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George Floyd was murdered one year ago. A police officer has been found guilty of all charges. He knelt down on George Floyd's neck and denied him air. Accountability is a sign of hope in the fight against violence against Blacks in America and People of Colour. However, daily reports on new cases of violence by police officers show that there's still much to be done – both sides of the Atlantic.
Black Lives Matter has brought attention to the injustices of black people and POC. Equality in the fashion industry is one of these causes. The 15 percent-Pledge, for example, requires multibrand retailers to order and carry at least 15% (representing the percentage of the Black population living in the US) of labels and brands owned by Black people or other people of color. How about your shop? We offer a selection of black-owned labels that you can order now.
Ashes and Soil in Germany
Martina Offeh founded the fashion label Ashes and Soil in 2019. She co-creates "cool pieces with a cool background" with Musa Simone, a designer from Hamburg. The Hamburg-based designer, who is West African-American, has made it her mission to raise awareness about global and socio-political issues through her fashion. Her latest collection, "Introspection", tells the stories of people who have been stigmatized because they have mental illness. Jackets in the collection feature stories from those who have been affected by mental illness. Martina Offeh visited them personally through QR codes which lead to testimonials on Martina Offeh's homepage. "In the collection we reflect the stories and experiences of eight mentally ill people and their rejections. The collection is dedicated to them," the designer said. "We believe fashion can enrich our understanding of storytelling and our approach to it. We want to tell the stories of those who are marginalised and to make their voices heard through each collection. We hope to create a new narrative to change how society interacts with one another. This is done by first looking at the world of people who are unfamiliar to us."
Stockists: The Wearness, Not Just a Label
Target audience: Mostly women between 25 and 40, fashion-savvy, active, travelled, metropolitan.
Core markets: So far, DE as well as NL and UK.
Retail price points: Leather jackets range from 650 to 1150 Euros to wool coats between 450 and 900 Euros. Jackets start at 650 Euros. T-shirts start at 49 Euros. Hoodies cost 60-75 Euros. Shirts start at 89 Euros. There will be more items this year.
Beautiful Struggles (Germany/USA)
Beautiful Struggles is a premium label that focuses on streetwear of the highest quality. Danny Williams founded the label in Germany in 2019. It combines both America and Europe.
Professional footballers consider Danny Williams the style icon. He was born in Germany to an American father and German mother. After his childhood, he found his way into professional football leagues. He started his journey in Karlsruhe, via Freiburg and Hoenheim. From there he moved to England to FC Reading and Huddersfield before finally reaching the US national football team.
The designer says that Beautiful Struggles is about facing challenges and changing your outlook, while overcoming them. He has faced many challenges due to his parents' differences. He learned to work harder to prove his worth. He learned that power is found in failure and difficult times. Motivation, new and beautiful things that can be found through a shift of perspective. Beautiful struggles are another way to put it.
Drop 3 is the current collection. It was inspired by Cape Town, the contrasting vibes that it has and the natural beauty around it. Modern, sporty and cool statement pieces combine timeless pieces with modern, stylish pieces.
Stockists: Beautiful Struggles currently is only available online.
Target group: Unisex, 20-45 years old, quality-conscious and trend-oriented.
Retail Price Points: Shirts and trousers between 260 and 300 Euros, while pants are around 300 Euros. Hoodies can be purchased for around 300, while overshirts cost 300 to 500 euros.
Akuko (Nigeria/ Sweden)
Arinze Emegoakor founded Akuko in 2019. Akuko, a vibrant and sustainable brand with "roots" in Nigeria and "feet in Sweden," is an African story-telling brand. In Igbo, Akuko is translated as "story". Every product has a story. These stories help to change negative stereotypes and create positive narratives about Africa and Africans.
The label's colourful and boldly patterned socks are just a few of the many products they currently have. Underwear for all genders is planned. Akuko has a wide range of high-quality products that are trendy, fashionable and conversation starters. They are made sustainably from the finest bamboo fabric.
Target group: Generation Z and Millenials, who choose where their money goes. Or anyone who believes in equality. Both the socks and underwear are available for children and adults.
Retail Price Points: A pair of socks will cost you 10 Euros.
Contact Beatrace Oola, sales agency in Germany: APYA Productions
IAMISIGO (Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana)
Bubu Ogisi is the founder of Iamisigo, a wearable art brand that is based in Lagos, Nairobi, and Accra. Naomi Campbell, a supermodel, wore her label. It focuses on how fashion and textiles can preserve history and pass on information to the future. She uses clothing as a communication tool, using the human body as her ultimate canvas.
"We create wearable art using unconventional materials and ancestral textile tradition through in-depth research in remote African communities in different areas of the African continent," said the artist. His works were exhibited at the Brighton Museum and the Troppen Museum in Amsterdam, as well as the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin.
The label's purpose is to "remove borders and combine different ideas". She considers herself an "agent for change" and fashion is a silent protest against postcolonialism. The label is 100% handmade, and emphasizes age-old techniques, while also incorporating new fibers and upcycling techniques.
Stockists: Showrooms in Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya. Afrodor in Zurich and Noborders Shop Mumbai & Paris are available, as well as Atelier Meraki in Paris and Studio 189 in New York.
Retail price points: T-shirts around 150 Euros, hand-woven trousers around 400 Euros, dresses around 800 Euros.
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NJDOT has completely replaced structurally-deficient bridge as part of Netcong Circle elimination project
(Trenton) - NJDOT officials today announced that the new Route 183 bridge that runs over NJ TRANSIT Morristown Line railroad tracks in Netcong Borough, Morris County is scheduled to be opened to traffic this Saturday, March 9.
The bridge was fully closed to vehicular traffic in October 2011 to allow for the complete replacement of the structure.
The old structurally deficient Route 183 bridge, which was originally built in 1900, has been demolished and replaced with a new, wider structure with an increased vertical under clearance. The new bridge features sidewalks along both directions of Route 183 and has been designed to appear similar to the architectural style of the original structure.
In addition to replacing the Route 183 bridge over the railroad tracks, NJDOT's contractor, New Prince Construction, is continuing to advance the $12.9 million federally-funded project which has also eliminated the 80-year old Netcong Circle, where routes 46 and 183 converge.
In January 2013, the contractor opened the new temporary intersection, effectively eliminating the old circle configuration. In its wake stands a new signalized "T" intersection. This is not the complete, final configuration for the redesigned intersection - temporary traffic signals and striping are in place - but the final shape has started to take place. Currently the contractor is advancing drainage upgrades, utility relocations and completing the installation of the new permanent traffic signals at the new intersection.
While single-lane closures are allowed during nighttime and off-peak hours, one travel-lane on Route 46 is being maintained in each direction throughout construction. The project remains on schedule to be complete by the end of 2013.
The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors. NJDOT provides emergency roadway information, construction schedule updates and real time traffic information and images at www.511nj.org

