* Successfully complete the game under any difficulty setting to unlock the following bonuses.
* Successfully complete the game under five hours (get an "S" rank) under any difficulty setting to unlock the Infinity Rocket Launcher.
* Successfully complete the game under the Amateur difficulty setting to unlock the "Classic Horror Filter" option.
* Successfully complete the game under the Normal difficulty setting to unlock the "Retro Filter" option.
* Successfully complete the game under the Veteran difficulty setting to unlock the following bonuses.
Earn an "A" or higher rank in the indicated Mercenaries mode mission to unlock the corresponding character.
Upgrade the indicated weapon fully to unlock the corresponding bonus weapon for purchase from the shop.
Gatling gun for Chris: Fully upgrade the VZ61.
Hydra triple barrel shotgun: Fully upgrade the Ithaca M37.
Longbow for Sheva: Fully upgrade the S75.
M93R pistol (Samurai Edge Custom): Fully upgrade the M92F.
Bad Blood (15 points): Inflict a set amount of damage to your greatest enemy.
Heart Stopper (15 points): Defeat a certain enemy by stabbing it in the heart.
At the beginning of Chapter 2-1, you will be in a garage with two Humvees, numerous breakable crates, and a machine gun. Pick up any items you wish, including the machine gun. End the game, and select "Yes" to overwrite your current equipment. Continue the game from the main menu. You will have gained your items, as well as the machine gun. From here you can sell the machine gun back for quick money, then repeat the process over again. This is an easy way to help upgrade your weapons early, as well as max your ammo out.
If both players stand in front each other and one of them heals themselves, both persons will get healed.
Click Left Analog-stick + Right Analog-stick to do a "lure away move", where Chris will say "Come on, come on!" or Sheva will whistle. This actually lures away regular enemies towards you just in case your partner is low on health, trying to pull something off, crank something, etc.


LinkedIn offers a few tools to help you build a strong online presence for your initiative: a Company Page and a group. Both offer ways to connect with your audience in a professional setting; however, there are key differences between the two. By evaluating your goals and mapping your audience, you can effectively decide whether to create a LinkedIn group, Company Page, or both! Together with ROI Community, we map the differences between LinkedIn groups and Company Pages, and their benefits.
WHY? A LinkedIn Company Page gives an organization the opportunity to reach a new and large audience.
BOMAH Tip: Don't forget to include a link to your website !
Ask your employees to connect with your Page. This allows visitors to your Page to connect with them and learn more about your organization.
Ask partner organizations to write reviews on your Page. These testimonials will highlight your success stories! Don't forget that you can feature these snapshots of your great work on your website and other social media channels, too.
Publish content on your Page. When selecting which content to post, keep in mind that LinkedIn is a professional network. Post frequent content about any work with influencers and networking opportunities, as well as informational posts about your organization's initiatives . Remember that the content posted on your Company Page creates an incentive for others to follow it!
BOMAH Tip: When framing your posts on LinkedIn, it's best to keep the tone professional. Save your hashtags for Twitter and Instagram!
In summary: A LinkedIn Company Page helps you attract a new and large audience by providing you with a platform to promote your organization. In order to ensure your Page is effective, make sure to post relevant, branded content at least three times a week. Additionally, to increase engagement, share content from your Company Page to your group and other social channels.
A LinkedIn group can help you build brand awareness, position your organization as a leader in your field, generate interest in your organization and build a community. If run effectively, you can convert group members into active followers of your organization's Company Page.
Recently, LinkedIn modified its group settings to improve the quality of content being shared. Now, all LinkedIn groups are private, and group managers can no longer view posts before they are posted. This will improve conversations between members, but entails more work to monitor the group. Additionally, although LinkedIn's new algorithm is set to monitor spam, it's still suggested to keep an eye on your group. Make sure that all posts are relevant and appropriate. Encourage users to engage in specific conversations, and work together to build a strong community.
Craft a group title and profile. Make sure to use keywords about your organization's initiatives to attract members to join your group.
BOMAH Tip: Direct group members to your content – include links to your Company Page, social media channels and website in your group profile!
Create group rules. What is this group for? What is inappropriate group behavior? Be sure to monitor posts in your group to make certain that your members are following the guidelines.
Set the tone. Encourage members to work together and create a mutually beneficial environment.
Post questions, discussions and interesting content on a weekly basis.
Tell your community's stories, and urge members to tell their stories as well.
Engage with group members by commenting and liking discussions.
Encourage contribution of members by posting thoughtful questions and requests for feedback.
Motivate members to post about their ventures, and encourage networking among them.
Monitor the group, and ensure all activity is representative of your goals and your image.
BOMAH TIP: We recommend choosing at least two members of your team to manage your LinkedIn group! Choose people that will be attentive to the content in your group, and ensure that they monitor the group frequently.
Post all job opportunities on your group. LinkedIn is the main network for professionals to explore potential job opportunities! Even if you have other methods of hiring, it cannot hurt to post on LinkedIn.
In summary: A LinkedIn group helps you build a strong community for your organization, and monitor that community so that it evolves continuously with your members' dynamic interests.
LinkedIn groups and Company Pages offer different values to your online presence – by examining your goals and mapping your audience, evaluate whether a group, Company Page, or both will be most effective for your brand!
I got off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport and I thought to myself, what am I doing here? After hours of inching along in traffic from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, I finally arrived to the stone-floored Aish dorms situated in the heart of the Old City. I set my things down in the musty dormitory room, took a tour of the premises, and was positive the crusaders lived in better accommodations, over 900 years ago.
My friends that I study with pray together while I play the guitar. The bond we have developed is indescribable.
It's been 3 months since I arrived in Israel to study at Aish HaTorah and work at an internship. Jinternship found me a position working at the Society For The Protection of Nature, where I would be traveling around Jerusalem and the West Bank to take surveys of gardens. You'd think coming from the Garden State I'd be a natural, but dodging traffic to count olive trees wasn't exactly the internship experience I was looking for. The next internship thankfully was a winner. I stumbled upon BOMAH-Brand Of Milk And Honey. A young Israeli named Itzik runs and founded the social media branding firm. He studied at Sapir College in Sderot, which at the time was under tremendous rocket attack from Gaza. He reported what was going on in Sderot via his Facebook and Twitter account and was able to get the word out when major news channels didn't care about rockets hitting Sderot or Israel. It continues to impress me that Itzik was able to find a way of using the tragedy at Sderot to build himself a career.
This internship has been a win-win because I bettered my social media skills, while contributing to an organization that supports and fights for Israel. I was able to share the truth about the IDF and respond to enemies of Israel by a few clicks at a laptop. My Zionist beliefs have been strengthened during the war in Israel this summer, called 'Operation Protective Edge,' and my commitment to stand up for Israel in any arena that may exist has been vitalized.
Vacationing in Israel and donating to Jewish organizations are very helpful, no doubt. But moving to Israel and contributing to its society is the strongest act of Zionism in a world that needs Zionist leaders. Anyone looking for a positive internship experience in social media, I highly recommend visiting BOMAH. Thank you Itzik Yarkoni and Rachel Jetter for your guidance and help during my time working here.
To My Future Boss – Check Out My Pictures in Africa!
As a member of American, white, upper-middle class privileged society, I have engaged in many trips of what we call "voluntourism" – short-term opportunities where I paid to volunteer in a developing country or with disadvantaged communities overseas. I took pride in how I chose to spend my school breaks, how I challenged myself to immerse in and understand a culture not my own. In order to remember the people I worked with and the relationships I built, I naturally took pictures on my I-phone and of course, I posted them to Facebook.
I recently read #InstagrammingAfrica: The Narcissism of Global Volunteerism and it made me look at these pictures on Facebook a little differently. I now saw myself purposefully posed in the center of a group of people, that I wouldn't see or talk to again. I thought about the language barrier and the structured timeframe to get to know one another – how much change did I bring to this community. As I went back to my trendy classes, college parties, and JCrew outlets, was the trip really "life changing" for me? I couldn't help thinking after posting these pictures on my Facebook and receiving many "likes" and comments with words of admiration, was I narcissistic? A fraud? Did I simply go on the trip for a picture and for all of the "likes" I would receive after it I made it my default?
Okay, maybe each experience wasn't as life changing as my pictures pronounced and the poses in the picture were intentional, but these relationships, although fleeting, did form! And even if I didn't enable permanent change within these communities, I still exposed them to other ways of life and broadened their knowledge. What I most disagree with from the article is the assumption that by posting these pictures on Facebook, I am narcissistic just looking for attention and admiration.
While my pictures may not represent all aspects of my experience, my posed pictures still captured a moment of reality and they reveal a lot about my character, my interests, and what I can offer to the world. To a friend, I have interesting and have unique stories to add to any dinner conversation. To my family, I am brave, curious, and someone my grandma can brag about to her friends at her weekly bridge game. To a future employer who will no doubt Google search my name before an interview, I am someone who steps out of her comfort zone, who is sensitive to others and willing to learn, who is adaptable and can offer a unique perspective to any brainstorming session.
The pictures we post on Facebook and Instagram are out there for the world to see and we wouldn't post them if they didn't reflect who we are or at least who we want to be.
So friends, family, colleagues, future employers – check out my pictures, check out my story, check out who I am and get a preview of the person I'm on my way to becoming.
For the past two months Onward Israel participants from Hillels and cities all over the United States have been living and interning in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. Working in Israel during Operation Protective Edge and hearing sirens throughout the country was an especially impactful experience, and we at BOMAH have had the privilege of working with the selected Social Media Fellows from each group to help them share their personal stories and experiences.
As a result from participating in BOMAH workshops and consultations, the Fellows perfected our storytelling strategy and were able to put the reality into words, which at times was much different that what the media portrayed. By writing more impactful posts they were able to comfort their family, friends, and communities at home with their truths, while reaching and engaging new audiences.
Our work with the Onward Israel participants began at the beginning of May when the Fellows had an initial group conference call with Itzik Yarkoni, BOMAH's Founder, discussing the logistics of the program and explaining the social media tool kit provided. Each Social Media Fellow also received personal consulting about fulfilling their summer goals and how to share their stories through the social media medium of their choice: blog, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube etc.
Once in Israel, the Fellows attended BOMAH social media workshops throughout the summer. They learned about our storytelling strategy in depth, how to effectively share posts on their Facebook pages, and practiced their public speaking skills in order to prepare to give presentations about their time in Israel on their college campuses.
As most of the fellows' programs are coming to an end this week, we are proud of what they have accomplished this summer and look forward to reading their stories in the future.
Interested in seeing more from the Onward Israel Social Media Fellows? See their posts featured from our Facebook page!


