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From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War
On October 15, 1950, the vainglorious General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of UN troops in Korea, convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war.
As he was speaking, 300,000 Chinese soldiers began crossing the border. Led by the 13,000 men of the First Marine Division, the Americans moved far north into the trap Mao had set for the arrogant MacArthur at the Chosin Reservoir. What followed was one of the most heroic—and harrowing—operations in American military history. Faced with annihilation, and temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero, the surrounded Marines fought through the enemy forces with ferocity, ingenuity, and nearly unimaginable courage.
Hampton Sides's superb account of the battle relies on years of archival research and interviews with scores of Marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly chronicling the follies of the American leaders, this is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances.
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
HAMPTON SIDES is an award-winning editor of Outside and the author of the bestselling histories In the Kingdom of Ice, Hellhound on His Trail, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers.
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Prologue: Morning Calm 3
Book 1 Seoul
Chapter 1 The Professor 9
Chapter 2 Traitor's House 21
Chapter 3 Across the Han 29
Chapter 4 Beneath the Lighthouse 36
Chapter 5 The Battle of the Barricades 39
Chapter 6 The Savior of Our Race 48
Chapter 7 God's Right-Hand Man 56
Chapter 8 The Tiger Wants Human Beings 62
Book 2 To The Mountains
Chapter 9 Many, Many 71
Chapter 10 King's Envoy to Hamhung 80
Chapter 11 Heroic Remedies 88
Chapter 12 Will o' the Wisp 95
Chapter 13 Broken Arrows 104
Chapter 14 A Powerful Instrument 109
Chapter 15 Fattened for the Kill 119
Chapter 16 Never Too Late to Talk 128
Chapter 17 Never a More Daring Flight 132
Book 3 The Reservoir
Chapter 18 Easy for Us, Tough for Others 141
Chapter 19 Boon Companions 150
Chapter 20 Easy Company Holds Here 157
Chapter 21 Where the Bullet Belongs 163
Chapter 22 Gung-ho, You Cowardly Bastards 168
Chapter 23 When the Lead Is Flying 172
Chapter 24 A Hot Reception 182
Chapter 25 The War Council 191
Chapter 26 An Entirely New War 195
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Chapter 27 You Will All Be Slaughtered 203
Chapter 28 Kissing a Buzz Saw 211
Chapter 29 Morphine Dreams 215
Chapter 30 No Soft Options 219
Chapter 31 One-Man Army 228
Chapter 32 Every Weapon That We Have 236
Chapter 33 The Ridgerunners 239
Chapter 34 This Place of Suffering 247
Chapter 35 Attacking in a Different Direction 257
Chapter 36 In the Day of Trouble 266
Chapter 37 I'll Get You a Goddamn Bridge 275
Chapter 38 Blood on the Ice 281
Chapter 39 Taking Departure 289
Chapter 40 The Bridge of Long Life 297
Chapter 41 Down to Earth 300
Chapter 42 The Most Harrowing Hour 306
Chapter 43 The Crossing 310
Chapter 44 We Will See You Again in the South 316
Chapter 45 We Walk in the Hand of God 323
Epilogue: In the Pantheon 333
A Note on Sources 345
Selected Bibliography 369
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Sides (In the Kingdom of Ice) updates the much-chronicled, epic winter fighting retreat from the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War in this splendid account. In September 1950, countering a June invasion by communist North Korean forces, Gen. Douglas MacArthur launched a "bold, sweeping"—and reckless—landing at the port of Inchon. When United Nations troops reached the border of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong and his generals, fearing an invasion, sent troops into Korea to counter the threat. The First Marine Division, led by Gen. Oliver P. Smith, continued to advance, though its commander rightly feared a Chinese trap. He was correct: for three hellish weeks, his 30,000 Marines, U.S. Army, and assorted UN forces fought four times their number of Chinese soldiers, weathering terrifying assaults with little support and fanatical courage. Sides unsparingly describes the theatrical arrogance and misplaced sense of racial superiority that led MacArthur and X Corps Commander Gen. Ned Almond to discount the intelligence warning of major Chinese infiltration, even dismissing President Harry Truman's concerns about a widening war that could involve nuclear weapons. This account features abundant heroism, vivid battle scenes, and nuanced treatment of the judicious, determined leadership of General Smith. Sides's lucid assessment of the battles, leadership, politics, and key figures at the turning point of the war show how the First Marine Division's commanders and fighting men staved off a nearly unprecedented military debacle. (Oct.)
A Korean War story of miscalculation, military ambition, and overreach.
Outside editor Sides (In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, 2014, etc.) doesn't always dig deep for topics, but once he settles on one, no matter how well-covered previously, he piles on the research. So it is with this story of "Frozen Chosin," when American forces of the 1st Marine Division penetrated deep into North Korea, assured by their commanders that Mao's Chinese forces would not cross the Yalu River and enter the fight. In any event, Douglas MacArthur devalued the Chinese: "They were nothing more than a band of serfs—subsisting on rice balls and yams, relying on little burp gins and fizzly explosives that usually failed to detonate, an army held together with hemp string and bamboo." MacArthur had reason to re-evaluate his position once 300,000 Chinese troops entered the fray and encircled a much smaller American force in a mountain fastness alongside a huge reservoir. Fought in bitterly cold temperatures, the battle was horrible: "The cold seemed to come with only one upside: It had a cauterizing effect on wounds. Blood from bullet holes or shrapnel tears simply froze to the skin and stopped flowing." The Battle of Chosin Reservoir is part of the DNA of every Marine since, and numerous books, such as Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's excellent Last Stand of Fox Company (2009) and Roy Appleman's order-of-battle East of Chosin (1987), have emerged as standards in the field. Sides adds a fast-moving and well-written narrative to the mix, though without bringing much news to the enterprise. A plus is his respectful treatment of the sometimes-maligned (especially in Army accounts) Marine field commander, the scholarly but tough Gen. Oliver P. Smith.
Better books are available, but for general readers, this account is a worthy introduction to a battle that has become a byword for suffering.
"Superb...a masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail...Sides shows how brave Marines — officers and grunts — innovated, organized and blasted their way out of the trap their fabulously famous boss had helped set. This war story — the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir — has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep."
"To this pantheon [of the best books on the Korean War] we can now add Hampton Sides' On Desperate Ground, which hits all the right notes...It's a story Marines are rightly proud of and one that should be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about the remains that just returned home from Korea, and why those men deserve to be remembered."
Gripping...Master storyteller Hampton Sides, specializes in captivating readers with his trademark moment-by-moment accounts...Sides captures the big personalities who run things...[and] also immerses readers in vivid accounts of horrific battles and an infamous "attack in reverse."
"Excellent…On Desperate Ground is a first-rate work of military history, and its combat narratives are rich with individual stories of danger, bravery, loss, survival and wrenching poignancy."
"Sides' brilliant reporting and crisp storytelling provides a backdrop for events on the world stage almost 70 years later…It's an epic worthy of Homer…In their will to survive the Americans are just as crafty as their Greek forebears."
"Hampton Sides's On Desperate Ground is a heart-pounding, fiercely written account of the brutal Chosin Reservoir Campaign during the Korean War. Every page pulsates with drama. Sides, an American master of nonfiction, has written one of the finest battle books ever."
—Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Rightful Heritage and The Wilderness Warrior
"On Desperate Ground is first-rate narrative history. Hampton Sides' characters are richly drawn, his background history engrossing, and his battle scenes bone-chillingly realistic—a great read."
—Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat
"On Desperate Ground is a masterpiece of war history, a sweeping and powerfully drawn epic of the Korean War and its mightiest battle. The astonishing heroism, resourcefulness, and grit of the Marines trapped at Chosin Reservoir boggles the mind, and Hampton Sides's telling of the story largely through the voices of those who fought (including Koreans) makes for a spellbinding and moving narrative. One of the most harrowing accounts of war I have ever read, this book is destined to become a classic."
—Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God
"What a book! Through moment-by-moment, intensely-researched details, On Desperate Ground utterly immerses the reader in this harrowing battle. Hampton Sides gives us a better understanding of the history behind current U.S. relations with Korea and China while offering a series of captivating profiles in human courage—an absolutely riveting read."
—Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See
