26 May 2011—Back in January, when the Japan Prize Foundation announced its 2011 awards, Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson were recognized for the development of Unix, and Tadamitsu Kishimoto and Toshio Hirano were honored for the discovery of interleukin-6.
The awards ceremony is normally held in Japan, but on 17 March, the foundation announced that the event would be moved to the United States because of Japan's earthquake and tsunami. The awards were held on 19 May at the Bell Labs headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J. Ritchie and Thompson developed Unix while working at that lab, which is now part of the French telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent. Thompson is now a distinguished engineer at Google; Ritchie is still affiliated with Bell Labs with the title "Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Emeritus." Besides his role in the development of Unix, Ritchie also invented the C programming language.
IEEE Spectrum Senior News Editor Samuel K. Moore attended the ceremony and took the opportunity to speak with Ritchie.
IEEE Spectrum: Unix and C are both your babies. Which is your favorite?
Dennis Ritchie: Well, C has certainly been more lucrative. The book [The C Programming Language, by Ritchie and Brian Kernighan] still generates royalties. Unix is bigger, but C is still used. And it is also more specifically my creation in the sense that it's descended from a language that Ken did but changed quite a bit, between B and C. Those changes are essentially mine, although I talked to lots of people. With Unix, lots of people contributed.
IEEE Spectrum: You are quoted as saying that "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." Is there anything you would have done differently?
Dennis Ritchie: There are lots of little things—I don't even want to think about going down the list. Some of them were fixed in the standardization process. But there's a lot of internal coherence in, say, the way the internal type system works. That doesn't always make it easy to use. For example, the null-terminated arrays—character strings; character strings being arrays of characters terminated by a null. People have complained that it's error prone in various ways, compared, say, to strings being a count and then the characters. The fact that a character string is just an array and there's no place to put a count is really very fundamental to the workings of the language, even though it does make it error prone in various respects.
IEEE Spectrum: Unix has not only endured, it has quietly dominated the computing world. What do you think of the modern incarnations of your software?
Dennis Ritchie: I think it's great. I won't comment on the minor changes. Even though it's not licensed the same way, and it doesn't conform to the same standards, I think essentially Linux is a new implementation of Unix. And so in that sense I'm happy that it's doing well and has done well.
IEEE Spectrum: On your website, you single out an obscure memo, "Proposing a Unix Portability Experiment," from around 1976. Is it significant for you because it represents a new way of thinking of Unix as a more general computing platform, and maybe even a new way of thinking about operating systems?
Dennis Ritchie: At the time we were porting Unix, I had to look fairly hard for references of any other system being ported. I found a few, but they never went anywhere. That was one of my particular contributions—Steve Johnson and I did that. Ken helped by doing a lot of fiddling in the kernel to enable the portability, but he was going off to Australia on sabbatical, so the actual portability work and the demonstration was done by me and Steve.
IEEE Spectrum: By the late '70s, AT&T had all the elements in place for a sort of Internet version of the Minitel. Unix and all its utilities and services, such as e-mail, already existed, and personal computers running CP/M were around. AT&T had ISDN—we could have avoided the whole modem/narrowband era. Maybe we would have had the Web in 1985 instead of 1995. Do you think a big opportunity was lost? Did anyone at Bell Labs have a vision of that possible world?
Dennis Ritchie: The AT&T mentality was very much connection oriented. Long-time connections, like phone calls. Packet switching didn't make sense to them. AT&T had a lot of opportunities to get in on the early Internet and turned up its nose.
IEEE Spectrum: The original idea for Unix was as a platform for phone system switches, wasn't it?
Dennis Ritchie: Ken's original intention was that he wanted to write an operating system. He started out, and I joined in fairly early. Apart from doing new and cool stuff, what guided us was really kind of selfish—to write tools we could use ourselves to make our lives easier: "I'd like such-and-such to do such-and-such, and that's hard to do now. What kind of tool can I write to make that easier?"
IEEE Spectrum: What were some of the such-and-suches that you were after?
Dennis Ritchie: A lot of things, like the little languages that were started by Brian Kernighan. We were all interested in typesetting and documents—the notion that you could write a language for describing pictures, line drawings, and later, graphs, and drawing organic molecules. Unix made it all easier.
IEEE Spectrum: Do you have a favorite instance of Unix?
Dennis Ritchie: I think it's cool that the Kindle is Linux based. Smartphones and things like that. Pretty amazing.


Off The Floor – featuring – Elbow River from Michael Janke on Vimeo.
Earlier this month we were excited to have been chosen by Six Two Six Productions and Dog House Studios for their inaugural Off The Floor session!
Here's a fun little interview we did in Millarville!
Check out this video of the song Let Us Run, written by R.J Collins for the upcoming film The Caravan. our own Leanne and Tim were involved and we can't wait to see the finished film!
Let Us Run is now available for download at CD Baby!


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Articles tagged "Hertz"
Hertz Launches Dream Car Rental Service For Those Who Just Can't Drive 55
by Kraig Becker on Jun 20, 2013
Yesterday, Hertz, one of the largest rental car companies in the world, announced the launch of their new Dream Cars service in the U.S. This new offering allows customers to rent exotic sports cars and high-end luxury models that typically haven't been available from the company in the past, granting travelers an opportunity to explore their destination in head-turning style.
Some of the vehicles that are available for rent include the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari F430, Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes-Benz AMG, Porsche 911 and the SRT Viper, just to name a few. And for those who want to enjoy a luxury ride while still remaining eco-friendly, Hertz is even offering the Tesla Model S electric sedan.
The Dream Car service extends well beyond just renting an amazing luxury ride. Hertz will also send a representative to deliver the car to the customer and give them a one-on-one orientation of the vehicle as well. Customers can be met at their terminal in the airport or the car can be delivered to a location of their choice.Hertz says that Dream Cars will soon be available in 35 markets across the U.S., including such major cities as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Dallas and Chicago. As of this writing, the website lists only Florida locations such as Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach, however, so it may take some time for the service to spread out. It should also be noted that not all vehicles are available in each location, so if you're considering renting your personal dream car, you may want to peruse the catalog ahead of time.
The website doesn't list pricing for these high-end vehicles, but you can bet they'll be well beyond what most of us can afford. Still, if you're looking to splurge on your next vacation and you want to spend a few days driving around in a car that is above and beyond anything you've ever imagined, this is a service that can deliver that experience for you.
As for me, I'm already daydreaming about living out my James Bond fantasies with that Aston Martin Vantage.
Hertz to offer Lotus Evora in Europe
by Chris Owen on Jul 27, 2011
Two-door, four-door, sedan or compact not your idea of an exciting selection of rental cars? How about a $75,000 Lotus Evora? Hertz has introduced the Lotus Evora to key European rental markets, following a successful launch of the coupe in Italy in 2010.
"We are very proud to offer the Lotus Evora for exclusive hire in Europe following its rental success in Italy, thanks to our extended partnership with Group Lotus" said Michel Taride, president of Hertz International reports breakingtravelnews.com.
The move marks an extension of Hertz's partnership with Group Lotus and is the launch car of the new Adrenaline Range in the Hertz Fun Collection of Germany, Spain and the UK, and also joins as a special car in the Fun Collection in France.
Similar to the Hertz Adrenaline Collection in the United States which includes 60's and 70's muscle cars Chevy Camaro SS, Ford Mustang 5.0 GT Premium and Dodge Challenger R/T, the Adrenaline Range in Europe will showcase the most exciting new vehicles in Hertz's fleet with high quality, enhanced performance, and beautifully designed vehicles, with the Lotus Evora as the hero car.
"The hugely popular Lotus Evora is the perfect ambassador for our new Adrenaline Range, combining style, elegance, agility and sportiness to make driving journeys a dream come true."
The Lotus Evora will be available to hire from Hertz France's Biarritz, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Nice and Paris Charles De Gaulle airports and Paris Porte Maillot, Germany's Frankfurt Rhein-Main and Munich airports, Italy's Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate airports, and Spain's Madrid and Barcelona airports.
"We are pleased to extend our agreement with Hertz; the exclusive collaboration provides the perfect opportunity to make our stunning world class sports car available to the luxury rental market," said Group Lotus director of sales Guillaume Chabin.
Rates start from 250 euros per day, and confirmed reservations are guaranteed.
Flickr photo by exfordy
Lotus designs a pair of new test tracks for Top Gear Live
2011 Lotus Evora S
Lotus planning hardcore Evora racer-for-the-road
Lotus planning Exige-based rally car for Frankfurt
Free Hertz #1 Club Gold membership for Delta Skymiles members
Here is a simple bonus promotion for Delta Skymiles members – follow this link, and enter Delta Skymiles as the program name, and 5765 as the promotion code – and you'll get instant free access to the Hertz #1 Club Gold membership. Of course, if you are not (yet) a Skymiles member, nothing is stopping you from heading over to Delta.com to sign up (also free).
The program normally costs $60/year, but that fee is waived for you. Sadly, the perks are limited to instant vehicle pickup and drop-off, but when you are in a hurry at the airport, every saved minute helps.
You'll need to provide Hertz with a credit or debit card, and your drivers license number, and after your first rental as a Gold member, you'll be able to bypass the desk and walk right up to your car. But best of all, you'll get a nice shiny gold card for your wallet. A list of all Hertz #1 Club benefits can be found here.
Will the Toyota recall affect your next car rental?
by Amy Chen on Jan 29, 2010
Toyota's massive recall due to faulty accelerator pedals is trickling down into car-rental companies. How does the recall affect your next rental?
I checked in with some of the major players to see how they're handling the recall, now estimated at more than 9 million worldwide.
Avis Budget: About 20,000 cars have been grounded due to the recall. "Our fleet is 7 percent smaller today, but we are receiving weekly deliveries of new vehicles from the purchase agreements we made months ago with our suppliers," Avis Budget spokesperson John Barrows told me via e-mail. "So we expect to be able to fulfill all demand for any rental occasion while we await guidance from Toyota regarding the handling of the recalled vehicles."
Dollar Thrifty: The recall represents less than 1.5 percent of the overall Dollar Thrifty fleet. "We have currently grounded the vehicles and are working with Toyota on inspection of the vehicles and a proper resolution of the issue. We do not have any significant Toyotas on order," Scott Thompson, president and CEO of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, said in a written statement.
Zipcar: Toyota's recall affects about 5 percent of the Zipcar fleet. The car-sharing company isn't taking new reservations on any recalled vehicles, which include the 2009 and 2010 Toyota Matrix. If you already have a reservation on a Toyota Matrix, Zipcar will move you to a different car and compensate you for any rate difference. If you'd rather bail, any cancellation fees will be waived. For questions about upcoming reservations, call Member Services at 866/494-7227.
The silver lining: Many car-rental companies, such as Avis, Budget, Dollar, and Thrifty, only let you reserve a certain vehicle class (compact/economy, mid-size, full-size). Since you weren't able to specify a make/model to begin with, at least you won't have to deal with re-booking because the car you wanted is suddenly unavailable.
In general, car-rental companies had already been shrinking its fleets, which was resulting in higher prices. We'll keep an eye on how this will affect pricing now that the supply is even smaller. I'll also update once I hear back from Hertz, Enterprise, Alamo, and National.
Hertz running out of cars in NYC
by Tom Johansmeyer on Dec 27, 2009
When the airports shut down, short-haul fliers turn to the rental car kiosks. They're willing to brave dangerously slick streets to get home, causing a one-way drain for the lots. The rush of bad weather that cut through New York on December 19 and 20, 2009 left parking spaces empty and led to more than a bit of frustration, as Hertz was unable to deliver on rental reservations.
According to an e-mailed statement in Bloomberg News, Richard Broome, a spokesman for the company, said, "We have been moving in cars to Manhattan as fast as possible, but we are playing catch up." He continued, "The unusually severe storm created a temporary fleet shortage."
When 10 inches of snow were dropped on New York City, 1,600 flights were canceled. Over the past two years, Hertz has cut its rental car fleet, and it has fallen victim to the travel slump that's raged around the world. Both factors put pressure on the company's ability to fulfill. This quarter, however, it began to increase its fleet by 18 percent, because of an increase in demand it had already noted.

