Posted in: Life, Writing.	Tagged: endings, good bye, sad, tmi, writing, writing workshop.
Yesterday was my last session of a writing workshop offered at the Thomas More institute. 12 weeks of fiction writing.
Actually it's been more than swell, it's been great.
For 12 weeks, the workshop has challenged me, improved me and provided me with new ideas and fresh perspectives.
The readings were great and pulled me out of my comfort zone. The assignments were quite good at solidifying what I'd learned, the ideas I played with and they stimulated my desire to write and pushed it to new levels.
I went into it with doubts (having had bad experiences years beforehand). Anxiety mixed with excitement (an explosive combination) but from the start I was amazed, tickled and downright inspired by the students and the leaders. The leaders were insightful, knowledgeable and nurturing. The students, what can I say about the students? The group was enthusiastic, warm and full of life, eclectic in the best way possible. They were so full of skill and inspiration and it pushed me to try harder in my own work.
I now I have a month to write a short story which will then be read (along with all the others) at what is gearing up to be a very pleasant evening.
I intend to savor the writing.
I am sad to see the workshop end.
Posted in: Life, Novel writing, Writing.	Tagged: Beverly Akerman, life, updates, word count, writing.
After a maudlin evening, I'm dusting myself off and coming up swinging. It's been a very full week and I'm psyching myself up for a massive session of writing tonight.
Ain't she cute? A budding artist for sure. I don't even mind that it ain't writing. There's time. She's not two yet.
Posted in: Life, Writing.	Tagged: bouncer, good day, muse, word count.
I mean the title in a GOOD way. Really.
I've just experienced a few days (ok, more than a few) where I've only managed to write a few hundred words (if any at all). They're not bad words, they really look good on the page. I can't complain about them. It's just that I had to ask, plead, cajole them to the page. I had to pull them out, yank them from my brain. The part of me that writes had to transform into a chunky lumpy bouncer in an overstuffed tuxedo and get in there and manhandle those words out of me.
This morning the logjam cleared up. I typed up a nice 1000 word scene and kept going. I didn't even have to think, my fingers just moved. When I dared stop, I took a few minutes to re-read it. I had time, those words came so fast! I liked what I read. The words even sounded good out loud.
It's an amazing feeling. I can't tell you how it feels to anyone else, but for me, it's a rush of confidence, joy and relief in a big ball of crazy sunshine. It's a really smooth scotch mixed with frenetic rock n'roll.
I wanted to write it down because I need to write today. I need to write my stories, or just a blog entry. Anything and everything. Most important however, I wanted to write it down and share it because it's a feeling I want to hang onto and remember well because the memory will carry me through in a few days when the words stop flowing out and my muse has to turn into a night club bouncer again.
Posted in: Novel writing, Writing.	Tagged: mountain dew, not nanowrimo, novel, outlines, writing, writing process.
It was a good weekend. Spent time with the family. The weather was beautiful.
And I got some writing done.
It's 856 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Posted in: Novel writing, Writing.	Tagged: novel, outlining, writing, writing group, yWriter.
The outline is done. After sending it out, I saw some problems which I've fixed (we'll see what the feedback/suggestions will be). I've added a few scenes. All the scenes are entered in yWriter. All the characters, notes and scribbles and notions are entered. I've even gotten a new idea that just twists everything around in a really good way. It's as good and as detailed as it's going to get without getting into the really fiddly bits.
I could spend more and more time with less and less returns.
I've laid in a serious stock of Diet Mountain Dew (writer's fuel for me).
Tonight, after the baby goes down, there's gonna be writing.
The Bell is ringing. This time, I'm not stopping til Revenant is done and sent.
Posted in: books, Life, Novel writing, Writing.	Tagged: books, e-books, ebooks, life, novel, outlining, planning, writing, writing group, writing workshop.
I'm still alive and writing!
The workshop which started in January has been a surprising amount of effort (In a good way!) and between that and my own writing efforts, I haven't been updating this blog as much as I'd like. I will miss it (and the folks in it) when it ends.
Thankfully I'm up at Stupid O' Clock this morning and the munchkin is fast asleep and I'm in a procrastinating mood (I should be working on either my outline or my assignment). It's a perfect time to write an update!


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Take Two Interactive Burns Through 300 Million Cash
By Perry Rod, Published: September 2nd, 2009 12:10 PM CDT
It was just one year ago that Take Two (TTWO) Interactive Software Inc. announced that it had accumulated 339 million dollars in cash from the success of Grand Theft Auto 4. They had no debt.
Today, just twelve months later, they have managed to burn through almost all of that cash. With a recent 5 million dollar cash settlement and 138 million in debt convertibles to go along with 175 million in cash, that leaves Take Two with 32 million in cash minus debt.
339 million cash, free of debt, has turned into 32 million cash minus debt in just one year - a decline of 307 million dollars. How could that happen, and should investors be concerned that it will continue to happen?
In order to understand how it happened, one must dig deep into capitalized development costs and the details and trends of product development within Take Two. It was about one year ago when competitors Electronic Arts (ERTS) and THQ started to rationalize their business by cutting development and trimming down operations. But Take Two's management, perhaps high from a buyout offer and GTA4's success, were not cutting anything.
At the same time, Take Two was consistently delaying just about every title with an anounced release date, adding months of work and expense to capitalized development costs. Midnight Club, which is Take Two's second highest selling franchise, released 6 months after GTA4 and was in development for at least 3 years. For any other publisher, its sales numbers would be decent. For Take Two, it was a disastrous quarter.
Today, upcoming titles such as Rockstar's Beaterator are being released 2 years after plan. Upcoming title Borderlands, is at least one year over plan. Upcoming title GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony, like its predecessor, GTA: Lost and Damned, is one year over plan. Next year's titles Mafia 2, Bioshock 2 and Red Dead Redemption are all at least 6-9 months over plan. Meanwhile, games under development like L.A. Noire, have been in development for at least 5 years, obviously way beyond plan.
These delays show a consistent track record of going over budget when it comes to game development. That means it takes a lot more sales just to break even on each title while Take Two continues to burn more cash.
In recent months, Take Two management suggested that the sequel to GTA4, which was reported to have cost around 100 million to develop, may not come out in the next fiscal year. That would translate into another 3 year product development cycle. And it is not known how long games like recently announced Agent, an exclusive title for Sony's console, have been under development or when they will actually hit the market. There are also likely many other games that have not been announced.
Competitor Activision Inc (ATVI), which can now claim to have the top selling mature franchise in the industry, Call of Duty, manages to put out that title once a year with internal 2 year product development cycles and no delays. Take Two is a basketcase in comparison, with a track record of delaying and going over budget on not some, but most of their titles.
Could anybody have imagined one year ago that Take Two would have burned through 300 million plus in cash in just one year despite GTA4 catalog sales, Midnight Club's high reviews, and other GTA and other product offerings in 2009?
Take Two has high hopes for Bioshock 2 and other titles coming in 2010 that should ease the cash situation. But high review scores have lately not translated into earnings success for other publishers, given extraordinary recent development costs in an effort to meet the market's quality expectations. Analysts are expecting .70 profit in FY10 for Take Two. Meanwhile, Take Two's management has provided no FY10 guidance and has suggested on more than one occassion that making any kind of profit in a non-GTA year will be a major accomplishment. They are, after all, the highest paid management in the industry. It pays for us to listen.
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'SKIPPING MEALS': Prince William worried about wife Kate Middleton's plunging weight
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Kate Middleton is wasting away and her skinny frame is of huge concern to doting husband Prince William, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
According to an insider, the Duke of Cambridge, 37, is now desperately urging the Duchess, 38, to put some meat on her bones.
"She's working herself into the ground and skipping meals an awful lot," the insider told Radar.
"As much as he tries not to nag her," said the source, "William is gently pointing out it's time to do something about this bad habit she's gotten into, particularly as they're trying for another baby in 2020."
As Radar recently reported, the future King and Queen of England will have even more responsibility representing Buckingham Palace now that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have decided to walk away from the royal family.
"Kate's schedule will only get more intense now that the Queen is leaning on them more than ever," the source said, noting the Duchess' weight has been "a topic that's needed addressing for years."
"The brutal truth is that Kate needs to add at least half a stone," or seven pounds, "so William's right to be worried," added the source.
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Store Front (Mini) is a new, compact version of the critically acclaimed bestseller Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York, by James and Karla Murray.
The Murrays' brilliant documentation of New York's irreplaceable, generations-old storefronts has made headlines all over the world. For many of these establishments, the photographs mark the end of a legacy.
In the wake of gentrification, vital facets of New York's cultural heritage are disappearing at an alarming rate. Store Front (Mini) immerses the reader in a virtual tour of NYC at its most authentic.
From tiny stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic avenues, this book presents the individual images and shop owner stories that together make up a collective history.
Up until now, there has been little attention paid to New York's storefronts; this book reverses that glaring omission and makes clear that the spirit of New York City is etched in its facades.


