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ArkleyWatch.com: July 2006 | Keeping track of the goings on of Rob Arkley, Jr.
A local multimillionaire's quest to open more land for development won't end with the state's recent decision not to reverse its approval of a county housing plan, and his attorney says a lawsuit is imminent.
The famously arch-conservative Rob Arkley, Jr. has channeled some of his considerable riches into hiring Sacramento-based consultants and attorneys to challenge county planning work. The county's Housing Element, a five-year plan for meeting state residential development requirements, has been a primary item of contention for Arkley. He's met with state officials in an effort to convince them to reverse their approval of the county plan.
But after reopening its review of the element and estimates of developable land, the state's Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) recently announced that the county's work meets housing standards and actually exceeds them for moderate and above moderate income categories. The HCD also found that enough sites have been identified for development of lower income high density housing – although it's a category that the state wants more attention paid to along with infrastructure to support it.
And Bob Best, an attorney for the Sacramento-based Trainor-Robertson law firm hired by Arkley, has said that the county has "made themselves more vulnerable to a legal attack" with its documentation and actions during the state review. He warned that a lawsuit is likely unless the county responds quickly to the concerns enumerated in Backer's letter to Woolley.
From the county's – and the state's – point of view, however, the planning work is both legally sound and unusually thorough.
Woolley responded to Backer in a July 7 letter and said that "we remain secure in the (land) inventory procedures we have developed." The state is also confident about that -- the HCD deputy director who's supervised the state's review has said that Backer's "secret report" characterization is incorrect and credited the county's planning department for making its land inventory available online and open to adjustments.
There is aggressive disagreement from Arkley's corner that seems to be leading to a long-threatened lawsuit against the county. In an interview, Best said that the state's findings will be struck down if they're argued in court, and he believes that the "secret report" will be damning evidence.
Best believes that the county's report on the inventory should have been treated as a General Plan amendment subject to approvals from the planning commission and board of supervisors. He said that the HCD "erroneously" handled the report.
But the HCD will defend its work in court if it comes to that – and will also back up the county's.
The "secret report" is dated April 24 and updates the content of the county's inventory. Asked about it, HCD Deputy Director Cathy Creswell questioned the characterization and pointed out that the report was the subject of a public workshop that was held last October and attended by 45 people.
A General Plan amendment wasn't necessary for the report, she added, and she praised the county for doing updated annual reviews of its five-year housing plan. "Not many counties do that," Creswell said. She also said that the county's interactive online posting of the inventory is "very unique" and an important tool for achieving housing construction.
Kirk Girard, the county's planning director, has been aggressively targeted by Arkley. He said Best's claim that the April 24 report admits inadequacy is a mischaracterization. About 200 units were subtracted from the thousands reflected in the inventory, said Girard, a response that probably wasn't legally necessary but responded to HELP's contentions.
"In a sense, we're being criticized for being responsive," he said.
Although Security National's proposed Balloon Tract development in Eureka is named the Marina Center, it does not contain a marina – or anything else that is related to water, boats, or the bayshore on which it is located.
This, according to the project's opponents, could be the downfall of the project. Aldaron Laird, a local consultant specializing in regulatory compliance for water-related projects, has uncovered a doctrine buried deep in the heart of the California legal system that could bring the development to a stop, if anybody wanted to take it to court.
In researching old historical documents and records, Laird discovered that the Balloon Tract was once a tideland, an area that was covered and uncovered twice each day by the waters of Humboldt Bay. Even though the area was subsequently diked and filled, Laird says that legally the land remains subject to the doctrine of public trust.
The doctrine of public trust, which goes back to Roman times, and is the underlying basis of common law, says that resources such as the seashore, must be used in a way that benefits the entire public, not just a few people.
"The doctrine of public trust says that you can't own the seashore, the air, the ocean, or the navigable waterways," Laird told the Humboldt Advocate.
"That became the basis of English common law. When California joined the Union in 1850, all its tidelands became its sovereign lands. All those lands are encumbered with the public trust."
Laird said that early state legislatures were under a lot of pressure to sell off tidelands, so that they could be diked and used for agriculture. "In the 1800's, people had to raise all their food around here; they couldn't bring it in. Flat land was at a premium, so the state legislature allowed the sale of all these tidelands. But the fact that they sold it doesn't remove the public's trust easement that's associated with those lands. They can't sell off the public trust easement."
"If you're going to use Public Trust lands, they have to be used for a water-related purpose, because public trust lands are associated with public trust waters. Public trust can include industrial uses, and commercial uses, and recreation. But it has to be water-related. It has to have something to do with being on the seashore. You can't just occupy the seashore for something that has no seashore relationship," said Laird.
Laird adds that public trust uses associated with shorelines include shipping, boating, fishing, swimming, the maintenance of open space, and the maintenance of natural ecosystems. Several court decisions have demonstrated that this legal principle is alive and well, and can trump other aspects of the law.
"There was a famous court case in Illinois," he said, "where the Illinois state legislature granted all the lakeshore frontage in Chicago to the railroad. They got sued, and the case went to the Supreme Court which said, 'You can sell the underlying dirt, but you can't sell the public's right to use the shoreline of Lake Michigan.' So the court reversed the state legislature and they took all the land back.
"A 1971 court case, called Marks v. Whitney, dealt with tidelands along Bodega Bay [in Marin County]. There was a property owner that owned the shoreline and wanted to block off access to the bay. All the other people said, 'you can't do that. What you bought is former tideland. We all have a right to go up there.'" The courts eventually ruled in favor of public access.
Unlike most legislation in the U.S., public trust doctrine can operate retroactively. "Look at the famous Mono Lake case in 1983," Laird said. "The city of Los Angeles was diverting all the streams that went into Mono Lake, so the lake was drying up. The court determined, based on the Marks v. Whitney case, that the public trust protects and preserves the natural ecosystem. The ecosystem of Mono Lake was dying. So they reversed the water rights granted to LA.
"LA said 'You can't do that. You gave them to us,' and they said, "No, we own the water, we can take it back whenever there's a valid reason. And protecting the public's right to use Mono Lake and have a natural ecosystem trumps your right as a water right permit holder. So they reversed it."
Larry Glass, a spokesperson for Citizens for Real Economic Growth (CREG), a group that opposes the proposed "Marina Center" on the Balloon Tract, told the Humboldt Advocate that he was amazed to discover historical photographs of the Balloon Tract, showing large portions of it underwater.