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The first Catholic congregation to be established in Pennsylvania was in 1734 when Father Greaton, S. J., a missionary from Maryland, built the Church of St. Joseph in Willing's Alley in Philadelphia. In 1741 Father Theodore Schneider was sent by the German Province of Jesuits to minister to the Germans in Pennsylvania. Father Schneider, who had been an outstanding professor at Heidelberg University, Germany, began teaching the children of Berks County at Goshenhoppen, now Bally. In 1743 he founded the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The parish of the Most Blessed Sacrament (MBS) in the Borough of Bally, Berks County, Pennsylvania began as an important Catholic mission known as the Mission of St. Paul. It was commonly referred to as the Goshenhoppen Mission because of its location within the Goshenhoppen region, the upper region of the Perkiomen Valley. Goshenhoppen is an American Indian name generally thought to mean meeting place. Bally is situated in eastern Berks County near the Montgomery County line. The borough is located on the "Reading Prong," under which a two million year old uranium deposit runs from just outside Reading to Easton and into New Jersey.
As indicated on the tombstone of the founder of the Goshenhoppen mission, there was missionary activity in the Goshenhoppen area as early as 1716. Jesuit Missionaries from the Old Bohemia mission center in Cecil County Maryland first ministered to the few scattered Catholics in Pennsylvania. By 1719 Father Joseph Greaton, an English Jesuit arrived at Old Bohemia and immediately began work in the Pennsylvania mission. By 1729 he established a residence in Philadelphia and in 1733 began to build St. Joseph's church there, the first Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. While English law at the time prohibited the building of a Catholic Church, the Governor of Pennsylvania upheld the legality of the church based on William Penn's charter and his policy of religious tolerance. Even with his new church in Philadelphia, Father Greaton continued to travel throughout Pennsylvania to minister to the small Catholic population.
With the growth of the German Catholic population of Pennsylvania, two German Jesuits, William Wappeler and Theodore Schneider arrived in America in early June 1741 to assist Father Greaton by specifically ministering to the scattered German Catholics of Pennsylvania.
Father Wappeler's mission territory was west of the Schuylkill River and he established his mission center at Lancaster and later at Conewago. Father Schneider's mission territory was east of the Schuylkill River and he initially centered his mission with Father Greaton at St. Joseph's church and traveled throughout the area learning the location of Catholic families. Each of the mission territories was dedicated to a patron Saint. Father Schneider's mission was the mission of St. Paul. By 1743 he established a residence in Goshenhoppen, more centrally located within his mission territory. From their mission centers the two German Jesuit missionaries traveled extensively ministering to the Catholics scattered throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. In 1748, after 7 years of strenuous work in his mission field, Father Wappeler returned to Germany in poor health leaving his mission as well as the Goshenhoppen mission in the hands of Father Schneider. It was not until 1752 that permanent help was finally available for Father Schneider. He could then focus his attention on the development of both his large mission territory and his plantation at Goshenhoppen.
Below: Most Blessed Sacrament Church circa 1885 from a drawing published in the "The Catholic Church in Colonial Days" by John Gilmary Shea. While many of the details of the church have changed, the basic church of today closely resembles the church in the drawing. The church built in 1754 by Father Theodore Schneider SJ appears on the right. The major addition built in 1835 by Father Boniface Corvin SJ is on the left.
The Goshenhoppen Mission
When the Beidler land became available to Father Schneider and whether he built on the land now in his possession as tradition suggests or used the existing buildings on the former Beidler homestead is currently under investigation. Ulrich Beidler left the Goshenhoppen area for the newly available lands west of the Susquehanna with several other neighboring Mennonite families including the families of his brothers Christian and Peter, and the families of Michael Schwarz and Jacob Fluery. The westward migration of these families began in 1743 and Ulrich Beidler purchased his land in what would become York County in 1744.
Below: The title Page of Father Schneider's sacramental register. Note that "Cushenhopen" appears second after Philadelphia in his abbreviated list of mission locations.
On October 5, 1748 Father Greaton acquired the warrant on a 110-acre 100-perch woodland lot from the proprietors. The lot was separate from the Beidler tract and had been previously warranted to Jost Herbough whose warrant was vacated.
In a 1749/50 letter Father Schneider wrote: "At the moment I am considering building, in addition to a new church, a new dwelling on the farm…" He acknowledged that he did not have the necessary funds to start the project but hoped he could obtain them through the generosity of European benefactors.The use of the word "new" and the early reference to a "priest house" in his register suggests the existence of a place of worship and residence at the time this letter was written.
On August 3, 1752 Father Greaton acquired the patent for the property on which the current church is built. This was a 213-acre tract originally warranted to the same Ulrich Beidler, which, along with the warrant on an additional 50-acre Beidler tract were vacated and became available to the Jesuits through Penn's proprietary land agents. The Goshenhoppen Mission now consisted of 385 acres of farmland, all contiguous, and 110 acres of woodland separate from the farmland.
Father Schneider's Church
Father Schneider's new church was completed in the summer of 1754. On May 1, 1755, the Rev. William Smith, Anglican minister and Provost of the College of Philadelphia wrote to Thomas Penn about the area Catholics, "Last summer they have finished as large and elegant church as any in the Province for public worship about 35 miles from town and by all account their numbers increase greatly." While not specifically identified, there is little doubt that this reference is to Father Schneider's new church in Goshenhoppen, which is about 35 miles from Philadelphia and the only other Catholic Church in the area in addition to St. Joseph's.
The local tradition of cooperation between area religious groups includes the tradition that the Mennonites helped Father Schneider build his new church. In appreciation for their help Father Schneider returned ownership of the land on which the Mennonite meeting house was built. On April 11, 1755 Father Robert Harding (Father Greaton's successor) sold one acre and nine perches of the 121-acre Ulrich Beidler tract to George Bechtel, Mennonite Minister, for the sum of £2 and 10 shillings. Bechtel then transferred the land to the Mennonite congregation, and shortly thereafter the old meetinghouse was torn down and a new larger one built in its place. Tradition also indicates that the Catholics helped the Mennonites build their new meetinghouse.
Goshenhoppen Mission Circuit
Although area Catholics traveled great distances to attend Father Schneider's church, it was still necessary for him to continue his mission travels. In August 1758 he received additional help in his mission when Father Ferdinand Steinmeyer (alias Father Ferdinand Farmer) was transferred from the Lancaster mission to St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia and assumed Father Schneider's mission duties in the Philadelphia area and in New Jersey. However, Father Schneider's mission territory still remained very extensive covering the present day counties of Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Schuylkill, and Northumberland.
Father Schneider's sacramental registers as well as those of his successor's chronicle their mission travels throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey during the significant mission period from 1741 to 1819. Published under the title of "The Goshenhoppen Registers", they cover the pastorates of Father Schneider 1743-1764, Father John Baptist De Ritter 1765-1787, Father Peter Helbron 1787-1791, Father Nicholas Delvaux 1791-1793 and Father Paul Erntzen 1793–1818. All but Fathers Helbron and Delvaux ended their mission careers in service to the Goshenhoppen Mission and are buried under the altar of the church built by Father Schneider.
On the mission circuit, specific meeting places and meeting times were established as well as mechanisms to notify area Catholics of the arrival of the missionary priests. Initially they met in the homes of Catholic families. As the population growth in an area increased, small churches were built as gathering places.
Many of the Catholic population centers developed near early industrial sites such as iron forges and glass works or major building projects like canals and railroads. Project completions and changes in economic conditions periodically resulted in Catholic population shifts. These population shifts resulted in the growth of some churches and the closing of others.
The suppression of the Jesuit Society between 1773 and its restoration in 1814 and the Revolutionary War resulted in periods of times when few priests were available to minister to the Pennsylvania Catholics. Often times when a church would close or in a period without the regular services of a missionary priest, Catholics sought the services of the nearest ministers for ongoing spiritual guidance. The surnames of families found previously in Catholic records can then be found in the records of other area churches or the records of traveling ministers of other faiths.
However, when additional priests became available and permanently assigned to the areas of growing Catholic populations, parishes were formed and staffed by resident pastors. Those pastors in turn traveled through the outlying areas of their territory reducing the overall responsibility of the Goshenhoppen Mission and its importance as a mission center.
Most Blessed Sacrament Parish
While the Jesuits retained ownership of the Goshenhoppen Mission during the period that their order was suppressed, they did not actively manage it until after the Jesuit order was fully restored. Father Paul Kohlman became pastor in 1819 after the death of Father Paul Erntzen who had been pastor for 25 years. He was the first Jesuit pastor assigned after the suppression and was faced with the task of reviving the mission, which had fallen into a considerable state of decay. Father Kohlman's health restricted his ability to travel and resulted in his establishing a regular schedule of services at the church. This began the development of the church as a local parish. In 1822 Father Boniface Krukowski was assigned to the mission to assist Father Kohlman in the restoration of the mission and to travel the now greatly reduced mission circuit. Known as Father Boniface Corvin, he became pastor in 1824.
In 1826, Father Corvin completed the restoration of the mission complex with major renovations and improvements to Father Schneider's church and mission house. Through the guidance of Father Corvin, the parish grew and in 1833 a decision was made to enlarge the church with construction to begin the following year. On May 18, 1834 the cornerstone was laid for the new church addition and on October 11, 1835 the expanded church was dedicated as the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Exactly two years after its dedication, on October 11, 1837, Father Corvin died while visiting his Jesuit brothers in Philadelphia. On October 31, 1837 Father Augustine Bally became pastor and finished the interior decorations of the church according to the plans of Father Corvin.
Father Bally continued the Jesuit traditions of a strong education system established by the early schools of Father Schneider. In 1856 he built a new parish school called St. Aloysius Academy. With the introduction of the public school system he operated the school under an unusual arrangement with the county superintendent of schools. The parish provided the building and elementary school teacher and the county paid for the teacher of the upper grades, selected by Father Bally.
During the pastorate of Father Bally, the Jesuits began selling off the plantation lands in small lots to raise money for the support of Jesuit colleges, (St. Joseph's in Philadelphia and Georgetown in Washington DC). The land sales increased the size of the parish by attracting Catholics from outlying areas and further reduced the size of the mission circuit that Father Bally continued to travel. The resultant population center on former mission land became known as Churchville.
After a long and distinguished career as pastor of MBS, Father Bally died on January 30, 1882 and was granted his wish to be buried with his beloved parishioners. His grave is in the center of the new parish cemetery. After his death authorities were petitioned to establish a post office in Churchville. Their request was granted and the Post Office was named the Bally Post Office.
Father John Meurer, Father Bally's assistant was named the new pastor. He would be the last of the Jesuit pastors as in 1887, the Jesuits sold the mission farm to John Brogley and the only remaining mission land was that occupied by the church, rectory, school, convent and cemetery that is today the MBS Parish center. On November 15, 1888 the Jesuits turned the parish over to the Diocese of Philadelphia and it has been staffed and operated as a diocesan parish ever since.
Under first Philadelphia and later Allentown Diocesan leadership the parish buildings were upgraded and decorated while still preserving much of the history of the church. The former sanctuary of Father Schneider's church is preserved as a chapel behind the sacristy. The organ in use in the church today is the historic Krauss Organ originally installed in 1799. The primary decorations of the church include the artwork of Berthold Imhoff and the stained Glass windows of J. M. Kase (nave) and Frans Nicolas of Roermond, Holland (sanctuary). The Last Supper painting now hanging in the sanctuary was a 1764 gift to Father Schneider from Karl Theodore, Prince Elector of the Palatinate. It had been the altar painting in the church from 1764 – 1890 when the current altar painting of the Crucifixion was acquired. After a recent restoration, the Last Supper painting was returned to the sanctuary for all to admire. The paintings of the Stations of the Cross, reproductions of Joseph Führich's famous Vienna masterpiece, have also been restored in recent years.
Monsignor Charles Allwein administrator at MBS from 1930 to 1931 and pastor from 1952 to 1972 assembled a significant collection of memorabilia on the history of the mission and parish. He organized the collection of books and artifacts into a museum and library housed in the former mission house built by Father Schneider. The library is available for research through arrangement with the parish office. Initially dedicated in memory of Father Bally, the museum was rededicated in honor of Monsignor Allwein in 1991 as part of the parish 250th Anniversary celebration. Monsignor Allwein, author of the published history of MBS, died on February 4, 1995. The details of the history of the Goshenhoppen mission continue to unfold through the ongoing research of the Museum Committee at MBS. Numerous documents and studies have been added to the collection in recent years. Through this effort many of the early traditions have been confirmed, some historical accounts corrected and other avenues of research opened with newly discovered information.
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No Smooth Sailing: Two Cruise Ships Crash into Each Other at Mexico's Cozumel Port
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The incident took place in the Mexican port resort of Cozumel. In a viral video, Carnival Glory can be seen crashing into the back of Carnival Legend, another cruise ship.
A video of two cruise ships colliding with each other, which left six people injured, has emerged on the internet.
The incident took place in the Mexican port resort of Cozumel. In a video, Carnival Glory can be seen crashing into the back of Carnival Legend, another cruise ship.
The video was captured by a passenger in a nearby ship.
In a statement, Carnival Cruise Line, the world's largest cruise operator, said around 8:50 am on Friday Carnival Glory was manoeuvring to dock, when it came in contact with the Carnival Legend vessel, which was already stationed there.
Reports said initially one person was injured but later six people reported at the medical centre at Carnival Glory.
The company ruled out the possibility of cruises' itinerary being impacted due to the incident.
In an emailed statement to NPR radio station, Carnival said, "We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship."
Jordan Moseley, a passenger at Carnival Legend, told news agency Reuters that he felt the crash while he was having breakfast. "All of a sudden we felt the ship rock to one side and then back into place".
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Carnival said probe into the incident has been launched.
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The NZ earthquake standard (NZS 1170.5:2004 -Structural design actions – Part 5: Earthquake actions – New Zealand) was amended in September 2016 as a result of the Canterbury Earthquakes. There is now more guidance around the seismic bracing design of suspended ceilings.
Suspended ceiling systems are classified as "parts" as per NZS 1170.5. The "part" classification of a suspended ceiling is important as it determines whether the seismic bracing is designed to withstand an Ultimate Limit State (ULS) level earthquake or a Serviceability Limit State (SLS) level earthquake.
Before the amendment, many ceilings only had to be designed to a SLS level earthquake. Previously, only 3m or more above floor level and greater than 10 kg in mass required a ULS design. The amendment has brought in further guidance and stricter rules in this area, stating that a part may only be classified as P7, which corresponds to SLS level design, if the part is less than 3m above floor level and weighs less than 7.5kg. Ceilings weighing more than 7.5kg now fall into the P2/P3 part category, which require ULS level design. This classification is further reinforced in the amended supplement that supports 1170.5, which specifically states suspended ceilings should be classified as P2/P3.
The "part" and "element" definitions are given below as referenced from the standard. In our opinion, an important point in the "part" definition is the link with the definition of an "element".
We believe it is quite hard to argue that a suspended ceiling is not an assembly of members that act together. Our interpretation of ceiling weight is therefore the ceiling grid and linings or tiles acting together as one part. For this reason we believe all ceilings will be above 7.5 kg in total weight and therefore fall into the ULS criteria P2/P3. We will be contacting the standards committee to further the discussion and see what their intent of the definition is.
The mass of a suspended ceiling must be taken as the total mass of both the tiles and ceiling grid. Virtually all ceilings therefore have a mass of greater than 7.5kg and will have to be classified as a P2/P3 part.
This means all suspended ceilings must now be designed to withstand Ultimate Limit State level earthquakes to comply with Clause B1/VM1 of the New Zealand Building Code.
Typically within the suspended ceiling industry, generic seismic design guides provided by ceiling manufacturers have been used to design the seismic bracing for smaller, lightweight ceilings. The design guides typically only design for SLS level earthquakes. With the changes to NZS 1170.5, these design guides are no longer best practice for compliance with B1/VM1.
For suspended ceilings to comply with the building code in the absence of compliant seismic design guides, specific engineering will be required by a chartered professional engineer (CPEng). BVT specialises in providing specific engineering design of suspended ceilings, and this will ensure your suspended ceiling is both safe and compliant with the New Zealand Building Code.


