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Marlborough dairy farmer fears logging operation will destroy property
Lone Sorensen says the new road would be a huge threat to her livelihood. Photo credit: Supplied/RNZ/Lone Sorensen
By Tracy Neal for RNZ
A recently widowed Marlborough dairy farmer says a logging operation that has sprung up on a neighbouring property is likely to destroy her farm.
Lone Sorensen, who farms in a valley between Havelock and Blenheim, is enraged that a paper road through her property could become a major transport route for trucks and heavy vehicles.
The Marlborough District Council said it was doing what it could to smooth the pathway for all.
Sorensen said it was a huge threat to her livelihood and the lifestyle of those in the valley. While the noise, dust, and danger from trucks passing all-hours would be bad enough, she said not being told it was going to happen, was worse.
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"This is my biggest issue, and it's something I simply can't get my head around is that all this has taken place without any consultation with me; nothing - not a word."
The paper road through her farm has been used as a track for more than a century, and more lately for the milk tanker to get to and from cow sheds.
Local residents maintain it at their own cost.
Sorensen figured something was up when an application was lodged with the council last year to close the road for four weeks, to replace a bridge.
"And I just thought, 'What!', I mean how were we going to get the milk out, how was my business going to exist?
"We can't have my tanker track closed just like that, for four weeks."
Photo credit: Supplied/RNZ/Lone Sorensen
Sorensen lodged a submission which ultimately prompted an onsite meeting with the council, the roading authority and her lawyer.
Councillor Francis Maher said the overseas-owned logging firm was about to lodge an application to use the paper road, and the council would work with Marlborough Roads to set the terms and conditions.
Marlborough Roads is the district's state and locally-funded roading management system.
Maher said a lot of these forestry blocks were located up "dark gullies", and similar situations were emerging everywhere.
"We have to work through them calmly and quietly and within the law."
She said the logging firm was prepared to stump up with costs to help mitigate some of the bigger concerns.
"The forestry company are (sic) prepared to spend... I think a figure they mentioned to us was over $100,000 to make this happen, including suppression of dust."
Sorensen said they suggested building a cow race so there was no conflict with trucks and animals, but she would have to pay half.
"And I just said there's no way I'm paying anything.
"I mean, we have spent probably at least $100,000 over the years maintaining that road, so I can not see it's reasonable that I should pay anything for people invading my space.
"That's how I feel it, really."
Sorensen said the logging could take years, with up to 10 trucks daily rumbling up and down the valley.
Maher confirmed it was likely to be a long-term logging project.
Sorensen's lawyer, Peter Radich, said while he could not talk specifics of the case, matters around the use of paper roads were often fraught.
He said they were unformed roads that existed lawfully on paper, and which the public could walk up and down.
"But if they need to form the road and put foundations in, and bridges and the like, then that work is required to be consented to by the council.
"If that work has some aspects to it which need resource consent, then they may need to get resource consent approval as well."
Radich said in some cases health and safety matters might also have to be addressed.
Sorensen, who has been dealing with property and farm matters since her husband's death a year ago, does not want a costly battle.
The valley community is now also rallying and plans to form a group.
Councillor Maher is hopeful of a good outcome for all.
"It's never actually perfect for everyone in these things. There always has to be some give and take and I feel confident we're within reach of that.
"A fortnight ago I thought this was going to be almost impossible."
Sorensen said a skid site was currently being built by the firm, ready to begin logging.


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COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish jury found Scott A. Barr, 28, formerly of Folsom, guilty Friday (March 9) of two counts of sexual battery. He faces up to 10 years in prison on each count when he is sentenced by District Judge Scott Gardner.
Barr abused a girl for more than a year when she was 4 and 5 years old. The crime came to the light when the child complained of pain in her genital area and told her mother that Barr had been touching her. The mother contacted police, and the child revealed during a forensic interview at the Children's Advocacy Center that he had touched her and made her touch him. During the investigation, Barr, who was living with relatives in Folsom, relocated to Tennessee.
The jury rejected Barr's denial of the allegations and his claim that someone else committed the crimes. The jury deliberated about two hours before announcing the guilty verdict.
The crime was investigated by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office. Assistant District Attorneys Casey Dieck and Holly McGinness prosecuted the case.


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Each agrees not to use any information provided by the association or acquired as a consequence of his or her service to the association in any manner other than in furtherance of his or her association duties. Further, each agrees not to misuse association property or resources and will at all times keep the association's property secure and not allow any person not authorized by the president to have or use such property.
Each will use his or her best efforts to regularly participate in professional development activities and will perform his or her assigned duties in a professional and timely manner pursuant to the board's direction and oversight.
Upon termination of service, each will promptly return to the association all documents, electronic and hard files, reference materials, and other property entrusted to him or her. Such return will not abrogate such person's continuing obligations of confidentiality with respect to information acquired as a consequence of his or her tenure.
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This policy was adopted by the leadership of the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association on January 4, 2007.


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New school board member John McGinnis took the oath of office last week, returning the Board of Education to its full, five-member contingent for the first time in nearly eight months. McGinnis replaced Michael Ellis, who stopped attending meetings in June and resigned Sept. 1.
The new board member, who is a retired educator, defeated four opponents in a Dec. 29 special election. McGinnis will serve for the remainder of Ellis' unexpired term, which ends in July.