This week will be a short trading week, as markets close Friday in observance of the Good Friday holiday.
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Red Cross Ambulance Station Benxi Shuidong Station officially opened
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In order to carry forward the Red Cross spirit of "humanity, fraternity and dedication", enhance the ability of tourist attractions to deal with unexpected accidents, provide tourists with humanitarian rescue and services, and ensure the safety and health of tourists, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation and Benxi Water Cave Scenic The district jointly established the Red Cross ambulance station.
With the active efforts of the Municipal Red Cross Society and Shuidong Group, after several months of intense preparations, the construction of the Red Cross Rescue Station in Benxi Shuidong Scenic Spot has been completed, and the rescue team of the scenic spot has been formally established.
On April 22, the inauguration ceremony of the Benxi Shuidong Station of the Red Cross Ambulance Station was officially held. Li Huizhong, Minister of Relief Department of the Provincial Red Cross Society, Gao Wenhong, Minister of the Rescue Department of the Provincial Red Cross Society, Yi Fujian, Deputy Secretary-General of the Benxi Municipal Committee, Liu Fengmei, full-time vice-chairman of the Benxi Red Cross Society, Liu Fengwei, Chairman of the Benxi Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Benxi City Cultural Tourism Ning Yu, deputy secretary of the Party Group and deputy director of the Radio and Television Bureau, Wang Guoqiang, director of Benxi Shuidong Company and chairman of the labor union, and other leaders and guests attended the event.
Wang Guoqiang, director of Benxi Shuidong Tourism (Group) Co., Ltd.
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Yi Fujian, Deputy Secretary-General of the Benxi Municipal Party Committee,
speaks at the opening ceremony of the Red Cross Ambulance Station Benxi Shuidong Station
At the unveiling ceremony, all members of the Benxi Shuidong Red Cross Fraternity Rescue Team took the volunteer oath, and carried out rescue drills such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and wound dressing. This represents the official start of operation of the Red Cross Ambulance Station Benxi Shuidong Station.
All volunteers of Benxi Shuidong Red Cross Rescue Team take oath
Red Cross Ambulance Station Benxi Shuidong Station is the first Red Cross Ambulance Station in our city, which integrates various functions such as medical rescue, emergency rescue, Red Cross publicity, and rescue training. After completion, it will not only enhance the ability of medical rescue, emergency rescue and emergency handling in Shuidong Scenic Area, and provide services and guarantees for the life and health of tourists, but also improve the level of humanitarian rescue and volunteer services in the scenic area, and increase the brand influence of the Red Cross Society. force. The Red Cross Ambulance Station will also become a beautiful and safe scenery line for scenic tours.
The successful establishment of the Benxi Shuidong Red Cross Ambulance Station marks the deep integration of Red Cross work such as humanitarian rescue and medical rescue work in national AAAAA-level tourist attractions.
Benxi Shuidong Red Cross Rescue Team Volunteer Rescue Drill
The Red Cross Ambulance Station Benxi Shuidong Station has strengthened hardware construction and implemented fine management, realizing the obvious red cross signs in each tourist area, complete functional areas in the station, and zoning management. The medical room, the mother and child room, the office, and the equipment room are relatively independent; Facilities, equipment and medical equipment are all in place. Equipped with stretchers, wheelchairs, emergency backpacks, electrocardiographs and other rescue equipment.
At the same time, the software construction was strengthened, and the Benxi Water Cave Red Cross Fraternity Rescue Team was formed. And on April 8th and 9th, a two-day 16-hour training was conducted for the team members. All members have obtained the ambulance certificate and are on duty with the certificate.
The establishment of the Red Cross Ambulance Station Benxi Shuidong Station has also upgraded the service functions of the Benxi Shuidong Scenic Area, effectively improving the ability of the scenic spot to respond to emergencies. While enjoying the gorgeous and beautiful underground river landscape, the majority of tourists and friends can also enjoy high-level medical rescue and safety protection, and feel the Red Cross spirit of humanity, fraternity and dedication.
In the future, the ambulance station will be closely linked with the infirmary of the scenic spot, and with professional knowledge and dedication, it will play the role of the four Red Cross bases, so that the ambulance station will truly become a medical ambulance, emergency rescue, Red Cross publicity, ambulance training, etc. The multi-functional base has truly become a green channel to ensure the safety of tourists' lives.
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In order to welcome the arrival of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, Benxi Water Cave Scenic Spot has upgraded the roads, squares and signage systems in the scenic spot
Cohesion to welcome the new year
As the Spring Festival is approaching, the trade union of Benxi Shuidong Tourism (Group) Co., Ltd. has carried out a variety of activities to welcome the arrival of the new year. Following the company's annual meeting, the company also organized and participated in the "Welcome to the New Year, Civil and Military" fun games held by the Municipal Cultural Tourism Radio and Television System.