Outside magazine editor Sides (In the Kingdom of Ice) recounts the classic story of the Korean War's famous battle of the Chosin Reservoir during the winter of 1950. Led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Oliver Smith, American forces of the First Marine Division—who felt that Korea was "a long way to come to fight and bleed and die, in a war that was not officially a war, for a cause that at times was not altogether clear, for an endgame that was anybody's guess"—entered the bitterly cold and mountainous terrain of Inchon along the eastern coast of North Korea with sights set at moving inland toward the reservoir. Confident at first that the Chinese were going to be kept at bay, MacArthur and Smith changed course once Chinese troops surprised and pushed the marines toward humbling mountain passes. Though the bitterly cold conditions made battle difficult, the outnumbered marines courageously fought their way out and ultimately reached safety. VERDICT While other works exist on this famous battle, Sides's highly accessible narrative will be appreciated by general readers as well as history buffs. For fans of Stephen Ambrose and Lynn Vincent. [See Prepub Alert, 4/23/18.]—David Miller, Farmville P.L., NC
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I remember much regarding the start of the Korean war but this book puts it in clearer focus!
jmgallen 5 months ago
"On Desperate Ground" places the struggle of the First Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir in the context of the early phase of the Korean War. It provides insights into the MacArthur Court in Tokyo and Mac's relations with Washington. The Inchon Landings set in motion the events that placed the First Marines at the frozen lake when the Chinese intervention turned the United Nations war from a march to the Yalu to a desperate struggle for survival. The trials of individual soldiers add human interest to the tale. I appreciate the even-handed treatment of MacArthur. Criticism of his unwillingness to tolerate dissent among his staff and glaring errors in assessing intelligence about Chinese and Russian involvement is balanced by recognition of his master stroke at Inchon and the universal enthusiasm to conquer North Korea from the battleground to the White House. I am intrigued by the suggestion that MacArthur could not figure out why he was summoned to Wake Island to meet President Truman. Author Hampton Sides has crafted an informative tome that draws the reader into the conferences and the intense cold and pain of Chosin that is difficult to put down. It is a must read for anyone interested in the Korean War, Douglas MacArthur or just in search of a great read.
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Good combination of personal stories in the context of the bigger picture.
SevenAcreBooks More than 1 year ago
On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides is an incredibly well-researched account the battle at Choisin Reservoir during the Korean War. As someone who doesn't normally pick up nonfiction titles I was amazed at how quickly I was pulled in to the story of the Marines and their extraordinary heroism. Engaging writing and amazing attention to detail provides the reader with an immediate connection to not only the soldiers, but the innocent people who were affected by the war. Thank you to Netgalley and Doubleday for the opportunity to read and review this advanced copy. All opinions are my own.
joseph_spucklerJS More than 1 year ago
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides is the history of one of the greatest stories to come out of the Korean War. Sides is an American historian, author, and journalist. He is the author of Americana, Hellhound on His Trail, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, and other bestselling works of narrative history and literary non-fiction. The Korean War is America's forgotten war, and the heroics that took place in the war are often overlooked. Marines, however, do remember the events from the landing at Inchon to the evacuation at Chosin. Perhaps the Marine Corps most celebrated and most iconic leader Colonel Chesty Puller. Puller and the Marines left no man behind as they fought their way out of being surrounded at Chosin. Puller always saw the positive: "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." Temperatures were well below zero, and the Marines reported 7,338 non-battle casualties from the weather alone. The navy provided close air support and the air force dropped in supplies. If there was a time to see defeat this was it. There would be no defeat at Chosin. The Marines made an orderly withdrawal under heavy fire and against a force that vastly outnumbered them. Sides tells the story of the forces involved at Chosin. Using the narrative form, he brings to life Marines and members of the other services and countries who fought the battle, I am not usually a fan of the narrative style in nonfiction writing, but here Sides breathes life into those who were there. Army and Marine Corps archives were used to form much of the narrative. Also used were interviews of over fifty who fought at Chosin and the personal papers of many others. On Desperate Ground puts a human voice on the battle and the war. More than just battle plans and casualty counts this book is about the people who were there.
Hillsboro More than 1 year ago
This is a comment about the "Editorial Review" of the book. Whoever wrote it clearly does not know anything about the Korean War, the battle of the Chosin Reservoir, or Korean geography. First, the Marines were not the only force that was involved with the battle. The Army 9th Infantry Division played a significant role in that as the Marines withdrew toward Hamhung harbor, the 9th fought a delaying action giving the Marines cover. The editor needs to give credit where credit is due. Second, Inchon is on the west coast of Korean and is located below the 38th parallel in South Korean. The editor needs a remedial geography lesson. Bottom line: get an editor and check your facts.
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BY ALEXANDER PALMA DI CESNOLÀ, F.S.A.,
C. Park of Russell Square. These golden lips are considerably thicker than the very thinly beaten foil which I and others have found in Cypriote tombs. According to Ebers,1 the late Mariette Pacha found in an older portion of the Apis catacombs of Memphis, a human body, with a golden mask8 on the face, and with many costly ornaments and amulets on the breast. From the accompanying inscriptions, it became known that these were the remains
1 Egypt, vol. i, p. 164. 2 Now in the Museum of the Louvre.
of Khamûs, the eldest son of the monarch Rameses II, who was high priest at Memphis, and is often mentioned as a particularly pious prince. He died during the lifetime of his father, and seems to have been buried among the sacred Apis Bulls as a special distinction above others. There are several fine examples of necklaces in the collection, and more fragments of such ornaments, being pendants and separate beads. The first which I shall mention consists of a linked chain of gold wires and oblong cornelian beads, the angles of which are, after a fashion which frequently'
occurs in Etruscan as well as in Greek works, chamfered off (fig. 9). To this is attached an oval Greek gem representing Ceres, and of a good style and period of design. On the back of the gold setting of the stone is the same lattice-like ornament which we observe in the cornelian pendant of the necklace itself. This "may be said to attest the idea that the antiquity of the ornament is, comparatively, not very considerable; for the style it exhibits is somewhat indefinite, probably Roman derived from Greece, as was commonly the case in many good instances of the same kind and origin. With this the worn state of the surface of the gem agrees well enough, because it contrasts with the sharpness of the state of the oblong beads; it may be, however, that the gem is a comparatively recent addition to the carcanet, with which it is now associated. There is also a smaller example than the last, which is unquestionably due to the same period and mode of art; it consists of alternate beads of cornelian, orsard, and twisted links of gold wire. Another necklace which I have found is composed of a group of fragments of several necklaces, probably including some relics of widely differing dates, brought together here for convenience of exhibition and preservation; among the objects in question is one of the conventional grapes, or granulations, en repoussé, and a pendant of spiral flutings, which may be of late Greek or Roman-Greek origin; there are double cones
of gold which suggest the Assyrian type of jewellery, to which the mode they illustrate undoubtedly pertains. It appears to me that these cones show traces of provincial art, of the period of the Assyrian domination in Cyprus, which may be called ancient even with regard to the exceptional antiquity of works in gold. Similar types appear in another specimen, which comprises, Avith many other examples of differing types, two curious emblems, well-known to anthropologists, delicately and neatly modelled, evidently designed, like numerous similar relics found elsewhere, to be used as personal ornaments. I have no doubt these phallic emblems are pure Greek, and of the best period of the art of that country. They show, with the conventional treatment which could hardly be dispensed with, even in Greece of old or Cyprus, Avhere there would be few scruples as to
the use of such ornaments, a fine order of execution and a great amount of naturalistic character. To the same grouped necklace is appended a lotus flower of gold, with hollows designed to hold enamel or coloured pastes. It is doubtless Greek, with Egyptian characteristics, the latter being more distinctly marked in the choice of the subject than its execution (fig. 10). Similar jewels have been found in Lower Italy, Greece, and Egypt. Cyprus furnished similar relics to the Metropolitan Museum of New York; and it is certain that


