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Q: PHP Script to load fonts as needed I'm looking for a way to add fonts on an 'as-needed' basis.
I originally had 4 Google API Fonts chosen from when I build this particular site. Now that it's grown, I'd like to up the font selection to 9 choices.
I'm trying to figure out a way to get this done via PHP, but I'm a designer so my php is 'eh'.
Here's the "rough draft" from what I know of php.
Anybody want to help me out real quick?
<?php //This is in an External PHP Command Page
$aladin = "Aladin";
$cardo = "Cardo:400,400italic";
$crimson = "Crimson+Text:700italic";
$euphoria = "Euphoria+Script";
$josefin = "Josefin+Slab:400,700";
$philosopher = "Philosopher:400,400italic";
$redressed = "Redressed";
$rouge = "Rouge+Script";
$vollkorn = "Vollkorn:400,400italic,700";

//Factory Presets
$all = "$aladin, $cardo, $crimson, $euphoria, $josefin, $philosopher, $redressed, $rouge, $vollkorn";
$main = "$cardo, $crimson, $philosopher,";

    function insertFonts ($fonts) {
        echo '<link href=\"//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=';
        echo $fonts;
        echo '\' rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />';
        };
?>

Then this in the web page.
<?php //This goes inside the <head> of X page
insertFonts($main); // OR insertFonts($aladin, $redressed, $euphoria); as needed
?>

Also, the link tag needs a | in between the font names... I have no idea how to do this.
The format for all of them provided by google is
        < link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cardo:400,400italic|Crimson+Text:700italic|Euphoria+Script|Philosopher:400,400italic|Vollkorn:400,400italic,700|Josefin+Slab:400,700|Redressed|Aladin|Rouge+Script' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' >
Thanks!

A: function insertFonts($f){
    $output = '';
    $fonts = array(
        'aladin'        =>  "Aladin",
        'cardo'         =>  "Cardo:400,400italic",
        'crimson'       =>  "Crimson+Text",
        'euphoria'      =>  "Euphoria+Script",
        'josefin'       =>  "Josefin+Slab, serif",
        'philosopher'   =>  "Philosopher, italic",
        'redressed'     =>  "Redressed, cursive",
        'rouge'         =>  "Rouge+Script, cursive",
        'vollkorn'      =>  "Vollkorn, serif"
    );

foreach ($f as $val) {
    if(array_key_exists($val, $fonts)){
        if(strlen($output)>0) $output .="|";
        $output .="$fonts[$val]";
    }
}
return strlen($output)>0 ? "<link href=\"//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=$output\" rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' />" : '';
}

// Usage
echo insertFonts(array('cardo','josefin'));

But if you want to load each fonts seperatey, change the method this way:
foreach ($f as $val) {
    if(array_key_exists($val, $fonts)){
        $output .="<link href=\"//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=$fonts[$val]\" rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' />\n";
    }
}

return $output;

A: <?php
header('Content-Type: text/plain'); // this is just for the example

$fonts = array();
$fonts['aladin'] = "Aladin";
$fonts['cardo'] = "Cardo:400,400italic";
$fonts['crimson'] = "Crimson+Text:700italic";
$fonts['euphoria'] = "Euphoria+Script";
$fonts['josefin'] = "Josefin+Slab:400,700";
$fonts['philosopher'] = "Philosopher:400,400italic";
$fonts['redressed'] = "Redressed";
$fonts['rouge'] = "Rouge+Script";
$fonts['vollkorn'] = "Vollkorn:400,400italic,700";

//Factory Presets
$all = implode('|', $fonts);
$main = implode('|', array($fonts['cardo'], $fonts['crimson'], $fonts['philosopher']));

function insertFonts ($fonts) {
    echo '<link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family='.$fonts.'" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />'.PHP_EOL;
};

insertFonts($all); // <link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Aladin|Cardo:400,400italic|Crimson+Text:700italic|Euphoria+Script|Josefin+Slab:400,700|Philosopher:400,400italic|Redressed|Rouge+Script|Vollkorn:400,400italic,700" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
insertFonts($main); // <link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cardo:400,400italic|Crimson+Text:700italic|Philosopher:400,400italic" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

?>

A: Try this
// These are the keys of the array in the `insertFonts` function
// Here only as an example
$which = 'cardo,crimson,philosopher';

function insertFonts ($which = 'all')
{
    $fonts = array(
        'alladin'     => "Aladin",
        'cardo'       => "Cardo:400,400italic",
        'crimson'     => "Crimson+Text",
        'euphoria'    => "Euphoria+Script",
        'josefin'     => "Josefin+Slab, serif",
        'philosopher' => "Philosopher, italic",
        'redressed'   => "Redressed, cursive",
        'rouge'       => "Rouge+Script, cursive",
        'vollkorn'    => "Vollkorn, serif",
    );

    // $which can be either all (or ommitted) or contain
    // the keys of the fonts defined in the $fonts array above
    $final_fonts = array();
    if ($which == 'all')
    {
        $final_fonts = $fonts;
    }
    else
    {
        $keys = explode(',', $which);
        if (is_array($keys))
        {
            foreach ($keys as $item)
            {
                if (array_key_exists($item, $fonts)
                {
                    $final_fonts[$item] = $fonts[$item];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if (count($final_fonts) > 0)
    {
        $font_line = implode("|", $final_fonts);
        $output    = '<link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family='
                   . $font_line
                   . ' rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />';
        echo $output;
    }
};

The above allows you to set different sets of fonts for pages and is not only restricted to the main/all. All you have to do is pass in the function the different keys of the fonts you want included, separated by commas.