"I've been stunned to learn about the true history and reality of the Balloon Tract, that actually half of it was part of Humboldt Bay, that within the past 60 years it was part of the bay, and that part that wasn't part of the bay was mud flats," he said, holding out a large black-and-white photograph of a watery Balloon Tract. "I'd been led to believe that this had been a railyard since the 1800's, but based on this 1948 picture, they had just started filling in the Balloon Tract in 1948 with dredgings from the bay.
"Sixty or seventy years ago, Clark Slough was a large freshwater stream that flowed all the way from a spring near Bucksport to the Balloon Tract," he continued. "This area was an important part of the ecosystem of Humboldt Bay. There's a historical document, in which railroad passengers were complaining to the railroad about the naked children swimming in Clark Slough. Now the slough is just a little culvert, going under Waterfront Drive. That gives you an idea as to how much the environment has changed over this 60-year period of time."
CREG's position is that the City of Eureka should have studied the area comprehensively and forced the Union Pacific Railroad to clean up the polluted site, before consenting to its development. The city, at one point, was offered a $45,000 grant from the Headwaters Foundation to develop a master plan for the Balloon Tract, but turned it down. Glass said that four of the five City Council members were heavily influenced by Rob Arkley, the owner of Security National, the company which is presently planning on developing the site.
"The city has never even asked the railroad to clean the site up or consulted with any agencies about getting it cleaned it up," Glass said. "This isn't some poor little struggling railroad. This is Union Pacific, one of the fattest corporations out there right now, and Cherie Arkley's worse case scenario of $12 million to fully clean the site, is four days' profit for Union Pacific."
Another local group, the Humboldt Baykeeper, took matters into its own hands and took legal action against Union Pacific, to try to force them to clean up the site.
"Back in March we filed a 60-day notice against Union Pacific," Pete Nichols, spokesperson for the Humboldt Baykeeper, told the Humboldt Advocate. "The 60 days has since passed, so in early June we filed our lawsuit with the courts. We have two claims under the Clean Water act and another federal statute called the Resources Recovery Conservation Act.
"We're saying that Union Pacific needs to be held responsible for cleaning up the contaminants on the Balloon Tract that are entering Humboldt Bay. Those contaminants are causing immanent and substantial endangerment to the environment."
Security National, the project's developer, has said that they will place a cap over the polluted land, but Nichols has said that is inadequate and the site needs a much more extensive cleanup.
Nichols said that the case was being heard in the 9th Circuit Federal Court in San Francisco. Mark Lovelace, representing the local group called Healthy Humboldt, agrees with Laird and Glass, and says the "Marina Center" is an example of poor city planning.
"The Humboldt Bay Harbor Management Plan, the Humboldt Bay Harbor Revitalization Plan, the City of Eureka's Zoning and General Plan, the Local Coastal Plan, and Eureka's 'Prosperity!' strategy all say what should or should not happen on this property---and they effectively say 'don't do this here,'" he said.
"Public trust doctrine speaks to lands that are common to everyone," Lovelace said. "Ownership of these lands does not mean that you have the right to do something that is against the public interest. No one, regardless of their ability to own land, has the right to destroy resources that are needed for the common good."
Lovelace also faulted the City Council for not taking a more active role in planning for other possible uses of the Balloon Tract, and forcing the railroad to clean up after itself.
"The city has renovated its waterfront, and redefined itself as an attractive Victorian seaport," he said. "This is a property that has a 230 degree panorama of Humboldt Bay, over _ mile of waterfront frontage, and if that were ready for development you could pick and choose the type of developer you wanted. The city could be in the catbird seat. But because they haven't said 'word one' about Union Pacific living up to its basic responsibilities, it's been left in such a poor condition that people aren't clamoring to build there."
"Two of those four city council members could turn this thing around and do something that they'll be proud to have their name on, in the future, and not defending for the rest of their careers.
"Measure J from 1999 was very clear. It asked if the city should change the zoning of the Balloon Tract to Service-Commercial. 61 percent of the public said 'No.' It's the only property in all of Eureka whose use has ever been put to a vote of the public. It's the only use that the public has said we don't want. But that use is exactly what they're asking for now."


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South Dakota State has a chance to finish off the first half of the 2019 Summit League schedule in sole possession of first place if they can post a pair of victories at Frost Arena this week.
The Jackrabbits (14-6/4-1 Summit League) are home for a pair starting with North Dakota State, Thursday (January 24).
The Bison (9-11/3-3 Summit League) don't have a senior on their roster and have a balanced offensive attack with five players averaging nine points or more per game.
Sioux Falls native Deng Geu is one of the top sixth men in the conference, averaging 13 points per game off the bench. He's scored in double figures in four of his last five games.
Tyson Ward is a top-five rebounder in the Summit.
NDSU has been taking care of the basketball lately, turning it over 11 times or less in four of their last five games.
Saturday (January 26), the Jackrabbits host the only other team that currently only has one loss in league play, Omaha.
The Mavericks (11-8/5-1 Summit League) play an up-tempo brand of basketball on offense leading the conference in scoring, field goals attempted and made, and field goal percentage.
Seniors Zach Jackson and Mitch Hahn lead a group of five players that average in double figures in scoring.
UNO turns the ball over the least number of times among Summit League teams, ten or fewer in nine of their last 11 games.
The Jackrabbits won their lone game last week, 78-74, Wednesday (January 16) at North Dakota.
In the first meeting between the two schools as members of the Summit League, the Fighting Hawks grabbed the upper hand early scoring the first seven points of the game while SDSU started 0-of-3 from the floor.
The Jackrabbits found their shooting touch after that, hitting 17 of their next 30 to close out the half, grabbing the lead for the first time with 6:20 left in the first and finishing the half on an 18-10 run to lead by ten at the break. Mike Daum was 9-of14 shooting in the first half, recording a double-double (19 points/12 rebounds) in the first 20 minutes of the game.
That lead was as big as 13 in the second half before UND went on a three-point binge, knocking down seven long-range shots in the first 7:40 to retake the lead. Marlon Stewart hit five threes in the second half, scoring all of his 19 points in the 20-minute period.
The Jackrabbits responded with some defensive pressure forcing a pair of turnovers which keyed a 9-0 punctuated by a Daum dunk. SDSU never gave up the lead after that.
Daum finished the night with 34 points and a career-high 21 rebounds. David Jenkins Jr. added 20 points.
Free throws were a big story in this one. SDSU shutout UND from the charity stripe 13-0. The Fighting Hawks only attempted one free throw in the game.


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New to residential, but many past lives
Many of the buildings we live in had many and varied live before being converted to residential. In this article, CBD resident Steven Myrteza tells of the joy and excitement of discovering the heritage of the building you live in.