Amidst an ongoing storm of allegations of sexual misconduct in Silicon Valley, The Information reports that Android creator and Essential founder Andy Rubin quit Google in 2014 after nine years at the company, after an investigation revealed that he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
It isn't clear if sexual harassment or assault took place; the investigation began after the employee complained to Google's HR department about her relationship with Rubin. The company's policies prohibit employees from entering into relationships with subordinates.
Any relationship that Mr. Rubin had while at Google was consensual. Mr. Rubin was never told by Google that he engaged in any misconduct while at Google and he did not, either while at Google or since.
That adds Rubin on the damning, and sadly, quickly growing list of people in the tech industry who have engaged in inappropriate conduct with women within their companies and their professional circles. Besides creating the Android operating system that powers roughly 88 percent of all smartphones on the planet, Rubin also set up Essential, a new hardware brand dedicated to creating high-end phones, as well as Playground, an incubator for hardware startups.


This beautiful 18th century house, sitting at the heart of a romantic landscape, was originally the gatehouse of a powerful abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, but largely destroyed during the French revolution.
Spectacular ruins, woodlands and lakes form the garden's extraordinary scenery.
After in-depth historical research, we have been commissioned to restore and recreate the Abbey's original gardens, including a vegetable garden, numerous canals, alleys, enclosed spaces etc.
Building materials and plants will be in keeping with the historical period.
This is an exciting 5-year project which will bring new life to this majestic site.


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The NFL's Miami Dolphins are making Booker T. Washington's (Florida) championship 2013 season a little more special.
On Wednesday, according to the Miami Herald, Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel presented the team with a $23,000 check to buy its championship rings. Booker T. was ranked #1 in the nation by several national media outlets. The Tornadoes finished #3 in the High School Football America rankings.
On hand for the check presentation ceremony were former Dolphins Nat Moore and Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Little, who is a graduate of Booker T. Washington.


Not in a glass of wine.
So much for the suitor, a medical student. He did say something nice, though.
My propensity towards words, both my own and those in books, was encouraged. The rhyming couplet has stayed with me all these years.
My aspiration towards expression likely began before overt memory. From infancy, my parents took me to my grandparents? cottage on Lake Simcoe. The brown building, surrounded by bush and splashes of trillium, crouched beneath towering canopies of first-growth maple. The road was gravel. Elm, like enormous green bouquets, lined a railroad track beyond an abutting farmer?s field. There was magic and mystery and joyous family. Paradise found. I overflowed with feeling. Then, paradise lost. All succumbed to the march of civilization, its appliances and lawns and squabbling. How to deal with the wound to my soul?
Then, I realized the passion and emotion of others also overloaded me. I didn?t just see their pain or jubilation, it became mine. I was seared by it. Because of this identification, empathy, surfeit of feeling, I felt privy to extra knowledge. I knew I had something to say. I must communicate. I could not not write.
An ironic episode further encouraged expression. During a literature class in which I was enrolled after transferring to a private school, my essay on Heat was read to the class by the teacher. Great, I thought. Not so! The teacher asked where the essay had come from. Hands shot up. The answers were unanimous. It was taken from a book studied the year previous. I had neither read it, nor attended the class in which it was assigned. Despite unfounded accusation and embarrassment, underneath I was overjoyed. If my writing could be confused with a professional writer?s, maybe I could indeed express myself.
How to do it? I read great writers. I studied Philosophy (English) at University of Toronto. I wrote. And I wrote. At newspaper reporting. At writing for political candidates. At writing terrible novels. The literary criticism I learned at U of T told me so. They were never submitted.
Having met the man of my dreams, Stan Kurisko, who took me to the place of my dreams, the vast north of Ontario, firstly Sault Ste. Marie, a city at the pinwheel center of the great waters of the Great Lakes, and lastly Thunder Bay at its headwaters, both dots in a prehistoric land more than the size of France and still mostly untouched by humans. Ah, I was indeed home.
In between, we were lured by the dream of a perfect civilization, the model town of Elliot Lake built to service eventually 12 uranium mines. When the uranium contracts with the Americans were not renewed, it was Stan who said that if I ever was going to write, this was my story. Utopia was imploding incident by incident. Now with four children, I hired a baby-sitter for the morning. I closeted myself with my typewriter, yet was still available should the children need me.
My first published book, a novel, was Interlude: The Story of Elliot Lake, maybe the first environmental novel ever. What a story. I wish I then had the skills to write that I do now. Nevertheless, Interlude received many positive reviews across Canada.
My double-stranded life of family and writing worked well. A letter from Northrop Frye about my second novel, The Survivor of the Edmund Fitzgerald, helped minimize the dearth of critical attention from reviewers, despite the developing maturity of my pieces.
My writing has continued as a private and cloistered mindset. Over the years, the other strand of skiing and riding and cottaging with kids, entertaining (with wine) and environmental activism has minimized, but the literary trajectory of solitude simply could not deviate to include the many vibrant activities of The Northwestern Writers? Workshop (NOWW) or The Writers? Union of Canada (TWUC), both so stimulating and helpful for all ranges of authors.
Such is the etiology of the writing aspect of my life.
Author Joan Skelton has had two primary focuses in her life: family and writing. Important also are the natural world, photography, well-being and community service, the community service aimed towards the preservation of the environment, both mental and physical, and Lake Superior. She received an Honour B.A. from the University of Toronto in Philosophy (English). Equally educating were life experiences and readings about the psychology of the human being. Her writing has been acclaimed by important literary figures such as Northrop Frye, David Staines, Bruce Meyer and Charles Wilkins. It has been anthologized and analysed in international publications. Her books include Interlude: The Story of Elliot Lake; Rescue from Grampa Woo (Dundurn Press); The Survivor of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Penumbra Press) and The Barn?s on Fire and Kay?s Down the Well (Special Barrick Edition).
Thanks for a great article, Joan! Perfect food for thought as many lucky writers may be preparing to head into the wilderness for the summer.
I am an ardent admirer of Joan Skelton -- the person and the writer. She can argue like a laser and write like lyric poet.
As a resident of Lake Superior who lives not that far away from the Kurisko's cottage/camp on the lake, I can attest to one sure thing about The Survivor of the Edmund Fitzgerald: the sense of place, of the Superior Shore experience, rings true. Anyone who lives here knows that Joan has captured the spirit of Superior itself.
It is not a "comfortable" novel: the subject matter brings us face to face with our own mortality. It may not bring solace to the reader, but if not solace then heightened awareness and acceptance of the human condition that to experience the world in all its majesty and mayhem, we have also to live in the knowledge that we are mortal. The price tag of life is -- death. And it's not too much to pay.
Yes indeed, writing is a gift you were given and an art you have developed to perfection. I am so proud to call you cousin, friend and mentor.