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L. C. BOLD, the honored mayor of Shawano, and editor and manager of the Shawano County Wochenblatt, is a native of Hessen-Nassau, Germany, born June 10, 1848, and a son of Christopher Bold, a highly-educated man, who was born January 7, 1824. He was instructed in some of the best educational institutions of Germany, won a high reputation as a teacher, and was employed at several schools of the Province Hessen-Nassau. His death, which occurred August 7, 1894, was of an extended obituary in the educational paper issued by the institution where he had given such excellent service for many years, winning a reputation that was far more than local. His family numbered six children – two sons and four daughters.
In 1809 Mr. Bold was married in New York to Miss Babetta Lieb — a native of Germany, and to them were born three children: Paul, who was drowned in 1880; Charles F., one of the prominent young men of Shawano, now employed in his father's newspaper office; and Louis, who is also connected with journalistic work. In November, 1884, Mr. Bold came to Shawano. At, that time the Shawano County Democrat was in the hands of the sheriff, the former proprietors having failed to make it a profitable investment. A company was formed, consisting of August Koeppen, president; Ed Somers, secretary; and L. C. Bold, editor and manager. The paper was changed to its present name, and the first copy appeared January 15, 1885. In October, 1888, the company was incorporated as the Shawano Printing Association, and Mr. Bold is now president and secretary as well as editor and manager. The circulation has been greatly increased, Mr. Bold having successfully managed the enterprise, until the paper is now one of the leading German publications in northern Wisconsin. It is well-edited, and is a very readable sheet. The equipment of the office is by far the most modern in Shawano, having, a cylinder press and other-machinery for first-class work, driven by steam power.


Thanks for the heads up about: amount of fabric (I cut view C, no center seams, from 1 yard 60" wide), french seams and bra showing under the arms. So, yeah, the entire post, haha!
Love your lace inset sides! I've already made two Santa Fes, but I think I'm going to have to make another with some lace. Very cute!
I think this looks great on you right now! Wear it now,and wear it after! I hadn't heard of this pattern yet, but I'm seriously tempted to go buy it... I was going to follow Heather B's tutorial on making a swing dress from a regular tee pattern, but I think this would be easier and have some fun variations!
The top looks great. The print is gorgeous for summer.


