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KidSuper was created by Colm Dillane.
Although KidSuper is best known as Colm's clothing label, he prefers to brand all of his creative ventures under this moniker. KidSuper is a creative collective that designs and makes
clothes; paints and does art shows; records music; and makes films and music videos, all out of KidSuper's Brooklyn space.
Colm's strength lies in his intuitive need to conceive. He uses KidSuper as a platform to
express this innate creativity. Over the past couple of years, KidSuper's successes have made him an unexpected reference in American fashion, and his innovative and instinctive interaction with followers has proven to be a disruptive and efficient model.
Dillane firmly believes that enthusiasm is contagious, and that whatever you do, giving it the utmost enthusiasm will lead to people's heart. "When you are little, you believe you can do anything and that everything is possible – you're young and you're free. KidSuper lives by that philosophy." X The Misadventures of KidSuper
Television pilot featuring Colm Dillane's Fall/Winter 2022 collection for KidSuper
Colm likes to tell everyone who wants to hear it the story about a New York kid who started making t-shirts and selling them out of his school cafeteria. Through trial and tribulation, the endeavor eventually became what is known today as KidSuper. What's hidden behind the telling is the people and events that came along the way.
From a group of kids in the streets of Brooklyn, screen-printing tee-shirts, starting a cult brand, showing at Paris Fashion Week for the first time and being called by Vogue "The breakout surprise of the Paris menswear shows"; to making the Thursday Style section of the New York Times with a piece called "KidSuper Wants to Bring Back Warhol's Factory"; to winning the special Karl Lagerfeld Prize at the LVMH Prize. Each and every single one of these accomplishments holds characters and stories essential in the world of KidSuper.
With its newest short film presented as a standalone episode of a television series called "The Misadventures of KidSuper", Colm Dillane renders another "KidSuper-esque" folk tale about New York City and a storied glimpse at the heart and soul of KidSuper.
Protagonists include Joey Badass, Alex Goldberg, Kenneth Cash, Rabiullah Sikander, Princess Nokia, Myles Garret, Big Body Bes, Colm Dillane and a cameo appearance by Marc Jacobs. X 01 X 02 X 03 X 04 X 05 X 06 X 07 X 08 X 09 X 10 X 11 X 12 X 13 X 14 X 15 X 16 X 17 X 18 X 19 X 20 X 21 X 22 X 23 X 24 X 25 X 26 X 27 X 28 X 29 X 30 X 31 X 32 X 33 X 34 X 35 X 36 X 37 X 38 X 39 X 40 X BIO RELEASE COLLECTION
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The AJARC originated as the Greeneville Amateur Radio Club back in the 1950's. The original club call was W4RUL. This call was allowed to lapse and W4WC was later obtained through the vanity system. W4RUL is now held by a group affiliated with the club called Camp Creek Bald Contest Club and used for VHF contests most of the time.
The club has maintained a repeater on Camp Creek Bald Mountain since the early 1970s and began with WR4AHP when WR4 call signs were mandatory. W4KKP and WB4CXL (SK) were engineers that worked for Magnavox at the color TV manufacturing plant in Greeneville and were the original motivators/ builders, instrumental in obtaining the 146.70 repeater site on the mountain, which was just a few feet from the fire tower where it now resides. It was originally mounted in a weatherproof rack strapped to a tower with underground cable to the same pole that supplies power to the fire tower now. The repeater was powered by batteries that were continuously charged from a battery charger.
Later CVRA, the forerunner of SERA, asked our club to help resolve a repeater problem between the 146.76 Asheville, NC and Kingsport TN repeaters. W4KKP agreed, when furnished information by one of the two repeater owners at a called dinner meeting/conference to move our repeater to a new frequency of 145.25, which is now well known as the "national TV leakage frequency." The other repeaters were to coexist by moving the Kingsport repeater to 146.70 and Asheville staying at 146.76. Kingsport didn't move there but to 146.745 for a short stay and then returned to 146.76.
Camp Creek Bald Mountain was part of a failed ski venture in the 60/70s time frame. It was called the Viking Mountain Ski Resort, but never really got off the ground. Many newcomers to the area took it upon themselves to "rename" the mountain, but this has never officially been done and there is no reference to Viking Mountain on any maps other than Viking Mountain Road which goes all the way to the top. Most of the younger generation and newcomers to the area still want to call it Viking Mountain.
73s and enjoy the repeaters.


The golden rule of all gaming, including slots, is that the house always wins. So the ideal answer surely must be, to be your own house. Many people enjoy playing slot machines so much that they decide to buy one to play at home. This means only using coins for themselves and not providing the machine for public gambling. This must be easy to do with no difficulties right? Wrong.
Buying and owning your own machine often comes with a whole raft of conditions. Firstly, buying relatively new machines is both expensive and risky. Newer electronic video style slots are still very attractive to play so there is a great potential to set a machine up to make money. If the owner is an unlicensed private individual then they risk the wrath of local authorities who frown upon such activities.
Machines can maintain a high value due to their 'pulling' power so are often in service for long earning lives. Unless you are a collector and enjoy buying, and no doubt, repairing very old machines, you may find the regulations a bit of a struggle, particularly in the US. There are many ex-service machines around, when you start looking, but to be on the safe side it is best to stick to the right side of the law.
This means checking the state requirements for owning slot machines. The first regulation comes down to the age of the machine and 20 years of age is a good marker. Some states require machine to be a minimum of 25 years of age. Alaska, on the other hand, has no restrictions in place whatsoever. Depending on which state you live in, you will need to know these very important facts about the machine before risking your money.
If you are thinking of buying slots for gaming use of new customers you will first need to get a gaming licence. This also changes from state to state and will represent many legal factors that will need analysing closely. It would be prudent to learn about as many legal implications as possible in which ever gaming jurisdiction where the machines will operate.
Having said all this owning your own machines can be a lot of fun. Whether it be to buy reasonably new fully working gaming machines to offer to customers, or just wanted to enjoy owning a vintage machine like a collector enjoys you need to check out platforms such as EBay as well as specialist gaming machines vending sites. Traditionally, collectors have used sites such as Slot Machines USA, Old Time Slots and Bright's Antique Slot Machines. Half of the fun will be in the finding of old classics still in working order.
Vintage slot machines hold their appeal for years. Many develop their own story of where they were made and where they were put into service for many years. It is surprising to see how many old machines still had attractive themes and lighting systems. The Wild West for featured on many old machines going back to their 100 year history. One armed bandits can be much sought after.
Having knowledge of the older machines and some of the mechanical basics would be a distinct advantage. Knowing which type of light bulbs will need replacing or how to clean out bill jams and stuck coins would help make the job of buying cheap non-working machines easier. Being able to fix them up yourself at home means you can scour the EBay and similar listings for spare parts and accessories.
Many retro style machines may become quite valuable when saved from the scrap heap and made serviceable. Vintage Slot Machines provide listings of all sorts of knick-knack type items that could be very useful. One important fact to remember is that if you find a cheap price listed somewhere you had better double check to see if the machine is, in fact, a miniature replica. These have been popular as collectors' items and thousands of styles were made, but may not be what you are looking for. You don't want to be buying a toy.


