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Filed under: Contemporary Culture,Culture,Fun,Humor,international appeal,Israel Life,OMG,Typically Israel — stefanella @ 1:28 pm
Tags: beach, funny, Gandhi, insults, Israel, lifeguards, Mediterranean, swimming, Tel Aviv
I came across this saved blog entry in my Drafts folder and decided it should see the light of this July summer's day. . .Enjoy
Israeli lifeguards
They sit on the decks of their wooden watch towers facing the sea & eyeballing water frolickers throughout the day. When the Mediterranean is calm, ne'ery a peep is heard from them. But get an undertow or high tide and they go into fast-forward, non-stop barking mode issuing relentless streams of orders through their megaphones.
"Move away from the breakers!"… "Hey you in the white swimsuit, did you hear me?"…. "Okay that's it. All three of you come over here to the lifeguard tower right now"…..
Pretty standard stuff. But sometimes they veer off into "creative license mode" because…gee I dunno. It's Israel and the rules don't necessarily apply? Or they know they won't get sued for poking fun or being rude? Or because it staves off boredom?
"Hey parents! Where are you? Do you think this is your private bathtub? I am not your babysitter. Does that kid in the blue even have a parent here?"
or: "All of you move away from the breakers. That goes for you, too, Mahatma Gandhi. Go meditate on the sand!"
or: "Gina! Where have you been all morning? Come over to the tower. I'll make you coffee! I dreamed about you last night!"
(i swear)
Welcome to Tel Aviv.
The Birthday Bailout November 25, 2009
Filed under: children,Entertainment,Fun,Israel Life,Jesus,moms,single parenting — stefanella @ 5:45 am
Tags: Bailout, birthday, bowling, funny, Israel, kids, Lady Gaga, Middle East, party, technology, Tel Aviv, the Last Supper
Last week myself and another set of parents co-hosted our sons' 2nd grade birthday party . It was an ordeal. To say the least. The hoopla was originally scheduled to happen at a local museum but due to logistics, the venue tanked. So the other parents and I scrambled at the last minute to find a back up: the local bowling alley.
As the date approached, my son fell ill with fever as did his co-host. We held off, hoping for health and instead, three hours pre-celebration we postponed. Thank goodness for SMS, email and cellphone technology. It all makes last minute change tenable.
We re-grouped and re-scheduled for the following week and luck was to be on our side: The celebration happened as planned. But not without incident.
Let's just say that when you invite 35 kids – thirty-bleedin'-five – there's bound to be a "hiccup" or two.
And so, the post-party day after was devoted to ME-chill out-time. I needed it. To regain my voice – lost as I attempted to out-shout the background music (score! on Lady Gaga), video arcade din and general bedlam. I also needed to relax after the tension of all that last minute hiccup stuff.
While chilling at home, I emailed my dear friend Keith with a party re-cap. I had to share it with someone. His reply: "I laughed out loud. Then I read it again and laughed again!" – prompted me to share it here.
It's post-birthday party chill day. My friend D just showed up impromptu and we went to a French brasserie for coffee/food together. I also briefly met with a graphic designer for a project. Otherwise, NADA else on the schedule.
The party was slightly hectic – 35 kids. And honey, let's just say these littl'uns DID NOT grow up playing in the local league. They was throwin' the ball backwards into the spectator area, bouncing it from lane to lane, rollin' it down the center panel between lanes. . .EVERYTHANG!
I was certain someone would get killed or lose a foot.
And of course, the "active" kids are the ones whose parents dropped them curbside and screeched away out of sight, leaving only tread marks in their stead. Bless their little hyped up souls. I went hoarse coaxing them NOT to throw balls the wrong way, drop balls on other kids' toes, roll balls down the lane while the machine was wracking or take them to the toilet á la "this is mine!"…It was a job.
And let's not forget the crying: One inconsolable who arrived as dinner was starting and missed the gaming, another who sobbed that his lane-mates were robbing him of his turn and another who DID NOT want to bowl – he had come for the video arcade!
But it was fun and my son had a really good time as did the other kids. And he got tons of gifts. And truth be known, it was the easiest party I've ever put on in terms of personal involvement. I merely had to buy party favors, email invites and shell out $$. Not too tough.
But, as the co-host-mom said the on the phone when she rang to check in: 'It's sort of like the Last Supper. Good thing it happened because it was the last time.'
I would have to vote an 'Amen, sister!' to that. Less is more & mass invite parties are passé. Even if it was my first.
Cake Catastrophes November 17, 2009
Filed under: children,Fun,Humor,international appeal,moms,OMG,True to Life,U.S. — stefanella @ 1:07 am
Tags: Baking, birthday, cake, Cake Wrecks, Creme brulee, culinary, Dominos, food, kids, Ninja Turtles, parties, party, pizza
My soon-to-be 8-year-old put in a special request last week for his impending birthday party:
"Please Mom. Can someone else make the cake? Or can we buy it? Please? You're..uh…it's just…You're not good at cakes."
He was being incredibly diplomatic and I had to laugh at the request. And then I reflected.
I've become a Cake Wrecks.com Candidate. Lord have mercy.
I used to bake killer apple cinnamon crumble. Heavenly bittersweet chocolate, brownie and mint liqueur squares. To-die-for créme brûlée .
But everything seemed to slide southward when I started baking party cakes circa my son's arrival into the world.
The first failing was for fête #1. To the naive, the chocolate-iced buttermilk cake appeared okay. But glancing around the living room of my San Francisco apartment, I noticed the guests toying with it. Sliding it around on their plates but not really putting it in their mouths. I sampled it myself and my cheeks went flaming red.
4th birthday lollipop cake
Quickly dashing down the hallway and into the kitchen where my dear friend Jo, rest her soul, was pouring herself a glass of wine, I moaned: "The cake's terrible! Nobody's eating it. It's awful!"
Jo burst into boisterous laughter and advised: "Go back in there and let everybody off the hook! Tell them they don't have to eat it!"
Which I did, much to the relief of the dozen or so invitees who let out a collective sigh and promptly set down their plates of untouched, inedible brick.
I had added too much of je ne sais quois and the cake was wrong. Simply wrong.
The next cake wreck was in honor of my son's 5th birthday, served to his kindergarten class.
At the time, he was way into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And because the Turtles eat pizza to rev them up, I figured it would be brilliant to make "pizza cakes" for the class.
Starting out by baking two thin, round white cake "pizzas", I topped them with red tinted icing a la "tomato sauce" and grated white chocolate i.e. "mozzarella cheese". Next, scattered Cherry Twizzler bites served as "sausage" and bananas were …uh…bananas.
pizzacake
To complete the concept, I picked up Dominos pizza boxes to serve them in.
On the day of the party, I presented the "pizzas" to the teachers who delighted over the concept. The kids, however, were dull and disappointed.
"Nobody ate it. It was plechs," my son later reported. "I threw up when I tried it."
YOU DID NOT! I protested.
But he swore he had been sick and assured me several of his comrades had been ill too. To this day he stands by the story.
So no, I won't bake any cakes this year.
But I want to know: What happened? How on earth does a person go from créme brûlée to plechs?
GI Jane October 21, 2009
Filed under: Culture,dogs,Friends,Fun,Humor,international appeal,Israel Life,Jesus,OMG,Relationships,Seniors — stefanella @ 8:51 am
Tags: Friends, funny, Israel, Mercedes
I have posted here a few times about Ruth from the dog park.
She's someone I love running into because at 80-something, Ruth makes up in pep for what she has lost in mobility. Bright red lipstick, carrot-colored choppy hair, manicured nails and a cane for support, she's got that naughty glint in her eye that says: "I know how to work it and I will if need be."
Last week when we met at the dog run, Ruth shared that she had fallen in the crosswalk earlier in the day while out with her dog Jessie.
Oh my God! I reacted.
Yeah, came her casual reply. I was like Jesus on the cross. Spread out all over the place.
Are you okay? Did you hurt yourself?
Me? she countered wide eyed, gesturing toward herself. No no. I know how to fall. I took a parachuting course years ago.
All of a sudden I felt a pang.
Ruth parachuting! Wow.
And I sort of had to squint in my mind's eye to past-blast beyond the moment and conjure a younger Ruth bodysurfing on the wind.
Of course Ruth has a past. But I had never contemplated it. And being confronted with it in such a lively manner sparked within me a combination of awe and sadness.
It made sense that Ruth had lived a daredevil life: skydiving, avoiding marrying her boyfriend of fifty years, and playing the con artist.
But in facing the image of a younger Ruth, I was facing myself.
THIS is why I like her, I epiphanied.
I Scuba dive and windsurf. I was thrown from a horse into a Mercedes years ago on a wild, midnight ride at Giza's pyramids. I've done my fair share of conning and as for amorous relationships with men. . .I'll save that for another posting.
Ruth, I realized, reminds me of me.
With luck, I'll be like her when I get where she is.
Living In Sin September 23, 2009
Filed under: afterlife,animals,Contemporary Culture,cool,Culture,death,Entertainment,Fashion,Friends,Fun,Humor,international appeal,Israel Life,OMG,popular culture,Quirky,Relationships,True to Life,Typically Israel — stefanella @ 9:28 pm
