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The Secret Life of Winnie Cox by Sharon Maas book review
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox by Sharon Maas, publisher Bookouture is available in ebook format from TOMORROW 1st October 2015.
To buy links:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Life-Winnie-Cox-spellbinding-ebook/dp/B014R2JUTI/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1443644200&sr=1-3&keywords=sharon+maas
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Winnie Cox lives a privileged life of dances and dresses on her father's sugar cane plantation. Life is sweet in the kingdom of sugar and Winnie along with her sister Johanna, have neither worries nor responsibilities, they are birds of paradise, protected from the poverty in the world around them.
But everything can change in a heartbeat…
When Winnie falls in love with George Quint, the post-office boy, a 'darkie' from the other side, she soon finds herself slipping into a double life. And as she withdraws from her family, she discovers a shocking secret about those whom are closest to her. Now, more than ever, Winnie is determined to prove her love for George, whatever price she must pay and however tragic the consequences might be.
A breath-taking love story of two people fighting to be together, in a world determined to break them apart.
I'd like to thank the publishers and netgalley for an arc in return for an honest review.
A mesmerising, thought provoking story set in two time frames. It's the late 19th century and we witness the love blossoming for Archie and Ruth, how they journeyed through countries to be together. We then move forward to 1910 to British Guiana where we capture Winnie's story. Winnie is a young woman of 16 enjoying a carefree life as one of the daughters to Archie and Ruth Cox, owners of a Sugar Plantation in South America. Most of Winnie's life has been protected from the harsh realities of life in 1910 on a working plantation surrounded and looked after by staff in her luxurious home. It's not until Winnie and her sister, Yoyo, visit an old staff member in the worker's area that they truly witness the poverty that the workers of the plantation are living in. The sisters vow to help the coolies but this visit has caused outrage with the coolies and violence is soon brought close to home.
Winnie and Yoyo are devastated by what they see and hear of the behaviour towards the coolies and they cannot understand why their own father, amongst others, would act this way.
A newcomer to the area sparks an interest in Winnie and she begins to question her emotions regarding this young man. This new friendship could bring so much turmoil for Winnie and her family as back in 1910 white girls from a wealthy family were expected to court and marry someone from a similar background, someone who could support his new wife and continue with the family business, not a young coloured gentleman with a head full of dreams.
Winnie discovers and witnesses more shocking and terrible things about her father and is left in such a quandary of what to do next.
We learn so much about the history of Archie and Ruth's bond and how this has affected relationships with Archie and his daughters and his workers on the plantation.
This is a beautiful, mesmerising work of fiction that makes you think about the past and the history of slavery. It also makes you appreciate that you can't fight the feelings of love between two people.
I am really looking forward to finding out what happens next for Winnie and her sisters, will the plantation survive and will relationships change between owners and workers? Will love find a way for Winnie and George? Will Ruth, Winnie's mother, return to BG and take up her place as owner of the sugar plant?
I loved Sharon Maas' writing style, I was completely transported to both timeframes and I could feel the emotions whether fraught with concern or enveloped in love that were emitted from the words on the pages. Sharon Maas is an author to look out for with regards to historical, romantic fiction. A mesmerising, thought provoking romance that leaves you intrigued for more – 4/5*.
To find out more about Sharon Maas and her books please visit the following links:
http://www.sharonmaas.com
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Christmas at Lilac Cottage by Holly Martin book review
Christmas at Lilac Cottage by Holly Martin, publisher Bookouture, publication date: 25th September 2015.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Lilac-Cottage-perfect-romance-ebook/dp/B013I80HAS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1442915223&sr=1-1&keywords=christmas+at+lilac+cottage
Penny Meadows loves her home – a cosy cottage decorated with pretty twinkling fairy lights and stunning views over the town of White Cliff Bay. She also loves her job as an ice-carver, creating breathtaking sculptures. Yet her personal life seems frozen.
When Henry and daughter Daisy arrive at the cottage to rent the annex, Penny is determined to make them feel welcome. But while Daisy is friendly, Henry seems guarded.
As Penny gets to know Henry, she realises there is more to him than meets the eye. And the connection between them is too strong to ignore…
While the spirit of the season sprinkles its magic over the seaside town and preparations for the ice sculpting competition and Christmas eve ball are in full swing, can Penny melt the ice and allow love in her heart? And will this finally be the perfect Christmas she's been dreaming of?
I was first drawn to this novel by the gorgeous cover, who wouldn't love to live in a quaint purple cottage surrounded by snow and all cosy and warm inside with good company and good food? The cover is idyllic and expresses a book filled with words to warm your heart … and this is quite literally what you got.
This was such a sweet, sexy, funny story set at Christmas time. I really enjoyed it, another hit on her hands for Holly Martin. Holly has a great formula for making you laugh, making your heart ache, creating brilliant characters with sex appeal, warm hearted characters and characters you love to hate. Her stories always flow well which leaves you zipping through the chapters and wanting more when you get to the end of the story.
I really enjoyed the location on this story, Lilac Cottage sounded so quaint and the town of White Cliff bay and its surrounding was depicted as a lovely idyllic town filled with character and charm. I loved Penny's occupation, how cool 😉 to be an ice sculptor, such an unusual occupation. I also loved how Henry's occupation of a wood craftsmen fitted so well with Penny's, a sort of yin yang, they blended so well together.
I fell for Henry's character almost instantly with his brooding good looks but when we got to find out who Daisy was and how his life has been lived for the last 16 years I fell in love with his even more.
I'm looking forward to more books set in White Cliff Bay and hope Penny, Henry and Daisy will pop up again in future books.
A very funny, heartwarming, romantic winter warmer of a read 5/5*
To find out more about Holly Martin and her books please visit the following links:
https://hollymartinwriter.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/hollymartin00
https://www.facebook.com/hollymartinauthor?fref=ts
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Twin Piques by Tracie Banister book review
Twin Piques by Tracie Banister is available NOW in ebook format, as part of the kindle unlimited scheme and is available to buy in paperback.
To buy links: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Twin-Piques-Tracie-Banister-ebook/dp/B00RSEP056/ref=la_B006ZONWX2_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442672256&sr=1-3
Forensic accountant Sloane Tobin and kooky pet psychic Willa may have the same face, but that's the only thing these identical twins have in common.
How she can read the hearts and minds of animals has always been a mystery to Willa, and her rotten luck with men is equally baffling. Although she's been looking for "The One" for what feels like forever (A teenage marriage to a French mime and dating a guy named Spider seemed like good ideas at the time!), optimistic Willa refuses to give up on love. When she meets Brody, the handsome rose expert hired to save her grandmother's garden, she's instantly smitten, but why does he keep sending her mixed signals? Does he return her feelings, or is their attraction all in her fanciful head?
Unlike her twin, Sloane has zero interest in romance. Her passion is her job, where she uses her gift for numbers to take down slimy embezzlers and asset-hiding spouses. When she's assigned two high profile cases, Sloane feels confident the promotion she's been angling for is within her grasp. But will her plan to climb the corporate ladder be thwarted by difficult clients, her co-worker-with-benefits, or – most surprisingly of all – her own sister? And how's she supposed to stay focused on the drama at work when her childhood friend, Gav, moves in next door and the spark between them becomes impossible to ignore?
To get what they both want, can Willa and Sloane band together and rely on each other's strengths? Or will their differences drive them apart once and for all?
I'd like to thank the author for an arc in return for an honest review.
This was such a fun filled read that I really enjoyed. The story is based around identical twins, Willa and Sloane, they may be identical in looks but that is were the similarity ends.
I instantly warmed to Willa's personality, she is very warm, funny and kooky and loves all things girly. I love her occupation as a pet psychic and she has some great tales to tell of seeing into the minds of owner's pets and becomes the mediator between the owner and pet to help them have a more harmonious relationship with their much loved pet. Willa is a dreamer and easily falls in love but has had her heart broken in the past. She bumps into a gardener who specialises in roses who so happens to be charming, handsome and a pet lover. After this first encounter Willa dreams up of meeting Brody the gardener again and by chance she has the perfect opportunity to invite him round to the family home to give advice on the roses in the garden that her lovely Gran planted years ago. Will Willa have her happy ever after with Brody?
