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"Robert Parker's Grudge Match" by Mike Lupica
Sunny Randall Book 8
When Sunny's long-time gangster associate Tony Marcus comes to her for help, Sunny is surprised–after all, she double crossed him on a recent deal, and their relationship is on shakier ground than ever. But the way Tony figures it, Sunny owes him, and Sunny's willing to consider his case if it will clear the slate.
Tony's trusted girlfriend and business partner has vanished, appears to have left in a hurry, and he has no idea why. He just wants to talk to her, he says, but first he needs Sunny to track her down. While Sunny isn't willing to trust his good intentions, the missing woman intrigues her–against all odds, she's risen to a position of power in Tony's criminal enterprise. Sunny can't help but admire her, and if this woman's in a jam, Sunny would like to help.
But when a witness is murdered hours after speaking to Sunny, it's clear there's more at stake than just Tony's love life. Someone–maybe even Tony himself–doesn't want this woman on the loose…and will go to any lengths to make sure she stays silent.
Sunny Randall is up in my Top 10 of female detectives so I was very pleased to be granted a review copy of this latest release. This actually turned out to be a quick read from me because I just couldn't put it down. Sunny's got a bad history with Tony Marcus but now he needs her help and is willing to let bygones be bygones, or so he says. While Sunny is looking for his missing girlfriend, the competition is trying to move in on Tony and is not afraid of using Sunny as a part of their takeover attempt. Then she is suddenly confronted with the re-appearance of her ex-husband's son in their lives.
There are a lot of moving parts in this story but the author expertly wove them together into a story that keeps you guessing. Sunny is brash and ballsy on the job, but finds herself getting more and more wrapped up with the little boy. I love that these stories are set in Boston, a city I have visited but don't really have a good knowledge of. A lot of the enjoyment for me in reading is getting to visit places I don't know much about. Sunny is a character that has developed over the course of the series into a tough and loyal detective, with a enough of a feminine side to be relatable for us ordinary folk. As for the mob guys, well, I like the uniqueness of their characters but as people I wouldn't want to get anywhere near them. That Sunny can hold her own in their presence amazes me.
I am recommending this book because I really enjoy the writing and pacing of the story, I love the character of Sunny, and the location is on that intrigues me. If you haven't discovered Sunny Randall yet that you need to, plain and simple.
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"In Her Shadow" by Kristin Miller
When secretary Colleen Roper becomes pregnant by her boss, Michael, he whisks her away to Ravenwood, his opulent estate. Abruptly thrust into a life of luxury she's never known, Colleen finds the immense house suffused with the memory of Michael's wife, Joanna, who left months ago and haunts her imagination. With rooms she's prohibited from entering and a staff that greets her with hostility, there is little room for a new mistress of Ravenwood.
It's not long before bones are unearthed in the grove across the street and Michael falls under the suspicion of detectives. The soon-to-be mother of his child finds herself hurled deeper into her lover's dark past, a past filled with unfaithfulness and deception. Making a claim to her new life is harder than it seems—especially since she's walking in the shadow of the hauntingly beautiful Joanna. As Colleen untangles truth from lies, she discovers that nothing is what it seems, and that some people will kill to keep their secrets as quiet as the dead.
This mystery is inspired by "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier and the first chapter feels very reminiscent of "Rebecca". But the story's originality quickly becomes apparent after the first chapter. I was drawn in by the characters immediately. Colleen is a lovely young lady who appears very naive. While Michael comes across as very much taking advantage of Colleen. Don't be deceived though, these characters are much more complex than they at first appear. Motives shift from one person to another and you will have to get to the end in order to fully understand what has been happening throughout.
This book is loaded with murder, deception, ulterior motives and betrayal, all wrapped up in a mysterious modern setting. I enjoyed this story much more than I expected to and highly recommend it.
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"A Cold Trail" by Robert Dugoni
Tracy Crosswhite, Book 7
The last time homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite was in Cedar Grove, it was to see her sister's killer put behind bars. Now she's returned for a respite and the chance to put her life back in order for herself, her attorney husband, Dan, and their new daughter. But tragic memories soon prove impossible to escape.
Dan is drawn into representing a local merchant whose business is jeopardized by the town's revitalization. And Tracy is urged by the local PD to put her own skills to work on a new case: the brutal murder of a police officer's wife and local reporter who was investigating a cold-case slaying of a young woman. As Tracy's and Dan's cases crisscross, Tracy's trail becomes dangerous. It's stirring up her own haunted past and a decades-old conspiracy in Cedar Grove that has erupted in murder. Getting to the truth is all that matters. But what's Tracy willing to risk as a killer gets closer to her and threatens everyone she loves?
I always forget how much I enjoy Tracy Crosswhite until I pick up the next book and can't bear to put it down. This one was especially interesting because Tracy has become a mother and I was very curious to see how this was going to impact her work. I think the author did a very good job of exploring that through Tracy's inner dialogue as she investigates the case and in her interactions with Dan. This story also has some very intricate plotting, complicated by the fact that it takes place in Cedar Grove, where Tracy grew up and where her sister was also murdered. I think the setting of the story also gave some insight into how Tracy became the person she is as the reader gets to see her through the eyes of the townspeople, many of whom remember her from her childhood.
I particularly enjoy a series where you get to see the character develop, change and mature with time and the situations that they find themselves in. This is one of those series. I really enjoyed this installment and look forward to many more books in this series.
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"Strike Me Down" by Mindy Mejia
Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm, she's unearthed millions in every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence, the most essential currency of accounting, until her firm is hired by Strike.
An anti-corporate, feminist athletic empire, Strike is owned by Logan Russo, a brash and legendary kickboxer, and her marketing genius husband, Gregg Abbott. They're about to host a major kickboxing tournament with twenty million dollars in prize money, and the chance for the champion to become the new face of the company. Gregg suspects his wife already has a new face in mind—a young trainer named Aaden, for whom Logan feels an unexpected connection.
Days before the tournament begins, it's discovered that the prize money is missing. Gregg hires Nora's firm to find both the thief and the money but Nora has a secret connection to Strike that threatens her independence. Her partner pressures her into taking the case anyway, hinting he has information about Strike that could change the course of the investigation in a shocking and deadly way.
"Strike Me Down" had me excited and a little nervous from the beginning. The lead character Nora is a CPA, like me, and this immediately drew my attention. Let's face it, the accounting profession doesn't get my time in fiction. The martial arts aspect of the story had me a little nervous though because I'm not a particular fan. I was very curious to see how this story was going to develop, but Mindy Mejia hadn't let me down before so I quickly dove in. This turned out to be a great story. The criminal is not immediately obvious and my suspicions changed several times before I was able to narrow down my suspect pool. Once again, the character's in this book are complicated, with motives that are sometimes obvious and other times completely unexpected. I liked the way that each of the players in this story had a different background that influenced their behavior.
This story takes place in Minneapolis, mostly in the downtown area and I really like the way that the overhead covered walkways became such an integral part of the action. A foot chase in the winding corridors of downtown is definitely intriguing. I have come to really enjoy Mindy Mejia's books as this is the 3rd one I've read now. I always find the stories to be complex, unexpected and mysterious. I appreciate the way she develops her characters and uses the landscape as a tool to enrich the story. So pick up this book, and spend a little time the Twin Cities.
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"Poison Orchids" by Sarah Denzil & Anni Taylor
Narrated by Aimee Horne
Young backpackers Gemma and Hayley arrive at a remote fruit farm in Australia's Northern Territory, out of money and desperate for work.
The weeks go on, a blur of fruit picking, parties, campfires and wading beneath waterfalls in the nearby hot springs. Until the night the girls find themselves on a dark highway, bruised and bloodied.
Senior Detective Bronwen McKay and psychologist Megan Arlotti question the terrified girls. But Hayley and Gemma are telling two very different stories of what happened to them over the past three months.
Buckle up people, this is a bumpy ride. There is some pretty graphic violence so if you are sensitive to that type of content this would not be a good choice. That being said, I was all in with this story. It starts with a bang near the end of Gemma and Hayley's journey together and then shifts back and forth between what's happening to them now and the events that led up to their current situation. This story is very complex with some very intriguing characters and you need to be paying attention in order to keep it all straight. I felt that listening to this story just heightened the drama overall and made it all feel more real, though I hope that some of the situations are never anybody's reality. This story is very dark but it completely captured my imagination. In the past few months, I have found myself really enjoying books set in Australia and this is one of the best I've read.
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"If She Wakes" by Michael Koryta
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
Tara Beckley is a senior at idyllic Hammel College in Maine. As she drives to deliver a visiting professor to a conference, a horrific car accident kills the professor and leaves Tara in a vegetative state. At least, so her doctors think. In fact, she's a prisoner of locked-in syndrome: fully alert but unable to move a muscle. Trapped in her body, she learns that someone powerful wants her dead – but why? And what can she do, lying in a hospital bed, to stop them?