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Unashamed of the Gospel ©
11/8/2018 - Call to Action Christ mainline theology methodists UMC United Methodist Wesleyan
On Saturday, Nov. 3, I preached the opening sermon at the 2018 Global Gathering of the Wesleyan Covenant Association held at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia. Below is the text of the sermon. It was entitled "Unashamed!" and based on Romans 1:15-16 – "That's why I'm ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. I'm not ashamed of the gospel: it is God's own power for salvation to all who have faith in God, to the Jew first and to the Greek." (Romans 1:15-16 CEB) Bishop Mike Lowry A legend arises out of the mist of early Christian lore of a crucial turning point in the life of the infant church, which merits reflection on this occasion. Like most legends, it carries a core kernel of truth. So compelling is the story that it was made into an award-winning movie entitled "Quo Vadis" in 1951. "In the Acts of Peter [a mid-second century Christian writing] we read that an upper-class Roman wife and convert sent word that Peter should flee Rome as he was to be seized and executed. For a time, Peter resisted their pleas to flee. "Shall we act like deserters, brethren?" he says. But they argue with him, "No, it is so that you can go on serving the Lord." Reluctantly, Peter agreed. Putting on a disguise, he begins to flee the great center of the Roman Empire. As Peter exits the city gates, to his shock he sees the Lord entering this citadel of imperial might. "Lord," Peter asks, "where are you going (quo Vadis)?" And the Lord said to him, "I am going to be crucified." And Peter said to him, "Lord, are you being crucified again?" He said to him, "Yes, Peter, I am being crucified again." The Acts of Peter records the following: "Peter came to himself; and he saw the Lord ascending into Heaven; then he returned to Rome, rejoicing and giving praise to the Lord, because he said, "I am being crucified." (Steads translation, reprinted in Barnstone 1984:442; from The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark, p. 187) Back among the followers, Peter told them what had taken place and of his new resolve to be crucified. They again tried to dissuade him, but he explained that they were now to serve as the "foundation" so that they might "plant others through him." In the crucifixion account that follows, Peter (crucified upside down at his own request) speaks at length from the cross to a crowd of onlooking Christians about the power of faith in Christ." (The Rise of Christianity - by Rodney Stark, p. 187) We who gather this day stand again at the city gate. We too converse with good, well-meaning colleagues who believe deeply in a different path to faithfulness. We too, just as Peter so long ago, this day encounter Christ before us. The question put by Peter lingers in the air over our gathering. "Quo Vadis" – "where are you [we] going?" It is here, leaning on the gate pillars of conviction and commitment, that we must pause to seek again the guidance and insight of those first Christ followers. It is here we are bid to stop, worship, pray, reflect and anchor ourselves again in the heart, mind, and fellowship of the One crucified for our sake, and for the sake of this bruised and battered world. Focus with me on the Apostle Paul's writing to Christians at the heart of the Empire. The great Apostle opens his greeting as a "slave of Christ Jesus." (Romans 1:1) With uncompromising elocution, he has made his dramatic profession. "He was publicly identified as God's Son with power through his resurrection from the dead, which was based on the Spirit of holiness. This Son is Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 1:4) Paul takes time and space to share his thanksgiving for their faithfulness to Christ and the gospel. He lays out his plans to visit them. Now, in verses fifteen and sixteen, he anchors himself, those first followers, and we 21st century followers in the gospel. "That's why I'm ready to preach the gospel. . . I'm not ashamed of the gospel: it is God's own power for salvation." (Romans 1:15-16) Scholars tell us that the claim to be unashamed of the gospel carries a distinctive weight and witness in Roman culture. That culture was built along lines of status, standing and shame. There is more going on here than simply a matter of pride or the marking of a partisan position. In Roman culture, honor was considered a crowning value. Shame represented the disgusting opposite of honor. To be a man was to be a person of honor, upholding cultural values of loyalty to Caesar as lord, social propriety, personal standing and cultural pride. Chrysostom puts it this way: "The Romans were most anxious about things of the world, because of their riches, their empire, their victories, and they thought their emperors were equal to the gods. . . While they were so puffed up, Paul was going to preach Jesus, the carpenter's son who was brought up in Judea, in the house of a lower-class woman, who had no body guards, who was not surrounded by wealth, but who died as a criminal among thieves and endured many other inglorious afflictions." (page 30 of Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture, New Testament VI Romans) Now layer that conception with a deeper understanding of the interplay between religion and culture. They were not separate in ways we like to pretend today. Religion was not some side aspect to culture for the earliest Christians, a casual opinion that exists separately from the rest of civic life, nor should it be for us. But then, I am ahead of myself. New Testament Scholar C. Gavin Rowe in his insightful book "World Upside Down" comments, "religion and culture are inseparable, and the difference in the perception of the divinity amounts to nothing less than a different way of life." (C. Gavin Rowe, World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age, p. 51) In part, Professor Rowe goes on to chronical just how inherently destabilizing the Christian faith is to pagan culture. He writes, "the power of Jesus Christ is interpreted narratively [in Acts 16] as a force of subversion for the religio-economic habits of the polis (vv. 19-24)." (C. Gavin Rowe, World Upside Down: Reading Acts int he Graeco-Roman Age, p. 25) Link now this sense of honor vs shame and human triumph vs death on a cross among criminals with a God so defeated that the incarnate God will die on cross for the undeserving and you get the outrageous sense of Paul's claim "I am unashamed of the gospel!" Paul takes the very concept of shame and stands it on its head. It is a challenge flung boldly into the face of societies false presumptions and personal predilections. No wonder the gospel will be called a "scandal" and "foolishness." (1 Corinthians 1:23) Come back with me now to today, for I submit that our situation today is not as dissimilar from the writing of Paul's letter to the Romans as we are inclined to think. Make no mistake, the days of casual Christianity are over. The same issue of deep faithfulness is upon us. Once again, we are in a time when to be Christian is to be quaint, backwards and scientifically ignorant. For some, it is even a sign of being mean spirited and bigoted. And here we must pause for a moment confess that we have brought some of this on by ourselves through a narrow-minded refusal to love those who disagree and more often than we would like, a course indifference to the hurting, hungry and homeless, both physically and spiritually. Yet surely the response to our appropriate confession is not abject surrender to the whims of our hedonistically saturated civilization. Dean William R. Inge's famous quote rightly reminds us that "Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself [or herself] a widower [or widow] in the next." H. Richard Niebuhr famously delineated five different responses to culture. The culminating response, which is almost instinctively embraced by most of the present-day United Methodist Church, Niebuhr called "Christ the Transformer of Culture." (H. R. Niebuhr, Christ and Culture, Chapter 6, p. 190f) I ask, is it not time to admit that instead of the transformer of culture we have been transformed by our culture? To borrow an insight from James Davidson Hunter's To Change the World, we have steadily sacrificed a Wesleyan commitment to sanctification for purposes of cultural acceptance and the result has been to steadily be marginalized by the culture itself. Is it not passed time to declare that the day of cultural accommodation is over? "I am unashamed of the gospel." (Romans 1:16) The earliest Christians were pressured to go along and get along through a causal polytheism that honored the gods and more specifically worshipping Caesar as lord. Unashamed, they refused to do so. So too, we are pressured to replace allegiance to Christ with a vague dusting of Christian language over a functional Unitarian United Methodism. Unashamed, we must refuse to do so. The earliest Christians were tempted to celebrate the gladiatorial violence in the arena and its concomitant human tragedy as simple sport. Unashamed, they refused to do so. So too, we are tempted to embrace violent solutions to our disagreements. Unashamed, we must steadfastly be principled instruments of Christ's peace which truly passes all our understanding. (Philippians 4:7) The earliest Christians were urged to abandon unwanted babies at the city dump as was the Roman solution. Unashamed, they refused to do so. So too, we are encouraged to see abortion as an "acceptable means of birth control." Unashamed, we must steadfastly "respect the sacredness of the life and well-being of the mother and the unborn child." (The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2016, ¶161(K), p. 114) You may readily add to this list of examples. I note that I have not even begun to talk about issues of human sexuality. To properly do so, we must begin by addressing heterosexual fidelity and faithfulness before we talk about the swirling issues of LGBTQ+ practice. The enlightenment project and much of our mistaken theology, has sprung from our human centric embrace of our preferences and desires. We have started with "I" as in "I think therefore I am." (René Descartes) We must start, as Paul did, with God in Christ through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit reconciling us and the world to our divine creator. Instead of leaning casually on the terminate infested wooden gate of fuzzy indifference disguised as tolerance, out of a deeper love and a higher loyalty, it is time again to stand for Christ. With Paul, our uncompromising declaration must be "I'm not ashamed of the gospel: it is God's own power for salvation to all who have faith in God, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." (Romans 1:16) I was at a conference a few weeks ago where one of the speakers was the CEO and Co-Founder of New Story, a non-profit organization that is pioneering solutions to global homelessness shared some of his own pilgrimage. He talked about when he got out of college he was, as he put it, "pretty selfish." For several years, he said he pursued the three G's: Gold, Glory and Girls. At some point, the emptiness and pointlessness of his life hit him and he decided to commit to something worthwhile. His passion was stirred to do something about homelessness. This led him to launch his non-profit organization. While getting the organization up and running, he connected with a business man who became incredibly helpful - a mentor to him. The more the man mentored him, the more impressed he was with his life and the way he ran his business. One day, he asked his mentor where all that wisdom came from. The answer changed his life powerfully for the better. He said that the man shared his faith with me and "put me on the path of faith I am currently living." (excerpts from a speech given by Brett Hagler to the Creative Leadership Imperative - Launch 1 Conference, Oct. 9, 2018) It was D. T. Niles who once said, "Evangelism is witness. It is one beggar telling another beggar where to get food." The Apostle Paul's witness was just as straight forward. "I'm not ashamed of the gospel: it is God's own power for salvation to all who have faith in God, to the Jew first and to the Greek." (Romans 1:16) We gather this day at the city gate, the intersection of Christ and culture. Let this be our grace-filled witness. "I am not ashamed of the gospel." (Romans 1:16a) "So don't be ashamed of the testimony about the Lord or of me[us], his prisoner[s]. Instead, share the suffering for the good news, depending on God's power." (2 Timothy 1:8) AMEN.


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Q: What is the easiest way to get track data off a simple USB HID magnetic card reader? I need to get Track 1 and Track 2 data off magnetic cards and send them over the network to a waiting server. What is an easy way to get the track data from a USB HID magnetic card reader?
In case it helps, I have a MAGTEK Mini Swipe Magnetic Strip Reader (part no. 21040140)
I'm OS agnostic -- a solution for Windows, Mac or Linux would be great. Preferably no .NET, but if that's the easiest way I'll go for it.
What do you all think?
Thanks!

