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A dog whistle for the internet age
Sep 21st, 2016 12:07 pm | By Ophelia Benson
Vox explains Pepe the Frog.
Pepe the Frog has been around the internet for years. Just a year ago he was so innocuous that celebrities like Katy Perry could tweet him without fear of backlash. But more recently, Pepe has morphed into something more insidious — a symbol embraced by the white nationalist alt-right, many of whom hang out on the forums where Pepe first originated years ago.
Pepe the Frog, in other words, is a dog whistle for the internet age, when the memes candidates post circulate far more broadly than any speech they ever make. Donald Trump Jr. says he didn't have any idea what the frog meant. But his father, more than any other presidential candidate,
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A classic bait-and-switch
Sep 18th, 2016 5:06 pm | By Ophelia Benson
And then there's the Trump "University" fraud.
The New Yorker was on it in June:
Following the release, earlier this week, of testimony filed in a federal lawsuit against Trump University, the United States is facing a high-stakes social-science experiment. Will one of the world's leading democracies elect as its President a businessman who founded and operated a for-profit learning annex that some of its own employees regarded as a giant ripoff, and that the highest legal officer in New York State has described as a classic bait-and-switch scheme?
It's certainly coming way too close. Why isn't fraud and theft a disqualifier? Can we do something about that? Before 2020?
If anyone still has any doubt about the troubling
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He stepped on a lot of people
CNN on some of the small companies Donald Trump cheated.
"It was like we won the lottery," Beth Rosser remembers. Her dad, Forest Jenkins, had just secured a $200,000 contract to work at the biggest prize in Atlantic City: Donald Trump's Taj Mahal.
His company installed toilet partitions — not exactly glamorous, but important nonetheless. It was 1988, and a six-figure contract was huge.
They were all excited…but the check never arrived.
"We weren't this big company," remembers Rosser, who now runs the company with her brother, Steven. "We didn't have tons of money in an account somewhere to cover things."
Jenkins says his dad, who built the company from nothing, nearly lost everything.
The Taj Mahal, the most
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Trump is not a normal candidate
Dan Rather on Facebook:
Donald Trump's disdain, mockery, and antagonism of the press, whose freedoms are enshrined in the Bill of Rights and whose presence has provided ballast to our democracy since its inception, raises very serious questions about his fitness for the presidency of the United States.
For a long while, these thoughts have been coursing through my veins with concern and disbelief, and yet my abiding loyalty to the notion of fair, accurate and unbiased journalism held me in check from saying it out loud – much as I suspect it has muzzled the true feelings of many of my colleagues. But we must remember that Donald Trump knows this and cynically plays the press corps' deep
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Just because it's going to be a dumpster fire
GQ talked to five voters who have somehow managed not to decide which is worse, Trump or Clinton. Anonymous "Politics reporter, 42, Washington, D.C.:
I've struggled with this the entire election season. Some days I'm really tortured by it, and some days it's, like, laughable. But I've never really felt this way as an adult human. And it's really—it's messing with me.
I cannot stomach Hillary Clinton. I just can't get with her. Maybe because I know too much. I find so much of her world hypocritical, reprehensible. I think the rest of the country sort of gives her a pass, like, "Oh, she's always been attacked by Republicans, it's not that big a deal, email shmemail!" But I'm like,
Item 1 should be a deal-breaker all by itself
Daniel Dale tweets a list of things Trump said in one interview today.
This is a list of things Trump said in one interview on CNBC this morning. pic.twitter.com/0KawkE4fZr
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 12, 2016
Sep 11th, 2016 12:31 pm | By Ophelia Benson
Do not elect this man to anything ever.
What did these geniuses expect?
Sep 10th, 2016 11:35 am | By Ophelia Benson
Trump's take on sexual assault in the military is, predictably, that it's the fault of the damn fools who thought the military shouldn't exclude women on account of how women are not some weird aberrant species.
Speaking at a candidates' forum, Mr. Trump defended one of his Twitter posts from 2013 concerning the high number of sexual assaults in the military, and said that he had been "absolutely correct" in posting a message that said, "What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?"
Right. So by the same token…the military should be all white, because white guys will inevitably get violent if non-white guys are allowed. By the same token, the military should be all … Read the rest
You have to call the guy a liar
Sep 8th, 2016 5:22 pm | By Ophelia Benson
Apparently the news media are determined to help Trump win.
The NBC presidential forum on Wednesday night in Manhattan brought together the candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump to try to determine who has the strength, preparation and presence of mind to lead during a time of crisis.
It sure wasn't Matt Lauer.
I'm not familiar with Matt Lauer. Apparently he's on one of those morning tv chatter shows. Why get someone like that to interview candidates for president? Shouldn't it be a journalist, or even an academic, rather than a chat show host?
Mr. Lauer interviewed the candidates in turn for a half-hour each. He began by asking Mrs. Clinton to defend her use of a private
Trump cheats people who work for him
Trump had a policy team in DC but it faded away because he refused to pay people. How presidential!
The Trump campaign built a large policy shop in Washington that has now largely melted away because of neglect, mismanagement and promises of pay that were never honored. Many of the team's former members say the campaign leadership never took the Washington office seriously and let it wither away after squeezing it dry.
He cheats people. It's what he does. He's a crook and he cheats people.
Trump has never acknowledged the policy shop based in Washington that has been doing huge amounts of grunt work for months without recognition or compensation.
Since April, advisers never named in campaign press
It seems more than coincidental
That little slip-up where Trump appears to have bribed Florida's Attorney General to decide not to investigate his not-university – that slip-up seems to be getting more journalistic attention. The Boston Globe for instance:
"A minor issue," Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks told NBC.
That's disingenuous spin of the first order. It's also illegal. The Donald J. Trump Foundation, which is organized under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, clearly violated its tax-exempt status by making the contribution — a fact brought to light in March by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. But this is more than an accounting error. There's a whiff of scandal that demands full attention from voters who might otherwise be trying
She decided not to pursue the case
David Fahrenthold at the Washington Post last week:
Donald Trump paid the IRS a $2,500 penalty this year, an official at Trump's company said, after it was revealed that Trump's charitable foundation had violated tax laws by giving a political contribution to a campaign group connected to Florida's attorney general.
The improper donation, a $25,000 gift from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, was made in 2013. At the time, Attorney General Pam Bondi was considering whether to investigate fraud allegations against Trump University. She decided not to pursue the case.
Sigh. Trump gave the Attorney General money, and she dropped the investigation into fraud allegations against his fraudulent not-university. Why isn't this an issue?
The sequence began when Bondi
Every.single.corner.
Sep 4th, 2016 11:10 am | By Ophelia Benson
Texas Democratic Party… Read the rest
México jamás pagaría por un muro
Sep 1st, 2016 4:53 pm | By Ophelia Benson
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto isn't helping Trump with his story about that pesky wall and who is picking up the tab for it. Trump says they didn't talk about paying the bill, but Peña Nieto says they did.
"Who pays for the wall? We didn't discuss," Trump had said when asked by a reporter during a news conference following their meeting in Mexico City. "We did discuss the wall. We didn't discuss payment of the wall. That'll be for a later date." But Peña Nieto later claimed the two had discussed the wall and who would pay for it — and he had "made it clear" to Trump it wouldn't be Mexico.
https://twitter.com/EPN/status/771118159654891520
So that's embarrassing.
In subsequent interviews
Trump's big day
Sep 1st, 2016 9:20 am | By Ophelia Benson
Trump is in full racist-xenophobic mode. He gave another "O come all ye racists" speech in Phoenix last night, thrilling his fans and making everyone else want to expel their dinners.
Mr. Trump added new detail to the idea of a special "deportation force" to carry out his plans. He once suggested that this force would be like the military units that deported more than a million immigrants, mostly Mexicans, during Operation Wetback in 1954. Mr. Trump has previously spoken with admiration of President Eisenhower for his carrying-out of that blitz.
Yeahhhhhh, that'll be a good look.
Mr. Trump's very first promise in his remarks on Wednesday night was a reiteration of his plan for a "great wall
A licence to bully and harass
Aug 30th, 2016 11:40 am | By Ophelia Benson
The BBC introduces a story on online abuse directed at a BBC reporter:
While covering a Donald Trump rally, BBC reporter Rajini Vaidyanathan received a barrage of online abuse, some of it racist. Here she explains what happened, and how it sheds light on an ugly side to the US presidential race.
The abuse was sexist as well as racist, yet for some reason the BBC editor who wrote that first paragraph didn't mention the sexism. Example # 40 billion-whatever that sexism flies under the radar for a lot of people.
As is part of my job, I was live tweeting from the event, over the course of the evening. I'd spoken to several supporters to find out why
Guest post: Guess who some of those other racist developers were
Aug 27th, 2016 5:42 pm | By Ophelia Benson
Guest post by James Garnett
Today on cnn.com I see that Donald Trump gave a speech in which he says that he will "fix the inner cities". He complained about violence and shootings, declaring "we, as a society, cannot tolerate this level of violence and suffering". It seems like he thinks that the problem of "the inner cities" is violence, and moreover that his solution is probably stricter sentencing, prison terms, etc.
But what really is the "problem" of the inner cities in America's larger metropolitan areas? Surely there are many causes, but one that seems to be consistent is poverty. Violence always naturally follows where poverty takes root. It didn't used to be like that, though—poverty was not always … Read the rest
For the little people, for the real people
Of course. Nigel Farage teams up with Trump to give the Two Worst White Assholes show.
Farage won cheers by sticking to his time-honed rhetoric of slightly shaggy populism, low on specifics but heavy with generalist calls to national pride and taking back control.
"I think that you have a fantastic opportunity here," he told the crowd. "With this campaign, you can go out, you can beat the pollsters, you can beat the commentators, you can beat Washington. And you'll do it by doing what we did for Brexit in Britain.
"My advice for you – if you want change in this country, you'd better get your walking boots on, you'd better get out there campaigning. And remember, anything
A new way to shout "witch"
Aug 21st, 2016 12:18 pm | By Ophelia Benson
Amanda Marcotte picks up on a new and, of course, revolting theme in Trump's campaign: the evil of ambitious white women who neglect to have ten children and thus hand the world over to the teeming Hordes of Color.
Donald Trump has a new obsession: comparing Hillary Clinton to Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany. During a Monday speech, Trump denounced the "massive immigration" to Germany under Merkel, for which he blames crime rising "to levels that no one thought would they would ever see." He followed up this speech with press releases and a hashtag aimed at equating Clinton and Merkel.
The choice is an odd one on its surface because most Americans don't have an
Trump's candidacy is music to their ears
Someone who uncritically swallows the claim that J D Vance explains why the white working class loves Trump, apparently without noticing its extreme thinness: Rod Dreher at the American Conservative, who interviews Vance.
RD: A friend who moved to West Virginia a couple of years ago tells me that she's never seen poverty and hopelessness like what's common there. And she says you can drive through the poorest parts of the state, and see nothing but TRUMP signs. Reading "Hillbilly Elegy" tells me why. Explain it to people who haven't yet read your book.
J.D. VANCE: The simple answer is that these people–my people–are really struggling, and there hasn't been a single political candidate who speaks to those struggles
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Three teachers and two others to be sentenced for violent brawl outside popular Dublin pub
Andrew Phelan
12 September 2018 4:20 PM
McGowan's pub Photo: Google Maps
Sentencing of three teachers and two other men for their part in a violent pub brawl has been adjourned so a judge can examine CCTV footage of the incident.
The five accused, who have admitted taking part in a melee at a well known Dublin pub, were remanded on continuing bail today.
Judge Brian O'Shea said he wanted to watch the footage himself before he finalises the case. He adjourned it to a date later this month for the video to be brought to court.
The five pleaded guilty to violent disorder in a row that broke out at McGowan's pub in Phibsborough on July 14, 2017.
Teachers Michael Davitt (34) from Clanmaurice Road Donnycarney, Conor Shannon, (33), of Glendale Estate, Leixlip, Co. Kildare and Seamus O Cearra (34) from Mount Symon Green, Clonsilla, appeared at Dublin District Court over the punch-up which involved 10 people.
Stephen Cantwell (28) from Collins Avenue and David McSweeney (31) from McKee Avenue, Finglas are also charged with violent disorder in the incident.
Mr McSweeney faces an additional charge for producing a glass as a weapon during a dispute.
The case came before the court for sentence today when Judge O'Shea said he had not yet seen CCTV footage and he could not make a determination until he does so.
Judge O'Shea said he also needed something in writing so he could identify the various accused on the footage.
He said he was looking for "something that will allow me to identify what I am looking at."
A garda sergeant said he had asked for the footage some time ago and he did not have it yet but "it will be got."
The judge repeated that he "wouldn't be satisfied to adjudicate on it" until he saw the CCTV.
"I am conscious that some of them are teachers," he said, setting an adjournment date and asking if there was a period of mid term coming up.
Solicitor Michael Hanahoe, for the three teachers, said his clients would make themselves available for whatever date was set.
He said it would be more appropriate to leave mitigation until the next date. Solicitor Stephen O'Mahony, for Mr Cantwell and Mr McSweeney said he had not yet seen the CCTV footage and asked to be furnished with a copy.
The judge was handed testimonials on the accused before he adjourned the case to a date later this month.
Previously, the court heard the incident occurred at 2.40am and up 10 people got into a row which continued even after staff tried to separate them.
The fight continued for a while but was finished by the time gardai arrived.
It was alleged Stephen Cantwell was observed hitting another male from behind – after he had been punched by that man earlier in the row.
The court was told Michael Davitt was also in the melee and had thrown a number of punches "but not at anyone in particular".
He also suffered a bloody nose after receiving a blow to the face, the court heard.
David McSweeney was also seen fighting and threw a glass which hit Seamus O Cearra who was injured and suffered a cut to his forehead.
O'Cearra was also kicked, however, he was also observed punching one man in the face knocking him to the floor.
Judge O'Shea heard Conor Shannon was knocked down during the fight though he was seen throwing punches, "but was not observed assaulting any person in particular".
No damage was caused to the pub but bottles and glasses had to be cleaned up afterwards. None of the staff were injured, the court heard.