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Sioux Falls hospital loses Medicaid dumping lawsuit against Hutterites
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A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by the Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls that alleged an insurance plan funded by Hutterite colonies had dumped one of its members onto Medicaid after she incurred nearly $2 million in medical bills.
Select Specialty sued the Hutterian Brethren General Medical Fund claiming the fund had committed deceit and fraud. The fund provides medical coverage for the members of Hutterite colonies. Select Specialty also sued Dakotacare, which administered the fund, arguing that it had breached its contract.
At issue was the billing for medical care provided to a member of the Brentwood colony, who was identified as Mary. At the time the care was provided at Select Specialty, which is an acute care facility treating people suffering from critical injury or illness, Mary was covered under the fund. Dakotacare had a participation agreement with Select Specialty that provided discounted rates.
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The hospital received preauthorization from Dakotacare to provide medical services for Mary during four periods in 2018. During that time, she incurred $1.9 million in medical care. Under its participation agreement with Dakotacare, Select Specialty argued it was entitled to nearly $1.5 million.
But after Select Specialty provided treatment for Mary, she was enrolled in Medicaid by her daughter and Jared Wollman, Brentwood's secretary and treasurer and a director of the Hutterian fund. Medicaid is a state-federal medical program for the poor that reimburses medical care at lower amounts than private insurers. Medicaid agreed to fund her care retroactively, and the Hutterian fund terminated her private coverage retroactively during the period Mary received care from the hospital.
While Select Specialty continued to pursue Dakotacare for the full amount it said it was owed, the hospital also billed Medicaid. Eventually, Select Specialty agreed to accept $297,746.24 from the government program while also filing suit against the fund and Dakotacare.
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But, Judge Karen Schreier noted, Medicaid rules prohibit health providers from seeking additional payments for services once they have accepted Medicaid payment for the same services.
"Select Specialty did not have to accept payment from Medicaid for Mary's care, but because it did, its breach of contract action to recover the contracted rate for those services is barred," she wrote in a 30-page opinion granting summary judgment to the fund. The opinion was published last week.
She also granted summary judgment to Dakotacare over the hospital's breach of contract, negligence, and unjust enrichment claims.