We were in the middle of a refurbishment of the façade of our building, The Gill, on A'Beckett St when we really started becoming interested in its history.
I've lived in the building for 12 years and had always thought it was built in 1925 and was first occupied by the Salvation Army, but didn't know much more than it had a heritage overlay.
It went through a major redevelopment 15 years ago to convert it into the apartment building that it is now.
Fortunately, a majority of the owners are also residents which meant there was an appreciation that we need to make sure that we continue to invest in the upkeep of the building to ensure it has life that will extend beyond us.
Once the restoration works started and some of the paint was removed we got a glimpse of the history of the building. We could see parts of the previous sign "The Gill Memorial Home for Men".
Some of the owners then started doing more research into the history of the building. One took a visit to the Historical Society.
Excited by the new information, I spent a train ride one morning busily Googling the building and found that, in fact, it had a life predating the Salavation Army. I discovered it was first built in 1890 and operated as a tobacco manufacturer by famous Melbourne architect called Nahum Barnet, who built a number of similar buildings at the time.
Today the six-storey building is dwarfed by the high rise construction in the CBD, though looking at the original picture it is the tallest building in the area. It would have been considered "high rise" at the time!
Seeing how the building has altered and thinking about how its use has changed made us appreciate that these buildings have lives that can and should endure beyond us.
As temporary custodians, it's important that we help to preserve them for future generations. We're very interested in the recently-announced initiative to evaluate the historical significance of all buildings in the city.
It's exciting to think then what might be in store for the building in the future!
I imagine many other buildings in the city are occupied by people that are not familiar with the history of their building. Once you start researching it becomes addictive. We now have a document of all of our research findings and a Facebook page for residents and owners to share information.
Some tips for researching your building:
Start with online heritage searches like the Victorian Heritage Database and On My Doorstep;
Search for the name of your building and the address including the Google picture archives;
Search for the name of any organisations that might have occupied the building;
Make a visit to the historical society that has a lot of pictures and clippings; and
Search for the architect.
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Following the volatile and depressed market conditions experienced over recent years, 2017 was a strong year for the mining sector.
Many commodity markets continued to strengthen during the year, aided by economic expansion and positive consumer sentiment in advanced economies, and robust Chinese demand. Meanwhile, supply was impacted by several factors, supporting prices for a number of our commodities.
While supportive market conditions are always welcome, we continue to focus on the value levers that are within our control. During 2017, we delivered further cost reductions, increased our productivity from mine to market and continued to allocate capital in line with our value-over-volume approach.
Across the industry, companies remain focused on maintaining strong balance sheets, reducing costs and improving productivity. Our early and consistent action in these areas continues to position us well: our balance sheet is among the strongest in the sector; our cost and productivity programmes are delivering results; and we have new volumes coming on line from our ongoing investment in organic growth.
A clear and effective strategy is critical for us to perform strongly under a range of industry conditions. Our goal is to deliver superior value for our shareholders through the cycle, and we believe the best way to do this is to focus on the "four Ps": portfolio, performance, people and partners.
We couple this with our disciplined approach to capital allocation. This seeks to ensure that every dollar we generate is applied to the highest-returning opportunity – whether that be for maintaining our balance sheet strength, investing in compelling growth opportunities or delivering superior shareholder returns.
At the heart of our approach is a portfolio of world-class assets – multi-decade sources of essential materials that deliver attractive returns throughout the cycle, and material long-term growth opportunities. We use a clear strategic framework to assess our existing assets and new opportunities – taking into account the industry attractiveness and the competitive advantage of each asset, and its capacity to deliver strong and stable returns.
Safety is our number one priority and is core to everything we do. We seek to generate value throughout the value chain, from mine to market, and prioritise value over volume in all of our operating and investment decisions. We have achieved significant cost savings over recent years and this remains a focus area, along with boosting the productivity of our assets.
As pioneers in the development and use of technology and innovation, we are well positioned to address the increasingly complex geological, environmental and cost pressures that lie ahead. Our centralised marketing function works hand-in-hand with our operations to maximise value from our activities and keep our resource management fully aligned to the market.
We will continue to develop new markets for our materials, deploy industry-leading supply chain optimisation and logistics solutions, and exploit our in-house centres of excellence for value-in-use analysis, pricing and contracting strategies, helping us manage risk and capture value in all market conditions.
Human progress is at the core of Rio Tinto's purpose, and attracting, developing and retaining the best people will be crucial to our future success. We continue to strengthen our technical and commercial capabilities through our centres of excellence for these areas, and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce throughout the organisation.
To remain competitive, manage the unique risk profiles of our businesses and secure access to new sources of essential materials, we must partner with a range of external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, investors, governments and local communities. Partnerships impact every stage of the value chain and mining life cycle, and are critical in helping us secure and maintain our licence to operate.
We adopt a consistent and disciplined approach to capital allocation. Our first allocation is to sustaining capital. Secondly we fund dividends for our shareholders. Finally, we assess the best use of the remaining capital between compelling growth, debt reduction and further cash returns to shareholders. At each stage, we apply stringent governance and assessment criteria to ensure that every dollar is spent in the right way.
In a cyclical and capital-intensive industry such as mining, a strong balance sheet is essential to preserve optionality and generate shareholder value at all points in the cycle. At the end of 2017, our balance sheet was in a very strong position, with net debt of US$3.8 billion and a net gearing ratio of 7 per cent. We see this as a major competitive advantage – providing us with resilience against market and macroeconomic volatility, the ability to fund shareholder returns through the cycle and a readiness to take advantage of investment opportunities as they arise.
Our portfolio includes a high-quality pipeline of near-term and longer dated projects. By reinforcing capital discipline and reshaping our projects, we have retained significant, high-quality growth despite further reducing capital expenditure.
We are committed to delivering superior returns to shareholders over the long term, and the cash returns we pay out to shareholders are a vital component of this. In a cyclical industry such as mining, we believe the most prudent way to deliver strong returns is to allow the overall level of returns to vary with the cycle. We aim to deliver total cash returns of 40 to 60 per cent of underlying earnings through the cycle. This policy is sustainable during cyclical lows, and allows shareholders to share more fully in the upside during high points in the cycle.
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Symposium addresses river health
Ioannis Pashakis
ipashakis@sungazette.com
LEWISBURG — The 12th annual Susquehanna River Symposium began Friday night at Bucknell University, welcoming over 120 student and faculty researchers from 16 universities and colleges.