Abby Kaplan, an insurance investigator, is hired by the college to look in to Tara's case. A former stunt driver, Abby returned home after a disaster in Hollywood left an actor dead and her own reputation – and nerves – shattered. Despite the fog of trauma, she can tell that Tara's car crash was no accident. When she starts asking questions, things quickly spin out of control, leaving Abby on the run and a mysterious young hit man named Dax Blackwell hard on her heels.
This story is fascinating, thrilling, and a little bit creepy. All the things I look for in a thriller. There is an urgency to the story from the very first words. A sense of something ominous about to happen. Tara is just trying to be friendly with the guest speaker she is escorting to the college event. Then it all goes terribly wrong.
I love the way the author uses Tara to push the investigation forward, even though she is suffering from locked-in syndrome and seemingly has no way to communicate. I really appreciated how he explored what was going on in her thoughts, the feeling of indignity when the nurses talked about her like she wasn't in the room, the desperation she feels when she realizes that she can't communicate, and the relief when her sister fights for her rights when she is helpless. This aspect of the story is a reminder that just because a person is medically unable to talk to you doesn't mean that you can treat them with disrespect.
Abby, the investigator, is a whole different kettle of fish. She is intent on finding the truth but must confront her internal demons in order to get through this investigation alive. The path to the truth is twisted and full of the unexpected. When she finds herself at the mercy of a serial killer she uses every resource she can muster thwart his deadly intentions. I found it easy to identify with Abby and cheer her on. Her methods may be unorthodox to some but they are definitely effective.
I listened to the audiobook version of this story and was on the edge of my seat throughout. The narrator's pacing was excellent and it was a real pleasure to listen to. This was a thoroughly enjoyable read.
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"Running Blind" by Lee Child
Narrated by Johnathan McClain
Across the country women are being murdered by a killer who leaves no evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to a motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, the only thing that links the victims is the man they all knew: Jack Reacher.
Warning: this story has a lot of potentially triggering scenes about crimes against women. Jack Reacher is my latest fictional hero. "Running Blind" is his 4th story. The FBI suspects him of murdering women across the country who had, while in military service, reported sexual assault. Reacher had been the investigator in all the cases, therefore he must be guilty. Then the tables turn and he's helping the FBI find the real killer.
I find Jack Reacher so fascinating because I just can't quite figure him out. Every book reveals a little bit more about him and just when I think I'm starting to understand him he throws me another loop. This is a character that keeps my interest. In this book, he's paired with an FBI agent who, I'm sorry to say, has no redeeming qualities in my mind. She's just way more nasty than she needs to be, but Reacher just takes it all in stride.
The plot of this one really had me guessing. I'd say I was about 85% through the book before I started to think that maybe I was wrong about the suspect and of course I was. Because Lee Child is good at unexpected twists, there are plenty of them. I was also impressed with the way the author handled the trauma that the women experienced. He doesn't dismiss or trivialize what happened which I appreciate, especially from a male author.
I would definitely recommend the audiobook version of this story. I think Mr. McClain did a great job of voicing this one. The characters are distinctive and his narration is very well paced so you don't have a chance to "zone out". I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next one.
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My new cross stitch project. I'm calling him Rudy.
My progress thus far.
"The Only Child" by Mi-ae Seo
Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo, who has refused to speak to anyone until now, asks specifically for her. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity.
That same day Hayeong, her husband's eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door after her grandparents, with whom she lived after her mother passed away, die in a sudden fire. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely.
At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. Hayeong looks at her the same way Yi Byeongdo does when he recounts the abuse he experienced as a child; Hayeong's serene expression masks a temper that she can't control. Plus, the story she tells about her grandparents' death, and her mother's before that, deeply troubles Seonkyeong. So much so that Yi Byeongdo picks up on it and starts giving her advice.
I find myself on a bit of an international tour with my reading. Recently, I was in Nigeria with a police procedural and now I'm visiting South Korea with this intense psychological thriller. I had a little difficulty getting going with the story at the beginning because of the names but once I decided in my head on a pronunciation this book was hard to put down. The writing also struck me as a little stiff at times but I'm wondering if that is due to translation rather than any failing on the part of the author. The author so effectively takes the reader into the minds of her characters that is was impossible for me not to be impressed.
What really fascinated me with this story is the psychology behind the three main characters. The reader gets to go right along with Seonkyeong as she works her way through her own reactions to Yi Byeongdo and Haeyong and tries to use her training as a psychologist to understand how each of them has been shaped by their experiences. There are unexpected twists along the way and the ending could have gone a few different ways and wasn't quite what I expected. Overall, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. Even though the story is set in South Korea, the issues addressed are universal.
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Carson Mansion Update
Progress is being made. The first two pages of the design are now complete. Definition will be added with backstitching and work will begin on the first floor followed by landscaping. This project is moving forward at a slow but steady pace. No completion date has been announced yet.
Carson Mansion by Nancy Spruance Designs
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Specna Arms® is a recognized brand to the airsoft market. For an attractive price, you may find what's been missing in this particular market area. High quality of manufacturing and elements fitting, anodised receiver, laser markings, functional bolt catch, and models in rarely encountered versions are only the wrapping of what we are about to discover inside the package.
Specna Arms CORE™ is the new line of Specna Arms replicas. The producer of well-known and admired replicas did their best to meet the expectations of their followers – airsoft players. That is how the CORE™ series were created. What is the new line characterized by?
- New NCore body, made of mixture of nylon and composite.
Gunfire is one of the key airsoft suppliers in Central Europe. Our company was founded by airsoft enthusiasts for all fans of this hobby and it has been operating on the market for over a decade.
We are a group of professionals, who a few years ago when hardly anyone has heard of something like airsoft, decided to popularize this hobby in Poland. The beginnings were as tough as always - most people have only seen airsoft as nothing more than cheap plastic toys, but we knew right from the beginning that there was more to it. We knew that airsoft is a way of life, a passion and a great way to spend your time. That's why our motto is "Airsoft & more"™.
From the very beginning of our professional activity, we have been guided by the dream of creating a place where customers could buy the best airsoft and tactical equipment from manufacturers from around the world while enjoying a high standard of services. That is why we have been building a stable supply chain for eleven years and we are constantly expanding our product offer. We currently cooperate with producers from Europe, USA, PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Recently we have obtained new sources of supply by entering into partnerships with companies from India and Pakistan.
We also collaborate closely with major European providers and support Polish brands. Our headquarters and large warehouse located in Poland allow us to provide customers with timely delivery and extensive after sale assistance. Our own, fully equipped technical service department handles any kind of repair and prepares customized replicas. Gunfire's employees in PRC, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic work on a daily basis within a very flexible structure that is able to fulfill extraordinary orders, arrange transactions and shipping on a global scale. Moreover, we develop our own products – our Asian office enables us to supervise manufacturing at every stage of the production process.
Experience - that's what gives us the upper hand. Most of our employees have been active airsoft players for many years. The knowledge gained from other players or our own experience made us perfectly familiar with the equipment we sell. Thanks to that, we can advise customers, solve their problems, or help to choose the right equipment.
Our company is actively contributing to the airsoft environment. Therefore, we support individual players and airsoft teams by providing equipment or patronage. In addition, we engage in grassroots initiatives related to ASG. We sponsored some of the most important airsoft events in Europe such as the "Mission Afghanistan 2017", the largest defense training in Poland "Combat Alert" and MilSim "Borderwar", organized in the Czech Republic. We are also very proud to be Naming Rights Sponsor of probably the largest in Europe airsoft orienteering run which is GFPOINT. This is an event that combines elements of orienteering, survival, and airsoft. Over two and a half thousand people participated, in eight last editions of GFPOINT. We are honored that we can participate in events that gather people from all around the world and contribute to the development of airsoft in Poland.
Nowadays our company offers a very rich assortment of airsoft weapons replicas, accessories, spare parts, tactical and military equipment. Our hard work is appreciated by the environment and players. For the seventh time in a row, the Gunfire retail store was awarded by the respected Popularairsoft.com portal as the best airsoft retailer for Europe. In 2015, we were in the group of First Inductees of the Airsoft Players' Choice Awards Hall of Fame.