A: Every card reader I've seen has had a keyboard emulator, so you swipe the card and it sends characters through the keyboard buffer.  Looks like this one also does that (documentation : http://www.magtek.com/documentation/public/99875206-16.01.pdf)
Page 14 describes the data sent after a swipe, which is again, fairly standard across card readers:
[Tk1 SS] [Tk1 Data] [ES] [Tk2 SS] [Tk2 Data] [ES] [Tk3 SS] [Tk3 Data] [ES] [CR]
So your track one data starts with % and ends with ?
Track two data starts with ; and ends with ?
I noticed the question was tagged credit-card though, so it would be worth making sure you know the consequences of sending raw card-data across a network (even an internal network).  Take a look at the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) : https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml

There is a demo program for that specific reader that comes with VB source.
http://www.magtek.com/support/software/demo_programs/usb_swipe_insert.asp

A: Easiest way to download the Cab file from this link & include it in the project directory in a "magtek" folder.
http://www.magtek.com/support/software/demo_programs/card/usb_hid_swipe_readers/read_parse.asp
Add this code in aspx file after     tag (change  cab file src as per )
   <object id="USBHID" classid="CLSID:22571E97-956A-4CDD-AF8D-AE9C26597683" codebase="magtek/99510060.CAB#version=1,13,0,2">
    </object>

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
$('#txtNameFirst').focus();  // Focus on a textbox is required
 USBHID.PortOpen = true;
            if (USBHID.PortOpen == false) {
                $('#<%= lblStatus.ClientID %>').text('Could not open MagTek reader');

            }
            else {
                $('#<%= lblStatus.ClientID %>').text('Please Swipe a card');
            }
    });
 $("#txtNameFirst").bind('change', function () {

var CCData = $("#txtNameFirst").val();  // CCData will contain the complete credit card data in a string.

alert(CCData);
$("#txtNameFirst").val(CCData.split('^')[1].split(' ')[0]);
                        $("#txtNameLast").val(CCData.split('^')[1].split(' ')[1]);
                        $("#txtCCNo").val(CCData.split('^')[0].substring(2, 18));
                        //alert('  Split1: ' + CCData.split('^')[1] + '  Split2: ' + CCData.split('^')[2]);
                        //alert('parsing good!');
                        $("#txtExpiDt_RoutingNo").val(CCData.split('^')[2].substring(2, 4) + '/' + CCData.split('^')[2].substring(0, 2));
});
    </script>

As per the above code I have added focus on a text box . After swiping the card focused textboxes automatically show the complete credit card data string.

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The text on the images are not exactly readable?
For some reason, images are displayed correctly in IE, but are being scaled down and are unreadable in Firefox.
If you are a programmer than you should be able to view these images in any browser.I saw these in ie7 and mozzila 2.something.
Play with "View". this is in the top left of your browser —– very near to file and edit 'buttons' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
doesn't sound like much fun to me!
Why developers cheer so much for dragons? Is it LOTR or D&D??
Found this gem today. I'll use this in my next vacation autoreply.
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And then it hit me, he was buttering the outside of the bread....I realized at that moment, I have never been open to all the possibilities that the universe presented me. This is designed to enlighten the attendee to "see the forest through the trees" in order to grow as a team member and individual. The points discussed are observations of the world from a different perspective which lead to results from perspective changes. This can be customized in length from 45 to 90 minutes.


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Family's desperate plea to find missing Irishman in New York
Patrick "Pat" Gannon (56) was last seen at a hostel / shelter in Port Jefferson, Long Island just after Thanksgiving.Facebook / Family's own
Patrick Gannon (56) was last seen in a hostel in Long Island just after Thanksgiving. The Irish government is urging the public to come forward with information about the missing Irishman.
The Irish government has issued an urgent plea for information regarding the safety and whereabouts of an Irishman named Patrick Gannon (56) who went missing on Long Island, on Nov 26, shortly after Thanksgiving. He has not been heard from since.
The Department of Foreign Affairs was contacted by the Gannon family who has not heard from Pat since that November night. In a statement, the Irish Consulate in New York stated:
"Our Consular section in Dublin have been contacted by the family of Patrick (Pat) Gannon who is missing in NY and they are asking for our help. Grateful to know if anyone hears anything regarding his whereabouts or if Pat makes contact with any of the centers.
"His date of birth is 29-09-1962 and he does go by Pat or Patrick Gannon. He was last seen on the 26th November 2018 in a hostel/shelter in the Port Jefferson, Long Island area."
Dear all. Our Consular section in Dublin have been contacted by the family of Patrick (Pat) Gannon who is missing in NY...
Publiée par Dan Dennehy sur Vendredi 7 décembre 2018
The family stated that it is "extremely out of character for Patrick not to contact his family in Ireland as he is in touch regularly through phone calls and Facebook messenger. He also maintains contact with his ex-partner in Ireland and this has ceased since the last time he was seen as well."
Patrick was also a bartender and worked in Irish bars in Manhattan in the 1990s.
Anyone with information should contact the Irish Consulate at 212 319 2555 or Emerald Isle Immigration Center at 718 478 5502.
Read more: Distraught family of Longford man killed with one punch in NYC demand proper justice
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Top 10 Country Songs About Spring
Annie Zaleski
LOOK: Country Stars Who Have Been on the Cover of 'Rolling Stone'
Roots rock group the Band were the first country act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone, in 1968; most recently, Eric Church earned the cover spot in August of 2018.
Christina Vinson
Top 10 Country Thanksgiving Songs
We all have plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
The Boot Staff
Country Music Memories: 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' Is Released
On April 12, 1971, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was released as a single.
7 Artists Who Should Be in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Can you believe they're not in yet?!


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function channel  =  sshfrommatlab_publickey_file(userName,hostName,private_key, private_key_password)
%SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE connects Matlab to a remote computer via a
%secure shell using a private key file
%
% CONN  =  SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE(USERNAME,HOSTNAME,PRIVATE_KEY,PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD)
%
% Inputs:
%   USERNAME is the user name required for the remote machine
%   HOSTNAME is the name of the remote machine
%   PRIVATE_KEY is the Private Key file path
%   PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD is the password for the PRIVATE_KEY
%
% Outputs:
%   CONN is a Java ch.ethz.ssh2.Connection object
%
% See also SSHFROMMATLABCLOSE, SSHFROMMATLABINSTALL, SSHFROMMATLABISSUE
%
% (c) 2008 British Oceanographic Data Centre
%    Adam Leadbetter (alead@bodc.ac.uk)
%     2010 Boston University - ECE
%    David Scott Freedman (dfreedma@bu.edu)
%    Version 1.3
%

%
%  Invocation checks
%
  try
      import java.io.File;
  catch
      error('Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE cannot load java.io.File...');
  end

  if(nargin  ~=  4)
    error('Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE requires 3 input arguments...');
  end
  if(~ischar(userName)  || ~ischar(hostName)  ||   ~ischar(private_key) ||  ~ischar(private_key_password) )
    error...
      (['Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE requires all input ',...
      'arguments to be strings...']);
  end
%
%  Build the connection using the JSch package
%
  try
    import ch.ethz.ssh2.*;
    try
      channel  =  Connection(hostName);
      channel.connect();
    catch
      error(['Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE could not connect to the'...
        ' remote machine %s ...'],...
        hostName);
    end
  catch
    error('Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE could not find the SSH2 java package');
  end

%
% Load Private Key File
%
 try
     private_key_file_handle = java.io.File(private_key);
 catch
     error(['Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE could not open private key file'...
        ' %s ...'],...
        private_key);
 end

%
%  Check the authentication for login...
%
  isAuthenticated = channel.authenticateWithPublicKey(userName,private_key_file_handle,private_key_password);
  if(~isAuthenticated)
    error...
      (['Error: SSHFROMMATLAB_PUBLICKEY_FILE could not authenticate the',...
        ' SSH connection...']);
  end

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using Nixxis.Client.Controls;
using Nixxis.ClientV2;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
using System.Windows.Controls.WpfPropertyGrid;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace Nixxis.Client.Supervisor
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for Dashboard.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class SavedContextsSaveDialog : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
    {

        public SavedContextsSaveDialog()
        {
            if (System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.IsRightToLeft)
                FlowDirection = System.Windows.FlowDirection.RightToLeft;
            else
                FlowDirection = System.Windows.FlowDirection.LeftToRight;

            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void OK_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            DialogResult = true;
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        private void FirePropertyChanged(string propName)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
        }

        private void CollectionViewSource_Filter(object sender, FilterEventArgs e)
        {
            if(chkOnlyMyContexts.IsChecked.GetValueOrDefault())
            {
                e.Accepted = !(e.Item as SavedContext).Shared;
            }
            else
            {
                e.Accepted = true;
            }
        }

        private void chkOnlyMyContexts_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            (this.FindResource("cvs") as CollectionViewSource).View.Refresh();
        }

        private void chkOnlyMyContexts_Unchecked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            (this.FindResource("cvs") as CollectionViewSource).View.Refresh();
        }

        private void MySelf_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            SavedContexts sc = DataContext as SavedContexts;

            foreach(KeyValuePair<string, SavedContext> kvp in sc)
            {
                if(kvp.Value.Name == sc.DefaultNewNameBase)
                {
                    radioOverwrite.IsChecked = true;
                    lstContexts.SelectedValue = kvp.Value;
                    return;
                }
            }

            radioNew.IsChecked = true;
        }

    }

}


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Jackson Health Network provider members have identified 33 elements of outpatient clinical care that are important to the health of patients.
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Shrimp is an indispensable nozzle for saltwater fish with a float and bottom fishing rods. Mined shrimp in the thickets of seaweed, as well as in freshwater reservoirs of the Far East. Obychno shrimp caught using nets, in which as bait, put the pieces of bread and meat. Nets set in the thickets of sea grass at a depth of 3-4 m Caught shrimp wrapped in wet cloth and stored in a cool place. To save the shrimp for a few days, they are boiled or salted. Shrimp skewer on the hook (for fishing) or using only the neck (for small).


