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Reunited Soundgarden Play Secret Seattle Show
Will they play over here? I sure hope so! Still regret missing them at Sunstroke '95. #link
MagCloud: Publish your own printed magazine
Very nice print-on-demand service for small-scale magazine publishing. They don't ship to EU countries yet (except for the UK) but this could be very useful in the near future... #link
Make your own sourdough
Homestead Records: Frontier Days
A brief history of the US alternative indie label that wasn't Sub Pop or SST, and the dodgy business practices that brought about its downfall. I thought late-period SST was shady, but Greg Ginn's got nothing on this. #link
Charlie Brooker: My plan to save mankind
Basically, the inability of the average individual to transcend the linear comprehension of time is to blame for everything from climate change to the obesity epidemic. And it's a very convincing argument. Says Brooker of the exceptional few: "Every jogger is essentially a clairvoyant. They've transcended the shackles of contemporary subsistence and risen above the likes of you and me, to witness a vision of the future so captivating it blocks out the pain of the present, so enticing, they're literally compelled to run towards it." #link
Wikipedia entry on proprioception
One for the 'so that's what it's called' file. #link
Team sets out to clear bodies from Everest's death zone
The whole idea of this just creeps me out. #link
Roger Ebert re-enters the 'games as art' debate
This isn't even really a debate: anything can be art in the right context or circumstances. Ebert should know better. #link
Irish High Court gives entertainment giants the power to disconnect whole families from the net
It's bullshit of the highest order, of course. But at least our ISP isn't willing to play along. #link
Counting the cost of the long journey home
The one thing that seems to be forgotten with the recent stories and flighty prose about the ash cloud disruption is how most people just don't have the time or the money! We have tight budgets, jobs to get back to, medicine to take, promises to keep, etc -- we simply can't sit there and wait while the airlines leave us hanging. #link
An answer to the age-old question: why is doctors' handwriting so bad?
The solution seems so simple. Yet as with all simple things, it'll take fucking forever to fix it. #link
Salting ice cream
John K reviews Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
One from the backlog, here. The verdict? It's pure formula, but with enough interestingness in the animation to put it above the competition. That's probably why I enjoyed it more than I expected, too. #link
Chart of 2009 New York Mets Injuries
We want much less red this season, please. And some wins would be nice, too. [c/o Subtraction] #link
Lazyweb request: a social network for TV
I've been thinking a lot about television recently — more so since we got our first PVR last weekend. I hadn't felt I was missing out in not having one before (apart from the programme clash conundrum); I'd always been in the habit of scheduling myself around my favourite shows, and didn't think that would ever change.
But it's been three days now and I'm already converted. It's really been one of those 'you don't really know until you try' experiences. From now on TV will be fitting into my schedule, not the other way round.
Now, while I wouldn't go as far as to say it's part of the 'democratisation of television' or anything, thinking about it does lead naturally to ideas about how the TV audience behaves in the networking age — and how this audience isn't adequately served.
ANC's Julius Malema lashes out at 'misbehaving' BBC journalist
South Africa can't and won't improve until dangerously misleading relics and liars like Malema are out of the picture. #link
Deadspin on the life and career of Andre the Giant
A wonderful feature piece (with YouTube clips) on the 'Eighth Wonder of the World'; part of a series on dead wrestlers that Deadspin's treating with the kind of respect the business doesn't usually get. #link
The Editor and the Curator (Or the Context Analyst and the Media Synesthete)
In short, the concept of curation is being corrupted by the use of the term as a fancy synonym for 'editing' or 'selecting'. After all, the act of curating is about preserving things, not cutting them away. [c/o Fimoculous] #link
Film Noir Checklist
A primer for anyone who always wanted to but was afraid to ask. I defy you to watch Sweet Smell of Success and not be knocked out of your socks. #link
The League of Moveable Type
High-quality open source fonts. Because we don't all have the resources of a design house. #link
Teal and Orange - Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness
I knew something was off, and now I know why. #link
Dunkie Drinks Dunkin's Coffee
Sadly it's only an April Fool's prank. I wish it was real. #link
150,000 join start line for first day of London 2012 Olympics ticket race
Tickets go on sale in spring next year? That's closer than I expected; not long left to decide if I'm going. #link
Infovore: A book of photographs that I made
Very, very nice. I may have to make one myself. #link
Where to turn when you can't ask the hive mind?
So nice to see there's more to online advice than Yahoo! Answers (which really lives up to its name, come to think of it). #link
Every issue of Spin magazine on Google Books
More publications should do this sort of thing. (See also: every issue of Plan B magazine in a handy torrent.) #link
Kottke on 'the new rules for reviewing media'
It's an interesting phenomenon, but not the kind of trend I want to see. Kottke says: "In the end, people don't buy content or plots, they buy physical or digital pieces of media for use on specific devices and within certain contexts." I disagree: people DO buy content. If I buy a book, I'm buying it for the story; the format is entirely secondary, regardless of my personal preferences. Giving a book a bad rating because you can't read it on your Kindle or whatever? That's just bullshit whatever way you cut it. #link