The last of the October sunshine made a guest appearance for Rebecca and Sam Wedding celebrations! Utterly gorgeous autumn rays beamed down on the factory doors, poured through our windows, reaching well into to the rafters.
Carefully positioned - just out of view, a gorgeous surprise awaited bride Rebecca. The most sublime string quartet began playing the moment Rebecca and Sam stepped over the threshold. This was Sam's wedding day gift to Rebecca... There wasn't a dry eye in the house!
It was an absolute joy to host Sam and Rebecca's day, the most easy going delightful couple with a guest list to boot!
The Mowbray team greeted guests at the door with tray of champagne and Rose Lemonade, getting the celebrations off to a fabulous start.
The tables were arranged to create a super intimate feel, with a beautifully styled top table for the Bride, Groom and close family, with 3 mini feasting tables ahead for their guests. The fizz flowed and The Mowbray Kitchen delivered a show stopping feast!
Rebecca made her own cake, a gorgeous two tiered carrot cake adorned with delicate blooms which sat proudly on an antique cake stand amongst gift, cards and floral abundance. Sam compiled an archive of photographs documenting the couples blossoming romance, happiest of holidays and the loveliest family times, projected onto the big screen throughout the day, with a playlist to match.
Rebecca's gown was an intricately beaded number, simple elegance from the gorgeous bridal brand BHLDN. Perfect for a romantic urban wedding!
The day was captured beautifully by superb duo, 'Fox & Moon'. They caught all the action from the very beginning, right up to some pretty great moves on the dance floor later into that evening!


21st Century Fox, the media giant controlled by tycoon Rupert Murdoch, has held talks to sell most of its film and television assets to Walt Disney Co., CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The talks took place over the last few weeks and there is no certainty they will lead to a deal, the report said.
The two sides are not currently talking at the moment, but given the on again, off again nature of the talks, they could be revisited, it said.
For Fox, the willingness to engage in sale talks with Disney stems from a growing belief among its senior management that scale in media is of immediate importance.
The company is said to believe that a more tightly focused group of properties around news and sports could compete more effectively in the current marketplace.
For Disney, the opportunity to take control of another movie studio and significant TV production assets is attractive as is Fox's significant exposure to international markets.
If a deal materializes in future, it will leave Fox as a firm tightly focused on news and sports.
Disney will not purchase all of Fox, sources told CNBC.
The company cannot own two broadcast networks and would therefore not buy the Fox broadcast network.
It will not buy Fox's sports programming assets in the belief that combining them with ESPN could be seen as anti-competitive from an antitrust standpoint.
A deal will also exclude Fox News and Fox Business channel, as well as Fox's local broadcasting affiliates.
But the movie studio, TV production and international assets such as Star and Sky are said to be part of the talks.


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it sounds like a developer is interested in both os4 and mos and his project doesnt need much work to port.. nothing wrong with that.
Both MorphOS and Hyperions OS are based on Amiga OS API, everybody knows that!
Obviously ABox is based on OS3,1?
you must be very blind.
On mr.Carrolls' defence, I don't see it as "stealing" either. Could be co-incidence. Remember, both products are pretty similar, with pretty similar goals.
>Obviously ABox is based on OS3,1?
>you must be very blind.
In this case I am talking about Paula-redirection.
3 days ago MOS reported to have audio.device-emulation.
Now that's a major coincidence for me.
You said "Why everytime MOS announces a feature OS4 is going to announce is 2 days later, too?" .. What other features have they copied besides the paula emulation? Your post kindof implied they've done this a bit in the past.
Now you know you don't need to take me word by word.
Now we have *at least* 2.
The point is, they're doing it.
What's your problem dude? Are you gealous or what?
I thought the same when I saw that MOS boot selector is almost dentical to the AOS one.
But I think it's just good development from users perspective !
"Now if you don't see it, you must be very blind."
Take a deep breath and think again.
Copying MorphOS? I don't think so. NallePuh OS4 has been in beta testing for weeks.
booted on the AmigaOne mid last year.
AOS 3.x source (you don't oppose here, do you? ;-)), OS4 does.
When did MorphOS introduce gradients? Maybe my memory is getting fuzzy, but I seem to remember this being something MOS added (very) soon after it was first seen on OS4. I remember noting that because they both implemented it so close to each other. Then Aros implemented them too, sometime later.
This looks like the first time we saw gradients in OS4. Anybody have a date for this?
Not that it really matters which came first. You get gradients on other platforms for years. So who copied who/what? I'd suggest the important thing is how well it is implemented. Features of the features.
Sorry, but I heard about OS4 Paula support long time ago, not just few days ago.
So who's copying who ?
Only that this is already a few weeks old. The item appeared on the beta list on August 15th. Sorry to disappoint you.
Only that this emulation already exists since quite some time on OS4. Ask one of the beta testers, if you don't believe me.
> stealing features from MOS.
It isn't. It's a port of NallePuh, completed on August 15th. The wish to emulate audio.device is so obvious for backwards compatibility that I find allegations of "stealing features" rather stupid.
But hey, he's an anonymous. What do I expect.
"When did MorphOS introduce gradients? Maybe my memory is getting fuzzy, but I seem to remember this being something MOS added (very) soon after it was first seen on OS4." I think AROS implemented/announced gradients first. AROS implements animated PNG icons. Let's hope others are following.
It seems we're doing a good job if the only thing you can troll about is spelling errors.
It was talked about in AW.net some time ago, and sure not just 2 days ago. I don't remeber if it was about nalle puh or something else, but it's few weeks when it was talked about.
> The gradients were officially released in MorphOS 1.4 ..
I can't find a direct date reference for that early OS4 screenshot. There is a post on amiga.org that mentions it by filename, but I can't access the actual message. (Did a search on amiga.org.) The date of that post is also May 2003.
A quote from this new item being: "None of the new screenshots show the default AmigaOS 4.0 appearance, although some of them contain certain elements or concepts that will become part of it."
> I think AROS implemented/announced gradients first.
Nope. MOS was first, then I thought "what the heck, let's have some fun", and 2 hours later gradients were implemented in Zune as well.
What's the fuss about anyway, features are features, you can't "steal" them.
"What's the fuss about anyway, features are features, you can't "steal" them."
"LOL. Especially since MOS copies the AmigaOS API..."
And so does Hyperions OS!
Humm... I still remember Friedens announced gradients after MorphOS and AROS, but maybe they meant Reaction GUI. Maybe gradients were in the VisualPrefs in 2002 already (no idea, I never looked into those colour horror pics from 2002). But then, it doesnt matter who did what first. It is vapour until it is released.
> they meant Reaction GUI.
I have a mail here with the first GUI designs by Matthew Kille dated somewhere in October, 2002. It pretty much already looked like the current design, only with the darker backgrounds, and it had the gradients already.
I don't remember when it was first announced though.
And who cares which OS had which feature first ? Atleast not those who actually use those systems.


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Пятидесятный или Пятидесятинский — упразднённый хутор в Иловлинском районе Волгоградской области России. Ликвидирован в 1977 году.

География
Урочище находится в центральной части Волгоградской области, в степной зоне, в пределах Приволжской возвышенности, к северу от реки Иловли, на расстоянии примерно 7 километров (по прямой) к юго-западу от посёлка городского типа Иловля, административного центра района. Абсолютная высота — 41 метр над уровнем моря.

История
В «Списке населённых мест Земли Войска Донского», изданном в 1864 году, населённый пункт упомянут как хутор в составе юрта станицы Иловлинской Второго Донского округа, при реке Иловле, расположенный в 165 верстах от окружной станицы Нижне-Чирской. В Пятидесятном имелось 22 двора и проживало 130 жителей (58 мужчин и 59 женщин).

В 1928 году населённый пункт был включён в состав Иловлинского района Сталинградского округа Нижне-Волжского края (с 1934 года — Сталинградского края, с 1936 года — Сталинградской области). Хутор входил в состав Яблочно-Пятидесятского сельсовета. В 1963 году Иловлинский район был упразднён, а Пятидесятный был передан в состав Фроловского района. В 1965 году хутор вновь вошёл в состав Иловлинского района.

