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United States Occupation of Haiti: 100 Years Later: A Resource Guide compiled by Lisa Marie
compiled by Lisa Marie Pierre
Not many people know that the United States invaded and occupied Haiti for almost 20 years. Today, July 28th, 2015 marks 100 years since the forced occupation. Because I have interest in Haiti, I knew of the occupation, but that is where my knowledge ended. When I don't know something about Haiti, I turn to my grandmother. When I asked her about the occupation and if she learned about it in school, her response surprised me – "I never heard of that." Granted the occupation was before she was born, but I still thought she might know something. What did that mean? Did the occupation have a different name while she was growing up? If someone who grew up in the country didn't know too much about this time period, what about the larger population? What does that say about the continued presence of outside forces in the country? Was this occupation a non-factor for those who lived in smaller cities?
So many questions. I went digging for more information and found several websites that discussed the occupation and even a documentary that is currently in the works.
Below are some resources I found about the occupation.
1. Currently, there is a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary called The Forgotten Occupation. The film is completed, but they are raising funds for post-production and release. Learn more about the documentary and support.
2. Brandon Byrd wrote a seven part series reflecting on the occupation.
Part 1: Reflecting on the US Occupation of Haiti, One Hundred Years Later
Part 2: The "Black Republic:" The Meaning of Haitian Independence before the Occupation
Part 3: "Ask Forgiveness from Dessalines:" Debating Haitian Independence on the Eve of Occupation
Part 4: "Ten Million Black People… are Watching:" Reactions to the Outset of the U.S. Occupation
Part 5: "We Must Look to Ourselves to Save the Situation:" The Emergence of Opposition to the Occupation
Part 6: Haitian Intellectuals and the U.S. Occupation of Haiti: An Interview with Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Part 7: Charlemagne Peralte and Haitian Resistance to the U.S. Occupation: An Interview with Yveline Alexis
3. Dr. Celucien L. Joseph wrote a 5 part series on the occupation.
Part 1: Jacques Roumain and the US Occupation in Haiti: The Economic Impact
Part 2: Jacques Roumain and the Crisis of the Haitian Intellectuals in the Era of the American Occupation in Haiti
Part 3: Jacques Roumain, Jean Price-Mars, and the Crisis of the Haitian Intellectuals in the Era of the American Occupation in Haiti
Part 4: The Colonized Church: Jacques Roumain, and The Failure of the Christian Church in the Era of the American Occupation in Haiti
Part 5: "Sick Religion": Jacques Roumain, and The Decline of Christianity in the Era of the American Occupation in Haiti
4. The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian has a timeline of milestones and a brief overview.
5. Naval History and Heritage Command, also has an overview of the US Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934.
6. Public Archive, "offers an incomplete collection of publicly available, open-access sources with the hope that the memory of the U.S. military occupation of Haiti is preserved and extended in this moment, one hundred years later." In addition, the website has other documents tagged with "1915" and "intervention"
7. The Haiti Digital Project at Duke University has transcripts, treaties, and other documents on this occupation.
8. Background information on the NAACP involvement in protesting the Occupation.
9. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom created a document of alternatives to the US policy of sending in Marines
As always, please share other resources in the comments.
***Lisa-Marie
An urban planning PhD student finding peace in creating a balance between the mind, body, soul, & environment.
Photo Credit: The Forgotten Occupation
Labels: The American Occupation in Haiti, United States Occupation of Haiti: 100 Years Later: A Resource Guide compiled by Lisa Marie
* I dedicate this post to two friends (1) Jean Price-Mars scholar Dr. Jhon Byron, and (2) Jacques Stephen Alexis scholar Dr. Schallum E-Pierre.
Jean Price-Mars was a towering figure in the discipline known today as Africana study, and a passionate proponent of the revalorization of African retentions in the black diaspora, especially on Haitian soil. Scholars have identified him as the Francophone counterpart of W.E.B. Du Bois for his activism, scholarly rigor, leadership efficiency, and his efforts in the rehabilitation of the black race. In Haitian thought, he is regarded as the most important Haitian intellectual in the twentieth-century, having exercised an enduring intellectual influence on the generation of the American Occupation in Haiti (1915-1934) and the post-Occupation culture from the 1930s to 1970s. He is especially known for launching a cultural nationalism and an anti-imperial movement against the brutal American military forces in Haiti; his work was instrumental in the process of fostering national unity among Haitians of all social classes and against their American oppressor, and in the process of embracing Afro-Haitian popular religious culture.
Price-Mars was a transdisciplinary scholar, boundary-crosser, and cross-cultural
theorist; in an unorthodox way, he had brought in conversation various disciplines including
anthropology, ethnography, sociology, history, religion, philosophy, race theory, and literature to analyze and reevaluate African traditions and popular beliefs in Haiti, which resulted in the trilogy: La Vocation de l'élite (1919), Ainsi parla l'Oncle: essai d'ethnographie (1928), and Une étape de l'évolution haïtienne (1929). Price-Mars had played an enormous influence on the intellectual development of Jacques Roumain both as a public intellectual and a novelist of Haitian peasant literature. Roumain's peasant novels and his preoccupation with the life-worlds and life-experiences of the Haitian peasant population have deep roots in Price-Mars's work.
Roumain and Price-Mars share intellectual proximity in the way both have voiced fierce criticisms towards the members of the Haitian intelligentsia and the ruling elite—as reflected in Price-Mars' powerful reflections on La vocation de l 'élite, a book he published in 1919, only four years after the American military invasion of his country. Both Price-Mars and Roumain witnessed the moral failure of national leadership in the period of the American occupation. Both have demonstrated the dysfunctional relationship between the Haitian elite and the peasant population, and the ensuing deep structural class and economic division, as well as social distancing between the two groups. As Price-Mars declares:
How do we explain that distance which separates the elite from the masses, so much so that even the least observant can immediately recognize that our nation to be divided into distinct segments, like so many watertight compartments? How do we explain that we are so divided socially that our elite seem to be a foreign organism superimposed on the rest of the nation, living in an ambiguous parasitical relationship with the masses?[1]
Price-Mars provides the answer to his own rhetorical questions that the Haitian elite and the black-brown masses are sharply separated on two different levels: one economic, the other psychological. He also suggests that the fundamental separation should be understood as a form of perpetual domination and organizational subjugation. Price-Mars explains further that "while a certain social solidarity more intuitive than intentional softened the antagonisms between social groups, economic and psychological factors hardened, revealing a deepening division."[2] He continues by declaring that "the distressing separation of the elite and the masses"[3] generated the two classes that "form two nations within a nation, each with its own interests and objectives."[4] In other words, there exist two Haitis: the Haiti of the poor and oppressed, and the Haiti of the ruling class; that the Haitian intelligentsia and members of the privileged class had not been successful to act as moral "agents for change through example,"[5] said Price-Mars. Price-Mars' idea of two existing nations within one Haiti is akin to Roumain's concept of two Haitian nationalisms within the Haitian society.
Like Roumain, Price-Mars explains that the deep class divide in contemporary Haitian society has its origin in various historical factors and agents including the plantation economic inequality, colonial class structure, the labor management system of the colonialism, and the wage system. For example, Price-Mars pronounces, "management and labor not only imposed on each other a habit of routine inimical to progress and modernization of framing techniques, but also engendered ills that our society suffers from this day."[6] For Price-Mars, it was shameful that the Haitian State has failed to protect the working class and peasant majority from the exploitation of the ruling class and the bourgeoisie. As already remarked, the Haitian State has become the instrumental tool of the ruling class, through which it executes its objectives and goals. Retrospectively, the ruling class has become a vehicle of the State to oppress and subjugate the poor and the working class.
Price-Mars traces the state sponsored-oppression of the working class and the peasant population to the founding of the Haitian state. As he observes, "The State, as you know, took possession of most of the land by right of conquest and distributed it in in large holdings or in small plots to its favorites, either as state gifts or as farms from which it collected land taxes sporadically. It therefore created a new privileged class that built on the debris of the remnants of the ruling class which survived the upheaval of the revolution…In this way was formed this class of mountain peasants that continued to our time."[7] Price-Mars goes in length to describe in vivid details the multidimensional aspect of the separation between the Haitian masses and the ruling class in contemporary Haitian society; this striking gulf bears cultural, ideological, political, and socio-economic imports:
They lived [live] in scattered enclaves in the isolation of very areas or on slopes and in the hollows of valleys, in conditions of isolation sometimes made spectacular by a very tortured landscape. Many of them, indeed a large majority of them, once were and still are sharecroppers like those of the plains, but whereas the plain dwellers enjoyed a network of fairly developed roads, practiced industrial farming and remained in contact with the urban middle class, deriving from all these conditions and irrefutable benefit of refinement which made them resourceful, the former, two-thirds of the country's population, were left to themselves, unaware of the tragic misery inherent in the way of life that they had accepted as their lot. The rhythmic thud of their hoes striking the earth, alternating with the click of their cutlasses, recalls the same ancestral motions that bind them to the land, making them a community different and distinct from the rest of the population through language, dress, customs and a crude, primitive mental development. In short, a mere rough sketch, like a distant, very ill-defined outline, a caricature of the elite, that other component of Haitian society.[8]
Moreover, like Roumain, Price-Mars laments over the internal forces that had led to
national degeneration and alienate Haitians from one another:
Consider the various factors dividing our people into mistrustful, hostile groups opposing each other and you will agree with me that together, all those factors turn our social environment into an arena very ripe for the seeds of disorder and destruction. You will also agree with me that of necessity, such an environment exerts an extremely destructive force on the morale of our country, making any attempt at sustained progress impossible. You will agree in short that together, these factors continue to make us responsible for the state of affairs through which an outside dared raise his flag on the moral ruins of our country.[9]
Finally, while Roumain blames the Haitian ruling class and intelligentsia for their lack
of patriotic zeal, the leadership shortcoming, and their unwillingness to serve and protect the masses, Price-Mars complements Roumain's thesis by suggesting two central reasons accounted for the incapacity and indisposition of the Haitian ruling class:
The first and the most decisive reason, as I have sought to demonstrate, is primarily their development as an entity from the rest of the nation. A second very decisive reason for the inability to act is that while a few great men came out of that class, in each generation they were too few in number and were too far above the rest of the general population not to entertain the superior individual's petty hatred of the lowly, a kind of ransom that talent pays for the jealously of the helpless and the unworthy. Furthermore, these great men have never achieved the genius of action of a Toussaint Louverture…so as to have the might which could make them mold the clay of greatness, so to speak, producing a new kind of Haitian.[10]
President John F. Kennedy Meets with the Ambassador of Haiti, Dr. Louis Mars (26 October 1961), son of Price-Mars
Retrospectively, both Price-Mars and Roumain, holding to the classical utopian idea of heroic societies, assumed somewhat that some "distinguished members" of the Haitian society had specific roles to fulfill in order for them to achieve the heroic status and make their societies heroic. Interestingly, both Roumain and Price-Mars construed the public function of Haitian intellectuals and members of the elite and ruling class in a conservative sense. They also saw these individuals as elusive frontrunners who possessed the potentiality to redeem the country and save the Haitian people—both from internal disaster and foreign threat and domination. As Alasdair MacIntyre has commented on the classical tradition of Homeric society and of the Homeric man in After Virtue, "A man in heroic society is what he does. A man and his actions become identical, and he makes himself completely and adequately comprehended in them; he has no hidden depths… In [the epics] factual report of what men do and say, everything that men are, is expressed, because they are no more than what they do and say and suffer."[11] MacIntyre explains further:
A man who tried to withdraw himself from his given position in heroic society would be engaged in the enterprise of trying to make himself disappear. Identity in heroic society involves particularity and accountability. I am answerable for doing or failing to do what anyone who occupies my role owes to others and this accountability terminates only with death. I have until death to do what I have to do. Moreover this accountability is particular. It is to, for and with specific individuals, members of the same local community, that I am accountable. The heroic self does not itself aspire to universality even although in retrospect we may recognize universal worth in the achievements of that self.[12]
It is reasonable to move from the "I," the individual, to focus on the "we," the community, so that we may appropriate this Greek tradition to the Haitian reality. Our effort here is to establish and contextualize the sense of the collective and the community, which the Haitian intelligentsia and bourgeoisie class symbolized for Price-Mars and Roumain, but they were unsuccessful to fulfill the much-anticipated public function and civic responsibility. Hence, to judge the Haitian elite and bourgeois as men [and women] therefore is to judge their actions.[13] As noted, "By performing actions of a particular kind in a particular situation a man gives warrant for judgment upon his virtues and vices; for the virtues just are those qualities which sustain a free man in his role and which manifests themselves in those actions which his role requires."[14] Members of the Haitian intelligentsia and bourgeoisie class had not achieved public recognition as they should because they failed to create an adequate social structure, sustain a productive public order, and add to a quality of "life as the standard of value."[15] They were not accountable to the Haitian people nor did the people hold them accountable to their role or position in the public life. They had become dishonorable (less virtuous) and strangers in their own land, and ultimately they had brought shame upon themselves, their own people, and the Haitian society, which they should have upheld in the highest esteem.
MacIntyre has informed us that "The exercise of the heroic virtues thus requires both a particular kind of human being and a particular kind of social structure…which enables an individual to do what his or her role requires."[16] The Haitian elite had failed in both ends—both in civic participation and constructive public activism. For Roumain, the tragic experience of the dominant class and possessing class in Haitian society is that both
have no social project, except the day-to-day struggle keeping themselves in positions of power, wealth, and prestige. Having neither a national vision nor a coherent ideology, their time horizon never goes beyond the immediate short term. Ruling and possessing classes are not always in alliance; whatever unity they achieve is rooted in an opportunistic convergence of interest. They form an uneasy partnership in which each day its own sphere of concerns, but this partnership tends to coalesce when faced by a challenge from below.[17]
In addition, the members of the Haitian intelligentsia, bourgeoisie, and the ruling class
forged strong alliance with the Catholic Church and the American authorities to attain position of leadership and power, even as their country were under imperial assault and fighting to reclaim its sovereignty. The final post will address the intimate relationship between the American imperial power, Haitian intelligentsia, and the Haitian Catholic Church to subdue the Haitian population.
President Louis Borno and Family
[1] JPrice-Mars, The Vocation of the Elite, 14.
[5] Ibid., 14-5.
[10] Ibid., 20.
[11] MacIntyre, After Virtues, 122.
[12] Ibid., 126.
[16] Ibid., 126, 128.
[17] Fatton Jr., Haiti's Predatory Republic, 37-8.
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Home Breaking News Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces retirement from politics
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces retirement from politics
MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday announced he would be retiring from politics, walking back a previous claim that he would run for the vice presidency in 2022 — and leaving the public guessing as to whom he wants to be his successor.
Duterte, 76, accompanied his former aide, Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, who is now a senator, to the filing of candidacy for national elections — then endorsed Go's run for the vice presidency in what the local press dubbed a "surprise" move.
Addressing the public, Duterte cited a recent survey that found most Filipinos believe a run by Duterte for vice president would be unconstitutional. "So in obedience to the will of the people, who after all placed me in the presidency many years ago, I now say to my countrymen: I will follow what you want, and today I announce my retirement from politics," he said.
Duterte, a tough-talking populist who is most known for a drug war that has left thousands dead, has previously claimed he would retire from politics. He made a similar pronouncement just before running for the presidency, which he won in 2016.
A faction of the ruling party, PDP-Laban, previously endorsed Go for president, with Duterte as vice president. Go did not categorically accept the nomination, but his move to replace Duterte for the second-highest position opens the door to a partnership with another presidential candidate.
Many think that will be Duterte's daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who is leading pre-election surveys. She and her father previously took turns in running for mayoral and deputy positions in their hometown, taking each other's spots when the three-term limit was up.
Duterte-Carpio previously said they had agreed that only one of them would run for a national position. But before the afternoon ended, she filed her candidacy for another term as Davao mayor — leaving the public wondering what the Dutertes' endgame is.
Duterte has maintained unusual record popularity for a president, despite criticism about his pandemic response and human rights record. A Duterte father-daughter tandem previously led a pre-election poll by Pulse Asia Research, but last month, the elder Duterte slipped to second-favorite, with a majority favoring Senate President Vicente Sotto for vice president instead.
The filing of candidacy for next year's elections opened on Friday and runs until Oct. 8. Candidates can be replaced by substitutes until mid-November — which means Duterte-Carpio still has time to jump in.
Duterte cannot run for president again, as the constitution mandates a single six-year term. But as the International Criminal Court investigates the president for crimes against humanity, Duterte staying in a top position or having an ally there is necessary for his "political survival," said analyst Julio Teehankee.
Other commentators also expect a possible partnership with Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., son of a dictator who was forced into exile in 1986. Members of the Marcos family, which ruled for two decades in a period riddled with corruption and human rights abuses, have stayed active in local politics. Experts and historians say their continued pursuit of public office, as well as disinformation campaigns on social media, are attempts to rehabilitate the family image.
Political analyst Antonio La Viña warned that a Marcos-Duterte win could signal a new "dark age," with continued human rights abuses and elite political dynasties further consolidating power. "It will last not just for six years or 12 years, but more — because there are so many Marcoses and Dutertes in the wings," said La Viña. "Because many of the Philippines' cities and towns are ruled by families, it will just be [like] Game of Thrones."
Marcos was nominated for the presidency by the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, the party his father founded, last month. "I will answer you when the time comes; you cannot rush these things," he said in response to questions on whether he would run. "I fully intend to take all the available time that I have to make the decision."
He ran for the vice presidency but lost to opposition leader Maria Leonor Robredo in 2016. Robredo, a top pick among critics of Duterte for the presidency, also has yet to announce whether she will run.
Among the others who have declared their bids for the presidency are boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, Manila Mayor Francisco Domagoso — also known as Isko Moreno, Sen. Panfilo Lacson, and labor leader Leody de Guzman.
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Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito, Alleged Mafia Leaders, Acquitted of Criminal Charges
Two men alleged to have been the leaders of the Mafia in Montreal were acquitted of criminal charges after a judge ruled the police illegally wiretapped them in the offices of their lawyer.
Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito were acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine by Quebec Superior Court Judge Eric Downs after the judge excluded the wiretap evidence gathered by a joint police task force in 2015 as a violation of the constitutional right to solicitor-client privilege. Most of the Crown's evidence against the pair came from a conversation that was intercepted in a meeting room and in the reception area of the law office.
"The judge recognized that you don't enter a law office like you do a warehouse" to conduct a wiretap operation, Daniele Roy, the lawyer representing Sollecito, said on Monday evening.
The wiretap was a first in Canada because the police installed hidden microphones around the law office, Roy said. The judge ruled in favour of Sollecito and Rizzuto's request to have the evidence excluded because the authorities had not put in place sufficient measures to prevent the interception of conversations between lawyers and other clients at the office, she added.
Sollecito and Rizzuto were arrested in 2015.
Rizzuto, the son of Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, who died in 2013, had been detained since his arrest. Sollecito, whose father, Rocco Sollecito, was murdered in Laval in 2016, was granted bail by a court in 2016 to so he could undergo treatment for cancer.
Rizzuto is still facing charges of possession of a firearm and drug possession. However, he was expected to be released on bail to await the outcome of the other case.
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San Giljan beat Sliema
by Michael Fenech - 20 June 2012 0
Yesterday evening San Giljan beat Sliema 8-7 at the end of a thrilling match. San Giljan started off very well to gain a solid advantage over their opponents which even stretched to a five goal advantage. However, the Karl Izzo boys had to fight off the Sliema come back as Sliema reduced the disadvantage to only one goal with thirty eight seconds to go.
It was a fine display by the whole San Giljan squad. Both foreigners, Sutic and Letica had a very good game while the rest of the squad played at its best to make up for the absence of captain Paul Fava. It is worth noting that this was the last match in which San Giljan were playing without Matthew Zammit who will be making his much awaited comeback in this Friday's preliminary round play-off against Sirens as yesterday's win gave San Giljan the second place in the preliminary round group.
Yesterday, it was also announced that the knock out draws will be drawn this Saturday evening.
Match details and extracts from today's papers will be uploaded later.
An extensive gallery of photos of this match taken by photographer Michele Agius may be seen on http://sangiljanasc.com/gallery/waterpolo-galleries/?album=1&gallery=30
San Giljan-Otters: Match details and From the Papers
San Giljan-Sliema: Match details and From the Papers


