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Xbox360 Eternal Sonata Review
March 22, 2011 by Justin Germino
I have always enjoyed RPG games since the Super Nintendo back in the early nineties and my favorite types of games were the turn based RPG games where you had a party of characters and had to decide their actions each round. The Final Fantasy series was one of my favorite along with Phantasy Star for the Sega Genesis at the time. In a day an age where you can find far more Action RPG without the true turn based strategy element of the past there are a few gems that stand out and Eternal Sonata is one of them.
Eternal Sonata is a quite unusual game in that it is centered around Frederick Chopin (yes the famous composer) and what were his last few days in this world. The game is set in the fevered dreams of the famous composer and you play characters that exist in his imaginary world that he created and has limited control over. Frederick Chopin even is one of the characters in your party armed with various conductor wand or baton. The game starts off a little confusing as you first play as the character Polka who is a young girl with magical abilities which one only gets as a side effect of being terminally ill in this world. She eventually meets Chopin and the story starts becoming more clear as you see several different characters weave their stories together in this very creative and imaginary world.
This is your traditional Japanese RPG game and even though it came out in 2007 it is one that isn't to be missed if you haven't played it yet and enjoy these types of games. The combat system starts off tutorial like giving you ample time to make decisions but as your characters level up, your "party level" increases as well which starts to shift the combat system from turn based to real time, where the action game starts counting down and you have a limited amount of movement/attack time before your turn ends.
What makes Eternal Sonata even more unique is that it allows you to play the combat in multiplayer and assign the various characters to other controllers. This means you can have a few friends or your kids play the characters while the central player controls the game in non-combat mode. It is essentially like participating in an interactive movie which is a nice feel and actually does a good job of entertaining my kids while letting them still participate in the game.
Items are limited to choosing no more than 5 that you can select from in combat, but I didn't find this to be limiting. Characters themselves can equip 1 weapon, 1 armor and 2 miscellaneous items. The only drawback of the game is that you are limited to 2 "special powers" at a time and must choose between them before combat. These powers are limited to a "light" power which can only be used when standing in a lighted spot in combat (sunlight for example) and a "dark" power which only becomes accessible if you move your character into a shaded spot. You have to choose your powers wisely depending on the situation and some powers don't cause damage but can allow you to make money.
The story is very linear which may be a put off for some, but personally I have limited time to game so I like my game to play out like a story. I can't afford to waste tens of hours wandering around a game world looking for the next quest, so linear games like these are ideal for people who have limited play time. The non-combat walking mode is sometime redundant and if you take a wrong turn you can find yourself backtracking a bit. Combat however is easy to avoid if you want to move around quickly, you can just walk around the opponents so you don't trigger combat mode.
Eternal Sonata has a beautiful musical score mostly written by Motoi Sakuraba with a few Chopin compositions played by pianist Stanislav Bunin which really add an element to the game that make it feel classic. The artwork in the game is also beautiful and the cell shading gives an artistic touch to every character, plant or cutscene you watch.
Eternal Sonata Rating
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I gave Eternal Sonata 4 out of 5 stars and there is a reason why Eternal Sonata has twenty five 5 star reviews on Amazon.com and a Metacritic score of 79 which is good for a Metacritic score in most cases. Probably one of the best things is that now you can pick up Eternal Sonata for the Xbox360 for only $13.96 from Amazon.com which is a steal for a game this good!
Eternal Sonata has an ESRB rating of Teen for the following: Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Use of Alcohol though I think it should probably be more like E10+ as there isn't anything really questionable that you wouldn't find in a PG movie.
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Identification of microRNAs in PCV2 subclinically infected pigs by high throughput sequencing
Fernando Núñez-Hernández, Lester J. Pérez, Marta Muñoz, Gonzalo Vera, Anna Tomás, Raquel Egea, Sarai Córdoba, Joaquim Segalés, Armand Sánchez, José I. Núñez
Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine "Vicent Villar Palasi" (IBB)
Department of Animal and Food Science
Department of Animal Health and Anatomy
Department of Genetics and Microbiology
Grup de Recerca de Genòmica, Bioinformàtica i Evolució
© 2015 Núñez-Hernández et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the essential etiological infectious agent of PCV2-systemic disease and has been associated with other swine diseases, all of them collectively known as porcine circovirus diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a new class of small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. miRNAs play an increasing role in many biological processes. The study of miRNA-mediated host-pathogen interactions has emerged in the last decade due to the important role that miRNAs play in antiviral defense. The objective of this study was to identify the miRNA expression pattern in PCV2 subclinically infected and non-infected pigs. For this purpose an experimental PCV2 infection was carried out and small-RNA libraries were constructed from tonsil and mediastinal lymph node (MLN) of infected and non-infected pigs. High throughput sequencing determined differences in miRNA expression in MLN between infected and non-infected while, in tonsil, a very conserved pattern was observed. In MLN, miRNA 126-3p, miRNA 126-5p, let-7d-3p, mir-129a and mir-let-7b-3p were up-regulated whereas mir-193a-5p, mir-574-5p and mir-34a down-regulated. Prediction of functional analysis showed that these miRNAs can be involved in pathways related to immune system and in processes related to the pathogenesis of PCV2, although functional assays are needed to support these predictions. This is the first study on miRNA gene expression in pigs infected with PCV2 using a high throughput sequencing approach in which several host miRNAs were differentially expressed in response to PCV2 infection.
Veterinary Research
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Núñez-Hernández, F., Pérez, L. J., Muñoz, M., Vera, G., Tomás, A., Egea, R., Córdoba, S., Segalés, J., Sánchez, A., & Núñez, J. I. (2015). Identification of microRNAs in PCV2 subclinically infected pigs by high throughput sequencing. Veterinary Research, 46, [18]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-014-0141-4
Núñez-Hernández, Fernando ; Pérez, Lester J. ; Muñoz, Marta ; Vera, Gonzalo ; Tomás, Anna ; Egea, Raquel ; Córdoba, Sarai ; Segalés, Joaquim ; Sánchez, Armand ; Núñez, José I. / Identification of microRNAs in PCV2 subclinically infected pigs by high throughput sequencing. In: Veterinary Research. 2015 ; Vol. 46.
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AU - Núñez-Hernández, Fernando
AU - Pérez, Lester J.
AU - Muñoz, Marta
AU - Vera, Gonzalo
AU - Tomás, Anna
AU - Egea, Raquel
AU - Córdoba, Sarai
AU - Segalés, Joaquim
AU - Sánchez, Armand
AU - Núñez, José I.
N2 - © 2015 Núñez-Hernández et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the essential etiological infectious agent of PCV2-systemic disease and has been associated with other swine diseases, all of them collectively known as porcine circovirus diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a new class of small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. miRNAs play an increasing role in many biological processes. The study of miRNA-mediated host-pathogen interactions has emerged in the last decade due to the important role that miRNAs play in antiviral defense. The objective of this study was to identify the miRNA expression pattern in PCV2 subclinically infected and non-infected pigs. For this purpose an experimental PCV2 infection was carried out and small-RNA libraries were constructed from tonsil and mediastinal lymph node (MLN) of infected and non-infected pigs. High throughput sequencing determined differences in miRNA expression in MLN between infected and non-infected while, in tonsil, a very conserved pattern was observed. In MLN, miRNA 126-3p, miRNA 126-5p, let-7d-3p, mir-129a and mir-let-7b-3p were up-regulated whereas mir-193a-5p, mir-574-5p and mir-34a down-regulated. Prediction of functional analysis showed that these miRNAs can be involved in pathways related to immune system and in processes related to the pathogenesis of PCV2, although functional assays are needed to support these predictions. This is the first study on miRNA gene expression in pigs infected with PCV2 using a high throughput sequencing approach in which several host miRNAs were differentially expressed in response to PCV2 infection.
AB - © 2015 Núñez-Hernández et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the essential etiological infectious agent of PCV2-systemic disease and has been associated with other swine diseases, all of them collectively known as porcine circovirus diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a new class of small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. miRNAs play an increasing role in many biological processes. The study of miRNA-mediated host-pathogen interactions has emerged in the last decade due to the important role that miRNAs play in antiviral defense. The objective of this study was to identify the miRNA expression pattern in PCV2 subclinically infected and non-infected pigs. For this purpose an experimental PCV2 infection was carried out and small-RNA libraries were constructed from tonsil and mediastinal lymph node (MLN) of infected and non-infected pigs. High throughput sequencing determined differences in miRNA expression in MLN between infected and non-infected while, in tonsil, a very conserved pattern was observed. In MLN, miRNA 126-3p, miRNA 126-5p, let-7d-3p, mir-129a and mir-let-7b-3p were up-regulated whereas mir-193a-5p, mir-574-5p and mir-34a down-regulated. Prediction of functional analysis showed that these miRNAs can be involved in pathways related to immune system and in processes related to the pathogenesis of PCV2, although functional assays are needed to support these predictions. This is the first study on miRNA gene expression in pigs infected with PCV2 using a high throughput sequencing approach in which several host miRNAs were differentially expressed in response to PCV2 infection.
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Núñez-Hernández F, Pérez LJ, Muñoz M, Vera G, Tomás A, Egea R et al. Identification of microRNAs in PCV2 subclinically infected pigs by high throughput sequencing. Veterinary Research. 2015 Jan 1;46. 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-014-0141-4

