he says. He's pleased with the dish, but finds the salad overdressed.
One Simple Yet Significant Misstep
"Let's keep it simple, baby," says Gator, shopping for a chicken piccata with angel hair pasta. But when Guy stops by his station with questions, Gator sends him away. "I'm out of your world," Guy says, putting up his arms as he walks away from Gator's cooking station. Gator, however, makes one cooking misstep. "Rinsing pasta is not a good idea," Marc tells the chef, explaining the sauce doesn't adhere to the pasta. Gator checks out.
Blacklisted Ingredients
"I want you to bring the heat for a grilled seafood dinner," says Guy, revealing a game of Let It Roll. the chefs must use smoked mussels and a black ingredient. "There are a lot of black spices that I'd like to put on this dish," says Sammy, but after he rolls the last dice, it's out of the question, because the chefs are not allowed to shop in aisle 5, the spice aisle. He ends up utilizing black garlic and black radish to fulfill the color requirement.
Not the Time for Holding Back
"I don't want to be called out for hiding this ingredient," says Tracey, making a mousse with the smoked mussels. She spreads it onto grilled bread and then tops it with caviar to serve alongside her grilled head-on prawns. "Troy, are you peeling the peel off your prawns?" she asks the judge in the middle of presenting her dish. "You want me to eat the entire shell?" he asks. "I really do," she answers. "You cooked them perfectly," he says of the shrimp, and he finds she really transformed the smoked mussels.
Embracing the Funkier Side of Seafood
"The sauce I'm going for, it's funky, but I want it to be funky," says Tom, picking up canned smoked mussels to incorporate into a fire-roasted tomato sauce to go over squid ink pasta, lobster and scallops. But Aarti and Marc wonder why Tom's making pasta again, just like he did in Game 1. "You used the grill the most by far," Troy praises the grilled seafood, but he finds the smoked mussels overwhelm the dish so much so that "it tastes mostly of the sea," he explains. Tom checks out.
Springing Surprise After Surprise
"This needs to be a winner, winner, chicken dinner," Guy tells Tracey and Sammy in Game 3. But they only have four minutes to shop without carts. "We only have a roasting pan to shop with," says Tracey, who decides to make chicken under a brick with panzanella salad. "All I want to do is prepare a simple classic roasted chicken dinner," says Sammy. But just as the two chefs return to their cooking stations, Guy announces a Station Swap.
Technically Savvy
"All these root vegetables would make a good hash," says Tracey, looking at Sammy's ingredients. However, she's desperately missing a fat among his selection of ingredients. With the chicken breast, she decides on doing a paillard, pounding the meat thin so it cooks faster. "Giving yourself more surface area to season is great," says Troy, praising Tracey's decision to use the technique. Marc's only complaint is the dish is oily from the bacon.
Fine Tuning the Levels
Sammy feels he can still pull off his original vision with Tracey's ingredients, but then Guy offers the chefs the choice of two more minutes of cooking time or two more ingredients. Sammy chooses to grab yams, and Tracey is able to grab bacon for her hash. With little time to roast chicken thighs, he decides to deep fry them. He's not pleased with his yam puree and keeps reseasoning it. "This chicken is perfect," Aarti tells him, but she finds the dish too salty.
The Supermarket Masters Champion
"We've had round after round of pitch-perfect dishes from them," Aarti says as the judges begin deliberation. "Now we've got to find the tiny little things that will send them home," adds Troy. Guy announces Tracey has won the tournament, and Sammy checks out. Tracey advances to the shopping spree, where each clue is worth $5,000 each. She earns $20,000 in addition to her champion title. "To win it on my cooking skills, it just feels really, truly amazing," she says.
Part 4: Puzzled by the Grocery List
"Is that something burning?" Guy asks the chefs after revealing they'll be playing a game of Grocery List in order to cook their high-end, old-school dinners. "Oh, no, that's you guys all thinking real hard," he adds, commenting on the chefs' reactions. "Iceberg lettuce, 1980s is calling; it wants you to come back," jokes Mark of the required ingredient. The chefs must also use barbecue chips, frozen corn and something form aisle 7.
