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By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - A free, browser-based platformer exclusively on KoopaTV!
We are pleased to formally announce KoopaTV's FIFTH browser-based, free Flash game: Soviet Missile Run! Soviet Missile Run is a true platforming game, taking place while the Soviet Union was still a thing. Platform on missiles as you infiltrate past Soviet soldiers to deactivate the missile factory, and cripple the Soviet Union's ability to take over the world!
Soviet Missile Run, presented by KoopaTV.org. Just in time for 2017!
Here's what the title screen looks like!
You play as Varya, a quadruple agent (possibly quintuple, sextuple, or even more) born in the Soviet Union but flipped by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. Varya is on a mission to destroy Soviet Russia's biggest missile factory, and starts her journey fainting at the sight of a giant missile. She (and you, as the player) will have to get used to missiles very fast, since she'll be jumping on them and using them as platforms very high in the sky! There's scary Soviet soldiers, a captain with possible romantic sub-texts, and a big blue boss man in her way!
Varya's character introduction.
Ready to get started? Well, unlike many other companies' game announcements, but entirely like all of KoopaTV's game announcements, we have released Soviet Missile Run for your gaming pleasure. It is available RIGHT NOW, right below the page break! (Please be using a Flash-enabled device and activate Adobe Flash.)
If you would like to play full-screen, click here. ...Don't right-click the embed or you'll lose control.
Soviet Missile Run features several platforming stages, a minigame, a multi-phased boss fight with creative missile usage, and for the first time in KoopaTV history, an interactive credits level! Soviet Missile Run has full voice-acting, and since it takes place in the Soviet Union, many of the characters are speaking in RUSSIAN! You can choose whether or not you want English sub-titles.
Soviet Missile Run also returns the tradition of KoopaTV's games featuring an original full-length song, also named "Soviet Missile Run". Get this: It is in multiple renditions in the game. Not just one, but MULTIPLE.
The game is packed with detail and production values. It's shorter than KoopaTV's previous games, which allowed us to spend more time on those finer details. The game feels great to control and play, which is how a platformer should feel like.
Soviet Missile Run is also KoopaTV's first videogame where we started off with a gameplay concept (a platformer utilising the Donut Lift platforms from Super Mario World — platforms that would fall after you've stepped on it), and then the game was made around it. This is opposed to KoopaTV's other games, where they started from a political philosophy we wanted to express with a game, and then we came up with gameplay.
That's not to say Soviet Missile Run is devoid of messaging. It just took a backseat during development. I hope you find it fun, and we will be posting a lot more about Soviet Missile Run in the weeks and months to come! (Unfortunately for us and probably fortunately for you, we can't make 17 strategy guides from this game.)
Soviet Missile Run Press Kit
Soviet Missile Run
PC — browser-based (Adobe Flash Player)
Screenshot from the start of level 1, Ascent. Varya needs to ride on the missile.
Soviet Missile Run isn't all platforming:
Later in the game, you'll need to defuse a big missile by playing a minigame!
Varya in a cutscene, re-encountering the big missile that caused her to faint early on.
How will she handle it this time?
Soviet Missile Run is packed with cutscenes featuring Russian-language voice-acting,
with your choice of whether or not to have sub-titles!
If you have any technical trouble playing the game, stop playing it on a piece of garbage, because it has the second-lowest file size of any of KoopaTV's games, only more than Defend Anita Sarkeesian. If you have any difficulty-related trouble playing the game, pay attention to the many contextual clues in the game, and be observant of what's going on around you. Varya has no one to depend on but herself, so be alert!
Look forward to Soviet Missile Run winning Best PC Game of 2017 in KoopaTV's Game of THAT Year 2017, coming up after 2017 ends. In the meantime, please enjoy the game, and you can bet that it will get special provisions in such KoopaTV initiatives like the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program, and KoopaTV's Feedback Forms and Quizzes, starting in January 2018.
For the dedicated page listing all of KoopaTV's games, click here.
Click here for the slick 30-second advertisement video for Soviet Missile Run!
Soviet Missile Run won the Best PC Game of 2017 award!
Since missiles appear to be a real-life issue, Soviet Missile Run can help you deal with them.
Soviets then, Russians now... and missiles everywhere.
Categories: Artistic Corner
Charssie God December 23, 2017 at 1:29 PM
can your computer even run this
Yeah, or I wouldn't be able to make it.
ShinyGirafarig December 23, 2017 at 9:32 PM
Still does not hold a candle to the other Soviet themed game, Soviet Rocket Giraffe Go Go Go. That game, you get to play as a giraffe.
https://armorgames.com/play/11377/soviet-rocket-giraffe-go-go-go
I already made a giraffe platformer. <_<
After playing wot you linked, I'll say that Soviet Missile Run not only holds a candle, but it holds a whole Menorah.
Kody B. December 23, 2017 at 10:15 PM
This might be your best game yet, and I am not just saying that because I beat Soviet Missile Run all the way through unlike some of your older games. I actually think that this game had just the right amount of length. For instance, the first time I reached the boss, I hit the right arrow by mistake. However, it did not take too long to catch back up to where I was. Through playing the first few levels again, I also noticed that the scenery changed to night this time. That is some replayability that I would have easily missed out on if I had not restarted again. The mini-game was also implemented very well, and I did not have any problems completing it unlike some others in The Wonderful 1237. Plus, the 3-stage boss fight was intense and quite enjoyable. The music and voice acting was top-notch as well. I like that the ending verse of the main theme sounds similar to the 60's Spider-Man theme song, though I'm not sure if that was intentional or not. Overall, I'd give the game a 4.5/5. The only thing I had trouble with was that sometimes the lasers would blend in with the scenery on the night stage. Other than that, this game was what I had been looking forward to all year long.
Ludwig Von Koopa December 24, 2017 at 8:38 AM
...Except, like, actually thank you. :p
I was a little concerned that I had set higher expectations with Capture the Confederate Flag and The Wonderful 1237 in terms of game scope, and I was wondering if I would be able to dial it down successfully by having a smaller game and how that would go. But I guess if those games were too long for people to go through to begin with, then folks appreciate shorter games.
(Good, since those are easier to develop.)
Capture the confederate flag was better.
Reasons?
it had confederate flags, which are good.
10/10, put the game on Steam.
This game has Soviet flags/hammer/sickle imagery everywhere!
The only national anthem better than Dixie's is the Soviet's, which is in this game instrumentally, so... there's that.
...I do enjoy the Soviet national anthem.
(By the way, I don't disagree with your rating, but I will use this page to promote the game on this page, rather than a game on another page.)
Love that voice acting.
Thank you~!


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Grace Juliette Claxton Joseph (* 19. August 1993 in San Juan) ist eine puerto-ricanische Sprinterin und Hürdenläuferin, die sich auf die 400-Meter-Distanz spezialisiert hat.

Sportliche Laufbahn
Erste Erfahrungen bei internationalen Meisterschaften sammelte Grace Claxton im Jahr 2010, als sie bei den Zentralamerika- und Karibik-Juniorenmeisterschaften in Santo Domingo mit 56,33 s in der ersten Runde im 400-Meter-Lauf ausschied. Zudem belegte sie dort mit der puerto-ricanischen 4-mal-100-Meter-Staffel in 47,10 s den vierten Platz und gelangte mit der 4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel mit 3:53,06 min auf Rang sechs. Im Jahr darauf schied sie bei den Zentralamerika- und Karibikmeisterschaften in Mayagüez mit 54,76 s in der Vorrunde über 400 Meter aus und belegte mit der 4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel mit 3:39,37 min den fünften Platz. Anschließend kam sie bei den Panamerikanischen Juniorenmeisterschaften in Miramar über 400 Meter nicht ins Ziel. 2012 gelangte sie bei den Juniorenweltmeisterschaften in Barcelona das Halbfinale und schied dort mit 54,42 s aus. Im Jahr darauf kam sie bei den Zentralamerika- und Karibikmeisterschaften in Morelia mit 53,98 s nicht über den Vorlauf über 400 Meter hinaus und gelangte mit der Staffel mit 3:38,13 min auf Rang vier. 2014 wurde sie bei den U23-NACAC-Meisterschaften in Kamloops mit 53,55 s Vierte und begann im Herbst ein Studium an der University at Albany, The State University of New York. 2015 nahms sie mit der Staffel an den Panamerikanischen Spielen in Toronto teil und belegte dort in 3:33,16 min den sechsten Platz. Im Jahr darauf schied sie bei den Hallenweltmeisterschaften in Portland mit 53,67 s im Halbfinale über 400 Meter aus und im August startete sie im 400-Meter-Hürdenlauf bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen in Rio de Janeiro und schied dort mit 55,85 s im Semifinale aus.