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Board index Detective Conan General Discussion
Conan & Kindaichi DS Game Discussion (Use Spoiler Boxes)
Post any Detective Conan news, events, questions, and the like about the anime, manga, movies, or OVAs that don't belong elsewhere here.
EternalHeavens
Re: Conan & Kindaichi DS Game Discussion (Use Spoiler Boxes)
Postby EternalHeavens » July 2nd, 2015, 8:39 am
KouriKrysis wrote: I am on chapter 6 and was wondering:
Spoiler: Chapter 6 Spoilers
have anyone figure out the clock riddle?
Is it...
the riddle to find the hidden room?
If yes, then I have.
KouriKrysis
Postby KouriKrysis » July 2nd, 2015, 8:45 am
EternalHeavens wrote:
what is the time?
I am stuck
Postby Max1996 » July 2nd, 2015, 8:58 am
KouriKrysis wrote:
I have solved it as well.
The fourth behind the number representing the Jack (the lowest face) is 7. The third east of the queen is 3. Thus, it should be 7:15.
MrDetective
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Postby MrDetective » July 2nd, 2015, 9:01 am
Jecka wrote:
MrDetective wrote: I...I'm going mad...
(Chapter 1 spoiler):
It's taking me forrever to try and write a "K", it always mistakes it for a Z, now I'm stuck"
EDIT: okay, now it's been an hour I've been trying the same thing
Try writing it differently? How have you been writing it?
I managed to finaly get through it, but now
I can't write a "5", it gives me either "0" or "9"...
and I don't even know if 5 is the right answer
Max1996 wrote:
Spoiler: .
That why I could not figure it out.
I was not thinking in terms of cards since I do not play cards, I was thinking in terms of the actual clock itself.
Thank you detective Max.
MrDetective wrote:
Where are you at again?
Spoiler: Chapter 7
For those in the factory part of Chapter 7, here's something that came to my mind regarding the murder of The police officer and The true identity of the mayor.
Would a non-smoker carry a lighter with him?
EDIT: My hunch was correct!
[mod edit - put the whole post in spoiler]
Last edited by Max1996 on July 2nd, 2015, 9:33 am, edited 2 times in total.
@ Kouri
the chapter where a little girl gives Kindaichi a riddle to solve
MrDetective wrote: @ Kouri
The answer is indeed
5. And if you want to write a five, write it without the horizontal line first.
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Postby Thriefty » July 2nd, 2015, 9:52 am
To: EternalHeavens - After 20 hours and 10 minutes, I completed it! As to anything after both halves, I think it's only the Epilogue left, though you should have seen it after completing any half.
Some thoughts below. Spoilered for those who haven't reached these chapters!
Chapter 6 - Kindaichi Chapter
I finally cleared the riddle when I remembered what face cards were. I kept thinking lowest face meant lowest number - Oops.
And then, we have the one case whereby we don't catch the culprit! I expected it though. I mean, the culprit has the mansion surrounded by 'rioting' miners. And has the ability to control them. I knew things would turn sour when I realised who the culprit was.
I never expected the whole 'get locked with a bomb' thing though. The suspense of seeing Kindaichi trapped with a bomb made me go and do Kindaichi's side of Chapter 7 first.
I've played both halves. And I personally like Kindaichi's side more. The resolution is far more satisfying. I'll first talk about the Conan side though.
Conan side
The Conan side starts alot tamer compared to the Kindaichi side. We start at Conan receiving a letter meant for Kogorou, telling Kogorou to meet the sender at the Lighthouse. We never go there, since we find out who the sender is and realise that he's been directed to a different place. Long story short, Conan ends up sneaking onto a boat that brings him to the island where Kindaichi's on. He miraculously reaches the port at the same time that Kindaichi happens to walk by. I don't like this coincidence - the Kindaichi portion has the two arrange for the boat, making the meeting more realistic. They eventually go to the mine factory as they follow a 'mysterious group of people' there. There, we have our mystery.
Out of all the mysteries in the game, the Chapter 7 mid-mysteries are the ones I don't like the most. I don't like both, due to the hurried nature of it (understandable in-story considering the circumstances) and the proof used to corner the culprit. I was really confused as to how the murder was carried out at the beginning - My initial idea was that the room was full of coal powder that ignited when the lighter was lit, but it was proven wrong very quickly. A bomb in a flashlight - really? Why are there no scraps of it left, considering that the victim's hand wasn't completely destroyed? I appreciated the trick used to cut the power though - it's a standard in mysteries. It did take me a while to understand the significance of the cigarette carton though. I don't really like the smoker thing though - it felt like it was thrown in at the last minute. Also, the M thing. I kept thinking that it referred to the mayor and wasn't a misdirection to Mitsui...
Things happen after the murder and Conan ends up going to the Manor to grab a certain brooch. Why couldn't Kindaichi stuff it in his pocket and save us the trip? Oh yeah, we needed the extra meeting with Mr. Mad Bomber to get the hint about the twin islands. I do like this twist to everything - it makes a lot of sense. Kudos to the writers! It makes it understandable why the two islands are so similar.
We finally have our confrontation at the hidden harbour, where you see how... pitiful Asami is. It's really obvious that he's been broken since a long time ago. He's kinda like the Mayor - both have lost sight of rationality. The picture of Conan extending his hand over to Asami is one of my favourites. He may be a murderer, but Conan won't let him die. It gives me Moonlight Sonanta vibes... Then, they leave the island, then EPILOGUE.
Kindaichi side
We start with learning that Kindaichi survived the bombing and also managed to save Miyu as well. Awesome work! Kindaichi gets info from one of the miners about the secret of the island and also figures out where Inspector Kenmochi and the Detective Boys are. After meeting up and ensuring they are fine, Kindaichi chases after Hioki and watches him leave using a prepared boat. Kindaichi then uses the Detective Badge to call the 'caller' to send a boat over to pick them up. Later, at the port, he meet Conan for the first time (this makes so much more sense that the coincidental meeting), and notices that the boy is a little strange. Superintendent Akechi apparently piloted the boat[I was partially hoping for a 'learnt in Hawaii' line... Akechi squashed my hopes]. They head back to the touristy Twilight Island. {If you haven't noticed, different plots for the two parts}
When they return, there's the reunion of Kindaichi and Miyuki. Cue adorableness.
Later, they learn that people are invited to Hotel Rohage by Hioki. I didn't like the sudden introduction of random new characters - I actually wanted more of the old characters/suspects to be in this murder mystery. Sadly, the creators of the story apparently only introduced Mayor Hioki now. [My personal theory was Shigure was Mayor Hioki - proven wrong] There is a murder in this hotel and the trick involved dominant hands. The left-handed or right-handed thing. At first, I didn't like the trick as there was the possibility that others would also die due to the poison if someone just used a different hand, but when you realise that the culprit didn't really mind extra deaths, it made sense. Now my issue is that I have no idea when the culprit had the time to apply the poison...
Throughout the investigation, notice all the times Kindaichi helps Conan to get out of sticky situations... You know he suspects something is off, which is wonderful~ [Yes, Conan needs more allies]
When the culprit is revealed, who is also Mayor Hioki, Hioki Ryuuhei appears! He's the son of Mayor Hioki, that's why they have the same surname! I didn't notice until he pointed it out... He kidnaps his dad and drags him to the Hidden harbour.
At this point, Conan heads off to chase Asami, who has gone to the other island. Leaving Kindaichi alone for the final showdown with Hioki. Except that Conan calls using the transmitter once more to discuss case details. At the end of the discussion, Kindaichi reveals that he figured out that it was Conan helping him the whole time! WONDERFUL! THIS SHOULD OCCUR MORE OFTEN!
After the relevation, Kindaichi heads to the hidden harbour. You are given a scene whereby Hioki sinks a ship with the gold as funeral fireworks - a very sentimental act for a guy who's been our greatest enemy for Kindaichi's half of the game. Hioki's backstory is revealed, and you realise that he's been obsessed with revenge for the past 25 years. He's a really sad character that doesn't understand that a small part of him wants to stop. It takes Kindaichi, Miyu and the late Misa to convince him to drop his revenge plan. At the end, you can tell that the bastard that been making Kindaichi's life difficult actually feels a kinship with the detective... He basically ends with saying "I wish you were here 25 years ago".
EPILOGUE CHAPPIE
The 2 epilogues are very similar. I think the best parts were the meeting with the respective main culprit and the talk before the final photo. Kindaichi basically figures out who Conan is! Except he thinks that it's impossible for someone to shrink, so thinks he's mistaken. He's nice enough not to enquire too much, which is good news for Conan. Makes me wonder if they make a sequel, will Kindaichi knowing about Conan be a canon fact? That would be cool...
I still have a few evidences missing, so I'll probably be spending some time replaying chapters for them. I'm also fairly sure that I've only seen 1 out of the 3 easter eggs...
Postby Kor » July 2nd, 2015, 10:12 am
That's the only riddle in the game which I didn't figure out successfully. I managed to get half of it right, but for the other number, I just started trying all the combinations until I got it right. At the end when I reached the right answer, I had the "aha, so that's how I should have interpreted it" moment. I just interpreted it in several different (incorrect) ways. It's been a while since I played it so I don't exactly remember which was the confusing part for me.
Postby EternalHeavens » July 2nd, 2015, 10:30 am
@Thriefty
I was just hoping there'd be something extra after completing the game, including epilogue, and I thought maybe I was too dumb to figure it out... xD
Kind of disappointed now. I wish they'd made the game a little longer so that it actually had more hours of gameplay.
I finished the game within 16 hours, but I missed a couple of keywords so I'm replaying some of the chapters.
Was K** and A** one of the omakes? I couldn't stop smiling at that xD
And I can't seem to find the other omakes.
Conan's half kind of annoyed me a little since Ran and Mouri (moreso Mouri) kept getting in his way (but of course, he didn't listen to them anyway). Wish he hadn't been so cautious of Akechi though :3 And I thought Akechi was one of the best characters, even though he was a side character xD
Sasayama's death kind of crushed me a little When Conan said he had a ominous feeling once Sasayama left, I felt the same thing and thought immediately that Sasayama would get killed. And what do you know... He died... *sighs*
I'm happy that the two halves of chapter 7 were different. I thought it's be exactly the same thing, except a little more in Conan's perspective.
Hehe, I kind of figured that Kindaichi would figure out that he's been conversing with Conan since Kindaichi was quick to defend Conan and kept him around after they met in person.
I did like Hioki's and Kindaichi's interaction. Hioki was kind of growing on me as well. Also Conan holding out his hand to Asami was really sweet.
@Kor
I'm glad for the fact that they mentioned playing cards before letting you solve the riddle, otherwise, I probably would have taken longer than I did to figure it out. Initially I thought the 'lowest face' was the bottom most number on the clock '6' but then I remembered that only three playing cards actually had faces on them; which was the King, Queen and Jack thus solving the riddle.
EternalHeavens wrote: @Kor
Right, the 6 was one of my attempted interpretations. My unfamiliarity with card terms is what caused me troubles I'd say.
Kor wrote:
I was lucky, since my siblings play cards a lot, and I watch them when they play. At least it was a riddle where you could go for trial and error if you figured the part about the dagger.
Postby Max1996 » July 2nd, 2015, 10:54 am
To: Thriefty and EternalHeavens
Did either of you get 100% of the keywords? Because my time is 14H 24M with 86%. (Before starting Kindaichi's half of Chapter 7)