Riffing on Tradition
Mark grabs dry-aged strip steaks, conceptualizing a wedge salad and baked potato side, traditional in its appearance but modern in the flavors he intends to use to bring it "into the 21st century," he says. He makes a corn puree, and he decides to drop the barbecue chips in it. Marc picks up on the old-school feel, praising the sauce, but Aarti says she can't taste the barbecue chip flavor.
Boozing Up Soup
Deciding on fried shrimp and corn chowder, Tom first gets started on his soup, using white wine to add fruity flavor. But as soon as he's added it, he realizes it won't cook out in 30 minutes. "Once you commit, you can put it in, but it's not coming out," he says. The judges love his shrimp and grilled lettuce, but Aarti picks up on a "funky backbone" in the soup.
Too Bold for Her Own Good
"I refuse to go home because I've underseasoned," says Stacie. But the salmon jerky she grabbed in aisle 7 has made the sauce for her seared scallops way too salty, so she purees the iceberg lettuce into the sauce, hoping the lettuce will "cut down the excess salt," she explains. Aarti praises her for cooking scallops. But Marc feels there is too much salt in the dish. Stacie checks out at the end of the round.
Egg-stra Challenges
Guy asks the chefs to make a super sandwich in Game 2 without any restrictions, except, he reveals, it's a game of Lunch Rush, which means they have 15 minutes to shop and cook. "That's a kick in the guts," says Tom. The first thing that pops into his mind is a croque madame. But when it comes to frying his eggs, he keeps breaking the yolks. Marc ends up receiving an underdone egg that he's not happy about.
Not-So-Superfluous Sandwich
"I want to shop smart," says Myisha, deciding to pair her pear and Gorgonzola grilled cheese with tomato soup. For her, smart means grabbing canned pears and canned tomatoes to maximize her time. "A super sandwich does not need to have a million ingredients," she explains of her minimalistic decisions. "I'll eat that all day," Marc says of her sandwich, but Aarti feels it should be more substantial. Myisha checks out.
Dealing a Dual Fusion
"You're dressed like you're dealing in Vegas," Guy tells Mark as he reveals Game 3 is Wild Card. The chefs draw for their fusion dish and they get poutine with a Caribbean flavor. "I don't ever cook Caribbean food," says Mark, but he thinks he can't go wrong with a jerk chicken direction. He also grabs green plantains for his fries, but peeling them causes him more trouble than he expected.
Spicing Up and Cutting Down the Richness
"I want to make it visually poutine," says Tom, grabbing ground lamb to create a rich gravy that he plans on spicing up for a Caribbean flavor. Like Mark, he grabs plantains, however, ripe ones. Tom also picks up some tropical fruit for a slaw. "It's so rich that it's covering up the spices," Tom says, disappointed that the lamb is fattier than he hoped, so he throws in more spices.
The Part 4 Champion
"I wish it had more jerk seasoning," Troy says of Mark's chicken. And Marc points out that the plantains are too dry to enjoy. "It looks like Caribbean poutine," says Aarti, impressed with Tom's dish — and that's exactly what he was going for. She praises his choice of lamb, but Marc finds there's too many spices. Mark checks out for his unsuccessful plantains. Tom earns $10,000 and the last spot in the finale.
Part 3: Meatless Steakhouse Dinner
"I just want to skip the games," Guy tells the four chefs, sending them off to shop for a Steakhouse Dinner without revealing any gameplay. But as soon as they turn the corner into the meat aisle, they realize it's a game of Aisle Down. "I'm thinking luxury seafood," says John, grabbing lobster and shrimp for a risotto. He immediately gets the rice into a pressure cooker with chicken stock. "I didn't see any wine," Marc points out to his fellow judges, worried the dish will lack acidity and flavor.
Playing on the Edge of the Rules
"Thank goodness we can still use fish," says Tracey, who goes for the meatiest kind she can find: swordfish. She also wants to incorporate foie gras into her dish, except it's located on the edge of the meat section, which is obviously off-limits. "Look at the line," Guy tells her after she grabs the item, but Tracey shows him that the caution tape is outside of the line. "I will actually say she is right," Guy concedes.