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NOTE 1: Main observation whilst reversing straight should always be through the rear window over the left shoulder along with quick all round observations. If you are reversing to the left then over the left shoulder also, and if you are reversing to the right then over the right shoulder. The speed of the car should be very slow (old mans walking pace).
NOTE 2: The reference points mentioned won't always work for everyone because it depends on how close you sit to the pedals and how tall you are etc. Your instructor will give you another reference point if these reference points don't work for you. It's important for you to remember these reference points so you don't have to waste time finding the reference point again the next time you do it.
9. Finish with a car length gap behind object car and reasonably close to curb.
3. Line the third line from the bay you want to enter with your reference point in the passenger window if reversing to the left, or the driver window if reversing to the right.
5. Quick left lock if reversing to the left and right lock if reversing to the right.
6. Just before car gets straight, 1+1/4 turn right/left to get steering wheel straight and finish with car in the middle of the bay. If car is not in middle of bay as you come in, then steer towards the line you want to get closer to and once car is in the middle, straighten car. If bay parking is done from right, main observation has to be over right shoulder whilst reversing into the bay.
1. Line car up at least two metres away from beginning of bay.
2. Line top right corner of right door mirror with the second line of the bay you are entering, the second line is the line which is further away from you.
5. When car straightens up then straighten the tyres by steering 1+1/4 turn left.
Parking On The Right Hand Side Of The Road and Reversing.
1. Check centre and right door mirrors, and look for any oncoming vehicles before moving onto the right side of the road.
2. Move over to the right side of the road and park in a safe, convenient and legal position using the reference points underneath the front windscreen. Keep a steering wheels width from the curb so you don't hit it whilst reversing.
3. When asked to do so, reverse for two car lengths whilst making all round observations.
4. When asked to do so, move out back to the left side of the road, move straight into the left side without staying in the right lane for too long. Before moving out make observations, starting from the right blind spot and finishing at the left blind spot. Indicate if there is anyone to benefit.
The left corner reverse and turn in the road manoeuvres are no longer being tested on, but you should still know how to do them safely because there will be many a time where you will need to use them, especially the turn in the road.


On March 24, students from across the nation came together to protest gun violence and the lack of gun control in the United States of America. In Hawaii, students stopped for a photo in front of the Department of Education main office. Photos by Taylor McKenzie.
These are some examples of chants that could be heard at the March 14 walkout at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Students left their classes at 10:00 a.m. to advocate for better gun control. Over 800 similiar walkouts occured in schools throughout the country. These walkouts were a response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14.
March 14th's walkout was the first event in a string of rallies, marches, and protests that are being coordinated by students as a part of the #Enough movement to end gun violence. On March 24 hundreds of students from across the country participated in March For Our Lives marches. Students from all grade levels were able to help at these events and support the #Enough movement.
"I think it is really important for students to get involved," Chloe Smith, an English teacher at Sacred Hearts Academy, said. "Apathy tends to be a thing we see in Hawaii more so than other places and having students get involved in anything that they are passionate takes away that apathy.
Over 5,000 people attended the March For Our Lives event at the Hawaii State Capital, the vast majority being students between the ages of 6 and 28. Many students had the opportunity to lead call and response chants during the march and some addressed the crowd with rallying speeches after the march was over.
These recent protests have inspired discussions across the country about the role of student activism in today's society. While some adults believe that students may not be aware of the consequences of their actions many are hopeful about what this new generation of activists will accomplish.
"I think that it is really important for students to figure out that they have a voice, and that they can make their voices heard," Smith said.
In just the past few weeks student activists have been able to accomplish incredible feats. Not only have students come together for the National Walkout on March 14 and the March For Our Lives on March 24, they have also been featured in countless news shows, met with the president and inspired legislative change.
This is not the first time that students have gotten involved in making legislative and social change occur. Student activists have a history of being key fighters in movements throughout the ages. The Greensboro sit-ins in 1960 involved four African American teenagers sitting at the lunch counters at Woolworths, a department chain store known for segregation. These sit-ins would eventually lead to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which became a major group in the Civil Rights Movement.
The #Enough movement is not the most recent example of student activism. The Black Lives Matter movement has also been largely fueled by student protesters and activists. It is important to note that both of these movements are centered around the end of violence, a sentiment reminiscent of previous generations of student activists.
"I would encourage students to become involved with anything that they feel passionate about. And be authentic to the things that they love and that they see value in because that's going to make your passion and activism more profound," Smith said.


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Why Fiber?
Point-to-Point Wireless
Meet the Team – Steve
Get to know Wicked Bandwidth's Co-Founder, Steve McCarthy! Steve helped found Wicked in 2014 alongside Mike Murphy and Mike Spieldenner, and oversees Wicked Bandwidth's daily operations from product and delivery to sales and customer relations.
Steve brings over 20 years of experience in telecom to his role as Principal, having worked for CLECs, MCI, and most notably as Founder and Chief Operating Officer of NEF, which he started in 2004 with fellow Wicked Bandwidth founder Mike Murphy.
In his free time, Steve enjoys spending time on Martha's Vineyard with his wife and two daughters, playing guitar and riding his motorcycle.
Get to know Wicked Bandwidth's Co-Founder, Steve McCarthy!
Steve helped found Wicked in 2014 alongside Mike Murphy and Mike Spieldenner, and oversees Wicked Bandwidth's daily operations from product and delivery to sales and customer relations.
We recently sat down with Steve to ask him a few questions:
How did you decide to start Wicked?
We decided to start it based on our experience looking at a bunch of markets; St. Louis being one of them. Even cities that are considered "well-connected" don't have great internet connectivity in certain pockets and still have underserved buildings. It seemed like a good business opportunity to go into buildings that were underserved and offer internet access, knowing the need for bandwidth would grow every year.
What are some of the challenges of starting an ISP in Boston?
There's lots of competition here and the building construction process is very cumbersome and expensive. There's also an incredible amount of marketing coming from Comcast and Verizon — you hear their messaging constantly, you see it on TV and at sporting events. The general population doesn't understand enough about internet speeds and bandwidth, so there's a huge amount of confusion out there. Part of the challenge is how do you get your message through to people with all of the marketing hype out there. The term "Gig" has been made popular by Google, but a lot of customers don't know how much they need to run their business.
Is the intention to keep Wicked in Boston?
Not necessarily. In fact, I think the model for Wicked Bandwidth plays better in a Tier 2 city, like Providence [RI], Manchester [NH] or Worcester [MA], where the cost to construct in the street is less expensive and the process is less cumbersome.
What are some of Wicked Bandwidth's differentiators?
The fact that we're a small Boston-based company. We can be so much more flexible and offer things to our clients that they really need and that can help them grow their business. Other companies might offer them an off-the-shelf product that's a one-size-fits-all solution. We get to be creative with our solutions to best serve the customers we're going after.
How would you describe working with the Wicked team?
I think there's an informality to having a real small team where everybody kind of does a little bit of everything. It's fun because you can get involved in different parts of the business, where at a larger organization you wouldn't. It would be a great opportunity for a sales person that doesn't have a lot of industry knowledge to come in and learn everything about the ISP business.
What do you love most about Boston?
I like the fact that geographically it's a relatively small city — everything's focused within a few square miles. I also love the spirit; Boston feels like a small town even though it's a big city. And it's got a great start-up community.
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A dentist. Aside from being a rock star! Every kid wants to be a rock star or the president, and even the president would rather be a rockstar!
Thanks, Steve! Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we profile Wicked Bandwidth's other founding members!
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Q: How to get the total of a column with a field function? I'm trying to calculate the column TOTAL where I have field functions.
Here's what I have so far:
https://plnkr.co/edit/vhstPeg2BYz1oWGGwido?p=preview
var app = angular.module('myApp', ['ui.grid']);
app.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.myData = [
         {x: 1, y: 50},
                 {x: 4, y: 43},
                     {x: 12,y: 27},
                     {x: 9, y: 29},
                     {x: 23, y: 34 }];

    angular.forEach($scope.myData,function(row){
      row.getTotal = function(){
        return this.x  + this.y ;
      };
    });

$scope.gridOptionsString = {
    data: 'myData',
    columnDefs: [{field: 'x', displayName: 'x'},
                 {field:'y', displayName:'y'},
                 {field: 'getTotal()', displayName: 'sum'},
                 ]
    };

});

Thanks!