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Mary Nichols
F, b. February 1693
Father Thomas Nickoles b. c 1643
Mother Hannah Iliffe b. c 1672
Last Edited 27 Sep 2011
Her married name was Coltman. Mary Nichols was born in February 1693 at Claybrook, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 2 February 1693 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England. She married Joseph Coltman on 16 October 1719 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England.
Joseph Coltman b. c 1690
Mary Coltman b. c Jul 1720
William Coltman b. c Aug 1722
Ann Coltman b. c Mar 1726
Thomas Coltman b. c Jun 1728
Joseph Coltman
Joseph Coltman was born circa 1690. He married Mary Nichols, daughter of Thomas Nickoles and Hannah Iliffe, on 16 October 1719 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England.
Mary Nichols b. Feb 1693
F, b. circa 1576
Father Jaylis Smart b. c 1545
Mother Jane (?) b. c 1550
Last Edited 19 Nov 2012
Her married name was Nicoles. Elizabeth Smart was born circa 1576 at Claybrook, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 13 June 1588 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England. Adult baptizm. She married Sylvister Nicoles, son of Robart Nicoles and Anes (Anne) (?), on 27 January 1610 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England.
Sylvister Nicoles b. c 1576
Robard Nicoles b. c 1599
Jane Nicoles b. c 1602
Elizabeth Nicoles b. c 1604
Anne Nicoles b. c 1606
Ann Nicoles b. c 1608
Joone Nicoles b. c 1610
Sara Nicoles b. c 1612
Silvester Nicoles+ b. c 1614
Dorrity Nicoles b. c 1616
Henry Nicoles b. c 1618
Sylvister Nicoles
Father Robart Nicoles b. c 1543
Mother Anes (Anne) (?) b. c 1548
Sylvister Nicoles was born circa 1576 at Claybrook, Leicestershire, England. He was baptized on 2 June 1588 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England. Adult baptizm. He married Elizabeth Smart, daughter of Jaylis Smart and Jane (?), on 27 January 1610 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England.
Elizabeth Smart b. c 1576
Sara Nickoles
Father Silvester Nicoles b. c 1614
Last Edited 24 Dec 2012
Her married name was Owens. Sara Nickoles was born in February 1640 at Claybrook, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 24 February 1665 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England. Adult baptizm.
Silvester Nichols
M, b. January 1746
Father Thomas Nichols b. Oct 1706
Mother Elizabeth Mathews b. Sep 1718
Silvester Nichols was born in January 1746 at Claybrook, Leicestershire, England. He married Mary Gilliver on 15 June 1767 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England.
Mary Gilliver b. c 1747
Mary (Gilliver) Nichols b. c Mar 1767
Mary Gilliver
Her married name was Nichols. Mary Gilliver was born circa 1747. She married Silvester Nichols, son of Thomas Nichols and Elizabeth Mathews, on 15 June 1767 at St Peter's Church, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England.
Silvester Nichols b. Jan 1746
F, b. circa June 1741
Father Nathaniel Nichols b. Jul 1702, d. UNKNOWN
Mother Abigail Elizabeth Burton b. c 1710, d. Mar 1763
Her married name was Pratt. Mary Nichols was born circa June 1741 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 24 June 1741 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married John Pratt on 15 November 1763 at Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.
John Pratt b. c 1740
John Pratt was born circa 1740. He married Mary Nichols, daughter of Nathaniel Nichols and Abigail Elizabeth Burton, on 15 November 1763 at Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.
Mary Nichols b. c Jun 1741
William Wood
M, b. 1800
William Wood was born in 1800 at Kyloe, Northumberland, England. He married Grace Marlow on 13 October 1824 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Grace Marlow b. 1802
Mary Wood b. Jan 1825, d. c 1825
Mary Wood b. Apr 1827
Thomas Wood+ b. Mar 1828
Grace Marlow
F, b. 1802
Her married name was Wood. Grace Marlow was born in 1802 at Lowick, Northumberland, England. She married William Wood on 13 October 1824 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
William Wood b. 1800
Thomas Wood
M, b. July 1852, d. October 1934
Father Thomas Wood b. Mar 1828
Mother Mary Nichols b. Aug 1832
Thomas Wood was born in July 1852 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He was baptized on 3 August 1852 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England; baptised as Thomas Nichols. He was baptized on 10 October 1854 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England; baptised as Thomas Wood. He married Caroline Smith, daughter of John Smith and Ann Baker, circa 1876. Thomas Wood died in October 1934 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England, at age 82. He was buried on 25 October 1934.
Caroline Smith b. c Nov 1829, d. Mar 1889
Selina Wood b. c 1877
Emma S Wood b. c 1879
F, b. circa November 1829, d. March 1889
Father John Smith b. c 1814
Mother Ann Baker b. c Oct 1809
Her married name was Wood. Caroline Smith was born circa November 1829 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married Thomas Wood, son of Thomas Wood and Mary Nichols, circa 1876. Caroline Smith died in March 1889 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She was buried on 23 March 1889 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Thomas Wood b. Jul 1852, d. Oct 1934
Edward Ghent
M, b. circa September 1809, d. circa August 1887
Father Edward Ghent b. c Jul 1768
Mother Catherine Truslove b. c 1773, d. Aug 1849
Edward Ghent was Farmer. He was born circa September 1809 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He was baptized on 8 October 1809 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Ann Powell on 27 July 1832 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Edward Ghent died circa August 1887 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Ann Powell b. c 1813
Charlotte Ghent b. c Jun 1834, d. Dec 1834
Sophia Ghent b. c Aug 1835
George Ghent+ b. c Jun 1836
Ann Ghent b. c Nov 1840
Karen-Happuck Ghent b. c May 1843, d. c Aug 1864
Jacob Ghent b. c May 1846
Ann Powell
Her married name was Ghent. Ann Powell was born circa 1813 at Ireland. She married Edward Ghent, son of Edward Ghent and Catherine Truslove, on 27 July 1832 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Edward Ghent b. c Sep 1809, d. c Aug 1887
F, b. circa February 1849, d. 6 April 1935
Father William Nichols b. Nov 1817, d. Aug 1899
Mother Jane Smith b. c 1819, d. Jan 1892
Her married name was Hill. Her married name was Elger. Eliza Nichols was born circa February 1849 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married Walter Elger on 13 May 1876 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Eliza Nichols married Frederick Hill, son of John Hill and Norina (Lucy) Cotton, circa February 1900 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Eliza Nichols was buried in April 1935 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She died on 6 April 1935 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Walter Elger b. 1828, d. 8 Sep 1897
Ellen Elger b. c 1881
Florence Elger b. c 1885
Edith Elger+ b. c 1888
Sydney Elger b. 1890
Walter Elger
M, b. 1828, d. 8 September 1897
Walter Elger was born in 1828 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He married Eliza Nichols, daughter of William Nichols and Jane Smith, on 13 May 1876 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Walter Elger was buried in September 1897 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He died on 8 September 1897 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Eliza Nichols b. c Feb 1849, d. 6 Apr 1935
Frederick Hill
M, b. circa May 1849, d. circa November 1902
Father John Hill b. c Oct 1823, d. c May 1897
Mother Norina (Lucy) Cotton b. c 1823, d. c May 1866
Frederick Hill was born circa May 1849 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He was born circa 1855 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Eliza Nichols, daughter of William Nichols and Jane Smith, circa February 1900 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Frederick Hill lived in 1901 at The Lawns, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. He died circa November 1902 at Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.
Thomas Nichols
M, b. circa February 1851, d. 24 July 1930
Thomas Nichols was born circa February 1851 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Sarah Ann Perkins, daughter of Thomas Perkins and Mary Ann (?), on 19 April 1870 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Thomas Nichols died on 24 July 1930 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Sarah Ann Perkins b. c Dec 1849, d. 8 Mar 1929
Thomas Perkins Nicholls b. c May 1870
Arthur Nicholls b. c May 1874
Mary Louisa Nicholls b. 8 Apr 1877
Walter Nicholls+ b. c May 1877
William Nicholls+ b. c Aug 1879
Harold Nicholls b. c May 1882
Alice Maud Nicholls b. c Aug 1885
Betsey Nicholls+ b. c May 1888
Sarah Ann Perkins
F, b. circa December 1849, d. 8 March 1929
Father Thomas Perkins b. 13 Apr 1829, d. c Feb 1866
Mother Mary Ann (?) b. c 1823
Last Edited 31 May 2012
Her married name was Nichols. Sarah Ann Perkins was born circa December 1849 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 18 July 1852 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married Thomas Nichols, son of William Nichols and Jane Smith, on 19 April 1870 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Sarah Ann Perkins died on 8 March 1929 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Thomas Nichols b. c Feb 1851, d. 24 Jul 1930
M, b. circa August 1844, d. 11 May 1907
William Nichols was born circa August 1844 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Sarah Hackett, daughter of John Hackett and Ann Watkins, on 2 November 1869 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. William Nichols died on 11 May 1907 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Sarah Hackett b. c Sep 1843
Alfred Nicholls+ b. c May 1871, d. Mar 1916
Edwin Nicholls+ b. c Aug 1872, d. 13 Nov 1963
Mary Nicholls b. c May 1873
Herbert Nicholls b. c May 1874, d. c 1877
Henry Nicholls b. c Aug 1878, d. 29 Sep 1910
George Nicholls+ b. c Feb 1881
Reuben Nicholls b. c Nov 1884
Sarah Hackett
F, b. circa September 1843
Father John Hackett b. 15 May 1812
Mother Ann Watkins b. c 1816
Her married name was Nichols. Sarah Hackett was born circa September 1843 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 17 September 1843 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married William Nichols, son of William Nichols and Jane Smith, on 2 November 1869 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
William Nichols b. c Aug 1844, d. 11 May 1907
Alfred Nichols
M, b. circa November 1855
Alfred Nichols was born circa November 1855 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Sarah Jane Robinson, daughter of Joseph Robinson and Sarah Smith, circa February 1880 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Sarah Jane Robinson b. c May 1855
Sarah Jane Robinson
F, b. circa May 1855
Father Joseph Robinson b. c Jan 1821
Mother Sarah Smith b. c 1825
Her married name was Nichols. Sarah Jane Robinson was born circa May 1855 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married Alfred Nichols, son of William Nichols and Jane Smith, circa February 1880 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Alfred Nichols b. c Nov 1855
Betsey Nichols
F, b. circa May 1854, d. 3 June 1917
Her married name was Townsend. Betsey Nichols was born circa May 1854 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married Henry Townsend, son of George Townsend and Ann Palmer, on 30 March 1875 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Betsey Nichols died on 3 June 1917 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Henry Townsend b. Nov 1853, d. 17 Apr 1914
Henry Townsend
M, b. November 1853, d. 17 April 1914
Father George Townsend b. c Dec 1812
Mother Ann Palmer b. c Jun 1814
Henry Townsend was born in November 1853 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He was baptized on 30 November 1853 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Betsey Nichols, daughter of William Nichols and Jane Smith, on 30 March 1875 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. Henry Townsend died on 17 April 1914 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England, at age 60.
Betsey Nichols b. c May 1854, d. 3 Jun 1917
Sarah Nichols
Her married name was Ghent. Sarah Nichols was born circa September 1858 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She was baptized on 14 April 1859 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. She married Thomas Ghent, son of Thomas Ghent and Mary Hackett, on 15 October 1878 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Thomas Ghent b. c May 1854
Frederick Thomas Ghent b. c Feb 1880
Thomas Ghent
M, b. circa May 1854
Father Thomas Ghent b. c Apr 1808
Mother Mary Hackett b. 13 Dec 1811
Thomas Ghent was born circa May 1854 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He was born in 1855 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Sarah Nichols, daughter of William Nichols and Jane Smith, on 15 October 1878 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Sarah Nichols b. c Sep 1858
M, b. circa January 1821
Father William Robinson b. c 1793
Mother Elizabeth Foxon b. c Nov 1796
Joseph Robinson was born circa January 1821 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He was baptized on 16 February 1821 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England. He married Sarah Smith on 16 February 1845 at Burbage, Leicestershire, England.
Sarah Smith b. c 1825
Sarah Jane Robinson+ b. c May 1855

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The basic rules of civilization are just a suggestion to Donald Trump in his quest for more power, which equals money to him. He will skirt the law, lie and cheat his way to the White House if we let him. Checking his tax returns will tell a lot but he's not going to let that happen because it will be too costly to his quest.
No doubt in my mind, I would love to return to the warmth and confines of Mississippi before winter gets here.
Hats off to the Sun Herald for the historical piece on the horrific Bataan Death March and subsequent World War II Philippines war crimes tribunal. The veteran's firsthand account was a plus.
Once again the Harrison County Board of Supervisors has sided with the residents of Henderson Point who believe they are entitled to "an unobstructed view," even if it means completely killing a worthy project in public waters. How tragic.
How come people in Mississippi do not use the on-ramp for the interstate correctly? Come on, people, you are supposed to be accelerating to merge to the interstate. I always see people slowing traffic on the interstate when they try to merge in. I also have to slow way down when I am trying to accelerate.


