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Today's Top Stories - Christmas Day - Saturday, December 25th, 2021
Posted About One Month Ago by SONYA ELLISON
Rainy Christmas Morning Expected and Warmer Tomorrow
Today, we are expecting a rainy Christmas morning. Scattered showers are anticipated in the eastern half of the Southern Tier region where we could see moderate rainfall up to over half an inch. Today's highs will be in the upper 40's. Tonight may be mainly cloudy as chances of rain decrease. Some rain showers could turn to snow as a cold front quickly moves out of the Twin Tiers in the evening. Lows in the mid 30's. Sunday will be more dry with mostly sunny skies Highs to be in the low 40's.
Hochul Says COVID Surging & State Test Site Will Be in Watkins Glen
During a virtual update to New Yorkers yesterday morning, Governor Kathy Hochul updated the public that over 44,000 new COVID-19 cases reported statewide Friday in the last 24 hours-up from nearly 39,000 reported the day before. Hochul also gave new guidance on returning to work after having COVID and an endorsement of the "test to stay" strategy for schools. Hochul also announced 13 new state testing sites to address the recent surge in COVID-19 cases including one here in the Southern Tier region that will take place at North Franklin Street in Watkins Glen at the state park gift shop and cafe. The testing site will be open from 10am to 6pm starting next Wednesday. Registration begins Monday and is required. For a link to register, click here.
Steuben Accepts Vaccine Funding, Signs WAGA Contract & More
On Monday during the regular session of the Steuben County Legislature, county lawmakers accepted $169,415 in additional funds from the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services' COVID-19 Vaccine Response Grant to comply with existing and future guidance regarding increased COVID-19 vaccination and other vaccine uptake. County Lawmakers also awarded a contract to WAGA Energy Inc. to dispose of 850 tons per day of solid waste and the decomposition of the waste generates methane gas, a known greenhouse gas. First launched in Steuben under retired county Public Works Commissioner Vince Spagnoletti, the landfill is one of the few systems in the state to convert greenhouse gases into electricity and reduce the carbon footprint. Steuben County Legislators also Authorized a capital account for the Civil Defense and Public Works renovations work in 2022.
Holiday DWI Crackdown Continues to New Year's Day
State and local law enforcement agencies throughout NY State will be stepping up patrols targeting impaired driving during the holiday travel season. Governor Hochul announced the high visibility engagement campaign runs through Saturday, January 1st. The "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" initiative designed to reduce alcohol and drug-related traffic crashes. Expect Sobriety Checkpoints
Temporary Lane Closures Suspended on NY Highways
Temporary lane closures for road and bridge construction projects on NY State highways will continue to be suspendedthrough Monday, December 27th at 6am. Construction will also be suspended from Thursday, December 30th through Monday, January 3rd at 6am to ease travel for motorists. Motorists should be aware that some work may continue behind permanent concrete barriers or for emergency repairs. The construction suspension aligns with NY State's Drivers First Initiative, which prioritizes the convenience of motorists to minimize traffic congestion and travel delays due to road and bridge work.


No, these paintings are not by the famous winemaker Carlo Rossi, but by the Scottish-Italian painter with the same name. Though born in Scotland, Rossi's parents were from Italy and his home-life was filled with all things Italian including language, music, food and art. These influences can be clearly seen in the subject matter and color palette of Carlo's work; still lifes depicting items from Italy such as mandolins, figs, wine and tobacco are colored by hues taken directly from the Tuscan countryside's naturally vibrant palette.
Still Life with Fruit Bowl, 1976.
Still Life with Guitar, 1973.
Nationality: Scottish, though both parents were from Italy and upbringing was very "Italian"
He received his first commission at the age of 4; creating three drawings to advertise the Pianola in the family's Glasgow café.
He excelled academically, but his father refused to send him to the university as he did not want to waste Carlo's god-given talent for art.
His birth certificate labeled him as a female until he was 78, when he finally had it corrected.
Go to- Essay from the Carlo Rossi exhibition titled "The Stonecutter" at the Lemon Street Gallery, UK.
Images via Lemon Street Gallery, UK, unless otherwise noted.


Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announces her candidacy for president in 2020 to supporters at a rally in Minneapolis.
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Roseworth cottages can be very reasonable value for the UK holiday maker - especially if you avoid the expensive school holiday times. The time of year, size and facilities can make a considerable difference, but sometimes you can get more than you need for the same cost.
By the way, it's always worth checking with your fellow guests to understand what they expect from the cottage. If you're travelling with friends they may have very different expectations compared to staying with your family - such as a nearby pub. If you're more interested in escaping the mod cons then you can always turn them off and relax in the lounge or garden of your cottage.
We are pretty confident that we have the best choice of cottages around Roseworth . Last minute availability is always possible, but we really recommend you book your cottage holiday in advance.
Checking availability is becoming easier as a large number of cottage agencies and owner sites have online facilities. We have now increased our property list beyond ten thousand, so hopefully you'll discover the best cottage for you in Roseworth .
We appreciate your visit and hope we can help you find your perfect holiday in Roseworth .
We think that self-catering is the best way to holiday in Roseworth . We like the freedom of eating meals when we want. There's something wrong with taking a holiday and then finding out that you have to get up early or you miss the breakfast you've paid for.
And if you have specific dietary needs, whether that's something relatively common like vegetarianism or a more unusual food allergy, cooking your own food allows you peace of mind. Relaxing by the river, reading a great novel, perhaps a pint in the pub - these are some of the favourite ways to enjoy some quiet time in Roseworth .


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Bishop of Cork Pastoral Care Fund
The Bishop of Cork Pastoral Care Fund was first established as an Emergency Relief Fund in 2016 in response to the flooding in County Cork, and in order to meet immediate needs at that time.
At that time many donors asked that their generous donations be used also to establish the Fund on a permanent basis so that the Diocese, through the Bishop, could make an immediate Christian and charitable response to similar situations of local need and emergency. In 2020 the Fund was renamed the Bishop of Cork Pastoral Care Fund
Donations may also be made here via PayPal.
If you wish to donate now to help those in need in Cork City and County through the Bishop of Cork Pastoral Care Fund please use this PayPal link:
Ministry Fund
The Bishop's Ministry Fund is used to train lay people for the work of the Church in the Diocese, to support ordination training, and for the in-service training of lay and ordained church workers.
If you wish to donate to the Fund please use this PayPal link:

