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MGM Resorts International (MGM Resorts or the company) announced that Keith A. Meister has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors. With his appointment, the company's board has been expanded from 12 to 13 directors.
Meister is managing partner and chief investment officer of Corvex Management LP, which beneficially owns approximately 3 percent of MGM's outstanding shares. Meister has extensive boardroom experience and previously served as a director on the boards of Yum! Brands, Inc., The Williams Companies, The ADT Corporation, Ralcorp Holdings, Motorola, Inc./Motorola Mobility, Inc. and American Casino & Entertainment Properties, among others.
"We are pleased to invite Keith onto the Board as our newest independent director," said Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts. "As a significant shareholder in our company, we have been engaged in constructive dialogue over the last several months and are aligned on our strategy to increase free cash flow, continue to pursue an asset light model, drive margin improvement and position the company for long term future growth. Keith's strong track record of helping companies maximize value for shareholders as well as his experience in real estate and gaming will be invaluable as we continue to optimize our business and evolve as an organization. We look forward to having Keith on the board and benefitting from his financial and strategic expertise as we work to build an even stronger company."
"I look forward to working constructively with Jim, the management team and the board to help achieve our common goal of enhancing value for all shareholders," said Meister. "In my conversations with management and the board over last several months it is clear to me that MGM is focused on driving profitable growth and with my experience in the gaming industry and other similarly situated companies I can be helpful in amplifying these efforts. I expect to be a long term investor in MGM as we work collaboratively to build an even greater company."
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The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2019 camogie season.

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 15 June. It was won by Galway, who defeated Kilkenny in the final.

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

Group stage

The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
The semi-final winners contest the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Relegation

The two teams that finish last in their group play each other in a relegation playoff; the losers are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.

Group stage

Group games took place 15 June – 24 July 2019.

Group 1

Group 2

Relegation playoff

Meath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links
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Ghana's parliament has called on the United Nations to lead investigations into the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
Khashoggi's death, which reportedly happened in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey, has enraged several individuals, institutions and countries globally.
Khashoggi, at the time of his death was a resident of the United States, contributing to the Washington Post, having fallen out with the Riyadh regime.
On 2 October, he walked into Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, and he has not been seen since.
After initial claims that Khashoggi left the consulate, and following several media reports to the contrary, the Saudi government eventually explained that the journalist had died in a 'rogue operation'.
Egypt and Somalia, are the only African countries that have backed the measures being taken by Saudi Arabia to investigate the case.
While calling for an impartial investigation into the killing of Khashoggi, the speaker of Ghana's parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye appealed to the United Nations and other international agencies to take charge.
The United States secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indicated that sanctions would soon be imposed on the individuals responsible.
"It'll take us probably a handful more weeks before we have enough evidence to actually put those sanctions in place, but I think we'll be able to get there," he said on Thursday, adding that President Donald Trump had vowed accountability for all involved in the "heinous crime".
MOST African governments are mute on the widely reported killing of Saudi dissident, Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. What could possible be the reason?