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Tour de Texas, Week 3: Riding the Northeast Texas Trail and Relishing Local Beers
Breweries in Sherman, Nocona, and Wichita Falls had just what I needed after sixty-mile days on the bike.
By Aaron Chamberlain
Wichita Falls Brewing co-founders Russ Reynolds, left, and Matt Bitsche welcomed me to their brewery. I even got to spend the night upstairs. Diana Snow
When I look back at this week, two things stand out: the Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) and beer. I remember reading about the NETT in Texas Monthly a couple years ago and really wanting to ride the trail, but I couldn't envision a time when that would happen. Well, I certainly figured that out, didn't I? From the start of this trip, I was hoping I'd get to hit as many breweries as possible along the way. That didn't happen until this week, when I was able to visit three. Not only that, I was also lucky enough to hook up with friends I've met within the Texas beer community. Their hospitality and support were essential this week and kept me going into week four.
September 15, Distance: 0 Miles
I took another rest day after my big ride from Marshall to Texarkana. Spent the day a lot like my last day off: Netflix and chill (like for real, chill). I also did some planning for the coming week, including researching ridable sections of the Northeast Texas Trail.
Texarkana to Avery
September 15, Distance: 45 Miles
When I left Texarkana, I was not expecting the day to be one of my best days of riding up to that point. Getting out of Texarkana wasn't fun, riding along the frontage road of busy Interstate 30. Once I got over to U.S. 82, things got a little better, but the shoulder was hit or miss, with a good amount of traffic speeding by me. In New Boston, that all changed. That's where I jumped on the beginning of the NETT. The section I rode was only 3.5 miles, but it felt so good being nestled in a canopy of trees and away from traffic after two weeks on the road. Much of the trail, which runs from Farmersville to New Boston, is unfinished and still pretty wild, with greenery encroaching and making the path unpassable. I planned on riding all the sections that are finished that intersected with my general route. In De Kalb, I took a long break for lunch. I grabbed a BLT and huge sweet tea from Bronc Stomper Cafe, which I found after spotting a sign on the side of U.S. 82. In Avery, right off the trail, the volunteer fire department has a hostel for cyclists and hikers. I learned about the hostel after rereading Texas Monthly's piece about the NETT and digging through the trail's Facebook group. After a few messages with Avery volunteer fire department chief and trail enthusiast Gary Tucek the night before, I had the hostel reserved for the night. Gary met me at the hostel to make sure I arrived smoothly. We sat out front and talked about Avery and the trail, which will be the longest in the state when it's completed.
The hostel is an amazing place to rest for a night. The organizers have thought of everything: air-conditioning, a shower, a sink big enough to wash clothing, a mini-fridge, and more. I can't say enough good things about the efforts of the fire department and the Northeast Texas Trail Coalition, the nonprofit that supports the trail. Its work has made Avery one of the top destinations in Texas for cyclists.
Photograph by Aaron Chamberlain
Avery to Paris
I slept like a rock at the hostel and woke up amped to hit the trail. I struck out on a side road and soon found myself on a gravel country lane. I had a hunch this road would take me the right way but had a few misgivings. But I pushed on and after four miles, I was back on the tarmac headed for U.S. 82. From there, it was a quick ride to Clarksville. I stopped for breakfast at the only place open other than McDonalds—a gas station, of course. There, I checked my route and saw that Google was suggesting I hop on the NETT. Unfortunately, this section of trail was too overgrown to ride on. Gary, back in Avery, had told me that in Bagwell I could ride a gravel section of the trail all the way to Detroit. I took the detour north to Bagwell and it started raining. This was getting really frustrating. I could be back on 82 and making better time, but I was headed for a trail that might be muddy and basically unrideable. But when I reached the trail in Bagwell, it was in great condition; the rain hadn't made much of a difference on the packed gravel path. I rode that trail for about ten miles through Detroit with a big, stupid grin on my face.
In Blossom, I found myself back on the trail, which was paved all the way into Paris. I cruised into town pumping my "bike songs" playlist and taking way too many photos and videos of the trail. Once the NETT is finished, I definitely plan on coming back someday to ride it all.
Paris to Sherman
The pines of East Texas were behind me, but the hills would continue, at least for a little while. Instead of trudging along U.S. 82 for the day, I took Texas Highway 56 starting in Honey Grove. About a mile out of Savoy, I was passing a building under construction when one the workers yelled something I didn't hear. "Going to Sherman," I yelled back, thinking he was asking where I was headed. "No, do a wheelie!" he shot back. In my head I told him to screw off, but meekly responded, "Too heavy," pointing at my bike. It was a good excuse and I was happy I didn't have to show off my wheelie skills, which are nonexistent.
In Search of the Jaguarundi
By Will McCarthy
Welcome to the 'Munsters' Mansion in Waxahachie
By Diana Spechler
Get Lost in the Woods at These Five Magical Texas Treehouses
By Alexandra Villarreal
Holy Smoke! Texas Has Actual Volcanoes. Here's Where to See Ten of Them.
By Amy Weaver Dorning
Border Towns: What to Do and Where to Do It
By Richard West
The Walkable Wonders of Houston's Montrose Neighborhood
By Jessica Dupuy
Once I got to Sherman, I checked into my hotel and met up with photographer, musician, and living legend of the Texas beer scene Tony Drewry. On this trip I've passed near a few breweries, but they've never been open when I was nearby. Luckily Sherman's own 903 Brewers was open and serving beer and food, so of course we made our way down for a few pints and burgers. The patio was pretty busy. It was bingo night, but we were still able to find a socially distanced spot. It was great to see a friend on the road. My time with Tony was like drinking a cold Fanta on a sizzling day, just before bonking (that's cycling lingo for hitting the wall).
Sherman to Nocona
In the morning Tony drove ahead of me on U.S. 82 to snap some photos of me as I passed. I tried to look as pro as possible as I rode by him, honing my inner Lachlan Morton, but knowing I was presenting more of a Pee-wee Herman vibe. Then he was on his way back to Fort Worth and I was back on my own. In Muenster, I stopped for lunch at Doc's Bar & Grill. They have a spacious outdoor biergarten, where I chowed down on a reuben and broke my two-beer rule. It happens. Back on the road I still had a bit over twenty miles to go and a number of hills to climb. I felt pretty sluggish, but distracted myself by yelling greetings to the horses, cows, and sheep I passed. After checking into my motel in Nocona, I walked to Nocona Beer & Brewery to sample their brews. The brewery is housed in an old boot factory, a hundred-year-old building with spectacular architecture. I wish the beer were as good as the building, but you can't have everything.
Nocona to Wichita Falls
When I popped out in the morning for my ride, I was hit with the unfamiliar feeling of cold air. As my wife's family would say, it was fresh.
The first twenty miles or so I had a nagging headache from too many Nocona beers the night before. I wasn't particularly looking forward to finishing the day at another brewery. On the other hand, I was excited for what was sure to be an unusual experience: sleeping at the brewery. Even with the headache, the ride went fast, averaging over 15 miles per hour. I made quick time passing horse ranches along U.S. highways 82 and 287, zipping through Henrietta and Jolly over mellow hills.
In Wichita Falls, I took my time sightseeing around downtown, pretending to shop for cool historic buildings, which are abundant. I made my way over to the "world's littlest skyscraper," a narrow forty-foot tower constructed in 1919. An out-of-town scammer reportedly tricked Wichita Falls residents into investing in the project by listing the building's dimensions in inches instead of feet.
After lunch I met Matt Bitsche and his son Porter at Wichita Falls Brewing. I knew Matt from his time at Infamous Brewing Company in Austin. He later moved back to his hometown to open Wichita Falls Brewing in 2017. Russ Reynolds, Matt's business partner, joined us soon afterward and we chatted about the beer business and Wichita Falls in general. It was great catching up with Matt and drinking his solid beers, especially the IPAs. Before leaving, Matt gave me his key and wished me luck on my journey. This was the closest I will ever come to owning a brewery. From there on it was just me and JT Ford, a bartender, microbiologist, and yoga studio owner. Once JT headed home, I made my way upstairs to the loft area to "camp out" for the night. It would have been fun to stay up late drinking from the taps and blasting some tunes, but I had a date with U.S. 287 in the morning.
Wichita Falls to Vernon
Before leaving downtown Wichita Falls, I enjoyed something I've been neglecting this entire trip: a leisurely breakfast. The day's ride was only around fifty miles, so I knew I had time to sit down and sip on a hot cup of coffee. One block from Wichita Falls Brewing sits the Duck Coffee Company, which was open by 7 a.m. I grabbed a black drip coffee and a chocolate chip muffin and sat out on their patio.
After that small luxury, I jumped on U.S. 287, which would take me all the way to Vernon. About thirty miles outside Wichita Falls, hundreds of massive wind turbines appeared on the horizon. I felt like Don Quixote, riding my steed from town to town battling windmills, or, more accurately, taking photos of them with my iPhone. I have never been one to name my bikes, as cyclists often do, but on this day, I decided to call my bicycle Rocinante, at least for the rest of the trip. I pulled into Vernon just before noon. It isn't often that I get to my daily destination in time for lunch, but it left me with plenty of time to continue planning my quixotic journey into the Panhandle and the rest of the way around Texas.
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This class is the starting point for anyone new to the Reformer. You will learn what's what about the equipment – all the parts, what they do and how to make adjustments for your own body and level of ability. Basic exercises chosen for the trunk, upper and lower body will be introduced along with breathing technique. Proper posture and positioning on the Reformer in sitting, standing, kneeling and lying down will be taught while performing various exercises in each of these positions. With the Essential Level repertoire as its foundation, this class is the "gateway" to all other Reformer classes on our schedule.
One step up from Reformer Start Up, this class continues to build upon all the Essential Level exercises, skills and equipment basics learned in Reformer Start Up.
The Essential Level Reformer repertoire will be covered in this class along with Intermediate Level prep exercises and perhaps introduction to a few Intermediate exercises. Modifications will be provided as needed, along with creative ways to approach more difficult exercises. Be prepared for introduction to use of small equipment to add challenge to exercises – including the Jump Board, a safe and fun tool that adds an element of cardiovascular work to the overall exercise plan. This class is appropriate for anyone looking to move beyond Core Reformer and for those ready to add more challenge to their Pilates classes.
This group class is a challenge with both Essential and Intermediate Reformer exercises woven together to create a smooth flow with few 'breaks'. Be prepared for a pace that's on the quicker side of the fence. Stability and balance will be challenged while flexibility and power are enhanced through more complicated movements requiring spatial awareness and co-ordination. Clients entering this class should have a desire to challenge the mind as well as the body with not only the Reformer, but its accessories – the Jump Board, platform extender, weighted balls, fitness circle, FlexBands, etc.
This class takes the Intense Reformer format and jumps things up a notch. A fast-paced challenge with both Essential and Intermediate Reformer exercises, there is little room to rest. This level of Reformer class is definitely geared toward the seasoned Reformer participant because anything goes!
This class allows for clients with varying levels of Reformer experience to all participate in the same group. Those with more experience will adjust their Reformer, their body positioning and/or use small equipment to make exercises more challenging, while those still new to the equipment will find guidance and assistance from the instructor. Everyone will participate in the same exercises while being provided with variations and modifications to suit individual goals and needs.
While all of our group classes welcome both men and women into the mix, it was suggested to us that perhaps a guys' class would be a good idea. So, we've taken it to heart and put a group on the schedule just for men. It makes sense actually, since Pilates was created by a man and was originally meant for men! This Reformer class is an awesome introduction not only to the Reformer, but to the Pilates method in general. Geared toward the manual laborer or the sedentary office worker, the focus will be on easing stiffness and improving posture while building strength to alleviate back, neck and shoulder pain. This means fewer missed work days due to injury or chronic pain.
Pre-requisites: No previous Pilates experience is necessary.
I have had the great pleasure to know Tanya personally and professionally for over 20 years now. Tanya is an incredibly knowledgeable and skilled Pilates professional. I am continuously amazed by her keen ability to pinpoint and correct biodynamic challenges that can arise in the human body. Tanya has helped me overcome various issues with my back, neck and hips all while helping me achieve greater strength, balance, and flexibility. As a pharmacist, former fitness instructor and current client of Pilates Essentials, I highly recommend Tanya's services for anyone seeing to improve their health and fitness.
I have been with Pilates Essentials for almost 2 years and have wholly reaped the benefits. The facilities are outstanding and the instructors are patient, informative and – most importantly -innovative. You are pushed to be your best! I am an avid road rider and have seen the differences. I have more endurance and speed due to a stronger core. I'm a believer in all Pilates can do!