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Registrations for Vodacom e-school near 1 million during COVID-19 lockdown
By Ryan Noik 31 March 2020 | Categories: news
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The current lockdown has disrupted everyday life on an extraordinary scale, with restaurants, businesses, schools and most shops having to close their doors to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
But as with every dark cloud there is a silver lining. Today Vodacom reported that its e-School platform is proving to be "invaluable" for the scores of school-going children at home on extended school break as the country grapples with Corovavirus.
As one of the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to protect the country from the spread of the COVID-19, schools closed from Wednesday, 18 March until after Easter Holidays. This meant that parents had to find alternative methods to help their children continue learning during the extended school break. That is where Vodacom's e-School has come in.
Vodacom e-School is a free, unlimited online education portal that provides educational content for learners in grades R to 12. These include assignments, quizzes and interactive learning videos. The content is fully aligned to the Department of Basic Education National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement and is available in all 11 South African languages. The platform is accessible via mobile and desktop, free of charge to all Vodacom customers.
Vodacom noted that user registration on the platform since schools closed has been unprecedented over the past two weeks with the total number of registered users now close on 1 million.
Some of the statistics demonstrating the increase in the uptake of the platform include user registrations on the platform being up by over 1000% compared to previous historic periods.
As well, content utilisation increased by 300% over previous averages, with Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Accounting topping the charts. The massive sudden increase in registration started on Sunday, 15 March, with Vodacom e-School going from an average of 40 000 student events per day to a peak of close to 150 000.
The strong growth is fuelled by a strong uptake from learners in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. The growth in registrations and usage is expected to continue.
"Supporting education is the main focus of the Vodacom Foundation so we are encouraged by the phenomenal growth of new subscribers signing up on the free e-School learning platform," enthused Takalani Netshitenzhe, Chief Officer: Corporate Affairs for Vodacom Group.
"This demonstrates that the platform is addressing a societal need at a time when the private sector needs to join hands with government as it contends with COVID-19. It is also clear that our message to parents and guardians to encourage learners to continue with their studies by using Vodacom e-School has been heeded and that they are finding the platform useful," she concluded.
In order to access the facility, users can visit www.vodacom.co.za/e-school from their cell phone, tablet or laptop to register. Thereafter, they will enjoy unlimited access to education content. For those who are not customers of Vodacom, data charges will be incurred for logging on to the site.
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Monteverdi Marches On Into March!
I have just uploaded Sultry Nights for Cello with piano accompaniment. The melody is so versatile it can be played on almost any instrument. If you are a cellist, if you teach one, or if you know one who is looking for some new music, this could be just what you need. It would be excellent as a GCSE recital piece. The music is very expressive and makes much use of dynamic and rhythmic contrasts.
New for November - Tanti Strali for Brass Sextet.
I'm Just Crazy Over You!
I seem to be on a roll at the moment. Two brand new pieces in as many days! This is a new, original duet for Flute and Bb Clarinet (A Clarinet part also provided). The piece takes the form of a conversation between the parts, with each taking turn to speak. Both parts are of a similar standard, requiring similar demands in terms of range and control. This would make a great recital piece, or be suitable for a GCSE practical exam.


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1. Take off a gas-distributing belt and a belt of the drive of balancing shaft (see the Sections Removal, check of a state and installation of cogwheels and a belt of the drive of balancing shaft and Removal, check of a state and installation of a gas-distributing belt and cogwheels of the GRM drive). Remove a cogwheel of a forward balancing shaft and assembly of a casing of a gear wheel of a back balancing shaft. Disconnect a CKP/BMT sensor electrical wiring from the main braid. Turn out four fixing bolts and remove the sensor from the case of the oil pump.
2. Remove the engine case pallet (see the Section Removal and installation of the pallet of a case of the engine).
4. Turn out fixing bolts and remove the oil pump from the engine.
5. Turn out fixing screws and uncover with the pump.
1. Measure the size of working gaps of gear wheels of the pump. Compare results of measurements to requirements of Specifications. If the size of gaps goes beyond admissible values, replace the pump.
2. Turn out a stopper of the reducing valve and take from a nest in a pump housing a valvate spring and a plunger. Check a spring for existence of deformations, and a plunger - for existence of scratches and zadir. Defective components are subject to replacement.
3. Establish gear wheels in a pump housing and fill cavities between their teeths technical vaseline (as initial filling at primary start).
1. Slightly grease with RTV sealant the pump housing surface interfaced to the block. Make sure available on the place of the directing pin and install the pump, previously having replaced sealing rings. Grease with RTV sealant a carving of fixing bolts, screw them and tighten with the demanded effort.
Installation of the pump has to be made within 5 minutes after sealant imposing. Track that lysk in an internal gear wheel of the pump were combined with reciprocal lyska on a pin of a cranked shaft.
2. Establish on a back balancing shaft assembly of a cogwheel with a gear wheel casing. Afterwards establish a gas-distributing belt and a belt of the drive of balancing shaft.
3. Install into place the CKP/BMT sensor, having tightened bolts of fastening it to the pump with the demanded effort. Restore initial connection of an electrical wiring.
4. Establish into place assembly of a maslozabornik, having tightened fixing bolts with the demanded effort (do not forget to replace sealing laying).
5. Install the case pallet (see the Section Removal and installation of the pallet of a case of the engine).
6. Further installation is made as it should be, the return to a dismantle order. In summary do not forget to fill in engine oil in the engine and to fill the cooling system (see the Head Nastroyki and routine maintenance).
7. Start the engine and check its existence of signs of leaks.


