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Chitin
Chitin Definition
Chitin is a large, structural polysaccharide made from chains of modified glucose. Chitin is found in the exoskeletons of insects, the cell walls of fungi, and certain hard structures in invertebrates and fish. In terms of abundance, chitin is second to only cellulose. In the biosphere, over 1 billion tons of chitin are synthesized each year by organisms. This extremely versatile molecule can form solid structures on its own as in insect wings, or can combine with other components like calcium carbonate to make even stronger substances like the shell of a clam.
Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest chitin on their own. Animals that eat a diet of insects often have symbiotic bacteria and protozoa which can break down the fibrous chitin into the glucose molecules that compose it. However, because chitin is a biodegradable molecule that dissolves over time, it is used in a number of industrial applications, such as surgical thread and binders for dyes and glues.
Function of Chitin
Chitin, like cellulose and keratin, is a structural polymer. Made from smaller monomers, or monosaccharides, structural polymers form strong fibers. When secreted inside or outside of cells in an organized way, the fibers form weak bonds between each other. This adds strength to the entire structure. Chitin and cellulose are both made from glucose monomers, while keratin is a fibrous protein. The various structural polymers arose early in the evolution of life, because they are seen only in certain groups. Cellulose is exclusive to plants, keratin to animals, and chitin to the arthropods, mollusks and fungi. Chitin and cellulose both evolved early-on in the history of life, while keratin arose in certain animals long after plants and fungi had branched off from the other eukaryotes.
Structure of Chitin
Chitin Structure
Chitin is made up of modified glucose monosaccharides. Glucose exists as a ring of carbon and oxygen molecules. Bonds between glucose molecules are known as glycosidic bonds. The oxygens that typically form hydroxyl groups bonded to the carbon ring can also form a bond with another carbon instead of a hydrogen. In this way, monosaccharides can be linked together in long chains. Chitin is formed by a series of glycosidic bonds between substituted glucose molecules.
Chitin is different from cellulose because of the substitution that occurs on the glucose molecule. Instead of a hydroxyl group (OH), the glucose molecules in chitin have an amyl group attached that consists of carbon and nitrogen. Nitrogen is an electrically positive molecule, while the oxygen double bonded to the group is electrically negative. This produces a dipole in the molecule, which increases the hydrogen bonds that can formed between these molecules and the molecules around them. When combined in a matrix with various compounds and other chitin molecules, the resulting structure can be very hard because of all the weak interactions between nearby molecules.
Examples of Chitin
Chitin in Arthropods
One of the most diverse groups of animals in the world are the Arthropods. Arthropods are invertebrate animals which have a segmented body plan and hard exoskeleton made of chitin and various proteins. The combination of a protected body plan that exists in variable segments is extremely successful in many different ecosystems. Arthropods exists everywhere, from the bottom of the ocean to highest places organisms inhabit. Arthropods also vary in size from microscopic mites that live at the base of hairs to giant crabs and insects that can be meters long. The exoskeletons of all of these creatures consists of chitin deposited along with structural proteins. Mixed with different proteins, chitin also makes the wings of many insects as a more flexible material. The adaptability of chitin to be molded into these different forms has allowed the arthropods to be evolve into millions of different forms.
Chitin in Fungi
In fungi, chitin is used to create a cell wall. Much like cellulose in plants, the chitin is deposited extracellularly with proteins and other molecules. This forms a rigid cell wall between cells, which help the organisms retain their shape. Much like in plant cells, water can be retained in the cells to create water pressure against the cell wall. This is known as turgor pressure and adds to the strength of each cell. Fungi are able to push through multiple layers of leaf litter as they grow, which can weigh several pounds. This comes in part from the strength of chitin as a structural fiber.
Chitin in Mollusks
Chitin is seen in a range of other forms in the mollusks. Chitin is used in both lower mollusks and the more derived cephalopods. In mollusks such as snails, chitin is a part of the radulae, an organ that looks like a spiked tongue. The mollusks use the radulae to scrape algae and other food from the hard surfaces it grows on. The cephalopods also use chitin, but to form a beak which can be used to bite through the hard shells of their prey items. Ironically, most of the prey items are arthropods, and their shells are also made from chitin.
Related Biology Terms
Keratin – A structural polymer seen in animals made of proteins.
Cellulose – A structural polymer seen in plants made of glucose, like chitin.
Homopolysaccharide – Polymers of sugars that are made from the same type sugar.
Heteropolysaccharide – Sugar polymers that consists of monomers of different types.
1. A scientist is studying an unknown hard substance found at the bottom of the ocean. The substance is of animal origin, and based upon the chemicals found near the substance, it is not produced by plants or vertebrates. Which of these could be the substance?
A. Keratin
B. Cellulose
C. Chitin
C is correct. Cellulose is produced only by plants, while keratin is produced only in some vertebrates. Therefore, chitin is the only option left. However, sea creature produce many hard substances, only a few of which contain chitin.
2. Anteaters are a mammal that exists entirely on ants. They must eat thousands of ants to sustain their weight. Their excrement contains a high amount of chitin. Bats are also a small mammal that exists on arthropods, however their excrement does not contain high levels of chitin. What is the difference between these mammals?
A. Bats have endosymbiotic organisms that can digest chitin.
B. The insects anteaters eat have more chitin.
C. Bats only eat flying insects, which don't have chitin.
A is correct. While all insects contain chitin, not all organism are able to process chitin. No vertebrates are naturally able to process chitin or cellulose, and rely on endosymbiotic organisms to break the chitin down into glucose. In return, the organisms get a safe place to live, and an unlimited supply of chitin to break down. While bats have evolved these symbiotic relations, anteaters have not.
3. Why is chitin a strong molecule?
A. The glycosidic bonds holding the monosaccharides together are hard to break.
B. The interactions between the nitrogen side-chains increase the stability.
C. Both of the above.
C is correct. Both of these factors increase the strength of chitin as a molecule. Glycosidic bonds in many polysaccharides are hard to break, and require special enzymes to break. As the previous question shows, only certain organisms have evolved the enzymes required to break these bonds.
Polysaccharide
Cell Wall
Disaccharide
Hydroxyl Group
Exoskeleton
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Dershowitz To Newsmax TV: Trump Impeachment Great Threat to Constitution | Tennessee Valley Talks
Dershowitz To Newsmax TV: Trump Impeachment Great Threat to Constitution
Dems...always looking for ways to shred the Constitution.
Impeaching President Donald Trump in the final days of his presidency would violate the Constitution, according to legal expert Alan Dershowitz on Newsmax TV.
Democrats are planning to impeach Trump, who addressed a rally of supporters in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday. Later that day, demonstrators protesting the election results attacked the Capitol.
"It's unconstitutional," Dershowitz told host Carl Higbie on "Saturday Report." "I mean, you cannot impeach a president unless he's committed high crimes and misdemeanors and these don't constitute high crimes and misdemeanors, they constitute Constitutionally protected speech.
"You can condemn, you can attack, you can refuse to vote for, you can do all of those things which are politically available to you, but the one thing you can't do is use the law, which is impeachment, on something which is protected by the First Amendment."
In saying the Capitol rioters should be prosecuted for the violence, Dershowitz added the president cannot be blamed for their actions.
"[Impeaching the president] would do more enduring harm to our Constitution than even the horrible rioters did, although they are strongly to be condemned and I'm very glad they're being prosecuted to the hilt," Dershowitz said. "It's part of the core theory of the First Amendment that you prosecute the actors, you don't prosecute the speaker.