I recently blogged about a woman I frequently see at the dog park who had a near death experience. In my post, I described her as an older woman who sports a baseball cap over her kicky orange hair.
Today I saw her at the park again and she was sans baseball cap. But her short, carrot colored hair was Working It and she had on bright red lipstick, black frame glasses, her eyes were accented with blue liner and overall, she was looking pretty darned smokin'.
"He's trying to get your attention, you know," I whispered to her, nodding in the direction of a 70-something-year-old gentleman who was staring intently at her from his perch on the fountain stone wall. "He always tries to talk to you."
"Who, him? Really?" Ruth was genuinely surprised and flattered. Her name is Ruth. I asked her. I nodded yes. "He's staring at you."
"Ah..." she waved the notion away with her hand. "I already have a boyfriend. He's ten years younger than me but I'm younger than HIM in spirit."
I laughed aloud.
She smiled with a faint hint of naughty behind the glimmer in her eyes. "We've been together fifty years. We don't live together, though. That's what keeps us together. Put us in the same house together and the relationship would be over in a week."
More laughter – raw and boisterous – from me.
"I'm not looking for more boyfriends. I've got enough."
I like this Ruth. Kicky personality matches her kicky orange hair.
Going Global August 16, 2009
Filed under: Arts,children,climate,cool,Culture,culture Shock,earth,Education,Entertainment,Fashion,film,Friends,Fun,holidays,Humor,international appeal,Israel Life,kinky,media,moms,popular culture,professional,Quirky,Relationships,single parenting,Sports,travel,True to Life,Typically Israel,U.S. — stefanella @ 4:40 am
Tags: balance, Berlin, Bootsy's, Carmen, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Museum, conventional wisdom, Dr. Seuss, food, Friends, Global, Holy Land, Israel, Israeli, living, love, margaritas, Oh The Places You'll Go, psychology, Puerto Alegre, Robert Mappelthorpe, San Francisco, SFMOMA, tapas, Tel Aviv, Teller's, travel, Vietnamese Pho, wine, World Piano
A few years ago when I was living in San Francisco, I shared an ongoing dilemma with an Israeli friend:
"I feel torn between being here and living in Israel," I told her. "I don't know where I should be."
"Why do you have to decide?" she posed. "Of course you choose a main locale for residence but as far as I'm concerned, the more comfortable you become inside your own skin the more comfortable you become wherever you are once you've lived in different places. And that's a great place to be. You become a citizen of the world and you can find happiness wherever you go."
At the time, I couldn't wrap my head around that concept. I felt I should make a decision and declare my loyalty on some level to one place or the other. No in-between nonsense would do. And the concept of "global citizen" or feeling a sort of neutral happiness wherever I might be was way beyond my comprehension.
But, by jobe, I believe I finally got it.
For numerous reasons I won't go into here & now, I returned to Israel four years ago after a decade hiatus in San Fran. Since returning, however, each summer I travel with my son to Cincinnati so he (and I) can maintain ties with my family & he can retain his command of the English language and gain exposure to American culture.
My parents and two of my sibs live in "Nati" & it's where I grew up. But when I left there after college – which included a 2-year overseas stint at Tel Aviv University – I vowed never to return. Bloody god forsaken conservative place that indicted its own Contemporary Arts Center for running the Mappelthorpe Exhibit (!) was how I viewed matters. Not for me. Gateway to the North, indeed. There would be no containing me THERE, thanks. I longed for the enchanted promise of Seuss' Oh The Places You'll Go.
But here I am, years later, turned completely around & feeling the warm glow of "global."
This summer my son and I spent time in Cincinnati, took a side trip out to San Francisco and now we're back in Tel Aviv. And I can honestly say that in each place I found home. Home in cultural events that included Opera and a World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, the MOMA in San Fran and upon returning to Tel Aviv, a visit to my local gallery to check out the latest exhibit.
I found home in culinary delights in Cincinnati's trend spots: Bootsy's for tapas, Teller's for rasberry vinaigrette over greens and goat cheese, my mom's for home-cooked Indonesian chicken and a dear friend's for backyard grilled Talapia wrapped in lettuce leaves.
I relaxed back into San Francisco food comfort with frighteningly potent margaritas served up at Puerto Alegre & generous, steaming bowls of traditional Vietnamese Pho. And upon returning to Holy Land Central (aka Israel) I hit the supermarket on a Friday at 2 p.m. – total cold-water immersion into THIS local food culture.
Home, everywhere, is about the people. I spent neery an idle moment in Cincy thanks to FB and reconnecting with old friends and loved ones who indulged me with tennis, poolside lounging, movie outings, dinners, drinks and loads of engaging conversation. Being back "Home" was an absolute treat and there are, by gosh and golly, wide swaths of WILD in Cincy.
In San Fran, I reconnected with my other sib and visited with friends and local merchants I hadn't seen in years. Particularly pleasant was sharing a vacation apartment in the city with friends who had flown in from Australia, Manhattan, Berlin and Serbia to be together. My son benefitted from reconnecting with children from his infant and toddler days.
Back in Tel Aviv less than a week, we've received separate invites to go snorkeling, camping, to overnight in the country and spend a weekend at a "mango tree resort". I am absolutely blessed. No doubt about it.
I ran into that old Israeli friend last year. She's back in Tel Aviv and super busy with two young children and studies. But she still has that positive outlook and cheerful disposition. And she still maintains her status as a global citizen.
I believe I've joined her ranks. Fine by me because feeling at home wherever I might be is a wonderful place to be. But it's also painful. Leaving loved ones and engaging aspects of each culture behind isn't easy. But I'll take it. Because "living globally" far outweighs the absurd compulsion of having to declare loyalty or choose.
Art's Passion August 8, 2009
Filed under: advertising,animation,Arts,body,Celebrity,climate,Culture,Fashion,Fun,hollywood,media,nature,Oscars,Political,popular culture,professional,Relationships,travel,True to Life,U.S. — stefanella @ 2:10 am
Tags: Ansel Adams, art, Brigitte Bardot, Burning Man, Cairo, Cincinnati Art Museum, Diego Rivera, Egypt, Emotion, French Renaissance, Georgia O'Keefe, Henry Kissinger, Igor Stravinsky, In The American West, Jimmy Carter, Louvre, Magritte, Marilyn Monroe, Merce Cunningham, modern art, Nureyev, O'Bama, painting, Paul Klee, photography, politicians, Richard Avedon, Salvadore Dali, San Francisco, SFMOMA, Tutankhamun, Venus De Milo, Warhol
For a long time I thought my overwhelming "museum feelings" were linked to certain sites or specific pieces of art.
The type of feelings that envelop with totality and without warning when viewing works of art.
Like the time tears welled threateningly while glimpsing the Venus de Milo at the Louvre.
Or when my heart swelled wildly while touring Tutankhamun's tomb treasures in Cairo.
Perhaps the love affair with art began when I was in high school; I chose French Renaissance Art as my subject for a term paper which meant spending weekends – quite willingly – in Cincinnati's Art Museum Library conducting research. My instinct, however, sez it started years before.
Nonetheless, I find that whenever I frequent museums or art happenings – Burning Man included – there's usually a painting, sculpture, fixture or installation that renders me "struck". I get a lump in my throat and my vision goes blurry.
Yesterday's SFMOMA visit was no exception; I was struck several times by vastly different exhibits.
Initially touring the permanent exhibits, I was quite surprised by Paul Klee early works described as "monstrous figures." I love Klee's sweeping grandness and color but I was taken aback by this dark, detailed material.
Then I felt a swell of gratitude taking in originals by Dali, Diego Rivera, Magritte and Warhol.
The day, however, belonged to cutting edge fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon, whose career spanned 50+ years.
Avedon's 1950's-1960's photos of Twiggy, Brigitte Bardot and Katharine Hepburn oozed natural beauty and starlet material. But his image of Marilyn Monroe seemed to capture the icon's mix of blazing sex symbol & confused nymph that would be her legacy. THAT image presented an emotional moment for me.
Equally moving were Avedon's images of Louis Armstrong, Igor Stravinsky, Nureyev' "En Pointe" and Merce Cunningham who died two weeks ago. His politicians spanned decades and worlds removed from Kissinger to Carter to Obama as Senator.
Equally moving was the series of photographs documenting his father's losing battle to cancer and the commissioned body of "In The American West" works portraying faces of middle America. What a career span and what an incredible talent.
The MOMA also featured works by Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams which presented yet another revelation. Georgia didn't do it for me. She used to but not anymore. That's just the way it goes, I guess. But the Ansel Adams works spurred awe and yet another throat lump over his Sand Dunes gelatin silver print.
After touring, I sat on the museum rooftop in the sun beside the large installations basking in the afterglow of appreciation.
Museums are magical places; I am oh-so-lucky to have the mobility, eyesight and wherewithal to visit them.