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Diane's Country Music Newsletter — 2 December 2020
Hal Ketchum, 67, died November 23 as a result of complications from dementia. I reported in January that a tribute concert and fundraising campaign was held for him as he battled Alzheimer's disease. The event took place at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas, where he had given his final performance in 2018. Hal was born in 1953 in Greenwich, New York, and began his musical career as a drummer with a rhythm and blues trio at age 15. In 1981, he moved to Austin, Texas, where he worked as a carpenter. Visits to the Gruene dance hall influenced him to try singing and songwriting. He moved to Nashville in 1986. His debut album for Curb Records, Past the Point of Rescue, was released in 1991. It produced four country chart singles: "Small Town Saturday Night," "I Know Where Love Lives," "Five O'Clock World," and the title track. Hal joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1994.
Lead guitarist Billy Dwayne Martin, 70, died November 28 in the Wise County Hospital in Decatur, Texas. His obituary says he "became a musician at an early age and played professionally for most of his career. He was employed and played music for Charley Pride for over 23 years before retiring due to health reasons a little over a year ago." Billy was a U.S. Navy veteran. He and wife Linda were married almost 50 years. His funeral is being held December 2 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Following the stroke-related death of Billy Joe Shaver, 81, three wills have been discovered. His will in 2000 named his sister, Patricia, as executrix and left everything to her. In 2003, he changed that will to leave his estate to Patricia's son, Terry Dwayne Rogers, who shares a home with his mother. Both wills were drawn up professionally, and there doesn't appear to have been any estrangement at the time of Billy Joe's death, reports Waco Tribune-Herald. The 2003 will is being challenged by Fred Fletcher, who filed a 2008 handwritten document in which Billy Joe names Fletcher as his sole beneficiary. Fletcher, the son of Willie Nelson's sister, Bobbie, co-founded Pedernales Records with Willie in 1999. The 2008 handwritten will says, "I want him to continue to administer all my music business and to keep all profits." It gives Billie Joe's home, songs, automobile, bank accounts and "anything of value" to Fletcher.
Nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards have been announced. The Tennessean reports a history-making event in that all five nominees for Best Country Album are by women: Ingrid Andress, Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, and co-ed vocal group Little Big Town. The awards presentation will occur January 31, 2021.
Months after John Prine died of COVID-19 complications, his last recording, called "I Remember Everything," has received two Grammy nominations, the Tennessean reports. The posthumous single is up for Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song. John is a two-time Grammy Award winner and 13-time nominee, receiving his first nomination nearly 50 years ago, for his self-titled debut album. The Recording Academy paid him tribute in 2020 with a Lifetime Achievement honor.
Razzy Bailey, 81, best known for songs such as "Midnight Hauler" and "She Left Love All Over Me," was involved in a car crash Saturday night, November 28. His back was broken in two places, and he is in the critical care unit at Skyline Hospital in Nashville. Helen Treat reports on Facebook, "The doctors hope to move him to a step-down unit soon as he continues to heal. Razzy is having pain but the doctors are trying to help keep the pain under control with meds. He has the neck brace to help keep everything lined up for healing. At this point, the doctors do not feel surgery would be in his best interest so he will be healing with the help of two braces." Helen is Razzy's long-time agent and a close friend of Razzy and his wife, Faye. She says, "If any of you need to get messages to Razzy and Faye or wish to send them cards, please contact me and I will help you with those requests. My email is sissy@615EntertainmentAgency.com."
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on November 26 in New York City featured several country stars, The Country Daily reports. The parade was closed to the public because of the pandemic. Balloons, floats, and street performers traveled along the abbreviated route. From Nashville, Dolly Parton sang "A Holly Jolly Christmas" for Cracker Barrel's Home Sweet Home float. Lauren Alaina rode on Mount Rushmore's American Pride from South Dakota Tourism Float.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Garth Brooks said he thought he'd missed his opportunity to sing with Charley Pride. An internet rumor said Charley had died. "I slammed the laptop and Miss Yearwood said, 'What's wrong?' I said, 'Charley Pride passed away,'" Garth recalls. "I blew it. I've had a song I wanted to sing with him for 10 years." When he learned Charley was still alive, Garth called him and asked for the duet. Charley said yes, Garth flew to Dallas, and they recorded "Where the Cross Don't Burn." The ballad tells the story of a young white boy and an older black man who form a lifelong friendship.
The Grand Ole Opry will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Bluegrass music in a special show on December 5. Ricky Skaggs, member of both the Country Music and Bluegrass Halls of Fame, and Del McCoury, member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, will be joined by Sister Sadie, the first female group to be Entertainer of the Year for the International Bluegrass Music Association. According to MusicRow, "bluegrass as we know it today was born on the Opry stage at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Dec. 8, 1945." On that night, Earl Scruggs made his Opry debut with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, which included Lester Flatt. The eventual prototype for the bluegrass sound consisted of Bill Monroe on mandolin, Earl Scruggs on banjo, Lester Flatt on guitar, Chubby Wise on fiddle, and Howard Watts on bass.
A cut on the newly released Chris Stapleton album, Starting Over, is "Maggie's Song." Maggie was a fuzzy black pup rescued from a shopping cart in a parking lot. "Every word and every stitch of that song is real things," Stapleton told the Tennessean. "She was a member of the family, and she deserved a song." The song begins, "She was hungry and feeling alone/We put her in the back seat/ And told her we were taking her home." Fourteen years later, Maggie "woke up and couldn't use her legs." Chris sings, "I told her she was a good dog/ Then I told her goodbye." One fan tweeted, "Be right back, going to go play with my dog," and another said, "'Maggie's Song' should come with a warning label!"
MusicRow reports Amy Grant and Vince Gill will return in 2021 (not 2020) with their Christmas at the Ryman residency. Tickets for the 12-date concert run are already on sale. Opening acts for the dates will be announced later. "While Vince and I are disappointed we can't be with you all this year, we are thrilled to be able to return to Ryman Auditorium for the holidays in 2021," Amy says. "It is such a special time of year for us and our family, and these shows have become a holiday tradition for us."
On the list of nine recipients for the 2020 Governor's Awards in the Arts from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is Tom T. Hall, who will receive the National Award. According to Bluegrass Today, Tom T. responded to the news by saying, "There's a lot of great artists in Kentucky, and having The Governor's Award from the Arts Council is a special treat. I'm not sure every state has an arts council; but I'm not surprised, as Kentucky is special, as you know."
The estate of Kenny Rogers is suing Kelly Junkermann, an employee and longtime friend, for producing an unauthorized DVD of Kenny's farewell tour and trying to release a DVD called Kenny Rogers — The Gambler's Last Deal. According to documents obtained by TMZ, Junkermann convinced Kenny to let him shoot the farewell tour, on the condition it would be for personal use only and not for commercial release. After Junkermann ignored that condition and made a DVD, he repeatedly requested approval to use the content and was repeatedly denied, both verbally and in writing. The estate spent $290,000 on legal fees to block the release of the DVD and is now suing for damages and for an injunction to permanently block release. The estate insists the DVD does not meet Kenny's standards and would damage his brand. Of greatest concern, fans might confuse this DVD with the estate's official farewell tour project.
When former President Barack Obama appeared last week on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, he participated in a segment called "Questions We're Pretty Sure Barack Obama Has Never Been Asked Before." One question was why hadn't he awarded Dolly Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom? The Tennessean reports he paused before responding, "That's a mistake. I'm shocked." Colbert then asked, "Looking back on your eight years, do you realize that's the mistake you made?" Obama replied, "That was a screw up. I assumed she had already gotten one. And that was incorrect. I'm surprised. She deserves one."
Instrument retailer Guitar Center, Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, MusicRow reports. Guitar Center, after doing business for over 60 years, was forced to close many locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been struggling to make sales as the economy tanked across the nation.
During a recent Amazon Music Live session, Garth Brooks talked about Randy Travis being a personal hero of his. "We've been lucky enough to hear the greatest of all time in guys like Randy Travis," he said. "I think he single-handedly saved country music in the '80s." After calling himself "one of the benefactors for Randy Travis coming when he did," Garth sang "I Told You So" for his virtual audience. Randy wrote that song in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he was a teenager named Randy Traywick.
In his "Ask Sonny Anything" column in Bluegrass Today, Sonny Osborne talks about recording a song with Ira Louvin in 1959. The song was "Give This Message to Your Heart"; it appeared on the album Yesterday, Today and The Osborne Brothers. Ira had heard Sonny and Bobby going over some songs they planned to record, and he told them he had a great song for their harmony; he offered to sing it with them. He said he and brother Charlie were supposed to leave at 5:00 p.m. for South Dakota. When Sonny asked Ira what part he wanted, Ira said, "Just do your normal part and I'll do the other one." Sonny recalls with awe, "One half line he would be under my part and the other half would be over Bobby. Absolute genius…He got to the session and we started on time. 6:00 p.m. If my memory serves me right, we went through it twice and he said he had to run, and we had a masterpiece. How often would we ever get the opportunity to sing with one of our HERO people?"
A free livestream world premiere event, The Library That Dolly Built, will stream on Facebook on Wednesday, December 9 at 7 p.m. ET, and on ImaginationLibrary.com. It will tell the story behind the Imagination Library and will be followed by a conversation with Dolly Parton and her live acoustic performance. MusicRow reports the European premiere will be Thursday at 7 p.m. GMT, with the Australian premiere the next night, December 11 at 7 p.m. AEDT. Dolly created the Imagination Library in 1995 to help inspire a love of books and reading in young children. The program has given out 150 million books; it currently sends books to 1.7 million children around the world each month. Dolly says, "I am so excited that we can finally tell the whole story of the Imagination Library. It is certainly not just about me. Our story is the story of children, of families and communities who all share the dream to inspire kids to love to read and to love to learn. My hope is this documentary will encourage more towns, more states, and even more countries to jump onboard. One thing is for sure, I think this is the best investment I have ever made!"
Tracy Pitcox writes from Texas, "Thanks for the Johnny Bush interview. He was truly one of the best and will be so very missed!"
Priscilla McPheeters checks in from Lawrence, Kansas, to say, "I am so impressed with this newsletter. Would love to see more of Bobby Goldsboro's paintings. What a gifted individual."
Karon Hamilton writes from Wisconsin, "Just wanted to say I really love your newsletter. It's the only way I can hear what's going on with the classic country music scene. I too was disappointed with the CMAs. They did not give Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers any mention either. I guess they are only interested in the new artists, not the real country artists."
Andrew Grooms writes from Ruidoso, New Mexico, "Just finished your biography of Faron Young. While a very sad story your book was a great read about a fascinating and talented man. I personally know a female background singer who was good friends with him as well as Ralph Emery and Jeannie Seeley. Because of this same girl and her husband, I got to meet and get to know the great Mickey Gilley. Mickey also knew Faron Young and told me some really good positive stories about him one night at my residence in New Mexico. I have always loved Faron's fabulous voice and his songs, so I did some research to see if anyone had written about his life and that is how I found your book. Thank you for writing the book as I enjoyed it even though his battles with alcoholism made me very sad for him his friends and his family. I purchased and downloaded your book on Marty Robbins and look forward to that read as well. I am originally from El Paso, Texas so it goes without saying, I certainly know of Marty Robbins. I regret I never saw Faron nor Marty live as they are both two of my longtime favorites and I will always be their fan. Some of the best voices ever."
Don Ewert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, says, "I told you recently that I became a fan this year of Margie Bowes and wrote her a letter. A few days ago I received an 8×10 of Margie along with a note from her best friend, Jean. She told me she read my letter to Margie and she was very appreciative. I think it's great that Margie learned of a New Fan shortly before she passed away."
Andy Williford, boyhood friend of Faron Young, writes from Texas, "I was stationed at Wiesbaden AFB, Germany, USAF HQS Europe, from 1951-54 and I went one day to our NCO Club called The Eagle Club and inside the front door was a magazine stand with newspapers. There in front of me was a copy of Country News Magazine. Lo and behold, Faron's picture was on the front cover. I said Holy S—, I knew we both sang a little in school but I wasn't aware he had gone down to the Louisiana Hayride to audition. I wrote him and he wrote back, 'Andy, I would never have believed I would be in this position, but thank God.' The letter had his name on top like, I do not remember, FARON YOUNG ENTERPRISES, or something like that. That would have to be 1952 or 1953. I was discharged in July 1954. I had all my important papers and photos in a leather bag. I went to a bar in New York and after I set it down, it was stolen. Faron's letter was in the bag. I was discharged July 24, 1954 at Camp Kilmer, NJ. By the way, Eddie Fisher was stationed across the river from Wiesbaden at the same time: Maintz Army Base, Germany."
Dave Rusk requests, "Please add me to your email list."
Ron Reagan writes, "As always, I enjoyed this. I wanted to ask if you would pass along my YouTube channel: Hankfan Hankfan. I have a lot of Christmas stuff on there, and I am in the process of uploading a ton of Cowboy Copas King Records releases, all digitally restored from the original 78 rpm discs. There's something for everybody on there—I even have recordings of the vocal group, The Shannon Four, from the 1920s. I think your readers would enjoy my channel."
Dominique "Imperial" ANGLARES writes from France, "Thank you very much for that welcome newsletter. Great to read correspondences from Australia, UK, Japan and of course USA. Sorry to let you know about the passing of Indiana Country singer Jimme Dale Wilcoxson. Born May 16, 1941, he befriended Salty Holmes and in 1958 recorded two singles, one being a rock-a-billy classic on his own Saber records. In the '70s, he recorded under Rusty York's supervision for Jewel records. Jimmie had emergency quadruple bypass surgery on April 18, 2020, and more complications than any one person could even imagine has happened. He passed away November 15. Once again I have lost a friend."
Terry Beene sends a video of Chuck Hancock singing "I'll Be Home For Christmas."
Diane: Thanks for a song that brings back memories. During all my years in the Navy, I alternated between two theme songs at Christmas, depending on whether I was headed home to South Dakota. They were "Christmas Time's a Comin' (And I Know I'm Going Home)" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)."
I did a phone interview with Dorothy Young, 73, big sister of Faron Young, in early 2000 when I was first starting my research for Faron's biography. She lived in Texas. We corresponded occasionally until her death. I can't find that date, but I think it was 2005.
Everyone is still alive except Faron and Oscar. Oscar was the next to the youngest. He was killed in a car wreck when he was fourteen. I'm still alive, my oldest brother's still alive, and there's a brother in south Louisiana that's still alive, and there's a sister in Louisiana. My oldest brother is Clifton L. Young. He lives in Dallas. He's in very, very bad health. He's 75. And then there's me, I'll be 74 next month. Then there's my brother in south Louisiana. His name is Harlan Ray, better known as "Little Brother." Then there's Audrey Louise Thaxton; she lives right out of Shreveport. There was six of us.
We were living there on Hoadley, just off Southern Avenue. There was a big grocery store there, and there was the house across an alley, that we lived in for a while, and then we moved over on Seymour. I know my aunt and uncle lived in that house on Hoadley. I think they moved in after we moved out. I remember standing out in front of that house, and telling people that came by, "We got a new baby brother." I remember that clearly. I was next to the oldest, when Faron was a baby. I can remember when she had him, and the doctor come to the house. That's the way they had babies back then. All the kids in the neighborhood liked to come over and play with the baby. Mama used to put him in a big wicker chair out front there on nice days and cover him with–put pillows all behind there. Our job was to watch him. Of course, all the kids in the neighborhood come over to play with him. In fact, I have a picture of Faron in that chair.
Faron loved to sing. I always thought Faron had a lot of nervous energy, and this was probably an outlet for that. He just sang all the time. He'd get on the phone with his girlfriend and sing to her. He sometimes nearly drove us crazy. He was good from day one–very good. None of the rest of us could carry a tune. I don't know how he came up with that talent. He could sing, I guarantee you. It was a natural gift. It just came. Faron just started singing, I don't know how long, but at an early age. He sang in a choir in high school. He and the coach, and Jimmy Day and Floyd Cramer, organized this band, and they would go play at the doughnut shop and the watermelon gardens, for free. That's how he got started in the music business, but he sang in the choir in high school. They were good. They played for free for so long, just for the experience.
Daddy rented a place, and started this herd of cattle, and went into the dairy business. The boys had to get up at four o'clock in the morning, milk the cows, go to school, come back and milk the cows. That was 365 days a year–very hard on them. You couldn't get any of them to even think about–to this day–don't even mention the word dairy farming to them. That's just a bad word. But my daddy was trying to make a living. He had the dairy farm and he continued with his job. Daddy milked the cows, too. Then he'd go to work and the kids would go to school. They'd come back home and went through the same thing. They had the cows all named. They had one named Hitler and one named Mussolini. That's the only two I remember.
When I was still living at home, Faron didn't have any transportation, and I used to let him use my car. I told him you have to take care of it because I can't afford car repairs. "Oh, I will, I will." Sure enough, one night he brought it home, and he'd evidently gotten it stuck. There was mud on top of the car, there wasn't any oil in the car, or anything. I said, okay, Faron, now you just can't drive my car anymore. Believe it or not, he didn't give me any argument. He said okay. Years went by, and when he first started in this business, he bought a big Cadillac. He'd come home one day in that car, and he flew out to a show date and left the car there. I called him and asked if I could use the car–a friend of mine and I wanted to go to New Orleans. He said yes. He said, "Just one thing–for godsakes don't drive my car like I used to drive yours." I always get a kick out of telling that story. He never did deny it, but he didn't own up to it until then.
Mama and Daddy were very different. If Mama met you, if she ran into you again, she'd hug you. Mama was a very affectionate person, to her kids, to anybody. But I never saw my daddy show any affection to anybody–not her, not the kids, not anybody. He was not an affectionate man. But he did his best to make a living. And it was hard. That was back during the Depression. We had it very, very hard. No question about it. They shouldn't have had six kids! They sure couldn't take care of 'em.
Billie Jean was a very pretty girl. She had long, straight hair and she wore it straight down. If she'd bend over, she'd have to hold her head up to keep her hair from falling in her face. I always remember seeing her holding her head up. She was a pretty girl. As Faron tells it, he was double dating with Hank Williams, and during the evening they changed girls. When Faron went to Nashville, I think she was working at the telephone company and she got transferred. What Faron told me, she found out Hank had more money than Faron did, and she switched over to Hank. That's the story Faron told me. In fact, I was sitting there one night when he was talking to her on the telephone. He said something to her then about Hank having more money than he did.
I tell you what, Faron married the only girl in the world that could live with him. Hilda is a wonderful person. She's always been a wonderful wife. I couldn't say anything bad about her if I wanted to. She put up with Faron for a lot of years. I think that's what really got to him, when she finally got the courage to divorce him, after so many years. I don't think he was ever able to accept that. This little girl was his, and she was supposed to do what he said. The very idea that this girl he was married to, that had known no other man but him, could actually divorce him. Of course, I'm sure he loved her. How could he not love her? She never did anything bad, she was always there, she stayed home and raised the kids, while he was out having a good time. But he just didn't appreciate her. It's unfortunate. They could have had such a good life together.
One thing I'll always regret, and I'll always wonder about—he wrote me a letter not too long before he died. Of course, every time you talked to him, all he ever talked about was how awful Hilda was. You couldn't find a better, nicer person in the world than Hilda, but he was so bitter because she divorced him. Every time I talked to him on the telephone, that was what—Hilda this, Hilda did this. It was all BS. It wasn't true. Anyway, I got this long letter from him, and at the bottom he said call me at this number, which is my private number. Well, I hated gittin' on the phone with Faron, it was just awful, so I did not call him. And right after that is when he killed himself. You can imagine the thoughts I've had since then. I would give anything if I had called him. Maybe he would have talked to me about it, maybe he wouldn't, I don't know, but I'll always regret that I did not call him. But I just didn't like to talk to him because all he wanted to talk about was how awful Hilda was. I just got tired of listening. If I'd had any idea he had this on his mind, I certainly would have called him.
If you'd asked me what person I would say would ever kill himself, I'd say, "Not Faron." He loved himself too much. I never would have thought Faron would have done that. He had to be awfully, awfully low, and just saw no other way out. It's a shame. It's a waste. Cuz Faron could have still had a lot of good years, if he had straightened up, gotten back with Hilda, he'd have had some happy years.
I want a book whenever you get it done. Be kind to him.
Buddy Killen moved to Nashville soon after graduating from high school in Florence, Alabama, in 1951. He married at age 19 and struggled to support his family by playing upright bass in various bands. By the Seat of My Pants: My Life in Country Music, written with Tom Carter in 1993, tells how his many years of hard work resulted in him being the owner of Tree International Publishing Company and the Stock-Yard Restaurant in Nashville, among other business ventures. He writes that he "was a musician and had never had any business training. I've flown by the seat of my pants from the beginning. To this day, it's all been on-the-job training." This book offers an inside look at musicians of yesteryear and how the music business has changed over the years. Buddy includes his experiences with Hank Williams because, he says, Hank is "so much a part of American music history that as much information as possible should be preserved. Distorted portrayals surrounding celebrities have always bothered me." Based on this story, Buddy Killen seems to me to be a good candidate for the Country Music Hall of Fame. He died in 2006 at age 73.
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Thus, every weekday morning, scores of idling cars line up behind dozens of buses disgorging waves of kids. Amidst this, Janette and Adam—each of whom was about 5 feet tall—seemed like a pair of diminutive daredevils wading into a tsunami.
– Use of the word "every" which emphasises that it happens all the time.