"The speaker has a Constitutional right to advocate … advocate, not incite … advocate, which is what president Trump did. So, going after the actors, rather than the speaker is the way our Constitution laid it out."
Dershowitz, who has said he would be willing to defend the president should Trump be impeached, expressed long-term effects if the Democrats proceed with their plans.
"The implications for the First Amendment, the implications for the Constitution are grave they go beyond this week, they are forever," he said. "If they are used against Trump, they will be weaponized and used against other presidents in both parties in the future. The detriment of our Constitution."
Dershowitz explained the House can impeach a president "in one day" and then send articles of impeachment to the Senate, where a defendant would be entitled to put on a defense. Of course, the party that controls the Senate would decide the extent of a defense allowed.
"That would violate due process, it would violate core beliefs and presumptions of innocence but this is political and it has become very partisan," Dershowitz said. "The end result would be grave, grave damage to our Constitution for what? To force a president out five, six days, three days before a peaceful transition."
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Guiguzi 鬼谷子 "The Master of the Ghost Valley"
The Guiguzi 鬼谷子 "Master of the Ghost Valley", also called Xuanweizi 玄微子 "Master of the Mysterious Small" is a philosophical treatise attributed to a master of the same name. The identity of the author is not clear. He is said to have lived in the Ghost Valley 鬼谷 in the region of Yinchuan 潁川 during the Spring and Autumn period // or Zhanguo?. The Tang period 唐 (618-907) Daoist writer Du Guangting 杜光庭 (Luyiji 錄異記) alleges that his name was Wang Xu 王詡 and that he had lived as an immortal since the times of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝. Some philosophers and thinkers of the state of Qi 齊 visited him and are said to have studied under his tutelage, for example, the coalition advisors Su Qin 蘇秦 or Zhang Yi 張儀. As a historical person, he seems to have lived during the reign of Duke Ping of Jin 晉平公 (r. 557-532 BCE, according to the book Xianzhuan shiyi 仙傳拾遺 quoted in the encyclopedia Taiping yulan 太平御覽. His personal name was Wang Li 王利, and the Ghost Valley was located in the region of Mt. Qingxi 清溪山. Master Guigu was able to solidify the spirit and to preserve the cosmic unity so that he was able to live a life of extreme austerity for hundreds of years. It is not known what later became of him.
The book Guiguzi is not listed in the imperial bibliography Yiwen zhi 藝文志 in the official dynastic history Hanshu 漢書, which means that, if such a book really existed in the pre-Han era, it was already lost. In the imperial bibliography Jingji zhi 經濟志 of the Suishu, a book Guiguzi with a length of 3 juan "scrolls" is listed in the section of coalition advisors (zonghengjia 縱橫家). The Song period 宋 (960-1279) scholar Wang Yinglin 王應麟, author of the encyclopedia Yuhai 玉海, states that the name of Master Guigu is not known. He lived a life in retirement in the Ghost valley and was visited by disciples. Yet there were also two separate books called Su Qin, in 31 chapters, and Zhang Yi, in 10 chapters. Recent findings of original writings of the coalition advisors have demonstrated that the book Guiguzi is indeed a forgery of later date, presumably the Southern and Northern Dynasties period 南北朝 (300~600). Sometimes the Guiguzi is listed among the military treatises.
Guiguzi emphasized that it was, in a time of permanent change, extremely important to constantly survey the actual conditions. In the field of military strategy, he explained the art of conjecture, the art of political advice, that of secret planning, and that of and occasional easening and restraining (feiqian 飛箝 "flying and pinching"). Gathering information about the enemy, while keeping secret the own plans, is the best method for successful campaigning.
The chapter Baihe 捭闔 (also written 捭合) "Opening and closing the gate" speaks of the art of political coalitions. It is a kind of summary of the political teachings of Master Guigu. Political activities were seen as a natural process of opening (summer) and closing (winter). According to the actual circumstances, a ruler or a commander has to apply an appropriate strategy. The chapter Fanying 反應 "Reciprocal reaction" explains that between humans, conversation and mutual understanding is important for the advancement of each part. If the counterpart is speaking, onself is mute and listens in order to profit. The result of what one has heard, is to be locked inside the heart by the "inner door bolt" (neijian 內犍), and has to be preserved and profitably used. A coalition advisor traveling from state to state has therefore first to look what the person he wants to convince prizes as profitable for himself before adjusting his convincing speech to these wishes. Concerning the enemies, an advisor has to "hit the rifts" (dixi 抵巇). He has to block what is complete, to fend off what comes from outside, to rest what is gone down, to cover what is in emergence, and to occupy what can otherwise not be dealt with. "Letting fly and restrict" (feiqian) is a method of a ruler to gain competent advisors: promote the good and inhibit them from leaving. The control of the own inner feelings is important to gain an objective picture. Plans have to be carefully considered before "refusing or adopting" them (wuhe 忤合). Pros and cons have to be "assessed" (chuai 揣) according to the outer circumstances and following the inner situation. Circumstances have to be "fathomed" (mo 摩) and feelings to be "weighed" (quan 權) before plans can be "conceptualised" (mou 謀) and "decisions" be reached (jue 決). The chapter Fuyan 符言 "Adjusted speech" can be seen as a conclusion to the earlier chapters. The parts Zhuanwan 轉丸 and Quluan 胠亂 (or Quqie 胠篋) are lost. The last chapters, Benjing yinfu qishu 本經陰符七術, Chishu 持樞 and Zhongjing 中經 contain Daoist thought, for example, on longevity, the cultivation of spirit, essence and mind, and the completion of the self as a perfect man, and seem to have been compiled at a later date.
The teachings assembled in the book Guiguzi are rated as of far minor quality than that of other masters of the Warring States period. At least the language has a certain level that makes the books worth studying.
There were commentaries by the Jin period 晉 (265-420) scholars Huangfu Mi 皇甫謐 and Yue Yi 樂壹, Tao Hongjing 陶弘景 from the Liang period 梁 (502-557), and Yin Zhizhang 尹知章 from the Tang period 唐 (618-907). Only the commentary of the Daoist master Tao Hongjing has survived. Tao was responsible for the Daoist reinterpretation of the Guiguzi, the incorporation of the three last chapters, and the inclusion of the Guiguzi into the Daoist Canon Daozang 道藏.
The most important editions of the Guiguzi are the collectanea Zihui 子彙, Shierzi 十二子, Mianmiaoge congshu 綿眇閣叢書, Shoushange congshu 守山閣叢書, Zishu baizhong 子書百種, Sibu congkan 四部叢刊, Gushu congkan 古書叢刊 and Siku quanshu 四庫全書. Other important versions are that of the Chongde Academy 崇德書院 and the manuscript version of Qian Zunwang 錢遵王, as well as the version in the Daoist Canon Daozang (section Taixuanbu 太玄部), that of Master Gao 高氏 from Lin'an 臨安, the revised edition of Bao Yiwen 鮑以文 from the Ming period 明 (1368-1644). Important Qing period 清 (1644-1911) editions are that of Master Qin 秦氏 from Jiangdu 江都 (original 1789, reprint 1805, with a commentary by Tao Hongjing 陶弘景). There is a collectanea including modern commentaries to the Guiguzi, namely the Guiguzi congshu 鬼谷子叢書, edited by Fang Zhongli 房中立 in 1993 (Shumu wenxian press 書目文獻出版社).
Lai Hehong 來可泓 (1997). "Guiguzi 鬼谷子", in: Zhongguo xueshu mingzhu tiyao 中國學術名著提要, Zongjiao 宗教, p. 692. Shanghai: Fudan daxue chubanshe.
Li Jianping 李劍平 (ed. 1998). Zhongguo shenhua renwu cidian 中國神話人物辭典, p. 543. Xi'an: Shaanxi renmin chubanshe.
Li Yaming 李亞明, Liu Qing 劉慶, Li Binghai 李炳海 (1996). "Guiguzi 鬼谷子", in: Zhuzi baijia da cidian 諸子百家大辭典, ed. by Feng Kezheng 馮克正, Fu Qingsheng 傅慶升, p. 29. Shenyang: Liaoning renmin chubanshe.
Li Xueqin 李學勤, Lü Wenyu 呂文鬰 (1996). Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典, vol. 2, p. 1877. Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe.
Broschat, Michael Robert. "'Guiguzi': A Textual Study and Translation". University of Washington PhD Thesis, 1985 Robert van Gulik: 'Kuei-ku-tzu, The Philosopher of the Ghost Vale", "China", XIII, no 2 (May 1939) Wu, Hui (2016). Guiguzi, China's First Treatise on Rhetoric: A Critical Translation and Commentary (Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press). guiguzi garret olberding Coyle, Daniel (1999). Guiguzi: On the Cosmological Axes of Persuasion (Ph.D. Diss. University of Hawai'i).