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Help stamp out pharmacy tobacco sales
Two hardcore public health campaigners urge you to join their movement to stamp out pharmacy tobacco sales.
It has been 10 years since Drug Topics published our Viewpoint article, "Make New Year's Resolution: Stub Out Tobacco," [Anh Lê, Frederick S. Mayer, and Sarah Elisabeth Curi, Vol. 148, No. 1, January 12, 20040], in which we called on pharmacies and pharmacists nationwide to stop selling cigarettes. In the same issue, Fred Gebhart's article, "Some chains still resist pulling tobacco products," referred to a presentation made by Fred Mayer at the American Public Health Association Meeting in San Francisco in November 2003:
"If pharmacist and public health advocate Frederick Mayer, RPh, MPH, had his way, pharmacies nationwide would not sell tobacco products. 'You can't advertise yourself as the best pharmacy in town while you sell cigarettes that kill people. If pharmacies are serious about promoting health, we have to form coalitions to get tobacco out of pharmacies just like we have gotten handguns and ammunitions out of chain stores. We are in business to make people healthy, not sell them products whose purpose is to kill.'"
As a registered pharmacist and public health advocate and activist, Fred Mayer has worked on the issue of stamping out tobacco sales at pharmacies for over 50 years, and proudly got rid of tobacco sales at the pharmacy he owned and operated in Sausalito, California.
We applaud CVS Caremark Pharmacy's announcement on February 5th that it will stop selling cigarettes at its 7,600 stores by October 1.
CVS CEO and President Larry Merlo's statement, "It is the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health. Put simply, the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose," not only shows CVS' commitment to protecting the health of Americans and their families, but also to putting ethics over profits derived from selling a product that debilitates and kills its victims.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the 2014 U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health:
- Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases (including emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction), and diabetes.
- Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths yearly in the U.S., including an estimated 42,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.
- For every person who dies from a smoking-related disease, about 30 more people suffer with at least one serious illness from smoking.
- On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.
- If smoking persists at the current rate among youth in this country, 5.6 million of today¹s Americans younger than 18 years of age are projected to die prematurely from a smoking-related illness. This represents about one in every 13 Americans aged 17 years or younger who are alive today.
- The cost of more than $289 billion yearly, including at least $133 billion in direct medical care for adults and more than $156 billion in lost productivity, results from smoking.
Tobacco kills more Americans yearly than alcohol, illegal drug use, homicides, automobile accidents, suicide, and AIDS combined.
Pharmacists are health care providers involved in treating or preventing illness, and promoting health. Something is seriously wrong when pharmacies are pushing tobacco products to make their customers sick and kill them, while selling smoking cessation products, and medications to treat diseases caused by smoking.
Troy Brennan, M.D., Medical Officer at CVS Caremark, and Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California, San Francisco, wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, online, February 5, 2014):
"The paradox of cigarette sales in pharmacies has become even more relevant recently, in large part because of changes in the pharmacy industry. Most pharmacy chains are retooling themselves as an integral part of the health care system. They are offering more counseling by pharmacists, an array of wellness products and outreach to clinicians and health care centers. Perhaps more important, pharmacies are moving into the treatment arena, with the advent of retail health clinics. These retail clinics, originally designed to address common acute infections, are gearing up to work with primary care clinicians to assist in treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes all conditions exacerbated by smoking."
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has been a leader on the issue of banning tobacco sales at pharmacies, and has adopted policies advocating such a ban. Along with APhA, the American Public Health Association, American Medical Association, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, and other health groups have called for this ban.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) now has a petition asking all retailers that operate pharmacies or clinics to stop selling tobacco products. We urge you to sign this petition. Ask your family members, friends, and others in your community to join you in signing this petition. Spread the word where you live, and in your professional networks.
Kudos to CVS for its bold stance against the Merchants of Death, the tobacco industry.
But our campaign to ban tobacco sales at pharmacies is not over yet.
Let us call on Walgreens, Rite Aid, and other chain pharmacies and retail outlets to follow CVS' footsteps.
We must also advocate strongly for legislation at the local, state and national levels to ban tobacco sales at pharmacies.
Let us also urge chain pharmacies and retailers to not sell "electronic cigarettes," and advocate for legislation to ban their sales at such outlets.
The FDA has determined that "e-cigarettes," many of which are produced by tobacco companies, contain nicotine, carcinogens, and a variety of dangerous chemicals.
In 2004, we wrote, "Through concerted action, pharmacists can achieve the important public health goal of eliminating tobacco sales from pharmacies and at the same time uphold their ethical code of protecting patients health and welfare."
Now more than ever, as pharmacists you have a significant and historic role in making this goal a reality nationwide, to protect the health of those you serve and their families.
Anh Lê is a public health advocate in the San Francisco Bay area. E-mail him at anhle213@sbcglobal.net. Fred Mayer, RPh, MPH, is president of Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc., a nonprofit, consumer, public health, pharmacy, and education organization. He lives in San Rafael, Calif. E-mail him at ppsi@aol.com or visit ppsinc.org.

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Show Me Love è un singolo della cantautrice statunitense Alicia Keys, pubblicato il 17 settembre 2019 come primo estratto dal settimo album in studio Alicia. Il brano vede la collaborazione del cantautore Miguel.

Video musicale
Il videoclip, diretto da Cara Stricker, è stato reso disponibile il 17 settembre 2019 in concomitanza con l'uscita del singolo. Nel video sono presenti, oltre che ai due cantautori, anche Michael Jordan, l'attrice Zoe Saldana e Marco Perego Saldana.

Riconoscimenti
La collaborazione ha ricevuto una nomina ai NAACP Image Award nella categoria "Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration".

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Testi e musiche di Alicia Keys, Miguel Pimentel, Daystar Peterson e Morgan Matthews.

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Commercialmente, la canzone ha debuttato nella classifica statunitense Billboard Hot 100 al numero 90, diventando il primo singolo della Keys come artista principale nella classifica dalla hit Girl on Fire (2012). Diviene inoltre l'undicesimo primo posto nella classifica delle US Adult R&B Songs, estendendo il record della cantautrice come artista con il maggior numero di numeri uno in classifica.