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Sadie Robertson Is Dating Lawson Bates In His New Music Video For "Past The Past"
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Up-and-coming country musician Lawson Bates recently invited Sadie Robertson to be his girlfriend.
Sadie Robertson and Lawson Bates enjoying each other during the filming of Bates' music video for "Past the Past" (photo via Instagram) Back in June, we reported Sadie will be in a music video, and now that video is available to watch!
In the music video for Bates' first radio single "Past the Past," Sadie plays the 25-year-old's girlfriend.
The music video shot at a high school in Tennessee features Sadie and Bates in the story of two high school sweethearts who have been torn apart after the boy chooses football over their relationship.
When you watch the video, you almost believe the two are dating, even though they met only a couple days prior to filming.
Sadie Robertson and Lawson Bates on the set of the music video for "Past The Past," Bates' debut radio single (photo via Just Jared)
"I didn't know who to ask to be the actress in the video," Bates told Country Rebel. "A mutual friend recommended Sadie and gave me her phone number. I cold-texted her and asked if she would be a part of this video. She said she would be glad to."
But they instantly clicked.
"Sadie has such an outgoing personality," he said. "You feel like you've been friends with her your whole life," Lawson said. "Another reason we clicked was because we connected on such a personal level."
He went on, explaining how both of them were able to relate to the song's theme.
"The song was a heartbreak song and we were both getting over something, dealing with things in our personal lives," he said. "We use what was going on in our own lives to capture the emotion in the song."
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2020 Land Rover Defender Review | First drive, what's new, off-road
MT EQUINOX, Vt. – Perhaps Americans have had their fill of wimpy, interchangeably styled crossover SUVs. Or, testosterone has found its way into our water supply. Either way, manly 4x4s with authentic designs and rich backstories are enjoying their moment, from the white-hot Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler to the Mercedes G-Class and an upcoming, rehabilitated electric Hummer.
Britain's storybook entry is the Land Rover Defender, whose globetrotting, post-WWII history ranged from African treks to movies such as the lion-loving 1966 doc "Born Free." Yet, it only made an obscure cameo for the United States between 1992 and 1997.
After years of false starts and dashed hopes, and further Covid-driven production delays, the first all-new Defender since 19-freaking-46 is here, including for us long-denied Yankees. And the 2020 Land Rover Defender is nothing short of brilliant, as we discovered over three days in upstate New York and the mountains of Vermont. That included a climb up the green shoulders of Vermont's Mount Equinox, the tallest summit in the Taconic Mountains. It's a trip that takes tourists 20 minutes on the 5.2-mile Skyline Drive, the route for America's oldest auto hillclimb event. We, on the other hand, would be taking the long way up on Mount Equinox's dauntingly steep, bouldered trails. It would take three hours, but the new Land Rover ate it all up and had us begging for more.
The Defender's unstoppable off-road skills come as no surprise, between its stiff "D7x" all-aluminum monocoque, class-topping approach and departure angles, optional adjustable air suspension, new screen-based Terrain Response system, two-speed transfer case, locking center differential and optional active rear-locking diff. Those are joined to systems that — should you choose — take all the guesswork out of four-wheeling, including a water-depth wading sensor, camera views of the ground below the hood, and the ability to set a crawling speed and negotiate terrain semi-autonomously while the systems sort everything out.
The surprise was that the Defender, at least in 395-horsepower guise, feels as capable on-road as off. The forceful acceleration, throaty V6 sound and high-design cabin make even a loaded Wrangler feel like the relatively crude truck it is. While the Defender may look deceptively mall-friendly compared with the Jeep, its 11.5-inch ground clearance and 35.4-inch wading ability both top even the Wrangler Rubicon's. And where the Jeep accepts curves grudgingly, the Defender can attack them. The Landie handles better than a Mercedes G 550, is nearly as quick from 0-60 mph (the four-door Defender 110's sprint of 5.8 seconds falls a mere two tenths short) and this V6 version's $63,650 base price (maxing out at $81,250 for the swanky Defender X) undercuts the base $132,000 Mercedes G 550 by nearly $68,000.
If one can live with a 2.0-liter, 296-hp turbo four, and its modest 7.7-second trip to 60 mph, the Defender 110's $51,250 starting price is on par with a fully stuffed Wrangler Rubicon.
That base price gets even lower for 2021 at $47,450 thanks to the two-door, shorter-wheelbase Defender 90 that should start arriving early next year from the factory in Nitra, Slovakia. Besides its smaller size and door count, the 90 will offer a full-length, accordion-folding fabric roof that Land Rover says will allow second-row passengers to "stand up" for the full safari experience. Or perhaps during cocktail hunts in South Beach.
Of course Land Rover will help you boost the tab with any of 170 available accessories, including the roof's signature black "Safari Rack" and a side-mounted Gear Carrier. Multiple add-ons are bundled into four easy-to-shop accessory packs: Explorer, Adventurer, Country and Urban.
We drove what seemed like an especially representative model: a 2020 Defender 110 SE that starts at $63,600 and reached $72,780 with options. Those included the $1,750 Off-Road Pack that adds the electronic active diff, 120-volt outlet and 19-inch Goodyear Wrangler off-road tires. It's a looker, including a $600 sandy-brown paint called Gondwana Stone, paired with a contrasting black roof. The Defender's handsome color palette also includes a "Tasman Blue" with white roof that recalls the world's toughest Mini Cooper, as well as three choices that allow for an optional protective body wrap with a show-offy satin finish, a first on any Rover, that's easy to remove or repair.
Our Rover convoy was replete with those plus a variety of other thoughtful touches that show the style of Gerry McGovern, Rover's cocky-yet-acclaimed design director. The elemental, near-vertical front end spanned by a natty bar, emblazoned with the Land Rover badge, and a dimpled metal fascia. Anthropomorphic LED headlamps that resemble glowering eyes with a pair of bright lashes for each. For the rear and its side-hinged tailgate, the external-mounted rear tire is key to the ultra-short body overhang.
The interior's modular, partially naked architecture is a design highlight. That includes a structural die-cast, powder-coated magnesium alloy beam (with grab handles!) that spans the dash. Passengers in the spacious rear get their own sturdy grab handles on inner B-pillars, ideal for body-tossing off-road maneuvers. Door rivets and painted surfaces are exposed in retro-industrial style. A pair of skylights integrated into roof pillars are a production-car first, and show serious engineering chops. Rubberized flooring is easy to brush or wipe clean, and a stowable fabric cargo cover is miles better than the usual bulky, clumsy roller-style cover. The entire cabin beautifully walks the line between functional and posh, ideally in a pair of designer Wellies.
Standard models get no-nonsense cloth seats, with S and SE trims pairing grained leather with woven-textile inserts whose tough, tactile surface pays homage to vintage canvas Rover tops. Upper-crust HSE and Defender X models add Windsor leather. Customers who'd like to bring the woods inside can opt for open-pore, rough-cut walnut or smoked dark-oak veneer.
Rover's new "PIVI Pro" infotainment system, with its 10-inch screen, is wedged smartly into the dashboard cubby. Yes, there's still a learning curve, and certain non-infotainment functions, such as heated seats, are buried in screen menus rather than accessible from an analog switch. Yet the PIVI Pro's speed and smartphone-style operation represent major leaps in useability over Land Rover's previous, hapless units, including over-the-air software upgrades. A pair of Meridian audio units, including a 14-speaker beauty, are options.
Clustering the screen and main controls within that magnesium frame makes room for another cool feature: An optional front-row center jump seat that allows three-across seating, with reasonable short-trip comfort. With the 110's available child-sized third-row seats, that jump seat (also offered in the 90) lets buyers choose between seating for five, six or seven(ish).
Both engines are paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission, whose gear lever doglegs from the center stack and falls perfectly to hand for manual changes in Sport mode. And Type A owners will definitely favor the six-cylinder Ingenium engine, a mild hybrid unit that mates a twin-scroll turbocharger with a 48-volt electric supercharger and small lithium-ion battery. On gorgeous tangles of New England roads, the V6 showed off its lusty 406 pound-feet of torque, dispatching lesser SUVs with the merest squeeze of throttle. Considering the Defender's purpose-built nature, its soaring height and enormous wheel travel, its on-road body control and confidence are almost uncanny. So too, the quietness of the cabin.
On a second off-road trip to the Land Rover Experience Center in Vermont — near the Equinox Resort whose property first hosted guests in 1769 — the Defender negotiated the gnarliest trails and deep-water baths with ease, reaffirming its status as the hardiest member of the Rover family.
Yes, the wait has been long. And the struggling Jaguar Land Rover, beset by external woes from Brexit to Covid, could use some good news right about now. The Defender is that good news. It deftly balances Land Rover heritage and nostalgia with a 21st-century approach. It blends design, luxury and on- and off-road performance like no SUV near its price. Ford's 2021 Bronco looks like a smash hit on paper, starts around 30 grand, and will top out near $60,000, versus the Rover's $47,450 floor and nearly $97,000 ceiling — so it's not exactly apples-to-apples. But this much seems certain: Ford's body-on-frame truck, with a maximum 310 horses and 400 lb-ft, simply won't match the Defender in power, luxury, technical sophistication or performance. For one, Rover says its all-aluminum monocoque brings three times the chassis stiffness of any body-on-frame design, a huge edge in solidity, interior sound levels and precise handling. If owners can afford the contract, this prime Defender is worthy of a first-round pick.
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Are you following NJ's child car-seat rules?
Dino Flammia
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Are you confident that your child's car seat is installed and used correctly?
Are you really?
Just in case, there's a free inspection going on somewhere in New Jersey practically every day.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly two-thirds of car seats in the U.S. are not installed correctly. That estimate, according to Safe Kids New Jersey, is a conservative one. Up to 75 percent of installed car seats could use some tweaking, the group says.
"There are a lot of common mistakes," said Carol Ann Giardelli, director of Safe Kids New Jersey, which is led by the Central Jersey Family Health Consortium. "Some of them can be detrimental to the safety of the child, but some are an easy fix."
Car seat no-nos
The most common mistake seen by experts and certified technicians is a car seat that's too loose, Giardelli said. If a car seat has too much give, it won't provide the right amount of restraint in the event of a crash.
To ensure a car seat is secured adequately, give it a shake at the base. If it can move more than one inch side to side or front to back, it can be tighter.
While it may provide peace of mind for you, the parent, to secure a mirror to the back-seat headrest, any accessories beyond the car seat itself should not be used, Giardelli said. That includes toys that can be tied on to the handle of the car seat.
"If it's not part of the car seat, it is not tested to withstand the force of a crash," Giardelli said. "They can become dislodged and become flying missiles."
Anything loose in the car, actually, is a threat to a young child during an accident — secure your umbrellas and even tissue boxes.
Ultimate Car Seat Guide
Installation of the car seat is half the battle. If your child isn't secure in the seat, a crash could do more harm than necessary.
The chest clip should be placed at armpit level, Giardelli said. And the straps should be tight against the child's body. A "pinch test," Giardelli said, will give you a good reading.
"If you try to pinch the webbing by the child's shoulder and are able to grab a pinch, they're not tight enough," she said.
It's a general recommendation that children not wear big winter coats while in a car seat. The bulkiness of the coat increases the chances that the harness is too loose.
In New Jersey, it's the law that any child under 8 years old and a height of 57 inches be secured in the rear seat of a vehicle as follows:
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
If a vehicle has no rear seats, a child may be secured as described above in the front seat. Children in a rear-facing seat may not be placed in the front of a vehicle if there's an active passenger-side airbag.
Safe Kids Worldwide suggests parents follow even stricter guidelines when graduating their child from level to level. Look at the label on the seat, Giardelli said, and keep your child in that seat until they reach the upper limits of the weight and height as required by the manufacturer.
NJ is here to help
"The car seat inspection stations in New Jersey are a tremendous resource," Giardelli said. "Even if you think you have your car seat installed correctly, it's worth a check to make sure."
All 21 counties have certified child passenger car seat technicians available to inspect a seat, free of charge.
Technicians prefer you arrive with the seat already installed, and not ask them to do all the work.
Look here for the statewide seat check schedule.
Contact reporter Dino Flammia at dino.flammia@townsquaremedia.com.