2017 erreichte sie bei den Weltmeisterschaften in London das Halbfinale über 400 m Hürden und schied dort mit 56,40 s aus. Im Jahr darauf schied sie bei den Hallenweltmeisterschaften in Birmingham mit 53,92 s in der Vorrunde über 400 Meter aus und im Juli belegte sie bei den Zentralamerika- und Karibikspielen in Barranquilla in 56,77 s den achten Platz und gelangte mit der 4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel mit 3:33,65 min auf Rang fünf. 2019 wurde sie bei den Panamerikanischen Spielen in Lima in 56,04 s Sechste über die Hürden und gelangte im Staffelbewerb mit 3:32,03 min auf Rang fünf. 2022 gewann sie bei den Ibero-Amerikanischen Meisterschaften in La Nucia in 55,66 s die Bronzemedaille hinter der Kolumbianerin Melissa González und Sara Gallego aus Spanien. Im Juli kam sie bei den Weltmeisterschaften in Eugene mit 56,40 s nicht über die erste Runde hinaus und anschließend belegte sie bei den NACAC-Meisterschaften in Freeport in 56,37 s den vierten Platz.

2012 wurde Claxton puerto-ricanische Meisterin im 400-Meter-Lauf sowie 2022 über 400 m Hürden.

Persönliche Bestleistungen
 400 Meter: 52,81 s, 4. Mai 2016 in Jacksonville
 400 Meter (Halle): 52,64 s, 26. Februar 2017 in Boston (puerto-ricanischer Rekord)
 400 m Hürden: 55,25 s, 18. Juni 2022 in Madrid

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400-Meter-Läufer (Puerto Rico)
400-Meter-Hürdenläufer (Puerto Rico)
4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel-Läufer (Puerto Rico)
Olympiateilnehmer (Puerto Rico)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2016
Teilnehmer an den Panamerikanischen Spielen (Puerto Rico)
Puerto-ricanischer Meister (Leichtathletik)
Puerto-Ricaner
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Teilnehmer an den Zentralamerika- und Karibikspielen

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Scoreboard: Khalid's Arrival
by dreMovieMusic December 4, 2017
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This week Scoreboard starts previewing the Grammys with Khalid
Billboard Artist Top 10
For the magazine dated December 9, 2017
See the full chart at http://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100
Billboard Artist Top 10 Name Billboard 200 Album Rank Billboard Hot 100 Singles Highest Charting Single
1 Taylor Swift 1 3 24: Ready For It
2 Imagine Dragons 12 2 4: Thunder
3 Ed Sheeran 9 3 5: Perfect
4 Post Malone 10 5 1: Rockstar
5 Sam Smith 3 1 7: Too Good At Goodbyes
6 Pink 6 2 25: What About Us
7 Demi Lovato 19 2 9: Sorry Not Sorry
8 Pentatonix 5 –
9 Maroon 5 7 1 10: What Lovers Do
10 Garth Brooks 4 1 76: Ask Me How I Know
This week on the Billboard charts, Taylor Swift maintains her hold on top of the Artist 100 and the Billboard 200 with her new album Reputation, which in one week became the biggest-selling album of the year. Although @taylorswift withheld the album's tracks off of streaming services, that came to an end on December 1, when Reputation became available across major streaming platforms. According to Rolling Stone "it's unclear what the reasoning was behind the pause in Reputation's streaming availability," but here on Scoreboard my theory is that Swift needs all the help she can get with the album's first three singles struggling at #24, #44, and #86 on the Hot 100. It took Swift eight months to make her prior album 1989 available to stream; the three weeks it took for Reputation to become available to stream reflects the power of a business model over an individual artist, and also reflects the lack of traction Reputation's singles have generated.
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Post Malone and 21 Savage keep their hold at #1 of the Hot 100 for the seventh week with "Rockstar"
A Big Week for Country Stars
Compared to other music genres, country music careers last longer and this fall the charts proved it. Shania Twain returned to the top of the Billboard 200 seven weeks ago with Now, her first studio album in 15 years. She spent most of the album basking in happiness, a feeling that probably comes from having the best-selling album of all time by a female artist (1997's Come On Over). Then three weeks ago we had Kenny Chesney, who had his first Hot 100 hit in 1998, take #1 on the Billboard 200 with Live In No Shoes Nation, a compilation of live cuts from the last decade. Three of the songs on the new album were newer live versions of the same songs that appeared on Chesney's 2006 Live: Live Those Songs Again. This week we get Garth Brooks at #10 on the Artist 100, helped by the release of The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years, a five-disc set of rare cuts from 1989 to 1993. The anthology accompanies the release of a Brooks memoir of the same name that is sure to please the die-hard Garth Brooks fan in your family.
While @garthbrooks revisits the past, this week brings a new album of duets from country's #1 power couple, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. The two have collaborated on many singles over the last two decades, but The Rest Of Our Life is the first joint album released by the husband and wife. It debuts at #2 on the Billboard 200 and its title track comes in at #98 on the Hot 100. Back in 2000 McGraw was on top of the country world. His hit "My Next Thirty Years" was a celebration of his age and his rosy outlook for the future. In one verse he was looking to "raise a little family and hang out with my wife" in his next 30 years. Now, 17 of those 30 years have passed and while McGraw is still a household name, he and @faithhill have to work harder to not become a retro act. On "The Rest Of Our Life" they sing that "even if time takes its toll / we'll stay young for the rest of our lives," a statement intended not just for the two of them but for the country fans who grew up with them. The new album demonstrates not only how the next thirty years are not that easy, but also that the McGraw/Hill union has successfully persevered through time and changes in the music industry.
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are embarking on the #Soul2Soul tour in 2018
Grammys Preview: Khalid
It's the most wonderful time of the year, both in the Andy Williams sense and in the fact that the year-end brings "Best Of" lists and Grammy nominations, which came out on November 28th. In the weeks leading up to the awards, Scoreboard will spotlight nominated artists and today we start with the 19-year-old Khalid, who is nominated for five Grammys, including Best New Artist. He arrived on the Hot 100 in January with "Location," an earnest R&B ballad establishing @thegr8khalid as a mature and distinctive voice that recalls Frank Ocean and another R&B newcomer Bryson Tiller. Khalid grew up in the U.S. and Germany as his mother worked for the U.S. Army, but everything came together for him in El Paso, Texas, where he began writing and recording songs as a high school senior. Khalid uploaded a homemade version of "Location" to SoundCloud in May 2016 and found Kylie Jenner posting it on Snapchat the day of his high school graduation. A record deal with RCA quickly followed. Tunji Balogun, the executive who signed him, also worked with Tiller and described Khalid as a "once-every-20-years kind of artist."
Khalid's debut album American Teen came out in March and started at #9 on the Billboard 200 (it's at #15 on this week's chart, 37 weeks later). The album showed that there are more sides to Khalid than the romantic of "Location." The title track serves as the album's thesis and demonstrates that Khalid can own a high-energy song. The hit "Young, Dumb & Broke" is a more nuanced take on the state of the American Teen, which Khalid mashed up with Imagine Dragons and their "Thunder" at the American Music Awards. And then there's Khalid's appearance on Logic's suicide prevention track "1-800-273-8255," which also features Best New Artist competitor Alessia Cara. On that song Khalid delivers the final verse, letting his emotion out on the last line, "I don't wanna die anymore." That #3 Hot 100 hit is nominated for Song of the Year. Chances are that Khalid will win something in New York City on January 28th given his five Grammy nominations. Check out the Grammy-nominated video for "1-800-273-8255" below and check Scoreboard every week before the Grammys for more artist highlights.
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Q: After pushing on lambda FCM does not work I want to send push notifications in my lambda function. It working as expected on localhost but when I push it to lambda code does not working.
Here is my code:
const FCM = require('fcm-node');

let sendNotification = function(regToken) {

let serverKey = 'MY_SERVER_KEY';
let fcm = new FCM(serverKey);

let message = {
    to: regToken,
    notification: {
        title: 'Title of push notification',
        body: 'Body of push notification'
    }
};

fcm.send(message, function(err, response){
    if (err) {
        console.log("Something has gone wrong!", err);
    } else {
        console.log("Successfully sent with response: ", response);
    }
});
}