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While The Rapidian has areas for opinion, nonprofits and commenting, this site is intended for journalistic reporting of news. There are characteristics of journalistic reporting that set it apart from other categories of writing. While it can be narrowed down to a few simple guidelines, they are important to the credibility of content. As you feel more comfortable with submissions, please find the time to look at these guidelines. All of these principles apply to all forms of media even though they might be worded for use in text or print.
As a reporter, your testimony is not an important part of the story. It's your job to talk to other people and collect information from them. These people are called witnesses or sources. As such, your story should not be told from a first-person perspective.
I walked up through a crowd of people and saw the flames coming from the top of the building.
Words used in first-person perspective are me, I, mine, us, our and so on. If what you see cannot be denied by anyone else who sees the same thing, those same details can be given in the story in the journalistic third person perspective.
Twenty-five minutes after the alarm was sounded, flames were visible coming from the roof of the building. "I've never seen a fire spread so quickly," said John Doe, a 25-year resident of the area who lives three blocks from the location of the fire.
The Rapidian encourages timely, first-person accounts of events like fires or other emergencies. These eye-witness submissions, however, should not be confused with producing a news story.
A story without a source is prose or opinion (sometimes both) and will not hold up as a news story. Stories with only one source, no matter how important, always appear weak and one-sided. Using testimony from two to four sources is standard. However, creating a news story is not a competition in how many sources you have. Quoting any more than four different sources in a story make it feel crowded and confusing. The key is to find sources who are relevant to the story or who are authorities on the subject matter.
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Fire destroyed a house on Main Street early Monday morning.
Notice how this simple lead is able to tell what, where and when in just 10 words.
This is a type of paragraph used particularly in feature story writing that summarizes the background and significance of an event. It explains the context of the event/article to the reader.
When Grand Rapids native and established artist Mic Carlson talks about his relationship with St. Francis, it is always in the present tense.
That is because the relationship he shares with the patron saint of environment, animals and representative of peace is one that he says is constantly growing and evolving.
Currently, construction of a prayer garden has begun at St. Ann's Home, located at 2161 Leonard St., which will feature over 20 of Carlson's miniature bronze statues of St. Francis.
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Seek truth and report it fully. Inform yourself continually. Be honest, fair and courageous in gathering and reporting the news. Give voice to the voiceless, and hold the powerful accountable.
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Last night, the Kearny Martial Arts Dojo had the pleasure of a visit from one of its Black Belts, Jeff Graf. Jeff was in the area working with the NY Police Department to train some of their units in special tactics. As he has on many occasions, Jeff attends the dojo whenever his training schedule permits.
During his visit, Jeff worked out with Sensei Chris Fedosh and Sensei Joe Pung on a number of Judo throws and Ju Jitsu techniques. You can read more about Jeff's career and biography in the military and martial arts in the book "Tough Guys" by Jeff Wyatt. Pictures of Jeff's visit are posted below.


Sri Sai Surya Residency Lodge is located at a distance of 3 km from the beach. This hotel in Visakhapatnam provides a paid breakfast service to the guests. A porter service is also available at the property.The hotel has 22 spacious rooms spread across 2 floors. The rooms have a television, make-up mirror, wardrobe and an attached bathroom with the facility of hot/cold running water. Guests can also avail 24-hour room service.


The park in the 1000 block of Manatee Avenue East will be shifted north along the Manatee River as part of a land-swap deal giving the city access to an eventual expansion of Riverwalk and make room for a 521-unit Villages at Riverwalk rental complex.
Phase 1 of the construction is slated for the existing park site where century-old oak trees spread massive branches into the sky, creating a moss-covered canopy for generations of children at play.
On Oct. 14, the city council reached what it called a difficult decision in finalizing the approval of a special area plan that gives the development a green light and ensures the existing Glazier-Gates Park, named for the founding fathers of the old Manatee Village, will be relocated.
Tentative plans call for the park to be split in two with one pocket park with playground equipment moved to the middle of the new development. The second area will be a passive, open park encompassing acreage along Riverside Drive East.
Councilman Bemis Smith managed to slow the process after it all began hastily with a last-minute agenda item added to a meeting last year, but he said his goal was never to keep the park in its present site.
"I was never one to say we have to keep Glazier-Gates Park," Smith said at a council workshop Wednesday. "I wanted to make sure we got a fair return for the park and not get locked down into one image, but try and look at what's going to do the most for both improving the park and the neighborhood dollar for dollar."
Smith successfully lobbied to have the developer chip in an extra $500,000 for improvements at the historic Mineral Springs Park. City officials have argued all along the Mineral Springs area has historical significance, not Glazier-Gates Park.
"Keep an open mind as this plays out," said Smith. "We have a goal of achieving an improved area where citizens also get a comparable return."
The developer, Atlanta-based Hatfield Development Co., will pay for the new park's construction as well as repair all existing playground equipment. The city will have the authority to control the new design and has pledged resident will be pleased with the new park.
"There have been lots of work, lots of discussion and lots of thought to ensure that when this development is done, the park system is a fabulous park system and the historical nature of all that's around is respectfully displayed," said City Clerk Carl Callahan.
Callahan said the city invested more than $10 million into its park system in the past several years, although $6 million was for the construction of Riverwalk and $3 million was devoted to Norma Lloyd Park on 13th Avenue East. The city also invested money into Love Park and the Park at Olde Westfield and is planning the John and Rebecca Neal Park in the Historic Ware's Creek Neighborhood.
"We spend a lot of money on our parks," said Callahan. "We'll create a very nice project."
Councilmember Patrick Roff said it's important to remember what the neighborhood around the park used to be like with nearby shootings. Smith said there were also issues with prostitution and drug dealing.
"We have a real opportunity here," said Roff. "This is neighborhood revitalization."
The opposition, including the Stone Soup Community Unit group, which hired Cape Coral attorney Ralf Brookes to mount a legal challenge to the city decision, states they were never against the development. The common theme amongst protesters is the developer has every right to develop the land they purchased, but a public park belongs to the people who pay for it, and is not a tool to be used by elected officials.
Much work remains before two-, three- and four-story buildings begin to rise. As part of the final approval, the developer must first do the improvements at Mineral Springs Park and construct the new park city officials have indicated will retain the Glazier-Gates name. An engineering design is underway and a construction timetable is not yet finalized.
Mark Young, Herald urban affairs reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7041 or follow him on Twitter@urbanmark2014.