It took me a little longer to warm to Sloane's personality, Sloane is very level headed, very ambitious as a high flying accountant for a top firm in the city, she doesn't romanticise about relationships and very much likes her own space. However, since the girls were little they have had a close relationship to Gav, a childhood friend who has now moved next door to Sloane. Sloane's relationship to Gav has always been much closer than with Willa, they have a sort of connection to each other. They've always been around for each other when times have been tough and when they want to let their 'hair down'. However, Gav and Sloane do not initially realise they have more than platonic feelings for each other. Can the friends overcome the barriers to open up their hearts to let each other in?
There were some wonderful funny moments with the girls, I particularly enjoyed the moment when Sloane had to visit a new client and she was introduced to her dogs which had fabulous names. The scene were one of the dogs jumps on Sloane's knee was very funny (I wonder if the dog's alter ego is aware of his doppelganger), it certainly made me smile 🙂 Tracie's writing style is great, you instantly get involved with the characters and their own individual storylines and want to find out what happens next for them, you find yourself routing for them. I loved how their were some lovely warm hearted moments, some sexy ones and some beautiful romantic ones. I will certainly check out Tracie Banister's back catalogue and look out for more stories from her in the future. A gorgeous, fun, romantic 4/5* read.
To find out more about Tracie Banister and her books please visit the following links:
http://traciebanister.blogspot.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/traciebanister
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Letting You Go by Anouska Knight book review
Letting You Go by Anouska Knight, publisher Harlequin MIRA, is available in ebook format and paperback from TOMORROW 10th September 2015.
To buy link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Letting-You-Go-Anouska-Knight/dp/1848454260/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1441820568&sr=8-1
What if a tragedy occurred and you only had yourself to blame? How do you move on from the past?
Alex Foster lives a quiet life, avoiding the home she hasn't visited in eight years. Then her sister Jaime calls. Their mother is sick, and Alex must return. Suddenly she's plunged back into the past she's been trying to escape.
Returning to her hometown, memories of the tragic accident that has haunted her and her family are impossible to ignore. Alex still blames herself for what happened to her brother and it's soon clear that her father holds her responsible too. As Alex struggles to cope, can she ever escape the ghosts of the past?
I'd like to thank the publishers for an arc in return for an honest review.
This is the third book by Anouska Knight, winner of ITV Lorraine Kelly's writing competition. Her debut novel, Since You've Been Gone became a bestseller and after finished reading Letting You Go I predict another hit on Anouska's hands.
A heartbreaking tragedy in the Foster family has, and is still after many years, haunted the lives of Blythe and Ted Foster with their daughters Alex and Jem. Alex's way of coping with this terrible event was to move away from home and her family as soon as she could. After eight years living away from home Alex receives a phone call from her sister informing her that her mother is ill in hospital. Alex has no option but to face her fears head on and visit her family.
Alex is suddenly hit with reminders of the past and is struggling to cope with this and with the worry of her mother's illness. Slowly Alex starts to open up her wounds from years gone by but secrets from all around her are set to explode and change the past she thought she knew. Can Alex let go of the past and move on with the present? Can she learn to enjoy what life brings without feeling guilty?
This was such a beautiful, gripping story with so many unspoken secrets that spun the story in a different direction. What the family had to cope with during this tragic event years ago was utterly heartbreaking. I could feel the emotions in the words on the page and my heart was breaking. I loved the sound of the village that the story was set in and enjoyed the celebrated history of the area. The book was quite a lengthy read, over 490 pages, but I was engrossed so much in the storyline I didn't want it to end, I would have been quite happy for another hundred pages. The story was written with such ease, the characters were identifiable and came across as warm and well liked individuals. The storyline was very moving at times and my heart was breaking for them all but also my heart was aching as I wanted them to let love heal their hearts.
A beautiful, heartfelt, family saga 5/5*.
To find out more about Anouska Knight and her books please visit the following links:
https://anouskaknight.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AnouskaKnightAuthor?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/AnouskaKnight
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Five Go Glamping by Liz Tipping blogtour review
Five Go Glamping written by Liz Tipping is available to download now in ebook format, publishers Carina UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Go-Glamping-Liz-Tipping-ebook/dp/B00YALQPDQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441609420&sr=1-1&keywords=five+go+glamping
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A four day break from her hectic life to relax in the countryside and hang out at a local festival (for free!) is just what Fiona Delaney needs. With her best friends, great tunes and a cool looking hat her Instagram shots are going to look A-Mazing!
Until suddenly glamping starts to feel a lot more like camping and Fiona's in desperate search of a comfy chair, wi-fi and a chilled glass of wine. But when she finally makes it to the local pub she discovers this trip could be more than just a holiday, it might just change her life forever…
I'd like to thank the publishers and netgalley for an arc in return for an honest review. I am also thrilled to be part of the blogtour promoting Liz Tipping's debut novel.
I was intrigued initially to this novel by the title. I'm a novice camper and any idea of 'glamping' up camping is a bonus for me, but this book is more that just a tale of posh camping. It is a tale of believing in the here and now and enjoying the moment and also to go 'off plan' at times as you never know what fun could be had when you are spontaneous.
I loved all the characters Liz Tipping had created. Fiona was a little neurotic about her five year plan and I could feel a little sympathy for her when she'd put so much effort into it and it wasn't what she hoped or depicted. Fiona's friends were great, such a fun, haphazard bunch that worked so well together with Brian Harvey making a great new addition to their circle.
The adventures they had on their long weekend away were great fun. I loved the sound of the yurt and could cope with that type of camping better than the polka dot version! When Sam's character was introduced I could see why he took the eye of all the characters. He sounded very charming, a lost soul with a heart of his own that needed mending.
Liz Tipping's writing style was great, it was fun, flirty, great characters and kept me thoroughly entertained with some wonderful witty words and some gorgeous heartwarming moments. I'm looking forward to more wonderful words from Liz in the future. A lovely fun, romantic 4.5* tale.
To find out more about Liz Tipping and her books please visit the following links:
http://liztipping.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LizziesBooks
https://twitter.com/LizTipping
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The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies book review
The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies, publisher Penguin is available in ebook, paperback and audio download format from TOMORROW 3rd September 2015.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Planters-Wife-Dinah-Jefferies/dp/0241969557/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1441186229&sr=1-1
Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper steps off a steamer in Ceylon full of optimism, eager to join her new husband. But the man who greets her at the tea plantation is not the same one she fell in love with in London.
Distant and brooding, Laurence spends long days wrapped up in his work, leaving his young bride to explore the plantation alone. It's a place filled with clues to the past – locked doors, a yellowed wedding dress in a dusty trunk, an overgrown grave hidden in the grounds, far too small for an adult…
Gwen soon falls pregnant and her husband is overjoyed, but she has little time to celebrate. In the delivery room the new mother is faced with a terrible choice, one she knows no one in her upper class set will understand – least of all Laurence. Forced to bury a secret at the heart of her marriage, Gwen is more isolated than ever. When the time comes, how will her husband ever understand what she has done?
This is the first book I've read by Dinah Jefferies. The Tea Planter's Wife is Dinah's second book with The Separation as her first.
It's the early 1920's when Gwen meets and falls in love with Laurence, an owner of a tea plantation, during one of his visits to England. Gwen takes the emotional journey of a new young wife on a steamer set sail for Ceylon. A journey of trepidation, a journey of excitement, a journey of hope, a journey of the unknown. Ceylon was a very different world to London, an unforgiving climate, culture and lifestyle beckoned for Gwen. Gwen found Laurence very distant at times when she first joined him in Ceylon at the tea plantation as his wife, he wasn't the man she had fallen in love with, although there were glimpses at times of the 'old' Laurence. Laurence was very engrossed in his work which left Gwen on her own a lot to learn about this new world. Gwen was quite naïve and vulnerable at times and a supposedly happy event was to change the course of Gwen's new idyllic life. This event brought an emotional torture for Gwen and she struggled with this and her secret was to be locked up. However, hers was not the only secret that the house kept hidden away. These secrets slowly start revealing themselves causing old wounds to be re-opened. These secrets were truly heart breaking and I could feel my own heart shattering whilst reading the words on the page.
This story is very beautiful. I loved Dinah's wonderful words describing the landscape of colours in Ceylon. I was swept away with this story of love, discovery and heart wrenching secrets in a world without diversity. Beautiful, touching, heartbreaking 5/5* read.