A: Thanks for all of the responses!
Here is the code I used (based on the answer provided by Hashem Qolami)
<?php
function insertFonts($f){
$output = '';
$fonts = array(
    'aladin'        =>  "Aladin",
    'cardo'         =>  "Cardo:400,400italic",
    'crimson'       =>  "Crimson+Text:700italic",
    'euphoria'      =>  "Euphoria+Script",
    'josefin'       =>  "Josefin+Slab:400,700",
    'philosopher'   =>  "Philosopher:400,400italic",
    'redressed'     =>  "Redressed",
    'rouge'         =>  "Rouge+Script",
    'vollkorn'      =>  "Vollkorn:400,400italic,700",
    'main'          =>  "Cardo:400,400italic|Crimson+Text:700italic|Philosopher:400,400italic",
    'cursives'      =>  "Euphoria+Script|Redressed|Rouge+Script"
);

foreach ($f as $val) {
    if(strlen($output)>0) $output .="|";
    $output .="$fonts[$val]";
}
return "<link href=\"//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=$output\" rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' />";
}

// Usage
echo insertFonts(array('main', 'cursives', 'vollkorn', 'aladin', 'josefin'));
?>

This is a handy little snippet of code, so I wanted to post a 'finished' version without the mistakes of my original post. This helps load time so much for slow internet speeds (like 3G Mobile Browsers). This gem's going in all of my sites from now on :)
You can see the results here: http://www.creativedesigninfluence.com/phptest/font-test2.php
Thanks again!

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Updike once said of the Rabbit books that they were an exercise in point of view. This was typically self-deprecating, but contains an important grain of truth. Harry's education extends no further than high school, and his view is further limited by a range of prejudices and a stubborn, combative spirit, yet he is the vehicle for a half-million-word meditation on postwar American anxiety, failure and prosperity. A mode had to be devised to make this possible, and that involved pushing beyond the bounds of realism. In a novel like this, Updike insisted, you have to be generous and allow your characters eloquence, "and not chop them down to what you think is the right size". He was clear, too, that we all sense more than we can ever put into words, and was mindful of the example of Joyce and his "great attempt to capture the way we move through life".
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A virtuoso, he was never content with virtuosity. He sang like Henry James, but he saw like Sinclair Lewis. The two sides of American fiction—the precise, realist, encyclopedic appetite to get it all in, and the exquisitist urge to make writing out of sensation rendered exactly—were both alive in him. He was at once conjurer and chronicler, and it is this that makes the great Updike novels masterpieces properly so called: they get it all in and they get it all right. Describing the "Rabbit" books to a new reader, one is stunned to be reminded of their apparent inconsequence: the hero isn't a great bootlegger who gets killed, or a boy on a raft with a runaway slave, or even a suicidal small-town gent or an exotic expatriate in Spain. He doesn't do anything grand. He's a high-school basketball star in a dying town; he runs a Toyota dealership; he has an affair or two with a woman; he stays married; he has a hopeless son. And yet Rabbit's small acts hold not just truth but also glamour, a mystery and glow almost Proustian.
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The war lasted for eight years. The death toll is estimated at over a million people. It began when Saddam Hussein sent planes and troops into Iran in September 1980. Ahmed Almushatat was a young Iraqi medic who was sent to the front line towards the end of the war. He spoke to Louise Hidalgo.


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Valley of the Wolves: Homeland () is a film of the Turkish TV serial media franchise Valley of the Wolves. The story is about the Turkish coup d'état attempt.

Synopsis
During an operation in Iraq Polat Alemdar and his team received map of Turkey. The map of Turkey is marked with several key points and strategic places like military bases and special operations centers, but also border town of Yalavuz, near Syria. Enemies who have been waiting for a long time to occupy the land of Turks stand with a large army at the border and wait for the coup's message. Polat Alemdar and his team will fight with the Turkish nation against the enemies in and outside the country.

Cast
Necati Sasmaz as Polat Alemdar
Erhan Ufak as Erhan
Ertugrul Sakar	as Yasin
Cahit Kayaoglu as Cahit
Nezih Isitan as Dave
Sinem Öztürk as Tegmen Deniz Öztürk
Tuncay Beyazit as Muhtar
Zumre Erturk as Teacher
Iskender Altin as Soros
Yücel Erten as Muhterem
Senol Ipek as Ömer
Özcan Özdemir as Soldier
Esra Isgüzar as Seher Nurse

Sources

External links

 Beyazperde page

Action films based on actual events
Political action films
Turkish action films
Valley of the Wolves
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
2017 action drama films
2017 films
2017 television films

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Q: Frequency count for multiple columns with same values I'd like to make a frequency count individually for multiple columns with same possible values. The idea is to keep all columns from original data table, just adding a new one for levels and aggregating.
Here is an example of input data:
foo <- data.table(a = c(1,3,2,3,3), b = c(2,3,3,1,1), c = c(3,1,2,3,2))
#   a b c
#1: 1 2 3
#2: 3 3 1
#3: 2 3 2
#4: 3 1 3
#5: 3 1 2

And desired output:
data.table(levels = 1:3, a = c(1,1,3), b = c(2,1,2), c = c(1,2,2))
#   levels a b c
#1:      1 1 2 1
#2:      2 1 1 2
#3:      3 3 2 2

Thanks for helping !

A: We may use
library(data.table)
dcast(melt(foo)[, .N, .(variable, levels = value)],
     levels ~ variable, value.var = 'N')

-output
Key: <levels>
   levels     a     b     c
    <num> <int> <int> <int>
1:      1     1     2     1
2:      2     1     1     2
3:      3     3     2     2

Or using base R
table(stack(foo))
      ind
values a b c
     1 1 2 1
     2 1 1 2
     3 3 2 2

A: You could also use recast from reshape2:
reshape2::recast(foo, value~variable)
# No id variables; using all as measure variables
# Aggregation function missing: defaulting to length
  value a b c
1     1 1 2 1
2     2 1 1 2
3     3 3 2 2

or even
reshape2::recast(foo, value~variable, length)

A: Here is an option using purrr and dplyr from the tidyverse:
library(purrr)
library(dplyr)

foo %>%
  imap(~ as.data.frame(table(.x, dnn = "levels"), responseName = .y)) %>%
  reduce(left_join, by = "levels")

Alternatively, you could use the pivot functions from tidyr:
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

foo %>%
  pivot_longer(everything(),
               values_to = "levels") %>%
  count(name, levels) %>%
  pivot_wider(id_cols = levels,
              names_from = name,
              values_from = n)