A: This should do it:

Relevant code from controller:
var used = [];
$scope.grandTotal = 0;
angular.forEach($scope.myData,function(row,idx){
  row.getTotal = function(){
    if (used.indexOf(idx) == -1) {
      $scope.grandTotal += this.x  + this.y;
      used.push(idx);
    }
    return this.x  + this.y ;
  };
});

Your updated Plunker is here, http://plnkr.co/edit/1FHgSViYgpfXgQEPfXr5?p=preview.
Update (based on response/plunker-link/comment below)
New screen layout:

Relevant code from controller:
var used = [];
$scope.grandTotal = 0;
angular.forEach($scope.myData, function(row, idx) {
  row.getTotal = function() {
    var value;
    if (this.xBox) {
      value = this.x + this.z;
    } else if (this.yBox) {
      value = this.y + this.z;
    }
    if (used.indexOf(idx) == -1) {
      $scope.grandTotal += value;
      used.push(idx);
    }
    return value;
  };
});
$scope.updateXRowClear = function(row) {
  row.entity.yBox = false;
  /* Need to check the ybox cell when unchecked */
  if (row.entity.xBox === false) {
    row.entity.yBox = true;
    $scope.grandTotal += row.entity.y - row.entity.x;
  } else {
    $scope.grandTotal += row.entity.x - row.entity.y;
  }
};
$scope.updateYRowClear = function(row) {
  row.entity.xBox = false;
  /* Need to check the xbox cell when unchecked */
  if (row.entity.yBox === false) {
    row.entity.xBox = true;
    $scope.grandTotal += row.entity.x - row.entity.y;
  } else {
    $scope.grandTotal += row.entity.y - row.entity.x;
  }
};

New updated Plunker, https://plnkr.co/edit/ixdN0J2oVvOlbbziJMCY?p=preview.
Updated Again (based on comments below)
New screen layout:

Relevant code from controller:
var used = [];
$scope.grandTotal = 0;
angular.forEach($scope.myData, function(row, idx) {
  row.getTotal = function() {
    var value;
    if (this.xBox) {
      value = this.x * this.qty;
    } else if (this.yBox) {
      value = this.y * this.qty;
    } else if (this.zBox) {
      value = this.z * this.qty;
    }
    if (used.indexOf(idx) == -1) {
      $scope.grandTotal += value;
      used.push(idx);
    }
    return value;
  };
  $scope.$watch(
    function($scope) {
      return row.getTotal();
    },
    function(newValue, oldValue) {
      $scope.grandTotal += (newValue ? newValue : 0) - (oldValue ? oldValue : 0);
    }
  );
});
$scope.updateXRowClear = function(row) {
  row.entity.yBox = false;
  row.entity.zBox = false;
  /* Need to check the ybox cell when unchecked */
  if (row.entity.xBox === false) {
    row.entity.yBox = true;
  }
  if (row.entity.yBox === false) {
    row.entity.xBox = true;
  }
};
$scope.updateYRowClear = function(row) {
  row.entity.xBox = false;
  row.entity.zBox = false;
  /* Need to check the xbox cell when unchecked */
  if (row.entity.yBox === false) {
    row.entity.xBox = true;
  } else if (row.entity.xBox === false) {
    row.entity.yBox = true;
  }
};
$scope.updateZRowClear = function(row) {
  row.entity.xBox = false;
  row.entity.yBox = false;
  /* Need to check the zbox cell when unchecked */
  if (row.entity.zBox === false) {
    row.entity.xBox = true;
  } else if (row.entity.xBox === false) {
    row.entity.zBox = true;
  } else if (row.entity.yBox === false) {
    row.entity.yBox = true;
  }
};

And the all important working Plunker, https://plnkr.co/edit/1rRRWEIyQhKVkYRdtIFu?p=preview.
Let me know if you have any other questions, happy to help!

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The Miracle of the Bells (March 16, 1948)
Posted on June 4, 2012 by Adam Lounsbery
How do you like your schmaltz? Extra fatty, thick, and glopped all over the place?
You do? Well, Irving Pichel's The Miracle of the Bells should satisfy your appetite, provided you don't require nauseating Technicolor or weepy musical numbers. Everything else is in place; soft-focus feel-good spirituality, a tragic love story, and a town coming together for the greater good.
Fred MacMurray plays Hollywood press agent extraordinaire Bill Dunnigan, an affable regular guy with a killer instinct when it comes to a promotional angle. One day he meets a struggling actress named Olga Treskovna (played by Italian actress Alida Valli, who's credited as just "Valli") and helps her get a break in a low-rent chorus line.
A year later, they meet again in a small town on Christmas Eve. They have a warm and romantic meal at a Chinese restaurant run by a venerable wise man named Ming Gow (Philip Ahn). Olga coughs when Dunnigan gets up to put some Christmas carols on the jukebox, which — if you're a connoisseur of movie clichés — means you've already figured out that she will die of tuberculosis.
I'm not giving anything away, since the film begins with Dunnigan transporting Olga's coffin back to her hometown of Coaltown, PA, and the rest of the film recounts her life and death through his eyes. She literally killed herself playing Joan of Arc in her first starring role, refusing to drop out even though she had TB, and her dying wish was to be buried on a hill in St. Michael's Cathedral in Coaltown, next to her parents.
To thicken the plot, Marcus Harris (Lee J. Cobb), the big-time Hollywood producer of Olga's star turn as Joan of Arc, doesn't want to release the film because it stars a dead woman no one's ever heard of. Too morbid, Harris declares.
Dunnigan has a reputation as a press agent who pulls stunts to put over crummy shows and lousy movies, so when he arranges all the bells in Coaltown to ring for three days for Olga, people think it's a cheap ploy to get her final picture released. (It is, but Dunnigan's motives are pure.)
Dunnigan also has to fight to have her body interred in St. Michael's Cathedral, which is the smaller, poorer Catholic church in Coaltown, and the more popular his PR campaign becomes, the more pressure there is to have Olga's funeral services held in the larger cathedral.
Frank Sinatra plays Father Paul, the young priest who presides over St. Michael's, and it's tempting to draw comparisons with another crooner who famously played a priest — Bing Crosby in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) — but Sinatra's performance is more understated. In The Miracle of the Bells he plays a character, not a song-and-dance version of himself.
Despite its overwhelming sentimentality, I didn't hate The Miracle of the Bells. It's OK for what it is, and it could have been much worse. (The great Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay with Quentin Reynolds, adapting Russell Janney's best-selling novel. I haven't read it, but the review in the September 16, 1946, issue of Time said that "as a novel, The Miracle of the Bells is one of the worst ever published.")
Posted in 1948, March 1948 and tagged Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Fred MacMurray, Irving Pichel, Lee J. Cobb, Valli. Bookmark the permalink.
Singapore (Aug. 13, 1947)
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Adam Lounsbery
Note to aspiring makers of B movies — if you're going to blatantly rip off Casablanca (1942), take a page from director John Brahm's book. Don't just change the characters' names and tack on a happy ending. Do it with real panache and also change the hero's occupation to "pearl smuggler" and spice up the love triangle by giving the heroine a case of amnesia.
True to its title, Singapore is steeped in the exoticism and heat of the Pacific Rim, but like the film noir techniques Brahm uses to tell his story, it's mostly just window dressing for a run-of-the-mill potboiler. But that's not entirely a bad thing. Brahm keeps things moving along nicely, and Singapore is a lot of fun if you're in the mood for a melodrama and you can overlook some contrivances.
When Matt Gordon (MacMurray) returns to Singapore after World War II, it's clear as soon as he steps off the plane that he has a history there. Deputy Commissioner Hewitt (Richard Haydn) has Gordon brought to his office, and he reminds him that the penalty for removing illegally obtained pearls from a British colony is a minimum of 10 years in prison.
"Before the war it was only eight," Gordon quips. "But I guess everything's gone up, huh?"
Gordon sits down in the hotel bar, orders two gin slings, and sits alone, reminiscing about life in Singapore before the war. He fell in love with a beautiful young woman named Linda Grahame (Ava Gardner), but their whirlwind romance was cut short by the beginning of hostilities with the Japanese.
They were engaged to be married, but before they could tie the knot she was killed in a bombing raid, and Allied forces had occupied his hotel room, where his $250,000 worth of pearls were secreted in the motor of the ceiling fan in his room.
He made it out of Singapore with his life, but that's all, and now that the war is over he's intent on retrieving his pearls. (It's established that Gordon has a service record, and saw combat during the war, perhaps to engender audience sympathy.)
Of course, Linda didn't really die in a bombing raid. She was injured and stricken with total amnesia. Unable to remember any details of her former life, she was interned in a Japanese concentration camp, where she met Michael Van Leyden (Roland Culver), a British plantation owner who saved her life many times during the war. Now they are married, and her name is Ann Van Leyden. No matter how many times Gordon calls her "Linda," she just can't remember their time together, or the love they shared.
So Gordon has two problems — winning back Linda/Ann, and somehow getting his pearls out of the ceiling fan of a hotel room that is now occupied by an obnoxious married couple. The problem of the pearls is compounded not only by the watchful eye of Deputy Commissioner Hewitt, but also by the corpulent gangster Mr. Mauribus (Thomas Gomez), who wants the pearls for himself.
There are a lot of ceiling fans in Singapore, and none of them move quickly. It's all part of the languorous, overheated atmosphere of the film, but like I said above, it's all just window dressing. The Asian extras in the background and the crowded streets of the port city add ambiance, but not much else. The action could be moved to any other "exotic" locale, and few details of the plot would have to be changed. (And that's exactly what happened in 1957 when director Joseph Pevney remade Singapore as a vehicle for Errol Flynn called Istanbul.)
I liked Singapore despite its flaws, and it's always enjoyable to watch the beautiful Ava Gardner do anything. I didn't completely buy her relationship with the hulking, thuggish Fred MacMurray — I've always thought MacMurray was better in comedic roles than dramatic ones — but it works well enough to keep the film moving.
Posted in 1947, August 1947 and tagged Ava Gardner, Film Noir, Fred MacMurray, Jerry Bresler, John Brahm, Richard Haydn, Roland Culver, Seton I. Miller, Thomas Gomez, Universal Pictures. Bookmark the permalink.
The Egg and I (March 21, 1947)
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Adam Lounsbery
Chester Erskine's The Egg and I begins with Claudette Colbert dressing down a comical, goggle-eyed Pullman porter. (Was there ever any other kind of Pullman porter in the movies?) The poor fellow drops an egg on the floor of the train car. When he says, "It's just an egg," Colbert flips her wig and exclaims, "Just an egg?!?" She asks him if he's ever stopped to consider how much work it takes to bring an egg into this world. After the chastened porter scurries out, she addresses the camera directly and says, "And I'll bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I."
And then, after the opening credits roll, we're introduced to Betty MacDonald (played by Colbert), who goes along with her goofily happy, wild-eyed husband Bob's plan to move out to the country and run a farm.
Bob MacDonald (Fred MacMurray) served in combat in Okinawa, and he's so happy to be back home that he's going to make good on his foxhole promise to himself to devote himself to growing things from the soil and raising livestock. Returning to the land. Getting back to basics. The whole nine yards.
Bob actually seems a bit crazy. If this wasn't a light comedy, I'd say Bob was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder manifesting as mania. But since it's a comedy, his zeal is played for laughs. He's insensitive to everything going on around him. When Betty falls off the roof into a washbucket, he looks down and asks, "What are you doing down there?" He also buys a dog named Sport who's already bitten everyone in town and can't be too near livestock. (I hope he didn't pay too much for him.)
The Egg and I was based on the 1945 best-seller by Betty MacDonald, the author of the popular series of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books for children. The Egg and I detailed her real-life experiences as a young woman living on a small chicken farm in Washington State with her first husband, Robert Heskett, from 1927 to 1931. I haven't read the book, but by all accounts it's more witty and acerbic than the film adaptation, which suffers from an overabundance of broad comedy.
If you're in the mood for a slapstick barnyard comedy, however, The Egg and I offers everything you'll expect — goats eating hats, ramshackle structures, leaky roofs, beds with rusty springs, leaky buckets, rotten boards, Betty sawing off the limb of the tree she's sitting on, Betty wrestling with a sow and ending up in the mud, and hillbilly stereotypes galore, such as Bob and Betty's neighbors, "Ma" and "Pa" Kettle, whose front yard has a hand-painted sign that says "beware of the childrun." When Betty discusses the oldest boy, Tom Kettle (Richard Long) with Ma, and says, "He ought to go to college," Ma responds, "College?!? What fer?"
Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride's earthy performances as Ma and Pa Kettle were so popular in The Egg and I that they went on to star in nine more films as the characters, Ma and Pa Kettle (1949), Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950), Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952), Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953), Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954), Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955), The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956), and The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957). Main was even nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ma Kettle in The Egg and I. (Unsurprisingly, she lost out to Celeste Holm, who co-starred in Gentlemen's Agreement.)
While The Egg and I was a huge hit in 1947, I can't say I really enjoyed it. It relied too much on slapstick humor, and Colbert and MacMurray were both much too old for the roles they were playing. I thought it was mostly dumb, and you couldn't pay me to watch any of the Ma and Pa Kettle films that followed it.*
*This is actually a lie. If you're interested in paying me to watch any of the Ma and Pa Kettle films, please contact me.
Posted in 1947, March 1947 and tagged Banjo the Dog, Betty MacDonald, Billy House, Chester Erskine, Claudette Colbert, Comedy, Donald MacBride, Dorothy Vaughan, Elisabeth Risdon, Esther Dale, Frank Skinner, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Fred MacMurray, Fuzzy Knight, Ida Moore, Isabel O'Madigan, John Berkes, Leonard Goldstein, Louise Allbritton, Marjorie Main, Milton R. Krasner, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Russell F. Schoengarth, Samuel S. Hinds, The Egg and I, Universal International Pictures, Universal Pictures, Victor Potel. Bookmark the permalink.