A: You need to encapsulate functions in the exports.handler

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ELVIS EXITS: Darryl Perlin, a longtime Santa Barbara deputy District Attorney and Elvis impersonator, is retiring along with four other senior-level prosecutors who all accepted retirement deals from the county.
With the leadership of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office already in the midst of a contentious political campaign, the office is about to experience a different sort of transition. Later this month, it will be losing decades of experience when five senior deputy district attorneys step down.
The retirements of the senior prosecutors have little to do with the race to become the county's next district attorney between Joshua Lynn and Joyce Dudley, themselves experienced prosecutors (Dudley for 19 years and Lynn for 14), and everything to do with a recent deal the deputy DA's union worked out with the county in an effort to reduce county costs.
But in the process-with five senior prosecutors taking the county's deal, combined with North County chief assistant district attorney Gene Martinez's recent retirement and DA Christie Stanley's anticipated retirement-the office will have lost roughly 200 years in prosecutorial experience. And that doesn't even count Stanley's second-in-command Eric Hanson, who is "leaning toward" retiring after 32 years with the department, or former chief trial deputy Pat McKinley, who retired last summer after 38 years in the office.
The office's two longest tenants, Gerald Franklin and Darryl Perlin, have both decided to retire, though Franklin, while technically retiring, plans to come back as a full-time volunteer. "I have a good time and would like to continue to have a good time," said the avid birdwatcher, who added he would've been a fool not to take the retirement offer from the county. Perlin, an Elvis enthusiast and impersonator, is also hoping to stick around to finish a few of his cases that are nearing trial.
The retirements are part of a recently implemented incentive program to help put a dent in the county's salary costs. Employees who retire will receive a two-year credit to their pension as part of the deal the Deputy District Attorney's Association made with the county, and the department won't be able to hire replacements for six months to recoup the credit cost. When it does, it will have to hire level-one deputy district attorneys, as opposed to senior-level attorneys.
Allan Kaplan, a 27-year veteran of the office who negotiated the deal as the longtime president of the union, is also retiring. The other South County retiree is believed to be Vicki Johnson, though she didn't return a phone call to confirm.
As with any organization, experience is hard to lose, and transitions can be difficult. The institutional memory-procedures and local history and relationships with judges, defense attorneys, and court staff-takes time to build. But what counts most heavily is experience in prosecuting cases, where attorneys gain a greater understanding of the law along with improving research and brief-writing skills.
But while the group leaving has prosecuted almost every crime under the sun and possesses a wealth of knowledge that is certainly invaluable, there's still plenty of experience roaming the beautiful Santa Barbara Courthouse halls on behalf of the District Attorney's Office, as well as several deputies waiting in the wings. Remaining will be 14 senior-level employees, including Hilary Dozer, who has successfully prosecuted two murder cases in the last year; Gordon Auchincloss; Ron Zonen; and Lee Carter. And the list goes on.
Additionally, several deputies are rising through the department's ranks, many of them with the department for 10-plus years. "There is a layer of attorneys waiting for the opportunity to show their stuff, and lawyers above them to help lead," explained Hanson. Even the office's newest prosecutor, Elizabeth O'Brien, has three years' experience and is one of two level-two deputies. "You have to have talent to get in, and you have to have talent to stay in," said Carter, who himself is in the midst of his 25th year as a Santa Barbara prosecutor.
What remains is an increased workload-at least for six months-and a confident group looking to step into the gaps left in an office that rarely sees turnover. "I certainly feel we can step up to the plate, and I feel confident moving forward," O'Brien said.
As for the 2010 transition at the top spot, Lynn, who made his official campaign announcement Wednesday, has been appointed to Christie Stanley's job as district attorney, until further notice. Stanley had a bad fall and broke her hips and is expected to be out for some time. The decision has caused some rankles, especially with Lynn's opponent, Dudley, who said that in making the move, Stanley is "attempting to anoint her successor." Lynn defended the decision, saying it wasn't a matter of politics but one of practicality.


Thank you for casting light on these gorgeous scenes and sharing them with us. I'm glad you had such a good visit with your friend.
Thank you – beauty surrounds us if we take but a moment to take it all in.
It was sure nice visiting with you and your mom yesterday. Loved looking at your pictures.


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Q: How do you get a specific item in an enumeration by a variable integer in c#? I have this enumeration list
enum Month
{
    January = 1,
    February,
    March,
    April,
    May,
    June,
    July,
    August,
    September,
    October,
    November,
    December
}

I am gathering an integer from the console named input with a value of 1-12. How do I make it print out the corresponding month? Eg:1 = January, 6=June.
Thank you for your time and help!

A: You can cast the int to your Enum
var m = (Month)1;

Console.WriteLine(m.ToString());

But bear in mind if the enum value isn't defined it will simply print the int.
Alternatively you can use
var m = Enum.GetName(typeof(Month), 1);

which will return null if it isn't defined

A: I invite you to read the documentation about enums
And here is the answer to your question :
var input = Console.ReadLine();
int enumIntValue = int.Parse(input); // You can also use TryParse (safer).
Month month = (Month) enumIntValue; // You can use Enum.IsDefined before to check if the int value is valid for the enum.
Console.WriteLine(month); // print out the month.

Read also :
TryParse, Enum.IsDefined

A: For information purposes, to see all of the textual values in an enum, you can get the values like so ...
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var enumValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Month));

    foreach (var enumValue in enumValues)
        Console.WriteLine(enumValue);
}

A: You can convert the integer value to the corresponding Enum via a cast, and then get its string representation:
var monthEnum = (Month)yourIntValue;
var strEnum = monthEnum.ToString();

Note that if yourIntValue isn't a valid enum value (e.g. 0, or 13), then the program will still run, but will output the integer value.
Also note that a better way to get a month's name would be to use the CultureInfo class:
// the current culture info, from your computer
var culture = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;

// you can also specify a known culture
culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en")
var monthName = culture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(yourIntValue);

A: var input= Console.ReadLine();
Month month = 0;
if (Enum.TryParse(input, out month)) //Using try parse is safer
{
Console.WriteLine(month.ToString());
}


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American Pacesetter Reports Loss for 1985
American Pacesetter reported a 1985 net loss of $393,000 that it attributed to losses from discontinued operations and a downturn in real estate sales.
In 1984, the company reported a net loss of $2.5 million.
The Newport Beach-based company said it had operating income for the year of $436,000 but that was offset by the loss of $829,000 from the sale of its foreign electronics operations.
Also included in the 1985 results is a write down of $681,000 on the value of land held for development; the company had a similar write down in 1984 of $8.2 million. The company said the real estate market has improved in recent months and it expects no further write downs.
Revenue for the year totaled $79.6 million compared with revenue of $92.4 million the prior year. In addition to its discontinued operations, real estate sales were down for 1985.
For the fourth quarter, the company reported a net loss of $592,000 compared with net income of $194,000 for the same period a year earlier. For the most recent quarter, the results include a loss of $183,000 from the sale of an electronics distribution unit.
In addition to its electronics interests, American Pacesetter makes surveillance cameras, operates San Clemente Savings and Loan Assn. and builds houses and commercial and industrial projects.


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Kellogg to permanently…
Kellogg to permanently replace 1,400 striking factory workers
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says it is permanently replacing about 1,400 of its striking factory workers, ending a labor feud between employees and the cereal brand.
"The prolonged work stoppage has left us no choice but to hire permanent replacement employees in positions vacated by striking workers," the company said in a statement Tuesday night.
From the archives (November 2021): Kellogg raises sales guidance despite labor strike
Workers had been striking for a variety of reasons including issues surrounding compensation, benefits and cost of living, according to its union's website.
Earlier on Tuesday, striking Kellogg workers "overwhelmingly voted to reject" a five-year offer from Kellogg that would have given employees a 3% raise.
The strike began on Oct. 5 and took place for employees at factories in Battle Creek, Mich.; Omaha, Neb.; Lancaster, Pa.; and Memphis, Tenn.
According to the Associated Press, one of the specific obstacles in the negotiations has been the company's wage system that gives newer workers lower pay and fewer benefits. About 30% of the cereal plant workforce receives these lower wages.
Striking workers Michael Rodarte, Sue Griffin, Michael Elliott and Mark Gonzalez outside the Omaha, Neb., cereal plant on Dec. 2.
Kellogg makes popular cereals like Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops and Rice Krispies, and had been hiring contract workers to keep up with product demand during the strike.
The Kellogg workers on strike were represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union — the BCTGM union did not immediately respond to MarketWatch's request for comment on this story.
See: Strikes are 257% up in 2 years, even though labor union membership is down — why more workers are taking a stand
The news comes as the so-called Great Resignation of U.S. workers slowed in October, but over 4 million people still quit their jobs.
Kellogg stock was down 2.3% in early afternoon trading on Wednesday, compared with a drop of 0.1% for the S&P 500
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Wisdom is better than folly, this much we've learned. But wisdom is also vulnerable to folly, and it only takes a little bit of folly to nullify a lot of wisdom. This week in Ecclesiastes 9.13-10.20, the Teacher reminds us to avoid allowing folly – even in small doses – to seep into our church, our lives and our mouths.


