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The Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau
The mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau has become somewhat legendary over the years. It's been featured in a variety of places over time as the lore has taken on a life of its own. Various researchers have spent years digging into the mystery only to walk away with more questions than answers. Others however have exhausted essentially every lead on the subject and have built a rather interesting case. It seems that the Chateau itself is a focal point in a larger narrative and from it, you are able to branch out in multiple directions. This article is by no means the complete story nor will it include every detail that is available, but instead will provide a general overview of the mystery as a whole. So without further ado, the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau.
It started with a secret. There was an aristocratic lady that was known during the first half of the 1700s by the name of Marie de Nègre d'Ables. There isn't a lot known of her early life, but she is said to have lived in an area of southern France, south-west of Rennes-le-Chateau, called Pays de Sault. Her parents died at some point leaving her as an orphan in the care of her guardian François de Montroux. He was an interesting character and even though he was the caretaker and guardian of Marie, he was involved in a scandalous murder during his time. The details around this murder are somewhat fuzzy in that Montroux himself pled not guilty, but it ultimately didn't matter. The man that was murdered was named Bernard Monge, he was the village priest at Niort-de-Sault.
There seems to have been some controversy about the purchase of a presbytery which led to the murder. The same year in 1732 when the murder occurred Marie would then be married at age 18 to François d'Hautpoul. The d'Hautpoul family were lords of the area of Rennes-le-Chateau and one of the oldest aristocratic families in France. When Montroux is sent to prison, d'Hautpoul then takes over all of his businesses and then eventually even buys the presbytery that caused the dispute. There is an interesting level of mystique around Marie in that she was likely of some importance to this whole story never going without some sort of guardian. She was married to d'Hautpoul for 20 years when he died in 1753. Upon his death, she and her three daughters acquire the d'Hautpoul family wealth and land, and possibly even a family secret that had been passed down. She ran into some financial issues at some point and then had to sell off most of the land and dies in 1781. But before she died she is said to have conveyed this d'Hautpoul family secret to a local priest by the name of Antoine Bigou. It was Bigou who would take this secret or secrets and encode them in various ways around Rennes-le-Chateau, most notably in her headstone, which Bérenger Saunière would allegedly later decode.
Bérenger Saunière enters the story about 100 years later. It was in 1885 when he was appointed by the Bishop of Carcassonne to take over in the town of Rennes-le-Chateau at the age of 33. Rennes-le-Chateau has always had an interesting history as it was on a pilgrimage route and had been linked to stories of the Templars and Cathars from the early days. It however took on a new level of fame after the time of Saunière.
When Saunière arrived in Rennes-le-Chateau it had certainly seen better days. The presbytery he would stay in was in disrepair and the entire town was on the decline. He was only in town for a short while though as he ruffled some feathers with pro-republican political rhetoric and ended up in Narbonne for a short period. It wasn't long though and he was back by popular demand with money to boot from his pro-republican supporters armed and ready to do renovations in the town. One might wonder if it was in this time period that he was informed of this mystery and was given a lead on what to look for.
It was during this period of renovation that Saunière allegedly found one of his first major clues. The first piece of the puzzle was located in a stone column that had a hollow end in which he finds a couple parchments that linked back to the 1780s just before the French Revolution presumably placed there by Antoine Bigou before he had to flee France to Spain. He showed the parchments to the bishop who then gave him money to travel to Paris to see if the documents could be deciphered.
In this era of Saunière's life, he seems to have been acquainted with some of the French occultists of the day. Among them was a close friend and female opera singer by the name of Emma Calvé who was rather well known for her time. Some might wonder what a famous opera singer is doing wandering the countryside of France with a seemingly ordinary priest from Rennes-le-Chateau. Today, we certainly don't see too many priests hanging out with the pop stars of the day.
There also seems to be a unique link between Emma and Saunière as they seem to have both been involved with secret societies. It is said that among Saunière's possessions he had a Masonic collar indicating he was likely involved with the Lodge of Memphis-Mizraim which was thought to have had a post at Versailles. Another clue comes from the diary entry of Rodrigo de Saenz de Castillon which described the meeting between the two during the year 1893.
18 May – After the departure of her guests and also JB her manager and eminence grise and ? – who had urgent business in Paris (Another and younger mistress Leconte whispered to me gleefully as he too left for the railway station in Millau.) La Diva declared herself to be in need of a little holiday and put it to me that as I was obviously in no hurry to return to Paris or anywhere else that I accompany her on a tour of the South with a visit to a most interesting priest with whom she had become acquainted in 1893 in Paris. They met in the Church of St. Sulpice where she often goes to hear Mass. He introduced himself saying that he was a devotee of the opera. He also gave evidence that he is an initiate of the Craft. Delighted she invited him to one of her soirees and they have kept up some sort of correspondence since. This priest Sauniere holds the benefice of some backwoods place called Rennes le Chateau deep in the Languedoc. All that part of the Languedoc is, according to La Diva steeped in history, mystery, supernatural happenings, a cradle of kings, a refuge for Cathars and Templars with hoards of hidden treasure waiting to be discovered in undiscovered caves and grottoes and powerful occult secrets too waiting to empower those who can uncover and interpret them, to those who can decipher certain clues hidden in nature and man-made structures and monuments also. She told me all this as we took our ease that warm drowsy spring afternoon on the lawn at the foot of the castle walls. It would appear that this curé is a man with a special gift for divining such things something akin perhaps to a dowser or water diviner and that he is also a man with a SECRET. I emphasize this because La Diva put plenty of emphasis on it as she told it to me. She would not explain further as to what this SECRET might be no, not even to me a fellow Martinist and Traveller in the Path. Does she know what it is?
It's in this entry that we get some valuable information. Here Don Rodrigo is showing that he and Emma were indeed Martinists. This doesn't seem to be something that Rodrigo took lightly as it was his great uncle that was one of the founders of Martinism and was with Martinez de Pasqually in the Caribbean along with members of the Elus Cohen when the group was formed. Although the Priory of Sion was deemed to be fake in the modern sense, it shows some interesting parallels between this group of Martinists, Elus Cohens, and the Rosicrucians who were all indeed very real and influential during their time. It is through the research of Patrice Chaplin that we learn about some links to Spain. According to the idea Saunière and Clave had gone to a retreat in Girona which seems to be a hub for a Rosicrucian-based "private society" with supposed links back to the times of the Templars.
While in Paris, he seems to have gotten some answer to these supposed parchments that were found during his renovations. He comes back armed with more money along with some paintings that he was able to purchase somehow from the Louvre'. The main painting of note is Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin. Why or how he got this painting, or if he ever did, is a mystery.
We can wonder if this painting isn't somehow symbolic of the journey that Saunière himself has been on. It's at this point, when he is doing all of the renovations and additions to Rennes-le-Chateau, that we start to get these stories coming in that he was seen in cemeteries late at night. Officially, he was wandering the countryside gathering rocks for a garden that he was renovating at the church, but this led people to speculate if he was digging up bodies to see if they had further clues. Others suggested that he was looking at gravestones like the one that we see with Marie d'Hautpoul and gathering the cryptic clues and then scratching them out. This has caused people to speculate that he may have been looking for an entrance to an underground crypt. What could he have been looking for and could he have found anything?
Saunière became one of the most wealthy people in the area. He had the house pictured above built to entertain all kinds of high-profile people of the time. He didn't live in the house however, it was mainly for use by his assistant Marie Dénarnaud. From there she would handle the finances and oversee the account balances of the various banks that were utilized by Saunière, one even linked to the Hapsburgs in Budapest.
This leads to the question as to why influential people would find their way to this small out-of-the-way village. Could they have been gathering to hear of the mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau? Or could they have been there to curry favor with Saunière? It would likely be the latter. As it would happen, Saunière would get in trouble in 1909 for trafficking mass or put more simply, selling influence. He would die eight years later in 1917. There are some interesting things to note however about his death. It would be at this time that most of the land Saunière was over would then go into the name of his assistant, Marie Dénarnaud. And again, we would have another story of one of these death bed secrets, this time, imparting Saunière's 'secret knowledge' to Marie. She would pass away in 1953, but not before she would sell the land to Noël Corbu in 1946.
With the land came the promise that Marie at some point would relay the secret message to Corbu. Although something happened to her. She succumbed to some kind of illness in her last days that left her conveniently unable to speak and she would take the secret of Rennes-le-Chateau to her grave. You could say that Corbu however was a true believer. An enterprising man. An entrepreneur. Prior to this episode in this life, Noël Corbu lived in Morocco due to his father being an attaché at the Embassy there, before obtaining the degree of Doctor of Science in Paris. There are stories of how he used connections that he had made over his life to get his son into a seminary by writing a letter to a cardinal that would eventually become Pope. This lead some people to wonder if he had close ties to the Vatican and if he was acquiring the property as some nefarious agent on behalf of the Vatican seeking to also gain some secret knowledge – admittedly that suggestion is a bit of a stretch.
Corbu would turn Villa Bethania into a hotel and opened a restaurant to attract people and for future guests to come and marvel and the weird and mysterious aspects of Rennes-le-Chateau. He would publicize the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau in local French newspapers at the time further propagating the story.
He would even make and star in a short film that dramatized Saunière's time at Rennes-le-Chateau called La Rue Tourne.
The scene that is being depicted in the photo above from the film is a vague yet very interesting part of the story. It shows Corbu, as Saunière, during the period after his return from Paris as he is unearthing a relic called the Knight Stone. The Knight Stone, if it is real, shows a depiction of what could be interpreted as a knight ushering away a small child which may have been Sigebert IV after his father was assassinated.
According to the BBC documentary, there were two skulls that were found in front of the altar underneath the Knight Stone when digging was undertaken by Saunière. At the time this was used to make the link between Rennes-le-Chateau and Dogebert II and his son Sigebert IV. Later however there was a story that it was Corbu that found a single skull during his excavations during 1965 while looking for treasure on the property. We are to assume that the skull that Corbu found was the one pictured below and it remained in private hands until 2014.
As for the skull that was found by Saunière it's possible that it could have been the skull of Dagobert II and if we go by the BBC account that's who it was. But the modern retelling of the story is in contradiction with that narrative.
It's really hard to say if Saunière ever actually found anything or if that was just something that was made up by Corbu. Dogebert II is regarded as a saint although his canonization is somewhat fuzzy, it's said in some sources that Templars venerated his skull referring to it as "Mahomet". Could we be looking at the very skull of the Templar tradition? Could it be what they were accused of worshipping which in turn led to their persecution? Is it the skull depicted in the Et in Arcadia ego paintings like Rennes-le-Chateau theorists suggest? Or was it just another fabrication by Corbu to draw attention to the town?
It seems that the mythic Arcadia in this legend is the southern region of France. The "promised land" for the family of Mary Magdalene and the family that descended from her. What was the original tomb at Les Pontils? Was it just a normal tomb that was being damaged by would-be treasure hunters? Could it have been the subject of the earlier paintings? It's really hard to know for sure. Just another oddity in the story that goes unsolved.
Corbu ended up selling the property to Henry Buthion in 1965. He died in a car crash during the time that Gérard de Sède's book on the subject was coming out. The crash was said to have happened right in front of the Monastery of Prouilhe which was the place Saunière went after he got in trouble and had to leave Rennes-le-Chateau for a time. This has led some to speculate if there was something nefarious about this crash or if it was just a coincidence. It's likely it was just a coincidence.
We then enter the era of fakery with regard to Rennes-le-Chateau. Corbu had stoked the flames of mystery which paved the way for a number of books written on the subject by people that were taking advantage of the whispers of treasure that might have been found over the years. The supposed parchments that we see associated with the mystery of Saunière seem to come from the book published by Gérard de Sède. They are said to have been fabricated by Philippe de Chérisey from a variety of older sources. The book itself was a failed manuscript written by Pierre Plantard but then subsequently rewritten by de Sède with the fake manuscripts made by Philippe de Chérisey. Sound convoluted? It's because it is. It was the combined effort of these three guys that led to this modern idea of the Merovingian lineage and the Priory of Sion. Pierre Plantard himself was a Merovingian pretender and claimed to be the rightful heir to the French throne, whether or not he truly believed that or if he was just trying to sell books is hard to say.
One of the main things that kept these guys going back to the mystery was this story about the tombstone with the encrypted message that had the connection to Antoine Bigou. It was in 1964 that we get a reproduction of a book that was from 1884 that was in the library of Abbe Joseph Courtauly. The original book was from Eugene Stublein and it was a work that detailed tombstones and their inscription from around Rennes-le-Chateau. Courtauly starts off the book with a note on the history and talks about how he had one of the original copies of the book in his library and he is releasing a version of some of the plates by popular demand so people can see the original gravestones as they would appear. This is the supposed source of the photos of the tombstone. So again, another lead that isn't how it was initially presented. He dies that same year in 1964.
It was then in 1967 that a set of documents that included this tombstone drawing and various pages about the Priory of Soin outlining the lineage of the Merovingians to Plantard was secretly placed in the Paris library, presumably by Plantard himself although we can't be sure. These files came to be known as the Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau and supposedly were compiled by Philippe Toscan du Plantier. You can read a copy of the documents here.
All of this would be laid ripe for the picking for one Henry Lincoln. He was on vacation in France in 1969 when he happened upon a book by Gérard de Sède called The Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Château. He was not hip to all the forgery that was going on and bought into the mystery as a whole and started digging into it all. It was Lincoln that noticed there was a hidden message that was encoded in the forged documents.
When Lincoln discovered the code he asked Gérard de Sède why they didn't publish the key to the cipher with the code in the book and de Sède said they thought it would be more interesting to not publish the deciphered text so someone would then find out on their own further adding to the mystery. This is one of the biggest clues to suggest that the story of the parchments was indeed completely fabricated because if de Sède actually knew of this encoded message it's quite likely that he would have wanted to reveal it himself if it was in fact genuine. Henry Lincoln was running with the ball at this point and had three BBC documentaries made on the subject not realizing he was investigating forged material. This would be the first time the mystery was exposed to the English-speaking world and it would mark the beginning of the mystery as a global phenomenon.
It was these three documentaries that Henry Lincoln was able to make in the 70s that built up to him releasing the world-famous book Holy Blood, Holy Grail. A work that would go on to be very influential in shaping the narrative around Rennes-le-Chateau.
It's only in the modern era that we are able to look back on all of this and piece the puzzle together in retrospect. For nearly a century treasure hunters from around the world have looked at this area in Southern France for clues to a mystery that may have never been. For many, it's a closed case. Henry Lincoln was investigating false leads that ultimately amounted to nothing more than a conspiratorial blend of fact and fiction. For others, they still continue to look for answers, still continue to write books and articles on the subject in hopes what they find might be the missing link to the puzzle.
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It's cold around here, the wind, the wind, the wind. Ah the wind, it swirls and penetrates, adding a toothy bite to whatever cold keeps in northern ice. The wind turbines spinning above corn stubble are gathering energy for comfortable utility of modern types, living past the wind; however in the tent the heating is last-century archaic. We found pot-belly stoves in the junk delivered by the locals. Outside its' the cold, inside it's drafty warm, pot-belly coal stoves are roaring rusty orange hot.
Everybody's amiable around a pot-belly stove, warming hands. It is very communal, especially for those with storied pasts who have come to exhibit and perform. Mystic memories, darkened poetry of personal and ancestral memories, cultural agrarian memories, the darkened reminder of industrial memories, times we understand by virtue of "back-in-the-day…"memories. Unquestioned veracity memories, the warmth of old thoughts in a cold world memories, the warm antique junk rag-and-bone shop memories; the, oh so cool, film noire memories.
Memories (and conversations) come out with the smell of hot boiling coffee the color of soot (and about as dense ), snapping spattering crisp burnt bacon with hot-cakes and syrup, and the nostalgic dusty envelopment of burning coal.
Anachronistically speaking winter in a dusky cave probably started the whole "art" thing; constant babbling and bother, blackened marks on walls.
Stop by next Saturday let's see where stories and scribbles might lead.