STS9STS9 first played The Unquestionable Supremacy of Nature Reprise on October 30, 2010 at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, TX, USA on October 30, 2010October 30, 2010 at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, TX, USA.
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Our primary goal is to build a boarding vocational school for homeless children in Uganda, that can educate, feed, protect and horn vocational skills of about 200 – 300 youths over a 2-3 year period. We will be constructing this institution from scratch and we have a budget and project plan completed and ready for funding. We invite you to visit the Programs page where a link is provided with detailed information about the Vocational school.
The other programs that we hope to fund include procuring and shipping construction equipment, medical equipment, agricultural equipment, education materials, equipment and supplies, and trying to acquire water-well drilling rigs, to Uganda and later on to our partners and communities-in-need in the East & Central African region comprising of countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
It is important to note that most of the equipment, will be used for purposes constructing the vocational school in Uganda, but it will also be used enable the school sustain its programs and projects in the long term, by renting it out. Our ultimate goal is to enjoy sustainable growth over time and to expand our success story to our neighbors beyond the vocational school and beyond the borders of Uganda at no charge.
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F1 sponsorship guru John Hogan dies aged 76
Hogan was best known for his work with Philip Morris, overseeing deals with McLaren and Ferrari that led to World Championship victories for Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.
Hogan arrived in the sport at a time when sponsorship hunting and exploitation was still in its infancy.
He was a key player in moving the goalposts and showing what could be done as Bernie Ecclestone expanded the sport's horizons, and TV coverage became more important.
Australian by birth, Hogan once recalled that his interest in racing was first sparked by seeing a Clark Gable Indy 500 movie – To Please a Lady – when he was about six.
Later he moved to England for his education, meeting future film star Malcolm McDowell at school. McDowell's father ran a pub near the Aintree circuit, and Hogan attended his first race at the venue, and became hooked.
At a Cambridge University crammer course in London he became friends with a group of like-minded motoring enthusiasts, including Piers Courage, who spent all their free time fettling cars.
In the late sixties he entered the advertising business, and an association with Coca Cola led to an early involvement with racing through modest backing for F3 drivers James Hunt and Gerry Birrell.
He subsequently found support for the Rondel F2 team run by Ron Dennis and Neil Trundle.
In 1973 he joined Philip Morris. The US company's Marlboro brand was already involved with BRM, and it was on Hogan's watch that it switched to McLaren with Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974. The Brazilian won the World Championship that year, getting the new relationship off to a perfect start.
When Fittipaldi made a shock move to the family Copersucar team at the end of 1975 Hogan was instrumental in getting his old friend Hunt into McLaren – he is portrayed in Ron Howard's movie Rush – leading to the Englishman's famous title win in 1976.
In the late seventies McLaren lost its way, and it was Hogan who brokered a deal that saw the team join forces with the nascent Project 4 outfit, having recognised that Ron Dennis had the vision to turn things around.
The carbonfibre MP4 duly won the 1981 British GP in John Watson's hands, and the team became a major force once more.
Hogan would oversee Marlboro's dealings with McLaren all the way through the Alain Prost/Ayrton Senna Honda era, while also building up a parallel relationship with Ferrari.
Philip Morris finally parted ways with McLaren at the end of 1996, and put its full focus on Maranello. The decision signalled the start of an unprecedented era of success with Michael Schumacher, who would win the first of five titles with Ferrari in 2000.
Marlboro's racing involvement trickled down to the feeder categories, and much like Red Bull today over the decades the company gave many young drivers a helping hand.
Hogan left Philip Morris in 2002, part way through Schumacher's title-winning run. In search of a new challenge he had a brief spell as sporting director of Jaguar Racing – his time as a the sponsor representative on the F1 Commission gave him insight that was useful to any team – but the Milton Keynes outfit was in disarray, and he soon left.
He subsequently worked as a consultant for Zak Brown's JMI marketing and sponsorship concern.
On Sunday Brown paid tribute on Twitter: "Deeply saddened by John Hogan passing away this morning after a brave battle with the effects of COVID. John was a gentleman, a pioneer and a legend of motorsport and Formula 1. On a personal level he was a brilliant mentor and friend."


We are adding a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to our Tech team!
As a Quality Assurance Engineer at Snapsheet you are a solver - building test systems and processes that will improve what we have in place currently and prevent issues proactively. You thrive in an environment where you are working with a team of software developers, QAs, and designers in a fast paced, agile development environment. You enjoy identifying any potential quality issues through system testing and acceptance testing on various Snapsheet features. Additionally, as a QA Engineer you accelerate the delivery and maintain the high quality of Snapsheet products as they continue to grow and expand.
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/**
 *
 */
package org.sylvani.bot.connector.ms;

import java.util.List;

import org.sylvani.bot.ActivityType;
import org.sylvani.bot.IActivity;
import org.sylvani.bot.IAttachment;
import org.sylvani.bot.IConversation;
import org.sylvani.bot.IIntent;
import org.sylvani.bot.IParticipant;
import org.sylvani.bot.connector.ms.model.Activity;
import org.sylvani.bot.connector.ms.model.Attachment;
import org.sylvani.bot.connector.ms.model.ChannelAccount;

/**
 * @author Harald Kuhn
 *
 */
public class MSActivity implements IActivity {

	private IIntent<?> intent;
	private Activity   activity;

	MSActivity(Activity activity) {
		this.activity = activity;
	}

	Activity getActivity() {
		return activity;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#getId()
	 */
	@Override
	public String getId() {
		return activity.getId();
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#setId(java.lang.String)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setId(String id) {
		activity.setId(id);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#getTopic()
	 */
	@Override
	public String getTopic() {
		return activity.getTopicName();
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#setTopic(java.lang.String)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setTopic(String topic) {
		activity.setTopicName(topic);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#getType()
	 */
	@Override
	public ActivityType getType() {
		String type = activity.getType();
		if ("message".equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {
			return ActivityType.MESSAGE;
		}
		else if ("typing".equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {
			return ActivityType.OTHER;
		}
		return ActivityType.OTHER;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#setType(org.sylvani.bot.ActivityType)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setType(ActivityType type) {
		switch (type) {
			case MESSAGE:
				activity.setType("message");
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#getFrom()
	 */
	@Override
	public IParticipant getFrom() {
		return new MSParticipant(activity.getFrom());
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.sylvani.bot.IActivity#setFrom(org.sylvani.bot.IParticipant)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setFrom(IParticipant from) {
		if (from instanceof MSParticipant) {
			activity.setFrom(((MSParticipant) from).getChannelAccount());
		}
		else {
			ChannelAccount account = new ChannelAccount();
			account.setId(from.getId());
			account.setName(from.getName());
			activity.setFrom(account);
		}
	}

	/*
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In this article, we consider the problem of finding in three dimensions a minimum volume axis-parallel box into which a given set of unit size disks can be packed under translations. The problem is neither known to be NP-hard nor to be in NP. We give a constant factor approximation algorithm based on reduction to finding a shortest Hamiltonian path in a weighted graph. As a byproduct, we can show that there is no finite size container into which all unit disks can be packed simultaneously.
N. Scharf was partially supported by a fellowship within the FITweltweit program and H. Alt by the Johann-Gottfried-Herder program, both of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). J. Park was supported in part by starlab project (IITP-2015-0-00199) and NRF-2017M3C4A7066317.