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Thiessen: We were caught unprepared by a pandemic 9/11. The failures began long before Trump.
Last week the United States reached a grim milestone when the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 2,977 — the number killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Now that a pandemic 9/11 has befallen our nation, we need to ask ourselves: Why does it always seem to take a tragedy to wake us up to danger?
Before 9/11, we had many warning signs that our homeland was in peril. Terrorists had launched a string of escalating attacks: the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center; the 1996 attack on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia; the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. Despite the warnings, we didn't take the coming danger seriously enough — and were caught unprepared on 9/11.
The same is true with COVID-19. Before this pandemic, we had many warning signs that our homeland was in peril: the 2002 SARS outbreak; the 2003 resurgence of H5N1 avian flu; the 2009 H1N1 swine flu outbreak; the 2012 MERS outbreak; the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Despite the warnings, we didn't take the danger seriously enough — and were caught unprepared for COVID-19.
At least on 9/11, we had an excuse for being surprised. Few could have expected that terrorists armed with box cutters would turn planes into missiles and use them to strike us here at home. The failure to anticipate 9/11 was, like Pearl Harbor, a failure of imagination.
But it required no imagination to foresee today's coronavirus pandemic. In November 2005, following the SARS and avian flu outbreaks, I worked on a speech that President George W. Bush delivered outlining our national pandemic strategy. He warned: "Scientists and doctors cannot tell us where or when the next pandemic will strike, or how severe it will be, but most agree: At some point, we are likely to face another pandemic. … Our country has been given fair warning of this danger to our homeland and time to prepare." Yet here we are, almost 15 years later, caught unprepared by the pandemic we all knew was coming.
So how did we fail so badly? Many are blaming the Trump administration's slow initial response, but as with 9/11, the failures stretch back much further. In 2003 [remm.nlm.gov], the Strategic National Stockpile was created so that we would have ready supplies of respirators, masks, protective equipment, ventilators and hospital beds. But the national stockpile was depleted in 2009 during the H1N1 outbreak and never fully replenished. "We didn't receive funds to replace those masks [and] protective gear ... that we used for H1N1," former stockpile director Greg Burel told CBS News, leaving hospitals scrambling today.
The story behind today's ventilator shortage is even more infuriating. The New York Times reports that in 2008, the Bush administration launched a project to stockpile ventilators for a pandemic, and in 2009 the Obama administration contracted with a California company to provide 40,000 of them. But in 2014, the company withdrew from the contract without delivering a single ventilator. So the government started over with a new contractor. It took another five years for the Food and Drug Administration to sign off on a new ventilator design, and the government did not place an order for 10,000 ventilators until December 2019 — the month that the COVID-19 outbreak began. We lost more than a decade due to government incompetence.
Questions need answering: Why did our early warning systems fail, allowing the virus to enter our country and spread faster than our ability to contain it? Why didn't the FDA have a system in place to rapidly develop and deploy testing capabilities, costing us six critical weeks during which the virus could have been contained? Why didn't we replenish our national stockpile? And why did we allow the outsourcing of critical medical supply chains, leaving us without the domestic capability to rapidly produce personal protective equipment, testing swabs and ventilators?
When the pandemic finally passes, there undoubtedly will be a commission to examine these and other questions. We will belatedly fix the holes in our system, just as we did after 9/11. But right now, the death toll continues to mount. As Bush explained in 2005: "A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire: If caught early, it might be extinguished with limited damage; if allowed to smolder undetected, it can grow to an inferno that spreads quickly beyond our ability to control it." Because of a decade of failures, we are now in the midst of that inferno, waiting for the fire to burn itself out. And there is no excuse for it.


A deal is in place to build 18.5 miles of a north light rail line.
A $200 million pension fund that union Regional Transportation District drivers, mechanics and other on-the-ground employees count on for retirement is slowly going bust.
Union members and the RTD agreed to up their contributions to the pension during negotiations last year, but even so, the pool is "in funding peril" and will be fully depleted by 2032, a consulting group warned the RTD board.
The news stunned board members and the 1,670 employees and retirees enrolled in the local Amalgamated Transit Union 1001 plan, as well as the people who collect portions of pensions left to them by deceased spouses.
Board members were assured that the foundering fund would not hinder the district's finances or operations, including the financially troubled FasTracks mass-transit program.
Still, the analysis of the fund's performance by consultants and actuaries Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company was sobering. It showed that in 2002, the pension pot was funded at 106.39 percent, but by 2008 it had slipped to 86.03 percent. Last year, the pension was 47.52 percent funded.
The consultants said the 11 percent total contribution to the pension fund — 8 percent from RTD and 3 percent from the ATU — began falling behind in 2003. By 2012, the total contributions made up only 33.5 percent of the fund, the consultants said.
"This is sobering," RTD board chairman Chuck Sisk said.
Both sides agreed to boost their contributions to the fund in negotiations of a five-year contract last year — RTD goes to 12 percent over the next two years and then 13 percent through 2017. The ATU chips in 4 percent over the next two years and 5 percent through 2017.
But even with the increased contributions and an estimated net return on investment of 7 percent per year, the fund still will be depleted by 2032, the consultants said.
the consultants said. To reach 100 percent funding by 2043, the fund would have to return 14 percent a year until 2019.
Board members who supported the increased agency pension contribution said the fund needs to be viable.
Kris Chambers, 51, whose husband worked in RTD's Boulder maintenance shop for just short of 20 years until he died of cancer nine years ago, invests his pension in a retirement nest egg for herself.
"So many of these guys have worked so hard, and this is their money they paid into," she said.
RTD officials said the ATU pension is falling victim to some of the same woes dogging similar public employee pension plans.
There are several ways RTD pensions are paid. Some plans pay no longer than 10 years. But some retirees are eligible to draw pensions until their deaths, and people are living longer.
Board member Bruce Daly, while joking, was more blunt in his assessment of the future of the fund after hearing the consultant's report.
"ATU retirees really need to step up their death rate," he said.
The health of the pension fund has been in a fairly steady decline over the last 20 years, ATU president Julio Rivera said, but it was especially hurt by the country's financial meltdown that began in 2007.
Rivera blamed a law passed in 1988 that mandated RTD contract out at least 20 percent of its bus service. Today, about 50 percent of the agency's bus service is run by contractors, Rivera said.
Currently, he said, there are nearly 800 bus operators working for two private companies who would have otherwise contributed to the union's pension.
The ATU pension is governed by six trustees, three appointed by RTD and three by the ATU president.
Investment strategies may have also played a role in the decline of the ATU fund. RTD's Salaried Employee Pension Trust returned about 20 percent on investments last year, compared with 14 percent by the union plan.
"That's a big difference," Lubow said.
RTD chief financial officer Terry Howerter said it might be due to the salaried pension fund investing more in real estate.
Both RTD and ATU say a change to the way pension benefits are paid that became effective Jan. 1, 2011, could help shore up the sagging fund. For example, employees hired after that date must work for 10 years, instead of five, to be vested in the pension. Employees with 20 years of service now receive full retirement benefits at age 60 instead of 55.
RTD officials say there is still time to reverse the fund's losses.
However, board member Natalie Menten said the ATU needs to contribute much more to the fund to keep RTD from having to cut services just to maintain it.