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For folks who are interested in the editing process, here is a revised version of the blurb for the back cover of Reversible Skirt.
When the mother of three little girls commits suicide, their father is desperate to keep his family together in the face of pressure from his in-laws to split the girls up. He remarries in haste and tells his daughters his new wife is their mother. The youngest, Laura, believes her mother must have gone through a kind of magical transformation.
Reversible Skirt, a memoir, unveils Laura's interior as she sifts through remnants of her mother's existence and struggles to fit into a community where her family's strict rules are not the norm. When her father dies, Laura's stepmother grows increasingly abusive, which propels Laura and her sisters into a lasting alliance. Their father's wish that they stay together comes true, although not in the way he'd imagined.
How's this for the description to go on the back cover of Reversible Skirt?
When the mother of three little girls commits suicide, her husband wants more than anything to keep his family together, though his in-laws believe the children should be split up for proper care. He remarries in haste and tells his daughters his new wife is their mother. The youngest, Laura, believes her mother must have gone through a kind of magical transformation.
Reversible Skirt is written from Laura's point of view as she sifts through remnants of her mother's existence and struggles to fit into a community where her family's strict rules are not the norm. When Laura's father dies, her stepmother grows increasingly abusive, which propels Laura and her sisters into a lasting alliance. Thus their father's wish that they stay together comes true, although not in the way he'd imagined.
Times have been worse, I've bled and hurt, cried in despair who will care?
Lynn Henriksen invited me to do a guest blog for her TellTale Souls blog. She posted it today at http://telltalesouls.com/blog/. Much of Lynn's work centers on collecting stories about the mother/daughter relationship. And through her workshops (some of which are done in collaboration with Kate Farrell), she succeeds in creating a very safe, supportive place for daughters to explore their memories and write keepsake memoirs about their mothers. She has also collected a number of such stories for a book, which her agent is shopping to publishers now. So, when writing the guest blog, my thoughts naturally drifted toward my mother, who, unfortunately, committed suicide when I was very young.
Lynn's blog, which she updated frequently, also has book reviews, contests and links to interesting resources.