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When the Bow Breaks
"She sleeps in peace, dear sister sleeps—
Art thou forever gone?
No, we will see thee soon again,
Where parting is unknown"— In Memory of Mary Frey by Her Sister CMB
Edyth Miriam Embery, gelatin silver bromide print, 1909 or 1910. Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.
This angelic child, pictured at the start of what should have been a long life, was Edyth Embery, born 5 March, 1909, in Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Dr. Francis Patrick Embery (1867-1939), a Philadelphia otorhinolaryngologist, and his wife Miriam Fairbairn Wilson (1875-1948), whom he wed in early 1899. (The 12 February Philadelphia Inquirer described Miriam as wearing "heavy corded white silk, trimmed with chiffon and lace and carried bride roses. The flower girl, maid of honor, and bridesmaids wore white organdie and carried white carnations.")
Francis Embery, known as Frank, was born at Foxchase, Philadelphia County, to William Henry Embery (1840-1914). Frank's father was, by 1872, head of the Assay Laboratory of the United States Mint. Previously, he'd served as a sergeant in Co. A, 1st New Jersey Cavalry, during the Civil War. Frank's mother was Annie Elizabeth Manning (1841-1921), who was of Irish descent.
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Author Ann Longmore-EtheridgePosted on July 13, 2019 July 13, 2019 Categories Identified Photos, VariousTags 1910s, 20th Century, accidental death, children, Edwardian era, Embery family, family, geneology, history, military, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, USA, Wilson family1 Comment on When the Bow Breaks
In His Own Words: Peter Recher's Immigration to America
"I am presently living with Hans Hemmig and have taken service with a shoemaker for one month. He promised to pay me £10."
Jerusalem Cemetery, Myersville, Maryland. Photo by the author.
On 5 October, 1722, in Ziefen, Canton of Basil-Land, Switzerland, a healthy male infant was born and christened Peter Recher. Either before his birth or slightly thereafter, his Anabaptist father, Martin Recher IV (1692-1760), was exiled from the canton. This was probably at the declaration of the Anabaptist Bureau, which was, in 1699, created to capture and banish members of the then-heretical group now known as Mennonites. Anabaptists believed that a public confession of sin and faith followed by an adult baptism was required and that infant baptisms were meaningless because babies were incapable of choosing baptism freely. Little Peter may not have seen his father until 1730, when Martin was allowed to return from exile in Oberdiessbach, Canton Bern, after his unorthodox beliefs were either pardoned or abandoned.
Martin Recher, and probably also his wife, Elizabeth Rudy (1690-1748), were lacemakers. The desire for lace, ribbons, trim, and bows was strong, but lacemakers often struggled to profit from the detailed, time-consuming craft. The Rechers had a number of children, so providing for them was probably always challenging. However, the family did have a solid home, built in 1610 by an earlier generation. It was more than 110 years old when Peter was born, and now, almost 300 years later, it is still lived in by modern-day Rechers.
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Author Ann Longmore-EtheridgePosted on December 14, 2018 December 29, 2018 Categories Maryland HistoryTags 18th Century, Adams County, Anabaptists, Basel, Colonial America, family, Frederick County, geneology, history, Letters, Maryland, Mennonites, Myersville, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Protestantism, Recher family, religion, sea voyages, Swiss immigrants, Switzerland, Travel, United States, USA, Wolfsville, York, Ziefen4 Comments on In His Own Words: Peter Recher's Immigration to America
New Year's Eve: Roaring End, Rowdy Beginning
New Year's Eve was celebrated on 31 December for the first time in 45 B.C. when the Julian calendar came into effect.
New Year's Eve in the 19th Century was as jolly and booze-fueled as it is in the 21st. Here, Baby New Year 1838, the first born of the reign of young Queen Victoria, enters stage right as the black-draped old woman of 1837 departs stage left, taking with her the Georgian Era.
This New Year's Eve party had it goin' on. Conga lines—usually drunken Conga lines—became popular in the 1930s and remained so right through the 1950s. The Conga was originally a Cuban Carnival dance.
Nothing says Swinging '60s New Year's Eve like bullet-bra and hot-pants-wearing go-go dancers workin' it in a giant glass of champagne.
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Gardeners Bring Cradle Graves Back From The Dead in Philadelphia
"Being a Grave Gardeners lets them contribute to a place that holds both personal and historic resonance."
Photo by Michael Bixler.
Through the stone gates of Woodlands Cemetery, a tranquil, verdant oasis thrives in the heart of University City. The Victorian necropolis, the last undeveloped parcel of the estate of botanist and plant collector William Hamilton, was preserved and a repurposed as a rural cemetery in 1840 as the city and University of Pennsylvania pushed westward. Today, The Woodlands is flourishing with the aid of creative placemaking and inventive programming.
The Grave Gardeners program is the most recent brainchild of Woodlands' executive director Jessica Baumert and her staff. The cemetery is home to hundreds of "cradle graves," tombs with both headstones and footstones connected by two low walls that create a bathtub-like basin. In the 1800s, family members of the deceased filled the French-style "cradles" with living, blooming coverlets of flowers. Cultivating these gardens on weekend outings to sylvan cemetery grounds like The Woodlands was a way of keeping a loved one's memory alive. As descendants scattered and their memories of connections to Victorian ancestors faded, the gardens died out. The Woodlands' Adopt-a-Grave program enlists the help of volunteers to revive these now scruffy patches of dirt and grass, one grave at a time.
To read this wonderful article in its entirety, click the link below.
Source: Gardeners Bring Cradle Graves Back From The Dead | Hidden City Philadelphia
Thank you to my dear cousin, Elizabeth Harrison, for calling this to my attention.
Author Ann Longmore-EtheridgePosted on August 12, 2017 August 19, 2017 Categories Guest Posts, NewsTags 19th century, Genealogy, history, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, USA, Victorian era, Woodlands Cemetery1 Comment on Gardeners Bring Cradle Graves Back From The Dead in Philadelphia