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KENTUCKY DERBY JOCKEY STYLES
The Kentucky Derby—perhaps the most prominent confluence of sports, fashion, and celebrities—is nearly upon us.
The Run for the Roses will once again take place in Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. As always, it figures to attract celebrities and athletes from all over.
In fact, the connection between horse racing and top athletes is as strong as ever. Not only are horses being named after notable figures in other sports (e.g. Syndergaard, a horse and former Kentucky Derby contender, named after New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard), but athletes are now purchasing ownership stakes in such horses.
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski purchased an ownership stake in the eponymously named horse, Gronkowski, who earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby before defecting from the race due to a minor illness.
Since a horse's owner determines the color, style and design of the attire ("silks") that a jockey wears while riding the horse, Vivid Seats had some fun exploring what jockey fashion might look like if more celebrity athletes purchased horses with whom they shared a nominal connection.
Here's our light-hearted, theoretical look at jockey style for the Kentucky Derby (including Gronkowski, now a scratch) if some of sports' biggest stars had ownership stakes in the horses—and had a hand in designing jockey silks.


This weekend, Nature & Style Fun Day Events will hold the 2nd edition of Fashion& Lifestyle 2017.
Advance tickets cost Ksh. 1000 whereas tickets at the gate will be Ksh. 2000. You can get your advance tickets on Ticketsasa, Kenyabuzz or pay by Mpesa (Lipa na Mpesa till number 724942) NOTE: It's mandatory for all the guests to carry their identification document or passport to access the venue.
The good news is that I am giving away two tickets (for you and your +1) on my Facebook page so that you don't have to part with that Ksh. 1000! All you have to do is like the Nature & Style Fun Day Events page by clicking here, and my page by clicking here then comment on my pinned giveaway page post with the name of a stylish person you know who you will go with and why. See you this weekend!


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Famous Folks at Home — Who Once Owned This 1935 Lakefront Estate?
Not everyone can afford a beautiful 5.5-acre estate overlooking California's Lake Tahoe, now for sale for nearly $20 million. So we are narrowing the field down to reclusive billionaires.
Which reclusive billionaire did this home belong to?
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Fried calzone recipe with ham and mozzarella is the perfect pizza recipe to enjoy on a saturday night.
To begin, you need to prepare my bread and pizza dough. Click here for the homemade recipe!
1.	Start by putting a small amount of flour on the board and spreading it out.
2.	Place the ball of dough in the centre and using the tips of your fingers, pass down and start opening it up into a circle. Turn it over and do it again making sure there is enough flour on both sides.
3.	Using the rolling pin rollover the dough one way and then the other.
4.	Add some flour on top and repeat.
5.	Don't worry about making it too big, just a medium size and not too thin.
6.	Create a layered line of mozzarella right through the middle.
7.	Roll up the slice of ham and put it on top of the cheese. Add another piece rolled up too.
8.	Break up the basil leaves and place then on top of the ham keeping the filling away from the edges.
9.	Rollover one half of the dough over the top of the filling to meet the other side and press the edges together with the balls of your fingers.
12.	Turn it over and repeat.
13.	Put a fry pan on the stove and fill it ¾ with oil (Heat the oil so it is ready).
14.	Drop the Calzone into the hot oil and it should be bubble as it starts to cook.
15.	Use tongs to turn it over after 2 minutes.
16.	The Calzone will start to brown so you can tell, it is cooking and it always depends on temperature of oil.
17.	Using a utensil with holes in the bottom, lift at the Calzone and let the oil drain out. Place it onto paper towelling so it takes out more of the excess oil. Pat the top of the Calzone with the paper towel to get rid of oil from the top.
Tip: If Desired: Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil on the top and sprinkle dried herbs on it.
You can also place a basil leaf on the side for presentation.


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Can the Paris Climate Agreement Save Bangladesh?
While Australia, the United States and Canada are among the top per capita carbon dioxide producers in the world, the small South Asian country of Bangladesh, with its miniscule per-person emissions, is the most affected by global warming among nations with large populations. Considered the ground zero of climate change and the most vulnerable country […]
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By Asad Ismi YVES ENGLER Red Publishing/Fernwood Publishing 2015, 326 Pages, $24.95 Mainstream academics and journalists like to portray Canada as a positive force on the international stage, but Yves Engler's new book, Canada in Africa, shows how frequently Canadian governments and corporations play a destructive role abroad. In Africa, Canada's government and mining companies […]
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Shoppes at College Hills is the preferred destination for shopping and dining in the Bloomington-Normal area of Illinois. You'll find a great collection of stores and restaurants in an inviting open-air setting, with Von Maur, Target, White House Black Market, LOFT, Francesca's, Beauty Brands, Flat Top Grill, Logan's Roadhouse, Joe's Stationhouse Pizza Pub and others.
Von Maur, Target and Hobby Lobby.


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TAKING YEARS TO GET PAYMENTS APPROVED!!!
Waiting for soon a week now (feels like years) for Payment Approvals!
Customer Service blame on everything "we don't have crew due to an event going on..." "it will be loaded on friday 6 pm..." and no... its not about "asking more questions".... Or it wouldn't say waiting for approval, it would say "Need more info contact contact center"
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Crave Van model for GTA V and Rocket League modders and influencers.
Delicious suite of games and toys to play on mobile or desktop browsers.
Single-player platformer developed for Coca-Cola and Wieden+Kennedy Portland.
The arcade classic remastered for mobile and live play at the Cultivate festival.
100 levels of fun, fast, brain-teasing math games for kids of all ages.
Two-player penalty kick iOS game for on-site promotions by brand ambassadors.
Hundreds of thousands of fans battled on Facebook in this combo fighter-RTS.
The rollicking, rambunctious racer for Ed, Edd n Eddy is a favorite on CN.com.
One-button brawler for mobile launched during Super Bowl XLIX for KFC.
Action-Stealth RPG developed for the film Pathfinder. Available on Windows.
Kids around the country got active with this epic adventure controlled via motion.
Real-time in-browser 3D with open-world driving, a rails shooter, and puzzles.
A top-down racer for LEGO's Racers line, with plenty of tracks and powerups.
Making games for adverising and marketing since 1997, Templar is New York's premiere independent game developer. It brings original gameplay, storytelling, characters, music, animation and technology to iOS, Android, and the Web.
Mr. Mack made his first game, for Microsoft, in 1995, and since then shipped over fifty games, spoken on panels, given lectures, and holds multiple awards for game design. He is responsible for game, UX, and UI design and editorial.
Mr. Klimes helped develop the award-winning Pink Panther CD-ROM game and served as lead storyboard artist for the network cartoon show The Tick. He leads Templar's 2D and 3D artists, conceptors and animators.
Mr. Luchter composed music for Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega's Dreamcast, and mixed music for commercials and internationally syndicated TV shows. He is responsible for all aspects of audio, including SFX and original compositions.
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Kelsey Ann Smith (May 3, 1989 – June 2, 2007) was an Overland Park, Kansas teenager who disappeared on June 2, 2007 and was murdered that evening. The story was featured in the international media, including on America's Most Wanted, before her body was found near a lake in Missouri on June 6, 2007.

Overview
Smith was last seen at 7:07 p.m. CST on June 2, 2007 in the parking lot of a Target store at 97th and Quivira, behind the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas. Police, other authorities and the national media launched an extensive publicity campaign and search for Smith.

Abduction and investigation
Surveillance video from Target showed Smith purchasing a present for her boyfriend to celebrate six months together. Her last call had been to her mother from the store. She then left the store before she disappeared. Approximately four hours later, her car, a 1987 Buick Regal, was found abandoned outside of Macy's in the parking lot of Oak Park Mall across the street. Her purse, wallet and the items that she had bought were left in the car.

Target stores use a large array of video cameras, and these can often be enhanced internally through the company's Target Forensic Services division. The surveillance footage showed Smith parking her car, entering the store, calling her mother and selecting the items that were later found in the car. It also revealed that a male, who was white and in his early twenties, wearing a white shirt and dark shorts, had entered the store approximately thirty seconds after Smith had entered. The man seemed to be in every aisle that Smith had visited and appeared in almost every part of the footage showing her, but at a discreet distance. Despite frequently looking at Smith or in her direction, the man made no effort to talk to her or to approach her in the store but left just as she went to the cashier, who did not see or notice anything unusual in the store nor in Smith's behavior. The footage captured a clear picture of the man leaving the store.

