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Stanwood is an Amtrak train station in the city of Stanwood, Washington, United States. It is served by intercity Amtrak Cascades trains and consists of a single platform and an adjacent parking lot. The station is in downtown Stanwood, near the intersection of State Route 532 and the Pioneer Highway, and is also served by Community Transit and Island Transit buses.

Stanwood station opened on November 21, 2009, as an infill station on the Cascades route after several delays in design and construction. The $5 million project to build the station was approved in 2006 and began construction in March 2009 alongside a siding expansion. Stanwood was previously served by intercity passenger trains on the Great Northern Railway until 1971.

Description

Stanwood station has a single side platform, which runs northwest–southeast and measures  long. The platform has two covered shelters (designed to resemble barns), lighting, and ramps from street level. The unstaffed station lacks a ticket vending machine and baggage services, requiring passengers to buy their ticket online, on the phone, or at another station. The station is located a block north of 271st Street Northwest, the main street through downtown Stanwood, and is adjacent to a public parking lot with 20 stalls reserved for Amtrak customers.

History

Stanwood was settled in the 1870s and received its first train depot on the Seattle and Montana Railroad (later absorbed into the Great Northern Railway) in October 1891. The depot was constructed  east of the city's downtown, which was located on the Stillaguamish River, and necessitated the construction of the short H & H Railroad in 1904 to connect the two; it was nicknamed the "Dinky" and claimed to be the shortest steam railroad in the world, but suspended operations in 1938 due to low patronage and competition from automobiles. The city of East Stanwood was later established around the depot in 1906 and remained separate from Stanwood until the two communities were merged into one city in 1960. The Stanwood depot was rebuilt in 1922 and was served by passenger trains until April 30, 1971, when all Seattle–Vancouver service was suspended after Amtrak took over passenger operations from Great Northern (by then part of Burlington Northern). The depot was later demolished in the late 1970s.

Vancouver's selection as host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics accelerated several long-term projects along the Amtrak Cascades corridor to improve train operations. The $3 million expansion of a siding through Stanwood was named as a high priority and was sent to the state legislature for funding. Downtown boosters in Stanwood began pushing for a new train station in the early 2000s, hoping to piggyback off the siding expansion project, and appealed to state senator Mary Margaret Haugen for support. Senator Haugen, chairwoman of the Senate transportation committee, introduced a bill to fund the project's $5 million design and construction cost. The bill was passed by the state legislature in 2006, also approving $15 million for the original siding expansion. The legislature also considered an earlier plan that would have included provisions for commuter rail service, which was later removed from the bill.

Stanwood station when planned in 2006 was "intended to serve as an interim facility" that could be replaced by a larger multi-modal transportation facility at a later date.

Construction on the station was scheduled to begin in 2007, but was delayed by a year due to design changes requested by BNSF and a disagreement between state and federal officials over the height of the platform. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) began work on the siding expansion in May 2008 and on the station in April 2009. The station's construction was further delayed after the discovery of lead contamination at the platform site, which cost $100,000 to cleanup and caused the removal of a public restroom from design plans. Stanwood station opened on November 21, 2009, with a town celebration and ribbon-cutting after the arrival of the first northbound train.

Services

The station is served by four daily trips on Amtrak Cascades, which travels south to Seattle via Everett and north to Vancouver, British Columbia, via Mount Vernon and Bellingham. Stanwood has fairly low ridership compared to other Cascades stops, with only  passenger boardings in Amtrak's . In addition to Cascades, Stanwood station is adjacent to bus stops served by Community Transit and Island Transit routes to Camano Island and Arlington.

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External links

2009 establishments in Washington (state)
Amtrak stations in Washington (state)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2009
Transportation buildings and structures in Snohomish County, Washington