The two-day event, hosted by the Watershed Sciences and Engineering Program of the Center for Sustainability and the Environment, is a chance to bring the public together with those that study the river and those that regulate its use.
"We feel that there is a need to put on events like this where the general public can interact with planners, watershed groups, academics, researchers and the commissioners, who often regulate the amount of water and the water quality, so we can ask questions and come up with solutions that are really necessary," Benjamin Hayes, director of the program, said.
The theme for this year's symposium was "The Spirit of Two Great Rivers: The Susquehanna and the Delaware." The keynote address on Friday night was presented by Thomas R. Porter, a member of the Bear Clan of the Haudenausanee Mohawk Nation near Fonda, New York.
During his address, Porter told the audience the Mohawk nation's creation story and told of the importance of respecting mother nature and her waters.
"You and I have the most wonderful mother who has never neglected us," Porter said. "There are people in the world who dig and bore in her innards and hurt her and injure her. And there are those of us that really love her and would never do that to her."
To Porter, he is proud of the work of local students and he believes it is a good sign of things to come.
"The students are the future of the world and they have to get it right, everyone before them had it very wrong." Porter said. "It sounds like they are at the tip of the iceberg to get it right."
The Symposium also hosted a research posters and evening social where students and faculty who have done research related to the rivers, were able to show their research to the public and according to Hayes, this year's research was a record.
"Thanks to organizations like the River Heartland Coalition we are seeing more and more students," Hayes said. "I think it's important that the towns know that their local colleges are committed to studying the river… and the level of student research is increasing more and more."
On Saturday, three guests gave presentations to symposium attendees including Dr. Elizabeth W. Boyer, director of the Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center at Penn State University, Dr. David L. Strayer, a senior scientist emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Porter, who gave a second presentation.
Researchers also gave oral presentations throughout the day on a variety of topics like agriculture, ecology and flood hydrology.
"Venues like this where we can create a sort of environment that's relaxed, and free and open, we like it too as scientists," Hayes said.
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A humanising moment at the convention
By The Economist | DENVER
HUMANISING is how I would describe Michelle Obama's speech on Monday night. And that seemed to be the goal. She was not the fighter, the feminist (the elitist?) that many expected. Her tone was different, much softer, less assertive. No doubt, this was the strategy (let others go on the attack). She was the caring mother, the loving wife, the concerned American...a mainstream American. As is her husband, she made clear.
My colleague who watched half of the speech on the floor and half on TV said Mrs Obama was much better when viewed on the tube. But although the applause never reached fever pitch in the hall, many women in the audience appeared quite moved by the speech. Her words resonated with them, as she emotionally shared her story and that of her family. In many ways, the story of the Obamas—their childhood struggles, their meritocratic rise, their stable marriage, their loving parenthood—is the American ideal. How could voters not be comfortable with this woman, this family? In short, Mrs Obama performed brilliantly.
And thus ends the positive portion of the convention. The Democrats are now likely to go on the attack against John McCain and the Bush administration. With Hillary Clinton headlining Tuesday and Joe Biden speaking on Wednesday, they have the attack dogs in place. I'd expect the tenor of this convention to change dramatically, starting now.
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Landlord Santas bring cheer to mobile home park in Raleigh
BY AMANDA JAMES
ajames@newsobserver.com December 22, 2013
RALEIGH — Although they would never admit it, the men who started a mobile home park in Southeast Raleigh have a bit of Santa in them.
On Saturday, they once again provided a Christmas experience, complete with gifts, that their tenants might not have otherwise.
The father-son team, Charles and Chris Parrish, turned their family's land, owned since the 1950s,
into a mobile home community in 1998. Parrish Manor, located off Jones Sausage Road near Garner, stands out from other low-income housing for its sense of community.
"What Parrish does is housing, but what families need is programs to help their kids develop," Courtney Crowder said. He's a board member for the Nessie Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Parrish Manor, started in 2006.
The Nessie Foundation works with nonprofit groups to connect residents to after-school programs, sports, gardening, cooking lessons, food assistance and Christmas presents.
When asked, "Why?" the younger Parrish grinned and repeated the question. "We just saw a need and started it." No big deal.
That's the humble manner he uses to describe the way the visionary, award-winning mobile home park came about, too.
On Saturday, more than 100 families in the neighborhood came out to enjoy a puppet show, be photographed with Santa and celebrate Jesus' birth with cupcakes.
"It is wonderful what they offer," said Virginia Scott, as she waited with her four young kids to see Santa. Her family relies on the food assistance, and her kids do gardening and participate in the Boys and Girls Club.
"I wish there were even more programs," Scott said.
Santa's nonprofit helpers
Child Evangelism Fellowship, a national interdenominational nonprofit organization, brought a truck full of brand-new items donated by local churches.
Bob Fowler is the director of Child Evangelism Fellowship for the Greater Raleigh area and another plainclothes Santa. Since Dec. 1, he's been in a different neighborhood every night, delivering gifts and sharing a message of the real reason for the season.
Parents got to go shopping for what they thought each child would like from the truck of toys and take it home to wrap it themselves.
"We do it so it's still the parent looking after their child and getting to give them a Christmas present," Fowler said.
Each child will receive at least two gifts, some of which may be their main gifts. The giving spirit isn't only around during the holidays.
During the week, Interfaith Food Shuttle delivers food in a bus to residents. More than 80 percent of
children there receive free or reduced cost lunch. There's a bus that drives kids from the neighborhood to the Boys and Girls club. And a soccer field where kids can play with the Capital Area Soccer League.
As of the fall, Interfaith Food Shuttle began helping residents build there own gardens in their yard. "It would be a great thing if this was replicated in other communities," Crowder said.
Jerald Tart of the Child Evangelism Fellowship brings in more race cars to be distributed at the Parrish Christmas Party
at the Parrish Manor neighborhood near Garner on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. AL DRAGO — newsobserver.com
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/12/22/3477830/mobile-home-park-celebrates-christmas.html


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Can you explain what these little clips might be?
Author Topic: Can you explain what these little clips might be? (Read 116809 times)
Re: Can you explain what these little clips might be?
Thanks Chris,
my next question is would the electra have had had something similar to keep out the weather?
Quote from: J. Nevill on May 28, 2012, 02:44:17 PM
That the gidgies are more hand-made and from aluminum doesn't prove anything special, but it is suggestive of aircraft shop-craft ...
That makes the best sense to me.
I've worked with sheet aluminum in making flying RC models. It's not easy to get curves like that into the metal. For someone who works routinely with metal and who has the tools at hand, it would be a cinch.