The National Household Survey is an important survey for all people in Canada, including those living in northern and arctic regions, and in First Nations and other Aboriginal communities. Your input is essential so that your community and Aboriginal organizations have the information they need for planning services such as child care, schooling, family services, housing, roads and public transportation, and skills training for employment. By law, your responses will be kept confidential. Your information may be used by Statistics Canada in support of our other surveys or for analysis.
Complete the questionnaire: Please print using capital letters and mark circles with an X.
This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-19.
1. How many persons usually live at this address on May 10, 2011, including yourself?
2. Please give me the name of each person who usually lives here on May 10, 2011. Start with an adult followed, if applicable, by that person's spouse or common-law partner and their children. Continue with all other persons who usually live at this address. Give family name and given name for each person in the household.
Did you leave anyone out because you were not sure the person should be listed?
Copy the names in step B to question 1 on top of page 4. Keep the same order. If there are more than five persons in this household, enter the first five on this questionnaire and continue on a second questionnaire. Remember to list the 6th person in the column marked "person 3".
1. Who to include in step B?
Persons staying at this address temporarily on May 10, 2011 who have no main residence elsewhere.
Children in joint custody should be included in the home of the parent where they live most of the time. Children who spend equal time with each parent should be included in the home of the parent with whom they are staying on May 10, 2011.
Students who return to live with their parents during the year should be included at their parents' address, even if they live elsewhere while attending school or working at a summer job.
Spouses or common-law partners temporarily away who stay elsewhere while working or studying should be listed at the main residence of their family, if they return periodically.
Persons in an institution who have been there for less than six months (for example, in a home for the aged, a hospital or a prison) should be listed at their usual residence.
1. Copy the name of each person in the same order as step B. Then ask the questions for each person. The questions refer to each person's situation on May 10, 2011 unless otherwise specified.
3. What is this person's date of birth and age?
If exact date is not known, enter best estimate. For children under the age of 1, enter 0. If born before May 10, 1996, mark "x" in the "15+" box under the person's name.
Mark an x in one circle only. People who are married according to traditional First Nations or aboriginal customs should be considered as legally married.
5. Is this person living with a common-law partner?
Common-law refers to two people who live together as a couple but who are not legally married to each other.
Mark "x" and specify one response.
If none of the choices apply, specify this person's relationship to Person 1 under "other."
7. Does this person have any difficulty hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing any similar activities?
(b) At work or at school?
(c) In other activities, for example, transportation or leisure?
9. Where was this person born?
Specify one response only, according to present boundaries.
If this person lives on an Indian reserve, go to Question 13.
10. Of what country is this person a citizen?
Indicate more than one citizenship, if applicable.
"Canada, by naturalization" refers to the process by which an immigrant is granted citizenship of Canada, under the Citizenship Act.
11. Is this person now, or has this person ever been, a landed immigrant?
A "landed immigrant" (permanent resident) is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities.
12. In what year did this person become a landed immigrant?
13. Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?
14. What language(s), other than English or French, can this person speak well enough to conduct a conversation?
Examples of Aboriginal languages: Cree, Inukitut, Ojibway, Innu, Mi'kmaq, Dakota, Dene, Michif, etc.
(a) What language does this person speak most often at home?
b) Does this person speak any other languages on a regular basis at home?
16. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?
17. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person's ancestors?
This question collects information on the ancestral origins of the population and provides information about the composition of Canada's diverse population.
An ancestor is usually more distant than a grandparent.
For example, Cree, Ojibway, Mi'kmaq, Salish, Dene, Blackfoot, Inuit, M?tis, Canadian, French, English, German, etc.
18. Is this person an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), M?tis or Inuk (Inuit)?
Note: First Nations (North American Indian) includes Status and Non-Status Indians.
If "yes," mark "x" the circle(s) that best describe(s) this person now.
Mark "x" more than one or specify, if applicable.
This information is collected in accordance with the Employment Equity Act and its Regulations and Guidelines to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone to share in the social, cultural, and economic life of Canada.
21. Is this person a member of a First Nation/Indian band?
If "yes", give name of First Nation/Indian band.
For example, Musqueam Indian Band, Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Atikamekw of Manawan.
22. What is this person's religion?
Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practicing member of that group.
For example, Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Church, Pentecostal, Traditional (Aboriginal) Spirituality, Longhouse, Baptist, Lutheran, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Presbyterian, Moravian, Evangelical Missionary Church, etc.
23. Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 10, 2010?
Mark "x" one circle only.
Note: For those who mark the fourth circle: Identify the community, municipality or Indian reserve rather than the name of the First Nation / Indian band.
Mingan, Qu?bec, rather than Les Innus de Ekuanitshit.
24. Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 10, 2006?
 Lived in a different city town, village, township, municipality or Indian reserve in Canada.
25. Where was each of this person's parents born?
Mark "x" or specify country according to present boundaries.
Questions 27 through 55 are only for persons aged 15 years and over (born before May 10, 1996).
27. Has this person completed a secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent?
Examples of secondary (high) school equivalency certificates are General Educational Development (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE).
28. Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma?
Mark "x" as many circles as applicable.
For example, hairstyling, cooking, electrician, carpentry.
For example, nurse's aide, law enforcement, information technology, youth services, teaching assistant, forestry industry.
30. Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree?
31. What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree that this person completed?
32. In what province, territory or country did this person complete his or her highest certificate, diploma or degree?
33. At any time since September 2010, has this person attended a school, college, CEGEP or university?
Please include attendance only for courses that can be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree (including distance education).
Note: Many of the following questions refer to the week from Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2011. Call 1-877-308-2777 for more information.
The next few questions were asked of persons aged 15+ about paid work.
34. During the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2011, how many hours did this person spend working for pay or in self-employment?
Please enter the total number of hours worked for pay or in self-employment at all jobs held during the week of May 1 to May 7.
35. During the week of May 1 to May 7, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from his / her job or business?
36. During the week of May 1 to May 7, did this person have definite arrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks?
37. Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 10 to May 7, 2011?
For example, did this person contact an employment centre, check with employers, place or answer newspaper ads, etc.?
38. Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2011 had one been available?
39. When did this person last work for pay or in self-employment, even for a few days?
Note: Questions 40 to 49 refer to this person's job or business during the week of May 1 to May 7, 2011. If this person held no job, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2010. If this person held more than one job, answer for the job at which he or she worked the most hours.
40. For whom did this person work?
For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter the person's name. Print in capital letters as follows: Name of firm, government agency, etc.
45. If self-employed, was this person's farm or business incorporated?
46. At what address did this person usually work most of the time?
If the address of work is different than the address of the employer, please provide the address where this person actually works (e.g., school teachers should provide the address of their school, not the address of the school board).
47. (a) How did this person usually get to work?
If this person used more than one method of travel to work, mark the one used for most of the travel distance.
47. (b) How many people, including this person, usually shared the ride to work in this car, truck or van?
48. (a) What time did this person usually leave home to go to work?
48. (b) How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work?
49. (a) In this job, what language did this person use most often?
49. (b) Did this person use any other languages on a regular basis in this job?
50. In how many weeks did this person work in 2010?
Please enter the total number of weeks worked for pay or in self-employment at all jobs held in 2010.
Worked directly toward the operation of a family farm or business without formal pay arrangements.
51. During most of those weeks, did this person work full time or part time?
52. In 2010, did this person pay for child care, such as day care or babysitting, so that this person could work at his or her paid job(s)?
When child care or day camps help several people work, enter the amount only once.
If "yes," also enter the total amount for 2010.
Remember, these questions are only for persons aged 15 years and over.
53. In 2010, did this person pay child or spousal support payments to a former spouse or partner?
Support payments are covered by an agreement to pay a fixed amount on a regular basis. Exclude all other gifts or transfers of money. Include only support payments actually paid.
If "yes," also enter the total amount of 2010.
54. To save time, each person can give Statistics Canada permission to use the income information already available in his or her income tax files instead of answering question 55.
This option is only available for persons who filed or intend to file a tax return for the year ending December 31, 2010.
Please note that your income tax information will be used for statistical purposes only.
Does this person give Statistics Canada permission to use the income tax information available in his / her income tax files for the year ending December 31, 2010?
55. During the year ending December 31, 2010, did this person receive any income from the following sources?
Answer "yes" or "no" for all sources. If "yes," also enter the amount; in case of a loss, also mark "loss."
(a) Did this person receive any wages or salaries from paid employment?
Include commissions, bonuses, tips, taxable benefits, research grants, royalties, etc.
Report total amount before any deductions.
(b) Did this person make a profit or loss from farm self-employment activities in 2010?
Report gross receipts minus expenses and capital cost allowance.
(c) Did this person make a profit or loss from non-farm self-employment activities in 2010, such as trapping, making handicrafts, running a business or from professional practice?
Report gross receipts minus expenses.
(d) Did this person receive any child benefits from federal, provincial or territorial governments?
Include amounts such as child tax benefits, universal child care benefits and family allowances.
(e) Did this person receive any Old Age Security Pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Allowance or Allowance for the Survivor from the federal government?
Provincial income supplements should be reported in (h).
(f) Did this person receive any benefits from the Canada or Quebec Pension Plan?
(g) Did this person receive any benefits from Employment Insurance from the federal government or the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan?
Include maternity and parental benefits.
Report total benefits before tax deductions.
(h) Did this person receive any other income from government sources?
Include income such as provincial income supplements and grants, the GST/QST/HST credit, provincial tax credits, workers' compensation, veterans' pensions, and welfare payments.
(i) Did this person receive any dividends, interest on bonds, deposits and savings certificates, or other investment income?
Include income such as net rents from real estate and interest from mortgages.
(j) Did this person make any capital gains or losses?
Also include gains or losses from mutual funds. Do not include non-taxable capital gains on the sale of a principal residence. Report the full amount, not just the taxable portion.
(k) Did this person receive any retirement pensions, superannuation or annuities?
Also include those from RRSPs and RRIFs. Do not include withdrawals from a pension plan or RRSP.
(l) Did this person receive any other money income?
Include income such as treaty money, alimony, child support and scholarships.
What was this person's total income in 2010 from all sources?
What was the income tax paid on 2010 income (federal, provincial and territorial) for this person?
Questions E1-E10 are about this dwelling.
The questions refer to May 10, 2011 unless otherwise specified.
E1. Who pays the rent or mortgage, taxes, electricity, etc., for this dwelling?
If more than one person contributes to such payments, mark "x" as many circles as apply.
E2. Only ask Question E2 (a) if you are in a First Nations community, an Indian reserve or an Indian settlement. Otherwise, go to Question E2 (b).
(a) Is this dwelling band housing, or rented, or owned by you or a member of this household?
(b) Is this dwelling rented or owned by you or a member of this household?
E3. Is this dwelling part of a condominium development?
E4 (a) How many rooms are there in this dwelling?
Include kitchen, bedrooms, finished rooms in attic or basement, etc.
Do not count bathrooms, halls, vestibules, attached sheds, porches and rooms used solely for business purposes.
(b) How many of these rooms are bedrooms?
Include all rooms designed as bedrooms, even if they are now used for something else. Also include basement bedrooms.
E5. When was this dwelling originally built?
Mark the period in which the building was completed, not the time of any later remodeling, additions or conversions. If year is not known, give best estimate.
E6. Is this dwelling in need of any repairs?
Do not include desirable remodeling or additions.
E7. Is this dwelling located on an agricultural operation that is operated by a member of this household?
Answer Questions E8 to E10 for this dwelling even if you own or rent more than one dwelling.
If the exact amount is not known, please give a best estimate.
(a) Oil, gas, coal, wood or other fuels?
(a) Water and other municipal services?
If "band housing" was checked in question E2 (a), go to step F on next page.
If "rented" was checked in question E2 (a) or E2 (b), continue with question E9.
If "owned" was checked in question E2 (a) or E2 (b), go to question E10.
(a) What is the monthly rent paid for this dwelling?
(b) Is this dwelling subsidized?
Subsidized housing includes rent geared to income, social housing, public housing, government assisted housing, non-profit housing, rent supplements, and housing allowances.
a) What are the total regular monthly mortgage or loan payments for this dwelling?
(e) What are the monthly condominium fees?
Note: Turn the page to step F.
F1. This question is for all persons including children younger than 15.
Only if you mark "yes" to this question will your National Household Survey responses and family history be part of the historical record of Canada. A "yes" means your responses will be available to family members and historical researchers, 92 years after the 2011 National Household Survey, in 2103.
If you mark "no" or leave the answer blank, your responses will never be made available to future generations.
Does this person agree to make his or her 2011 National Household Survey information available in 2103 (92 years after the National Household Survey)?


