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2014 Fantasy Football Week 12 Start'em, Sit'em
Raiders second-year running back Latavius Murray had just four carries (like the previous week), but he was doing damage to the Chiefs run defense before leaving the game with a concussion.
Despite getting only four carries, Murray racked up 112 yards and scored two touchdowns for a total of 23.2 fantasy points -- or 5.8 fantasy points per carry. Those were the first two rushing touchdowns allowed by the Chiefs defense this season.
His total (23.2 points) would have been a top-five finish for a running back in each of the first 11 weeks of the season.
Assuming he is cleared from his concussion in time for Week 13, Murray should see a much larger workload and will be a must-start against the Rams.
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Looking ahead to the rest of this week's games, however, here are some players to consider starting this week:
QB - Jay Cutler, Chicago Bears (vs. TB)
Cutler has too many turnovers (12 interceptions and five lost fumbles) this season, but that hasn't kept him from being a productive fantasy quarterback. While there has been some week-to-week inconsistency, Cutler has finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback in six of 10 weeks this season and currently ranks eighth in fantasy points at the position. The Bucs have allowed 266.1 passing yards per game, third-worst in the NFL, and 20 passing touchdowns (only three teams have allowed more). Cutler is a top-six option for me this week.
QB - Josh McCown, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (at CHI)
The other starter in this game (and for the Bears last year) has the potential to finish as a top-12 fantasy quarterback this week as well. In fact, McCown has now finished as a top-five fantasy quarterback in back-to-back weeks since taking over as the team's starter again. McCown has thrown for a minimum of 288 yards and two scores in each of the past two games and the Bears have allowed the second-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks this season.
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RB - Rashad Jennings, New York Giants (vs. DAL)
While DeMarco Murray has a great matchup against the Giants, Jennings is a solid RB1 for this week as well. Returning last week from a Week 5 knee injury, Jennings had 22 touches against the 49ers. Although he totaled only 67 yards from scrimmage, the 49ers are one of the league's stingiest defenses to running backs. This week's matchup is more favorable as the Cowboys allow 4.85 rushing yards to opposing running backs. Only the Giants (5.03) and Chiefs (5.00 through Week 11) allow a higher YPC to RBs. Since he can't play his own team and the Chiefs have already played this week, there isn't a better possible matchup for him this weekend on a YPC-allowed basis.
RB - Trent Richardson, Indianapolis Colts (vs. JAX)
With his strong start to the 2014 season, the loss of Ahmad Bradshaw is a devastating blow to the Colts offense. Bradshaw was averaging 4.72 YPC, 3.8 receptions per game and had a total of eight touchdowns in 10 games. Now the Colts will rely even more on a generally inefficient Richardson, who was already averaging more than 15 touches per game. In a game where the Colts are favored by two touchdowns, however, T-Rich should get a high volume of work with the potential for a few goal-line opportunities.
RB - Isaiah Crowell, Cleveland Browns (at ATL)
By waiving Ben Tate, who was signed in free agency to be the bellcow back, it further (or more clearly) opens more consistent opportunities for the team's two rookie running backs. While Crowell's grip on the top spot on the depth chart is not a lock, he led the team in carries last week and is the most talented back on the roster in my view. Either way, I would expect double-digit carries for both Crowell and Terrance West this week and they have a favorable matchup against the Falcons, who have allowed the second-most fantasy points to opposing running backs.
WR - Sammy Watkins, Cleveland Browns (vs. NYJ)
It's crazy that Buffalo has had as much snow as most cities get the entire winter BEFORE Thanksgiving. And while it's unfortunate that the Bills won't be able to play in front their home fans, the move out of the elements to a controlled environment (dome) in Detroit could actually benefit Watkins. Watkins has had back-to-back quiet outings (4/27 and 3/32), but he had a monster 3/157/1 line the prior game, which was the first time he faced the Jets.
WR - Josh Gordon, Cleveland Browns (at ATL)
Last year, Gordon was suspended for the first two games of the season and ended up leading the NFL in receiving. With a much longer suspension this year, that obviously won't happen again, but Gordon has the skill set that puts him back into the WR1 (top 12) conservation beginning with his first game back. There are a few concerns (not necessarily being in "football shape" and the expectation that he'll play about half of the offensive snaps), but he has dominant physical tools and the team has one of the weakest receiving corps if you exclude him. While better days should be ahead compared to this week, he's still a low-end WR1 or high-end WR2 for this week.
[Related: The Browns selected a WR with one of their two first-round picks in my 2015 NFL Mock Draft.]
WR - Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (at CHI)
It's been a phenomenal three-game run for Evans as he has posted a 7/100/1 (or better) line in each game. Last week, he had more than 200 yards and two scores. Over the past three weeks, no receiver has more fantasy points than Evans in total or on a per-game basis and he has become a must-start option the rest of the way.
WR - Odell Beckham, New York Giants (vs. DAL)
With the exception of Week 6, Beckham has finished as a top-24 fantasy wide receiver in five of his six NFL games. And although he hasn't scored a touchdown since Week 7, when he scored two touchdowns against this week's opponent, ODB has 21 catches for 357 yards on 33 targets over the past three weeks.
TE - Coby Fleener, Indianapolis Colts (vs. JAX)
Not only did Dwayne Allen leave last week's game early with an ankle injury, but he has already been ruled out for Week 12 against the Jaguars. That should create more opportunities for Fleener, who finished last week with seven catches for 144 yards, both of which were season highs. The Colts feature the tight end position heavily as no position group has caught a larger share of Andrew Luck's touchdown passes this season. The Jags have allowed the 11th-most fantasy points to opposing tight ends this season and Fleener had 4/49/1 against them in his first matchup with a healthy Allen.
TE - Larry Donnell, New York Giants (vs. DAL)
Although he lost two fumbles in the first game against the Cowboys, Donnell also finished with seven receptions for a career-high 90 yards in Week 7. In his past four games going back to the Cowboys game, Donnell has a minimum of six targets in each game and he has scored in two of the past three weeks. The Cowboys have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing tight ends this season.
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Here are some players to consider keeping on your fantasy bench(es):
QB - Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions (at NE)
Drafted as a top-six fantasy quarterback in virtually all leagues, Stafford has been a disappointment as he currently ranks 14th among quarterbacks in fantasy points. In the past six weeks, Stafford has finished outside the top-12 fantasy quarterbacks four times and was barely inside the top 12 the other two games (QB12 in Week 8 and QB9 in Week 10). In a relatively difficult matchup, Stafford is just outside my top 12 at No. 13.
QB - Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers (vs. STL)
In the first six weeks of the season, Rivers finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback five times and he was a top-six quarterback four times. Since then, however, Rivers has finished outside the top 12 in four consecutive starts. During that four-game stretch, Rivers has averaged 197 passing yards per game and has posted a mediocre 6:6 TD-to-INT ratio during that span.
RB - Fred Jackson, Buffalo Bills (vs. NYJ)
After sitting out last week's game, Jackson will return to the field on Monday, but he's probably better off remaining on your bench. The Jets rank fourth in the league in run defense (83.2 YPG) and only the Lions and Broncos are giving up fewer YPC. In addition, the Jets have allowed the sixth-fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs this season.
RB - Jonas Gray, New England Patriots (vs. DET)
What Gray did in Week 11 was amazing! Not only did he rush for 201 yards, but he scored four touchdowns and finished as the week's highest-scoring fantasy running back. Fast forward one week, Gray has a brutal matchup against the Lions, who lead the NFL in rush defense (68.8 YPG). Other factors are also working against Gray this week as the Patriots have brought back running back LeGarrette Blount and Gray overslept and was sent home after showing up late for practice on Friday.