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Jessica Simpson's Daughter Maxwell "Is Definitely Spoiled," Says Aunt Ashlee
By Allison Corneau
Ashlee Simpson hosts an exclusive preview of Missoni Havaianas 2012 Limited Edition Collection on June 7, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Charley Gallay/WireImage.com
She's just one month old and already Maxwell Drew Johnson has a wardrobe any grown woman would envy — just ask the baby's aunt, Ashlee Simpson!
"She is definitely spoiled," Jessica Simpson's sister, Ashlee, 27, told Us Weekly at Thursday's exclusive Beverly Hills preview of Missoni Havaiana's 2012 Limited Edition Collection of her niece, whom Jessica and Eric Johnson welcomed on May 1. "You should see her closet! I'm like, 'God I wish I had your closet!' Her closet is beautiful."
Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson attend the launch of Jessica Simpson Girls on November 5, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com
PHOTOS: Jessica's world-famous bump
Jessica, 31, has been settling in well to first-time motherhood, sis Ashlee confirms. "I am so proud of her!" Ashlee told Us of her sister, who stepped out for the first time since welcoming baby Maxwell on Wednesday to visit celeb personal trainer Harley Pasternak. "There were small things here and there [I advised her on] that you ask your friends and other mothers [about] but other than that, she's great."
PHOTOS: Star moms' best parenting tips
Simpson and Johnson have opted to put their wedding on hold while they savor every minute with baby Maxwell. Simpson, who inked a $4 million Weight Watchers to shed her pregnancy pounds, is also eager to slim down before saying "I do."
PHOTOS: What Jessica thinks about her changing body over the years
"She won't walk down the aisle until she's back in good enough shape that she'll look great in the wedding dress she wants," a source explains.