We are starting the second week of blogging marathon today and my theme is 'Homemade Chinese Takeway Food'. I have a very simple Chinese smashed Cucumber salad for the first day.
When I signed up for this theme I didn't check the link that Valli gave us for reference. I saw 'Chinese takeaway' and thought it was going to be either Indo-Chinese or American Chinese food, but I was pleasantly surprised to see real Chinese food on the list.
Chinese food served in China is very different from what we are used in India and US. The dishes are very flavorful and simple to make with very few ingredients. This cucumber salad is a perfect example — it is so crispy, crunchy and absolutely refreshing.
Recipe is from Kirbie's Cravings. Cucumbers are smashed (a perfect excuse to take out your frustration after a long day) and then tossed with some garlic, sesame oil and some seasonings. No soy sauce or other strong flavors — simple, clean salad that is just delicious. Serve it right away or chilled.
Cucumbers are smashed (a perfect excuse to take out your frustration after a long day) and then tossed with some garlic, sesame oil and some seasonings. No soy sauce or other strong flavors -- simple, clean salad that is just delicious. Serve it right away or chilled.
Remove the ends of the cucumber. Place one at a time on the chopping board and wack it a few times to smash it. Cut them into thirds and then chop into about bite size pieces.
Place the smashed and chopped cucumber in a bowl and add all the other ingredients. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve right away or chill until ready to serve.
Lol I like that excuse..:)..I was planning to make this too..few of the veg options listed..Good to be back on the regular BM too.
I love cucumbers and this definitely is a flavorful salad , just my kinds.
what a simple and delicious salad!
I have seen these on Kirbie's space. You made them so well!! Pretty pictures too.
Cucumber is my favorite in salads. That is a nice excuse to work on cucumbers. Salad looks refreshing.
love these persian cucumbers and the dressing there sounds very simple and yummy.
How crunchy and fabulous this cucumber salad looks, feel like munching some.
I thought of picking the Chinese theme and this was one of the dishes I planned to cook though it didn't happen. The salad looks refreshing and simple to make.