RB - Chris Ivory, New York Jets (at BUF)
Ivory had four consecutive top-24 outings to start the season, but things have been much less consistent since then. In the past six games, Ivory has finished as the RB45, RB58, RB8, RB9, RB50 and RB35. Coincidentally, the RB9 was his first matchup against the Bills, but it's unlikely that he scores two touchdowns like he did in the first matchup. In that game, he carried the ball 13 times for just 43 yards.
WR - Marques Colston, New Orleans Saints (vs. BAL)
It's been a hugely disappointing season for Colston, who has just one touchdown on the season. In addition, Colston has finished as a top-30 wide receiver only once (Week 7, WR19). The Ravens have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers and Brandin Cooks (thumb) was placed on season-ending Injured Reserve, but it's difficult to trust Colston as anything more than a flex option this week.
WR - Pierre Garcon, Washington Redskins (at SF)
Garcon has had plenty of bad games this year, but he had his worst outing last week with one catch for six yards on two targets. Garcon has finished as a WR35 (or worse) in eight of 10 games this season and he has finished outside the top 50 in each of his past three games.
WR - Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals (at SEA)
Dealing with a Grade 2 MCL sprain, Fitzgerald missed all practices this week, but he is listed as questionable for Week 12. If he does play, Fitz should remain on your bench given the injury and difficult matchup. The Seahawks defense hasn't been as stingy as they have been over the past couple of years, but they once again allow the fewest fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. In fact, the Seahawks have only allowed five top-24 finishes to wide receivers this season.
WR - Terrance Williams, Dallas Cowboys (at NYG)
Williams has six touchdowns on the season and he scored in five of the team's first seven games. That's the good news. The bad news is that Williams has two or less receptions in seven of 10 games this season. In fact, Williams scored a touchdown in the first matchup against the Giants, but that 18-yard reception was his only catch and he still finished outside the top-30 wide receivers that week. Williams' odds of finishing with a productive week are pretty slim unless he scores a touchdown.
TE - Vernon Davis, San Francisco 49ers (vs. WAS)
Vernon Davis is like the Adam Dunn of the NFL. He's either going to hit a home run (score a touchdown or two) or strike out. And Davis has been in a deep slump as he is averaging just 2.0 receptions for 18.9 yards since Week 2 with no touchdowns. He has yet to exceed four catches or 44 yards in any game this season. (The only place I might consider starting him is in a tournament like the Millionaire Maker, where he could pay off his $3,000 (position-minimum) salary several times if he scores a couple of touchdowns.)
TE - Jermaine Gresham, Cincinnati Bengals (at HOU)
Even though he had just two catches for 13 yards, Gresham is coming off his best fantasy performance as both of his receptions went for scores. Of course, one of those has received plenty of attention due to the long-time Saints fan that snatched the football intended for a Bengals fan. That said, the Texans have allowed the sixth-fewest fantasy points to opposing tight ends this season. In addition, Gresham has finished with 36 yards or less in four consecutive games (A.J. Green returned three games ago).
To see who I would start based on your team, please consult with my Week 12 rankings:
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Week 12 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
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Canadian pipeline push promotes false and misleading claims
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An Angus Reid poll found 58 per cent of Canadians think lack of pipeline capacity is a national crisis. They can be forgiven for this. The company that owns a near monopoly on newspapers in Canada, aided by politicians and fossil-fuel interests, has put significant effort into convincing them.
That the number rises to 87 per cent in Alberta, with 96 per cent believing that not building new pipelines would have a major impact on the Canadian economy, isn't surprising. All mainstream newspapers there are owned by the same company, political parties across the spectrum prioritize oil and gas interests over everything, and even educational institutions like the University of Calgary have been compromised by industry influence.
When the National Post signed a 2013 agreement with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, its publisher, Douglas Kelly, said, "We will work with CAPP to amplify our energy mandate and to be a part of the solution to keep Canada competitive in the global marketplace. The National Post will undertake to leverage all means editorially, technically and creatively to further this critical conversation." That agreement and similar language later extended to its parent company, Postmedia, which owns most major daily newspapers in Canada, as well as many community papers.
The National Post's opinion pages are full of climate-science denial, with few opposing viewpoints. And the Alberta government has spent $23 million on a slick, misleading ad campaign to convince people B.C. is hurting the country by opposing a pipeline project from the oilsands to Vancouver.
Is lack of pipeline capacity a crisis? Are there not things that should concern us more?
Much of the information governments and media are spreading about pipelines is false. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley claims Canada is losing $80 million a day because of a "price discount" on Canadian bitumen that could be overcome with a pipeline to ship more to markets beyond the U.S. Her figure is double the estimate in a Scotiabank report that itself was found to be flawed.
There is no real "discount" on Canadian product, nor are there countries outside the U.S. clamouring for our bitumen. The lower price is because it's costly to extract and process and must be diluted before being shipped by pipeline. As Will Horter writes in the National Observer, new international marine shipping fuel standards limiting high-sulphur heavy crude "will shrink Alberta's share of marine fuel market and add an additional two to three dollars a barrel in refining costs to remove the sulphur."
Beyond that, the economic and societal costs from the pollution and climate impacts of rapidly digging up, shipping and consuming these fossil fuels, whether the end product is burned here or in other countries, continue to rise along with global emissions and temperatures. That's a crisis!
An Insurance Bureau of Canada report found damages to homes, businesses and vehicles from extreme-weather events in 2018 cost insurers here $1.9 billion, up from $300 to $400 million in 2009. That represents just a fraction of overall costs to governments, businesses and individuals of extreme-weather events, increasing health impacts, habitat damage and loss, cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells, fluctuating global energy markets, food and water security, and even increasing refugee claims.
A study in Nature Communications concluded the world could meet Paris Agreement climate targets and slow impacts by immediately phasing out fossil fuels and their infrastructure. That's in line with a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that concluded we must take significant action over the next dozen years to reduce the threat of catastrophic global warming.
Phasing out fossil fuels won't be easy, but it's necessary, and we have to start now. There's no shortage of solutions. Clean-energy technologies are improving as costs are dropping, providing economic and employment opportunities. Carbon pricing has been proven effective in reducing reliance on coal, oil and gas and encouraging energy conservation, efficiency and cleaner alternatives.
What won't help is continuing to dig up, frack and sell climate-disrupting fossil fuels as quickly as possible before markets tank in the face of climate change and better alternatives. Those in media, government, industry and society who lack the insight, imagination or courage to recognize our plight and work for change are putting everyone at risk.
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.
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The Wolf of Wall Street (Abridged)
Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio
By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called . . .
In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of the canyons of Wall Street and into a massive office on Long Island. Now, in this astounding and hilarious tell-all autobiography, Belfort narrates a story of greed, power, and excess no one could invent.