A: foo |>
  melt() |>
  dcast(value ~ variable, fun.aggregate = length)
#    value a b c
# 1:     1 1 2 1
# 2:     2 1 1 2
# 3:     3 3 2 2


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Q: What's a good measure of spread when using a weighted average It's often useful to display a measure of spread when presenting an average.
Example:

*

*the average revenue per customer per transaction is \$100,  meaning that (assuming a distribution roughly centered around its mean) the typical customer spends around $100 for each transaction he makes

*the standard deviation of
revenue per customer per transaction is \$10
This way, we have a pretty clear understanding of the overall distribution, i.e. we know that the revenue per customer per transaction typically fluctuates in a range of around 10% of the average revenue per transaction.
But now, consider this other example:

*

*the weighted average of revenue by customer is \$150, when using the count of transactions for each customer as a weighting parameter (e.g. a customer with 100 transactions would count for twice as much as a customer with only 50 transactions)

*what would then be a good measure to give a notion of the spread?

A: In that scenario you would use the weighted standard deviation:
$$
s=\sqrt{\frac{1}{\sum_iw_i}\sum_i w_i(x_i-\bar{x})^2}
$$
where $x_i$ is the $i$-th data point and $w_i$ the weight on that data point, and $\bar{x}$ is the (weighted) sample mean. Like the regular standard deviation, this also has a bias-corrected version:
$$
s=\sqrt{\frac{N}{(N-1)\sum_iw_i}\sum_i w_i(x_i-\bar{x})^2}
$$
where $N$ is the number of data points in the sample. Or, if any of the weights are 0, then it is the number of non-zero weights (the number of data points that actually contribute to the sample statistics).
This weighted standard deviation has a similar interpretation to the weighted average: you're essentially just pretending that some data points appear in the sample more often than others, and this gives them more prominence in the sample statistics. By extension, you could use the same approach to calculate the sample variance, by just removing the square root. Or for the mean absolute difference, just take the square root before summing (i.e. calculate the weighted average of absolute differences to the sample mean).  Really most measures of dispersion can be adapted this way I think, except for things like the range which don't depend on the whole sample.


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Hey! Everyone calls me Fiarra. I have been active in minecraft communities for several years. Honestly, I've come here to seek out a R.O.U.S. (rodent of unusual size if you don't get my Princess Bride reference). Here's the deal. Someone - either from CreativeCraft or framing CreativeCraft - has been hacking the forums of other minecraft servers. This behavior is entirely immature and reflects badly on your server. I don't know what to tell you. All I can say is that hopefully this issue does not stem from ownership, and you can take some action to remedy behaviors from your server.
That said, hope you all have a lovely 2019!
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The new Gateway Arch Park, anchored by Eero Saarinen's historic monument. Image © Alex S. MacLean.
The St. Louis Arch is a architectural icon in the United States. An important part of the country's national identity, akin to Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty, the Arch is symbolic of American ingenuity and inventiveness. Designed by modernist icon Eero Saarinen, it was envisioned as a transformative feature for St. Louis and the American Midwest. The Arch introduced Saarinen's signature curves and minimalist aesthetic to St. Louis' historic city centre, juxtaposing its Midwestern architecture. Completed in 1965, the Arch redefined St. Louis' identity, providing the city a monument and national park to call its own.
The new park eliminates the void created by the highway. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Fast forward 53 years, and the Gateway Arch is again at the fore of conversations on urban renewal. The original park was designed for a different time and no longer responded to the needs of residents or visitors in the twenty-first century. The construction of the Arch had allowed a once thriving neighbourhood to be razed. Decades later, a sunken highway was constructed through the heart of the city, bisecting the Arch's public public park, cutting it off from the city, and creating an immense void that could only be crossed using a narrow pedestrian path.
The new museum entrance echoes the architecture of the Arch above. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Like many American cities in the twentieth century, the riverfront in St. Louis was largely overlooked at the time the Arch was constructed, subsequently allowing the water to become detached from city, park, and monument. The park lacked the majesty and cohesion expected of the space surrounding a monument like the Arch, and it had become a challenge for the city's downtown.
However, the Arch has grown over time as a tourist hotspot and currently receives more than four million visitors annually. It ranks as one of the world's most visited monuments. In 2009, it was decided that the Arch and park would undergo an extensive renovation as a part of "City+Arch+River," an initiative designed to better integrate the arch with the city and adjacent riverfront, leveraging its iconic reputation to breathe new life into the expansive site.
The site plan shows the expansive design for the park and museum. Image © Cooper Robertson.
The museum seen in section. Image © Cooper Robertson.
A team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) was selected to lead the redesign, with Cooper Robertson and James Carpenter Design Associates leading museum and architectural design. Together, the firms realized a 380-million-dollar renovation of the park and museum, revitalizing the public spaces and imbuing the monument with new purpose.
A new pedestrian bridge joins St. Louis' downtown parks together above an interstate highway. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Most noticeable is the new pedestrian bridge which spans the highway, blurring the line between bridge and park, and eliminating the void to create a lush and continuous green space at street level. The new connected park creates a sequence of green spaces that connect adjacent amenities from from West to East, including Washington Square Park, Poelker Park, Serra Sculpture Park, Citygarden, Kiener Plaza, the restored Old Courthouse, Luther Ely Smith Park, and the now-accessible Gateway Arch and the banks of the Mississippi, allowing a seamless pedestrian experience.
The impressive new entry to the museum at the Gateway Arch. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Looking outward, the new entrance creates visual connections between the city and the museum. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Designed by MVVA, the landscape design is minimal, sinuous, and pristine, echoing the elegant curves of the Arch while establishing a contemporary architectural vocabulary for the park. A fully accessible space, the park includes a variety of spaces for people of all ages, fulfilling its mandate to be a vibrant public space for visitors and locals alike.
A reflecting pool welcomes visitors at the entrance to the museum. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Inside the museum's public atrium. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Looking outside from the new atrium. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Inside, the museum's new spaces are airy and bright, with strong visual connections to the park and Arch. Extending far beyond the visible entrance, the new expanded museum replaced all existing spaces and added more than 47,000 square feet of exhibition and programming space. "As a work of great monumental public art, Saarinen's Arch is imbued with meaning, technological achievement, and beauty…the design of the new Museum and surrounding landscape has more fully realized that potential through an ambitious but respectful intervention that interprets the spirit of the Arch and amplifies its relevance to our time," read Cooper Robertson's statement on the project.
The museum's interiors are bright, airy, and contemporary. Image © Nic Lehoux.
Museum and visitor centre interiors. Image © Nic Lehoux.
A first step in healing the architectural fabric of downtown St. Louis, the new park and museum demonstrate the capacity for American cities to knit disparate elements back together. Confronting the site's fraught history, the new park and museum has begun to make amends and bridge connections, serving as a welcoming place for visitors and locals alike.
The St. Louis Gateway Arch Park. Image © Nic Lehoux.