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IFA MEETS MINISTER COVENEY ON SHEEP
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IFA President Eddie Downey led a delegation on sheep including National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey in a high level meeting with the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney in Dublin this week.
Eddie Downey said Minister Coveney clearly recognises that sheep farming is a low income sector and needs ongoing support. Eddie Downey said the IFA put a strong case to the Minister for additional direct targeted support for the sheep sector, which he said was essential to maintain the national flock. In addition, he said IFA also set out clearly the need for strong support for sheep farming across the various RDP farm schemes of Knowledge Transfer, ANC's, GLAS and TAMs.
Eddie Downey told Minister Coveney the sheep sector is very important, involving 34,000 farmers with an output value of €300m and production of 58,000t of lamb. He said a study by UCD showed each €1 in support for the sheep sector underpins €2.70 of aggregate output in the economy.
IFA National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey said we put a strong case to the Minister that to maintain and grow the sheep sector there is a need for increased targeted direct support and IFA is seeking the equivalent of €20 per ewe. "We pointed out that 22 member states across the EU have introduced coupled payments for sheep as part of CAP Reform, with an average payment of €12 per ewe."
John Lynskey told the Minister that sheep farmers must have full access and be able to draw down their fair share from the Rural Development Farm schemes. On Knowledge Transfer, John Lynskey said IFA put the case that mixed enterprises like cattle and sheep farming are entitled to additional payments. Minister Coveney said he was going to resolve this problem and the Department were examining how to accommodate this situation.
On GLAS, issues regarding access for sheep farmers were raised with the Minister and particularly the reduction in the number of hectares for low input permeant pasture as well as the availability of GLAS plus in hill areas.
John Lynskey welcomed the reinstatement of the TAMs grant aid for sheep fencing in the Budget. Minister Coveney told the IFA sheep fencing would be included as part of the RDP amendment to Brussels, which he said would be cleared and ready to roll out early in the new year.
The National Sheep Chairman also said IFA also raise concerns on identification and EID regarding costs, the retention of the derogation on lambs direct to slaughter, a reduction in bureaucracy and paperwork, and the problems for hill lamb. In conclusion, John Lynskey said the Minister agreed to examine all of the support mechanisms available for sheep and said he would re-visit the situation with the IFA in early 2016.