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Friday Music
It's been a very long time since I've done a themed entry, but watching the BBC4 documentary Synth Britannia (which I posted about yesterday) really influenced my listening habits during the week. So, this week's Friday Music is comprised entirely of music featured on the show — groundbreaking electronic music from the late 70s/early 80s:
Depeche Mode's first hit single, from 1981 — not a lot of folks in the US heard this one, as they didn't really break over here until mid-85 with "People Are People". Depeche Mode – "New Life."
Vince Clark is a brilliant bastard. One of the founders (and chief songwriter) for Depeche Mode, he left the band (before they hit in the US) once he realized he could do all of the synth programming and playing himself. He hired singer Allison Moyet for vocals on his demos, and suddenly found himself in another seminal synth act, Yazoo (renamed Yaz in the US, due to some rock band nobody has heard of, before or since). They were only around for 18 months, and then he went out and found a gay man who sounded like Moyet (Andy Bell) and founded *yet another* major synth group, Erasure. This is my favorite track from Yazoo: Yazoo – "Don't Go."
From 1979, one of the first big synth hits, originally recorded by Tubeway Army before their lead singer, Gary Numan, went solo and skyrocketed on the basis of this song and "Cars." Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – "Are 'Friends' Electric."
The first single from the new-lineup (now with extra GIRLS!) Human League, much less known over here since it hit before "Don't You Want Me" and "(Keep Feeling)Fascination." Not bad for a group named after a faction in a TSR-published SPI wargame. The Human League – "The Sound of the Crowd."
The rest of Human League's original line-up went on to form Heaven 17, and in fact were recording their debut album, Penthouse and Pavement at the same studio during opposite shifts to the "new" Human League's Dare. Heaven 17 – "Let Me Go."
Major early hit from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, best known over here for providing sappy love songs to John Hughes films. Here, a lovely ode to the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Enola Gay."
Almost entirely unknown in the US, members of Visage went on to form the far-better known bands Ultravox and Siouxsie & The Banshees. This was the big single from Visage in 1980: Visage – "Fade to Grey."
…and of course, the granddaddy of them all. A track crafted by the former members of Joy Division as an ironic response to what they saw as the cliché of the rock-concert encore. They hit upon the idea of setting up sequencers and synths and then when the de rigeur encore was called for, they would simply hit a "start" button and leave the stage, leaving the sequencers to play out the composed track. It went on to become the biggest selling 12-inch single in history. New Order – "Blue Monday."
There you go, folks. Enjoy!
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Fred Good was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Belgian parents in 1940. He and his two younger brothers spent their early years attending public and private schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then Greenwich, Connecticut, Jacksonville, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia.
Fred with R. Buckminster Fuller at the University of the Streets, New York, 1968.
After completing an undergraduate degree in English at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Fred served two years as a lieutenant in the United States Army Artillery. He then joined his youngest brother, Michael, who had moved into an apartment at 605 East 6th Street on New York's Lower East Side, an impoverished and rapidly decaying inner city neighborhood. Mike had befriended a group of teenaged Puerto Rican street gang leaders and their fellow gang members. Fred decided to stay in New York, become an artist and work with his new found friends. The next six years in the lives of the Good brothers and their friends is documented in a book entitled The Gang and the Establishment, published by Harper and Row (now Harper Collins) in 1970. It recounts the formation of The Real Great Society in 1965 and the founding of the University of the Streets in 1967, a project Fred conceived of with Robert Theobald, the noted British futurist and economist known for, among other books, The Guaranteed Income.(1996)
Both Fred and Mike, were drawn to the arts as adults. Mike was married in 1969 and moved to Maine, becoming a successful jewelry designer and sculptor, while Fred remained in New York City as a community organizer, while also studying drawing (Arts Student League), poetry (with Robert Boardman Vaughn) and psychology (with Jacob Moreno, founder of psychodrama). Fred was instrumental in helping to start a number of non-profit organizations, including The Real Great Society, The University of the Streets (a name Fred coined) and the Lower East Side Community Music Workshop, which is now a small private foundation supporting music projects .
Fred with Chino (Carlos) Garcia, poet Robert Boardman Vaughn and Dana Beal in Tompkins Square Park, New York, 1967
The upper Lower East Side neighborhood is also now referred to as "Loisaida", a name coined by Carlos (Chino) Garcia and the late Bimbo Rivas, two friends and activists with whom Fred has been closely associated. Fred and Chino continue their friendship and involvement in Loisaida today.
From 1946 through the mid 1960's, Fred and his brothers spent their summers in Belgium on their grandparents' estate. There they were exposed to the arts, receiving lessons in music, drawing, painting and sculpture. However, it was not until Fred moved with his wife and six year old daughter, Jessica, to Chapel Hill, NC, in 1981, that he pursued painting full time, studying watercolor at The Art School (now the ArtsCenter) in Carrboro, NC, and at the Durham Art Council in Durham, NC. Fred joined the Watercolor Society of North Carolina in 1984, serving as its Treasurer from 1985 to 1987. During this period he was accepted in numerous juried shows throughout North Carolina, often winning awards, and sold his paintings through galleries in Winston-Salem, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville and one person shows in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
In 1987, Fred founded New View Publications to support the work of his wife and her colleagues. The company has conducted workshops for over 10,000 school administrators, teachers and other helping professionals in the United States, Canada, Australia, Slovenia, Croatia and Indonesia, and has published several dozen books on applications of Perceptual Control Theory (PCT), an emerging scientific theory of behavior that is now gaining acceptance worldwide in a number of disciplines including cognitive psychology, neurology, sociology and artificial intelligence. The company also acts as a distributor of books on the science of PCT and its applications from other publishers. Fred and Perry were closely associated with the late William T. Powers, the originator of Perceptual Control Theory.(see pct web.org)
During the past five years, Fred has divided his time between painting and publishing.
During 1987-88, Fred served as President of Center Gallery in Carrboro (which became part of the ArtsCenter) and served as Board Chairman of The ArtsCenter in Carrboro from 1990-96.
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This 3 part upgrade is focused on maximum weight reduction with everything titanium whilst retaining OEM PSE controls.
for maxium weight loss, sure. But it would make the car far louder, which is exactly what I'm not trying to do.
It'll just be a little louder and you can quiet it down with the Dundon quiet center muffler.
not really a lot louder....under 4' rpm driving around town is still stock quiet. I did the Soul Performance Side Muffler delete pipes and am extremely happy with Soul.
maybe I'm confused. I thought the side mufflers included the PSE components, which controlled the volume to a degree. If you remove the side mufflers, wouldn't the PSE always be on?
Add a set of Dundon headers with cats.
Not if you get valved ones.
Sounds close to stock below 4K, animal above. To me the tone of the titanium RS muffler is a little softer and smoother than steel.
Akrapovic race center with link pipes, OEM cats and headers.
No weight left to lose unless you get the titanium headers and 100 cell cats. It's louder and on all the time but wife and I drove back and forth to South Miami (for DRT) from Palm Beach (160mi RT) very comfortably between 70-90mph and normal conversation was very easy. There is no drone, which is due to unwanted resonances within the cabin, but you do hear the engine all the time.