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Джеймс О́ливер Вон (; 14 июля 1988, Бирмингем) — английский футболист, нападающий.

Клубная карьера
Джеймс Вон забил несколько голов за дубль «Эвертона» в сезоне 2004/05 и 10 апреля 2005 года дебютировал за основной состав команды, став самым молодым футболистом «Эвертона», сыгравшим в Премьер-Лиге.

В 2009 году принимал участие в финале Кубка Англии, в котором «Эвертон» уступил «Челси».

Долгое время Вон считался очень перспективным нападающим, однако на карьере игрока сказалась череда травм, и футболист стал редко проходить в состав «ирисок», результатом чего стал ряд аренд в такие клубы, как «Дерби Каунти», «Лестер Сити» и «Кристал Пэлас».

27 мая 2011 года перешёл в клуб «Норвич Сити», подписав с «канарейками» контракт сроком на 3 года.

3 июля 2013 года подписал трёхлетний контракт с клубом «Хаддерсфилд Таун».

Карьера в сборной
Выступал в составе юношеских и молодёжной сборных Англии.

Достижения
 «Эвертон»
 Финалист Кубка Англии: 2008/09

Статистика

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на официальном сайте «Бирмингем Сити»\

Игроки сборной Англии по футболу (до 21 года)
Футболисты Англии
Игроки ФК «Дерби Каунти»
Игроки ФК «Кристал Пэлас»
Игроки ФК «Лестер Сити»
Игроки ФК «Эвертон»
Игроки ФК «Норвич Сити»
Игроки ФК «Хаддерсфилд Таун»
Игроки ФК «Бирмингем Сити»
Игроки ФК «Бери»
Игроки ФК «Сандерленд»
Игроки ФК «Уиган Атлетик»
Игроки ФК «Портсмут»
Игроки ФК «Брэдфорд Сити»
Игроки ФК «Транмир Роверс»

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From the rise of grocery home delivery services and meal kit subscriptions to Amazon's foray into physical stores and private brands, it sometimes feels like food retailers and brands are being hit from all sides. And to some degree, they are. But the real question is: how are they holding up? Find out in this month's issue of Retail News Insider, where we take a close up look at these and other issues, including sourcing in South America, authenticity in packaging, the industry's efforts to reduce food waste and more.


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Мусо́рка () — село в Ставропольському районі Самарської області Росії. Адміністративний центр сільського поселення Мусорка.

Адміністративний поділ
В селі є 18 вулиць. Мусорка умовно поділена на 5 районів: Нагорний, Нива, Мордви, Глинівка і Сизган.

Посилання
 Про сільське поселення Мусорка

Села Самарської області


The day after! The IDC that is! Time for some Instructor level specialties. We started out this morning with a DUP or Digital Underwater Photography briefing and explanation of this specialty and off we went to the Suraya dive site. We saw one sea fan that up to 10 Pygmy Seahorses in it, but unfortunately my Canon underwater camera decided to call it a day at that moment, the battery had shifted...................... Not very happy!!! I did also an Oceans 5 house reef photo dive with Sijbren which was nice, pictures tomorrow.
The afternoon was reserved for the Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor course, in which they received some back ground information on Oxygen, it's uses and application plus some hands on work.
We also completed the Nitrox Instructor course plus we talked about the up and coming PADI IE, to be conducted on 6th and 7th March. A busy but relaxed day.
Now it's time for me to go to the Philippines and start a PADI IDC on Malapascua, 6th March!
Stay tuned for more updates, see you soon.


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CONGRESS URGED TO BOOST CORPORATE TAXES, NOT CUT THEM
In Letter to Congress at Start of Lame Duck, Nearly 60 National Groups Oppose Loophole Extensions that Could Cost $600 Billion
Reflecting growing public demand for tax fairness, 58 national organizations yesterday sent a letter to Congress urging it to reject the extension of three corporate tax loopholes that could cost up to $600 billion in lost revenue if made permanent. In a letter delivered at the beginning of the end-of-year "lame duck" session, the groups—representing labor, progressives, civil rights and environmental movements, and more—argue that instead of cutting corporate taxes, Congress should raise them. The letter says in part:
"At a time when corporations are making record-high profits while paying record-low taxes as a share of the economy, and when corporate price gouging is helping to fuel inflation, corporations should start paying more of their fair share, not less…
"Some of the most prominent corporations lobbying for extending these tax breaks are also among the nation's most prominent tax dodgers. For example, five members of the leadership committee of the R&D Coalition—Amazon, Ford, Intel, Microsoft, and Northrop Grumman— which is leading the charge for this tax break, have in recent years paid tax rates below the average 13% rate paid by families, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF)…
"The 2022 midterm elections offered no mandate for corporate tax cuts—in fact, the message delivered by the electorate was just the opposite. While several factors contributed to the GOP's poor showing in the midterms, more money was spent on tax issue ads in congressional races than on any other issue in the two months before the election, with 71% of it by Republicans and their outside groups. Those ads attacked Democrats mostly for the tax increases in the Inflation Reduction Act. Voters rejected this anti-tax-fairness agenda; it should not be supported in Congress's closing days."
The three tax breaks under consideration are:
Reversing the change in the Research & Experimentation tax deduction so that corporations can continue to write off 100% of research expenses all at once instead of more realistically over five years. Cost: $60 billion (1st year*); $155 billion (10 years).
Reversing the change in the Net Interest Deduction tax break so that corporations can continue to deduct more of the cost of borrowing money by changing how the deduction is calculated. Cost: $20 billion (1st year); $200 billion (10 years).
Extending 100% Bonus Depreciation beyond 2023 so corporations can continue to write off immediately the full cost of assets that hold their value a long time. Cost: $15 billion (1st year*); $250 billion (10 years).
The letter to Congress signed by 58 national groups is available here. More information on these corporate tax breaks is available here.


Alpha 3 Manufacturing contributed to the support of a local charity by sponsoring local fundraiser, Derek Cartwright.
Derek Cartwright of Scunthorpe, completed a sponsored swim in aid of Scunthorpe Gateway charity. The North Lincolnshire based organisation primarily provides support to individuals with learning difficulties as well as their families and carers. In addition, Scunthorpe Gateway also runs local leisure clubs to offer all-important sporting opportunities to the individuals and their supporters.
Clifford Friel, Managing Director of Alpha 3 Manufacturing, presented Derek Cartwright with a cheque after his accomplishment.