Not Showing Some Skin
"If you're going to serve the skin, make sure you give them crispy skin," Guy tells Michael, who has chosen to cook salmon. But as he's plating he decides the flesh side, which he's seasoned with paprika and aleppo pepper, looks prettier, so he plates it skin-side down. "You are a spicy, bold man, and that translates on this dish," says Troy, loving the heat. But Aarti is disappointed the skin is rubbery.
Unprecedented Plating Excuses
"I totally messed up," says Tracey, realizing after time is called that she plated only three — instead of the required four — dishes. "I haven't seen this one before," Guy says, worried what the judges will think. Tracey claims she meant the dish to be served family style. But Troy, who got the empty plate, is not buying it: "On the kindness of Aarti, who shared her meal with me, I was able to taste your dish. And it is excellent," he says. Despite the glaring mistake, Tracey's safe. John checks out.
Cleverly Disguising the Burrito
Guy informs the remaining chefs that they'll be making an upscale lunch. "But first, we have to go to the temple of doom," he says, presenting the Food Pyramid. The chefs must use a frozen burrito, shop with $23 and utilize a wok. "That was nice," says Kate, unfazed. Unlike her competitors, she decides not to go in an Asian direction, using the burrito to thicken her black bean soup, which Marc praises.
Too Low-Brow of a Direction
"I'm not really an upscale dude," says Michael, finding the game a real challenge. "I've lived and worked in Singapore and Thailand," Michael says, comfortable with using a host of Asian ingredients and techniques, so he grabs chicken thighs to make a stir-fry. But with time counting down, Michael plates his noodles very sloppily. Marc compares the dish to takeout, not finding it upscale at all.
Ingenious Idea Lacking Execution
"What the heck am I going to do with this burrito?" Tracey wonders. But inspiration strikes, and she decides to slice it into rounds, which she will crisp up to make bean cakes for serving alongside her calamari salad. "This is not a shy dish," she says of her unusual direction. Unfortunately, she doesn't drain her marinated squid long enough before stir-frying it in the wok. And Troy calls her out for that fact, calling the calamari "nude" because it lacked a proper sear. Michael ends up checking out.
Getting Even with the Odds
Guy reveals that to cook their Winner's Dinner in Game 3, the final two chefs must flip for odd or even aisles. After Kate flips and gets odd, Tracey hopes for the same, but she gets even, which means she can't shop in the produce aisle. "I can't remember what's in every aisle," says Tracey, so she decides to make the most of the meat and dairy sections to create a childhood favorite, pasta carbonara.
Challenging Herself with a Risky Move
Thinking of the theme of the game, Kate can't get the saying "winner winner chicken dinner" out of her head, but she has no access to aisle 10, the meat section. So she settles on using tofu to make deep-fried fingers. The last time she was on the show, Kate won with a gluten-free pizza dough, and Guy wonders if she can she do it again. "I'd rather lose by taking a risk than playing it too safe," she says.
Carbonara expert Marc finds Tracey's untraditional dish well-done, but he's disappointed that the bucatini is undercooked. "Fried is the only way to enjoy tofu," Troy tells Kate about her dish, but he wishes she would have used a protein like shrimp instead. Kate ends up checking out, and Tracey earns $10,000 and a spot in the finale.
Part 2: Scaling the Game
"I want you to celebrate coming back to Triple G and give the judges your hometown comfort," Guy explains of Game 1, but there's a twist; it's a game of Watch Your Weight. "Five pounds?" Lewis questions after Guy reveals the limit. "Usually in my household one plate is 5 pounds," says Gator, who clocks in perfectly under the limit with his shrimp and grits ingredients.
Forced to Go Meatless
AJ, whose Bolognese ingredients weigh over 5 pounds, has no choice but to give up his ground beef. "Hopefully I'll get that beefy flavor out of just the mushrooms," he says. But AJ overcooks his fresh pappardelle, and he's worried about what Marc will say. "It was cooked way too much," Marc says of the pasta.