One critical decision in Arsenal's victory on Sunday highlighted an increasing problem in the officiating of matches.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was clearly offside when the ball was passed to him ahead of the second goal. The referee Jon Moss missed it and the assistant referee Harry Lennard inexplicably failed to intervene.
This was far from the first instance of an assistant referee not stepping up to make a big call recently. I have seen it happen time and again, including twice on Saturday when two players escaped what were clear red cards.
Both were bad challenges, with the worst being Joe Ralls's horrendous foul on Ilkay Gundogan, a studs-up rake down the back of his ankle that was punished with only a booking.
The referee Jon Moss positioned himself too close to the action, narrowing his line of vision and denying himself the ideal perspective on what happened. Ralls had clearly put Gundogan's safety at risk. In not identifying the challenge as such, Moss's assistants let him down.
At Craven Cottage, Alfie Mawson was hugely fortunate to escape with a booking for his scything foul on Roberto Pereyra. On this occasion, Martin Atkinson reached so quickly for his card that his assistants had little time to offer their assessment. But they should have done. There should have been a consultation. Not for the first time this season, we witnessed a lack of teamwork among officials.
The current generation of assistant referees are not up to the standard of predecessors such as Glenn Turner, Phil Sharp and Mike Mullarkey, experts in the job who used to rescue Graham Poll and Howard Webb in tight situations.
Darren Cann has survived from that generation and showed his class in Liverpool's win on Saturday, stepping in to rule out correctly a Mohamed Salah goal for offside. His counterparts need to stay displaying similar nerve.
Moss got one other crucial call correct at the Emirates when he denied Arsenal a penalty for what they claimed was a handball by Everton defender Jonjoe Kenny.
The incident highlighted what remain a source of confusion: exactly what constitutes a handball. The law says that the arm must move in the direction of the ball and that the referee must be convinced that the player was trying to make contact with that part of his body. If it was not clearly deliberate – and Kenny's was not – then no handball.