Reputedly the prototype for the film Boiler Room, Stratton Oakmont turned microcap investing into a wickedly lucrative game as Belfort's hyped-up, coked-out brokers browbeat clients into stock buys that were guaranteed to earn obscene profits—for the house. But an insatiable appetite for debauchery, questionable tactics, and a fateful partnership with a breakout shoe designer named Steve Madden would land Belfort on both sides of the law and into a harrowing darkness all his own.
From the stormy relationship Belfort shared with his model-wife as they ran a madcap household that included two young children, a full-time staff of twenty-two, a pair of bodyguards, and hidden cameras everywhere—even as the SEC and FBI zeroed in on them—to the unbridled hedonism of his office life, here is the extraordinary story of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices at sixteen to making hundreds of millions. Until it all came crashing down . . .
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
"Raw and frequently hilarious."—The New York Times
"A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belfort's] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont. . . . Proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives."—Forbes
"A cross between Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese's GoodFellas . . . Belfort has the Midas touch."—The Sunday Times (London)
"Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read."—Kirkus Reviews
El Bizzle , 21/01/2010
If you like Boiler Room, Wall Street, Dealers, and all of those other financial films you will love this between this and "When The Mafia Hit Wall Street" go for when the Mafia... every time but still a good second choice (I am a trader in london by the way)
Hoooomer760 , 24/01/2013
Great book
Many lessons to be learned.
Looking forward to the movie just done in 2013.
Guy J. Carter , 12/09/2009
Wolf of Wall Street
Awsome book! Highly recommended! In my top 5 of best books! His lifestyle was insane but brilliant! Anyone would be envious of his money and lifestyle! Can't for the film to come out!
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Deconstructing pictures of JOBS
Now that I've covered most of my thoughts on the independent Steve Jobs biopic JOBS, whose premiere is today at Sundance Film Festival, it's time to cover form i.e. production values.
Let's review the official pictures that we've seen emerge from the film's promotional campaign.
The first picture was that of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs sitting on his desk:
Which was trying to reproduce the below picture from 1981:
Most people here would first see a striking resemblance between the two men. And I have to say, it's really well done indeed. At a quick glance, they do look a lot alike, and it becomes obvious why Kutcher was picked to play the part of young Steve. But of course, being the obsessive-compulsive type with those pictures of Steve Jobs, I couldn't help but notice a few things:
1. Physical build. The two men certainly have some things in common. But Kutcher's build is very different from Jobs's. Jobs was very wiry when he was young (in his hippie, fasting days especially), and in the mid-1980s, but he put on some weight at various points in his life. Not that he ate too much fat, of course; but probably more because he, like your fellow webmaster, was more into work than into sports. You can tell that in the picture above; and you can tell that Kutcher used to be a model, too. Basically, I wonder if Kutcher's very athletic build will be credible as the impersonation of SJ on the big screen. Noah Wyle was better suited in that regard.
2. The watch. Look closely. In those days, Steve was a young millionaire, and showed off a little with his BMW motorcycle and his, yes, gold watch (after all, it was the 1980s). The watch that Kutcher wears is actually not bad, because SJ owned one very similar —only a few years later. So we're dealing with a little anachronism here. Here is an example from 1984 that proves it:
3. The THINK poster. I would have been surprised if they had gotten that one right. But it's the first thing that jumped to my eyes when I saw the picture of Kutcher. You see, that poster was not random. Its history was actually very well documented by Jef Raskin's nephew —it is a variant of the Apple Syntax poster from 1980 (link from the Wayback machine). The original one featured Pascal syntax tips, and Steve Jobs was directly involved in its design. The version on his desk was using the same type as the Pascal header of the poster (3D letters with the Apple rainbow colors), applied to the IBM motto, THINK.
Unfortunately, the production crew of JOBS seemed to have bad eyes and to lack this information, as the type on their THINK poster seems to be dead flat.
My verdict:
Historical accuracy rating: 8/10
The second picture released by the JOBS team was one of the co-founders at the West Coast Computer Faire of April 1977:
And, for context, two photos from the 1977 faire:
Steve Jobs was actually wearing his first suit that day, after the advice of Regis McKenna and Mike Markkula. I have very little to say here, the resemblance is striking and the costumes almost identical. (The same can't be said of Woz though). Of course, I did find a couple things to complain about 🙂
1. The badge. A blowup of both pictures will get my point across:
You might think I am too harsh with the movie, but this is actually non trivial. The West Coast Computer Faire was actually Apple's grand entry into the personal computing market, the first time they were ever considered seriously. And McKenna was instrumental in getting the young scruffy Steves to look like businessmen on that day. So having handwritten, diagonal names on their badges is actually far from the truth of what that show was. In addition, Jobs's first name on the badge was "Steven", not "Steve" (I'll admit I'm picky with that one).
2. The booth. This is not about Steve, but the Apple booth, but again a small misconception on the importance of the West Coast Computer Faire for Apple. The movie makers couldn't have guessed it from the black and white pictures (since they didn't ask your fellow webmaster for advice) but that booth was actually lit by neon lights to look serious and attract visitors. Markkula put up heavy money for this, for a startup. Check this out:
3. The hair. Steve's was a lot dirtier 😉
I won't comment on the third picture, since it takes place in the garage, and we don't have any pictures from that time. But I will talk about the latest news from JOBS, the movie clip that got out on Thursday, two days before the premiere (and on the eve of the 29th anniversary of the Macintosh introduction).
I'd be interested to know what you guys think of this. I must say I was a little disappointed. With the great production values and all this talk of a 'wow' performance from Kutcher, I was actually expecting something close to the reality of Steve's youth. That's not what I saw in this clip.
the weird, forced intonations. "That changes e-ve-ry-th-in'". Steve spoke fast, especially in those days. And he certainly didn't speak to Woz the way he did keynotes in the 2000s;
the depiction of Wozniak as basically a corporate stooge, in a suit, saying "Hi Charlene" to a colleague. He did like the comfort of a salary from working at HP, but I don't think anyone could say Woz was the corporate type;
the exchange on "the operating system" as if the term was new and coined by Wozniak. Yes, seeing what you typed on a keyboard on a TV screen was extraordinary. But this had nothing to do with the expression "operating system" which had been around for a good ten years then. As an example, Gary Kildall's popular CP/M had been developed in 1973, three years before the Apple I…
"nobody wants to buy a computer"… coming from Woz? It's true that the idea of selling was stranger to him. But certainly not the idea of personal computing, since he was so familiar with it after attending the Homebrew meetings, where it was pioneered.
Woz actually confirmed what I felt in writing to several blogs, starting with Gizmodo, I quote:
Totally wrong. Personalities and where the ideas of computers affecting society did not come from Jobs. They inspired me and were widely spoken at the Homebrew Computer Club. Steve came back from Oregon and came to a club meeting and didn't start talking about this great social impact. His idea was to make a $20 PC board and sell it for $40 to help people at the club build the computer I'd given away. Steve came from selling surplus parts at HalTed he always saw a way to make a quick buck off my designs (this was the 5th time).
The lofty talk came much further down the line.
I never looked like a professional. We were both kids. Our relationship was so different than what was portrayed. I'm embarrassed but if the movie is fun and entertaining, all the better.
As he says:
It's only one clip. The movie should be very popular and I hope it's entertaining. It may be very correct, as well. This is only one clip. But you'll see the direction they are slanting the movie in, just by the dialog style of this script.
I hope he's right.