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February 6, 2022 January 26, 2022 Carl Robert Keyes Daily Advert Update, Guest Contribution Declan Dunbar, Homespun, Irish Linen, Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter, Nonimportation Agreement, William Beatty
GUEST CURATOR: Declan Dunbar
Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter (February 6, 1772).
"IRISH LINNENS."
This advertisement is about an item that many colonists purchased in the years before the American Revolution. Colonists imported Irish linens as part of what we now call the consumer revolution. In "Baubles of Britain," T.H. Breen describes how many American colonists sought goods imported from the British Isles as part of the consumer revolution.[1] Those goods, including linens imported from England, Scotland, and Ireland, gave them a sense of camaraderie with Britain at a time when most colonists were proud to be subjects of the British Crown. In "The British Linen Trade with the United States in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," N.B. Harte states, "[T]he American colonies up to the revolution provided the bulk of the export market for English linens. It is difficult to dis-entangle re-exports of Scottish and Irish linen through London and exports of English Linen."[2] In this advertisement, William Beatty declared that he imported Irish linens "from the Manufacturers at BELFAST, in the North of Ireland" as part of the larger market that connected the British Isles and the American colonies.
Not only did American colonists depend on England, Scotland, and Ireland as a source of linens at the time, British merchants depended on the colonies as customers and a main source of their income as well. When the colonists first started to rebel against the British, one of the first items they boycotted was linen and other fabrics from overseas in favor of homespun cloth made in the colonies. The colonists wanted to show Britain how resilient they were, but they also believed that hurting the profits of British merchants would cause them to demand that Parliament repeal duties on imported goods. Colonists used decisions about buying imported linens as economic leverage to achieve political goals. Linens, although they might seem insignificant, contributed a great deal to the economy and were part of the American Revolution.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY: Carl Robert Keyes
Declan explores some of the major themes from my Revolutionary America class. We examine several kinds of protests from the period, including petitions by colonial assemblies, nonimportation agreements by colonial merchants, and demonstrations by colonizers. We situate nonimportation and nonconsumption agreements within the context of the consumer revolution. Despite the sense of British identity and close ties to Britain that colonizers experienced when they participated in a transatlantic consumer revolution, that did not prevent them from using trade as a political tool when they believed that Parliament infringed on their rights by imposing duties on certain imported goods. Although colonizers in America did not benefit from direct representation in Parliament, British merchants did. American colonizers hoped that if they disrupted the marketplace then British merchants would join them in demanding that Parliament repeal the objectionable import duties.
Textiles became an important political symbol in the colonies. Colonizers produced homespun cloth, usually not of the same quality as imported alternatives. The quality hardly mattered compared to the symbolism of producing, purchasing, and wearing homespun. This occurred within what Harte describes as a "dual economy" for linen in the colonies. "[B]asic linen needs were provided outside the market by the widespread domestic production of homespun coarse linen, while the market was dominated by a range of better-quality (though still low-priced) linens imported from England, Scotland, and Ireland, and imported too from the continent of Europe (especially Germany) via London."[3] Embracing homespun, women participated in spinning bees. College graduates wore suits made of homespun to ceremonies. Consumers made choices about what to buy … and what not to buy. All of those activities had political valences, communicating support for nonimportation agreements and opposition to Parliament. Harte argues that linen "became the most important single commodity shipped across the Atlantic in the eighteenth century." That helped to make homespun a powerful symbol, especially in those years that colonizers participated in nonimportation agreements.
[1] T.H. Breen, "'Baubles of Britain': The American and Consumer Revolutions of the Eighteenth Century," Past and Present 119 (May 1988): 73-104.
[2] N.B. Harte, "The British Linen Trade with the United States in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings (1990): 19.
[3] Harte, "British Linen Trade," 15.
April 21, 2018 Carl Robert Keyes Daily Advert Update, Guest Contribution Homespun, Mary Bohane, Massachusetts-Gazette, Rice, Thomas Walley, Women
GUEST CURATOR: Mary Bohane
Massachusetts Gazette (April 21, 1768).
"New Rice by the Cask."
Thomas Walley sold "New Rice by the Cask" at his "Store, on Dock-Square." Rice was one of the most profitable goods cultivated in colonial America. According to James M. Clifton, settlers from Barbados and other colonies in the West Indies introduced rice to South Carolina. Colonists there had much to learn about rice, doing so through trial and error. The earliest mention of rice shipment recorded was in 1692, but after that point it became a staple crop, one that supported much of the economy for the entire colony.[1] In order to reduce the amount of strenuous labor required to produce this popular commodity, colonists in South Carolina sought to perfect machines and mills that could aid in processing rice.[2] Unfortunately, this proved quite unsuccessful and remained a challenging process throughout the colonial period. Rice crops became more profitable, however, with the labor of black slaves who worked on plantations and knew how to properly cultivate rice.
In addition to "New Rice by the Cask," Thomas Walley also peddled a variety of other goods. He emphasized textiles and "all sorts of Groceries," such as tea, olive oil, and mustard. The assortment of fabrics available at his store included "homespun check," cloth that had been woven in the colonies rather than imported from England. Walley did not explicitly link his products to the imperial crisis that had intensified six months earlier when the Townshend Act went into effect, but he did offer prospective customers the opportunity to participate in a larger coordinated effort to resist Parliament's attempts to impose taxes for the purpose of raising revenue without the consent of the colonies. Several months before Walley's advertisement appeared in the Massachusetts Gazette, the Boston Town Meeting (followed by many others) had voted to use commerce as leverage in the political dispute with Parliament. They pledged to encourage "American manufactures" rather than continue their dependence on imported goods. In so doing, they acknowledged that in order to change their consumption habits that they first needed to modify the amount of goods produced in the colonies.
Just as this advertisement obscures the role of enslaved labor in producing "New Rice by the Cask," it also obscures the role women played in this political strategy. Barred from participating in the formal mechanisms of government, women pursued other avenues when it came to participating in resistance efforts during the imperial crisis that culminated in the Revolution. American women produced Walley's "homespun Check," first spinning the thread and then weaving it into checkered cloth. Women also made choices about which goods to consume, their decisions extending to entire households. Women who purchased homespun could make very visible political statements by outfitting every member of their families in garments made from that cloth. The meanings of consumption increasingly took on political valences in the late 1760s and into the 1770s. In that realm, women often exercised as much power as men as they exercised their judgment in selecting which goods to acquire and which to reject. Their decisions reverberated beyond the point of purchase; everyday use of clothing, housewares, groceries, and other goods advertised in newspapers and sold by merchants and shopkeepers became laden with political significance.
[1] James M. Clifton, "The Rice Industry in Colonial America," Agricultural History 55, no. 3 (July 1981): 267.
[2] Clifton, "Rice Industry," 278.
March 29, 2016 March 28, 2016 Carl Robert Keyes Daily Advert Update, Guest Contribution Hemp, Homespun, John Sparhawk, Mary Aldrich, Slavery
GUEST CURATOR: Mary Aldrich
What was advertised in a colonial newspaper 250 years ago this week?
New-Hampshire Gazette (March 28, 1766).
"TO BE SOLD by John Sparhawk, AT KITTERY POINT, Good HEMP-SEED."
Hemp was a valuable commodity in eighteenth century America because it was used to make the ropes that were on every ship in this period. According to Ben Swenson at Colonial Williamsburg, all of the colonies grew hemp because of its ability to grow virtually anywhere. By the eighteenth century, the colonies of Virginia and Maryland grew the most hemp, but for farmers in New Hampshire it was still a valuable crop.
Farmers were profit driven and the best way to grow hemp to get nice long fibers to be used for ropes was to plant them close together. This limited the amount of female flowers the plants were able to produce, which is location of the greatest concentration of THC. (Colonists did know about the hallucinogenic properties of hemp.) Besides rope, hemp was used to make cloth for clothes and sacks, paper, and bed ticking, which kept the feathers or straw of the mattress from poking through. The cloth made from hemp grown in the colonies was especially valued when the colonists began to boycott goods from England. The growing and processing of hemp was already so well established that colonists were easily able to either grow more hemp or set aside a larger amount for the production of homespun.
The processing of hemp was difficult; after it was cut and rotted the waste had to be removed from the desired long fibers. The hemp needed to be rotted because it would loosen the fibers from the woody interior and the bark. The process of breaking the hemp separated the fibers from much of the waste. Afterward it needed to be beaten and scraped, then combed to remove the rest of the waste from the strands. Only then was the hemp suitable to be processed into its final product.
At first glance today's advertisement appears rather bland, but Mary's analysis demonstrates why it is an appropriate sequel to yesterday's featured advertisement for Barnabas Clarke's shop "Near Liberty-Bridge" in Portsmouth. The two appeared on the same page of the New-Hampshire Gazette, Sparhawk's about two-thirds of the way down the second column and Clarke's filling the top half of the third and final column.
Clarke explicitly invoked many colonists' sentiments about their relationship to Parliament when he listed the location of his shop, which would have called to mind the protests against the Stamp Act that occurred quite recently, less than three months earlier. Sparhawk, on the other hand, did not make reference to such difficulties, but, given the ubiquity of hemp in the colonial world, most colonists would have been aware that it was a resource for creating homespun. Sparhawk's advertisement played off what colonists knew about nonconsumption and nonimportation even as it encouraged consumption of an alternate product. As the article from Colonial Williamsburg cited above explains, in the coming years newspapers increasingly encouraged growing and using hemp as a means of resistance as the imperial crisis intensified.
Given that the advertisements for yesterday and today each had connections to colonists' understanding of liberty, it is worth noting a third advertisement that appeared on this page of the New-Hampshire Gazette, immediately to the right of Sparkhawk's advertisement and a bit below Clarke's. While Clarke peddled his wares "Near Liberty-Bridge" and Sparhawk offered a product that could help colonists reduce commercial ties with an oppressive England, readers of the New-Hampshire Gazette could purchase "A Negro Boy, about Fifteen Years of Age." Once again, slavery and freedom were intertwined in the advertisements in the New-Hampshire Gazette.