On the PACJ Facebook page Philip Rushton says he sees the the angels fighting back the dark in 'The Beautiful Changes' as "doomed to fail and never see the sunrise, but eternally reborn at the end of every new day. And one feels that if they ever gave up the struggle the last night of all would last forever."
That's an interesting take on it. I'd not thought of the changes in 'TBC' being a cyclical thing. It seemed to me that that verse was about corruption, and those angels were a source of dismay. Above a setting of innocence, a park lit by a beautiful sunset, the graceful contrails belie a warlike purpose. The angels are sinister: they are our own deadly warplanes (they'd probably be drones today), directed against an enemy on our behalf to protect our good life. The (political) enemy is in the east (which, now I think of it, is away from the sunset and back towards the light - who knew?). Anyhow, in attacking them we become as bad as them, and so the beautiful changes.
The cyclical view would treat good and evil as the two sides of a coin, but I didn't see TBC proposing that all is balanced and good will be reborn. Rather, it's railing against an unfairness - 'the ugly goes into the ground with the seed and the beautiful dies with the harvest'- i.e. evil persists but good doesn't. At least this was surely Julie Covington's interpretation, judging by her harsh, angry delivery of those key lines 'fight back the dark', 'the ugly...','the inhuman is always the same'.
By the way, I don't understand why Clive would regret pinching 'the beautiful changes' from Robert Lowell. He's borrowed it to express a quite different idea about beauty and change - not that beauty wondrously changes its surroundings, but that all beauty is doomed to defeat or corruption: a most satisfying sentiment, I'm sure we can all agree.
(Polite, diffident cough). Erm, Richard Wilbur, Sylfest.


ACE360 is an Apprenticeship Management Solution introduced to market by The Federation for Industry Sector Skills & Standards (FISSS) that has been designed to cater to the needs of the Apprenticeship industry currently navigating the new world of 'Standard Apprenticeships'.
Harnessing years of experience as Statutory Certifying Authority throughout 'Apprenticeship Frameworks', The Federation decided to invest and make their product the most cost-effective on the market after building relationships with employers, End Point Assessment Organisations, training providers and End Quality Assurance Providers as a charitable body.
The Federations charitable intentions are very centric to ACE360. This, they believe, allows for a more inclusive Apprenticeship management pipeline as the product is affordable to all organisations with their unique pay as you go approach and no setup fees or ongoing costs. This comes as a pleasant surprise to many organisations that have been offered the complete opposite, which in turn, would stifle improved connectivity within industry as only the fortunate few can afford solutions costing thousands of pounds.
ACE360's mission is to connect delivery partners, with an industry-wide 360 experience, allowing for Apprenticeship records to be passed back and forth in a GDPR compliant way. Why is this important? Simply put, for many years, those working with Apprenticeships have had to rely on paper based processes or multiple systems which results in data entry errors, extensive administrative burdens, communication issues and roadblocks to future planning.
ACE360 addresses all of these concerns with their secure cloud-based solution with unlimited user access for your team, workflow and notifications to be kept in the loop with Apprentice progress and much more.
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A group of labor activists and academe from different countries led by the Asia Monitor Resource Centre, a regional labor organization based in Hong Kong, formally released yesterday, February 27, in a press conference in Hong Kong, the findings of its investigation of the Cambodian government crackdown on striking garments workers last Jan 2 and 3 leaving four workers dead, one missing, scores beaten and injured, and 23 others arrested and charged with criminal cases.
Apart from the incidents on January 2 and 3, the team also delved into the reason behind the general strike and the role of industry players in the violent crackdown. The report described the workers' strike as "self-motivated" with workers, unorganized and organized across different labor centers, unanimously clamoring for a 100 percent increase in minimum wage from 80 USD to 160 USD.
The report concluded that "poverty wages and dismal working conditions" plus the "absence of real dialogue between workers, government and employers" in the December 2013 wage negotiations left workers "with no choice but to undertake strike actions and protests." It also underlined the role of the employers group, the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC), in pressuring the Cambodian government to take aggressive action against the workers to end the strike so production can resume to normal.
The team then urged the Cambodian Government 1) to stop the repression and persecution of workers and activists; 2) to take concrete measures to improve working conditions and; 3) provide space for dialogue and discussion.
Investigation was conducted from January 14 to 19 by 12 individuals coming from the following organizations: Asia Monitor Resource Centre, HK; Asian Labour Study Group, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; Asian Human Rights Commission, HK; Center for Trade Union and Human Rights, PH; Korean Confederation of Trade Union, SK; Korean House for International Solidarity, SK; Oxfam Solidarity Belgium and; Serve People Association, Taiwan.
CTUHR executive director, Daisy Arago said that such move is a huge blow against Cambodian workers and a retraction of hard-won freedom of Cambodian unions. Arago also criticized the Cambodian government for obstinately ignoring the demands of the workers and the international community.
"Instead of heeding the calls from the Cambodian people and the international community to render justice to the victims of the crackdown and put a stop to the harassment of unionists, the Cambodian Government continuously violates and undercut workers rights and freedoms," Arago averred.