Henceforth I will never call the Horizontal constraint anything other than "the upside-down Loch Ness Monster thing"!
Another piece of the puzzle. Great explanation!! Thanks!!!
Thank you for this, shared the link with my coworkers learning to model.
Hi there, i just started to watch your inventor.
From what i can see you cant be to inventive in inventor. You need to know precise what you want to do, to apply constraints at every step. In one word, inventor isnt the place where your ideas are born and get polished to an acceptable level.
I am wrong? If so, can you please show me an approaching method? Dont know, maybe using a 3d sketch or something like this, construction lines, planes. A way to draw and start detailing without losing the entire model (part or assembly) from sight. Can you modify a solid on place? I mean without switching to his 2d sketch view.
Hello, have you done videos about CAD mice/trackballs, equipment or something that makes work/workflow faster?
i learn more from your videos than in school Thanks.. Could you make more tutorials in fusion 360?
I just convinced another subscriber, an engineering student in the USA from Newcastle. I'm sure he would try to get in touch. Cheers!
short and sweat. bite size .
Good video Neil, a good way to use the constrains quickly is pressing Ctrl button and then right click in sketch environment, that show you all the constrains with their names. I just discover by accident and now I can't design whiteout using it (the quick access, not the constrains).
Excellent video. Could you possibly make a video about constraining 2D sketches with splines? And how to properly draw and manipulate them? Thanks.