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Awesome Breweries and Expansions that Opened in 2019 in Raleigh, N.C.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 9am by Tabletop Media Group
Raleigh, N.C.'s beer scene is constantly growing, and this year we saw some awesome breweries open around town, adding to the diversity of offerings. Plus, other established breweries expanded, giving us all the more reason to raise a glass in the Raleigh area! Here's a roundup of openings in 2019.
New Breweries
Cotton House Craft Brewers
With a delightful location in the historic Pasmore House in downtown Cary, Cotton House offers a cozy location to enjoy a beer or cider. The house is furnished with homey sofas and chairs, two exposed brick fireplaces, handmade walnut lighting fixtures and a rotating selection of local artwork, as well as a 25-foot Italian marble top bar. You'll almost feel like you're still at home, only with an enticing selection of IPAs, golden ales, gose and more on draft within an arm's reach.
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Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing
With one of the best downtown Raleigh skyline views in the city, Wye Hill is a bustling restaurant and brewery offering a rotating selection of unique house-brewed taps. Offerings range from a traditional American pale wheat ale to a roasted coconut oatmeal stout to a fruity hibiscus gose, alongside a delicious chef-driven menu that takes bar food to an elevated level. Get your camera ready for the view and your taste buds ready for the brews.
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Mordecai Beverage Co.
Adding to the cool vibe of the recently-renovated Gateway Plaza is Mordecai Beverage Co., Raleigh's first combined brewery, taproom and bottle shop. Their brews—including a New England IPA, Belgian pale ale and citra dry-hopped saison—are rounded out by local taps. While sipping, check out the space's murals by local artists, then snag a few beers to take home for a rainy day.
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Oaklyn Springs Brewery
Born from a group of friends who shared a love for home brewing and a passion for sharing it with the community, Oaklyn Springs Brewery pours creative craft beers in a modern space in Fuquay-Varina. Taps range from their Chocolate Covered Sampler scotch ale to the Trivial Wager porter, which can be enjoyed during recurring events like yoga, music bingo and open mic nights.
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Oak City Brewing Company
Oak City Brewing is a favorite local "nano-brewery" in Knightdale. Though its 1920s bungalow tap room in historic downtown has been an ideal spot to gather with friends and family since 2016, they only just started serving their own beers, which include a coffee stout, wheat beer and blonde ale. The brewery's 20 taps are constantly rotating with guest beers from across the state, country and the world, making every visit exciting.
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Trophy Brewing Company on Morgan St.
Trophy Brewing's beloved original location on Morgan St. just got a major upgrade with an expanded dining room offering additional shareable appetizers, along with all the pizzas you know and love. The location also got American oak foeders to pursue some unique varieties of wild and sour beers, as well as a bigger wine list including small producers of low intervention and natural wines. More patio space was out front to be enjoyed especially in the warmer months.
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Lonerider Brewing Company Wake Forest "Hideout"
Lonerider, Raleigh's beloved Western era-themed brewery, opened a new saloon-style "Hideout" in Wake Forest featuring 12 taps of their signature brews—Shotgun Betty, Sweet Josie and Saloon Style Pilsner, just to name a few—along with three Lonerider spirits, cider, vodka and wine. Their expansive outdoor patio is a great spot for gathering friends and family for a drink or two, with recurring specials and food trucks throughout the week to satisfy all.
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Burial Beer Co. - The Exhibit at Transfer Co. Food Hall
One of Asheville's most highly-regarded breweries opened a new location dubbed "the exhibit" at Transfer Co. Food Hall in Raleigh, undergoing a renovation halfway through the year due to its high popularity. The intimate space exudes a refreshing atmosphere complete with local art, a plethora of house plants and exposed brick walls that play homage to the location's original function as a coach house. Taps rotate often, with interesting names like The Perils of Living In Pretend (a fruited sour) and Asymmetrical Anguish (an English mild ale).
A post shared by Burial Beer Co. (@burialdtr) on Nov 3, 2019 at 5:02pm PST
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SEC Issues Proxy Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations
By Joel I. Greenberg Sara Adler
On May 11, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance issued 45 proxy C+DIs to replace previous proxy interpretations set forth in its Telephone Interpretations Manual and March 1999 Supplement. The vast majority of the C+DIs are reiterations of, or technical updates to, existing guidance. However, there are a number of new interpretations, including the following:
Rule 14a-4(b)(1) states that a proxy may confer discretionary authority with respect to matters as to which a choice has not been specified by the security holder, so long as the form of proxy states in bold-faced type how the proxy holder will vote where no choice is specified. If action is to be taken with respect to the election of directors and the persons solicited have cumulative voting rights, a soliciting party can cumulate votes among director nominees by simply indicating this in bold-faced type on the proxy card, as long as state law grants the proxy holder the authority to exercise discretion to cumulate votes and does not require separate security holder approval with respect to cumulative voting.
A registrant is not required to file a preliminary proxy statement in connection with a proposed corporate name change to be submitted for security holder approval at the annual meeting.
A registrant solicits its security holders to approve the authorization of additional common stock for issuance in a public offering. While the registrant could use the cash proceeds from the public offering as consideration for a recently announced acquisition, it has alternative means for fully financing the transaction. In this case, the proposal to authorize additional common stock would not "involve" the acquisition for purposes of Note A of Schedule 14A (requiring specified disclosure, as well as financial and other information), because raising proceeds through a sale of common stock is not an integral part of the acquisition. However, if the cash proceeds from the public offering are expected to be used to pay any material portion of the consideration for the acquisition, Note A would apply.
If a registrant is required to disclose the New Plan Benefits Table called for under Item 10(a)(2) of Schedule 14A, it should either list in the table all of the individuals and groups for which award and benefit information is required, even if the amount to be reported is "0," or identify any individual or group for which award and benefit information is "0" through narrative disclosure that accompanies the New Plan Benefits Table.
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Arizona lawmakers took their first votes on Arizona's Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) on Tuesday.
The House Natural Resources, Energy and Water committee approved the six bills and one resolution that make up the DCP.
The state is facing a deadline of Thursday to sign off on the plan. Otherwise, the federal government said it will step in and impose water restrictions.
Jerod McDonald-Evoy, reporter for the Arizona Mirror, was at the committee hearing and joined The Show to talk about what he heard.