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Flooding governs riparian plant diversity along boreal rivers but the ecological role of extreme floods is only partly understood. We studied the dyna...
Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes.
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There is growing interest in the ecological value of set-aside habitats around rivers in tropical agriculture. These riparian buffers typically compri...
Differential responses by stream and riparian biodiversity to in-stream restoration of forestry-impacted streams.
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Factors affecting the permeability of transportation and riparian corridors to the movements of songbirds in an urban landscape.
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Linear features associated with transportation and riparian corridors are known to inhibit the mobility of birds and other wildlife, yet the factors c...
Effects of late summer cattle grazing on the diversity of riparian pasture vegetation in an upland conifer forest.
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Assessing the impact of Impatiens glandulifera on riparian habitats: partitioning diversity components following species removal.
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Riparian reserves within oil palm plantations conserve logged forest leaf litter ant communities and maintain associated scavenging rates.
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HomeMoviesThe Most Famous Movie Props and Movie Memorabilia of All Time
The Most Famous Movie Props and Movie Memorabilia of All Time
There's no better way to bring home a slice of Hollywood than buying famous movie props, memorabilia, and a piece of movie history. It wasn't until the '70s that movie studios caught on to the fact that their movie props may actually be worth a pretty penny. In the past, props and costumes were just stored away or reused. Sometimes employees would take them home as souvenirs. Thousands of items were auctioned off when James Thomas Aubrey, Jr. became president of MGM studios. This cost-cutting measure sparked a collecting craze. We want to know which props were the most popular and how much they sell for?
Let's take a look at the most famous movie props and movie memorabilia of all time.
The Time-Traveling DeLorean from 'Back to the Future'
Only four customized DeLoreans are known to exist today. The iconic movie memorabilia is on display with one car at Universal Studios Orlando, and one at Universal Studios Hollywood. One went to auction in 2011 and fetched a price of $640,000.
Aragorn's Sword from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
For the final film of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Sir Christopher Lee put the weapon of hero Aragorn up for sale. The sword, dubbed 'Andúril,' sold for nearly double the estimated price at a cool $520,000. The sword is up there as one of the most expensive prop weapons ever sold and one of the famous movie props ever made.
Marilyn Monroe's Dress from 'The Seven Year Itch'
Marilyn Monroe's dress in 'The Seven Year Itch' has to be one of the most iconic movie moments of all time. The dress was a collection out of 3500 costumes designed by Debbie Reynolds, who has intended to put them on display in her own museum. Although that dream never came true, she decided to sell her collection. In 2011, the iconic movie dress fetched a whopping $5.4 million (minus the $1.2 million commission fee).
KITT from 'Nightrider'
KITT made an impression on-screen as the AI supercar in 1982. Many copies of the cool car were made over the years. David Hasselhoff sold his own 1986 KITT in 2014. Only two years later and a 1984 Pontiac Firebird made to look like the iconic movie prop car went up for auction and swiftly sold for $40,000.
Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber
In real life, Luke's Jedi weapon is less magical as the handle was simply made from a tube of an old Graflex camera. This handheld flash had a blade attached, which was just a wooden pole that had special projection paint applied to it to give off light, which was added post-production. Although the construction was humble, the weapon from 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'A New Hope' sold for an amazing $285,000 in 2008.
James Bond's Aston Martin from 'Goldfinger'
Both 'Goldfinger' and Thunderball' featured the famous DB5 car. Everyone's favorite British spy had the car at his disposal as well as all the necessary gadgets for espionage. The car performed effects such as rotating license plates, it had an ejector seat, and also front wing machine guns. It's certainly up there with the famous movie props ever made. The second car was more suitable for the road, and even though one of these cars was stolen in Boca Rotan at an air hanger, never to be seen again, the other DB5 sold for $4.6M at auction.
Dorothy's Shoes from 'The Wizard of Oz'
Although in L. Frank Baum's book, the ruby red shoes in the film were actually silver in the book, the color was changed to show off the vibrantly colored yellow brick road. Only four known pairs are known to have survived. In 2005, one pair was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum, and another pair is on display at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. In 2000, another pair went up for auction, and the last pair sold for a gargantuan $660,000. This iconic movie prop has to be the most expensive pair of shoes.
Rick's Cafe Doors from 'Casablanca'
Every character has walked through the doors of Rick's cafe in the film Casablanca. The film shows the cafe, and as the camera pans down, the doors are in the scene to show all the activity going on inside. For old school movie fans, these doors are the most famous movie props ever. In 2014 these iconic movie memorabilia cafe doors sold for a staggering $136,000.
Overall, six cars were made for the film, yet only one, registered as GEN11 in the UK, was road-worthy. Arguably one of the most famous movie props from England, in 2010 the car made several appearances before going up for auction in 2011. It sold for a whopping $956,000.
Audrey Hepburn's Little Black Dress from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
As Hepburn steps out of a yellow New York taxi, she dons the iconic black dress in the opening scene of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' The dress was designed by Givenchy, a close friend of Hepburn's. There are only 3 of the black dresses known to have survived. In Madrid one is on display at a costume museum, Givenchy has one in his archive, and the last one sold in 2006 at an auction for $958,000.
Your Famous Movie Props Questions Answered
What is the most valuable movie prop?
Robby the Robot, is the most valuable movie prop of all time, selling for $5.375, in an auction house in New York. It first stated in Forbidden planet in 1956 before going on to appear in Twilight Zone and The Addams Family.
Where do movie props go?
Once filming has wrapped up movie props are usually either sent a warehouse, sold at an auction or taken home by the designer. They also find their way onto other movie sets, into themed restaurants, into museums, and even in the trash. If actors are fond of a particular item they can sometimes keep them.
What is the most expensive movie poster?
The most expensive movie poster is from the 1932 film, The Mummy. It sold for $435,000 in 1997 and remains the highest amount ever paid for a poster.
Do they really destroy expensive cars in movies?
While most movies don't have the money to continually destroy expensive cars take after take, expensive cars do get destroyed. However, a lot of the time on screen trickery is used to convince the audience expensive cars have been destroyed.
What's the most expensive iconic movie prop, or famous movie memorabilia you know of? Let us know in the comments!
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Vladimir Karpovich Dmitriev (; November 24, 1868, Ray, Smolensky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate – September 30, 1913, Gatchina) was a Russian mathematical economist and statistician. Dmitriev was born in Smolensk and completed his studies in Moscow.

He was one of the early developers of Input-Output analysis, by proposing mathematical methods to determine of full labour costs. His ideas were revived by V. S. Nemchinov in 1959. He was an important influence on Alexander Chayanov who in 1926 adapted his methods for use in agricultural context.

Major works
 Economic Essays on Value, Competition and Utility, 1898-1902.
I.The Theory of Value of David Ricardo: An attempt at a rigorous analysis (1898),
II. The Theory of Competition of Augustin Cournot (1902),
III. The Theory of Marginal Utility (1902)
translation introduced by Domenico Mario Nuti, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974

References

External links
 Profile of Vladimir Karpovich Dmitriev at the History of Economic Thought website.

1868 births
1913 deaths
People from Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast
People from Smolensky Uyezd
Russian economists

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The Dictator – Review
THE DICTATOR (2012)
Director: Larry Charles. Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley.
Heralded by a strong marketing campaign that makes it sound as the most controversial movie since the last temptation of Christ, The Dictator is a strange hybrid. It is certainly not what the trailers makes it look like, nor is as innovative as Sacha Baron Cohen's best work (well… so to speak… I guess I'm referring to Borat, which is no masterpiece but at least it felt new at the time). I call this a strange hybrid because in trying to be both controversial and a crowd-pleaser, rude and cute, clever and silly, in the end might just dissatisfy pretty much everyone.
This time the documentary style from both Borat and Bruno has been abandoned in favour of a more straight forward and linear structure. But while there are undoubtedly some inspire puns and good ideas here and there (right from the start the mother dying in child-birth), the story (or rather lack of one) is so idiotic and pedestrian that leaves those few good jokes too exposed and definitely not enough to keep you engaged even if the overall length movie is pretty short.
Believe me, I'm all in favour of good satire and I'm certainly not one of those who claim we should not joke on delicate issued like racism, xenophobia, terrorism and Arab (or Western) stereotypes and preconceptions. If it's done with a purpose and if it's clever, it can be as sharp as a knife and quite effective. Sadly here, you can just see sporadic glimpses of what this film could have been, had it not fallen into the trappings of a thin love story. Four Lions tried it last year: it was not completely successful, but it was a noble attempt. Here, the satirical edge of the Dictator is too diluted among cheap slapstick and unnecessary interludes, extraneous to the central message (the masturbation sequence for example, rude for its own sake, was just cheap and unfunny in my book, just to mention one… Just being rude for the sake of being rude should really not be the purpose of such film. Leave that to Apatow).
The Dictator was so desperate to offend and be controversial that it forgot its main purpose: to be funny. In the end it just fell flat. This is certainly not Dr Strangelove, but it's not South Park or Team America either. It's just a collection of gags, some more successful than others; a sort of modern-day (and more polished and slick) Kentuky Fried Movie (and let's not forget that even that one is NOT a good movie!).In theory there is nothing wrong comedies made up with a series of gags all stringed together by a silly story. Look at Airplane! But at least on that one the gag rate was so fast that all you did is laugh… here the laughs are too few.
At the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding: I was in a half-packed theatre surrounded by what I suppose must have been the core audience for this type of product (a 20-something crowd) and the silence that welcomed some of the supposedly funny jokes was deafening: a clear sign that I was not alone in feeling sorry for a film that is just not as clever as it thinks it is…
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Mixed feelings for Frankford teacher retiring amid pandemic
FRANKFORD — With all schools in New Jersey closed from March until at least fall, teachers and students have been forced to adjust to a unique and often unfamiliar form of instruction since.
Doug Post, a fifth-grade teacher at Frankford Township School is retiring at the end of June, and after 40 years as a teacher, remote learning is not the way he wanted to end his career.
"To end this way is definitely a surreal way to end my career," he said. "I can't say that I've enjoyed it. I'd much rather be in the classroom with my students to say hello and so long."
Despite the circumstances, Post will still be recognized by the school community during Frankford's "drive-thru" graduation ceremony for the eighth-graders Friday at the Sussex County Fairgrounds. He will also be honored as part of the Recognition Drive program, with his name featured on a street sign above the road near the school for the month of October.
For Post, who has only ever taught at Frankford School beginning in September 1979, the novel coronavirus pandemic brought his presence in the classroom to an abrupt end.
"With the shutdown of schools, this has been an anticlimactic way to end a career," his son Sean said. "I know he is experiencing many of the feelings that graduates have by not being able to celebrate their achievements in the normal way."
A resident of Frankford since he was a young child, Post started as a student at the school where he would eventually teach for 41 years. He taught students whose children would later be in his class — "No grandchildren yet, though," he quipped — and his own son, Brendan, is now among his coworkers as a gym teacher at the school.
Post also served as a teacher for his three children, an arrangement which led to some unusual situations during their time at the school. Sean Post recalled a time when his father marked his best friend as having not completed his homework — an assignment the two had worked on at the Posts' house —before it was found among the family's recycling items a week later.
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I downloaded the firmware and dragged PSP across and merged.
I then ran the PROUPDATE followed by the FASTRECOVERY which appear to do what was expected.
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Q: Python Try/Except firing TypeError despite Except clause I'm following along with the Python docs for try/except with the following effort:
def profile_check(self):
    try:
        profile = self.profile_type
        return profile
    except TypeError:
        ...