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Mahindra Alturas G4 - Everything you would want to know
The Mahindra Alturas G4 has succeeded to grab the attention of everyone instantly after its launch. The Alturas G4 is the flagship SUV of Mahindra. Although it is being called the Mahindra Alturas G4 it essentially is the 4 generation Rexton from the Korean automobile manufacturer, Ssangyon. The word "altura" means "heights" and without any doubt, Mahindra is expected to reach greater altitudes with the all-new Alturas G4. So here is everything that you would want to know about the Mahindra Alturas G4 (top end variant, i.e. 4WD AT).
One look at the face of the Alturas G4 and you instantly realize that it is a Mahindra. The massive chrome grill adds a bold, 'in your face' style element to the vehicle which is characteristic of most of the Mahindra vehicles. The SUV has an upright stance for an impressive road presence. The strong and dynamic body lines along with the chrome surround molding around the windows not only enhance the side profile of the SUV but also adds an elegant look. The twin-chamber HID headlamps of the Alturas G4 are claimed to provide great visibility like floodlights for improved visibility at night. The LED DRLs of the headlamps also function as amber colour turn indicators. The fog lamps also house cornering lamps. The wheels on the Alturas G4 are 18-inch diamond cut alloy wheels.
The Mahindra Alturas G4 is powered by a 2.2L diesel engine which pumps out a power of 133.3 kW@4000 RPM and 420 Nm of torque. The engine is mated with a Mercedes-Benz sourced 7-speed automatic transmission for a sportier response. The Alturas G4 has a 4WD variant so that you can conquer every terrain there is.
Among all the bells and whistles that come along with the Alturas G4 one feature that stands out of all is the 360-degree view camera. The vehicle comes with 4 cameras (front, rear, and on the ORVMs) which together renders a 360-degree top view for a convenient parking experience.
The dashboard of the vehicle consists of an eight-inch touch infotainment screen with Bluetooth, USB, and AUX connectivity. It also comes with Apple Carplay, Android Auto, calling and navigation features. With the Alturas G4, you no longer have to press a button or wave your leg to open the boot; a 3-second stand near the tailgate with the key in your pocket opens the tailgate. Pretty cool eh! The smart key does not only provides keyless entry and push-button start function but also provide the ability to operate the windows. The ORVMs automatically tilts down when the vehicle is engaged in reverse gear to provide better visibility while reversing.
The Alturas G4 comes with 9 airbags (driver, driver knee, co-driver, side, and curtain) to provide maximum safety to the driver and the passengers during the event of a collision. Is also has Hill Descend Control, Hill Start Assist, Brake Assist System, Active-rollover protection to provide additional safety. The presence of ABS with EBD ensures that you do not have to think twice before slamming the brakes. The frame of the vehicle is an ultra-high strength steel quad frame which enhances the safety of the vehicle.
Comfort and Luxury:
The seats of the Alturas G4 is wrapped in quilted Nappa Leather and the dual tone tan and black interior add elegance and luxuriousness to interior of the vehicle. The temperature of the driver and the co-driver ventilated seats can be set separately. There is also a massive sunroof at the top. All the three rows of seats get AC vents and the interior has ambient lighting too. The electrically adjustable driver seat has 3 memory profile. The middle row seats can be tumbled into 60:40 ratio.
Variants and Price:
The Alturas G4 as of now has two variants i.e. 2WD AT and 4WD AT. The price of the Mahindra Alturas G4 starts at INR 26.95 Lakhs (ex-showroom).
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John Purdy (born 1948 in Tullylish, County Down) is a former Irish sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local club Lawrencetown and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1960s until the 1970s, winning an All-Ireland medal in 1968.