Lots of scraps around, lots of tools, lots of skill in an aircraft shop.
Greg Daspit
TIGHAR member
Here is another example of how the wood screws and custom cut plates could be used to attach a strap to a wood box.
The strap could have had a curve on the ends to match the curve of the plates. The teeth part to grip the strap so the holes don't take all the stress, tightened against a similar diameter washer below. The strap folded over and stitched to the smaller hole. This way the plates were hidden and therefore did not need to match.
Fred Noonan may have had a strap installed on his sextant box, possibly at an airport shop during the trip. Maybe the little handle broke off or he just wanted to make the sextant box easier to carry climbing in and out of the plane. The plates are hand made for custom project and not a mass produced item. They are different but perform the same function. Two found, one for each end of the strap.
The sextant box was wood and found in same area that the clip and two wood screws were found. Wood screws could go with the wood box. One screw in each plate allows the strap to pivot.
edit: Also Showing 3 stitches like a leather awl made the "three-lobed" hole described for the smaller hole
Once on the island the sextant box may have used to keep food away from crabs and kindling dry.
The sextant discarded before the trek to the 7 site, but the inverting eye piece kept to start fires.
A box with a strap would be much easier to carry on trips across the island.
The bent clip may indicate the strap was removed for some other use
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Jeff, the box in the shadow of the NR16020 looks like it has a similar strap attachment. Look at the far left. The box and strap are about the right size, but strap mounted lower than I showed in my sketch.
But why it would be out there like they were going to use it to prop up the tail doesn't make sense. Maybe it's a different box than the sextant box.
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If the strap was located more towards the center of the box, instead of the top, it may indicate it was intended to also hold the box down in the cabin.
The bent clip may be an indication of a jarring landing where the sextant was damaged and later discarded.
Conflicting sextant readings and an inaccurate map of what Gardner really looked like could then be a reason Fred was not sure he was "On Gardner" in radio transmissions.
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Here is another picture showing what looks like a strap attached to the sextant box which was possibly Fred's.
See sketch to help ID where I think it is.
The mystery clip or washer is possibly reflecting to the right and the strap hangs down at about a 45 degree angle and then goes under the box.
The box looks like it has a shadow between the shelf and box with parts of the strap protruding out in places.
It may be more definitive if there was a better picture of it.
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Rose Marie Reynolds
Hi, Marty: I have seen these clips on an antique Victorian shoe display stand. They were used on the shoe-shaped surface as a cleat which caught the heel of the shoe to keep it on the stand. It a utility piece which I have seen used on other small wood shelves or cases. It is versatile because of the two holes which allows different positioning. The serrated edge gives a slight amount of grip against whatever it's holding.
As a basic "L" bracket, they would also have been used to support a shelf inside a wood box. Many pieces of scientific equipment used to be transported in wood boxes, like a microscope or sextant. The shelf would have cut-outs to help support the item, or hold attachments. Hope this helps. Regards, Rose Reynolds
Quote from: Rose Marie Reynolds on June 02, 2012, 11:51:49 PM
I have seen these clips on an antique Victorian shoe display stand. They were used on the shoe-shaped surface as a cleat which caught the heel of the shoe to keep it on the stand. It a utility piece which I have seen used on other small wood shelves or cases. It is versatile because of the two holes which allows different positioning. The serrated edge gives a slight amount of grip against whatever it's holding.
That makes some sense. Could you get some pictures of such clips?
As a basic "L" bracket, they would also have been used to support a shelf inside a wood box. Many pieces of scientific equipment used to be transported in wood boxes, like a microscope or sextant. The shelf would have cut-outs to help support the item, or hold attachments.
I guess we have always supposed that the clips were used in the sextant box somehow, then ripped or broken out at the Seven Site when the attachment points were no longer needed. But that is all speculation.
As with the first supposition, if you have photos of similar clips being used in an instrument case, that would be most helpful.
Hi, again: I no longer have the shoe display rack in my possession. I have been trying to find a similar one for sale online. Will post a photo if I find one. Very much enjoying this search. I have a background in Anthropology/Archeology and also Ecological Biology, as well as 30 years in the Antiques business. Fine Woodworking was my bible for many years. I also have an extensive commercial perfume/cosmetics bottle collection and several books on the subject. Very interesting following the work TIGHAR has done and is doing. Rose
Bill Mangus
Marty, has anyone suggested seeing if a curator/owner of a comtemporary sextant box would allow removal of the liner to see what's under there? We'd be really, really careful!
look at the plate on bottom of this sextant box, could possibly be were Tighar's gidge came from ? screw looks similar as well
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Schick-Brass-Sextant-type-Stadimeter-Stamford-Connecticut-/380443020135?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item58942bcb67#ht_15916wt_1449
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Quote from: BMangus on June 03, 2012, 04:20:16 PM
TIGHAR and/or some TIGHAR members own Brandis sextants.
So far as I know, there are no liners in them.
Quote from: richie conroy on June 03, 2012, 04:30:34 PM
look at the plate on bottom of this sextant box, could possibly be were Tighar's gidge came from ? screw looks similar as
Could be something like that, only a little more crude and mysterious.
I don't know whether anyone has determined whether the wood screws in the gidgies could be fully seated in the bottom of the Brandis-type box.
Here is a blow-up of the strap and box seen under the plane.
It looks like a round headed screw with a light colored feature around it.
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Marty, if you download the box1 picture and zoom in on the end of the strap you should be able to see what looks like 6 stitches in a fan pattern coming from the second hole. This is very similar to what I showed in the sketch earlier and attached again. I had showed only 3 stitches because the description of the smaller hole said it was 3 lobed. I think the second hole is 3 lobed because they forced leather stitches thru it with an awl or heavy leather needle.
The clip I showed in the sketch was the un-bent clip. The clip in the box1 picture could be 2-6-S-03b(the longer and bent one) attached on the outside of the strap with no fold over, or it is something very similar. Anyway the picture seems to indicate an attachment very similar to the sketch I did.
This box1 picture was from the Purdue files,the one where AE and FN are under the tail while the wheel is worked on, zoomed in on
edit: The clip may already be bent in this picture. The strap looks forced out by the bend of the clip
edit: The wider portion of the light colored feature, which would be about at where the pivot hole and screw should be, could be the washer I showed only the washer is a little wider than the clip and sticks out.