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Q: The PM did not rule out customs union membership in the Commons this afternoon? What would you do if May did that?
Rees-Mogg repeats the point about not thinking that the Labour votes are there to encourage May to go down this route.
But he would vote against the customs union, he says. That is how the EU started.
Q: Are you saying the withdrawal agreement has to be re-opened, to remove the backstop text? Or would you accept an alternative legal agreement?
Rees-Mogg says it depends on the detail. The withdrawal agreement is superior law. Any alternative side text would have to have equal legal standing.
Rees-Mogg says the government cannot get its deal through with Labour votes. The numbers are not available, he says.
Rees-Mogg says May should close parliament temporarily if necessary to stop bill blocking no deal
Q: If no deal is taken off the table, will you encourage MPs to back May's deal?
Rees-Mogg says no deal cannot be taken off the table without the connivance of the government. He says if the Commons passes a no-deal bill, there are other mechanism available to the government. It could prorogue parliament, he says.
Rees-Mogg says government should if necessary prorogue parliament to stop Yvette Cooper's bill to block a no-deal Brexit.
Proroguing is what happens to parliament at the end of a session. It is not the same as dissolving parliament (which is what happens before a general election), but it would involve closing parliament for a few days. Rees-Mogg is suggesting it because, if parliament did get prorogued, bills which were going through parliament but not yet on the statute book would automatically.
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Rees-Mogg is now taking questions.
Q: It has been reported that you are shifting position. You say there might be a deal. What do you know that we don't know?
Rees-Mogg asks how he could possibly know more than the BBC.
The truth is, everyone wants a deal: the government, the EU, the Irish. And so if the only way to do that is to re-open the text, that is what will happen.
But he will only back the deal if there is meaningful change.
He says he is "on the alert for meaningless soft soap".
Rees-Mogg says Brexit will be "a rebirth, a retaking of control", to establish a new politics for a generation.
We will take back control, he says. "And Yvette Cooper will not stop us."
Rees-Mogg says there are two types of hope.
One is that the UK will get a better deal.
The other is "tick tock" - as time goes one, the UK gets closer to Brexit, he says.
Rees-Mogg says the Brexiter are a broad church. He was handed a Communist party leaflet on his way in, he says. He said it took him a while to realise, because it was sound on the EU.
Rees-Mogg waves his copy of the withdrawal agreement. Under it, the UK would not leave the EU properly, he says.
He says he reads in the papers that he has become "a soft touch".
This deal does not deliver Brexit, he says.
The biggest problem is the backstop, he says.
As long as that backstop is there, I will not vote for this deal.
He says the deal needs "fundamental change".
But he claims things "at last are going our way".
The Irish have expressed a willingness to compromise, he suggests. He says the Poles and the Italians have expressed reservations. And Angela Merkel has said she will work day and night to get a deal, he says.
Rees-Mogg says, in 1832, when the reform bill was being debated and parliament was deadlocked, it was thought at one point that the King might have to prorogue parliament in person. He says he hopes that is not necessary this time, and that the Queen's stay at Sandringham is not interrupted.
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Home Government County, City of Colusa agree to settle CEQA lawsuit
County, City of Colusa agree to settle CEQA lawsuit
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More than $20,000 in attorneys' fees later, the City and County of Colusa and Green Leaf Processors, Inc. have agreed to settle the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lawsuit filed by the County in August.
Absent two members, the Colusa City Council approved the settlement agreement in closed session at their regular meeting on Jan. 16.
The County initially filed a Writ of Mandate under the provisions of CEQA against Green Leaf and the City of Colusa in the Colusa County Superior Court on August 24, 2017. In the action, the county alleged that the City's approval of the Development Agreement and special use permit for the Green Leaf facility on Fifth Street abutting the levee "was a discretionary project under CEQA that requires environmental review, and (the City's and Green Leaf's) failure to perform the required environmental review is a violation of CEQA."
According to the settlement agreement, all parties mutually concluded that settlement was "the most efficient and practical way to resolve the matter at this point."
The settlement agreement stated that "(w)ithout any Party admitting or denying the truthfulness of any of the allegations or claims raised between the Parties, and without accepting any liability arising out of such claims, the Parties to this Agreement now intend to settle…"
As a part of the settlement agreement, Green Leaf agreed to comply with all applicable state regulations governing its manufacturing operations; obtain and at all times maintain compliance with a hazardous materials business plan and any other authorization required by the County Certified Unified Program Agency; obtain and at all times maintain compliance with all permits and authorizations required by the Colusa County Air Polution District; comply with all statutes, regulations, and rules governing the disposal of solid an hazardous wastes; and obtain and at all times maintain environmental pollution insurance for the facility.
The settlement agreement also stipulated that the Colusa Police Department "promptly make surveillance video available to the Sheriff's Office if necessary to allow the Sheriff's Office to provide proper law enforcement assistance or complete any law enforcement investigation or portion of such an investigation."
Green Leaf also agreed to pay the County a sum of $14,583.10 for attorneys' fees. For its part, the county agreed to dismiss the action with prejudice within three business days of the payment of the attorneys' fees. They also agreed not to oppose the facility, so long as certain criteria are met.
While the Colusa City Council may have agreed to settle the CEQA lawsuit with the county, they remain unhappy that it got to that point in the first place. When approached for comment, Councilman Dave Markss and City Manager Jesse Cain both deferred to Mayor Greg Ponciano. Ponciano made it clear on Monday that he didn't believe the lawsuit had anything to do with the California Environmental Quality Act.
"First of all, it was never about CEQA," Ponciano said. "There was nothing that was spelled out in our conversations that came after that initial suit that had anything whatsoever to do with CEQA. That's one of the reasons that I found it offensive… The questions and concerns that the county had could have been settled in a very simple conversation. Green Leaf paid the county's legal costs, but that's not the only cost to the taxpayers. (The county) dedicated staff time, as did the city, so it cost everybody money. We had to take our city attorney and put him on tasks outside what his norm would be."
The real issue, Ponciano insisted, is with cannabis, which he said nobody from the county has been willing to come out and say explicitly.
"I've been on the council for over five years, and I've never, ever had them comment – I mean, we've had big land rezoning, we've had annexations, and not a peep," Ponciano said. "And now, five projects, five letters, and all have to do with cannabis… If they want to sit down and talk about cannabis, I'll sit down and talk about cannabis, but let's not sit down and pretend that it has anything to do with CEQA, the Airport Land Use Commission, or anything else. I do find it a little bit hypocritical that they're trying to impose their will over a city over which, of course, they have no jurisdiction, but at the same time they don't have a plan (for cannabis) themselves."
The Colusa County Board of Supervisors is currently in the process of exploring how it will handle the legal cannabis industry, and what facets of it – if any – will be allowed in unincorporated areas of the county. They have taken a 'measured approach' and have hired a consultant to conduct public outreach and surveys of county residents before making a decision.
Ponciano said that it was getting to a point where all of the comment letters and the lawsuit were creating a "really hostile business environment to the point that it could cost us potential businesses."
"I hope it's not intentional… but if it's such a pain to deal with the county and the red tape to do business in the City of Colusa, people just won't come, and that doesn't help anyone," Ponciano said. "It doesn't help us or the county."
Colusa County CAO Wendy Tyler said on Monday evening she didn't agree with Ponciano's comments.
"I don't think the county is taking issue because this is a cannabis issue. I think the board has made it very clear that we are taking issue with this because of the process. This is about (the city's) failure to follow the processes we believe they should have followed, whether that is CEQA or otherwise," Tyler said, adding that the county would have been similarly critical of the process with any industry, and not just cannabis.■
Brian Pearson is the former Managing Editor & Reporter for the Williams Pioneer Review. Brian joined the Williams Pioneer Review in June 2016 and is committed to bringing hyperlocal news to its readers. A few of his projects included reporting local government and the sports page.
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Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory
The National Science Foundation facility is closed while engineers review the damage and assess the extent of repairs that will be needed to bring the telescope back online.
By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | August 11, 2020
The main collecting dish is among the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes. The reflective dish is 1,000 feet in diameter, 167 feet deep, and covers an area of about 20 acres.
One of the auxiliary cables that helps support a metal platform in place above the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, broke on Monday (Aug. 10) causing a 100-foot-long gash on the telescope's reflector dish. Operations at the UCF-managed observatory are stopped until repairs can be made.
The break occurred about 2:45 a.m. When the three-inch cable fell it also damaged about 6-8 panels in the Gregorian Dome and twisted the platform used to access the dome. It is not yet clear what caused the cable to break.
"We have a team of experts assessing the situation," says Francisco Cordova, the director of the observatory. "Our focus is assuring the safety of our staff, protecting the facilities and equipment, and restoring the facility to full operations as soon as possible, so it can continue to assist scientists around the world."
UCF manages the NSF-facility under a cooperative agreement with Universidad Ana G. Méndez and Yang Enterprises Inc. The facility, which is home to one of the most powerful telescopes on the planet, is used by scientists around the world to conduct research in the areas of atmospheric sciences, planetary sciences, radio astronomy and radar astronomy. Arecibo is also home to a team that runs the Planetary Radar Project supported by NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program in NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office through a grant awarded to UCF.
The facility has endured many hurricanes, tropical storms and earthquakes since it was built 50 years ago. Repairs from Hurricane Maria in 2017 are ongoing. Through it all, the facility has continued to contribute to significant breakthroughs in space research in the area of gravitational waves, asteroid characterization, planetary exploration and more.
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10 Interesting Valencia Facts
Tuesday, February 7th 2017. | Cities
The following Valencia Facts will impress the readers with the insight about the third Spanish largest city. The administrative center of Valencia is inhabited by 800,000 people. The population is around 1.5 to 1.6 million residents living in the urban area of Valencia. The metropolitan area is occupied by 1.7 to 2.5 million people. In Europe, the fifth busiest container port is housed within Valencia. In the Mediterranean Sea, it is the busiest one.
Valencia Facts 1: who founded Valencia?
In 138 BC, the consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus established Valencia as a Roman colony. It was named Valentia Edetanorum.
Valencia Facts 2: the Muslims
The new religion, customs and languages were introduced after the city was inhabited by the Muslims in 711. It became the capital of Taifa of Valencia where the people learn on how to cultivate new crops and to provide the irrigation system.
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Valencia Facts 3: king James I of Aragon
The city was controlled by Christian King James I of Aragon in 1238. The land of Valencia was shared with other nobles for the king owned their help during the conquering process. Check facts about Sydney here.
Valencia Facts 4: the history
Valencia is rich with history. There is no need to wonder that many tourists visit the city during their traveling to Spain. The historic area covers 169 ha. It attracts the people with the rich culture, history and ancient monuments.
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Valencia Facts 5: the climate
People enjoy the climate of Valencia. It has the dry and long summer. The winter season is very mild and short. During the day, it has the average temperature of 18.4 degrees Celsius. During the night, it has the average temperature of 13.8 degrees C.
Valencia Facts 6: the economy
Tourism is one of the crucial economic sectors in the city. The service-oriented economy is the major one. Around 5.5 percent of the residents still work in the industrial sector. The municipality is still filled with agriculture.
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Valencia Facts 7: an improved European city
Even though the economic crisis had affected Valencia, it grows well today. Various fields have been influenced by Valencia such as the art, science and fashion
Valencia Facts 8: a factor
Ford Motor Company is housed in Valencia. It is located in Almussafes. Get facts about Tehran here.
Valencia Facts 9: the metropolitan area and GDP
The GDP of the metropolitan area reached $52.7 billion.
Valencia Facts 10: the local festival
The prominent local festival in Valencia takes place in March. It is called Les Falles or Falles.
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FranNet Survey Shows 91% Success Rate for Franchises, 42% Higher Than Typical Small Businesses
in Franchise Consulting, Franchise News, Franchise Survey
FranNet, a private franchised business consulting company that for 25 years has helped aspiring entrepreneurs achieve franchise ownership, has released a detailed survey of the success and failure rates of franchise businesses.
FranNet conducted a detailed survey of 1,260 franchises it helped open from 2006 to 2010. (FranNet consultants work individually with clients and use a specific profiling and consultative process to determine a business model unique to each person. Its services are free.) The survey showed that 91.2 percent of the franchises it helped open were still in business after two years.
Highlights of the FranNet survey:
Total reported deals: 1633
Information provided: 1260 (77.16%)
Top performers: 180 (14.29%)
Closed overall: 190 (15.08%)
Closed before 2 years: 111 (8.81%)
Open longer than 2 years: 1149 (91.19%)
The franchise systems in this survey range from home-based service franchises to retail and food concepts. There were some home health care brands, tutoring franchises, and a pretty wide variety in the mix.
FranNet did not release the actual brand names of the firms, but works with over 200 brands.
According to a special tabulation by the Bureau of the Census produced for the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration a decade ago (the most accurate and recent data available on small business success rates), only 64 percent of small businesses survived the first two years of operation, and only half were still in business after four years.
By contrast, during the timeframe when FranNet studied small businesses, 85 percent of the businesses that it helped open were still in operation through five years.
FranNet's survey, which covers the majority of the recent recession, shows that franchised businesses enjoy success 42 percent more often than small businesses. (But keep in mind that success in this survey is measured in terms of business survival, not necessarily in terms of profits.)
"Accurate small business and franchise success rate data are very difficult to come by," said Jania Bailey, President and COO of FranNet. "It is often speculated that franchises are less risky and have a higher success rate than most small businesses, and we are excited about the implications our survey brings to light."
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The time bar discretion in Fidic 2017: raising The Jocelyne?
Volume 171 Issue 5 and is kindly reproduced with their permission.
The agreement or determination of the Claim shall include whether or not the Notice of Claim shall be treated as a valid Notice taking account of the details (if any) included in the fully detailed claim of the claiming Party's disagreement with such [Time Barring] Notice(s) or why late submission is justified (as the case may be).
There are two components to this discretion. The former, regarding disagreement with the time barring notice, applies where there is a dispute as to the timing or adequacy of the notice from the engineer that engages the time bar. The latter is clearly intended for when it is accepted that the relevant notice was late but the engineer is requested to exercise its discretion in order to allow the notice to be treated as valid.
While disputes regarding valid notice are likely to be factually contentious, the validity of notice is a relatively straightforward legal issue, especially as 'notice' is now a defined term in the new suite. However, the phrase 'why late submission is justified' is ambiguous as a legal test, so how should the parties, engineer and dispute avoidance and adjudication board (DAAB) approach it?
The pre-release 2017 Yellow Book provided a discretion, at DAAB level, in similar terms to the Gold Book 20084 – that is, that the DAAB could overrule time bars where 'fair and reasonable' to do so. While Fidic has commented that it felt time barring should be considered at an earlier stage, and so brought it within the engineer's capacity,1 it is unclear why it moved away from this test.
The Engineer shall make a fair determination of the matter or Claim, in accordance with the Contract, taking due regard of all relevant circumstances.
any evidence of the other party's prior knowledge of the factual or legal basis of claim (depending on whether the time barring notice is issued in respect of the notice of claim or the fully detailed claim, respectively).
These considerations were also present in the pre-release, in relation to the 'fair and reasonable' test. The degree of prejudice to the other side is a natural consideration. The other party's knowledge of the basis of claim would logically be relevant insofar as a lack of knowledge may impact their ability to respond adequately to the claim, although one might argue that this is a form of prejudice which would fall within the first consideration.
Beyond this, while it is a given that the engineer (and the DAAB) should attempt to be fair, their interpretation of 'justified' is likely to be coloured by their professional experience. In international contracts, and contracts in the developing world, one may encounter engineers and DAAB members from different legal traditions, which will also affect their understanding. It is prudent, therefore, to seek guidance, in order to frame submissions and guide the engineer and the DAAB. Unfortunately, there is no available authority on the Gold Book test. However, there is a similar statutory test, no longer used in the UK, which may provide useful guidance.
UK arbitration practitioners will be familiar with the discretion under section 12 of the Arbitration Act 1996,5 which allows courts to extend time limits in arbitration clauses. The test to be applied is restrictive, applying only where the relevant circumstances were 'outside the reasonable contemplation of the parties' when they agreed the provision, or where the conduct of one party makes it 'unjust' to apply the provision strictly.
However, prior to the Arbitration Act 1996, the Arbitration Act 19506 contained a wider discretion under section 27 that allowed extensions by a court in circumstances where applying the time bar would cause 'undue hardship' to the barred party.
Much like the Arbitration Act 1950 before it, the Arbitration Act 1996 has spread throughout the common law jurisdictions. As a result, the newer, narrower discretion has almost universally supplanted the former, wider discretion. The only major jurisdiction to retain a statutory discretion in the terms of the 1950 act is South Africa. Despite this, due to its previous ubiquity, there is a substantial corpus of accessible and established authority, throughout the common law jurisdictions, regarding the application of the undue hardship test.
Of course, the undue hardship test and the new Fidic test have some superficial differences; contract versus statute, assessment/adjudicatory versus judicial. However, the aims of the two are the same: to bring proportionality to the application of contractual time bars.
Fundamentally, the engineer must be conscious of the implication of possessing a discretion at all. It presupposes that time bars are not intended to be fatal to the claimant as a matter of course. Indeed, it is worth remembering that, in most cases, the claimant's entitlement emanates from a failure of the other party.
An important aspect of time barring being part of the engineer's determination is that it will be open to adjudication by the DAAB on the same basis. It is therefore in the engineer's interest to exercise its discretion prudently. Unreasonably time barring the dispute foregoes the opportunity to avoid escalating the underlying issue(s), incurring unnecessary time and cost for both parties.
Although the wording of the two tests is different, it seems a difference without distinction. Whether the hardship caused by a time bar is undue, ultimately, is a question of fairness and justification, taking account of all relevant circumstances. This is clear from the considerations listed in The Jocelyne. Therefore, given that the Fidic test and the undue hardship test share a common aim and application, it seems wasteful not to consider the latter as useful guidance to the former. Doing so has clear benefits; it utilises the well-developed and well-regarded case law of the recent past to provide a degree of consistency and commercial certainty to the new Fidic test.
1 Fidic (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) (2017) FIDIC Rainbow Suite, 2017 edn. Fidic, Geneva, Switzerland. See http://fidic.org/sites/default/files/press%20release_rainbow%20suite_2018_03.pdf (accessed 19/05/2018).
2 Fidic (2017) Conditions of Contract for Construction, 2nd edn. Fidic, Geneva, Switzerland.
5 Arbitration Act 1996. Chapter 23. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, UK.
6 Arbitration Act 1950. 14 Geo 6. Chapter 27. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, UK.
7 Liberian Shipping Corporation "Pegasus" v A. King & Sons Ltd.  2 Q.B. 86;  2 W.L.R. 856.
8 Moscow V/O Export Khleb v Helmville (The Jocelyne)  2 Lloyd's Rep. 121.
Mark joined Systech International as a Paralegal in July 2017, and recently began his training contract with Systech Solicitors. Based in Johannesburg, Mark has worked alongside an international and multidisciplinary Systech team on mega-projects in the South African energy sector, gaining a strong grounding in construction law and claims practice, and an interest in the FIDIC forms of contract.
As a trainee with Systech Solicitors, Mark will continue to work closely with our lawyers, experts, claims specialists and forensic delay analysts to support our clients in the delivery of complex, high value projects.