I'd like to share a quote from the book I particularly liked:
'To Gwen, Ceylon was a place where British dreams had been built and fortunes made, where English families had lived and children had been born, and where her life had changed beyond her wildest dreams. Yet here was a different world, where girls ran about in simple cotton tops and threadbare skirts, where babies gurgled and crawled in the dirt, and people did not have enough to eat.'
To find out more about Dinah Jefferies and her books please visit the following links:
http://www.dinahjefferies.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dinahjefferiesbooks
https://twitter.com/DinahJefferies
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The Moment of Letting Go by J A Redmerski blogtour review
The Moment of Letting Go by J A Redmerski, published by Piatkus, is available now in ebook format and out in paperback THIS WEEK on 3rd September 2015.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Moment-Letting-Go-Redmerski/dp/0349410046/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1441008816&sr=1-1
New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author J. A. Redmerski brings us a heart-wrenching, stand-alone new adult novel.
You can follow the rules or you can follow your heart…
Sienna Murphy never does anything without a plan. And so far her plans have been working. Right after college, she got a prestigious job and gained the stability she'd always craved – until work takes her to the sun-drenched shores of Oahu and places her in the path of sexy surfer Luke Everett. For the first time, she lets her heart take control. Drawn to his carefree charm, she makes a spontaneous and very un-Sienna-like decision to drop everything and stay in Hawaii for two more weeks.
Luke lives fast and wild. When he meets Sienna, he's convinced that some no-strings-attached fun is just what she needs. As their nights quickly turn from playful to passionate, Luke can't deny the deep connection he feels. But there's a reason Luke doesn't do long-term. He can't promise Sienna forever, when the enormity of his past has shown him just how fragile the future can be . . .
I'd like to thank the publishers for an arc in return for an honest review. I am so pleased to be part of the blogtour promoting this gorgeous novel. J A Redmerski is a new author for me, she is a bestselling and award winning author who started off self-publishing in 2012 and has since been signed up with publishers. Jessica is a hybrid author who, in addition to working with a traditional publisher, also continues to self-publish.
Sienna is an Events Organiser for a prestigious Events Agency dealing with many rich clients. Sienna's latest assignment takers her to Hawaii for a wedding. Whilst taking a breather from the stress of keeping the clients happy Sienna takes a walk on the beach and comes across a surfer, Luke Everett. Sienna and Luke instantly hit it off with Luke advising Sienna on how to reduce her stress levels on the beautiful island. Luke persuades Sienna to stay on the island after her assignment has finished for a two week vacation and offers to show her around the island in return for some free advice on the charity art show he's helping with.
Sienna is a workaholic but there is something about how Luke describes a carefree life that interests her. Their friendship blossoms and both Sienna and Luke start having more than platonic emotions for each other.
While Sienna is getting to know Luke she soon realises he is holding back on some of his past. This past once revealed could make or break their friendship.
Can Luke let his demons go and can Sienna learn to change her attitudes to life and work?
This is a beautiful love story filled with passion but also has many heart wrenching and sole searching moments. I instantly likened Sienna and could see how her job and lifestyle was stressful and could appreciate the carefree lifestyle of the islanders in Hawaii. Luke sounded gorgeous but very troubled. His lifestyle was very wild, reckless and carefree. I think the mix of personas worked well and they both had a little of their characteristics to share with each other. 4.5/5* read.
To find out more about J A Redmerski and her books please visit the following links:
http://jessicaredmerski.com/
https://www.facebook.com/J.A.Redmerski
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New PAF pricing policy is not a problem
By Guy Mucklow, Managing Director of Postcode Anywhere March 20, 2009 No Comments
Guy Mucklow, managing director of Postcode Anywhere, looks at the changes coming to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
With the proposed part-privatisation of Royal Mail taking up most of the media comment recently, the advantages and disadvantages of an overhauled pricing structure have been overlooked. What comment we do read tends to be suspicious of the changes. If the Royal Mail claims that its total revenue will stay pretty much the same (which it does) then why are it bothering to overhaul the system at all? Is it truly because it wants to listen to their customers and data resellers, or is there some added benefit to them that they're not letting on?
First, Royal Mail has seemed a little unsure of what its final pricing structure will look like. After years of consultation, the organisation still hasn't quite made up its mind – and the September deadline is looming. But we do know a few things for sure ¬– it will favour transactional pricing. Pay-as-you-go or pay-per-click pricing will benefit from simpler licensing and price reductions while unlimited usage, organisation-wide multi-licence bundles will increase in price.
Royal Mail's argument – and it seems a fairly sensible one to me – is that by opening the door to smaller users of PAF, it will free the data and make it far more accessible. In my opinion the new transactional licensing model will simplify licensing and give a more cost-effective solution for organisations with lots of smaller users.
Traditionally smaller users seem to feel neglected. Royal Mail's ownership of PAF data has been questioned many times by smaller users who feel disenfranchised and unable to connect with the data juggernaut.
But many of the complainers fail to understand that PAF isn't a static block of data – it's a fluid and constantly changing resource. People are not only under the misapprehension that it never changes, they also seem to imagine that given enough enthusiastic people recording postcode areas against Easting and Northing measurements, an open-source PAF can be researched.
This is clearly not the case. Royal Mail really is custodian of the postcode data – and with one million updates every year across 28 million addresses, this custodian is here to stay.
So how does Royal Mail benefit from opening up PAF use to smaller organisations, other than receiving positive PR? Ultimately it's going to lead to greater use of PAF, which will help Royal Mail massively in a number of ways as mail goes through the sorting process.
It's worth remembering that up to 20 percent of mail has to be manually processed because sorting machines cannot read all addresses written on letters. This arises when addresses are either improperly postcoded, the handwriting is illegible or it is written using difficult to read ink, such as black ink on red paper.
As you can imagine, this adds a considerable cost to the mailing process. By opening up PAF and making it more useable, as well as simpler to manage, Royal Mail has made a very clever move. While it might not generate any extra revenue from selling PAF data, the organisation will cut costs by making the people more capable of intelligent address management. And the uptake will increase because address management is a business efficiency measure that pays dividends even in the short term.
It looks as if Royal Mail is committed to helping out smaller organisations with its new PAF pricing policy and in my opinion we would do well to support it.
Guy Mucklow is managing director of Postcode Anywhere, a Royal Mail PAF reseller and supplier of data-driven business efficiency tools.
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Aug. 1, 2016 4:15 p.m.
Two Princeton students and 11 alumni athletes are heading to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games opening Friday, Aug. 5. Three University coaches will also be at the games.
"Princeton Athletics has a long tradition of athletic excellence and has a remarkable record of producing professional athletes and Olympians," said Mollie Marcoux, the Ford Family Director of Athletics. "We could not be more proud of these 13 Princetonians who will now join the ranks of over 140 fellow Princetonians who have previously competed in the Olympic games.
"The success of our current and former athletes at, in many cases, the highest level of their sports speaks to both the breadth and the quality of our athletic program and the pride the University takes in its athletics programs. These athletes are shining examples of the ability of Princetonians to balance their pursuit of academic excellence with their desire to realize their athletic goals," she said.
Rising seniors Katharine Holmes of Washington, D.C., and Ashleigh Johnson of Miami will represent the United States on the fencing and water polo teams, respectively. Holmes will be in Rio with Princeton fencing coach Zoltan Dudas, making his first Olympic appearance as one of three coaches on the U.S. épée staff.
In the video below, Dudas describes the goal-oriented focus Holmes, a psychology major from Washington, D.C., shows in her approach to fencing. Holmes talks about being recruited by Dudas. "He presented Princeton as a place — and not just Princeton University, but the Princeton fencing team — as a place where, 'You come here and I'm going to help you make your dreams come true.'"
Nine of the alumni are on U.S. teams, and two will represent Canada.
In women's soccer, Diana Matheson of the Class of 2008 will take part in her third consecutive summer games. In London in 2012, she scored a tiebreaking goal as Canada defeated France to win the bronze medal.
Also looking to repeat as a medalist is rower Lauren Wilkinson of the Class of 2011, who was part of Canada's silver medalist women's eight team in London.
Kate Bertko, Class of 2006, will compete in the lightweight double sculls.
Donn Cabral, Class of 2012, will run the steeplechase for the second consecutive Olympiad.