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Q: Scanning for iBeacons on OSX Is there a good way to scan for iBeacons (Estimote in my case) on OSX? I've tried BeaconScanner and ibeacon app but they are flunky at best. The log for ibeacon without any movement of the computer nor the beacons looks like this: https://gist.github.com/michalsapka/0dcfd7b954632bdf28b6

A: Your experience on OSX matches mine.  You can use it as a tool to look for beacons, but won't pick up packets very reliably, and is certainly not an ideal tool for production use.

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Military Families Politics & Policy
SIGN ON: Congress must take action against military sexual assault
Xochitl Oseguera
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When one's child joins the military, a parent may worry about their loved one risking their life in active combat situations as part of their service. What no parent should fear is that their child serving their country could be harassed and killed at the hands of a fellow soldier.
Sexual harassment in the US military must end!
Demand Justice for Vanessa Guillen NOW!
20-year-old Vanessa Guillen joined the US Army in 2018 to serve our country as a private first class in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood in Texas. She was serving the country she loved and in return, she was sexually harassed and brutally killed. She was seen for the last time on April 22, at the parking lot of her barracks at Fort Hood, Texas. Human remains found on Tuesday, June 30, near Fort Hood are believed to be hers. A suspect in the case died by suicide when approached by police on Wednesday, July 1st.
Several weeks before her disappearance, Vanessa told her mother that someone was sexually harassing her but she was afraid to report it because she feared retaliation. Vanessa's mother and family are demanding a congressional investigation into the U.S. Army's handling of Vanessa's disappearance and failing to protect her when she was being harassed.
Take action and help Vanessa's mother and family demand investigations!
Sadly, Vanessa's experience is not an isolated incident. According to an anonymous survey of enlisted military service members, reports of military sexual assaults jumped by 13% last year. The survey found that young and junior enlisted women between the ages of 17 and 20 were most likely to experience sexual assault. In the vast majority of cases, the alleged perpetrator was a military man, often near the same rank as the victim and usually someone she knows. And troublingly, 21% of the women who said they reported a sexual assault believed that they suffered some type of retaliation aimed at stopping them from making a complaint. This was the exact fear Vanessa shared with her mom before she disappeared.
Take Action: Demand a Congressional and independent investigation!
No one should be afraid to report sexual harassment and no mother should be afraid that their children serving the country will be harassed and killed by another soldier in the U.S. Army.
We are joining The League Of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) to demand justice for Vanessa Guillen. We are urging our Members of Congress to take the following actions:
Call for an independent investigation of Guillen's murder by trained investigators and reporting and adjudicating cases out of the chain of command of the Guillen case.
Demanda a Congressional investigation to find out what the Army knew, when and how and what their response was.
Support the Military Justice Improvement Act (S. 1789) which:
Gives military prosecutors the authority to decide which sexual assault cases go to trial. This protects victims by allowing a trained, legal professional to properly evaluate their case.
Moves the authority to convene courts-martial (trials) for sexual assault cases outside the chain of command. Convening is the process of assembling and authorizing the court-martial, including jury selection. By removing such authority from the accused's commander, victims will be better protected.
Ensure that the Army conducts an independent investigation of Guillen's murder by trained investigators and reporting and adjudicating cases out of the chain of command of the Guillen case.
Ensure better treatment of women soldiers including basic respect, and compassionate treatment; and accountability for perpetrators.
URGE your member of Congress to take action and demand justice for Vanessa Guillen NOW!
Impunity and injustice in these situations are unacceptable. Sexual assault in the military is a systemic problem that we must address and stop, and a Congressional hearing, independent investigation, and legislative response are steps in the right direction. Vanessa's family deserves answers and justice, and we must stop sexual assault in the military so that no other family has to experience this tragic and senseless loss of life.
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Defender looking forward to a return to Molineux
As a former youth team player with the Molineux club, Daniel Jones is looking forward to his return to Wolves on Saturday, should he be selected.
He has fond memories of his time there and although Wolves have won six games on the bounce, he sees no reason why Val can't go there and cause an upset.
He said: "They are in very good form and they are a very solid team throughout, they have got a good spine to the team and it is up to us to raise our game and if we get about them anything can happen on the day.
"You are brought up to play football there, you do things right and they are a very professional club and they try to do things the right way.
"I really enjoyed my time there, I started out as a winger when Mick McCarthy brought me into the team and I really enjoyed it, but then I went out n loan and got the taste for first team football week in, week out.
"Because Wolves were pushing for the Premiership I found my chances limited, so I wanted to go out and play regular football, but I really enjoyed my time there.
"I have still got friends there, which is good, and I supported them as a boy so I have got no ill feelings for them whatsoever.
"When we got promoted last year I was so pleased we would be playing them this season. It is weird they are in this league, but look at Leeds and Southampton, they had to come down to go back up.
"They are going well at the minute, but we could prove to be a stumbling block for them on Saturday."


Western Maiden-Rare can be obtained through Evolution.
In this form the hair appears thicker and falls to the waist.
Western Maiden-Rare is part of the Apple suit Cowboy Style.
The other parts of this suit are Cowboy Style, Western Spirit-Rare, Fearless-Rare, Forging Ahead-Rare, Denim Cap-Rare, Denim Earrings-Rare and Denim Scarf-Rare.