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05:46 usandfriends Ah. Well I just trying CJam and it's pretty awesome.
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11:28 pdurbin I took a quick look but I'm not sure what it's supposed to do. modify something and add it to a list, I guess.
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How to Deal With an Office Bully
When it comes to taking action against bullies at work, you may be tempted to get aggressive. Find out how to settle things in a better way.
By Will Yakowicz@WillYakowicz
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Some people are mean by nature, others jerks by choice. Some people like to hurt others physically, emotionally, and psychologically to make themselves feel more powerful or important. While a good deal of national attention has recently been given to bullying among school- and college-age kids, that hasn't been the case for bullying among working professionals.
How do you deal with a bully at work? Amy Gallo, editor of the Harvard Business Review, spoke with experts about how to best deal with in-office aggression. Find out what the experts told HBR and start squashing your office's Napoleon.
Pinpoint where the aggression is coming from
The first step is to find out why the bully is taking his or her aggression out on you. Nathanael Fast, professor at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, says, "We often see powerful people behave aggressively toward less powerful people when their competence is questioned." Gary Namie, the founder of the Workplace Bullying Institute and author of The Bully at Work, says talented people can become bullying victims: "People who are skilled and well-liked are the most frequent targets precisely because they pose a threat," he says. So it may help to stroke the aggressor's ego. Fast found in his study that low levels of aggression and bullying could be defused by showing gratitude to the troublemaking colleague. "In our study, we saw that if the subordinate offered gratitude to the boss, it wiped out the effect," he says. Small actions, like complimenting the person for something he does well, can help.
Don't blame yourself, but review your actions
Bullying is never acceptable. It is also unacceptable to accept blame for being bullied. But it is a good idea to be aware of how you are being perceived. In a highly competitive environment, not many people "prioritize politeness," Gallo writes. Ask a confidant how the majority of your co-workers feel you treat them. If there is a behavior or action that is being misinterpreted--and that the aggressor is overreacting to--you can stop. This doesn't mean to look for blame in yourself, though. "Targets regularly assume it's their fault," Namie says.
"It's important to balance not being threatening with not being a doormat, which just invites more aggression," Fast says. When the employee's behavior is unacceptable, call it out right then and there. Do not let the person treat you poorly or call you a name. Stand up to him, and be strong and articulate. "I believe very strongly in making immediate corrections," Woodward says. Whenever the bully starts with demeaning, disrespectful antics, even if it's during a company meeting, do not let it slide, even once. "The message should be: Don't mess with me--it won't be worth your effort," Namie says.
Don't go at it alone
If you do not have friends, acquaintances, or alliances at work, you should build them. "Everybody should have alliances at work--peers and people above and below who can be your advocates and champions," Woodward says. Get people who support you in your corner. If the bullying can be handled informally, hash it out between yourselves. If there is violence or the threat of violence, tell your boss or human resources, Woodward says.
Break down the cost to business
When it is time to get your boss and HR involved, do not focus on what the person said and did--unless it is violent or emotionally scarring. The last thing you want to do is to start a he-said/she-said argument. "Talk about how it's affecting morale and performance," Fast says. Namie agrees: "Don't tell a story of emotional wounds. Make an argument that the person is costing the organization money," he says.
Realize there are limitations
You need to realize that you cannot control someone else's actions. People are going to act the way they are going to act and it is up to you to defend yourself. If it is an outright abusive situation, it needs to stop. "The only time I've seen a bully change is when they are publicly fired. The sanctions don't work," Woodward says. If a leader doesn't take charge, you should leave, if possible. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, 40 percent of respondents to an online survey say they stay in a bullying situation because of pride. If that's the case in your situation, you need to realize that taking the high road with irrational people is winning. Losing is to let them elicit an aggressive reaction from you.