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Posted: December 3, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
If These Walls Could Talk: Researching a Historic House or Building
Posted: November 1, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
Every building has a history and a story to tell. In this workshop, you'll learn how to uncover the history of a house or a historic building, whether it is 50 years old or 150 years old. Experts will share their knowledge on research techniques and you'll learn how to read maps, research historic photographs, city directories, deed records, and many other tools. We will visit the Gallatin History Museum, tour the Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, and take a short walking tour of a historic neighborhood to better understand the architectural styles and character of historic Bozeman.
When: November 16, 2019 8:30am to 4:30pm
Where: 234 E. Mendenhall Street, Bozeman, MT 59715
Registration: $50 for non-members, $45 for members. Registration fee includes all materials and snacks. Lunch will be on your own.
Space is limited so click here to register early!
History After Dark: Ghosts of Bozeman's Past!
Posted: October 8, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
Ready to encounter the ghosts of Halloween past?
For one night only, The Extreme History Project is bringing such notables as John Bozeman, Joseph Lindley, Lizzie Woods, and Achilles Lamme back from the grave to tell their stories. Hear about their exploits and learn about life in this area as Bozeman struggled to become a town.
Your self-guided journey will take you down Main and Mendenhall streets to meet "soiled doves," salacious madams, mystic mediums, and other bold inhabitants of this western town. Tales of ghosts, murder and mayhem, frontier justice, brothels, and more will be told by our resurrected dead. This year's tour will introduce new and intriguing cast members to delight you with their sagas.
This tour is offered Friday, October 18th, at 7:00, 7:10, 7:20 and 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS CLICK HERE
The event is not appropriate for children under the age of 12.
Walking Tour Spotlight – Spirits, Suds, and Saloons: Bozeman's Drinking History
Posted: August 13, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
Saloon Shootings and "Rotgut"?!
Every Wednesday night at 6:00, The Extreme History Project takes visitors on a tour of Bozeman's historic breweries and saloons. Bozeman's first saloons opened within the initial years of Bozeman's founding in 1864. These were not the rough and tumble saloons of the western mining camps though, where down-and-out miners drank their sorrows away on a less-than-delectable type of whiskey known as "rotgut." No, here in Bozeman we had establishments like the Palace Saloon. With its "handsome bar [and] beautifully papered and pictured walls," the Palace was known to be the finest drinking establishment west of Chicago. Bozeman's saloons were not immune to violence. One night in 1885, Bozeman residents heard three shots fired in rapid succession and when they arrived at the Palace, Neil Lane lay dead on the saloon floor, shot by his business partner following an argument about a prostitute named "Beavertooth." Hear this story and others as your guide takes you through a tour of Bozeman's historic saloons. Along the way, you'll learn about the buildings that once housed these infamous saloons and come to understand how drinking culture in the United States has changed over time. Our next Spirits, Suds, and Saloons tour leaves from The Extreme History Project Headquarters at 234 E. Mendenhall on Wednesday, August 14 at 6 pm!
To sign up for a tour, click here!
By Cheryl Hendry, tour guide of the Spirits, Suds, and Saloons tour
The Spieth and Krug Brewery on Bozeman's Main Street
Walking Tour Spotlight – Gracious Gables!
Posted: June 26, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
Travel back in time on Willson Avenue!
The Extreme History Project's Gracious Gables walking tour, which explores Bozeman's Bon Ton Historic District, offers more than a lesson in architecture. Much more. Spend an hour on a Sunday afternoon and come away with a deeper appreciation of the events and people who first saw opportunity in the beautiful Gallatin valley.
The Bon Ton District was Bozeman's most fashionable neighborhood between 1880 and 1930. Men who came west for gold or to make a new life after the Civil War made fortunes in real estate, banking, beef, retail and politics. When W.W. Alderson platted his homestead south of Main Street, he planned for Central Avenue (now Willson) to be a grand boulevard, with beautiful houses on either side. That's why the neighborhood is known as the Bon Ton District, which in the 19th Century meant "the finest." Over the years doctors, bankers, politicians, college presidents and several sons of the city's original founders lived here.
The Chisholm Family on Porch of Residence in Bozeman, Montana. Left to right, back row: Oliver Perry Chisholm (1843-1912), Sarah Alice Chisholm, Sarah Jane Bishop Chisholm (1846-1905); front row, left to right: Charles B. Chisholm (1874-1945), Oliver Perry Chisholm, II (1883-1967). House is located at 319 S. Willson. Photograph Courtesy of the Museum of the Rockies
Their homes reflected their wealth and status. Although the district is predominately Queen Anne or Colonial Revival, home owners often combined styles to make their homes unique. From the highly ornamented, pink Queen Anne home built by Bozeman's first sheriff to the simplicity of the townhouse designed by local architect Fred Willson for the founder of the Flying D Ranch, no two houses are similar.
The stories of the residents are as impressive as the homes. These people were doers who founded businesses and touched lives in ways that are still relevant today. Kindness? Think about Julia Martin who served Thanksgiving dinner to the "loose women" at Montana College for over 37 years. Politics? Consider the political career of Nelson Story Junior, son of Bozeman's first millionaire or Belle McDonald, daughter of former slaves, who lobbied the state legislature while working as a live-in domestic.
Julia Martin House. Photograph Courtesy of the Museum of the Rockies
These are just a few remarkable stories housed in the Bon Ton District. Theirs were lives of visible success and painful loss. Take a tour to learn more about those who had significant influence on Bozeman and Montana in its early years.
For tour dates and times and to register click here!
Extreme History Project Bus Tours!
Posted: June 7, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
Historic Virginia City Tour
Join the Extreme History Project for a special, behind the scenes tour of Virginia City, Montana. Receive a personal tour of the historic gold mining town that still looks very much like it did nearly 160 years ago. Once the capital of Montana Territory, Virginia City was the end of the Bozeman Trail in the 1860s. Its nearby goldfields were the attraction of thousands of easterners seeking their fortune in the West. Virginia City's history is complete with many successes, failures, seedy and exciting characters. Our tour will include a;
Personal walking tour of Virginia City hosted by historian Ellen Baumler
Visit to nearby Nevada City to enjoy living history and experience the time period of the era
Stop at Virginia City's famous Boot Hill cemetery to visit the final resting place of some of the town's most famous and infamous citizens
Our trip from Bozeman to Virginia City will be enjoyed aboard a deluxe, state of the art, luxury motorcoach complete with restrooms, footrests, air-conditioning, and Wi-Fi. Walking is required for part of the tour but will be on level ground. Tour is recommended for ages 10-up.
COST: $95 per person/$85 For Extreme History Project Members. To register for the tour click here.
If you have questions about the tour, contact us at info@extremehistoryproject.org or give us a call at 406-220-2678.
Tour will leave Bozeman at 8:30 a.m. from the parking lot directly behind the Gallatin History Museum and return at approximately 6 p.m.
Historic Crow Indian Agencies – Fort Parker and the Absaroka Agency
The Extreme History Project invites you on an exceptional and informative tour of the original Crow Agencies of Montana. Hosted by Shane Doyle, a Crow tribal member and educational consultant who hails from the current Crow Agency, Montana. You will visit the land that the Crow, or the Apsaalooke people, called home for thousands of years. More specifically, we will visit the sites of the first Crow Indian Agency, Fort Parker and the second Crow Indian Agency, Absaroka Agency. Our tour will include a;
Visit to Fort Parker where the first Crow Agency was built in 1869, located just east of Livingston.
Lunch at the Museum of the Beartooths in Columbus, MT, where you'll see artifacts related to the second Crow Indian Agency and learn more about the second agency from Museum Director, Penny Redli.
Visit the site of the second Crow Agency located near present-day Absarokee, Montana
Stop at the Thomas party memorial/grave where in 1865 a group of travelers on the Bozeman Trail were killed by Lakota warriors.
A rare visit to the site of John Bozeman's death, where he was killed in 1867 along the Yellowstone River.
Our trip from Bozeman into original Crow territory will be enjoyed aboard a deluxe, state of the art, luxury motorcoach complete with restrooms, footrests, air-conditioning, and Wi-Fi.
There will be minimal walking on level ground during the tour. Lunch will be provided for you at the Museum of the Beartooths in Columbus, Montana.
Tour will leave Bozeman from the Gallatin History Museum at 8:30 a.m. and will return at approximately 6 p.m.
COST: $115 per person/$105 For Extreme History Members
To register for this tour, click here. If you have questions about the tour, please contact us at info@extremehistoryproject.org or give us a call at 406-220-2678.
Historic Walking Tours!
Posted: May 21, 2019 by extremehistory in Uncategorized
Are you ready to get outside and take a historic walking tour! We're excited to kick off the 2019 walking tour season this Memorial Day weekend. Click here for our full schedule of tour dates and times and to sign up for a tour! We look forward to seeing you on a walking tour!
Check out the short video below to give you a preview of our historic walking tours!