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Primary Documents - Cardinal Mercier on Germany's Policy of Deporting Belgians to Germany, 7 November 1916
Reproduced below is the text of an announcement made by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Malines, Cardinal Desire Mercier, on 7 November 1916. Intended for the governments of neutral countries - and in particular the U.S.A. - Cardinal Mercier drew attention to the current German policy in occupied Belgium of deporting unemployed Belgian men to Germany to provide what was in essence forced labour.
Mercier recounted numerous occasions upon which the German military authorities had assured him - verbally and in writing - that such deportations would never occur in Belgium; in consequence he protested that such a policy should now have been officially adopted.
This was just one of a series of written protests Cardinal Mercier instigated from occupied Belgium. They secured widespread distribution and its author gained international renown; it was this celebrity which prevented the German authorities in Belgium from suppressing the Cardinal's activities.
Click here to read Governor von Bissing's response to Mercier's demands.
Cardinal Desire Mercier on Germany's Policy of Deporting Belgian Citizens to Germany
Malines, November 7, 1916
Every day the military authorities deport from Belgium into Germany thousands of inoffensive citizens to oblige them there to perform forced labour.
As early as October 19th we sent to the Governor General a protest, a copy of which was handed to the representatives of the Holy See, of Spain, the United States, and Holland, in Brussels, but the Governor General replied to it that nothing could be done.
At the time of our protest the orders of the occupying power threatened only the unemployed; today every able-bodied man is carried off, pell-mell, assembled in freight cars, and carried off to unknown parts, like a herd of slaves.
The enemy proceeds by regions. Vague rumours had come to our ears that arrests had been made in Tournau, Ghent, and Alost, but we were not aware of the conditions under which they had been made.
Between October 24th and November 2nd deportations took place in the region of Mons, Quievrain, Saint Guislain, Jemappes, in bunches of 800 to 1,200 men a day. The next and the following days they were extended to the Arrondissement of Nivelles.
Here is a specimen of the announcement concerning the proceedings:
By order of the Kreischef every male person over 17 years old shall present himself, Place Saint Paul, in Nivelles, on November 8, 1916, at 8 o'clock (Belgian time), 9 o'clock (Central time), bringing with him his identification card and eventually his card from the Meldeamt.
Only small hand baggage is permitted.
Those not presenting themselves will be forcibly deported into Germany, and will besides be liable to a heavy fine and to long imprisonment.
Ecclesiastics, physicians, lawyers, and teachers are exempt from this order.
The Mayors will be held responsible for the proper execution of this order, which must be brought immediately to the knowledge of the inhabitants.
Between the announcement and the deportation there is an interval of only twenty-four hours.
Under pretext of public works to be performed on Belgian soil, the occupying power had attempted to obtain from the communities the lists of working men out of work. Most of the communities proudly refused.
Three decrees from the General Government prepared the way for the execution which is in force today.
Under date of August 15, 1915, a first decree imposes, under penalty of imprisonment and fine, forced work on the idle, but adds that the work is to be executed in Belgium, and that non-compliance will be adjudged by Belgian tribunals.
A second decree, dated May 2, 1916, reserves the right of the German authorities to supply work to the idle, and threatens a fine of three years' imprisonment and 20,000 marks imposable on anybody executing or ordering to be executed work not approved of by the General Government.
Under the same decree, the right to judge infractions which had remained with the Belgian tribunals passed from the Belgian to the German tribunals.
A third decree, dated May 13, 1916, "authorizes the governors, the military commanders, and the chiefs of arrondissements to order that the unemployed be conducted by force to the places where they must work." This was already forcible working, although in Belgium.
Now it is no longer a question of forcible working in Belgium, but in Germany, and for the benefit of the Germans.
To give an appearance of plausibility to these violent measures, the occupying power insisted in the German press, both in Germany and Belgium, on these two pretexts: the unemployed constitute a danger to public order and a burden on official benevolence.
To this we replied in a letter addressed to the Governor General and to the head of the Political Department on October 16th, as follows:
"You are well aware that public order is in no wise threatened and that all influences, moral and civil, would support you spontaneously were it in danger.
The unemployed are not a burden on official benevolence; it is not from your funds that they receive assistance."
In his reply the Governor General no longer urges these two first considerations but he alleges that "doles to the unemployed, from whatever source they may come at present, must finally be a charge upon our finances, and that it is the duty of a good administrator to lighten such charges"; he adds that "prolonged unemployment would cause our workmen to lose their technical proficiency, and that in the time of peace to come they would be useless to industry."
True, there were other ways in which our finances might have been protected. We might have been spared those war levies which have now reached the sum of one billion francs, and are still mounting up at the rate of forty millions a month; we might have been spared those requisitions in kind, which amount to several thousands of millions, and are exhausting us.
There are other ways of providing for the maintenance of professional skill among our workpeople, such as leaving to Belgian industry its machinery and accessories, its raw materials, and its manufactured goods, which have passed from Belgium into Germany. And it is neither to the quarries nor to the lime kilns to which the Germans themselves declare our specialists will go to complete their professional education.
The naked truth is that every deported workman is another soldier for the German army. He will take the place of a German workman, who will be made into a soldier. Thus the situation which we denounce to the civilized world may be reduced to these terms: Four hundred thousand workmen have been thrown out of work by no fault of their own, and largely on account of the regime of the occupation.
Sons, husbands, and fathers of families, they bear their unhappy lot without murmuring, respectful of public order; national solidarity provides their most pressing wants; by dint of unselfish thrift and self-denial they escape extreme destitution, and they await with dignity and in a mutual affection which our national sorrows have intensified, the end of our common ordeal.
Groups of soldiers introduced themselves forcibly in the homes of these people, tearing the young people out of the arms of their parents, the husband from his wife, the father from his children; at the point of the bayonet they block the entrances to the homes, preventing wives and mothers from rushing out to say a last farewell to them; they align the captives in groups of forty or fifty and push them forcibly into freight cars; the locomotive is under steam, and as soon as a trainload is ready, an officer gives the signal and they depart.
Thus are another thousand Belgians reduced to slavery, without previous trial, condemned to the penalty which comes next in cruelty to the death penalty - deportation. They do not know how long their exile is going to last, neither do they know where they are going. All they know is that their work will benefit the enemy. Several of them have been brought to sign - by coercion or by threats - an engagement which their oppressors dare to call "voluntary."
While they certainly take the unemployed, they also take a large number in the proportion of one-quarter for the Arrondissement of Mons - of men who were never out of work and who belong to diversified professions - butchers, bakers, tailors, brewery workers, electricians, farmers; they even take the youngest men, college and university students, or young men from other high schools.
This in spite of the fact that two high authorities of the German Empire had formally guaranteed the liberty of our compatriots.
The day after the capitulation of Antwerp the frightened populace asked itself what would become of the Belgians of military age or those which would arrive at that age before the end of the siege. Baron von Huene, Military Governor of Antwerp, authorized me to reassure in his name the frightened parents.
However, as rumours were running that in Antwerp, Liege, Namur, and Charleroi young men had been seized and forcibly carried off to Germany, I asked Governor von Huene to confirm to me in writing the verbal guarantees which he had given me.
He replied that the rumours pertaining to deportations were without foundation, and he gave me without hesitancy the written declaration which was read on Sunday, October 18, 1914, in all the parochial churches of the Arrondissement of Antwerp: "Young men need have no fear of being carried off to Germany, either for enrolment in the army or for forcible employment."
Immediately after the arrival of Baron von der Goltz in the capacity of Governor General at Brussels, I went to ask him to ratify the guarantees given by Governor von Huene to the Province of Antwerp extending them to the whole country without any time limit.
The Governor General retained my petition in order to consider it at his leisure. The following day he was good enough to come in person to Malines to express his approval and in the presence of two aides de camp and of my private secretary to confirm the promise that the liberty of the Belgian citizens would be respected.
In my letter of October 16th last to Baron von Bissing after reminding him of the undertaking given by his predecessor, I concluded: "Your Excellency will understand how painful would be the burden of responsibility that I have incurred toward families if the confidence they placed in you through me and at my earnest entreaty should be so lamentably disappointed."
The Governor General replied: "The employment of the Belgian unemployed in Germany, which has only been initiated after two years of war, differs essentially from the captivity of men fit for military service. Moreover, the measure is not related to the conduct of the war, properly speaking, but it is determined by social and economic causes."
As if the word of an honest man were terminable at the end of a year or two! As if the declaration confirmed in 1914 did not explicitly exclude both military operations and forced labour! As if, in fine, every Belgian workman who takes the place of a German workman did not enable the latter to fill a gap in the German army!
We, the shepherds of these sheep who are torn from us by brutal force, full of anguish at the thought of the moral and religious isolation in which they are about to languish, impotent witnesses of the grief and terror in the numerous homes shattered or threatened, appeal to all souls, believers or unbelievers, in allied countries, in neutral countries, and even in enemy countries, who have a respect for human dignity.
When Cardinal Lavigerie embarked on his anti-slavery campaign, Pope Leo XIII, as he blessed his mission, remarked: "Opinion is more than ever the queen of the world. It is on this you must work. You will only conquer by means of opinion."
May Divine Providence deign to inspire all who have any authority, all who are masters of speech and pen, to rally around our humble Belgian flag for the abolition of European slavery.
May human conscience triumph over all sophisms and remain steadfastly faithful to the great precept of St. Ambrose: Honour above everything! Nihil praeferendum honestati!
In the name of the Belgian Bishops,
D. J. (Cardinal) MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines
Source: Source Records of the Great War, Vol. IV, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923
Britain introduced conscription for the first time on 2 February 1916.
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Q: Creating a list of references to object attributes The problem in the code is that Vector.numerical_vector is a list of copies of floats, but I need it to be list of references, so when Vector.vector[n].value is changed, Vector.numerical_vector[n] is changed to the same value as well.
Thanks for help in advance!
class Var:
    def __init__(self, val):
        self.value = float(val)

    def __float__(self):
        return self.value

class Vector:
    def __init__(self, vector):
        self.vector = vector
        self.numerical_vector = [float(x) for x in vector]

vars = [Var(i) for i in range(5)]
vector = Vector(vars)

A: You might want to employ a property for that.
class Vector:
    def __init__(self, vector):
        self.vector = vector
    @property
    def numerical_vector(self):
        return [x.value for x in self.vector]

Now vector.numerical_vector will always be synchronized. A drawback of this method is that it is recomputed each time you access it, some it may not be adapted to your specific application.
If performance is an issue, you could add __getitem__ and __setitem__ methods to Vector as follows:
class Vector:
    def __init__(self, vector):
        self.vector = vector
        self.numerical_vector = [float(x) for x in vector]
    def __getitem__(self, i):
        return self.vector[i]
    def __setitem__(self, i, val):
        self.vector[i] = val
        self.numerical_vector[i] = float(val)

In that case, if you set vector_instance[i], then vector_instance.numerical_vector[i] will be also modified. But if you want to modify vector_instance.vector[i] directly, then synchronicity will be broken.
Depending on the use case, you can use either of the two approaches. Both have limitations but I don't think much more can be done.