Normally after finishing a training cycle, I need a break from the long hours of solo miles. I like to spend time in group classes or working on other fitness goals (planks will be the death of me) while I wait for that nagging urge to start training for the next one. I make it a habit to plan what my next race is before I finish the training cycle (which I did), but I don't try to jump from one training to the next one. I need some time to be. My feet need a pedicure. My training routes have grown monotonous. My motivation has wandered to spin class or a push up challenge or donuts. Most likely donuts.
Not quite the case this time. As you may remember, last weekend's half marathon got cancelled due to inclement weather and it was a great call on Houston Half Marathon's part. They caught some (unnecessary, in my opinion) flack, but I definitely want to publicly commend them for making a decision that absolutely no one wanted to make. I'm counting down the days till next year's race for the Karbach beer and tacos at the finish line. That being said, I didn't quite get that release of energy, enthusiasm, and chock blocks while crossing the finish line. I had a wonderful, albeit flooded, day of drinking mimosas, visiting ikea, and not getting poured on for a couple hours while trying to stay vertical. But I feel not quite ready for the break in training.
Now- I'm also not racing out to run a solo baker's dozen anytime soon, so don't think I'm as dedicated as I want to be. But it does mean that I'm still itching for the finish line and I think I've got just the race to solve that. It is soon. It is local. And the distance is manageable without being boring. Andrew and I are all signed up for a local 10k Turkey Trot and I'm so excited. I've never raced a 10k before, so that will be a new challenge. I'm also looking forward to being able to balance training with cross training and life.
So while it is an anticlimactic 'onto the next one,' that is exactly what it is. I've been working on manageable paces and distances this past week including a memorable, slippery, and downright funny/scary run in the rain before Mass on Sunday. I do think that this is a good way to manage the 13 pounds of mashed potatoes I plan on eating on Thanksgiving; it'll make a dent in the ghastly amount of carbs... I hope.
Any ways you plan on staying active this November?
Good for you for staying with it! Now you will do so well at the 10k!
you can do the 10k! it will be awesome. the only long distance race i've done is tough mudder and i was so nervous but i trained hard and destroyed it.
every month is the same for me - 6 days of muay thai - although i think i'll be re-introducing weights again for structural balance.
I totally get this! I really don't know what I would have done if I had been in your shoes and a had a goal race canceled. But having a 10k to look forward is awesome, especially since you haven't raced one before!
You're going to kill the 10k race!
yayyyy this is so fabulous. i love to look forward to races, but i also like that time in between. i have never done a turkey trot, i would love to - especially because of all the food i eat that day.