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Q: Mule: SMTP endpoint full mailto: instead of to, subject attributes I have access to a string for an smtp endpoint that looks like this:
mailto:someone@example.com?subject=This%20is%20the%20subject&cc=someone_else@example.com
I could parse the string to extract the to, and subject attributes and use those with my smtp endpoint, however, I bet there is just a way to pass this whole string to the endpoint, but I haven't found it. I have tried using the address attribute, but it expects an smtp://[host]:[port] URI, so I'm not sure it could be used for this.
Has anyone succeeded in passing a valid mailto: URI to the Mule SMTP endpoint?
If this doesn't work, then I'll need to parse the string, I could use android.net.MailTo, which is a class that parses a mailto: URI, as an alternative, if no tool is available from Mule to do this.

A: use %40 instead of @  ... There is no other way to parse this I guess
example :- aka11@gmail.com can be written as aka11%40gmail.com

A: This worked for me:
On the flow:
<outbound-endpoint address="${alertmail.address}" doc:name="Generic4">
    <properties>
        <spring:entry key="subject" value="${alertemail.subject}" />
    </properties>
</outbound-endpoint>

And on the properties file (replacing mailserver, user and domain by proper values):
alertmail.address=smtp://mailserver?address=user@domain

Copied the structure of the URI from here:
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Time Machine Tuesday: Students Debate the Boulder Dam
In the fall of 1927, the University of Colorado announced the topic for that year's High School Debating League, which the university was sponsoring. That school year, high school students from all over Colorado would research and debate the merits of the proposed Boulder Dam (known since 1947 as the Hoover Dam).
Construction of a dam on the Colorado River had first been recommended to Congress in 1922. Beginning that year two California congressmen, Phil Swing and Hiram Johnson, sponsored a series of bills to authorize construction of the dam, but received little support due to complicated water rights issues and the great expense of the project. That same year, Colorado's Delph Carpenter negotiated the seven-state Colorado River Compact, which divided the waters between the upper and lower basin states. By 1927-28, Swing and Johnson's latest efforts were getting more traction than their earlier bills. However, many in Colorado expressed concerns that water rights would favor California over Colorado, as well as how a project of such magnitude would be engineered. The university even set up a "fact-finding committee" to study the issue in conjunction with the debates.
Such was the state of events when the University released its announcement about that year's high school debate topic. The debate committee was aware that their chosen topic was an evolving situation, so they stressed the importance of keeping current on the issue. But they believed it was a "complex, intricate, and … fresh" topic that "afforded so many alluring byways and cross-paths."
To help students prepare their arguments for or against the dam, two librarians at the University of Colorado library assembled a "history and analysis" of the project, along with a very extensive bibliography. These items were included in the announcement; therefore, this publication, which has recently been digitized by our library, is of especial interest not just for its information about the high school debate league, but as a detailed listing of documents and records from the time period regarding the development of the dam — a valuable resource for anyone looking for a listing of primary sources about the dam's history.
The Swing-Johnson bill authorizing the dam was passed by Congress and signed by President Coolidge in December 1928. The dam was constructed between 1931 and 1936, providing hundreds of jobs during the Great Depression.
Boulder (later Hoover) Dam. Photo by Ansel Adams, 1941. Courtesy National Archives.
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Amid pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college
The number of high school seniors applying for U.S. federal college aid plunged in the weeks following the sudden closure of school buildings this spring — a time when students were cut off from school counselors, and families hit with financial setbacks were reconsidering plans for higher education.
In the first weeks of the pandemic, the number of new applications fell by nearly half compared to last year's levels, fueled by a precipitous decline among students at low-income schools, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. The numbers have risen as states and schools have launched campaigns urging students to apply for aid, but they remain down overall from last year.
It's raising alarms among education officials who say thousands of students may be opting to delay or forgo college, with potentially dire consequences for their job prospects and future earnings.
"The consequences are that kids are going directly into the workforce. They're closing the door on post-high school learning," said David Nieslanik, principal of Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon, where he saw only more affluent students file for aid once instruction moved online.
The FAFSA, short for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is required for students to be eligible for federal Pell grants and student loans. It's also often a requirement for state aid. Students who complete the form are far more likely to enroll in college, studies have found, and those who receive aid are more likely to stay in college.
In the four weeks starting March 13, the number of completed applications was down 45% compared to the same period the year before, according to the AP analysis. It was sharpest at Title I schools, a federal designation for public schools that have larger shares of low-income students, which saw a 52% decrease, compared to a 39% slide at other public schools.
Overall, applications were down by 70,000 as of June 19, representing a 3.7% drop for the entire application cycle.
Even before the pandemic, some states had been expecting to see decreases as demographic shifts result in fewer high school seniors, and plenty of individual schools saw filings hold steady or increase. However, as the coronavirus started to spread, every state saw numbers slide compared to last year's levels, even states that had more high school seniors this year.
Schools say the pandemic contributed to the slide in several ways. Separated from their schools, students lost touch with counselors who typically guide them through the complex financial aid process. Families without reliable internet access struggled to complete the online form. And amid economic turmoil, some students took jobs and put college plans on hold.
The pandemic's timing worsened its impact on low-income students, experts say: While more affluent students typically submit the FAFSA earlier in the application cycle, low-income students are more likely to wait until March or April, the time when schools were shutting down.
Gregory Cole, principal of the Mojave High School in North Las Vegas, Nevada, said it came at "the very worst time."
Many parents lost jobs as the region's gaming industry shut down, and some students took jobs in groceries or fast food chains. Compounding the problem, many students come from families that had never filed the form, which requires a range of tax and Social Security records.
"We're the lifeline for a lot of our kids," Cole said. "Without us there to help them through the process, I think it's inevitable that some of them are going to fall through the cracks."
Once schools closed, counselors could no longer pull students into their offices to talk, or invite families to school to navigate the FAFSA. Instead, schools were left sending emails that often went unanswered, or they relied on unwieldy video chats to help families with paperwork.
There's hope that the decrease is partly tied to students who plan to attend community colleges and are waiting to file until closer to those schools' deadlines, which are often later, said Justin Draeger, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Still, he worries that the drop-off may be more than a "temporary blip."
"During recessions, traditionally more people go back to school to retool. But this just feels very different because of the pandemic, the illness, the job loss, and then the quarantines that might reappear this year," he said. "All of this says to me, there are a lot of things to be worried about."
Education officials are encouraging students to apply over the summer, even if only to see how much financial aid they could receive. North Carolina recently launched a "FAFSA Frenzy" campaign, while Kentucky is hosting "FAFSA Fridays" urging students to apply.
Although deadlines for some state scholarships have passed, students can still apply for federal aid for the 2020-21 school year through June 2021.
In Louisiana, one of several states where students are required to file the FAFSA in order to graduate from high school, state officials waived that rule because of the pandemic. But state education officials are still calling and texting students in districts with lower completion rates.
As of June 19, applications among the state's low-income students were down by nearly 9%.
"We are not going to stop," said Sujuan Boutté, executive director of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance. "We've got to be that rock that says, 'I do understand that there's a lot of uncertainty, but this is a ticket to your future and you don't want to put that on hold.'"
Officials in Kentucky say they're working hard but aren't optimistic they'll catch up with last year's numbers. Even if they do, they worry that many students who filed will ultimately not enroll in college.
"We may reach the same percentage, but I'm not optimistic that all of those students will be going to college," said Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. "If I'm wrong about this, I will be shouting hallelujah."
Justice McDonald receives final legislative confirmation
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald received final legislative confirmation Friday to serve a second, eight-year term on the bench as an associate justice.
The 26-6 vote came two years after he lost a bid to become the court's chief justice. The action came one day after the House of Representatives also voted to confirm him.
Waterbury scores successful economic move: BMW drives new optimism
by LaSalle Blanks, Multimedia Journalist / Jan 14, 2021
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) -- The mayor of Waterbury calls the completed I-84 Widening Project, one of the best things to ever happen to his city.
"That was probably the single-biggest economic boost for the city of Waterbury in many decades," he said.
by Natasha Lubczenko / Jan 13, 2021
MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH)-- Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, otherwise known as STEM, are main focuses at ACES Thomas Edison Magnet Middle School.
"They [students] take three years of pretty extensive and strong math classes and then we also have three years of Next Generation Science Standards science courses as well," says Principal Karen Habegger.