Fr. Brian G. Bashista, Marymount campus chaplain, speaks with returning students.
"Surprised," said Father Brian G. Bashista when describing his reaction on learning of his assignment as the new chaplain and director of campus ministry of Marymount University in Arlington. "I thought that it was Bishop (Paul S.) Loverde's way of trying to keep me young."
Father Bashista said he was excited about his new role, noting that this will be only his second experience with a Catholic educational institution. "The first Catholic school I ever went to was the seminary," he said.
A Northern Virginia native, he was baptized at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, but attended public schools. He graduated from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg with a bachelor's degree in architecture. While practicing his career in Charlotte, N.C., Father Bashista discerned his vocation and entered Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md.
After his ordination in 1999, Father Bashista worked as parochial vicar of St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax. Since 2002, he has served as director of the Arlington diocesan Office of Vocations, working with seminarians and other young adults as they reflected on how best to live their faith.
"Not everyone has a vocation to the religious life. My job was to help them find clarity in discovering their vocation in Christ, whatever that might be," he said.
For Father Bashista, coming to Marymount was a natural progression from his diocesan assignment, since he will continue to work with young adults - helping them strengthen their faith.
"The role of a chaplain is to walk with someone on the journey of life at a specific moment in time, and certainly college is one of the most exciting growth moments in life," he said. "My role as a college chaplain is to invite and propose, never impose. Our faith is a gift; it can never be forced. I can encourage people to be open to receiving these gifts - even if they don't necessarily believe what's being offered is a gift at that particular time."
What is different about the Marymount assignment and what excites Father Bashista is that he will, once again, be able to perform all the pastoral duties of a priest. As director of vocations, he had to report fully on each candidate to diocesan superiors and was therefore unable to practice the sacrament of reconciliation.
"One of the joys of being a priest is to participate fully in all of the pastoral ministry duties of serving a spiritual family," he said.
After arriving at Marymount in early August, Father Bashista has hit the ground running. He already has met with most of the university administrators to see how campus ministry could more fully collaborate in all campus initiatives. And he noted that he is blessed with a campus ministry team that has made the transition a smooth one.
Father Bashista's enthusiasm is evident as he talks about plans for the academic year and building upon Marymount's strong campus ministry foundation. While specifics are still being developed, he is looking at new ways to minister to the spiritual needs of the entire Marymount community, both Catholic and non-Catholic.
"The overall goal is to create a strong faith community on campus," Father Bashista said. "We have a very diverse population with a broad faith community. My job is to provide ways for those of all religions to worship and strengthen their faith."
For Catholics, he envisions "more opportunities for reconciliation, perhaps a different Mass schedule, and more times for adoration." He also wants students of other faiths to know that they are welcome to live their faith within the Marymount community of faith.
"One idea that I have is to meet with leaders of other faith communities in the area and see how we can access their resources and make them available to our students," he said. "And of course, we will continue the interfaith programs that are already established on campus."
He also said he sees service as a way of further uniting the campus by creating a culture of love. Marymount has a long-standing commitment to service, and many of its service initiatives are sponsored by the Campus Ministry Association.
"The Almighty says love and be loved," Father Bashista said. "There is a great desire among college students to serve, and we can create opportunities to nurture a culture of community service, which makes us fully human. Certainly, in the Christian perspective, the faithful are the eyes, ears, hands and feet of the church. We serve the faith by serving those in need."
With the academic year now underway, Father Bashista already is sharing the gift of faith with students.
"It's full steam ahead," he said. "I just feel so blessed to be part of the Marymount community."


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12 Jun 2014 Webinar: Automated Removal of Advanced Threats
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By Bob Gourley If you are a technologist you no doubt have thoughts about security and how to improve your approach to enterprise-wide defense. Odds are you have concluded that the only way to mitigate the threat is through automation. Right? Please join us for a discussion on automated removal of c...
Tech Titans To Visit At Geoint: Here is my take on the must-see firms on the expo floor
By Bob Gourley This is a follow on to our post on planning your time at the Geoint Symposium. With this post I want to make some technology recommendations that may be helpful to you as you plan out your time at the Geoint Symposium 14-17 Apr. There are so many great firms on the expo floor [&hell...
Very Interesting, Potentially Virtuous Move By Lockheed Martin: the Silicon Valley Alliance
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By Bob Gourley If you are a small business with advanced software or hardware (or both) and believe you have something the government really needs, you may want to pay close attention to this. But read to the end, I conclude with some warnings every small tech firm should consider when dealing with ...
State Department WikiLeaks Countermeasures, Extreme-Scale Computing, and More
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State Department CIO Susan Swart says that since WikiLeaks the agency has been working on improving security for its classified networks and systems with measures such as auditing and monitoring tools, tagging information with metadata to enable role-based access, and an effort to implement public ...
3/13/12: The DHS 2013 Cyber Budget, Geotagging From Warzones, and More
DARPA Director Regina Dugan is leaving government for a new job at Google, another in the growing list of government technology executives leaving for the private sector. More here. The Army cautioned deployed military personnel about the use of Geotagging on social media, which runs the risk of e...
FedCyber News for 3/9/12: New U.S. CTO, Chinese Cyber Warfare, and More
Todd Park, previously the CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been named the new United States Chief Technology Officer. More here. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, which gathers and posts oil and natural-gas supply statistics used by commodity traders, announce...
Army Awards $250 Million Cloud Contract
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The U.S. Army has awarded nearly $250 million to a group of contractors to consolidate data centers and provision on-demand IT services and storage via a private cloud....
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The LIMA Ltd blade is designed for race and flat water conditions. The direct catch and ability to redirect the water flow automatically is what makes our world champion race team choose the Starboard Lima paddle. You can paddle harder with less attention to your strokes. The Lima LTD is the highest performing paddle in our Starboard range, it adds a touch of magic to each stroke. The Lima LTD is the natural evolution to the Bolt paddle. This paddle was developed with a blade that has a rounder tip, which will make the catch even easier and more precise, also developed with the goal to reduce the impact on your shoulder.
Lima blade is designed for the flat water, with the LIMA you can paddle harder with less attention, adding a touch of magic to each stroke. The paddle is perfect for beginners to advanced level, a champion of flat water. Try it to believe it!
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Both Lima paddles contain Starboard's best paddle technology and is Connor Baxter's choice of paddle. The blade comes in a range of sizes with the blade size dictating the power and efficiency of the stroke. The Lima blades are available in XS, S, M, L and XL. The 2018 Lima blade size is a different relative to the 2017 Bolt and we recommend most paddlers to use one size larger paddle. The rounded tip enables an easier catch. The design of the blade ensures that only a small area is hitting the water during the entry. The result is a smooth penetration in the water thus reducing the impact on your body, especially on the shoulders. Reducing the stress on the body allows one to paddle longer and more often with less recovery time.
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Sara Abou Rashed presents "Map of Myself"
Figuring yourself out in college is hard enough, but when you are finding a new country to call home, it becomes much more challenging.
Born and raised in Syria, Sara Abou Rashed '21 is one of two people who wear hijabs at Denison. In 2013, her family moved to Columbus, Ohio to escape the Syrian War. When she moved to America, she did not know one word of English. On her first day at Centennial High School in Columbus, Rashed was given the Odyssey as her first reading assignment: a story about someone journeying back home.
This story in particular was influential to Rashed when she started to live in America, which she voices in her new one woman show, "A Map of Myself."
"A Map of Myself" is Rashed's first big attempt at bringing politics and art together, the two things she's most passionate about by telling her personal story of immigration, but also paying tribute to other immigrants.
"It adds a human experience to the concept of immigrations which we only hear about in terms of legal issues and statistics," said Rashed. "I'm interested in sharing my journey of finding home and having others witness and feel encouraged to do the same."
Rashed, a major in international studies and minor in creative writing at Denison is a student whose passion is to write poetry and to spread activist thought through story. When she was a child, Rashed's grandmother used to read poetry to her every night. Starting at the age of nine, she picked up the pen and hasn't put it down since.
"Writing has given me purpose," said Rashed. "At a young age, writing has shown me how much I love sharing my thoughts, feelings and words. I started reading my poems and soon enough grew to love being in front of people. I find it to be a powerful platform that can influence others. Now, my dream is to continue what I have started and share my words with more and more people."
This past summer, Rashed wrote the script of "A Map of Myself" under the supervision and guidance of Larry Smith, the founder of "Six Word Memoirs," a project founded by the online storytelling magazine Smith Magazine in Columbus, Ohio. Like Smith Magazine, "Six-Word Memoirs" wants to provide a platform for storytelling in all its forms. Smith is a journalist by training, but a storytelling coach through passion.
Smith is the director of Rashed's one-woman show by assisting through script writing, brainstorming, logistics and venues.
"He loves to heart stories of others and put on shows where people can feel heard and appreciated," said Rashed.
Recently, Rashed travelled to Athens, Greece through the Global Liberal Arts Alliance, an association of numerous colleges like Denison across the globe. From all these different countries, only 24 students could be chosen to attend the Athens Democracy Forum hosted by the New York Times as student delegates. They attended the Athens Democracy Forum, an international political event, where they met the former president of Mozambique, as well as the president of the Hellenic Republic (Greece and all its islands). They also met several ambassadors from Qatar, Kuwait, Canada, Uruguay, Norway, the UK and beyond.
Some of Rashed's other accolades include giving a TEDx Talk, getting nominated for a Pushcart Prize at 16 and performing at the Tenement Museum of New York. She also has previously served as a Senator in DCGA and is currently an Ambassador for the office of Multicultural Student Affairs at Denison.
Check out future shows of "A Map of Myself" on October 20 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Theatre and on November 7 and 10 at 2 p.m. at the Columbus Museum of Art.
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"""distutils.command.register