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Surveying the Enemy: Q&A With Dawgs By Nature
In search of enemy intelligence, I went to Cleveland's finest blog, Dawgs By Nature, in search of answers.
By Nathan Beaucage Oct 11, 2015, 10:31am EDT
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It's hard enough keeping up with your tea, let alone the 31 other teams in the National Football League. That's why we have our 'Surveying the Enemy' series, giving you all of the knowledge you need to know about the opponent. This week's author was Chris Pokorny, Managing Editor of Dawgs By Nature. His answers were great and thorough.
For my responses to his questions, check it out on Dawgs By Nature.
1. If you could place any Ravens' player on the Browns roster, who would it be?
I'm going to set a ground rule that I can't pick the quarterback, because that is too easy of an answer for a team that has been seeking a franchise quarterback since 1999. I almost went with Marshal Yanda, but the Browns already have too much invested in their offensive line, and have first-round pick Cameron Erving waiting in the wings at right guard. Therefore, I had to look at the defensive side of the ball, specifically at inside linebacker C.J. Mosley.
Presently, the Browns rely on Karlos Dansby at one of the inside linebacker positions and then a platoon of Craig Robertson and Christian Kirksey at the other position. Dansby isn't getting any younger, and neither Robertson nor Kirksey will overwhelm the opposition with their play. Mosley looks to be one of the young, up-and-coming inside linebackers in the NFL, and it'd be great to have him aggressively pursue ballcarriers behind nose tackle Danny Shelton.
2. The Browns' backfield situation is confusing as can be. Can you help us clarify what exactly is going on and tell us who carries the rock this Sunday?
Cleveland entered training camp with Terrance West, Isaiah Crowell, and Duke Johnson. West was the team's leading rusher last year, but had major attitude and work ethic issues. It was a case where I knew the Browns' coaching staff would love to just have him out of the equation, but I didn't think they'd actually pull the trigger and trade him prior to Week 1.
During training camp, the Browns desperately wanted Johnson, a rookie third-round pick, to win the job. A hamstring injury kept him out the first several weeks of camp, but when he was finally healthy leading up to the team's third preseason game (the dress rehearsal), he started with the first-teamers ahead of the other backs. Unfortunately, a concussion set him back again, so Crowell pretty much won the job by default. With Johnson missing so much time, he had a hard time find his groove during the first few weeks of the regular season.
Crowell has been the team's lead running back more times than not, but if the offensive line doesn't create a pretty nice hole for him, he usually just starts stumbling and gets the minimum yardage. If the hole is there and he can build up a head of steam, look out. Johnson's elusiveness has been great the past two weeks, and last year, all of the "he's a fantastic receiver" hype we heard about Johnson all offseason was finally on display during a regular season game and it was glorious. I think Crowell will be used in more first- and second-down packages, with Johnson playing on third downs or when the team wants to go hurry-up.
3. Tashaun Gipson is out for the Browns. How are you feeling about the secondary this Sunday?
Forget about Gipson being out -- the secondary as a whole has been disappointing. The play of both safeties in particular has been pretty bad, with Donte Whitner taking wrong angles and missing tackles and Gipson being a non-factor. Joe Haden typically gets off to a slow start to the season, but the fact that he basically had zero impact plays in three games was puzzling. Veteran Tramon Williams has been the most stable player in the secondary, but he was supposed to be a veteran joining an elite unit, not a veteran who is the best player in the secondary with nothing more than slightly-above-average-play. I'm worried about the secondary because of how poorly they've played for one quarter of the season so far, but in the back of my head I know that at some point, this unit is just too talented (based on their past accolades) to keep struggling.
4. The Browns made a big splash in the draft this year, taking five top prospects in the first 100 selections. Danny Shelton, Cameron Erving, Nate Orchard, Duke Johnson, and Xavier Cooper all headlined Cleveland's class this year. Can you appraise us on how some of these young players are doing?
Danny Shelton has seen the most playing time. He looked like an absolute monster in training camp and the preseason, which made Browns fans believe he'd be a Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate. Through four games, he hasn't struggled, but nothing has jumped out at the screen that you'd expect to see from a Top-10 draft pick. It's still early in his career, so nobody is thinking "bust" -- we'll just have to be a little more patient than we were hoping for.
Cameron Erving is only playing about three snaps per game as a sixth offensive lineman in goal line situations. He was unable to beat right guard John Greco in camp, as the team worked him out at several positions in camp. Some are wondering if the Browns expect center Alex Mack to opt out next year and for Erving to take over his spot.
Nate Orchard began the year with a back injury. He's played the past couple of games in a backup role, but has not done anything of significance. I talked about Duke Johnson earlier, and by the end of the year, I'm sure he will have made the biggest impact of our rookie class. Xavier Cooper was drafted to be a pass-rushing defensive tackle, but has also seen very limited snaps and was even inactive for the first two weeks.
5. The Browns and Ravens both hold the same record right now. Obviously, this is going to change. Do you expect the Browns, or the Ravens to climb up from the bottom of the AFC North?
If Ben Roethlisberger is out for another month or so, I think both the Browns and the Ravens could surpass them briefly before falling behind again once Roethlisberger returns. The Bengals seem to be well-in-command of the AFC North, and based on the start, I think Baltimore and Cleveland will each finish below-.500, with the Ravens finishing in front of them.
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Volcano Watch — Why do so many deep earthquakes happen around Pāhala?
By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory October 10, 2019
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) detects tens of thousands of earthquakes each year. Currently, one of the most active areas of seismicity is Kīlauea's lower Southwest Rift Zone.
About 1300 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 1 and at depths over 20 km (12 mi) on and around the Island of Hawai'i since August 2019 are depicted on this map. Most of the earthquakes were clustered beneath the southern edge of the island near the town of Pāhala. Blue and purple dots indicate earthquakes at 20-40 km (12-25 mi) and more than 40 km (25 mi) depths, respectively (Credit: B. Shiro, USGS. Public domain.)
This area produces numerous deep earthquakes, mostly at depths of 25-40 km (15-25 mi), beneath the town of Pāhala and extending about 10 km (6 mi) offshore.
Since the beginning of a recent earthquake swarm in August 2019, HVO has recorded over 1000 deep earthquakes in this region, which accounts for about 15 percent of all earthquakes detected on the Island of Hawai'i during that time. The largest of these was a magnitude-4.0 earthquake on October 8 that was weakly felt by residents.
In fact, 34 deep events have been reported felt in the region since 2006, including a magnitude-4.7 earthquake in January of that year. The uptick in seismicity in recent months is the latest chapter in a decades-long history of observed earthquakes in the area.
This persistent source of seismicity was first identified on seismic records by HVO staff at least as far back as the 1960s. They characterized episodes of harmonic tremor, ascribing it to upwelling of magma within fluid-filled cracks deep beneath the island. Given the region's location about 40 km (25 mi) from Kīlauea's summit and about 50 km (31 mi) from Mauna Loa's summit, it was unclear how magma in this deep region might relate to surface volcanism, if at all.
As HVO's seismic monitoring network has improved over the years, our ability to detect different types of seismicity has increased. For example, a USGS study published in 2006 characterized earthquakes in the region in addition to tremor.
Noticing that the earthquakes tend to occur shallower than the tremor, the authors proposed that a mineralogical transition in Earth's mantle at 32 km (20 mi) depth could enable a magma transport path to Kīlauea. They also noticed that the earthquake depths tend to become somewhat shallower in the direction of Mauna Loa's summit, suggesting a magma transport path from this region may also feed Mauna Loa.
A seismic experiment in the mid-2000s called "PLUME" (Plume-Lithosphere Undersea Mantle Experiment) utilized seismic waves recorded by land and ocean-bottom seismometers to peer deep beneath the island in a manner similar to how a CAT scan images the human body. Using this data, researchers in 2011 discovered a broad zone of low seismic velocity down to at least 1000 km (620 mi) beneath the southern portion of the island where the deep seismicity takes place. They interpreted it as the location where the hot spot that created our island chain currently rises beneath Hawai'i. This observation supported the earlier hypothesis that the area of deep seismicity likely indicates the magma source that feeds the active volcanoes.
Using other modern computer algorithms to pore through seismic data traces, USGS researchers in 2015 characterized three main types of earthquakes in this region, including both short and long period earthquakes in addition to tremor. They interpreted the seismicity to be at the top of a deep magma body that leads to a deep fault zone, which may indicate a magma transport pathway feeding Kīlauea.
Since late 2015, HVO has recorded an elevated level of seismicity in the region deep under Pāhala. The currently observed rates are typically 10-20 events per day, but sometimes exceed 40 per day. Only swarms in 1972 and 1975 have exceeded this rate.
Seismic activity beneath Pāhala provides a window into the deep magma pathways under the island. Scientists continue to study this enigmatic region to better understand the processes that feed Hawaii's volcanoes.
While these deeper earthquakes, in their own right, do not likely pose a strong hazard, shallow crustal earthquakes in this geographic area have sometimes been damaging, including the 1868 magnitude-7.9 Great Ka'ū earthquake and its many aftershocks.
HVO encourages all Hawaii residents to practice good earthquake safety and preparedness by participating in the annual Great Hawaii ShakeOut on October 17 or on whatever day works for you. Remembering to "Drop, Cover, and Hold on" when you feel strong shaking is the best way to protect yourself during an earthquake. Learn more at https://www.shakeout.org/hawaii/.
Volcano Activity Update
Kīlauea Volcano is not erupting and its USGS Volcano Alert level remains at NORMAL (https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vhp/about_alerts.html). Updates for Kīlauea are now issued monthly.
Kīlauea deformation and seismicity showed no notable changes over the past week. Sulfur dioxide emission rates are low at the summit and below detection limits at Pu'u 'Ō'ō and the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ). The water pond at the bottom of Halema'uma'u continues to slowly expand and deepen.
At or near the 2018 LERZ eruptive fissures, elevated ground temperatures and minor releases of gas (steam, tiny amounts of hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide) persist. These are typical post-eruption conditions and are expected to be long-term.
Hazards remain at the LERZ and summit of Kīlauea. Closures and warnings in these areas should be heeded. The 2018 lava flows are primarily on private property; please be respectful and do not enter or park on private property.
Mauna Loa is not erupting. Its USGS Volcano Alert level remains at ADVISORY. This alert level does not mean that an eruption is imminent or that progression to an eruption is certain.
This past week, about 100 small-magnitude earthquakes (all less than M2.2) were detected beneath the upper elevations of Mauna Loa. Deformation measurements show continued summit inflation. Volcanic gas emission and fumarole temperature readings have been slightly elevated from measurements several weeks ago due to maintenance on the instrument sensors in mid-September.
Mauna Loa updates are issued weekly. For more info on the status of the volcano, please go to: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mauna_loa/status.html
Two earthquakes with three or more felt reports occurred in Hawaii this past week: a magnitude-2.3 quake 2 km (1 mi) southwest of Honalo at 11 km (7 mi) depth on Oct. 8 at 7:27 a.m. HST, and a magnitude-4.0 quake 39 km (24 mi) southeast of Pāhala at 16 km (10 mi) depth on Oct. 8 at 3:05 a.m. HST.
HVO continues to closely monitor both Kīlauea and Mauna Loa for any signs of increased activity.
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Ever since the military takeover of 1952, the post-monarchic political system of Egypt has been dependent upon a variety of mechanisms and structures to establish and further consolidate its powerbase. Among those, an intertwined web of what could be described as 'patronage politics' emerged as one of the main foundations of these tools and was utilized by the regime to establish the fundamentals of its rule. Throughout the post-1952 era, political patrons and respective clients were existent in Egyptian politics, shaping, to a great extent, the policies implemented by Egypt's rulers at the apex of the political system, as well as the tactics orchestrated by the populace within the middle and lower echelons of the polity. This study aims at analyzing the factors that ensured the durability of patronage networks within the Egyptian polity, primarily focusing on the sort of social structural reconfiguration that has been taking place in the popular communities of Egypt in the beginning of the 21st Century. Dissecting the area of Misr Al Qadima as an exemplar case study of Cairo's popular quarters, the research mainly focuses on examining the role of the lesser notables, those middle patrons and clients that exist on the lower levels of the Egyptian polity within the ranks of the National Democratic Party and the Muslim Brotherhood. Henceforth, the sociopolitical agency of these lesser notabilities shall constitute the prime concern of the writing and, in doing so; this research also attempts to draw some linkage between the micro-level features of the popular polities of Cairo and the macro-level realities of the Egyptian polity at large, in the contemporary period.


Canada experiences many different emergencies like power outages, floods, forest fires, tornadoes and public health crises. Intended for educators and parents, the free Expect the Unexpected program is designed to help youth and their family deal with the impact of natural disasters and adopt disaster preparedness behaviours. The Canadian Red Cross is grateful to the American Red Cross for permitting the adaptation of their Masters of Disasters™ program in order to create the Expect the Unexpected program.
Expect the Unexpected fits with Social Studies, Science and Technology, Health and Physical Education curriculums. The program provides a variety of teaching and communications aids for teachers or educators, students and their parents.
There are three modules, each developed for a specific age group. Each teaches young people how to act safely in case of unexpected events and helps them deal with emergencies. There is an additional module for parents.
It can happen, be ready is for 7-8 year old students.
Facing the unexpected, be prepared is for 9-11 year old students.
Be ready, be safe is for 12-13 year old students.
Let's plan for the unexpected is for parents and caregivers.
Download the booklets and additional teaching aids.
Teachers gave the program an A or B score.
89% of the children who participated in the program enjoyed it.
16% of the students who participated shared information with their parents. Of those households, 51% indicated that the information provided by their children prompted them to take emergency preparedness measures.
73% of the households that participated in the study indicated they would like to be more active in prevention / preparedness.
If you have any questions, feedback or experience technical difficulties, please contact us through our email address: expect@redcross.ca.


"Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing."
It's time to learn about dates! Students get a chance to practice writing complete sentences with correct capitalization using the days of the week and months of the year.
This worksheet challenges kids to write sentences using sight words, an important skill set for first graders, in particular.
This fun lesson gets students moving around the classroom as they look for words that begin with the letter A. Students will get to practice spelling new words as they record all the "A" things they find.