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Netflix has dropped a new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated 4th season of 'The Crown' which features the early life of Princess Diana as she becomes part of the Royal household.
Inspired by the award-winning play, The Audience, 'The Crown' tells the inside story of the decades-long reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the struggle between her private and public self. The series focuses on the personal intrigues, romances, and political rivalries behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th Century. The series isn't simply about the monarchy but is about an empire in decline, a world in disarray, and the dawn of a new era.
As the 1970s are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O'Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by Britain's first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), tensions arise between her and the Queen which only grow worse as Thatcher leads the country into the Falklands War, generating conflict within the Commonwealth. While Charles' romance with a young Lady Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) provides a much-needed fairytale to unite the British people, behind closed doors, the Royal family is becoming increasingly divided.
Written by Peter Morgan, The Crown's fourth season also stars Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Tobias Menzies as The Duke of Edinburgh, Erin Doherty as Princess Anne, Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles and Marion Bailey as the Queen Mother.
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Lzzy Hale says Halestorm is "all I've ever wanted to do in life"
She had a lot to say about the band's history.
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[Photo by: Halestorm/Jimmy Fontaine]
Lzzy Hale of Halestorm recently gushed about her band and what singing means to her that was absolutely heartwarming.
Hale made the statements in an interview by Planet Rock at Download Festival.
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She discussed what it means to her to be able to deliver strong performances vocally.
"I can count on less than five fingers the things I can do well, so I'm just going to stick to those," Hale said. "It's literally all I've ever wanted to do in life is sing and play and get out there and rock. It's very humbling to hear that kind of feedback."
She also talked about the band's set at Download and how special it was.
"It was awesome. My little bro and I had this kind of moment together because we've been in Halestorm since we were teenagers," she said. "It's been like 22 years of Halestorm— don't do the math. … But it's been a long time."
"When we were in middle school and all of our teachers said, 'This is a stupid idea. Why are you going into music? Especially rock and roll. There's no guarantee and you should really do something else as a backup plan,'" she continued. "We were, like, 'Hell no! We're not doing that.' My little bro turns to me right before we go on: 'Hey, look at those people out there. There's a sea of people.' It proves yes, we were crazy, but we were not stupid and this was a good idea. This is all the life that we need."
Hale also revealed why she always wears high heels on stage even though she knows she's bound to fall sooner or later.
"In 2011, I think we were out with, I think it was Hellyeah and Staind. The guys in that band literally bought me Chuck Taylors because they got kind of sick of me walking around in heels," Hale said.
"So, they're, like, 'Please, for a couple of shows, wear Chuck Taylors.' That was the one and only time… I wore Chuck Taylor's for a couple shows and the second show I wore the Chuck Taylors, that was the one and only time I fell onstage. I haven't really bit it onstage in high heels yet. It will happen. It's not about if, it's about when."
You can watch the entire interview below.
More Halestorm news
Halestorm are gearing up to tour with Alice Cooper, which Lzzy Hale previously said is on their "bucket list."
Hale spoke at Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival about the upcoming tour and her fandom of the legendary rocker in general.
"I'm so excited," Hale said. "We're ticking that off the bucket list. We've done a couple one-off shows with him over the years, and we've gotten to know him and his family, but this is the first time we're on a full-fledged tour with him."
She continued to talk about what Cooper means to her on a personal level.
"Alice Cooper was the reason that I found out I was not cool when I was a kid," she said. "My parents moved to a new place when I was 11 years old. At this point in time, I loved Alice Cooper. I loved Dio and Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Vanilla Fudge, that kind of thing. Moving to a new place, don't know anybody there, a couple of neighborhood girls invite me to a sleepover. They're like 'Bring some of your favorite CDs. We're going to listen to every bodys favorite music and do each other's makeup,' that whole thing."
"I'm 11 and I end up bringing to the sleepover Alice Cooper's 'Love It To Death' and DIO's 'Holy Driver.' This is '96 so this is TLC, Backstreet Boys, that kind of thing. They're playing 'Waterfalls' and there's a bunch of other things going on. 'Oh let's listen to Liz's CD.' Put in the Alice Cooper CD. We didn't make it past the first chorus. They're like 'Let's put another CD back on.'"
"I remember going back home and Dad was like 'How was the sleepover?'" she continued. "I'm like 'It was fun but they didn't like my music.' Dad's like 'That's good.' I'm like, 'Why is that good? They don't like my music.' He's like, 'They like all of that music because it's on the radio and people in school think you're supposed to like it. You love this CD — you love Alice Cooper — because you really love it. It's a part of you.'"
You can listen to Hale's full interview below.
In other news, Lzzy Hale brought a young fan on stage for a special treat during the band's Sonic Temple set. Hale brought up a young female fan on stage to hand off her guitar to the girl and give her a huge shout out.
So the goddess of rock n roll @LZZYHALE gave one of her guitars to this awesome young rocker yesterday at #SonicTemple I fluckin love her!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 pic.twitter.com/ilJJzQDOEf
— TheOriginalWonderWoman_OP (@OG_WonderWoman) May 18, 2019
The guitar the young fan received was Hale's new signature Epiphone explorer model which was unveiled last week.
Hale said in an interview that she "always feels like a rockstar" with her Epiphone and hopes "anyone who picks it up feels like a rock star, too." "I would encourage them to make a lot of noise with it because that's currently what I'm doing," she continued.
We're hoping the young fan has plenty of opportunities to use her new axe to make plenty of noise just like Hale.