Remember those days when you use to dress up in skirts and flaunt those beautiful long legs of yours.
Do you want to be back there flaunting your legs with no extra pound of flesh?
Do you want to shed those extra pounds of yours?
Well, we all have been there and we know how difficult it is to get rid of that stubborn flesh from certain parts and one such core area is around your thighs. When it comes to losing your thigh fat and tone up your legs we all are like AHHH!! There is no viable solution for that because apparently nothing seems to work.
But, that is absolutely not true. The reason you might not be able to get rid of Jiggly thighs is that you are not making the efforts in the right direction.
So, the first step towards losing fat is to restore all your hopes which have been faded over the period of time while making efforts without any considerable output.
Why were you not able to lose fat?
We will first inform you that your efforts might have been going in vain because of the wrong workout regime you were following.
But, now it is time to pull your socks up to get back on the track and put your body and mind through a right workout and diet regime to be able to get rid of Jiggly thighs.
The first mistake that most of us make is that we focus all our efforts on workout and keep on pushing ourselves as hard as we can. Still, we don't see any prominent result. This happens because we entirely skip the dieting part.
The most essential step towards fat loss or weight loss per se is that we have to go for the right combination of workout and diet. To be more precise, it is 70% of the diet's role and 30% of workout, which actually leads to fat loss.
Now, go back to the time when you were making efforts to lose fat. Were, you following your regime this way. We are pretty sure that you were not, otherwise, it is for sure that you would have seen results.
Now, that you have got the right combination it is time to embark upon that to lead you to a fat-free life and get rid of those fleshy thighs.
How to lose fat from core areas, Jiggly thighs in our case?
Another important revelation, here is that there is no such thing as core workout and it will not lead you to anywhere.
No matter, how hard you will keep on working your legs, it will result in nothing if you do not combine it with cardiovascular exercises.
This is because to lose fat from any part of the body, you have to reduce fat proportionately and cannot just work on core areas.
So, that means that while making efforts to get rid of jiggly thighs, you will end up toning your entire body. Good news! Isn't it?
To lose fat, we have to basically tired ourselves and get sweaty, so anything which suits will work for you.
You do not necessarily need to go for strenuous exercising. But a consistent work out plan is undeniably critical for maintaining weight loss. As per medical reports, five hours of exercising in a week would be enough to keep you toned. That means 30-40 minutes for a day.
You can also divide your sessions and practice it twice a day.
Also, it does not specifically have to be exercising, any physical activity would be good for you.
This will lead to considerable and visible results very soon.
Be sure, you are actually tiring yourself and not just being present in the gym. Increase your speed rate on the treadmill with time, if you used to take walks in morning switch to a brisk walk or jogging. Get an indoor cycle, switch to stairs from lifts and so on.
All this would lead to a reduction in Body Mass Index and your eventual focus on core exercise for thigh areas would lead to some results.
The intense workout is the new trend. Put yourself too hard and strenuous workout for a minute and then rest for 30 seconds. Repeat this for 5 sets and more with time.
The intense workout has been seen as a really good effort towards fat loss.
Now it's time to go for planned eating. You can opt for any of the Diet plans– low calorie, well-balanced or so but make sure you stick to it. You should increase the protein intake in your diet that will help you lose considerably.
Plan everyday diet for you, make sure you add a substantial amount of proteins to eat that not necessarily means animal proteins. You can also go for legumes and cereals.
Include starch in your diet, prepare yummy salads with leafy vegetables and have fruity beverages.
A major issue that arises is because of our habit of overeating.
Reduce calorie intake of your body to up to 30%. Also, keep a count of calories intake. This will at least keep your brain conscious of the fact that when you need to pay attention.
Eat more often. This is one highly recommended Diet solution that keeps your weight in check.
People usually have three heavy meals a day. How would such a huge calorie intake go to help you?
It is better to break your meals and have them at intervals. This will keep your hunger in check and at the same time stimulate the metabolism in doing its job better.