Looking for smoked salmon recipes? Allrecipes has more than 90 trusted smoked salmon recipes complete with ratings, reviews and cooking tips.
Smoked salmon stars with potatoes, celery, onion, herbs, and spices in this hearty chicken stock-based chowder that's pure Pacific Northwest comfort food.
This smoked salmon derives its flavor from Alder wood planks. I get these planks at the local lumber yard. Be sure you tell whoever helps you that you are cooking salmon on the wood so that you do not get any creosote wood or other treated wood. Also, make sure you know what plank size will fit in your smoker before you go to get the wood. This salmon will come out very moist and smoky, so be prepared for some of the best smoked fish you've ever eaten!
Can be served with fettuccine, linguine, or penne.
Create a very special dinner for two with smoked salmon sauteed in butter and onion, simmered in vodka, then finished with a cream and tomato sauce flavored with fresh nutmeg and flakes of hot pepper. Serve over hot pasta.
The technique for making fried rice is adapted with non-traditional ingredients such as smoked salmon, peas, green and yellow onions in this easy, main dish recipe.
Smoked salmon beaten into cream cheese with fresh herbs and seasonings makes a delicious spread you'll be sure to enjoy.
This smoked salmon dip, made with cream cheese, lemon juice, and dill, is easy to make in your food processor.
Tasty bits of smoked salmon are simmered in a delectable sauce of onions, mushrooms and garlic, tomato paste, basil and a good measure of rich, nutty pesto. Serve over hot noodles for a very impressive entree.
This recipe is very good and so easy to make. I always serve it when I have a party. Succulent smoked salmon is blended into a creamy, flavorful mixture that's great on crackers or warm bagel slices.
Smoked salmon with a bit of dill and all the egg salad fixings - this yummy salad is perfect in a sandwich, on top of greens or stuffed in celery boats for a nifty appetizer.
A delicious Pacific Northwest recipe made with smoked salmon and cream cheese. Garnish with fresh herbs or avocado slices for a beautiful presentation.
This simple pasta dish uses smoked salmon and is lightly dressed in a cream cheese sauce.


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Jimmy Hart to induct Hillbilly Jim at the WWE Hall of Fame
johnpollock March 31, 2018, 4:40pm #1
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The WWE has announced that Jimmy Hart will be inducting Jimmy Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame on Friday night in New Orleans, Louisiana.
After the announcement that Hillbilly Jim would be part of this year's class, he did an interview with TMZ Sports and said that he would like Hulk Hogan to induct him. For obvious reasons, that was not going to happen with the WWE even going so far as to put out a statement this past week to explain Hogan's attendance at the Andre the Giant documentary premiere and clarify he is not under contract to the WWE.
The following are the list of inductees and who has been announced as their inductors for the ceremony on Friday at the Smoothie King Center:
*Bill Goldberg (Paul Heyman)
*The Dudley Boyz (Edge and Christian)
*Ivory (Molly Holly)
*Jeff Jarrett (Road Dogg)
*Hillbilly Jim (Jimmy Hart)
*Mark Henry (TBA)
*Jarrius Robertson (Warrior Award recipient)
*Kid Rock (TBA)


Mugello nestles in the Tuscan hills above Florence. One of the world's most beautiful circuits, the track is famous for the challenging variation of elevation. The long front straight is preceded by a very difficult sweeping downhill left hander.
Get to know what happened in the latest Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2018 stop in our main highlights show! Just 1.5 seconds separated the top 13 at the end of 16 incredible laps as Japanese 15-year-old Yuki Kunii flashed across the Mugello finish line ahead of Can Öncü and Adrián Carrasco. Turkish 14-year-old Can Öncü now leads the points table by seven from fellow Jerez winner Carlos Tatay, the 15-year-old Spaniard, was on the fourth KTM RC 205 R across the line.


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Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365: the best collaboration app
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Cast your mind back, all the way to the mid-noughties and a series of ads comparing the cool guy to the nerd as a means to entice you to purchase a new laptop. The cool guy was all about simplicity, ease of use, helping you to create and collaborate without needing to stick your head under the hood. The nerd, on the other hand, was always knee-deep in spreadsheets, data, analysis, lacking sunlight, and fun. The comparison was simple – and the preferred buying option was obvious.
Back then, this was how advertising got you to buy an Apple Mac instead of a PC. Fast forward to 2021 and it might as well be a modern take on the Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 battle.
Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite, has taken Apple's place as the proverbial cool guy. It's all about stylish but simple UX, intuitive working, and easy collaboration.
The nerd here then is Microsoft's Office suite. Despite its move to the cloud with Office 365 – pushed, in part, by the rise of Google Workspace – Office 365 is still seen as the "safe" choice for big corporates with matrix organizations, major silos, and no hope in hell of getting people to talk to each other outside of mile-long email hinders.
But if you're currently deciding between Workspace vs Office 365, your winner is going to be determined on more than just looks. (Unless you're *really* superficial.) While we're biased because we love Google collaboration tools and its integration with Google intranet let's put that to one side for a minute and walk you through your options.
What is a Google intranet software?
First and foremost, what does document creation look like in Google apps vs Microsoft 365? Both suites have the core apps: a word processing tool (Google Docs or Microsoft Word), a spreadsheet app (Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel), and a presentation creator (Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint). So far, so samey. Where we go from here depends on the size of your business and what you need your staff to do.
If you're looking for an intuitive interface that automatically updates to the cloud and offers real-time collaboration, Google Workspace is your friend. While its applications might not offer as many bells and whistles as Microsoft 365's, that means they're easier to drive straight into. The real-time collaboration feature (we'll go into it further in a sec) is the real killer here and makes it the better collaboration tool.
That said, Google apps for business are designed to be simple and efficient. If you need to dig into some hardcore data, or you need something with masses of functionality, you'd be better off looking at Office 365.
Take the spreadsheet option, for example. Google Sheets are made for online collaboration – they're so simple to use, but many people who use spreadsheets want more than pretty tables. When it comes to functionality, Excel is superior to Sheets. It is designed to work with sizable data, has an abundance of built-in formulas and a speedier "lookup" function.
Still, try saying "Hey Google, open a new spreadsheet" and then talk to us about efficiencies.
Collaboration and productivity
We know that both Google apps and Microsoft 365 are collaboration toolsets, but what makes them so different? We couldn't think of a better explanation than the one of Jason Aten for Fit Small Business:
"Google's approach is a lot like a classroom with a whiteboard. You can invite anyone in the classroom and you can all stand at the whiteboard together and work on a document. The "whiteboard" keeps track of everyone's contribution and you can edit, accept, or remove them anytime you want."
He continues: "Office 365's approach is like a whiteboard, except that every time you want to share, you have to hand out a new key to the classroom, turn on the lights, make your changes, take the whiteboard off the wall, take it to the next classroom, hang it up, give your team member a marker, and let them make their contributions. Then you reverse the process to review the changes. The end result is similar, but the process is much less simple and transparent."
It's Google Workspace's focus on collaboration and integration that sees it come out on top for us. Real-time collaboration can't be undersold. While Office 365 has come along in leaps and bounds on that front – no more checking out a document on SharePoint to make sure you're the only one working on it – the magic of having an entire team working on the same document from different locations at the same time is just priceless. Plus, everything syncs automatically to Google Drive, and you can revert to old versions quickly.
Communication and engagement
We'll keep this one short and sweet because email is Gmail at the end of the day. Where Workspace vs Office 365 comes into play is in the real-time communication environment. Some Office 365 packages come with Skype for Business as an added extra, but that involves a separate app on your desktop or mobile device. Google Workspace comes with Chat and Meet video calls, which let you make calls and have chats from within your Google collaboration tools system.
Throw in the possible integrations with Google Workspace – apps like Slack seamlessly become part of your system – and Google makes life so simple and engaging here.
Cloud vs desktop
One other consideration when you're sizing up Google apps vs Microsoft 365 is the question of where it all lives. If you're totally cloud-based as an organization, then you have no issue; both systems operate in the cloud, allowing creation, collaboration, and communication from any browser or device as long as it's internet-enabled.
If, however, you need desktop access – maybe you work in an area with patchy connectivity, or you prefer to work from your desktop because you have a deep-seated paranoia that the cloud will swallow your work whole and never spit it back out – then you're out of luck with Google Workspace. Google collaboration and productivity tools are totally cloud-based, so there's no desktop version - though you can opt to work offline and it will all sync when you're connected again.
Some Office 365 plans, however, come with the desktop versions of old chestnuts like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Watch your enterprise and old-school IT boffins get all misty-eyed about that.
Both Office 365 and Google Workspace offer tiered pricing on a per-user basis, starting at around the same price. Where Google keeps things simple with three tiers – basic, business, and enterprise – you'll need mountaineering equipment and a rocket science degree to figure out Microsoft's uber-niche tiering, which has multiple levels of business tiers followed by even more enterprise tiers, each one giving you access to something extra that you may or may not need. The conclusion – while Google creates a competitive advantage with its simplified pricing tiers, Microsoft's pricing structure can come across as confusing.
The general consensus from experts is that Google Workspace's pricing structure best suits smaller businesses, but that for the larger, more complex enterprise it's a no-brainer for Microsoft 365. But, Google is now going after the enterprise crowd for Google Workspace, so that may change in coming years.
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace: The verdict?
So, we're clearly biased but we reckon you can't go past Google collaboration tools added to a Google intranet. The interface is modern and simple, the UX is familiar – especially to your Millennial and Gen Z workers – and the options for team collaboration and productivity integrations are second to none. Additional Google apps like Google Forms make even the hardest of Internal Communications pros salivate with anticipation.
Discover all the features of a Google intranet software
It's not as simple as small business = Google, though. More and more enterprises are ditching Microsoft 365 in favor of Google apps, including very traditional companies like Airbus. Their CIO Luc Hennekens told The Register: "We want people to fundamentally reconsider how they work and move away from old ways of working, like sending millions of emails around. It is a lot easier to achieve that with a tool that, from its conception, radically breaks with past ways of working and past concepts, rather than working with a tool (Microsoft 365) that is a step up, but still in many ways is similar to what we've been using in the past."
Add a Google intranet to your system and you have a world-class business communication and collaboration system at your fingertips, wherever you are in the world, whatever device you're on – and you know that version control is in check, conversations are being stored for posterity and are searchable, and you don't need an on-premises server to back it all up.
While this article has only scratched the surface – we haven't even gone into the all-important security question, considered storage options, or looked at why SharePoint is not the intranet you're looking for – it's still obvious (to us) that Google collaboration tools are the digital workplace's cool guy: simple, easy to use, no wasted energy. It doesn't give you a million super-complicated things you'll never use and call it "value for money".
Want to see how Happeo can help your business?
Besides, let's face it: Is "people have been using it for years" really a good enough reason to choose a collaboration and productivity suite for your business? The most dangerous phrase in the language is "we've always done it this way".
We created this comparison to help you make an informed decision, but it's up to you to decide which collaboration suite - Workspace or Office 365 - meets your business needs best. Whichever one you choose, make sure your solution is combined with the right intranet to support it. Check out our intranet comparison guide to find the right fit.
Jonathan Davies
Mon, Aug 2, '21