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Chile's storied history within the greater context of the South American black/death metal underground is extended with "Wrath of Darkness", a joint LP from two of the country's most respected current bands, Wrathprayer and Force of Darkness. Whereas most releases of this type are generally regarded as "splits," owing to the separate nature of each band's contribution, "Wrath of Darkness" is instead aptly considered a whole work, given the close-knit alliance between the two bands. Each individual element – including the music itself, art direction, and overall thematic concept – was deliberately developed in a collaborative effort involving both entities with the singular goal of producing the most cohesive release possible. The result of this endeavor, hereby released under the proud banner of Nuclear War Now!, is one that clearly validates the several years of work required for its realization. Although Wrathprayer and Force of Darkness differ to a noticeable extent in the details of the composition and execution of their music, they are clearly united in that their styles are most firmly rooted in the black metal subgenre. On the one hand, Wrathprayer blends the foreboding nature of black metal with an oppressive, suffocating aura more commonly associated with death metal. Force of Darkness, on the other hand, peppers its interpretation of black metal with an impressive array of razor-sharp, blisteringly-precise riffs that tend to resemble the most evil variants of thrash. The individual contributions by both bands are perfectly bookended and bound by the intro, "Inhaling Wrath," performed by Wrathprayer, and the outro, "Exhaling Darkness," performed by Force of Darkness. The five intervening tracks – two by Wrathprayer and three by Force of Darkness – are emblematic of two bands at the creative apex of their existence. Highlighting Wrathprayer's side of the record is "De Profundis," which opens with a chorus of desperate cries from the depths of the fiery pit and is then quickly consumed by a swirling maelstrom of aural ire. Force of Darkness then inherits this storm and multiplies it, culminating in "The Order," a near-seven-minute opus that lays waste to any semblance of meagerness that may have somehow withstood the previous assaults. With the whole of this work greater than the mere sum of its parts, Wrathprayer and Force of Darkness effectively redefine the notion of the split release and instead revive the more noble ideal of true collaboration, in service of darkness and wrath.
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Pavón one step away from Cruz Azul?
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It is wise: Cristian Pavón's continuity in Boca after June 2022 depended practically on a miracle. The striker is released in the middle of the year and his intention is to continue his career at another club, particularly abroad, and preferably in Europe. But nevertheless, The former Los Galaxy forward could call this season at Cruz Azul in Mexico, which for two weeks has been managing the incorporation of Cordoba.
According to what emerged this Tuesday, Boca and Cruz Azul would have reached an agreement to transfer the 80% of the attacker's token in a figure close to 3.2M dollars. In other words, a great deal for Xeneize, since the player could be released on 6/30, without leaving a single penny for the club. "Now he has to arrange Pavón with Cruz Azul. Between clubs I would tell you that everything is OK", they assured Ole from Ezeiza.
However, Mexican media assure that Pavón's pass would be practically down, since the Cement Machine intends not to invest large money in the purchase of a player that could be released in less than 180 days. In the same way, They say that it was Boca that offered to sell 80% of Pavón for 3.2 million and that Cruz Azul would reject the conditions imposed by Xeneize.
Pavón has a contract until 6/30.
"We have the best relationship with Cristian, I hope he will be with us for many years. Hopefully there will be a rapprochement soon so that he continues", he assured Jorge Bermudez, a member of the Soccer Council, in his last public appearance at the end of last week. Even so, it is almost a fact that Pavón will not renew and will look for a way out now (in exchange for money) or in June, already with the pass in his possession.
Hidalgo and his team with Cristian Pavón.
Fernando Hidalgo, as the player's representative, was expectant about the offer from the Mexicans. "When Cruz Azul appeared, I told them (their leaders) to contact Boca, out of respect. I had no more information. I do not know if it is a theme of the Mexican team or of Boca. This was the most important proposal we had for Pavón ", he acknowledged. And he clarified: "We are willing to see what there is. A good start agreed by both parties is always better".
Pavón surrendered in the MLS and returned to Boca (@LAGalaxy).
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Kichán went from being one of the best-valued players in the country (the clause, set in 2018, amounts to 50 green suits) to a footballer with relative participation in Boca since his return from MLS (23 starting games, four goals) and without specific offers from the major leagues of the world. In 2019, the Galaxy dropped the 20 million purchase option of dollars but they approached several similar proposals that did not meet the expectations of the Xeneize.
Now, Boca has the option of transfer it to a much lower amount or run out of money and without a player in the next transfer market.
Pavón was one of the five players on the squad who could not start the Boca preseason as a result of a Covid painting. He rejoined on Monday and, if Battaglia (and the Council) consider it, could be part of the squad for the 17/1 friendly against Colo Colo, in La Plata.
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WW1: The hidden story of soldier's mutinies, strikes & riots
1 August 2014 11 November 2022 Peter Tatchell Foundation
1918-19: Rebellion against mistreatment & slow demobilisation
Left Foot Forward – London, UK – 1 August 2014
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The official 100th anniversary commemorations of World War One (WW1) mostly record a honourable, noble cause fought by happy, loyal, patriotic soldiers. But the truth is somewhat more complex and varied.
The 1914-18 British Army was notorious for its frequent appalling mistreatment of working class lower ranks by arrogant, out-of-touch upper class officers who often exploited ordinary soldiers as their personal servants and, under fire, as expendable military ordnance.
Blind obedience, spit and polish and square-bashing drill were the order of the day. They comprised an excessive proportion of basic training – to the relative neglect of weapon proficiency and tactical exercises.
For the average soldier, food was poor, accommodation insanitary, uniforms and weapons often sub-standard, wages low, recreation restricted, punishments brutal and the post-war demobilisation was delayed without good reason.
These abuses provoked numerous uprisings by fed-up foot soldiers.
In the closing months of the war, and on into 1919, there were widespread military mutinies, strikes and riots. Significant sections of the British armed forces were awash with rebellion and revolutionary fervour.
Under the impact of the Russian revolution, from 1917 onwards there were attempts to form Councils of Workers and Soldiers within army units. These were, however, short-lived and came to nothing. But protest and dissent were commonplace.