You can see the full list of the tour dates with Alice Cooper below as well.
07/17 — Allentown, PA @ PPL Center^
07/19 — Pittsburgh, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion^
07/20 — Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre^
07/21 — Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
07/23 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center^
07/25 — St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
07/26 — Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre^
07/28 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre^
07/29 — Cedar Park, TX @ H-E-B Center^
07/31 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory^
08/01 — Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman^
08/04 — Nashville, TN @ The Opry House^
08/07 — Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center: CMAC^
08/08 — Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts^
08/10 — Portland, ME @ Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row^
08/11 — Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion^
08/13 — Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live^
08/15 — Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center^
08/16 — Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion^
08/31 — Grand Island, NE @ Ramblin Man Fair #
# Festival date
^ Alice Cooper, Motionless In White
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Innovation Ecosystems: Bringing Policy and Science Together
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Time: 18:30–20:30
Tokyo American Club,
Manhattan Room (B2F)
Speakers: Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture;
Philip Vanek, General Manager, Cell and Gene Therapy Strategy, GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Hosting Committees:
Healthcare, Government Relations, Special Events
Meal: Canapés and drinks
Registration/Cancellation
Wednesday, October 30 (Noon)
Note: Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Event Overview:
We are on the cusp of a biotechnology revolution, and no one wants to be left behind. Looking to copy the successes of Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area, cities across the globe are searching for the perfect ecosystem blueprint, one that sparks innovation. In all cases, the public and private sectors working together towards the same goal is key.
On the evening of November 5, Kanagawa Prefecture Governor Yuji Kuroiwa and GE Healthcare Life Sciences General Manager of Cell and Gene Therapy Strategy Dr. Philip Vanek will join us in a conversation about the necessary building blocks of successful innovation ecosystems.
Under the leadership of Governor Kuroiwa, Kanagawa Prefecture has launched several initiatives aimed at developing the Tonomachi area into an innovation hub that supports industrial development and healthy aging. From opening the Life Innovation Center in Kawasaki City to releasing the Healthcare New Frontier Policy package, Kanagawa is leading the way in developing a new model for sustainable innovation that impacts people's lives.
Please join us at this exciting event to learn more about Kanagawa's ongoing efforts to catalyze innovation and the role public–private partnership must play!
Evening Program:
18:50 Remarks by invited guests
19:10 Fireside chat followed by Q&A
19:50 Light reception and networking
20:25 Event closing
Mr. Yuji Kuroiwa
Governor, Kanagawa Prefecture
Yuji Kuroiwa is leading efforts in Japan to address age-related challenges. He was first elected governor of Kanagawa Prefecture in 2011, then re-elected in 2015 for the second term, and in 2019 for the third term for another four years. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Japanese government's Council of Healthcare Policy Advisors. Before that, he was a professor at the International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School in Tokyo from 2009 to 2011 where he taught healthcare journalism. From 1980 to 2009, Kuroiwa worked at Fuji Television Network, Inc., where he served as a news anchor for more than 20 years. During that time, he campaigned for emergency medical care and won awards for his television series on the subject. He graduated in politics from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University in 1980.
Dr. Philip G. Vanek, PhD
General Manger, Cell and Gene Therapy Strategy, GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Prior to joining GE Healthcare Life Sciences Healthcare Life Sciences, Dr. Vanek was head of business development for cell therapy at Lonza's Pharmaceutical division. Later, as their head of innovation, he helped drive new technology initiatives focused on cell, protein, and viral therapeutic manufacturing. His career has included a number of innovation, business, and market-development roles at Becton Dickinson, Invitrogen, and Life Technologies, as well as two biotechnology startups in the
Washington, DC, area. Dr. Vanek received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Georgetown University Medical Center and subsequently held an IRTA fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and the Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, South Carolina.
John W. Carlson III, Chair
William Bishop, Yuko Kidoguchi, Takeo Morooka, Toshio Nagase, R. Byron Sigel, and Mika Shirai, Vice-Chairs
ACCJ Healthcare Committee
Mari Matthews, Chair
Yoshitaka Sugihara, Mark Davidson, Vice Chairs
ACCJ Government Relations Committee
Timothy Connor, Lori Hewlett, Robert Melson, Jr., Co-chairs
ACCJ Special Events Committee
NOTE 1: This event is ON THE RECORD.
NOTE 2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. All guests must be accompanied by an ACCJ member. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.
NOTE 3: If you are driving to Tokyo American Club, please inform the ACCJ of the make, model, color, and plate number of the vehicle by the registration deadline as arrangements must be made. A ¥2,200 parking fee will apply.
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Lance has been playing WoW since vanilla. As the cataclysm hit, lance started to lose interest in the game, but the recent announcement of the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion has renewed his interests in WoW. He found himself very excited about all things Pandaren and decided to begin exploring the race and the new Monk class. In addition to taking an early look at the talent calculators, he has also given some thought to how monks might work with active mitigation.
If all of that seems very heavy, don't worry! Lance has taken some time to sit down and consider the really important aspects of what being a Pandarian is all about. You know, things like the importance of picking a proper Pandaren Name. You might also want to reconsider your thoughts on the new Pandaren racial after reading his thoughts on being bouncy.
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using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