"After walking me through the ABCs of buying a diamond (which I knew nothing about) I decided on cut, clarity and color. I had a good idea of what I wanted in a ring for Melissa but Dal took it to another level, she designed and delivered a beautiful ring that far surpassed my expectations. Dal, thank you for your kindness, PATIENCE and professionalism. More importantly thank you for taking part in the most stressful, special, amazing and exciting moment of my life"


OPPO is working on a new firmware for its devices fully based on AOSP with some core additional features of its ColorOS ROMs, like Camera, Off-screen gestures, audio enhancement etc.
OPPO R7 Plus has got Project Spectrum v1.0i Beta update based on Android M which has been ported to YU Yureka and Yureka Plus. This ROM gives the user a pure AOSP experience with some essential features added. Unlike ColorOS there are no complications with SuperSU, Xposed or any other mods in this ROM.
You can tweak it as you like. This ROM has best battery saving features among Marshmallow based ROMs. Doze, Multiwindow, System tweaking works well.
Project Spectrum now supports double tap to wake up/turn off the screen, draw a circle to open the camera app and custom a gesture to open an application.
Note: Selfie and Pattern/PIN Lock works with 3rd-party apps.
Huge thanks to CyanogenMod and OPPO Team.
Special thanks to @*PRATHAMESH* for his PMS Kernel.
Wow ! The Screenshot key sequence are just Like Meizu M2 Note . So I won't feel it alien at all . Thanks again for your hard work . I really appreciate it ! Waiting for the new battery for my YU+ . Any major bugs till now ?
You can flash completely on battery if it have more than 60% charge.
And Yes , does the YU+ camera on this ROM have that Bluish Tinge , as it had been in Cyan12.0 earlier ? Or the shots are crystal clear ?
I had really bad times with Cos12.0 , trust me .
I d/loaded LeWa , and saw that you recommended opengapps nano there in that post .
One Q from me : Since I never use any of google apps and that appstore thing , never ever , then still do I have to flash gapps ? I download apks from browser directly and never flashed gapps before , so got no idea about the consequences of not flashing gapps.
No, it's not mandatory to flash Gapps and in this ROM Gapps is inbuilt.
Thanks , sir . All my doubts , are cleared here in your official site .
Great . I salute your dedication and hard work . Thanks again from a n00b.
''this'' means what , LeWa or Oppo project spectrum ? Which one .
"this" means OPPO Project Spectrum.
how much time it will take to install, because im waiting for 1hr after flashing through twrp..
Reflash the ROM by following the instructions above.