In the parking lot, surveillance video appeared to show someone forcing Smith into her car. The video at first did not show anything unusual, but when slowed down, it revealed a flash in the direction of Smith and her car, consistent with someone running when the camera is placed at a distance. The outside footage showed a suspicious 1970s-era Chevrolet truck leaving the lot, which was also found to have entered the lot just before Smith had.

According to the program See No Evil (also known as Murder on CCTV), the Macy's surveillance video showed that Smith's car had been left there at 9:17 p.m., about two hours after it had departed the Target lot. A figure in white shirt and dark pants was seen leaving the vehicle and running toward the street. Though it was too dark at that time to determine if the figure was that of a male or female, the person's clothing seemed to match that of the suspect in the Target footage. When the video still of the man was released to the media, it generated hundreds of tips, but the leads were too general to be useful.

When the car was checked for forensic evidence, fingerprint experts isolated all of those who had legitimate reasons to be in the car, such as Kelsey's family, friends and boyfriend. As a result, they found unidentified prints on the seat belt.

Search
Detectives reportedly found Kelsey's body because of a cell phone ping that originated from the area on June 2, and a number of search areas were identified. Despite efforts by local law enforcement and eventually the FBI, it took Verizon Wireless four days to hand over the cell phone records to investigators, which caused much controversy over the delay. A Verizon technician pinpointed a cell-phone tower and told investigators to search 1.1 miles north of it. Within 45 minutes, on June 6 at 1:30 p.m., searchers discovered Smith's body in a wooded area near Longview Lake in Grandview, Missouri, 18 to 20 miles from where she had been abducted. Upon report of Smith's death, a website dedicated to the search for her went offline and was quickly remade into a dedication site. Through subsequent investigation, the cause of death was determined to be strangulation; she had been choked with her own belt. The autopsy also showed that she was sexually assaulted.

Perpetrator
A woman who had seen the footage recognized the subject as her neighbor. The next day when she saw the information about the truck, she called in a tip. On the evening of June 6, 2007, police arrested 26-year-old Edwin Roy "Jack" Hall of Olathe, Kansas. Hall was in the process of leaving town with his wife and son, supposedly on vacation, when the police arrived.

Hall was charged on June 7 with premeditated first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. He had no adult criminal record, but had a juvenile record of assault. Hall, who had been adopted at age seven, had been returned to state custody at age 15 after threatening the family's daughter with a knife. He also assaulted another boy by striking him in the head with a baseball bat. Police do not believe that Hall knew Smith. At the time of his arrest, Hall was married and the father of a four-year-old son. Hall admitted to being at Target but claimed that he had never approached Smith. However, he was caught in a lie when his fingerprints matched those from the seat belt.

Hall was arraigned via video hookup on June 7, and bond was set at US$5 million. On August 1, Hall was indicted by a Johnson County, Kansas, grand jury for murder, rape and aggravated sodomy. The charges made Hall eligible for the death penalty, which Johnson County district attorney Phill Kline decided to seek.

Because the body had been found in a different state (Missouri), some argued for federal jurisdiction, but because Hall was arrested and in custody in Johnson County, that jurisdiction had the legal authority to pursue the case.

On July 23, as part of a plea agreement, Hall pleaded guilty to all four charges. His plea came during what was supposed to be a change-of-venue hearing. The courtroom was jammed with Smith's parents and other family members, friends and reporters. The hearing was carried live on all four of Kansas City's television network affiliates.

It is believed that Hall spotted Smith driving into the Target parking lot after he had arrived. He noticed that she was alone and thus began following her in store to assure himself that she was not meeting anyone. When he saw her about to leave, he went to his truck and retrieved his gun. He waited until Smith was most vulnerable, when she was getting ready to leave, before he struck. He took her 20 miles away to the Missouri woods, where he sexually assaulted and strangled her.

The hearing came a day after a judge ruled that prosecutors could still seek the death penalty for Hall after a judge had denied a defense motion seeking dismissal of the case on a technicality.

On September 16, Johnson County district judge Peter V. Ruddick sentenced Hall to life in prison without parole for the kidnapping, rape and murder. In court, Hall apologized to Smith's family for his actions.

Hall is incarcerated in the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Hutchinson, Kansas.

Kelsey Smith Act
Some believe that Verizon Wireless was reluctant to locate or "ping" the cell phone because of privacy laws governing such actions. At the time, cell-phone service providers would generally comply upon the request of the subscriber, but not of anyone else, including that of law enforcement authorities, unless a court order was issued, which takes time.

This led to the creation of the Kelsey Smith Act, a law that states in essence that cell-phone companies can ping a phone if authorities determine that the subscriber is in danger. Most US states have passed the law, and the United States Congress is debating federalizing it.

In at least one instance, the law was acted upon. In February 2015, in Lenexa, Kansas, not far from where Smith had grown up, a man stole a car, unaware of a five-month-old infant inside. While in flight, he also ran down a pedestrian in a hit-and-run. The police found the car a half-hour later at a convenience store after having pinged the baby's mother's cell phone, which was still in a purse on the front seat. The driver escaped, and  was still at large. It is believed that once he realized there was a baby inside, he decided to ditch the car, as in addition to car theft and hit-and-run, he would face kidnapping charges.

National media attention
Beyond local Kansas City news affiliate coverage, the case received prominent national media attention, including coverage by national news services Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Nancy Grace, the Today Show, The Mind of a Murderer and as an episode of the television show See No Evil, which aired in Canada on Slice, and in the United States on Investigation Discovery. Kelsey Smith's story also aired on an Episode of Final Moments on ID Discovery.

See also
List of kidnappings
List of solved missing person cases

References

Sources
 Kelsey Smith Act: H.R.4889 - Kelsey Smith Act

External links
Kelsey's Army
America's Most Wanted Profile of Kelsey Smith
Findagrave Memorial Page
Johnson County complaint (*.pdf)

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2007 in Kansas
2007 murders in the United States
Deaths by person in Missouri
Female murder victims
Formerly missing people
Incidents of violence against women
June 2007 events in the United States
June 2007 crimes
Kidnapped American people
Kidnappings in the United States
Missing person cases in Missouri
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History of women in Missouri
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ASMIR BEGOVIC has denied Jose Mourinho lost the Chelsea dressing room before he was sacked.
Mourinho led the Blues to a first Premier League title since 2010 last season but was axed in December with Chelsea just one point above the relegation zone.
During the final weeks of the Portuguese's reign their were reports of player unrest and training ground bust-ups.
But Begovic insists that was not the case and put Mourinho's departure down to the 'unacceptable' results.
"I do not think [he lost the dressing room], even towards the last few games we had some good results," he told Sky Sports.
"We got a draw at Tottenham and won in the Champions League in the last two group stage games.
"Obviously the loss at Leicester was the final straw and like I said, the results were not acceptable, even draws, we were expected to win every single game and be at the top of the table and it was unfortunate that those sort of things happened.
"The desire was always there and we tried in all the games, even towards the end of Mourinho's tenure, but sometimes in football things do not always go your way.
"And when negative results start building up, then confidence obviously drops and everything turns against you. But I think the effort and commitment was there from the players. We certainly tried.
"The atmosphere was not a lot of fun. We tried to keep positive and keep each other going. But obviously when you go from one bad result to the next game and it does not start the way you want and a man gets sent off, another questionable decision, then you start feeling that negative feeling again.
"So it was difficult at times, but we had good characters, just unfortunately at a club like ours the results we had were not acceptable. And unfortunately someone pays the price, and that is the way it worked out."