20 декабря 1977 года, согласно решению облисполкома № 24/994 «Об исключении из учетных данных некоторых населенных пунктов Волгоградской области», Пятидесятный был ликвидирован, а его жители переселены в Иловлю.

Примечания

Исчезнувшие населённые пункты Иловлинского района

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Colm Meaney was born on May 30, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Con Air (1997) and Law Abiding Citizen (2009). He has been married to Ines Glorian since March 15, 2007. He was previously married to Bairbre Dowling.
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India wins final of the Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow on 18th December 2016. India have entered the final of the tournament after a gap of 15 years having won the tournament in 2001. This will be India's third appearance in the final of the Junior Hockey world cup, with previous outings in 1997 and 2001. India's forward line with Mandeep singh and Gurjant Singh have been impressive throughout the tournament. India defeated Australia in the semi finals to reach the Final of the Junior Hockey World cup and remains confident of converting its semi final win into a gold medal at the tournament.


Hot Coffee is a free networking event every other week. I have been doing the event photography for several months and to take photographs of networking, the speaker, and other interesting details.
Yoshi Sushi Fusion had a soft opening with so much delightful food and enjoyment all around.
Pizzelles is a wonderful chocolatier located in the Lowe Mill. They invited me in to photograph their process and the opening of their second half! Their images were primarily used on Facebook and Instagram, but also in an AL.com article.
My dear friend Kailey got engaged, and I was invited to photograph the most precious moment!
Event photography is an exciting challenge of my line of work. If you would like beautiful, storytelling images, like you saw above, hire me for your event!
Event photography comes with all of the good images, lightly edited, and even with your logo in the bottom corner if preferred. I deliver my images through Google Drive or Dropbox (other delivery options are available upon request). I can also gear my photography towards your specific goals. The more I know about what you are trying to acheive, the more that I can help through my photographs.
Where do you wish to use these images?
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Q: Rendering a table from an array in react, best way to surround every five elements with a ? I'm trying to render a table in react from an array of objects, currently I'm mapping the array to this
            var objects = response.data;
            var arrayOfTableElements = []
            test.map(item =>
                testy.push(

                    {item.title}

            )
            );
            this.setState({data : arrayOfTableElements});

And I'm rendering like so
    render() {
    return (

                {this.state.data}

            );
     }

I was wondering what would be the best way to wrap every five td objects in a tr element? Right now my table elements are rendering buy they're all in a long row. Thanks guys.

A: If your data is in an array, I would say to do two loops and slice it up, something like this:
render() {
  const { test } = this.props; // assuming test comes from props
  return (

          { test.reduce((result, item) =>
            result[0].length < 5 && result[0] = result[0].concat(item) : result.concat([item]), [[]])
              .map(row => (

                  { row.map(item => stuff you want inside	) }

              ))
            }

  );
}

The reduce() function basically groups each item into arrays with 5 items. Then, from that, do a map() which maps each row, wrapping the whole row in a
 then mapping each item to a  (I didn't copy everything you had for them, but that would go there).
As already mentioned, there is no reason to cache rendered components (and in fact, that should be avoided as it can have some nasty side effects).
If you wanted to cache the reduce() portion (but not the map() portion) to state, that could be appropriate, but probably unnecessary for almost every use case.

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David Haller discovers he's been misled his entire life in the latest promo for the FX drama "Legion."
As Marvel Comics readers know Dan Stevens' character is actually the son of X-Men founder Charles Xavier, and one of the most powerful minds on the planet. Whether he's also mentally unstable is perhaps one of the central questions of the series, developed by "Fargo" creator Noah Hawley.
Set in a "different world" from the X-Men film franchise, follows a diagnosed schizophrenic who's been in and out of psychiatric wards for years. However, following a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he's confronted with the possibility that he's a mutant with inexplicable powers.
Premiering Feb. 8 on FX, "Legion's" eight-episode first season also stars Rachel Keller, Jean Smart, Aubrey Plaza, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton and Bill Irwin.


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TV Guide Debuts New Photos; Cliff Curtis Teases Season 2
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This week, TV Guide debuts new photos, while Cliff Curtis teases Season 2 to The Huffington Post. Plus, a teaser for the new season shows up at Entertainment Weekly. Read on for more:
• TV Guide obtains exclusive photos from the Season 2 premiere and cast portraits of several characters, noting that "the survivors are preparing to flee mainland Los Angeles by escaping to Victor Strand's (Colman Domingo) yacht. The photos give a sense of what that will look like. Are you excited?"
• Cliff Curtis teases Season 2 to The Huffington Post, saying, "Who we were in Season 1 is now irrelevant. We haven't got jobs. We haven't got a home. I think you're going to see the characters transform in ways you wouldn't necessarily see coming."
• Entertainment Weekly showcases a new Season 2 teaser "that shows what will happen to the survivors who make it onto Victor Strand's boat, Abigail."
• The Hollywood Reporter features a deleted Season 1 scene where "Madison and Travis have a heart to heart in which she appeals to him to not trust the National Guard."
• E! Online checks out some Season 2 photos: "Just looking at these gorgeous, sun-soaked gallery and episodic shots, you wouldn't be able to tell that there's an entire zombie apocalypse happening back on land."
• ComicBook.com has more exclusive Season 2 photos that "offer up a new look [at] Cliff Curtis' Travis, Frank Dillane's Nick, Rubén Blades' Daniel, Kim Dickens' Madison, and Mercedes Mason's Ophelia." IGN also has a batch of images from the new season.
• Asked by Melty whether Tobias will return, Lincoln A. Castellanos discloses that "as far as the series goes not just Season 2, I don't think it's a question of if he'll come back, it's really more of when. When will the time be right for him to return, and what condition will he return in?"
• Mashable eagerly awaits the show's Paleyfest 2016 panel this weekend: "Color us excited to learn more about ocean zombies."
• Undead Walking spotlights the Special Edition Season 1 Blu-ray and DVD, including a feature where Greg Nicotero "talks about creating fresh walkers for Fear the Walking Dead as opposed to the more decayed walkers in The Walking Dead."
• Melty calls part 13 of Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 "jam-packed full of entertainment."
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The third season of the India Baja began yesterday with preliminary checks, scrutinizing and briefings being completed on the first day of the event.
Over the course of two days, August 18 and 19, 132 contenders will cover over 650 km around the deserts of Jaisalmer.
There will be two categories of events - Moto (2-wheel motorbikes & Quad bikes) and Xtreme (4-wheel vehicles), with varying number of sub-groups & sub-classes in both the categories. Each entry in the Moto Category consists of the rider, while each entry in Xtreme Category consists of a driver and a co-driver.
The competition is divided into 5 Special Stages (SS), three of which will be held on Leg 1 on the 18th. The last two stages, SS 4 and SS 5 will be held on Sunday, the 19th, before the prize distribution ceremony later on that evening.
SS 1 to SS 5 will cover dunes, loose sand and gravel-filled natural terrains in a cloverleaf fashion around the competition base at Hotel Jaisalkot in Jaisalmer.
These stages are meant to test the participants' driving skills, physical endurance, and mental strength. India Baja is based on the rally-raid format, participants need to cover long distances through offroad tracks in a given amount of time.
India Baja 2018 will host the largest-ever contingent of top-level international riders in an Indian motorsport competition, including Dakar Rally regulars like Lorenzo Santolino, Aaron Mare, Benjamin Melot and CS Santosh. This event will also see the most number of women participants ever in any major international rally-raid motorsport event in India.
India Baja 2018 is a 'Road to Dakar' challenge, one of only five such events in the world. This means that the top finisher will get direct entry to the 2020 Dakar Rally. The India Baja 2018 winner will also be entitled to complimentary entry to the Afriquia Merzouga Rally 2019. Total monetary advantages to the winner of the competition amount to €20,000 or Rs 16 lakh, which covers the registration fee for one motorcycle in both events. Further, the top-placed contenders in all categories at India Baja 2018 will be awarded direct entry to the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally of 2019.