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Q: Beginner question regarding if-elif-if-if chain Very recently started to learn Python (2 weeks ago) and have been enjoying working through the Python Crash Course book. I've written some code for an exercise in the book. The code works as I expected it to but I don't quite understand why.

Exercise: Write a program for a cinema that asks the user for inputs of their age and then tells them what price their ticket will be, using a while loop.

Here is the code I first wrote:
print("Welcome to Cathrine's Cinema!\n")

no_tickets = 0
total_cost = 0

while True:
    if no_tickets == 0:
        ticket = input("Would you like to buy a ticket? (Yes/No) ")
        if ticket.lower() == 'yes':
            no_tickets += 1
            age = input("Great! How old is the person that this ticket is "
                        "for? ")
            age = int(age)
            if age < 3:
                print("The ticket is free, enjoy!")
                continue
            elif age <= 12:
                print("That'll be £10 please.")
                total_cost += 10
                continue
            elif age > 12:
                print("That'll be £15 please.")
                total_cost += 15
                continue
        elif ticket.lower() == 'no':
            print("Ok, thanks for coming by!")
            break
        else:
            print("Please answer 'Yes' or 'No'")
            continue

    if no_tickets > 0:
        ticket = input("Would you like to buy another ticket? (Yes/No) ")
        if ticket.lower() == 'yes':
            no_tickets += 1
            age = input("Great! How old is the person that this ticket is "
                        "for? ")
            age = int(age)
            if age < 3:
                print("The ticket is free, enjoy!")
                continue
            elif age <= 12:
                print("That'll be £10 please.")
                total_cost += 10
                continue
            elif age > 12:
                print("That'll be £15 please.")
                total_cost += 15
                continue
        elif ticket.lower() == 'no':
            print(f"Cool, you have purchased {no_tickets} tickets for a total"
                  f" cost of £{total_cost}.")
            break
        else:
            print("Please answer 'Yes' or 'No'")
            continue

I thought it was quite awkward having two big almost identical if statements just so the initial message (Would you like to buy a/another ...) and the goodbye message was right, so I wrote it again a bit differently.

print("Welcome to Cathrine's Cinema!\n")

no_tickets = 0
total_cost = 0

while True:
    if no_tickets == 0:
        message = "Would you like to buy a ticket? (Yes/No) "
        bye_message = "Ok, thanks for coming by."
    elif no_tickets > 0:
        message = "Would you like to buy another ticket? (Yes/No) "
        bye_message = (f"Cool, you have purchased {no_tickets} tickets for a "
                       f"total cost of £{total_cost}.")
    ticket = input(message)

    if ticket.lower() == 'yes':
        no_tickets += 1
        age = input("Great! How old is the person that this ticket is "
                    "for? ")
        age = int(age)
        if age < 3:
            print("The ticket is free, enjoy!")
            continue
        elif age <= 12:
            print("That'll be £10 please.")
            total_cost += 10
            continue
        elif age > 12:
            print("That'll be £15 please.")
            total_cost += 15
            continue
    elif ticket.lower() == 'no':
        print(bye_message)
        break
    else:
        print("Please answer 'Yes' or 'No'")
        continue

Now this seems to work exactly the same as the previous program, but I'm confused about the if-elif chain. I thought that python executes only one block in an if-elif chain. So if the customer orders 1 ticket, then no_tickets > 0 and so we enter the second elif statement. Why then don't we go back to the start of the while loop and loop infinitely? Why instead do we continue to the other if statements below (testing if ticket.lower() == 'yes' or 'no')?
Thanks for reading all of this! Sorry if this seems like a pointless question as my code is working as intended, I just want to properly understand everything that's going on.

