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Canada targets peace activist Medea Benjamin by relying on FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC)- 2496 readings
2007 October 5
Canada targets peace activist Medea Benjamin by relying on FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
PEJ News - Joan Russow - Global Compliance Research Project - On October 4, 2007, CityNews.ca reported that American peace Activists were prevented entry into Canada and that "the arrests landed Medea Benjamin and fellow activist Ann Wright's names in an FBI-run database, the National Crime Information Center, which Canada also relies on to screen visitors…..Derek Mellon, a spokesman with the Canada Border Services Agency, said Canada generally refuses entry to anyone who has been convicted of a criminal offense, regardless of the nature of it"
In preventing the peace activists from entering Canada, Canada and the United States have violated their obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.
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Canada and the United States have both signed and ratified the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. Under article 2 of the Covenant there shall not be discrimination on the ground of "political and other opinion" and there is a requirement to enact legislation to prevent such discrimination:
1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
2. Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in the present Covenant
The FBI has an extensive list of what constitutes crime under National Crime Information Center (NCIC) (See ANNEX below). It appears that the Canada Border Services Agency relies on the FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC);
MANY QUESTION NEED TO BE ANSWERED
What constitutes the ground of "political and other opinion" ? Would this not obviously include other fundamental rights, such as Freedom of Movement , Freedom of Association, right, Advocacy etc?
Does the NCIC list include names of activists engaged in protests and rallies and thus violates the US obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to prevent discrimination on the grounds of "political and other opinion" ?
If so, what remedies are available?
Is Canada, in applying the list, to prevent activists from entering Canada, is it violating its obligations under the Covenant?
Is Canada, in preventing activists from entering Canada, is Canada in violation of its own Statutory legislation under the section of the CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service" Act that prevents those engaged in lawful advocacy to be designated as threats?
CRIMINALIZATION OF DISSENT
In 2001, an award winning series "criminalization of dissent" by Jim Bronskill and David Pugliese was published in news papers across the country. It is obvious that criminalization of dissent is increasing in both countries.
ANNEX: National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
National Crime Information Center
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division
1000 Custer Hollow Road
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306
Hours of Service: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
NCIC is a computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e.- criminal record history information, fugitives, stolen properties, missing persons). It is available to Federal, state, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
PURPOSE: The purpose for maintaining the NCIC system is to provide a computerized database for ready access by a criminal justice agency making an inquiry and for prompt disclosure of information in the system from other criminal justice agencies about crimes and criminals. This information assists authorized agencies in criminal justice and related law enforcement objectives, such as apprehending fugitives, locating missing persons, locating and returning stolen property, as well as in the protection of the law enforcement officers encountering the individuals described in the system.
ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: All records in NCIC are protected from unauthorized access through appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. These safeguards include restricting access to those with a need to know to perform their official duties, and using locks, alarm devices, passwords, and/or encrypting data communications.
USE CONSTRAINTS: Users of the NCIC system will be restricted to only those privileges necessary to perform an authorized task(s).
AGENCY PROGRAM: The FBI is authorized to acquire, collect, classify and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records and to exchange such information with authorized entities.
SOURCES OF DATA: Data contained in NCIC is provided by the FBI, federal, state, local and foreign criminal justice agencies, and authorized courts. The most recent iteration of NCIC became operational on July 11, 1999 at the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia. A recent hardware upgrade to the NCIC system is responsible for this significant improvement in performance.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
A. Wanted Persons:
1. Individuals for whom Federal warrants are
2. Individuals who have committed or have been identified with an
offense which is classified as a felony or serious misdemeanor under
the existing penal statutes of the jurisdiction originating the entry
and for whom a felony or misdemeanor warrant has been issued with
respect to the offense which was the basis of the entry. Probation and
parole violators meeting the foregoing criteria.
3. A "Temporary Felony Want" may be entered when a law enforcement
agency has need to take prompt action to establish a "want" entry
for the apprehension of a person who has committed or the officer has
reasonable grounds to believe has committed, a felony and who may seek
refuge by fleeing across jurisdictional boundaries and circumstances
preclude the immediate procurement of a felony warrant. A "Temporary
Felony Want" shall be specifically identified as such and subject to
verification and support by a proper warrant within 48 hours following
the entry of a temporary want. The agency originating the "Temporary
Felony Want" shall be responsible for subsequent verification or re-
entry of a permanent want.
4. Juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent and who have escaped
or absconded from custody, even though no arrest warrants were issued.
Juveniles who have been charged with the commission of a delinquent
act that would be a crime if committed by an adult, and who have fled
from the state where the act was committed.
offense committed in a foreign country, which would be a felony if
committed in the United States, and for whom a warrant of arrest is
outstanding and for which act an extradition treaty exists between the
United States and that country.
offense committed in Canada and for whom a Canada-Wide Warrant has
been issued which meets the requirements of the Canada-U.S.
Extradition Treaty, 18 U.S.C. 3184.
B. Individuals who have been charged with serious and/or significant
offenses:
1. Individuals who have been fingerprinted and whose criminal history
record information has been obtained.
2. Violent Felons: Persons with three or more convictions for a
violent felony or serious drug offense as defined by 18 U.S.C.
Sec. 924(e).
C. Missing Persons:
1. A person of any age who is missing and who is
under proven physical/mental disability or is senile, thereby
subjecting that person or others to personal and immediate danger.
2. A person of any age who is missing under circumstances indicating
that the disappearance was not voluntary.
that that person's physical safety may be in danger.
4. A person of any age who is missing after a catastrophe.
5. A person who is missing and declared unemancipated as defined by
the laws of the person's state of residence and does not meet any of
the entry criteria set forth in 1-4 above.
D. Individuals designated by the U.S. Secret Service as posing a
potential danger to the President and/or other authorized protectees.
E. Members of Violent Criminal Gangs: Individuals about whom
investigation has developed sufficient information to establish
membership in a particular violent criminal gang by either:
1. Self admission at the time of arrest or incarceration, or
2. Any two of the following criteria:
a. Identified as a gang member by a reliable informant;
b. Identified as a gang member by an informant whose information has
been corroborated;
c. Frequents a gang's area, associates with known members, and/or
affects gang dress, tattoos, or hand signals;
d. Has been arrested multiple times with known gang members for
offenses consistent with gang activity; or
e. Self admission (other than at the time of arrest or incarceration).
F. Members of Terrorist Organizations: Individuals about whom
investigations has developed sufficient information to establish
membership in a particular terrorist organization using the same
criteria listed above in paragraph E, items 1 and 2 a-e, as they apply
to members of terrorist organizations rather than members of violent
criminal gangs.
G. Unidentified Persons:
1. Any unidentified deceased person.
2. Any
person who is living and unable to ascertain the person's identity
(e.g., infant, amnesia victim).
3. Any unidentified catastrophe
victim.
4. Body parts when a body has been dismembered.
Categories of records in the system:
A. Stolen Vehicle File:
1. Stolen vehicles. 2. Vehicles wanted in
conjunction with felonies or serious misdemeanors. 3. Stolen vehicle
parts including certificates of origin or title.
B. Stolen License Plate File.
C. Stolen Boat File.
D. Stolen Gun File:
1. Stolen guns. 2. Recovered guns, when ownership
of which has not been established.
E. Stolen Article File.
F. Securities File:
1. Serially numbered stolen, embezzled or
counterfeited, securities.
2. "Securities" for present purposes of this file are currently
(e.g., bills, bank notes) and those documents or certificates which
generally are considered to be evidence of debt (e.g., bonds,
debentures, notes) or ownership of property (e.g., common stock,
preferred stock), and documents which represent subscription rights,
warrants and which are of the types traded in the securities exchanges
in the United States, except for commodities futures. Also, included
are warehouse receipts, travelers checks and money orders.
G. Wanted Person File: Described in "CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS
COVERED BY THE SYSTEM. A. Wanted Persons, 1-4."
H. Foreign Fugitive File: Identification data regarding persons who
are fugitives from foreign countries, who are described in
Categories of individuals covered by the system: A. Wanted Persons,
5 and 6."
I. Interstate Identification Index File: A cooperative Federal-state
program for the interstate exchange of criminal history record
information for the purpose of facilitating the interstate exchange of
such information among criminal justice agencies. Described in
Categories of individuals covered by the system: B. 1."
J. Identification records regarding persons enrolled in the United
States Marshals Service Witness Security Program who have been charged
with serious and/or significant offenses: Described in "CATEGORIES OF
INDIVIDUALS covered by the system: B."
K. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) Violent Felon File:
Described in "
Categories of individuals covered by the system: B.
2."
L. Missing Person File: Described in "CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS
covered by the system: C. Missing Persons."
M. U.S. Secret Service Protective File: Described in "CATEGORIES OF
INDIVIDUALS covered by the system: D."
N. Violent Criminal Gang File: A cooperative Federal-state program for
the interstate exchange of criminal gang information. For the purpose
of this file, a "gang" is defined as a group of three or more
persons with a common interest, bond, or activity characterized by
criminal or delinquent conduct. Described in "CATEGORIES OF
INDIVIDUALS covered by the system: E. Members of Violent Criminal
Gangs."
O. Terrorist File: A cooperative Federal-state program for the
exchange of information about terrorist organizations and individuals.
For the purposes of this file, "terrorism" is defined as activities
that involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a
violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state or
would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of
the United States or any state, which appear to be intended to:
1. Intimidate or coerce a civilian population,
2. Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion,
3. Affect the conduct of a government by crimes or kidnapping.
Categories of individuals covered by the system: F.
Members of Terrorist Organizations."
P. Unidentified Person File: Described in "CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS
covered by the system: G. Unidentified Persons."
Authority for maintenance of the system: The system is established and maintained in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 534; Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1973, Pub. L. 92-544, 86 Stat. 1115, Securities Acts Amendment of 1975, Pub. L. 94-29, 89 Stat. 97; and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (e). Exec. Order No. 10450, 3 CFR (1974).
Purpose(s): The purpose for maintaining the NCIC system of record is to provide a computerized data base for ready access by a criminal justice agency making an inquiry and for prompt disclosure of information in the system from other criminal justice agencies about crimes and criminals. This information assists authorized agencies in criminal justice objectives, such as apprehending fugitives, locating missing persons, locating and returning stolen property, as well as in the protection of the law enforcement officers encountering the individuals described in the system.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: Data in NCIC files is exchanged with and for the official use of authorized officials of the Federal Government, the States, cities, penal and other institutions, and certain foreign governments. The data is exchanged through NCIC lines to Federal criminal justice agencies, criminal justice agencies in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Possessions and U.S. Territories. Additionally, data contained in the various "want files," i.e., the stolen vehicle file, stolen license plate file, stolen gun file, stolen article file, wanted person file, securities file, boat file, and missing person data may be accessed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Criminal history data is disseminated to non-criminal justice agencies for use in connection with licensing for local/state employment or other uses, but only where such dissemination is authorized by Federal or state statutes and approved by the Attorney General of the United States.
Data in NCIC files, other than the information described in "Categories of records in the system: I, J, K, M, N, and O," is disseminated to (1) a nongovernmental agency subunit thereof which allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice, whose regularly employed peace officers have full police powers pursuant to state law and have complied with the minimum employment standards of governmentally employed police officers as specified by state statute; (2) a noncriminal justice governmental department of motor vehicle or driver's license registry established by a statute, which provides vehicles registration and driver record information to criminal justice agencies; (3) a governmental regional dispatch center, established by a state statute, resolution, ordinance or Executive order, which provides communications services to criminal justice agencies; and (4) the national Automobile Theft Bureau, a nongovernmental nonprofit agency which acts as a national clearinghouse for information on stolen vehicles and offers free assistance to law enforcement agencies concerning automobile thefts, identification and recovery of stolen vehicles.
Disclosures of information from this system, as described above, are for the purpose of providing information to authorized agencies to facilitate the apprehension of fugitives, the location of missing persons, the location and/or return of stolen property, or similar criminal justice objectives.
Information on missing children, missing adults who were reported missing while children, and unidentified living and deceased persons may be disclosed to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The NCMEC is a nongovernmental, nonprofit, federally funded corporation, serving as a national resource and technical assistance clearinghouse focusing on missing and exploited children. Information is disclosed to NCMEC to assist it in its efforts to provide technical assistance and education to parents and local governments regarding the problems of missing and exploited children, and to operate a nationwide missing children hotline to permit members of the public to telephone the Center from anywhere in the United States with information about a missing child.
In addition, information may be released to the news media and the public pursuant to 28 CFR 50.2, unless it is determined that release of the specific information in the context of a particular case would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
To a Member of Congress or staff acting upon the member's behalf whom the member or staff requests the information on behalf of and at the request of the individual who is the subject of the record; and,
To the National Archives and Records Administration and the General Services Administration in records management inspections conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 2904 and 2906.
System Maintenance Policies
Storage: Information maintained in the NCIC system is stored electronically for use in a computer environment.
Retrievability: On line access to data in NCIC is achieved by using the following search descriptors:
1. Vehicle identification number;
2. Owner applied number;
3. License plate number;
4. NCIC number (unique number assigned by NCIC computer to each NCIC
record.)
B. Stolen License Plate File:
2. NCIC number.
C. Stolen Boat File:
1. Registration document number;
2. Hull serial number;
1. Serial number of gun;
E. Stolen Article File:
1. Serial number of article;
1. Type, serial number, denomination of security, and issuer for other
than U.S. Treasury issues and currency;
2. Type of security and name of owner of security;
3. Social Security number of owner of security (it is noted the
requirements of the Privacy Act with regard to the solicitation of
Social Security numbers have been brought to the attention of the
members of the NCIC system);
G. Wanted Person File:
1. Name and one of the following numerical identifiers:
a. Date of birth;
b. FBI number (number assigned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