self.profile_type is a field in a Django model which doesn't exist in this case (therefore it returns as None). However, something seems to be missing, because it never moves on to the actions for except, rather it immediately throws the TypeError exception:
>>> a.profile_check()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

This is my first effort with try-catch, so I know it's something basic.

A: First off, your problem is that profile_check is set to None for some reason. That's why it's giving you that error when you call it.
As for your try/catch problem, if a variable doesn't exist, then the Python interpreter will throw a NameError at you. Try substituting TypeError for that.
I can't help you with your profile_check-is-None situation though without anymore context though. Sorry!

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Interstate 579 (I-579) is a north–south Interstate Highway entirely within Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The highway is  long. I-579 is also known as the Crosstown Boulevard since it crosses the backside of Downtown Pittsburgh.

The northern terminus of I-579 is at I-279 beyond the north end of the Veterans Bridge; the southern terminus splits to the Liberty Bridge southbound and Boulevard of the Allies eastbound, which leads to I-376 east. The intersection of I-579 and I-279 is in one direction only; northbound traffic on I-579 can proceed only northbound on I-279 while only southbound traffic on I-279 can exit onto I-579.

I-579 allows Liberty Bridge traffic easy access to I-279, and I-279 southbound traffic easier access to PPG Paints Arena, downtown, and eastern regions of the city, while I-279 southbound continues to Acrisure Stadium, PNC Park, and to westbound I-376 which leads to Pittsburgh International Airport.

Route description

I-579 begins at an interchange with Pennsylvania Route 885 (PA 885; Boulevard of the Allies) and the approach to the Liberty Bridge over the Monongahela River in Downtown Pittsburgh, heading to the north-northeast as a four-lane freeway. At the southern terminus, the highway has a northbound exit and southbound entrance providing access to 6th Avenue and Forbes Avenue near Duquesne University. The road passes several skyscrapers as it comes to an interchange at Centre Avenue with a northbound exit and southbound entrance that provides access to the PPG Paints Arena. Immediately following is a left exit in the northbound direction and a southbound entrance that connects to 7th Avenue that serves the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. At this point, I-579 runs to the west of the former site of the Civic Arena and comes to the PA 380 interchange, a northbound exit and southbound entrance, in addition to a southbound exit and northbound entrance accessing 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue. The freeway turns north as it passes over railroad tracks to the east of Union Station, the Amtrak station serving Pittsburgh. Here, it is seven lanes total with three travel lanes in each direction and two reversible high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV lanes) in the center. The HOV lanes connect to Bedford Avenue near the Civic Arena at the south end. The highway turns northwest as it crosses the Allegheny River on the Veterans Bridge. A short distance after the bridge, I-579 ends at an interchange with I-279/US Route 19 Truck (US 19 Truck) and PA 28, at which point the route merges into northbound I-279 with ramps to and from westbound PA 28.

History

I-579's roots go back to 1966 when the short  Crosstown Boulevard from the Boulevard of the Allies (PA 885) to Bigelow Boulevard (PA 380) was designated as Interstate 479 (I-479).

Despite the choice of number, its parent I-79 was only completed in certain areas; there would be no connection of the two routes until 1989. By 1971, with only little progression of I-79 near I-479's northern terminus and easy (but indirect) access to then-I-76 (now I-376 Parkway East) from the southern terminus, I-479 was renumbered as Interstate 876 (I-876).

This was renumbered again on October 2, 1972, as its current designation of I-579; in addition, I-79's designation from Pittsburgh to Robinson Township was "swapped" with I-279's segment south of the Ohio River from PA 51 to the Parkway West interchange. In 1989, both of I-79's auxiliary routes were finally connected with the openings of I-279 (Parkway North) from the Fort Duquesne Bridge/North Shore to its northern terminus at I-79 in Franklin Park and the Veterans Bridge which extended I-579 across the Allegheny River to its new northern terminus at I-279 in Pittsburgh's East Allegheny neighborhood.

In 2019, the I-579 Cap Urban Connector Project began in order to build a pedestrian park over I-579 with the goal of better connecting downtown to the Hill District. The project was completed in 2021 and the park opened to the public on November 22, 2021.

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References

External links

 I-579 on Kurumi.com
 Interstate Guide - I-579
 Pennsylvania Highways: I-579
 I-579 at AARoads.com
 Pennsylvania Roads - I-579