Instagrammable Wroclaw - I'm the ShopTrotter!
isn't my domain (ok, maybe rarely). I usually plan everything half year in advance.
But sometimes the fate decides for me and the magic happens effortlessly.
One hour in tiny Daliowa Island on Wroclaw river Odra, next to the new Nawa sculpture by Oskar Zieta, plus suprisingly sunny November afternoon and talented photographer Piotr Karolczak – and look what came out.
They say 'nothing haunts us like the things we didn't buy' and in this case I couldn't agree more. I bought this coat-dress in Milan back in 2015. It was pre-Fall collection just featured in Sportmax boutique and although it was Summer in full swing (hot as it can be hot in Italy) I immediatelly pictured myself in this bright piece during darker months. The dress was displayed with a rope-like leather belt, tied assymetrically, but I decided to skip it. I thought: I have so many belts, something will be suitable.
But imagine – it haven't. Of course in my minds only, because any black belt goes well with this piece. But to summ up the fate on this outfit I need to admit I have no idea which brand is the pictured belt with faux pearls. Literally no-name.
The only new thing I'm wearing in this shot is black high neck bodysuit from Intimissimi. It's so versatile piece of clothing I wear it all the time – even bought another to have one clean and fresh anytime I don't have idea for sophisticated layered look. It goes with anything – nale skirts (long and short), jeans, trousers, dresses (remember my Paris outfit?), coats and jackets. Thank you Intimissimi!
If you follow my Instagram account you're probably aware of the fact I love Chanel brooches, especially the feminist one. It's trully me – feminist but feminine.
If you live or visit Wroclaw you may look for some instagrammable places. Sure – the Old Town and Ostrów Tumski are beautiful, but so crowded it's hard to take a nice picture there (unless you go there very early morning – even before old ladies running to the church).
But Daliowa Island (Wyspa Daliowa) in the very center of the city is usually empty and serene. Not only the Nawa sculpture designed by renowned Oskar Zieta is picturesque, but all landscape of this piece of land over Odra river looks like a ready-to-photograph fashion set.


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Reaction to President Jacob Zuma's dramatic reshuffling of his Cabinet started to gather pace over the weekend as voices inside and outside the ruling ANC started to communicate their displeasure with the move. Zuma's wide-ranging changes to his Cabinet sent shockwaves through South Africa's political scene last week, but it was the sacking of Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas from the two top positions at Treasury that have caused the most concern.
Now, three of the ANC's top six – Cyril Ramaphosa, Gwede Mantashe and Zweli Mkhize – have voiced their discontent at Zuma's reshuffle move. Late on Friday, the South African Communist Party (SACP) also called for Zuma's head. And over the weekend, the memorial service for Ahmed Kathrada was used as a rallying call by political heavyweights such as Gordhan and Barbara Hogan to call for the removal of Zuma.
South African President Jacob Zuma is coming under increased pressure from inside his ruling African National Congress to justify sweeping cabinet changes in which he fired the finance minister, sending the rand tumbling and borrowing costs soaring.
Zuma's decision to fire Pravin Gordhan, with whom he feuded over control of state finances, brought to the open South Africa's biggest political crisis in almost a decade. While a group of party veterans accused Zuma of undermining the 105-year-old ANC, opposition parties are pushing for his ouster in parliament. The rand was the world's worst-performing currency this week, while bond yields jumped to their highest levels since January.
Repeated chants of "Zuma must go" echoed through Johannesburg City Hall, which was filled beyond capacity on Saturday for the memorial of Ahmed Kathrada, an anti-apartheid activist who was jailed with former South African President Nelson Mandela. Kathrada died on Tuesday. It is "very clear" what and who South Africa's problems are, Gordhan said at the memorial.
The cabinet changes come before Zuma is due to step down as ANC leader in December, and exactly a year after the nation's top court found that he violated his oath of office when he refused to repay taxpayer funds spent on his private home. His second and final term as the nation's president is due to end in 2019.
Gordhan, 67, has been at loggerheads with Zuma, 74, for months over plans to build new nuclear plants and the management of state-owned companies. The former finance chief also came under pressure from members of the Gupta family, who are friends of the president, to intervene after the nation's biggest banks shut their company accounts. The Guptas and Zuma deny any wrongdoing.
The party's top six leaders weren't consulted about most of the cabinet changes, with a list of nominees being "thrown at us," Mantashe said, adding that the list was "developed somewhere else and it's given to us to legitimize it." The party's chief whip in parliament, Jackson Mthembu, said he opposed the removal of Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas. "Their crime is incorruptibility. We stand with them," he said in a post on Twitter.
An intelligence report that Zuma said showed Gordhan was trying to undermine his government was "unsubstantiated allegations," Ramaphosa said, adding that the former finance minister "served our country with such distinction." Gordhan has said the report is a lie. Zuma told his party's leaders that Gordhan was divisive in the cabinet and blocked other ministers' projects, according to a person with knowledge of their meeting.