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/*
 * Noise generation for PuTTY's cryptographic random number
 * generator.
 */

#include <stdio.h>

#include "putty.h"
#include "ssh.h"
#include "storage.h"

#include <wincrypt.h>

DECL_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(static, BOOL, CryptAcquireContextA,
                      (HCRYPTPROV *, LPCTSTR, LPCTSTR, DWORD, DWORD));
DECL_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(static, BOOL, CryptGenRandom,
                      (HCRYPTPROV, DWORD, BYTE *));
DECL_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(static, BOOL, CryptReleaseContext,
                      (HCRYPTPROV, DWORD));
static HMODULE wincrypt_module = NULL;

/*
 * This function is called once, at PuTTY startup.
 */

void noise_get_heavy(void (*func) (void *, int))
{
    HANDLE srch;
    WIN32_FIND_DATA finddata;
    DWORD pid;
    HCRYPTPROV crypt_provider;
    char winpath[MAX_PATH + 3];

    GetWindowsDirectory(winpath, sizeof(winpath));
    strcat(winpath, "\\*");
    srch = FindFirstFile(winpath, &finddata);
    if (srch != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
    do {
        func(&finddata, sizeof(finddata));
    } while (FindNextFile(srch, &finddata));
    FindClose(srch);
    }

    pid = GetCurrentProcessId();
    func(&pid, sizeof(pid));

    if (!wincrypt_module) {
        wincrypt_module = load_system32_dll("advapi32.dll");
        GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(wincrypt_module, CryptAcquireContextA);
        GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(wincrypt_module, CryptGenRandom);
        GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(wincrypt_module, CryptReleaseContext);
    }

    if (wincrypt_module && p_CryptAcquireContextA &&
        p_CryptGenRandom && p_CryptReleaseContext &&
        p_CryptAcquireContextA(&crypt_provider, NULL, NULL, PROV_RSA_FULL,
                               CRYPT_VERIFYCONTEXT)) {
        BYTE buf[32];
        if (p_CryptGenRandom(crypt_provider, 32, buf)) {
            func(buf, sizeof(buf));
        }
        p_CryptReleaseContext(crypt_provider, 0);
    }

    read_random_seed(func);
    /* Update the seed immediately, in case another instance uses it. */
    random_save_seed();
}

void random_save_seed(void)
{
    int len;
    void *data;

    if (random_active) {
    random_get_savedata(&data, &len);
    write_random_seed(data, len);
    sfree(data);
    }
}

/*
 * This function is called every time the random pool needs
 * stirring, and will acquire the system time in all available
 * forms.
 */
void noise_get_light(void (*func) (void *, int))
{
    SYSTEMTIME systime;
    DWORD adjust[2];
    BOOL rubbish;

    GetSystemTime(&systime);
    func(&systime, sizeof(systime));

    GetSystemTimeAdjustment(&adjust[0], &adjust[1], &rubbish);
    func(&adjust, sizeof(adjust));
}

/*
 * This function is called on a timer, and it will monitor
 * frequently changing quantities such as the state of physical and
 * virtual memory, the state of the process's message queue, which
 * window is in the foreground, which owns the clipboard, etc.
 */
void noise_regular(void)
{
    HWND w;
    DWORD z;
    POINT pt;
    MEMORYSTATUS memstat;
    FILETIME times[4];

    w = GetForegroundWindow();
    random_add_noise(&w, sizeof(w));
    w = GetCapture();
    random_add_noise(&w, sizeof(w));
    w = GetClipboardOwner();
    random_add_noise(&w, sizeof(w));
    z = GetQueueStatus(QS_ALLEVENTS);
    random_add_noise(&z, sizeof(z));

    GetCursorPos(&pt);
    random_add_noise(&pt, sizeof(pt));

    GlobalMemoryStatus(&memstat);
    random_add_noise(&memstat, sizeof(memstat));

    GetThreadTimes(GetCurrentThread(), times, times + 1, times + 2,
           times + 3);
    random_add_noise(&times, sizeof(times));
    GetProcessTimes(GetCurrentProcess(), times, times + 1, times + 2,
            times + 3);
    random_add_noise(&times, sizeof(times));
}