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Q: Why am i getting this error "name is not defined" when it is? Why am i getting this error? The picture has the details. I need to get the _spent values to print the proper amount of times. So, say it runs through the loop 3 times, I need it to print 3. I think that is where the 1s are coming from. I don't like it!
pennies = 10
nickels = 10
dimes = 10
quarters = 10

print("\nWelcome to change-making program.")
in_str = input("\nEnter the purchase price (xx.xx) or `q' to quit: ")

while in_str.lower() != 'q':
    dollar_str, cents_str = in_str.split(".")

    if in_str.lower() == 'q':
        quit()

    in_int = int(float(in_str) * 100)

    if in_int < 0:
        print("Error: purchase price must be non-negative.")
        in_str = input("\nEnter the purchase price (xx.xx) or `q' to quit: ")

    if in_int > 0:
        payment = input("\nInput dollars paid: ")
        payment_int = int(float(payment) * 100)
        change = payment_int - in_int

        #determines if there payment input
        if payment_int < in_int:
            print("Error: Insufficient payment.")
            payment = input("\nInput dollars paid: ")
            payment_int = int(float(payment) * 100)

        if change == 0:
            print("No change.")

        #determines how many quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies are left
        while change >= 25 and quarters > 0:
            change = change - 25
            quarters_spent = 0
            quarters_spent += 1
            quarters = quarters - quarters_spent
        print(quarters_spent)

        while change >= 10 and dimes > 0:
            change = change - 10
            dimes_spent = 0
            dimes_spent += 1
            dimes = dimes - dimes_spent
        print(dimes_spent)

        while change >= 5 and nickels > 0:
            change = change - 5
            nickels_spent = 0
            nickels_spent += 1
            nickels = nickels - nickels_spent
        print(nickels_spent)

        while change >= 1 and pennies > 0:
            change = change - 1
            pennies_spent = 0
            pennies_spent += 1
            pennies = pennies - pennies_spent

        if quarters == 0 and dimes == 0 and nickels == 0 and pennies == 0:
            print("Error: ran out of coins.")
            quit()

        print("\nCollect Payment Below:")
        print(10 - quarters, "Quarters")

        print("\nStock: ", quarters, "Quarters, ", dimes, " Dimes, ", nickels, " Nickels, ", pennies, " Pennies ")

        in_str = input("\nEnter the purchase price (xx.xx) or `q' to quit: ")

        pennies = pennies
        nickels = nickels
        dimes = dimes
        quarters = quarters

A: This error implies that you didn't define the value nickels_spent before trying to use it.
I guess the error is in this line: print (nickels_spent).
What is probably happening is that the while statement condition that is used to assign a value to that variable is not true when you try to run it, so it wasn't defined but you still try to use it.
Try debugging before that while loop to see what exactly happens there.

A: You only defined and initialized this variable nickels_spent inside the while loop
However, if the condition is not met, the program will skip the loop and jump to execute this print(nickels_spent) statement where this variable is not yet defined.
You can either

*

*Move the print statement into the while loop

Or

*Define and initialize this variable outside the while loop.

Depends on the purpose of your program


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Selling Cars in Saturn Country
COOL SPRINGS, TN - Spend time at the Saturn retailer nearest to Saturn Corp.'s assembly plant in Spring Hill and one begins to understand why Saturn customers will travel many miles to celebrate the "Saturn experience.""I'm going to a hotel to drop off a set of keys for a lady who locked her keys in her car," reports a Saturn of Cool Springs employee, popping his head into General Manager Robert Miles'
Tim Keenan | Sep 01, 1999
COOL SPRINGS, TN - Spend time at the Saturn retailer nearest to Saturn Corp.'s assembly plant in Spring Hill and one begins to understand why Saturn customers will travel many miles to celebrate the "Saturn experience."
"I'm going to a hotel to drop off a set of keys for a lady who locked her keys in her car," reports a Saturn of Cool Springs employee, popping his head into General Manager Robert Miles' office.
"That's the reason people are so happy with Saturn," says Mr. Miles, a 25-year veteran of the car business who signed on with Saturn before the first retail outlets opened.
"It's the way Saturn takes care of its customer base - retailer plus man-ufacturer," continues Mr. Miles. "If there's a legitimate problem, there's no hassle.
"I've worked for other manufacturers: Pontiac, Nissan, Toyota, GMC and Lincoln Mercury 15 years before I worked for Saturn," he says. "I've never seen a company take better care of its customers than Saturn."
Just like it did five years ago when Saturn Corp. hosted its first Homecoming for customers, the Cool Springs retailer sees a boost in its service business during the weekend of Homecoming '99.
People drove their Saturns from as far away as Washington State into 100-degree-plus temperatures of middle Tennessee.
"The last Homecoming it was the rain that got us," recalls Mr. Miles. "We were washing people's muddy cars until 8-9 p.m. "Now it's the heat. This time they're having problems with alternators and air conditioning."
Other visitors to this esta-blishment during Homecoming weekend need oil changes after a long trip or just stop in to say hello. Whatever, the dealership has food and beverages out for its guests.
Originally owned by Nelson Bowers of Chattanooga, TN, the Cool Springs store opened in January of 1993. Since 1996, it has been the property of C.M. "Bill" Gatton of Bristol, TN.
The facility sells between 2,200-2,400 vehicles per year, 1,200 of them new.
"The factory employees buy a lot of cars," says Mr. Miles describing the benefits of being the closest retailer to the factory. "Probably 25% to 30% of our sales are employees and other family members who qualify for employee discount prices."
He adds that although the destination charge is the same as anywhere else, he gets his hands on inventory faster than other stores.
"The only downside that I could ever see would be that I know things prior to other people - some information I really don't care to know," says Mr. Miles referring to tidbits he gets from his customers who are Saturn employees. "There might be a problem on the line as far as a fit and finish. It would never get delivered with a problem, but I'd just as soon not know about it."
He says, however, the benefits of proximity far outweigh the negatives.
"They help us sell the car," says Mr. Miles. "The employees will come in and call me out and say, 'This one right here you need to put it in the shop because this is what I do at the plant and I can see this fit's not exactly perfect.'
"They critique their own work even after it hits the sales floor. And of course we fix it while they're here. It's great when you have people working like that together."
Mr. Miles is upbeat about the future of Saturn, especially with the new L-Series mid-size car.
"We're getting people who have never been to a Saturn store before because the car was too small for their family," he says. "And we have people who want to order the sport-utility and they haven't even started building it yet."
Saturn of Cool Springs already has sold 23 L-Series cars and expects the addition of that product to boost monthly sales from 100 to 165 or 170.
As hoped, the new L-Series Saturn is bringing more people into Saturn retailers.
Says Mr. Miles, "Twenty-five percent of the orders I've taken are from Saturn owners getting a larger car, but 75% have never owned a Saturn before and they're trading in imports and domestic alike."
Saturn of Cool Springs cooperates with other Saturn retailers.
For instance, Mr. Miles just sold a shipment of cars (at no profit) to a retailer in Jackson, MS, which needed some inventory.
"If the situation were reversed, I know they'd do it for me," says Mr. Miles. "We work as a team. We've pulled them from everywhere, even certified used cars."