When Size Matters
"I purposely leave the meat kind of big," Lewis explains of using stew meat for his ragu. But with less than 30 minutes to cook his dish, Lewis leaves the ragu on the stove until the last possible minutes. "You coaxed a lot of flavor into this dish," Marc explains, but dicing the meat would have helped tremendously, he adds. Lewis checks out.
Going Gaga Over Store Samples
"You must include two of these sample table items in your late-night guilty pleasure," Guy explains of the rules in Game 2, Keep It Sample. AJ, Lisa and Gator have a choice of hot dogs, string cheese, jarred pears or blue corn tortilla chips. "I kind of have to take a step back and go to my dark place," says AJ, who's used to cooking healthy firehouse food.
Two Isn't Always Better Than One
While working on her "tricked-out" mac and cheese with kale and kimchi, Lisa decides to also make dessert. "I'm going to try and use all these samples," she says, turning the tortilla chips into a base for individual pear crisps. "I just wish you would have edited a little bit and just given us this," says Troy, feeling that the mac and cheese is great but that the crisp doesn't belong.
Making the Messiest of Burgers
"I think burger," says Gator of his guilty pleasure, and he grabs ground lamb, which Guy questions in being guilty enough. But it's Gator's assembly that draws notice: He has string cheese stuffed in the patties, a pear aioli and crushed tortilla chips. "There's a lot going on here," says Marc. And Troy agrees, saying, "It doesn't look pretty, but it tastes good."
Last-Minute Dough Doubts
"AJ is now just rolling out pizza dough," Marc points out to his fellow judges as the clock shows 11 minutes left in the round. AJ's grilling pizzas, but with the high heat of the grill, they look like they're cooked on the outside, but AJ is worried. "There's a good chance my pizza dough is not cooked through," he says. Although the judges call his toppings good, the dough isn't cooked, and AJ checks out for it.
Bowling for Their Shopping Aisles
"I want you to serve up a plate that says Mexican fiesta," Guy tells Lisa and Gator, before revealing the two chefs must bowl for their allowed aisles. Unfortunately, the two don't have the best of luck down the lane. But with Guy's help, they're able to utilize aisles 1, 5, 7 and 9. Both chefs decide on utilizing the frozen-food aisle for fish.
Clever and Not-So-Clever Cheese Alternatives
Without access to the dairy aisle, Gator grabs avocados to simulate the richness of cheese and makes a guacamole topping for his enchiladas. Lisa, who is making halibut tostadas, has an aha moment when she sees boxed mac and cheese: She decides to use the fake cheese packets. "As I'm putting that cheese down, I'm thinking, 'What are you doing?'" she says, second-guessing herself while plating her dish.
"It doesn't necessarily look like a fiesta," says Aarti of Lisa's dish, "but there are pockets of flavor here that scream fiesta." But the judge calls Lisa out for adding the cheese, saying, "It undoes all the great work you did." Conversely, Marc thinks Gator's guacamole topping was a smart idea in place of cheese; Gator earns $10,000 and a spot in the finale.
Part 1: Bring Your ABC Game
"This is really the one where you're going to have to bring your A game," Guy says, introducing the chefs' first game. "You bring your B game, well, that just won't cut it," he adds, slyly revealing that they're playing an ABC game. Guy pulls a P, so everything the chefs shop for in order to cook their upscale dinner must begin with the letter P.
Too Many P's Lead to Problems
"Pastry starts with P," says Jordan. "But you know what? I'm not in a pastry challenge," the former pastry chef adds. "Sounds like you've got more time than anybody else in the world," Guy says sarcastically after Jordan lists all the P ingredients he's using in his dish. But Jordan eventually loses track of time, and he ends up overcooking his chops and forgetting to serve the jus.
Out-of-the-Box Pasta Creativity
"I'm going to try to, like, deep-fry the pasta," says Darnell, hoping to set himself apart from the pack. And since everyone's decided to grab pork chops, he, instead, goes for pancetta to serve as the base for his ragu. "It's got a really nice crunch," Troy says of the pasta. "It's still got some of that al dente bend," he adds. But Marc calls it an appetizer, not a dinner.