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4442.0 - Family Characteristics and Transitions, Australia, 2006-07
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/06/2008 Reissue
Summary of Findings
More couple families without dependent children (Media Release)
15/08/2008: Additional data cubes were released containing selected State versions of publication tables, in Excel spreadsheet format.
15/07/2008: This publication is being reissued to correct estimates and proportions in table 15 for "Couple relationship history" and "Number of couple relationships" data items. Other data items in table 15 are correct. Graph 5 on page 10, and associated text on pages 9 and 10 of the Summary of Findings have been updated to reflect the corrections to table 15. Table 10 has also been corrected to include 125,000 children aged under 18 years of age living with both their natural parents and in a blended family. These children were previously included in the total numbers of children presented in the table.
20/06/2008: Additional data cubes were released that present tables contained in the publication in Excel format.
This publication presents results from the 2006-07 Family Characteristics and Transitions Survey (FCTS) and compares them to results from the 2003 and 1997 Family Characteristics Surveys (FCS), providing information about changing patterns of family and household composition in contemporary Australia. Information on family transitions such as relationship history, relationship expectations, children born and fertility expectations is also presented in this publication.
Information is presented for the Australian population living in private dwellings, excluding very remote parts of Australia.
In 2006-07 there were 8.1 million households in Australia, of which 72% (5.8 million) contained one or more families. Families, as counted in the survey, are defined as:
two or more persons, one of whom is at least 15 years of age, who are related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adoption, step or fostering; and
who are usually resident in the same household.
Family households contained 17.7 million people, or 87% of the Australian population living in private dwellings (excluding very remote parts of Australia). The vast majority of family households contained only one family (97% of all family households in 2006-07) ( table 1).
Lone person households comprised 25% of Australian households in 2006-07, with 2 million people, or 10% of the Australian population (in private dwellings) living alone. There were more women than men living alone. Neither the proportion of lone person households, nor the greater proportion of lone women compared to lone men, has changed over the last decade ( table 1).
The proportion of people living in group households has declined over the past decade, with group households comprising 3% of total population living in private dwellings in Australia in 2006-07, down from 5% in 1997 and 4% in 2003 ( table 1).
Families may be comprised of:
couples with or without co-resident children of any age;
lone parents with co-resident children of any age; or
other families of related adults, such as brothers or sisters living together, where no couple or parent-child relationship exists.
Of the 5.9 million families in Australia in 2006-07, 85% (5.0 million) were couple families, 14% (808,000) were one parent families and 1% (81,000) were other families (table 1).
For couple families, those with co-resident children of any age outnumbered those without children of any age. The proportion of couple families with children has been decreasing over the last 10 years (was 48% of total families in 1997, 46% in 2003 and 45% in 2006-07), while the proportion of couple families without children of any age has been increasing over time (was 35% of total families in 1997, 38% in 2003 and 40% in 2006-07) (table 1). Around Australia, those states or territories with a higher than average proportion of couple families without children of any age were Queensland (42%), South Australia (42%), Western Australia (42%) and Tasmania (44%) ( table 2).
The proportion of one parent families with children of any age declined slightly in 2006-07 compared to previous years (14% in 2006-07 down from 15% in both 2003 and 1997) ( table 1).
Families with co-resident children of any age
Families with co-resident children of any age (3.5 million) made up 59% of all families in 2006-07. Of all families with children of any age, 78% had dependent children (aged less than 15 years or a full-time dependent student aged 15 to 24 years), while 22% had non-dependent children only. In 2006-07, there were 2.6 million families with at least one child aged 0 to 17 years (44% of all families) ( table 1).
The proportion of one parent families where the youngest co-resident child was aged 0 to 4 has decreased over the last decade, to 15% (of all one parent families) in 2006-07 down from 21% in 2003 ( table 4).
EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF PARENTS
Both parents were employed in 63% of the 2.2 million couple families with co-resident dependent children. The proportion of couple families with dependent children where both parents were employed generally increased with the age of the youngest dependent child, from 49% of families where the youngest child was aged 0 to 4 years, to 75% of families where the youngest dependent child was a full-time student aged 15 to 24 years ( table 6).
Of all couple families with co-resident dependent children, 5% had neither parent employed in 2006-07. Of all one parent families with dependent children, 41% had a co-resident parent who was not employed (table 6). There were 607,000 dependent children (12%) living in families without an employed co-resident parent, although in some cases other people in these households were employed. There were 508,000 dependent children (10%) living in a household where no one was employed ( table 7).
1 FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, Whether parent(s) employed by age of youngest dependent child
For lone mothers with co-resident dependent children, 34% of those whose youngest child was aged 0 to 4 years were employed, mostly on a part-time basis. This proportion increased to 71% of lone mothers where their youngest dependent child was a full-time student aged 15 to 24 years, with most then employed on a full-time basis ( table 6).
2 FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, Whether mother employed full-time or part-time
FAMILY STRUCTURES
Of all families in 2006-07 with co-resident children aged 0 to 17 years (2.6 million), 80% were couple families and 20% were one parent families ( table 1). The proportion of families with children aged 0 to 17 years that were couple families has increased since 2003 (up from 78%), while the proportion of one parent families with children aged 0 to 17 years has declined since 2003 (down from 22%) ( table 8).
The majority of all couple and one parent families in 2006-07 with co-resident children aged 0 to 17 years were intact couple families (1.9 million or 73% of all families with children aged 0 to 17 years). These are families in which the children are the natural or adopted children of both parents and there are no step children. The remaining couple families with children aged 0 to 17 years were step or blended families. Step families are those formed when parents re-partner following separation or death of their partner and there is at least one step child of either member of the couple, but no natural or adopted child of this couple. There were 94,000 step families with co-resident children aged 0 to 17 years in 2006-07 (4% of all families with children aged 0 to 17 years). A blended family contains a step child but also a natural or adopted child of both parents. There were 80,000 blended families with co-resident children aged 0 to 17 years in 2006-07 (3% of all families with children aged 0 to 17 years). There has been little change in the proportions of intact, step or blended couple families since 1997 ( table 8).
In 2006-07, the majority of one parent families with co-resident children aged 0 to 17 years were lone mother families (17% of all families with children aged 0 to 17 years) compared to lone father families (3% of all families with children aged 0 to 17 years) ( table 8).
Most families in which the youngest co-resident child was aged 0 to 4 years were intact couple families (81% of all families with the youngest child aged 0 to 4 years). The proportions for intact families with older co-resident children were lower - 69% of all families with the youngest child aged 5 to 9 years, 67% of all families with the youngest child aged 10 to 14 years and 65% of all families with the youngest child aged 15 to 17 years were intact families ( table 9).
3 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGED 0-17 YEARS, Family structure by age of youngest child
In 2006-07, there were:
14,000 grandparent families in which the grandparents were guardians or main carers of co-resident children aged 0 to 17 years. The number of grandparent families has decreased since 2003 when there were 23,000 grandparent families with children aged 0 to 17 years;
7,000 foster families in which there was one or more co-resident foster child; and