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Ellen gave her wife Portia a shoutout during the ceremony, but here's a cute candid moment before it aired.
Gucci Mane and his wife showed off their looks.
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The cast of Sony Entertainment Television's upcoming show 'Yashomati Maiyaa Ke Nandlala' comes to the city of Mathura and Vrindavan to seek Lord Krishna's blessings.
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has always ruled the roost when it comes to shows with unique storylines. In line with the viewer's content preference, the channel is reviving the immemorial tale of Lord Krishna in its newest offering 'Yashomati Maiyaa Ke Nandlala, which will be premiering on 13th June 2022. The show present the viewers with a novel perspective on the life of Krishna, one where the spotlight will be put on the loving mother-son bond between Yashoda and her son. To kickstart the journey, Neha Sargam who is playing Yashomati in the show will be visiting Vrindavan, the heart of the Krishna classic, to gain insights and give the show a touch of authenticity through the blessings of Lord Krishna.
What sets the show apart is its focus on Lord Krishna, hiding his divinity from his mother in the allure of her love. Jolly and naughty in his human form, he wants a normal childhood, with his mother's love and cane being showered on him in equal amounts. He does not want Yashoda to treat him any different from other children his age. Reincarnated for the purpose of being human, the show's narrative will show Lord Krishna between the throes of his Godly duties and simply living an ordinary human life, while living in Vrindavan, in the loving shelter of his family and friends.
The show will kickstart its launch in the divine city of Vrindavan because this is where Lord Krishna is believed to have spent his childhood. It's home to temples, many dedicated to their mythological hero. The actress will be visiting the city to seek the blessings of Krishna and begin the voyage of telling the old classic stories and the Lord's relationship with his mother, Yashomati.
Neha Sargam will be playing Yashomati Maiyaa with Rahul Sharma as Nand Maharaj, in the show. Romiit Raaj will be essaying the role of Vasudev with Suman Gupta will play Devaki, Ram Yashvardhan as Kans, and Hitanshu Jinsi in the pivotal role of Lord Vishnu. Maintaining the authenticity of the narrative, the lead actress Neha Sargam will conduct the press conference at Prem Mandir in the city of Vrindavan, thereby giving the media a sneak-peek into the light show at the place it all began for Lord Krishna — the holy city of Vrindavan. The next day begins with the aarti , followed by a visit to the Shri Krishna Janmasthan Temple.
Stay tuned to experience the bond between Yashoda and Lord Krishna in the upcoming show. Yashomati Maiyaa Ke Nandlala.
Neha Sargam as Yashomati Maiyaa
I'm grateful to visit Vrindavan and Mathura and excited to experience the holiness of the place and meet the people. It will help e know more about Lord Krishna and Yashomati through local lore and experiences. Vrindavan and Mathura itself means calmness and positivity, and I have always wanted to try Vrindavan's famous methai and visit the famous Krishna temples there. As we've all grown up watching and hearing stories of Kanha, so it's exciting for me to play such an integral part in 'Yashomati Maiyaa Ke Nandlala'. It's a great learning experience as well to revisit the bond shared between Yashodha Maiiya and Kanha from a different perspective altogether.
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Agribusiness & Food Processing
Mexican tomato grower expands the cultivation of acreage and increases packaging capability with a $40 million Inter-American Investment Corporation A/B loan.
$70 million IFC financing for palm oil plantation in Indonesia.
Distribution for U.S. producer of soybean resulting in $15+ million in sales through an Indonesian trading company.
$25 million ExIm Bank guaranteed revolving loan for food exports to the Middle East.
Led initiative for Thai shrimp industry which resulted in lowest countervailing duties applied to shrimp exporters from Thailand to the U.S. versus its peer group.
Banking & Private Equity
Lead advisor on acquisition of a $11.8 million SBA/EXIM lender
OPIC underwriting agreement for small business for a regional bank holding company in the western U.S.
$82 million ExIm Bank/PEFCO backed specialty lending platform.
$35 million OPIC guaranteed lending facility to Midwest regional bank holding company for overseas transactions.
$3.5 million invested in publicly-traded a mezzanine fund to implement a new business strategy.
Financed $3 million bridge loan to complete a $29 million USDOD contract in Kuwait.
$11.5 million working capital facility to a defense contractor for procurement and logistics in the Middle East.
Polish mechanics to U.S. contractor in Iraq to maintain facilities in a secure environment.
Financed the purchase and shipment of $1.5 million in used transport trucks and parts to logistics company supplying NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Created joint-venture with Turkish sub-contractor to construct $31 million police headquarters in Kabul.
Arranged financing for armored vehicles sold to USDOD in Kuwait.
Provided $5 million working capital line to U.S. manufacturing and supply company to support continued growth overseas of non-lethal munitions.
Supplied Polish mechanics to U.S. contractor maintaining secured facilities in Iraq.
Housing & Infrastructure
Facilitated the awarding of a contract to a Turkish company for the construction a 260 million euro stadium in Cameroon.
$3 million working capital facility for modular housing in the Middle East
U.S. small business constructing affordable houses in Mexico obtains $10 million OPIC loan.
$10 million OPIC finance for a warehouse in Argentina.
Mexican land developer obtains $3 million OPIC loan.
$30 million OPIC/IDB loan to expand logistics business in Argentina.
Turkish construction company establishes U.S. presence and obtains $150 million of bonding authority for work in the Middle East.
Creation of construction equipment rental business in West Africa with investment from U.S. partner and a $750,000 OPIC loan.
Micro Lending
Zimbabwe lender obtains $8 million FMO (Netherlands) loan.
Power, Energy, and Mining
Gas distribution company in Brazil obtained $5.4 million OPIC support and $3.2 million in equity to expand.
Financed $3 million line to supply spare parts to the Iraq's Ministry of Electricity for power genergtion
$61 million Ex-Im Bank project financing for solar modules to South Korea.
Publicly-traded Malaysian company requires an independent valuation for a $68 million biodiesel plant as part of a debt for equity conversion.
U.S. developer obtains the awarding and development of a significant geothermal resource from the Indonesian government with USTDA support of $934,000.
$4.8 million Ex-Im Bank financing for mining equipment to Chile.
76.6 million euro SACE and KfW financing for solar power manufacturer in South Korea.
40 million euro financing for a 73MW power project in Iraq.
$10 million DEG refinancing for expansion of ship repair and drydock facility in Mexico.
$16 million U.S. Dept. of Energy guaranteed loan to a windmill manufacturer for expansion of U.S. factory.
Technology & Telecom
Nigerian company obtains U.S. partner to invest $8.5 million in equity and $20 million in debt to build out telecom licenses in the delta region of the country.
International long distance telecom agreements in both Latin America and Poland.
U.S. manufacturer obtains $672,000 TDA grant to compete against French competition for a satellite sale in Brazil.
Over $200 million in U.S. Ex-Im Bank financing for U.S. satellite manufacturer to support sale to UK company.
Arranged $7 million working capital line to U.S. aircraft parts distributor.
Financed $150,000 in heavy equipment to a logistics company in Tanzania
Republic of Georgia private airline obtained $1 million from U.S. aerospace company and $4.5 million OPIC loan to launch a regional commercial airline.
$600,000 Florida State guaranteed loan to sell armored vehicles to Kuwait.
$1.5 million used transport trucks to Afghanistan, including parts supply and training.
Workouts
Disposition of $2.7 million assets from a workout with OPIC in Panama.
Jordanian company restructures $58 million Ex-Im Bank loan