A: This has to do with indentation. Languages like java enclose if/else statements in parenthesis {}, but python depends on indentation.
Notice that the testing if ticket.lower() == 'yes' or 'no' has the same indentation as if no_tickets == 0: and if no_tickets > 0: therefore it is considered to be outside of the first if/else block.
This might be helpful: https://www.w3schools.in/python-tutorial/concept-of-indentation-in-python/

A: if your if statement condition is fulfilled, say age<3 is true then statement for that condition are processed/executed and then your program will not see anything in if..elif..else code block, it will go for the next code block(part of code after if..elif..else statement).
why we continue to other if statement, because in your code there are two code section for if statement and they processed one by one unless no break/exit statement didn't occur which cause them to go out of the while loop or exit the program

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About Paul Zerdin
Paul Zerdin is without doubt this country's top ventriloquist.
He began his career as a magician at the age of 15 and, after ruining his GCSE's, decided that the only thing he could do was to go into showbusiness. For the next five years he appeared up and down the country on the club and holiday camp circuit honing his magic while slowly introducing his stand-up comedy and ventriloquism. At the age of 20 he landed his first proper TV job as presenter on GMTV's children's programme 'Rise and Shine'.
Some years later Paul won ITV's nationwide 'The Big Big Talent Show' hosted by Jonathan Ross. Since then he has appeared regularly on the Royal Variety Show and on ITV's Tonight at the London Palladium with Bruce Forsyth. Among many other TV shows, Paul has appeared in Shirley Bassey's 60th Birthday Special for LWT (during which his puppet, Sam, had the nerve to sing one of Shirley's own songs to her), BBC1's Generation Game, 'Late Night With Jerry Springer', Open House with Gloria Hunniford, Today with Des and Mel and, for Sky TV, 'Undercover Magic'. He's starred in TV commercials, too, for Kelloggs, Persil and Honda, and has entertained British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Stage shows include The Paul Zerdin Show to sell-out summer audiences in Blackpool, and "Paul Zerdin - No Kids" at The Edinburgh Comedy Festival.
Christmas 2007 saw Paul's 13th year in Pantomime appearing as 'Buttons' in "Cinderella" alongside Nigel Havers at the Richmond Theatre, London.
Last Christmas (2008) Paul starred alongside John Barrowman in the box office smash hit Robin Hood" at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
2009 has already been a packed year , with shows in Las Vegas, Cape Town, Shanghai and Beijing (yes, really!) and most recently touring the UK with The Joe Pasquale Show - after a sell out show at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
'Every now and then you stumble across a finished article, a show so polished it shines. Paul Zerdin: Sponge Fest is one of these shows. A ventriloquist at the top of his game, Zerdin is so sure of his skills and so in control of his material that he isn't just performing - he's showing off, clearly having as much of a laugh as his audience.'
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Mughal Miniatures
Since times historic, India has been invaded by many forces. While some just took the money, there were a few forces who settled here and started a dynasty. The most prominent force among all were the Mughals. They not only ruled over Delhi for a long time, but also had a profound impact on our culture. These Mughal emperors, apart from being great warriors, were great patrons of the arts. This dynasty pioneered a grand tradition of art forms including miniature paintings that continues to captivate the world even today. The live examples of Mughal architecture can be seen in the form of monuments for example the Taj Mahal and the Lal Quila and even in our cuisine and other art forms. The biggest examples of Mughal culture influence can be seen in the form of Mughlai cuisine and Mughal paintings.
Mughal Miniatures:
Most Indian kings have been fascinated by art, and have encouraged art and culture. As a result, many art forms evolved from time to time. One such prominent painting style is the Mughal miniature. The painting style originated in the 16th century, when Mughals were ruling India. The painters would paint what was told to them by the reigning emperor. At times, few painters, each expert in his area, would get together and work on a single painting. Most works under this genre reflect intensive combined effort of artisans. The making of the face was typically executed by the most senior artist, as this was the most important part.
The subject of the painting ranged from portraits of emperor or their family, scenes depicting their courtrooms, hunting or battles fought by them. While at one end, the subject would reveal the emperor's intrinsic strength and fighting skills, on the other end, it would depict romance of birds. In all the paintings, the artists focused a great deal on bringing out the beauty by intricate detailing of their clothes, jewellery and looks. These details are so fine that one would need magnifying glass to view them. The vibrancy of the paintings was brought out by using finer brush works and subdued natural colours while being decorated with real gold, silver and other precious stones.
History of Mughal Miniature Paintings:
The Mughal miniature has its origin in the Persian miniature paintings, and that is why one can see its influence in terms of using flat aerial perspective, upright depiction of the subject and decorated borders.
Though most people give the credit of establishing Mughal miniature art in India to Akbar, in reality, it was his father, Humayun who brought famous painters Mir Sayyid Ali and Khwaja Abdus Samad Khan from the Persian court.
These painters started a Royal Art Academy to teach this style to Indian artists and that's how the art flourished a great deal during Mughal rule, between 16th to 18th centuries. Under the Mughal patronage, these Indian artists created several extraordinary works of art. This was, the painting style spread to other courts in Northern India, even to the courts ruled by Hindu or Sikh rulers.
Most of the paintings depicted plants and animals as their main subjects. But one thing common in all paintings was an element realism and naturalism in them. Though later, they also adopted the single point perspective, like the European painters and started making using flattened multi-layered style.
This spread of Mughal art resulted in inter-mingling of foreign Persian and indigenous Indian elements. This made the paintings bolder but less refined. These are often described as "post-Mughal", "sub-Mughal" or "provincial Mughal".
The fall of Mughal Miniatures:
Unlike his ancestors Akbar, Shahjahan, and Jehangir, Emperor Aurangzeb was quite orthodox and did have no much interest in art. Under his rule, the Royal Art Academy was closed down and the artists were forced to move to other courts. Many artists moved to Rajput courts and the British East India Company. Though, Aurangzeb's descendants tried a lot to revive the tradition, but they were not successful in reviving the damage caused by Aurangzeb's oppression.
Global Exposure and Appeal:
The Mughal rule over India is believed to be the golden period for this art. This period was a great landmark in the art history. Though there were other Indian schools of miniaturist art, which started before the Royal Art Academy and there were some other schools as well, which started after the demise of the Mughal dynasty. But the Royal Art Academy was one of the two most recognized schools of Indian miniature art. These paintings could easily be used as book illustrations or single work of art to be kept in albums. The easy portability of miniatures enabled them to be easily traded from early times and gave them exposure all over the world.
Mughal Miniature in today:
The art of making Mughal miniature paintings has been passed on from generations to generations. These paintings are still being created by a few artists in different parts of Rajasthan. Though many of these paintings are only a skillful representation of the original works, there are others, which show remarkable artistic effect. Like many other traditional art forms of India, this art too in facing a threat of dying and needs some oxygen to revive itself. Off late, many contemporary artists from both India and Pakistan have started exploring the miniature tradition to push its boundaries and incorporate contemporary mediums as well as themes.
Miniature paintings of India have a glorious history. Traditions of miniature paintings were prevalent in Rajasthan, Pahari and Deccani courts. But the most notable in this art form were the Mughal miniatures.
The Mughal miniature paintings are meant not to be enjoyed just as painting, but rather a story, read from top to bottom. Characterized by graceful lines and delicate brushwork, Mughal miniatures are truly a blend of both Indian and Persian styles.