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Christmas tree is erected in the Capitol
November 29, 2011 By Jackie Johnson
Erecting a 32' balsam fir at the Capitol. (PHOTO: Jackie Johnson)
Over the course of this week, the official holiday tree will be stabilized, filled out, and decorated. The conifer came from the upper most part of the state, according to Capitol groundskeeper Steve Green. "It's a balsam fir, 36 feet tall, it came from the Brule River State Forest."
The balsam fir is one of America's most popular Christmas trees. Green says after cutting off some of the rotten trunk, it now stands at about 32 feet. The tree, the harvesting, and the transportation down to Madison are all donated.
Green says this perfectly beautiful tree didn't start out that way. "When we cut the tree up north we cut branches off of a similar tree so that we can fill in spots."
The tree will be illuminated with energy-saving LEDs, which are also more durable and longer lasting. Staff from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will set up displays this week, a train will encircle the base, and then ornaments made by school children will decorate the branches.
The official tree-lighting ceremony with the governor has traditionally taken place on Friday. But the actual time of this year's event is not yet confirmed. The tree will come down after New Year's Day, giving people ample time to view the display throughout the holiday season.
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Durham Johnston pupils call on community to walk to beat blood cancers
Durham Johnston School are urging people from across the county to step up and join them in walking to beat blood cancers at a special event to raise money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Entries are now open for Durham Forget Me Not Walk due to start and finish at the school on Crossgate Moor on Saturday 24 April.
Pupils and staff are asking members of the local community to sign-up to help the charity fund research into better treatments and cures for leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
Assistant Head Teacher, Andrew O'Sullivan says: "We are always keen to support good causes at Durham Johnston such as the lifesaving work done by Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Our young people are happy to participate in the walk - many aspire to be research scientists themselves in the future."
On the day, walkers will set out from the school at 10am and follow a 4.5 mile circular route to the west of the city, taking in Neville's Cross, Baxter Wood, River Browney and the Lanchester Valley Walkway, before returning to Crossgate Moor, where they will be welcomed to a tea party in the school grounds by the Durham Johnston School Band.
In return for marshalling the event, pupils will benefit from the expertise of a team of researchers from the Newcastle Centre for Cancer Research, where Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research has nearly £4 million pounds invested in funding projects to find better treatments for children and adults with leukaemia. As well as taking part in the walk, the researchers will be visiting the school to run interactive sessions to encourage Durham Johnston's gifted and talented scientists.
James Wright, Forget Me Not Walks Coordinator at Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, says: "The walk is open to everyone so you can bring along your family and friends - and even your dog! Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research receives no government funding and relies entirely on voluntary support to fund its life-saving research. So I hope as many people as possible can join us for the walk and help us beat blood cancers."
Those wishing to join in should contact Arun Malhotra on 07824 627196 or visit www.forgetmenotwalks.com. The entry fee is £7.50 for adults, £5 for children and just £20 for a family of 2 adults and 2 children. The fee includes a t-shirt and medal.
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Indian External Minister, US Secretary Of State Agree To Continued Coordination On Afghanistan
The two officials engaged themselves in the second phone call since the Taliban takeover.
India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and US Secretary of state Antony Blinken discussed the crisis in the war-torn country over the phone amid the fast-unfolding situation in Afghanistan. (Dr. S. Jaishankar, @DrSJaishankar/Twitter)
WASHINGTON — India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and US Secretary of state Antony Blinken discussed the crisis in the war-torn country over the phone amid the fast unfolding situation in Afghanistan.
The two officials engaged themselves in the second phone call since the Taliban takeover earlier on Aug. 15.
As per the US State Department, the two agreed to continued coordination on Afghanistan. The call comes as several countries, including the US and India, evacuating their citizens.
"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. Secretary Blinken and Minister Jaishankar discussed Afghanistan and agreed to continued coordination," said Ned Price, Spokesperson of the State Department, in a statement.
Meanwhile, Antony Blinken has termed the phone call with Jaishankar as "productive."
"Productive call with @DrSJaishankar today about Afghanistan. We agreed to continue our close coordination," tweeted Blinken.
On Aug. 17, Jaishankar said he spoke to Blinken over the latest developments in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's future is hanging in the balance as the country's government collapsed on Aug. 15 after president Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul.
The Taliban entered the presidential palace in the Afghan capital on Aug.15 and declared its victory over the government.
Efforts are being made to maintain stability in Afghanistan. However, thousands of people are rushing to the airport to flee the nation as they are afraid of the terror group's brutal atrocities in the government.
In recent days, Blinken has had phone calls with several counterparts worldwide, including Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister, and Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, to develop a consensus on the volatile situation in Afghanistan.
"Role of States in supporting terrorism discussed. India has long been a victim of cross-border terrorism. The battle against terrorism knows no respite. The will to fight must never weaken," tweeted Jaisankar.
Meanwhile, Jaishankar, during a press conference following a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Aug.19, said India is following the events in Afghanistan "very carefully" and the focus is on ensuring the security and safe return of its nationals who are still in the war-torn country.
He also said that the situation in Afghanistan is "really what has been very much the focus of my engagements here, talking to the UN Secretary-General, the US Secretary of State and other colleagues who are here."
"At the moment, we are, like everybody else, very carefully following developments in Afghanistan. I think our focus is on ensuring the security in Afghanistan and the safe return of Indian nationals who are there," said Jaishankar.
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She was the famous daughter of a small town-Nebraska family. That's one way to describe the novelist Willa Cather, author of "O Pioneers" and "My Antonia." That small town would be Red Cloud, located in the south central part of the state. Red Cloud already receives thousands of literary tourists every year, but thanks to a recent acquisition by the Willa Cather Memorial Foundation, they have one more reason to make the trek.
The Willa Cather family home in Red Cloud, Neb.
Willa Cather's bedroom at her family home in Red Cloud, Neb., where she did much of her writing when visiting.
This old house has seen a lot of comings and goings - and still looks pretty good for its age. It's a white, two-story frame house with some fancy trim, and the most notable feature - a double-decker wraparound porch. But it's not just a nice old house - it's a nice, historically significant old house.
"This was the house Willa Cather would come back to any time she came back to Red Cloud after she had gone to college," said Jay Yost, a Red Cloud native and former president of the board of governors of the Willa Cather Foundation. The Foundation purchased the property this summer.
Leslie Levy is the Foundation's executive director, and she said the acquisition continues to build on Red Cloud's status as a destination for literary tourism.
"What's important about it, and what we're so grateful for," she said, "is it has enabled us ... by bringing back this home, we have brought back the house that Willa Cather spent most of her time in as an adult.
"It also helps to complete the number of homes that the foundation has," Levy added. "Currently, the foundation has the most number of homes and properties dedicated to a single author in the United States."
Cather had graduated from the University of Nebraska and moved out of the state by the time her parents bought this house in 1903. But as her literary career grew, she continued to return to Red Cloud. Yost, sitting in the Cather family dining room, talked about the relationship between the daughter who had moved to the East Coast and her family back in Red Cloud.
"She was very close to her mother and father," he said. "They corresponded all the time. Cather visited frequently while her parents were alive, (and) spent a few summers here."
Yost said Cather, like many children who move away, would come back for holidays, and accounts are that the family was close. She last visited this house 80 years ago, in 1931, when her mother died. Yost said another sign of Cather's attachment to her family and this house came after her mother's death.
"I think there was a certain nostalgia for the house," he said. "The last parent died in 1931, and the Cathers actually held on to the house for 13 more years, even though no Cathers were living in town."
We head up the wide stairway to the second floor and into Willa Cather's bedroom. It's a small room, nothing fancy. Yost said Cather was a morning writer, and sometimes wrote on the roof of a porch.
"There would not have been the screen door here," he said. "It's about 7 feet wide, and wraps around the other side of the house."
And to make things a little more comfortable, she innovated.
"Lore has it that she would attach a canvas over the door that came out to poles so she could be in complete shade," Yost said. "This is where she would be writing."
One way to know just how influential Red Cloud was on Cather: the people in town, Yost said, would always buy her books to make sure they and their friends weren't portrayed in a bad light. As we walked back through the house, Yost pointed out a personal connection to the largest upstairs bedroom.
"From 1947 to 1957, this functioned as the county hospital," he said. "My four older siblings and I were all born in this room."
In addition to a hospital, the house served as a nursing home, was divided into a duplex, then was renovated and reopened as a Bed and Breakfast. Now that the Willa Cather Foundation owns the building, there will be further renovations, and a new future as a guesthouse for families and some of the eight to ten thousand people who come to Red Cloud each year to visit Willa Cather sites.
"An editor once said Willa Cather became great because she left Nebraska," Yost said. "Willa Cather wrote back saying, 'I became great because I was from Nebraska.'"