Tyler Nase, Class of 2013, will be on the men's lightweight four rowing team.
Glen Ochal, Class of 2008, will be on the men's eight rowing team after having won a bronze medal as part of the men's four in 2012.
Robin Prendes, Class of 2011, will row on the men's lightweight four with Nase.
Sisters Julia and Katie Reinprecht, Classes of 2014 and 2013, respectively, will be on the U.S. field hockey squad for a second consecutive Olympics.
Kathleen Sharkey, Class of 2013, will join the Reinprechts on the field hockey team.
Gevvie Stone, Class of 2007, will row in single sculls.
Also in Rio, men's assistant cross-country coach Robby Andrews will compete for the U.S.A. in the 1,500-meter race and women's track assistant coach Priscilla Frederick will compete for Antigua and Barbuda in the high jump.
For updates on Princetonians at the Olympics, check the Department of Athletics website and social media channels. The games will end Sunday, Aug. 21.


Bulletproof cages, manned by guards armed with machine guns, rifles and tear gas, have been built in an Illinois jail to balk attempted escapes. 'The cages are equipped with revolving seats from which the guards keep watch through five windows in each cage. The windows have gun ports commanding exits and jail cells.
SHAME and death are the evil blossoms of a sinister growth that threatens to ruin the health and minds of thousands of America's youth. Striking in the darkness, this stealthy public enemy can be fought only by the clear daylight of publicity. Only in this way can we secure the drastic legislation to cope with a new and deadly menace. But just what is this gloomy monster of destruction?
Consternation swept an exclusive Eastern finishing school recently when one of its popular girl students suddenly killed herself. The school authorities hushed up the scandal with a story of accident, then launched an investigation to determine the cause of the tragedy.
This would make for some very interesting police chases.
SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL, noted English auto racer, has invented a mechanical "claw" for autos that may be used by Scotland Yard. Operated from within the car, it can be moved in any desired direction and can be used to grab the spare wheel or bumper of the car it is pursuing. Device is being tested at Hendon Police College in England. If successful, the new device may be placed as standard equipment on the autos used by the police to aid apprehension of criminals.
Two steps in the process of fingerprinting—the photographing of the original finger marks and development of the film—are eliminated by a simple method now being used. In this system the negative is not made photographically. The finger marks are powdered, then "lifted" on a jellylike transparent film. This is covered with another film which adheres to it, protecting the powder fingerprint and forming a negative.
SOUND MOVIES give the Los Angeles police an additional means of recording automobile accidents. Communications equipment from B-29s is now in use in patrol cars.
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A device long used by hat stores, to measure the size and shape of a customer's head, now helps police of Norwalk, Conn., to identify criminals. According to sponsors of the new method,who use it in conjunction with fingerprinting, no two men have heads of exactly the same shape. Therefore, the perforated contour patterns produced by the device will afford a check on a suspect's identity, and may prove particularly valuable if he has attempted to alter his fingerprints by chemical or surgical means. Since he cannot change the contour of his skull, this would remain as a telltale clew to his identity.
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Happy birthday, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa!
March 6, 2019 in Uncategorized | Tags: Alan Opie, Andrew Cornall, Anne Gjevang, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Bernd Weikl, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Christoph Eschenbach, Christopher Pope, Colin Moorfoot, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, David Huneryager, Dawn Upshaw, Debra Austin, Dimitri Kavrakos, Doreen Rao, Elena Doria, Elizabeth Hynes, Elzbieta Ardam, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Gwynne Howell, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Håkan Hagegård, IMG Artists, James Conlon, James Levine, James Lock, James Mallinson, Jerry Hadley, John Cheek, John Dunkerley, John Keyes, John Pellowe, Joseph Wolverton, Keith Lewis, Kenneth Wilkinson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Hansen, Leo Nucci, Leslie Britton, London Records, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Hillis, Matthew Sohn, Medinah Temple, Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus, Michael Haas, Mitchell G. Heller, Norman Pellegrini, Olaf Bär, Patrice Michaels, Plácido Domingo, Ravinia Festival, Ray Minshull, Richard Cohn, Richard Garrin, Simon Eadon, Sir Georg Solti, Tatiana Troyanos, Terry Edwards, Thomas Moser, Tom Krause, WFMT, William Watson | Leave a comment
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (IMG Artists photo)
Wishing a very happy seventy-fifth birthday to the celebrated New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa!
With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Te Kanawa has appeared in concert—in Orchestra Hall, at the Ravinia Festival, and in Carnegie Hall—and on recording on a number of notable occasions. The complete list is below.
May 4, 5, and 6, 1978, Orchestra Hall
May 12, 1978, Carnegie Hall
Recorded at Medinah Temple on May 15 and 16, 1978. For London Records, James Mallinson was the recording producer, and Kenneth Wilkinson and Colin Moorfoot were the balance engineers.
March 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1983, Orchestra Hall
DUPARC Melodies françaises
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Mahler's Fourth Symphony was recorded in Orchestra Hall on April 28 and 29, 1983. For London Records, James Mallinson was the recording producer, and James Lock and John Dunkerley were the balance engineers.
October 1, 2, and 9, 1984, Orchestra Hall (recording sessions only)
HANDEL Messiah
Anne Gjevang, contralto
Keith Lewis, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone
Margaret Hillis director
For London Records, Ray Minshull was the recording producer, and James Lock and Simon Eadon were the balance engineers.
Handel's Messiah also was performed on subscription concerts on September 27, 28, and 29, 1984. In addition to the cast above, Elizabeth Hynes was the soprano soloist.
HANDEL Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson
MOZART Bella mia fiamma, K. 528
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
BACH Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Thomas Moser, tenor
Tom Krause, bass
Olaf Bär, baritone
Richard Cohn, baritone
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Debra Austin, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
Recorded in Orchestra Hall on March 23, 24, 28, 30, and 31, 1987. For London Records, Andrew Cornall was the recording producer, and Simon Eadon and John Pellowe were the balance engineers.
Sir Georg Solti leads the Orchestra along with Plácido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa in the final scene from act 1 of Verdi's Otello on October 9, 1987 (Jim Steere photo)
MOZART Così fan tutte, K. 588
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano
Jerry Hadley, tenor
John Cheek, bass-baritone
Richard Garrin, director
October 9, 1987, Orchestra Hall (A Concert in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Sir Georg Solti)
VERDI Excerpts from Act 1 of Otello
Plácido Domingo, tenor
Joseph Wolverton, tenor
Kurt R. Hansen, tenor
David Huneryager, bass
The concert was recorded for radio broadcast, and for WFMT, Norman Pellegrini was the producer and Mitchell G. Heller was the engineer. The duet "Già nella notte densa" was released on Solti: The Legacy in 2012, and for London Records, Matthew Sohn was the restoration engineer.
April 8 and 12, 1991, Orchestra Hall
April 16 and 19, 1991, Carnegie Hall
VERDI Otello
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Leo Nucci, baritone
Elzbieta Ardam, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
John Keyes, tenor
Dimitri Kavrakos, bass
Alan Opie, baritone
Terry Edwards, guest chorus master
Chicago Children's Choir (April 8 and 12)
Leslie Britton, director
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus (April 16 and 19)
Elena Doria, director
Recorded live in Orchestra Hall on April 8 and 12 and in Carnegie Hall on April 16 and 19, 1991. For London Records, Michael Haas was the recording producer, Christopher Pope was the assistant recording producer, and James Lock and John Pellowe were the balance engineers.
July 28, 2001, Ravinia Festival
LÉHAR "Lippen Schweigen" from Die lustige Witwe
LÉHAR "Vilja" from Die lustige Witwe
LÉHAR "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss" from Giuditta
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
STRAUSS Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4
STRAUSS Ständchen, Op. 17, No.2
STRAUSS Cäcilie, Op. 27, No. 2
CANTELOUBE Baïlèro, La delaïssádo, and Lo fiolairé from Chants d'Auvergne
PUCCINI Mi chiamano Mimì and Donde lieta uscì from La bohème
CILEA Io son l'umile ancella from Adriana Lecouvreur
James Conlon, conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa and Luciano Pavarotti onstage at Orchestra Hall in April 1991 (Jim Steere photo)
Happy birthday, Gywnne Howell!