using PanTiltServoMVVM;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using PanTiltServoMVVM.ServoUtil;

namespace MovementTest
{
    [TestClass]
    public class MoveTests
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Connect and Disconnect without SN specified
        /// </summary>
        [TestMethod]
        public void ConnectDisconnectDefault()
        {
            try
            {
                var servoController = new PanTiltServoVM();
                servoController.ConnectModule();
                Assert.IsTrue(servoController.IsActive, "Servo did not connect by the return of Connect() func...");
                servoController.Disconnect();
                Assert.IsFalse(servoController.IsActive, "Servo did not connect by the return of Connect() func...");
            }
            catch (Exception ex) { Assert.Fail(ex.Message); }

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Basic set 50% Pan / Tilt
        /// </summary>
        [TestMethod]
        public void SetPositions()
        {
            try
            {
                var servoController = new PanTiltServoVM();
                servoController.ConnectModule();
                Assert.IsTrue(servoController.IsActive, "Servo did not connect by the return of Connect() func...");

                servoController.PanPercentGoal = 50;
                var startTime = DateTime.Now;
                while (servoController.PanPercentActual != 50) { }
                var totalPanTime = DateTime.Now - startTime;

                servoController.TiltPercentGoal = 50;
                startTime = DateTime.Now;
                while (servoController.TiltPercentActual != 50) { }
                var totalTiltTime = DateTime.Now - startTime;

                Assert.IsTrue(servoController.PanPercentActual == 50, "Pan not at 50% - actually: " + servoController.PanPercentActual + "%");
                Assert.IsTrue(servoController.TiltPercentActual == 50, "Tilt not at 50% - actually: " + servoController.TiltPercentActual +"%");
                Console.WriteLine("Time to Pan: " + totalPanTime.TotalMilliseconds.ToString("0.0") + " ms");
                Console.WriteLine("Time to Tilt: " + totalTiltTime.TotalMilliseconds.ToString("0.0") + " ms");

            }
            catch (Exception ex) { Assert.Fail("caugt ex: " + ex.Message); }
        }