a genus of mange mites of the family Psoroptidae.
found on the pasterns of horses and cattle, on the scrotum of sheep and on the perineal region of cattle. Causes chorioptic mange.
occurs on goats and reindeer.
Acaricidal activity of petroleum ether extracts from Eupatorium adenophorum against the ectoparasitic cattle mite, Chorioptes texanus.
Especies comunes de acaros y sus hospederos animales, reportadas en la literatura cientifica (1) Nombre cientifico Nombre comun Hospedero Chorioptes bovis Acaro de la sarna Bovinos, equinos, Chorioptes sp del ganado ovinos Dermanysus gallinae Acaro rojo de las Aves de corral, gallinas canarios, pericos, Acaro de las palomas, humanos, palomas equinos, caninos, felinos, roedores Demodex canis Acaro folicular Caninos, felinos, Demodex cati Demodicosis ovinos, porcinos, Demodex gatoi bovinos, caprinos Demodex bovis Demodex caprae Demodex aurati Hamster Demodex criceti Sarcoptes scabiei Acaro de la sarna Caninos, ovinos, var.
However, Chorioptes spp may survive in the environment for a little more than 60 days.
Based on these observations, the mites were identified as Chorioptes spp (Fig.
In the present study, the mites collected from the goats were identified as Chorioptes sp.
Foot Mange--A foot-skin disease of animals, especially sheep and cattle, caused by the mite Chorioptes bovis.


Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Professur für Produktionsökonomik am Institut für Lebensmittel- und Ressourcenökonomik (ILR) der Universität Bonn.
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Uehleke, R. (2017). Convergent validity in contingent valuation: an application to the willingness to pay for national climate change mitigation targets in Germany. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 61(1), 76-94.
Hüttel, Silke; Petrick, Martin und Uehleke, Reinhard (2017): Agri-environmental policy evaluation using micro-data : To match or to model? XV EAAE Congress, Parma, Italy, August 28th – September 1st.
Uehleke, Reinhard und Hüttel, Silke (2016): The Hypothetical Free-Rider Deficit In The Demand For Farm Animal Welfare Labeled Meat. XV EAAE Congress, Parma, Italy, August 28th – September 1st.
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For Astronauts on Mars, the Veggie of the Day May Be Asparagus
By Meghan Bartels 2019-11-01T11:15:23Z
An artist's depiction of growing vegetables on Mars.
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WASHINGTON — Take it or leaf it: Mars won't offer the sort of veggie options on display at your neighborhood supermarket.
We humans deign to munch on the order of 150 or 200 species of plants all told. And not all of those would make the journey with astronauts to the Red Planet. So far, NASA has focused its vegetable-growing efforts on lettuce, which astronauts tend to while they live on the International Space Station. The orbiting laboratory poses different challenges than the Red Planet's surface, however, and crops that Mars visitors can expect to rely on may not be to everyone's taste.
"In fact, in this particular area the soils are more alkaline so this would be OK for growing asparagus and beans and not potatoes," NASA chief scientist Jim Green said during a presentation held here last week as part of the International Astronautical Congress of soil studied by NASA's Curiosity rover. "If I had to eat asparagus for three years, I think I'd just take my helmet off and walk outside," he added.
Related: How NASA Might Bring Home Bits of Mars (In a Darth Vader Helmet)
(Reminder: If you actually want to go to Mars, you're going to need to tackle several more pressing challenges than the salad bar options. Like, you know, breathing.)
However you feel about asparagus, Green's statement is a testament to just how much scientists have learned about Mars and its soil. Curiosity was always designed to be a geologist and has been particularly adept at telling scientists about the Martian soil around its landing spot in Gale Crater.
"We find that we can get carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur out of the soil," Green said. "There's nitrates in the soils and [we've learned] that they are moist."
Scientists know all that about soil they have never seen for themselves or studied in their own laboratory. They know that based on data beamed back by dozens of orbiters and eight successful missions to the surface, and none of those robots has ever come back.
Curiosity and its drill were particularly exciting developments for the study of Martian soil, Green said, as the instrument soon hit distinctly different soil than what was on the surface. "What was really exciting when we first dug into this red soil is [that] grey material started coming out," he said. "This tells us that Mars' history is really quite exciting," with a vibrant history of water flowing over the planet's surface.
But despite what they've learned at a distance, scientists still hope to get a better look at that soil, in laboratories here on Earth. They're busy thinking through a mission that could deliver such samples in 2031. Their most pressing question won't be how well it would suit the needs of asparagus, but the analysis may still offer some tips.
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Email Meghan Bartels at mbartels@space.com or follow her @meghanbartels. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.