At Etaples and Boulogne, between September and December 1917, demonstrations and strikes by troops in protest at their appalling mistreatment by the top brass resulted in scores of Chinese and Egyptian soldiers in the British Expeditionary Forces being shot and wounded after they refused to work and tried to break out of camp.
Even more serious and widespread mutinies erupted in 1918 when a total of 676 troops were officially court-martialled and sentenced to death for acts of sedition and mutiny. Though not all these death sentences were carried out, unofficially many other rebellious soldiers were summarily shot on the spot.
The first of the big mutinies on the British mainland occurred in early 1918 when machine-gunners in the Guards staged a mass strike at Pirbright in Sussex. For three days, all soldiers refused duty and instead organised their own voluntary training sessions.
At the end of the year, the spate of rebellions accelerated. On 13 November there was mutiny at Shoreham when troops marched out of base camp in protest at brutality and degrading treatment by their officers. They won. The army responded by demobbing a thousand soldiers the following morning and another thousand each week thereafter.
Among overseas troops, the fervour of dissent was equally pronounced. At Le Havre, Royal Artillery units rioted on 9 December 1918, burning down several army depots in the course of the night. The most sustained mutiny by troops took place at army camps surrounding Calais. Unrest within the units stationed there had been building up for several months beforehand over issues such as cruel and humiliating punishments, the censorship of news from home, and bad working conditions in the Valdelièvre workshops.
There was also discontent over the savage ten-year sentences imposed on five teenage soldiers for relatively minor breaches of discipline, and the harsh regime in Les Attaques military prison, where detained soldiers were flogged and manacled for trivial offences such as talking to each other and were only issued with a single blanket, even during the severest of winters.
In January 1919 these grievances exploded into agitation for improved conditions and speeded demobilisation. At Valdelièvre camp, troops elected a Soldiers' Council and called for a general strike. To a man, they refused to go on parade at reveille. Instead of their normal guard duty, troops manned picket lines and set up defensive positions throughout the camp.
At another base in nearby Vendreaux, 2,000 soldiers walked out in sympathy and marched to Valdelièvre as a gesture of solidarity. After a mass meeting, the 4,000 mutineers descended on the army headquarters at Calais and seized control.
Within three days, 20,000 troops had joined the mutiny, including women's units of the Queen Mary Army Auxiliary. In a wave of spontaneous unionisation, a Calais Soldiers' and Sailors' Association was established, which linked with similar soldiers' committees in other units of the army by affiliating to the newly formed Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Union.
For the duration of the strike, each unit elected delegates to a Camp Committee and each camp in turn sent delegates to the Central Area Committee which coordinated the strike and issued orders from the occupied Calais army headquarters.
This committee secured the support of the local French civilian population, including the railway workers who put an embargo on the movement of all British military goods.
When General Byng arrived with troops to put down the mutiny, his soldiers were unable and reluctant to suppress the strikers and many of them eventually joined the rebellion. Powerless to crush the mutineers, army chiefs were forced to concede to the soldiers' demands for improved food, new barracks, greater freedom of leave and the abolition of weekend work.
This successful mutiny at Calais had an immediate ripple effect throughout the British forces. In January 1919 there was a tidal wave of mutinies at Southwick, Folkestone, Dover, Osterley Park, Shortlands, Westerham Hill, Felixstowe, Grove Park, Shoreham, Briston, Aldershot, Kempton Park, Southampton, Maidstone, Blackpool, Park Royal, Chatham, Fairlop and Biggin Hill, as well as at several London railway stations where troops refused to embark for Russia and France.
On 3 January 1919, virtually the entire garrison at Folkestone refused to attend reveille in protest at poor food, excessive officer privileges and orders that they return to France. At a huge demonstration, 10,000-strong, the troops voted to form a Soldiers' Union. The Daily Herald on 11 January described the events as follows:
"On their own signal – three taps of a drum – two thousand men, unarmed and in perfect order, demonstrated the fact that they were fed up – absolutely fed up. Their plan of action had been had been agreed upon the night before: no military boat should be allowed to leave Folkestone for France that day or any day until they were guaranteed their freedom.
"It was sheer, flat, brazen open and successful mutiny. Pickets were posted at the harbour. Only Canadian and Australian soldiers were allowed to sail – if they wanted to. As a matter of no very surprising fact they did not want to. One Officer tried to interfere. He leapt across the gangway and got a rough-house. 'I am a relative of Douglas Haig,' one of the officers pleaded. 'We are all King's messengers,' said another party. But nothing of that kind availed them.
"Meanwhile troop trains were arriving in Folkestone with more men returning from leave and on their way to France. They were met with pickets . . . in a mass they joined demonstrators.
"On Saturday an armed guard of Fusiliers was posted at the quays by the Army authorities. They carried fixed bayonets and ball cartridges. The picket approached. One rifle made a show of going up: the foremost picket seized it, and forthwith the rest of the guard fell back.
"The mutineers visited the station in a body, after having posted their own harbour guards, and tore down a large label marked 'For Officers Only.'
"On Saturday a great procession of soldiers, swelled now to about 10,000 marched through the town. Everywhere the townspeople showed their sympathy. At midday a mass meeting decided to form a soldiers' union. They appointed their officials and chose their spokesmen."
Similar soldiers' protests, strikes, riots and mutinies took place in cities, ports and barracks all over Britain well into 1919. Influenced by their working class and trade union roots – and the strong sense of camaraderie that evolved in fighting units during the war – the military rebels had genuine grievances and felt a burning desire for a fair deal.
Faced with the threat of a generalised rebellion – and talk of revolution – army chiefs hastily improved conditions and speeded up demobilisation. They feared that keeping dissenting troops together and under arms could risk a revolution. They were right. In 1919, Britain came close to a workers and soldiers uprising. But it's not a story that the official WW1 commemoration wants to highlight. It might give people the wrong ideas.
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Folkestone, General Byng, Le Havre, Left Foot Forward, Les Attaques, Pirbright, Queen Mary Army Auxiliary, Southwick, Valdelièvre, World War One.
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OMgosh! So much to love. The rad riff for planes really grabbed me. We'll be checking that out. And Muppets…yep! That one too. But the one I may actually brave the theater for is "Brave". It looks spectacular…I cannot wait!
Just a note…I started this comment yesterday and was coming back just now because I remembered I never finished. Opened your blog post in a new browser and what I had typed in the comment box yesterday appeared in the comment window today! I am so impressed. Amazing.
Anyway…have a great week Jackie!