June 13, 2018 in Uncategorized | Tags: Anne Gjevang, Anne Sofie von Otter, Carnegie Hall, David Frost, David Kübler, David Schrader, Dennis Bailey, Dominic Cossa, Donald Gramm, Doreen Rao, Elizabeth Hynes, Emily Golden, Felicity Lott, Gabriele Schnaut, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Grammy Award, Gwynne Howell, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Hans Sotin, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Hermann Becht, Hildegard Behrens, James Lock, Jan DeGaetani, Jerry Jennings, John Cheek, John Dunkerley, Josephine Veasey, Keith Lewis, Kenneth Wilkinson, Leontyne Price, London Records, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavarotti, Malcolm Smith, Mallory Walker, Margaret Hillis, Mary Jane Johnson, Medinah Temple, Michael Haas, Michael Mailes, Michelle Harman-Gulick, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Peter Hofmann, Peter Pears, Philip Kraus, Ray Minshull, Robert Johnson, Robert Tear, Siegfried Jerusalem, Siegmund Nimsgern, Simon Eadon, Sir Georg Solti, Sona Ghazarian, Stanley Goodall, Theo Adam, Tony Griffiths, Victor Aitay, Werner Klemperer, Yvonne Minton | Leave a comment
Wishing a very happy eightieth birthday to the wonderful Welsh bass, Gwynne Howell!
Gwynne Howell (Guy Gravett photo)
Howell has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on a number of notable occasions and on several award-winning recordings between 1974 and 1990. A complete list is below (concerts at Orchestra Hall, unless otherwise noted).
Heather Harper, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Jerry Jennings, tenor
April 30, 1975 (Carnegie Hall)
January 29, 30, and 31, 1976
STRAVINSKY Oedipus Rex
Peter Pears, tenor
Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
Donald Gramm, bass-baritone
Dominic Cossa, baritone
Werner Klemperer, narrator
Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, chorus director
May 5, 6, and 7, 1977
May 13, 1977 (Carnegie Hall)
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis, Op. 123
The work was recorded in Chicago's Medinah Temple on May 16, 17, and 18, 1977. For London Records, Ray Minshull was the producer and Kenneth Wilkinson, John Dunkerley, and Michael Mailes were the engineers. The recording won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
May 10 and 12, 1979
BEETHOVEN Fidelio, Op. 72
Hildegard Behrens, soprano
Sona Ghazarian, soprano
Peter Hofmann, tenor
David Kübler, tenor
Theo Adam, baritone
Hans Sotin, bass
Robert Johnson, tenor
Philip Kraus, baritone
The opera was recorded at Medinah Temple on May 21, 22, 23, and 24, 1979. For London Records, Ray Minshull was the producer, Michael Haas was the assistant producer, and James Lock, David Frost, and Tony Griffiths were the engineers.
April 7, 9, and 12, 1983
WAGNER Das Rheingold
Siegmund Nimsgern, bass-baritone
Hermann Becht, baritone
Gabriele Schnaut, mezzo-soprano
Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor
Robert Tear, tenor
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Smith, bass
Mary Jane Johnson, soprano
Dennis Bailey, tenor
Michelle Harman-Gulick, soprano
Elizabeth Hynes, soprano
Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano
September 27, 28, and 29, 1984
The work was recorded in Orchestra Hall on October 1, 2, and 9, 1984. For London Records, Ray Minshull was the producer, and James Lock and Simon Eadon were balance engineers.
William Shimell, baritone
The work was recorded on January 25, 26, and 28, 1990, in Orchestra Hall. For London Records, Michael Haas was the recording producer, and Stanley Goodall and Simon Eadon were the balance engineers. The recording won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Performance of a Choral Work from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Check out the video below, produced by Wild Plum Arts, in which Howell talks about working with Solti and many others.
Happy birthday, Frederica von Stade!
June 1, 2015 in Uncategorized | Tags: Ana María Martínez, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Christoph Eschenbach, Claude Frank, Doreen Rao, Duain Wolfe, Frederica von Stade, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Grammy Award, James Conlon, James Levine, James Lock, James Mallinson, John Aler, John Cheek, José van Dam, Kenneth Riegel, London Records, Malcolm King, Margaret Hillis, Medinah Temple, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Peyo Garazzi, Philip Creech, Ravinia Festival, Richard Stilwell, Ricky Ian Gordon, Rodion Pogossov, Ruxandra Donose, Saimir Pirgu, Samuel Ramey, Semyon Bychkov, Simon Eadon, Sir Georg Solti | Leave a comment
Wishing a very happy seventieth birthday to the wonderful mezzo-soprano, Frederica von Stade (recently in Chicago for performances of Ricky Ian Gordon's A Coffin in Egypt with Chicago Opera Theater)!
Von Stade appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on several occasions, at the Ravinia Festival and in Carnegie Hall.
May 1 & 2, 1981, Carnegie Hall
BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust
Kenneth Riegel, tenor (May 1)
Peyo Garazzi, tenor (May 2)
José van Dam, baritone
BERLIOZ Romeo and Juliet
John Cheek, bass
MOZART Ch'io mi scordi di te? . . . Non temer, amato bene (with Claude Frank, piano)
MAHLER Songs from Rückert Lieder and Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
MOZART "Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio" from La clemenza di Tito,
LEHÁR "Vilja" and "Lippen schweigen" (with John Aler, tenor) from The Merry Widow
Selections from:
COPLAND Old American Songs
KERN Show Boat
OFFENBACH The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein
MOZART Don Giovanni
RODGERS Oklahoma! and South Pacific
SONDHEIM A Little Night Music
with Samuel Ramey, bass
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
MOZART Così fan tutte
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano
Saimir Pirgu, tenor
Rodion Pogossov, baritone
Richard Stilwell, bass-baritone
The 1981 interpretation of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust was recorded by London in Medinah Temple on May 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1981. James Mallinson was the producer, and James Lock and Simon Eadon were sound engineers. The recording won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance (other than opera) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Solti 29: Bruckner's symphonies
August 3, 2012 in Uncategorized | Tags: Andrew Groves, Colin Moorfoot, James Lock, James Mallinson, John Dunkerley, John Pellowe, Leopold Nowak, Medinah Temple, Michael Haas, Michael Mailes, Michael Woolcock, recording, Simon Eadon, Sir Georg Solti, Solti 100, tours | 3 comments
Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra recorded Bruckner's ten symphonies between January 1979 and October 1995 for London Records.
Michael Woolcock, producer
Michael Mailes and Simon Eadon, engineers
Recorded at Orchestra Hall
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (Linz version, 1865-66)
John Dunkerley and Andrew Groves, engineers
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (ed. Nowak)
Michael Haas, producer
John Pellowe, engineer
Recorded at Medinah Temple
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (1877 version, ed. Nowak)
Colin Moorfoot, engineer
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (ed. Nowak)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Colin Moorfoot, James Lock, and Kenneth Wilkinson, engineers
January and June 1979
The recording of the Sixth Symphony won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Classical Orchestral Recording from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Simon Eadon, engineer
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)
Colin Moorfoot and James Lock, engineers
Recorded at Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonia (now the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia)
September and October 1985


The race features numerous famous climbs, with the giant Stelvio the highest point.
Nothing will be certain until the maglia rosa is safely atop the feared Monte Zoncolan on the penultimate day.
Stage 1 in the 2014 Giro d'Italia is a 21.7 kilometre team time trial through the streets of Belfast. Most team time trials are flat and this one is no exception.
A 218 kilometre flat stage in the 2014 Giro takes the riders from Belfast's Titanic Quarter back to Belfast City Hall. Some minor hurdles included.
The three Irish stages are completed with a 187 kilometre stage from Armagh to Dublin. Another flat stage, the only hills are found in the Northern Ireland section early of the stage.
Stage 4 in the 2014 Giro is the first one on Italian soil. An easy ride taking the riders on a 121 kilometre spin from Giovinazzo to Bari.
Stage 5 introduces the first serious climbs and an early summit finish to shake up the GC.


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Sadly, we left the Redwood National Forest, and pointed the Fireball east for the first time in months. Got one last photo of the giant tree in our campsite 'backyard'. As close as we could measure this with our Stanley 10′ tape measure, it was nearly 38′ around.