Jason Wu presents his beautiful collection of sandals and stilettos for the spring summer 2012 season. The young Taiwanese designer continues to reap success in the star system, among other things, the recent collaboration with Target led his side celebrity famous for their passion for fashion and shoes in particular, like Blake Lively, usually a lover of mostly Louboutin models. Jason Wu blends elements typical of his land and Eastern traditions with elements who are more easily traced back to the world of big American cities, and the result is a truly wonderful collection. Let me put together in detail.
The sandals Jason Wu have characteristic names that identify particular patterns. The sandals Bryce in particular is characterized by stilettos clad and full of character, around 12 cm high and balanced by obvious external plateaux always in black leather. The model has open tip-toe in leather covered with lists available in different colors from red, blush, gray, and lists of special elastic-mesh covering the instep, making it safer, given the height.
The beautiful pumps Billie mix the form of a sandal with that of an ankle boot. They are offered with tip-toe and open wide to embrace band embellished with inlays, while the heel is covered and from the instep to the ankle, a special cut-out structure surrounds the foot by making the shape of the model structured but very original.
White mary jane is a very characteristic, which reflects the stiletto heel and plateau of the previous models, has the upper cut into a sculptural form and covered with ribbons that are interwoven along the instep and around the ankle to create a fabulous cage.
Model of the collection is that of Jason We Carolyn sandals, sandals with a stiletto heel height 12 cm, outside and covered plateau, price lists that are linked to a central t-bars and still rings and thin ankle. The designer is thinking of them in different colors, from classic black leather or beige leather, with variations in black leather with red lists and metallic leather in colors like turquoise, white and powder pink.


Hippie costumes from the 60's and 70's offer peace and love. Hippie costumes can be worn year round, and are fun for all ages. Rub on some patchouli oil and add a Rastafarian tam with dreadlocks. From tie-dye to peace symbols, and fringes to bell bottoms, hippie costumes show off your less inhibited side. Relax and be cool, and listen to some Bob Marley, man. Hippie costumes are in.
Hippie costumes are totally far outta this world man! Spend your Halloween night in a psychedelic trance wearing a funky fresh hippie costume. Chill out and be cool listening to some Jimi Hendrix and The Doors, let the music carry you on. Peace, love, and happiness are guaranteed in a hippie costume.


ST. GEORGE, Va. (CBS19 SPORTS) -- Blue Ridge's Xavier Kane put pen to paper on Wednesday morning to sign with Campbell to play football.
"Coach [Mike] Minter, the head coach, he's a family man," Kane said when talking about Campbell, "He brought it to my attention, you can't play football forever, going to Campbell it'll set me up for life, not just the next four years, but 40 years."
Kane was a 2018 first team All-VISAA quarterback, but will play safety for the Fighting Camels, where he was named second team All-VISAA this past season.


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Anna demonstrates how to add a relay to the Raspberry Pi and build more node-RED flows, the sixth main step in her tutorial, which is part of the IOT101 Getting Started with IoT learning path from @developerWorks. Tutorial URL: http://ibm.biz/iot101-getting-started-tutorial Learning path URL: http://ibm.biz/iot101-getting-started
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Antennas are widely used in the field of telecommunications and we have already seen many applications for them in this video series. Antennas receive an electromagnetic wave and convert it to an electric signal, or receive an electric signal and radiate it as an electromagnetic wave. In this video we are going to look at the science behind antennas. Please support us at Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/LearnEngineering Voice over artist : https://www.fiverr.com/voiceonthemove
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Union 105 will be providing support to people who want to develop arts practices, particularly but not exclusively in the visual arts. We want to encourage the development of new practices and help people sustain and take forward existing practice – including helping people take their first steps. We will do this through provision of new affordable studio facilities, one-to-one support, helping to formulate and structure professional development and provide a framework for exchange, dialogue and collaboration.
Union 105 will also provide an accessible project space that will be a focus for activity and provide opportunities to show work and engage with audiences.
We are particularly keen on building connections and engagement between artists, art and the local community and hope to be developing a substantial public art dimension to the project.


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In intergovernmental forums at the United Nations, Member States come together to debate and seek agreement on global gender equality norms and standards. These commitments offer the basis for action by governments and other stakeholders to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment at the global, regional and national levels. They provide impetus for adopting and enhancing laws, policies and programmes that bring about equality between women and men.
The main intergovernmental forum for addressing gender equality and the empowerment of women is the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Related issues are also debated in the UN General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as well as at major international conferences.
As part of our mandate, UN Women supports Member States in setting norms. We conduct research, and compile and provide evidence, including good practices and lessons learned, to inform intergovernmental debates and decisions. We also assist in implementing norms and standards through our country programmes. In addition, UN Women leads and coordinates the UN system's work in support of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
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Hi guys, so finally the end of year has come. It's not that cold to be in the "blanket" whole day but still there is chilling breeze flowing softly & kissing you. Winters approach with the question of what the heck do i wear in this cold weather?
The most obvious answer you find in winters is sweaters or hoodies. But what to wear when it's just some of those chilled breeze. It's really a task to maintain the stylish look in winters.
So here, I have picked this warm Golden shimmer top from Madame. Shimmer fabric has a satin like appearance to it. It is shiny & sometimes can be sheer & look metallic. It's one of those fabrics that can only be worn in winters. You may now wonder that being a shimmer it may prick your body but trust me it's super comfortable. The one that I have styled is a V neck top with long sleeves almost covering half of my palms. I wore a black skinny tights as the top is kinda loose. Black tights are those that you can wear week after week in winters. No regrets, as they always look perfect!
Also keeping the trend and winters in mind, I sneaked in the perfect sneakers from La Briza. Sneakers are the most comfortable footwear you will ever find. Also these sneakers are in Golden Metallic fabric with fine stitch lines. I am in love with the color and the comfort I get after wearing them. A full round rim shades are my go to thing everyday. There is no such need to pair any other accessory with this. You may wear this either on a casual winter day/ night or when going for shopping. When at one of those nights, chilled breeze will touch your body & make u shiver, this fabric will surely make you feel warm.
Do share your thoughts about this easy peasy look for winters and stay tuned for the next update. Enjoy winters!
Did you check how I styled my Paisley Dress from Steal Noire.