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My Great-Grandmother came to this country from her native Ireland fleeing the Great Potato Famine, and passed through Ellis Island. At no time was it considered to sneak into the United States like a thief in the night. People came to this country as a land of opportunity, a chance to start over. Coming in illegally was not the way to start a new life. This is the strength of the United States.
I take great insult to the Liberal's implication that it is somehow the duty of the United States and its citizens to welcome people who cross our borders illegally, and that we should stop and examine our conscience. The Liberal viewpoint also implies that to do otherwise is discriminatory.
What is right and legal is for immigrants to follow the due process of our laws, for then we know (at least in principle) that these people intend to be law-abiding. It's not discrimination, it's self-preservation given the world today. The violence in Arizona and Texas from Mexican gangs crossing the border illegally should give one pause the practicality of having an open border. Let's not even dwell on the number of potential terrorists that have crossed the border illegally.
The Liberals dream of a Utopia that cannot exist in this world or in any other physical world. It is not the fault of the immigrant that wants a better life for himself or his family. It is the fault of the country he lives in for being repressive and closed to opportunities to better his lot in life. The United States, realistically, cannot have unlimited immigration with open borders. It is not practical nor is it sustainable.
Which is why I have such a hard time with the various Senators wanting to address our "broken" immigration system. And yes, a "path to citizenship", aka, amnesty, is on the agenda, and a bare mention of border security was made.
I understand fully the desire for people to better themselves, and to travel to places that offer them more opportunity. But I also understand respect for the law, and the immigrants that come to this country by sneaking across the border are not respecting our laws, our country, nor us. How does giving them a shot at citizenship while ignoring the laws of the land beneficial to this country? I have yet to hear of a logical, common-sense (!) explanation – all I hear are heartstrings and sob stories mixed with various platitudes.
As I see it, this issue is broken down into 3 parts – security of the border, people who enter illegally, and companies who employ those without citizenship or papers. Each of these issues must be dealt with independently of each other. This so-called "comprehensive legislation" with "triggers" being thrown around as a one-stop shopping solution is a bunch of weasel words designed to delay, obscure, confound, and otherwise mislead the citizenry from the issue of illegal immigration.
Here's the kicker: There are already laws on the books that deal with these issues!! If our elected representatives would start worrying about this country instead of the next election & political power struggles, enforce the laws on the books by funding the appropriate agencies for manpower & equipment, there would be absolutely no need for new legislation. Illegals would be apprehended & deported, companies would be fined, and the border wouldn't resemble Swiss cheese. And we, as citizens, would show our gratitude by voting to allow these wonderful representatives to keep their jobs.
The enforcement of these laws must be a priority of the Administration and the various law-enforcement agencies tasked with this job. And that direction starts from the Office of the President.
No President can knowingly or unknowingly violate or ignore the laws of this country. He is not king, nor does he write the laws. It is his Constitutional duty that he has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this country!! The current laws state that illegal immigrants are to be arrested & deported. By directing the law enforcement agencies of this country to ignore the laws of this country is illegal and potentially treasonous.
Our government is broken. We, the People, have allowed this to happen by our inattentiveness and the assertion that "government knows best." It may be too late to right the ship with the political parties in charge, but We The People must hold our elected leaders accountable no matter what political party is in power. Otherwise, this nonsense will continue, and ruin this country to the point that it cannot be fixed.
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Wow. Wise Words indeed. 'The laws are already on the books. Enforce them.' What a novel concept. Now, on that I am being "funny" but it isn't funny that we have legislators making new laws on something that already exists. We need to get over the fact that if the law already exists, what is the incentive to enforce new laws that say the same thing, when the old ones are supposedly broken?
Great Post again Tom. Your thoughts here are so simple it is amazing to me that NO ONE Gets it. At least the ones on the left anyway.
Thank you, Robert. The Left continues to ignore logic and the law. Simplicity doesn't matter if their minds are closed to facts and reality. All that matters to them is following an agenda that will eventually destroy this country, and it's in the name of achieving greater political power. Passing new laws and making a big fuss obscures what they are doing.
reply from Robert: Exactly. And it is time the people realized this.


Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can't outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling's game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her--or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm.
Check out my review for SHADOW AND BONE!
I blew through Shadow and Bone in less than a day so I was expecting the same with Siege and Storm but I took me a couple of days. I enjoyed it just as much as the first book, I love how Leigh keeps adding on to the Grisha world and making it so incredibly real.
I also listened to the audio book for parts of this one. I work in fast food so when I go into work in the mornings I have to prep stuff for two hours so I put my headphones in and jam out to music. I decided that I was going to use my time wisely and bought the audio book. I loved it. I love the narrator's voice and I loved learning how some of the words in this book were pronounced.
I mentioned in my Shadow and Bone review how I found that Mal was super whiny and kind of annoyed me a little bit. I continued to ship Mal and Alina though until Bardugo introduced Nikolai and it was all over. I have a feeling that my new ship is going to sink pretty fast, but a girl can dream.
Overall I'm in love with this series, I'm waiting for the heartbreak that Ruin and Rising is going to bring me. But I can't wait to see how all of their stories end.
I need this in my life now! A third love interest though!? Not sure how i'm quiiiite feeling about that!
Ehh it is so slight and I think I shipped it more then necessary lol!


I have created a video for training purposes, and I need to force the viewers to watch all of the video. Currently, users can skip the content by pressing the button on the player controls for the quiz, and it will skip the content. How can I prevent this from happening so they are forced to watch it all?
Assuming you are presenting the video using the TechSmith Smart Player, you could modify it so you don't present the playbar.
Check the threads linked below to learn how to make the modification.
What are my options if I'm uploading this video to Screencast?
I was able to edit the HTML player, but how would I be able to upload to screencast?
Yeah, ScreenCast is going to be a completely different story. As I understand it, you simply upload an MP4 Camtasia created. So there isn't any real ability to use the modified support files. Those would only work if you uploaded the file set to your own web site. Or possibly if uploading to a Learning Management System (LMS).
Only TechSmith can likely provide a definitive answer here.
We currently do not have an option with the Smart Player on Screencast to hide the controls. If you are asking a user to enter their name and email address before the video starts, you will get the percentage of the video they watched before answering a set of questions at a specific time. Sorry I don't have better news at this time.