A pessimist is a well-informed optimist, goes the old joke. Indeed, after the terrorist attacks in Paris, retaining any degree of optimism about the resolution of Europe's refugee crisis is more difficult than ever.
But here's a small reason for cheer: The influx of refugees, according to the European Commission, will increase the labor force and have a positive effect on economic growth in the EU, lasting into 2017. What's more, many asylum seekers — though certainly not all — arrive in the EU with highly valued skill sets in accounting, engineering, or IT, for example.
Obviously, there is a catch. With unemployment in the eurozone close to 11 percent and many European economies suffering through protracted crises, the EU is hardly a land of opportunity. But it may still become one — if we make sure the debate about the integration of asylum seekers does not become fully eclipsed by the supposed threat to security that some of them may pose.
European countries have already provided refugees with language courses, psychological assistance, vocational training, and so on. However, lurking in the background are the long-term structural problems that make it hard even for Europeans citizens to find jobs.
The EU needs to let asylum seekers work as soon as they are registered. Although Germany allows asylum seekers to apply for jobs three months after filing their application for refugee status, common European rules require that countries allow them to enter the labor market within nine months. The official recognition of foreign qualifications extends that time by several months, at the very least.
If our goal is integration, it is self-defeating to trap large numbers of young Syrians and Afghans in the Mediterranean, where youth unemployment is in some places close to 50 percent.
A 2014 study, which analyzed labor markets in Sweden, found that callback rates received by domestic job applicants tended to fall precipitously if they had been unemployed for more than nine months, because of the stigma associated with being out of work. If anything, employers will be more apprehensive of refugees who are forced outside of the labor force for months, if not years, even if it is through no fault of their own.
The EU's refugee quotas should reflect labor market conditions in different parts of the Union. If our goal is integration, it is self-defeating to trap large numbers of young Syrians and Afghans in the Mediterranean, where youth unemployment is in some places close to 50 percent.
Ideally, the quotas ought to be devised at the regional, not country, level, since sizable differences in labor market conditions exist between, say, Bavaria and the federal states in former East Germany, such as Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Such quotas, with work permits valid only in specific regions, would have the added benefit of preventing refugee diasporas from concentrating in a handful of urban centers — something that makes integration harder.
EU governments have to provide asylum seekers with tax credits and structures that create incentives to work.
Asylum seekers will fight an uphill battle finding jobs and integrating into European societies, as do other immigrant populations on the Continent. The results of an experiment published in 2010 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrated that in France an identical resumé sent under the name of "Khadija Diouf" was 2.5 times less likely to receive a job interview than one sent under the name of "Marie Diouf" or "Aurélie Ménard."
There is no doubt that those who are now arriving in Europe will face similar discrimination. That makes it all the more important that we enable them to compete, for example by exempting them from minimum wage laws. EU governments have to provide asylum seekers with tax credits and structures that create incentives to work, rather than to stay at home. While this is bound to trigger hysteria about "social dumping," asylum seekers would benefit from having access to simplified labor contracts, circumventing the rigid labor rules that exist not only in Mediterranean countries but also in France and Germany.
Both the horrific conflict in Syria and the revolutions that swept across the Arab world in 2011 were caused to a large extent by a social contract failure that kept large swathes of the population, including millions of young people, away from economic opportunities. Europe should be careful not to inadvertently recreate the same situation by subjecting its new refugee population, albeit in good faith, to the same social protection standards that are applied to its domestic workforce.
The emphasis on work is not about creating a new European underclass or somehow punishing those who are fleeing persecution and war. Easy access to jobs and other economic opportunities, even if they seem poorly paid or unappealing to wealthy Europeans, is the only way for refugees to integrate into European societies, become socially mobile, and ultimately regain the dignity that was denied them by the regimes they fled. It's the only way to prove extremists on both sides wrong and demonstrate that, with the right policies in place, multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies can thrive.
This so call "refuges" want contribute.
They coming to get theirs "salary" and welfer checks.
Proven facts last 2 decades all over Europe.
Rubbish piece. The sad reality is that "90 Prozent haben keine ausreichende Qualifikation" according to Bayerns Wirtschaftsministerin Ilse Aigner. This means they start of feeding from the welfare system as soon as they arrive. In fact, as the Polish Guy already pointed out, this is their main goal.
I cannot believe that a well educated person like Mr. Dalibor Rohac would write such a naive and ill-informed little piece. What is his motive, I wonder ?