One of my favorite things to do these days is to watch water boil: watch steam curl and wind out of hot water. I like to listen to the drum-like roar of fired-up water. I also like coming up with new blends of tea to entertain my moods, waiting as my tea steeps, trying the first cup then comparing it to the second cup and testing my awareness through the third cup.
Also, these days, I am not very collected. A series of significant happenings have left me somewhat disoriented. And it is making it quite challenging to string sentences together, so I prefer to avoid writing paragraphs.
But this blog is one of the things I love to do for fun and it doesn't feel good to put it off for long so I have been thinking that I ought to start making tea here too. In fact, I recently went to a reading on gastrodiplomacy––because I didn't know what it was and the event was free and I had just altered an old skirt into a fun new dress and wanted to wear it somewhere––and it convinced me that making tea here on the blog is not a terrible idea.
So if you enjoy watching heat transform water to steam, listening to rolling water at a boil, steeping and and tasting the first and subsequent cups of your own blended tea, then stop by, once a month or so for a tea recipe.


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El Coll Arenós és una collada que es troba en el terme municipal de la Vall de Boí, a la comarca de l'Alta Ribagorça, i dins del Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici.

El coll està situat a 2.790,7 metres d'altitud, entre els Pics de Comalespada (NNO) i la Punta Alta de Comalesbienes (S), en la carena que separa l'occidental Capçalera de Caldes de l'oriental Vall de Colieto.

Rutes
 Per la Vall de Colieto: des del Refugi Joan Ventosa i Calvell, per l'Estany Gran de Colieto i Estany de la Roca.

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To communicate with the viewneo API you must have a valid access token in the requests Authorization header.
If you want to access the API in the name of your own account you should generate a personal access token. To generate a personal access token visit the API Settings in your viewneo account. Click on "Generate new token" and store it in a secure place.
After editing the description the token will be generated and displayed in a window.
Personal access tokens are valid until you remove them in your API dashboard.
Important: Treat your personal access tokens like passwords and never share them with anyone.
To access the viewneo API on a users behalf you can use OAuth2 to get an access token. To use this feature you have to create an OAuth client in your viewneo API settings.
To get an authorization code the user has to authorize your client to access their account.
In order to redirect the user to the authorization page, you will need to first build the URL. You can do this by adding the following key value parameters query string to the base URL.
This is how the authorization page looks like.
After the user has authorized your client they will be redirected to the redirect URL with the authorization code appended with a get parameter named code.
Once you have received your authorization code, then it is time to request your access token.
Just send a POST request with the following JSON to the viewneo OAuth token url.
Replace the capital values with your data.
If you want to refresh your access token before it expires. Just send the following JSON to the OAuth token url.
Replace the capitalized values with your data.
Once you have a valid access token, you can use a simple curl request with authorization to get all of the playlists belonging to an account associated to the access token. Just replace YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN with a real one.


Dr Anil Bhoraskar, Chair, International Diabetes Federation, Hon. Diabetologist, Fortis - S L Raheja Hospital, Mumbai, talks to ETHealthworld on diabetes as a growing epidemic and how simple lifestyle changes can help in curing and preventing the disease.
How do you see the diabetes scenario around the world?
Today diabetes has virtually taken over the whole humanity of the world. There are millions of people of who are suffering from diabetes and complications related to diabetes. Every seventh minute one person is dying from diabetes and every 15 minute a leg is amputated in the world due to diabetes. In India we have already crossed more than 60 millions diabetics and I feel that beyond every known diabetic there would be one unknown diabetic. So it is a very serious form of non-communicable disease inviting trouble for practically every single complication in the body affecting eyes, heart, kidney, peripheral vessels and in general the quality of life.
What according to you have lead to the increase in diabetic population?
The whole focus of the countries healthcare system is towards communicable diseases like tuberculosis, dengue, malaria etc. We hardly have any funds or organisations that are involving in non-communicable diseases. Diabetes acquires a very important position in non-communicable diseases. We are certainly not equipped to handle this on slot of diabetes and diabetes complication unless we have a focus to understand that this disease needs priority we have to take this disease as seriously as cancer and heart disease.
What are the steps and measures being taken to curb and control the ever growing diabetic population?
In my opinion treating children and giving them virtues of good food sends the message across the whole community and the families because children are the best messengers. The thing that really hurts me today is that I am seeing a lot of young diabetics. There was a time when we use to see diabetes after the age of 45-50 but today we see diabetics from the age of 16. Type 2 diabetes which was seen exclusively in adults is now seen in young children and that is all because of wrong food and wrong lifestyle.
If we want our country to come up we must have fit population and fitness will only come out of exercise and a proper nutritional approach. Through this we can overcome the epidemic of diabetes. The most important clinical parameter for control of diabetes is waist circumference. If the waist circumference is normal then your chances of developing complications are low. We always say that the waist line is inversely proportional to lifeline, larger the waistline shorter the lifeline.
What are the challenges that you come across when dealing with diabetic patients?
The first challenge is that this country has diverse cultural eating habits. To change people's eating habits is like asking them to change the culture. Today the young generation is conscious of their figure and health because they have realised that health is an important tool to success and a very important gadget for the wellbeing of themselves and their career. If you want a good career graph health is a priority and this changing concept has to grow. We have to change people's eating habits- simple food can also taste well and if this can go from house to house I think we will win the battle over diabetes.
Tell us about your recent initiatives for controlling diabetes?
There are many initiatives that I have taken to improve the care of diabetes in our and other six countries that I represent which includes Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. These six different countries are coupled together in IDF South East Asia is because we share the same background ethnically–our emotional, cultural, eating habits are identical. So what we plan is to have a school of diabetes wherein we are going to have online registration for this certificate course which people will take up. We want to have authenticity in education both in terms of treatment and diagnosis and this will cover the whole world.