/*
 * This function is called on every keypress or mouse move, and
 * will add the current Windows time and performance monitor
 * counter to the noise pool. It gets the scan code or mouse
 * position passed in.
 */
void noise_ultralight(unsigned long data)
{
    DWORD wintime;
    LARGE_INTEGER perftime;

    random_add_noise(&data, sizeof(DWORD));

    wintime = GetTickCount();
    random_add_noise(&wintime, sizeof(DWORD));

    if (QueryPerformanceCounter(&perftime))
    random_add_noise(&perftime, sizeof(perftime));
}


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Rob Krar, 2014 Western States 100 Champion, Interview
Bryon Powellon June 29, 2014 /10 comments
Rob Krar won the 2014 Western States 100, commandingly. After finishing second last year, his goal was to return and run his own best race, and that he did. In the following interview, Rob talks about the journey between last year and this year's race, what it felt like to run around the Placer High School Track as the winner, and if he's going to let himself mentally savor his victory.
Be sure to check out our results article for the whole race story including links to the rest of iRunFar's post-race coverage.
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Rob Krar, Western States 100 Champion, Interview Transcript
iRunFar: Bryon Powell of iRunFar here finally with Rob Krar after his win at the 2014 Western States 100. Rob, amazing race yesterday. You've been dreaming of this for awhile.
Rob Krar: Yeah, I have. I'm ecstatic. It may be one of the happiest times of my life. I'm going to cherish it forever. It has been a journey. It really has been about a year and a day since I set that goal for myself sitting in a chair next to Tim Olson. I didn't even need to say it out loud. It was a personal journey for me. It's been a ride—a lot of highs and lows and struggles along the way, but all those make it worth it.
iRunFar: Having a race like that, people can't imagine that there are hiccups along the way. What were the setbacks this past year?
Krar: A couple small injuries. Training for ultras is a whole world of complications and time commitments and sacrifices. It's something I'm still adjusting to. It's difficult for myself and it's at times difficult for those around me. You can get a little grumpy putting in big weeks and big mileage. There were some personal struggles as well, something that I have to work hard at times to work through. Things worked out fantastically and I couldn't be happier.
iRunFar: The challenge really does make it worthwhile, doesn't it?
Krar: Yeah, it does. I've never set such a lofty and long-range goal for myself, and to see it all come to fruition and validate the hard work and the sacrifices—incredibly satisfying.
iRunFar: What major changes did you make in preparing for this year as opposed to last year?
Krar: Before Western last year, I wasn't doing any workouts really. I was just putting in some miles. I think a year, 2013, under my belt, a full year of ultras, has hardened me mentally and physically. That's allowed me to maintain steady high mileage while maintaining a healthy body and mind. I've been able to maintain high mileage and get some really great workouts in, a lot of more challenging runs in the mountains as well because my body is handling it so much better. You put all those elements together and I came into this race the most confident runner I've really ever been.
iRunFar: So you've been putting in more miles, tougher miles, faster miles—everything.
Krar: Everything.
iRunFar: I think ultrarunners can get caught in the slow and steady approach, you were the exact opposite of that?
Krar: A bit of everything. I certainly make an effort and I'm very diligent about keeping my easy days easy. But when I'm out there to put an effort in, I'm putting a hard effort in. That really pays dividends.
iRunFar: What did it feel like coming around the track?
Krar: Like I said, I never told a soul about my true goals. Christina knew it and didn't even have to ask me. But I don't think there was a day that's gone by this past year where I didn't imagine setting foot on that track and soaking it up that last 300 meters. It was incredible. Even the last mile in from Robie Point, there was a smile on my face and just a thousand memories or a thousand thoughts streaking through my mind. It's magical. It's magical.
iRunFar: Is that your favorite moment from the race or did anything along the way really stick with you?
Krar: I was incredibly focused the entire race, so it really was. Certainly in the last mile, I let my emotions start to flow and setting foot on the track was the highlight for sure, and crossing the finish line.
iRunFar: I would like you just to savor this and stay in the moment, but you sat down next to Timmy last year and had something pop into your mind. Anything pop into your mind for what's next?
Krar: No. No. Honestly, I don't race much and when I do it's a massive effort and it leaves me pretty broken. I've always been a big proponent of listening to your body and allowing sufficient time to recover. So a couple ideas—Leadville is on top of the list. TransRockies again if it takes a little bit longer to recover. It's one of my favorite weeks of running. Great memories at TransRockies. Run Rabbit Run. UROC. TNF 50. Not all of those.
iRunFar: You've got a lot of options.
Krar: Yeah, a lot of options, so I'm looking forward to getting back to Flagstaff and then a couple night's work. Then I'm taking a canoe up on the river and I'm checking out for a couple days. That's something else that I've really been looking forward to.
iRunFar: Because you have been so focused, there's got to be a lot of mental energy involved, not just the training.
Krar: It is. It's a difficult task at times managing work with running and everything involved with both of those. I'm so happy it all came to fruition and I can relax and just soak it in for a little while. I'm looking forward to that part.
iRunFar: Savor the win and enjoy checking out as well.
Krar: Thanks a lot, Bryon.
BONUS QUESTION
iRunFar: Bonus Question for you, were you and Max [King] playing 'pass the baton' with straw hats yesterday? Did the leader have to wear one?
Krar: I can't remember where I saw Max; it must have been coming out of Robinson Flat or Michigan Bluff and I saw the straw hat. You know, it's the style and trend these days, so yeah, he beat me to the gun during the race.
iRunFar: Do you think he can rock a beard like you?
Krar: I don't know. I don't know. He's looking a little scruffy at times, but I think he may sport the clean-shaven face a lot better than I do.
iRunFar: Take care, man.
Krar: Thanks a lot.
Rob Krar, 2015 Western States 100 Champion, Interview A video interview (with transcript) with Rob Krar after his win at the 2015 Western States 100....
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Rob Krar Pre-2013 Western States 100 Interview A video interview with Rob Krar before the 2013 Western States 100....
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runningfoo June 29, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Rob seems so sincere, so humble. It's fulfilling to see another great guy win the grand daddy of them all.
Andy June 30, 2014 at 8:54 am
I agree. His hard work and humiltiy are an inspiring combination, and generate good … um … Krarma …
deanger June 29, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Did he run with a pacer?
Bryon of iRunFar June 29, 2014 at 10:30 pm
Rob Krar did not have pacer at the River Crossing, ALT, and Highway 49… that seems like a negatory to me, Delta Golf.
deanger June 29, 2014 at 10:40 pm
That's what I thought. No pacer for him or Max. I think that is kind of cool.
I'd go sans pacer, too… if I thought I was going to finish in daylight! ;-)
@ultrarunt June 29, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Is Rob the first Canadian to win WSER?
Are we counting residency or citizenship? I ask as there's that Ellie Greenwood chick who's won a couple cougars while living in Canadia.
@eLLiejG June 29, 2014 at 11:17 pm
No, Tracy Garneau was first Canadian winner. Rob, I believe, is first on men's side.
TonyMollica June 30, 2014 at 2:12 pm
Congratulations Rob Krar! Great running!!