Implements the Distutils 'register' command (register with the repository).
"""

# created 2002/10/21, Richard Jones

__revision__ = "$Id: register.py 77717 2010-01-24 00:33:32Z tarek.ziade $"

import urllib2
import getpass
import urlparse
import StringIO
from warnings import warn

from distutils.core import PyPIRCCommand
from distutils import log

class register(PyPIRCCommand):

    description = ("register the distribution with the Python package index")
    user_options = PyPIRCCommand.user_options + [
        ('list-classifiers', None,
         'list the valid Trove classifiers'),
        ('strict', None ,
         'Will stop the registering if the meta-data are not fully compliant')
        ]
    boolean_options = PyPIRCCommand.boolean_options + [
        'verify', 'list-classifiers', 'strict']

    sub_commands = [('check', lambda self: True)]

    def initialize_options(self):
        PyPIRCCommand.initialize_options(self)
        self.list_classifiers = 0
        self.strict = 0

    def finalize_options(self):
        PyPIRCCommand.finalize_options(self)
        # setting options for the `check` subcommand
        check_options = {'strict': ('register', self.strict),
                         'restructuredtext': ('register', 1)}
        self.distribution.command_options['check'] = check_options

    def run(self):
        self.finalize_options()
        self._set_config()

        # Run sub commands
        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
            self.run_command(cmd_name)

        if self.dry_run:
            self.verify_metadata()
        elif self.list_classifiers:
            self.classifiers()
        else:
            self.send_metadata()

    def check_metadata(self):
        """Deprecated API."""
        warn("distutils.command.register.check_metadata is deprecated, \
              use the check command instead", PendingDeprecationWarning)
        check = self.distribution.get_command_obj('check')
        check.ensure_finalized()
        check.strict = self.strict
        check.restructuredtext = 1
        check.run()

    def _set_config(self):
        ''' Reads the configuration file and set attributes.
        '''
        config = self._read_pypirc()
        if config != {}:
            self.username = config['username']
            self.password = config['password']
            self.repository = config['repository']
            self.realm = config['realm']
            self.has_config = True
        else:
            if self.repository not in ('pypi', self.DEFAULT_REPOSITORY):
                raise ValueError('%s not found in .pypirc' % self.repository)
            if self.repository == 'pypi':
                self.repository = self.DEFAULT_REPOSITORY
            self.has_config = False

    def classifiers(self):
        ''' Fetch the list of classifiers from the server.
        '''
        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.repository+'?:action=list_classifiers')
        log.info(response.read())

    def verify_metadata(self):
        ''' Send the metadata to the package index server to be checked.
        '''
        # send the info to the server and report the result
        (code, result) = self.post_to_server(self.build_post_data('verify'))
        log.info('Server response (%s): %s' % (code, result))

    def send_metadata(self):
        ''' Send the metadata to the package index server.

            Well, do the following:
            1. figure who the user is, and then
            2. send the data as a Basic auth'ed POST.

            First we try to read the username/password from $HOME/.pypirc,
            which is a ConfigParser-formatted file with a section
            [distutils] containing username and password entries (both
            in clear text). Eg:

                [distutils]
                index-servers =
                    pypi

                [pypi]
                username: fred
                password: sekrit

            Otherwise, to figure who the user is, we offer the user three
            choices:

             1. use existing login,
             2. register as a new user, or
             3. set the password to a random string and email the user.

        '''
        # see if we can short-cut and get the username/password from the
        # config
        if self.has_config:
            choice = '1'
            username = self.username
            password = self.password
        else:
            choice = 'x'
            username = password = ''

        # get the user's login info
        choices = '1 2 3 4'.split()
        while choice not in choices:
            self.announce('''\
We need to know who you are, so please choose either:
 1. use your existing login,
 2. register as a new user,
 3. have the server generate a new password for you (and email it to you), or
 4. quit
Your selection [default 1]: ''', log.INFO)

            choice = raw_input()
            if not choice:
                choice = '1'
            elif choice not in choices:
                print 'Please choose one of the four options!'

        if choice == '1':
            # get the username and password
            while not username:
                username = raw_input('Username: ')
            while not password:
                password = getpass.getpass('Password: ')

            # set up the authentication
            auth = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgr()
            host = urlparse.urlparse(self.repository)[1]
            auth.add_password(self.realm, host, username, password)
            # send the info to the server and report the result
            code, result = self.post_to_server(self.build_post_data('submit'),
                auth)
            self.announce('Server response (%s): %s' % (code, result),
                          log.INFO)

            # possibly save the login
            if code == 200:
                if self.has_config:
                    # sharing the password in the distribution instance
                    # so the upload command can reuse it
                    self.distribution.password = password
                else:
                    self.announce(('I can store your PyPI login so future '
                                   'submissions will be faster.'), log.INFO)
                    self.announce('(the login will be stored in %s)' % \
                                  self._get_rc_file(), log.INFO)
                    choice = 'X'
                    while choice.lower() not in 'yn':
                        choice = raw_input('Save your login (y/N)?')
                        if not choice:
                            choice = 'n'
                    if choice.lower() == 'y':
                        self._store_pypirc(username, password)

        elif choice == '2':
            data = {':action': 'user'}
            data['name'] = data['password'] = data['email'] = ''
            data['confirm'] = None
            while not data['name']:
                data['name'] = raw_input('Username: ')
            while data['password'] != data['confirm']:
                while not data['password']:
                    data['password'] = getpass.getpass('Password: ')
                while not data['confirm']:
                    data['confirm'] = getpass.getpass(' Confirm: ')
                if data['password'] != data['confirm']:
                    data['password'] = ''
                    data['confirm'] = None
                    print "Password and confirm don't match!"
            while not data['email']:
                data['email'] = raw_input('   EMail: ')
            code, result = self.post_to_server(data)
            if code != 200:
                log.info('Server response (%s): %s' % (code, result))
            else:
                log.info('You will receive an email shortly.')
                log.info(('Follow the instructions in it to '
                          'complete registration.'))
        elif choice == '3':
            data = {':action': 'password_reset'}
            data['email'] = ''
            while not data['email']:
                data['email'] = raw_input('Your email address: ')
            code, result = self.post_to_server(data)
            log.info('Server response (%s): %s' % (code, result))