Not that eating breakfast alone can keep your weight in check. But it is a scientifically proven fact that eating a substantial breakfast sets the tone for the rest of your day.
So, your breakfast essentially needs to have nutrients, minerals, and calcium to fuel you for the day.
Have a glass of milk in the morning.
Eggs would be a good start.
Go grainy with wheat and oats.
Drinking water does not directly help you lose weight. But it productively helps to stimulate your efforts towards it.
Drinking water can help you burn calories faster which would be a great help in maintaining weight scale.
Keeping yourself hydrated can keep your appetite in check to an extent. This prevents you from overeating. At least 10 glasses of water a day would be a considerable help in keeping a check on your weight.
So, here we understand the essence of fluid intake in our weight control efforts.
Now, that we have got everything in place it is time to reveal the secret of toned up legs to you.
We are now going to give you the core workout exercises that will let you work on your thighs and will give you the legs which you always wanted to flaunt.
Say goodbye to flabby thighs with these workouts. Put yourself through 30 days of resistance training and these workouts and you would see the difference for yourself.
Stand with your legs slightly apart. Now, keep your back straight and bend.
The position should be so, that your legs are bent parallel to ground.
However, you must not extend past the toes.
Now, stay in this position for 5 seconds and then get up.
This completes one rep. Do it for 15 repetitions of 3 sets and you are good to go. This not only works on your legs but also on belly fat.
Stand with your feet apart and toes facing outside and to support the position you can even hold a huge ball in your hands.
Now, what you have to do is squats like bend as low as you can and keep your back straight.
Press the ball while you are completing one rep.
Now, do this for 15 times in a row and do three sets of the same.
Lie on the floor facing the roof.
Now, bend your legs in a 90-degree angle. After, this lift the legs up pressing against the each other.
Hold this position for 5 seconds and then come down.
This completes one rep and at the beginning, considerable you need to do three sets of 15 reps each to burn the fat from inner thigh areas.
Lie on one side of your body with legs stretched out and over each other.
Slightly lift your head up with the support of your left arm or right arm if on that position.
Now, raise your right leg if you are lying on your left side and left leg if you are lying on your right side at an angle of 30 degrees.
Now, lift the leg which was under the other leg and hold the position for three seconds.
Now, one rep is complete and you can slowly return your legs to the ground.
This is a very effective exercise considerably on your core thigh areas. Keep on switching sides and on each side complete two sets of 10 reps each in the beginning.
At first Stand with your feet together.
Now, if you are doing normal lunges then take a step forward with one leg and bend as low as you can and then get up.
This is one rep. Do it in sets of 3 with 15 reps each on both sides.
This workout burns fat from core areas of thighs.
If you want to work on inner thigh fat, then you can do this exercise in the form of side lunges.
For this, Take a large step with your right foot to the right side and lunge toward the floor.
Make sure your knees do not extend past your feet as in toes. Try to keep your leg as straight as possible probably at 180-degree angle.
Then return to the start and this completes one rep. Do this for 15 repetitions in one set for each side if you are also doing lunges.
Rope skipping is a very good exercise. It does not only work on thighs but lets you lose weight completely. However, they are especially effective for legs and hence thighs.
They are easy to do and can be done at home. This is one form of cardiovascular exercise which has legs as its core focus area.
Swimming is an exceptionally good exercise for legs. The task of holding breath inside water lets you do cardiovascular workout and the swimming with rapid leg movement leads you to work on thigh areas.
The kicking motion is a great tone up exercise for legs. In fact, you can do other leg exercises inside water too. The water provides natural resistance but keeps you chill at the same time which lets you exercise for more time.
If you want long-term effects, then do not make instant changes, which your body might not even be able to take. Make small and gradual changes and keep on increasing the intensity of workout with time.
Once you start with one type of workout, the body gets used to it and stop showing results. So, it is advisable to keep on changing your workout process every four weeks.
Seek the advice of a professional trainer and a dietician at initial stages of workout to have a more responsible effort.