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Those of you familiar with behavior-based safety know that organizational trust is a basic element that is critical to a successful safety improvement effort. Employees have to know that they can openly and honestly discuss safety issues without fear of reprisal. The use of fear as a motivator destroys trust and is contrary to the whole philosophy of creating a positive workplace that promotes safety. Bullying is the term we often use to describe the activities of leaders who rely too heavily on fear and negative consequences in a misguided attempt to motivate employees to perform well.
Bullying is systematic abuse of authority between the bully and one or more of his or her direct reports. It damages the working relationship between the leader and employees and destroys trust within the organization. It ultimately has a significant negative impact on performance of the organizational unit. Bullying often causes employees to feel anxious, depressed, fearful, lose sleep, develop headaches and stomachaches, create self-doubt and anger, and can even result in symptoms commonly seen in post-traumatic stress syndrome. Bullying may also take place between peers in the workplace. The primary focus of this article is on bullying by someone in a leadership position within an organization.
While we've all experienced some of these behaviors at some point at work, they become bullying when they occur frequently. Bullying is not a one-time event; it is on-going abuse that occurs every week and often becomes more aggressive over time. Bullies can be company owners and partners, senior executives, line managers, supervisors, or other frontline employees. Bullies can be either male or female.
Often managers and supervisors respond in anger or frustration. Their anger and frustration may be created by work pressures in the system they work in. Often, the pressure from their leadership and/or customers creates a predisposition to respond emotionally when problems occur. The angry supervisor lashes out in anger at a mistake made by employees who are simply doing the best they can.
In other cases, a manager or supervisor may have learned bad habits from bosses in past jobs. Some industries are almost characterized by heavy handed management practices that most of us would not call leadership. In doing contract work on turnarounds, for example, management personnel do not have to develop long-term working relationships with their crews. They can rely on pressure and threats to get the job done quickly, then, in three months when the job ends, they go on to the next job somewhere else with a new and different crew. Such environments do not foster the growth and development of leaders that promote positive long-term working relationships.
Furthermore, some of our training and the way we view the role of leaders may be to blame. We often characterize the role of leaders as one predominately of problem-solving. Too often, their job becomes one of identifying and solving problems. The result is that all of their time is spent attending to problems, not supporting and developing their top performers.
One of the biggest problems with a reliance on negative consequence to motivate employees at work is that it simply generates minimal performance. Employees will do just enough to get by. The use of criticism, threats, and other forms of punishment simply will not result in exemplary performance. Without positive consequences and effective working relationships, the best an organization can achieve is mediocrity.
The use of negative consequences also generates emotional responses that are counter-productive in the workplace. When employees are angry, they are more likely to make errors that create quality problems. Furthermore, both the resulting distraction and emotional state puts employees at greater risk of having a workplace injury. In other cases, employees who are bullied may also be more likely to engage in workplace violence, destroy property, conduct acts of vandalism, or sabotage the work in other ways.
Finally, workplace bullying creates turnover, particularly among skilled employees. Those who qualify for other opportunities simply leave rather than put up with continued abuse. The result is an ongoing cycle of abuse. Often, poor performance prompts a supervisor to respond in a heavy handed way. As the good performers leave, performance grows worse, prompting even more anger and frustration on the part of supervision.
Organizational studies have shown that the biggest predictor of turnover is the relationship between an employee and his immediate supervisor. When the relationship is a good one, employees stay. When supervision is abusive, employees are more likely to leave. Retention thus becomes one of the best metrics to identify pockets of bullying in an organization.
We'll explore these in greater detail next month!


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San Jose is converting a motel into long-term homeless housing. Here's where it's at.
A month after securing their portion of new coveted state funding, San Jose is moving ahead with plans to acquire a 76-unit motel and transform it into permanent supportive housing for homeless residents.
The San Jose City Council this week gave the green light to apply the $14.5 million awarded last month under Gov. Gavin Newsom's Project Homekey and purchase the 76-unit SureStay Hotel by Best Western at 1488 North First Street near the Mineta San Jose International Airport.
"Certainly we've tried to take advantage of the crisis by using all resources — the county, the state, the federal government — and not leaving any stone unturned," Councilmember Raul Peralez said during the council meeting Tuesday night. "…I'm excited for this opportunity and certainly we need a lot more like it."
More than 6,000 residents in San Jose are unhoused and due to limited shelter space in the city, the vast majority of them are left without a roof over their heads most nights. The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic fallout have only exacerbated the crisis and San Jose officials –along with those across the state — are looking for new ways to serve and house their most vulnerable residents.
Under Project Homekey, the governor pledged $600 million in state funding to help California cities and counties convert hotels, motels, apartments and other buildings into permanent housing for the homeless. And an order signed by Newsom in June allows such pandemic homeless housing projects to move along faster by bypassing some local zoning and planning regulations and processes.
"We are realizing our dream of helping local jurisdictions acquire thousands of motel rooms and convert them into housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness," Newsom wrote in a news release about the program last month. "Homekey is the first effort of its kind in the nation and is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the most vulnerable people in our state."
San Jose was one of a handful of Bay Area cities, including Oakland, Milpitas and Mountain View to receive funding under the Project Homekey program — but it's not completely off the hook. The program requires that cities and counties share part of the costs. In San Jose's case, the city is devoting $3.2 million to the conversion of the motel and utilizing about $10.9 million in state funding — for a total purchase price of $14.1 million, or about $186,000 per room. The city will use some of the remaining funding awarded by the state to operate the new housing project.
Along with the motel building, the property features a pool, lobby and two large conference or dining rooms. The purchase price includes all the furniture in the motel rooms, including beds, televisions and microwaves, as well as linens and towels and large appliances like ice and washing machines.
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The motel is currently under use by the county through another state program — Project Roomkey, which provided federal funds to counties to transform motel and motel rooms into temporary housing during the pandemic. San Jose officials have promised that none of the homeless residents currently living in the motel under the program will be displaced following the purchase and that supportive services, such as caseworkers and employment assistance, will continue to be offered for residents once it's converted into a long-term housing site.
Following a request from councilmember Peralez and Mayor Sam Liccardo, the city is working on an outreach program from the surrounding neighborhoods — Rosemary Gardens, Hyde Park, and Rincon South — and setting up a specific point of contact within the city where residents can address any concerns that may arise related to the new long-term homeless housing project.
The relatively seamless approval process for Project Homekey in San Jose came just days after another city within the county pushed back against the county's plans to convert a hotel within its boundaries.
Late last week, the Milpitas City Council voted unanimously to send a letter to Santa Clara County asking that it halt its plans to transform a 146-room Extended Stay America hotel into studio apartments for homeless people after residents said the project made them feel unsafe, was too close to residential areas and wouldn't guarantee the housing would go to those who are currently homeless within the city.
The move could put more than $29 million awarded to the county for the project in jeopardy.


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How Volunteering Can Help You Get a Job
Thursday, May 04, 2017 by Brooke Boswell
There's little doubt that volunteering can be a wonderful way to make a difference in your community (and even the world), but it's also a great way to boost happiness levels, meet new people and, according to new research, it can even help you get a job!
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, who followed more than 70,000 people over a ten year period, people who did volunteer work had a significantly larger chance of being hired over those who didn't. In fact, the Centre for Economic and Policy Research found that volunteering even as little as 20 hours over the course of a year raised a prospect's chances of being employed.
5 Reasons Why Volunteering Helps You Get a Job
Networking Opportunities: You've heard the saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know"? Well it's true! That's why volunteering is especially helpful for long-term unemployed people because the longer a person is out of work the weaker their social networks become and the more difficult it becomes to gain access to people who can refer them along.
It Shows That You're Self Motivated: Volunteering at your local animal shelter or hospital demonstrates to your potential employer that you're a self starter. It also shows that you have good work ethic and strong community values. Who wouldn't want those qualities in an employee?
The Happiness Factor: Selfless acts have been proven time and again to boost a person's happiness levels. In turn, the happier you are, the more productive you become and the more likely you are to keep looking for work with energy and conviction. Most employment agencies agree that a positive mindset is one of the most critical elements of a job search.
Skills: Volunteering allows you to keep old skills sharp. It can also help you to learn valuable new skills that can be put onto your resume which equals more good stuff to impress recruiters with. And, best of all, you might even discover a new talent that you never knew you had!
Passion: Above all else, volunteering allows you to illustrate that you are a person who cares about the world. Employers love to hire people with passion, and a history of volunteer work illustrates a level of passion about the world that few people possess.
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Simple, modern, unfussy knits are my passion for babies and toddlers. This unisex hoodie was designed to keep a little one cosy as either a jacket or cardigan depending on the season. The mismatched buttons are a fun addition but matching buttons can be used if preferred.
It's knit from the bottom back up to the shoulders where the stitches are split and each front knitted downwards separately to the hem. Stitches for the sleeves are picked up along the shoulder and then knitted downwards before sewing the side and underarm seams. The hood stitches are picked up around the neckline and when finished can be cast off using a 3 needle bind off or seaming. Finally stitches are picked up along the fronts and hood edges for the trim.