Jump-to coding is handy for when you have a webpage with a lot of information on it and you want your readers to be able to jump to key headings with ease.
Jump-to code is really easy to incorporate even if you've no experience of coding.
Most of the popular DIY website builders such as WordPress and Weebly include html boxes that you can write your code in.
You have three headed areas on a page you want your readers to be able to jump to: Training, Qualifications, and Recent Clients.
For more information click on the following: Training | Qualifications | Recent Clients.
For more information click on the following: Training | Qualifications | Recent Clients.
In the above example "#quals" could be rendered in any way you wish ("#q", "#qualifications", "#qu") as long as you ensure the abbreviated version in the above-heading code is the same (,  ,).
Some of you may have websites that allow you to do this automatically, without going through the rigmarole of coding yourself. However, if you do have to embed your own code then I hope the above example demonstrates that you don't need to be an html wizard to get the desired results.


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MAD ABOUT MUSICALS: THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS
TCM Programs
DAILY DOSE OF DELIGHT #7 (From TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME)
By Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament,
June 13, 2018 in MAD ABOUT MUSICALS: THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS
iceiceblondie
Garrett is definitely the aggressor in this scene, and the filming highlights this. She is the focus of the scene; Sinatra's character doesn't even start singing until almost the end. I enjoyed this scene, but I love Betty Garrett so that's probably why!
Stephesch
Thinking like a director and editor, describe how each shot spotlights key actions.
Each shot coincides with what we should be focusing on. Closer shots in small spaces force us to watch the facial expression of the performers, which shows us his reaction to being pursued by a woman who knows what she wants. The wider shots allow for the bigger actions - chasing and being chased.
It's interesting to examine how musicals segue into musical numbers. How does this sequence prepare us for the singing?
The feel of the music changes from being part of the background to moving with the performers.
Heartsongs
1) Thinking like a director and editor, describe how each shot spotlights key actions. I am not sure if I completely understand the question, but with each action she or he makes a response is performed. Sliding down the rail she catches him. She pushes him down to the bench on the bleachers so she can lay her head in his lap. She catches up to him as he runs away, and then the ball is tossed at her.
2) It's interesting to examine how musicals segue into musical numbers. How does this sequence prepare us for the singing? The music starts building in frequency as she is chasing him. It builds to when she catches up to him. That is when the song starts.
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LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
Daily Dose# 7
This scene is quite unique as it flows away from the norm. The reason is that one doesn't see a girl chasing behind a man of her dreams. The usual norm is that "A Man chases a Girl" and courts till she's his own. Here, we could see that Betty is chasin' behind Frank till he runs out. Eventually, she empowers him with less might as Frankie is light as Feather. This scene would be an inspiration for another Baseball movie: "Damn Yankees" where Joe (Tab Hunter) is seduced by Lola (Gwen Verdon) in men's locker room. I should say that this scene was way ahead of its time. Here's the clip.
Cinemaholic247
I do like the privacy the two actors have in this number, but I wouldn't mind seeing maybe a few background actors (baseball players, spectators, etc) out side by the bleachers or watching the comedy scenario take place. Maybe a few ads here or there, or posters promoting the game. I never been to a baseball game before, so I am not quite familiar with the set up or the ambiance of the place, nor am saying they didn't set up the seen correctly, but there does seem to be a few things that could have been in affect. The chase and movement around the bleachers was a good effect of Sinatra's entrapment, as no matter how he tries to escape Garrett, she is at his every corner.
When Sinatra exit the locker room while bouncing a baseball completely oblivious to Garrett waiting for him around the corner. When he tries to pass her, she blocks his path and soon a chase begins to take place with Sinatra running away from Garrett, who soon catches him in the bleaches. Some musicals I've notice have gone either two ways, 1.) Smoothed transition from dialogue to song, and 2.) a rough cut from dialogue to song that leaves the audience off key. However this film has a great transition at the start of this scene to the music number. Starting when Sinatra leaves the locker room, a pop tempo film score playing in the background that plays very well in this scene. Especially when Sinatra tries to run away from Garrett's seductive conquest, the music changes up the beat to follow along with their movement and when they begin running, the score gets faster and more lively. When Garrett calls out "Hey!" and the music stops and the musical number begins.
PetuniaBrown
Although this is not a dance sequence, it is highly choreographed. At the beginning, for instance, each time Betty Garrett moves, you hear a musical beat. When she talks about "fate knocking," she knocks on the rail and we hear it. This sequence is masterfully synchronized between the actions/acting of Garrett and Frank Sinatra, the song lyrics and the editing. Well done.
It's interesting to examine how musicals segue into musical numbers. How does this sequence prepare us for the singing?
She confronts him. She chases him across the bleachers. After that, she just has to sing a song to explain her actions. It's fate.
Bhubble
It prepares us by having Frank Sinatra toss a ball back and forth then being caught by the lady in the hallway. Then doing a dance back and forth and Frank Sinatra running for his life.
Krushing
At the high point of the song, the actors are at the high point of the stadium. I love that they use shadows to mimic the chase that they are doing. I also love that Betty is doing the chasing. Usually, it's the other way around. I also think that when she lifts him, it is a symbol that women are just as strong as men but in different ways. I would have chased Frank too! LOL
The music builds and then when they sing, it is low and very few instruments are being played. Letting us know that the music is important, but get ready, they are going to sing.
ClayKurei28
The scene is staged in a way Shirley has dominance over Dennis including the song implying that he is destined to be in love with her. The staging plays out as Dennis walks out to the hallway casually with his baseball as it's a men's interests, but then Shirley shows up and blocks his way. The camera at slightly medium shot follows every move they make to then dolly back as the chase happens towards the bleachers, the stopping point where the song begins has a visual metaphor of Dennis stopping at the entrance with squares over him like he's trapped by Shirley outside within the bleachers in the background. Then the characters movement like when she walks and leans towards him at extremes shows Dennis getting scared of her assertive force. Even the lyrics points out how many tries he would do to run away but fail. The refrain part where the camera switches from body shot to medium close up shows Dennis entrapped by Shirley taunting him and his shyness. And also the characters mostly walk towards the beat of the song based on the pre-recording steps made in post-production by Blanche Sewell. The framing of Sinatra and Garrett has the bleachers frame them in symmetry and entrapment. Them running past the billboard "From Mansion to Cottage" highlights the fate of them going from rich backgrounds to settle in a simple lifestyle possibly from dating to marriage, to start a family. The stairs from bottom to top to then top and bottom would look like the high point in the song where Sinatra finally sings about fate giving in after resisting at first.
The music would at first sound like the typical background music to segue to the next dialogue scene, with Garrett appearing towards Sinatra. But with the beats of steps, slowly accelerating to a chase scene towards a crane shot of them going to the bleachers and the music swelling to the high point to then make us realize that this is the next number to anticipate in Garrett's comedic dominance over Sinatra in a charming way.
LJHUFF
1. Thinking like a director and editor, describe how each shot spotlights key action.
The empty bleachers provided multiple opportunities for Sinatra to be "backed into a corner".
The viewer had plenty of time to absorb the personal battle of compliance vs resistance Sinatra portrayed (even though the scene is fast paced) because of the shot sequences…he's cornered here…there is singing…he is cornered there…there is singing.
2. It's interesting to examine how musicals segue into musical numbers. How does this sequence prepare us for the singing.
I find it is the MUSIC that preps us for the singing sequences as much as anything. The musical score reminds me of what you might hear in a cartoon. It was like sneaky little tip toes! Add to that the back and forth dance steps of avoidance and we are all set for what is going to ensue. The empty bleachers become the stage and the "chase" begins…the timing of the music being the highest indicator of the pace the actors will take. Usually the soloist will lead and the musicians follow…in this instance it seemed to be, to me, the opposite. There was an air of anticipation created by the music.
Wider and full-body shots are used to display the choreography/larger movements. Tighter close-ups (3/4 shots) are used to focus on the intimacy she is trying to force him into.
There is a fanfare-type of musical intro that plays as they enter the scene. The "keep-away" they play only heightens the action and thus, the music. As he runs into the bleachers, she actually shouts, "Hey!" almost as a cue to the orchestra, and the song starts. No dialogue is used as it is clear through their facial and body language what each thinks of the other. As the music builds, either a kiss or a song is up next.
Tupelo Honey
1. Thinking like a director and editor, describe how each shot spotlights key actions.
This is actually a cute song and the choreography perfectly matches the words to the song. This must have taken a lot of time to plan and execute. I still don't see how she made that run up those bleachers in that long dress.
2. It's interesting to examine how musicals segue into musical numbers. How does this sequence prepare us for the singing?
I think this segue works better than others because there is so much action and the lyrics of the song are specific.


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Although China controlled portions of the Korean peninsula and the Vietnam region early in the Common Era, by 1000 C.E.
The Latinized name Confucius, based on the honorific title Kong Fuzi (K'ung Fu-tzu), was created by 16th-century Jesuit missionaries in China.
the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) moved publicly to counter the impression that China was too hidebound by Confucianism to meet the challenges of modernity.
Confucianism was known to the Japanese from the sixth C.E. on; however, it was not until the Edo or Tokugawa period (1600-1868) that it became a leading ideology of state and a pervasive teaching in Japanese society.
Among the reforms that she sponsored was the abolition of the millennia-old Confucian civil service examination system in 1905.
the last emperor was deposed in 1912, just four years after her death.
Despite these setbacks for Confucianism, post-imperial reformers active during the 1920s and 1930s also attempted to breathe new life into Confucian traditions.


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Q: Merge workbooks - take other values and add them to column C This is a piece of code that takes some values (A1: C5) and pastes them, one below the other, in column B. Obviously, in column A there is the name of the file.
Now, simply, I need to take another content piece (B2: D13) and insert it in column C.
I tried but it doesn't stick anything to me.
Sub MergeCode1()
    Dim BaseWks As Worksheet
    Dim rnum As Long
    Dim CalcMode As Long
    Dim MySplit As Variant
    Dim FileInMyFiles As Long
    Dim Mybook As Workbook
    Dim sourceRange As Range
    Dim destrange As Range
    Dim SourceRcount As Long

    'Add a new workbook with one sheet
    Set BaseWks = Workbooks.Add(xlWBATWorksheet).Worksheets(1)
    BaseWks.Range("A1").Font.Size = 36
    BaseWks.Range("A1").Value = "Please Wait"
    rnum = 3

    'Change ScreenUpdating, Calculation and EnableEvents
    With Application
        CalcMode = .Calculation
        .Calculation = xlCalculationManual
        .ScreenUpdating = False
        .EnableEvents = False
    End With

    'Clear MyFiles to be sure that it not return old info if no files are found
    MyFiles = ""

    'Get the files, set the level of folders and extension in the code line below
    Call GetFilesOnMacWithOrWithoutSubfolders(Level:=1, ExtChoice:=0, FileFilterOption:=0, FileNameFilterStr:="")
    'Level                       :  1= Only the files in the folder you select, 2 to ? levels of subfolders
    'ExtChoice               :  0=(xls|xlsx|xlsm|xlsb), 1=xls , 2=xlsx, 3=xlsm, 4=xlsb, 5=csv, 6=txt, 7=all files, 8=(xlsx|xlsm|xlsb), 9=(csv|txt)
    'FileFilterOption     :  0=No Filter, 1=Begins, 2=Ends, 3=Contains
    'FileNameFilterStr  : Search string used when FileFilterOption = 1, 2 or 3

    ' Work with the files if MyFiles is not empty.
    If MyFiles <> "" Then

        MySplit = Split(MyFiles, Chr(13))
        For FileInMyFiles = LBound(MySplit) To UBound(MySplit)

            Set Mybook = Nothing
            On Error Resume Next
            Set Mybook = Workbooks.Open(MySplit(FileInMyFiles))
            On Error GoTo 0

            If Not Mybook Is Nothing Then

                On Error Resume Next

                With Mybook.Worksheets(1)
                    Set sourceRange = .Range("A1:C5")
                End With

                If Err.Number > 0 Then
                    Err.Clear
                    Set sourceRange = Nothing
                Else
                    'if SourceRange use all columns then skip this file
                    If sourceRange.Columns.Count >= BaseWks.Columns.Count Then
                        Set sourceRange = Nothing
                    End If
                End If
                On Error GoTo 0