Taking a Chance with a Surprise Payoff
With 19 minutes left, Sammy puts his double-cut pork chops on the grill and still has polenta to think about. "Just so you know, those worry me," Guy points out about the size of the chops. And as time ticks away, they're still raw inside, so Sammy has no choice but to slice them in half and put them back on the grill. "Here's another P word," says Aarti after tasting the offering. "It's a near-perfect dish."
Disappointing Omissions
"I cannot believe how many different components you made," Aarti tells Jordan, impressed by his cooking. But she and the other judges are disappointed his jus didn't make the plates. Aarti questions Samantha's purpose for using prosciutto, because it didn't get crispy, as Samantha had hoped, and the dish desperately needed texture. The judges decide to send Jordan to the checkout.
No Getting Around the Market Rules
In Game 2, Guy asks for a tricked-out pizza made on a $12 budget. Sammy uses on-sale items to buy what he needs for a Mexican pizza. But when Sammy tries to buy a couple of garlic cloves, Guy's not having it. Sammy ends up putting back the garlic, green onions and tomatoes to come in under budget. He goes back for them later, after returning unused pizza dough.
Not Enough Money, Not Enough Time
"Did I drop my envelope?" Samantha asks when she gets to the checkout lane to pay for the ingredients for her veggie pizza. "I don't want to go back, wasting time," she says, frustrated. Luckily for her, Guy finds it. At her station, one of the first things she does is start parbaking her mini pizza crusts. But with time ticking away, she has no choice but to fill them before the dough is baked enough.
Giving Pizza a New Identity
"Dude, you have an imagination bigger than you are tall," Guy tells Darnell, when he hears the chef is planning to cook pizzas in a waffle maker. But a new inspiration takes Darnell down a different road, and he ends up making pizza parfaits in jars. "I want to take risks," he says, also using the smoking gun to add flavor. "It's crazily inventive," says Troy, who's surprised the rounds of dough didn't get mushy.
Reaching Pizza Perfection
"Perfectly brown," Troy says of Sammy's pizza, and Aarti finds the pico de gallo really balances the dish. Going back for the onions and tomatoes really helped. Troy reveals to Samantha that he was worried about her dough, because it could have been underdone, but Samantha's trick of filling the crusts with the pans on the grill ensured the pizzas kept cooking. "That was the best pizza round we've ever seen on the show," Guy reveals.
Three Head Into Game 3
The judges can't find it in themselves to send anyone to the checkout. Guy reveals all three will cook Asian takeout in Game 3, which features the High/Low Wheels that give the chefs rack of lamb and candy bars. "When I think Asian, I think tiny little cuts of meat," says Samantha. "I don't think huge rack of lamb." She thinks egg rolls will be the right move, with the candy bars going into a dipping sauce.
"I often get Indian food," says Sammy, deciding he's going to go with what he's more familiar with. He grabs tons of ingredients, including herbs and spices, for his curry sauce. Without the luxury of time, he does the best to develop flavors, but he holds back on adding heat. "I have a ton of respect for you," Aarti says, complimenting him for achieving a curry in such short time, but she misses the heat.
Chocolatey Lamb?
"Typical fried rice definitely doesn't have lamb or candy bars in it," says Darnell, figuring he can melt down a peanut candy bar for a marinade. "You transformed that lamb," Aarti says, however, she doesn't taste the candy bar. Samantha, seeing her lamb won't cook in time for her original idea, switches to making noodles. She plates her food in takeout boxes, which Troy loves. But Marc finds the lamb too rare.
"This is the way to kick off a tournament," Guy tells the three chefs, praising their amazing work. But only one can move on; Guy announces that Sammy has won $10,000 and has earned the first place in the Supermarket Masters finale. Darnell and Samantha check out. "I'm warmed up and ready for another win," says Sammy.
More Guy's Grocery Games
For more on the Supermarket Masters tournament, head to the Triple G show page to read the chefs' bios, plus take a quiz to test your shopping smarts and go behind the scenes of past episodes.