A: There's no way to do that in python. What you could do is make numerical_vector an object that, when accessed, returns the float value of the corresponding vector item. Eg
class VectorWrapper:
    def __init__(self, vector):
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Next Article Was it an Iranian terror plot or a false flag operation?
BEN NORTON: The Donald Trump administration has made regime change in Iran one of its top foreign policy priorities, and some of the extreme warhawks Trump has willingly surrounded himself with are supporting a fanatical cult in hopes of toppling Iran's government. The president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been a keynote speaker at multiple conferences held by the Iranian opposition group the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, known popularly as the MEK. At a summit in Washington, D.C. in May, Giuliani declared that Trump is committed to regime change. Weeks later in June, Giuliani again spoke as a keynote speaker at the MEK's conference in Paris.
RUDY GIULIANI: We are now, I believe, very realistic in being able to see an end of the regime in Iran. We can see it.
BEN NORTON: The MEK was considered a terrorist organization by the United States government until 2012. Larry Wilkerson, a former top George Bush administration official, told The Real News Network that the MEK is a bloodthirsty cult that is widely considered by Iranians to be full of traitors.
LARRY WILKERSON: I mean, this is a group that, when I was chief of staff of the State Department, Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell actually worked together, one of the few times they did, to keep them out of our hair in Iraq. And that was primarily because, number one, they were on the top of our list of terrorist organizations. Number two, they were a bloodthirsty cult, and we knew that. All of us knew that. The intelligence people knew that. The diplomats knew that. Everyone who ever had any dealing with Mujahideen-e-Khalq knew that they were a cult, first and foremost, and a brutal, bloody, ruthless cult all together.
I have never met in all my time and dealing in track two diplomacy and other diplomacy with Iran, and with dealing with the Iranian people in general, and Iranians in this country, for that matter, other than those around the royal group in this country, or in Iran, who thought they were anything other than traitors. Traitors and terrorists. Because they joined Saddam Hussein in what to most Iranians was the most seminal period in their lifetime, and that was the brutal eight years of war between Iraq and Iran, started, of course, by Iraq. So they see these people as traitors.
BEN NORTON: The MEK is one of several terrorist organizations that the U.S. government has allied with on and off, supporting it when it is politically convenient. Trump's hyper-hawkish neoconservative national security adviser John Bolton is a staunch supporter of the MEK, and has previously spoken at its annual conferences. President Trump's lawyer even took credit for helping to lead a global campaign to get the group unlisted as a terrorist organization.
RUDY GIULIANI: We fought a worldwide battle to shed the unfair label of terrorism in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union. That label is now gone, and you are seen as defenders of human rights.
BEN NORTON: Larry Wilkerson, a retired U.S. Army colonel who previously served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says the MEK has spent large sums of money and carefully undergone a rebranding to portray itself as democratic, secular, and moderate. Wilkerson argues that the U.S. has helped to facilitate this rebranding to push for regime change in Iran.
LARRY WILKERSON: This is the group that has become for the neoconservatives, and for some of those associated with Trump, the Iraqi National Congress. The Ahmad Chalabi/Iraqi National Congress. But it was, for the war with Iraq, fomenting that war, leading the United States to that war. The MEK is now serving as that entity for the coming war with Iran.
And I think what you see, in order to use them, to employ them as a Chalabi-like tool in this march to war with Iran, they have been refurbished. I think Saudi money's been in there. I think U.S. money has been in there. I think big-time money has been spent with largely U.S. European marketing entities that refurbished their name to make them look good. And I've even been told, I assume- this is coming from some of my intelligence community contacts- I've been told that they are keeping what was the more radical leadership in the shadows. They're not letting them be exposed so much, because they realize they still are the same people they were before.
But they've got new people to interface with the public, as it were. And they've got a new image, as you pointed out. And that image is being marketed by these very good marketers who are being paid enormous sums of money in order to do this. So it's not quite as easy as it was with Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress. I mean, we had all kinds of reports about their wasting money and being useless. Secretary Powell even turned them over the Pentagon because he was fed up with them. But I think this group is even worse. But at the same time, they have better marketers. They have people who are really good at advertising them and making them look good.
BEN NORTON: Rudy Giuliani, in fact, bolstered this explanation when he boasted at the MEK's conference in Paris that the U.S.-backed cult is allegedly coordinating the protests that are rocking Iran.
RUDY GIULIANI: Those protests were not happening accidentally. Those protests are happening because they're being coordinated now, unlike in 2009, they're being coordinated by many of our people in Albania, and many of our people here, and all throughout the world.
BEN NORTON: Although the MEK has become largely associated with ultraconservative hawks from the Republican Party, it also has increasing support among corporate Democrats. Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, also issued a statement of warm greetings to the MEK conference, which she described as a gathering of the, quote, friends and supporters of a free Iran.
Wilkerson argues that the growing bipartisan U.S. support for this Iranian opposition cult is the result of the dangerous idea that the enemy of the enemy is your friend. And he warns that the Trump administration's belligerent aggression against Iran eerily reminds him of the Bush administration's policy on Iraq.
LARRY WILKERSON: Well, you've got people like Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats, and certainly people like you've named, and others in the Republican Party, who subscribe to the very simplistic proposition that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Even if that enemy has been my enemy for a long time.
And that's the case for the MEK. And as I said before, this is a very very similar situation to Ahmad Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress in 2002, a situation with which I'm very familiar, because what's been happening is there's been this desperate search by everyone from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, which is really the replacement for Doug Feith's Office of Special Plans at the Pentagon, which manufactured the intelligence for the war with Iraq, including connections with Al-Qaida and 9/11, and the weapons of mass destruction, which were nonexistent. This is the group FDD, now, that outside the Pentagon, outside the formal government structures doing the same thing that Doug Feith's group was doing, manufacturing intelligence.
Now, I think, I've sensed of late that what the administration really wants, and what it would prefer- and this is probably, I have to say this, it's probably because of Donald Trump's influence on this situation, if he has any at all. They're trying to bring so much pressure to bear on the Ayatollah, on Rouhani, and Zarif, and others that the regime collapses of its own weight. And they've interpreted the recent disturbances in Tehran, in particular. And I think this is a misinterpretation of those disturbances. But nonetheless, they've interpret them as an indication that it's working.
So they think tightening the sanctions, making everything effective by November, getting Iran's oil off the market, ceasing that method of their making any money in the world and so forth, is going to topple the regime. So I think Donald Trump thinks he's going to do all this without war, that we're going to wind up with the regime crashing of its own weight. I think that's rather naive. I don't think that's going to happen. And I think in that not happening, John Bolton's going to try others, and we're going to wind up on a war track with Iran.
RUDY GIULIANI: Will it happen? Yes. When will it happen? Now. And I want next year at this time, I want us to have this convention in Tehran.
BEN NORTON: Reporting for The Real News I'm Ben Norton.


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How It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Got Its Mojo Back
By Charles Bramesco
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Dennis' Double Life
Editor's Rating 4 stars *****
Charlie Day as Charlie, Mary Elizabeth Ellis as the Waitress. Photo: Patrick McElhenney/FXX
Will It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ever jump the shark? It's hard to imagine that anyone who's stuck with this show for over a decade, through the crack-smoking and shattered lives and obliterated taboos, could be turned away by anything else it might try. Disbelief has been stuck in a state of permanent suspension since the series' second episode, leaving an unusually small number of internal laws that could be broken. This affords the writers the freedom necessary to put the Gang through all manner of bleak ordeals without the hassle of dealing with any consequences, but on the other side of this double-edged sword, it's made meaningful progress a difficult ordeal.
Circumstances snap back to the status quo with some regularity on Sunny, but this season has been dedicated to making real, lasting change. Mac's full emergence from the closet was irrefutable proof that these characters can develop beyond the end credits of a single episode. The season's finale serves up a one-two punch of major character crises, and sets the stage for a radically different batch of episodes when the series returns for its 13th season. If It's Always Sunny can jump the shark, this is when it'd happen — but for the time being, it looks like they've stuck the landing.
"Dennis' Double Life" does away with two core truths of this universe called Philadelphia: that Dennis cannot be made to experience human feelings, and that the Waitress will never stop hating Charlie. Upending these two constants threatens to break apart the cozy derelict world that It's Always Sunny has built, but at the same time, it opens up a ton of storytelling options for these two stuck-in-their-ways characters. Put simply, they're risks. And in the words of Steve Guttenberg, "No risk, no reward!"
The first harbinger of these cataclysmic changes arrives on a flight from North Dakota with Dennis Reynolds's bouncing baby boy in hand. Mandy (Christine Woods) knows Paddy's resident sociopath as Brian, the well-to-do pilot he impersonated in season ten, who gave her a night of pleasure while on a layover during a quixotic quest to beat baseball legend Wade Boggs's record for most beers consumed during a continental flight. Dennis's womanizing ways have finally caught up to him, and the Gang all fly to his aid with equally impractical plans. Although their efforts end up being for naught, the emotional revelations they trigger could have major ramifications next season.
After doing everything in his power to wriggle out of the responsibilities of fatherhood, Dennis follows through on the glint of humanity he displayed at the climax of "The Gang Tends Bar" and agrees to rear little Brian Jr. with Mandy, setting up a cliffhanger that's yet to be resolved. Credit's due to episode writers Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney for carefully working up to this change of heart, and noting that Dennis doesn't want to repeat the same pattern of disappointment established by his own father. The staff avoids a feelings ex machina by giving a long lead-in to Dennis's choice, and hopefully, that same level of care will be present in the season to come.
"Dennis' Double Life" presents his decision as a possible game-changer on par with Mac's big reveal, and while it's clear that his friends don't take his words particularly seriously, how the show will treat this choice remains murky. This could be a significant juncture for Dennis, granting him a more recognizable arc and ushering him into the horrifying new phase of Dennis Reynolds, Dad. To renege on that would certainly be a classic Dennis move, but it'd also make Sunny seem as manipulative and calculating as the character it's created.
The same goes for Charlie, who experiences his own personal upheaval as a reaction rippling from Dennis's newfound purpose in life. Charlie decides that it would be mutually beneficial for he and the Waitress if they decided to have a little one together, and calls her to mount what ends up being a pretty persuasive argument. As he frankly and rightly points out, her life is in a shambles, and Frank's money would get her out of the women's shelter where she currently lives. But it's not until Charlie opens up and uses the L word that she starts to pay his offer any mind. Charlie Day is a better actor than he's given credit for, and he does his best to sell this moment, but this is the closest the episode comes to shattering its sense of internal logic. Charlie is a stalker in no ambiguous terms, and the way he's treated the Waitress is not the way someone treats someone they love, even if his devotion feels true in the moment. Their offspring should have an even more far-reaching aftermath than Dennis's, but there's no telling if this will all get wiped away for a clean slate next season.
Even in the C-plot, Mac's having a reckoning of his own, as his unrequited attraction to Dennis grows more overt. He whips up a fake love life for himself and Dennis with an immediacy that betrays his hidden sentiments, repeatedly insisting that they do indeed bang one another despite Dennis's protestations. It's the rare gay-panic gag that works (because, like Andy Millman's catastrophic scene opposite Ian McKellen in Extras, it's rooted in the insecurities of hetero men) and it cues Mac up for an arc worthy of his openly gay status.
Frank, meanwhile, wants eggs. As has been typical of his role throughout this season, he spends the episode off to the side in his own loony scheme, this time offering Mandy a "decent proposal" of $5,000, failing to realize that the amount of money was never what made the more infamous proposal so indecent. It's redundant to suggest that a sitcom would have comic relief, but Frank's undoubtedly the member of the Gang most purely devoted to dispensing bizarre punch lines over character-driven storylines. He's been a constant MVP this season, and the revolting matter-of-factness with which he lays out the terms of his proposal serve as a fine reminder why.
After Sunny began to spin its wheels in season 11, this year has felt like a breakthrough for the show. It's plumbed new depths of racial and gender-based satire, and perhaps more impressively, it's added new dimensions to characters we've known for a decade. I marvel when I think back to Dennis taking a shine to the pint-size con artist at the water park, seeing how the show has played this transformation out incrementally so it didn't arrive as a betrayal of Dennis's profile. The show could coast on its boorish-yelling shtick for as long as FXX renews it, and the fans would probably keep watching. But It's Always Sunny deserves to be commended for continuing to challenge itself, expand its boundaries, and push the signposts of good taste a little farther. I wish we could get ten more seasons like this one, and the most thrilling thought of all is that we very well may.
• This episode runs pretty light on laughs, and most of them come from Charlie's lovingly crafted visual aids that accompany his presentation on why he and the Waitress should have a kid. As Charlie explains that life with him and the baby would be "pretty good," he holds up a collage of magazine clippings featuring a woman with wads of cash stuffed into her bikini.
• Mac gets the best throwaway line, helpfully explaining the nature of his alleged sexual relationship with Dennis: "He's the power bottom. He generates a tremendous amount of power from the bottom."
• Recapping this season has been sweeter than a fresh-cut rum ham, and I hope you'll all join me when the show returns for lucky season 13. Until then, take care and stay off PCP.
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Mustafi - Why returning to England was tough
It has been a year since Shkodran Mustafi signed for us, but he could have been forgiven for not moving back to England at all.
The World Cup winner had struggled to force way into Everton's first-team plans during his first stint in the Premier League, making just one appearance for David Moyes' side between 2009 and 2012.
After getting vital senior experience at Sampdoria and Valencia, Mustafi signed for us in August 2016, and he was determined to leave a positive mark upon his return to England.
See the latest on when Shkodran could return
"To be honest at the beginning I thought I was done with England because it was really frustrating [at Everton] and probably the worst time I had as a footballer," he told Arsenal Player.
"I didn't want to go there again but then when it came down to making a decision to stay or leave, I thought I would only leave Valencia if I had the opportunity to go to England.
"I was thankful that I had another opportunity to make a step forward by coming to Arsenal. For the rest of my life, I don't want to be patient anymore."