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Antarctica's glaciers are melting at their fastest rate in 5,500 years • Earth.com
June 12, 2022 by dendy-today
Antarctica is dominated by ice, primarily two massive ice sheets called the East and West Antarctic Ice Sheets. Unsurprisingly, these ice sheets have been losing mass in recent years. Two glaciers within these ice caps – the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers – are particularly at risk. Scientists estimate that at current melting rates, the ice sheets will add up to 3.4 meters to sea level rise over the coming centuries.
Now, new research from the University of Maine and the British Antarctic Survey has measured rates of sea level change around Antarctica. The research shows something disturbing. Glaciers have retreated at a rate not seen in 5,500 years. The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers lost 192,000 square kilometers and 162,300 square kilometers respectively. These glaciers alone could contribute significantly to global sea level rise.
"We reveal that although these vulnerable glaciers have been relatively stable over the past millennia, their current rate of retreat is accelerating and is already raising global sea levels," said study co-author Dr. Dr Dylan Rood, expert in the Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering at Imperial College London.
"These currently high rates of ice melt may signal that these vital arteries in the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been ruptured, resulting in an acceleration of ocean flow that is potentially disastrous for the future global level of ice. sea in a warming world Is it too late to stop the bleeding?
In the mid-Holocene, more than 5,000 years ago, Earth's climate was much warmer than it is today. Due to the warmer climate, scientists wanted to observe sea levels to compare it to what our future might be like. To observe the sea level, the researchers studied shells and penguin bones, indicators of sea level. Thanks to carbon dating, they were able to locate these remains in time.
Interestingly, sea levels in Antarctica appeared to be lower during the warmest period while being higher globally. This is because the weight of glacial ice pushes the land down, causing it to sink lower in the water and rise higher as the ice melts, relieving the pressure.
Overall, the researchers could see a drop in sea level for Antarctica with melting glaciers, but a rise in sea level almost everywhere else. To better understand the phenomenon and hopefully find possible solutions, scientists plan to conduct more research.
The study is published in the journal nature geoscience.
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There are four key elements that you need to develop a successful customer loyalty program, such as the one we built with D'Addario.
Managing customer churn and increasing lifetime value are two of the most common initiatives our marketing team is given when working with an organization to grow revenue. The reality is both of these elements can be defining KPIs for your business and a critical intersection for organizations looking to improve customer loyalty.
Defining the solution is only half of the battle. Reality is, in order for a business to successfully launch a loyalty program that has a true impact on the business, there are 4 key elements it must have for eCommerce loyalty programs.
A loyalty program is an extension of your brand and one of the more outward facing tactics an organization can use in order to strengthen their relationship with their customers. As a result, when introducing customers to your loyalty program, make sure it contains the personality of the brand.
When we developed Players Circle for D'Addario with Sweet Tooth Rewards, we knew the program had to reflect the personality of D'Addario and speak to its audience - passionate musicians and artists.
In a noisy online environment, you must give your customer base a reason to engage in your loyalty program.
Think about the number of times you have stood at a checkout and been asked if you're a "rewards member' or if you have their "membership card." How often do you rush the cashier through this line of questioning, informing them that you're not looking for another invasion of your inbox, another card to carry, or another keychain accessory. We do this because we haven't been sold on the value of being part of such program, and exclusivity is one of the biggest drivers in the success of a loyalty program.
Your customers want to know that by engaging in this additional effort, they will benefit from offers, access, or deals they otherwise wouldn't receive. Communicating this can truly make or break the adoption of your program.
Depending on your business model, this is one of the areas that needs a lot of thought as it creates a ton of opportunity and a ton of responsibility pre- and post- program launch.
We have seen a few different types of programs that support multiple engagement opportunities.
In this program your customers are essentially reaping rewards at the point of purchase. As they spend more, they receive offers or better discounts. This can work great for merchants running with multiple brands and looking to increase annual/lifetime customer value.
In a Catalogue-Driven Program, our clients are seeing customers either repeat purchases with a particular aspect of the catalogue or they have a set of products and the program is driven on getting their customers to buy more of their offering.
Sonos would be a great brand to launch one of these programs. With a truly defined catalogue of products, Sonos would have the opportunity to create a great loyalty program by encouraging their customers to expand their collection of their speakers product-line.
Starbucks is a great example of a successful, all-encompassing loyalty program. These programs have rewards, point-of-sale, content, and exclusive offers.
While these are certainly the types of programs that garner the most attention, the key is making sure you do well within your business model and choose a program based on your customer base. Ensure that there are multiple ways to engage with the program, creating a continued interest which drives buying behavior.
Depending on the execution strategy you choose from #3, this can be the next great success or fatal flaw of your program.
Releasing relevant content to those who engage is critical to maintaining interest and participation in loyalty programs.
Often we are brought in to help re-engineer a program that simply turned into an alternative e-mail list for brands and has lost its user-base and adoption of the program. Acknowledging this group and providing them with exclusive and relevant content based on the program is another major opportunity to communicate with this audience. By providing them with relevant and interesting content based on the information you collect about this group, you've given them another reminder of the value of the program and encouraged your audience to continue participation.
Time and time again we remind companies that building these programs is actually very simple. However, running them well requires a strong commitment to these 4 elements in order to truly be successful. Creating a game plan to not only launch the program but also to define who and how you will handle these elements is what determines success.
Get the whole story behind D'Addario's Players Circle loyalty program - which has since expanded to two more international programs - by downloading the Case Study.


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Miles Kane – Colour Of The Trap (Columbia)
May 30, 2011 by Addict Music
Miles Kane is only 25 but he's done it all. From starting off in the little known band The Little Flames to moving into slightly more well known territory with The Rascals, he moved to massively well known with the project he shares with a certain monkey, Alex Turner. That band are The Last Shadow Puppets, whose debut album went straight to number one and garnered much critical acclaim.
While Mr. Turner went away to work on a new album with his little band the Arctic Monkeys, Mr. Kane has gone on to make his own debut album, Colour Of The Trap, an album which has a lot of buzz around it and was on many people's 'Ones to Watch' lists for the year.
However, the album itself isn't as good as the hype would suggest. Opening track Come Closer kicks the record off brilliantly, with a catchy chorus and strong riff, whereas the next track Rearrange continues the good sound with a more laid back style but is a fine song – arguably the best on the record.
Unfortunately, the rest of the album isn't as good as the opening two tracks. Kane seems to have forgotten which decade he is in, and although quite a few of the songs are good, they're just not great and many throw back to the sound of the 60s/70s more than being relevant to a 2011 audience.
A few highlights sneak in throughout the album. Quicksand is very good as is Kingcrawler, but on the whole as an album, I, unfortunately, was expecting a lot more. None of it is original, the more original songs on it have already been done on his mate's Arctic Monkeys last album, where as the others have been done many times before over the past thirty years.
Being unoriginal isn't a particular bad thing, it's hard to be original but it seems bad in this case because of how much potential Miles Kane has shown over his past work with The Rascals and The Last Shadow Puppets. In short, it's worth a listen but I would spotify it more than buying it. Then look out for a hopefully better second attempt.
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Thursday June 28th. Charleston, South Carolina.
So we travelled in time from the family-fun 1950's to the roaring 1920's. Only three hours away from myrtle beach is Charleston. This historic little town filled with palm trees, Chanel filled vintage gems, the cutest little flea market and delicious sea food, was one of our favourite stops on our road trip. The atmosphere and the people here will make you feel like gold. We even managed to find the speak easy bar dressed up in something somewhat 1920's looking.
The Hennessy were the first thing we were unpacking. Fell in love with the beautiful canopy bed in our hotel room. Ice cold whiskey, cheese plate, crackers and cigarettes on the balcony. Who's that 1920's babe? The night was young and the palm trees tall. And then you find this little bar with a man in a fancy suit outside that whispers to you: "are you looking for the speak easy?" and I was tanned. and it was hot enough outdoors to wear the flare pants called Pacific trails from fp.
Oh dear, take me back.
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Oddsmakers Bet Dez Bryant Will Sign with Division Rival to Haunt Cowboys
By John Reger on April 16, 2018 3 min read
Now that Dez Bryant�s eight-year run in Dallas is over, where will the talented wide receiver end up? Rumors are running rampant, and Bookmaker.eu has posted a prop bet on where the former Cowboy could be playing next season.
After being released by the Dallas Cowboys, wide receiver Dez Bryant is looking for a new team. (Image: Getty)
Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones made the decision to let Bryant go last week and issued a statement after the announcement.
"This was not an easy decision,� the statement read. �It was made based upon doing what we believe is in the best interest of the Dallas Cowboys. We arrived at this crossroad collectively with input from several voices within the organization. Ultimately we determined it was time to go in a new direction."
Bryant was shocked that the team let him go and then surprise turned to resentment. Supposedly, he said as he was leaving that he would "see you guys twice a year," hinting that he would try and sign with a divisional rival.
A couple of posts on social media indicated how hurt and angry he was. The first read: �Cowboy nation I need you to know this wasn�t my decision. I will always love y�all… forever Dallas in my heart,� he wrote on Twitter.
The second tweet was a bit more forceful: "If I didn�t have my edge I got it now… I�m sorry they got to feel me it�s personal… it�s very personal.�
Do NFC East Teams Want Him?
Bookmaker.eu has Washington as a +125 top pick to claim Bryant. Mike Jones of USA Today reported that the Redskins were not interested at this time. That could change, however, depending on who they get in the draft.
The Redskins have four wide outs currently, but Bryant could make an immediate impact. He has the most experience and would provide new quarterback Alex Smith a potent target.
The next team on the list to pick up Bryant is another divisional foe, the New York Giants. They are at +200, but they make even less sense than the Redskins. One reason is they have a similar wide receiver in Brandon Marshall. They don�t need two pass catchers in the twilight of their careers.
Plus the Giants are in rebuilding mode. It is still uncertain if they are taking a quarterback with the No. 2 pick or believe that Eli Manning still has some gas left in the tank.
The non-conference team with the best odds is the San Francisco 49ers at +250. They have a nice mix of young and veteran receivers and Bryant could easily fit in with them. New quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo would love another veteran target to throw to.
Factors Working Against Bryant
Bryant has a couple of issues working against him. The first is his age. He is 29, which is considered old by NFL standards for the position he plays. He has to prove to teams that he can still be effective.
The second is his salary. He was set to make $12.5 million in 2018, and that's a high price for someone who hasn't cracked 1,000 yards in a season since 2014.
The last variable is attitude. Bryant is brash and outspoken in ways that could discourage teams from wanting that influence in the locker room. He has already lashed out at the Cowboys, saying he wasn�t one of coach Jason Garrett�s pets and resented the fact that he was never made a captain. That type of drama is often not worth the potential upside.
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Q: Swift and Firebase querying the database I am trying to create a tableView of chats the user is a part of. I was following the firebase tutorials on their site and they said to easily get a list of chat rooms the user is a part of to create a child and add the names of the rooms to that child.
So my structure looks like this
Users
    UNIQUE KEY
        nickname: "name"
        rooms
            name: true
Room
etc etc