This fizzy, vanilla-laced pineapple punch, created by Laura Newman of Mother of Pearl in NYC, tastes luxurious and complex, but is easy to batch in advance.
To make fresh pineapple juice without a juicer, cut your pineapples into chunks and whir them in the blender, then strain the purée through a fine-mesh strainer.
Make the Ice: At least 5 hours before you plan to serve the punch, freeze ice in large-cube trays or a large sealable container that can fit inside your serving vessel. If desired, line bottom of container with thinly sliced lime wheels before freezing.
For the Vanilla Simple Syrup: Combine water and sugar in a saucepan with vanilla pods and seeds. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar, and bring to a simmer, then remove from heat. Fine-strain into a resealable container, discarding pods. Syrup can be refrigerated up to 1 week.
For the Punch: Add mint and Vanilla Simple Syrup to a large measuring cup or bowl with a pour spout. Muddle gently to bruise mint and release flavor. Add pineapple juice, lime juice, and rum, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer into serving vessel. Punch can be covered and refrigerated up to 2 hours at this point, or you can proceed immediately to step 4.
When ready to serve, stir again, then add chilled sparkling wine and ice block or large cubes. Garnish bowl with lime wheels and mint leaves and ladle punch into ice-filled glasses.


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Feeding people is complicated but joyful
By Jim Patterson
Dec. 7, 2020 | UM News
Olivia (left) and Judah Brown hold sweet potatoes at First Fruits Farm in Louisburg, N.C. Owned by their parents Jason and Tay Brown, the farm supplies produce to Society of St. Andrew, which is helping get food to needy citizens. Photo courtesy of the Browns.
Potatoes connect former NFL player Jason Brown and part-time nurse and mother-of-four Lindsey Whitley, though they don't know each other.
Whitley's home in Indian Trail, North Carolina, is about 200 miles from Brown's farm in Louisburg. Potatoes from Brown's 1,000-acre North Carolina property end up as potato soup on the Whitley dinner table through the work of the Society of St. Andrew. The Virginia-based non-profit works to share healthy food and reduce food waste.
"The big problem is that where the food is produced is not where the people are hungry," said B.J. Copeland, one of a group of self-described "Old Farts with Trucks" who volunteer their time, vehicles and trailers to haul food from farms to centers that get it to churches, food banks and additional distributers.
B.J. Copeland loads boxes of bananas into the back of his truck. Copeland is one of a group of volunteers who help haul produce to centers that are able to get the food to churches and food banks. Photo courtesy of B.J. Copeland.
The food chain in the U.S. has built-in waste, said the Rev. Michael Binger, a United Methodist and North Carolina regional director for the Society of St. Andrew.
Farmers routinely enter into contracts to provide less food than they usually grow, in order to guard against weather and other factors that might result in smaller harvests than expected, Binger said.
They try to sell the excess, Binger said. If they can't, the Society of St. Andrew seeks the donation of the crops that would otherwise be headed for landfills as garbage.
"Nationwide we do about 30 million pounds of produce a year," Binger said. Most of the food is distributed in the southeastern U.S.
Volunteers pose during a "Potato Drop" at Guilford College United Methodist Church in Greensboro, N.C. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Matt Smith.
Foundation grants and donations from churches and individuals fund the organization.
"The great thing about what we do, it's tangible," Binger said. "You can see the truck coming to the church parking lot and know you've distributed 120,000 servings of produce to your community. … You can touch and see and know the impact that you've had right around you.
The Rev. Matt Smith, pastor of Faith United Methodist Church in Indian Trail, worked at the Society of St. Andrew as a volunteer and then as a part-timer after college. When he arrived as pastor at Faith United in July, one of his first actions was to get the church involved with the organization.
"A congregation comes together and you bag 40,000 pounds of potatoes. A lot of things that you do in service, there's not such a dramatic and noticeable impact. I just think it's a great thing to get the congregation involved, and invite people from the community to take part," Smith said.
Former NFL center Jason Brown sits on the back of a flatbed truck full of corn with his children (from left) Judah, Jason, Olivia, Noah and Tre. First Fruits Farm, Browns' farm in Louisburg, N.C., donates a portion of its harvest to the Society of St. Andrew. Photo courtesy of the Browns.
First Fruits Farm was founded by former NFL center Jason Brown in 2013, after he ditched the career that made him a millionaire. He played seven seasons for the Baltimore Ravens and St. Louis Rams before walking away at the age of 29 from lucrative offers to continue playing.
Brown said he was arrogant, even as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said he still holds several weightlifting records for the football squad there.
Donate online or volunteer to help with the Society of St. Andrew's efforts to fight hunger.
Learn more or donate to First Fruits Farm.
"Most rooms I walked through, my pride tells me that 'Hey, you're one of the smartest guys in the room, and you're definitely the strongest guy in the room,'" Brown said.
The 2003 death of his older brother, Lunsford Bernard Brown II, while serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq weighed on his mind. He woke up in his mansion on his 27th birthday – his brother was 27 when he died – walked into the bathroom, "looked in the mirror, wiped the crust from my eyes and all I saw was just a huge disappointment."
In 2012, Jason and wife, Tay, packed up their family and moved back to North Carolina, buying the land that became First Fruits Farm. Unlike other farms that donate excess food to the hungry, First Fruits donates almost all of its harvest every year. Donations and rental income from an event hall help to pay the bills.
Volunteers help maintain and gather the bounty. First Fruits Farm estimates it has provided more than 1.6 million servings of fresh produce since 2014. Crops include sweet corn, potatoes, snap beans, cabbage, pumpkins, tomatoes and peppers.
Volunteers, including a group from DPR Construction, "toss" watermelons to get them from the field to the wagon at Barbee Farms in North Carolina. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Michael Binger, North Carolina regional director of the Society of St. Andrew.
The Society of St. Andrew helps move some of First Fruits Farm's products to distributors. That's where volunteers like the "Old Farts with Trucks" come in.
"Well, Michael Binger (the North Carolina regional director for Society of St. Andrew) is the son-in-law of Charlie Hatch, who's my very best friend," said Copeland, an 84-year-old retired professor of marine science and oceanography. "Michael, I'm on his speed dial, I think."
Copeland, who attends Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church in Pittsboro, North Carolina, recruited several fellow Rotary Club members to help.
They solve the problem of transporting the food.
"That's where I come in. I can do that. I'm not into going out into the field any more. I'm a little too old for that, so I can drive my truck and haul," Copeland said.
B.J. Copeland uses a tractor to load potatoes in the parking lot of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Pittsboro, N.C., this past summer. Copeland recruited several fellow Rotary Club members to help with the challenge of transporting the produce. Photo courtesy of B.J. Copeland.
Some of the potatoes from First Fruits Farm were taken to Mill Grove United Methodist Church in Indian Trail, North Carolina.
"We made potato soup," said Alisa Pitera, a member and volunteer at Mill Grove. "They were 10-pound bags, and we used about 40 pounds and made a ton of potato soup."
The church is now averaging 190 dinners given away each Wednesday, up from 50 before COVID-19.
Chris (left) and Lindsey Whitley and their children get a meal once a week from their church, Mill Grove United Methodist Church in Indian Trail, N.C. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Whitley.
"We have a lot of communities around here that are very hard-working communities with large families, probably multi-families living in small trailers or something," Pitera said. "We're just reaching them. We're starting to see more people coming through, some who don't necessarily speak English. But word is getting out."
Lindsey Whitley is also a member of Mill Grove. Once a week, she picks up meals for her family at the church, along with some for a neighboring family.
Whitley and her husband, Chris, have four children, ages 11 and 8 and 4-year-old twins. She said the family is not poverty stricken, but welcomes the weekly meal.
"We're kind of on the lower end of the totem pole, but we're fine," she said. "We have our own house. I work less (as a nurse) so I can be home with the kids, so we don't have as much money as we would otherwise. … It helps me out tremendously, especially during the quarantine because the kids are all home, so there are a lot more meals that I was preparing every day. To have one less meal to prepare is just a huge blessing."
Binger said his ministry getting food to people who need it is rewarding.
"I get to see everybody at their absolute best, when I know that God is working through them and shining through them.
"The farmers are at their most generous. The volunteers are at their happiest and most giving. I get our donors at their sacred place. I get the agencies at their most grateful. At every step along the way, there is the joy of God in what we do."
Three young gleaners from Dilworth United Methodist Church hold buckets of fresh-picked blueberries at Raceway Berry Farm in Lincoln County, N.C. The Society of St. Andrew, which receives produce from Raceway and other farms, helps get food to needy citizens. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Michael Binger, North Carolina regional director of the Society of St. Andrew.
Patterson is a UM News reporter in Nashville, Tennessee. Contact him at 615-742-5470 or newsdesk@umcom.org. To read more United Methodist news, subscribe to the free Daily or Weekly Digests.
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LAS VEGAS – June 3, 2014 – Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) demonstrates lighting technology that empowers retailers to enhance customers' experiences through their mobile devices and increase in-store sales. With more than 60 percent of mobile shoppers using smartphones while in-store, and 85 percent of consumers using retailers' native apps or websites during shopping trips1 – retailers have a significant opportunity to engage consumers on smartphones.
Using Lumicast™ technology from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, Acuity Brands' smart LED lighting technology will allow retailers to engage with customers on mobile devices based on their location in the store. This visible light communication technology is the gateway for retailers to interact with shoppers on a very intimate level, from providing relevant coupons to enabling customers to quickly and easily find merchandise throughout the store.
"This demonstration showcases the ability of our commercially available eldoLED® driver platform to deliver both illumination and visible light communication," said Steve Lydecker, Acuity Brands Lighting Senior Vice President, Applied Integrated Solutions. "This new technology allows LED lighting to be an asset for retailers, not only because of the productivity gains, energy savings and overall environment improvements it provides, but also because of its emerging capacity for enhancing and changing in-store customer experiences. Guiding the shopper through the store based on the shopper's actual position, visible light communication technology opens the door for retailers to more effectively engage and influence consumers on the retail floor."
Acuity Brands and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. are engaged with top retailers and have initiated proof of technology testing. A demonstration of the new technology will take place at LIGHTFAIR® International 2014 (LFI) booths #3808 and #2122, June 3-5.
"Qualcomm's Lumicast technology determines a mobile user's location within 10 centimeters, as well as the user's orientation within the aisle," said Jeff Henckels, Director of Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.'s research group. "Combined with the LED lighting technology from Acuity Brands, this is enabling retailers to provide new levels of value in customer engagement, analytics, and workforce efficiency."
Lumicast is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated, used with permission.