    }

}

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Early Childhood Family Education is a program for District 717 parents and their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. We have weekly classes and special events designed especially for families.
Our program is for all moms, dads, and their children from birth up to kindergarten. Whether you are a single parent, a teen parent, a stay-at-home mom or dad, or an employed parent, you are invited to come to our classes. You attend this program with your child.
Being a mom or dad is one of the most important jobs you will ever have. Come and share information with other parents about raising your child(ren). Come to learn more about your child(ren) and more about you. Come to meet other parents and learn that you are not alone in the challenging and sometimes frustrating job of raising children.
Parents and children enjoy learning together.
The goal of most parents is to raise happy, healthy children.
Parents are interested in information regarding the development of their child.
The development of feelings, self-worth, confidence and self-esteem are essential in parent and child relationships.
Children need to learn how to explore, participate and cope with the challenges of the future while enjoying the joys of childhood.
Children are born into the world ready to learn.
Children learn in comfortable, secure, loving environments.
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"Room To Swing" by Ed Lacy
Room To Swing is a classic for many reasons. First, it is a classic whodunit – a hardboiled mystery if you will – where the protagonist, a New York private eye is framed for murder, seemingly by his client. Next, it's worth mentioning that the book won the Edgar Award for Best Novel for 1958, over such notables as THE LONGEST SECOND, by Bill Ballinger , THE NIGHT OF THE GOOD CHILDREN, by Marjorie Carleton and THE BUSHMAN WHO CAME BACK, by Arthur Upfield . Third, the detective fits the mold of what the hardboiled PI was supposed to be; he, 's a loner, a man who scratches for money, a veteran and decorated hero of two wars and he is no stranger to violence. But what sets this novel apart is Lacy, who was white, is credited with creating "the first credible African-American Private Eye" character in fiction, Toussaint "Touie" Marcus Moore. Lacy doesn't just present us with a credible "black" detective but a social commentary that is worth remembering today.
Written in the same years as the Little Rock Nine took their stand, the novel is not only daring by virtue of 'exposing' racial issues of the day, but in presenting a realistic point of view of the African American protagonist. In "Touie" Moore we have a man who has distinguished himself in two wars, winning a Silver Star and a Bronze Stars and having risen to the rank of Captain. But, now in his 30's, living in New York City, his career choices are limited to civil service jobs, domestic, or laborer. Not very good choices for a proud man who stands on his own. He shares a room with two other bachelors and runs his PI Practice in the same room he sleeps, getting "coloured cases" that the "white agencies" won't take as well as the occasional bouncer gig or Department Store Detective job to catch shop lifters or repossess items, bought on credit, from other blacks in the ghetto.
The story is told in three part, opening in Bingston, Ohio – small, town near the Kentucky Border, and the segregationist south. Touie has come there on a hunch that the real murder must be connected to the victims home town. The victim was himself on the lam from a felony committed there. Bingston is a little town of a couple thousand, so Touie, a negro (and I use that term because at this period of history, Touie preferred Negro and considered being called Black and insult) draws instant attention and not a small amount of racial prejudice. He is refused service at the local lunch counter, where he has stopped to use the phone to try and track down names in the area that might be able to aid in his investigation. He is even refused use of the public pay phone and directed to a gas station on the edge of town where they let "coloureds" use the phone. Of course, the local cop shows up Billy club smacking against his palm. Touie figures that his description and the fact that he may be wanted for the murder in New York City has already spread, but it turns out to be just small town racism, even though Bingston has a coloured section of town and a deeply entrenched coloured middle class. It is one of these citizens that inserts himself between the town bull and Touie, the negro postman tells Touie, "Relax, man." as the cop asks Touie, "new in town, boy?" Touie thinks, "I have been called Boy more times in the last couple of hours than in my whole life." The cop isn't there because he heard of a negro suspect in the killing of one of the locals, a black sheep himself, in New York. He is there to "explain a couple things" to a strange negro in town. Like you can't eat here. It isn't the custom. Touie gets a little mad at this and gets a bit tough with his language, tells the cop he wasn't planning to eat the phone book. The cop doesn't like Touies nice suit, and he doesn't like the fact that he is driving a fancy, foreign car, a Jaguar, nor is he accustom to being talk back to by a Negro. Touie leaves, but the postman stops him outside the dinner and tells him that "Bingston ain't a mean town for coloured, just a little old fashion." Touie tells him to stop the race relations patter. Touie tells the postman he is looking for May Russell, one of the names on his list. The postman tells Touie that asking about May Russell will start real trouble, "she isn't for coloured men." So Touie pegs her as a loose woman, but a white loose woman.
The postman eventually invites Touie to stay at his home, since there are no hotels in town that cater to Negros. Touie meets Frances, the postman's daughter. Touie is considering becoming a postman back in New York, mainly so he'll have a steady income and a "respectable job" which would make his girlfriend, Sybil, happy. Touie eventually confides in Frances, who he grows to respect, that he is investigating Bob Thomas' murder, and that he is a suspect. Frances, accepts this and agrees to show Touie around the town and help him find the people that Touie needs to learn about. She tells him that the town is not so bad, as long as your skin is pale, Most of the coloured population has good, solid, jobs. Like her postman father. The coloured population of Bingston has also just scored a 'major' victory, after a two year fight they are now allowed to sit in the orchestra at the local movie house instead of being confined to the balcony. Frances knows that there must be more to life than sitting in the balcony and has a yearning to leave, maybe go to college, but that isn't likely for a Negro daughter in southern Ohio. Touie turns the conversation to Bob Thomas, the murdered man. Frances tells him that people aren't really concerned with his murder, they are actually pretty relieved. Thomas had broke out of jail after being picked up for rape and assault. Frances alludes to the fact that Thomas was framed, but doesn't tell him much more at this point.
On a night time ride through the country, Touie runs the story of his involvement by Frances, and a friendship and trust begins to form and the story goes back to New York, three days earlier. Touie received a visit from a white woman, unusual in itself, since his PI business was almost always with other Negros. The woman is Kay Robbens and she is with a local TV station who has a plan to release a new TV show called "You—Detective" the premise is similar to todays "America's Most Wanted". But more scripted and devised. As Kay puts it, "It's low-level, moronic, disgusting – and it's my job." The idea is to dig up cold cases on felons that have fled and not been captured. To find them using PI's and then set up their arrest live, on TV, by private citizens that are actually unknown actors. Kay has tracked down the first episode's "star"; Bob Thomas, and wants to pay Touie a small fortune, $1500.00 for a months retainer, to shadow him for until the episode is ready to air.
Touie is seduced by this wind fall and the prospect of getting other lucrative jobs with the show and the TV station. In short, he has stars in his eyes and starts to think he can win Sybil without becoming a boring, postman. Sybil, who is a light skinned negro, thus of a "higher social standing" wants Touie to take the safe job, get a bigger "nice apartment" and be a respectable Negro. But as Touie gets drawn in deeper with Kay's white friends, he dreams large. He even takes it in stride when Kay tells him, 'I always try and give you people a helping hand, so I was surprised when you were a Negro." Touie thinks, "okay, whites can sure say the jerkiest things, I've met the type before. At least she is jerky in a friendly way, so many are jerky in a nasty way." The book succeeds as social commentary on scenes like this throughout and doesn't sacrifice a great story told in a great way while doing it. Walter Mosley does this very well in his EZ Rawlins books,and surely owes a nod to Ed Lacy.
As Touie gets invited along to parties with Kay's oh so liberal and socially conscious friends, he learn the other side of racism, the supposed intellectuals with so much concern for the 'plight of the Negro' in voice but not in action. At the same time he shines a light on the black community and their own divisions and social strata of 'lightness of skin' being the factor on just how far you can go and what you are allowed to achieve. But, Touie has white friends, ex army buddies, that completely disregard race and only look at a persons self worth and how they carry themselves, while still being realists in 1950's New York. Touie also learns about Bob Thomas, who is living a quiet life, working steady as a machinist, taking correspondence courses and staying away from trouble and not acting the least bit like a fugitive on the run.
One night, Touie is lured to Thomas' apartment, he thinks by Kay, at midnight only to find Thomas dead, and a cop showing up at just the right time to frame Touie for his murder. Touie slugs the cop and flees, eventually winding up in Bingston to try and find a motive for the murder and hopefully the killer, as he figures that is the only way to avoid death row. And he may not even be able to avoid the cops if he turns up the murder, since he slugged a white cop.
In Bingston, he finds plenty of suspects. Thomas was poor white trash, and raised pretty much without a mother. He was cared for and worked for black women, who fed him, but he eventually made enemies until he was accused of rape and assault. Touie eventually travels deeper into the heart of the segregation crisis, both in the north in Ohio, and across the border to the south which is Kentucky, in order to find the truth that might clear his name. The search down many dead ends, and in fleshing out the early life of Bob Thomas he makes some discoveries that lead him back to New York to unwind the mystery. He has to make choices on who to trust, Kay, his white friends who just might want the publicity of turning up a killer, Sybil who is more concerned with what her friends will think about her dating someone accused of murdering a white man than with whether or not he is guilty, and finally how to expose and trap the killer.
This book stands as a social document of the complex racial politics of the times–and also as a damn good mystery and a classic of the genre that deserves to be remembered and read not only today, but in the future.
Ed Lacy, born Leonard "Len" S. Zinberg was probably best know for his stories with boxing as a back drop. In books such as Walk Hard, Talk Loud and 1954's Go For The Body, where he chronicled "Boxing racketeers, loose-hipped blondes and chiselers" often featured African American protagonists – indeed Lacy was probably the preeminent writer of boxing fiction of the times and also contributed to Ringside magazine as well as other sports journals of the day – but Room To Swing gave us a very respectable black PI, and opened the genre to those to come. Lacy's interest in African American culture and leftist politics stemmed from his 1920s Jewish heritage and he was married to a black woman and lived most of his life in and around Harlem and actually won many accolades from black writers groups. he died of a heart attack in a Laundromat in Harlem at the age of 56 (1968).
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One response to ""Room To Swing" by Ed Lacy"
Peg Brantley
Robert, thanks for calling my attention to this book. I didn't read your entire review (I like surprises), but will see about trying to dig this one up somewhere.


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