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Here is a JavaME game designed for Java cell phones. It is based on the card game called "Spit". The object to to discard all your stock cards as fast as possible. Once the players turns over a card from their draw piles, they must try to place a card either one higher or one lower on top of the discard pile. Both player complete simultaneously to get rid of their cards, one card at a time. Players continue to "spit" a draw card and get rid of their stock piles until they have none left and ultimately have no cards in their draw and discard piles.
Early developement shots of showing two sets of card types and card backings.
The game originally started as a reason to learn JavaME and use the touch screen of the phone. The game is currently in the works, several features need to be done before a release can be done. Currently, the game is designed for the Sony Ericsson P910, but should work on the P800, P900, and P990. Other cell-phone (with touch screen support) that are Java based should be able to run it. Work is being done to allow the game to be played with the phone keys. The game right now is limitted to a screen size of 180 x 120 due to the size of the cards, but there will be versions with smaller and larger cards. One key feature needed is to procedurally generate the cards. Loading all the images for the different card set and background is taking up a lot of space. This should be able to make the JAR file much smaller.


Wow, I am not sure what is worse... Yes, I do! I think I would rather the "GHOST".
OMG! As soon as the police had him in custody, I'd have been out of there... sheesh.
How terrifying for them. Though this story is rather bizarre it could have ended badly. The intruder was evidently mental. Luckily he had no malice intended. Having had my home broken into and my office on separate occasions it truly is an invasion of privacy which leaves you paranoid for quite a while afterward. Interesting story... thanks for sharing it.
Wow! Do guys in that neighborhood have lock picks or something? I'm glad he got arrested and everyone's okay.
....Instead of swiping stuff from clothes lines, he's inexplicably able to get into women's locked apartments.
At least he didn't go "David Russell Williams" on the women.
Gals should move. Apparently weird males with Kitty-Pryde-like powers are a thing (I'm not serious about 'phasing powers' but YEESH!).
....Reminds me of that story about that guy in Japan who had a woman secretly living in his apartment without his knowledge. She would stay in the pantry when he was around.
Edited by SpukiKitty, 06 February 2019 - 08:37 PM.
I think I would rather a friendly than a stranger hiding in my cupboard. He must have serious issues glad those girls just got a fright and nothing more sinister.