to an arrest fingerprint record);
c. Social Security number (it is noted the requirements of the Privacy
Act with regard to the solicitation of Social Security numbers have
been brought to the attention of the members of the NCIC system);
d. Operator's license number (driver's number);
e. Miscellaneous identifying number (military number or number
assigned by Federal, state, or local authorities to an individual's
record);
f. Originating agency case number;
2. Vehicle or license plate known to be in the possession of the
wanted person;
H. Foreign Fugitive File: See G, above.
I. Interstate Identification Index File:
1. Name, sex, race, and date of birth;
2. FBI number;
3. State identification number;
4. Social Security number;
5. Miscellaneous identifying number.
J. Witness Security Program File: See G, above.
K. BATF Violent Felon File: See G, above.
L. Missing Person File: See G, above, plus the age, sex, race, height
and weight, eye and hair color of the missing person.
M. U.S. Secret Service Protective File: See G, above.
N. Violent Criminal Gang File: See G, above.
O. Terrorist File: See G, above.
P. Unidentified Person File: the age, sex, race, height and weight,
eye and hair color of the unidentified person.
Safeguards: Data stored in the NCIC is documented criminal justice agency information and access to that data is restricted to duly authorized criminal justice agencies. The following security measures are the minimum to be adopted by all criminal justice agencies having access to the NCIC.
Interstate Identification Index (III) File. These measures are designed to prevent unauthorized access to the system data and/or unauthorized use of data obtained from the computerized file.
1. Computer Center.
a. The criminal justice agency computer site must have adequate physical security to protect against any unauthorized personnel gaining access to the computer equipment or to any of the stored data. b. Since personnel at these computer centers can have access to data stored in the system, they must be screened thoroughly under the authority and supervision of an NCIC control terminal agency. (This authority and supervision may be delegated to responsible criminal justice agency personnel in the case of a satellite computer center being serviced through a state control terminal agency.) This screening will also apply to non-criminal justice maintenance or technical personnel. c. All visitors to these computer centers must be accompanied by staff personnel at all times. d. Computers having access to the NCIC must have the proper computer instructions written and other built-in controls to prevent criminal history data from being accessible to any terminals other than authorized terminals. e. Computers having access to the NCIC must maintain a record of all transactions against the criminal history file in the same manner the NCIC computer logs all transactions. The NCIC identifies each specific agency entering or receiving information and maintains a record of those transactions. This transaction record must be monitored and reviewed on a regular basis to detect any possible misuse of criminal history data. f. Each State Control terminal shall build its data system around a central computer, through which each inquiry must pass for screening and verification. The configuration and operation of the center shall provide for the integrity of the data base.
2. Communications: a. Lines/channels being used to transmit criminal history information must be dedicated solely to criminal justice, i.e., there must be no terminals belonging to agencies outside the criminal justice system sharing these lines/channels. b. Physical security of the lines/channels must be protected to guard against clandestine devices being utilized to intercept or inject system traffic.
3. Terminal Devices Having Access to NCIC: a. All agencies having terminals on this system must be required to physically place these terminals in secure locations within the authorized agency. b. The agencies having terminals with access to criminal history must screen terminal operators and restrict access to the terminal to a minimum number of authorized employees. c. Copies of criminal history data obtained from terminal devices must be afforded security to prevent any unauthorized access to or use of the data. d. All remote terminals on NCIC III will maintain a manual or automated log of computerized criminal history inquiries with notations of individuals making requests for records for a minimum of one year.
Retention and disposal: Unless otherwise removed, records will be retained in files as follows:
A. Vehicle File: a. Unrecovered stolen vehicle records (including
snowmobile records) which do not contain vehicle identification
numbers (VIN) or Owner-applied number (OAN) therein, will be purged
from file 90 days after date of entry. Unrecovered stolen vehicle
records (including snowmobile records) which contain VIN's or OANs
will remain in file for the year of entry plus 4.
b. Unrecovered vehicles wanted in conjunction with a felony will
remain in file for 90 days after entry. In the event a longer
retention period is desired, the vehicle must be reentered. c.
Unrecovered stolen VIN plates, certificates of origin or title, and
serially numbered stolen vehicle engines or transmissions will remain
in file for the year of entry plus 4.
(Job No. NC1-65-82-4, Part E. 13 h.(1))
B. License Plate File: Unrecovered stolen license plates will remain
in file for one year after the end of the plate's expiration year as
shown in the record.
C. Boat File: Unrecovered stolen boat records, which contain a hull
serial number of an OAN, will be retained in file for the balance of
the year entered plus 4. Unrecovered stolen boat records which do not
contain a hull serial number or an OAN will be purged from file 90
days after date of entry.
D. Gun file: a. Unrecovered weapons will be retained in file for an
indefinite period until action is taken by the originating agency to
clear the record. b. Weapons entered in file as "recovered" weapons
will remain in file for the balance of the year entered plus 2.
E. Article File: Unrecovered stolen articles will be retained for the
balance of the year entered plus one year.
F. Securities File: Unrecovered stolen, embezzled or counterfeited
securities will be retained for the balance of the year entered plus
4, except for travelers checks and money orders, which will be
retained for the balance of the year entered plus 2.
G. Wanted Person File: Person not located will remain in file
indefinitely until action is taken by the originating agency to clear
the record (except "Temporary Felony Wants", which will be
automatically removed from the file after 48 hours).
(Job No. NC1-65-87-114, Part E. 13 h.(7))
H. Foreign Fugitive File: Person not located will remain in file
the record.
I. Interstate Identification Index File: When an individual reaches
age of 80.
(Job No. NC1-65-76-1)
USS Abraham Lincoln – and other US Nuclear powered and nuclear arms capable vessels must be internationally prohibited
PEJ News- Joan Russow - Global Compliance Research Project - Nuclear powered and nuclear arms capable vessels; a disaster in waiting.
The USS Abraham Lincoln – the nuclear powered and nuclear arms capable vessel- is yet again in the urban harbour of Greater Victoria Canada. This vessel is the infamous vessel from which President Bush proclaimed US Victory in Iraq.
The intrusion into Canadian waters by U.S. nuclear powered and nuclear arms capable vessels contravenes obligations to prevent disasters, commitments to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, and a decision by the International Court of Justice.
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Small Graces is one of those beautiful books for children which is finely crafted in every aspect. The prayers within are a pleasant mixture of old and new, so short and simple that every word shines. The beautiful linocuts partner the simplicity of the prayers with their own pure lines.
Anne Sandall cast her net wide for the prayers she chose to include in this book: from Iona to Africa, from Robert Burns to the Psalms, and many labelled simply "traditional" or "unknown," reminding the reader that the best prayers become so familiar that their original prayer is often forgotten. There's a beautiful prayer from Bishop Alpha Mohamed of Tanzania, well-known to the parishioners of Grace Church. The prayers which Anne herself has written and interspersed with the rest are indeed "graceful." All are arranged in sections for daybreak, noon, evening, and day's end.
The loving labor of mother and daughter is evident in the small details of the book. The layout is peaceful, with plenty of space around each prayer on the page. The fonts (Carmina for the text, Bucephalus for the headings) are curvaceous and interesting without being so intricate as to make reading difficult. The colors of the cover, end papers, and linocuts are deep and rich.
The book includes a bibliography listing Anne's sources for the prayers she compiled, as well as an index of prayers by first line. There are also blank pages for the reader to add his or her own personal or favorite prayers. As an added treat at the very end, the book includes a page of photographs showing the process of creating the linocuts.
Reprinted with permission from Grace Tidings, September 2005, the newsletter of Grace Church, an Episcopal Church of the World Wide Anglican Communion, Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A.