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First Two Weeks, Missing
MISSING (ABC)
The Missing premiere found well over 10 million total viewers, but only about a fourth of those were in the key 18-49 demo. The 2.1 A18-49 rating was pretty weak by drama standards this season, and it tied ABC's Charlie's Angels premiere in the same timeslot earlier this season. As with Awake, the show faces the reality that no weeknight drama on the big four has premiered this low and gotten renewed. The one good thing you can say is that it aired in a traditionally very difficult timeslot: the lowest-viewed hour of the lowest-viewed weeknight. 2.1's not anything special, but it's still probably a number ABC would take in this timeslot long-term. So there's that.
The second week brought a 24% drop to just a 1.6 demo. That's similar to the week two Charlie's Angels performance as well; it dropped 29% to a 1.5. For the second straight week, it faced NCAA basketball on CBS, comedies on NBC and American Idol on Fox, but Idol and the comedies were both weaker than last week.
"Meh" premiere and big drop make for a pretty easy one. I don't think this will be back for a season two. Even if the timeslot is Truly as tough as it appears to be, and even if ABC decision-makers give the kind of leniency to the timeslot that my TRUE numbers do, the show is still only on the fringes of the bubble after week two. And it hasn't even faced full-fledged competition yet; this Thursday, CBS will be back with The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement, much stronger demo options than March Madness. Comedies and a thriller drama may not have a whole lot of crossover audience, but at this point Missing is hoping for a rebound, and that seems unlikely.
"First Two Weeks" is my look at... the first two weeks of a new scripted broadcast show's ratings. I also line all of these numbers up to do an objective analysis in what I call "the system."
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Add another to the massive mausoleum of ABC shows on Thursdays @ 8 over the last thirty years. Posting the list here would be FAR too long, even though it hasn't stopped me from doing it elsewhere.
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Hi, my name is Sierra Olson, today I'm going to show you how to take the perfect food order. I have been a waitress for many years at our family owned restaurant. Waitressing can be some hard work and requires hospitality and patience. The waiter/waitress sets the mood of the customer's experience and should leave them satisfied. I will show you simple steps to leave your customers happy and hopefully make them leave you a good tip!
Begin by walking up to the table the customers are seated at and greet them with a smile and a warm welcome. Give the customers menus and ask if they would like something to drink.
Next, gather the drinks the customers asked for and give them a few minutes to look over the menu. After a few minutes go back to the table with the drinks and ask if the customers are ready to order.
When they are ready to order be sure to have your notepad and a good working pen in hand. Start taking the order and go from person to person. (it works well when you go around the table) *be sure to listen carefully and don't be afraid to ask a person to repeat themselves if you didn't hear them clearly.
After they have ordered collect the menus and place the order in the kitchen. Bring food out when ready and ask if they need anything else. Check up on your table no more than 2 times.
Finally, when they are close to finishing their meal give them their checks and ask if they need a to-go box. Thank your customers and tell them to have a good night.
Following these simple steps will help you take the perfect food order. Dealing with people every day can be a difficult task. Greeting and thanking customers with a warm smile should leave them satisfied with their service.