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Q: where can I find GladeGen? I'd like to design a GUI using Glade, and generate python code from it. The thing is, I can't find GladeGen. Does anyone know where it can be downloaded from?

A: Why not use the GUI designer is something like Anjuta or the Glade program, write that out to glade XML and use the python bindings for libglade to use the XML file ... Kind of like XAML.
Edit, added some links to Glade.xml->python
http://glc.sourceforge.net/
http://www.pygtk.org/ (might help)

A: Google is your friend.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7558

A: My suggestion is - don't generate code. Glade 3.6 can now save in the GtkBuilder format (xml), which can be loaded in your code. This is much easier to deal with!
http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2reference/class-gtkbuilder.html

A: It seems to have been copied to this Bazaar repository in launchpad:
launchpad.net/~wattazoum: gladegen : Code : Python dev tools
(direct download tarball - used this for the snippet below)
Also, the links to the article by the author of GladeGen:

*

*Rapid Application Development with Python and Glade | Linux Journal

*Resources for "Rapid Application Development with Python and Glade" | Linux Journal
Note that in Glade 3.8.0, you can export files as either Libglade or GtkBuilder; I made a little test which shows you should save the files as Libglade; GladeGen can parse both:
$ python2.7 GladeGen.py /tmp/test-libglade.glade TestMe TestMe
funcs
main <function main at 0xb72d98b4>
search_file <function search_file at 0xb72d964c>

classes
GladeWindow <class 'GladeWindow.GladeWindow'>
TestMe <class 'TestMe.TestMe'>

methods
('GladeWindow', '__init__')
('GladeWindow', 'hide')
('GladeWindow', 'set_callback_function')
('GladeWindow', 'set_search_path')
('GladeWindow', 'set_top_window')
('GladeWindow', 'show')
('TestMe', '__init__')
('TestMe', 'hide')
('TestMe', 'init')
('TestMe', 'set_callback_function')
('TestMe', 'set_search_path')
('TestMe', 'set_top_window')
('TestMe', 'show')

widgets
('GtkWindow', 'window1')
('GtkHBox', 'hbox1')
('GtkScrolledWindow', 'scrolledwindow1')

handlers

$ python2.7 GladeGen.py /tmp/test-gtkbuilder.glade TestMe2 TestMe2
funcs
main <function main at 0x95778ec>
search_file <function search_file at 0x9577684>

classes
GladeWindow <class 'GladeWindow.GladeWindow'>
TestMe2 <class 'TestMe2.TestMe2'>

methods
('GladeWindow', '__init__')
('GladeWindow', 'hide')
('GladeWindow', 'set_callback_function')
('GladeWindow', 'set_search_path')
('GladeWindow', 'set_top_window')
('GladeWindow', 'show')
('TestMe2', '__init__')
('TestMe2', 'hide')
('TestMe2', 'init')
('TestMe2', 'set_callback_function')
('TestMe2', 'set_search_path')
('TestMe2', 'set_top_window')
('TestMe2', 'show')

widgets

handlers

However, if you try to run the exported python code, only the first (python TestMe.py) will run; while the second, gtkbuilder one, will fail:
$ python2.7 TestMe2.py

(TestMe2.py:24883): libglade-WARNING **: Expected <glade-interface>.  Got <interface>.

(TestMe2.py:24883): libglade-WARNING **: did not finish in PARSER_FINISH state
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "TestMe2.py", line 66, in <module>
    main(sys.argv)
  File "TestMe2.py", line 59, in main
    w = TestMe2()
  File "TestMe2.py", line 37, in __init__
    self.init()
  File "TestMe2.py", line 52, in init
    GladeWindow.__init__(self, filename, top_window, widget_list, handlers)
  File "/path/to/src/wattazoum_pydevtools_gladegen/src/GladeWindow.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.xml = gtk.glade.XML(fname)
RuntimeError: could not create GladeXML object

Well, I'm just glad I can still use this, as apparently it is not possible for Glade to generate / export / create / save-as Python code ...

... EDIT: although, it should be noted that the export is just:
def init(self):
  filename = '/tmp/test-libglade.glade'
  widget_list = [
          'window1',
          'hbox1',
          'scrolledwindow1',
          ]
  handlers = [
          ]
  top_window = 'window1'
  GladeWindow.__init__(self, filename, top_window, widget_list, handlers)

... that is, it just interfaces to the glade file (pretty much as in the starting tutorial http://www.pygtk.org/articles/pygtk-glade-gui/Creating_a_GUI_using_PyGTK_and_Glade.htm), and it doesn't actually create python code that I expected, as in translated code, like:
self.window1 = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)

... and so on... which is a shame, because that was what I was otherwise looking for :)

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Features, Stories and Poems March 10, 2017
Taking Tally at 46 For Family and Friends | by Mukoma wa Ngugi | A Poem
Kenyan writer Mukoma wa Ngugi was one year older on February 27. The 46 years old author, who recently published a collection of poems, marked his birthday by sharing a poem on Facebook titled "Taking Tally at 46 and Friends." In the poem, he celebrates his community of friends and family, in addition to his fruitful career as a writer.
We wish him a delightful and productive 46th year!
Taking Tally at 46 For Family and Friends
At forty-six I have had my fair share of losses
but I have much more to celebrate, family both near
and far for whom love is the currency of exchange
not always but often enough. Friends who still fight
even in their sleep for a world without centers and walls
for whom generosity is community, not always
but often enough. And I can count six books
not yet my best work I hope, but enough crumbs
for my daughter to follow. I have lived
long enough to know that tyrants come and go
but the people remain. Yes we lose some whose
names we know but enough strangers remain
to carry on. All the same though, for my 50th
I want a goddamn revolution!
Mukoma
Cortland/Ithaca NY
Post image by World Literature Today via Flickr.
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Ainehi Edoro is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she teaches African literature. She received her doctorate at Duke University. She is the founder and editor of Brittle Paper and series editor of Ohio University Press's Modern African Writer's imprint.
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Amara March 10, 2017 at 7:44 am #
I enjoyed this. But to digress, surely you good people of Brittle Paper are aware that Ayobami Adebayo and Yewande Omotoso have been longlisted for The Bailey's Prize. Where's the post celebrating this? Na wa.