I have just realised the Wellness Day I am organising is a few days away. The idea behind the event is to showcase some of the therapies and products available to help us look and feel better. I will be welcoming people as they come through the door, but I have done nothing about my face. My feet are fine. Flexitol on them every morning means there is no cracked skin. Hurrah! But feeling my cheeks I can feel a few rough patches left after recent bouts with painkillers and antibiotics.
Last month the local Patient Participation Group at our surgery asked me to talk about the Wellness Day. 50% of the group were very savvy males, and as soon as I said that men got just as many bad skin reactions as a side effect from drugs as did women, their questions came thick and fast. We are becoming much more 'skin savvy', and no longer think a pretty jar will hold a miracle cream. When will our doctors wise up to this? After all, skin is our biggest organ, and without it to protect us germs run riot.
So I must take myself in hand. Book a facial with Georgie at Hair of Dorchester (she has a special interest in oncology massage and is giving mini hand massages at the Wellness Day). Then I must do my bit; drink more water; make sure I slap on Anthelios before going out, and around 4 pm give my skin an extra dab of LRP moisturiser. And use LRP hand cream after washing. I can't expect miracles to happen on their own.
Look Good, Feel Better are going to be there, and they now have sessions for men. If you haven't taken part, come and find out about this wonderful treat. And eating healthily won't do me any harm. British Tomato growers will also be there, and this reminds me to order in a case of tomato juice. I drink fruit juice by the pint, and have discovered that whilst Apricot juice has 134 calories for 8 ozs. and orange juice has 110, tomato juice only has 40 calories for a large 1/2 pint glass, and as it contains 'red' fruit it is decidedly healthier. Just watch me bounce around!
Hello Verite, I've enjoyed reading your post. Part of my oncology massage training involves the use of fixed oils to treat many skin troubles resulting from cancer treatment. The oils I use are organic, unrefined and cold-pressed – so basically the best you can find! They get absorbed into the skin, not leaving a residue, and are packed full of omega 3 & 6.
The issues that can be addressed are: abrasions, acne, appetite, bed sores, brown age spots, bruises, burns, dry skin, eczema, dry, damaged hair, inflammation, itchiness, soreness, neuralgia, damaged skin, scars, varicose veins, stretchmarks and wrinkles.
I'm looking forward to taking part in the Wellness Day, hearing people's stories and hopefully helping a few people as well.