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Seriously, amazing envelope pillow cover tutorial! Once you get the hang of it, you could throw a couple of these babies together in an hour or two. If I add up the time without stopping to run errands, I made one in less than two hours today. And it only took that long because I was trying to make sure I was following the steps right. More on that later!
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Memo Reveals Obama Campaign Did Give Canada Assurances On NAFTA
Posted on March 3rd, 2008
by Chris Jones in 2008 Election Coverage, Blogosphere News, Business News, Canada News, Economic News, US Politics
In what could be the first chink in the otherwise impenetrable armor of Barack Obama, a memo obtained by the Clinton campaign proves that Obama's senior economic adviser did tell Canada that Obama's rhetoric on NAFTA was only "political positioning" and shouldn't be taken seriously.
The memo is the first documentation to emerge publicly out of the meeting between the adviser, Austan Goolsbee, and officials with the Canadian consulate in Chicago, but Goolsbee said it misinterprets what he told them. The memo was written by Joseph DeMora, who works for the consulate and attended the meeting.
"Noting anxiety among many U.S. domestic audiences about the U.S. economic outlook, Goolsbee candidly acknowledged the protectionist sentiment that has emerged, particularly in the Midwest, during the primary campaign," the memo said. "He cautioned that this messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans."
Goolsbee disputed the characterization from the conservative government official.
"This thing about 'it's more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans,' that's this guy's language," Goolsbee said of DeMora. "He's not quoting me.
If used properly this could be a very powerful instrument for the Clinton campaign to bludgeon Obama with. This is the first concrete evidence she can use to show voters that Obama's rhetoric is simply that, rhetoric.
This revelation will not come as a shock to anyone except the hopelessly naive, which unfortunately this election season has produced quite a few of.
The fact remains that if Obama were really being truthful with voters in Ohio he would explain to them that NAFTA is not to blame for their lot in life. Manufacturing jobs were declining their long before NAFTA was ever signed, because of Ohio's increasing hostility towards business.
Egregiously high taxes and out-of-control unions have succeeded in chasing away all the good jobs, not NAFTA.
It's a simple formula: HIGH TAXES + STRONG UNIONS = NO JOBS
The solution is also a simple formula:
LOW TAXES + WEAK UNIONS = VIBRANT ECONOMY
-Chris Jones
The Hot Joints
webmaster@thehotjoints.com
2 users commented in " Memo Reveals Obama Campaign Did Give Canada Assurances On NAFTA "
gee man said,
in March 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Obama is a porch monkey like OJ Simpson
Can't wait when they release the Recording if Obama wins the Nomiation. That will really destroy the Democratic party.
Judith said,
in March 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
In my opinion, the memo has already been "well used". All the news sources (written and on tv) have given credence to HRC version despite denials by the Canadians and without showing the memo.