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Okay, kind of dying at this punny title, for real. I hopped on this collagen peptides wagon several months ago and I feel like I've hit jackpot. How is it that I've JUST discovered something so incredible? For those skeptical or curious, I also want to admit that I, too, was a skeptic. I thought it was just another health fad. Before making my first purchase, I did A LOT of research. I read every tl;dr caption on Instagram about them. I looked up the top brands that I could find and read a ton of reviews. I did this for months, then I flew with a flight attendant who swore by them. I guess I just needed to hear personal experience from someone in person because that day, I went home and placed an order on Amazon.
Let me tell you firsthand that the benefits of collagen peptides are insane. Here are just some of them that really resonate with me.
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Since the day I got 'em, I have been taking collagen peptides daily in my morning smoothies and have noticed these benefits. It's unbelievable. One of the most incredible benefits that I noticed was when I was training for my half marathon. I was able to run longer with less discomfort in my joints. The day of the run, I hit my PR of 2 hours and 27 minutes. Not to mention, my recovery was quicker and smoother than my last half marathon. Crazy, right?
Throw everything into a blender OR you can whisk manually or use a frother. I just got a frother on Amazon for $10. DEALS. Such a great idea for a stocking stuffer (yep, already going there). This latte is a perfect pre-workout elixir that's made from natural ingredients and packed with a ton of nutrients and benefits from EVERY ingredient. Since weening off C4 (a pre-workout supplement filled with crazy chemicals), I noticed my workouts have become weaker. Since having this matcha mushroom latte, I noticed a boost in energy. It doesn't feel crazy, I don't get itchy, but it's just enough to pull me through a HIIT workout + some weight training. This is real. I feel like I found the Krabby Patty secret formula!
As far as brands go, Further Food is the brand I currently use and I absolutely love their products. Health things can add up to be pretty spendy but their products are affordable and have lasted me so long. They're a great company made up of friendly people who are passionate about health and wellness, which is something that's super important to me when I do brand research. I'm a proud brand ambassador of theirs and if you use my code 'KALEINTHECLOUDS10′, you'll get a discount on anything on their website! I would never talk up something I don't feel passionate about so you know this is real.
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When it comes to home repairs, YouTube and other sources on the internet give plenty of step-by-step tips on how to replace a plumbing fixture or repair a leaky toilet. However, there are some repairs that are just better left to an OBX plumbing professional.
On the beach we've got year-round residents, seasonal residents and visitors. For seasonal residents and owners of vacation properties returning to their homes in the spring, it often seems like Gremlins invaded the house over the winter! Addressing some of these checklist tips now could save multiple service calls over the course of a season – and keep your vacation rental guests happy!
Operate/check-out pool spigots and showers (are they secured to house? Is the handle rusted out? Is shower looking like it's seen better days? Is the shower head clogged?
Of course, we highly recommend consulting with a plumbing professional at least once a year to assess the condition of your plumbing system, and always have the performance of any aging or 'finicky' appliances evaluated to determine whether they need to be replaced or repaired. Your plumber is your friend! They are very familiar with the signs of aging, wear and tear, and symptoms of potential problems, and often provide free estimates to repair or replace. The cost to inspect fixtures in your home or business will always be far less than the expense of repairs in an emergency, so make your plumbing inspection a top priority on your spring cleaning checklist!


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"""
This script updates website files with the new release information.

(How to run)
python update_website <reef_home> <reef_version> <sha512> <release_notes_link>

You can also see how to run the script with "python update_website.py -h"

(Example)
python update_website ~/reef 0.14.0 8f542ae...c4fed7 https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315820&version=12333768
"""

import os
import re
import sys
import argparse
import datetime

"""
pom.xml
"""
def update_pom(file, new_version):
    changed_str = ""
    f = open(file, 'r')

    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        if not line:
            break
        if "<currentStableVersion>" in line:
            r = re.compile('>(.*?)<')
            m = r.search(line)
            old_version = m.group(1)
            line = line.replace(old_version, new_version)
        changed_str += line
    f.close()

    f = open(file, 'w')
    f.write(changed_str)
    f.close()
    print file

"""
doap.rdf
"""
def update_doap(file, new_version):
    changed_str = ""
    after_release_tag = False

    f = open(file, 'r')

    # keep the part of the file before <release> tag as is
    # necessary because name and created tags appear several times in the file
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        if not line:
            break
        if "<release>" in line:
            after_release_tag = True
        # update <name>, <revision> and <created> tags
        if (("<name>" in line) or ("<revision>" in line)) and after_release_tag:
            r = re.compile('>(.*?)<')
            m = r.search(line)
            old_version = m.group(1)
            line = line.replace(old_version, new_version)
        if "<created>" in line and after_release_tag:
            r = re.compile('<created>(.*?)</created>')
            m = r.search(line)
            old_date = m.group(1)
            new_date = datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
            line = line.replace(old_date, new_date)
        changed_str += line
    f.close()

    f = open(file, 'w')
    f.write(changed_str)
    f.close()
    print file

"""
downloads.md: replace all release information with new one
"""
def update_downloads(file, new_version, sha512, notes_link):
    changed_str = ""
    old_version = ""
    f = open(file, 'r')
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        if not line:
            break
        # figure out old version
        if "selected" in line:
            r = re.compile('>(.*?)<')
            m = r.search(line)
            old_version = m.group(1)
        if old_version != "" and old_version in line:
            line = line.replace(old_version, new_version)
        if "selected" in line:
            # write this line and construct new one
            changed_str += line
            line = '    <option value="' + old_version + '">' + old_version + '</option>\n'
        if "sha512Text" in line:
            r = re.compile('(.*?)')
            m = r.search(line)
            line = line.replace(m.group(1), sha512)
        if "releaseNotesLink" in line:
            r = re.compile('href="(.*?)"')
            m = r.search(line)
            url = re.sub('&(?!amp;)', '&', notes_link) # '&' should be replaced to prevent parsing error
            line = line.replace(m.group(1), url)
        if "dotnetApiLink" in line:
            r = re.compile('(.*?)')
            m = r.search(line)
            line = line.replace(m.group(1), '.NET API')
        changed_str += line
    f.close()

    f = open(file, 'w')
    f.write(changed_str)
    f.close()
    print file

"""
release.js: add releaseSha512 and releaseNotes for new version
"""
def update_release_js(file, new_version, sha512, notes_link):
    changed_str = ""
    f = open(file, 'r')
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        if not line:
            break
        if "var releaseSha512" in line:
            changed_str += line
            changed_str += '    "' + new_version + '": "' + sha512 + '",\n'
            continue
        if "var releaseNotes" in line:
            changed_str += line
            changed_str += '    "' + new_version + '": "' + notes_link + '",\n'
            continue
        changed_str += line
    f.close()

    f = open(file, 'w')
    f.write(changed_str)
    f.close()
    print file

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Script for updating REEF website with information about new release.")
    parser.add_argument("reef_home", type=str, help="REEF home")
    parser.add_argument("reef_version", type=str, help="REEF version")
    parser.add_argument("sha512", type=str, help="SHA512 of .tar.gz file")
    parser.add_argument("notes_link", type=str, help="Link to release notes for the version")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    reef_home = os.path.abspath(args.reef_home)
    update_pom(reef_home + "/pom.xml", args.reef_version)
    update_doap(reef_home + "/website/src/site/resources/doap.rdf", args.reef_version)
    update_release_js(reef_home + "/website/src/site/resources/js/release.js", args.reef_version, args.sha512, args.notes_link)
    update_downloads(reef_home + "/website/src/site/markdown/downloads.md", args.reef_version, args.sha512, args.notes_link)

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Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father's ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and festivals, and a dangerous run-in with the gypsies.
In vividly detailed scenes and beautiful illustrations, this Newbery Award-winning author presents an unforgettable world and characters who will be remembered forever.
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This story takes place in feudal, Czarist Hungary, pre-revolution and World War 1. Kate's mother dies, she's out of control, and her teacher father sends her from Budapest to live with his rancher and feudal lord brother. Kate learns about the country's cultural history and many of the folk stories passed down orally through the generations. She becomes a well-behaved girl and part of the family. There is a sequel, The Singing Tree, which follows the family through the war years, with Russian prisoners of war staying on the farm and helping and becoming friends, and Kate's father is lost (then found). These are marvelous books for any age, a view of a country's past that is no longer there.
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Brent London Borough Council
Barriers block drug dealers and fly tippers
BARRIERS blocking an alleyway in Colindale have put a stop to fly tipping and drug dealing.
The service road between Wakemans Hill and Hay Lane, behind the Edgware Road, was once a dumping ground for fly-tippers and was plague by drug dealers and people abandoning their cars. The dumped rubbish also attracted infestations rats and pigeons.
Brent Council's Environmental Health Team received dozens of complaints and were eventually forced to form a committee with the local community to tackle the problem.
Two height restriction barriers have now been put up to stop tipper trucks gaining access to the service road along with four additional bollards.
The owner of the private land has also removed all the dumped rubbish and laid down rat bait.
Alan Baker, who is chairman of the local residents' group, said: "I was really impressed by how the council took on board our suggestions and worked with us to get the area cleaned up. I personally spoke to 192 residents and businesses to get our plans agreed.
"It is a great system that will allow legitimate vehicles to access the road but at the same time prevent illegal fly-tippers from getting in. Three weeks in and the area is still clean and tidy."
The project, which took 14 months to complete, was partly funded by Environmental Health and partly by the neighbourhood working fund which sees each ward in Brent get an annual budget of £20,000 to spend on tackling local issues.
Councillor Jim Moher (Labour), lead member for Highways and Transportation, said: "This is a great scheme and an excellent example of the council working together with residents and businesses to sort out a local problem. What once was a run-down area has now been transformed."