One last pass through Crescent City was in order, as this was our last view of the Pacific Ocean as well. The old lighthouse there (still operating), sitting on its picturesque island is a beautiful sight for any camera lens. McArthur-Burney Falls State Park was our next stop for a brief overnight. The never-ending county road took us through the Siskiyou Mountains. Bet our average speed for a 40 mile stretch was no more than 25mph, but what a gorgeous route. Sometimes, it pays not to be in a hurry. The campsites at McArthur-Burney were large, secluded, and barely populated. We wandered down to the spectacular falls. Not only does water thunder over the top of the falls – it also pushes through the bedrock walls on each side of the main falls. I've never seen anything quite so dramatic. Water flow was good, and we could hear the falls back at our campsite, even though it was probably 1/3 mile away. The Pacific Crest Trail runs through this point, so I even got to walk a few hundred yards on this trail, perhaps made most famous by the book and movie "Wild".
An early start was in order for the next day, as we wanted to check out Lassen Volcanic National Park, and (hopefully) get in a brief hike. Closed!! Even the Visitor Center was closed for the season (doesn't open until Memorial weekend). We wandered around the area, checking out the early seismograph located there. For miles around, there are huge chunks of volcanic rock – although I don't know the history of this volcano, it must have been one enormous eruption, or series of eruptions. It's a gorgeous area, and we were sad not to be able to explore. Even the State Highway is closed for the season at that point – we had to backtrack to get to Lake Tahoe, our next destination.
This was one of the rare times we really didn't know where we were going to 'land' the Fireball. We had pinpointed several campgrounds in the nearby National Forest, but all are closed for the season. We finally found one state park on the west side of the Lake, which had probably a dozen open campsites. So, Ed Z'berg Sugar Point Pines State Park became our home for three nights. What an interesting spot. This is a huge State Park with over 175 campsites. But, we were the only campers there. Showers were all locked up, but we did have flush toilets. Solitude, very cold windy nights, and a huge starry sky. Bonus – we woke up on Day 2 to snow. Lake Tahoe is deep and cold. It holds 39 trillion gallons of water, enough to cover the state of California with 14″ of clear, drinkable water. It's an amazing sparkling deep blue color. The average depth is 1600′ feet, which I find incredible, since Lake Superior has an average depth of less than 500, and is about 1350 at its deepest spot. We hiked, biked, and wandered everywhere we could. It was difficult not just to sit and appreciate our good fortune for being able to land in such a spectacular spot. One point of interest was Vikingholm, a large Scandinavian style home built on the southern shore in the 1920s.. Dappled light made photos difficult, and I was disappointed not to get a great photo of the snow-covered sod roof which covers a section of the home. Completed in 1929, it now is part of the Park, but was closed (nothing apparently opens until Memorial weekend). But what a pleasure to walk around.
Saw this notable cedar of some type with its curly bark, and a large pine tree with an unusual repair job to cover up a wound.
The rest of our time was spent viewing the lake from every possible elevation and angle. With the bright clear skies brought on by the prior night's snowfall, it was a photo dream. I could probably post a hundred photos, taken just because I wanted to imprint these images on my brain.
Lake Tahoe was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, and part of them took place right on the trails in our campground. How could we resist taking our mountain bikes (and rifles – HA!) and heading out to the biathlon course? We got off to a great start, but soon ran into old icy snow piles. Wham! Suddenly I was face-planted in the cold icy stuff. Luckily John didn't see it, but he did ask me to recreate the scene for a photo. NOT! I managed to biff a second time before we came to a huge (50 yards long) deep muddy hole. There's no way we could tell how deep it was, and there was no way to bypass it, so we turned back. Yes, I did fall once again on the return. For my efforts, I have a sore knee and a bit of ice burn on my leg. Badges of honor on an Olympic course – I'm proud.
The Donner Party met its demise in this area, so we headed to Donner Lake State Park to see the new Museum there, which just opend in Fall 2015. The Donner Party was a group of 89 pioneers headed to California in 1846-47. They took a 'shortcut' which didn't turn out to be that, and bogged down for months. The upshot was that about half died along the way, and their bodies were consumed by others in a desperate attempt to survive. Only 47 of the original 89 survived that brutal winter, the worst in 100 years. Other areas of the museum are dedicated to the Chinese laborers who cut the railroad tunnels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the 1860s. The labors of these workers are finally being appropriately credited to them, after years of silence for this achievement. The Museum doesn't really lend itself to photos of these exhibits, but a statue outside, dedicated in 1918, pays tribute to all those California pioneers. We left much unseen in the Lake Tahoe area, in the hopes that we'll make a return trip. Hard to believe, but we're already feeling the pressure of moving eastward to make our deadline of being in Maggie Valley, NC on May 18. How are we going to cover all of those miles in a mere month?
We've rolled into Carson City NV for a few days. No more camping in the woods by ourselves – we're in a crowded RV park. But there's WiFi! Showers that aren't coin-operated! Electricity and water. All the things we haven't had but for a day or two in the last two months. If it wasn't for all the traffic noise, other campers, and barking dogs, it would be great!
The trek eastward continues.
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Campbell enters his 14th season as head coach of the men's lacrosse program at Middlebury in 2019-20. In his first five seasons, he continued the post-season tradition, leading the team to its 14th-consecutive (15th overall) trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2011. The team captured the 2007 NESCAC title and earned the tournament's top seed in 2013. Campbell owns a career record of 141-82 through his first 13 seasons with the Panthers.
Middlebury ended the 2009 season with a 9-1 mark in NESCAC play, winning the regular-season title by two games. Campbell was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year as Middlebury earned the top seed in the NESCAC Tournament. The Panthers advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the eighth time in school history, ending the year with a 15-3 mark. During that season, Middlebury collected key regular-season wins over Washington & Lee, Tufts and Bowdoin, while topping St. Lawrence and Wesleyan in NCAA Tournament play. Two-time NESCAC Player of the Year Mike Stone led that squad with 57 goals, earning All-American honors for the third-straight season.
In his tenure, Campbell has guided the Panthers to the top seed in the NESCAC Tournament three times (2008, 2009, 2013). During the 2016 season, he steered Middlebury to its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance in the program's history. In the 2019 season, the Panthers advanced all the way to the NESCAC Championship contest. His student-athletes have also been honored for their work both on the field and in the classroom by the USILA with numerous All-American and Scholar All-American accolades.
Campbell came to Middlebury from Connecticut College, where he served as the head coach for three seasons. In his time at the fellow conference school, Campbell led the team to a pair of NESCAC Tournament appearances in 2004 and 2005. He also worked as an adjunct physical education instructor, the intramural director and the faculty advisor on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Prior to his three seasons with the Camels, Campbell served as an assistant coach at Notre Dame for two seasons. During his stint in South Bend, he helped the Irish become one of the top-10 defensive teams in Division I lacrosse. The squad finished the 2002 and 2003 seasons as co-champions of the Great Western Lacrosse League. His duties included recruiting coordination and working with the goalkeepers.
A 2000 graduate of Middlebury, Campbell enjoyed tremendous success with the Panther program as a player and later as an assistant coach. His teams went 52-10 while he was a player, winning the ECAC Championship during his rookie season. The team appeared in the NCAA Tournament his sophomore year and advanced to the title game his junior year, before winning its first-ever NCAA Championship when he was a senior. Campbell returned to Middlebury in 2001 as an assistant coach, helping guide the team to its second-consecutive NCAA crown.
Campbell was a two-time All-American and All-NESCAC selection while donning the blue and white Panther jersey, playing in the North/South game during his senior year when he served as team captain. The Norwalk, Connecticut native ended his career with a 7.83 goals against average, third on the school's all-time career list.
Campbell has also worked as an assistant coach with the Panther men's soccer team.


Jared Goff's most recent postseason outing was easily his best, but even that might not have been enough.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff turned 24 in October, and — at the time — was in the hunt for the NFL MVP award. Through the first three months of the season, he had 26 touchdowns, six interceptions, and a 113.5 passer rating.
Then seven touchdowns and seven interceptions in his last seven games took some gloss off a stellar third season in the NFL. But now Goff has the chance to cap that season with a win in Super Bowl 53.
Just one problem: To get the job done, he'll have to outduel the best postseason quarterback ever.
Tom Brady will play in his ninth Super Bowl — three more than any other player in NFL history — and will try to win the New England Patriots a Lombardi Trophy for a sixth time.