So in my cellForRow I used this code
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)

    firebase.child("users").child(fUID).observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { snapshot in
        for user in snapshot.children.allObjects as! [FIRDataSnapshot]{
            self.names = (user.value?["participating"] as? String)!
        }
    })

    cell.textLabel?.text = self.names
    cell.detailTextLabel?.text = "test"

    return cell
}

I get a error and when I PO the names it comes up with an empty string
Can somebody help me understand what is wrong and how to fix it? Thank you
EDIT 1
I have gotten the code to partially work
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    let ref = firebase.child("users").child(fUID).child("participating")

    ref.observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { snapshot in

        print(snapshot.value)

        var dict = [String: Bool]()

        dict = snapshot.value as! Dictionary

        for (key, _) in dict {
            self.names = key
            print(self.names)
        }

        self.rooms.append(self.names)
        self.tableView.reloadData()
    })
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return self.rooms.count
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
     let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)

    cell.textLabel?.text = self.rooms[indexPath.row]

    cell.detailTextLabel?.text = "test"

    return cell
}

The issue now is that there is 2 items in the firebase...and it is only showing one of them

A: The code you are using is the challenge. Here's a simplified version:
let usersRef = firebase.child("users")
let thisUser = usersRef.childByAppendingPath(fUID)
let thisUsersRooms = thisUser.childByAppendingPath("rooms")

thisUsersRooms.observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in

     if ( snapshot.value is NSNull ) {
          print("not found")
     } else {
          for child in snapshot.children {
               let roomName = child.key as String
               print(roomName) //prints each room name
               self.roomsArray.append(roomName)
          }

          self.myRoomsTableView.reloadData()
     }
})

That being said, this code should be called from within viewDidLoad to populate an array, and then as the tableView is refreshed the data should be pulled from that array to populate your cellView.

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Index to Library automation as a source of management information: Papers presented at the 1982 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing
1982: Library Automation as a Source of Management Information
Index.pdf (246kB) PDF
Title: Index to Library automation as a source of management information: Papers presented at the 1982 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing
Subject(s): Index
Publisher: Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report: Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (19th : 1982)
Publication Status: published or submitted for publication
Rights Information: Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1982.
19th Clinic on Library Applications for Data Processing (1982). Edited by F. Wilfrid Lancaster.


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Funny Cow
Maxine Peake grabs this '70s-set comedy by the scruff of the neck as a stand-up who takes no prisoners.
'It's not a job for a woman,' warns comic Lenny (Alun Armstrong) when he's approached by Maxine Peake's aspiring stand-up for a spot on the working men's club circuit – but that only makes her more determined. That Peake's character is known only as 'Funny Cow' is just one of this film's many quirks, and her performance is one of its chief pleasures. She's a brassy, belligerent, working-class woman who rises from every knockdown with a glint in her eye. While Peake has built a rep in supporting roles, from 'Shameless' to 'Dinnerladies', here she's in the spotlight and not about to leave it.
While the film is inspired by various female comedians, it's very much a fictional biopic. Funny Cow looks back on her rocky road to a level of fame that isn't ever spelt out – this is more about her past. A childhood in a Yorkshire town is poverty-stricken and tough, with the young Funny Cow played by Macy Shackleton and, later, Hebe Beardsall. But it's when Funny Cow grows up and becomes Peake that the film really gets into its stride, portraying her complex relationships with both the volatile Bob (Tony Pitts) and smitten, pretentious librarian Angus (Paddy Considine, who's a hoot playing against type). The culture clash between Funny Cow and Angus provides the funniest moments, though her heckler put-downs are also a treat. 'I'm getting fifty quid to make a twat of meself,' she barks at one shouter. 'What you getting?' Lenny shows the darker side of the comedy scene, offering poignant moments as the downtrodden stand-up whose years of enduring onstage abuse have taken their toll.
Modern audiences might squirm at some racial and sexual material from the comics. Funny Cow is also guilty of these cheap gags, which might shake your sympathies, but Peake pulls off the highwire act with likeability. More flawed is Tony Pitts's ambitious script, which crams in a bit too much on every level, from plot to characters. And Funny Cow's family members are dropped into the story at different stages of their lives, getting only a basic sketching. But while it may not be a deeply satisfying story, it is a terrific showcase for Peake's talents, and an entertaining one at that.
By: Anna Smith
Posted: Friday April 13 2018
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MONTREAL, CANADA: Snow, lengthy de-icing procedures and missing crews created havoc at Canada's main airports on Monday, with hundreds of flights cancelled or delayed out of the country's biggest city Toronto.
A deep freeze has settled over large parts of Canada and the United States, bringing extreme cold, piles of snow, and icy conditions.
From the early hours of New Year's Day, Air Canada warned that holiday travel could be hectic, issuing a travel alert for passengers using airports in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa and waiving the usual fee for ticket changes.
As the day wore on, the delays mounted, with take-off delays of four to five hours, according to data collected from airport websites.
In Toronto, snow aggravated the situation, and by 2030 GMT, nearly 500 flights had been cancelled or delayed, according to flight tracker FlightAware.
Passengers asked for help -- and vented their ire -- on social media.
"You ppl have cost me two days of my vacation and a day's salary," traveler Carla Whyte said on Twitter.
"UNACCEPTABLE. Ruined my vacation I have been waiting for all year. This is insane. Great way to start my 2018, @AirCanada," chimed in Anne-Marie Robart.
One US citizen said he left Montreal more than two hours late -- only to find himself stuck in Toronto. Air Canada told him the earliest he could leave was Tuesday night.
On top of the poor weather, WestJet said it had to cancel one flight due to a "crew shortage issue."
"We would never wish to inconvenience our guests this way and we truly apologize," the airline said.


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Q: cordova build android failed "You have not accepted the license agreement of the following SDK" after a previous successful build and plugin installed I know this question was already posted, but I couldn't resolve my problem in any way. I'm developing an app with the Ionic Framework: I added the Android platform and built the apk flawlessly. Then I added the diagnostic plugin, and built again, but this time the action failed and gave me this error:
Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

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*What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'android'.