Guy's Grocery Games: Impossible — Highlights from the Tournament 36 Photos
Guy's Superstar Grocery Games — Highlights from the Tournament 46 Photos
Guy's Grocery Games: Supermarket Masters — Meet the Competitors 17 Photos
Highlights from Guy's Grocery Games: Game Day Rush 13 Photos
Top Moments from Guy's Superstar Grocery Games Tournament 44 Photos
Guy's Grocery Games Redemption Tournament — Rounds in Review 26 Photos
Guy's Grocery Games Redemption Tournament — Meet the Competitors 17 Photos
Guy's Grocery Games Glossary 46 Photos
Highlights from Guy's Grocery Games: Frozen Feats 14 Photos
Highlights from Guy's Grocery Games: Feisty Fiesta 11 Photos
Meet the Judges of Guy's Grocery Games 14 Photos
Go Inside Flavortown Market: Guy's Grocery Games 13 Photos
Flavortown Market Built from Scratch: Guy's Grocery Games 17 Photos
Guy's Grocery Games: Last Judge Standing Tournament — Meet the Competitors 9 Photos


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#17 - Forever a Limestone Saint
Five years already. Jonathan passed away on January 27, 2008. Unless you've lost a child, there's no way you can relate to the anguish. The circumstances don't matter. Your children are not suppose to die before you.
His Mom and I made a decision in the past 12 months. It's time to celebrate Jonathan's life not continue to mourn his loss. We've been doing that with stories, laughter, food, music, photos, anything that sparks a warm memory. We are creating new traditions and so is his old lacrosse team.
Limestone Saints Men's Lacrosse
It was an unexpected and emotional day on Monday January 28th when an email arrived from Saints Head Coach J. B. Clarke. The team would honour Jonathan at their practice. The player now wearing #17 would read up on Jonathan's life and lacrosse career, then he would speak to the team. I cried.
They also remembered Jonathan with a front page post on the Limestone Saints website, including a link to the story I wrote about him in September 2011, a story I re-post yearly.
Tuesday morning another email arrived from Coach Clarke
Mr. Farr,
Yesterday following practice Nick Schmell (sophomore) who wears #17 spoke about Jonathan to the team. He did a great job highlighting Jon's accomplishments and passions.
It will be our new tradition to have our #17 speak about Jon annually to the team. We will also begin the tradition of having #17 reserved for a Canadian player each year. Nick will graduate in two years and Colton Watkinson ( Ontario) will wear jersey # 17.
Have a great spring Mr. Farr.
J.B. Clarke
I will Coach, thanks to you, the other coaches and Director of Athletics Mike Cerino. Mike was Jonathan's coach when he played for the Saints.
Forever a Limestone Saint
The Wizard Academy, Austin Texas
Jonathan has also been remembered by an old friend. Roy H. Williams has built his dream. It's called the Wizard Academy, a communications school. The campus has incredible architecture with many areas to just sit and dream. One of them is The Garden of Joy where Roy has honoured many by including their names on the plaque.


Courtesy of Danielle Bean comes what may be the most evilest time-waster in the history of Internet time-wasters. The length of this post demonstrates that.
Go here (if you dare) for the 1000 most popular baby names of each gender since 1880.
"Michael" has maintained an impressive hegemony on the boys' side. Though it was relatively popular all century (its worst ranking was 56 in 1926), spending much of the first third in the 40s and 50s, in the late 1930s, it suddenly surged into the top 20 and in another decade jumped into the #1 spot, which it held (excepting "David" in 1960) from 1954 until 1999, when it yielded to Jacob, which has held the top spot ever since.
The mid-20th century saw "Christopher" go from obscurity to ubiquity. In 1933, "Christopher" was the 376th most popular boys' name. 10 years later, it was up to 184, another decade and it was at 61. In 1972, "Christopher" reached number 2, and for 24 years in the 70s , 80s and 90s, it held second or third place and was in the top 5 until 2002. Though it has remained in the top 10, it looks like it has been supplanted for the near future by "Jacob," Joshua" and "Matthew" (can't complain there) among others.