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     *                                                           When using a promise, it should return a boolean.
     *                             - getActions(url, courseid) (Object[]) Returns list of actions. Each action must have:
     *                                                           - message: Message related to the action to do. E.g. 'View'.
     *                                                           - icon: Icon related to the action to do.
     *                                                           - action: A function to be called when the link is clicked.
     * @param {Number} [priority]              Handler's priority.
     */
    self.registerLinkHandler = function(name, handler, priority) {
        if (typeof linkHandlers[name] !== 'undefined') {
            console.log("$mmContentLinksDelegateProvider: Addon '" + linkHandlers[name].name +
                        "' already registered as link handler");
            return false;
        }
        console.log("$mmContentLinksDelegateProvider: Registered handler '" + name + "' as link handler.");
        linkHandlers[name] = {
            name: name,
            handler: handler,
            instance: undefined,
            priority: typeof priority === 'undefined' ? 100 : priority
        };
        return true;
    };

    self.$get = function($mmUtil, $log, $mmSite, $q) {
        var enabledLinkHandlers = {},
            self = {};

        $log = $log.getInstance('$mmContentLinksDelegate');

        /**
         * Get the list of possible actions to do for a URL.
         *
         * @module mm.core
         * @ngdoc method
         * @name $mmContentLinksDelegate#getLinkHandlersFor
         * @param {String} url        URL to handle.
         * @param {Number} [courseid] Course ID related to the URL. Optional but recommended since some handlers might require
         *                            to know the courseid if Moodle version is previous to 3.0.
         * @return {Object[]}         Actions. See {@link $mmContentLinksDelegate#registerLinkHandler}.
         */
        self.getActionsFor = function(url, courseid) {
            if (!url) {
                return [];
            }

            var linkActions = {};
            angular.forEach(enabledLinkHandlers, function(handler) {
                if (handler.instance && angular.isFunction(handler.instance.getActions)) {
                    var actions = handler.instance.getActions(url, courseid);
                    if (actions && actions.length) {
                        linkActions[handler.priority] = actions;
                    }
                }
            });
            return sortActionsByPriority(linkActions);
        };

        /**
         * Converts an object with priority -> action to an array of actions ordered by priority.
         * If object keys are numbers they're usually automatically ordered, but we can't be 100% sure.
         *
         * @param  {Object} actions Actions to sort.
         * @return {Object[]}       Sorted actions.
         */
        function sortActionsByPriority(actions) {
            var sorted = [],
                priorities = Object.keys(actions);
            // Sort priorities.
            priorities = priorities.sort(function(a, b) {
                return parseInt(a, 10) > parseInt(b, 10);
            });
            // Fill sorted array.
            priorities.forEach(function(priority) {
                var list = actions[priority];
                list.forEach(function(action) {
                    sorted.push(action);
                });
            });
            return sorted;
        }

        /**
         * Update the enabled link handlers for the current site.
         *
         * @module mm.core
         * @ngdoc method
         * @name $mmContentLinksDelegate#updateLinkHandler
         * @param {String} name        The handler name.
         * @param {Object} handlerInfo The handler details.
         * @return {Promise}           Resolved when enabled, rejected when not.
         * @protected
         */
        self.updateLinkHandler = function(name, handlerInfo) {
            var promise;

            if (typeof handlerInfo.instance === 'undefined') {
                handlerInfo.instance = $mmUtil.resolveObject(handlerInfo.handler, true);
            }

            if (!$mmSite.isLoggedIn()) {
                promise = $q.reject();
            } else {
                promise = $q.when(handlerInfo.instance.isEnabled());
            }

            // Checks if the content is enabled.
            return promise.then(function(enabled) {
                if (enabled) {
                    enabledLinkHandlers[name] = {
                        instance: handlerInfo.instance,
                        priority: handlerInfo.priority
                    };
                } else {
                    return $q.reject();
                }
            }).catch(function() {
                delete enabledLinkHandlers[name];
            });
        };

        /**
         * Update the link handlers for the current site.
         *
         * @module mm.core
         * @ngdoc method
         * @name $mmContentLinksDelegate#updateLinkHandlers
         * @return {Promise} Resolved when done.
         * @protected
         */
        self.updateLinkHandlers = function() {
            var promises = [];

            $log.debug('Updating link handlers for current site.');

            // Loop over all the link handlers.
            angular.forEach(linkHandlers, function(handler, name) {
                promises.push(self.updateLinkHandler(name, handler));
            });

            return $q.all(promises).then(function() {
                return true;
            }, function() {
                // Never reject.
                return true;
            });
        };

        return self;
    };

    return self;
})

.run(function($mmEvents, $mmContentLinksDelegate, mmCoreEventLogin, mmCoreEventSiteUpdated) {
    $mmEvents.on(mmCoreEventLogin, $mmContentLinksDelegate.updateLinkHandlers);
    $mmEvents.on(mmCoreEventSiteUpdated, $mmContentLinksDelegate.updateLinkHandlers);
});

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In order to gain admission to one of our Master's programmes, you will need to have at least a Bachelor's degree from an accredited research university including at least three full years of academic study amounting to a minimum of 180 ECTS or equivalent. Students with a Bachelor's degree in Greek and Latin Language and Culture are eligible for admission to the specialization in Classics.
In order to gain admission to one of our Master's programmes, you will need to have at least a Bachelor's degree from an accredited research university including at least three full years of academic study amounting to a minimum of 180 ECTS or equivalent. Specific admission requirements for the Master's programme Ancient Studies, which may vary with the chosen specialization, are specified in the descriptions of the five specializations under the heading 'STUDY PROGRAMME'. Check http://masters.vu.nl/en/programmes/classics-ancient-civilizations-studies/index.aspx for info. Other Bachelor's degrees: Prospective students with Bachelor's degrees (university) other than those mentioned above can nonetheless apply for admission to the programme. In such cases the Admission Board will take a look at the content of the prospective student's Bachelor programme, the study results obtained and general motivation. Candidates with an HBO (higher professional education) qualification: Students with a higher professional education qualification cannot proceed directly to the Master's programme in Ancient Studies. They will have to complete a Bachelor's degree programme (or a short-track Bachelor's programme) first.
Since 2012, VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam are offering a joint Master's programme in Classics and Ancient Civilizations within the Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology.
Thanks to this joint venture you can choose from a wide range of subjects which allows you to develop as an ancient historian or classicist in many different specialisms. These specialisms are grouped in the following three programmes. *Ancient History: The Mediterranean and West Asian worlds during antiquity. *Ancient Studies: A different approach, experience the antiquity from your own passion. *Classics: Linguistics, literature and cultural history of the Greco-Roman antiquity.
The rise of Christianity is arguably Antiquity's most important legacy to Europe and the world.
Interdisciplinary Approaches' is a specialization that is available to students with a BA from the Faculty of Humanities or the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The language based specialization Akkadian will deepen your familiarity with the main language of Mesopotamian civilization, as well as with the region's cultures and history.
The language based specialization Greek will extend your acquaintance with Greek, the language that around the turn of the common era connected all parts of the ancient world, from Gaul to Gandhara.
The language based specialization Latin will make you into a connoisseur of the language that constitutes the link between Antiquity and European civilizations of more recent periods.


It is possible to purchase monthly or quarterly season tickets for some of our car parks at a reduced rate. The availability and costs of season tickets are included in the table below. If you wish to purchase a season ticket, this can be done by telephoning NSL Limited.