27,000 same-sex couple families. The majority of these couples had no children.
These families contribute to total couple families in publication tables, but are not separately identified.
CHILDREN WITH PARENTS LIVING ELSEWHERE
Of the 4.8 million children aged 0 to 17 years in 2006-07, just over 1 million (22%) had a natural parent living elsewhere, compared to 21% in 1997 and 23% in 2003. Of these children, 75% lived in one parent families, 12% in step families and 10% in blended families. Children were more likely to live with their mother than their father after parents separated. The vast majority of natural parents living elsewhere were fathers (82% of these children had a father living elsewhere) ( table 10).
Contact arrangements
Of the children aged 0 to 17 years with a natural parent living elsewhere, 43% (444,000) saw this parent at least once per fortnight, while 28% rarely saw their other natural parent (less than once per year or never). Of children with a natural parent living elsewhere, 4% spent half their nights or more per year living with that other parent, while 19% of children spent less than 10% of their nights per year (for example, less than 3 nights per month) staying overnight with the parent living elsewhere. Fourteen percent of children spent between 10% and 20% of their nights (for example, between 3 and 6 nights per month) with that parent. Almost half (47%) never stayed overnight with their parent living elsewhere ( table 11).
In 2006-07, 47% of children aged 0 to 4 years saw their parent living elsewhere at least once a fortnight, compared with 50% of children aged 5 to 9 years, 42% of children aged 10 to 14 years and 35% of children aged 15 to 17 years. For overnight stays, 50% of all children aged 5 to 9 years and 52% of all children aged 10 to 14 years with a natural parent living elsewhere stayed overnight with that parent. The proportions were lower for younger children aged 0 to 4 years (33%), and older children 15 to 17 years (38%) ( table 13).
4 CHILDREN SEEING NATURAL PARENT LIVING ELSEWHERE, Frequency of visits by age of child
NON-RESIDENT PARENTS
Non-resident parents are those people who do not usually live with their children aged 0 to 17 years (their children usually live with the other natural parent). In 2006-07, there were 470,000 non-resident parents. Most non-resident parents were fathers (82%). Almost half (49%) of the fathers were members of a couple family, while 36% of them lived alone. Other non-resident fathers lived in group households (4%) or as lone parents (10%). Of non-resident mothers, 56% were members of a couple family, 28% were lone parents, and 10% lived alone ( table 14).
COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS
Of the 15.5 million people in Australia aged 18 years and over living in private dwellings (excluding those in very remote parts of Australia) in 2006-07, 65% were currently married, either in a registered marriage (55% or 8.5 million people), or a de facto marriage (10% or 1.6 million people) ( table 15).
Relationship history
Information on a person's marriages (either registered or de facto), including current and past relationships, was collected in 2006-07. When asked about the number of marriages they have had, some people may have reported a registered marriage preceded by cohabitation as one relationship (i.e. one registered marriage), while others may have counted the period of cohabitation as a de facto marriage separate to the registered marriage. Therefore people who had been in a registered marriage preceded by a period of cohabitation may be included either in the category 'Registered marriage(s) only' or in the category 'Both registered and de facto marriages'.
Forty-four percent (6.8 million) of adults reported that they had only been in a registered marriage, while 8% of adults reported that they had only been in a de facto marriage. About one-quarter (26%) of people reported that they had been in both at least one registered marriage and at least one de facto marriage (this may include some who cohabited prior to entering into a registered marriage). Around 3.2 million adults (21%) had never been married (either registered or de facto). Most people in the 18-24 year age group (83%) had never been married, while only 3% of people over the age of 64 years had never been married ( table 15).
Experiences of partnering varied with age. Compared with older people, a higher proportion of people aged below 35 years had been in a de facto marriage and had not entered into any registered marriages (10% of those aged 18-24 years and 18% of those aged 25-34 years). Over the age of 34 years, most people reported that they had been in a registered marriage, but had not been in any de facto marriage relationships (50% or more in age groups 35 to 74 years). The proportion of adults reporting that they had been in both a registered marriage and a de facto marriage (which may have included some people who cohabited before registered marriage) increased with age, from 12% of 25 to 34 year olds, to 42% for those people aged 65 years and over. Over half of those aged 75 years and over (51%) reported that they were currently in a registered marriage, and a further 41% were widows/widowers. Thirty-six percent of people aged 75 years and over reported that they had been with their partner for 50 years or more ( table 15).
5 PERSONS AGED 18 YEARS AND OVER, Relationship history by age (years)
Characteristics of registered marriage
In 2006-07, 11% of couples aged 65 to 74 years and 5% of couples aged 75 years or more who were currently in a registered marriage reported that they cohabited before getting married. In comparison, 67% of those aged 25-34 years who were currently in a registered marriage reported that they cohabited before getting married. Of the 25-34 year olds who cohabited before marrying, more of them lived together for 3 or more years (46%) than for shorter periods (only 14% lived together for less than 1 year before marrying) ( table 16).
Of all people currently in a registered marriage, 45% were aged between 18 to 24 years at the time of their registered marriage. The proportions of people entering into a registered marriage at this age were higher for persons aged 55 years or more ( table 16).
6 PERSONS AGED 25 YEARS AND OVER, Proportion married at age 18-24 years by current age (years)
Expectations for registered marriage
Of the 1.6 million people over the age of 18 years who were in a de facto marriage in 2006-07, 42% stated that they expected to enter into a registered marriage with their current partner. Most of those aged 34 years or less in a de facto marriage (60%) reported that they expected to enter into a registered marriage with their current partner ( table 15).
Twenty-eight percent or 437,000 people over the age of 18 currently in a de facto marriage reported that they did not expect to enter into a registered marriage with their current de facto partner, with most of these persons aged between 35 and 54 years. 392,000 or 25% of those people in a de facto marriage reported that they did not know whether they would enter into a registered marriage with their partner ( table 15).
Parental transitions in childhood
Fifteen percent of adults surveyed in 2006-07 reported that during their childhood (before they turned 18) their parents or guardians had divorced or separated. Younger people (aged 18 to 34) were more likely to report that their parents had separated. Nine percent of adults reported that during their childhood (before they turned 18) a parent or guardian had died. The reported rate of parental death during childhood was higher for those people currently aged 65 years and over (16%) ( table 20).
In 2006-07, of males and females aged 18 to 24 years, 49% of males and 45% of females had never left the parental home. These proportions decreased for those adults aged 25 to 34 years, where 13% of males and 15% of females had never left home. Of all males and females aged 18 to 34 years still living at their parental home, 15% of males and 28% of females nevertheless lived separately from their parents (including those whose parents died or left the parental home). The reason most frequently given by young adults for still living with their parents was financial reasons (33%), followed closely by the convenience and/or enjoyment of living at home (29%) ( table 19).
Of the 3.5 million people aged 18 to 34 years old who had left the parental home, 32% moved out so they could be independent. Other common reasons for moving out of home were to live with their partner or to get married (18%), to study (17%) or because of their employment or career (11%) ( table 19).
Children born
In 2006-07, 10.1 million or 65% of the adult population in Australia (in private dwellings, excluding very remote parts of Australia) reported that they have had natural children. Of these people, 41% reported that they have had two children, and 39% reported that they have had three or more ( table 17).
7 PERSONS AGED 18 YEARS AND OVER, Proportion who have had children by age (years)
People in the older age groups were more likely to report that they had larger families. Thirty-four percent of parents aged 35 to 54 who have had natural children reported that they have had three or more children, compared with 61% of parents aged 75 and over ( table 17). Of those people aged 18 years and over who reported that they have not had children, 64% were aged 18 to 34 years, compared to 7% of those aged 65 years and over.