Since 2008, the Jefferson Chamber Foundation has been graduating professionals from its Leadership Jefferson program. This year's class included 35 candidates completed a nine-month program designed to develop a diverse network of dedicated business and community leaders equipped with the capacity to improve the quality of life for the community.
It was started out of a desire to grow an affinity toward Jefferson Parish and to educate people who lived and worked in Jefferson Parish about all of the offerings throughout the parish.
"This year, Leadership Jefferson expanded graduate's perspectives on living and working in Jefferson Parish. This class was able to meet and discuss pressing issues with leaders of Jefferson Parish, our hospitals, our schools, and those on the economic frontlines of our region," Stephanie O'Brien, Jefferson Chamber Foundation, said. "Physically expanding our views, sessions were held at various locations in Jefferson Parish, both on the East Bank and West Bank. Together, throughout the year, the class covered issues such as economic growth as a region, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and becoming better citizens through community involvement. Having various points of view created healthy and honest discussions for everyone to grow as leaders and professionals. The class truly bonded and enjoyed not only the program, but also meeting each other through the process."
Facilitated by a professional leadership team, the interactive workshops exposed participants to local leaders and activists working to resolve critical issues facing Jefferson Parish. Leadership Jefferson utilizes several personal, social, and civic developmental processes as part of its program. Specific session topics include education, healthcare, quality of life concerns, criminal justice, diversity and economic development.
"I would grade my overall Leadership Jefferson experience as an A-plus," Troy Roussel, Cox Louisiana, said. "The sessions were diverse and included top notch presenters and the Sloane group, along with the Jefferson Chamber staff, did an outstanding job of facilitating. With that said the biggest takeaway for me were the relationships built. I was able to spend 10 months with the leaders and future leaders of Jefferson Parish across all spectrums of industry. The bonds built will last for years to come and I look forward to the future of the parish with the Leadership class of 2017."
Leadership Jefferson offered its participants networking opportunities, enhanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing Jefferson Parish, and an opportunity to become more actively involved in working to improve Jefferson Parish.
Graduates from the leadership Jefferson 2017 class include: Andrew Alombro, Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union; Andrew Anglada, JCFA; Shawn Audibert, Atmos Energy; Timothy Brinks, Adams and Reese, LLP; Kym Copeland, New Orleans Fireman's Federal Credit Union; Julie Couret, 7602 Business Performance; Gabriela Delgado, Daul Insurance Agency, Inc.; Chaun Fleury, JCFA; Nikki Reed Gaines, Metairie Bank and Trust; Erich Hein, JCFA; Kate Sanders Henry, Renaissance Publishing; Oanh Ho, Hancock and Whitney Bank; Amanda Hoerner, Jefferson Chamber of Commerce; Annalisa Kelly, JEDCO; Nikisha Kelly, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy; Lucy King, East Jefferson General Hospital; Francis Maness, Tulane Health System; Kristi Martin, Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union; Paul Matthews, Port of New Orleans; Bradley Mayeur, Home Bank; Keith Merritt, Iberia Bank; Tim Paulin, BNI; Gina Rachel, Postlethwaite & Netterville, APAC; Sarah Roberts, Ochsner Health System; Bryan Ross, New Orleans Pelicans and Saints; Troy Roussel, Cox Business; Gene Sausse, BooKoo Bounce; Tyler Schmitz, Trane; Candice Schott, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy; Dane Smith, Entergy; Alyssa Wagstaff, Demo Diva, LLC; Brent Wallis, Peoples Health Network; Brandon Williams, Greater New Orleans, Inc.; James Wiltenmuth, Postlethwaite & Netterville, APAC; and Annette Young, Jefferson Community Health Care Center.
Leadership Jefferson will begin accepting applications on June 1 for its 2018 class and a selection committee will screen the applications and announce the new class in August.
For more information about Leadership Jefferson or to obtain an application beginning June 1st, visit their website at www.jeffersonchamber.org. The cost is $1,500 for chamber members and $1,650 for non-members. Applications must be received by June 30, 2017.
"The Leadership Jefferson alumni program under-promised and over-delivered," Sausse said. "Really glad I participated. Not only was it fun, it was a high-value personal and professional experience. Well worth the commitment. Two thumbs-up for Leadership Jefferson, it was a seriously practical continued learning experience."


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How do I know if I am compliant?
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Summer has started and the family is moving in multiple directions.
That can be challenging for a mom who's trying to be supportive and wanting to respect my late teen and young adult children's needs for independence.
We share resources and responsibility for the home, cars, work, meals, and chores, and we all need to rely on one another too to get it all done.
At these junctures of one season to the next and changes in family structure/responsibility, it's best to make the time to figure out what everyone needs and how we're going to support one another with our best effort and care.
Watching your children venture into their life is a point of pride and worry. While we are proud of their accomplishments, adventures, and will to find their path, we also worry with our knowledge that the road isn't always easy.
Summer finds me laying the teacher role aside and adjusting the parent role to meet the celebrations, adventures, and challenges ahead.


For over a century the petroglyphs of the Tule Lake area have attracted speculative and interpretive imaginings of popular and academic cultures. The soft granular surfaces face wind, rain, ice, seepings; absorb peering eyes, snapping cameras, studied tracings. The distinct visibilities of intense grooves, the dense clusters, spark deep in the psyche. The walls of incised markings emerge emblematic of historical moments, mirroring desires to define origins.
Vollmann's language refreshes. He does not say: this is what it is. He says: this is how it appears to me. He does not treat the petroglyphs as objects, rather the event in a life as subjective encounter. They are equal to his presence. They change and endure, he comes and goes.
 Vollmann notes, p. 353, Trimble's role in the capture of Modoc leader Kientpoos, known as Captain Jack, on June 1, 1873. (The Dying Grass, 2015, p. 353.) More: Robert Acquinas McNally (Indian Country Today, June 1, 2016) provides a carefully researched study of the capture: Who Really Caught Captain Jack?
Tule Lake. A place of conflict, beauty, contradiction, extraction, preservation, jurisdiction, nurturance, and striking geologic presence. Visiting Petroglyph Point or one of few caves with paintings, both part of the Lava Beds National Monument, is accessible and rewarding. However, if one becomes curious about these places and spaces, the peoples and animals come and gone and come again, the winds of history, prehistory, planning, and accident quickly buffet, even shred, assumptions.
The Rock Art. There are many studies with various facts, beliefs, and conjectures, which may be dated, fragmentary, or not well-grounded. We are reminded all interpretation risks concocting explanations by aligning selective facts or suppositions. What to do? Go out and look around!
Meanwhile, for background study I suggest starting with the informed work of Robert David. His 2012 dissertation offers a fairly comprehensive bibliography related to Klamath Basin rock art with many references directly applicable to the Tule Lake area. Online, open access: The Landscape of Klamath Basin Rock Art (2012).
Further: Julian Steward (1929 & 1937), Robert Heizer & C. William Clewlow Jr (1973), B.K. Swartz Jr. (1978), Helen Crotty (1979 & 1981), Georgia Lee & William Hyder (various 1980s & 1990s), James Keyser et al. (2006). For Fern Cave, internet searches offer a range of information, though many studies are not public.
The Place. Two books to open doors.
Balancing Water: Restoring the Klamath Basin. 2000. Tupper Ansel Blake, Madeleine Graham Blake, and William Kittredge.
Hell with the fire out: a history of the Modoc War. 1997. Arthur Quinn.


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This spring wardrobe guide can also be found in the April issue of Southern Distinction magazine, where we publish bi-monthly columns about trends in men's fashion and help you make the most of your wardrobe. Spring Wardrobe Guide | Part 2 will follow soon with advice and images about accessories and fabrics.
Spring is the perfect time to make your statement. The warmer weather and bright colors of spring inspire us to have more fun and change our attitudes and wardrobes. There are several ways to make these changes that I will share with you. We can add color by choosing lighter, brighter hues for our suits and shirts. Patterns change for spring, as well, by letting us take a breather from the winter weight fabrics and colors. Spring is the perfect time to open our minds to fun accessories and fabrics with a lighter look and feel.
This spring, look to add color through brighter hues and bold patterns that turn heads. With suits and sport coats, move into lighter shades of blue and gray. This is the time of year that I like to replace colors like dark navy and charcoal suits with slate blue and light gray. Adding khaki and light brown back into the mix with your suit and jacket choices also gives you more options for the warmer weather. Now is also the time to throw in a touch of color with pink, lavender, or light blue pinstripes and plaids.
Change up the look of your shirts by adding patterns such as small and large checks or stripes with a splash of color. My personal favorite is gingham. Spring is also the perfect time to bring out bright beautiful, spring time solids. Let your spring wardrobe make your statement this season by taking more risks with boldness and hue. If all of this talk about color and pattern is too far out of your comfort zone, then a crisp white well-fitted shirt is always a good option, as well.