That's a daunting task for the Rams, who have only four players — Aqib Talib, C.J. Anderson, Brandin Cooks, and Sam Shields — with any Super Bowl experience. While Brady has played in 39 career playoff games, Goff has played in three.
Has Goff shown in his limited time in the postseason that he has what it takes to get the job done against the Patriots? Well, not always.
The Rams offense finished the 2017 regular season with a league-leading 29.9 points per game, but couldn't get going against the Falcons. At the heart of the offensive issues for Los Angeles was Todd Gurley's struggles on the ground.
The All-Pro running back finished the game with 101 rushing yards, but 58 of those yards came on four rushes in the fourth quarter. Prior to that he had only 43 yards on 10 carries through the first three quarters of the game.
Goff struggled to keep the chains moving early — the Rams had 10 offensive plays and three punts on their first three drives — and just like that it was a 13-0 lead for the Falcons early in the second quarter.
The Rams settled for a field goal on the latter drive after a holding penalty pushed them back, but Goff's two throws had the team down only 13-10 at halftime.
Then the Falcons blew the game open in the second half and pushed the game out of reach for the sluggish Los Angeles offense.
Ultimately, it was his inefficiency that kept the Rams from keeping up with the Falcons. He completed just 53.3 percent of his passes, and even that was an inflated number after he strung together 10 straight completions during one drive in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Only 11 of his completions came in the first three quarters.
"I think it took a little longer than usual to settle in," Goff told the Los Angeles Times after the game.
By the time the Rams quarterback looked like himself with any consistency, it was already too late.
His return to the playoffs was pretty similar statistically to his debut a year earlier. Goff completed 53.6 percent of his passes and, again, didn't do much to help the team while also not doing much to hurt it.
The difference this time was the Rams' rushing attack got going in a big way. Gurley had 115 yards on 16 attempts, and C.J. Anderson had 123 yards on 23 attempts. The Rams committed to a smashmouth style of football against Dallas, and the offensive line dominated the line of scrimmage.
Goff's lack of contribution to the Rams' scoring total may make it look like he had a bad game, but he really just wasn't asked to do much. He threw the ball only twice in the fourth quarter and didn't have his soul taken by the Cowboys defense. Aqib Talib reminded the world as much with some colorful language after the game.
But the Rams really could've blown out Dallas in a bigger way if Goff was able to punctuate long, ball-control drives with touchdowns in the red zone. The team's first drive of the game could've ended with a touchdown, but Goff was rushed into an incomplete pass on third down with multiple open receivers.
The Rams settled for a 25-yard field goal instead. And when a pair of throws to Brandin Cooks in the end zone weren't completed on the next drive, the Rams had to kick a 23-yard field goal.
Eventually the Rams got in the end zone. Goff's inability to complement the successful rushing attack with drive-ending touchdowns almost proved costly, though.
Finally, we saw a version of Goff that resembled his regular season self when the Rams played the Saints in the NFC Championship. It wasn't exactly a prolific day for the third-year quarterback, but he completed 62.5 percent of his passes and nearly reached 300 passing yards. Both were close to his 2018 regular season averages of 64.9 percent and 293 yards.
Those numbers are more impressive considering the Rams offense had serious difficulty with the noise in the Superdome in New Orleans. Several times, Goff was shown on the FOX broadcast struggling to hear Rams coach Sean McVay through his headset.
Goff was especially good in the second half and overtime, where he completed 13 of his 20 passes for 183 yards. His only interception of the game clanged off the hands of Todd Gurley.
After that, he was pretty damn good.
The Saints only had one play that gained more than 25 yards against the Rams defense, and it probably should've been intercepted. But Rams receivers Brandin Cooks, Gerald Everett, and Josh Reynolds each hauled in a deep pass for a gain of more than 30 yards.
The first was a beautiful perfect pass down the left sideline to Cooks that set up a desperately needed touchdown before halftime.
The Rams didn't have the best day running the ball against the Saints. When they needed Goff to step up in the biggest moments, he did. That bodes well for his chances at showing up big against the Patriots in Super Bowl 53.


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Cuomo Allows New York State Residents to Gather in Small Groups
In what some say is a "shocking" move, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing New Yorkers to legally gather in small groups.
On Tuesday, Cuomo said New Yorkers can attend Memorial Day ceremonies with 10 people or less. He also said the state will allow Memorial Day vehicle parades and encouraged local governments to televise Memorial Day events.
Later this week, he announced houses of worship can host ceremonies with 10 people or less.
Cuomo's executive order prohibited all non-essential gatherings of any size for any reason, except for any religious service or ceremony, or for the purposes of any Memorial Day service or commemoration.
Following those mandates, the New York Civil Liberties Union sued Cuomo saying his order infringes on Empire State resident's First Amendment Rights, for allowing certain small gatherings but not others, the New York Daily News reports.
In response, late Friday, Cuomo modified his executive order to allow for gatherings of 10 people or less "for any lawful purpose" as long as social distancing and cleaning protocols are followed.
The update still means Empire State residents must keep six feet apart from each other and wear face masks if social distancing can't be maintained.
The amended executive order reads:
Executive Order 202.10, as later extended by Executive Order 202.18, Executive Order 202.29 and as extended and amended by Executive Order 202.32, which prohibited all non-essential gatherings of any size for any reason, except for any religious service or ceremony, or for the purposes of any Memorial Day service or commemoration, which allowed ten or fewer individuals to gather, provided that social distancing protocols and cleaning and disinfection protocols required by the Department of Health are adhered to is hereby modified to permit any non-essential gathering of ten or fewer individuals, for any lawful purpose or reason, provided that social distancing protocols and cleaning and disinfection protocols required by the Department of Health are adhered to.
While it is now ok for New Yorkers to gather in small groups, Cuomo warns it is still risky.
"Is it worth the risk? Two people is a risk, five people is a risk. Ten people is a risk. Any one of those people could be infected," Cuomo said Saturday during his COVID-19 briefing.
New York City Councilman Mark D. Levine agrees with Cuomo.
"This shocking order, forced by a lawsuit, changes nothing about the risks associated with group gatherings--especially those held indoors," he tweeted Friday night. "We need the public to continue to be smart and use judgement about the risks of this virus, regardless of what the court has forced on us."
Region Moving Back From Reopening Tops This Week's Hudson Valley News
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When the parliamentary elections were held in February 2016 in Iran, the foreign interest was focused on identifying the repercussions of the nuclear deal Iran had struck with the global community and its effects on the components of the country's political class, and to identify the inherent gaps in the internal balance of power. Similar to all the previous electoral rounds, the results came out vague and appropriate for any kind of interpretation: none of those who are branded as 'Moderates' had scored a decisive victory, and none of those who are rightfully called 'Hardliners' had shown clear signs of decline in numbers. However, the recent results in the elections did not discourage the concerned global parties and observers from subsequently completing their task of tracking down the effects of the nuclear deal on the internal political map, where they settled their bets on the fact that inevitable major changes will come through after the deal is fixed. Thus, the Iranian presidential elections that are claimed to be held mid-2017 are foreseen as a test of merit that will establish a new historical path in the 'Post-deal Iran'.
The shocking outcomes of the presidential race in the United States end of 2016, as well as the victory of the problematic candidate Donald Trump have re-shuffled the global political cards all over the world. Moreover, on-top of the consequences brought on the internal scene in the US by Trump's entry into the White House, the external aftershocks, as some are seeing it, will become clearer especially when the discussion shifts towards the inherent effects on the political components in Europe, in terms of the stimulated rise of its right wings and their candidates, where institutional pillars have less immunity and resilience facing the risks of sliding into populist fascism in comparison to the US, especially that the European right wing, inspired by the rise of Trump's phenomenon, has been scoring electoral gains in several locations, with additional locations that seem slated to easily fall in its hands, and that's without tackling the fact that the general direction of Policies in the US is utilized in Europe as an ideological compass used to set the directions of the political camps in the White Continent, which, in the era of "Trump's America", makes the German Chancellor Angela Merkel a European left wing by extension, the neo-Nazis a right wing, and the Liberals a chaotic left wing!
The purpose of this digression is to ponder on the upcoming changes and introductions in the overall directions of Western policies, created by Donald Trump's arrival to the presidency, especially that the West is the governing and dominant element on the international relations and international inter-linking policies scenes. Furthermore, at the heart of these changes, are signs and threats of an American and Western evasion from the nuclear deal with Iran, not to mention the return of the verbal escalation between the latter and the West following a period of relative calm that characterized the period of former President Barack Obama's presence in the White House.