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Q: cocoa: not able to get property value from another class? I have a property in my CustomClass1:
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how can i get the value of _url in my awakefromnib method in Viewcontroller class?
NSlog is returning null.
how can i resolve this issue?
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A: Your "url" property needs to be allocated and initialized to something before it can return something other than "nil".
You could set your "url" property's contents in the "init" method of your "CustomClass1" object, but there's a bit of a trick to doing this (see this related StackOverflow question).

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He had basic at Gunter Field, AL and graduated from Napier Field, AL.
Awards: Air Medal, 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, 3 battle stars.
He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL, and graduated at Marianna Air Field, FL, S/N: O-810291. Was assigned to Warner Robins A. F. B.
Buried Sect L, Grave 731, in Southern Nevada Veterans' Cemetery, Boulder City, NV.
Roommate of Norman Austin. Bruce Campbell and Paul Plaginos were his instructors at Douglas. He graduated from George Field, IL. Then instructed in Basic at Newport AAFd. Later flew C-47's in India.
Student Officer: Second Lieutenant, Squadron E. A William W. Bell (S/N: O-743750) became a bombardier in the 454th Bomb Grp, 737th Bomb Sqdn flying in B-24s. Their plane was hit by flak and crashed in Barcelona Spain in April 1944, and he and the rest of the crew were interned in Spain. He and the crew were returned to Allied control on June 6, 1944 (MACR 4629).
Died Aug. 31, 1997, age 74.
Lived in Blair County, PA.
He moved to Central Florida in 1986.
Bruce Campbell was his instructor at Douglas. He washed out at Douglas. Served as a SGT in the Army Air Force.
He attended the Univ. of W. Virginia prior to the Service. Bruce Campbell was his instructor at Douglas. He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL and Advanced at George Field, IL. S/N: O-811317. He went with the 456th Bomb Group at Boise ID. Then it was the 15th Air Force in Italy in B-24's.
Bruce Campbell was his instructor at Douglas. He washed out at Douglas.
Bruce Campbell was his instructor at Douglas. He washed out at Douglas but remained in the Air Force during World War II and Korea.
Student Officer: Second Lieutenant, Squadron H. He likely became the B-25 pilot in the 345th Bomb Group's 498th and 499th Squadrons in the Negros Islands, Philippines. In 1945, his plane suffered an explosion and a large hole caused by a hung up parafrag (a small, fragmenting bomb attached to a parachute. Read about it here. Boyd brought the plane down safely despite the damage.
Enlisted May 08, 1941. Bruce Campbell was his instructor at Douglas. He washed out at Douglas.
Basic at Gunter Fld, AL, graduated from George Field, IL. S/N: O-811333. Was assigned to 2nd A. F. at Boise, ID. Later was in the 456th Bomb Group flying B-24's in Italy.
He became a bombardier/navigator. Earned an Air Medal while in the 340th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Sqdn (See http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/transcripts/16_Hist_Aug_1944_transcript.pdf).
For a picture, click here.
Served in the South Pacific stationed at Hickam Field in Hawaii.
Student Officer: Second Lieutenant, Squadron G at Douglas.
Harold had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from Marianna, Field, FL. S/N: O-810344. and was assigned to Tallahassee. He was in the 405th Fighter Group 511th Fighter Sqdn. Harold was killed Dec. 18, 1943 when a propeller came off of a P-39 that he was flying, at Congaree, S.C.
He may have been the Thomas E. Geary who flew in the European Theater. Per the obituary of Thomas E. Geary he received the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters. He was promoted to Technical Sergeant at 21 years of age for "meritorious achievement" while participating in numerous bombing attacks against military and industrial targets in Western Europe (per obituary in Salem News).
Possibly born on November 7, 1922 in Danvers, MA.
Possibly died October 24, 2013 (per obituary in Salem News).
Bud Gillespie was his Instructor at Douglas. He went to Gunter Field, AL for Basic and to George Field, IL. for Advanced and graduated Aug. 30, 1943, S/N: O-813663. His 1st assignment was the 2nd Air Force at Boise, ID. He flew B-24's. He was shot down Feb. 25, 1944 over Yugoslavia on a mission to Regensburg, Germany. He spent 15 months in a P.O.W. Camp at Stalag Luft, Barth, Germany. He was liberated by the Russians May 3, 1945. He became a lawyer and was with the F.B.I.
He attended N.C. State U. prior to military service. He had Basic at Gunter, AL & graduated from George, IL. S/N: O-811366. Wilson was in the 15th A.F., 456th Bomb Group, 746th Bomb Sqdn. He was copilot of a B-24 G (S/N: 42-78256) with Capt. Frederick W. Hyde, Jr. as pilot, leaving Stornara Field in Italy. His plane was shot down and he was killed while over Blechhammer, Germany on Aug. 22, 1944. His ship received a direct flak hit on the left wing after "bombs away". Flame erupted around the tail and the plane fell off to the left. Only two men survived. (MACR #8006) It is believed he was killed on his 50th mission.
His body was recovered at Steinbirn on Aug 22, 1944 and was buried at local cemetery Mechnitz, District Neustadt.
Had basic at Gunter Field, AL, graduated at Blytheville, IL. S/N: O-810139. He was with the 382nd Bomb Group 872nd Bomb Sqdn (Very Heavy Bombs). See Roster of Officers 382nd Bomb Group.
He enlisted 03 Apr 1941. He washed out.
Bill Sager was his Instructor. He washed out while at Douglas and was sent to the Weather Service. He served in England. He retired from the Air Force Reserve (Intelligence) as a full Colonel. Then he was a Geography Professor at the Northern Illinois University at DeKalb. He retired from this in 1986. Click here for his bio and pictures (a PDF).
Of DeKalb, IL. and Lincoln, NE.
From his obituary: He worked on the family farm until joining the United States Army Air Corps in 1941. He was stationed on the west coast at the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing and continued to serve his country until his honorable discharge in 1945.
Frank Presley and Roy McDonald were his instructors. He went on to Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. for Basic but washed out. He became a navigator (S/N: O-709366). On July 21, 1944, he was navigator on a B-24J (S/N: 42-110034) on a mission to Germany. Near Munich, the plane was attacked by enemy fighters. The crew bailed out and he became a P.O.W. at Luft-Stalag #1 located near Barth, Germany (MACR #7805).
Major Heath was living in Colonial Heights, VA in 2010.
He had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL. S/N: O-811379. Assigned to 3rd Air Force at Greenville, SC. Final rank: Major.
Lloyd had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from George Field, IL. S/N: O-811381. Later he was with the 492nd Liberator Grp, 858th Bomb Sqdn. He married Anna at Scott Field, IL. in Aug. 1943. On May 19, 1944 he was the pilot of a B-24J (S/N: 44-110153) that was shot down while on a bombing mission to Brunswick, Germany. The aircraft was attacked by approximately 50 enemy aircraft: Me 109's and FW 190's, in the Hannover area. The plane dropped out of formation and 8 chutes were seen to open. The aircraft was seen to go down through the undercast still under control. However, the entire crew was lost (MACR #5240). Anna remarried and became Mrs. Anna M. Croghan.
Bill Sager and then Rumpler were his instructors at Douglas. He graduated from George Field, IL. He went on to twin engine training at Lawrenceville, IL. and Bergstrom AFB in Austin, Texas for C-47 training. He was then with the 316th Troop Carrier Group in England. Click here for his bio and picture (PDF).
After graduating from Marianna Air Field, FL, he instructed at Gunter Field. He taught B-24's with B-29 turrets for gunnery students at Harlingen Army Gunnery School. He stayed in the Reserve and was recalled during the Korean War to teach flying training for B-25 radar navigators; then he went on to Okinawa in Air-Sea Rescue. He retired as a Colonel. As a civilian he was an Engineer for the Boeing Aircraft Co. for 40 years until retiring in 1992.
Student Officer: Second Lieutenant, Squadron F.
Enlisted in Chicago on 14 Jun 1941.
Born Aug. 28, 1918 in Illinois.
He became a navigator/bombardier (S/N: O-698120). He was in the 498th Bomb Group 875th Bomb Sqdn (Very Heavy Bombs). On Jan. 3, 1945, he was navigator on a B-29 (S/N: 42-24748) on a bombing mission to Nagoya, Japan. Upon the return from the bombing run, the plane disappeared and all 11 members of the crew were determined to be killed in action (MACR #10853).