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Never under-estimate a simple hand embroidery stitch!
In hand embroidery, the technique of "whipping" an embroidery stitch is a terrific thing to know. Whipping a stitch gives you a whole new stitch with a whole new look!
For whipped running stitch, first you need to know how to work the most basic embroidery stitch – the running stitch.
Whipped running stitch is a simple, quick stitch to work. This stitch is one of many line stitches that can be used for bold or delicate outlines, depending on your choice of thread.
In the photo above, the first line of stitching is a whipped stitch. In this case, it's a backstitch, but you can achieve the same look with a running stitch.
The whipped running stitch looks great when using two colors of thread, as I did in this video tutorial. However, if you want a solid line out of one color, you can use it for that, too! You can change the look of the stitch by varying the spacing of your running stitches. To learn how to work the running stitch, you can check out the video tutorial or read the illustrated instructions.
If you want to see some examples of whipped running stitches in bold colors, you can explore the article on embroidery for children. This is a simple stitch, and kids especially love it – but it isn't limited to kid use!
The video below is somewhat old! But it's scheduled for a re-do sometime soon!
If you'd like to learn more embroidery stitches, you can find over 75 how-to videos for hand embroidery here on Needle 'n Thread, along with many other embroidery stitch instructions in this A-Z stitch dictionary, and, for fun, complex, and interesting stitch combinations, check out the Stitch Fun Series, too.
THANK YOU…I learned to embroidery many years ago when I was a teenager and have not done any in years. Having these videos to help me return to an art form that I loved and enjoyed has been such a blessing..You have taken the *intimidation factor right out of getting started again…if every there is a day when you wonder if all the energy and effort is worth it…read my note again and remember …please continue the wonderful great work. There are many of us *out there* that are so appreciative of your efforts. Again, thanks.
This site is so incredibly amazing. My current project is to embroider a baby quilt and…thank you. What a beautiful, wonderful resource.
Your videos are wonderfully clear and instructive. You make these beautiful stitches feel within anyone's reach. Thank you.
this is so wonderful!! I dont know how to thank u enough!
Thank you so much! Whipped running stitch looks so elegant, I had always assumed that it was difficult. I'm going to try it today.
What kind of fabric are you using? Can it be any fabric or does it have to be the kind that you cross stitch with?
I'm sorry. One more thing. If it is a different fabric, how do you get it in a straight line? Thank you!
Wow, I'm so happy to have found this site. Thank you for your time and effort on providing the public which such great instruction. If only more people would be aware of how relaxing and inexpensive embroidery is. Your videos are so easy to follow as well. Thank you. I must share your site on Facebook. This is an excellent site for beginners and experts alike.
Hi, I'm new around here and new to surface embroidery. Your videos have been great so far and, under your tutelage, I'm making my first sampler. I have a question: how do you start the second thread for a whipped stitch? It seems that the 3 methods you teach wouldn't work in this case because you're not actually stitching the fabric, and therefore don't go to the back to curb the thread. Thanks for your help!
Thank you so much for making these videos. My young girls were interested in learning how to make a sampler (like the one from their great,great, grandmother we have) and this is allowing us to learn.
Dear Mary, I am new to embroidery. I just wanted to say Thank you for your amazing videos teaching the different stitches. They have been so helpful with my new endeavor… I know I will continue utilizing your website for a long time… Again….Thank you.
I gained lot of ways of stitching and I enjoyed of sewing. Thank you so much for the guidance and valuable tutorials.
Hello, Madeleine – thanks for your question! No, I don't sell CDs of the embroidery stitch videos, I'm afraid. I thought about it at one point, but I changed my mind. They are not very professional videos, and I think people would not like to pay the price I would have to charge for them.
I enjoy your site so much. The library on stitches is fantastic. Thank you.


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The Midnight Tour is a 1998 horror novel by American author Richard Laymon, originally released by Feature Publishing. It is the third chapter in the author's "Beast House Chronicles" series, preceded by The Cellar in 1980 and The Beast House in 1986, and followed in 2001 by the posthumously published novella Friday Night in Beast House.

Plot
Seventeen years after the events of The Beast House, the town of Malcasa point has become a popular tourist destination. The Beast House tours have been updated to include a family-friendly tour during the day and an adult-oriented tour late at night, complete with a screening of a movie inspired by the previous book's events and a tour into the cellar where the first of the beasts resided.

Owen, one of the tourists, is on holiday with his overbearing girlfriend Monica. While touring the Beast House he develops an attraction to Dana, a tour guide. His attraction to Dana compels him to break up with Monica, whose possessiveness has reached breaking point, and he begins stalking Dana.
Dana, meanwhile, becomes romantically involved with Warren, the owner of a food stand. Warren tells her that he was recently abducted, taken into the Beast House and sexually abused by something, hinting that maybe there's still one more beast out there...

The story skips back and forth between the present and the in-between years that Sandy, one of the former prisoners of the Kutch family that originally owned the Beast House, has given birth to a beast and raises it in secret. When the beast - whom she has named Eric - turns 13, his sexual urges get the better of him and he rapes Sandy before running away.