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union (4)
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (2)
European Journal of Anaesthesiology (1)
Highlights of Astronomy (1)
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (1)
International Astronomical Union (7)
Assertion-based analysis via slicing with ABETS * (system description)
M. ALPUENTE, F. FRECHINA, J. SAPIÑA, D. BALLIS
Journal: Theory and Practice of Logic Programming / Volume 16 / Issue 5-6 / September 2016
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2016, pp. 515-532
We present ABETS, an assertion-based, dynamic analyzer that helps diagnose errors in Maude programs. ABETS uses slicing to automatically create reduced versions of both a run's execution trace and executed program, reduced versions in which any information that is not relevant to the bug currently being diagnosed is removed. In addition, ABETS employs runtime assertion checking to automate the identification of bugs so that whenever an assertion is violated, the system automatically infers accurate slicing criteria from the failure. We summarize the main services provided by ABETS, which also include a novel assertion-based facility for program repair that generates suitable program fixes when a state invariant is violated. Finally, we provide an experimental evaluation that shows the performance and effectiveness of the system.
A Brief Update on the CMZoom Survey
C. Battersby, E. Keto, Q. Zhang, S.N. Longmore, J. M. D. Kruijssen, T. Pillai, J. Kauffmann, D. Walker, X. Lu, A. Ginsburg, J. Bally, E.A.C. Mills, J. Henshaw, K. Immer, N. Patel, V. Tolls, A. Walsh, K. Johnston, L. C. Ho
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 11 / Issue S322 / July 2016
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 February 2017, pp. 90-94
The inner few hundred parsecs of the Milky Way, the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), is our closest laboratory for understanding star formation in the extreme environments (hot, dense, turbulent gas) that once dominated the universe. We present an update on the first large-area survey to expose the sites of star formation across the CMZ at high-resolution in submillimeter wavelengths: the CMZoom survey with the Submillimeter Array (SMA). We identify the locations of dense cores and search for signatures of embedded star formation. CMZoom is a three-year survey in its final year and is mapping out the highest column density regions of the CMZ in dust continuum and a variety of spectral lines around 1.3 mm. CMZoom combines SMA compact and subcompact configurations with single-dish data from BGPS and the APEX telescope, achieving an angular resolution of about 4″ (0.2 pc) and good image fidelity up to large spatial scales.
The link between solenoidal turbulence and slow star formation in G0.253+0.016
C. Federrath, J. M. Rathborne, S. N. Longmore, J. M. D. Kruijssen, J. Bally, Y. Contreras, R. M. Crocker, G. Garay, J. M. Jackson, L. Testi, A. J. Walsh
Star formation in the Galactic disc is primarily controlled by gravity, turbulence, and magnetic fields. It is not clear that this also applies to star formation near the Galactic Centre. Here we determine the turbulence and star formation in the CMZ cloud G0.253+0.016. Using maps of 3 mm dust emission and HNCO intensity-weighted velocity obtained with ALMA, we measure the volume-density variance σρ /ρ 0=1.3±0.5 and turbulent Mach number $\mathcal{M}$ = 11±3. Combining these with turbulence simulations to constrain the plasma β = 0.34±0.35, we reconstruct the turbulence driving parameter b=0.22±0.12 in G0.253+0.016. This low value of b indicates solenoidal (divergence-free) driving of the turbulence in G0.253+0.016. By contrast, typical clouds in the Milky Way disc and spiral arms have a significant compressive (curl-free) driving component (b > 0.4). We speculate that shear causes the solenoidal driving in G0.253+0.016 and show that this may reduce the star formation rate by a factor of 7 compared to nearby clouds.
Effects of levosimendan on myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury
D. Yapici, Z. Altunkan, M. Ozeren, E. Bilgin, E. Balli, L. Tamer, N. Doruk, H. Birbicer, D. Apa, U. Oral
Journal: European Journal of Anaesthesiology / Volume 25 / Issue 1 / January 2008
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2008, pp. 8-14
Print publication: January 2008
Background and objective
Levosimendan has a cardioprotective action by inducing coronary vasodilatation and preconditioning by opening KATP channels. The aim of this study was to determine whether levosimendan enhances myocardial damage during hypothermic ischaemia and reperfusion in isolated rat hearts.
Twenty-one male Wistar rats were divided into three groups. After surgical preparation, coronary circulation was started by retrograde aortic perfusion using Krebs–Henseleit buffer solution and lasted 15 min. After perfusion Group 1 (control; n = 7) received no further treatment. In Group 2 (non-treated; n = 7), hearts were arrested with cold cardioplegic solution after perfusion and subjected to 60 min of hypothermic global ischaemia followed by 30 min reperfusion. In Group 3 (levosimendan treated; n = 7), levosimendan was added to the buffer solution during perfusion and the hearts were arrested with cold cardioplegic solution and subjected to 60 min of hypothermic global ischaemia followed by 30 min reperfusion. At the end of the reperfusion period, the hearts were prepared for biochemical assays and for histological analysis.
Tissue malondialdehyde levels were significantly lower in the levosimendan-treated group than in the non-treated group (P = 0.019). The tissue Na+–K+ ATPase activity was significantly decreased in the non-treated group than in the levosimendan-treated group (P = 0.027). Tissue myeloperoxidase (MPO) enzyme activity was significantly higher in the non-treated group than in the levosimendan-treated group (P = 0.004). Electron microscopic examination of the hearts showed cardiomyocytic degeneration at the myofibril, mitochondria and sarcoplasmic reticulum in both non-treated and levosimendan-treated groups. The severity of these findings was more extensive in the non-treated group.
Treatment with levosimendan provided better cardioprotection with cold cardioplegic arrest followed by global hypothermic ischaemia in isolated rat hearts.
CARA - The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
D A Harper, John Bally
Journal: Highlights of Astronomy / Volume 9 / 1992
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2016, p. 596
The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica is a new National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center formed to explore and exploit the unique advantages of the Antarctic Plateau for astrophysical observations.
A multi-transition and multi-isotope study of CO in the giant molecular cloud Orion-A
A. Dutrey, A. Castets, G. Duvert, J. Bally, W. D. Langer, R. W. Wilson
Journal: Symposium - International Astronomical Union / Volume 147 / 1991
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2017, pp. 405-406
In order to study the excitation conditions in the Orion-A region, we applied an LVG code to 12CO, 13CO and C18O data obtained with the AT&T Bell Laboratories 7-meter telescope in USA (CO isotopes: J = 1 — 0, CS: J = 2 — 1) and the radiotelescope of the "Groupe d'Astrophysique de Grenoble" in France (CO isotopes: J = 2 — 1).