He had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL. S/N: O-811387. He transferred to the 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Sqdn from the 2AF 18th Replacment Training Wing at Salt Lake City. On May 8, 1944, he was killed in a mid-air collision between 3 B-17's near Perleberg, Germany when one of the bombers in the formation got caught up in prop wash and came down on top of Jacobs' plane, knocking his plane's tail off completely. The tail fell and damaged the B-17 below him (MACR #4554). All three planes crashed and nearly all crew members from the planes were killed.
He had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. Served in both World War II and the Korean War.
Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL. He was at Tuskegee AAFd Advanced Flying School, per Aviation Archeaological Investigation & Research web site.
Born November 22, 1922 in Akron, OH.
Died June 17, 2003, York, PA.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas.
He became a navigator (S/N: O-700808) in B-17's with the 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Sqdn and served in missions over France and Germany. See http://351st.org/ for a list of his missions.
He became a bombardier/navigator (S/N: O-698128) with the 499th Bomb Group 877th Bomb Sqdn (Very Heavy Bombs). On June 1, 1945 he was bombardier in a B-29 (S/N: 44-0083) on a mission to Osaka Japan. The plane was leading the first airborne squadron. Fifteen to twenty seconds before "bombs away" the plane was hit by a heavy burst of flak just forward of the bomb bay. The aircraft pulled up and to the right to avoid collision with the aircraft on its right wing, and then it fell off and crashed. Kniznick was killed. His grave marker is in the Manila American Cemetery, Manila City, Philippines (see Find-A-Grave).
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas, S/N: O-810171. He was with the 15 A.F., 485th Bomb Group 831st Bomb Sqdn. On July 20, 1944 he was co-pilot on a B-24J 1944 (S/N: 44-40886) with a crew of 10 on a mission to Friederickshafen, Germany. The plane was shot down by five FW-190s in the vicinity of Vittorio Veneto, Italy. The number 2 engine was hit and something exploded in the nose. LaMar bailed out at 23,000 feet. He was reunited with some of the rest of the crew on the ground, and the Italians assisted them in returning to Allied lines (MACR #6914).
Possibly this John Longo: "He served in the New York National Guard 69th Regiment in the 1930s and was sent to Europe during World War II. He was a decorated veteran assigned to the 9th Air Force and was awarded numerous medals, including the Presidential Unit Citation, for service in France, Belgium and England." Source: http://www.poconorecord.com.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL. S/N: O-811411. He was assigned to the 2nd A.F. at Boise. Later he flew B-24s in England with the 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Sqdn and flew 31 missions. After that he hauled gas and other supplies to the front lines in B-24 bomb bay racks. Read his bio here (PDF).
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He flew 33 missions in B-17's from England with the 96th Bomb Group. He then returned to the U.S. as an instructor pilot of B-17's and B-29's. Click here for his bio (PDF).
He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from George Field, Lawrence County, IL. S/N: O-811413. He was assigned to the 2nd AF. at Salt Lake City. He flew B-17's with the 8th A.F. 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Sqdn in England. He was released at the end of the war. He stayed in the Reserve to attain the rank of Lt. Col. At that time he was instructing in B-29' s.
He became a bombardier (S/N: O-692501). He was with the 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Sqdn. On Jul. 18, 1944 he was a bombardier on a B-17G (S/N: 42-107172) on a mission to Menninghem Aerodrome, Germany. The plane was shot down and and he was reported MIA. It was about his 33rd mission.
He graduated from Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He became a B-24 Pilot with the 15th A.F. in Italy. He flew 52 missions.
He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from Marianna in FL. S/N: O-810396. He flew P-47's in the 404th Fighter Group 506th Fighter Sqdn from England over Belgium and France. He supposedly bellied in on a street in Belgium, fully armed, and walked away from it. After the War he was with the Blue Cross, Blue Shield in Southern New Jersey.
He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from George Field, Lawrence County, IL. S/N: O-811419. He was in the 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Sqdn. On June 12, 1944, he was pilot of a B-17G (S/N: 42-97883) with a crew of 10 on a mission to Rosières-en-Santerre in France. The plane was hit by flak over Dunkirk. No. 3 engine caught fire and the fire spread to engine 4. Engines 1 and 2 were also damaged. He left the formation in a dive in an attempt to put out the fire, but each time he levelled out the fire would start again. While flying parallel to the English coast, he ordered his crew to bail out. He was the last to leave the ship, at 800 feet. He was picked up by a life boat, probably from the Royal Navy, but several others in his crew drowned, failed to open their chutes, or were M.I.A. (MACR #6521). McKeague died a few days later.
S/N: O-887210. He was in the 9th AF 422nd Night Fighter Squadron.
Rundlett was his instructor. Graduated from Marianna Army Air Field in FL, S/N: O-810399. Was assigned to Tallahassee, FL AFB. He was in the 405th Fighter Group 509th Fighter Sqdn. On July 31, 1944 he was flying a P-47D (S/N: 42-75454) when it developed engine trouble. He called on the radio that he was bailing out, but he was killed (MACR #7924). He received the Army Air Medal, four Oak Leaf Clusters.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. Pyote AAFd, Texas in the 19th Combat Crew Training Station (B-17s). He was killed in a flying accident Mar. 21, 1944.
He died when the B-24 he was in struck a mountain peak in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa on its way overseas. See FindAGrave. He was the 449th Bomb Group, 719th Bomb Squadron Staff Intelligence Officer.
He became a navigator, per Selman Field During WWII, Turner Pub'l Co.
See FindAGrave. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps and a navigation instructor in Georgia.
Twin engine pilot, graduating from George Field, in class of 43K. See Wingspan: Class 43K – George Field, ILL.
Rundlett was his instructor at Douglas. Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL. S/N: O-811431. He was in the 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Sqdn flying B-17s.
Rufus Rundlett was his instructor. He had Basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. and graduated from Marianna Army Air Field in FL, S/N: O-810406. He was assigned to the Tallahassee A.F.B., FL. and later was flying with the 8th Air Force 406th Fighter Group 512th Bomb Sqdn in England. He was killed by enemy anti-aircraft while over France on Aug. 4, 1944. He is buried in France. Click here for more info.
Ted Roman was his Instructor. He was washed out because he could not land the plane and tended to "ground loop." He was sent to radio school in Sioux Falls, SD and then to Kingman, AZ for gunnery school. He went to MacDill Field in Tampa to become a member of a crew of a B-17. Because he was 5'7″ he was reassigned to the ball turret. His crew went to Europe on the Queen Elizabeth, where they were in the 95th Bomb Group. On his second mission, his plane was hit by flak and lost 2 engines. They did a forced landing in Belgium. He flew 9 missions. Bud was president of the 8th Air Force Historical Society of S. Carolina.
Raised in Elizabeth, N.J. Later of Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas, S/N: O-810221. He was with the Dodge City AAFd Bomber Pilot Training School (B-26C). He was killed in a flying accident on Apr. 17, 1944 (in MN), per Steve Burris.
He washed out at Douglas (but Orders show he graduated from Blytheville). He served in the U.S.A. He was a Crew Chief at Galveston and Colorado Springs in the Instruction Indoctrination Unit.
DuPraw was his instructor. Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas, S/N: O-810222. He was in the 1st Combat Carrier Group, 1st Combat Carrier Sqdn and at Stuttgart, AR AAFd Advanced Flying School.
DuPraw was his Instructor. He completed Primary but left flight training in Basic. He served in other capacities during the war.
Dupraw was his instructor. Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL., S/N: O-811442. Assigned to 2nd Air Force at Boise, ID.
Ashley DuPraw was his instructor at Douglas. He was a navigator in B-24's in the 90th Bomb Group 319th Bomb Sqdn in the Pacific theater. Air medal and three oak leaf clusters. See Find-A-Grave.
Died Nov. 19, 2009, age 92.
He was a bombardier (S/N: O-757036) in the 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Sqdn. He was killed in action Sept. 5, 1944. He is buried in the American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. Citations: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (http://www.abmc.gov).
Became a Radio/Gunner in the 310th Bomb Group and 340th Bomb Group, flying in B-25s in Italy (per Fold3).