Situated close to the village centre this character property provides well designed and spacious accommodation along with annex and enclosed garden.
An extended z shaped entrance hall, featuring an impressive integral fish tank, provides access to the family room, utility and w.c and opens into a large, open plan, south facing kitchen / breakfast room. The kitchen / breakfast room has a range cooker and integrated appliances, vaulted ceiling and double doors onto a large patio area. The layout for this area is L shaped with the breakfast room leading into a dining room with oak flooring. The separate sitting room is double aspect with an open fireplace and adjacent study.
On the first floor there is a master bedroom with en suite bathroom and three further bedrooms and a family shower room.
The annex provides flexible additional accommodation separate to the house. It has an open plan reception room / bedroom with two sets of bi-fold doors into the garden, a shower room and further storage room.
The property is reached by a private driveway with ample parking and has a fully enclosed mature garden with lawned area, patio and borders.
The cottage is located close to Highclere, a popular village with junior school, village hall and pub. Situated in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Highclere is within easy access of the A343 and convenient for the ancient market town of Newbury, which provides leisure, cultural and shopping facilities as well as the famous Newbury Racecourse and fast trains to London and elsewhere.
Excellent commuting links also include proximity to the A34 and the M4 motorway.


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Q: Rock Paper Scissors Game - Code does not give me any output I'm trying make a rock paper scissor game in Python, but when I run and write an input there's absolutely no output on console and no error. Is like when the code runs it got stuck, I'm really not sure why this happen or where is my error. My code is:
from random import randrange

computer=randrange(1,4)
human=input("Write your answer (paper, rock or scissor ")

def convertir (numero):
    if numero == "rock":
        return 1
    elif numero == "paper":
        return 2
    elif numero == "scissor":
        return 3
    else:
        return "Write good choice"

result=convertir(human)

while True:
    if result == "rock" or result == "paper" or result == "scissor":
        break
    else:
        continue

def decision (choose):
    if choose == 1 and computer == 2:
        return "You have Lost (YOU: Rock vs COMPUTER: Paper)"
    elif choose == 1 and computer == 3:
        return "You have win (YOU: Rock vs COMPUTER: Scissor)"
    elif choose == 2 and computer == 1:
        return "You have won (YOU: Paper vs COMPUTER: Rock)"
    elif choose == 2 and computer == 3:
        return "You have lost (YOU: Paper vs COMPUTER: Scissor)"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 1:
        return "You have lost (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Rock)"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 2:
        return "You have won (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Paper)"
    elif choose == computer:
        return "DRAW"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 1:
        return "You have lost (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Rock)"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 2:
        return "You have won (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Paper)"

convertir(human)
print(decision(result))