An Italian classic, growing up I had them all the time. My mom has always been a big worker and making spaghetti al pomodoro was fast, easy and a guarantee success with the tree of us. We use to harvest the tomatoes around the end of July and make enough sauce for the all year. The tomatoes that we buy here at the grocery store do not have the same taste has the one back home, but I guess that nothing ever taste like home. For those spaghetti we decided to mix the sauce with the fresh cherry tomatoes it was a great idea because it gave an extra texture to the dish. Roberto is not the biggest fun of pastas with red sauce but with enough grated parmesan chesses I never heard him complaining.


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Oversight board appoints governor's former communications director as interim leader of West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Tyler Falk, Reporter | October 20, 2021
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The governing board that oversees West Virginia Public Broadcasting approved the termination of Executive Director Chuck Roberts Monday during a special meeting.
The Educational Broadcasting Authority discussed the matter in executive session. Members did not give a reason in open session for dismissing Roberts.
In an Oct. 7 email to staff, Roberts said the EBA told him that it had decided to go in a "different direction" for his position. Roberts was named executive director in 2018 and had worked for WVPB since 2000. Roberts and EBA Chair William File did not respond to requests for comment.
During the meeting, the EBA named Carl "Butch" Antolini interim executive director. Antolini previously served as director of communications for West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. Prior to that appointment, he was director of communications for West Virginia's department of agriculture.
Before working in government, he was executive editor for Beckley Newspapers.
File said during Monday's meeting that Antolini "certainly does not profess to be an expert in all fields public broadcasting." But File added that he believes Antolini "is ready to take on the task to serve as our interim executive director."
"I don't think Mr. Antolini's going to have any problem adjusting to what needs to be done in the position of the interim executive director," File said.
Antolini began in the role effective immediately.
"I am extremely grateful and excited to be given the opportunity to lead West Virginia Public Broadcasting," Antolini said in a WVPB article. "Providing the public with objective, balanced and accurate news coverage, working with our educators to deliver the most up-to-date methods of instruction through broadcasting, and telling our state's story are some, but not all, of the areas that we need to focus on at WVPB."
The board will begin a search for a permanent ED for WVPB. "We hope to move on that fairly quickly," File said. He added that there is no "definite timetable" for the hire.
The change in leadership follows criticism of recent appointees to the EBA by Gov. Justice, who has previously proposed cutting funding to the statewide network. The appointees include Greg Thomas, a GOP consultant, and Danielle Waltz, who previously served on the board of the conservative Cardinal Institute, which has called to end state funding for WVPB.
During a confirmation hearing for Thomas and Waltz in June, state Sen. Stephen Baldwin asked Thomas about tweets in which he had criticized the media. In one, he responded to the question "Is there a more useless group of people than Congress?" with "the media." In another tweet, he responded to a WVPB article about flooding and climate change in the state with "the liberals never miss an opportunity to advance their globalist anti-WV agenda."
"My interactions with public broadcasting, for the most part, personally, have been positive," Thomas said during the hearing. "Do I like to make little comments on my personal Twitter about fake news? Sure, sure I do. I can't imagine that is something I would do as a board member."
Since joining the EBA, Thomas has retweeted a tweet by Andrew Sullivan that said, "At this point you have to assume that NPR knowingly lies to its listeners."
When Waltz was asked about her time with the Cardinal Institute and its position on cutting funding for public broadcasting, she responded, "That was not a publication I drafted or approved. That was the opinion of the drafter. … I think you can be a member of a board and that may not necessarily be your opinion."
She added that she thinks WVPB's mission "is critical" and noted during the hearing that WVPB's services are reaching only a portion of the state's population, "so how do you reach out to more West Virginians?"
Baldwin voted against the appointments of Waltz and Thomas during the hearing and said, "I think we need champions of public broadcasting, not any sort of potential politicization."
When asked during a COVID-19 briefing in June about the appointments, Gov. Justice said that there should be "diversity" on the EBA.
"Changing the board to be more balanced and everything, I don't think the more liberal folks have total ownership of that board," Justice said. "I don't think the more conservative folks should have total ownership of the board in any way. I think it should be balanced."
Brian Gallagher, chair of the Friends of West Virginia Public Broadcasting board, told Current that the impression that the governor is stacking the EBA with conservative appointees is inaccurate because he doesn't believe the appointees "are cut out of the same ideological cloth."
If Gov. Justice wanted to harm public broadcasting, Gallagher said, "he didn't appoint five people with like viewpoints to do that."
"I understand why people would be upset with how this has occurred and the lack of information about it," Gallagher said, referring to Roberts' termination and the EBA appointees. "But I'm a positive person, and I want to take a wait-and-see attitude that this will be fine."
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Carl 'Butch' Antolini named CEO of West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Antolini became interim executive director last year.


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YOU LOOK AWSOME!! YOU LOOK REALLY HEALTHY AND HAVE COLOR BACK IN YOU. KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORKS, CAN'T WAIT TILL YOU BREAK 199.
Since we last had lunch together I have been substituting all my lettice with fresh spinach. On fajitas, burgers, salad etc. I am not quite ready to give up my canine teeth yet….Tomorrow I will make a green breakfast drink with lots of fruit to start my day.
Keep it up! You are doing GREAT and I am so proud of you!!!!!
Wow! You are amazing! You are looking great and We are so happy for you!
Congratulations!! You are being so good to your temple!!! What an inspiration you are to us all! 🙂 WOW!!!!
WOW!! 🙂 I'm so happy for you!! You look amazing, keep up the great work! Julie told me how proud of you she is and I can see why! Can't wait to see you at the party and no worries, I'll be sure to have lots of raw veggies there for you!! God Bless!
Hi Kevin, You are doing great. We have been making the smoothies here too. We really like them (kids too) and even have Rick drinking them now. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you all soon. – Tim, Carmen, & the boys.
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WOW, Kevin! The pictures are amazing! You get younger looking every month! I can't wait to see the picture for July! Do you feel good too?!
I am so amazed at your transformation! This is the Kevin I grew up with. Gosh…dont tell anyone that! JK You are a great friend and we are so proud of you. Keep up the impressive work and continue to allow the Lord of the Universe guide you through this season of life. Press on Brother, Press ON!!!!
What I like is how your smile gets bigger photo by photo.


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