This was one of my grandmother's signature cakes. I started making it as a young girl and it was always my brothers' favorite, a must for every birthday! When I learned of my gluten intolerance, it was this cake, more than any other, that I missed. So when I developed Deya's Gluten-Free Cake Flour, this was among the first to be tested. My brothers and I were thrilled with the results. It was just as perfect as it had always been. And my husband was introduced to a family favorite that now he requests! Enjoy-- we all know you will!
In a large bowl, sift together Deya's Gluten-Free Cake Flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In another large bowl cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light an fluffy or for about 5 minutes.
Add dry ingredients alternatively with the sour cream, ending with the dry ingredients.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
Gently fold egg whites into cake batter and pour into prepared pans.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
After icing the top of the first cake, which will become the bottom layer, spread the crushed pineapple over the icing. Place the second cake layer on top of the pineapple and continue with the Coconut Icing.


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Criminal court, Jan. 16, 2020
By Peter E. Bortner / Published: January 16, 2020
POTTSVILLE — A Northumberland County woman will spend time in prison after a Schuylkill County judge sentenced her Monday for possessing drugs in June 2018 in East Union Township.
Jennifer K. Payne, 31, of Shamokin, must spend four to 23 months in prison, plus 12 additional months on probation, President Judge William E. Baldwin decided, rejecting the defendant's request to be allowed to go home immediately to her family.
"If you're worried about your kids, the stop using drugs," Baldwin told Payne.
Payne pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance. East Union Township police charged her with possessing drugs on June 12, 2018.
Baldwin's sentence also requires Payne to pay costs, $100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account. The judge made the sentence effective at 9 a.m. Jan. 20.
Baldwin on Monday also revoked the parole of Rhett C. Baker, 23, of Barnesville, and immediately recommitted him to prison for at least six months, with no chance for reparole until July 13. He also ordered Baker to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Baker, who wore a prison jumpsuit and handcuffs during Monday's hearing, admitted violating his parole by failing to report to his supervising officer, using drugs and not making payments on his court-ordered costs and fees.
He originally entered the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program on March 17, 2016, after being charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance. If he had successfully completed the program, the charges would have been dismissed.
However, Baldwin removed Baker from the program on July 11, 2018.
Baker then pleaded guilty on Nov. 7, 2018, to the two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Baldwin sentenced him to serve 30 days to 23 1/2 months in prison, pay costs, $200 in fines, a $100 SAEF payment, a $50 CJEA payment and a $50 bench warrant fee.
Mahanoy City police charged Baker with possessing drugs on March 22, 2015, in the borough.
In another recent county case, Judge Charles M. Miller on Thursday revoked the parole of Justin E. Androsko, 23, of Minersville, recommitted him to prison with no chance for reparole until at least March 1 and directed him to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Androsko originally pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2017, to receiving stolen property. At that time, Miller placed him on probation for 12 months, and also sentenced him to pay costs and a $50 CJEA payment.
Minersville police charged Androsko with committing his crime on April 1, 2017, in the borough.
Miller then revoked Androsko's probation on Sept. 4, 2018, and sentenced him to serve four to 18 months in prison and undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Also Thursday in the county court, Launi A. Bianco, 48, of McAdoo, pleaded guilty to retail theft, with prosecutors withdrawing a charge of receiving stolen property. Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin sentenced Bianco to serve three to 23 months on house arrest with electronic monitoring concurrent with her Luzerne County sentence, pay costs, a $50 CJEA payment and $420.49 restitution and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities. Dolbin made the sentence effective on Jan. 24.
Rush Township police had charged Bianco with committing the theft on March 14, 2019, at the Walmart Supercenter in Hometown.
In another recent county case, Victoria N.M. Binkley, 27, of Saint Clair, pleaded guilty to retail theft. Baldwin placed her on probation for 12 months, and also sentenced her to pay costs, a $50 CJEA payment and $153.84 restitution and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Saint Clair police charged Binkley with committing the theft on Jan. 15, 2017, at the Walmart Supercenter in the borough.
Also recently in the county court, Devin M. Borrell, 23, of Pottsville, pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one each of possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Baldwin placed him on probation for 12 months, and also sentenced him to pay costs, a $100 SAEF payment and a $50 CJEA payment.
State police at Schuylkill Haven charged Borrell with possessing drugs and paraphernalia on May 15, 2019.
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Q: Deploying rails app to heroku with devise gem
Deployed rails app with devise gem to heroku, and got error:
Application Error
An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments.
If you are the application owner, check your logs for details
what am i doing wrong?
Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '4.0.2'
gem "devise"
group :development, :test do
  gem 'sqlite3'
end
group :production do
  gem "pg", "~> 0.17.1"
  gem "rails_12factor", "~> 0.0.2"
end
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'turbolinks'
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 1.2'

group :doc do
  gem 'sdoc', require: false
end

heroku logs
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122304+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in `run_initializers'
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.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `initialize'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config.ru:in `<main>'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122304+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
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2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in `require'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in `block in
require'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:40:in `parse_file'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in `require'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:199:in `app'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:48:in `app'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:314:in `wrapped_app'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122304+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in `method_missing'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122304+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:148:in `tsort_each'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `instance_eval'
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.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:in `new_from_string'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:277:in `build_app_and_options_from_config'

2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:75:in `start'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:76:in `block in <top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `load_depe
ndency'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122532+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config.ru:3:in `block
in <main>'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.122974+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in `tap'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.123175+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in `<top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.123175+00:00 app[web.1]:    from bin/rails:4:in `require'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.123175+00:00 app[web.1]:    from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'
2014-03-05T11:38:03.185618+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Process exited with status 1
2014-03-05T11:38:04.513807+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Process exited with status 1
2014-03-05T11:38:04.525382+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to c
rashed
2014-03-05T11:38:04.526089+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from crashed to st
arting
2014-03-05T11:38:07.215057+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Starting process with command `b
in/rails server -p 3478 -e production`
2014-03-05T11:38:10.026509+00:00 app[web.1]: => Run `rails server -h` for more s
tartup options
2014-03-05T11:38:10.026509+00:00 app[web.1]: => Ctrl-C to shutdown server
2014-03-05T11:38:10.026509+00:00 app[web.1]: Exiting
2014-03-05T11:38:10.026509+00:00 app[web.1]: => Booting WEBrick
2014-03-05T11:38:10.026509+00:00 app[web.1]: => Rails 4.0.2 application starting
 in production on http://0.0.0.0:3478
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]: /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/
devise-3.2.3/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb:481:in `raise_no_secret_key': Devise.sec
ret_key was not set. Please add the following to your Devise initializer: (Runti
meError)
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config/routes.rb:2:in
`block in <top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/actionpack-4.0.2/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:341:in `instan
ce_exec'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/actionpack-4.0.2/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:341:in `eval_b
lock'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/actionpack-4.0.2/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:319:in `draw'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config/routes.rb:1:in
`<top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb:40:in `each'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb:40:in `load_path
s'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `block in
load'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:   config.secret_key = '67aeaf7aad0b
c86f9b392e2a42a3a5086e7d07eeedc2a6a05327ec22f82960ebf4e05086c5aa426b8f64ea9f5a51
5ecabdd821e5b29fd9e81f8818b1cff029b2'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb:16:in `reload!'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:36:in `call'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:36:in `execute
_hook'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:44:in `run_loa
d_hooks'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/devise-3.2.3/lib/devise/rails.rb:14:in `block in <class:Engine>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application.rb:102:in `reload_routes!'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:45:in `block i
n run_load_hooks'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:44:in `each'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]: Please ensure you restarted your ap
plication after installing Devise or setting the key.
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb:55:in `block in <module
:Finisher>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `load_depe
ndency'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `run'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:in `block in run_initialize
rs'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028731+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `instance_exec'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:150:in `block in tsort_each'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:183:in `block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_componen
t'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:219:in `each_strongly_connected_component_from'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028342+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/devise-3.2.3/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb:206:in `devise_for'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:182:in `block in each_strongly_connected_component'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.028549+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb:40:in `block in
load_paths'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:180:in `each_strongly_connected_component'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:148:in `tsort_each'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/ruby-2.0.0/lib/
ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:180:in `each'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in `method_missing'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in `run_initializers'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config/environment.rb:
5:in `<top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029264+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/application.rb:215:in `initialize!'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in `require'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `load_depe
ndency'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in `block in
require'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `initialize'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config.ru:3:in `block
in <main>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in `require'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config.ru:in `new'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029504+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `instance_eval'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:in `eval'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:in `new_from_string'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:277:in `build_app_and_options_from_config'