The developments surrounding the search for a candidate left a heavy impact on the Iranian domestic front, bringing down previous positive beliefs that flourished following the signing of the nuclear deal, which preached that such a deal would synthetize an internal map of balance and policies enabling Iran to engage in normal relationships with the global community, and would create an overall internal exodus towards moderation. Instead, the stage is open again for hardline voices confirming that the battle with the West is still open, and that the deal did not succeed in creating a new path for the relationship with the West.
And so, the international changes that took the world by storm during the first two months of 2017 resulted in a restructuring of the political grounds supposed to provide support to the Iranian presidential elections. Albeit we do not tend to adopt the popular methodology that divides Iran's political class in two main 'Hardliners' and 'Moderates/Reformists' camps, since such methodology is a defective simplification that is oblivious to the propelling of the most diverse components and complex interconnected networks within that political class, and although the fact that the Iranians are only two months away from the elections, uncertainty and speculations still wraps the final list of presidential candidates from both camps, as well as wrapping the fate of those who have declared their intention to run in both races; The current President Hassan Rouhani is the most eligible candidate for the Reformists until now, and all doubts have not yet been put to a sharp end, concerning his legal eligibility to participate in the Presidential race for a second term, which indicates that roads and communication between the various components of the political class have not yet reached an understanding that crystallizes through a final list of candidates, and determines the underlying political coalitions, especially that internal conflicts have clearly surfaced within each camp, making it impossible to reach consensus, as it is seen within the ranks of the so-called Extremists, who have not yet agreed on a decision or a specific direction governing their participation in the electoral process. Concerning former President Ahmadi Nejad, whose name has been floating as one of the two possible candidates for the Extremists camp, it has been said that the Supreme Leader Sayed Ali Khamenei is not thrilled to have him as a candidate, which doesn't necessarily mean that this is a final exclusion of his name, given that the Supreme Leader's desire has been interpreted as not being a final position, but more of an "advice" from a father to one of his sons!
Under such vague circumstances, the attention is turned towards the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayed Ali Khamenei, who as usual surrounds his position with mystery and secrecy, blocking others from getting a feel of his preferred direction within these elections. This drives the observers to list and identify the options that Sayed Khamenei might consider in his approach concerning internal and external benefits and merits towards the Iranian state during the years to follow, without him showing clear signs of a preferred candidate, diminishing the credibility of the observers' readings, considering the fact that the relationships between Iran and the global community have not yet shown a clear direction.
Some believe that the Supreme Leader might submit to the current overall extremist atmosphere in Iran, which was caused by the aftershock that derailed the path of the relative openness to the West, in the wake of Western threats to detract from the Nuclear Deal, which in turn menaces to strip the Moderate camp from the project they were betting on to build their political direction in Iran in the coming years, pushing the Leader of the Revolution to concentrate his support behind a radical candidate that he sees more fit for the current state of tension that is governing the relationship between Iran and the West.
A second opinion assumes that the Supreme Leader might keep the door ajar in front of hopes to connect with the West, even if such hopes seem scarce, through supporting a moderate candidate that would be better accepted internationally, which might at a minimum promote chances of trade agreements that would help the economy in Iran to overcome the current crisis, particularly that the former President Ahmadi Nejad's failures in that department are still fresh in the memory of the Iranian public opinion. Furthermore, a reformist president would help containing the social divisions inside country.
The only fixed variable amidst all the changes that might be caused by any candidate who reaches the presidency, notwithstanding their relative party, is that the strategy files related to the projects of expanding the Iranian influence in its geo-political space such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and others, as well as projects related to armament and to nuclear energy, will remain in the hands of the Supreme Leader and the governing bodies and organizations surrounding him, which limits the expectations of all sides from the outcome of the presidential elections: whoever is the next president, he will certainly not going to have the passwords that would open these files!


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Professor Sancken earned her B.A. in History of Science from Harvard College. She earned her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, where she was the Executive Comments Editor of the Pacific Rim Law &Policy Journal, now the Washington International Law Journal, a class representative of the Student Bar Association, and an intern at the United States Senate, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (Washington, D.C. 2009) and United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (New York District Office, 2008). Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Sancken worked as an associate at K&L Gates, LLP in Seattle. Her practice included complex commercial disputes, including construction law, Indian law, real property, and consumer protection matters. Professor Sancken also has a certificate in professional mediation skills.
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Saia Beats Earnings Per Share Projections
August 3, 2018 • Heavy Duty Trucking Staff • Bookmark +
In a solid second quarter, Saia reported increases to LTL shipments and tonnage resulting in record quarterly earnings per share.
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In a recent quarterly earnings report, transportation provider Saia posted a record second quarter earnings per share of $1.15, up from 68 cents a year ago.
As a whole, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $429 million, increasing 17.7% from Q2 2017, while net income rose 72% to 30.3 million for the quarter.
Financial analysts at Stifel commented that the company's earnings per share beat the consensus estimate of $1.11, but said that the result fell just shy of its own $1.17 per share projection.
"Saia is still one of the better longer-term growth stories in our space, benefiting from geographic expansion, improved pricing, industry consolidation, and increasing network density," Stifel summarized in its report on Saia's earnings.
Company president and chief executive officer Rick O'Dell attributed its successful quarter to Saia's work on mix management and yield improvement initiatives as well as to a robust freight environment. The company also reported increases in less-than-truckload shipments and tonnage for the quarter.
"We have opened three new terminals in 2018 and have plans to open three more by year end. Our high service levels and expanded geographic reach position us well for continued share gains in the LTL marketplace," said O'Dell.
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9207 Texas State Highway 17
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134m, 1-¾ acres, 25f depth, outdoors, spring-fed and naturally temperature controlled, 72º - 76ºF (22º - 24ºC)
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Four mi. southwest of Balmorhea. From I-10 westbound, take the Balmorhea exit (#206); FM 2903 south to Balmorhea; SH 17 east 4 miles to the park. From I-10 eastbound, take the Toyahvale/Ft. Davis exit (#192); Ranch Rd 3078 east approx. 12 mi. to the park.
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The park and pool are located just off I-10 between El Paso and Fort Stockton a nice break from driving on the Interstate. It actually is an oasis in the desert and well worth a visit if you're driving through on I-10.
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A beautiful place to swim - a swimming pool built by the CCC during the depression, with natural bottom, teeming with fish and the odd turtle. But beware, the site is also teeming with Texas chiggers, who leave unpleasant, itchy "bites." My impression is that they're in the grass, but the attendant said they are also in the water. So, if you tend to be sensitive to bug bites, beware.
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The villagers of the Luangwa Valley in Zambia have been part of the ecology for centuries. But in recent decades, they were excluded from conservation efforts and antagonized by the colonial government. It is only in the recent past that conservation authorities have realized the error and are busy implementing a revolutionary integrated environmental management plan. "On Track" takes a look at the history and progress of the people in a Crowded Valley.
This award winning, awe inspiring, documentary series deals with all things African. We look at the fascinating diversity and lives of the African wildlife… from the lush rainforests, to the arid desert sands to the vast oceans surrounding the continent. We also explore the rich diversity of cultures and traditions of the various peoples and regions of this magical land, and investigate the fragile African environments and man's interaction with her delicate ecosystems. Each program is headed up by a "Did you know" segment: an entertaining, even humorous, short subject followed by a fascinating feature story. Your whole family will enjoy this visual experience.


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Q: userChrome.css not updating in MacOSX I installed firefox then tried fixing tom my preferred settings.
I followed http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserChrome.css&printable=yes & http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder to edit this file:
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/bzbmcmrb.default-1506714662572/chrome/cat userChrome.css
.autocomplete-richlistbox {
        background: #042029 !important;
        color: #cb4b14 !important;
}

#urlbar {
  background: #042029 !important;
  color: #268bd2 !important;
}

#body {
    background: #042029 !important;
    color: #268bd2 !important;
}
#textarea {
  color: #268bd2 !important;
  background-color: #042029 !important;
}

~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/bzbmcmrb.default-1506714662572/chrome/

but the drop down address bar color is not being modified.