You have not accepted the license agreements of the following SDK components:
  [Android Support Repository].
  Before building your project, you need to accept the license agreements and complete the installation of the missing components using the Android Studio SDK Manager.

Since before installing the plugin the apk was built ok, I think the problem could lie there, but I don't know how to solve it.
Also, in my code I added this to check if GPS is enabled or not:
this.diagnostic.isLocationEnabled().then((state)=>{
  if(state){
    this.displayGPSError("Enabled")
  } else{
    this.displayGPSError("Not enabled")
  }
})

If I run the app with this piece of code in the browser, I get the following error:
Uncaught (in promise): cordova_not_available

Then, if I comment the piece of code, no error is shown on browser (but the apk building still doesn't work).

A: The only way to solve the problem was to use the Android SDK Manager through Android Studio and install the updates indicated by the error message. I don't think there's another and faster solution.


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I Campionati mondiali di ginnastica artistica 1997 sono stati la 33ª edizione della competizione. Si sono svolti a Losanna, in Svizzera.

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By Phil Orenstein
Every elected official in the United States has sworn an oath to defend our Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." But way too many of our NYS elected representatives have failed in their duties to protect our inalienable rights, including our most basic right to live and be safe. They believe social justice is more important than our constitutional rule of law.
Our country rests upon the rule of law. That's the reason for our survival. The lawbreakers had to be stopped and the citizens protected. The basis of our civilization is grounded in 4000 years of history originating from Greek and Roman Law, English common law, the Magna Carta, to the U.S. Constitution. The legacy of the past 4000 years has established that the rule of law is the glue that keeps society together.
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Jon Voight: My Fellow Americans "This Is Now Our Greatest Fight Since The Civil War; Let Us Fight This Fight As If It Is Our Last Fight On Earth"
November 13, 2020by Phil Orenstein in Uncategorized
By Joe Mcdermott On Nov 13, 2020
Editors Note: this article is re-posted with permission as published in the news and media outlet, The Published Reporter
Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight posted a powerful message on Twitter. Voight has also won four Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for eleven. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – At 7:40 PM on November 10, 2020, Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight posted a powerful message on Twitter. He posted the video with few words of text, simply, "We all know the truth." Of course Twitter has labeled the video as a claim about the election that has been disputed. The post currently has over 45,000 retweets and over 138 thousands likes.
"My fellow Americans. I stand here with all that feel as I do, disgusted with this lie that Biden has been chosen. As if we all do not know the truth, and when one tries to deceive, we know that one cannot get away with it; there will be a price to pay. The ones who are jumping for joy now are jumping toward the horror they will be in for, because I know that the promises being made from the left to the American people will never come to be. My friends of all colors, races, and religions, this is now our greatest fight since the civil war, the battle of righteousness versus Satan. Yes, Satan, because these leftists are evil, corrupt, and they want to tear down this nation. We must not allow this. We must fight this corruption that has taken over and fight for the good that seems lost. Let us give our trust to God, and fight now for trump's victory because we all know this ballot count is corruption like they are so let us not back down let us fight this fight as if it is our last fight on Earth. As Muhammad Ali said, it is not over till the last punch you have. God bless."
Stuffing the Ballot Box
November 9, 2020by Phil Orenstein in Uncategorized
Letter to the Editor of New York Post by Phil Orenstein
I am extremely disappointed that the NY Post jumped on the shameless media bandwagon to call the election for Joe Biden, before all the legal votes are counted, while ballot boxes were stuffed with illegal mail-in votes throughout our country. It's an irresponsible call while as yet undecided states such as North Carolina will undoubtedly go for Trump, and recounts are expected to go for Trump in Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and other states, with pending lawsuits for 1000's of cases of voter fraud. The fact that Republican poll watchers were not allowed to watch the secret vote count in Pennsylvania as Trump's lead vanished, is no conspiracy theory, and it may have to go to the Supreme Court to throw out the late arriving ballots which gave the questionable lead to Biden. 6000 votes which flipped to Biden in Michigan due to a software glitch is a credible fraud allegation, and this same software is utilized throughout the country. This election is far from over and will be decided by the courts and Electoral College, not by the media. The American people have a right to a fair election.
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MGK was contracted to install a 150,000 GPD modified extended aeration type treatment facility for a private development as well as current and future Township needs. Aesthetics were of great concern as the facility site is adjacent to a historic mill that was converted into the Township's office building. The project was completed as a design/ build project, and was completed ahead of schedule with minimal changes.


When I was growing up in Vermont, May was our family's big month for birthdays. My sister and my mother and I were all born then, as was at least one grandparent. Even my parents' anniversary is in May.
February 2012 may rival May for natal significance, though. My dad just turned 70, and his sister is currently celebrating her 72nd birthday with a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New Zealand. Two of my great musical heroes, Carole King and my friend Do, share a birth date of February 9th. And last Friday we celebrated the February birthdays of three members of our lab, including my boss.
My personal contribution to the lab party was a goofy poster reminding people of it. Accompanying my headline — "Celebrate the Aging Process!" — was a graph showing that telomere length declines with age in dividing cells. If nothing else, I succeeded in amusing myself.
To celebrate Carole King's (70th!) birthday the week before that, I bought a VHS tape of Really Rosie, King's 1975 TV collaboration with Maurice Sendak, and watched it with my son. The animation seemed quite crude by 2012 standards, but the music seemed as timeless as ever. Has anyone else ever made such sweet music about counting, the alphabet, and the months of the year?