As the days go by and the midnight tour approaches, hints of some unknown horror become increasingly prevalent. When the tour goes down into the cellar, they are attacked by a now adult Eric. After killing or maiming several tourists, Sandy arrives and manages to seriously injure Eric. After being treated for their injuries, Dana, Sandy and their friends all spend time together celebrating, only for Eric to show up alive and well and kidnap Dana. Owen finds himself back with Monica against his will.

The epilogue is from Dana's point of view as Eric rapes her. She expresses her fear of what he will do next, only to have an orgasm.

Limited edition
In 1998, Cemetery Dance Publications printed two limited edition hardcover versions of The Midnight Tour under .  It featured new art by Alan M. Clark, and it featured signatures from Richard Laymon, and Alan M. Clark. The two editions were:

 Limited Edition - 1,000 signed and numbered copies
 Traycased Lettered Edition - 52 signed and lettered copies

References and links
Official Cemetery Dance page about the Limited edition of The Midnight Tour

1998 American novels
Novels by Richard Laymon
Cemetery Dance Publications books


how can you - a Fedora contributor - assist in making the wiki more useful for everyone?
1. Archive old pages so they do not appear in a default search.
2. Move all meeting minutes and irc logs to the Meeting namespace.
As the release of Fedora 11 approaches a variety of housecleaning occurs. Rawhide becomes the working location for F12. Fedora 9 gets marked as end of life and all the bugs in bugzilla get noted as "wontfix, please open against a newer version if issue persists." The Docs Project will review the Release Notes process, archive old notes, and setup for F12.
This seems like a good time to revisit the state of the wiki and particularly the issue of search is borked. A lot of progress has been made to assist users and contributors with finding information in the wiki. The backend database settings were changed so that 3 letter words - like F11 and git - would be indexed. The fonts teams and feature pages show nice use of categories to track progress. Ambassadors and Marketing have been culling old information and grouping event information. Docs Project and Packaging have also made great strides in categorizing and renaming pages. I probably should not have tried to point out good example as I am sure I have missed others.
Yet when I search for a page recently created I still have to sort through many many extra hits. The newest pages of equal relevance are listed LAST. For my search for the release announcement for F11 my target was hit 7 of 7. Searching "F11 feature" on the other hand finds 127 hits with the default display of 20 hits per page. This makes it harder to find a new page. These 127 hits also include a number of irc logs and meeting minutes.
This doesn't seem useful for active contributors let alone attracting new users.
Changing the sort order to newest first may be an option, and Ian is looking at some other options this summer. Meanwhile: how can you - a Fedora contributor - assist in making the wiki more useful for everyone?
3. Move all user pages to the User namespace.
The default search only searches the "main" space.
If everyone that hosts meetings was to ensure that all the meeting minutes and meeting logs are in the Meeting namespace that would reduce a lot of hits right there. There are about 100 pages of Board/Meetings/$DATE and that is just one team. Also, if all the FC5 and FC6 related pages and other older feature pages and even the older FWN pages were in Archive they also would not be found with a generic "gnome" or "kde" search.
Q: What if you need to find those minutes or those old feature pages?
A: Use the advanced search and add "Meeting" or "Archive" to your search locations. Also the pages can be grouped together in a category that can then be browsed.
Q: I search for various meetings almost everyday. Will I always be using advanced search?
A: That is fine. OR: Log in and modify your account settings so that "Meeting" is part of your default search when you are logged into the wiki.
Q: Doesn't Archive mean delete?
A: No. There is a separate procedure for requesting a page to be deleted. Simply moving a page to Archive is a good way to take it out of the default search but still keep it in existence for legacy SIGs or historical purposes.
A: There are plenty of pages to move. It doesn't take long to move 5-10 pages. If 100 contributors each moved 10 pages in the next week that would be a HUGE chunk of cleanup. Start with pages related to a project or team that you work on or if you have been around awhile, start with an old project and look for pages to Archive. If a few team members move the meetings pages they can also clean up any "how to host a meeting" procedures as well.
Next time: Using "Special Pages" to find pages to move, pages to categorize, and categories to use.
Meanwhile, start at my notes on wiki cleanup page.
and I see you have now done at least most of the work.


Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira on November 23 debated the issue of overworked doctors with representatives from other political parties at a meeting organized by the Japan Surgical Association. He stressed the need to reduce doctors' work hours and increase the number of medical professionals.
The debate was held in Tokyo on the sidelines of the association's general meeting. Koike and several Dietmembers, who are MDs, presented their views on what should be done to deal with the harsh working conditions of doctors before the audience of 130 doctors.
Koike referred to the Medical Practitioners' Act which obliges doctors to accept patients' requests for treatment and said that this obligation is too often understood as resting solely upon individual doctors, driving them into limitless self-sacrifice as a result. Koike stressed that the remedy is to improve regional medical systems so that the obligation will be fulfilled collectively by doctors in those areas as a whole.
Proposing concrete measures, Koike said that the government should put an upper limit on the number of hours that a doctor can work in a single shift and introduce a system to give doctors a mandatory interval between shifts. He added that sufficient sleep is vital for doctors to maintain their own health and the quality of job performance. Koike also noted that there should be binding laws to this effect.
In response to a comment from the floor that the imposition of a maximum length of a work day would make labor shortages even worse, Koike stressed that the realization of better working conditions for doctors will not come without a change in the Abe government's policy to cut expenditures on medical services. He stated that the government should take measures to help hospitals hire more doctors.