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Hullo, deer. Just how smart is that animal peering through my kitchen window?
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Annapolis protesters join chorus of rage across country in wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis police custody
By Brooks DuBose
Annapolis protesters gathered at the Alex Haley memorial in downtown Annapolis Saturday to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man killed after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, according to video of the incident.
Floyd's death has sparked protests across the country, including in Baltimore where several dozen protesters marched through the city Friday. More protests are scheduled in the city for Saturday and Monday. Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop fired after the incident, was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter four days after Floyd's death during which time protests included damaging property and clashes with police and other bystanders.
Floyd's death was disappointing and disgusting, said Alderman DaJuan Gay, D-Ward 6. The incident was filmed by a bystander, showing the length of time Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck.
"We have to stand together for solidarity to let people know that we're not satisfied with it," Gay said. "I think it speaks for itself. It was disappointing. That was disgusting to see."
Protesters gathered at City Dock — where slaves were once unloaded — with plans to march throughout Annapolis and finish at Whitmore Park — the site hosting a marker memorializing lynchings across the county. The march started at noon. As the protesters walked through the city — many of them wearing face masks as recommended by health officials — they chanted "No justice, no peace, no racist police," and "I can't breathe." The latter line was said by Floyd before he went limp as well as Eric Garner, a New York black man also killed in police custody.
"As a teacher, I live in constant fear," said Rachel Edlich, who teaches preschool in Anne Arundel County. "I have children that I take care of, and I don't want to have to be afraid that if they go out somewhere that they're going to get hurt."
As the march ascended the top of Main Street, some onlookers left the sidewalk to join the movement.
Crowds were obviously larger than state-mandated gathering limits, but police did not get involved dispersing the crowd as the protest remained peaceful throughout the walk. Police exercised similar restraint when Marylanders protested Gov. Larry Hogan's lockdown orders.
Bowie State student Nailah Mitchell helped organize the march. Mitchell said the event was a step toward consistency in recognizing that change is needed.
"I've never seen a gathering like this ... in support not just of our city but nationwide," she said. "It's important that we are unified. We are human beings, we are not meant to separate. We're supposed to come together as a community."
Mayor Gavin Buckley and other local leaders spoke out this week on the killing. County Executive Steuart Pittman went as far as calling a press conference to address the incident.
"The horrific events that took place a few days ago in Minneapolis are deplorable and unacceptable. What George Floyd experienced was not normal police procedure," Buckley said. "No one should suffer such brutality. Our hearts go out to the family of Mr. Floyd and to the people of Minneapolis. Annapolis shares your struggle for justice."
Buckley spoke at the end of the march at Whitmore Park, where in 2019 the city dedicated a historical marker commemorating the five African Americans who were lynched across Anne Arundel County. The mayor read off the names of people who have died at the hands of police.
"George Floyd ... Breonna Taylor ... Trayvon Martin. I say their names so we won't forget," he said.
Michael Lewis, of Annapolis, attended the protest with his family to show unity for black people and people of color, Lewis said, "and quite frankly injustice of the poor and the downtrodden."
"Historically, it is no question that the black community has been absorbing the brunt of that," he said. "I wanted to let people know that their lives matter, especially young black men. And in this case, black older men."
Floyd was 46.
Among the many speakers at Whitmore Park, Annapolis resident Harold Lloyd III, a recent graduate of Frostburg State University, called on his generation to take up the mantle of change around racial equality.
"I've been aware of this since middle school. I have been witnessing black lives die at the hands of police officers," Lloyd said. "It's a repetitive pattern, and all we want is justice.
"It makes us think, 'Do our lives really matter?' There's no reason that a black teenager should go outside and feel scared that he might not come back home with his life."
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UK: Coffee deal off the boil
A deal to boost the income of the world's coffee producers, most of whom are poor developing countries, is under strain just one week after the plan was announced. The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) had agreed to hold back 20% of coffee production for two years to boost prices. Coffee prices recently reached a seven-year low of $890 a tonne for July delivery. Now doubts are surfacing as to whether Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, will actually implement the scheme. Also, countries which are not ACPC members are reported to be reconsidering their commitments. "The gloss put on the ACPC plan last week is waning. It seems to be falling apart quicker than expected," said one London trader.
A deal to boost the income of the world's coffee producers, most of whom are poor developing countries, is under strain just one week after the plan was announced. The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) had agreed to hold back 20% of coffee production for two years to boost prices. Coffee prices recently reached a seven-year low of $890 a tonne for July delivery. Now doubts are surfacing as to whether Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, will actually implement the scheme. Also, countries which are not ACPC members are reported to be reconsidering their commitments. "The gloss put on the ACPC plan last week is waning. It seems to be falling apart quicker than expected," said one London trader.
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Barack Obama may be the most famous Offaly man in America – but there could be another name in contention for that title of America's most famous Offaly man since the debut on Monday night of the Piers Morgan Show on CNN. A little-known fact about Piers Morgan – whose show replaces that of the legendary talkshow host Larry King – is that he has strong Offaly roots. "My father was Vincent Eamonn O'Mara from County Offaly,†Piers himself revealed in 2009 to the Daily Mail, and he showed clearly how strong his affinity with Ireland is in the wake of the controversial Thierry Henry incident which kept Ireland out of the last World Cup. Piers is the second son of Vincent Eamon and Gabrielle O'Meara (nee Oliver), and was born on March 30 1965 at Newick in East Sussex. When he was just one year old and his brother Jeremy was three, their father, a dentist, died in a road accident. It is claimed his father was a native of Banagher, although locally, it is difficult to find confirmation that Banagher town itself is where Morgan's roots lie. His mother's "Oliver†ancestry is rooted in Co. Monaghan, although she herself was born in Sussex. When his mother, an artist, later married Glynn Pughe-Morgan, the family decided Piers should adopt that surname. Piers Morgan is already well-known on US tv through his role as a judge on American's Got Talent, but taking over from Larry King puts him right at the pinnacle of US media focus. It is a hugely prestigious show, and his debut interview was with Oprah Winfrey; his second with the noted "shock-jock†Howard Stern. Piers Morgan is a past editor of the Daily Mirror, sacked over the faked pictures alleged falsely to have depicted British troops torturing Iraqi prisoners. He was also business editor at The Sun. Since his parting of ways with the Daily Mirror, Morgan has become a tv personality, appearing as a judge on Britain's Got Talent, and presenting the series "Piers Morgan On....â€, a set of shows in which he visited cities where the wealthy hang out.