2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:199:in `app'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/config.ru:in `<main>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:40:in `parse_file'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.030085+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in `tap'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:75:in `start'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.030085+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in `<top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:314:in `wrapped_app'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.030085+00:00 app[web.1]:    from bin/rails:4:in `require'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.030085+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:76:in `block in <top (required)>'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.029882+00:00 app[web.1]:    from /app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0
.0/gems/railties-4.0.2/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:48:in `app'
2014-03-05T11:38:10.030085+00:00 app[web.1]:    from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'
2014-03-05T11:38:11.292848+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Process exited with status 1
2014-03-05T11:38:11.305392+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to c
rashed
2014-03-05T11:38:11.762244+00:00 heroku[router]: at=error code=H10 desc="App cra
shed" method=GET path=/ host=floating-dusk-9542.herokuapp.com request_id=8f2b383
1-6bbb-4724-ba15-173b1fe54b96 fwd="77.121.6.163" dyno= connect= service= status=
503 bytes=

A: It says:
Devise.secret_key was not set. Please add the following to your Devise initializer: (Runti
meError)

This means you've not got the correct config/initializers/devise.rb set up. According to the installation instructions, I'd do this:
rails generate devise:install

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text:
View Dillinger's Infamous Wooden Gun Tomorrow Only
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 10:00 PM
March 3rd not only marks the anniversary of John Dillinger's escape from the Crown Point Jail 82 years ago, but will also be the only day the infamous wooden gun and two other Thompson submachine guns will be on display at the John Dillinger Museum. The Museum's most valuable relic will be displayed on this anniversary from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The two Thompson submachine guns that were stolen by Dillinger during his escape from Crown Point will also be displayed. The Lake and Porter County Sheriffs' Departments will be loaning these items to the museum for this event. The last time the guns were displayed together at the Museum was in 2009. "We are excited to offer the public a rare glimpse at a piece of region history. And a special thanks to the Lake County and Porter County Sheriffs' Departments for their support and the addition of the Tommy guns." said Speros A. Batistatos, president and CEO of the South Shore CVA.
Dillinger was said to have carved the gun out of wood and stained it black with shoe polish. He used the "gun" to force the guards to open the door to his cell and on his way out, locked up the guards and grabbed two machine guns before he made his getaway. His daring escape using a wooden gun made headlines across the nation.
The John Dillinger Museum is located inside the historic Lake County Courthouse in downtown Crown Point, Indiana; 1 Courthouse Square. Regular admission fees apply to view the guns ($4/adults; $3/seniors; $2/children; active military, police, fire, EMS are free). Call 219-989-7979 to schedule large groups to tour the museum. The Museum will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on March 3 with the guns on display from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The John Dillinger Museum takes visitors on an interactive, historical adventure through the life and times of John Dillinger and other gangsters of the 1930s Depression Era. Through the stories of the crime sprees during this time, visitors also learn of the rise of the FBI and advancements made in crime fighting technology. Learn more at www.dillingermuseum.com.


Modern agriculture has seen only four major transformations in the last century that started with the hybridization of crops including corn and the development of biotech traits; both of which dramatically improved farm productivity and profitability. More recently the application of molecular techniques to crop development combined with a nondestructive seed sampling process called seed chipping have increased the rate of yield gain in new hybrids and varieties of row crops such as corn, soybeans and cotton. The agricultural industry is currently in the midst of an information revolution that will enable farmers globally to meet the growing need for food, fuel and fiber as the world population climbs to 10 billion and a greater fraction shifts to an animal based diet. This information revolution requires the near real-time integration of multiple disparate data sources including ancestry, genomic, market and grower data. Each one of these data sources spans one or more decades and are complex in and of themselves. An example is the movement of seeds through the product development pipeline, beginning at the earliest recorded discovery breeding cross, and ending with the most recent commercialized products. Historically the constraints of modeling and processing this data within a relational database has made drawing inferences from this dataset complex and computationally infeasible at the scale required for modern analytics uses such as prescriptive breeding and genome-wide selection.
In this talk we present how we leveraged a polyglot environment, with a graph database implemented in Neo4j at the core, to enable this shift in agricultural product development. We will share examples of how the transformation of our genetic ancestry dataset into a graph has replaced months of computational effort. Our approach to polyglot persistence will be discussed via our use of a distributed commit log, Apache Kafka, to feed our graph store from sources of live transactional data. Finally, we will touch upon how we are using these technologies to annotate our genetic ancestry dataset with molecular genomics data in order to build a computational platform capable of imputing the genotype of every seed produced during new product development.


YoungCRM allows you to build a career page in a couple of hours without further technical skills. By building a career page, you can visualise your employer brand and attract the best candidates for your job positions or talent pool. You can make as many types of career pages as you like and use them for whatever purpose. You're the builder!
Regardless of your business' purpose, the website should have an engaging career section to show off your employer brand! Opening up about the organisation can be crucial in order to attract candidates, and make sure they do not choose a position with competitors. It is no longer sufficient to rely on the assumption that a solid and reputable brand is associated with attractive career opportunities. Effort is key.