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DeSantis responds to Biden admin plans to dump illegal immigrants in Florida: 'I will send them to Delaware'
by Laura Ramirez November 12, 2021
The Biden administration was criticized this week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over its plan to put illegal immigrants on "secretive" flights in Florida. DeSantis warned that he will send these individuals to Biden's home state of Delaware if the administration continues to flood the state with illegal immigrants.
"My view would be, if they're going to come here, you know, we'll provide buses and provide them. I will send them to Delaware," DeSantis said during a press conference Wednesday. "If [Biden's] not going to support the border being secured, then he should be able to have everyone there."
LOL! @RonDeSantisFL says he will send illegal immigrants to Delaware — Joe Biden's home state.
"If he's not gonna support the border being secure, then he should be able to have everyone there."
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— Abigail Marone ?? (@abigailmarone) November 10, 2021
DeSantis slammed Joe Biden for expressing concern about the migrant crisis currently happening on the border between Poland and Belarus while failing to handle the border crisis happening in the country he presides over.
The governor's office claimed that more than 70 flights carrying illegal immigrants from the southern border have landed during the night in Jacksonville, Fla.
"Over 70 air charter flights [on] jetliner airliners coming from the southwest border have landed at Jacksonville International Airport," Larry Keefe, DeSantis's public safety czar, said. "On average, there's 36 passengers on each of these flights. And that has been going on over the course of the summer through September."
According to Fox News, one of the passengers on the flights was a Honduran native, who posed as a minor, and has since been arrested and charged with the murder of a father of four in Florida.
"If Biden had not been doing that, if he'd been doing his job, that individual be alive today," DeSantis said.
The governor also threatened to deny businesses state contracts if they continue to help Biden dump illegal immigrants in the state.
"We're looking at what we can do. I think that they use these private contractors. So what we're looking at is how can we fight back against the contractors? We can obviously deny them state contracts, which we will do. Can we deny them access to Florida's market generally? Can we tax them? Can we do things to provide disincentives so they can't do it? So we're going to do whatever we can to do it," DeSantis continued.
The governor vowed to take swift action against these "contractors" who help the Biden Administration. "But we are going to go after some of these contractors because they are bringing in people that are causing burdens on us and, as we've said, tragically caused someone to lose their life."
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[Cinepocalypse] 4 Films to Flag in the Cinepocalypse 2019 Film Festival Line-Up
May 7, 2019 by Joe Lipsett
"Cinepocalypse, Chicago's premiere festival for electrifying and provocative genre cinema, returns to the Music Box Theatre June 13th for eight days of features, shorts, events and surprises, including eight fantastic break-out world premieres!"
Cinepocalypse is one of the hottest genre festivals in North America, so it's always a delight when the screening schedule comes out. This year's fest is already off to a great start with the announcement of a wide diversity of films, including a very welcome number of high profile projects from female directors including Gigi Saul Guerrer, Chelsea Stardust, Caryn Waecther, Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala and Pollyanna McIntosh. The buzz surrounding both Stardust's Satanic Panic (a product of Fangoria Magazine's film production wing) and The Lodge (a high profile Sundance acquisition from the directors behind cult classic Goodnight, Mommy) has been steadily building for several months.
The opening night feature is Verotika, the directorial debut from Misfits founder and punk/metal legend Glenn Danzig. Featuring a plot shrouded in secrecy, a soundtrack of new Danzig music, and based on the output of his comic book publishing company Verotik—a compound of "violence" and "erotic"—the feature film anthology is a realization of his lifelong love of comics and the dark arts that promises to "melt your face off" <gulp>.
Finally, in addition to new films from Lucky McKee and Joe Begos, one final film to keep an eye out for is Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's buzzy SXSW film Villains (which my partner-in-crime Trace Thurman raved about in his festival review). The film, which stars Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe, finds the tables turned on two wannabe criminals when thievery runs a foul and the prowlers soon become the prey.
Festival badges are available now, and individual tickets go on sale Friday at noon CT at cinepocalypsegenrefest.com
Here's the full festival program:
Achoura, dir. Talal Selhami
Morocco, North American Premiere
Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them re-surfaces after 20 years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.
Attack of the Demons, dir. Eric Power
USA, World Premiere – Filmmaker in attendance!
Three friends must use every skill their minds can fathom to stave off a legion of mutating demons overtaking their community. Move over SOUTH PARK, this gore-soaked film is done entirely in hand cut-paper animation.
Belzebuth, dir. Emilio Portes
Mexico, North American Premiere
After losing his family in a most horrific way, a special border agent must investigate a series of deaths involving young children, possession, and an ancient demon named Belzebuth.
Bliss, dir. Joe Begos
USA, Midwest Premiere
A brilliant macabre painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to every vice she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and a whole lotta murder.
Hulu's Into The Dark: Culture Shock, dir. Gigi Saul Guerrero
USA, Special Presentation – Filmmaker in attendance!
This thriller follows a young woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare.
Darlin', dir. Pollyanna McIntosh
USA, Midwest Premiere – Filmmaker in attendance!
A direct sequel to 2011's cult classic THE WOMAN, star Pollyanna McIntosh takes over the director's chair in this coming-of-age shocker with a horror-tinged twist.
Deadcon, dir. Caryn Waechter
USA, World Premiere
The horrors and isolation of being a social media influencer run rampant in DEADCON, when a collection of Youtube and Instagram stars soon discover there are things scarier than thousands of teenagers armed with phones asking for selfies.
Falling Down, dir. Joel Schumacher
USA, Retrospective – Filmmaker in attendance!
An unemployed defense worker, frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. Presented in 35mm.
Flatliners, dir. Joel Schumacher
Five medical students experiment with "near-death" experiences until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives. Presented in 70mm
Ghost Killers Vs. Bloody Mary, dir. Fabrício Bittar
Brazil, North American Premiere
In this horror-comedy bloodbath, four Youtubers with expertise in supernatural events seek recognition from their viewers while solving the urban legend of Bloody Mary. Prepare yourselves for gut-busting hilarity and gore-soaked chaos.
GWAR Showcase
USA, Special screening – Guests in attendance!
A retrospective of GWAR's blood-splattered iconic heavy metal career, including the Grammy nominated PHALLUS IN WONDERLAND, followed by a Q&A!
Hot Dog… The Movie, dir. Peter Markle
USA, 35th Anniversary 4K Producer's Cut Restoration World Premiere
Kindred Spirits, dir. Lucky McKee
In the latest twisted work from the director of MAY and THE WOMAN, stars Thora Birch, Macon Blair, and Caitlin Stasey shine in this unapologetically dark thriller about a deeply disturbed young woman with a sinister agenda.
The Lodge, dirs. Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
UK/U.S.A, Midwest Premiere
In this psychologically unsettling slowburn, a young woman and her soon-to-be new stepchildren find themselves snowed in at a remote winter cabin. Of course, strange and frightening events take place concluding in a final act that will leave you shaken.
The Lurker, dir. Eric Liberacki
A group of high school theatre students (led by Scout Taylor-Compton), celebrate their final performance of Romeo & Juliet by dying at the hands of a savage killer, in this Chicago-set slasher that gives new meaning to the expression "the show must go on!"
Mope, dir. Lucas Heyne
The tragic and very icky true story of two best friends and low-end Mopes (slang for wannabe porn stars) who sought fame but gained infamy in a 2010 murder at a San Fernando valley porn company's warehouse.
The Mute, dir. Bartosz Konopka
Poland, North American Premiere
Two knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep within the mountains, using vile methods to take control of the foreigners minds and souls. THE MUTE is a spectacle made of visuals and atmosphere combined to create a thrilling, savage, and mystical epic.
Punta Muerto (Dead End), dir. Daniel de la Vega
Argentina, North American Premiere
A mystery writer is suspected of murder when a colleague turns up dead in the exact way that is laid out in his latest, highly praised book. To prove his innocence, he must find the real killer, in this stunning B&W throwback to '40s mysteries and film noir.
Rock N' Roll Nightmare, dir. John Fasano
Canada, Special live movie riff event with members of GWAR
At a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, a hopeful hair-metal band seeking inspiration to record their new LP will soon find themselves in a furious confrontation with the Prince of Darkness himself, as well as GWAR!
Satanic Panic, dir. Chelsea Stardust
A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life – and her tips – when her last order of the night turns out to be to a group of high-society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.
The Swerve, dir. Dean Kapsalis
Holly seems to have it all, but there are troubling signs that all is not right as her life begins to spiral out of control. Both a stellar portrait of depression and a horrific drama, this haunting update on a classic tragedy comes from a new writer/director raised on the films of Bergman, Polanski, and Hitchcock.
Tammy & the T-Rex, dir. Stewart Raffill
USA, Original R-rated 'Gore-Cut' 35mm World Premiere
From the director of MAC AND ME, comes a love story like no other. Starring DEnise Richards and the late great Paul Walker. Oh, and of course a T-Rex.
Total Recall, dir. Paul Verhoeven
USA, Retrospective – Film Guest in attendance!
Presented in 70mm.
"See you at the party Richter". Villain extraordinaire Michael Ironside in attendance for one of the greatest sci-fi action films of all time! From filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenneger. You know this one!
Verotika
Verotika, dir. Glenn Danzig
Featuring a plot shrouded in secrecy, a soundtrack composed entirely of new Danzig music, and based on the output of his long-running, mature comic book publishing company Verotik—a compound of "violence" and "erotic"—this feature film anthology is Glenn Danzig's directorial debut!
Villains, dirs. Dan Berk & Robert Olsen
When a pair of painfully amateurish criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret in the basement that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep from getting out in this black-comic thriller.
Why Don't You Just Die, dir. Kirill Sokolov
Russia, Midwest Premiere – Presented by L'Étrange Festival
A detective brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment, each one of whom has a reason to want revenge. With plenty of dark Russian humor, this rip-roaring rampage of violence and gore plays more as an evil Looney tunes than your basic gross-out experience. Presented by L'Etrange Festival in Paris.
What do you think of the line-up? What films are you most excited for?
Filed Under: Cinepocalypse, Horror, Horror Film Festival Coverage Tagged With: Bill Skarsgård, Caryn Waecther, Chelsea Stardust, Cinepocalypse, Fangoria, Gigi Saul Guerrer, Glenn Danzig, Joe Begos, Lucky McKee, Maika Monroe, Pollyanna McIntosh, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz


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Q: Replace XML fragments using XSLT? I've got this bit of XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<photo-caption>

        <?EM-dummyText caption?>
        <ld pattern=" "/>
        <s2>Photo </s2>
        <source>
            <?EM-dummyText photographer?>
        </source>

</photo-caption>

I want this output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<photo-caption>

        <s2><?EM-dummyText heading?></s2>
        <?EM-dummyText caption?>

</photo-caption>

This is the XSLT I'm using at the moment:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    exclude-result-prefixes="subst"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:subst="http://tempuri.org">
    <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
    <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/>
    <subst:photo-caption>

            <s2>
                <?EM-dummyText heading?>
            </s2>
            <?EM-dummyText caption?>

    </subst:photo-caption>
    <xsl:variable name="subst" select="document('')/*/subst:photo-caption"/>
    <xsl:template match="photo-caption">
        <xsl:copy-of select="$subst"/>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

... which yields this the output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<subst:photo-caption xmlns:subst="http://tempuri.org" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

      <s2><?EM-dummyText heading?></s2><?EM-dummyText caption?>

</subst:photo-caption>

How do I remove the prefixes and namespace attributes from the output?  Or is there a better way to do this?

A: If you simply want to output that fragment then use
<xsl:template match="photo-caption">
<photo-caption>

        <s2>
          <xsl:processing-instruction name="EM-dummyText">heading</xsl:processing-instruction>
        </s2>
        <xsl:processing-instruction name="EM-dummyText">caption</xsl:processing-instruction>

</photo-caption>
</xsl:template>

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The owner of this condominium in Logan Circle had lived there for over 25 years. He wanted an updated kitchen, new flooring in the apartment, and pocket doors to the den/office off the living room.
One of the main obstacles to remodeling the kitchen was a large shaft that prevented the enlargement/opening of the kitchen to the dining and living rooms. When the Landis team investigated the purpose of the shaft, it found it to be an opening built for future piping that was never installed. The building management allowed us to downsize the shaft to accommodate just the electrical panel/wiring. We also removed the wall near the shaft to open up the kitchen.
Before: kitchen separated from living room by wall/shaft.
After: shaft downsized and wall removed.
In his 25 years in the apartment, the client had seen many changes in the neighborhood. His color palette was inspired by the view from his windows. He chose classic white cabinets with raised panel inset doors. The base cabinets are topped with deep gray New Caledonia granite and the backsplash is a neutral gray/green 2-inch by 6-inch glass tile from Anatolia Tile called Bliss Element in Mist.
The remodeled kitchen has more storage than the original layout. The new cabinets run all the way to the ceiling–which the original cabinets did not. There is also a lazy Susan in the bottom corner cabinets instead of a blind cabinet, which can be hard to access. The small island has cabinets and drawers below and a cantilevered countertop that could fit some stools.
Though the cabinets are a very classic style, the owner opted for more modern accents with stainless steel appliances, the glass backsplash, and contemporary track lighting and dining room fixture.
The stove, sink, and dishwasher stayed in their original locations. The only appliance that we moved was the refrigerator. Since it's a small kitchen, the designer opted for a 30-inch model. Liebherr is the only manufacturer that makes a 30-inch counter-depth refrigerator. The range, over the range microwave, and dishwasher are GE.
We removed the original hinged doors to the den/office and replaced them with pocket doors, which allows for better flow and access from the living room.
Before: Hinged doors to the office/den.
After: We installed pocket doors to the office/den which makes both spaces more functional.
After: We replaced the carpet in the entire condominium with new maple floors in a natural finish.