Hoeffler was his Instructor at Douglas. He graduated from Marianna Army Air Field in FL as a Flight Officer T-61226. He was assigned to Tallahassee next. Later he was serving in the South Pacific in 35th Fighter Group 41st Fighter Sqdn flying P-47's and P-51's.
He had Basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. and graduated at Marianna Army Air Field in FL. S/N: O-810421. Then assigned to Tallahassee. He served with the 79th Fighter Group 85th Fighter Squadron in the Italian Campaign.
He had 92 Missions— C.T. CD. (completed tour).
Awarded the D.F.C.; Air Medal & 3 OLCs.
Of Trenton and Mendham, N.J.
Student Officer: Second Lieutenant, Squadron H at Douglas.
He became a bombardier (S/N: O-757044) with the 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Sqdn, per First Over Germany: A History of the 306th Bombardment Group by Russell A. Strong.
He graduated from Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He flew B-17's and B-24's with the 8th Air Force, 486th Bomb Group, 835th Bomb Sqdn. He flew 35 combat missions over France, Germany and Belgium. He received the Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters and the D.F.C. Click here for a picture of him with his crew.
Joe Thalman was his Instructor at Douglas. He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from Advanced at George Field, IL. S/N: O-811457. He went to the 8th A.F., 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Sqdn, 3rd Air Division in England. He flew 34 missions. He was released in Mar. 1945. Then he went to Georgia Tech. and became an Engineer. Click here for his military bio with his comments and list of awards (PDF).
He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He went into B-24's. He served in the 8th A.F. in England, 385th Bomb Group, 550th Bomb Sqdn. He flew 35 missions in B-17's. He received 4 air medals and 2 D.F.C.s. He said that he had relatively easy combat experience with only a few engines shot out, losing an engine with a resulting fire over the North Sea, and a prop falling off from the heat and fire. He became a dentist after the War.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He became a B-24 Pilot. He later transferred to the Troop Carrier Command.
Lloyd Annin was his Instructor at Douglas. William graduated from Marianna Field, FL. S/N: O-810428. He was sent to Tallahassee. He served in the 12th A.F., 79th Bomb Grp.
86th Bomb Sqdn, in the Mediterranian area. He flew 96 missions in P-47's. After the war he became an Architect.
Had basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from Marianna Field, FL. Flight Officer S/N: T-61227. Was assigned to Tallahassee, FL AFB. He was then in the 406th Fighter Group 512th Fighter Sqdn. On April 9, 1945, he was flying a P-47D (S/N: 44-32948) on a mission to Hanover, Germany when he was hit by flak and his plane crashed. He was killed (MACR #14457).
Lloyd Annin was his instructor at Douglas. He had basic at Gunter Field, AL. and Advanced at Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He taught advanced flying in B-25's at George Field, IL. He was then sent to Cerignola, Italy with the 15th A.F. 455th Bomb Group 742nd Bomb Sqdn. He was wounded and required skin grafts but he wanted to stay in Europe. So he got a job with the Mediterranean Allied Air Force and flew VIPs, generals, spies, etc. He received a Silver Star, Purple Hearts, air medal and 9 battle stars. He retired as Lt. Colonel.
Presley was his instructor at Douglas. Vaughn had Basic at Gunter, AL. and Advanced at Blytheville, Ark. S/N: O-1683579. Then he was checked out on B-24's. Went overseas to Italy in the 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Sqdn and flew 50 missions including 5 over Ploesti. Later he became a Railroad Engineer. Click here for his bio and pictures.
He became a bombardier S/N: O-762132. He was with the 351st Bomb Group HQ (The 351st Bomb Group (H) 1942-45 by Peter Harris & Ken Harbour). He was in the D-Day invasion of June 7, 1944. For a list of his missions, see http://351st.org/.
Presley and Roy McDonald were his instructors. Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated from Marianna Army Air Field in FL as Flight Officer T-61228.
He had Basic at Gunter Field, AL. and Advanced at Blytheville Field, Arkansas. John Fraser was the 2nd of his 2 Instructors at Douglas. He was delayed to class 43I. He went into bombers and to Italy. He was in the 15th Air Force, 376th Bomb Group, 512th Bomb Sqdn. He was involved in a serious crash. He later joined the Reserves and retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1960.
Allen Cadle was his instructor at Douglas. He had Basic at Canter Field and graduated from George Army Air Corps Field, Lawrence County, IL. He flew in W.W. II in the 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Sqdn and was recalled for the Korean War. Afterward he became a C.A.A./F.A.A. Inspector, checking navigational aids and flight standards.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas (S/N: O-810252).Then flew bomber and navigator trainees at Selman Field Navigator School (in AT-7s). He was a First Lieutenant in the USAAF reserves in 1947.
Allen Cadle was his Instructor at Douglas. He graduated from Marianna Field, FL as a F.O. T-61229. and was assigned to Dale Malbry Field at Tallahassee, FL. He flew 100 plus trips over the 'Hump' (650 Hours) with the Ferry Command, Air Transport Command–India/China Division. He was discharged in 1945. Afterwards he spent 43 years with Eastman Kodak Co.
He was a bombardier with the 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Sqdn, per Bombardier – A History (Volume 1) by Philip A. St. John.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas, S/N: O-810253. He was sent to England with the 8th Air Force, 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Sqdn on April 12, 1944 and flew 32 missions in B-17s. See http://384thbombgroup.com. After the war he went to the Univ. of Michigan and became a Mechanical Engineer.
Of Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Enlisted from Mercer County, New Jersey on 26 May 1942.
Spent 6 years in Army Air Corps during World War II. See his obituary in the Washington Post.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. S/N: O-810260.
He had basic at Gunter Field, AL. and graduated from Marianna Field, FL. S/N: O-810435. He went to England on April 2, 1944 and was with the 406th Bomb Group, 512th Fighter Sqdn . He was killed in a flying accident over New Romnay England on April 21, 1944 in a P-47D. He was interred at the U.S. Military Cemetery Brookwood, about 30 miles southwest of London.
Died June 28, 2007, Age 85 (see obit).
Had basic at Gunter Field, AL, graduated from Marianna Field, FL. S/N: O-810438. Was assigned to Warner Robins AFB., GA.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. Later flew B-24 bombers overseas in the 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Sqdn and returned to U.S. afterwards.
Of Wapto, WA. and ID.
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. Later flew overseas and returned to U.S. afterwards.
Probably born 30 March 1923 and died 27 January 2008, buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery (click here for locategrave.org).
Cambridge, England. Purple Heart (http://www.abmc.gov).
He was delayed to class 43H from 43G. Basic at Gunter Field. Graduated from Blytheville Army Air Field, Ark. S/N: O-810274. He was with the 301st Bomb Gp. 352nd Bomb Sqdn. On July 18, 1944 he was the pilot of a B-17G (S/N: 42-102943) with a crew of 10 on a mission to Memmingen Aerodrome, Germany. The plane was hit by enemy aircraft. He became a P.O.W. in Luft-Stalag #1 located near Barth, Germany (MACR #7310).
Had basic at Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. Graduated Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas. He was with the 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Sqdn flying B-24's. See http://www.487thbg.org/.
Click here for a photo of him and his crew.
Presley and Roy McDonald were his instructors at Douglas. Had basic at Gunter Field, AL and graduated from Blytheville Army Airfield, Arkansas, S/N O-810277. He was a pilot in the 22nd Bomb Sqdn, 341st Bomb Group. On May 29, 1945 he was flying a B-25J with a crew of seven on a mission to destroy locomotives between Vinh and Quang Tri in French Indo-China. His plane had a forced landing in a rice paddy field about one mile west of the village of Lam Cau, French Indo-China. He was taken prisoner and taken to the Japanese Gendarmerie jail at Vinh. On June 1, he was transported to Hanoi, his last known movement; it is not known if he arrived at Hanoi. Three of the seven crew members are known dead: 1 KIA and 2 died as POWs while trying to escape. Four, including Wirth, are still unaccounted for (MACR 15434).
He was a navigator/bombardier in the European, African, and Middle Eastern theater of war in B-26's (Bombardier – A History (Volume 1) by St. John, Philip A.). He was was shot down in April of 1945, wounded and exchanged for prisoners, per B-26 veteran web sites.