Texas quarterback Colt McCoy had the flu last week but stilled played in Saturday's game against Texas Tech. He said he really didn't begin to feel better until after halftime, when he drank a children's grape hydration drink, Pedialyte, and ate peanut butter/jelly sandwiches. With the flu epidemic running as wild across college campuses as streakers in the 70s, can't you just see athletic trainers running out and buying all the Pedialyte in sight? Heck, McCoy went 15 for 18 in the second half with a touchdown, and his Longhorns won 34-24. It just had to be that grape Pedialyte!


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Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
Go behind the scenes with Brody Stevens as he prepares to reignite his comedy career.
Brody Stevens, Who Are You?
Brody enlists his friends to explain what makes his comedy unique, and he tries to reconcile with his estranged sister before their mother's 80th birthday party.
Breakdown!
Brody stops taking his meds cold turkey, which leads to a manic episode that lands him in the UCLA psych ward.
I'm Sorry, Chelsea
Brody decides to apologize to Chelsea Handler for the way he behaved when he worked as the warm-up act for "Chelsea Lately."
Oklahoma Cupid
After years of being single, Brody decides to try Internet dating, and he enlists the help of his mother to create an OkCupid profile.
Nose Business Like Show Business
Brody decides to take his acting career to the next level, so he invests in new headshots and some improv classes.
Conan!
After an eight-year hiatus, Brody performs stand-up on television again.
What Nose Up... Must Come Down
As Brody adjusts to his new medication, he falls into a deep depression that he fears will be with him for the rest of his life.
Brody tries hypnotherapy to help him get over his facial dysmorphia, and he hires a matchmaker to help with his dating issues.
Smoke and Believe
Tension mounts between Brody and his crew over their fear that his frequent pot use will lead to another manic episode.
Jews and Samoans Rule Seattle
Brody and his old partner Teina Manu stage a live reunion show of their beloved cable access program.
Show More Episodes
About Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
This documentary series takes an unflinching look at the offstage life of comedian Brody Stevens, including his public breakdown and his journey back to the world of stand-up.

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Le gelao blanc, ou duoluo, est une langue taï-kadaï, de la branche kadaï, parlée en Chine ainsi qu'au Viêt Nam par les Gelao.

Classification
Le gelao blanc fait partie des langues kadaï, un des groupes des langues taï-kadaï. Les locuteurs du gelao sont des Gelao.

Phonologie
Les tableaux présentent les phonèmes du gelao blanc parlé à Yueliangwan dans le xian de Malipo rattaché à la préfecture autonome zhuang et miao de Wenshan au Yunnan.

Voyelles
Les voyelles sont :

Consonnes
Les consonnes sont :

Tons
Le gelao blanc de Yueliangwan est une langue tonale, avec 4 tons.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
  He Jiashan, 1983, 仡佬语简志 - Gēlǎoyǔ jiǎnzhì, Pékin, Mínzú chūbǎnshè.
  Ni Dabai, 1990, 侗台语概论 - Dòngtáiyǔ gàilùn - , Pékin, Zhōngyāng mínzú xuéyuàn chūbǎnshè

Articles connexes

 Linguistique
 Liste de langues
 Langues par famille
 Langues taï-kadaï
 Langues kadaï
 Gelao (langue)

Liens externes

Inventaire de langues
Langue kadaï
Langue en Chine
Langue au Viêt Nam

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2016 promises to be a big year for rock music! New music will be coming from Lacey Sturm, Alter Bridge, Slash, The Offspring, Green Day, Dream Theater, Korn, Megadeth, Linkin Park, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Avenged Sevenfold, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Metallica!
Whoever said rock music is dead never had a look at that line-up!
The past two months have seen quite a few rock music videos which you can lose yourself to.
Exactly the song you will expect with "Mayhem" as a title. Halestorm throw everything they have in the execution of this song, an adrenaline fuelled, fist-pumping track that is sure to make any rock music fan happy!
Chrissy Constanza charms the crowd during a live performance captured to serve as a music video for their single "Outsiders" filmed at their sold-out London show.
Ronnie Radke told Loudwire.com that he had the most fun shooting this video and they made use of his dad's motorcycle club. It was shot in Ronnie's home town of Vegas. An intense song that will keep you coming back for more.
A creepy yet stylistic video for New Years Day's song "I'm About To Break You". A fun, hard rock song that I can just imagine myself singing along to in the car and maybe head-banging at the traffic light! 😀 The video reminds me of Mad Max, which is definitely a good thing!
"You and I" by PVRIS is probably the tamest song on this list, but the band is on fire at the moment and they have recently released a slew of music videos. I just admire Lynn Gunn's haunting, silky voice and I love the arty, gothic style of the video. I'm really excited for the what the band's future holds in store!
I hope that we will share many more rock music moments in 2016!


The Onemana Voluntary Rural Fire Force has a space on its committee and the Fire Chief, Jo Adams, has extended an invitation to the Opoutere community to fill it.
Ideally it would be someone who is NOT a firefighter, but that person should be energetic, practical and committed to help the Fire Force move forward with the building of a new fire station in Onemana. This vitally important new building will stand immediately behind the current station and will feature four bays for fire appliances and a fantastic upstairs function room with capacity to seat 100 people.
Opoutere has a longstanding relationship with the Onemana VRFF and we are reliant on them for first response care not just for fire but for any major emergency, all year round. Their fundraising catering unit is a fixture at our annual regatta and Jo's truck is seen every night through the summer months as he travels through the village on his way to patrol the forest and beach. This is a great opportunity to be involved with a proactive and growing committee.
The Onemana VRFF is having its AGM on July 29 so please give it some serious thought and contact Jo with any questions you may have.
Contact Jo at : joadams1014@gmail.com, or call him on 027 449 3034.


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Q: Page won't load, advice to update Adobe Flash Player doesn't help My computer is a Hewlett-Packard Vista with a Firefox browser. I have been setting up with a company to work from home and when I was supposed to connect with my telephone system the page loaded a couple of times and now it won't load.
The company said that maybe I need to download the latest adobe flash player.  I have tried to do that several times and it doesn't want to load either; says I have one downloaded so I uninstalled the older programs and it still won't work.  Other sites load just fine.

A: I've been running into similar problems.  Preliminary debugging indicated that Adobe was/is requesting overlapping chunks like (1-1,4012-4230,4016-4400...) when running in a tab.  Things I have done which seem to work are:

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*In Firefox, open Tools->Options->Applications.  Change the application for Adobe Acrobat Document to Use Adobe Reader 9.4 (default).

*In Adobe, open Edit->Preferences->Internet.   Uncheck Allow fast web view.

Either of these seem to work.  My wife prefers the first fix which open Adobe outside the browser.  The second works when opening documents in the browser.  I run through the Firefox and Adobe debugging pages, although I didn't edit the Registry.  Both of them slow the initial document display down, as more of the document needs to be read.

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Stress incontinence – People with stress incontinence leak urine when they laugh, cough, sneeze, or do anything that "stresses" the belly. Stress incontinence is most common in women, especially those who have had a baby.
Urgency incontinence – People with urgency incontinence feel a strong need to urinate all of a sudden. Often the "urge" is so strong that they can't make it to the bathroom in time. "Overactive bladder" is another term for having a sudden, frequent urge to urinate. People with overactive bladder might or might not actually leak urine.
Mixed incontinence – People with mixed incontinence have symptoms of both stress and urgency incontinence.
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Cinemark is bringing back the beloved (and also hated-on) films for an event they're calling the "'Twas the Twilight Before Christmas" marathon.…
Cinemark is bringing back the beloved (and also hated-on) films for an event they're calling the "'Twas the Twilight Before Christmas" marathon. (AP Images)
Team Edward or Jacob: Twilight films to return to Cinemark theaters in Conn.
by: Olivia Perreault
Conn. (WTNH) — Twilight fans — it's once again time to ask the imperative question: Are you team Edward or Jacob?
Whether you love The Twilight Saga films — or love to hate them — one thing is clear: they're one of the most talked-about pop-culture series of the early 2000's. To honor the films, Cinemark theaters across the country will host screenings of all five movies this coming weekend.
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn revolve around Bella Swan, a girl from Phoenix, Arizona who relocates to Forks, Washington. As the new girl in town, she's introduced to the mysterious Edward Cullen and falls for him fast, despite his odd quirks. Meanwhile, her best friend Jacob Black reveals his feelings for her.
But this isn't a normal love story, as Bella soon realizes her normal world – and relationships – are not what they seem, as her life slowly becomes filled with both vampires and werewolves.
The fantasy films, based on the four-book series by Stephenie Meyer, grossed over $3 billion worldwide from 2008 to 2012. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner led the cast.
In Connecticut, vampire enthusiasts can catch the series at Cinemark theaters in Enfield, Manchester, Milford, and North Haven. Find showtimes at each respective theater here.
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The music on the CD is upbeat jazz/latin with a lot of Afro Cuban and Carribbean influences. All selections composed by Winnie Dahlgren.
"Good music, great sound. Winnie always takes care of business when it comes to playing her music".
"Surrounded by great musicians on her debut album Till We Meet Again, Danish vibist Winnie Dahlgren successfully created a macrocosm of rich musical diversity. This makes for a musically delightful album."
Winnie Dahlgren provides the listener with a distinct musical experience with delicate twists.
knowledge of Latin, world music and jazz styles give her performances a modern quality.
and run the gamut of playful and energetic to sweet and endearing pieces with thoughtful melodies.
As a vibraphonist leading her quintet, the band presents a unique instrumental sound.
When writing music I can't help but be inspired by my surroundings. Sometimes the music is inspired by one single person or event, other times it's solely about the music. When the latter is the case and it's time to title a song, it's the spirit of the moment that brings forth the words. The titles on this album are a mix of these two scenarios. For "I Wouldn't Mind", "Now Let's Move On", and "Join Me" the titles can be open to your own interpretation as I simply let the "title muse" inspire me. The rest of compositions have a more specific meaning or event leading up to them.
"1-2-60" was written for my parents the year they both celebrated their 60th birthday. "To My Grandmother" is also a birthday song, this one inspired by Danish children songs. "Sunset Over Noyalito Avenue" was written at a time when a relationship to a friend was changing, causing me to reflect on my life. "Yeleni" is my African name. While visiting Mali in 2000/01, I was given this name by one of the local majors in Bamako, as it is tradition to give an African name to visitors. After having observed me for a few days, he told me I shall be called Yeleni. He explained that the name means a celebration of the African woman and is a symbol of a strong woman. What an honor to have been given such a powerful name! In 1999/2000 I went to Mozambique, on my very first trip to Africa, to visit a friend in Maputo and to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium. This trip marked me with very strong emotions and powerful memories. Not knowing when I would be able to return to this beautiful place or when I would see my friend made me write "Till We Meet Again".
Another excellent CD from Winnie Dahlgren. Her music is so original and the tunes flow seamlessly from instrument to instrument. Her vibes playing is a delight, and her composition style is unique. Buy it!
I am so impressed with this CD! Winnie your songs are tasteful and composed with great passion!! Can't wait to see you play!! Just absolutely beautiful and exciting!!