The origin of color in minerals in general and gem minerals in particular has been investigated with increasing sophistication in recent years. Moreover, recent concerns about gemstone enhancement, which usually implies color enhancement, make it necessary to understand what happens during treatment and what changes in appearance can and cannot be achieved.
A strong interest in minerals arose early in history, because they are among the few natural materials that can permanently retain color, unlike flowers and plants, which fade or change with time. Colorful minerals such as iron oxides became the basic pigments of early paintings. Eventually, colored stones were cut and polished so they could be worn for adornment. From antiquity into the 18th century, color was also at the center of numerous superstitions, legends, and even "medical" treatments involving gems and minerals. Yellow stones, for example, were supposed to cure jaundice, and green stones were believed to soothe the eyes (Kunz, 1913).
As mineralogy became a science at the turn of the 19th century, color was used as a common indication in the identification of minerals. Soon, though, people discovered that crystals of the same mineral species could vary in color, and they began to surmise that some hues were related not to the mineral but to specific impurities (figure 1).Goethe, for example, was one of the first to relate the amethyst coloration in quartz to its iron content. The simple correlation between a certain color (e.g., "emerald green") and a given element (chromium)works to some extent, but modern research has shown that a number of very different processes can result in a similar color .


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Metro Lighting Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Mar 22, 2018 | News |
Metro Lighting, headquartered in St. Louis, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
"We are thankful for the continued support of our customers. Fifty years would not have been possible without them," says Bill Frisella, President of Metro Lighting.
Starting as an electrical supply distributor in 1967, Metro has grown into eight supply houses and six lighting showrooms in Brentwood, Chesterfield, Ballwin, O'Fallon, Arnold, and Cape Girardeau. The company maintains a high level of community involvement, supporting numerous charities and local schools, and employs more than 150 Missouri residents.
"From the very beginning, we vowed to offer the ultimate customer service," continues Frisella. "Our success is owed to carrying out that tradition."
Metro Lighting's ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at its Brentwood showroom, located at 929 Hanley Industrial Ct. The community was invited to enjoy light snacks and refreshments. Mayor Christopher Thornton and Me'Shel Riedel, President of Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, were among those in attendance.
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Jeffrey Lurie says Duce Staley is "kind of like a son to me," but the Eagles owner doesn't mention Doug Pederson
Staley needed to gain experience elsewhere to further his goal of becoming an NFL head coach,
Jeffrey Lurie (right) said that Duce Staley (left) will always be an Eagle, though he is now coaching in Detroit.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
by Les Bowen
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie spoke for nearly 16 minutes Friday but took no questions before yielding the floor to new coach Nick Sirianni. Lurie touched on many topics, including Duce Staley, the ex-Eagles running back who coached the running backs and was assistant head coach to Doug Pederson, before accepting the same title with the Detroit Lions this week.
Staley was the only internal candidate who interviewed for the job that went to Sirianni. He'd also interviewed for the head-coaching position in 2016, before Pederson was hired.
"I also want to take a moment to thank the [assistant] coaches we have worked with that won't be with us going forward, because some of them, many of them, have been just terrific partners, and we won a Super Bowl together," Lurie said. "In the case of some, they've been with us and with me for a long, long time. Communicated directly with many. Without COVID, would have been able to personally spend time with them.
"I want to single them out in terms of their contribution. It's not easy to win a Super Bowl. It's not easy to be in the playoffs three of the last four years. They deserve a lot of credit.
"In particular, just because he's kind of like a son to me, I just want to talk about Duce. Duce is somebody very special to me. He's been a terrific player, coach, leader for us. He'll always be a Philadelphia Eagle. He and I talked well into the night the other night.
"I love the man. I just believe, I think he believes, that it's best for his goal of being a head coach in the league to work for another organization for a while and set himself up the way many of the candidates have. It will help him. I just want the best for him. I think he'll be an excellent leader for wherever he is in the future. I just want to share that love for Duce, because he's very special."
Pederson, the only Eagles head coach to ever win a Super Bowl, did not get a shout-out from the owner. His name was not mentioned in the 53-minute Zoom news conference.
Stout recommendation
Sirianni said Colts head coach Frank Reich played a role in convincing him that offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland should be retained. Stoutland has run the Eagles' O-line since Chip Kelly hired him from Alabama in 2013.
"His tape speaks for itself," Sirianni said. He said that in 2018, when he came to work with Reich in Indianapolis, they watched a lot of tape from their time together with the Chargers, but they also watched Eagles tape, with Reich fresh from having won the Super Bowl as the Birds' offensive coordinator.
"You just saw his offensive line playing really well, over and over again. You could see the fundamentals and technique that his offensive line played with. You could see how hard they played. That was noticeable, without even saying a thing," Sirianni said. "Then to hear how Frank Reich talks about 'Coach Stout' was unbelievable. He loves him and always talks about him. It was almost as if I knew him. ... Then to chat with him on the phone [after Sirianni became the Eagles' coach], it was a no-brainer. His resume speaks for itself, a phenomenal coach that gets the best out of his players, and so excited he's part of this staff."
» READ MORE: Nick Sirianni says he needs time to evaluate Eagles roster, "top-notch QBs" Carson Wentz and Jalen Hurts
Les Bowen
Les Bowen has covered the Eagles since 2002. Before that, he covered the Flyers for 13 years. He came to the Daily News from the Charlotte Observer in May 1983, just as the Sixers were winning the NBA championship. He thought, "Gosh, this sort of thing must happen all the time here."


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Along with our inventory of New and Refurbished Lozier products, Blazer has a good selection of assorted hooks, hangers, and display vehicles for Slatwall and Gridwall fixtures. We work with our customers on installations and liquidation of fixtures, we buy used fixtures, and our network of display fixture suppliers can also be accessed to find you the right fixture for your display needs.
Using standard Lozier products, and adding specialty fixtures with wood or steel, Blazer Store Fixtures can create custom sections to display your specialty products for maximum impact.
Since 1994, Blazer Store Fixtures has been providing quality new and refurbished product to our customers across Canada from our facility located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Whether you are looking for a standard new or used fixture(s), or a custom fixture with specific requirements, Blazer will work with you to get you what you want.
From standard Lozier brand steel shelving, peg hooks, slatwall accessories, costumers and clothing racks, to specialty shelving, laminated Slatwall styling, to installations and rental of our Gondola mover, Blazer offers a great variety of product and service options.
Several excellent options are available for light or medium weight storage. Under our Lozier products page, check out options in our Widespan and S-Series product lists. For your back room, small warehouse, or even your garage or storage locker, we have several products that could be the solution your looking for.
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Check the product sections above for our selection.
The staff at Blazer Store Fixtures will work with you to ensure you are getting the products you want. From our inventory, or through a large number of suppliers, we can deliver what you want - not what we have.
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Q: SpriteKit transition between scenes without resetting game How can I transition between scenes without my game resetting because didMoveToView() was called and reinitialized all of my instance variables. For example I have a game scene and a shop scene. When I transition from my shop scene to my game, the game resets. Is there a way to prevent this or how do I keep the same state of my game when transitioning between scenes?