This month we take stock of our colleagues' publishing achievements since July. Firstly, a round of applause for Rebecca Jones who has recently celebrated the publication of her second book, Slow Catastrophes: Living with Drought in Australia. If you were unable to attend her book launch, you can read Tom Griffiths' celebratory speech on the website of Monash University Publishing. Rebecca will further explore some of the themes raised in this project during her upcoming term as a Fellow at the National Library of Australia. The publications below suggest that water – too much or too little – is a concern for many of us in the ANZEHN, along with the cultures, commodities and creatures associated with such hydrologies. From nineteenth-century plant exchange to the refugee crisis of the present, networks of environmental and cultural interaction ("eco-cultural networks") provide another area of focus, while others explore the accessibility of environmental history beyond the academy. Our colleagues also reflect on the historical significance of Geoff Bolton's Spoils and Spoilers, and the valuable contribution of ANZEHN member Eric Pawson to the fields of environmental history and historical geography in Australasia. If you have a publication that you would like to feature in our publications round-up, please email mailto:[email protected].
For other editions of our publications round-up see the publications archive here.
William John Huggins, The opium ships at Lintin, China, 1824.
Beattie, James. "Thomas McDonnell's Opium: Circulating, Plants, Patronage, and Power in Britain, China and New Zealand, 1830s-1850s." In The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century, edited by Sarah Burke Cahalan and Yota Basaki, 163-88. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard University Press, 2017.
Brooking, Tom. "Eric Pawson: The Ultimate Co-Author." International Review of Environmental History 3, no. 1 (2017): doi:10.22459/IREH.03.01.2017.04.
Cook, Margaret. "Vacating the Floodplain: Urban Property, Engineering, and Floods in Brisbane (1974-2011)." Conservation and Society 15 (2017): 344-54.
Cook, Margaret. "A Legacy of Brisbane's Benchmark Floods of 1893: Creating Dam Dependence." Arcadia Spring, no. 9 (2017).
Cook, Margaret. "The Australia Day Floods." Arcadia Summer, no. 15 (2017).
Dargavel, John. "The Fence of Sorrow and Hope." Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
Gaynor, Andrea and Griffiths, Tom. "Tearing Down and Building Up: How Geoffrey Bolton's Environmental History Made a Difference." Inside Story July 18, 2017.
Gaynor, Andrea. "How Can Paper Hearts Save Wetlands?" Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
Griggs, Peter. "Too Much Water: Drainage Schemes and Landscape Change in the Sugar-Producing Areas of Queensland, 1920-90." Australian Geographer (2017) doi:10.1080/00049182.2017.1336965.
Holland, Peter. "Eric Pawson: Research Collaborator and Facilitator." International Review of Environmental History 3, no. 1 (2017): doi:10.22459/IREH.03.01.2017.03.
Jones, Rebecca. Slow Catastrophes: Living with Drought in Australia. Clayton: Monash University Press, 2017.
Kheraj, Sean and Oosthoek, K. Jan. "Online Digital Communication, Networking, and Environmental History." In Methodological Challenges in Nature-Culture and Environmental History Research, edited by Jocelyn Thorpe, Stephanie Rutherford and L. Anders Sandberg. London: Routledge, 2016.
Kitsen, Janine. "Why Environmental History Matters." National Parks Association of New South Wales. September 1, 2017.
McCalman, Iain. "A Tool for Creation or Destruction?" Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
Morgan, Ruth. "On the Home Front: Australians and the 1914 Drought." In Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather: A Historical Geography Perspective, edited by Georgina Endfield and Lucy Veale, 34-54. New York: Routledge, 2018.
Muir, Cameron. "What do Shortbread Biscuits Have to do with Coal Seam Gas?" Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
Leaflet from 1915 promoting the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas. NSW State Archives and Records.
O'Gorman, Emily. "Imagined Ecologies: A More-than-Human History of Malaria in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, Australia, 1919-1945." Environmental History 22, no. 3 (2017): 486-514.
O'Gorman, Emily. "An Encounter with Brine Shrimp and Deep Time." Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
Philip, Justine M. "Living Blanket, Water Diviner, Wild Pet: A Cultural History of the Dingo." The Conversation August 7, 2017.
Pouliot, Alison. "A Loupe and a Forgotten Kingdom." Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
Robin, Libby. "Making the Planetary Personal." Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans (2017).
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GENEVA – Afatinib appears safe and effective for elderly patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to investigators.
A retrospective analysis of the phase 3 GIDEON trial showed similar objective responses, disease control rates, and progression-free survival rates among elderly patients, compared with younger patients, reported lead author Wolfgang M. Brückl, MD, of Universitätsklinik der Paracelsus Medizinischen Privatuniversität in Nürnberg, Germany, and his colleagues. These findings were presented in a poster at the European Lung Cancer Congress.
The GIDEON study involved 160 patients with EGFR-positive NSCLC who were treated at 49 centers in Germany between 2014 and 2016. From this total, 151 patients were available for interim analysis, and 67 patients (44%) were at least 70-years old. Among this elderly group, about one out of five patients (22%) had brain metastases and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status scores were typically 1 (45%) or 0 (42%).
Compared with younger patients, elderly patients were more likely to receive a lower starting dose of afatinib (62% vs. 83%), which usually entailed a decrease from 40 mg to 30 mg. Thereafter, dose reduction rates were similar between age groups, with 58% of younger patients requiring lower doses and 55% of elderly patients requiring reduced doses. Adverse events were comparable across age groups, although a fraction more of the patients 70 years or older discontinued treatment because of serious adverse drug reactions (12% vs. 7%).
Efficacy results were also comparable between age groups. Overall response rates were slightly higher among elderly patients than younger patients, with a 70-year age threshold (78% vs. 70%); disease control rate was marginally higher among the elderly (93% vs. 89%); and elderly patients had a slightly better 12-month PFS rate (62.2% vs. 49.1%).
"Data from the GIDEON noninterventional study provide important information on the routine clinical use of afatinib in elderly patients," the investigators concluded.
The study was funded by Boehringer Ingelheim. The investigators did not report conflicts of interest.
SOURCE: Brückl WM et al. ELCC 2019. Abstract 125P.


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Edward Albee Memorial
By: Isa Goldberg
Edward Albee, 1928 – 2016, the three time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and author of the groundbreaking plays Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Zoo Story, passed away at his home in Montauk on September 16th. His life and work were remembered on Tuesday, December 6th at The August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, where he was eulogized by colleagues and friends. Among them, Jack Lenor Larsen of Long House Reserve, the actors Brian Murray, Mercedes Ruehl, and Bill Irwin, as well as playwrights, Terrence McNally, Will Eno, John Guare and directors Emily Mann and David Esbjornson, to mention a few.
Albee the playwright was also remembered for his irreverent and brash behaviors. Describing his arrival, late and inebriated, to a party Noel Coward held in his honor, Murray remarked, that he "looked like an irritable Jesus Christ", "bouncing around the room and insulting everyone". Such reports about the outrageous Edward Albee are the subject of lore.
However, Terrence McNally cited their first encounter
more empathically. Meeting at a party at The Metropolitan Opera, Albee
"looked about as ill at ease I did". Regardless, Albee was, at the time,
on the road to fame with the New York premiere of The Zoo Story.
Naturally, McNally addressed their famous love affair,
"the off off Broadway version of the Burtons", as he put it. In addition
to McNally, several friends spoke lovingly of Albee's partner of many years,
Jonathan Thomas who predeceased him in 2005. In September of 2010, when I met
Albee at his Montauk home, he said he was working on two plays: one about a
very evil man, and another about a very good man. The latter character was
based on Jonathan Thomas.
More about that conversation, and the playwright's legacy can be found at: https://www.ft.com/content/9d442662-b6e9-11df-b3dd-00144feabdc0
Albee's historic exile from Broadway following a series of critical and commercial failures was also recalled at his memorial.
In the words of the playwright Arthur Kopit, "he withstood the critical
onslaught and kept writing the plays he wanted to write. With his later works,
the Pulitzer prize-winning drama Three Tall Women and The
Goat, Albee renewed his place in the New York theater.
A thirst for truth and self-discovery that riddled his personal life also dominated his plays. "Who am I?" "Who are you?" These are the questions that boldly appear in Albee's plays, most directly perhaps in A Delicate Balance, in which the late Marian Seldes' portrayal of a distraught divorcee who runs home to her parents, garnered her a Tony Award. Indeed, her voice was heard on this occasion in audio recordings,
reminiscing about their endearing relationship and the professional esteem they
held for one another. His favorite word, she remarked, was "Onward".
Photo: Barry Gordin
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