A: You need to ask for new input in the while loop. Otherwise the loop will keep repeating the same test.
Since you're checking the string format of the input, you need to compare with human, not result.
There's no need to call convertir() again before print(decision(result)).
from random import randrange

computer=randrange(1,4)

def convertir (numero):
    if numero == "rock":
        return 1
    elif numero == "paper":
        return 2
    elif numero == "scissor":
        return 3
    else:
        return "Write good choice"

while True:
    human=input("Write your answer (paper, rock or scissor ")
    if human in ("rock", "paper", "scissor")
        break
    else:
        print("Write good choice")

result=convertir(human)

def decision (choose):
    if choose == 1 and computer == 2:
        return "You have Lost (YOU: Rock vs COMPUTER: Paper)"
    elif choose == 1 and computer == 3:
        return "You have win (YOU: Rock vs COMPUTER: Scissor)"
    elif choose == 2 and computer == 1:
        return "You have won (YOU: Paper vs COMPUTER: Rock)"
    elif choose == 2 and computer == 3:
        return "You have lost (YOU: Paper vs COMPUTER: Scissor)"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 1:
        return "You have lost (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Rock)"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 2:
        return "You have won (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Paper)"
    elif choose == computer:
        return "DRAW"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 1:
        return "You have lost (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Rock)"
    elif choose == 3 and computer == 2:
        return "You have won (YOU: Scissor vs COMPUTER: Paper)"

print(decision(result))

It's not really clear why you bother to use numbers in the first place. You're not doing anything numeric with it, and it doesn't make the code any easier to read. Why use inscrutible numbers like
if choose == 3 and computer == 2:

rather than
if choose == "scissor" and computer == "paper":

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Sixth Annual SteelDay Set for Sept. 19
Now in its sixth year, SteelDay is a great opportunity to learn about the structural steel industry's latest technologies.
August 13, 2014 |
Where will you be celebrating SteelDay? Whether you visit a structural steel facility, tour a project jobsite or attend a seminar, you can be part of the industry's largest educational and networking event on September 19. Hosted by AISC and its members and partners, SteelDay offers free events throughout the country for AEC professionals, faculty and students and the public to see firsthand how the vibrant U.S. structural steel industry works to build our country's buildings and bridges. To find and register for events, click here.
Now in its sixth year, SteelDay is a great opportunity to learn about the structural steel industry's latest technologies (ranging from improvements in the properties of steel to better equipment and new communication and design tools), see what's going on today with structural steel and network with people advancing the design and construction industry.
At hundreds of locations across the country, steel fabricators, mills, service centers and others open their facilities for guests to learn about various facets of the industry. And year after year, SteelDay proves to be an invaluable experience for new and seasoned professionals alike.
Elmo Diaz teaches high-school students industrial arts out of his blacksmith shop in Omaha, Neb., as part of a local partnership program. He and some of his students attended a nearby SteelDay event last year at Davis Erection (an AISC member and AISC advanced certified steel erector) and afterwards commented "My goal is to show my students that they can make a great living in the trades, and the opportunity for future employment that this SteelDay event demonstrated to them is priceless."
And in New Brighton, Penn., after a SteelDay tour at Littell Steel Company (an AISC member and AISC certified fabricator), Roy F. Kim, Jr., P.E., of House and Building Engineering said "SteelDay gives engineers a chance to see the products as a physical reality, and to learn new fabrication and construction methods."
Designers and developers also offer project site tours. In July, AISC hosted a special pre-SteelDay presentation and site tour of Chicago's first Girder-Slab® project, known as Circa 922, an innovative steel multi-story residential project under construction downtown. Guests explored firsthand how the project's structural steel framing and precast hollow core floor system have provided a proven structural system, large open bays, architectural flexibility, low cost and a quick construction schedule. Watch the video (courtesy of Descon Plus) to see highlights from the tour.
Can't get to an event on SteelDay? Don't fret. Live webinars will be offered. In addition, participants can request a brief informative video about the structural steel industry (email info@steelday.org), and, where possible, an industry representative will visit your company's office or vocational school on SteelDay to answer any questions.
"Never before have there been as many ways to be involved with SteelDay," said Ross Allbritton, AISC's industry mobilization manager.
In addition to connecting attendees with structural steel experts in their local area, SteelDay features special events in major cities. For instance, AISC will be hosting a Chicago bus tour, where attendees can marvel at landmark steel structures throughout the city.
To find and register for SteelDay events by state or event type, visit www.SteelDay.org/FreeEvents.
To learn more about SteelDay, visit www.SteelDay.org. You can also keep up with SteelDay updates and discussions via AISC's social media channels at www.twitter.com/aisc, www.facebook.com/AISCdotORG and www.youtube.com/AISCsteelTV.
About the American Institute of Steel Construction
Since its establishment, AISC has conducted its numerous activities with a scrupulous sense of public responsibility. For this reason, and because of the high caliber of its staff, the Institute enjoys a close working relationship with architects, engineers, code officials and educators who recognize its professional status in the fields of specification writing, structural research, design development and performance standards.
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Ruling ends battle over brain-dead toddler
Over parents' objections, a judge orders life support measures removed, and the 2-year-old dies.
By Michael E. MillerThe Washington Post
It all started with an asthma attack.
Israel Stinson was an adorable toddler with a sweet smile and unruly hair. But on April 1, he began having trouble breathing. After he was taken to a northern California hospital, the unthinkable happened: Israel suffered a heart attack. After 40 minutes of CPR, doctors were able to restart his heart. But nearly an hour without oxygen had left him brain dead, they determined.
Jonee Fonseca with her son Israel Stinson while he was on life support. The toddler died Thursday.
That's when the battle began.
Stinson's parents did not believe the doctors. Nathaniel Stinson and Jonee Fonseca went to court to demand that Israel be kept on life support in the hope he recovered.
"Israel's medical chart … said he was deceased. But Israel is ALIVE!" Fonseca wrote. "God is telling me not to let go."
When courts ruled against them, the parents flew their son to Central America in a desperate attempt to find him treatment.
The four-month saga came to an abrupt end Thursday, however, when a judge issued a surprise ruling against the parents. The 2-year-old was taken off a ventilator and quickly stopped breathing.
This time there was no disagreement.
"He's gone," his mother tearfully told the Sacramento Bee Thursday afternoon.
After Israel's parents posted emotional but controversial videos of their son's condition online, the tragic case drew national attention and sparked debate over conflicting medical, legal and religious definitions of "death." What doctors dismissed as Israel's involuntary muscle twitches, the family saw as intentional responses.
The debate echoes previous cases, some of which became causes célèbres. The most famous was that of Terri Schiavo, a woman with brain damage whose parents fought for years to keep her alive until a judge ultimately granted her husband's wish to have her feeding tube removed. In 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy went tragically wrong. Her family is still fighting to keep her on life support.
Thursday's events are unlikely to dampen the decades-old national debate.
A pro-life group representing Israel and his family pro-bono told The Washington Post the outcome was "cruel" and potentially criminal.
"In no circumstances ever, ever should somebody be put to death without due process of law," said Alexandra Snyder of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, adding that the family felt state law entitled them to consult another doctor before Israel was taken off life support.
Children's Hospital in Los Angeles told the Bee it could not comment because of "privacy regulations." Israel had already been declared brain dead by three doctors at two hospitals, Snyder admits, although she said the family questioned those diagnoses.