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Ingredients 1 lb asparagus 1 tablespoon Virgin Olive's Traditional Olive Oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh Virgin Olive's Lemon White Balsamic Vinegar Salt and pepper to taste Directions Preheat oven to 375°F. Toss asparagus with the Virgin Olive Traditional olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper Place asparagus flat on a baking sheet Roast for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and drizzle with the Virgin Olive Lemon White Balsamic Vinegar. Enjoy!
Ingredients 1⁄4 cup Virgin Olive's White Balsamic Vinegar 1 garlic clove, crushed 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic, plus 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard 1⁄2 cup Virgin Olive's Traditional Olive Oil Directions Combine all ingredients together. Slowly whisk in the safflower oil. Enjoy with greens, salads and fish!
Ingredients 1 ounce of Vodka 1/2 ounce of Peach Schnapps 1 splash of Grenadine 1/4 ounce of the Virgin Olive's Orange Guava White Balsamic Vinegar Soda Water Ice Directions Combine all ingredients in a shaker full of ice – except for the soda water! Shake everything together thoroughly. Pour into a glass and top off with the soda water. Enjoy!


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Kerri-Anne Kennerly's unforgettable career moments
Including THAT John Stamos interview.
Dec 11, 2017 3:05pm
By Stephen Downie and Helen Vnuk
Kerri-Anne Kennerly, 64, is an Australian TV legend. The presenter, who has been on TV for close to 50 years, chats to TV WEEK about some of the most unforgettable moments of her career.
Changing breakfast TV
When Kerri-Anne took on the job of co-host of Good Morning Australia in 1981, breakfast television wasn't taken seriously.
"In those days, people thought you had to be a moron to actually watch TV in the morning," she explains. "It was cartoons for the kids while you got dressed for work."
But over the 11 years that Kerri-Anne fronted GMA, viewers started to realise that, due to the time difference, breakfast TV could deliver the big news stories from overseas.
"The Falklands War [in 1982], the space shuttle [Challenger] going down over Florida [in 1986]... we had the pictures," she recalls.
Fast Forward send-up
Gina Riley as Fast Forward's Kerri-Anne Kennel.
By the early 1990s, Kerri-Anne had such a high profile, she was being sent up on hugely popular skit show Fast Forward. Gina Riley, in a blonde wig, would say something along the lines of, "I'm Kerri-Anne Kennel. It's great to be watching me," and belt out a song.
Kerri-Anne concedes that if she was going to be sent up by anybody, at least it was by someone who was "actually really good" at what she was doing.
"It was too good - to the point where I walked around and people thought I was Kerri-Anne Kennel!" she laughs.
The John Stamos incident
An intoxicated John Stamos slurred his words - and insulted KAK!
Kerri-Anne went viral in 2007 after interviewing ER star John Stamos on her morning show. The actor slurred his words as he insulted a newspaper journalist, was rude about Kerri-Anne's outfit, and made an obscene gesture. Initially, John blamed jet lag and sleeping pills, but later admitted he was drunk.
"That was out there," Kerri-Anne says. "I loved it. All the executives were starting to panic, but I thought it was fabulous.
The TV veteran was inducted into the TV WEEK Logies Hall of Fame.
The Logie Awards audience were moved to tears as Kerri-Anne delivered her Hall Of Fame acceptance speech. She paid tribute to her husband, John, who had been left paralysed following a fall a year earlier.
"Having John there was such a huge hurdle - getting him down there and into the room," she explains.
In her speech, Kerri-Anne said she would give away her 50-year career to have John standing by her side, holding her hand. Kerri-Anne recorded the speech, but admits she hasn't been able to watch it back yet.
"You've got to be in the right frame of mind and it's got to be enough distance to look at it properly," she says.
For the full story, pick up this week's issue of TV WEEK.
Kerri-Anne Kennerley,
undefined: Stephen Downie and Helen Vnuk


Something interesting was pointed out to me earlier. As of today – December 31, 2017 – there are no more children who were born in the 20th century. Tomorrow, people born in 2000 can purchase cigarettes legally. Everybody born in the 1900s is now (or would be) an adult. All I can say is…wow! And maybe, yikes?
That in mind, it does bring me back to the topic of names. Most of the time, I talk about baby names – names of children who were recently born. Once a month, though, I write about the interesting names I've spotted among all ages in that time. Babies aren't the only ones with unique names! Indeed, sometimes adults (even ones who've passed away) are the bearers of names so unusual that you'd almost never find them in data-sets. If there's ever a way for name-enthusiasts to discover new and uncharted appellations, this is it.
Doucette – She told me her family was from southern France.
Arrow – Increasingly popular for both boys and girls. According to the latest numbers, 71 girls and 119 boys were named Arrow in 2016.
Kourtlyn – 22 girls were named Kourtlyn in 2016. A little surprisingly, this trendier, more modern take on Courtney first appeared in SSA birth data in 1992. Other spellings include Courtlyn and Courtlynn.
Phinehas – Phineas is a better-known form of this Biblical name. 25 boys were named Phinehas in 2016, compared to 139 named Phineas.
Hosanna – Biblical, but not traditionally a name (though it sounds like one!). It's a word that commonly pops up in church hymns. 76 girls were named Hosanna in 2016.
Avelina – This is a name we're all going to start hearing more often. Avelina tails on the trendiness of Aveline, which has more than quintupled in usage since 2012! 179 girls were named Aveline in 2016 (up from 100 in 2015), and 64 girls were named Avelina in '16 (up from 48 in '15).
Cinderella (deceased) – Most of her siblings had ordinary names, making this an especially odd sighting! Cinderella last appeared in SSA birth data in 2010.
Stanwyn (deceased, male) – looks like someone tried to Welsh-ify Stanley.
Aphroditi-Marilena – At least, I think it's Aphroditi-Marilena. I'm not 100% sure that Marilena was the name after the hyphen, but I definitely saw Aphroditi before the dash! Spotted in the credits of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Aphroditi is a variant of Aphrodite, name of the Ancient Greek goddess of love. Although Aphroditi doesn't show up in SSA birth data, Aphrodite does, and was given to 12 girls in 2016.
And that's it for 2017! I can't wait to see what goodies 2018 brings. Maybe I'll meet a real-life Champagne or something…speaking of which, time to open a bottle!
P.S. What did you think of the names I spotted in December? Did you spot any unusual names of your own? Let me know in the comments!
'F' is an uncommon letter for baby names. Indeed, I've managed to fit girls' and boys' names into just one post!
As always, the data for this post comes from the Social Security Administration, which publishes information on American baby names that have been used at least 5 times in a given year. All the names below fell somewhere below the top 1000 last year (2016).
What do you think of these? Do you have a favorite 'F' name?


Canada is undefeated coming into the semi-final match, having swept its three group stage matches and eliminating France in the quarter-final. With seven goals scored and only two goals against, Canada has shown the competition, and the world, it is here in Brazil to compete at the highest level.
From more than 100 nations, only four nations remain in the final competition. Success in the semi-final will come down to more than just skill – it will take resilience, determination, or what Canadians like to call grit.
Canada has certainly shown Canadian grit in this Olympic tournament, having blanked the FIFA Women's World ranked third team (France) and fifth (Australia). When Canada beat the world's second ranked Germany in the third group stage match, it made Canadian history and propelled the team into the spotlight as a medal contender.
But even with an unbeaten record, the team knows the hard work is not done.
As for Herdman, he has challenged the team to push the attacking side of Canada's game.
Going into Tuesday's semi-final, Herdman expects Germany will come out hard from the start and try to put Canada on its back heel, something they weren't able to do against Canada in the group stage.
With four wins at Rio 2016, Canada have now posted a record of 14 wins and four losses in 18 international matches this calendar year. Since finishing sixth at last year's FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™, Canada have posted a record of 16-0-6 in 22 matches, including a second-place finish at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Football Qualifiers and a first-place finish at the Algarve Cup.
Canada are the only one of four Olympic semi-finalists returning for a chance to win a medal four years after winning a bronze medal at the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament.