    def build_post_data(self, action):
        # figure the data to send - the metadata plus some additional
        # information used by the package server
        meta = self.distribution.metadata
        data = {
            ':action': action,
            'metadata_version' : '1.0',
            'name': meta.get_name(),
            'version': meta.get_version(),
            'summary': meta.get_description(),
            'home_page': meta.get_url(),
            'author': meta.get_contact(),
            'author_email': meta.get_contact_email(),
            'license': meta.get_licence(),
            'description': meta.get_long_description(),
            'keywords': meta.get_keywords(),
            'platform': meta.get_platforms(),
            'classifiers': meta.get_classifiers(),
            'download_url': meta.get_download_url(),
            # PEP 314
            'provides': meta.get_provides(),
            'requires': meta.get_requires(),
            'obsoletes': meta.get_obsoletes(),
        }
        if data['provides'] or data['requires'] or data['obsoletes']:
            data['metadata_version'] = '1.1'
        return data

    def post_to_server(self, data, auth=None):
        ''' Post a query to the server, and return a string response.
        '''
        if 'name' in data:
            self.announce('Registering %s to %s' % (data['name'],
                                                   self.repository),
                                                   log.INFO)
        # Build up the MIME payload for the urllib2 POST data
        boundary = '--------------GHSKFJDLGDS7543FJKLFHRE75642756743254'
        sep_boundary = '\n--' + boundary
        end_boundary = sep_boundary + '--'
        body = StringIO.StringIO()
        for key, value in data.items():
            # handle multiple entries for the same name
            if type(value) not in (type([]), type( () )):
                value = [value]
            for value in value:
                body.write(sep_boundary)
                body.write('\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"'%key)
                body.write("\n\n")
                body.write(value)
                if value and value[-1] == '\r':
                    body.write('\n')  # write an extra newline (lurve Macs)
        body.write(end_boundary)
        body.write("\n")
        body = body.getvalue()

        # build the Request
        headers = {
            'Content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=%s; charset=utf-8'%boundary,
            'Content-length': str(len(body))
        }
        req = urllib2.Request(self.repository, body, headers)

        # handle HTTP and include the Basic Auth handler
        opener = urllib2.build_opener(
            urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_mgr=auth)
        )
        data = ''
        try:
            result = opener.open(req)
        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
            if self.show_response:
                data = e.fp.read()
            result = e.code, e.msg
        except urllib2.URLError, e:
            result = 500, str(e)
        else:
            if self.show_response:
                data = result.read()
            result = 200, 'OK'
        if self.show_response:
            dashes = '-' * 75
            self.announce('%s%s%s' % (dashes, data, dashes))

        return result


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text:
The Exchange Series - Release Tour
The Exchange Series: The Complete Collection
by M.B. Feeney
Genre: YA/NA Romance
Born and bred in the UK, Holly is getting the chance of a lifetime—six weeks abroad. The Kings, a host family in the US, have invited her to stay with them and get a chance to experience life as an American. When she discovers that the King family includes two teenage boys, will she be glad she came or ready to hightail it back across the pond?
Aiden King's heart has been broken, and he's taking his anger out on his brother, Tyler.
Can he, with the help of his High School Guidance Counsellor, work through his problems.
Tyler King has moved away from his family in order to help himself move on from the mistakes he made in High School.
A summer romance could lead to so much more, it could lead to him finally surrendering to his repentance for his past actions.
Ellie King has a plan. Do well in her Senior Year at High School before going to study in London, England. That's all she wants in her immediate future.
Writing to John Davids not only cements her desire to study in the UK, but gives her more if a reason to leave her family in the US.
Reluctance Excerpt
So, Ms. "It's MIZZ not MISS" Jones gave me this journal. Apparently writing my feelings down will help me deal with my 'anger issues' and the 'depression' I've been suffering since Jessie ended things between us.
I admit, I am angry, and have been for two months, but I'm not depressed. Yeah, I was hurt and shit, but now I'm just angry. All the time; an emotion I'm not used to feeling so much. Up until now, I've never done the 'angry' stuff; never even knew I had a temper as such.
She's 'advised' me to start at the beginning as much as I can with these dumb entries. I don't want to do it, but as we have to read them together at our weekly meetings, I have no choice. At least one entry a day. . . This whole thing sucks ass.
There's no point starting at the very beginning, though; back then everything was good; real good. No, I think my seventeenth birthday is where I need to start this thing. . .
Repentance Excerpt
When his mom first told him a British chick was coming to stay with them, Tyler had been like a shark tasting fresh blood. He was going to charm her into his bed, then let her head back home, he hadn't forseen her coming back thanks to his brother knocking her up. What choice did any of them have but to have her in the house, this time permanently?
"Hey, where d'you go just then?" Anna's question brought his attention back to the present. Once again he could feel the warm sand on his bare feet and her small form in his arms. He smiled down at her.
"Sorry, I was thinking about home." He bent to capture her lips with his own. The kiss making his heart rate pick up as every other kiss they'd shared had done. When he boarded the plane back in Arizona, he'd never expected much to happen on his vacation. He'd planned on lounging on the beach during the day, and drinking in bars in the evenings, but as he was checking into his hotel, he'd spotted Anna struggling with her bags and from the moment he'd helped her into the elevator, his plans had changed.
Plans that had never included falling in love with someone in a two week period.
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M. B. Feeney is an army brat who finally settled down in Birmingham, UK with her other half, two kids and a dog. She often procrastinates by listening to music of all genres and trying to get 'just one more paragraph' written on whichever WIP is open; she is also a serious doodler and chocoholic. Writing has been her one true love ever since she could spell, and publishing is the final culmination of her hard work and ambition.
Her publishing career began with two novellas, and she currently has multiple projects under way, in the hopes that her portfolio of what have been described as "everyday love stories for everyday people" will continue to grow. Always having something on the go can often lead to block which eventually gets dissolved by good music and an even better book.
Her main reason for writing is to not only give her readers enjoyment, but also to create a story and characters that stay with readers long after the book is finished, and possibly make someone stop and think "what if . . . "
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Chestnut Knob lies on Garden Mountain on the Bland/Tazewell county line. It also lies on the Appalachian Trail and has a trail shelter at the summit. And it appears to be the best jumping-off spot for the hike and bushwhack to BM "Maiden" on Garden Mountain, the high point of Tazewell County.
From the exit on I-77 for US 52 and VA 42, go west on 52/42 for about 4.5 miles to where these routes split. Stay right at the fork and continue west on VA 42 for another 5.5 miles or so to county 623 on the right. There will be a small green sign for Burkes Garden here also. Turn right (north) on 623 and take it over Brushy Mountain, then Garden Mountain, into the high mountain valley called Burkes Garden. (This is a good-quality gravel road over the mountains, but is paved after you drop down into the valley.) Make the first left (west) on county 667 (Medley Valley Rd.) and take this road for about 2 miles to its end at a "T" intersection. Turn left on county 727 (West End Rd.) and take it about 1.5 miles to the end of pavement. From here a good gravel road leads in about a quarter mile to a height of land at Walker Gap. There is parking on the left (south) side of the gap for about 6 or 8 cars. The Appalachian Trail passes through the parking area.
Follow the southbound Appalachian Trail (which goes west here) for 1.3 miles as it climbs, moderately steeply, from Walker Gap (3,450 ft.) to the high point at Chestnut Knob (4,409 ft.). As Ron Tagliapietra noted in his report, the bench mark is just outside the door of the shelter. The highest area appears to be just north of the shelter. This is the starting point for the hike to BM "Maiden" on Garden Mountain, high point of Tazewell County.