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AfricaNational NewsCrime
Driver robbed while relieving himself
By: Mc Noel Kasinja
In Zimbabwe-A driver lost about R2 100 and two cellphones to two knife wielding robbers who attacked him after he had stopped to relieve himself at a spot along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.
Inspector Loveness Mangena, Matabeleland South confirmed the incident which occurred on Tuesday at around 5PM at the 313 kilometre peg near Mtetengwe area.
She said the two robbers who are still at large assaulted the driver, whose name has not been supplied, before they fled with his property.
"I can confirm that we recorded a robbery case which occurred at the 313km peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road. The driver who is a 60-year-old man was driving a Toyota Toyoace vehicle along the above-mentioned road headed for Bulawayo.
"When he got to the 313 kilometre peg, he diverted from the road and parked the vehicle about 500 metres from the highway and entered into the bush to relieve himself. While he was in the bush two unknown male adults emerged and searched his vehicle. Upon his return they charged at him while holding knives and demanded cash from him," she said.
Inspector Mangena said the robbers assaulted the driver with sticks, searched him and took two cellphones and R2 100 before fleeing the scene. She said the matter was reported at Beitbridge Urban Police Station.
Insp Mangena said the driver sustained minor bruises from the attack.
She appealed to members of the public with information that could lead to the arrest of the two suspects to contact any police station. Insp Mangena urged motorists to be careful when travelling along highways to minimise robberies.
"As police we urge motorists who will be travelling along highways to avoid stopping at lay-byes to rest or for any other purpose. They would rather stop at shopping centres or any busy places. Drivers should also check the condition of their vehicles especially if they are embarking on long journeys in order to avoid making unplanned stops in unsafe spots.
"Commuters should also use public service vehicles and not board private cars as some will be used by robbers. Drivers of private cars should also desist from pirating and let commuters use public service vehicles as they might offer lifts to robbers. This is all in a bid to avoid cases of robberies which are rampant along the highways.
"Meanwhile, we have launched a manhunt for the two suspects and appeal to anyone with information on their whereabouts to visit the nearest police station," she said.
Robbers.Loveness Mangena
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Richard Wright was an Afro-American author, born in 1908 in deep poverty in the southern states of the US. In his novels, 'Native Son' (published in 1940) and the autobiographical 'Black Boy' (1945), Wright talks about the difficulties of growing up in a racist America as a young black man.
Wright's grandparents had been slaves and the author's attempts to educate himself were met with anger both by his grandmother and his mother because reading gave him "foul ideas". (His father had left the family when Wright was five, never to be seen again.) Wright read everything he could, although in his early years that was not much, as he had no access to 'whites only' public libraries. Neither his family nor his teachers could understand his fascination with reading but the boy loved books as they helped him to escape to another world, far away from the poverty and racism he faced at home.
Later, as Wright headed north to more liberal states than his birthplace, he was able to borrow a white man's library card and it was here that he read the great novelists and philosophers. Wright used his reading of these authors (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Flaubert, among others) to perfect his own writing style. He claims that they acted as role models and this allowed him to find a style of his own. In fact, Richard Wright is credited with the beginnings of a literary movement: the American protest novel.
He died of cancer in Paris in 1960.
I use this story of Richard Wright's life, highly abbreviated from his own work, to draw attention to the claims that Stephen Krashen makes in his synopsis of the research on the effects of reading on our intellectual development, 'The Power of Reading: insights from the Research' (2nd edition, 2006). Krashen argues that we cannot easily develop a writing style without reading others. And we cannot understand language in all its complexity just by attending classes and poring over EFL textbooks. Like me, he has mentioned Richard Wright as an exemplar of his claims.


~ ~ You probably heard of the Clantons. 2 brothers were involved in the famous 1881 Shootout here in town. One, Billy, was killed. He's buried in Boot Hill.
~ ~ The other was Ike. Ike & Billy Clanton were the best known of the Clantons here in Tombstone. Their father was locally known as Old Man Clanton. His actual name was Newman Haynes Clanton.
~ ~ It was 1877 when widower Newman Clanton came to the Tombstone area. He brought the family to set up a home along the San Pedro River, about 12 miles Southwest of town. His wife had died soon after the Civil War ended. Helping him on this Clanton ranch were Phineas Fay (called Phin), Joseph Isaac (called Ike), William (called Billy) & daughters Mary & Ann, with their husbands.
~ ~ The Clanton family settled in the area of Lewis Springs. South of nearby Charleston, they found a rise to build an adobe home. They had a viewpoint there from every angle.
~ ~ By the end of 1878, they seemed settled in. Son Ike, now 31 years old, even opened a restaurant in Charleston. It was around this time Dad was differentiated with the nickname of "Old Man" Clanton.
~ ~ "Old Man" thought he'd get into Charleston's bustling business, too. He bought a saloon with a residence alongside. But later was sued for never paying for it. Soon thereafter his sons managed the Lewis Springs Ranch.
~ ~ Well known cowboy names around Tombstone all did some work at the Clanton Ranch at one time or another: Frank & Tom McLaury, Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius & Pete Spence.
~ ~ Old Man Clanton moved to the Animas Valley. That's in New Mexico, just over the Southeastern AZ line. And sidling up to the border with Mexico. There's evidence that he still returned to the Tombstone Clanton Ranch, while Ike helped out in New Mexico.
~ ~ The Senior Clanton did some wheeling-dealing around Southern AZ. He bought ranch holdings & possibly underhanded cattle dealings. He'd already earned the Earp's ire. The Clanton family was known around to many as "cow-boys" - And news reports repeatedly talked of cattle raids across the border by cowboys.
~ ~ On Aug. 31, 1881 Old Man Clanton was killed in Guadalupe Canyon AZ, very near the Mexican border. Responsible parties? Mexican avengers or an Earp posse. Logical trails can support either!
~ ~ After Old Man Clanton's death, other family members began moving away. Daughter Mary married in 1882 & moved North to Springerville AZ. Late that year, her brothers Phin & Ike also went North to Apache County. They obtained land there, but both were soon in trouble with the law.
~ ~ Twice Ike was charged between late 1885 & mid 1886. Both times the evidence was lacking & charges were dropped. Phin was charged with Ike the 1st time, but sentenced to 10 years - pardoned in 1-1/2 years. He went to Globe AZ, died Jan. 5, 1905 & is buried in Globe.
~ ~ Jonas Brighton murdered Ike near Springerville on June 1, 1887. He was 40 years old. Billy Clanton was killed at the OK Corral Gunfight. The oldest Clanton boy moved to California years before.
~ ~ Mary moved South to Naco, AZ after her husband died. She's buried in Bisbee. Sister Esther stayed in California, where she died & is buried.
~ ~ With Clanton family deaths, troubles with the law & other family members moving away from the area - the Clanton Ranch was abandoned.
~ ~ Eventually Tombstone became an attraction & Old West History became interesting to many. Some wondered about the true location of the original Clanton ranch. There has been some controversy on the exact placement. Not much exacting documentation.
~ ~ On November 19, 1998 Terry Ike Clanton wanted to finally solve this question. He's a Clanton family descendant. He took approx. 20 others searching through the desert & riparian areas adjacent to the San Pedro River. They found a spot Terry felt sure is what's left of the original Clanton Ranch.
~ ~ There really isn't much there. A little of the adobe foundation. A few scattered items in the area. Docent-led hikes to the area are regularly sponsored by the Friends of the San Pedro. It is interesting to go there, though! To imagine what was.
~ ~ The historical remnants of places where notorious people lived are interesting finds. They spark your curiosity about the true facts of their lives: the people who roamed Tombstone & the Old West.
~ ~ And we enjoy sharing what we find with you.
We hope we'll see you in town sometime, seeing areas where they spent time - back in the 1800s.
Tombstone's Rose Festival Parade is Starting!
~ ~ Rose Tree Festival - April 12-14: The Rose Queen is crowned Fri. evening, but we've never attended. The parade does feature lots of roses! And then more gala events! Thru the weekend. Didn't make Sunday's Pet Parade - we were out of town!
~ ~ Beers 'N' Balls April 13, on Sat. It's time to try out those "rocky mountain oysters"!! What other names are they know by? They didn't go quite as late this time, due to city restrictions; but bands all day. Regular food also available! It's a great block party!
~ ~ 1ST - Our Visit to "Museum of the Strange"
~ ~ It's a little out of the way, so you might miss it if you're not aware of where to look. But it is worth a look. Something a little different! Opened by the White Raven Trading Co., it's official name is the "Curiosity Shoppe & Museum of the Strange."
~ ~ The owners are Graham & Carolyn Criglow. They have an unusual collection of items you can purchase. If you want to get someone a unique, one-of-a-kind gift - this is the place to find it! But don't forget to head to the back room. Visit the Museum of the Strange! Among the very weird things you'll see is a stunning guitar made by a life-prisoner, out of match-sticks! And a frog orchestra - not saying more! You have to see it yourself!!
~ ~ You can visit their website at WhiteRavenTrading.com - OR just drop in at 215 E. Allen St., just West of the Southwest corner of Allen & 3rd. We may have mentioned them before. But we recently visited again & we still enthralled!
Something a Little Different - Museum of the Strange!!
~ ~ 2ND - Crystal Palace Just a small mention.
~ ~ Had lunch there recently. And noted they purchased cute little condiment holders. They feature horse-shoe styling. A nice Western look for an Old West Saloon. Very suitable!
Horse-Shoe Condiment Holders at the Crystal Palace.