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Lisa Duignan
Head of European Data Centres
My focus is on high-tech and manufacturing programme growth, building and empowering talented teams and establishing operational excellence.
I'm a project director in the exciting and fast paced high-tech and manufacturing (HT&M) sector, based in Dublin. I'm also the EMEA region lead for one of our biggest global clients, supporting its hyperscale data centre construction programme.
I'm responsible for leading cross functional teams, primarily project controls focused, and delivering a consistent and proactive service.
I began as an assistant cost manager in our Toronto office. My next step was moving into a mechanical and electrical quantity surveyor role based in London, where I also became a chartered surveyor.
My experience supported a natural progression into HT&M, a sector which is growing exponentially. I've led on hyperscale data centre commissions at both a project and programme level and supported growth of our teams on key sites and in our hub offices.
I am currently based between our Dublin office and our client's EMEA HQ, growing our partnership on their program as part of our global key client leadership team.
Q. How has your career at Turner and Townsend developed?
A. I'm privileged that my career at Turner & Townsend has developed rapidly, from counting lights as an Assistant QS through to leading a multi-disciplinary EMEA team with our biggest tech client as a Project Director. I've worked with amazing mentors, colleagues and clients which I'm very grateful for, many of whom have been integral to my own growth as a leader and as a person.
Q. What's your typical day?
A. Most people in our business will say no two days are the same! This morning I reviewed our monthly project report on a Dublin data centre project with our onsite team. I'm about to meet a client stakeholder now to discuss our team structure for the next data centre building coming up on our Netherlands site.
I'll also be joining a High Tech & Manufacturing board meeting today, catching up with our global leadership team to discuss updates and focus areas for the region. Later this afternoon I'm with one of our new starters who's here in Dublin for onboarding. I'll introduce him to our clients and make sure he gets to shadow a variety of people on our team to get familiar with project culture and processes before he relocates to his site.
Q. How do you see your career progressing at Turner & Townsend?
A. I want to work closely with our global high tech and manufacturing board and regional teams to increase our capability and track record, making us the number one choice for clients in this sector.
I'd also like to contribute more to the health and wellbeing agenda within the business in the coming years, it's going to be vitally important to grow and retain the best talent and is something I'm very passionate about.
Controls and performance
Appointed as Project Director
Relocated to Ireland
Promoted to Associate Director
Relocated to London as a quantity surveyor
Joined Turner & Townsend as an assistant cost manager in Toronto
Positive signs for the Republic of Ireland construction market


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We help client's interested in entering Indian Market with the market entry strategy and also provides the local support needed to establish them in India, that may include acting as their representatives, locating local partners, arranging introductions and scheduling meetings.
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Q: SharePoint SpServices I am working on Sharepoint 2013 Autocomplete functionality
I created 2 lists
1) FruitsList --> List 1 |  FruitName --> column
2) FruitFetching --> List 2 |  Name of the fruit --> column
I gave the list of items to the FruitsList and what I want to achieve is I want to fetch the list of items from Fruitfetching list through Autocomplete.
I added the code in SharePoint webpart. Sharing the code below.
<link href= https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/autocomplete-0.3.0.css rel="stylesheet" />
<script src= https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/jquery-3.1.1.js type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src= https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/jquery-ui.js type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src= https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/jquery.SPServices-0.7.2.js type="text/javascript" ></script>

<script type = "text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
    readyCall();
});

function readyCall()
{
   var externalParties = [];
   $().SPServices({
   operation:"GetListItems",
   listName:"FruitsList",
   CAMLViewFields:"<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='FruitName'/></ViewFields>",
    async:false,
   completrefunc:function(xData,Status){

    $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function(){
    externaParties.push($(this).attr("FruitName"));
});
}

});

   $("input[id$='Name_x0020_Of_x0020_the_x0020_Fr_5df8c07d-1dd7-4e65-a9fe-695dbe65f187_$TextField']").autocomplete({
     source:externalParties});

}
</script>

This is my code. I added debugger  inside the function. but it is not going inside SPservices it is directly going to the input text box.
As I am new to SharePoint can anyone plz help on resolving this issue.
If I add an alert in the complete function I am geeting like this below screen shot

Thanks in Advance

A: As Call is async, you have to wait till servers returns fruitname, so you need to put initialization code inside your complete function. below is updated code.
<script type = "text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

readyCall();

});

function readyCall()
{
   var externalParties = [];
   $().SPServices({
   operation:"GetListItems",
   listName:"FruitsList",
   CAMLViewFields:"<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='FruitName'/></ViewFields>",
    async:false,
   completefunc:function(xData,Status){

    $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function(){
    externaParties.push($(this).attr("FruitName"));
});

 $("input[id$='Name_x0020_Of_x0020_the_x0020_Fr_5df8c07d-1dd7-4e65-a9fe-695dbe65f187_$TextField']").autocomplete({
     source:externalParties});

}

});

}
</script>

A: Tyr out below code and let me know if it works for you.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
    readyCall();
});

function readyCall()
{
    var externalParties = [];
    $().SPServices({
        operation:"GetListItems",
        listName:"FruitsList",
        CAMLViewFields:"<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='FruitName'/></ViewFields>",
        async:false,
        completrefunc:function(xData,Status){
            $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function(){
                externalParties.push($(this).attr("ows_FruitName"));
            });
        }
    });

    $("input[id$='Name_x0020_Of_x0020_the_x0020_Fr_5df8c07d-1dd7-4e65-a9fe-695dbe65f187_$TextField']").autocomplete({
        source:externalParties});
}
</script>

A: Hi I got a solution for the above question, I am sharing the details below
<link href= "https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/autocomplete-0.3.0.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src= "https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/jquery-1.8.3.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src= "https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/jquery-ui.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src= "https://alshayacom.sharepoint.com/sites/TimesheetDEV/MasterDetailSite/SiteAssets/jquery.SPServices-0.7.2.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>

<script  language ="javascript" type = "text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

readyCall();

});

function readyCall()
{

   document.getElementById('Name_x0020_Of_x0020_the_x0020_Fr_5df8c07d-1dd7-4e65-a9fe-695dbe65f187_$TextField').title = 'FruitNames';

  $().SPServices.SPAutocomplete({
              sourceList: "FruitsList",
            sourceColumn: "FruitNames",
            columnName: "FruitNames",
            ignoreCase: true,
            numChars: 2,
            slideDownSpeed: 50,
            debug: true

});

}
</script>


Melvyn R. Goldstein, age 78, of Delray Beach, passed away at his residence on Saturday, July 28, 2018. He was born in Brooklyn on Aug. 29, 1939, to the late Walter (Wolf) and Evelyn Glickman Goldstein. He was a 1957 graduate of Miami High School. On Oct. 15, 1958, in Lindenhurst N.Y., he married the former Lynn Bolotin, his wife of nearly 60 years who survives him. An entrepreneur, he owned Boltin's Formal Wear and Travel, a family business in New York from 1972 to 2002, when he retired to South Florida. During his years in Lindenhurst, he served several terms as president of the Lindenhurst Hebrew Congregation; president of the Lindenhurst Rescue Company; and was a lifetime volunteer fireman. In addition to his wife, Mel is survived by his son, Walter (Helene) Goldstein of Waterford Lakes and his daughter, Penny (David) D'Agostino of Tavares. He is also survived by his grandson, Bradley, and his brother, Marvin Goldstein (Linda Chaiken).
A graveside funeral service was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Pompano Beach with Cantor Eric Lindenbaum officiating. In memory of Melvyn Goldstein, the family requests contributions to the Jewish Pavilion, 421 Montgomery Road, Suite 231, Altamonte Springs 32714.


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Q: ApacheBeam Python ReadAllFromText in streaming dataflow I am trying to read pubsub message which is generated from GCS whenever a file is created or updated in gcs path , message looks something like below
{
    "kind": "storage#object",
    "id": "somesomething",
    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/somesomething.csv",
    "name": "folder/folder/acco_data_big.csv",
    "bucket": "<bucket name>",
    "generation": "1611592382820095",
    "metageneration": "1",
    "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
    "timeCreated": "2021-01-25T16:33:02.905Z",
    "updated": "2021-01-25T16:33:02.905Z",
    "storageClass": "STANDARD",
    "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2021-01-25T16:33:02.905Z",
    "size": "10",
    "md5Hash": "GgnS0V05XvRfygHDq0ysQg==",
    "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/asdda-access-ddf-1/o/sub%2Fstationary_data.csv?generation=5543&alt=media",
    "crc32c": "uuSlBw==",
    "etag": "CP/dgLzBt+4CEAE="
  }

Based on this message I extract file path from name and bucket tag, and then read the file using beam.io.ReadAllFromText() , then pass to next Pardo class for further processing , finally writing in Bigquery using  beam.io.WriteToBigQuery.
This works in DirectRunner but in Dataflow last step is silent, not even giving any errors.