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Featured: Lysimachia arvensis Image from Stuppy & Kesseler
©Papadakis Publisher
Family: Hypericaceae Juss.
Genus: Hypericum Tourn. ex L.
Hypericum scouleri Hook.
This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Canada to Mexico.
Full Distribution Listing
Native to:
Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Hypericum collinum var. schmitzii R.Keller
Hypericum formosum A.Gray
Hypericum formosum var. nortoniae (M.E.Jones) C.L.Hitchc.
Hypericum formosum subsp. scouleri (Hook.) C.L.Hitchc.
Hypericum formosum var. scouleri (Hook.) J.M.Coult.
Hypericum nortoniae M.E.Jones
Hypericum scouleri subsp. nortoniae (M.E.Jones) J.M.Gillett
Hypericum simulans Rose
Has 8 Synonyms
Hypericum scouleri Hook. appears in other Kew resources:
IPNI - The International Plant Names Index
Herbarium Catalogue (5 records)
Identified As
s.coll. [285], USA K000677270
Pringle, C.G. [8993], Mexico K000221172 Unknown type material
Nuttall [s.n.], Oregon K000677268
Nuttall [s.n.], USA K000677269
Scouler, J. [s.n.], Northern America K000677267
First published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 111 (1831)
Accepted by
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Robson, N.K.B. (2002). Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 4(2). Section 9. Hypericum sensu lato (part 2): subsection 1. Hypericum series 1. Hypericum Bulleton of the Natural History Museum. Botany Series 32: 61-123.
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Fried chicken is one of those dishes that is simple in design, but can easily fall apart in execution. It's one of the top comfort foods, but also tends to rattle most cooks. It is deceptively simple– tender juicy inside, flavorful crispy crust. Two elements. What can go wrong?
All kinds of things. Soggy, greasy crust, under or overcooked chicken, bland flavor, dried out texture– the list seems daunting. The fantasy of a beautiful mahogany brown piece of crispy Southern goodness flies out the window after a couple of failures, and a trip to the drive through for a bucket of that white-suited guy's stuff seems the best most of us can get.
Except there are ways to address each of these problems when you have a little culinary magic at your disposal. Here's how to make the magic happen.
The real thing - juicy, crispy, and fabulous.
Before we get to the recipe, there are some basic tricks and techniques you need to understand when prepping, battering, and frying.
Brining meat is the coolest thing. Brining is soaking the chicken in a salty liquid overnight. This is your magic potion. It's a way to get flavor inside the meat so that the whole bite is full of flavor, not just the crust. It works by reverse osmosis– in a nutshell, the semi-permeable membrane of the muscle tissue will take up the salt and hang on to it while cooking. It seems like you're using acres of salt— and you are— but it doesn't end up in salty meat at all. You end up with well-seasoned and tender chicken. The one thing to watch on the brine is timing: Chicken can brine for up to 12 hours (overnight) but not much longer. Any longer and it gets too salty. Ew.
Another way to boost flavor is in the crust. Many recipes will warn you about either seasoning in the crust ingredients OR using a brine, but not both. This means you have to choose whether to have a tasty interior or crust but not both. That's just wrong. If you make sure the seasonings appear in each element, the chicken will be intensely flavorful through and through. Don't panic over what seems like large amounts of seasonings – if you think about what a tiny amount actually ends up in each bite, it'll make sense. And once you taste it, it'll REALLY make sense.
I use a modified double dip to batter the chicken. I always feel like I'm trying to explain an Olympic maneuver when I say this– I call my signature move the semi-double dip. All it means is I dip in flour, then buttermilk, and then back into the flour.
You'll notice when reading the recipe below that I say that after you batter the chicken, you should put it on a rack to let it rest. The reason for this is to improve and preserve the coating. If the flour/buttermilk mixture has time to rest after you coat the chicken, it has a chance to 'meld' – the skin, buttermilk, seasoning, and flour become unified. This prevents the crust from separating from the chicken when it hits the hot oil.
Using the semi-double dip also means that you'll have a nice layer of crust – not so thin so you barely know it's there, nor so thick you need an excavator to find the chicken inside.
The crust will set much better if the chicken is rested on a rack for a few minutes after battering and before frying.
Brining in Buttermilk: Many southern cooks, my grandmother and great grandmother included, soak their chicken in buttermilk before frying and/or use it as a part of the breading. For a few years my mother fell away from the faith, but she's now back in the buttermilk fold.
With buttermilk, you're going to harness the power of lactic acid, which will help in denaturing the proteins in the chicken. This will not only make it tender but also increase the flavor throughout, not just on the surface.
So make a brine, but instead of water, use buttermilk. You'll be amazed at the difference in texture and flavor.
Buttermilk brine is the magic potion.
There are two elements to getting that crunch: The 'double dip' of batter and the frying method. We've already discussed the batter, so let's discuss the best way to fry the chicken.
Temperature: The temperature of the oil is critical. You really need to have either a deep fat fryer with a built-in thermometer or an instant-read or candy thermometer that will clip to the side of your pan. The temperature needs to be right at 350°F. This will mean a golden brown crust and allow the interior to cook through correctly. If you have the oil at the right temperature, the crust is sealed quickly, which keeps the juices inside the chicken, not dispersing out into the oil. An additional bonus is the oil won't crackle and spit as much. (It will some, just not as much.) The right temperature also means less oil is absorbed into the crust, which keeps it from getting that greasiness which can be so icky.
Oil: The temperature is more important than the type, but still, you need to use the right medium in which to fry. You can use vegetable oil, shortening, lard, or whatever, but my personal preference is peanut oil. It does cost more than most oils, true, and until lately, it was usually only sold by the gallon for deep frying turkeys at Thanksgiving. But it's you can find reasonably priced smaller bottles now. Peanut oil works great for a couple of reasons: It can hold a relatively high temperature without burning, coloring, or acquiring an off flavor, and it doesn't impart a flavor of its own. If you can't find it (or don't want to spend a little extra), try vegetable oil.
Old trick for checking if the oil is hot: Use the handle of a wooden spoon. If you see bubbles like this, it's hot enough. A thermometer works better though! 350 degrees is the goal.
3 cups peanut oil or shortening– however much it takes to fill your pan 2-3 inches deep.
In a food processor, combine salt and sugar, and process to combine. Add garlic cloves, and process just a moment until the ingredients form a paste, but you still have large chunks of garlic. Put this mixture into a container large enough to hold all the chicken. Add the herbs and buttermilk. Stir well to dissolve the salt and sugar. Add the chicken pieces, turning to make sure all are immersed. Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours, which is ideal. Don't leave it longer than overnight.
Set a wire rack over a cookie sheet. Remove the chicken from the brine and discard the brine. Set the chicken pieces in a single layer on the wire rack, and refrigerate. Don't cover the chicken at this point– you want it to air dry somewhat for a couple of hours. If need be, after two hours, you can cover it and refrigerate for up to eight hours before proceeding.
In a second bowl, whisk together the egg and buttermilk.
One at a time, dredge (that just means cover in flour) each piece of chicken in the dry ingredients and shake off the extra. Return the chicken to the rack in between stages of the dip. After the dry, coat chicken in the wet mixture, then one more time into the dry. After the last dip in flour, make sure the chicken sits on the rack for about ten minutes. This sets the coating so it won't float off the chicken when it hits the hot oil.
While the chicken is setting, preheat your oven as low as it will go– mine goes to abut 150°F. Make sure your oil has reached 350°F. Have a platter or rack ready for the oven, and several layers of paper towels on the counter. Working a couple pieces at a time, place chicken in hot oil. Make sure you don't crowd the pan– if you do, the chicken will steam on the outside instead of fry and the crust won't be crispy. Allow each piece to get golden on one side before turning.
If the brine is your magic potion, then a good meat thermometer is your magic wand. The two pieces that always seem to have doneness issues are the breast and the thigh. You want an interior temperature of 160°F. I promise, the few dollars you'll spend on that thermometer will pay you back a thousandfold in flavor dollars. Get one. Once the crust has gotten to that perfect dark golden brown, insert the probe of the thermometer into the thickest part of the meat. You want to hit a minimum of 155°F– the chicken will continue cooking a little after you remove it from the pan.
If by chance you have a problem getting the temperature up without burning the outside, no problem. Simply increase your oven temperature to 350°F, and finish the chicken off in the oven. If there is an underdone piece, it will probably be the breast or thigh. I do these pieces first, so if I need a little extra time to finish them in the oven, the other pieces will still be frying. Once the temperature on the breast and thigh are right, turn the oven back down to its lowest setting and proceed.
As each piece is finished, drain it on the paper towels for a couple of minutes to get rid of any excess oil, then pop it on the rack in the low oven. The chicken can rest there, staying warm, as the remainder of the pieces cook.
That's it– once they are all done, let them sit for about five minutes out of the heat, then dig in!
Don't crowd the pan! Start with the breast and thigh to insure doneness. They take the longest to cook through.
Perfectly fried chicken - crusty outside, juicy inside!
What you want on the interior - juices so plentiful they pop in the mouth.
My chicken is bubbling away right now and I realized that the flame needs to be on LOOOOW so that you don't overcook the crust. Let it come back up to temp between batches.... My wife better like this.. My kitchen is a mess..
Sugar in the brine ?
What is the 1/4 cup listed after the salt in the buttermilk brine?
I'm looking forward to trying this but the sugar is not mentioned in the ingredients. Unless the 1/2c. after the salt is supposed to be the sugar. Can anyone help me with this?
I don't like to cook but my husband wanted and my grandsons love fried chicken. This was a lengthy process but oh so worth it! Everyone LOVED IT!! Thank you so much for sharing.
fried chicken is my boyfriends favorite - this is the first recipe i have attempted - the process was easy and we fried it together - unfortunately it was way too salty from the brine (as i put 1 1/2 cup of kosher salt) - but it looked amazing :) next time will use less salt in the brine or rinse it off..
I can't fry chicken worth a darn! You recipe looks the bomb! I must try this.
Awesome hub! Will try it out soon..
I'm so glad you like it! I love how my own kids scrabble over the crispy extra hits that fall off! Thank you for your awesome comments!
Thanks for sharing Dixie. Like you, cooking is also my passion. :) I just posted a new chicken recipe.
Good point! This way is a labor of love - I don't do it but a couple times of year - usually in response to what one of the children want for a special birthday meal. It does take some planning - but oh the payoff! Give it a shot - and thanks!
Awesome! Welcome to my obsession! LOL - glad you found it - and glad you enjoy!!