For the second week running, Cov went into the break with the momentum very much against them.
Last week, Plymouth scored in the final minute of the first half to close the gap to just the one point at 15-14 and, with their tails up, must have wanted the half to continue for a good few minutes longer.
This week, Coventry's line was again under siege in the final minutes of the first half, again their narrow one point lead under real threat as Rosslyn Park first won a line out on our 22, then moved the ball to within 5m, then two.
It was only some desperate defence from Cov that prevented Park from going over.
So desperate, in fact, that the referee deemed Luke Narraway to have been 'interfering at the ruck' and duly awarded him a yellow card for his efforts.
So down to 14 men, with Park camped on our line and two minutes of the half remaining – it was nerve-wracking stuff.
However, whereas the previous week Cov had succumbed to the pressure put on them by Plymouth and had conceded the try, this time they held firm.
As Narraway went off, a pause for an injury allowed Cov to regroup with Brett Daynes going to 8 and Anthony Matoto moving to 6.
Understandably, from the penalty resulting from Narraway's yellow, Park opted for the scrum rather than the kick to the corner and from the ensuing scrum somehow Cov managed to hold up the ball over the line.
Another chew of the nails.
Injury time and in the final play before the half time whistle. Tom Kessell managed to rip the ball away from the Park scrum half and Cov left the pitch with their lead intact, but in the knowledge that the opening 8 minutes of the second half were going to leave them a man down and facing a Park side who would presumably want to make the most of its obvious advantage.
At the time, I think we all felt we' might have seen a game defining passage of play.
Had Park scored and gone into the changing room with either a four or six point lead, the way Park had played those first 40 minutes, Cov would have had to have dug deep against a Park side intent of making the most of the situation and with the real possibility of beating the league leaders for the first time this season.
That's what we felt at the time.
But in retrospect, I think we would have been wrong. A score just before half time would have made little difference to the final result.
This Cov side is way too strong for that.
…and it was evident from the kick off.
Another towering Kessell box kick saw Park knock on and from the scrum, far more solid than those of the first half, Cov worked the ball into the Park 22 where they kept possession for a good few minutes without ever threatening the Park line.
It was clever play, and for almost the full 8 minutes, Park struggled to get to the ball until we were yet penalised 15m from their line. For a brief moment it looked as if we might have to put up another rear-guard action as Park took play to our 22, but a poor throw at the line-out meant Cov could relieve the pressure and Luke Narraway was able to come back on.
14 players for 10 minutes and park had nothing to show for it.
It was a really disciplined passage of play from Cov and there was only going to ever be one team in it from there on in.
Within seconds of Narraway's return, a break from Sam Tuitupou, who had come on at half time, allowed the ball to go out wide and out on the left wing Scott Tolmie (I know, I know) raced in to score.
Cov played that opening 10 minutes brilliantly. Park must have fancied their chances as they started the half…we'd been under considerable pressure in that first 40, our scrum had been in reverse at times and with a man advantage for a full 8 minutes, well the few Park supporters who were in the main stand must have thought they were going to witness something special.
We've been in a number of tight corners during the course of the 13 games we played so far this season and every time we've managed to extricate ourselves – to do so as many times as we have suggests this is a side that fully deserves to be where it is.
Coventry showed real class yesterday to weather the Park storm in the first half and despite the problems in the scrum and a referee who clearly saw something in Coventry's play that he took exception to, Cov just remained patient.
I remember Rowland Winter saying that teams that concede 9 penalties are less likely, on average, to end up winning the game.
That says quite a bit about Coventry's resilience.
I don't know enough about the intricacies of the game, or about the way referees interpret the laws, to comment on how good the referee was or wasn't, but he certainly had a big influence on the way it was played and credit must go to Cov for adapting their play to appease him in the second half.
Yet again, Coventry used the break to sort out any problems they'd encountered in the first half and for the players and coaches to read the game so well and for the players to adapt so well to the changes made in the game plan is a real plus for me.
I mentioned earlier that many supporters wondered at half time if Cov's defence of their line in that final two or three minutes of the first half was a game changer.
In retrospect, I don't think it was. Hindsight is, indeed, a wonderful thing but having seen the way we ran Park ragged in the second half, it wouldn't have made any difference. We were rampant in those final few minutes.
This Coventry side is not short of self-belief.
It's taken many months for the coaches to instil it into the players – wind the clock back 12 months and you would have seen a very different result. Coventry didn't travel well back then and especially so south of Watford gap.
But it's amazing what a good run of results and the influx of some really experienced players can do, that together with what surely must be the best coaching team in the league?
Coventry knew they were the better side.
They knew they were the fitter side, too, and even though Park took the game to us in the first half, Cov's greater fitness and more accomplished skill sets were always going to prevail.
In short, they bided their time.
Park did what all teams do against Coventry these days – they stepped up their game and with players of the calibre of Hugo Ellis in their side, they're always going to cause teams problems.
Failing to score when we were down to 14 men seemed to sap all the confidence from them.
By 50 minutes, whatever had been the cause of the failure of our scrum to function to any real degree in the opening 30 minutes or so had been corrected and we started to gain complete control across all areas of the game and in the final 15 minutes we were totally dominant, almost scoring at will. A big well done to Jack Higgins who came on to replace Jimmy Litchfield much sooner probably than he had expected at a time when the scrum was in some disarray and more than held his own. A very encouraging debut.
Park stretched us at times in the first half and we were forced to defend for long periods as we were pinned back, with the referee awarding penalty after penalty. Although Park scored two tries, the first of which must rank as one of the best scored against us all season, Coventry were putting in the groundwork.
We kept our defensive line pretty well and there were some big hits out there, with Jack Preece and Brett Daynes working exceptionally hard at the breakdown and Narraway popping up all over the place, leading by example.
In the backs, I thought Rob Knox had his best game for a while – he invariably broke through the first tackle, even from a standing start, and his footwork to create the gap for his try wouldn't have looked out of place on Strictly. He picked up a knock to the ankle towards the end of the game – hopefully nothing too serious though.
Tom Emery looked sharp whenever he got the ball, Fenner once again tackled anything that moved and Matoto looks to have settled really well into central midfield and showed what a good all-rounder he is (playing in three positions during the course of the game), strong in defence, even stronger in attack. Will Maisey had a quieter game, distributing the ball well, kicking out of hand accurately, but not taking on the defence in the way he did in the opening few games of the season. What he did though, he did well.
And James Stokes did what he always does; he posed a threat whenever he picked up the ball in space.
The introduction of Sammy Tuitupou after the break made a big difference, though. He ran hard and straight and was a real handful for the Park defence, pulling in players and creating spaces for others to use. The only worry about him for me other than being scared stiff he might get injured, is his discipline – or lack of it.
Another yellow card put us down to 14 players again – in the context of the game at that point, it wasn't an issue, but in a tighter game…?
Maybe in a tighter game he would have been more disciplined, perhaps?
At the end of the first half there was no way I thought we would end up controlling the game the way we did, which probably says more about my natural pessimism than it does about Coventry's ability as a team.
The second half, though, was as disciplined a performance as you could have asked for and I really don't think there is any team in the league that could live with us when we play as we did in the final 20 minutes.
Whilst other teams are tiring, the changes off the bench and the work Max Hartman talked about the players doing at the Forum earlier in the week to make them all fitter, stronger and bigger, is clearly paying off.
As the players came out of their post match huddle, there were plenty of happy noises emanating from the players – another 5 points, another job done and yet another weekend where results have gone in our favour.
We keep talking about the importance of this run of games leading up to the Christmas break and of the need for Cov to make sure they keep the pressure on the chasing teams.
So far Cov has delivered and to be 12 points clear and with the chance to extend that to at least 16 points if we win our next two games, well that must be all the incentive they need.
Ampthill at home next week.
A South Sea Island re-union.
You've whetted my appetite in those last few sentences. I'm very excited to be leaving Sydney at 6am Friday morning in order to get to the Butts Park Arena for Saturday's game. Not sure when my boss will realise it isn't actually essential to transit through Birmingham en route to Italy!
Blimey James, it's going to be a long 48 hours for you, but hopefully Cov will turn on the style and you won't find yourself nodding off!
Great place, Lanzarote…used to go there with the children. Some really quiet areas…bet it's a decent temperature, too…getting cold again here!
Thanks, Steve…that's really kind! Once a blue always a blue!
That's a pleasure Mike – it's a hobby as much as anything else so if others sometimes enjoy popping across, all well and good.
Please look on the official site you will find links to various reports about "COV". Also BBC Coventry and Warwickshire have a rugby show on Wednesday evening from 6pm till &pm (our time) you can pick this up on BBC i player hope this helps. But please keep reading and posting on this blog. You may also like the unofficial Message board.