A: You have lots of options to keep persistent state across your game scenes. I've listed two approaches I've used.
Option A: Maintain a Reference to the Scene
When a scene is swapped out for a new one, the scene is often fully removed from memory. If you hold onto a reference for the scene object somewhere else, and present that reference, no data will be lost.
To maintain a reference over time (and present the scene again when needed), I recommend a scene presenter class with a static instance such as the following:
class SceneCoordinator {
    static var shared = SceneCoordinator()

    var gameScene : GameScene?
    var shopScene : ShopScene?
}

when you initialize a GameScene, also register it with your with SceneCoordinator.shared.gameScene = self. Then, when transitioning away from another scene, you can present the instance you stored in the coordinator class.
didMoveToView() will still be called on the scene when it is presented again. You could move all your initializing code to a separate function, create a new instance var such as var isInitialized = false, and only initialize your content if it is false (and set it to true after your initialize).
The issue with this approach is that scene objects are expensive, which means you could build up a large overhead by not allowing scenes to be released.
Option B: Model Struct
The better way (which would also allow for easier reinit of a scene after your app closes) would be to create a data model of your game state, and provide a function to create a GameScene from your model object.
This method is more consistent with the Model-View-Controller design pattern, and allows your scenes and data to be a lot more lightweight.
Such as:
struct GameModel {
    var coins : Int
}

class GameScene : SKScene {
    var state : GameModel

    convenience init(size: CGSize, state: GameModel) {
        self.state = state
        // set up scene content from state
    }

    // lots of fun game scene logic

    func playerCollectedCoin() {
        state.coins += 1
    }

    func moveToShopScene() {
        // init a new shop scene with the state of this scene
        let shop = ShopScene(size: self.view!.bounds.size, state: self.state)
        (self.view as! SKView).presentScene(scene)
    }
}

class ShopScene : SKScene {
    var state : GameModel

    convenience init(size: CGSize, state: GameModel) {
        self.state = state
        // set up scene content from state
    }

    // lots of fun shop scene logic

    func playerSpentCoins(amount: Int) {
        state.coins -= amount
    }

    func moveToGameScene() {
        // init a new game scene with the updated state of this scene
        let game = GameScene(size: self.view!.size, state: self.state)
        (self.view as! SKView).presentScene(game)
    }
}

A: About your question I want to focus your attention to three elements:

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*1) Models

*2) Shared Instance managers

*3) Subclassing

1) Instead of repeating everytime in your SKScene or SKNode the same shared properties (struct, vars or custom classes..) you could create a class that contain your shared properties.
2) It's very comfortable to your project to have some shared instance manager: for example a game manager (shared instance class) that have properties of all managers (shared instance classes) of your project (an example below):

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*network manager (check everytime his update method is called if WIFI/3G/LTE are available and store values)

*audio manager (give shared properties about backgroundmusic,effect, volume...

*notification manager (show pop-ups of any type: success, warning,error...)

*file manager (save to file and read from file, clear dirs...)

*etc..

also your game properties model like settings and your game vars.
3) If you need for example a rootNode in your scenes (to add elements to pause instead of another, to add object to the same anchored node, to make a background..) you can subclass to a customized SKScene that have this properties.

Some code to show how could appear your project, starting with a GameManager:
class GameManager: NSObject {
    static let sharedInstance = GameManager()
    var allProducts = Products()
}

Your GameScene Class instance can access a single instance of GameManager like this:
class GameScene: SKScene {
    let gameManager = GameManager.sharedInstance
    override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
       print("the current number of shoes is \(self.gameManager.allProducts.shoes)")
    }
}

Your ShopScene Class instance can access the same single instance of GameManager like this:
 class ShopScene: SKScene {
        let gameManager = GameManager.sharedInstance
        override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
            print("the current number of shoes is \(self.gameManager.allProducts.shoes)")
    }
}


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Q: Stopping sounds and looping them in xcode Ok so im pretty new to Xcode and am trying to make a simple app. i need my sound to keep looping and stop when i press the stop button. Please help and thanks in advance. here is my code so far.
as you can see the sound plays once then stops .
#import "ViewController.h"

@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController

@synthesize Images;

-(IBAction)start:(id)sender;{
 AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(PlaySoundID);

Images.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                                     [UIImage imageNamed:@"Light.png"],
                                     [UIImage imageNamed:@"Light1.png"],
                                     [UIImage imageNamed:@"Light2.png"],
                                     [UIImage imageNamed:@"Light3.png"], nil];

Images.animationRepeatCount = 99999999;
Images.animationDuration = .2;
[Images startAnimating];
[self.view addSubview:Images];

}

-(IBAction)stop:(id)sender;{

    [Images stopAnimating];
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
NSURL *SoundURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Siren"   ofType:@"wav"]];
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID((__bridge CFURLRef)SoundURL, &PlaySoundID);

[super viewDidLoad];

Images.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Light.png"];
[self.view addSubview:Images];

[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

@end

A: NSURL *soundURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Siren"
ofType:@"wav"]];

AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundURL
error:nil];

for "infinite" number of loops:
audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = -1;