Of those adults who reported that they have had natural children, 69% were aged less than 30 years when they had their first child. This proportion increases to 75% for those people who are currently aged 65 years or more. Less than 10% of parents were aged 35 years or more when their first child was born. Females were more likely to have been aged less than 25 years when they had their first child (45%) than males (24%). This proportion increases to 56% for females aged between 55 and 74 years, compared to 30% of males; and decreases to 27% for females aged 35 to 44 years, compared to 16% for males of that age ( table 17).
FERTILITY EXPECTATIONS
Women aged 18 to 49 years were asked in the survey about their future expectations of bearing children. The proportions who expected to bear children in the future varied according to age.
8 WOMEN AGED 18-49 YEARS, Expectations for having children by age
Of those women who have already had children, the proportions who expected to have more children decreased from 66% of those aged 18 to 24 years to 5% of those aged 35 years and over. Of those women who had not yet had children, 78% of those aged 18 to 24 years and 75% of those aged 25 to 29 years expected to have children. For those aged 35 to 49 who had never had children, 14% expected to have children in the future ( table 18). The main reason for women not expecting to bear any children, was because the women considered themselves or their partner to be too old.
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Showing 46 articles from December 9, 2015.
LOUISBURG -- Two of the county's oldest volunteer rescue squads will shut their doors on Dec. 31, signaling the end of an era in Louisburg and Franklinton.
The Louisburg and Franklinton rescue squads notified Emergency Services staff that the county did not need to recertify their franchise agreements.
Both operations will cease on Dec. 31.
Louisburg was the county's oldest squad, beginning rescue runs in 1948.
LOUISBURG -- When Novant Health pulled the plug on its Louisburg medical center in October, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners chose County Manager Angela Harris to be its spokesperson on hospital matters -- providing one voice for the community to adhere.
That didn't stop all the jibber jabber, though, whether through social media or on the street corner.
Toward the end of Monday night's meeting, Commission Chair Sidney Dunston said it's time to set the record straight about what county leaders are doing to fill the health care void created by Novant's departure.
It's official, the Christmas season is upon us, especially since Jolly Old Santa Claus has made his appearance in area parades, including the Chamber of Commerce's parade in Louisburg last Sunday as is evident in the photo (left).
FRANKLINTON -- Police arrested a Franklinton man involved in a shooting that erupted over a social media dispute.
According to a report by Chief John Green Jr., officers responded to a call of a fight in progress involving gunplay in the 400 block of Green Street the afternoon of Dec. 6.
When Green arrived, according to the report, he did not find anyone at the location, but located someone on a backstreet who said they heard yelling, gunshots and saw someone running toward Chavis Street and stashing a possible weapon.
LOUISBURG -- A few more people have announced their intent to seek public office, including two Republicans that guarantee a primary race for a county commissioner seat.
Incumbent District 5 Commissioner Don Lancaster announced he will not seek re-election and Republicans Michael Schriver and Patrick Hart have filed for the seat.
A Democrat has not filed for that party's nomination in the spring primary.
Sometimes it's right there under your nose and you don't notice until someone points it out.
In all my years of crawling under, around and through old houses -- and old furniture -- I never thought about it as a tactile experience that links to another time.
That is until listening to Ramona Bartos, deputy state historic preservation officer, during the Person Place's annual meeting last week.
She recalled how young children reacted when she took them to visit an early 18th century (Circa 1730) Lutheran church in Georgia.
An opportunity missed -- and some have been placing the blame for that omission in the wrong place.
When Kent Winstead was running for sheriff more than a year ago, he pledged to operate more transparently and to begin his term with a professional audit to determine exactly where that department stood financially.
That audit has never happened.
Officials are hand in hand: It's a Festivus Miracle!
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column describing a palpable tension at a county commissioner's meeting when Louisburg Town Councilman Boyd Sturges walked into the meeting and took a seat as the county's legal counsel -- assuming the role for his absent law partner, Pete Tomlinson.
There was notable chatter inside the county commissioner's meeting space, Sturges walked in, and just like in those old Western's when the villain walks in, the sound stopped and you could hear a pin drop.
While not a complete lie, Pat McCrory began his Dec. 1 re-election announcement video with the following words which are worthy of comparison to a stretch from Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey's career: "Long before I was elected governor, one of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life was to come home after my job was eliminated and tell Ann I didn't have a job anymore."
McCrory attempts to play the "I'm one of you card," which so many politicians play when asking for votes.
Dear editor: On Saturday night, my wife and I attended a performance of "The Christmas Bus," produced and directed by Wally Hurst, and staged at the Norris Theater on the Louisburg College campus.
Dear editor: We would like to commend and thank Tommy Wester for erecting that beautiful holiday flag at his business site on Bickett Boulevard.
It's a welcome site which is seen from afar!
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Funeral services for Vickie Elaine Yarborough Artis, 53, of Farmington Hills, Mich., formerly of Louisburg, who died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, at Jones Chapel Baptist Church in Louisburg, with the Rev. Lenwood V. Long officiating. Burial will be in Pinelawn Memorial Park in Kinston.
OXFORD - William Wallace Mullen, 92, of Oxford, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior December 2, 2015. Born in Bunn, Franklin Co, NC, he was the son of Benjamin McClane Mullen and Pattie Christopher White Mullen of Bunn and later Youngsville, NC.
UP AND OVER. Bunn's Chris Bumpers (with ball) elevates for yardage during last Friday night's home victory over Clinton High School in the semifinals of the Class 2-AA State Football Playoffs.
BUNN - Curious -- and wildly euphoric -- how the events of a split second can determine the path of a game, a career and nearly 30 years of dedication to a common cause.
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. Placekicker Fabian Avila-Soria (right) was clutch down the stretch while helping the Bunn Wildcats advance to the Class 2-AA State Championship Football Game.
BUNN -- A baseball fan growing up, Fabian Avila-Soria took an unlikely path toward providing one of the most immortal moments in the storied history of the Bunn High School football program.
Avila-Soria, a senior placekicker, nailed the score-tying field goal at the horn to force overtime -- and then converted the eventual clinching PAT in the extra session to help Bunn defeat Clinton last Friday at home in the semifinals of the Class 2-AA State Playoffs.
BIG GAME NEEDED. Tevin Perry could become Bunn\'s single-season rushing leader during Saturday\'s championship game against Monroe High School.
BUNN -- Bunn's quest for its first-ever state football crown has one final road block -- and it's quite an imposing one.
Undefeated Monroe, which swept through West Regional competition, will serve as Bunn's opponent during Saturday's Class 2-AA State Championship Game.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Tickets are available by presale at Bunn High School at a cost of $9 through Friday afternoon.
LOOSE BALL. (L to R) Louisburg's Vinny Agee and Vance-Granville's Chris Pernell try to snare a rebound during last Wednesday night's college basketball matchup in Henderson.
HENDERSON -- During warmups, Vance-Granville Community College men's basketball coach Mike Woody donned a pair of cloth reindeer antlers to commemorate the holiday season.
But once the game started, Louisburg College skipper Neil Dixon would serve in the Christmas role of Ebenezer Scrooge as his Hurricanes spoiled the annual Vanguard Night at VGCC in Region X men's basketball action.
SPIN MOVE. Bunn's Jaylin Brown tries to escape a hold as part of Tuesday's tri-match at Louisburg High School.
LOUISBURG -- A pair of shorthanded squads didn't let that fact keep them from experiencing success during Tuesday night's wrestling tri-match at the Louisburg High School Gymnasium.