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Photo by Kimberly Warner
Bonnie Reagan, MD President and co-founder
Retired family physician, social justice and health advocate
Board chair of El Sistema USA national board of directors since 2016
Born in Philadelphia, Bonnie has enjoyed a varied career since moving to Portland in 1968. After working as a high school teacher and nurse practitioner, she went to medical school while raising her children and practiced as a family doctor for 22 years. She was honored as the Oregon Family Physician of the Year in 2010. During her years as a full-time physician, she also worked in the field of ethics and in end-of-life care. She sang in the Choral Arts Ensemble with Roger Doyle for 20 years. Bonnie has been fortunate enough to travel internationally: volunteering in Thailand and Ukraine, trekking in Nepal and Patagonia, and canoeing in the Canadian Arctic, where she was chased by a grizzly bear.
Annelisa Smith, Secretary
Attorney and partner at McKean Smith Law, former public defender
Annelisa practices family law in Oregon and Southwest Washington specializing in cases involving children. She began her legal career representing both children and adults in juvenile dependency court. A third generation Oregonian, Annelisa developed her love of music listening to her grandfather's fiddle and taking piano lessons.
John Abrahamson, Treasurer
Chief Investment Officer, Sigma Investment
A principal with Sigma since 1995, John is a certified financial planner and past president of the CFA Society of Portland. Before starting a thirty-year career as an investment manager, he was a highly trained professional musician. He received Bachelor's and Master's degrees with honors in music from The Juilliard School and for many years served as principal trumpet for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre. John currently serves on the boards of the St. Mary's Home for Boys and the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and he appreciates how BRAVO bridges the typical divide between social services and the arts. He enjoys living in Oregon with several generations of his family, including a pair of beloved German Shepherds.
Olivia Godinez
Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, Child Advocacy Section
A native of Los Angeles, Olivia spent several years working her way north, adding degrees along the way from UC Berkeley and Lewis & Clark Law School. The first member of her family to graduate from high school, college, or get an advanced degree, she now works to protect the rights of children in Oregon. Olivia enjoys trail running, backpacking, and participating in the rich cultural life Portland offers, and she wishes that BRAVO had been around when she was a girl.
Irving Levin
Trustee, Renaissance Foundation; founder and Executive Chairman, Genesis Financial Solutions
Irving is a serial entrepreneur and serves a number of small entrepreneurial companies as an investor/mentor/board member. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Oregon Entrepreneurial Network, and has received other recognition for his work supporting entrepreneurs and their companies. He is also active in the non-profit and philanthropic arena. Irving and his wife Stephanie Fowler are co-Trustees of The Renaissance Foundation, which concentrates on improving educational opportunities for children and people in need. He is a past board member of SMART, St. Vincent Hospital's Foundation Board, the Children's Institute among others, and is currently the Chairman of Digital Divide Data, a social enterprise which operates in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya. He also is a trustee of Portland State University. Early in his career, Mr. Levin was a professional cellist, performing in Chicago and Mexico. He continues to be an avid amateur musician.
Cynthia Macleod
Assistant Director of Equity, Portland Public Schools
Born in Portland, Cynthia grew up in Texas and returned to Oregon with her family when she was sixteen. She graduated from Grant High School, Eastern Oregon University and Portland State University. A classroom teacher and school principal, she was honored as an outstanding educator in 1996 with the Milken Educator Award. Cynthia retired from a long teaching and administrative career in 2011. She and her brother enjoyed singing in school choirs and listening to the New York Philharmonic directed by Leonard Bernstein on television countless Sunday afternoons. Sundays are still filled with music when Cynthia plays English handbells at her Methodist church.
George Olsen, MD
Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
For 42 years George was a teacher of basic medical sciences for first and second year medical students and graduate students, and maintained nationally funded research concerning the effects of maternal drug abuse on fetal and neonatal development. He received numerous teaching awards and published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles in nationally and internationally recognized journals. Before attending Harvard Medical School, George was a music major at Dartmouth College.
Tracy Rimel
Finance Director, Cedarwood Waldorf School
A native Oregonian, Tracy is the former Controller for Willamette Week and has worked in non-profit finance and accounting since 2005. She also currently serves as the board treasurer for another non-profit, Street Books. She enjoys spending her free time with her husband, two children, golden retriever and friends. Like many good Portlanders her preferred mode of transportation is bicycle. Tracy spent her formative years running wild in Idaho.
Al Torres
Professional musician, non-profit leadership
Retired from the U.S. Army after 24 years, Al Torres was principal and senior soloist with The United States Army Field Band, with performances in 49 states, Korea, Japan, India, Norway, Bermuda, Mexico, and Canada. Prior to heading to the nation's capitol, Al also performed with The U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point, New York. Al has shared stages with renowned musicians including Renée Fleming, Rosemary Clooney, Doc Severinsen, Aerosmith, and The Boston Pops. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Al hails from Brownsville, Texas and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. He is a performing member of Portland Center Stage, Broadway Rose Theater Company, principal trombonist with the Sunnyside Symphony Orchestra and Kenton Brass. He was a BRAVO Teaching Artist from 2016-18. Al holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Warner Pacific College and an M.B.A. from Marylhurst University.
Leslie Tuomi
Development Director, Chamber Music Northwest
Leslie brings a wealth of experience in nonprofit management and fundraising. Past positions include Chief Development Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest, Vice President for Development for the Oregon Symphony and Executive Director of the Oregon Arts Commission. A music graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Leslie is thrilled to serve on the BRAVO board, which combines her passions of music and helping children. In addition to her work at CMNW, Leslie volunteers her time as a "Big Sister" mentor, sings with various choirs and is active with community service projects. She and husband Scott Tuomi provide encouragement and support for their two sons and former foster son, all of whom keep music as an important part of their lives.
Seth Truby, ex officio
Executive Director and co-founder, BRAVO Youth Orchestras
Please see Seth's bio on our staff page.
Board portraits by Kimberly Warner or other
"The work you are doing is amazing. BRAVO brings the best music education to where it is needed most. In the orchestra, these children are learning important social skills - to listen, to be a team, to respect each other regardless of our differences."
-- Carlos Kalmar, Music Director, The Oregon Symphony


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Енергія (індекс 11К25) — радянська ракета-носій надважкого класу, розроблена РКК «Енергія». Була однією з найпотужніших ракет у світі. На 2010 рік — єдина радянська ракетна космічна система, що використовувала як паливо рідкий водень на всіх етапах виведення корисного вантажу на навколоземну орбіту.

Основні відомості

Була створена як універсальна перспективна ракета для виконання різних завдань:
 Носій для БТКК Буран;
 Носій для забезпечення пілотованих і автоматичних експедицій на Місяць і Марс;
 Для запуску орбітальних станцій нового покоління;
 Для запуску надважких геостаціонарних супутникових платформ;
 Для запуску важких військових вантажів.

Характеристика
Роботи за програмою «Енергія-Буран» почалися в 1976 після закриття програми Н-1.
Ракета виконана за двоступеневою пакетною схемою. Перший ступінь складається із чотирьох бічних блоків з киснево-гасовими чотирикамерним двигунами РД-170, що повертаються на Землю за допомогою парашутів. Ресурс модулів першого ступеня становить близько 10 запусків. Блоки є модифікованою версією першого ступеню ракети-носія «Зеніт-2».
Другий ступінь оснащений чотирма киснево-водневими двигунами РД-0120 і є тримальною конструкцією. Використовується бічне кріплення вантажу.

Стартова маса «Енергії» — близько 2 400 тонн. Ракета (у варіанті з чотирма бічними блоками) здатна вивести на орбіту близько 100 тонн корисного вантажу, в 5 разів більше, ніж носій «Протон». Можливі, але не були випробувані також варіанти компонування з двома («Енергія-М»), з шістьма і з вісьмома («Вулкан») бічними блоками, останній — з рекордною вантажністю до 200 тонн.

Головним розробником ракети було підмосковна РКК «Енергія», виробництво здійснювалося на Куйбишевському заводі «Прогрес». Блоки ракети доставлялися на спеціальному літаку-транспортувальники ВМ-Т з аеродрому Безім'янка на космодром Байконур (на аеродром «Ювілейний»), де у монтажно-випробувальному корпусі (МВК) на майданчику 112 здійснювалася збірка ракети і підготовка до пуску.

Було виконано лише два пуски цього унікального комплексу:
 15 травня 1987 з експериментальним навантаженням: супутник «Полюс» (масогабаритних макет «Скіф-ДМ», прототип орбітальної лазерної платформи), не виведено на орбіту через збій системи орієнтації самого КА;
 15 листопада 1988 у складі комплексу МТКК «Буран».