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California Vegan
Inspiration and Recipes from the People and Places of the Golden State
Sharon Palmer
Plant-powered dietitian Sharon Palmer tells the diverse story of California veganism with recipes showcasing local produce and celebrating the cultural roots, historical legacy, and future of plant-based pioneers in the state. California is where vegan culture all began, and where a diverse group of innovators continue breaking new ground. From the first glimpses of California cuisine in the 1970s to today's Silicon Valley startups revolutionizing the way America eats, the Golden State starts the veggie trends the rest of the country follows.
Featuring over 100 plant-based recipes with full nutritional information and illustrated with original photography, California Vegan welcomes Californians into veganism and vegans all over the world into California.
978-1-4930-5050-5 • Hardback • March 2021 • $29.95 • (£22.99)
978-1-4930-5051-2 • eBook • March 2021 • $28.50 • (£21.99)
Subjects: Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / American / Western States, Cooking / Vegetarian & Vegan
Known as The Plant-Powered Dietitian, Sharon Palmer (MSFS, RDN) has established an award-winning career in the field of nutrition and sustainability. One of the most widely recognized registered dietitians in the world, Sharon is an accomplished writer, editor, blogger, author, speaker, and media expert. In particular, she has gained recognition for her expertise in plant-based nutrition and sustainability. Sharon has authored over 1000 articles in a variety of publications, including Better Homes and Gardens and Oprah Magazine. Her previous books include The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Todayand Plant-Powered for Life: Eat Your Way to Lasting Health with 52 Simple Steps & 125 Delicious Recipes. Sharon also has contributed to several book chapters on nutrition and sustainability. She serves as the nutrition editor for Today's Dietitian, a professor at Prescott College Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems program, a nutrition consultant for several organizations such as AICR and Oldways, and is co-founder of Food and Planet. Sharon presents frequently at conferences, and is also a weekly contributing nutrition expert in the media, including print, online, radio, podcasts, television, social media, videos, and film. Sharon enjoys organizing farm and sustainability tours across the world, including her collaboration with Sterling College's Italian Alps annual tour. She completed her Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems from Green Mountain College in Vermont. And she still has time to blog every day for her popular online community at The Plant-Powered Dietitian. Living in the sustainability mecca of Ojai, California with her husband and two dogs, Sharon enjoys tending to her own organic garden, visiting the local farmers market, volunteering in local environmental organizations, and cooking for friends and family. She live in Ojai, California.
California Vegan is like a stroll through plant-based paradise. It is an inspiring compilation of stories that bring to life the people, places, and food traditions that are at the heart of our shifting food consciousness. Sharon transforms simple, wholesome plant foods into culinary creations that would delight the most discerning palates. This book is sure to find a well-deserved place in your heart and home.
-Brenda Davis, RD, author, speaker, plant-based pioneer


Seafood Glossary | Great American Fish Co.
The Great American Fish Company offers daily drink savings as well as amazing early-bird specials plus a seniors menu that's locally recognized as the best situated on the Embarcadero!
Enjoying seafood is an excellent way to eat healthy and enjoy delicious meals. The following is a primer to help consumers select and enjoy seafood items.
Blacken – to sear fish or seafood in a cast iron frying pan or grill with high heat. The item is usually heavily coated with a blackening seasoning and typically cooked rare in the center.
Broil – to cook an item in the lower section of the oven where heat contacts the item from above. This method is good for browning the topside of a fillet or other seafood.
Ceviche – also spelled cebiche or seviche. A form of citrus marinated seafood salad. Ceviche originated in Peru.
Chowder – a rich soup using seafood, vegetables and either a tomato based or dairy based broth.
Bisque – a rich spicy soup containing lobster, shrimp or other seafood.
Fillet – a cut of fish which consists of one boneless side of the fish, either skin on or skin off.
Farm raised – seafood which has been grown in containment and fed a controlled diet.
Omega 3 – fish oil is an important source of Omega 3 fatty acids; eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil have numerous clinically proven health benefits.
Sustainable – the ability of a population to be harvested and still reproduce enough for population levels to remain constant.
Wild caught – seafood that have existed naturally and harvested from the environment.
Catfish – this fish has white meat and a delicate flavor. Catfish are easily farm raised.
Calamari – squid, prepared a variety of ways. Calamari is popular in several cuisines.
Clams – a large group of shellfish. The most popular are hard clams which are eaten raw, steamed or in dishes such as chowders.
Conch – this term is often applied to species of whelk, caught along the USA eastern seaboard. Whelk are large mollusks, similar to snails. The meat is tough but has a distinctive flavor. Whelk or "Conch" meat is popular in Oriental cuisine for dishes such as sushi. It is also popular in Caribbean cuisine and is used in chowders and other recipes.
Lobsters – large crustaceans, highly prized as a seafood delicacy. Northern or American lobsters come from Canada or the Eastern USA. A second lobster is the spiny or rock lobster, found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.
Mahi-mahi – dolphinfish; a brightly colored pelagic fish. Mahi mahi is a white fish with a distinctive flavor. The meat is high in Omega 3 oil. Mahi mahi is often grilled or broiled.
Mussels – small shellfish, popular in Mediterranean and other cuisine.
Oysters – shellfish, often served raw or steamed in the shell.
Salmon – a group of fish, most sought after are Pacific salmon, of which there are several species. Salmon are available wild caught or farm raised. Salmon is known for it's visually appealing orange or pink flesh and high Omega 3 oil content.
Tilapia – a small, farm raised fish, with a mild white flesh.
Online resources including www.fresh-seafood.net offer consumers with a wide range of information articles, news, recipes and suppliers of top quality fresh seafood that is available locally or shipped to your door.
The Great American Fish Company- Still & forever would be the most popular seafood found on the Central Coast!


Iran's Intelligence Minister offered more details about the recent arrest of a number of Takfiri elements in the country, saying 8 members of Takfiri groups, all of them foreigners, were detained in an Intelligence Ministry operation.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Mahmoud Alawi said the ministry forces managed to identify and foil a plot by Takfiri groups to disrupt celebrations marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
During the operation, carried out on February 3-9, a secret network of terrorists was identified and 8 of its key members were arrested near Tehran and in some western and eastern provinces of the country, he said.
All of those arrested were non-Iranian nationals and some of them had links with a ringleader of a Takfiri group who has recently been killed, the minister noted.
He added that the Takfiri elements had plotted to carry out suicide terrorist attacks in Tehran and a number of other cities under direct command of individuals stationed in certain neighboring countries.
Alawi went on to say that the operation revealed hidden aspects of the coordination between the Islamic Establishment's hegemonic enemies and their Takfiri mercenaries.
On Friday, Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri first revealed news of the arrests.
Millions of people in capital Tehran, more than 1,000 other cities and towns, and in 4,000 villages, poured into the streets on Friday to swear allegiance with the Islamic Republic Establishment.
The nationwide rallies were held without any security problems or incidents.