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Clifford Simak
Over the River and Through the Woods draws from the second half of Simak's career, a time when his stories had fully matured and he was at the top of his form. His work, gentle and often pastoral, explores the Midwestern values of individualism, compassion, and hard work.
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Over the River and Through the Woods takes its stories from the second half of Simak's career, a time when his work had fully matured and he was at the top of his form.
Like Ray Bradbury's, many of Simak's best stories incorporate the rural Midwest of his childhood. His work, gentle and often pastoral, stresses the Midwestern values of individualism, compassion, and hard work. Yet something unusual always lurks just below the surface, waiting to make its presence felt. Perhaps because harder, crueler visions of the future have increased in popularity over the years, Simak's fictions are refreshingly charming when compared with much of today's science fiction.
"Good fantasy—and that includes science fiction—takes off from the known for its flights into the new. Cliff Simak was a master of the art. His known was the rural Midwest that he loved. His new could reach to the ends of space and time but never beyond reality. Even his cosmic aliens always had half-human dimensions that made them believable. I loved him, as so many did, for his unfailing warmth and a wit that was keen but never cruel. I heard from him often during the painful time after his wife's death. His own death touched me deeply, and I'm happy to see him remembered with this collection of his best-loved stories."
—Jack Williamson
"I always loved his stories, short or long. He made me love them—and the rural America of his childhood—as much as he did."
—Lester del Rey
"Ten years ago it would have been inconceivable that a volume of the best stories of Clifford Simak (author of the classic City) would not have been published by Putnam or Del Rey, but today we have to be grateful to the one-man firm of Tachyon Publications for preserving Over the River and Through the Woods, which includes some of Simak's best stories, including two Hugo Award winners. After all, Simak is dead, which means his career is flatlined, even if Robert Heinlein said, 'to read science fiction is to read Simak. The reader who does not like Simak stories does not like science fiction at all.'
"Simak was a master of a special kind of nostalgic science fiction that reconciled the values of his youth (the rural Midwest of the 1920s) with the larger universe. Material that became ludicrous cliché in the hands of lesser writers—all those endless flying saucers landing in the hillbilly's back acre—was by Simak handled with elegance and dignity.
"'A Death in the House' is typical: A farmer finds a dying alien. He does what he can, but that's very little. The farmer conceals the grave, wanting to give his 'guest' that much dignity. But the alien is plantlike. It (or its young) sprouts out of the corpse. Human and alien struggle toward understanding. In 'The Big Front Yard,' a rural handyman finds his house transformed into a gateway to other worlds. The common people have the good sense; trouble starts when profiteers and the government get involved. The tone is light, friendly, and clever.
"This is not to suggest that Simak was a writer with no hard edges. 'Good Night Mr. James' is a horror story about a duplicate human being created to destroy a particularly nasty alien illegally smuggled to Earth. But the gentler mode was more typical, and he could also write humor. 'Dusty Zebra' is a long technological joke, maybe a bit slight to be included when a 50-year career must be distilled into 218 pages. Simak's last story, the last in the book, 'The Grotto of the Dancing Deer,' is about an immortal caveman, quite different from de Camp's 'Gnarly Man.' He is the original artist who painted that cave art the scientists keep finding; after all this time, he just has to tell someone. The story won both the Hugo and the Nebula for 1980, because both readers and fellow professionals wanted to say 'thank you.'"
—Washington Post Book World
"Clifford D. Simak is another classic SF writer who staked out a distinctive territory based on his rural Midwestern roots—only a couple hundred miles north of Bradbury's—but he never strayed very far from a few classic SF themes, which he treated with considerably more rigor than Bradbury, if sometimes with as much sentimentality. Simak's City is at least as important to the history of SF as Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles—some would say more so, given its more challenging conceptual framework—and his other short stories are among the most enduring in the genre, as Over the River and Through the Woods, a new limited edition from Tachyon Publications, attests. Yet Simak, like Sturgeon, seems in danger of fading into the limbo of historical anthologies; while his work was once as widely available as that of any of the giants, today these stories seem almost like new discoveries—and are just as fresh. Part of the reason may be not that Simak's folksy language seems to belie the underlying sense of alienation and tragedy that characterizes much of his work; part may be due to the rediscovery of American regional idioms among younger SF writers from Terry Bisson to Nancy Kress….
"Over the River and Through the Woods contains eight Simak stories from 1951 through 1980— which means it includes none of the classic stories like 'Desertion' or 'Huddling Place,' which later went to make up City, but does include his late Hugo and Nebula–winning masterpiece 'The Grotto of the Dancing Deer' and the Hugo-winning 'The Big Front Yard.' One of the first things that comes to mind when rereading the latter story after several years—it concerns a characteristically laconic farmer with a dog named Towser (the only name Simak seems to have permitted for dogs) who finds on his property a gateway to distant worlds—is that few contemporary writers would have let such a simple and elegant premise be confined to a novella. Simak's focus is on the unimpressed rustic whose very lack of response to the wonder at his doorstep intensifies our own. When a rustic is impressed by an alien presence, such as in 'A Death in the House,' it is less likely to be from a sense of wonder than from a sense of companionship. Simak's roots may be firmly in SF, but he writes of alien encounters in a way Willa Cather might have written of them. Aliens are strange but unthreatening, and in some cases (as in 'Neighbor'), they can turn the entire neighborhood into a pastoral Shangri-la, isolated from the outside in a way that encapsulates what must be Simak's own drams of lost innocence.
"But Simak could write about more than wonderful things happening to remote farmers. 'Good Night, Mr. James' is a very early treatment (1951) of what we would today call a cloning story, done with the kind of cynical humor that is needed for what is essentially a double- and triple-cross tale. It reveals Simak's healthy streak of humor, as does 'Dusty Zebra,' in which trivial objects are zapped into another dimension in return for high-tech wonders. 'Construction Shack' ironically explores an almost Stapledonian notion of whole solar systems being engineered by ancient aliens (Pluto is the construction shack of the title), cast in terms of the matter-of-fact space jockeys so familiar from pulp SF. Simak may be at his best, however, when his theme is isolation and abandonment. The title story concerns children from the future sent back to the refuge of the 1890s. The best tale in the collection and one of the high points of Simak's late career, 'The Grotto of the Dancing Deer,' concerns an anthropologist who comes to realize that his assistant seems to know far too much about certain ancient cave paintings and may in fact have been their creator. Simak's evocation, in a few pages, of the sheer loneliness of immortality and the daunting perspectives of time involved again could be a lesson to a generation of younger writers and reminds us brilliantly of what Simak was capable of."
"When the Science Fiction Writers of America began bestowing their Grand Master awards, the third writer so honored was Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988). Only Robert A. Heinlein and Jack Williamson preceded him, and he received his award before such luminaries as Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury. He earned this distinction by producing, over a long period of time, a significant body of popular, respected, often award-winning work, including his classic books City and Way Station and many shorter works, eight of which are contained in this welcome collection.
"Readers unfamiliar with Simak who are willing to give this book a chance are in for a treat. More than half the stories here were among the best stories of their respective years. 'The Big Front Yard' (1958) won a Hugo. 'A Death in the House' (1959) was selected by Judith Merril for Year's Best SF: Fifth Annual Edition. 'Over the River and Through the Woods' (1965) made the cut for World's Best Science Fiction: 1966, edited by Donald Wollheim and Terry Carr. Wollheim also picked 'Construction Shack' for The 1974 Annual World's Best SF. And 'Grotto of the Dancing Deer' (1980) earned Simak a Hugo and a Nebula…. [H]e has few rivals in the sheer length of time over which he produced first-rate science fiction, from his first stories in the early 1930s through 'Grotto' and beyond.
"Simak's fiction frequently dealt with ordinary folks, deeply rooted in their rural, Midwestern setting (reflecting Simak's own deep roots), coping with something alien or futuristic. Often, his characters ultimately feel more kinship with the alien intrusion than they do with the outside world of human progress that usually threatens their way of life.
"A big part of the great appeal of Simak's stories to this writer is the clear-eyed view of humanity. He seemed appreciative of (but not sentimental about) our qualities and tolerant of our foibles. He knew that often life is not easy and our ways of coping are not all they could be.
"Simak saw flawed humanity moving toward a fork in the road at such a swift, technologically accelerated pace that we might not be able to tell which fork leads a little closer to paradise and which to apocalypse. But he also knew that in addition to our flaws, there is another part of our heritage as humans that can help us take the right turn."
—New York Review of Science Fiction
Clifford Simak is the author of such science-fiction classics as Way Station and City. In addition to being named a Grand Master by both the Science Fiction Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association, he won the Hugo, Nebula, International Fantasy, Locus, and Jupiter awards. A newspaperman by trade, Simak excelled at clean economical prose. Like those of Ray Bradbury, many of Simak's best stories incorporate the rural Midwest of his childhood.
"I sometimes think that despite the fact that my boyhood spanned part of the first and second decades of the 20th century that I actually lived in what amounted to the tail end of the pioneer days. I swam in the big hole in the creek. I rode toboggans down long hills, I went barefoot in the summer, I got out of bed at four o'clock in the morning during summer vacations to do the morning chores. For four years, I rode a horse to high school."
—Clifford Simak, from Seekers of Tomorrow by Sam Moskowitz
Visit the Clifford Simak website.
Introduction by Poul Anderson
A Death in the House
Construction Shack
Dusty Zebra
Good Night, Mr. James
Grotto of the Dancing Deer
The Big Frontyard


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