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Case of the Missing Consul
I've discovered another mysterious disappearance tied to the Cecil Hotel. This one somehow eluded all previous archival searches, and it's quite an odd and interesting case. I call it The Case of the Missing Consul.
Around noon on December 31, 1947, Alexander M. Galbraith, 50, stepped out of the office where he had served for the past four years as the British Consul for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and vanished. His daughter Jean, who was his secretary, said he'd been brooding about the possibility of losing his position to one of the career diplomats who'd been freed up by the end of the war. He was right to worry. That very morning, he'd been informed that his services were no longer needed. The reason given was that, though Scottish-born, he was a naturalized American.
Galbraith, who'd been a WW1 flying ace and had a fiery reputation, was incensed. He was passionate about his position, giving pro-British speeches to local men's clubs, dedicating long hours to aiding war brides whose American grooms had abandoned them. And now some bureaucrat was going to take his place? It was too much for him to stand.
On New Years Day, Deputy Coroner Ken O'Toole said Galbraith had come in, asking about a pair of missing spectacles. But a search of the neighborhood came up empty. A Pullman porter saw a photograph of the missing man, and told police he was certain he'd served him on a train bound for Chicago. Chicago authorities were alerted, but Galbraith was nowhere to be found. Searches in Washington and Cleveland also turned up nothing.
His wife and daughters were frantic. Weeks passed with no word. The shame of losing his job must have been too much. Had Galbraith killed himself?
He had not.
On January 27, 1948, Galbraith sent a telegram to George B. Stelluto, proprietor of The Green Grill near the Pittsburgh morgue, asking for a loan of $50. Stelluto, a friend, went to the police.
Later, Galbraith told reporters in Los Angeles that he'd only wired Stelluto because he didn't have any money for food. He needed a stake to get back on his feet.
So what had happened to him?
"I blew my top when I was informed I had been relieved. I packed my bag with several suits and came by train, although I have very little recollection of my departure or arrival. I don't remember much until I came to here in this hotel. I vaguely recall being in Canton, Ohio and Chicago, but I'm not sure how I got here or what I did during that week." He said he hadn't wanted "to be a burden" to his wife of daughters. As for the telegram, he supposed that Stelluto, thinking "he was serving my interests best" had gone to the Chief of Police. "Maybe he was serving my best interests. I hope so."
Reached at home, his daughter Jean said "We're all very much relieved that Daddy's been located. We certainly don't feel that he'll be a burden on us and we're going to send him the money to fly home. I'm sure he won't have trouble finding another job."
Galbraith was one of the lucky ones. Many other troubled souls had found a bed at the Cecil and lacked the courage to ask for help. He went home. Reporters, who always want more, asked after him. Jean said that he was somewhat unwell from his travels, and was resting. Jean protected her father well. We hear nothing more about him, and sometimes hearing nothing is the happiest ending of all.
February 26, 2013 at 9:18 pm Leave a comment
Ghosts of the Cecil
It was with shock and no small amount of horror that we learned that a body, believed to be that of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam, last seen behaving strangely in an elevator security video recorded on February 1, had been discovered today within one of the water tanks on the Cecil Hotel's roof. A complaint about low water pressure had prompted an employee to look inside.
Hotels by their nature are the backdrop for extreme behavior, and any public building that stands for the better part of a century will collect its share of tragedies. The Cecil (established 1927) is notable among true crime aficionados as the short-term residence of serial killers Jack Unterweger and Richard Ramirez, and in all the attention paid to those grim gentlemen, the hotel's other heartbreaks too often go unmourned.
The probable fate of Miss Lam inspires us to compose a memorial note, to the five prior ladies (and one unfortunate fellow) who left this world on the grounds of the Cecil Hotel, and whose wraiths may yet haunt the place.
On June 4, 1964, "Pigeon Goldie" Osgood, retired telephone operator and well known protector and feeder of the birds in Pershing Square, was found dead in her room by a hotel worker distributing phone books. She had been stabbed, strangled and raped, and her room ransacked. Near her body were found the Dodgers cap she always wore and a paper sack full of birdseed. Soon after, Jacques B. Ehlinger, 29, was seen walking through Pershing Square in bloodstained clothing. He was arrested, but cleared of the crime, for which no one was ever arrested.
The next day, Goldie's friends came together in Pershing Square to express their grief. Jean Rosenstein, a retired nurse, told a reporter "We were all her friends, all of us here at the square. I was just standing here this morning, thinking about what had happened, when somebody suggested we get some flowers. No one has much money around here, but all of a sudden everyone started giving me what they could. We just wanted her to know we remembered."
Pigeon Goldie, we remember you, too.
It was October 12, 1962 and Pauline Otton, 27, had been arguing with her estranged husband Dewey in a room on the ninth floor when he decided he'd had enough and went out to get some dinner. She decided she'd had enough, too, and jumped from the window. She landed on top of a pedestrian, George Gianinni, 65, and both were killed instantly. Since no one saw Pauline jump, police initially thought they had a double suicide on their hands–but on closer examination, George had his hands in his pockets and was still wearing shoes, which would have been unlikely if he'd fallen ninety feet.
Pauline, and George, we remember.
On February 11, 1962, Julia Moore climbed out of her eighth floor room window and landed in a second story interior light well. She left no note, just a bus ticket from St. Louis, 59 cents in change, and an Illinois bank book showing a balance of $1800.
Julia, we remember.
On October 22, 1954, Helen Gurnee, 50-something, stepped from her seventh floor window and crashed to her death atop the hotel's marquee. She had registered as Margaret Brown a week before.
Helen—or Margaret, as she preferred—we remember.
Elisa Lam, 21, left her home in Vancouver for a solo trip to California. Her plans after visiting Los Angeles were to continue north to Santa Cruz, but it seems that she never left Main Street.
She had the great misfortune to vanish while the Los Angeles Police Department was absorbed with one of the largest manhunts in its history, and one cannot but wonder what impact the search for Christopher Dorner had upon the search for Elisa Lam.
Perhaps she climbed up the side of the water tank, lifted the hatch, slipped inside, drowned, and then floated there for weeks until her body sank and blocked the pipes. Maybe someone who knew the nooks and crannies of this very old establishment put her there. In time, the answer will come, but it will make no great difference. She is gone, and she remains.
Elisa, we remember. And hope the souls that went before can lend some comfort now to yours.
See also The Case of the Missing Consul.
Sleuthing A Presidential Mystery in Downtown Los Angeles
Should you step into the lobby of the King Edward Hotel at the corner of 5th and Los Angeles Streets in L.A.'s historic Skid Row, and pause to admire the black and gold Egyptian marble fixtures, ionic columns and sweeping mezzanine stair, the odds are better than good that the fellow behind the counter will draw your attention to the clock above the desk and the fancy raised initials just below it.
And in answer to your predictable question, he'll reply: "Teddy Roosevelt! He stayed here when he visited Los Angeles."
A Presidential sleepover would be a point of pride for any establishment–all the more so in a young city in the far west. How marvelous a fact, and no wonder the King Eddy's staff is so quick to share it. (We've confirmed that this information has been passed down through oral tradition since at least the mid-1970s.)
There's only one problem. Theodore Roosevelt's famous visit to Los Angeles was on May 8, 1903. He attended the Fiesta de las Flores parade, and stayed that night at the fashionable Westminster Hotel at 4th and Main Streets, two blocks away.
The King Edward didn't open until 1906.
Oh, but then Roosevelt must have stayed at the King Edward on a later tour of the Southland, right?
Well, historical records do show that Roosevelt return once more to Los Angeles, for two days in March 1911, when the ex-President spoke at Occidental College and Throop Polytechnic.
His stay at Pasadena's Hotel Maryland was well publicized, and included a poignant meeting with an aged slave who had been owned by Roosevelt's maternal family in Antebellum Georgia.
But there appears to be no documentation of a stop at the King Edward or any other Los Angeles hotel.
So why in the name of all that's historical are the initials T.R. stuck up above the desk of the King Edward Hotel today?
We've been wracking our brains, and have come up with a few theories worth floating.
Perhaps before the Westminster Hotel fell to the wrecking ball in 1960, someone went to the auction and bid on a piece of commemorative marble, transporting the legend of a Presidential visit along with the physical artifact back to the nearby establishment?
A tempting notion, but a rare 1920s-era promotional map printed by the King Edward includes a photo of the lobby, which while printed using the halftone technique which makes it impossible to "zoom in" and see finer details, certainly appears to already show a set of initials there beneath the clock.
Well, could they represent an owner of the hotel? The King Edward was built by architect John Parkinson and operated in its early years by Colonel E. Dunham, Tommy Law and Thomas L. Dodge. Not a "T.R." in the bunch.
Having weighed and sorted these and other, less reasonable, possibilities, we're prepared to come down on the side of one unsupportable, but eminently pragmatic solution: that the patriotic initials are merely a tip of the hat to a popular politician, and an answer to any testy patron who might question the red-blooded Americanism of a hotel named for a foreign king.
We reckon that's as good a theory as any, and we're sticking with it until and unless something better comes along.
Which leaves the initials "T.R." above the desk of the King Edward, and the abiding oral tradition of the great man's visit, something of a mystery–but no less beguiling for that. Since everyone who knew the real answer is dead, we're free to craft our own myths to pass along to Angelenos who'll come after. Why do you believe the initials "T.R." are there under the clock in the King Eddy?
This meditation on time and memory was written on the occasion of the upcoming shuttering of the King Edward Saloon and the auction of its equipment and memorabilia.
November 28, 2012 at 3:28 am Leave a comment
The Los Angeles Prosperity Carnival and Indoor Fair of 1915
Here's a thrilling bit of lost Los Angeles lore worth shining a torch on: after San Francisco's celebrated Panama-Pacific International Exposition folded up its tents in late 1915, clever promoter H.W. Nixon brought quite a number of the midway attractions from "The Zone, the Street of Fun" down to Broadway, where they filled the old Boston Store building.
The Boston was the department store founded by the Robinson family; the building, missing its upper stories, today houses a wedding chapel.
Above: Some of the daffiness to be found on "The Zone."
The Los Angeles Prosperity Carnival and Indoor Fair opened at 6pm on Saturday, December 11 to an audience of 5000 eager souls, and for the next 30 days, there was no place more amusing — or peculiar — in all the southland.
Above: Huge crowd celebrates the opening of the festivities. Photo: LA Times
The fair began with the "wedding" of Mr. Midget (real name: Lajos Matina, one of the Hungarian Matina triplets, all later Wizard of Oz Munchkins) to Miss Midget (Elise Broek). The couple were residents of Midget City, whose troupe appeared under the leadership of Prince Ludwig, whose professional bio had him a wee member of European royalty. Miss Midget, by the by, was a suffragette.
Above: Prince Ludwig addresses his subjects at Midget Village, an attraction at the 1933 World's Fair. Photo: Chicago Tribune
Prize rabbits and pigeons by the hundreds were exhibited, with Los Angeles husbandry clubs competing against those fuddyduds in Pasadena.
Above: Officer Payson at the PPIE, where she protected lady fairgoers from mashers. Photo: Collier's.
Like large ladies in uniform? (Who doesn't?) Then you won't want to miss an audience with Mrs. Blanche Payson, popular 6'4″ PPIE policewoman, who was on display in her cute "coppette" garb. You can still enjoy Mrs. Payson in some classic short comedies.
Hold your nose on the third floor, where a grand cat show, organized by the Los Angeles Cat Fanciers Association, featured prize-winning kitties from overseas and around the country.
Above: Some of the pretties on display. Photo: LA Times.
The fifth floor was transformed into an Oriental Village staffed with young lovelies, each of them a "real Egyptian princess" and a talented dancer. They also had a pet serpent named Zoo, and Turkish cigarettes and water pipes available for male visitors to sample. This show was developed for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and had been touring ever since.
"In Old Hawaii," a song and dance show, was considered one of the higher-class attractions of the fair.
Then there was a Human Fish, who appeared to eat, drink and sleep inside his tank. And a chance to coo at the three-year-old Cuban-born Siamese twins Josephina and Guadalupe Hinojosa.
But wait, there's more! All the way from Van Nuys come… (wait for it)… 500 high-class chickens. Under the direction of W.P. Whitsett of the Chamber of Commerce, locals brought their best birds to show off the suitability of the SFV as a center of chicken ranching. The first such ranch opened just three years ago, and by 1915 there are 150 of them. The aim was to "make Van Nuys the Petaluma of Southern California." Favorite entrants included Lord Roselawn I, a majestic White Leghorn rooster and Sport, a Barred Plymouth Rock. Also on view: fighting cocks who battled in cages.
And for the kiddies, Santa distributed gifts beneath one of the largest Christmas trees ever brought to Los Angeles.
One of the weirdest elements of the fair was the Baby Bollinger Show, a wax replica of the malformed Chicago infant whose death the previous month had been national news. Allan Bollinger had the misfortune to be under the "care" of Dr. Harry Haiselden, a proponent of euthanasia and eugenics who not only convinced the boy's parents to let their "sure-to-become-a-criminal" infant die rather than attempt any lifesaving surgeries, but actively sought media attention for doing so. The controversy over the Bollinger case led an ethics complaint against Haiselden, who would later star in an autobiographical pro-eugenics film called The Black Stork.
And then there was Princess Wenona with her Miniature Wild West Show. Princess Wenona, previously called Lillian Smith, perched atop her piebald pony Rabbit, was a star marksman in the 101 Ranch wild west show and had appeared with Buffalo Bill Cody in the 1880s. Her theatrical back story claimed that her mother was kidnapped by Sioux Indians, and that Lillian was the result of a liaison with Crazy Snake, a chief.
She was of Indian ancestry, just not from the Plains. In fact, she was born in Coleville, near the California-Nevada border. At 7 she got her first rifle, and became the terror of the Yosemite bird population. In her teens she joined the Buffalo Bill show and played to crowds of up to 200,000 in Staten Island, NY.
Above: Lillian Smith on the road, with performer friends and her rifle collection.
She was billed as "The California Huntress," "Champion Girl Rifle Shot" and "The California Girl," and a prize of $10,000 was offered to anyone who could out shoot Princess Wenona. They say nobody ever claimed that prize.
She had a great rivalry with the established performer Annie Oakley, who began lying about her age as Wenona's star ascended. In 1887, both women performed in England on the same bill. At a special performance for the Queen, it is said that Victoria rose for the first time in her life to salute the American flag. While in London, Oakley quarreled with Bill Cody and left the show, leaving Wenona the sole star lady sharpshooter, until Oakley and Cody made up.
Above: Princess Wenona with Buffalo Bill Cody and the famous Apache leader Geronimo, 1901
In later years she became rather plump, drank too much and had several unhappy marriages, so by the time she played the Prosperity Carnival, we can assume she was not the star she'd been. Still, such tricks as shooting out a candle flame or the ashes off a man's cigar remained crowd pleasers.
She retired around 1925 and lived out her days on a ranch in Oklahoma with many former Wild West Show friends and dozens of stray dogs that she cared for. She died during the bitter cold winter of 1930, aged 59.
And these are just a few of the more than 150 shows and 200 concessions on display at the Los Angeles Prosperity Carnival and Indoor Fair. Don't you wish you could have seen them all?
Babies For Sale
A girl of 16, Sadie Engelmann, left her family to try her hand at fame and fortune on the stage. In San Diego, her beauty, if not her craft, won her many admirers, among them a dashing stenographer with the US Navy by the name of John Harvey.
When Sadie found herself abandoned by John and in need of a midwife, she checked in to the Bellevue Avenue Lying-in Institute in Los Angeles, where she deposited a newborn boy, whom she left in the care of the proprietress, "Dr." Catherine Smith. At this point a disagreement ensued between Sadie and "Dr." Smith concerning the details of the babe's status. Sadie claimed she left the child temporarily in "Dr." Smith's care, in order to earn enough money to pay the bill she incurred during her delivery. She testified that once she had settled her debt she would re-assume custody of the child. "Dr." Smith alleged Sadie sold her the newborn outright to pay off her debts and to free herself from the undue burden of its care. Whatever the exact nature of their understanding, "Dr." Smith appears to have taken possession of the child, and in turn sold the baby boy to a Mrs. W.W. Wilson, who had already acquired three other infants in a nefarious plot to appear as if she were the mother of quadruplets.
The miraculously sudden appearance of the quartet of babies attracted the attention of the authorities, who promptly summoned Mrs. Wilson, "Dr." Smith, Sadie Engelmann, and other parents of the illegitimate infants in to court to sort out the affair. During the course of the trial, Sadie Engelmann claimed to have been accosted and threatened by various burglars "of Mexican aspect," who, she alleged, were sent by "Dr." Smith to dissuade her from testifying.
According to court testimony, Mrs. Wilson grew despondent after many years of trying to bear her own children, and eventually conceived the plan to to fill her and her husband's home with a readymade brood of abandoned youngsters. She enacted this plan years before the quadruplets affair, procuring three children, whom she presented to her husband as his own, each time using an ingenious series of pads and pillows to trick him into believing she had indeed carried each child to term. The children were in the couple's possession at the time of Mrs. Wilson's attempted quadruplets heist.
The trial ended with the conviction of "Dr." Smith on the charge of child stealing. Upon appeal, the court handed down a sentence of 5 years probation, during which Smith was to cease and desist the practice of midwifery.
Eventually, Mrs. Wilson was permitted to adopt the three children in her care before the trial, and to become a foster-mother to the two girls among the quadruplets. The boys, including Sadie Engelmann's son, did not survive infancy. Mrs. Wilson went on to take on more foster-children, and to run a daycare facility in Hollywood.
April 26, 2011 at 4:25 am Leave a comment
Ghosts of the Menlo Hotel
The old Menlo Hotel, corner of Winston and Main, was the way station for many a visiting Angeleno, and the last exit for a few. The Menlo offered moderate weekly and monthly rates to appeal to the varied respectable folk who flocked to the growing city. Most of them are long forgotten, but it's hard to feel badly about this obscurity. When the names are known, too often there's tragedy attached.
Case in point, Mrs. Harriet Mortimer Palmer, aged 25. On the afternoon of April 10, 1890, she used a revolver to shoot herself through the heart in her room in the Menlo. Harriet and her husband, both invalids, had come from Toronto during the winter. They lived quietly in the hotel, he struggling with his heart disease and she with consumption.
In March, her condition worsened, but when Dr. T.J. McCarthy was called, she refused his care, and demanded to move into an adjoining room away from her spouse. Once alone, Mr. Palmer spoke candidly with the doctor, complaining that his wife's nervousness and irritability were a torment, as were her regular threats to do harm to herself. The worry was impacting his own health.
On April 10, Mr. Palmer had a crisis, and the doctor came several times to attend to him. It was during one of these visits that a shot rang out in the next room, and when McCarthy rushed in, he found Mrs. Palmer dying, sprawled across the pillows she had heaped upon the bed to catch her as she fell. The bullet passed through her left breast, spine and shoulder, and was recovered about fifty feet down the hall. A note in her satchel read "I am thoroughly tired of life and so end it by my own hand. Please kindly send notice of my death to my aunt in Canada." As for Mr. Palmer, he was reported to be in critical condition, and it was feared the shock of his wife's death would kill him. But if it did, his passing did not make the papers. The maids came in and cleaned their rooms, and life at the Menlo went on.
Late one evening in March 1896, a respectable looking young woman in a gown of black, woolen brocade and a matching cape lined with salmon silk made her way out to Westlake Park. She removed her cape and hat, placed them neatly on a bench, and drowned herself in the lake. In the morning, her things were spotted by gentlemen walking in the park, and after a brief search, her corpse was found floating near the shore.
above: Westlake Park Boat House circa 1900, California Historical Society Collection, USC
Unidentified, her body was exhibited for most of the day in the undertaking parlor of Orr & Hines, where a stream of grim voyeurs trailed through, each pretending they hoped to give a name to the victim. In the afternoon, a friend finally gazed upon the face and knew it: William Davis, restaurant man, declared "This girl was until recently my mother's chambermaid at the Menlo Hotel. She left a week ago last Sunday, giving us no reason."
In her purse was found a pawn ticket from Mr. Morris' shop, showing that she'd left a watch under the name Nellie Emerson. This was the name the Davises first knew her by, although over the five months of her employment they had accidentally found that she was really called Minnie Judy. Minnie was 24 with family in the Northwest, and had been out on her own since the age of 16. She was described as unfailingly good natured, so her departure and apparent suicide were a mystery.
Two men came forward with stories of having seen the girl before her fatal plunge. Veterinarian R.T. Whittlesay, offices on Broadway near Seventh (just a block from the funeral home where she lay on display), remembered a sad face gazing into his window on Tuesday night and was certain it was she. And an unnamed colored man who worked in a Winston Street corral and had known her for a year claimed he saw Minnie Judy the night of her death coming out of the old Los Angeles Theater with a dashingly dressed, dark-haired man. He said he heard the man suggest they catch a cab, as the last streetcar had passed. But officials had doubts about this tale, as the witness described the girl as wearing a large, feathered hat, not the small, modest one found on the bench in the park.
Why would a girl drown herself in 1890s Los Angeles? We have the usual suspicions. Had she been "ruined" by some cad, or did she have an inner sadness she didn't show to other people? Was she really out at the theater with an unknown man the night she died? We'll likely never know. But spare a moment to remember this poor lost girl of the city, and Messers Walters, Irving, Holt and Canserd whose morning constitutional was shattered by their discovery of the waterlogged lass, and the hundreds who took a few moments of their day to gaze upon a dead, drowned face for their amusement. And remember too the old Menlo Hotel, which was briefly home to thousands of anonymous souls, and to a very few whose names we know.
March 29, 2011 at 5:57 pm Leave a comment
The Case of the Medical Electrician aka Abortionist
"The girl was thirsty and wanted ice water constantly. She wouldn't eat much, and vomited black stuff. She was in a great deal of pain on her left side and her abdomen." So ended the short life of Lillie Hattery, age 22, on February 5th, 1897, in the clinic of "Dr." Calvin S. Hastings, Medical Electrician, according to testimony presented at his murder trial.
When Lillie Hattery came from San Bernardino to visit her sister in Los Angeles in late January, she arrived with the names of people rumored to perform "criminal operations." "Dr." Hastings, who practiced without the benefit of a medical license, was third on the list. According to testimony at the trial, Lillie paid $200 for Hastings' services, which included multiple applications of electrical current to the back and abdomen, as well as a surgical procedure, which resulted in copious blood loss by the patient. Lillie suffered from fever, convulsions, and severe pain for a week, during which Hastings treated her solely with electrical stimulation. Two licensed medical doctors examined Lillie's body after it had been delivered to the morgue, and determined that the cause of death was septicemia due to blood poisoning. They also determined that she had been pregnant and undergone an attempted abortion.
At his trial, Hastings testified that Lillie Hattery suffered from an injured ankle, which he treated with electrical stimulation. He claimed that she appeared in good health until the very last moment before she succumbed to what he assumed must have been an internal abnormality such as a diseased heart or some other affliction. Although the prosecution presented evidence of perjury and intimidation of witnesses on the part of both Hastings and his nurse, along with surgical instruments found in Hastings' offices that were commonly used for abortion procedures, as well as closed court testimony from a young woman who had recently undergone the criminal operation in Hastings' care and had almost died, the jury still found Hastings innocent in the death of Lillie Hattery.
Hastings was even able to post bond during the trial, thanks to the generosity of a female admirer, and re-located his Medical Electrician clinic for business down the street in the Hammond Block at 120 1/2 South Spring. Hastings' Medical Electrician Clinic's Grand Opening so provoked a dentist in residence there that the man came to blows with the rental agent, and promptly moved out of the disgraced office building, where, he claimed, no decent woman would now darken a door.
Spring Street, looking south from First Street 1900-1910
USC Digital Archive
After his acquittal, Hastings married the woman who posted his bond. In later years she turns up as one of the many sufferers who find miraculous relief at the hands of the great healer, Rama, of the Rama Institute at 305 ½ South Spring Streets, Los Angeles. One can only wonder why Mrs. Hastings' own husband was unable to heal her deafness with his electrical stimulation.
LA Times Historical Archives
Dr. Calvin S. Hastings was still practicing medicine without a license in 1911 when the state attorney filed a complaint against him during a campaign to shut down so-called "Quack Chink Doctors."
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The village of Avon is located in Fulton County.
From the Census Estimates for 2017, Avon has a population of 738 people<3> (see below for details).
Avon is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>.
Avon is within the boundaries of the (309) area code.
At the time of the 2010 Census, Avon had a population of 799 people. This makes Avon the county's 6th most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 799 people, the population of Avon decreased 12.68% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 915 people).
Taken from the 2017 Census Estimates, Avon had an population of 738 people. This is a decrease of 7.63% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 19.34% since the 2000 Census).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Avon.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance and not the distance if driven.<6>.
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Avon.
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are 40 communities that are also named Avon - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Montana, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Avon.
We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Avon. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Avon. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Avon.
Looking for more information about Avon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
In addition to the Tourism page for Avon, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Avon.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Avon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<2> The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Avon. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3> Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Avon.
<4> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Avon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5> ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a village (such as Avon). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Avon or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6> Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avon) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6619, Longitude: -90.4347 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Avon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).


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Описание
В красном поле рядом два золотых полумесяца рогами в стороны, сопровождаемые сверху и снизу звездами.

Герб используют
6 родовGerejewski, Gierejewski, Marylski, Orda, Ordycz, Pronowicz

Примечания

Литература
 Bartosz Paprocki. Herby rycerstwa polskiego. Kraków, 1584.
 Simon Okolski. Orbis Polonus. Krakow, 1642. T.1-3.
 Ks. Kacper Niesiecki. Herby i familie rycerskie tak w Koronie jako y w W.X.L. Lwów, 1728.

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Carrying out daily activities is a lot easier and faster thanks to technological advancements. Developers have started to incorporate these technologies into mobile apps. A new technology known as Wireless Sensor Network enables end users to carry out all sorts of entertainment and business activities on their mobile devices.
Interestingly, with such technology, end users can conveniently carry out transactions and make payments on their mobile phones. The growth of the Near Field Communication (NFC) is responsible for Wireless Sensor Network facility.
It is therefore not surprising that the market for smartphones that imbibe NFC is also quickly and steadily growing.
Being a wireless communication technology, the Near Field Communication enables users to exchange data between mobile devices, using RFID readers and beacons, no matter how far apart they are from each other. NFC is a low-cost and little energy communication technology that allows users can carry out hassle-free transactions.
It focuses on customized communication by fostering secured intricate exchange of data between the two users without intrusion.
Retailers find the NFC very useful because it enables them to optimize the in-store experience to cope with fierce competition. The two factors that shape the shopping preference of consumers are time and convenience. They opt to go to retail stores because they do not want to wait for their orders to arrive at their homes and at sometimes prefer buying online because of the easy and convenient shopping experience.
Irrespective of their preference at a particular time, their main concern is to conclude the process of purchasing a product with easy.
NFC leverages on electromagnetic radiations to transmit data between two devices, i.e. beacons or RFID tags and assists users performing transactions with ease.
Even though markets in Asia, Europe and the United States of America have started using NFC to improve the payment experience, there is still room for more people around the world to embrace this amazing technology.
This year, Apple announced that with its iOS 11, iPhone users would be able to fully take advantage of the NFC technology on their mobile devices just like Android users.
What this implies is that there would be a fundamental change in the way we interact with physical items and their digital counterparts. In the past, NFC had been very successful in vertical markets such as security, gaming and closed event systems and asset tracking and now, with an NFC reader in their pocket, people will be able to interact with NFC tags.
Thus, NFC is now like the WiFi, Bluetooth, (though faster) Camera and other horizontal technology.
The Near Field Communication technology, has resulted in a tremendous increase in marketing, labeling and branding for smart products , gaming, authentication and much more.
The luxuriant growth of NFC infrastructure has resulted in the exponential expansion in the scope of mobile payment. These payment systems are based on highly intuitive User Interface, and they provide a highly satisfying end-user experience.
This type of payment system rides on the wings of other innovative elements and several business prototypes to grow.
More so, by simply installing the concerned mobile apps on their iPhones, end users will be able to make contactless payments.
There are many available applications with which users can make contactless payments. One of such is 'Boon.' To get started, you would need to download the application, register on it and you are ready to go carry out as many transactions as you want in a short while. Boon helps users track their spending by providing them with a transparently clear picture of all their transactions and payments.
What other tasks can NFC tags perform?
• Bluetooth and WiFi Settings, GPS on/Off, auto-sync.
• They can adjust Display options i.e., auto rotation, brightness, etc.
• Email and SMS Messaging.
• Adjustments to Multimedia ( Start, pause, move, etc.).
• They can create Events and calendar timestamps.
• They can assist you to make phone calls.
• They can activate lock screen, as a security measure.
• They help you set alarms and timers.
• Sound control: profile adjustments, ringtone setting, volumes, notification tones and much more.
1. NFC gives augmented shopping experience to customers. Zaptap for example effectively utilizes NFC technology. It connects customers to a web page that features product/service information.
2. With NFC, customer service is improved. Customers do not need to make payments at the stores. Just a tap on your iPhone or other iOS devices , solves problems with the speed of light.
3. NFC is an added security to your wallet. In the event of your iPhone being stolen, there is a two-step authentication method that prevents you from being defrauded.
4. It eases up the payment process of your purchases.
5. NFC reduces operational cost. As an alternate payment processing system, it saves money and reduces human resources deployment.
1. Users will be accurately check-in to local establishments. Thus, mobile app development companies would be able to provide coupons and also be certain that visitors have entered their store. The user will be able to make purchases with his redeemed coupons from this NFC-enabled mobile devices.
2. When a mobile app development company NYC uses NFC technology to make apps for Restaurants, the results are mind-blowing. With NFC, restaurants can provide checkout services that allow many people purchase and add tips after a meal. Thus speeding up the process for the patrons, waiters, and waitresses.
3. Travel and Mass Transit can also leverage on NFC; to enhance Passenger and Baggage check-in, for boarding and efficient Luggage recovery. If for example, your luggage got missing, you can use a kiosk to locate it, instead of queuing up to speak to an attendant.
4. Vending machines operators can also use NFC. With it, you can tap your phone and also buy soda.
Through NFC contactless payment systems, retail stores can securely keep their card information on their phones and carry out the transaction and make payments with their mobile phones with a few clicks, or around the NFC reader.
In spite of the amazing opportunities, NFC offers users, in areas like e-money, e-commerce, software protection, online ticketing, identity cards, etc., People around the world are not embracing this technology as they should.
Apple's decision to jump on the bandwagon is a very welcome development. Thus, this is a good time for any Mobile app development company interested in this technology to hire Indian app developers for your NFC-enabled iOS apps.


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Ronald "Roly" Crichton  is a New Zealand para-swimmer and coach. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the 50m Freestyle 2, silver medals in the 200m Freestyle 2 and 25m Butterfly 2, and a bronze medal in the 100m Individual Medley 2. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the 200m Freestyle 2 and a bronze medal in the 50m Freestyle 2.

Crichton is the former coach of para-swimmer Sophie Pascoe, and in the 2019 New Year Honours, he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Paralympic sport.

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Nike don't make too many rugby shirts these days – Saracens, Argentina and Toulouse are about the only major teams they supply kit to – and that's a real shame, because they continue to produce some really classy, innovative designs. Toulouse and Nike have been working together since the very first Heineken Cup (when rugby players and fans could get away with carrying some extra timber under their shirts – those were the days!) and as a result, the designers at Nike know exactly how to make a brilliant, fetching design.
This one isn't revolutionary, it's not hugely bold – it's just a really simple, really tasteful, really classic-looking rugby shirt. Honestly – don't you wish this was your club's shirt?
If you think this Leicester Tigers European shirt looks a little bit familiar, you'd be right. Rather than bring out a new shirt for this year, the Tigers have opted to stick with last year's third shirt for this year's tournament. As you'll probably remember (as much as you might want to forget), last year's Leicester home and away shirts were a tiger-striped travesty, and this shirt retains that 'for the love of god what were you thinking?' design theme.
Thankfully, it's substantially more subtle on this shirt, to the point where, from a distance it's almost quite tasteful. Sadly, up close there's no getting away from the fact that it has tiger-y bits all over it. As much as we respect Leicester for sticking with a kit for two whole seasons, this is one shirt we wouldn't be sad to see the back of.
Here at Rugby Shirt Watch we pride ourselves on sourcing the best images we can find to post in our round-ups. Sadly, sometimes a noteworthy shirt comes out and there are simply no decent images available to us. That, sadly has been the case with the 13/14 Clermont Euro shirt. It would be remiss of us to not feature a a shirt from last year's finalists, but we simply weren't able to source any decent images of the shirt itself, so apologies for the rubbish image above.
Moving on to the shirt itself then, and well, it's hard to get hugely excited about this kit, simply because of how similar it is to other Clermont Heineken Cup shirts of recent years. Aside from there being a bit more blue and a little less yellow in this year's effort, you'd be hard-pressed to spot the difference really. That, and the fact that this shirt means we're unlikely to see the far more handsome and unusual grey away kit in the Heineken Cup this year means we're somewhat underwhelmed.
Check back tomorrow for the next installment of our Heineken Cup shirt round-up!


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Narrowing Gender Gap: Women Represent 44% Of New Learners In 2021
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Women in post-pandemic times are learning at a higher pace than the pre-pandemic times, as they represent 44 percent of new learners in 2021, compared to 37 per cent in 2019.
Women in post-pandemic times are learning at a higher pace than the pre-pandemic times, as they represent 44 percent of new learners in 2021, compared to 37 per cent in 2019. An Ed-tech startup named Coursera published a 'Women and Skills Report' which compared pre-pandemic enrolment and performance trends with the rates on the platform after the second wave peaked. India ranked second globally, with more than 4.8 million registered women learners. The Gender Gap report revealed by the World Economic Forum showed that the pandemic had had adverse effects on the condition of women.
Increased Enrollment Ratio
India ranked 20 slots lower than its position in 2020. The reasons contributing to the widening gap included reduced women participation in the labour force at 22.3 per cent, inadequate women representation in technology and leadership and the devastating male to female literacy ratio. However, despite challenging market conditions, women increased their enrollment ratio on Coursera during the pandemic. The Indian Express quoted Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda, "Our research suggests that gender gaps in online learning narrowed during the pandemic, even as gender employment gaps widened".
Women Enrollment Increased By 10%
Maggioncalda further added that women are embracing online learning to develop their skills is an encouraging move. It would also enable them to accelerate their return to work and promote economic stability. Over, India now boasts 38 per cent of total women learners, compared to 24 per cent in 2016. The median age of women learners is 27 years in India compared to the global average of 31 years. The enrolment rate for women in Coursera increased 10 per cent from 26 per cent in 2019 to 36 per cent in 2021.
Skills like computer programming, machine learning, probability and statistics and theoretical computer science are amongst the most preferred skills. Moreover, Indian women have weaponised mobile devices for learning. Nearly 62 per cent of women learners in India access their study material and courses through a mobile device.
Also Read: Noteworthy! Nisha Rao Enrolls As First Transgender Student In Karachi University
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Playing into the Classical Continuum
A Musician's Macrocosm The whole idea of how it starts is really kind of a mystery. It feels almost like a whisper, a whispering from within—before there is even any awareness of a voice from inside. It comes out like a surprise. One day you find yourself saying something so…
We Are Losing the Stars
Cultivating a holistic approach to art and life This past year and a half the world has been given an ultimatum: either pay attention to nature or suffer the consequences, and suffer we have. It is no longer a matter of 'if' but 'when' will it be too late. …
You Say Somatosensorial and I Say Somātosensorial
Playing with the Speed of Hearing Fact №1: We hear faster than we can see. It takes our brain at least one-quarter of a second to process visuals and 0.05 seconds to recognize sound—we can sense changes of sound in less than a millionth of a second! Fact №2: While…
From Two Continents to One
How an Istanbul native followed his heart to a classical music Mecca First fact: Istanbul is the only city in the entire world that sits on two continents, making it a crossroads between east and west—THE east and west—the official point that delineates the east and west geographically here on…
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Playing with Infinity
The enormous task of being creative in a world full of labels Somewhere inside of everyone is a path, a road, with stop lights and lines on the road that need to be kept to in order to avoid catastrophe, of the personal kind. Even if we know that we…
If Music is a Road, I am the Traveler
Conversations with a Violin Whisperer It has been said of Steve Jobs that he was able to achieve by the sheer force of his personality. What is it then that we bring to the proverbial table? Approximately 99.99% of it is energy, with the rest made up of degrees of…
Listening at the Bottom of the Sea
A Fishing Fiddler Communes with the Planet Most of us have no idea what it's like to hang out deep in the ocean. And why would we? It's a museum down there for sure, a gallery of life forms inhabiting a part of the planet where the origins of life…
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When the Sky is not the Limit
A conductor comes full circle by traversing stages and landing strips It is said that one should focus more on the journey and less on the destination, to live in the present and smell the roses—lean in and get a really good whiff of them in all their beauty, revel…
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A Bit of Bedtime Bach
How a prolific pianist created a new take on the old Canticum Somnum Alessandro Deljavan is embarking on his most ambitious project to date. He is known for his remarkable flair and authentic interpretations of works spanning the entire piano repertoire, and after recording more than 50 albums for several…
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Breathing Life into the Works of an Overlooked Master — "They are like one little world in themselves — one microcosmos which reflects all the human ways of being."—Sabine Weyer, about the sonatas of Miaskovsky When we find something meaningful that takes us on a journey of spirit, leading us through a labyrinth towards an unknown, inevitably this path leads…
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Home/India News/Blackbuck Skin Found In House Of Doctor Arrested In Illegal Abortion Case
Blackbuck Skin Found In House Of Doctor Arrested In Illegal Abortion Case
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The blackbuck skin has been handed over to the forest department (Representational photo)
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The police have recovered the skin of a blackbuck from house of the doctor arrested in an illegal abortion case in Maharashtra's Wardha district, an official said on Saturday.
Earlier this week, the police had found 11 skulls and 54 bones of foetuses in the premises of a private hospital where the accused doctor worked in Arvi taluka of the district.
The police have arrested five persons, including Dr Rekha Kadam and two nurses, for performing an abortion on a 13-year-old girl.
During a search, the police recovered the skin of a blackbuck from Dr Kadam's house and the same has been handed over to the forest department, the official said, adding that a separate offence has been registered in this regard.
Earlier on Wednesday, 11 skulls and 54 bones of foetuses were found in a biogas plant located in the premises of Kadam Hospital.
The police had arrested Dr Kadam, two nurses of the hospital for allegedly performing an illegal abortion on an underage girl and also nabbed the parents of a minor boy who allegedly impregnated the girl with whom he was in a relationship.
According to the police, the doctor had failed to inform the authorities about performing an abortion on a girl under the age of 18.
A probe is underway to check if the bones and skulls recovered from the biogas plant were disposed of legally or illegally.
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Q: Why does the url change when a self referencing form is submitted I am submitting a form on the url http://example.com/test.php and this form references itself so the url should stay when the form is submitted the same. Except when the form is submitted, the url becomes example.com/test.php/test.php
How does my php file become a folder for another php file?? I checked my files and I do not have any folders called test.php.
Thanks to anyone that can help

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Additionally, you could use an absolute url in your action. It would be helpful to see what the action being generated in the HTML is and what PHP (if any) you are using to generate the form with

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