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Nick Cannon Presents MTV Wild 'N Out Live to Make Highly Anticipated Return to the Road in 2020
Tickets On Sale to General Public Starting Friday, January 10 at LiveNation.com
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Multi-hyphenate entertainer Nick Cannon announced his wildly popular MTV Wild 'N Out Live tour will return with dates all over the U.S. kicking off this March. Fans can expect stand up routines by their favorite Wild 'N Out cast members including DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller, Emmanuel Hudson, Justina Valentine, Hit Man, Conceited, DJ D-Wreck and Pretty Vee (lineup varies by city), as well as live music performances from some of today's hottest artists including platinum "My Type" and "Icy Grl" entertainer Saweetie. Additional special guests will be announced. Each night Nick Cannon and the cast will also invite members of the audience to join them for Wild 'N Out's most popular games. The tour will bring together a comedy, variety and game show all in one to fans of the improv/competition show on each stop.
Produced by Live Nation and Laugh Out Loud, the expansive 27-city arena tour will kick off March 3rd in Jacksonville, FL and make stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and more, before wrapping April 11th in Anaheim, CA at the Honda Center. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, January 10th at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.
Citi is the official presale credit card of the MTV Wild 'N Out Live tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday, January 7th at 12pm local time until Thursday, January 9th at 10pm local time through Citi EntertainmentSM. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
Nick Cannon On the Art of Ambition & Wild 'N Out Live!
Rod Stewart Announces North American Summer 2020 Tour With Special Guest Cheap Trick
American Express Presale Begins Wednesday, January 10; General On Sale Begins Tuesday, January 16
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Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus performed together.
Queen of country songs Dolly Parton partnered with Miley Cyrus as they went back to their Southern roots and sang Jolene. Fact: Dolly is actually Miley's godmother. They also sang with Maren Morris.
Ricky Martin, Camila Cabello, and J Balvin set the stage on fire with world-renowned Cuban-American trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
Diana Ross celebrated her 75th birthday with a smashing performance onstage.
Jennifer Lopez did a MoTown tribute and performed "Dancing in the Street" and "Please Mr. Postman," with the legendary Smokey Robinson who introduced the performance and sang bits of "I've Got Sunshine" and "My Girl" and Ne-Yo played the piano.
Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves paid tribute to Dolly Parton in matching red ensembles.
Red Hot Chili Peppers perform with Post Malone rocked the stage.


+ include for ip= other than 'dhcp'.
Obviously keep your default linux kernel in another image= section so you can switch between booting the nfsroot and the normal kernel to play around with this stuff. Obviously keep your default linux kernel in another image= section so you can switch between booting the nfsroot and the normal kernel to play around with this stuff.
- You cannot specify a normal root = entry in this section because lilo doesn't recognise /dev/nfs for root (the device doesn't actually exist to LILO).  So instead just specify it in the append= line which lilo doesn't try to interpret, and lilo will include the extra image without error. + You cannot specify a normal root= entry in this section because LILO doesn't recognise /dev/nfs for root (the device doesn't actually exist to LILO).  So instead just specify it in the append= line which LILO doesn't try to interpret, and LILO will include this extra nfsroot image without error.
The v3 seems to be really important in making anything at all happen on boot. If that isn't set, no communication seems to occur. The v3 seems to be really important in making anything at all happen on boot. If that isn't set, no communication seems to occur.
- The 'rw' is also important.  It prevents the fsck of the root fs. because root is NFS and can't be checked.  Slackware won't boot properly unless that is set. Instead of doing this you could optionally hack fsck out of the slackware startup scripts on your NFS root, however simply using 'rw' is quicker (albeit dirtier). + The 'rw' is also important.  It prevents the fsck of the root fs. because root is NFS and can't be checked.  Slackware won't boot properly if we give 'ro'. Instead of using 'rw' you could optionally hack fsck out of the Slackware startup scripts on your NFS root, however simply using 'rw' is quicker (albeit dirtier).
+ It may be created elsewhere than arch/x86 depending on your architecture, e.g. x64, arm.
+ The above is enough to get you a booting Slackware system, or should be. There are some additional steps that you may wish to now do.
+ For the last command, avoid adding a trailing slash to /mnt/tmp, and try not to forget the INSTALL_MOD_PATH, otherwise you may have just clobbered your system modules.  If you gave your kernel a local suffix (e.g. -nfsroot) you'd have been protected against that.
+ Obviously you need to add the last two commands to /etc/rc.d/rc.local or another startup script to run on each boot.
+ NFS Root is never going to be considered secure, but at least this makes cross-contamination of nfsroots less likely.
+ Note that I am using dhcp in the above example, but I've added an entry to /etc/dnsmasq.conf on my router mapping the thin client MAC address to the IP address 172.17.0.81 so the client always gets that address.