In 1905, you had to go down to number 30 (Samuel) to find an overtly Old Testament name on the boys' list and there were a total of six in the top 100. There were only seven on the girls' side, though "Ruth" at number five is higher than any OT names on the boys' side.
By 2005, the boys' side had exploded with OT names: #1 (Jacob), #3 (Joshua), #5 (Ethan), #7 (Daniel) and 17 others. OT girls' names have not caught on quite so much, as in 2005 there were only six in the top 100.
In the year of my birth, my first and second names "Christopher" and "Jason" ranked third and second, respectively.
As with so many things feminine (**DUCK**), girls' name rankings are subject to sudden and severe fluctuations. The prime example is "Madison" which was not even in the top 1000 before 1985, when it debuted at number 635. In 1991 it cracked the top 200, Shot into the top 30 in 1995 and has bounced betweek 3 and 2 all millenium.
"Jennifer," the ever-fair Mama-Lu's christian name, was similarly not even on the charts until 1938 when it debuted at number 987. It took 20 years for it to crack the top 100, and then rose rapidly to be number one for 15 years, including the year of her birth. It has since slipped, though it still remains a top 50 name.
All told, three of the 2005 top ten girls' names were not even on the charts 20 years ago.
I was very surprised to see that "Charles" isn't even a top-50 name anymore. Charles was a top 10 name for most of the century, but the 1950s saw the start of a long, slow slide that bumped it down to the mid-low 50s, where it's been since 2001.
Throughout the 1970s, "Eric" bounced between 13 and 18. In 1980, it was at 16. It has since steadily declined to #67. I'll let my cousin weigh in on that if he wants.
David has been pretty steady, being at or above #31 since 1905, with one shining moment at the top in 1960.
Did I mention this is a horrible timewaster?
We've wasted significant time at the Social Security website as well. "Alexander", as I recall for 2001 or 2, was a top 10, but if you add the various derivatives, such as Alex and Alejandro, it weighs in at number 3. "Dominic" is in the 80's. "Xavier", the leading boy name for #3 (partly because: 1, if he's a he, 2, if he's born on time, and 3, if Fr. Joe is okay with it, he will be baptized on St. Francis Xavier's feast day, and then all of the Indian Jesuits that my mother-in-law knows will be extatic), is also in the 80's as I recall.
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Things have been quiet for the past couple weeks, but an undercurrent of change has been happening within. My hosting account expired this month - which also marks 3 years of yammering (err... blogging) - I switched accounts, changed blog engines, migrated the content, and tried to resolve all existing links to the new engine.
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I get this game from Humble Bundle, i really liked it.
After i created my very own race, i loaded save and... the race look is changed!
I mean... you know, when there are those news after researching new technology, they look different... is that a bug?
For every reply i'm thankful!


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Sitting at the bottom of the Negev Desert, Eilat is Israel's access route to the Indian Ocean and her southernmost city. Sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, Eilat has become a major holiday destination for both Israelis and foreign tourists due to its year round good weather and its tax free status.
The city of Eilat has approximately 48,000 residents who support an enormous tourism infrastructure. Folks are drawn to the city due to the hot desert climate and the warm temperature of the Red Sea on which she sits. Attractions in the city include snorkeling around the small coral reefs that can still be seen in the area of the Coral Beach Nature Reserve, the Underwater Observatory, and Dolphin Reef where you can swim with the Dolphins. On land there are a number of attractions including the IMAX Cinema and the Kings City Theme Park, but many visitors prefer to just enjoy the beach, boardwalk and restaurants.
The area in and around Eilat has been settled since antiquity, with copper mining being a huge industry throughout the ancient times and into the middle ages. In more recent times, a British Police HQ was established in the place of where the modern city would later grow; this happened in 1906 – interestingly Palestine was under Ottoman rule at the time.