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Home Spotlight Scylla: The Revenge by Myron Edwards
Scylla: The Revenge by Myron Edwards
Scylla: The Revenge is the sequel to Mistress of the Rock by Myron Edwards
What Jaws did for Amity, Scylla can do for Cyprus.
Some nine years have passed since the world was introduced to the phenomenon of the Mistress of the Rock at Petra Tou Romiou. The strange image of what looks like the body of a woman in the waters by the rocks, spurred author Myron Edwards to write about his discovery. His epiphany moment inspired him to create the book and a screenplay. In 2017, a re-edited and reprinted version of the story was published by US publisher James Hill of Rockhill Publishing. This new edition was more intense than the first and led to the belief that there was even more to the tale.
Scylla: The Revenge, is the continuing account and takes place just a year after the first book ends. Enraged by his rejection, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, shows another side of her character, wreaking havoc across the coastlines of Cyprus, from Ayia Napa, Protaras, and down to Paphos. Together with her sister, the Scylla—a mythical beast of the sea—the two create mayhem and force a reluctant Richard Cole to return to the island he swore he would never go back to; where he will be compelled to face the Goddess one more time to try and stop the killings.
This version goes a long way to explain the deep connection between Richard Cole and Aphrodite and answers many of the questions the first book posed. For those curious to know what the Scylla looks like, she is depicted in one of the oldest Mosaics in The House of Dionysos in Paphos.
Scylla: The Revenge, is available in Kindle and Paperback and is distributed worldwide through outlets in India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, UK, and USA, and most of Europe. Prices vary, so it is best to check with sites such as Amazon for the latest. It is also available from Barnes & Noble USA, Foyles London, eBay, and Google Books, or direct from the publisher www.rockhillpublishing.com,
With book three in progress, Edwards is trying hard to find investors to fund the movie he is planning. So far, no one from the Cyprus Government has shown any interest or responded to requests. The story merits a much larger audience and Edwards believes that the film would rejuvenate a historic site that for too long has been neglected.
Websites: www.scyllathebook.co.uk and www.mistressoftherock.com
Amazon UK | Amazon US
In the first and second world wars, they called it 'shellshock', in modern times the condition was sanitised to PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but whatever you call it, the short word for it is fear! In 'Mistress of the Rock' we see first-hand how the effects of war can change a man and what drama it can create for those around him.
History tells us the first Gulf War in 1991 was over in 100 hours, but for Richard Cole who had never seen action up that point, his own private war was raging inside him. Gripped by fear and terror of what might happen to him, he looks for solace and finds it in Cyprus in the mythical figure of the goddess of love, Aphrodite, to whom he prays to for safekeeping. She answers his prayer.
Believing that the war is over for him, he begins to ready himself for the journey home, only to find himself a spectator in one of the most terrifying and gut-wrenching episodes of the conflict. It is here that his nightmares and visions begin. Fear turns to terror as image by image becomes a reality in his mind, and turning for help to the mythical figure, he finds sanctuary.
Twenty years later, he returns to Cyprus with his wife, Julie, for a personal pilgrimage of thanks to the goddess and a vacation for Julie. During a surprise trip with his best friend, Richard Shaw, a former war pilot, the three of them take an unscheduled helicopter ride over the site of Petra Tou Romiou, the birthplace of the goddess. Images that plagued him after the war, begin again. PTSD has no time limit, can return at any time, and any place, with no warning.
It is here that Richard begins to unravel the secrets that have tormented him for so long, especially when he discovers what he believes is the real image of Aphrodite.
Once again, Aphrodite brings him solace but more importantly, she stops his nightmares of war and instead creates a fantasy world where he and she communicate. Is it a symptom of PTSD or just an over-imaginative mind? Either way, the conflict that begins between reality and fantasy spills over into Richard's real world and soon all that he has, could be gone forever; his wife, his children, and his home, even his mind.
Discover what secret Richard uncovers that takes him towards an uncertain future, where what is real or what is fantasy, collide in a climax of choice.
Mistress of the Rock is published by RockHill Publishing LLC Virginia
Launched May 31st – June 2nd at the New York Book Expo.
Kindle & Paper Back versions available
Myron was born in 1952 in Orsett, Essex, England, as the youngest son to Welsh parents, Iris and Bill Edwards. Upon leaving school, he went into the travel industry. He travelled the world, working in travel agencies, as a tour operator, and for airlines for some 30 years. In 1976, Myron began freelance writing for the BBC, radio and television. His credits include The Two Ronnies, Week Endings, and The News Huddlines. In 1980, he joined JWT advertising, as a copywriter, writing his first TV commercial for dog food inside 10 days.
Always artistic and inventive, he created Tubewalking in 1987, a new map concept, to help people get around London easier on foot, which still operates today. In 1990, he married Niki, whose family background is Greek Cypriot. On a family trip to Cyprus and while visiting Aphrodite's Rock for the first time, the beginnings of his passion to write the story of Mistress of the Rock came to fruition.
Moving his family in 2005 to Cyprus to live, gave him the opportunity to write, as during this time he worked on campaigns for TV and Radio in an advertising agency in Limassol. The first manuscript of the book was completed in 2007. Released by a local publisher, it had a limited audience, but was well received by those who read it. He has now completed the sequel Scylla the Revenge and is working on the third part of the story Odyssey Julie's Return due for release later this year. Myron has three adult children, two sons and a daughter.
Websites : www.mistressoftherock.com and www.scyllathebook.co.uk
Book 3 will be out later this year it is called Oddysey Julie's return.
Myron's Youtube link shows you from the air the image
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That morning, Lenny set off early, leaving his wife sleeping; the sedative he had given her not simply a means to relax but also to make certain she slept longer than usual. This would help him with the plans he had hastily concocted. From first-light, he had been assembling all the gear he figured he would need and walked around the house bare-feet, tip-toeing past the bedroom door when he needed something. By 7:30am, he was ready.
He started the truck and made sure the equipment stored in the back was secure. The small vile of liquid rested inside a larger case and he moved it delicately to a spot among the gear, tying it with a thick red cord to make certain it did not move. To cover everything, he threw a tarpaulin over, keeping it hidden from prying eyes on the drive to the boat, which would take about half an hour if the traffic was okay.
It was just after 8:20am when he next checked his watch. It was later than he thought, but that hardly mattered. He took the boat, started the engine, and made his way from the quay where he habitually moored out to the open sea. The sun was already warm, as its rays coated his shoulders. The boat moved through the gears as it picked up speed, heading out to the Zenobia wreck.
The sea was calm as he steered the craft almost nonchalantly, and poured himself a small cup of coffee from a flask, and just for good measure, added a wee dram to the cup and drank it swiftly. Normally, he didn't drink, especially not at this time of day, and certainly not Scotch, but today he felt he needed some extra Dutch courage for he had no idea who, or what, he was looking for.
He stopped the boat as he approached the dive site, collected all his gear together, and reached out to the long case. He took out the small vile and carefully opened it, pouring a small drop of its contents into a small beaker and returned the vile to its resting place. He opened the canvas hold-all behind him, took out the short spear gun, and dipped one of the tips into the liquid. While replacing the red cap on the tip of the spear, the faintest droplet of liquid rolled down the shaft, but he ignored it, instead, getting into his diving suit quickly, he attached the weapon and heavy-duty torch to his belt, and lowered himself over the side. His oxygen tank was half full; he hoped it was enough for what he needed.
The water was clear as he descended. In fact, having a better clarity than the previous day, no silt coming up from the seabed and as he took out his torch and shone it down, the reflections of a lorry's bonnet bounced back towards the beam. Swimming slowly, he eased his way towards the wreck, noticing as he did that the usual collection of fish and crabs seemed fewer than normal. As he approached them, they became skittish; the fish swam away and the crabs ran for cover. He too felt uneasy, sensing a presence, and moved to take the spear gun from the side of his belt. Holding it in his hand, and with the torch in the other, he landed on the seabed. The silence was extreme as he stood there, just the rhythm of his oxygen bubbles permeating the air and atmosphere.
Why did he feel so wary and more than a little scared? It was as if fear itself was transmitting from the wreck, like a prelude to disaster, feeling almost tangible, and its scream deafening. He shone the beam from bow to stern like a searchlight, skimming across the ship; nothing.
He knew he had to go inside, so he flicked at the red tip on the top of the spear, and moved forward, the lethal poison now ready to be used against whatever was on that ship. His movement across the floor kicked up sand, decreasing visibility and he decided that swimming would be a better choice as he pushed towards the hull. He checked his watch, there were about fifteen minutes of oxygen left, it had gone much quicker than expected.
He looked around again, nothing; but as he moved forward, he caught a glimpse of a dark fleeting form moving across the hull and away from him. Pushing the torch into his belt, he swam towards the shape, his heart and lungs beating harder and faster with the increasing pressure of the chase. He pivoted quickly as the figure changed direction with him in pursuit, his adrenalin pumping as fast as his heart was, and felt exhilarated as he gave whatever it was the best hunt of its life.
As he grew closer, he could see what looked like scales on the back of an indistinct contour. His excitement now mixed, it also took over, as he swam harder and faster as determination pushed him to the limit to find this thing. But just as he reached one of the rotting overturned lorries, his body suddenly jerked and he felt a numbness enter it as an excruciating pain shot through him. As muscle and sinew ripped from his arm, flooding the sand below in vibrant spatters of red, his blood jetted out in one thin stream and flowed from the gaping wound that opened wider as the richer thicker blood spurted from his slashed arteries, spilling out onto the sand. In seconds, he began to lose consciousness, almost instantly his face drained, and a white ghostly pallor appeared under his mask.
Just barely alive, he tried to reach for the spear gun with his other arm, but the second attack gave him no chance of reply, as his stomach shredded open. His agony unimaginable and the sound of the attack beyond vicious, the noise of his torn flesh and tattered wetsuit splitting in two echoed across the junkyard of the seabed.
Whatever protection the suit gave him became null and void against the frenzied assault as his scattered flesh joined the human offal of internal organs that dribbled from his body and coated what was left of the suit, before being deposited at his feet on the floor. Lenny's last act of defiance was to open his eyes to see his killer; he had his answer, as they shut forever.
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