На початку 1990-х роботи за програмою «Енергія-Буран» були припинені. До моменту остаточного закриття програми (1993) на космодромі «Байконур» у різній стадії готовності знаходилися не менше п'яти ракет-носіїв «Енергія». Дві з них у незаправленому стані до 2002 року зберігалися на космодромі Байконур і були власністю Казахстану; були знищені 12 травня 2002 під час обвалення даху монтажно-випробувального корпусу на майданчику 112. Три знаходилися на різних стадіях будівництва на стапелях НВО «Енергія» (нині РКК «Енергія»), але після закриття робіт конструкції були знищені, а вже виготовлені корпуси ракет або розрізані, або викинуті на задній двір підприємства, де довгий час продовжували там перебувати.

Попри припинення експлуатації цього носія, технології, розроблені для «Енергії», використовуються і в даний час: двигун бічних блоків «Енергії» РД-170, найпотужніший (станом на 2014) рідинний двигун в історії космонавтики, використовується (під позначенням РД-171) на першому ступені ракети-носія «Зеніт-2» (у тому числі у проєкті «Морський старт»), а двигун РД-180, спроєктований на основі РД-171 — в американській ракеті Атлас−5.

Модифікації

Енергія-М
«Енергія-М» була найменшою ракетою сімейства, зі зменшеною приблизно втричі вантажністю щодо РН «Енергія», тобто з вантажністю 30-35 тонн на НОО.

Число бічних блоків було зменшено з чотирьох до двох, замість чотирьох двигунів РД-0120 на центральному блоці був встановлений тільки один. У 1989–1991 роках проходили комплексні випробування, планувався запуск 1994 року. Проте в 1993 році «Енергія-М» програла державний конкурс (тендер) на створення нової важкої ракети-носія; за підсумками конкурсу було віддано перевагу ракеті-носію «Ангара» (перший запуск відбувся 9 липня 2014). Повнорозмірний, з усіма складовими компонентами макет ракети зберігався на Байконурі.

Вулкан
Найбільш важка модифікація: її стартова маса становила 4747 тонн. Використовуючи вісім бічних блоків і центральний блок «Енергії-М» як останній ступінь, ракета «Вулкан» (ця назва збігалася з назвою іншої радянської важкої ракети, розробка якої була скасована за кілька років до цього) або «Геркулес» (що збігається з проєктним ім'ям важкої ракети-носія РН Н-1) повинна була виводити до 175 тонн на низьку навколоземну орбіту.

Ураган
«Енергія II» (також звана «Ураган») проектувалася як повністю багаторазова. На відміну від базової модифікації «Енергії», яка була частково багаторазовою (як американський Спейс шаттл), конструкція «Урагану» дозволяла повертати всі елементи системи «Енергія» — «Буран», аналогічно концепції Space Shuttle. Центральний блок «Урагану» повинен був входити в атмосферу, планерувати і сідати на звичайний аеродром.

Цікаві факти
 Дві чорні «шашечки» на борту ракети — точки лазерної телеметрії і корекції. Передстартова підготовка РН «Енергія» з ОК «Буран» при першій спробі запуску 29 жовтня 1988 р. була припинена приблизно за 50 сек до старту, оскільки пройшла команда АПП («аварійне припинення пуску») через нештатний відхід плати прицілювання (під чорними шашечками). У журналі «Техніка — молоді», присвяченому пуску, на обкладинці була намальована "Енергія" у польоті з не відстикованою платою прицілювання.
 Оскільки конструкція ракети не мала достатньої міцності для транспортування порожніх баків в горизонтальному положенні, у всіх випадках подібного транспортування, у тому числі і повітряного, баки знаходилися під тиском. На літаку-транспортувальнику була встановлена система наддуву.
 Водночас, характеристики міцності ракети і її система керування дозволили вивести ОК «Буран» в штормових умовах. На момент старту швидкість приземного вітру була 20 м/сек, а на висоті 20 км не менше 50 м/сек.
 Станом на 2015, РН «Енергія» є єдиною радянською та російською ракетно-космічною системою, яка принципово могла використовувати як пальне рідкий водень на всіх етапах виведення корисного навантаження на навколоземну орбіту.

Джерела
 «Энергия» на сайте В. П. Лукашевича
 «Энергия» на сайте buran-energia.com
 «Энергия» на сайте РКК «ЭНЕРГИЯ»
 ЧП на Байконуре 12 мая 2002
 Что же все-таки случилось на Байконуре?

Ракети-носії СРСР

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ENGAGE is a network of co-operating research institutes in the fields of agricultural, biosystems and environmental engineering. It acts as a strategic division of EurAgEng, the European Society of Agricultural Engineers.
To identify and analyse opportunities for research and development in agricultural, biosystems and environmental engineering to advance agriculture and associated industries.
To explain, discuss and promote these opportunities both within EurAgEng in particular and the European Union in general.
To encourage and facilitate co-operation between appropriate engineers and scientists within the European Union and in countries with scientific agreements with the European Union.
To make readily available expert advice in the areas of agricultural, biosystems and environmental engineering.
To achieve these aims, the Network was established in 1988 as the European Community Club of Advanced Engineering for Agriculture (ECCAEA). Some years later, the name was adapted to the name-change in the European Union (EUCAEA). In 1997, club members expanded the range of the group's activities; this resulted in the current name "European Network for Advanced Engineering in Agriculture and Environment" (ENGAGE).
Participation in the activities of the Network is open to all institutions and organizations carrying out research and development in agricultural, biosystems and environmental engineering in the European Union and countries with scientific agreements with the European Union. A close working relationship with agriculture and associated industries enhances the links between science and practice and is therefore within the scope and goals of the Network.
Network meetings are held once a year. They are attended by representatives of one or two "linking organizations" from each country, who provide a channel of communication with other interested parties. Broad decisions on the nature of Network activities and events are made at these meetings, where a consensus of those attending is sought.
The chairmanship and secretariat of the Network change every four years in conjunction with the election of vice-presidents of EurAgEng. The posts are held by a single participating organization for the election period.
Network Technical Reviews may be organized on special subjects, where invited scientists and engineers from all member countries discuss the priorities for research and arrange co-operation.
Detailed decisions on the organization and planning of Network activities may be made by Network Working Groups, set up with the agreement of the majority of those attending Network Meetings. Network Working Groups may undertake a variety of tasks, for example organizing Technical Reviews, including Workshops, presentations to EU officials, preparing documents, or coordinating proposals for co-operative research. Decisions on participation in Network activities and in co-operative research programmes naturally remain a matter for the organizations concerned. The Network endeavours to encourage co-operation but not to control it.


AZN747汽車 / Cars生活资讯区2019 F-1 Racing schedule - Powered by Discuz!
The Chinese F-1 GP has just finished, Hamilton won. Incidentally, it was F-1's 1,000 race since inception!
Hamilton beat Bottas before the first corner, and led all the way until finish.
LeClerc beat Vettel after the first corner, but was asked by Team MGR to let Vettel thru after about 10 laps and never recovered.
Anyway, Bottas finished second. Again it was MB 1-2!
5. Verstappen was even more impressive in his debut. He still hasn't got a WDC yet.
Driver can only do that much, but a competitive engine is the basic ingredient. Max (Red Bull) hasn't got an engine which has enough power and reliability!
Had Hamilton stayed with McLaren, he would still be an unknown or just one of the also runs.
McLaren was killed by Alonso.
No! McLaren lacked the supply of a competitive power unit (engine)!
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Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson, but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. Who is setting the fires? What secrets are hidden in the Department of Education? Why are so many schoolchildren in danger? Is it all the work of the notorious villain Hangfire? How could you even ask that? What kind of education have you had?


Tiffany Murray is the Program Manager for Save Our Streets Bedford-Stuyvesant. Tiffany has been involved with S.O.S. and the Save Our Streets Clergy Action Network since the beginning of 2013. Previously, Tiffany worked for Catholic Charities Community Services working with individuals with mental illnesses, trauma, and addictions. Prior to that time, Tiffany worked with individuals living with HIV/AIDS, at risk youth, and with families around end of life issues while working as a Chaplain. Tiffany earned a BA in Psychology from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and a Master of Divinity from McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. Tiffany has been touched by gun violence personally as she has lost friends to death and prison. It motivates her to assist others so they do not lose their lives or their futures to the streets. She believes that one way a community can heal is by coming together in unity, learning to have pride in who they are, and connecting them with the resources to empower themselves. Her goal is to find ways to build the community up by leaving a lasting legacy of hope, faith, and love.


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Original 1st printing 14 x 21" concert poster for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band appearing with Clear Light and Blue Cheer at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA from 11/30-12/2/1967.
Art by (and SIGNED in black pen by) Bonnie MacLean, image is # 95 in the Bill Graham/Fillmore series.
Medium-thick flat index stock poster is in ULTRA-sharp mint/near mint to near mint (A/A- to A-) condition; an absolutely GORGEOUS clean/crisp ARTIST-SIGNED example of this mid-1967 Fillmore image that looks like it just rolled off the press.