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193 F. 2d 416 - Bratton v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
193 F2d 416 Bratton v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
52-1 USTC P 9113
BRATTON,
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Dec. 18, 1951.
Roger S. Randolph, Tulsa, Okl. (Conner, Winters, Randolph & Ballaine, Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for petitioner.
Richard D. Harrison, Washington, D.C. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack and Carolyn R. Just, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.
Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and BRATTON and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The sole question presented by this petition to review a decision of the Tax Court is whether the wife of the petitioner1 should be recognized for income tax purposes as a partner in the firm known as McCormick's Gilt Edge Dairy. The Commissioner found that for tax purposes the wife was not a partner and accordingly determined a deficiency in the income of the taxpayer for the years 1943, 1944 and 1945. The Tax Court affirmed.
The taxpayer graduated from the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1942 where he majored in dairy manufacturing. Doris Farmer, a graduate of the same college, and the taxpayer were married in 1935. Following his graduation the taxpayer worked for various dairy concerns including the Fairmont Creamery Company for whom he went to work in 1936 and continued until 1941. His work consisted of supervising retail dairy stores and soliciting business throughout the State of Oklahoma. He was required to do considerable traveling and his wife usually accompanied him on trips and assisted him otherwise in his work. Both acquired extensive knowledge of the dairy business. During these years, the two anticipated the time when they together could own a dairy of their own and were continuously looking for that opportunity. In 1941, the owner of McCormick's Gilt Edge Dairy in Norman, Oklahoma, indicated a desire to sell, and the taxpayer entered into negotiations for its purchase. The owner insisted that the sale be made to a corporation and requested a down payment on the purchase price of $25,000. The taxpayer and his wife were completely without funds, and it was necessary that they borrow sufficient money to make the down payment if the purchase was to be consummated. A close friend of the taxpayer's wife agreed to loan the two $10,000 upon their demand note. The lender, knowing the abilities of the wife, would not have made the loan without her signature on the note. With the proceeds of this loan the taxpayer was able to negotiate a satisfactory arrangement for the purchase of the business. A corporation was organized and 100 shares of its common stock were purchased with this $10,000. 98 shares were issued to the taxpayer, 1 share to his wife and 1 share to the lender of the $10,000. The taxpayer acquired another 150 shares by giving his note for $15,000 and pledging the 250 shares to secure its payment. This note was eventually paid from the profits of the business. The $10,000 note was unpaid at the time of the hearing before the Tax Court. The taxpayer and his wife had always considered themselves as joint owners of the stock. It was issued in the taxpayer's name to avoid any complications in the original negotiations, and to prevent from becoming known the facts that the taxpayer was without credit and that the entire amount of the initial payment had been obtained from a friend of the taxpayer's wife and of her family.
On November 30, 1942, in addition to the 250 shares of common stock issued to the taxpayer, C. E. Ash owned 100 shares of preferred stock. It was agreed at that time that a partnership would be organized to operate the business. Such a partnership was created by an agreement in writing which conformed to Oklahoma law. The profits and losses were to be shared by the partnership as follows: the taxpayer and his wife 5/14 each, C.E. Ash and his wife 2/14 each. At the time the taxpayer's wife contributed $1,000 to the partnership, which she borrowed from the corporation on her note.
The evidence in the case is not in dispute. It shows that the taxpayer's wife was a woman of unusual intelligence and ability. She was particularly attractive to people generally and was an accomplished saleswoman. She worked with her husband in the business from the time it was acquired. The partnership was engaged in a business which was extremely competitive. Its success depended upon its ability to purchase raw milk from producers and to sell its products. Through her efforts many of the better accounts were acquired, including that of the Ships Service Stores of the United States Navy at Norman, which accounted for more than one-half of the profits of the partnership for the taxable years in question. She worked continuously with the taxpayer in persuading farmers and other producers of milk to sell to the partnership. Her work often extended into the night when she wrote letters and checked route records. From the creation of the partnership she was recognized as a partner. She could write checks on the partnership account. All business of the enterprise was transacted as a partnership. When she made withdrawals from the partnership account they were deposited in the joint account with the taxpayer. Both the taxpayer and his wife could and did draw upon this account. She obligated herself on a $40,000 note for the purchase of a farm in the name of the partnership. Disinterested witnesses testified as to the wife's participation in the business and her value to it.
Sections 181 and 182 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 181, 182, provide that partnerships are not taxable as such for federal income tax, and that the partners shall be taxed as individuals for their distributive shares. Of course these provisions apply only to bona fide partnerships having a genuine business purpose, and transactions between husband and wife which tend to reduce family tax should be carefully scrutinized. Helvering v. Clifford, 309 U.S. 331, 335, 60 S.Ct. 554, 84 L.Ed. 788; Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tower, 327 U.S. 280, 289, 66 S.Ct. 532, 90 L.Ed. 670. There is no question, however, that a husband and wife under proper circumstances may become partners for business purposes, including income tax. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tower, supra; Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Culbertson, 337 U.S. 733, 737, 69 S.Ct. 1210, 93 L.Ed. 1659. The existence of a partnership within the meaning of the law is a question of fact, and a finding on such fact by the Tax Court may not be disturbed on appeal unless it is clearly erroneous. United States v. United States Gypsum Co., 333 U.S. 364, 395, 68 S.Ct. 525, 92 L.Ed. 746; Freese v. Jones, 10 Cir., 156 F.2d 454, 456. The Commissioner contends here that there is ample evidence to sustain the finding of the Tax Court, and that there was no bona fide intent to create a partnership between the taxpayer and his wife, citing Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Culbertson, supra; Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tower, supra; Lusthaus v. C.I.R., 327 U.S. 293, 66 S.Ct. 539, 90 L.Ed. 679. In the Tower and Lusthaus cases, the Court indicated that the tests to determine whether a partnership existed between members of a family should be the investment of original capital, a substantial contribution to the control and management of the business, or the performance of other vital services. The Court in the Culbertson case said that the tests referred to in the Tower and Lusthaus cases were not conclusive but were to be taken with all other material facts to determine if the parties really intended to join together for the purpose of carrying on the business and sharing the profits and the losses. The significance of the Culbertson case is in its de-emphasis of the so-called tests referred to in the Tower and Lusthaus cases, so that our problem is, after a consideration of all the facts and circumstances in the case, to determine whether the findings of the Tax Court are clearly erroneous.
The evidence shows that this husband and wife entered into this undertaking with nothing more than hope. The wife was able to negotiate a loan from a friend of hers which enabled them to obtain a start upon the fulfillment of that hope. True, the proceeds of this loan were lost for a time in a corporate structure, but the stock was held by the taxpayer for the benefit of both. The remaining obligations for the purchase price were paid from the earnings of the business. It cannot be denied that the wife also contributed vital services to the enterprise. Her skill and business judgment in the conduct of the business were important factors in its success. There was an actual risk sharing in the enterprise and a mutuality of effort between the taxpayer and his wife. As we said in Eckhard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 10 Cir., 182 F.2d 547, 550, 'When judged in the light of realities, we think the evidence conclusively establishes a bona fide business partnership.' It follows that the Commissioner's deficiency determination should be set aside. See also Graber v. Commissioner, 10 Cir., 171 F.2d 32; Jones v. Baker, 10 Cir., 189 F.2d 842.
The decision of the Tax Court is reversed and remanded.
1 The petitioner is hereinafter referred to as taxpayer.


To find biologically active components of the higher fungi of Korea, the carpophores ofAuricularia polytricha, a well-known edible mushroom, were extracted with 0.14 M NaCl solution. The extract was successively fractionated by adding ammonium sulfate at various concentrations, and the respective precipitates were separated by centrifugation, then dialyzed and freeze-dried. When a dose of 60 mg/kg of each was injected i.p. into ICR mice, the fraction which precipitated at 20% ammonium sulfate showed the highest toxicity, killing seven out of seven mice within two days. The fraction obtained at 40% ammonium sulfate showed the second highest toxicity. The two fractions were named auritoxin I and II after the genus name. However, theyNere shown to have nearly identical composition by physicochemical and instrumental analysis. The chemical analysis of auritoxin showed 93.9% polysac-charide and 6.8% protein. The polysaccharide moiety was found to have 12.3% α-linkage and 87.7% β-linkage and to be a heteromannoglucan consisting of 45.1% glucose, 43.9% mannose and 11.0% xylose. The protein moiety contained ten amino acids. The molecular weight of the toxin was 1.5×106 dalton by Sepharose CL-4B gel filtration. The median lethal doses of auritoxin in mice were 56.4, 157.2 and 454.6 mg/kg by i.p., s.c. and p.o. administrations, respectively. The signs of intoxication were convulsion during the first 30 minutes after the injection, coma or sleeping within an hour, tremor, lacrimation, nasal bleeding, congestion, and death in 24 hours. Among the various organs, the spleen was found to be enlarged remarkably. Human platelet aggregation was inhibited by the addition of auritoxin. The activity of malic dehydrogenasein vitro was inhibited by the toxin.