                If Not sourceRange Is Nothing Then

                    SourceRcount = sourceRange.Rows.Count

                    If rnum + SourceRcount >= BaseWks.Rows.Count Then
                        MsgBox "Sorry there are not enough rows in the sheet"
                        BaseWks.Columns.AutoFit
                        Mybook.Close savechanges:=False
                        GoTo ExitTheSub
                    Else

                        'Copy the file name in column A
                        With sourceRange
                            BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "A"). _
                                    Resize(.Rows.Count).Value = MySplit(FileInMyFiles)
                        End With

                        'Set the destrange
                        Set destrange = BaseWks.Range("B" & rnum)

                        'we copy the values from the sourceRange to the destrange
                        With sourceRange
                            Set destrange = destrange. _
                                            Resize(.Rows.Count, .Columns.Count)
                        End With
                        destrange.Value = sourceRange.Value

                        rnum = rnum + SourceRcount
                    End If
                End If
                Mybook.Close savechanges:=False
            End If

        Next FileInMyFiles
        BaseWks.Columns.AutoFit
    End If

ExitTheSub:
    BaseWks.Range("A1").Value = "Ready"
    'Restore ScreenUpdating, Calculation and EnableEvents
    With Application
        .ScreenUpdating = True
        .EnableEvents = True
        .Calculation = CalcMode
    End With
End Sub

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A: Untested but should be more or less OK:
Sub MergeCode1()
    Dim BaseWks As Worksheet
    Dim rnum As Long
    Dim MySplit As Variant
    Dim Mybook As Workbook
    Dim src1 As Range, src2 As Range
    Dim destrange As Range
    Dim Rcount As Long
    Dim f

    'Add a new workbook with one sheet
    Set BaseWks = Workbooks.Add(xlWBATWorksheet).Worksheets(1)
    BaseWks.Range("A1").Font.Size = 36
    BaseWks.Range("A1").Value = "Please Wait"
    rnum = 3

    MyFiles = ""
    Call GetFilesOnMacWithOrWithoutSubfolders(Level:=1, ExtChoice:=0, _
                          FileFilterOption:=0, FileNameFilterStr:="")

    If MyFiles <> "" Then

        MySplit = Split(MyFiles, Chr(13))
        For Each f In MySplit

            Set Mybook = Workbooks.Open(f)
            Set src1 = Mybook.Worksheets(1).Range("A1:C5")
            Set src2 = Mybook.Worksheets(1).Range("G8:Z10")
            'max # of rows to be added...
            Rcount = Application.Max(src1.Rows.Count, src2.Rows.Count)

            If rnum + Rcount >= BaseWks.Rows.Count Then
                MsgBox "Sorry there are not enough rows in the sheet"
                Mybook.Close savechanges:=False
                Exit For
            Else
                BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "A").Resize(Rcount).Value = f
                BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "B").Resize(src1.Rows.Count, _
                                                src1.Columns.Count).Value = src1.Value
                BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "B").Offset(0, src2.Columns.Count) _
                             .Resize(src2.Rows.Count, src2.Columns.Count).Value = src2.Value
                rnum = rnum + Rcount
            End If

            Mybook.Close savechanges:=False
        Next f
        BaseWks.Columns.AutoFit

    End If

    BaseWks.Range("A1").Value = "Ready"

End Sub


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Bexley Mencap bags Tesco funding for inclusive summer holiday
The funding will enable the chairty to organise an inclusive holiday. Picture: Groundwork
Bexley Mencap has been awarded £4,000 to organise a caravan holiday especially for people with learning disabilities.
Apprentice electrician Gemma Scarlett, 22, from Dagenham. Picture: Barking and Dagenham College
The charity, which provides support and activities for people with learning disabilities, applied for a Tesco Bags of Help grant to provide a weekend away for its recipients in Bexley, designed to promote growth and development and greater community involvement.
Bags of Help is Tesco's community grant scheme, where the money raised by the sale of carrier bags is being used to fund local projects in communities across the UK.
Community groups of all kinds can apply for up to £4,000, and customers vote in store for the project they would like to fund.
Groundwork, the community charity with a green heart, administers the funding.
For almost 20 years, the charity has been at the forefront of environmental and social support in London, changing places and lives for the better.
Nick Marsen, from Bexley Mencap, said: "Those in supported living, or living alone in care, are often not able to afford holidays designed for their special needs.
"We are delighted that Tesco is supporting our work to provide this opportunity for people with learning disabilities in Bexley.
"As well as providing a chance for people with learning disabilities to enjoy the leisure facilities we often take for granted, the holiday will provide invaluable respite care to family members to have a break from full time caring responsibilities"
Two other Bexley groups were also awarded funding in this round of Bags of Help grants.
Mental health charity Re-Instate won funds for its W-rap project, providing packs of useful items to hospital patients, while conservation group Friends of the Shuttle were awarded a grant to help its work restoring the Old English Garden in Danson Park.
Manjit Bassi, community leader at Tesco, said: "It's great to see the positive impact Bags of Help is having in Bexley.
"The scheme has been able to support community groups across the borough, and customers love hearing about how the projects they have voted for are helping members of the community."


Information Index: Trachea Transplants and Paolo Macchiarini, M.D.
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. and Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.
Everything is very, very bad with me. I have spent over six months in the hospital in Krasnodar. I have undergone over 30 surgeries under general anesthesia. Three weeks after the first operation was opened a purulent fistula my neck, and my neck rot since. I weigh 47 kg. I can barely walk. I have trouble breathing, and now I have no voice. And it smells so strongly of me that people backs away. The other patient stink same. Artificial trachea is just crap.
Possibilities of bioengineered tracheal transplantation for patients with diseases of upper airways were discussed during this online conference. … Specialists from National Research Centre of Surgery named after B.V. Petrovsky, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, presented case of the patient who had cadaveric tracheal transplant.
Due to an adverse effect of Intra-operative Radiotherapy (IORT) in a single patient this will not be continued clinically until it has been fully evaluated in pre-clinical models. A murine model has been established for this purpose.
Update 2016-05-20: the Mega Grant website has been moved to http://regmedgrant.ksma.ru/index.php?id=4&lang=eng after the regmedgrant.com domain registration expired.
The third patient is a 22 year old woman from Turkey. At a sweat surgery in July 2011 in Turkey damaged her windpipe. They tried unsuccessfully to repair the damage by sewing, resistant, and put a flap of chest muscle. After being assessed for a synthetic trachea transplantation in March 2012, she checked in at the Karolinska University Hospital July 23, 2012. Her condition was assessed as being stable, but she suffered from recurrent cough. She was not assessed at any journaled multidisciplinary conference. It should be noted that two Turkish professors in Thoracic Surgery has certified that they participated in a multidisciplinary meeting before operations . We do not have been able to identify the exact circumstances of this meeting.
In the second episode of Dokument inifrån , it was mentioned that Karolinska in Stockholm had helped with the final selection [of patients to receive surgery in Russia] . This is information that the documentary makers obtained from the Russian project's website. There are memoranda from an international video conference that took place in February 2012, attended by a number of employees of KI and Karolinska University Hospital. The Swedish participants have a completely different view. According to them, the purpose was to try to see if it was possible to meet over continents with the aid of video technology (in this case Russia, Sweden, Italy and the USA). At this video conference, experiences from previous and current patient cases were shared, which is also the view that emerges when going through the memoranda from the meeting. The claim that patients would have been selected for transplantation in Russia in this context is something that the Swedish participants do not confirm. This was also the only video conference arranged as it was established that the current technology did not enable the displaying of x-ray images, for example.
It has been reported in the Swedish and international media that an employee of Karolinska Institutet is suspected of criminal conduct in Italy. The KI management is monitoring developments in the case - which mainly concerns matters of healthcare administration - but is taking no further action for the time being.
At present we have no reason at all to doubt our colleague or the research he does here, says university director Bengt Norrving. We're in regular touch with him and are keeping a watchful eye on how the legal case against him in Italy unfolds.
Note: Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. (HART) was a subsidiary of Harvard Bioscience, Inc. until November 2013 when it was spun off as an independent public company. Harvard Bioscience CEO David Green resigned to become the CEO of HART. According to SEC filings HART's Initial Public Offering was originally set for December 2012 but was withdrawn and re-filed, becoming effective in November 2013. On 2016-03-31 HART changed its name to Biostage, Inc.
The scaffolds are scheduled to be used in several other trachea transplants this year. The company's technology has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but is able to be used in humans because of a humanitarian device exemption, Johnson said.