The homestanding Louisburg Warriors competed with just five performers but were still able to claim a victory in all but one of the combined matches the team wrestled against backyard rivals Northern Vance and Bunn in non-conference action.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Pairings have been finalized for this weekend's 102nd Annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Football Championships.
Games will be held at the University of North Carolina, Wake Forest University and North Carolina State University.
WARREN COUNTY -- Christian Buffaloe, 16, recently competed in the "2015 World Kyokushin Karate Teen Championships" in Tokyo, Japan.
There were over 1,500 competitors from around the world fighting for the elite teen title in several categories.
This prestigious event is held once every four years and is sponsored by the International Kyokushin Karate Organization in Tokyo.
Christian Buffaloe was one of only two Americans in this elite championship with the majority of competitors coming from Japan and Russia.
ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats and Muddy the Mudcat are giving fans another great winter holiday gift option with the announcement of their Muddy Claus child and adult gift packages.
Each Muddy Claus children's package includes a personal visit from Muddy the Mudcat, 10 box seat tickets, a Muddy's Buddies Kid's Club ID card, a Muddy's Buddies T-shirt, a Muddy doll, a Mudcats snow globe and more for just $50.
HENDERSON -- The Kerr-Vance Academy varsity boys basketball team defeated Grace Christian of Sanford handily on Tuesday evening.
However, the varsity girls lost after playing a very close game for three quarters.
The Spartan boys turned a fairly close nine-point halftime lead into a 71-42 rout.
Wil Short led the Spartans with 16, followed by Colby Wilkerson with 10 and newcomer Ronnie Brodie, II, who also scored 10.
LOUISBURG -- Keith Lynch took a novel approach to building his lineup this fall for the Terrell Lane Middle School boys soccer squad.
Lynch, the club's head coach, opted to put some of his most talented players on defense and in the midfield.
Most of Lynch's foes in the Middle Athletic Conference took the reverse strategy, but Lynch's proved to be the most successful one as his Tornadoes won the MAC regular season and tournament championships.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College's women's basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the campaign by delivering a home victory last Saturday against Region X opponent Lenoir Community College at Taylor Center on the LC campus.
Louisburg, coached by Shay Hayes, rolled to a 70-40 conquest to improve to 10-1 on the campaign.
The outcome of the game was never in doubt after LC sprinted to a 23-7 advantage after one period of action.
GREAT SEASON. The Pink Panthers won the tournament and regular season championships in the Town of Louisburg Recreation Department's 7-9 Soccer League. Roster members for the squad were (top, l to r) Coach Kenny Abbott, Bailey Nelms, Caroline Holt, Ethan Abbott, Summer Tillitt, Will Champion, Jael Catalan, Eliu Catalan and Coach Kelly Nelms; (front, l to r) Natalie Edwards, Jayden Allen and Jenna House. The Pink Panthers went undefeated for the campaign.
Bunn's Quenten Wright lifts a pass downfield during last Friday night's playoff matchup.
Louisburg's Brandon Rodriguez (top) records a pinfall during Tuesday's wrestling action.
Bunn High School football coach David Howle proudly displays his team's Eastern Regional Championship Plaque after last Friday's overtime victory over Clinton.
Vance-Granville's Alcyone Moore (with ball) drives while being defended by Louisburg's Vinny Agee during last Wednesday's men's basketball game at Aycock Gym in Henderson.
Louisburg's Dillan Medina (left) picked up a pair of victories during Tuesday's home tri-match wrestling event against Northern Vance and Bunn at the LHS Gymnasium.
The Oakwood Waits, an a cappella group from Raleigh, will perform at Cherry Hill Plantation in Inez at 3 p.m. Dec. 20. It will feature the group, dressed in antebellum costume, for the eighth year. The performance of traditional carols and songs has been given from the Executive Mansion to the White House and has become a holiday tradition at the 1858 home of the Alston family. The board of directors of the Cherry Hill Foundation presents the singers as a Christmas gift to the community and invites everyone for an afternoon of entertainment and refreshments. For further information visit www.cherryhillconcerts.com.
How many times do we say to ourselves, 'what can I do to make things better in our communities, among our families, within our churches, inside this world we live in, etc.' as we feel very helpless until we do something together and support each other.
My point is there is nothing we can do alone, but a lot we can do together; and as a family of believers, all we have left are faith, prayer, and love, with love being the most important of all.
Although the Christmas season of 1915 was typical in some respects, many citizens of Louisburg looked forward to a special Christmas celebration -- one made happier by the efforts of the town's Civic League.
Ads that appeared in The Franklin Times in early December heralded the approaching holiday.
Fred A. Riff, a jeweler and optometrist, invited shoppers to investigate his stock of jewelry, sterling silver, fine silver plate, and cut glass items.
LOUISBURG -- "The place has power," Ramona M. Bartos, deputy North Carolina Historic Preservation officer, told her Person Place audience last Thursday night, emphasizing the word place.
Bartos was the featured speaker at the annual banquet of the Person Place Preservation Society in Louisburg and focused on ways to reach out to young people to give them an appreciation of their heritage and their history.
In late October, residents of Poplar Creek 2 in Franklinton came together to repair their entrance sign. Over the years, the sign had taken a beating, resulting in missing and broken letters, the realized.
Gene Foster, David Castor and Bobby Hawkins formed a committee to restore the entrance sign. The neighbor support was overwhelming, and a local flower shop assisted with ideas and landscaping, they reported.
Monica Kearney, (left) executive director of Safe Space, receives a check from Stephanie Brooks, a representative of the local State Employees Credit Union. The Louisburg State Employees Credit Union employees adopted Safe Space as a local organization to support. They placed collection boxes at their branch to collect paper goods, cleaning products and various personal items for the local domestic violence shelter and donated $404. Safe Space is a non-profit organization that serves Franklin County and surrounding areas with services for domestic violence and sexual assault victims and their families.
The Coats for Christmas drive is currently underway. United Way volunteer Wayne Stallings drops off some coats at Farm Bureau Insurance in Louisburg. Wayne Champion, agent with Farm Bureau, and Stallings are with United Way of Franklin County and are looking for new or good used coats. You can drop coats off at Farm Bureau Insurance, Youngsville Library or the 401 Cleaners in Louisburg. The cleaners will clean the coats as needed and coats will be dropped off to various organizations such as Care and Share, Kiwanis of Youngsville, Safe Space and needy families. Adult and children's coats are needed.
The highlight of Franklin County Arts Council's Art Stroll last Thursday night was the announcing of their 2015 Artist of the Year Award which was presented to Everett Mayo.
Mayo has been an exhibiting artist for 50 years. He is a professor of art at NC Wesleyan College and gallery director at the Four Sisters Gallery, Mims and Civic Galleries, founder and curator of the Four Sisters Gallery of Self-Taught Visionary Art of the Coastal Plain.
The Franklin County Health Department, 107 Industrial Drive, Louisburg, will have Open House and State of Our Community's Health Listening Session on Dec. 17, from 4 to 6 p.m.
This is a chance to gain insight about Franklin County health data, share your opinions, and express health needs in your community, according to organizers.
The Listening Session will take place at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
YOUNGSVILLE -- Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested a Franklinton woman on drug charges.
Jessica B. Bradley, 26, was arrested the morning of Dec. 5 and charged with felony possession of cocaine, two misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, driving while impaired and running a stop sign.
She was arrested in the 7300 block of N.C. 96 in the Wake Forest area of the county.
Joel N. Williams from Youngsville was recently promoted to 2nd Class Petty Officer E-5 in the U.S. Navy. He is stationed aboard the U.S.S. Carney. Joel is the son of Harold (Jr.) and Susan Williams.
LOUISBURG -- The State Department of Commerce has certified the Triangle North Franklin Industrial Park -- putting it among the best in the state for marketing purposes.
The distinction, approved by John Skvarla III, secretary of North Carolina Department of Commerce, gives the site an advantage when marketed locally, regionally and by the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC).