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Phoolan Devi
Phoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 26 July 2001), popularly known as "Bandit Queen", was an Indian bandit and later a Member of Parliament.
Member of Parliament (11th Lok Sabha)
1999 – 26 July 2001
Phoolan Mallah
Patherakala, Uttar Pradesh, India
Assassination by shooting
Puttilal Mallah, Umed Singh
Vikram Mallah, Man Singh and other dacoits
Dacoit, Bandit
Born into a poor family in rural Uttar Pradesh, Phoolan endured poverty, child marriage and had an abusive marriage before taking to a life of crime. Having developed major differences with her parents and her husband alike, the teenage Phoolan sought escape by running away and joining a gang of bandits. She was the only woman in that gang, and her relationship with one gang member, coupled with caste difference, caused a gunfight between gang members. Phoolan's lover was killed in that gunfight. The victorious rival faction, who were Rajputs, took Phoolan who was to their village of Behmai, confined her in a room, and took turns to rape her repeatedly over several weeks. After escaping, Phoolan rejoined the remnants of her dead lover's faction who were gangs of Mallaah, took another lover from among those men, and continued with banditry. A few months later, her new gang descended upon the village of Behmai to exact revenge for what she had suffered.[1][2] As many as twenty-two Rajput men belonging to that village were shot dead by Phoolan's gang.
Her act of revenge was portrayed by the press as an act of righteous rebellion. The respectful sobriquet 'Devi' was conferred upon her by the media and public at this point.[3]
Phoolan evaded capture for two years after the massacre before she and her few surviving gang-members surrendered to the police in 1983. She was charged with 48 crimes, including multiple murders, plunder, arson and kidnapping for ransom.[4] Phoolan spent the next eleven years in jail, as the various charges against her were tried in court. In 1994, the state government headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party summarily withdrew all charges against her, and Phoolan was released.[4] She then stood for election to parliament as a candidate of the Samajwadi Party and was twice elected to the Lok Sabha as the member for Mirzapur. In 2001, she was shot dead at the gates of her official bungalow (allotted to her as MP) in New Delhi by former rival bandits whose kinsmen had been slaughtered at Behmai by her gang. The 1994 film Bandit Queen (made around the time of her release from jail) is loosely based on her life until that point.
2 Life as a bandit
2.1 Relationship with Vikram Mallah
2.2 Detainment in Behmai
2.3 A new gang
2.4 Massacre in Behmai
2.5 Surrender and jail term
2.6 Marriage with Ummed Singh
3 Conversion to Buddhism
4 Member of Parliament
5 Assassination
5.1 Aftermath
6 Movie and autobiography
Early lifeEdit
Phoolan was born into the Mallah (boatmen) caste,[5] in the small village of Ghura Ka Purwa (also spelled Gorha ka Purwa) in Jalaun District, Uttar Pradesh.[6] She was the fourth and youngest child of Moola and her husband Devi Din Mallah.[7] Only she and one older sister survived to adulthood.
Phoolan's family were very poor. The major asset owned by them was around one acre (0.4 hectare) of farmland with a large but very old Neem tree on it.[8] When Phoolan was eleven years old, her paternal grandparents died in quick succession and her father's elder brother became the head of the family. His son, Maya Din Mallah, proposed to cut down the Neem tree which occupied a largish patch of their one-acre farmland. He wanted to do this because the Neem tree was old and not very productive, and he wished to cultivate that patch of land with more profitable crops.[9] Phoolan's father acknowledged that there was some sense to this act, and agreed to it with mild protest. However, the teenage Phoolan was incensed. She felt that since her father had no sons (only two daughters), her uncle and cousin were asserting sole claim on the family's farmland inherited from the paternal grandfather. She confronted her much older cousin, taunted him publicly, called him a thief and repeatedly and, over a period of several weeks, showered abuse and taunts upon him. One of the things attested about Phoolan by nearly every source is the fact that she had a very foul tongue, and routinely used abuses.[8] Phoolan also attacked her cousin physically when he berated her for abusing him and making accusations against him. She then gathered a few village girls and staged a Dharna (sit-in) on the land, and did not budge even when the family elders tried to use force to drag them home. She was eventually beaten unconscious with a brick.[10]
A few months after this incident, When Phoolan was eleven year old her family arranged for her to marry a man named Puttilal Mallah, who lived several hundred miles away and was three times her age.[11] She suffered continuous beatings and sexual abuse at the hands of her husband and after several attempts at running away was returned to her family in 'disgrace'.
In retaliation for the public and private humiliations heaped on him, and in order to teach her a lesson, Maya Din went to the local cops and accused Phoolan of stealing small items belonging to him, including a gold ring and a wrist-watch. The cops, who belonged to nearby villages, knew Phoolan and her family well, and they did what the family wanted. They kept Phoolan in jail for three days, physically abused her, and then let her off with a warning to behave better in future and live quietly without quarreling with her family or with others.[9] Phoolan never forgave her cousin for this incident.
After Phoolan was released from jail, her parents once again wanted to send her to her husband. They approached Phoolan's in-laws with the plea that she was now sixteen years of age and therefore old enough to begin cohabiting with her husband. They initially refused to take Phoolan back. However, they were themselves very poor, Phoolan's husband was now thirty-eight years old, and it would be very difficult to find another bride for him, especially with one wife still living. Divorce was simply out of the question in that society. After Phoolan's family offered generous gifts, they finally agreed to take her back. Phoolan's parents performed the ceremony of gauna (after which a married woman begins to cohabit with her husband), took Phoolan to her husband's house and left her there.
Within a few months, Phoolan, this time no longer a virgin, again returned to her parents. Shortly afterwards, her in-laws returned the gifts that Phoolan's parents had given them and sent word that under no circumstances would they accept Phoolan back again. This was in 1979 and Phoolan was only a few months past her sixteenth birthday. She later claimed in her autobiography that her husband was a man of "very bad character." A wife leaving her husband, or being abandoned by her husband, is a serious taboo in rural India, and Phoolan was marked as a social outcast.
Life as a banditEdit
The region where Phoolan lived (Bundelkhand) is even today extremely poor, arid and devoid of industry; most of the able-bodied men migrate to large cities in search of manual work. During the period in question, industry was depressed even in the large cities, and daily life was a grim engagement with subsistence farming in a dry region with poor soil. It was not unusual for young men to seek escape from fruitless labour in the fields by running away to the nearby ravines (the main geographical feature of the region), forming groups of bandits, and plundering their more prosperous neighbours in the villages or passing townspeople on the highways.
Shortly after her final sojourn in her husband's house, and in the same year (1979), Phoolan fell in with one such gang of dacoits. How exactly this happened is unclear; some say that she was kidnapped by them because her "spirited temperament," estrangement from her own family and outspoken rejection of her husband had attracted the attention of the bandits, while others say that she "walked away from her life."[9] In her autobiography, she merely says "kismet ko yehi manzoor tha" ("it was the dictate of fate") that she become part of a gang of bandits.
Whether it was kidnapping or her own folly, Phoolan had immediate cause for regret. The gang leader, Babu Gujjar, raped and brutalized her for three days. At this juncture, Phoolan was saved from rape by Vikram Mallah, the second-in-command of the gang, who belonged to Phoolan's own Mallah caste. In the altercation connected to the rape, Vikram Mallah killed Babu Gujjar. The next morning, he assumed leadership of the gang.
Relationship with Vikram MallahEdit
Undaunted by the fact that Vikram already had a wife and that she likewise had a husband, Phoolan and Vikram began cohabiting together. A few weeks later, the gang attacked the village where Phoolan's husband lived. Phoolan herself dragged him out of his house and stabbed him in front of the villagers. The gang left him lying almost dead by the road, with a note warning older men not to marry young girls. The man survived, but carried a scar running down his abdomen for the rest of his life. Due to this incident, and because he legally remained Phoolan's husband, the man was never able to marry again. He lived his life as a recluse because most people in the village began avoiding his company out of fear of the bandits.[12]
Phoolan learned how to use a rifle from Vikram, and participated in the gang's activities across Bundelkhand, which straddles the border between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. These activities consisted of attacking and looting villages where upper-caste people lived, kidnapping relatively prosperous people for ransom, and committing occasional highway robberies which targeted flashy cars. Phoolan was the only woman member of that gang of dacoits. After every crime, she would visit a Durga temple and thank the Goddess for her protection.[5] The gang's main hideouts were in the ravines of the Chambal River.
Sometime later, Shri Ram and Lalla Ram, two upper-caste Rajput brothers who had been caught by the police, were released from jail and came back to the gang. They were outraged to hear of the murder of Babu Gujjar, their former leader, and held Phoolan responsible for inciting the act.[9] They berated her for being a divisive wanton, and she answered them back with her characteristic foulness of tongue. Shri Ram then held her by the cuff of the neck and slapped her hard, and a scuffle ensued. Phoolan seized this opportunity to allege that Shri Ram had touched her breasts and molested her during the scuffle. As leader of the gang, Vikram Mallah berated Shri Ram for attacking a woman and made him apologise to Phoolan. Shri Ram and his brother smarted under this humiliation, which was exacerbated by the fact that Phoolan and Vikram both belonged to the Mallaah caste of boatmen, much lower than the land-owning Rajput caste to which they themselves belonged.
Whenever the gang ransacked a village, Shri Ram and Lalla Ram would make it a point to beat and insult the Mallahs of that village. This displeased the Mallah members of the bandit gang, many of whom left the gang. On the other hand, around a dozen Rajputs joined the gang at the invitation of Shri Ram and Lalla Ram, and the balance of power gradually shifted in favour of the Rajput caste. Vikram Mallah then suggested that the gang be divided into two, one comprising mainly Rajputs and the other mainly Mallahs. Shri Ram and Lalla Ram refused this suggestion on the grounds that the gang had always included a mixture of castes during the days of Babu Gujjar and his predecessors, and there was no reason to change. Meanwhile, the other Mallahs were also not happy with Vikram Mallah. The fact that he alone had a woman cohabiting with him incited jealousy; some of the other Mallahs had bonds of kinship with Vikram's actual wife; and Phoolan's tongue did not endear her to anyone who interacted with her. A few days after the proposal for division had been floated, a quarrel ensued between Shri Ram and Vikram Mallah. Apparently, Shri Ram made a disdaining comment about Phoolan's morals, and Vikram responded with comments about Shri Ram's womenfolk. A gunfight ensued. Vikram and Phoolan, with not a single supporter, managed to escape in the dark. However, they were later tracked down and Vikram Mallah was shot dead. Phoolan was taken by the victorious faction to the Rajput-dominated village of Behmai, home to Shri Ram, Lalla Ram and several of the new Rajput recruits.[5]
According to legend, Vikram taught Phoolan, "If you are going to kill, kill twenty, not just one. For if you kill twenty, your fame will spread; if you kill only one, they will hang you as a murderess."[13]
Detainment in BehmaiEdit
Phoolan was locked up in a room in one of the houses in Behmai village. She was beaten, raped and humiliated by succession of several upper caste Thakur men over a period of three weeks. In a final indignity they paraded her naked around the village.[3][9] She then managed to escape, after three weeks of captivity, with the help of a low-caste villager of Behmai and two Mallah members from Vikram's gang, including Man Singh Mallah.
A new gangEdit
Phoolan and Man Singh soon became lovers and joint leaders of a gang composed solely of Mallahs. The gang carried out a series of violent raids and robberies across Bundelkhand, usually (but not always) targeting upper-caste people. Some say that Phoolan targeted only the upper-caste people and shared the loot with the lower-caste people, but the Indian authorities claim this is a myth; there is no evidence of Phoolan or her partners in crime sharing money with anyone, whether low-caste or otherwise.[11]
Massacre in BehmaiEdit
Several months after her escape from Behmai, Phoolan returned to the village to seek revenge. On the evening of 14 February 1981, at a time when a wedding was in progress in the village, Phoolan and her gang marched into Behmai dressed as police officers. Phoolan demanded that her tormentors "Sri Ram" and "Lala Ram" be produced.[citation needed] she allegedly said, The two men could not be found. And so Devi rounded up all the young men in the village and stood them in a line before a well. They were then marched in file to the river. At a green embankment they were ordered to kneel. There was a burst of gunfire and 22 men lay dead.[3][5]
The Behmai massacre provoked outrage across the country. V. P. Singh, the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, resigned in the wake of the Behmai killings.[14] A massive police manhunt was launched which however failed to locate Phoolan. It began to be said that the manhunt was not successful because Phoolan had the support of poor people in the region; stories on the Robin Hood model began circulating in the media. Phoolan began to be called the Bandit Queen, and she was glorified by sections of the Indian media[11] as an intrepid and undaunted woman, the underdog struggling to survive in the world.
Surrender and jail termEdit
Two years after the Behmai massacre, the police had still not captured Phoolan. The Indira Gandhi Government decided to negotiate a surrender. By this time, Phoolan was in poor health and most of her gang members were dead, some having died at the hands of the police, some others at the hands of rival gangs. In February 1983, she agreed to surrender to the authorities. However, she said that she didn't trust the Uttar Pradesh Police and insisted that she would only surrender to the Madhya Pradesh Police. She also insisted that she would lay down her arms only before the pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and the Hindu goddess Durga, not to the police.[15] She laid down four further conditions:
A promise that the death penalty would not be imposed on any member of her gang who surrenders
The term for the other members of the gang should not exceed eight years.
A plot of land to be given to her
Her entire family should be escorted by the police to witness her surrender ceremony
An unarmed police chief met her at a rendezvous in the Chambal ravines. They traveled to Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, where she laid down her rifle before the portraits of Gandhi and Goddess Durga. The onlookers included a crowd of around 10,000 people and 300 policemen, apart from the then chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Arjun Singh. Other members of her gang also surrendered at the same time with her.
Phoolan was charged with as many as forty-eight crimes, including thirty charges of dacoity (banditry) and kidnapping. Her trial was delayed for eleven years, during which time she remained in prison as an undertrial. During this period, she was operated on for ovarian cysts and underwent a hysterectomy. The doctor of the hospital reportedly joked that "We don't want Phoolan Devi breeding more Phoolan Devis".[16] She was finally released on parole in 1994 after intercession by Vishambhar Prasad Nishad, the leader of the Nishadha community (another name for the Mallah community of boatmen and fisherfolk). The Government of Uttar Pradesh, led by Mulayam Singh Yadav, withdrew all cases against her. This move sent shock-waves across India and became a matter of public discussion and controversy.
Marriage with Ummed SinghEdit
This time around Phoolan married Ummed Singh. Ummed Singh contested the 2004 and 2009 elections on Indian National Congress's ticket. In 2014 he contested election on Bahujan Samaj Party's ticket. Phoolan's sister Munni Devi later accused him of being involved in Phoolan's murder.[17]
Conversion to BuddhismEdit
On 15 February 1995, Phoolan Devi and her husband Ummed Singh embraced Buddhism at the famous Buddhist site Deekshabhoomi.[18]
Member of ParliamentEdit
In 1995, one year after her release, Phoolan was invited by Dr. Ramadoss (founder of Pattali Makkal Katchi) to participate in the conference about alcohol prohibition and women Pornography. This was her first conference after her release which began her Indian politics. However, Phoolan stood for election to the 11th Lok Sabha from the Mirzapur constituency in Uttar Pradesh. She contested the election as a member of the Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose government had withdrawn all cases against her and summarily released her from prison. She won the election and served as an MP during the term of the 11th Lok Sabha (1996–98). She lost her seat in the 1998 election but was re-elected in the 1999 election and was the sitting member of parliament for Mirzapur when she was assassinated.
AssassinationEdit
Assassination of Phoolan Devi
28.6139° N, 77.2089° E
1:30 pm (UTC+5.5)
Webley & Scott pistol, IOF .32 Revolver
1 (Balinder Singh)
3 unidentified gunmen
At 1:30 p.m. IST (08:30 UTC) on 26 July 2001, Devi was shot dead by three masked gunmen outside of her Delhi bungalow. She was hit nine times, variously in the head, chest, shoulder and right arm. Her personal security guard, Balinder Singh, was shot in his right chest and right arm, who returned fire with a 9-mm service pistol when the gunmen fled the scene in a Maruti 800 car. They abandoned the car mid-way and boarded an auto rickshaw. The police recovered a Webley & Scott pistol and an improvised firearm, an IOF .32 Revolver from the spot, along with nine empty and 15 live rounds, from the car.[19]
Devi was taken to a nearby hospital but was declared dead. The prime suspect, Sher Singh Rana, later surrendered to the police.[20] Rana allegedly claimed to have murdered Devi in revenge for the upper-caste men she gunned down in the Behmai massacre.[21] In the latest ruling, on 14 August 2014, the court sentenced Rana to life in prison and a fine.[22]
AftermathEdit
In the immediate aftermath of the murder, the police were accused of incompetence in their handling of the case. It was alleged that a party worker picked up revolvers that had been dumped by the killers and hid them. Three other people staying in her house were accused of knowing about the revolvers. The revolvers then disappeared before the police could conduct forensic tests on them.[citation needed]
Sher Singh Rana, the main accused, was convicted by Delhi court on August 8, 2014. However, the other ten accused were acquitted. Rana was convicted of the offences under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common intention) under the IPC. The judge had fixed August 12, 2014, as the date for arguments and pronouncement of sentence.[23][24] On August 14, 2014 Rana was sentenced to a life term by a Delhi.[25]
Movie and autobiographyEdit
Shekhar Kapur made a movie Bandit Queen (1994) about Phoolan Devi's life up to her 1983 surrender, based on Mala Sen's 1993 book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi.[26] Although Phoolan Devi is a heroine in the film, she fiercely disputed its accuracy and fought to get it banned in India. She even threatened to immolate herself outside a theater if the film were not withdrawn. Eventually, she withdrew her objections after the producer Channel 4 paid her £40,000.[26] The film brought her international recognition. Author-activist Arundhati Roy in her film review entitled, "The Great Indian Rape Trick", questioned the right to "restage the rape of a living woman without her permission", and charged Shekhar Kapur with exploiting Phoolan Devi and misrepresenting both her life and its meaning.[27]
In 1985 another low budget Bengali movie Phoolan Devi (1985 film) was released loosely based on Phoolan's life. This film was directed by Ashok Roy and starred by Suresh Oberoi, Rita Bhaduri and Joy Banerjee.[28]
Although she was illiterate, Phoolan composed her autobiography entitled The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant to International Legend, with the help of international authors Marie-Therese Cuny and Paul Rambali.[29]
Jagga Jatt
Seema Parihar
Sucha Singh Soorma
^ Devi, Phoolan (1996). I, Phoolan Devi. Warner Books. pp. 384–388. ISBN 0-7515-1964-2.
^ Press, Associated (14 August 2014). "Killer of Phoolan Devi, India's 'Bandit Queen', given life sentence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ a b c "The queen is dead". The Guardian. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ a b "Phoolan Devi". The Daily Telegraph. 26 July 2001.
^ a b c d "Phoolan Devi, India's Bandit Queen". Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
^ Henry Scholberg (1994). A Hindi movie. Indus (HarperCollins India). p. 24. ISBN 978-81-7223-097-5.
^ India today, Volume 26. Thomson Living Media India Ltd., 2001
^ a b Jan Stradling (2011). "12: Phoolan Devi - 'Bandit Queen', freedom fighter, politician". Good Girls Don't Make History. Pier. ISBN 978-1-74266-623-5.
^ a b c d e John Arquilla (2011). Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 245–251. ISBN 9781566638326.
^ "The Great Indian Rape-Trick". Sawnet news. 22 August 1992. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ a b c "Phoolan Devi: Champion of the poor". BBC News. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
^ "Outlaw. India's Bandit Queen and Me by Roy Moxham / KissLibrary: Affordable Ebooks". kisslibrary.net. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "India's bandit queen died as she once lived". time.com. 25 July 2001.
^ "Kshatriya Samaj to honour Phoolan's killer". The Tribune. Chandigarh. 21 May 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
^ Anuja Pande. "Phoolan Power". Retrieved 11 December 2006.
^ "Phoolan Devi". The Telegraph. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bandit-queens-sister-claims-sher-singh-wrongly-convicted-for-phoolans-murder/articleshow/64261756.cms
^ http://www.akasamedia.com/women/phoolan.htm[permanent dead link]
^ "Phoolan Devi shot dead". The Hindu. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ "Profile of Sher Singh Rana". Times of India. 27 July 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "Man arrested for murder of 'Bandit Queen'". The Telegraph. 27 July 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "Profile of life sentences". Times of India. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ http://www.newskarnataka.com/india/Main-accused-in-Phoolan-Devis-killing-convicted/
^ "Mystery surrounds Bandit Queen murder". The Guardian. 30 July 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ Shakil, Sana (14 August 2014). "Life sentence to Sher Singh Rana for killing Phoolan Devi". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ a b "Obituaries: Mala Sen". The Telegraph. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
^ The Great Indian Rape-Trick Archived 14 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine @ SAWNET -The South Asian Women's NETwork, Retrieved 25 November 2011.
^ "Phoolan Devi (1985)". imdb.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend @ Amazon.com, Retrieved 25 November 2011.
Books on Phoolan Devi
Devi: The Bandit Queen, by Richard Shears, Isobelle Gidley. Published by Allen & Unwin, 1984. ISBN 0-04-920097-6.
India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi, by Mala Sen. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. ISBN 0-04-440888-9.
I, Phoolan Devi: The Autobiography of India's Bandit Queen, by Phoolan Devi, Marie-Thérèse Cuny, Paul Rambali. Published by Little, Brown and Co., 1996. ISBN 0-316-87960-6.
Moxham, Roy (3 June 2010). Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me. Rider. ISBN 978-1-84604-182-2.
Phoolan Devi, with Marie-Therese Cuny, and Paul Rambali, The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend, Guilford, Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59228-641-6
Phoolan Devi - by N.Pugazhendhi, Coimbatore in TAMIL translated from Malayalam.
Gabriel, Karen (2009). "Reading Rape: Sexual Difference, Representational Excess and Narrative Containment". pp. 9–16.
India's Bandit Queen by Mary Anne Weaver
Peacock, J. Sunita "Phoolan Devi: The Primordial Tradition of the Bandit Queen." in: Transnationalism and the Asian American Heroine: Essays on Literature, Film, Myth and Media. pp. 187–195.
A collection of links related to Phoolan Devi (the page is quite old, and many of the links are broken).
"The Phoolan Devi Murder home page". Rediff.com.
Crime Library article on Phoolan Devi
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phoolan_Devi&oldid=934452379"


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An initiative of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
The work to narrow the Opportunity Gap in the Twin Ports starts with listening
by Rob | Apr 8, 2019 | News |
That has been the focus of the Opportunity Rising Initiative since it began in 2015 with efforts by the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and its partners. After identifying the issues of children and families living in poverty as a major focus, the Community Foundation and its partners began holding a series of listening sessions that opened eyes, created awareness and provided the basis for more than $1.5 million in grants issued since 2016 to begin narrowing the gap.
Now, with public understanding of this issue critical for the Twin Ports to take the next steps, the Community Foundation has invited the non-profit, StoryCorps, to our community. StoryCorps is a nationally known nonprofit that records, preserves, and shares stories of people from all walks of life in order to build a more just and compassionate world. Since 2003, the organization has recorded and distributed audio stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs through storycorps.org and National Public Radio.
In late May, the Community Foundation will bring StoryCorps to the Twin Ports to conduct 15 interviews over three days with local residents about issues surrounding the Opportunity Gap and the Opportunity Rising Initiative. Stories will include those from people who are dealing with the Opportunity Gap in their daily lives, who are working to help children and families rise up from poverty, and individuals who have done so themselves.
A StoryCorps representative will provide an update on those recordings and will make a special presentation to guests at the Community Foundation's Annual Celebration, from 4-6 p.m. May 22 in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. During the reception StoryCorps will lead a "closer look" discussion for those interested guests.
Four years ago, the Community Foundation began its work to address the Opportunity Gap in earnest by inviting Dr. Robert D. Putnam of Harvard University to the Twin Ports to give the keynote address at its 2015 Annual Celebration. Putnam is the author of "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis," a New York Times best-selling book examining the Opportunity Gap. Putnam and a team of scholars conducted research in cities nationwide, including Duluth, showing the gap widening.
In 2016, the Community Foundation awarded $1.5 million to 10 nonprofit grantees in the Twin Ports for groundbreaking work to help children and families in poverty and to narrow the Opportunity Gap. The projects, still underway and now joined by others, are connecting children and families to services including education, transportation, mentoring and employment. Many of the grants are for innovative efforts that may serve as national models for improving lives of children and families.
In Duluth, In Duluth, 3,346 children, or 21.5 percent, live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In Superior, the number is 1,038 children, or 25.8 percent. Both numbers are higher than the Minnesota average of 12.2 percent, the Wisconsin average of 15 percent and the national average of 18 percent.
Scholars, civic leaders and service providers have warned that the gap between rich and poor children and families is widening across the United States, creating increasingly separate societies. That chasm threatens the ability of individual communities and the nation as a whole to solve problems, seize opportunities and achieve goals for economic growth and quality living.
For more information about this year's Annual Celebration or to RSVP for this free event, please go to dsacommunityfoundation.com. Those with questions also may call 218-726-0232 or email info@dsacommunityfoundation.com.

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BPM, Virtual Percussion Synth from MOTU.
BPM (Beat Production Machine) is compatible with Windows Xp ,Vista , 7 and Mac OSX.
I haven't encountered any problems regarding the help manual, everything is pretty well explained and the functions are easily accessible.
The general configuration is great,everything works fast and the interface easy to follow and use.
The software performs well without using a lot of cpu resources and it provides some great balance between the human touch and the pc programming of the drums.
The gear is very stable, I hadn't had any errors working with it.
I've been using for about 1 month, and I gotta admit it works very well , I've used this machine more in my pop , rock composition.
What I like most about it is the feel that this drum induce which are some classic drum machines of the 80's and 90's.
I like a lot the library provided with it, which consists on 15 gb of pure drums , it has a drum machine-style operation with advanced virtual instrument that allows your creativity to reach a higher level.
This product has over 10,000 individual samples , over 1,000 new drum and percussion loops that have a 24-bit 96 kHz audio quality.
It also contains over 200 drum kits + patterns , over 100 urban multi-sampled instruments , some great comprehensive percussion samples, patterns and loops.
Another great aspect of this product is that is has 64 pads per scene , great controls to mute , solo , change velocity , etc .
My opinion about the value of price is very good , this product comes with a vast library that allows to make something unique and it costs only 300 $.
Knowing what I know, I would buy this product because it's one of the best drum sequencing I have ever tried.
The MOTU BPM is a production software that comes loaded with 19GB of sounds, a whole bunch of effects and you can sample right in the software. You can run it on your PC or your Mac, if you are using it on a PC you need to have XP, Vista, or Windows 7 either 32 or 64 bit. If you are on a Mac you need to have OSX 10.4.11 or higher and a G4 or better with 1GB of RAM.
If you use MOTU BPM with ASIO drivers you will have very good playback and glitch free low latency usage. But without ASIO drivers depending on what you system specs are you could experience some issues with latency and glitch like behavior during playback. Though it is very easy to install, the program is much bigger than expected and it can eat up your CPU quickly. Especially when you get into processing all of the effects, you will almost have to be using an ASIO driver in order for it to play smoothly.
One of the worth the money features , are that you have an unlimited FX slots per rack, so you can just start stacking those effects up on top of each other and get some really cool sounds, but like I said if your drivers are not under control you will not be stacking too many effects together before you start to experience choppy playback.
This software is good, and it comes at a decent price. I just did not have a need for it so I never used it after the first few initial times. It does come loaded with a lot of synth, bass, and drum sounds. It is also ready to go right out of the box. No hard set ups or anything like that, the manual that comes with it is pretty thin, but it helps you a lot if you need it.
Hendricks97's review (This content has been automatically translated from French)" Yes ... but apparently NOT! A beta version sold as an app!!"
The installation is done it without problems?
I do not know about mac being under windows. I installed windows xp and under seven. Some constraints forcing them to copy shortcuts bank's 17 gigabytes in the same folder as the dll ... anyway! It could have been easier but it is not dead!
The general configuration is easy?
Former user mpc, configuration seems familière.on sees when entering the details that is far from the last mpc.Il flexibility is very simple to create a pattern with excellent sound bank available to the app that in fact also one of its main interests.
MPc early on, we were limited in the visual editing pattern and song because the screen is permitted pas.15 years after the UVI developers have seen fit to keep the same visual impairment probably to keep in mind!
More use standalone is very limited and does not allow to use other vst internally. Example to put a UAD compressor on an internal bus you need to open bpm bpm vst in your DAW!
Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
A mess on PC! Again I do not speak for mac that I used pas.Des bugs in series. The undo is very random, it is better not to make mistakes or deleted by mistake. The (very practical in appearance) editing functions are not reliable and notes shift them even as sseions becomes "loaded" (about 7-8 patterns). Basically you play a groove and elements of tempo hero finds no apparent reason at the next login! The "loop" function to carefully cut the samples can only be used with the mouse scroll. Jai .. mouse logitech marble mouse is not recognized and I have to change my mouse if I want to use the magnifying glass!
Adding layer to the stacker is more hazardous sound and you will often uncheck the "edit all layers" option which joins the same treatment to all samples and that "Récoché" reasons alone without doing so you lose the affected settings chacque has added to its layer! All this causing great loss of time, to repeat what has already been done and loss of spontaneity! I pass and best.
The manual is more than necessary for the installation, for the rest we do not learn much! .. We know that a filter is used to filter, that eq equalize etc. ..
BPM is somewhat greedy May it is understandable given the number calculations to manage.
The idea of this software is very good on paper and I've been able to do with many projects (not without difficulty) with BPM.
However developers have literally abandoned users with their app that seems to me to be a beta version, a demo they sell and continue to sell (very expensive in terms of innovation competition, Maschine, Fl Studio!) With too many bugs! An update is required CONCRETE with optimization in publishing as I said the app could be very well without all these defects causing loss of time so it is better to actually lose in the long learning another "step by step".
In anticipation of a serious update, If you are looking for something simple and intuitive works on, go your way!
hugzz's review (This content has been automatically translated from French)" one mpc software"
Have you encountered any incompatibilities?
Slight problem with ProTools sync .. when I start playback from the beginning of the session and that BPM is on a track, it is shifted minutely, so I have to place my cursor to a position before pressing play.
Even with ProTools, when the cursor is placed on some grid lines, BPM does not start .... we must shift the cursor again.
What is the configuration of your computer?
The software works he correctly on this configuration?
Well, I do not remember BPM crashed one day.
This software + hardware is stable?
Provided its bank is huge!
Super intuitive, if you have an idea in mind can recreate in minutes, ready made kits are efficient and well organized, you can navigate easily to change a sample and you can assign controllers (MPD32 for me) easily .
The effects are effective and some mixing is very well designed, you can easily assign as 16 mix outputs for each sample in a sequencer.
Requires iLok ............ we say that this is not a problem but when you find yourself wanting to call / listen to one compo someone and not on its own ba iLok just can not! and we say that there really is not practical!
I liked the samples of the bank are in the. Wav to be used outside BPM ..
Lack of integrated sidechain compression (I think) to add a sub kick correct.
A good case with which we can go far!
With experience, you do again this choice?
........ I'm trying to get away from products that require a iLok to never be bothered. I hesitate with Maschine that looks nice thanks to its dedicated controller.
Anonymous 's review (This content has been automatically translated from French)" Collosse with feet of clay (PC)"
3 / Incompatibility: So is the big downside to this software on PC, bug ca at each session, one of the reason I have not tried the song mode ... it's a shame for a software of this quality. Well apparently it runs on Mac so great ... it are the problem on PC?
4 / Manual in English but very comprehensive and detailed.
Performance is well below the quality of the software and printing veloce it generates.
The software does not work properly ... alas ca bug each session on a PC ... if it starts to work it must do the bare essentials and quickly filter that is to say his record his drumkits ... then quickly recorded the sequence for I assure you I am bitten owe more than once ... In fact it is necessary to be constantly registered tranqille work constantly when I say it really has any new change.
For two years I have .. I did the acquisition of an Imac so I'll install it soon.
I have not try before ... a little from my MV and my Mpc 1000.
What I like most about this software is the huge possibility of synthesis ... you can enter any drumkits "average" in and do something big .. I like her a lot sequence that closely resembles that of an MPC.
The value for money is reasonable I would say I paid 329 euros a time .. a little under Save rather than buying an MPC.
It may seem paradoxical, but the choice I would do your eyes close .. The best software any category ... editing ... .. the sequencer synthesis ... Not to mention the new sound banks UVI Soundsource that the we just add .. wow ... frankly this software is designed to cross the decades.
Even the MPC studio that will release soon is not the standard of MOTU BPM.
MPC studio mashine ... ... more than expected MOTU develops its control surface which would enormissime!
ThisIsTheSky's review (This content has been automatically translated from French)" A virtual MPC first choice!"
This software is not very greedy in CPU power and turns easily on my iMac in 2009.
I use BPM for two years. This resort is a perfect virtual MPC. A station that can cope groovebox beats evolved in an easy and intuitive.
Compared with Maschine I know well, BPM is more efficient and better designed. The engine is very advanced and groove is used to treat every detail. Ergonomics screen is perfect. The samples are loaded easily drag & drop (drag / drop).
If BPM does not provide chip is dedicated to a way of Maschine, it can easily integrate any of your existing controllers. BPM does not claim any one as Maschine, it focuses on the beat and the groove area and is used to make better and faster than its competitor.
The bank's home since version 1.5 contains a comprehensive library of drum machines of the past. The original bank in turn, is more access bcp Rap as minimal techno of Berlin. But BPM eat anything you want to give it.
To summarize: BPM is a virtual groovebox first class, capable of composing beats a professional high speed "V", with its intuitive tools and ergonomics perfectly thought. One who already has a MIDI controller or the one who appreciates the comfort of a computer screen should consider BPM.
Chris Darkers's review (This content has been automatically translated from French)" Excellent product"
- The installation is done it without problems?
Yes not very complex but a bit long to install. It takes a key ILOK that sometimes update.
- The general configuration is easy?
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
Not anything special apart from some bugs, but since 5.1 it runs better.
Yes, for my part I am french manual is very detailed and for once not on CD should be reported as it becomes scarce.
- What is the configuration of your computer?
- The software works he correctly on this configuration?
-This software + hardware is stable?
- For how long have you been using it?
- Did you try many other models before getting this one?
- What thing do you like most/least about it?
-What is your opinion about the value for the price?
Purchased a year ago, after the first update everything is nikel, the engine is by far the best I have done motu!
Very stable mode sp 1200 gouramnd if a little on the four banks, for example!
For a year, he always replace my other plug (Kontakt, SampleTank, battery, stylus even though it is not the same style)!
Super ergonomic, clear, efficient, high quality sound, built-in effects (creative) excellent!
I would do this choice no doubt!
the first: ilok! I have lost my key ahantise with my licenses (Softube, motu, waves ..) and I do not think it's normal to pay for prroteger is made of soft pays!
I try biensur mashine, which very good but part of BPM software is far!
No problem installation manual very clear, no incompatibility.
Pc dual core 1.8 GHz Intel, 2 gb ram, sound card m-audio firewire 410, everything is stable and yet javai heard rumors about pcs. Jai updater to version 1.4 and everything is niquel now jai checker somewhat instruments its a bit slow but good instruments are indeed rotten bpm has not used it is used to make AC the drum and the drums on this software are outstanding !!!!! first quality!
I the User for 3 weeks and it happens all at once a big sound especially hip hop, javais machine already and neither reason 4, the bin bpm it rocks heavy wood lol, great beats, beautiful drums.
I do it again because this election being about 5 and possessing full cubase vst at least I dont need me to rewire with Reason, I produce everything in cubase with ease. the beats sound heavy right now.
269th for ca mpc will !!


Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, has been awarded the 2018 UEFA men's player award ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohammed Salah.
The 33-year-old Croatian captain who won the golden ball at the 2018 World Cup was Real Madrid's midfield engine and chief creator on the road to a third consecutive Champions League crown.
This is the first time the award is being handed out to someone else other than Ronaldo and Lionel Messi since Frank Ribery won it in 2013.
Speaking at the presentation, the former Tottenham midfielder said: "It's an incredible moment for me – I'm excited and proud.
"Thanks to everyone who voted for me, my club, my team-mates, my coaches who support me in my good moments and less good moments. This award belongs to them too.
Meanwhile, Juventus striker, Ronaldo, was named the best striker in Europe for the 2018 season.
The predatory forward scored 15 goals in last season's UCL, netting in every group game and did not stop scoring until the second leg of the quarter-final.
His last-minute penalty against Juventus propelled his former club, Real Madrid, into the semi-final.
Real Madrid had a clean sweep of the other awards handed out, with Keylor Navas winning best goalkeeper, while Sergio Ramos was named the best defender.
Former England international, Sir David Beckham, was awarded the honorary president's award for 2018.
The 43-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder was described by UEFA President, Aleksander Čeferin, as the player that "changed the image of a footballer" with his commercial appeal.


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Martin...dude...as much as i love TES 4... I think we may have a possession!!! Or a poorly cast Chameleon Spell...but either way. its creepy as hell lol.
I would hate to see how apparent the light is.
well this happened at Deepscorn Hollow's secret entry point. She was a follower of mine and i asked her to stay behind and out of sight. Was gonna go cause a goblin war among two different goblin clans and it would be so much easier having her snipe out of sight behind me. Like i some how glitched the game so that she didnt completely turn invisible.


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Leek Town v Stoke City: Stoke relishing difficult test - Baker eyes silverware
Blues to host defending county champions Stoke City under-23s in quarter-final at Harrison Park
Stoke City under-23s head to Leek Town tonight hoping to continue their bid to retain the Staffs Senior Cup title for the first time since the 1970s.
The young Potters lifted the cup for the first time this century last season, beating Chasetown via a penalty shoot-out at Vale Park.
They have already knocked Chasetown out of the competition with a 3-0 win this year and will be at Harrison Park (7.45pm) knowing that whoever wins will be going to Hednesford Town in the semi-finals. They last won back-to-back titles in 1975 and 76.
Staffs Senior Cup holders Stoke City head to Leek Town in this season's quarter-finals.
Stoke coach Wade Elliott might be hoping for a repeat of the performance from the weekend, when his side beat Fulham 4-1 … but he is not expecting a similar kind of match.
He said: "It's a really, really good competition. We go and we get different games, different types of tests.
"We play one week at Chasetown, then we play at the bet365 Stadium against Fulham under-23s, then we're at Leek. We're trying to develop well-rounded footballers and expose them to as many different environments and challenges as possible.
"Leek will be a different game to Saturday and it will ask different questions of the players but it's a competition we did well in last year, we had a good performance at Chasetown and hopefully I speak for the lads too when I say I'm really looking forward to the game."
Leek Town's match posters have won national attention this season. Here is the Bruce Springsteen-inspired design for the Staffs Senior Cup tie against Stoke.
Elliott has taken over the under-23s after Glyn Hodges followed Mark Hughes out of the door last month and has guided the side to back-to-back Premier League 2 wins for the first time this season.
He has been working with Paul Lambert to make sure the team is playing the same kind of style as the seniors to make a bridge between the two – and that means a lot of energy and pressing.
Ex-Stoke defender Philipp Wollscheid returns to action – as FUTSAL player
"I've said to our lads that I want us to play on the front foot and make decisions on the pitch about when they go and when they don't," said Elliott.
"The manager has been explicit coming in that's how his teams to play. He wants his front three to be high energy and go after people.
"Our lads have to show they can do that if they want to have a chance of stepping into that environment. The manager has 100 per cent set the tone in that."
Tyrese Campbell fires in his hat-trick goal for Stoke City under-23s against Fulham. (Image: Phil Greig)
Stoke fans pick out FIVE reasons why club's in relegation fight – and SIX reasons for hope
Tyrese Campbell, who scored a hat-trick against Fulham, might not be available as he tries to work his way into Lambert's Premier League plans. Ollie Shenton, who was also on the scoresheet, should be involved while Lewis Banks will be captain, having picked up the trophy last April.
Elliott won't be judging the players solely on the scoreline, saying: "You're looking at performances first, individually and collectively, and generally if you get those right the results come."
Jordan Johnson has hit 18 goals for Leek Town this season to sit level with Tim Grice at the top of the club's scoring charts. (Image: Phil Radcliffe)
Midfielder Liam Davies has completed a loan spell at Leek and returned to Chester but defender Luke Offord has arrived from Crewe.
Blues won 4-3 at Carlton on Saturday thanks to a last-minute winner from Jordan Johnson and sit seventh in Evo-Stik Division One South.
Cuckoo into Coors Premier Cup final after shoot-out thriller
Baker said: "It's a prestigious county cup. Stoke are the holders and will be keen to hang on to their title, while we have not won the competition for quite a while (1996), so it would be nice to win some silverware this season."
The winners of the Stafford Rangers v Kidsgrove Athletic tie, will play wither Wolverhampton Sporting or Walsall in the other semi-final. This year's final is being played at the bet365 Stadium.
Admission at Leek is £8, with £5 concessions and free for under-16s.
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By Mike Garrity
In a recent article the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, and local ranchers claimed that removing conifers, mainly juniper trees, on public lands increases and improves habitat for sage grouse, big game, and other species that rely on juniper/sagebrush habitat. But the best available science and on-the-ground evidence from similar projects show that it does just the opposite.
The majority of BLM conifer removal projects in Montana are in critical big game winter range where belts of low elevation forests progressively thin out into adjacent grasslands as growing conditions become less favorable for trees. The more open forests at the grassland fringe provide various grazing opportunities for big game, while the more dense forests above these areas reduce snow depth and wind speed, providing critical thermal protection for deer and elk during Montana's severe winters.
Juniper trees also produce up to 20,000 berries per square meter of foliage, providing high-energy food for wildlife, migratory birds, wild turkeys, and upland game birds throughout fall and winter regardless of deep snow. Junipers in the inter-mountain West provide breeding habitat for at least 43 species of birds including many that have been identified as Montana Species of Concern. These include the Lark sparrow, Loggerhead shrike, pinyon jay, Cassin's finch, Clark's nutcracker, Ferruginous hawk, golden eagle, northern goshawk, and flammulated owl.
The conifer removal proponents neglected to mention that to remove juniper from large tracts of sagebrush the BLM actually burns the sagebrush so it will carry the flames into the juniper trees. Removing sagebrush and juniper not only decreases the likelihood of sage grouse recovery, it increases the chance of annually-recurring wildfires because non-native cheatgrass moves in after the sagebrush is burned. Cheatgrass is a very aggressive, highly flammable noxious weed that has proven almost impossible to eradicate.
The proponents claim conifers suck up water, are an invasive species, and cutting them down will help fight climate change because we will have more water without the trees. It's certainly true that trees need water like all living things, but when it comes to climate change, trees are incredibly efficient at pulling carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, out of our overheating atmosphere. Trees also produce the oxygen we breathe. As is well known, junipers and Doug fir are native to Montana, not invasive species. The real invasive species are the cheatgrass and other noxious weeds that will move in when the sagebrush and juniper are burned.
The BLM, ranchers, and The Nature Conservancy apparently believe the best use of our public lands is to produce more and more cattle. Trees don't produce cattle so they need to be cut. Cattle don't eat sagebrush so it needs to be burned. Deer and elk eat grass that could be consumed by cattle so let's get rid of the trees that provide critical hiding and thermal cover to reduce the grazing competition from native deer and elk.
In conclusion, burning thousands of acres of sagebrush and juniper on public lands owned by all Americans will hurt, not benefit, sage grouse recovery efforts, making it more likely that sage grouse will wind up on the Endangered Species List. It will substantially increase the risk of annually recurring wildfires, as has been documented throughout the West when cheatgrass invades. Nor will it benefit wildlife as the proponents claim. It will do just the opposite and reduce critical winter survival odds for big game and the many species of wildlife that rely on sagebrush/juniper habitat to make it through Montana's long and cold winters.
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After trying out the sweet pastries and cakes from The Bakery @ Sarkies Corner, E&O Hotel Penang, we then proceeded to try out the local and international dishes. Sarkies Corner, located at the Heritage Wing of E&O Hotel Penang, is not to be confused with their Sarkies a stone throws away. Today's post will be to share on the dishes we had one fine Sunday afternoon, from their Weekend Local Specialties and Ala Carte menu.
Arriving at the restaurant, I was pretty impressed by the colonial styled decor and ambiance, and was further surprised to see that they served local Penang and Malaysian food on top of some international dishes. It was indeed a nice place to sample some of the local delights.
Every Saturday and Sunday this June 2014, Sarkies Corner will be running their Weekend Local Specialties, from 12pm to 3pm with dishes going from RM20++ per dish. Do check out below on the dishes offered under the weekend local specialties menu.
Sarkies Corner's Roasted Chicken and Duck Rice happens to be one of their signature dish, which comes highly recommended by the chef and diners alike. Being the first dish served, it did meet my expectation, with the chicken thigh being tender, and very flavourful. The main dish went well with the two popiah and pie tee appetizers, all available in Week 1 of June 2014.
Week 2 offerings from the Weekend Local Specialties were the Laksa Lemak and the Bubur Pulut Hitam. The Laksa Lemak was unlike our usual Penang Assam Laksa, tasting akin to curry mee, but with laksa noodles, with extra 'lemak'.
The Penang Prawn Mee served by Sarkies Corner had these big prawns with spicy prawn based soup, making it one of the nicer noodle dish around. The locals call this dish "Hokkien Mee", and it's a must have local fare when you're dining in Penang. The Rojak Buah wasn't unlike any others I have tried, but I do like the generous serving of peanuts, and sauce in the dish.
For the final weekend of June, Sarkies Corner has whipped up their Nasi Lemak and Ice Kacang. I'm not sure how I missed out the Nasi Lemak shot, but the Ice Kacang is a welcome dessert on a hot day.
Always a fan of steak and red meat, it was a good thing Sarkies Corner offered international western dishes off their ala carte menu. I got to try out their Grill Grass Fed Sirloin, which looked way better than it tasted. The meat was a tad too tough, probably because the meat was well done, versus the 'medium rare' state which I much preferred. Served with the accompanying potatoes, it was an okay dish for me.
One of my favourite dish that day, the American Burger came served on a rather huge platter complete with fries and some greens. The patty itself, the most important aspect of any burger, was much to my liking, being both tender and soft. I was told they used some really good beef, grinded and grilled to perfection.
Another delicious, and very tasty dish served by Sarkies Corner would be their Mamak Mee Goreng. I've always liked my mee goreng being slightly wet without being soggy, flavourful, and spicy. Squeeze some of the lime unto the dish, and it's bound to satisfy your craving for the local delight.
The Beef Rendang with rice had this very nice smell to it, enticing us to try it out the moment it was served. The meat was tender enough, with very spicy rendang, going very well with the rice. A meal by itself, we were pretty much stuffed by the time this dish arrived, which wasn't surprising taking into account what we had the whole afternoon. Do drop by Sarkies Corner at E&O Hotel for some local delicacies, if you're in the vicinity, bored of the Penang street food and wish to dine in a restaurant with a nicer ambiance.


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Thomson Reuters Eikon to provide financial markets with European elections news and analysis
Institutional February 22, 2017 —by Valentina Kirilova 0
Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has launched a dedicated app on its flagship desktop product Eikon that provides financial professionals with a one-stop location for market and economic data, news, and analysis leading up to and after the 2017 elections in The Netherlands (March 15), France (April 23 and May 7), and Germany (September 24).
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MLB abstract: Max Scherzer receives the three,000. Strikeout on Dodgers win
By jimadmin Last updated Sep 13, 2021
2021-09-13 06:02:55 GMT + 00: 00 – Max Scherzer admitted an eight innings hit to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon. Sweep game.
Scherzer put a perfect game into the eighth inning before Eric Hosmer pulled a double with an out just outside the reach of right fielder Mookie Betts. It was the only baserunner Scherzer allowed.
Scherzer (14-4) also hit nine to become the 19th MLB pitcher to hit 3,000 career strikeouts. He beat the team to nine pitches in the second inning and was the only pitchers, alongside Chris Sale and Sandy Koufax, to have at least three flawless innings in their MLB career.
Betts, Corey Seager and Justin Turner homered for the Dodgers (91-53) who remain 2 1/2 games behind the San Francisco Giants for the NL West lead.
Blake Snell started for San Diego (74-68), but hobbled off the field after his 11th throw.
Blue jay 22, Orioles 7
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a grand slam and a two-run homer, Teoscar Hernandez also scored a grand slam and defeated Baltimore in Toronto.
Gurriel, who became the first Blue Jay to score four Grand Slams in one season, had the top seven RBIs of his career. Hernandez, who was hit by pitches twice, achieved his career best with five RBIs. Danny Jansen added four RBIs by going 4-for-6.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored his 44th home run of the season to take the Major League lead with Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani. Jake Lamb (# 7) had a solo shot for the Blue Jays (80-63), who won three out of four of the Orioles and recorded 14 wins in their last 16 games.
White Sox 2, Red Sox 1
Leury Garcia scored a walk-off solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift Chicago above the Boston visit in a rubber match of a three-game series.
Garcia's fifth homer of the season against Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock (8-4) came after Eloy hit Jimenez and Yasmani Grandal in a row to open up ninth home place.
Chicago have won two of their last three games after losing four of the previous six. The White Sox advanced 12 games ahead of Cleveland at the top of the American League Central, while Boston and Toronto fell behind for the best wildcard spot in the AL.
Diamondbacks 5, Seafarers 4
Tyler Gilbert allowed only two hits in 5 1/3 innings, both solo homers, when Arizona beat hosts Seattle in an interleague game.
Ketel Marte homered for the Diamondbacks, which for the first time since April 26-27. Won August games in a row and her first run since her visit to Philadelphia in a three-game set on May 17-19. August won.
Mitch Haniger, Dylan Moore and Jarred Kelenic stood up for the Mariners, who lost three games back in the hunt for the American League's second and final wildcard playoff spot.
Rockies 5, Phillies 4
Garrett Hampson has homered twice, single, and raced all five Colorado runs to lift the visiting Rockies past Philadelphia.
Brendan Rodgers added three hits and Elias Diaz had two hits and scored two runs for the Rockies, which won three out of four in the series.
Bryce Harper homered and JT Realmuto contributed three hits and an RBI for the Phillies. Starter Aaron Nola gave up five hits and three runs with 10 strikeouts and no walks in 5 1/3 innings. Nola surpassed 200 strikeouts for the season during the outing.
Nationals 6, Pirates 2
Lane Thomas hit a three-run shot, one of three Washington home runs when the visiting Nationals led Pittsburgh to avoid a series sweep.
Pittsburgh, the only team in the Major Leagues that hasn't beaten an opponent this season, have stood on the threshold 13 times.
Alex Avila and Luis Garcia also homered, and Yadiel Hernandez added an RBI single for the Nationals, who had a three-game losing streak.
Brewer 11, Indian 1
Kolten Wong and Avisail Garcia have each homered twice, and Eric Lauer picked up a no-hitter in the sixth inning when the Milwaukee guest expanded his winning streak to five games by knocking out Cleveland.
Manny Pina also homered for the Brewers, who scored seven runs in the first three innings and set a franchise record of 34 games over .500.
Cleveland, which became the first team to go without a hit three times in a season on Saturday, failed to record a hit on Sunday until Ryan Lavarnway scored a single goal in the sixth.
Tiger 8, rays 7 (11)
Jeimer Candelario hit two home runs and hit in three runs while Robbie Grossman drew a walk towards the end of the game with bases loaded as hosts Detroit lapped Tampa Bay in 11 innings.
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Candelario's second homer, a shot from two runs, erased Tampa's 7-5 lead in the 10th inning.
Miguel Cabrera had a two-run single for Detroit while Kyle Funkhouser (7-3) took the win with a goalless relief inning.
Astros 3, angel 1
Lance McCullers Jr. worked six strong innings while Kyle Tucker scored his 25th home run when Houston won his three-game series rubber match with a visit to Los Angeles.
McCullers (12-4) only fixed the Angels twice but routinely worked his way out of trouble. He allowed a run with three hits and two walks while recording seven strikeouts.
After the game tied at 1, Tucker spun a fastball from Angels reliever Jose Quijada (0-1) on the fifth field and drove the field 406 yards into right midfield to meet Yuli Gurriel and lift Houston to 3. 1 line.
Braves 5, Marlins 3
Freddie Freeman celebrated his 32nd birthday with his 30th home run to help Atlanta beat Miami at home.
Marlin's reliever Antony Bass handed Homers over to Freeman and Ozzie Albies in the seventh inning.
Freeman has scored at least 30 home runs in each of the last two full seasons, 13 during last year's 60-game schedule.
Royals 5, twins 3
Kyle Isbel kicked off with a two-out single in the eighth inning and Kansas City defeated Minnesota in their rubber game of their three-game series in Minneapolis.
Adalberto Mondesi homered and Whit Merrifield had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and scored twice for Kansas City. Jake Brentz (4-2) took the win with a scoreless inning of relief while Scott Barlow made his 12th save.
Byron Buxton went 2 for 3 with one double and two runs and Brent Rooker had a double with two runs for Minnesota.
Cardinals 2, red 0
Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer with five pitchers combined for a shutout in the first inning when St. Louis defeated Cincinnati.
The Cardinals won two out of three games over the weekend, giving the Reds their sixth straight defeat.
Cardinal's starting pitcher JA Happ and four Relievers only allowed five goals for the Reds, who lost for the fifth time in their last seven games.
Giants 6, young animals 5
Kris Bryant and Austin Slater each had two hits and ran a run for San Francisco, which completed a three-game sweep over Chicago and won its seventh game in a row. In it Ruf added two hits for the Giants.
Giants right-hander Logan Webb (10-3) took the win after giving up five runs (four earned) on six hits before being drawn in the seventh inning. He went two and hit five.
Giants reliever Jake McGee survived a traffic jam in the ninth inning and took his 31st save.
Ranger 4, athletics 3
Isiah Kiner-Falefa highlighted a third three-run inning with a two-run singles, and three pitchers combined Oakland for five when the team caught last in the American League West in Texas surprised the playoffs set for day two were hopeful in a row.
Leody Taveras contributed an RBI triple and helped Rangers win the series 2-1, their third win in the series that comes with a split in the last four. Texas held fourth place on Sunday after taking a 4-0 lead.
Yan Gomes and Matt Olson played for Oakland, who fell three games behind the pace in AL's wildcard pursuit.
Mets 7, Yankees 6
Francisco Lindor hit a career high with three homers on Sunday night, including the tied solo shoot in the eighth inning when hosts New York Mets beat the New York Yankees in a wild, tense Subway series final.
Lindor's third homer came an inning after the benches were empty when he and Giancarlo Stanton exchanged words as Stanton rounded the bases after his game-tying two-run homer.
Seth Lugo (4-2) took the win with a perfect eighth place and Edwin Diaz allowed two baserunners in ninth place but got Stanton to hit an end-of-game pop-up against Lindor to finish his 29th. Season nine-inning Subway Series game at four hours and six minutes – eight minutes longer than Saturday's game.
The Mets (72-72) advanced to the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds in the race for the National League's second wildcard within three games, while the Yankees (79-64) one game behind the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox fell behind the AL wildcard race.
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Halloween has come and gone. Just like that. The costumes have been washed and packed away (though I think I'd put my baby in his monkey costume everyday if it were socially acceptable to do so). The candy has been picked over for the good stuff. (You know who I'm talking about, Almond Joy.) And the daily morning frost makes it feel more like winter than autumn. We're on the fast track to Thanksgiving.
And with Thanksgiving comes one of my favorite meals of the year. Comfort food just doesn't get much more comforting than Thanksgiving dinner. Savory stuffings, tart cranberry sauce, vegetables doused in cream, doughy buttered rolls, and pie. Sweet, delicious pie.
This recipe comes by request of a reader in search of a recipe for a graham cracker coconut crust to use for a fresh pumpkin pie. I decided to use my crust to make a seriously satisfying coconut custard pie, but this crust would also work beautifully with a fresh pumpkin coconut pie filling or any other filling you can dream up.
This recipe is written for use with a deep pie dish. If you have a more shallow pie dish, you will probably have some extra crust and custard. Spoon the extra custard into cups and top with some of the extra crust mixture for a tasty little treat!
*If you're looking to reduce the calorie and fat content, skim milk will work just fine!
To make the crust: Combine graham cracker crumbs, coconut, brown sugar, and melted butter. Press the mixture onto the bottom and sides of a deep pie dish. Bake for 13-15 minutes at 350 degrees.
To make the custard: Bring the milk, sugar, vanilla, salt and cornstarch to a simmer over medium heat, whisking frequently so that the sugar and cornstarch dissolve. Once the mixture begins to bubble and thicken, reduce the heat. In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg yolks. Gradually whisk about 1/2 of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolks, starting with a slow drizzle. (Gradually incorporating the hot milk into the egg yolks tempers the eggs, allowing them to slowly rise in temperature without scrambling.) Gradually whisk the egg mixture into the remaining hot milk mixture in the pot. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat, whisking constantly for about 3 minutes, until thickened and smooth. Stir in the shredded coconut.
Pour the custard into the prepared crust. Cool for a few hours, until set.
Garnish with whipped cream and toasted coconut or crushed graham crackers before serving.
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I think you should FedEx one of those pies to your Uncle Slug!
I made this but I used a prepared chocolate crumb crust that I had on hand – it was sinfully delicious. The custard was wonderfully light and tasted of coconut without being overpowering. Thank you!


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www.ditl.org • View topic - Babylon 5 cutaway!!!
Apparently it was too big for DITL.
Ooh, pretty. Although not much of a cutaway.
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: Ooh, pretty. Although not much of a cutaway.
True, but its the best thats out there from what I can see.
McAvoy wrote: It's a big station.
Indeed. I really hope JMS is actively working on his theatrical reboot, that would be amazing to see, especially with the latest CG.
What exactly are the blue fins?
I used to think that they were solar panels, but that doesn't make sense since they aren't oriented toward the sun, they're just there.
Then I remembered that B5 is fusion powered. So it must give off a lot of heat, so I suppose they must be radiators?
I always thought they were heat radiators.
Well, thank you for posting it.
I thought they were solar panels. Babylon 4 had them and the ships definitely did not have them.
I thought since Babylon 5 was stationary that they included them in the design since the station was always in direct contact from the sunlight.
McAvoy wrote: I thought they were solar panels. Babylon 4 had them and the ships definitely did not have them.
It looks like far side doesn't get any light?
Also its pretty well established that it has a fusion reactor. Its located on the cylinder that sticks out from the main body, although I'm not sure if its the large one at the end or the disc in the middle.
And the station stayed in the same place though it is hard to determine if the station stayed with the planet of it did orbit sun and have the similar issues as our Sun would have.
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Actually, wouldn't the jump gate be stationary?
If it was stationary compared to the planet, it would fall into it.
Graham Kennedy wrote: Stationary compared to what?
Unless it was at a Lagrange point.
La Grange points move... if it was in one, it wouldn't be stationary.
I would expect that the solar system that they are in moves. Epsilon 3 would orbit its star, and so if the jumpgate was stationary in orbit around Epsilon 3 it would still be moving around the Epsilon star.


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NYC holds hearings on congestion pricing
By ellen wardOctober 5, 2021January 13th, 2022No Comments
An update on the NYC congestion pricing
It's still a long way off, but congestion pricing has begun to move forward in New York City again. In September, a series of public meetings were held to let residents speak about the proposed anti-traffic measure in Manhattan.
Congestion pricing would charge a fee to cars and trucks entering heavily trafficked areas in the city during the busiest times. The goal is to discourage drivers from making the trip and free up the city's roadways from gridlock and pollution. The money raised by the fee would help Metropolitan Transportation Authority with subways, buses, and commuter rail costs.
Speakers favor congestion pricing
People who spoke generally favored the congestion pricing plan, with several believing Manhattan residents should be exempt. Some felt that the congestion pricing fee was unfair to residents who either do not use cars often or already pay high prices for a garage. Another concern was whether the tolls would be passed on to residents for food, medicine, and household supplies. People who live in boroughs outside Manhattan also felt the tolls would be unfair.
At a meeting for New Jersey residents, drivers wanted representation on the New York traffic board that will ultimately recommend the toll.
Congestion pricing would charge drivers a fee to travel south of 60th street in Manhattan's central business district. Revenue raised would be dedicated to funding major improvements to MTA's subway, bus, and two commuter railroads.
While there are no final fees yet, proposals released at the meeting have tolls at $9-$23 for drivers using the E-Z Pass system and $14-$35 for those who pay tolls by mail. The price would be less during non-peak hours. Residents who meet certain income requirements would be exempt from a fee, as would emergency vehicles and ambulances.
NYC would be the first in the U.S
If the pricing plan is approved in 2023, New York would the first city to have a congestion pricing initiative. San Francisco and Los Angeles are also currently researching congestion pricing.
Congestion pricing is popular in Europe, with some cities lowering greenhouse gas emissions and reducing traffic congestion. Officials believe that traffic congestion could be reduced by 20 percent if New York starts the program.
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The Mighty Captain Marvel #1 Review - A hugely promising start
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The Mighty Captain Marvel #1 Review – A hugely promising start
byRick Austin
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Carol Danvers has had her hands full lately. The second Civil War tore the superhero community apart once again, while over in Jessica Jones she's trying to get to the bottom of a conspiracy to eliminate all superhumans. To make matters worse, the new television show being made about her life as Captain Marvel has dreadful dialogue and could ruin whatever credibility she has left. However, there's a real emergency going on, and one which can't be solved by punching villains or switching off the TV. We review The Mighty Captain Marvel #1.
When a bounty hunter attacks an alien refugee camp and tries to abduct a young Kree child, Captain Marvel and her Alpha Flight team have to balance political ideals with the all-too-real face of innocent people caught up in war. But why is the shapeshifting bounty hunter after these Kree children, and how can Captain Marvel hope to protect everyone when the problem is so huge?
Marvel Comics has a long track record of telling real world stories in morality plays, but it's been a while since one hit home this clearly. It doesn't come across as too heavy-handed, nor does it offer any easy answers. It puts a human (or Kree, in this case) face to a familiar crisis as well as covering the politics, yet neither overwhelm the fact that this is still an engaging and entertaining comic book too.
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Yes, rookie comic book writer Margaret Stohl has an uphill battle in trying to cement Captain Marvel as one of the top-tier characters. However, based on her incredibly solid writing in The Mighty Captain Marvel #1, she may just do it. The characters all have some level of depth or playfulness to them which is generally lacking in other titles these days, and credit has to go to Stohl for making them seem real. The story itself may not be the best of hooks to keep new readers, but it's still a hugely promising start.
The writing is matched equally by some attractive art, with the story flowing so smoothly it's like it's on rails. Like the writing, it isn't perfect and sometimes there seems to be a lack of physical weight or urgency to things, but that's nitpicking to the extreme because there's little else to criticise.
So why isn't it getting a higher score here? It's hard to say. Maybe it's because it lacks that must-read feel to it, or just that the stakes don't seem high enough yet. It certainly doesn't do anything wrong; in fact, it does just about everything right. The Mighty Captain Marvel #1 is a great book which should please almost anyone who reads it. It just needs a little more kick to it.
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Teaching, Living, and Learning
Hamilton E. Salsich II
OTHER STARS
"Moonlit Cloud", oil,
by Takeyce Walter
Yesterday afternoon I found myself hoping the clouds would move off so stars would show at night, but then I thought of other more useful stars, those that are always shining, it seems. I have friends, for instance, who somehow find a way to share some light just when I need it, and I can sense their lit-up kindness even when they're far away. Hopeful thoughts, too – even the smallest and slightest – can shimmer like stars, if I stay with them awhile and let their lights illuminate things for me. And then there are spoken words, those most evanescent of all forces, which can create hopeful light in a life faster than almost anything. Happily, I live with someone who sends out words that sparkle like starlit gifts, just when I can most use a little light in my usually lucky life.
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"To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle."
-- Walt Whitman
I found this quote (below) in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. She's describing Fanny Price's home at Mansfield, but the words exactly remind me of the atmosphere I try to maintain in my classroom:
" ... no sounds of contention, no raised voice, no abrupt bursts, no tread of violence, was ever heard; all proceeded in a regular course of cheerful orderliness; everybody had their due importance; everybody's feelings were consulted."
The following quote is from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I would like my classroom to be like Dr. Strong's school:
"Dr. Strong's was an excellent school...It was very gravely and decorously ordered, and on a sound system; with an appeal, in everything, to the honor and good faith of the [students], and an avowed intention to rely on their possession of these qualities unless they proved themselves unworthy of it, which worked wonders. We all felt that we had a share in the management of the place, and in sustaining its character and dignity."
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If I replaced "agent" with "teacher", this passage from a short story might, I hope, describe me in my classroom:
"The agent spent his days in following what seemed to many observers to be only a dull routine, but all his steadiness of purpose, all his simple intentness, all his gifts of strategy and powers of foresight, and of turning an interruption into an opportunity, were brought to bear upon this dull routine with a keen pleasure."
-- from "The Gray Mills of Farley" by Sarah Orne Jewett
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