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Pirating into the Czech Elections
by Binoy Kampmark / October 25th, 2017
The Pirate Party are buccaneering their way into European politics, having found a foothold in the testy soil of Central Europe after colonising, in small measure, various hamlets in Sweden, Germany and Iceland. The Czech Pirates (PPCZ), a term certainly exotic by current political pedigrees, managed to obtain over 10 percent of the vote, a result that gave them a rich harvest of 22 members in the parliamentary elections.
It took nine efforts, but the Czech Pirates had been edging their way onto conspicuous terrain in various local elections, including netting 5.3 percent of the total vote in Prague in 2015. The city of Mariánské Lázně also found itself having a Pirate Mayor after garnering 21 percent of the vote.
Retaining their oppositional colours, the Czech Pirates are insisting on avoiding the muddying nature of coalition talks with the overall winners. (The dangers of compromising collaboration!) Their agenda is one that has become fairly known across its other incarnations: the abolition of internet censorship, the favouring of institutional transparency, and the revision of, amongst other things, punitive copyright laws. But other agenda items form their twenty point program, including improving the lot of teacher salaries and tax reform.
The latter point is particularly appropriate, given the party's experimentation with testing EU laws on the subject of pirate sites through its "Linking is not a Crime" stance. This was sparked, in large part, by attempts by the Czech Anti-Piracy Union to target a 16-year-old for that great terror of the regulator: linking to content designated as infringing of copyright law.
Launching several of their own contrarian sites, including Tipnafilm.cz and Piratskefilmy.cz, the latter carrying some 20,000 links to 5,800 movies, the Czech Pirate Party was overjoyed by the prospect of prosecution. "Our goal is to change the copyright monopoly law so that people are not fined millions for sharing culture with their friends."
As Czech Pirate Party chairman Lukáš Černohorský said at the time, belligerent and defiant, "Instead of teenagers, copyright industry lobbyists are now dealing with a political party which didn't run the website for money but because of our conviction that linking is not and should not be a crime."
The gains of the party showed a certain mood at work and, as has been the case in much of Europe, proved boisterously, and at stages angrily, anti-establishment. Across the political spectrum, the Czechs were again showing that they can add fuel to any political fire, setting matters to rights on the continent while tearing down assumptions. As with any fire, however, the consequences can be searing.
While the Pirates did well, the Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD), a strident right wing outfit, nabbed similar numbers from the other side of the spectrum, sporting its own anti-EU, anti-immigrant brand. As its leader, Tomio Okamura, insists, "We want to leave just like Britain and we want a referendum on EU membership."
Billionaire fertilizer tycoon Andrej Babiš, the sort of oligarchic figure who should always trouble democratic sensibilities, weighed in the elections with some 30 percent of the vote with his ANO party. His version of politics, another confection of anti-politics dressed for disgruntled consumption, reprises that of the businessman turned party leader. The claim made here is common: that the machinery of governance is somehow analogous to running a business.
Traditional parties, foremost amongst them the long performing Social Democrats, with whom Babiš had been in coalition with after gains made in 2013, found themselves pegged back to sixth position in the tally.
The swill stick of politics did not tar Babiš all that much, a figure who has managed to develop a certain Teflon coating in a manner similar to other billionaire leaders (think Silvio Berlusconi and a certain Donald Trump in the White House). He had become the focus of suspected tax crimes, and lost his job as finance minister. European subsidies, it was claimed, had found their mysterious way into his pocket.
Such suggestions merely touched the tip of a considerable iceberg, one which also consists of allegations of previous employment with the Czechoslovak secret state security service Stb. According to Slovakia's Institute of National Memory, his code name for collaboration during his espionage stint was Bureš.
The billionaire seemed distinctly unperturbed, and his party's showing suggested that some water will slide off a duck's back. "I am happy that Czech citizens did not believe the disinformation campaign against us and expressed their trust in us." He roundly insisted that his was "a democratic movement" positively pro-European and pro-NATO "and I do not understand why somebody labels us as a threat to democracy."
These elections, however, will be savoured by a party that promises a fresh airing of a stale political scene, and one not nursing those prejudices that provide all too attractive gristle. Legislation, should it be implemented, may well remove the cobwebbed fears long associated with the Internet. But facing these newly elected figures will be ANO and an invigorated, indignant right-wing of politics, a far from easy proposition.
Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne and can be reached at: bkampmark@gmail.com. Read other articles by Binoy.
This article was posted on Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 at 10:05pm and is filed under Czechia.


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What do you tell your parents you do for a living? Do they get it? Why or why not?
I've had the amazing opportunity of working with some of Vancouver's most innovative local brands at their jump off point, including Aritzia, wings+horns and Kit and Ace. Now, I've started my next learning chapter and have jumped into the freelance and entrepreneur life, supporting other brands in brand strategy and experiential marketing, as well as working on my own apparel company. I'm extremely lucky to be surrounded by a family that is so supportive with this new shift in my career, it's unreal and humbling. My dad is an entrepreneur who's built his business from the ground up and has been around for over three decades now – he knows what it means to hustle and work hard. And my mom was a fashion designer and interior designer in her past life, and one of the most talented, creative women that I know. They're my personal sounding boards, cheerleaders, business mentors, etc. – I respect their opinions and they trust in my decisions. Although sometimes we differ in the 'How', they understand that sometimes you need to take risks, and they're all for being there right beside me as I navigate my way through this new path. It's very cool.
Cliche maybe, but definitely this city – the natural surroundings and its people. There's an interesting dynamic here where we have this 'laid back hustle' that facilitates balance and allows us to stay creative. I'm also fortunate to be surrounded by so many ambitious and talented individuals that feed this energy to concept, dream and create. Also, music and a clear head help give me the space to create. Meditation, a run, or a workout at one of my favourite spots (@allcityathletics @ridecycleclub @tightclub and newly introduced @club.row) totally help.
If you could collaborate with any brand or person on a project, who would it be?
This may not be the most original answer, but Pharrell would definitely be at the top of my list. He just has such a unique and open way of thinking and a strategic approach to all of his projects – I could see myself learning so much from just a single conversation with him. He has a great energy and I can imagine he'd be super fun to collaborate with.
What defines an amazing space?
Of course the design and aesthetic of the space plays a huge role, as well as the function and layout. But I also think the interaction with space and its surroundings, as well as the people and things that engage with and within it, all totally play a part in making a place super special.
If you could have the keys to any building in Vancouver – which would it be and why?
I think it'd be fun to take over somewhere like the Vancouver Art Gallery for a wild event, or the penthouse in Eugenia Place just for that view. And on the topic of homes, if I could have the keys to the Shaw House by Patkau Architects, I wouldn't say no.
What did you consider when creating your wish list? Which was your favourite space and why?
My wish list features spaces hosted by close friends, spaces that I've used before, and spaces with an aesthetic that inspires me.
Coffee, Tea or Cold Pressed Juice?
Coffee, black Americano to be exact – but also matcha tea.
Strathcona / Chinatown. So much newness is popping up over there – the energy is very cool and inspirational right now.
Brooklyn, but Venice for the sun and the ocean.
Manhattan – I have a ton of pals that I love visiting there and every time I do, I leave that city feeling so energized and refreshed. Although, I am finally going to London for the first time (I know!) and I can't wait to experience all of the things there.
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