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Thanks to a super-quick 10Hz sample rate and 250kg per unit roller weight coupled with two huge eddy current brake units, we can assess and scrutinise your cars performance at 10rpm increments. The dyno has inputs for lambda and boost which the software can plot onto the graph with the same 10Hz accuracy.
We now offer real-time full HD video recording of your dyno runs as it happens! For customers taking advantage of our remapping service, we record both sets of runs and edit the video to show the before and after runs, something which you can hold onto and show your friends, or prove your figures. You'll be pleased to know that the terrible music is optional!
We can cater for single car bookings, be it a race car, track car or every day road car, but we're equally at home running dyno days for clubs and forums. If you'd like to discuss discounts for group bookings on a dyno day, please drop us a line at info@sharkperformance.co.uk with your details. We usually hold dyno days on a Sunday and we can offer on site BBQ, drinks and snacks to make your club day an enjoyable and comfortable one!


My fourth original felt ornament design. I used inexpensive acrylic felt, needle-felted with a #40 triangular felting needle. I used fabric glue to adhere the needle-felted layers to a piece of inky blue felt to finish. I stitched details using 2-strands of embroidery thread.
I've been fascinated with Star-nosed Moles for awhile. Their 22 pink appendages contain more than 25,000 Eimer's organs (sensory receptors), which allow it to hunt very effectively. The species holds the Guinness World Record for world's fastest forager, deciding whether something is edible or not in only 8 milliseconds.


Exchanges: You can go to the online exchange store and pick out the item you want shipped to you and they ship the item you choose to you and you ship your item back to them. The cost is $6.95. In 1.5 years of being with YogaClub I have done this twice and that was before the trade group was available.
So this is the 1st box I have received in the last year that I opened it and thought, "I'm not going to like this piece" then went and tried it on and actually hated it more LOL. Sometimes I question items but once I put them on I fall in love BUTTTTT this periwinkle sweater was not one of those pieces LOL. So I will totally be hitting up the exchange board on Facebook to trade this puppy if anyone is interested.
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Musical Monday: Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
Posted on February 2, 2015 by Jnpickens
It's no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.
This week's musical:
"Sweet Heart of the Campus" –Musical #498
Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Hilliard, Ozzie Nelson, Gordon Oliver
Ozzie Norton (Nelson) and his band which includes dancer Betty Blake (Keeler) are about to open a nightclub near Lambeth Technological College. Before they open, college professors, the sheriff and daughter of the college's president Harriet Hale (Hilliard) coem to shut down the band because the club is too close to the campus. The club later reopens with Ozzie and his band to help recruit students to the financially floundering school.
-Last film of actress and dancer Ruby Keeler. After guest starring on multiple TV shows, she did make one last movie in 1989 called "Beverly Hills Brats."
-Husband and wife Ozzie Hilliard and Ozzie Nelson star in the film as love interests.
-The film was also released under the title "Broadway Ahead."
Ruby Keeler and Ozzie Nelson in "Sweethearts of the Campus" (1941)
Notable Songs:
-"Tap Happy" performed by Ruby Keeler
-"Zip Me Baby with a Gentle Zag"
This is the epitome of a 1940s "B" musical: thin plot, jiving music and celebrities who aren't exactly on the A list.
I think the thing that I find most interesting is the cast. Most people know Harriet Hilliard and Ozzie Nelson from their 1950s TV show "Ozzie and Harriet" starring themselves and their songs. I always find it interesting to see them in 1930s and 1940s films, playing young people rather than parents.
See Ruby Keeler in her last film was also an interesting comparison to her early Busby Berkeley directed musicals. Her tap dancing seemed much more fluid and graceful in "Sweetheart of the Campus" compared to her "hoofing" in films like "42nd Street" (1933).
After this film, Keeler left films and appeared in a few television shows.
"It (Sweethearts) was so bad, I had no regrets about leaving," Keeler was quoted in the book "The Women of Warner Brothers" by Daniel Bubbeo.
"Sweetheart of the Campus" is simply fun and entertaining but nothing to write home about. It has music that you tap your foot to and a plot that can keep you interested enough for 67 minutes.
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1 thought on "Musical Monday: Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)"
bethypowers on February 2, 2015 at 11:50 PM said:
Ozzie and Harriet are so adorable together. Harriet seemed the bigger star of the two early on (at least by Honeymoon Lodge, 1943). My impression is that changed when they went toTelevision.


Ross Atkinson, Associate University Librarian for Collections at Cornell University and an advocate for digital publishing, died on March 8, 2006 at the age of 60 of complications from leukemia. Atkinson joined the Cornell University Library in 1988 and was an advocate of open-access, online publication of scholarly and scientific work. Atkinson played a major role in establishing Cornell's D-Space online repository to facilitate access to the work of Cornell scholars. He held a B.A. in German from University of the Pacific, M. A. and PhD degrees in Germanic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University, and an M.S. in Library Science from Simmons College.
Best of LRTS Award in 1993 for his article "The Acquisitions Librarian as Change Agent in the Transition of the Electronic Library" (vol. 36, no. 1, January 1992, pp. 7-22).
1999 Blackwell's Scholarship Award recipient for his article "Managing Traditional Materials in an Online Environment: Some Definitions and Distinctions for a Future Collection Management." Library Resources & Technical Services (vol. 42, no. 1, January 1998, pp. 7-20).
In 2003, he was chosen as the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year by the Association for College and Research Libraries.
He also served a three-year term, from 1992-2002, as an ALCTS Councilor to ALA Council. In 2002, the ALCTS Board passed a resolution to thank Ross for his service in this role.
More recently, Atkinson gave a presentation titled "Six Key Challenges for the Future of Collection Development" at the 2005 Janus Conference on Research Library Collections, a meeting of higher education librarians, which took place at Cornell. His presentation addressed the evolving nature of collections and the concept of collection in the new digital environment.
ALCTS recently published Community, Collaboration and Collections: The Writings of Ross Atkinson edited by Robert Alan and Bonnie MacEwan. The editors, with the assistance of a group of colleagues, selected the articles that best represent Ross Atkinson's philosophy and the corpus of his work.


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Q: ms word-2003 Search and Replace text how to find and replace text in ms word 2003  using python ?
I want to search a word in a table and paragraphs as well.
Thank You !
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f1f367bx.aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb#code-snippet-9
How to implement this in Python ?

A: I think you can refer this link  How to read contents of an Table in MS-Word file Using Python?
You can access the table contents with particular row and column.

A: def fetchpnum(self,searchable):
        # print self.doc1.Paragraphs.Count
        for i in range(1, self.doc1.Paragraphs.Count):
            value = self.doc1.Paragraphs(i).Range.Text.lower()
            if value.startswith(searchable.lower()):
                return i
        return 0