On the structure and kinematics of molecular clouds from large scale mapping of mm-lines
J. Bally, W. D. Langer, R. W. Wilson, A. A. Stark, M. W. Pound
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2017, pp. 11-20
Molecular gas in the interior of the Orion superbubble consists of sheets, filaments, and partial shells in which the active star forming dense cloud cores are embedded. The main body of the Orion A and B clouds and at least 14 smaller clouds in Orion region are cometary in appearance suggesting strong interaction with massive stars in the Orion OB association. While the small scale (< 1 pc) structure of the clouds may be determined primarily by internal magnetic fields, gravity, and the effects of outflows from young stellar objects, the large scale morphology and kinematics is affected by the energy injected by massive stars. Supernovae, stellar winds, and radiation have compressed, accelerated, ablated, and dispersed molecular gas over the last 107 years. Most GMC/OB star complexes in the Solar neighborhood exhibit morphological and kinematic properties similar to the Orion region. We argue that energy injection by massive stars plays a vital role in the evolution of the ISM and may be responsible for much of the observed large-scale structure and kinematics of molecular clouds.


While the challenges of miking an acoustic piano are real (I may have to try double-miking myself sometime), I must disagree with your statement that an electronic keyboard usually sounds better. I don't think ever heard a keyboard, through a sound system, that I could have fooled myself into thinking was a real piano, particularly if it's played across the compass with a wide range of tone colors. As a pianist, while I've encountered many out-of-tune or poorly-regulated acoustic pianos, there is simply no contest in terms of touch and subtlety of sound between a keyboard and a good piano.
Mark down which you think are which, and then check the key.
I think the keyboard and real piano both sound good, but I do think the keyboard sounds a little better. Modern keyboards work by playing back lots of high quality recorded samples made off of a very good piano, so it's not surprising that they can do a very good job at the piano sound.
 These are clips I generated when trying to figure out if we'd gotten better over time. Look there for details on how I made them. I've tried to select here ones where the piano can be heard well, instead of being drowned out by too much mandolin or something.


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Halloween horror: Manchester police attacked with fireworks in clash with gang of yobs
MANCHESTER Police were attacked by a gang of yobs who threw fireworks at officers on Sunday night.
By Bill McLoughlin
11:57, Mon, Nov 1, 2021 | UPDATED: 13:18, Mon, Nov 1, 2021
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In clashes with officers, a pack of an estimated 25 youths hurled fireworks at officers on Halloween. The group also set wheelie bins on fire in the Brinnington area of Stockport. Officers were called to Northumberland Road at 8.20pm on Sunday evening amid reports of trouble.
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Riot police were then called before the road was closed due to the missiles and fireworks which were thrown at officers.
Although there were no injuries reported, a special dispersal order has now been enforced for the area.
A statement from the force said: "Officers were called at around 8.20pm this evening - October 31 - following reports of around 25 youths causing anti-social behaviour on Northumberland Road, Brinnington, Stockport.
"Following the arrival of police and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, several members of the group threw objects at the emergency services workers and members of the public.
Manchester news: Fireworks were thrown at police (Image: GETTY)
Manchester news: The incident took place in Stockport (Image: Facebook)
"There were no injuries. Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made.
"A dispersal notice has been put in place to prevent large groups congregating over the next 24 hours, and may be extended."
The order gives the police the ability to disperse crowds to prevent nuisance.
The order can also be extended if issues remain in the area.
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Manchester news: Police were called to Northumberland Road (Image: GETTY)
Inspector Martin Baker, of GMP's Stockport division, said: "We are aware of an anti-social behaviour incident involving a large group of young people in the Brinnington area of Stockport.
"While the majority of people have acted safely and responsibly this Halloween, the behaviour we have seen from this group of young people in Brinnington is totally unacceptable.
"Halloween is no excuse for anti-social behaviour.
"Launching fireworks and throwing objects at members of the public and members of the emergency services is incredibly reckless and has the potential to cause serious injury.
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Manchester news: No injuries were reported (Image: Google Maps )
Manchester news: A dispersal order is in place (Image: Getty)
"We will have increased patrols throughout the night and into tomorrow to make sure these offenders are caught and face the full force of the law."
Local councillor Becky Crawford also condemned the scenes in the area.
She added: "I condemn the violence that was seen in central Brinnington last night.
"I am not going to go into the details of what happened as it doesn't need glorifying, but people and property were attacked.
"Local police and officers from across GMP worked quickly to de escalate the situation and because of them no one was seriously injured.
"There is now a dispersal order in the area.
Manchester news: A group set fire to wheelie bins (Image: Google Maps )
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St Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro) in the Vatican City State is one of the most famous squares in the world, which houses over 300.000 people. It was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and has dimensions of 320 meters long and 240 meters wide. The square was named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus and the first Catholic Pope.
3 What to See
3.1 Obelisk
3.2 Statues of Saints
3.3 Fountains
4 Papal Masses
The construction of the square took place between 1656 and 1667 by famous sculptor and architect Bernini under the commission of Pope Alexander VII. As soon as the Pope was elected, the project of the square was created and working process was begun, following Alexander's detailed instructions. The piazza has the trapezoidal shape, which creates a heightened perspective for a viewer leaving the basilica. Moreover, according to the Lateran Treaty (1929), the area of Saint Peter's square belongs to the authority of Italian police for the control of visitors, despite the fact that it is part of the Vatican City State.
In 1817, circular stones were added to mark the top of obelisk's shadow at noon since the sun entered each of the signs of the zodiac. This effect makes the obelisk a large sundial's gnomon
Saint Peter's Square has borders from two sides by sei-circular colonnades. According to Bernini, these colonnades represent the stretched arms of the church which embraces the world. To the left and right of the obelisk you can see the circular marble plates that indicate the foci of the elliptical square. Interestingly, when you stand on either of these plates and look at any colonnade in the square, it will look as if there is only one row of columns instead of four. This trick shows Bernini's talent not only as a sculptor or architect, but also his knowledge of geometry.
There are about 400.000 people who come to the square on special occasions such as the election of a new pope or Easter celebration
Of course, the main building of the square is St Peter's Basilica with its impressive dome. There are always long queues in the square because people from all around the world come daily to visit this amazing square and the biggest church, which was built between 1506 and 1626 and borders St Peter's Square to the west. Moreover, you can see representatives of the Pontifical Swiss Guard during your visit to the smallest government in the world and even ask them a ticket to the Papal Mass, if you have more than 2-3 days in Rome.
The square is spacious and there are many details worth of attention.