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Риба-качечка європейська або риба-присосок європейська (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) — риба родини Присоскоперові (Gobiesocidae).

Розповсюдження
Розповсюджена у Східній Атлантиці від Дакару до Північно-Західної Франції, також у Чорному та Середземному морях. В Україні спостерігалася біля берегів Криму та у районі острова Зміїний.

Будова
Довжина тіла до 8 см. Тіло довгасте, помірної висоти, дещо розширене у боки. Хвостове стебло зазвичай коротке, стиснене з боків. Голова видовжена, приплюснута зверху, широка. Рило за формою на зразок качиного дзьоба, малої ширини. Біля передніх носових отворів по одному довгому виросту, задні носові отвори витягнуті у вигляді коротких трубочок. Рот і щелепи помірної величини. Зуби дрібні, спереду зібрані пучком, з боків крупніші, в один ряд. На череві є присосок. Забарвлення кармінове або пурпурно-червоне, іноді коричневе або зеленкувате, темніше на спині й світліше на череві. Між очима 2-3 жовті з темною торочкою, смужки, на потилиці дві овальні плями, оточені двома світлішими кільцями.

Спосіб життя та розмноження
Морська донна риба. Живе у частинах моря з солоністю 16-19‰, не поширюючись в опріснені річковими водами ділянки. Мешкає дуже близько до берега, майже до урізу води, часто у смузі прибою, зазвичай на кам'янистих ґрунтах. Мігрує дуже обмежено, недалеко (біля Кара-Дагу знаходиться частіше у червні, рідше у травні та квітні, майже відсутня в інші місяці). Тримається під камінням, особливо вдень, прикріпившись до дна черевним присоском. Активніша у сутінках, особливо молоді особини. Періодично відбувається линяння риб: заміна старої шкіри новою. Нерест порційний, у прибережній смузі, майже біля урізу води, на глибині 0,5-1,5 м, на кам'янистих розсипах, проходить з кінця травня до кінця липня, при температурі води 17-19,5°С. Плідники завдовжки 5,8-6 см. Плодючість 200–400 ікринок. Нерестовим субстратом служить нижня поверхня каменю у гнізді, що влаштоване й охороняється самцем. У бухті Омега личинки відмічались з травня по серпень, частіше у товщі води, ніж біля дна. Підростаючи, молодь опускається на дно, живиться мікроскопічними безхребетними, дорослі — ракоподібними і червами.

Значення
Промислового значення не має, занесена до Червоної книги України.

Посилання
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Риба-качечка
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Риби України
Риби Атлантики
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Риби Алжиру
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Риби Сенегалу
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Pretty Little Liar 's Lucy Hale is being called a liar on another ABC Family series. On Wednesday's episode of Baby Daddy , Hale guest-stars as Piper, the seemingly quiet daughter of a client who Riley ( Chelsea Kane ) is representing. But when Riley is tasked with watching Piper, she suddenly turns into a wild child. In our exclusive clip below, Riley, Danny ( Derek Theler ) and Tucker ( Tahj Mowry ) find Piper partying with Ben ( Jean-Luc Bilodeau ), but when she tries to deny any involvement, Ben calls her a little liar — pun intended. Read More... //www.tvguide.com/News/Lucy-Hale-Pretty-Little-Liars-1077095.aspx?rss=breakingnews
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Mathematics in "The Just City"
Because I'm reading a history of mathematics with lots of Greeks in it (including Aristotle questioning whether parallel lines really exist) I was inspired to reread "The Just City" looking for math. Now, Jo is not a mathematician, but there are a few tantalizing hints.
The city residents certainly do math, although astronomy is the only subject specifically mentioned. Interestingly, they have a Keplerian orrery showing elliptical orbits, presumably in a heliocentric model. This seems the sort of thing that would fit in well, and doesn't require any fundamental innovations beyond the conic sections Hellenistic mathematics was well acquainted with. (You can use hyperbolas to trisect angles, for example.) But the practice of astronomy is tricky.
Would the Just City use Greek numerals? They are somewhat cumbersome for high-precision arithmetic, though of course the Greeks did pretty well (and had abaci.) But compared to place-value notation they are far from ideal, and so shouldn't a city that strives toward excellence adopt the ahistoric Indo-Arabic numerals?
But if you're going to allow a modern place table, are you going to forbid the modern analysis which constructed it? Ancient techniques were very clever but again, cumbersome in practice. Even leaving aside the workers and the sciences involved in electricity, many of the masters would be conversant with Euclid's parallel postulate and the philosophical debate surrounding it. Would they really prefer that the library of the city not have the answer?
Jo is clear that philosophy in the City has a cut-off date. No moderns (and certainly no Christians.) History ends with the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. It's less clear to me where you draw that line in a principled way for mathematics. Of course, the Just City does not shy from unprincipled ways of making decisions, and practical concerns mean that much of mathematics that the masters might allow is in practice inaccessible, just because nobody among the masters understands and can teach it. But Kepler, who was born in 1571, used mathematics in a way that is so different from the Hellenistic tradition, and it would be difficult to include his work without including his foundation.
In fact, Simmea learns the calculus, which dates to the late 17th century. From a philosophical standpoint, this is particularly troubling as the logical problems of infinitesimals were well-understood at the time (and certainly could be apparent to anyone trained in the Socratic tradition.) They were only resolved in the 19th century with modern real analysis. I don't think this material could be included without bringing in aspect of modern philosophy as well, even though most practicing mathematicians default to a rough-and-ready Platonism.


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