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Absurd Bill Sought to Ban "Discrimination" Against Raunchy Biker Attire
Ari Armstrong March 08, 2012
If you own a fine restaurant, should you be free to require diners to wear a jacket and dress slacks? If you own a night club, should you be able to admit only patrons with fashionable attire? How about if you own a convenience store? Should you be free to prohibit dirty clothing or clothing covered with racist or raunchy imagery?
Had Colorado House Bill 1128 become law, owners of private restaurants and other businesses "offering wholesale or retail sales to the public" could have been subjected to criminal and civil penalties for discriminating against the "unconventional attire" of bikers, regardless of whether that attire was clean, appropriately concealing, and tasteful—or filthy, excessively revealing, and graphically disgusting.
This may sound like a story from the Onion or an episode of the Twilight Zone. Alas, it is not.
And the bill would have done far more than override businesses owners' dress codes; it would have subjected owners to capricious legal actions. Say a restaurant owner kicked out a biker because he smelled foul, disturbed other diners, or in some other way disrupted the business. Had the bill become law, the biker could have trigger legal action merely by claiming the restaurant owner "discriminated" against the biker's "unconventional attire." Notably, each violation of the statute would have carried a possible misdemeanor charge with the possibility of fines or a year-long jail sentence (see the related statute).
Ridiculously, the sponsor of the bill, State Representative Joe Miklosi, claimed his bill was about freedom. "I'm a First Amendment disciple," he told CBS4; "I want to make sure [bikers are] not judged by their attire when they walk into an establishment to buy a burger."
The First Amendment, of course, protects freedom of expression in the context of all the rights protected by the Constitution. If Miklosi read even a bit further into the First Amendment alone, he would see that this Amendment also protects freedom of association—a freedom his bill violates even more blatantly. [Update: While the First Amendment's reference to the "right of the people peaceably to assemble" was arguably intended to protect public meetings of a political nature, the broader principle on which free assembly rests is the right to associate by mutual consent. At any rate, the point remains that Miklosi misinterpreted the right of expression by stripping it from the broader context of rights. —AA]
The First Amendment means that you are free to express yourself using your own resources, not using the resources of others against their will. You have a right to speak freely, but you have no right to barge into my house and deliver an address. Nor do bikers have a right to express themselves in private establishments against the wishes of the owners of those establishments.
This bill did not pass (as the Denver Post reports); America is not that far gone (yet). But the mere fact that a legislator crafted this bill and that other legislators, journalists, and pundits seriously considered it indicates the frightening extent to which rationality and liberty have eroded in America.
America needs to come to its senses and leave the absurdities to the pages of the Onion.
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Greg Kenyon
Meet Greg Kenyon, RSS' new principal
Greg Kenyon comes to Revelstoke Secondary School after stints in the Okanagan, Sweden and Saskatchewan.
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For the new principal of Revelstoke Secondary School, coming to Revelstoke is like coming back home. "I worked for 20 years in Kelowna so B.C. is home," Greg Kenyon told me during his second week at his new job. "My wife and I we really enjoy this area of the world. We've been to many places but this is home for us."
Kenyon comes to Revelstoke with a wealth of experience as a teacher in the Okanagan, a volleyball coach, and as a principal in Sweden and Saskatchewan.
He showed up to Revelstoke on the Friday before school started up for 2013, had a weekend to get his household items organized, and started work on the Monday. He described his reception in town as "fantastic."
"Everyone has been incredibly friendly and gracious and patient and all those things," he said. "It's been a wonderful experience."
I met Kenyon at RSS last Tuesday morning; he had already switched offices in order to have a better view of students coming and leaving from the school's main office. His desk was decorated with a photo of his family, and a drawing by one of his children.
Kenyon, who grew up in Northern Saskatchewan, took the long road to arrive in Revelstoke. He started off by receiving a major in history and minors in English and geography at Okanagan University College (now UBC Okanagan). It was there that one of his teachers suggested he become a teacher, saying, 'You teach the students my class.' and noting many study sessions were held at Kenyon's home. He had been accepted to a Masters program at Carlton University in Ottawa, but instead he enrolled in teacher's college at UBC.
"Once I started my practicum I do remember stopping in my first lesson and going 'This is so fun,' he said. "Round peg, round hole. I found something I really enjoy, and I like to think, something I'm really good at.
"Of course, you'll have to talk to my former students about that."
Over the next 10 years, Kenyon taught a variety of subjects – social studies, history, English, math, and psychology – in the Okanagan, mostly at Kelowna Secondary School. He also coached volleyball, which brought him contact with some coaches in Revelstoke, including Terry Beitel and Kathy Hoshizaki, and he came up here several times to take part in the Last Spike tournament.
One year a friend asked him to be his assistant volleyball coach for a professional team in Sweden. He jumped at the offer, but the pay wasn't enough, so he also took a teaching job at the international school in Orebro. While there he met his wife Asa.
After a year in Sweden he came back to Canada. That spring, he was asked if he wanted to become a principal at another international school. "It was home for my wife and a very intriguing opportunity to become a principal," he said.
Kenyon spent a year at a school in Gavle, before going back to Orebro. In Sweden, he had to deal with the challenges of working in a different educational system, particularly the way students were marked. "It's all criteria based assessment and evaluation," he said. "If you got 28 out of 30, that didn't matter. What mattered was, did you demonstrate this objective and to what level did you demonstrate it."
As an example, he said that if in math, a student did really well with decimals but poorly with fractions, his grade would indicate that, rather than provide an overall number for the test.
"I personally, having taught in this system and taught and administrated in that system, you start asking yourself the question, 'What do parents and students want to know?'" he said. "I think it's going to be the wave of education going forward, so already having experience it Sweden, I'm comfortable with that idea.
"It's an interesting pedagogic discussion. That was a very interesting shift in thinking I had to undertake when I was there."
After several years in Sweden, Kenyon and his family decided to move back to Canada. With jobs in the B.C. Interior harder to come by, he took a position as principal of Kerrobert Composite School, a kindergarten to grade 12 school in a small town in Saskatchewan.
He spent two years there before applying for the principalship of Revelstoke Secondary School. The position had been advertised several times, and he said he felt honoured to be offered the post.
"I know that they didn't want to settle, is what they kept saying to me," he said. "They wanted to make sure they had the right person, that's what they kept saying and for them to say that I'm that person, I was so honoured to be offered the position."
Since arriving in Revelstoke, Kenyon has spent his time getting to know the students and staff at his new school. He credited vice-principal Andy Pfeiffer with helping get going, as well as the office staff. He said he wants to continue the good work that's been at the school, but also hopes to provide a fresh set of eyes to see what can be done better.
"It's a good opportunity to examine what we do here and if we need to change anything," he said. "I've asked all the staff to stop in and tell me what they like about the school and tell me if there's anything they've identified that we can work."
He added that he will be reaching out to parents and students as well to see what they think can be improved. He said he doesn't intend on imposing his own beliefs on the school, but that they might show themselves in the way he conducts strategic planning and in the day-to-day operations.
"I do not believe in punishing students, I believe in teaching students," he said. "I believe in helping students learn and to grow. If a student ends up in my office for a bad choice, there might be a consequence for that choice, but I don't want to punish them for that choice, I want them to learn from that choice. It's how you approach people and how you approach education."
And he also might do a little volleyball coaching.
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Nigerian Politics: Nigerian as a country is made of diver's ethnic groups where there are dominance of issue like religion indigeneship and tribalism playing major roles during politics.
Nigeria generally. The key component used in politics is religion while in state indigeneship and tribalism talks the centre stage.
These factors have over the years grossly poloriesd the politics of the country. It is solely this fact that the country has not recorded any appreciable progress. Plateau state which is one of the (36) states is never different are it is characterised by these problem of indigeneship religion and tribalism. political activities in the state are played along these three major line.tje result of this is serious financial mismanagement out night corruption, indiscriminate appointments and employment as well as numerous abandoned projects etc. civil servant owing several months of salaries. A situation like this will never provide for any meaningful development, so the much talk about "dividend of democracy" can never be realised.
Politics in Nigeria has had serious consequences on Nigerian tertiary education.
Gone are the days when a child gains admission into tertiary education and graduate at the right time. One major factor that is contributing to the problems in tertiary education is leadership appointment headship in tertiary institutions have been politised, seniority and competence is no longer a factor for tertiary education what is required about leadership is a round peg in a round hole not vice-versa. Musa Azi (1982) defined leadership as a process of influencing the activities and behaviour of an individual on a group and directing such influence towards goal achievement in a given situation.
Adesina (1981) also emphasized that leadership connotes the ability to get things done with the assistance and cooperation of other people within the institution, organisation system leadership has to do with the execution of those policies and decision, which helps to direct the activities of an organisation towards its specific goals.
All these can never be achieved when appointment of leaders in the tertiary institution are politised, certainly quality must be compromised.
Plateau polytechnic under the political or democratic era has had its own fare share of serious challenges. The leadership in this institution has never performed to expectation, all these is because political interest must be satisfied. Every government try to appoint leaders who will be loyal to it and in the cause of this standard, quality and competence are grossly compromised. The institution has today become a shadow of its self due to corruption and poor leadership.
Sorry state infrastructure and lack of continuity in commitment policy the institution operates in two campuses. Due to frequent change in governance there are lots of dilapidated structures scattered all over the place. This is because successive administration always want to initiate new projects without completion. Maintenance is never given attention. A clear example of such situation is about structures in Jos campus where classrooms are dilapidated to the extent that some of the windows and doors have been removed without any effort to replace them.
The floors have developed deep pot holes which have worsened the classroom situation. We cannot talk about the painting o the building as that is no longer to view.
Employment has become a major issue therefore there are no cleaners to maintain the classes, animal faeces, urine and smell elude the atmosphere. Lecturers and students are left in the mercy of this mess all due to political failures.
LACK OF PROVISION OF TOILET/URINALS FOR STUDENTS IN THE INSTITUTION.
This is another serious scenario which has caused dangerous nightmare for students. Students can no longer drink water or food well for fear of where relieve themselves.
The hostels are congested and have a very poor sanitary facility which causes very unhealthy challenges to the health of the students particularly women.
There are very few full-time lecturers and part-time lecturers even the stipend given to the part-time lecturers is hardly paid. There is totally no motivation at all for them and this is seriously affecting their performance. It has worsened recently with the rise in fuel price and other valuables. All these lapses are attestation to the poor and in competent leadership whose root is the politics.
i. Lack of well defined programme for achievement of goals coupled with lack of social acceptability and political attractiveness of programmes.
Reason here borders on wrongful sighting of projects due to corruption.
ii. Lack of clear definition of responsibilities and coordination in tertiary institutions.
There are continuous over lapping of duties/political responsibilities just to satisfy individual selfish interest, a situation which is highly detrimental to the growth of education.
iii. Lack of political sensitivity to demands in tertiary institutions. Mis-placement of priorities here becomes the order of the day. Corruption will not allow the leaders to implement programmes that have real direct bearing in the lives of people.
1. Politics should never be allowed into tertiary institutions. Tertiary institution should be given authority.
2. Government should direct more funds into the institution with adequate supervision to ensure that such funds are judiciously utilized.
3. All dilapidated structures should be renovated with all doors and windows replaced.
4. Cleaners should be employed who will clean and ensure adequate care of these facilities.
5. Part-time lecturers should be given permanent appointments and paid regularly.


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You wear what you eat.
1. Golden studs to wear on every taco Tuesday.
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2. A pin that's bananas; B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
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3. Cupcake earrings that'll whisper ~sweet~ nothings into your ears.
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4. Heart pendants that spell out your actual true loves: tacos and BBQ.
Get them both from Urban Outfitters for $58 each.
5. Pizza friendship necklaces for the only person you'd share a slice with.
Get a set of two on Amazon for $6.99.
6. Or just a whole pie to keep for yourself.
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7. A pendant that's totally cheesy, but in a good way.
Get it from Amazon for $47.89.
8. A pair of fortune cookie earrings you won't want to crack open.
Get them from Anthropologie for $68.
9. A set of cake pins you can take a bite out of.
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10. A fried egg pin for anyone who tops every meal with a runny yolk.
11. Tiny hot dog studs that you must(ard) have.
Get them at Nylon Shop on sale for $13.60.
12. A necklace for only the most committed bacon-lovers.
Get it from Wolf and Badger for $147.
13. A dainty wishbone you won't want to snap in half.
Because let's be honest, you ate the whole chicken.
14. A pair of tea set studs for anyone whose favorite meal is teatime.
Get them from Kate Spade for $48.
15. A pineapple ring that'll take you right to the tropics.
Get it from ASOS for $8.50.
16. A burger on a chain that sets the gold standard.
Get it from Urban Outfitters on sale for $99.99.
17. And a side of fries to go along with it.
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18. A necklace that's the cherry on top of any cute outfit.
19. Sparkly pretzel earrings for anyone feeling a little salty.
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20. Mix-n-match red fruit studs to rock all summer.
Probably while singing "Watermelon" in your best Beyoncé voice.
Get them from ModCloth for $19.99.
21. But mostly a ring to remind you it's always snack time.
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MARTHA J. LAMB SIGNATURE OF 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK CITY AUTHOR, EDITOR, HISTORIAN
MARTHA J. LAMB SIGNATURE OF 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK CITY AUTHOR, EDITOR, HISTORIAN, "Yours Very Truly, Martha J. Lamb", on 4.5 x 1 slip of paper cut from a letter, with mounting remnants on the reverse and two minor fold lines, otherwise in fine condition.
Martha J. Lamb (August 13, 1829 – January 2, 1893) was a United States author, editor, and historian. After the Civil War she divorced her husband and moved to New York City and wrote articles on a wide array of subjects for Harper's and other periodicals. She realized that history was her true calling and she began extensive research for History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress. In 1883 she purchased the Magazine of American History, a financially struggling monthly founded in 1877. Lamb was a fixture in New York social circles and was twice invited to the White House.
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