In the centre of Saint Peter's Square stands the obelisk, which is 25.5 meters tall or 41 meters including the pedestal. It was carried to Rome from Heliopolis in Egypt in 1586 and has an interesting history. The obelisk was built for Cornelius Gallus, who was the city's prefect. In 37 AD Emperor Caligula asked to move the construction to Rome with a special ship. The obelisk was installed at the spina of the Circus of Caligula, which later became the Circus of Nero, located on the territory of current Vatican City State. After several centuries, in 1585, Pope Sixtus V decided to move the obelisk to its present location, which is about 300 meters from the previous point where it stood. The relocation became a serious task, where even Michelangelo claimed that was impossible. However, the Pope commissioned Domenico Fontana with the transportation to realize his idea. It took 900 people and more than 100 horses to relocate the obelisk. But during the process of moving it, the Pope forbid anyone to speak in the square, since there were too many visitors who wanted to see the process of realization of the project, which seemed unbelievable. However, the ropes were on the verge of breaking and people became scared that the obelisk can fall down. One sailor yelled against pope's order:"Water on the ropes!" Fortunately, the workers heeded his advice. The water cooled down the ropes and the sailor saved lives of many people and the obelisk itself. Despite the fact that the sailor broke his decree, Sixtus V decided not to punish him, but instead, the pope thanked the man and rewarded him. The sailor asked that his family's farm in Bordighera supply the palms for Palm Sunday every year because it was their family business.
Even today, the Vatican sources their Palm Sunday fronds from Bordighera
Statues of Saints
One of the first things that catches your attention when you come to the square is an impressive colonnade of four rows. There are 284 columns and 88 pilasters that flank the square. The Doric columns are 20 meters high and 1.6 meters wide. Moreover, there are 140 statues of different saints created in 1670 by famous Bernini and his students. The statues depict popes, martyrs, evangelists and other important religious figures.
There are two fountains in the square: one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1677) and another one of Carlo Maderno (1613). To maintain symmetry of the fountain by Maderno, Bernini decided to create an identical copy of the fountain on the left side of the square. Consequently, the fountain was created by Carlo Fontana, according to the project of Bernini.
Papal Masses
Masses with the Pope are celebrated in St Peter's Basilica, Saint Peter's Square or both together. Most of the masses are inside the Basilica, which has a huge capacity and can host more than 15.000 people. The Holy See issues different kind of tickets: for Cardinals, Governors and Diplomats, Bishops, Priests, special guests and public tickets. Moreover, for most of the Masses you will need to have a ticket. You can get it for free directly from the Swiss Guards in St. Peter's Square at the "Bronze Door" from 8 am until 8 pm (summer time) and from 8 am until 7 pm (winter time).
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Since the update is currently available only via OTA mode of transmission, users are requested to head over to Settings > About device > System update to check your device for updates.
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PREVIEW: EDGAR ALLAN POE'S SNIFTER OF TERROR Season Two Issue 1 From AHOY Comics
AHOY Comics' EDGAR ALLAN POE'S SNIFTER OF TERROR is returning this October, just in time for Halloween and #HalloweenReads.
"Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or silly action for no other reason than because he knows he should not?"—As Edgar Allan Poe
The acclaimed, alcohol-infused anthology can only be described as a cross between Drunk History and Tales from the Crypt, and features contributions from all star writers and artists including Mark Russell, Peter Snejbjerg, Paul Cornell, Alisa Kwitney, Dean Motter, Linda Medley, Rick Geary, Steve Yeowell, Hunt Emerson, Peter Snejbjerg, Mauricet, Greg Scott and covers by celebrated MAD Magazine artist Richard Williams. Each issue also features Hunt Emerson's take on The Black Cat.
EDGAR ALLAN POE'S SNIFTER OF TERROR's debut issue features the ultimate Poe mashup! In Dean Motter's "The Tell-Tale Black Cask of Usher," the drink-addled writer falls prey to his own horrific imagination. Hunt Emerson offers another slapstick "Poe and the Black Cat." A selection of horrific prose and pictures rounds out the issue.
(W) Dean Motter, Hunt Emerson
(A) Dean Motter, Alex Ogle, Hunt Emerson
(C) Richard Williams
October 9, 2019; $3.99
"Poe's legacy is only getting weirder these days with Ahoy Comics and its comics magazine series Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror, an admirably bizarre concoction that is equal parts Tales from the Crypt and Drunk History. The boozy author retells his tales of horror and mystery and things get (you guessed it) pretty weird." — DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD
"A zany look at horror through the weird interpretive lens of a drunk Edgar Allan Poe as your guide through classic tales of the macabre." — io9
"Snifter of Terror is the EC Comics-meets-Mad Magazine book you'll want to read." — PC MAG
A "tantalizing new collection of frightful stories ….. It's a refreshing measure of the macabre from some of the genre's top talent, with a unique twist on the source material."— SYFYWIRE
"What do you get when you mix Edgar Allan Poe, syphilis, breakfast cereal, and a barnacle? Sounds like a joke with a terrible punchline, but in this case, the result is splendid. Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror #1 provides the world with all of that and so much more." — FANBASE PRESS
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Neurotransmitter Testing for Young and Adults With Depression and Anxiety?
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Not since the likes of 1997's Volcano and Dante's Peak has L.A. seen so many volcanic eruptions around its skyline, so thanks to the new movie Pompeii for bringing the cataclysmic event back for 2014.
These engaging ad creatives featuring the faux destruction of the billboard hoardings are a nice visual trick to sell the disaster movie, loosely based on the real life events of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the resulting devastation of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii in 79 A.D.
Paul W.S. Anderson helms this historic action movie and Game of Thrones Kit Harington stars as 'Milo', a slave-turned-gladiator (aren't they all), who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love from a corrupt Roman Senator, as their world erupts around them.
Will our young hero save the lovely 'Cassia' (Emily Browning) from the heat, ash and lava, or will this epic romance end unhappily ever after. What do you think?
These explosive Pompeii movie billboards were spotted along Melrose Avenue and Sunset Boulevard on February 1, plus a smaller version was spied along Beverly Boulevard on February 12, 2014.
The squarer volcanic bomb version, which doesn't feature Mount Vesuvius erupting and reminds Daily Billboard of some of the Battleship movie billboards from 2012, was spotted along Santa Monica Boulevard at Beverly Glen Boulevard on February 14, 2014.
One of the things Daily Billboard likes the most about these optical illusion creatives is that the blue of the mock creatives matches the beautiful California blue sky, but wonders if this gimmick works as well in other territories.
Will Pompeii be an epic success or a true disaster of a movie (regardless of whether it's in 3D or not). Only time and audiences will decide.