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50 Interesting Twitter Stats & Facts You Never Heard Before in 2022
Days worth of tweets could fill a ten-million-page book. Didn't this fact blow your mind? Well, Twitter is such a place that blows people's minds with the tweets that they read. It is one of the trending platforms across the globe. You can even call it the most happening place where people get information regarding almost everything, start trends, and even make a difference in the world. This blog will take you through a few interesting facts and stats that you might have never heard of before regarding one of the most happening platforms.
Here's the List of Twitter Stats & Facts
1. Twitter was launched in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams.
2. The first-ever tweet was done by Jack Dorsey.
— jack⚡ (@jack) March 21, 2006
3. As you all know, hashtags are very famous, especially on Twitter. They can create an entire movement. The first hashtag (#barcamp)was used in 2007 by Christ Messina.
4. 3 years, 2 months, and 1 day, the duration from the first tweet to the billionth.
5. 500 million tweets are posted each day and 200 billion each year. That means 6,000 tweets are sent every second, which is equal to 350,000 tweets every minute.
6. 😂 Tears of joy is the most used and Tweeted emoji. It was used in 14.5 billion Tweets. Other than this emoji 😂, in the year 2020, the sad emoji 😭 was also used a lot. Twitter made a list of th most used emojis in 2020.
Source: Twitter blog
7. A survey conducted by the Insider Intelligence called 'US Digital Trust Survey' noticed that Twitter is in 7th place out of 9 regarding privacy and trust. This Twitter stats show that people are less confident regarding Twitter in terms of privacy and data.
Source: eMarketer
8. As of 2020, Twitter is the sixth-ranked mobile app based on monthly users.
9. Around 550 million users have posted a tweet.
10. 44% of all accounts that have been created on the platform have never tweeted once.
11. An average user has 707 followers.
12. There are accounts that have zero followers. There are 391 million accounts like that.
13. 8.5% of users are of the age group ranging from 25 to 34 years.
14. The United States has the most number of Twitter users, followed by Japan and India. It has around 73 million users.
15. Though the U.S has more users, it only saw a 9.6% increase in users usage in 2020 compared to other platforms like Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram.
16. Accounts can be blocked and removed if the company notices hateful content or conduct. During the first half of 2020, Twitter suspended 925,700 accounts. It is a 6% increase from the last half of 2019.
17. Most people get news from social media platforms before they get it from traditional media sources. A picture posted on Twitter broke the news even before traditional media could cover it. It was a picture regarding a US Airways flight that crashed on NYC's Hudson River.
Here's the photo from the Miracle on the Hudson tweet. It doesn't appear in the old tweet anymore. Twitpic shutdown couple of years ago. #MiracleOnTheHudson pic.twitter.com/tlbNcqquKN
— Janis Krums (@jkrums) January 15, 2019
18. Talking about news, 17% of Americans receive news from Twitter. Worldwide only 12% get their information from Twitter. Twitter is behind Facebook, Whatsapp, and Youtube in this area. Instagram is catching up with Twitter as a news source.
19. Since Twitter is considered a news platform. There will be media outlets and journalists present and tweeting. 25% of verified users are journalists and media outlets.
20. 10% of U.S. Twitter users make or produce 92% of U.S. tweets. Even though most of the users post rarely, a small portion of very active users has the majority of the tweets. It was also noted that these highly active users are Democrats.
21. It is noticed that there are more democrat users than republicans. Twitter users are most likely to lean left in the political area. U.S adult users consist of 65% of Democrats or the ones who lean towards Democratic, and 33% are Republicans or lean towards Republicans.
22. There are more male Twitter users compared to females. 68.1% are male users.
23. Even though Twitter was there for a long time, it made its first profit in 2017.
24. 80% of active users use this platform through their mobile devices.
25. This platform has an advertising audience of up to 353 million.
26. Users use social media platforms other than Twitter. 99% of the users have or use at least one other social media platform. Businesses can use this Twitter stats to their advantage and remarket on other platforms.
27. Twitter ads can help target a niche audience. It can reach up to 5.8% of the world's population, who are over the age of 13.
Source: Hootsuite
28. Twitter's ad revenue is up by 15% due to the increase in product launches. In the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, advertisers mean 808 million dollars on Twitter. Most of the ad revenue comes from the U.S, followed by Japan.
29. Ad engagement of Twitter is up by 27%. Twitter in Q3 of 2020 noticed that users have started to engage with ads more frequently. The cost per engagement is down by 9%.
30. In the last 12 months, Twitter ads were used by 12% of B2B content marketers, and 82% of them used Twitter for organic content marketing.
31. 67% of all B2B businesses use Twitter as a tool for digital marketing.
32. Twitter stats show that they witnessed an average increase of 15% in click-through rate for website carousel ad format and a 24% increase in installs per impression compared to single asset formats. Use these formats to increase your CTR.
Source: Digital airstrike
33. Everyone likes it when their tweets have been replied to. 77% of users said they felt more positive towards a business or a brand when their Tweet was responded to by the brand.
34. 40% of users have agreed that they purchased a product or service after seeing it on Twitter.
35. 2 billion videos are watched on Twitter on a daily basis.
36. Views on videos increased by 62% from 2019 to 2020. It is a 72% increase year over year on videos watch time.
37. Twitter has in total 1.3 billion accounts. In those, only 330 million are active users.
38. It is said that 480 million users are bot accounts.
39. 83% of the world's leaders are on Twitter. In India, Mr. Narendra Modi has the most followers on Twitter.
40. The most popular Twitter accounts as of March 2021, according to the most number of followers, are Barack Obama, followed by Justin Bieber.
41. According to Twitter stats, the platform made a list of 'Most tweeted about People Worldwide' and 2020 Donald Trump was the most talked and tweeted about. He was #1 most tweeted about 2020.
42. The most retweeted and liked tweet in the year 2020 was the announcement of Chadwick Boseman's passing away.
43. The most famous and retweeted post of all time is a Japanese billionaire promising money for almost 100 people. The entrepreneur promised to offer one million yen to 100 randomly selected users who would retweet the post and follow his account. It has been shared more than 4 million times.
44. Twitter stats show how people in India used this platform during the second wave of Covid. When they compared Covid tweets posted during April 1 – May 31 and the months preceding it, February 1 – March 31, they witnessed an increase of 600% in the daily number of tweets regarding covid.
45. Tweets asking or providing help increased by 20x. During the second wave in India, the #Covid19 tweet was posted 77% more. #Blood and #Plasma saw an increase compared to Feb to March by 72% and 834%, respectively.
46. While #Covid19 was used nearly 400 million times. According to Pew Research, #Blacklivesmatter was used 3.7 million times per day on an average from May 26 to June 7, 2020.
47. In the first half of 2021, the most used hashtag was #valimai.
It's #HashtagDay so you know what that means! Here's the list of the most Tweeted hashtags in India in the first half of 2021 👀 pic.twitter.com/xuKApkk5cy
— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) August 23, 2021
48. The following Twitter stats will show you how users used Twitter to discuss entertainment, movies, and sports in 2020.
Sitting and at home, people started catching up on shows and movies that they missed during their hectic daily routines. They started watching new releases as well. There were 7,000 tweets regarding shows on TV or movies every minute.
49. Even though sports events did not allow the audience to be present in the stadium, Twitter became the online stadium of the audience. There were 2 billion tweets regarding sports. Video games tweets also saw an increase of 75% from 2019
50. witter was flooded as well. In the first weeks of the lockdown, 500,000 tweets were about cooking and baking almost every day. 29,000 tweets regarding chocolate on a daily average.
Not just text, emojis were also used a lot.
Twitter stats can get really interesting. You will find information that will make you wonder if so many people actually took part in discussions, hashtags and retweets. This also tells you how happening this platform is. The aim of the blog was to get 50 interesting Twitter stats. We hope the blog was fun to read through as well as interesting.


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ARRIS Announces Newest Broadband Deployment with Comcast
ARRIS Group Inc. has announced the deployment of its TG1682 DOCSIS 3.0 gateway at Comcast. The ARRIS TG1682 is part of Comcast's new XB3 service that will enable gigabit wireless speeds, IP video technology and integrated home automation and security capabilities to subscribers. The two companies began collaboration on this initiative late last year.
The ARRIS TG1682 is an advanced DOCSIS 3.0 residential voice gateway that combines 24DS channel bonding, two analog voice lines, a 4-port Gigabit Router, MoCA 2.0 for superior in home coverage, and a Dual Band 802.11ac wireless access point into a single integrated device. The TG1682 can achieve exceptional high-bandwidth performance and can serve as the hub of the subscriber's network, connecting all IP-capable devices (Internet, Data, Voice and Video) throughout the customer's home. The open-source software on the TG1682 is expected to serve as a key foundation for a new version of the RDK (Reference Design Kit) for broadband devices that is currently under development for the wider RDK community.
"We are committed to providing our customers with the best, fastest in-home wifi experience, and the XB3 is a powerful tool for delivering on that commitment," said Ken Klaer, Senior Vice President of Premises Technologies at Comcast. "ARRIS has been a valuable partner in our effort to continually evolve the high-speed data experience for our customers."
"We are pleased to work with Comcast to launch the TG1682 as part of their XB3 service," said Larry Robinson, President, Customer Premises Equipment at ARRIS. "We are committed to continue introducing additional advanced broadband devices based on this new software ecosystem to make our customers more competitive. We will continue to invest in these solutions during this very exciting and dynamic time in the industry."
ARRIS's Chief Technology Officer of Customer Premises Equipment Charles Cheevers will deliver a related presentation at the European RDK Summit at IBC. IBC attendees are invited to visit the ARRIS stand 1.D31 for more information.
About ARRIS
ARRIS Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) is a world leader in entertainment and communications technology. Our innovations combine hardware, software, and services across the cloud, network, and home to power TV and Internet for millions of people around the globe. The people of ARRIS collaborate with the world's top service providers, content providers, and retailers to advance the state of our industry and pioneer tomorrow's connected world. Together, we are inventing the future. For more information, visit www.arris.com.
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Royce Bond's new sci fi/fantasy novel The Princess and the Pirate is a swashbuckling adventure of a Pirate, a Princess and their followers as they fight to save the universe from evil forces. It is the first book in a series called The Knights of Katesch. The books are the chronicles of The Knights of Katesch who, for time out of memory, have fought the wizard Maligor across all the dimensions of the known universe.
After the death of her mother Hibana, one of the famed Knights of Katesch, at the hands of a Kladath assassin, Princess Hepzebah faces the fight of her life. As the new queen, she has inherited her mother's powers. The space pirate Captain Sergio runs the blockade to bring an unearthly army to fight the last battle against Maligor's hordes. He has plans for this young queen, but his plans are hijacked and they are thrust into an inter-dimensional battle for the future of the known universe.
Welcome Royce and thanks for popping by Buzz Words Books.
My pleasure and thanks for asking me to visit. I hope I can inspire others to pursue their dream of becoming an author.
Did you submit your manuscript to many publishers before you had an offer to publish?
I had submitted The Chronicles of the Knights of Katesch to nine publishers and each said no. Then I gave up submitting and kept writing and editing to improve the story. I write not to be published, but just for the pure enjoyment of writing. I absolutely love slipping into my world when I write. Publishing is the icing on the cake, because now others can enjoy my world as well.
I used to watch a television series called The A Team. In 1985 I decided I'd like to write a series of television scripts called The Beetlejuice Pirates. They would be a bumbling space version of The A Team. I actually finished my first episode, but then lost it when we moved from Brisbane to Rockhampton.
I still wanted to write but changed from a television script to a short story. I called it The Time Warriors. I finished it and then went on to writing weird stories about the time I spend working on market gardens in the bush.
I am a medieval re-enactor and often train with swords, axes, and bows. I have researched this craft and the era when it was practised. I consider my whole life to be the research. I have day dreamed most of my life, as well as immersing myself in fantasy/sci fi movies and television series.
Can you tell me about the main character and what you like/dislike about her?
My main character is Hepzebah. I find her a complex character, as well as an exciting one. She is quite an emotional person, because of the experiences she went through as a young child and teenager, but has chosen to lock this emotion away behind a wall in her mind.
I like her strength of character. And how she allows the most unlikely of characters (Sergio) to come into her life and affect her in such a way that she commits her life to him – even though at times she threatens to kill him. Of course, she would never do this. Although she does often have outbursts of emotion directed at him, for example when she single handedly destroys his castle. She is ferociously loyal to those she loves and is very independent.
Yes. This book can be read on a number of different levels, depending on the age and experience of the reader. I know of ten year olds who have loved it and the oldest reader I know of is 85 years old.
Other adults have commented on how complex the characters and plot are, while younger readers revel in the fast paced action. The reader gets out of the story what they are looking for. It caters for a huge variety of interests. It's a huge amount of fun to read and you can quickly get into this world and not want to come out of it. Even though I have written this book, I still love reading it whenever I get a chance.
a) Create a world you want to live in.
b) Create characters you want to be.
c) Create adventures/action you would like to be involved in.
d) Let your writing goal be enjoyment, not publishing, because when you enjoy the experience of writing, then your readers will enjoy what you have written.
f) Writing is an apprenticeship. Very few people are so gifted as to pick up a pen and become instant stars.
g) Surround yourself with books, movies, and television series in the genre you wish to write in.
h) There is nothing new under the sun, so take ideas from what others have written, and change it to make it your own.
i) When you get rejected, don't give up. Keep writing.
Follow the blog tour get some great writing tips, read reviews, and learn more fascinating information about Royce Bond. Comment on this post and go in the draw for a free signed copy.