In 1949, there was an Arab village called Um Rash Rash, but the entire of the Negev Desert including Um Rash-Rash had been slated to be part of the Jewish State according to the 1947 UN Partition Plan. However at the end of the War of Independence it seemed that Jordan was going to claim control of it. This would have left Israel with no trade access to the Indian Ocean. In the last operation of the War of Independence several IDF Brigades advanced through the Negev in order to capture Um Rush-Rush and secure the Negev Desert and the Red Sea port for the State of Israel.
Ariel photos revealed that the defensive positions of the city had been abandoned and the Negev Brigade went on to conquer the town with no opposition. They did not have a flag with them and so they famously improvised by drawing an ink flag which they raised above the abandoned police HQ; this is a famous photograph and the only one from the conquest.
There are many fine restaurants in the city. Particularly recommended is the Last Refuge; its a little way out of town but worth the cab ride.
Eilat is Israel's southernmost city, a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba.


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Concerned Residents Urge the EPA to Save the Gowanus Station
The cornice of the Gowanus Station. Photo via Brad Vogel
An email sent to us last night included a press release from concerned Gowanus residents calling on Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to stop the proposed demolition of the Gowanus Station building at 234 Butler Street as part of the current plan to build a Combined Sewer Overflow tank.
In the release, it says that residents do not object to the building of a tank; rather, they "do not see that the Gowanus Station building needs to be demolished to build the tank."
In 2014, the New York State Preservation Office decided not to move forward with a plan to designate the Gowanus Canal area as a state and national historic district, shelving the designation but not nixing it.
Below, you can view the press release and a letter to Christos Tsiamis, the Remedial Project Manager for the Gowanus Canal Site, from Olivia Brazee, the Historic Site Restoration Coordinator for New York State Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation.
View the Letter from the New York State Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation
Gowanus Historic District Shelved, Not Nixed
What Exactly Is the Black Mayonnaise at the Bottom of the Gowanus Canal?
Learn Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Gowanus Canal From Author Joseph Alexiou
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We live in a data-saturated world. Even our phones offer the latest information right at our fingertips. But how much of this information contains wisdom?, Alistair Begg turns to 1 Corinthians for a lesson on the eternal wisdom of God.


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The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Wednesday 28th September, 2022 through its ongoing professional development training commenced a two-day capacity building for Staff of fourteen departments on use of digital platforms for work with Parliament.
The training held at Parliament in Committee Room One is collaboration between the Parliament of Sierra Leone and the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone under the 11th EDF Programme's Technical Assistance to Parliament.
The training event is to capacitate and enable the Staff of Parliament to use the digital platforms for the work.
Calling the training to order, Sheku Lamin Turay, Director of Parliamentary and Public Relations Department said the training was linked to Goal 4 of the Parliament's Strategic Plan aimed at strengthening relationship with the citizens of Sierra Leone to promote an open, transparent and an accountable parliament.
Speaking on the essence of the training and to encourage participants, the Key Expert to Parliament of the EU Technical Assistance Programme, Adams Fusheini explained the investment made by the EU Partnership with Parliament to overhaul the internet system of Parliament and asked participants to take the opportunity to upscale their skills and use of internet and intranet facilities the revamped system has.
He explained that applying the skills to be acquired will help improve their efficiency and collaboration across departments and staff, will enable them support more effectively the work of parliament, the parliamentarians and the Leadership and therefore making parliament contribute more in the democratic governance of country.
Applying technology in your work with skills you will acquire here, the Key Expert emphasized will enhance the pacesetter role Sierra Leone has already registered with the launch of e-Parliament initiative during the Parliament's Open Day event in May this year.
He added that the digital platforms when used by staff will increase Parliament's openness as citizens can access information online, and therefore making Parliament more accountable as it affords citizens participation in the work of Parliament.
The Principal Strategic Officer of the Center for Strategy and Parliamentary Studies (CSPS) Prince M. Kenneh spoke on the purpose of the training relating to understanding the website, electronic workbook, iCloud drive, HR data gathering, HR document system, and M and E Departmental Quarterly Reporting template.
Director of ICT, Joseph Conteh presented the necessary working tools relating to the e-Parliament rollout for the staff of parliament.
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