"The Unknown Saint." Via ThriftStoreArt.com.
This saint painted in a Crostwight church.
This saint from a Greek monastery.
This saint painted by James Christensen.
This saint captured on film.
A baby's murmurs: poetic echoes of a universal language, or merely "high coos"?
Oldest trick in the book. You don't need surgery, and yet here are two masked surgeons in dirty robes in your room.
The Micropolitan Museum exhibits an unworldly spectrum visible only through the lens of a microscope. Painter Wim van Egmond photographs spectacular microscopic masterpieces with ethereal color palettes. To capture these hidden treasures, he uses a Zeiss Standard light microscope and an old Zeiss Photo-microscope. Several methods of illumination are employed: bright-field, dark-field, phase contrast, differential interference contrast, and Rheinberg illumination.
Van Egmond's Insectarium offers such specimens as the iridescent butterfly wing, whose tiny scales possess a microscopic texture that refracts light. Here we find lavender blue and green.
The delicate wing of the mosquito, on the other hand, is covered with ting feather-like structures. Deep greens, golds, and aquas are apparent.
The Botanic Garden presents the vibrant red of grains of Lily pollen.
The stem of the Mare's Tail, an aquatic flowering plant, offers dazzling purples and violets.
The pine needle is ablaze with dark blue, light blue, bright red, and orange.
Piecing together the secret of love . . .
Just as the sun illuminates rainbows during the day, reflected sunlight from the moon can reveal moonbows and moon halos at night. The most favorable time for a moonbow to appear is during a rain shower opposite a full or very bright moon. The night sky needs to be very dark, and moonbow watchers should stand with their backs to the moon. The colors of the moonbow will be dim pastels, in contrast to the vibrant hues of a daytime rainbow.
A moon halo, on the other hand, is visible near the moon itself as a result of moonlight scattered through ice crystals in very high clouds. The colors of a moon halo tend to be brigher than a moonbow.
The headlights of a car can create a phenomenon called a fog bow as they illuminate water vapor during misty conditions. Christian Fenn reported "Fogbows are more feebly colored than their Sun illuminated counterparts (rainbows) and usually appear whitish to the unaided eye."
The rainbow appears throughout world mythology as a symbolic bridge between the divine and the mundane. Moonbows remind us that even on the darkest night of the soul, there is a glimmer of promise, however faint.
Moonbow over the Pacific Ocean in Tahiti. by Pierre Lesage.
—Ernest Tubb, "Rainbow at Midnight," 1946.
by Thoth, God of Knowledge.
This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them? One of the 7-letter words refers to someone who jumps from an airplane.
Vintage metal sign via Dr. Sneaky.
You buy me a drink, I gotta buy you two back. Oldest trick in the book.
Betty (after flash of lightning): "COUNT QUICKLY, JENNY! MAKE IT AS FAR AWAY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN."
As I see it, the children have learned a formula about determining the distance of a storm, and because the formula involves chanting numbers, it has taken on mystical qualities. Jenny acts as the shaman, besought by Betty to repel the storm with her incantation. Betty will presumably count backward, to reverse and thereby neutralize the machinations of the storm. The cartoon was no doubt intended as an easy laugh, but I see quite a depth of implications!
This is one of my favorite forewords. It's from Adventures in the Arts. Via ffffound.com.
Piecing together the secret of the lost legend . . .
Peace waits patiently outside the conference chamber, hoping they won't talk too much. From the Jan. 15, 1919 issue of Punch.
Q: Where did the email/chat acronym IMHO originate?
A: In my humble opinion, IMHO goes back to the Egyptian ruler Imenhotep, Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. He has been called "the first individual in history," as well as the first monotheist, first scientist, and first romantic (Wikipedia). The acronym IMHO is like a modern cartouche of the Pharaoh's name, honoring his humble beginnings and opinions on the nature of individuality.
Piecing together the secret of longevity . . .
Q: What's the best way to obtain Aunt Jemima's secret recipe?
The so-called ins and outs of "Singularity Chess," played on curved space.
Piecing together the secret of the lighthouse . . .
Unicorn hate crimes occur daily.
A "Dream of the Dentist's Chair," from the Aug. 8, 1891 issue of Punch.
Q: What do you call fancy homemade stationery in which the rose petals tend to fall off?
A unicorn caught on video (at the 34 second mark). (Via Neatorama).
If it's the last stick of gum, eschew it.
Piecing together the secret of light . . .
Only one of these two pictures is of Monument Valley. Can you guess?
Top photo by the Italian architect Giovanni Piranesi (original size here). Bottom photo, Monument Valley, Arizona.
The oldest trick in the book. Waldrip had entered the creek and walked upstream or downstream to throw them off.
I stumbled upon this painting by visionary artist Elizabeth Shreve, represented by Chicago's Carl Hammer Gallery. Below is my transcript of the various intriguing topics listed.
Why did the Catholic priest put soap powder in the baptismal font? It had something to do with the Unwashed Masses.
Piecing together the secret of life . . .
I've always found pithy fables hard to swallow, so the doctor checked my AESOPhagus.
Descartes "proves God," as Samuel Beckett puts it, "by exhaustion." As metaphysics goes, it's the oldest trick in the book: first you take something away, then you complain that it isn't there, and then you invent a theory grounded in—and compensating for—its very absence. Deleuze and Guattari call it the Theology of Lack. A seductive ruse, to be sure: once you accept the premises, you've already been suckered into the conclusions.
It's difficult to enforce the "no belts" dress code in Amish schools. Those rebellious kids always find a loophole.
Piecing together the secret of letting go . . .
What's the first question to ask a prospective waiter? "What do you bring to the table?"
What's the first question to ask a prospective singer?
"What makes you think you'll harmonize with our workplace?"
The alphabet as seen under a microscope.
When we talk of colors, we're often speaking French. Many of our most exotic color names are of French origin. Let's take a pictorial tour of the colorful French countryside, where we'll encounter drunken monasteries, burrowing insectivorous mammals, jumping blood-sucking insects, earthy shadows, juicy fruits, and edible ornamentals.
Umber is derived from the French phrase "terre d'ombre," literally "earth of shadow." Raw umber is a dark yellow brown pigment, while burnt umber is roasted to a dark brown.
Puce is of French origin and literally means "flea" color. Puce is purplish-brown or dark red.
One of many unicorns in Hoorn, The Netherlands. The city is celebrating its 650th birthday in 2007, and the unicorn features on its coat of arms. Photo by FlickrDelusions.
Some unicorns are real pigs.
Piecing together the secret of letters . . .
We are the nameless colors. No mere words can encapsulate our radiance. We are questions without easy answers. We are puzzles for the sake of enigma. We are the cats that get your tongue, leaving you speechless in our wake. We are anonymous yet individual, handleless yet graspable, inscrutable yet deep. Would a color by any other name look as sweet? We are the nameless colors--the only colors truly beyond description.
Art expert Joseph H. Krause notes that "In the English language, there are fewer than thirty words whose major function is to designate a specific color. These include auburn, azure, brown, black, blue, cerise, crimson, cyan, dun, ecru, gray, green, indigo, khaki, maroon, mauve, puce, purple, red, russet, scarlet, sepia, taupe, ultramarine, white, and yellow—they are all defined in the dictionary as either a specific location on the spectrum or with the phrase 'as having the color of' or 'being the color' followed by the names of objects bearing the color. . . .
"There are also colors that are named after specific objects—animals, vegetables, or minerals; their names, having been in use for a long time, have come to be regarded, when used in the proper context, primarily as colors. Within this group are such names as beige, buff, lavender, lilac, orange, pink, sienna, umber, rust, turquoise, silver, gold, emerald, sapphire, and fawn. And some of these names have lost their original meaning and now stand for the color alone. However, even with this list, the number of color names remains fairly small. Therefore we use a variety of linguistic devices to extend it.
A knight in shining armoire.
Warm, romantic, rich, enlivening, homey, flattering to the complexion, prayerful, even mysterious and mystical—there's nothing quite like the atmospheric glow of candlelight. Though typically classified as yellow or golden, a flickering candle flame actually exhibits all the colors of the rainbow. A touch of candlelight can offer emotional appeal, a festive air, or a seductive sparkle to virtually any color palette.
According to Celtic lore, candlelight is the only illumination hospitable to shadow. "The ideal light to befriend the darkness, it gently opens up caverns in the darkness and prompts the imagination into activity. The candle allows the darkness to keep its secrets. There is shadow and color within every candle flame" (Anam Cara, A Book of Celtic Wisdom, 1997).
A candle flame is composed of four distinct layers, visible to the naked eye. Each layer is a distinct color: white, light yellow, dark red (or brown or orange), and blue. At the base is a relatively cool blue layer (800° C), where the material of the burning candle is in contact with oxygen. A dark red cone surrounds the wick. Of low temperature (1000° C), this cone is formed of vaporized carbon molecules. Around the dark cone is a brighter layer of incandescent carbon (1200° C), light yellow in color. A thin outer envelope of hot white light (1400° C) is faintly luminous and tends toward yellow at the tip (where the carbon is completely combusted). A spectroscope reveals bright gaseous bands surrounding the outer envelope, colored yellow, green, blue, red, and violet.
The magic of candlelight offers a gold leaf finish to even the most squalid surroundings. "Candlelight takes the edge off clutter, mutes the blemish of poverty—the unupholstered, the unplastered, the peeling the tarnished, the unfinished. Candlelight relegates dust and dinge to the shadows, antiques all objects in a golden sepia tone and casts an oscillating incandescence that romanticizes even the sparest of dwellings. Candlelight elevates the street-picked, the shabby, the scavenged to haunting grandeur" (Laren Stover, Bohemian Manifesto, 2004).
What Can Be Said of a Non-Book?
"I have always had a sneaking desire to write a non-review of a non-book. ... After all, what can be said of a non-book?"
I certainly didn't feel entranced, hypnotized, or otherwise 'sucked in' by the writing style. After reading the descriptions, I was expecting a much stronger hypnotic impact. Instead, I found it to be very much like a 'normal' book--with information introduced in a direct manner, with the occasional attempt at 'blowing your mind' with italicized suggestions, odd questions and unexpected statements.
"Many times the cataloging record for non-book items is much longer than the record for books. This is due to the fact that there are more pieces of information needed in a non-book record. The physical description is often longer, and there are usually more notes that are useful or required in a non-book record" (Idaho's Alternative Basic Library Education Program).
"A non-book is a non-book is a non-book, even if it comes from the pen of a distinguished political scientist" (Lewis A. Coser, review of Political Promises: Essays and Commentary on American Politics by Nelson W. Polsby).
"A publisher selling to a non-book retailer might well be asked to provide books marked with the Universal Product Code (UPC)" (Barcode-US.com).
"The non-book book is not a new phenomenon in publishing, but it has become more commonplace. ... A non-book differs from a book in several respects. It feels padded, reading more like a newspaper or magazine story in which a lack of time, adequate space, or brain matter keeps the writer from conveying complexity, perspective, gravitas. It trains its eye too much on today's headlines. And it too often prosecutes rather than explains" (Ken Auletta, review of Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood by Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters).
"In dealing wlth a 'non-book collector' who has a rare and valuable volume, express surprise and enthusiasm" (Delmar French, NYT Review of Books and Art).
The old "Separated for 15 years, and back from the dead" ruse.
Stray rays of sunlight bouncing inside the lens barrel of a camera leave ghostly trails of stars, glowing halos, subtle rainbows, and specular orbs. Photographers may abhor these secondary traces of light, but lens flares serve a purpose: they create a sense of depth, focus intensity, provide an accent, and lend a dreamy glow to the scenario. The colors of lens flares are typically bright, desaturated, somewhat foggy, and somehow ethereal. Their charm lies in their uncontrolled, unpremeditated, and exuberant nature. Lens flares represent light at play within the tools we use to capture it. They offer brilliant highlights beyond our normal reach.
A ghostly green spectral crescent and pink aura of the moon inspired this palette.
A lens flare bathes a street preacher in a veritable patchwork quilt of colors (left). A sunrise over a church spire creates a lens flare rainbow of bright reds and blues (right).
Piecing together the secret of the lamp . . .
Someone who is always helpful: an "e'er-do-well"
A kindly atheist: a "non-belie'er-do-well"
A most fetching labrador: a "retrie'er-do-well"
A protector of broad-tailed semi-aquatic rodents: a "bea'er-do-well"
A butcher who expertly wields his heavy broad blade: a "clea'er-do-well"
A mechanism's reliable projecting arm: a "le'er-do-well"
A 24-hour do-gooder: a "whene'er-do-well"