I came across this post with a really cool video on Appium (an open-source mobile app automation test tool that integrates with Selenium).
Guess what, GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) which held its place on April 23-24 in NY this year – had a Live Stream.
I've managed to watch some and some of them even recorded 🙂 However guys said that they will upload videos later in May – I've decided to share some with you now.


We've got some great news! We're excited to announce that 24Notion has been ranked #15 on the Portland Business Journal's Book of Lists for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We've moved up two places since last year's list, and we intend to continue this trend in the future.
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Story of Killorglin, Co Kerry O'Neill descendants in Australia
Co Kerry in 1820s
Catholics in Ireland
William's line
Ellen's line
Bill Hudson's story
Family gathering 2022
Index of names
Proposed family gathering
Fri 30 Sep to Sun 02 Oct 2022
NOW CANCELLED
Sadly we have had to abandon our idea of a family gathering celebrating the bicentenary of William O'Neill's arrival in Sydney. We have had only 5 groups registering in the past 6 months, and Tocal has been approached by a group wanting to book for that same weekend. In all conscience we had to agree that our function looked unviable.
Dungog family gathering 1994
This was the first gathering (that we know about) of descendant families of William O'Neill & Johanna Flaherty. It took place at the Dungog Showground, organised largely by Pat O'Neill from Cessnock with much help from Marie Daley, now in Canowindra, and Jann O'Neill from Wauchope.
Note – if you have other photos you can contribute to mark this event, please scan and send them to me at Mick O'Neill (mick@oneillfamily.id.au), or email me to arrange to have them picked up, or post them (to be returned) to 21 Days Crescent Blackheath NSW 2785.
Also please let me know if there are any corrections to make to any names; some folk are unnamed at this stage because those who contributed these photos had not known them.
The event was reported by The Dungog Chronicle on 12 Dec 1994:
Gathering of the O'Neill clan
About 300 descendants of William O'NeilI (1795-1866), ‑ and Johanna Flaherty (1799-1873) of County Kerry Ireland, gathered at Dungog on November 26 and 27.
William, sentenced to seven years transportation to Botany Bay in 1822 as a political prisoner for what was described in the records as "insurrection", was joined by his wife Johanna and son John in 1828. They squatted on land at Brookfield and he was later given a leasehold at Clarence Town. They called the property "Berkley Park".
William and Johanna had five more children, some of whom grazed cattle and conducted butchers' shops and hotels in the surrounding district.
Mrs Patricia O'Neill of Aberdare, Mrs Jann O'Neill of Wauchope and Mrs Marie Daley of Sydney researched the records and organised the gathering together of the O'Neill clan, some of whom came from Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and many parts of NSW.
A feature of the two days was the exhibition of genealogical charts, family records, photographs and memorabilia of the forbears of those present. It was a good time for "kissing cousins".
The Showground Committee of Dungog generously made available the clean and admirable showground facilities. Dungog Apex Club provided barbecue steak and sausage sandwiches with drinks on both days. The friendly service and quality of the food was much appreciated. The visiting families were grateful to the proprietors of the hotels and motels in the area for their courtesy and hospitality.
It was a source of considerable pleasure for the descendants of William and Johanna O'Neill to discover their roots in the glorious country around Dungog.
Royal Hotel, Dungog
Rev Fr John Gahan (a relative through Elizabeth Lulham's
family), Jann O'Neill & Pat O'Neill.
Pat and john O'Neill (other couple still to be identified)
John O'Neill & Ted Gillin, Estelle O'Neill's husband
Kath Richardson (née O'Neill) with (possibly) her daughter Mary Devenny. Kath was almost 89 in 1994 and passed away a couple months short of her 100th birthday
Mary McQuade (née O'Neill), Mary O'Neill (to be confirmed) &
Colleen O'Neill
Patricia O'Neill & Dalma O'Neill
Peter O'Neill, Frances Jackson (née O'Neill), Verna O'Neill &
Catharine McQuade
Terry O'Neill (back) Barry, John, Patricia & Dalma O'Neill (centre) Pam O'Neill, Mary McQuade, Peter & Verna O'Neill
unknown, Lindsay Lebreux, Mary Murray, Joan Murray (née
Rafferty)
Claire Pryke (6th generation descendant) with Catharine
McQuade
organiser Pat O'Neill, with her brother-in-law Barry O'Neill
Kath Richardson (née O'Neill), John Rafferty (Joan Murray's
brother)
The four folk on the right: Terry O'Neill, Catherine McQuade,
John O'Neill, Ted Gillan
same location, with Mary McQuade's sister Monica Barnett (née O'Neill) standing
Joan Murray with Tricia Whittle (née O'Neill)
John Rafferty with Joan Murray in background
John Rafferty with Mary Murray
Tricia Whittle's brother Anthony O'Neill
John O'Neill's father Russell O'Neill (known as Bob)
to be identified
Mary McQuade
Mary McQuade's sister Monica Barnett
Mary McQuade's brother Terry O'Neill
Joan Murray, Terry O'Neill and others
Mary Murray
Gary Johnson, Pat & John O'Neill's son-in-law
Lock O'Keefe, a cousin by marriage to Jann & Jon O'Neill
Pamela O'Neill
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Beverly Hills Cop 3 is a 1994 American action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on Trading Places and Coming to America. It is the third and was originally the final film in the Beverly Hills Cop trilogy. Judge Reinhold returns to star but a number of cameo appearances by well-known film personalities appear including Robert B. Sherman, Arthur Hiller, John Singleton, Joe Dante, special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, and George Lucas as a ride patron. Beverly Hills Cop 3 was released on May 25, 1994 and grossed $42 million in the United States, and over $77 million in the foreign box office.
Poster Size: 35cm x 53cm approx or 13." x 20" approx.
Edge Wear / Stains: Minor edge wear, glare appears at the top right from photography, this is not a fault of the poster. Matting and Framing will hide the minor edgewear.
Folds and Creases: Issued folded once,will be sent rolled as it has been stored flat.
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The rotor of HSNH210-54 Sealing Oil Emergency Pump has hydraulic balance, no friction, small vibration and low noise. The output is stable and no pulsation. Pump is high efficiency and has strong self-priming ability. The pump parts are highly versatile and serialized, with various installation methods. Being compact structure, small volume and light weight, it can work at high speed.


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CVE-2021-41208

### Impact
The [code for boosted trees in TensorFlow](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/e0b6e58c328059829c3eb968136f17aa72b6c876/tensorflow/core/kernels/boosted_trees/stats_ops.cc) is still missing validation. As a result, attackers can trigger denial of service (via dereferencing `nullptr`s or via `CHECK`-failures) as well as abuse undefined behavior (binding references to `nullptr`s). An attacker can also read and write from heap buffers, depending on the API that gets used and the arguments that are passed to the call.

**Note**: Given that the boosted trees implementation in TensorFlow is unmaintained, it is recommend to no longer use these APIs.  Instead, please use the downstream [TensorFlow Decision Forests](https://github.com/tensorflow/decision-forests) project which is newer and supports more features. We will deprecate TensorFlow's boosted trees APIs in subsequent releases.

### Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

### For more information
Please consult [our security guide](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/SECURITY.md) for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

### Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported by members of the Aivul Team from Qihoo 360.

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Carnage, would you mind posting the files? The flak cannon is a makeshift weapon, and I have an idea that will really sell it. I don't think anyone will be disappointed.
I totally understand if you want to do it all yourself though. I'm the same way, haha.
How do you mean about posting it? Like the individual files? If you have a ProTools I can send you the session (granted the plug-ins won't work) but it will be much easier than to export every layer in these sounds are 23 tracks deep!
The sound of the piston seems too subtle, or too blended into the firing sound - Particularly in regards to loading the next shell into place. Perhaps the bang lasts too long and is obscuring the mechanical sounds?
Listen to the sound UT99 - the mechanics/hydraulics are as big a part of the sound as the firing itself. Hell, in the original Unreal, they're even more pronounced.
also known as Humphro
Originally posted by Diode View Post
In the first couple of revisions, the piston reload sounds were more pronounced and more apparent. I was given notes on lowering it and make the priority for to the fire sound (nice big boom) In UT99, the secondary fire had a slower fire rate and allowed piston sound to be louder. I can bring the piston sounds back up and perhaps shorten the tail for the initial boom. Are you referring to both the secondary and primary piston sounds or just the secondary fire?
I meant can you post the sounds on Soundcloud with a download option? Not every track individually, just the final mixes. Unfortunately, I don't have Pro Tools yet.
Ah, gotcha. yeah, I can do that. Just give me a day or so. Recording day tomorrow.
I guess the rev 08 is the latest? The primary fire has a bit too distinctive sound of glass breaking. I'd cut that down a bit and I think it needs more metallic "CLING" and / or "CLANG" sound if you know what I mean.
The Alt fire could be a bit tighter, more punch so to speak.
You're in luck.
Here's my idea with Carnage's Flak Primary Fire sound:
https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-dama...arnage/s-syohg
Here's my sound by itself (still needs a reload):
https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-dama...cannon/s-K7na5
It's rough, just a quick concept. But it should feel more brutal, like a piece of mining equipment. Let me know what you think.
To be honest, Carnage, I think we should leave the breaking glass sounds out. It always just sounded like glass or ice to me. For the shards, maybe try lots of subtle, varied ricochet sounds.
I wouldn't want to leave it out completely, just that right now you recognize it very easily. The combined Primary sounds just that: combined. Your sound by itself sounds kind of boring and slow and more of an alt fire. The primary should be fast too.
The debris certainly doesn't come across as metal as I would like yet. Although admittedly I focused more on the initial firing sound. I feel like we should still explore the debris sound more considering how prominent it is on the visual side and how iconic it is to the Flak. Perhaps it's a combination of lowering the volume even further or exploring other textures for the debris.
I do want to echo that I also miss the hydraulic sound of the reload that is currently being masked by the debris scattering. As you know the debris is as a separate file from the primary fire sound. I wonder if the debris for the Flak should be in a different sound cue altogether and there for behaves differently than the primary fire sound. More of an environmental sound rather than sound coming from the gun. Some options to explore here.
Here it is with the debris:
https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-dama...rnage2/s-BloUM
I'll have to listen to it again in a couple days, but I think if my sound was mixed properly with Carnage's, it would probably work well. For primary or alt fire. I like the added heaviness.
Carnage, if you want to work on the Flak alone, just let me know. I completely understand. But I get first dibs on the next weapon.
Haha, no worries Nick! Share and Enjoy! (to quote one of Douglas Adams's book) I am stoked that there are more guys working on SFX. It puts my rear in gear (considering how often I update with new sounds.)
What was that they say in the audio world? "If it sounds good, it IS good." I appreciate that you like my sound enough to jump start your creativity and add to it!
Out of curiosity, what did you think of my sounds? I feel like your version of the Flak is a little too tight, refined, and busy. I think the dull thud and clang in mine sounds more like a brutal piece of mining equipment. It would need to be mixed properly with yours, but I feel like it would be an improvement.
If it's bad, you can tell me. I didn't spend long on it and my ears might be deceiving me again. I'm better at telling what's going on in music.
For primary or alt fire.
Its definitely a good sound, but it's not sure what it wants to be. Primary and Alt need to sound distinctly different as they do different thigns and provide different feedback to the player. This one probably has too much "boom" for the primary, and too much "flak" for the Alt.
Max is great, but he doesn't hold exclusive rights. Jump in and make something, we'd love to hear what you come up with! We're doing this together, afterall!
Doh'! Forgot to give you feedback on that. Sorry! I am going to echo Entropy a bit here, but I was under the impression that the Primary fire would be focusing on the impact of the Flak ball exploding and shards coming out everywhere, while the secondary focuses more on the expelling of the whole shell, so it gives a deeper thump (like a grenade launcher thump.)
The comment about my Flak sound being busy is something I appreciate. The way I sound design, I just keep adding and adding, and sometimes it adds more by taking things back out. Sometimes the business is lost on me after a while I lose track of it (after listening it to it on repeat for several hundred times. I always appreciate a second (or more) set of ears to provide me perspective. So, thanks for that!
P.S I agree with Entropy, I don't have rights or "dibs" to any sound. It's a community project create, share, and revise and share some more!


Thursday was our last full day in Taiyuan. We thoroughly enjoyed the day because the pace was slower and there was a little down time. The morning was spent at the Shanxi Provincial Museum and was completely enjoyable as we learned all about this area. Shanxi is the oldest part of China and the heart of its origin, so there was much history to discover in this beautiful building.
We spent the afternoon relaxing at the hotel, since we now have a little one who needs a nap. Lexi is doing well, but it is easy to see that she is trying to process all that is happening. The first 24 hours or so, she was completely shut down and the smiles were non-existent. She seems a bit more relaxed each day, although very cautious and fearful. This sweet baby doesn't even understand what we are saying, so I'm sure she is still completely terrified. She was incredibly hungry and is eating like a champ. We put her on the scale this morning and it read just 13 lbs, which means she was lighter than that upon coming to us. By the way she eats it is obvious that she was starving. The precious girl will even save a little piece of food in her hand for hours after a meal, and if you take it away she gets so upset and the tears flow. Her little cry is so weak and pitiful that it makes your heart hurt. The kids have been great playing with her and keeping her amused. They are as smitten as we are. Because we are beginning the attachment process, Patrick and I are doing all of the feeding, changing, dressing, bathing, carrying and parenting duties. It is an important step in helping Lexi both bond with us and learn that the relationship with mom and dad is far more special than what she has had with any caretaker previously. She is sleeping well, although we know this may change upon arriving home. Nighttime waking can be a good indication that the child does expect you to come when they cry and is not completely shut down emotionally, so it wouldn't be a bad thing if she eventually has some evening sleep disturbances. We are certainly enjoying the rest for now though. It has been a long time since I've done middle-of-the-night baby stuff and I'm not sure that I will be able to recover this time around. Lexi was also able to meet her grandparents via FaceTime, so that had been fun as well.
Lexi meeting mimi, papa, nana and papa bear.
She sleeps well at night, but puts up more of a fight for naps.
Since all of our paperwork is completed on the Chinese side of things, we are finished with our time here in the Shanxi Province. However, we have to stay until late Friday when Lexi's passport will be ready. Then it's back to the airport for the flight to Guangzhou and the final leg of this journey. We will be there for four days where I believe the bulk of the duties fall on the U.S. immigration side of things. The weather should be warmer and we will have some slower days, and that will be appreciated as well. A friend said that Guangzhou is like the Epcot China...so Luke may be able to get his hamburger after all. We will be traveling late into Friday evening and we would appreciate your prayers for a safe flight and a happy group of five kiddos.
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We did this hike in December, and it was a great hike, but the Yardangs weren't well formed, so we're trying it again. Winter Weather and the wind make for some very cool looking sand sculptures geologist refer to as "Yardangs". You can take a 3 mile moderate to difficult trip up onto the dunes between Hall Lake and the ocean at a slow pace to enjoy the sandy artwork. We are talking slow and steady – easy does it. Hiking sticks make this a much more enjoyable trip. This trip should last about 2-2.5 hours. or, Head on out toward the beach with the longer hikers and return on the Dellenback Dunes Trail or to Hall Lake for a 6 – 7 mile round trip. Rated difficult Walking sticks and sturdy shoes will help make the walk more enjoyable for you. Dress for the weather, bring water and pack a lunch if you plan on the longer hike. Note: If the weather is TOO bad (lots of rain and strong winds), we may reschedule this hike.


Truong Thinh Hotel is located in the center of Phan Thiet City. Doi Duong beach, golf, markets and supermarkets very near. Very convenient for visitors and shopping. With 21 comfortable rooms are designed by 2 star standard, modern equipment includes air conditioning, hot and cold water systems, local phone and international , cable TV, minibar, WIFI Internet in room ... and other support services will make you happy during their stay at the hotel.