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Cardinals' defense can't make play to stop Russell Wilson
The Cardinals harassed Seattle's Russell Wilson all night Thursday, but he still made the one highlight play he needed to beat Arizona again
Cardinals' defense can't make play to stop Russell Wilson The Cardinals harassed Seattle's Russell Wilson all night Thursday, but he still made the one highlight play he needed to beat Arizona again Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2ArvXrt
Bob McManaman, azcentral sports Published 11:52 p.m. MT Nov. 9, 2017 | Updated 12:16 a.m. MT Nov. 10, 2017
Cardinals Haasan Reddick (43) pressures Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) during the third quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.(Photo: Patrick Breen/The Republic)
They knew what he could do with his legs if they gave him enough time. They've seen it in person before and watched enough tape of it all week long.
But when it came to trying to tackle and contain Russell Wilson from scrambling his way into making the play of the game, the Cardinals defense couldn't stop him when they needed to the most.
"I thought the defense played lights out – other than one play," Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said after his team's 22-16 loss to Wilson and the Seahawks Thursday night at University of Phoenix Stadium.
It was a play that turned into a nightmare for Arizona and its Red Sea off supporters.
On second and 21 from the Seattle 44 early in the fourth quarter and the Seahawks leading 15-10, Wilson dropped back to pass. He scurried away from one pass rusher and then another, looping back around and scrambling some more. Finally, with yet another rusher closing in on him, he turned and heaved the ball downfield.
Arians remains convinced Wilson was just trying to throw the ball out of bounds.
But that's not what happened.
Doug Baldwin was there on the sideline. So, too, was Cardinals veteran safety Antoine Bethea. But as the football came toward them, Bethea slipped and fell. Baldwin rose up and snatched the ball out of the air. He had free range toward the end zone and off he sped with no one seemingly around him.
Baldwin took it 54 yards until Cardinals rookie Budda Baker finally closed in on him and shoved him out of bounds at the 2-yard line. By then, the damage had already been done. Wilson hit Jimmy Graham for a 2-yard scoring strike on the very next play and it was the touchdown that broke the Cardinals' backs, dropping them to 0-4-1 against the Seahawks at home in the Arians' era.
"You can watch film, you can prepare for it but then actually playing against it, it's just a different beast," Cardinals defensive tackle Josh Mauro said of Wilson. "He just made a play. I'll take him throwing off his back foot, into coverage, every time.
"Credit them. They made a play. We had him hemmed up, but he just made the play. Simple as that."
Rookie linebacker Haason Reddick just shook his head as he recalled the play. He thought the Cardinals were going to sack Wilson for sure, but seemingly he had more time to run around than the 30 or so minutes the NFL Network kept him on the field after the game as reporters waited for him in the Seahawks' interview room.
"Oh man, he's just rubbery slippery, man," Reddick said. "He's just a slippery, elusive guy. We've got to contain him in the pocket, we've got to keep him in the pocket. When he gets outside of that pocket, that's when he makes the big plays.
"He's a great player, man."
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Arians said if Bethea hadn't slipped, he probably prevents the big play from happening with an interception.
"It was thrown right to him," Arians said. "He just slipped as he was jumping up, it appeared."
Bethea initially thought Wilson was trying to throw the ball away, too, but when he slipped and fell, he knew it was a catchable pass.
"It was just one of those plays," he said. "Scrambling is what we always talk about when playing him and he made a play. … We knew that coming in. We knew he could do that in the backfield, prolonging plays with his legs. We knew that. They just made more plays than we did tonight."
If the Cardinals would have sacked Wilson or at least forced a third and long situation, they might have been able to come right back and take the lead. They were trailing by less than a touchdown at the time. But Wilson does that to opposing teams. He buys time, extends plays and kills dreams.
"It's not a surprise," Mauro said. "His ability to extend plays, that's really the catalyst to their whole offense. He extends a play, receivers move downfield, they break off their original route, and he finds them. He has good accuracy and power to get it there.
"Like I said, we prepared for it. We practiced for it. We played against him in the past. But when it's live bullets out there, you just have to make a play."
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Reach McManaman at bob.mcmanaman@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @azbobbymac and listen to him live every Wednesday night between 7-9 on Fox Sports 910-AM on The Freaks with Kenny and Crash.
Photos: Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks
Arizona Cardinals Bruce Arins loses 22-16 to Seattle Seahawks Pete Carroll on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald greets Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson after lossing 22-16 to the Seahawks on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald talks with Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll after the Cardinals lost 22-16 on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Cardinals Haasan Reddick (43) pressures Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) during the third quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Cardinals Chandler Jones (55) misses a tackle on Seahawks Doug Baldwin (89) during the first quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Seahawks Doug Baldwin (89) runs downfield against the Cardinals during the fourth quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Seahawks Jimmy Graham (88) reacts after scoring a touchdown against Cardinals Antoine Bethea (41) during the fourth quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald (11) can't hold on to a pass as he is hit by Seahawks Justin Coleman (28) and Bradley McDougald (30) during the first quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Cardinals Tramon Williams (25) tackles Seahawks Jimmy Graham (88) during the first quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Cardinals Budda Baker (36) tackles Seahawks Thomas Rawls (34) during the second quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald battles for an extra yard as he is tackled by Seattle Seahawks Bradley McDougald and Shaquill Griffin in the second half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Tyvon Branch breaks-up the pass to Seattle Seahawks Tyler Lockett in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Phil Dawson makes a extra-point against the Seattle Seahawks in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Seattle Seahawks Blair Walsh kicks a field goal Arizona Cardinals in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals drian Peterson is tackled by Seattle Seahawks Kam Chancellor in the second half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Haason Reddick forces Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to fumble the ball out-of-bounds in the second half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton is hurt on this play as Seattle Seahawks Sheldon Richardson dives at his knee in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton reacts after Seattle Seahawks Sheldon Richardson dives at his ankle in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Jermaine Gresham scores a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Karlos Dansby reacts after a sack on Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald hugs offensive tackle D.J. Humphries after suffering a knee injury against the Seattle Seahawks in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Adrian Peterson fumbles the ball as Seattle Seahawks Sheldon Richardson strips it away in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Tyrann Mathieu gets a hand full of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in the first half on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Seahawks Russell Wilson (3) tries to avoid the pressure against the Cardinals during the first quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Cardinals Tyrann Mathieu (32) breaks up a pass intended for Tyler Lockett (16) during the first quarter on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Blaine Gabbert stretches on the field wearing a tooth fairy costume after losing the weekly quarterbacks bet before playing the Seahawks on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald prepares to play the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic
Governor Doug Ducey visits with Arizona Cardinals fans at the Seattle Seahawks game on Nov. 9, 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Schumacher/The Republic