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Poltava Ukraine | Home of the Most Beautiful Ukraine Brides
For many years, Ukraine women never failed to attract foreign men for love, dating, and marriage. In fact, there are a lot of enticing reasons why you can find some of the best Ukraine brides in the city of Poltava. Keep in mind that if a fruitful and fulfilling relationship is what you're yearning for, then you've definitely come to the right place. There are many qualities that the women from this city have which make them suitable spouses to marry and settle down with.
Dating Tips | Finding Your Ideal Bride in Ukraine
Dating in Ukraine is a definitive way for you to discover the notable qualities of a Ukrainian woman and what makes her an ideal life partner to settle down with. However, successfully finding your ideal bride in Ukraine requires a certain level of familiarity with the Ukrainian dating culture. But don't fret because our useful and effective dating tips will give you just that.
Poltava's Dating Scene | What to Expect When Talking to a Ukrainian Woman Online
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Dating Tips | How to Find a Suitable Ukrainian Woman For You
For a lot of men, women of Slavic descent are the epitome of physical beauty. That explains why a growing number of foreign bachelors are taking their search for a potential partner to countries like Ukraine. Ukraine women have gained a global reputation for not just being physically beautiful but for also being smart, traditional and feminine - certainly a deadly combo in a lot of men's book.
How to Impress Ukraine Women | Qualities They Look For In Men
Beauty, as they say, is in the eyes of the beholder. It is such a subjective matter that it's impossible to come up with a definitive beauty standard that the majority can agree on. But when it comes to Ukraine women, we bet that everyone will almost unanimously put them on the short list of the most beautiful women in the world.
Poltava Nightlife | A Different Side of the Ukrainian Dating Scene
The quaint and laid-back city of Poltava in central Ukraine is home to only 350,000 people. That is relatively low in comparison to other top cities in Ukraine. Although a modern metropolis, Poltava has never been known to be a highly urbanized city. The quiet and laid-back atmosphere of the city makes it an ideal place for students and retirees.
Understanding the Dating Culture of Ukraine Women in Poltava
If you find yourself roaming the beautiful city of Poltava Ukraine, don't miss the chance to meet and date a lovely Poltava woman. As a matter of fact, a lot of foreign men visit the city for that very reason.
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Precautionary Measures on Dating in Poltava Ukraine
Ukraine is generally a safe country to meet foreign women in. It continues to be a top choice for many single foreign men for international romance. But where a lot of guys' international dating experience goes south is when they get over excited to meet girls that they end up being careless and act solely on impulse and whim.
Qualities and Traits of Poltava Women
The gorgeous city of Poltava is located in central Ukraine, famous for numerous tourist destinations that continue to be flooded with locals and foreigners up to this day. Whenever one travels to Poltava, one of the most recommended places to visit is the renowned "Poltava Battle Field" which is comprised of churches, buildings, and monuments; a historical site that honors the battle between Russian and Swedish forces.
3 Ideal Destinations to Date Ukraine Women in Poltava
Ukraine is a country that never falls short with wonders. From scenic natural marvels to astonishing historical attractions, you'll never run out of places to see and spots to visit in Ukraine.
Pre-Wedding Talking Points for a Blissful Marriage with a Ukrainian Woman
Marriage is a lifetime promise and a vow to fulfill. It is indeed not a joke. If you are thinking of committing for life, you must first discuss about and contemplate on the important matters and issues that may cause serious problems down the line. So what exactly are the things to consider before marrying a Ukrainian woman from Poltava?
Ways to Avoid Redundant Dates with a Ukrainian Woman
Dates - as exciting as they are - can sometimes be monotonous and dull. Doing the same activities every single time will make your dates repetitive and boring. If you think your dating routine with your Poltava girlfriend is slowly sliding down this slope, maybe you just need to make some tweaks and try something different for once. You don't want to be that guy who takes his girlfriend on the same cliché dinner-movie date every time, do you?
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Arnold Bennett - Anna Of The Five Towns
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Anna Tellwright inherits a fortune and provokes her father. Love, tyranny and rebellion.
Arnold Bennett's powerful story of love, tyranny and rebellion set against the vitality and harshness of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth century, dramatised by Helen Edmundson.
Brought up in the repressive tradition of Methodism by her miserly father, Anna Tellwright dreams of independence and freedom. On coming of age she learns that she is to inherit a fortune and realises that she is loved by the charismatic Henry Mynors. But with the money comes responsibility and a growing bond with one of her tenants William Price.
Anna....Charlotte Riley
Tellwright....David Schofield
Young Agnes....Emilia Harker
William Price....Michael Socha
Titus Price....James Masters
Henry Mynors....Lee Williams
Beatrice/Older Agnes....Rosina Carbone
Mrs Sutton....Olwen May
Revivalist....Andrew Westfield
Sarah Vodrey....Jacqueline Redgwell
Directed by Nadia Molinari.
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Anna Tellwright's fortune earns her independence, but her joy is marred by shocking news.
Arnold Bennett's powerful story of love, tyranny and rebellion set against the vitality and harshness of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth, dramatised by Helen Edmundson.
Having inherited a fortune on her twenty first birthday Anna Tellwright begins to gain independence and freedom. But on her return from an eventful holiday with the Suttons and Henry Mynors her joy is marred by some shocking news about one of her tenant's Titus Price. Anna's growing concern for his son William leads her to a defiant act that threatens everything.
Mr Sutton/Coroner....Jonathan Keeble
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Anna voyages to the Isle of Man with the Suttons where Henry proposes to her. On returning home and receiving her father's blessing, the joy of her engagement is immediately marred by news that Titus Price has hanged himself. Anna feels that she and her father are culpable, despite Henry's insistence to the contrary. Anna sees Willie, who confesses that he has been involved in forgery. Anna understands his desperation and does everything in her power to protect him and his father's reputation, risking her engagement and the wrath of her father in so doing..


In the second part of "Living Above The Noise", Bishop Clay drives home the point that there is an ongoing need for us to not only release the word of reconciliation but to continue to "PREACH GOD"S WORD" even when everything around us is contrary, even when the NOISE is deafening. God's Word is near. in fact it is nigh in our mouths. It is up to us to walk in the fullness our faith and speak because of our belief. Here the wrap up to this powerful message and learn that indeed you are the preacher that the world needs to hear.