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Q: put comma as separator in export to CSV in php I have to get mysql data in a CSV file on click of download button. The below code exports data successfully but adds space as separator. But I need comma to be separator not space, As there are space in mysql data and also on static header of csv file.
HTML code is below.
<form name="downloadform" id="downloadform" action="exportcsv.php" method="POST">

        Download CSV Format:
        <button class="blue" name="btnDwld" id="btnDwld" type="submit">Download</button>

</form>

And export to csv code is below.
<?php
require_once 'dbconfig.php';
if(isset($_POST['btnDwld']))
{
    $filname = "UploadRateWeight-".date("d-M-Y-H:i:s");
    header("Content-type: text/csv");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filname.csv");
header("Pragma: no-cache");

    function echocsv($fields)
{
    $separator = ',';
        foreach ($fields as $field) {
           if (preg_match('/\\r|\\n|,|"/', $field)) {
                   $field = '"' . str_replace('"', '""', $field) . '"';
              } // end if
           echo $field.$separator;
        }   // end foreach
    echo "\r\n";
}

    $content = '';
    $title = '';
    $title = array('0'=>'head part1','1'=>'head part2','2'=>'head part3','3'=>'head part4','4'=>'head part5');
    $headerr = echocsv($title);

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name";
    $query = mysql_query($sql);
    while($rs = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
        $name = $rs["name"];
        $line = array('0'=>$name,'1'=>'','2'=>'','3'=>'','4'=>'');
        echocsv($line);
        //$content .= "\n";
    }
}

The out put in a .CSV file looks like below.
head
----------
name1
name2
name3

As you can see I have put 1st colum name as 'head part1' but it will show like 'head' as its taking space as separator.
So second column name takes this.
part1,head
----------

and third column name takes this.
part2,head
----------

and so on. So how to use a comma to be separator while exporting CSV file in php ??

A: Don't write csv file's manually. Use the built in function.
e.g. http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php
<?php

$delimiter = ',';
$enclosure = '"';

$list = array (
    array('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'dddd'),
    array('123', '456', '789'),
    array('"aaa"', '"bbb"')
);

$fp = fopen('file.csv', 'w');

foreach ($list as $fields) {
    fputcsv($fp, $fields, $delimiter, $enclosure);
}

fclose($fp);
?>

The above code will create a file called file.csv with your data on it. If you then want to send this file to the user as a CSV file, you can do this:
<?php

// Send the generated csv file to the browser as a download
header("Content-type: text/csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.csv");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
readfile('file.csv');

?>

Alternatively, you can send the CSV file to download directly without creating the file on server like this:
<?php

// mini-config
$delimiter = ',';

// Your data
$list = array (
    array('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'dddd'),
    array('123', '456', '789'),
    array('"aaa"', '"bbb"')
);

// Send headers
header("Content-type: text/csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.csv");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");

// Output csv data
foreach ($list as $row) {
    echo implode($delimiter, $row) . "\r\n";
}

?>

Hope this helps.


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New School Home Beginning Fall 2018!
News from Head of School
I have exciting news to share about next year's facilities. For the past few years, School leadership has been focused on strategic advancement of Geneva School, including how best to configure our School into one unified campus that provides economies of scale, better communication with families, and most importantly, an ideal academic environment for our students. In answer to our prayers, God provided a way for us to have our own, unified school space for the coming year!
As of this Fall 2018, both Lower and Upper Schools will share one campus at 138 W 90 St, the former site of Saint Gregory the Great School. We are excited about this new space for a number of reasons, chief of which is the convening of all grades back under one roof for the first time since 1999. Also, since this structure was built to house a Catholic school, it provides good bones for our School without extensive renovation required. Furthermore, having our own space will give us access to full use of the facilities at any time, allowing us to expand after-school and community outreach programs. To add to this, there are two playground spaces directly adjacent to the building.
Thank you for your faithful prayers for Geneva School! We are grateful to God for his provision and for this new opportunity to further our mission of inspiring students to love learning, pursue excellence, and become leaders in scholarship, virtue, and faith.
With much praise and thanksgiving,
The Geneva School of Manhattan is a private classical Christian school for preschool through high school, with the addition of Ninth Grade in fall 2021 and the first high school graduating class in June 2025.
Preschool, Lower School, Upper School
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Every now and then, someone talks about how we need to take care of ourselves to take care of our children. Shoot, I've even said it.
Still, it's often difficult to figure out where to carve out time for self care in the midst of what feels like an over-scheduled disaster....even though Acorn has fewer appointments than this time last year. I think part of the problem these days is that Acorn is at an age where he needs consistency...and getting him to bed has been a major challenge, so we have to be home by 9, and we're usually just getting home from work at 6.
Our solution, to some extent, is a standing Thursday night pattern: one of us takes Acorn to gymboree, the other takes off for the night. For my husband, it's his evening with his girlfriend; for me.....there's less structure.
And that is both good and bad. For a while it was an appointment with my counselor, and then a massage. Then my massage therapist fell off the face of the earth, and then I quit therapy...and then it was writing for a while.
This week I'm just in a funk, and I'm realizing that part of my issue is that while this schedule gets me out of the house....it's very isolating. I need time to myself, I need time with other people, and having a standing night for being out means that I can't take into account what I need most right at that moment - there's no time to plan for a change in plans.
Last night I went and got dinner, and went for a massage at a Chinese reflexology and acupressure place that takes walk-ins. Interestingly, they were playing Native American flute music, which is a change from their norm. Not as grounding as acupuncture, but a good start.
So....I think I need to get back to building meditation time in to my days. Or doing yoga or something - there's a new yoga place just a mile down the road. But meditation is shorter, and less expensive, and doesn't require packing up a bunch of stuff and heading off somewhere.
And I need to build more social time into my life. Not that I'm a terribly social person most of the time, but there's a point where I've spent too much time sitting in my little self-imposed exile.
I just don't know how to balance this. I have no idea. I need more sleep, and I need time for all this stuff, and time to play with Acorn, and time to fight over his IEP....can I clone myself?
I have a terrible time at being good to myself. I don't know how.
And there's no time. And I'm tired.
Just know you're hugged from afar.


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Greenwich Runs to Win Over Norwalk in Home Opener
By Greenwich Sentinel
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By Rob Adams
The Greenwich High School football team finally played their home opener Monday night, as they hosted the Norwalk Bears.
The Cardinals — winners against Trumbull and Trinity Catholic to start the season — jumped out to an early 6-0 lead and never looked back, topping the Bears 48-0.
It's the second shutout in a row for the Cardinals (3-0), who have outscored their opponents 167-16.
The Bears (2-2) appeared to the be moving the ball on their opening drive before stalling. Faced with a fourth and 10 at their own 34 yard line, Big Red powered through to block the punt after a bad snap. Junior Matthew Davey scooped up the loose ball and rumbled into the end zone. The Cardinals failed on the conversion try, but had the lead.
"It was very imperative that we got off to a good start this week," Greenwich co-captain Nick McIntosh said. "We just did what we had to do in the weight room and the score shows it."
Another special team stumble by the Bears put the ball right back in the hands of the Cardinals. A 41-yard punt return by junior Stephen Bennett put Greenwich in business at the Norwalk four. Quarterback Gavin Muir handed the ball off sophomore Jack Warren for the touchdown. Zach Moore tacked on the extra point to give Greenwich a 13-0 lead.
"It was great," McIntosh said of the special teams' effort. "Thanks to special teams, they gave the defense great field position and even put points on the board. It was a great team victory."
The scoring continued on their third possession. Big Red commenced a somewhat-traditional nine play, 63-yard drive, capped by a 43-yard touchdown from junior Tysen Comizio, who had 11 carries for 139 yards and two scores.
Muir, the junior quarterback, got in on the scoring in the second quarter, as he ran a keeper up the middle for a five yard score. After exchanges of possessions, the Cardinals got the ball back with only 32 seconds remaining in the first half. Sticking with their offense on the final play of the quarter, Muir found senior receiver Jael Negron along the right sideline, who then peeled off for a 35-yard catch and run.
The Cardinals led 35-0 at the break, and only running clock could stop them. Still they weren't done yet.
Comizio capped an eight play, 60 yard drive with his second scoring run of the day, this time from 13 yards out. Moore tacked on his fourth of five extra points to improve the Greewich lead to 35-0 with 8:14 remaining in the third.
The Bears found their best chance to make it into the end zone in the fourth quarter. Norwalk sophomore quarterback Kyle Gordon (16 of 30 for 130 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT) picked up a first down to senior AJ Hall on third-and-18. Hall caught five balls for 80 yards, while sophomore running back Jakari Walker carried the ball 13 times for 76 yards.
Still, the Bears drive ended at the Greenwich 19 as Gordon's completion to Jalen Elliott came up short of the first down.
Exchanges of punts commenced before sophomore running back Matthew Pilc found the end zone on the last play from scrimmage.
The Cardinals — already coming off a bye week that gave them a 16-day break — don't play again until they meet New Canaan at home on Sat, Oct. 14.
That game will be the third meeting between father and son, as GHS head coach John Marinelli goes up against his father, Lou — the winningest coach in Connecticut football history.
What did the Greenwich head coach say to his crew after the game about their upcoming family showdown?
"Nothing," McIntosh said. "We have a bye week coming up. We have to focus and stay locked in, like any other week."
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