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Home » National Bakery Day is Coming
National Bakery Day is Coming
By John Unrein
In America, there is a special day for donuts and devil's food cake, pie and paczki, cookies and cream puffs. In fact, there is a special proclamation (official or unofficial) for just about every bakery product on any given day of the year. But until now, there has never been a National Bakery Day, celebrating the independent retail bakery and its vital role to the lifeblood of local communities across the country.
This all changes on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 — the first-ever official National Bakery Day in the United States. And this is sure to become an annual event.
"Very excited, long overdue! I was wondering why there wasn't already one," says Paul Sapienza of Sapienza Bakery and director of finance for the Retail Bakers of America (RBA), which is spearheading the event.
Beth Fahey, RBA president and co-owner of Creative Cakes in Tinley Park, Illinois, says National Bakery Day is exactly what the retail bakery industry needs. And the timing could not be better. "What a great way to celebrate local bakeries!"
You can start planning ahead for the excitement that is sure to be generated (and increased sales) by National Bakery Day.
Right away, start spreading the word to your customers via social media platforms. Begin planning your own special promotions for this unique event and how you can connect to your community. One great idea is to create a limited-edition product (cookie, donut, cake) just for National Bakery Day.
Order your free National Bakery Day in-store promo kit while supplies last.
Order your free National Bakery Day in-store promo kit while supplies last. The kit contains a box label, window decals, posters, table tents and counter stands. The professionally designed artwork features clever slogans such as "Keep Your Dough Local."
To order a free kit, contact the Retail Bakers of America or email whartman@sosland.com to see if you qualify. You can also sign up to be an RBA member.
John Lupo, a Certified Master Baker and owner of Grandma's Bakery in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, understands the importance of retail bakeries to their communities. He first opened in 1978 in White Bear Lake, a remote suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, where he has managed a bakery business that since has grown to two retail locations with a thriving wholesale operation and more than 100 employees.
Retail bakeries, he says, "play such an important part of the fabric of their community."
John Lupo of Grandma's Bakery showcases a fun whimsical cake as an example of what local bakeries can create for National Bakery Day.
Lupo plans to conduct a variety of promotional activities around the event. All of these ideas are great ones to borrow and conduct at your own bakery:
Offer a deal for customers to purchase a loaf of bread and, in return, donate a fresh loaf to the food shelf.
Decorate the store inside and out. Create a large fun whimsical cake as a centerpiece when customers walk in the door, with lots of samples and balloons for the kids.
Ask your local mayor, governor and state representatives for proclamations on that day.
Conduct an old fashioned cake walk inside the store.
Promote and conduct cake demonstrations, baker demonstrations and behind-the-scenes bakery tours.
Offer grand prize drawing for donuts for a year to the winner.
RBA vice president Danny Turner of Pushkin's Bakery in Sacramento, California, says National Bakery Day will be a unique opportunity to put the spotlight on your own bakery.
"Bakeries celebrate every holiday as it is," he says, "it's about time we have a day that celebrates bakeries!"
Grandma's Bakery is already busy with promoting National Bakery Day.
RBA board members have many thoughts to share about the excitement that can be generated from such a unique campaign on a national scale.
"National Bakery Day is an opportunity to call attention to locally owned bakeries," says Patti Stobaugh of PattiCakes Bakery in Conway, Arkansas.
Anne Heap of Pink Cake Box in Denville, New Jersey, says they "support National Bakery Day because it's a great (and tasty) way to encourage small business and the art of baking."
"Celebrating those who help us celebrate," is how Bronwen Weber of Frosted Art Bakery & Studio in Dallas describes it.
Scott Calvert of The Cake Plate in Austin, Texas, says they are "thrilled about the exciting opportunities," and Brian Pansari of La Bonbonniere in Edison, New Jersey, says, ""I'm excited to celebrate National Bakery Day with my customers to thank them for their support throughout the year!"
Having National Bakery Day in late September offers local retail bakeries a prime opportunity to attract new and current customers to the bakery in advance of the biggest holiday season of the year: October, November and December.
"If you can get them to come into your bakery once in September, it will pay off big dividends for the holidays," Lupo says.
Lessons from Record Store Day
Lupo says the idea for a National Bakery Day resulted, in part, from the enormous success of Record Store Day, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary in April.
Record Store Day is an annual day to celebrate local independent record stores—and music in general. It's also a day when die hard music fans flock to actual physical shops to scoop up exclusive and limited-edition releases that artists customize—often elaborately—for this special day, according to Nielsen research.
The first Record Store Day in 2008 came at a time when digital sales were quickly expanding and physical retailers, particularly beleaguered independent retailers, were in decline. Yet while local shops accounted for just under 7 percent of physical music sales in the US, according to Nielsen, they contributed a much higher share of vinyl LP sales—an opportunity from which the seeds of an annual "Record Store Day" were sown.
Last year, when streaming music hit an all-time high, Record Store Day enjoyed its biggest year yet, with a record-setting 383,000 vinyl LPs sold during that week, Nielsen reported, an increase of 321 percent on the prior week.
In looking at the past five years alone, vinyl sales have climbed more than 320 percent, largely from an older, more affluent music fan base. Thanks in large part to Record Store Day's spotlight, vinyl now accounts for more than 11 percent of total physical sales—well above the minuscule 0.2 percent just 10 years ago.
Retail bakery's future
The number of retail bakeries in the U.S. grew by 2.1 percent to 6,526 establishments in 2015, following a 3.3 percent increase in the previous year. Prior to 2014, the lingering effects of the economic recession led to a 6.2% drop in the number of retail bakeries in 2013. This was preceded by two years of significant industry expansion in 2012 and 2011.
As the economy strengthens over the next few years, both retail bakeries and coffee shops will experience strong sales growth. In 2015, coffee shop sales in the US jumped by 9.2 percent to $17.9 billion, while retail bakery sales grew by 7.6 percent to $4.87 billion.
In 2015, U.S. coffee shop sales rose by 9.2 percent to $17.9 billion, according to industry data, while retail bakery grew by 7.6 percent to $4.87 billion.
Special promotions like National Bakery Day can do wonders for increasing the exposure and revenue for retail bakeries. Just look at the recent example set by the Donut Trail in Butler County, Ohio.
According to a new study by the University of Cincinnati Economics Center, retail bakery owners in Butler County experienced sales increases ranging from 5 percent to 30 percent, after the Butler County Visitors Bureau implemented a special year-round promotion called the Donut Trail. Visitors to Butler County are invited to pick up a passport and have it stamped at the 10 donut shops along the trail. According to the visitors bureau, more than 4,700 people from 38 states turned in their passports, further evidence of how people love local bakeries.
"The Butler County Donut Trail has brought national attention and recognition to Butler County in year one," says Mark Hecquet, executive director of the visitors bureau. "We're excited to enhance the donut trail and welcome visitors back in year two with a brand new T-shirt design."
The economic report showed the Donut Trail had a significant $1 million impact on the county in 2016. Sherry Richardson, owner of Mimi's Donuts & Bakery in Hamilton, Ohio, said her shop enjoyed a 30 percent increase in annual sales. "It put me on the map," she says, "and I see it continuing."
So, imagine what National Bakery Day can do for your sales. That's why it is so important to join in.
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import React from 'react';
import { findDOMNode, render } from 'react-dom';
import TestUtils from 'react-addons-test-utils';

const removeNewlines = (string) => (string.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, ''))

import Style from '../src/index.js';

describe('Style-01', () => {
  it('renders unscoped global CSS when <Style> does not wrap an element', () => {
    // Render a styles in the document
    const wrapper = TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(
      <div>
        <Style>{`body { font-size: 13px; }`}</Style>
      </div>
    );

    const rootNode = findDOMNode(wrapper)
    const styleNode = rootNode.children[0];

    // Verify that stylecontent
    expect(styleNode.textContent).toEqual(`body {\n font-size: 13px; }\n`);
  });
});


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Spencer Brockman speeds off into professional racing
By Clay Crouch '18 While most high schoolers are sitting at home playing Fortnite, Staples' Spencer Brockman '18 is honing his skills on his racing simulator. He is unlike your typical teenager...
Wreckers shine in rainy conditions
The Wreckers continued their undefeated streak in a commanding fashion Friday, Oct. 3, defeating a winless Fairfield Warde team 35-15. The game was originally scheduled to be Staples' homecoming...
Staples shuts out Wilton in a dominating win
Going into the game 1-0, Staples looked to get an away game win against the Wilton Warriors, and that's exactly what they did in a commanding win of 37-0. Staples scored 37 points behind the leadership...
Speed and Burger Lead Wreckers To Opening Night Win
The Staples Wreckers football team opened its season Friday night at home with a 21-14 win over the Danbury Hatters. Andrew Speed '17 got his first start at quarterback,becoming the first non-senior...
Americans battle for the web
Americans are currently facing a battle for the Internet as we know it—and yet, most remain almost entirely unaware. This "battle for the net" is a battle for virtual freedom, otherwise known...
Concussion Hysteria
Imagine opening your eyes after sleeping for hours and sitting up in a completely silent room. There is no light except for the minimal amount creeping through the closed window shade. The boredom of not...
Driving My Parents Crazy
Picture this: Katy Perry's "California Gurls" is blasting from the speakers while my three friends and I shout the lyrics. I'm speeding down I-95 in my mom's Jeep Wrangler, the wind is blowing...
The Fast and the Furious(ly Annoying): Might be a Time for Walkers' Education Class
Walking through the hallways is harder than navigating I-95 during rush hour. Every turn you make in this school, there is a student unaware of their surroundings. Simple hallway etiquette is apparently...
Making the Staples' Lot a Bumpier Place
8:02 am. To slow down fast drivers, speed bump signs are being added to the Staples parking lot.
Wreckord Breaker: Schachne Shatters Staples Pole Vaulting Heights
Leah Bitsky '12 Staff Writer Lexie Schachne '12 started pole vaulting her freshman year, and now she has broken the Staples record for the fifth time this year. The best record so far in...


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Q: Drag and Drop with phonegap How is the drag and drop functionality implemented in PhoneGap?
Please tell me the available javascript functions or libraries for the same ?

A: I guess your APP is based on HTML 5 instead of native implementation. Thus Jquery-Mobile-Drag-And-Drop might be a choice.
Jquery-Mobile-Drag-And-Drop Plugin

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I'm grateful for all experience, good or bad, as everything holds a lesson to be learned. I grew up with the debate about the glass and somewhere along the line I shifted my philosophy to something that suited me much better than just liquid.
"It's not whether or not the glass is half empty or half full.
I Have a Glass is something I hope to release on my 50th birthday this year. It's far from completed, but I work on it in the in-between spaces of my day. Part memoir, part art therapy book, all bluntness and light, it is the culmination of my lessons learned so far.
And for that I'm grateful, as well as for you. Thank you for being here.


A new study shows that drinking 3-5 cups of coffee each day might lower the risk of developing clogged arteries.
Researchers analyzed data on 25,138 men and women with an average age of 41.3 years-old old and no signs of heart disease. They found that people who drank 3-5 cups of coffee daily had 41% less calcium build-up in their arteries when compared to people who did not drink coffee. Get more details on the benefits of coffee here.
Choi Y, Chang Y, Ryu S, et al. Coffee consumption and coronary artery calcium in young and middle-aged asymptomatic adults. Heart. 2015 Mar 2. pii: heartjnl-2014-306663.