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Does the Hawthorne Effect Apply to Computers?
A few minutes ago I was helping Tessa with her Time Machine back-up settings. We started the syncing progress and I kept staring at the progress bar. Then she switched to Mail and started writing an email.
I said "Don't do that. Lets just stare at that progress bar for a while".
Obviously she didn't agree with my strategy. Why stare at a progress bar when you can do something useful at the same time?
Well, years of experience with computers have taught me to be careful with progress bars and I would even go so far as to believe the Hawthorne effect applies to computers as much as it does for humans.
The Hawthorne effect is a form of reactivity whereby subjects improve an aspect of their behavior being experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that they are being studied, not in response to any particular experimental manipulation.
In other words: People in experiments, knowing they are being watched, work harder than people who are not in experiments. You work harder if you think you are being watched.
After years of experience with computers I'm pretty sure progress bars move faster if you keep an eye on them. Same for loading webpages, saving large files and all other things that involve you having to wait.
The changes that a running task will have pauzed 6 seconds after you go away for a bathroom break is about 100%. Keep watching it and it will continue without complaining.
What is your experience? Do you think it helps if you watch the progress bar, keep your mouse moving and say little prayers? Or do you multi-task away and hope for the best?


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How Silicone Baking Mats Are Ruining Your Cookies
Stella Parks
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When cookie recipes call for baking on a parchment-lined pan, switching to silicone may produce some unexpected results.
[Photographs: Vicky Wasik]
When I'm writing a recipe for cookies, I always make a point of expressly calling for a parchment-lined baking sheet. Details like this may be easy to gloss over, but they can make a big difference in how a cookie turns out. Whenever a reader writes in asking me to troubleshoot cookies that spread too much, browned too much, and turned out greasier than those pictured in the recipe, my first question is almost always "Were they baked on silicone?"
More often than not, the answer is yes.
Excess spread can be caused by other issues (particularly under-creaming the butter and sugar), greasiness can relate to problems with butter and flour style, and over-browning can relate to wonky baking soda measurements or dark baking sheets. But when these three complaints show up together, the culprit is almost always silicone.
Above, we have my thin and crisp Tate's-style chocolate chip cookies, baked on parchment. Below, cookies from the same batch of dough, baked in the same oven, on the same rack, for the same length of time, but on a silicone baking mat.
The difference in browning and spread is extreme. While some folks may think the second tray has an allure of its own, that mystique will disappear with a single bite: The cookies baked on silicone are dense and greasy, with a dull crunch, and a hint of bitterness from excessive browning.
That's because silicone affects how heat is conducted to the dough, and its nonstick surface allows for more spread. Because the dough spreads faster, it bakes faster and puffs less, resulting in browner, denser cookies lacking the delicate crunch and honeycomb crumb of a cookie that rose in the oven as intended.
Because silicone isn't as breathable as parchment, cookies left to cool on the baking sheet can also sweat along their bottoms, which does no favors for their texture, whether said cookie is meant to be crunchy or soft.
In cookies that are designed to spread, accelerating that process can exaggerate the effects of silicone; in those that are meant to stay thick and fluffy, the results may be more subtle.
Take my DIY Lofthouse cookies, for example. Baked on parchment, they turn out like little muffin tops, tender, pale, and soft through and through—the specific attributes we're looking for in a soft and cakey sugar cookie like this.
Baked on silicone, however, they spread more and thin out around the edges, turning crisp.
This characteristic may appeal to some bakers, but it's not how the cookies are meant to turn out, and anyone craving a soft and tender sugar cookie would be sorely disappointed to encounter an epic crunch.
For me, there are no occasions when baking on silicone is preferable to using parchment. For those who don't trust my judgment, know that Alton Brown himself feels the same way, going so far as to say he vastly prefers parchment.
And, if you're concerned about minimizing waste in the kitchen, your piece of parchment is more than a one-hit wonder. A quick wipe with a cloth will get rid of any grease or debris, meaning that a single sheet can be reused almost as many times as you care to keep it around. Plus, many brands of unbleached parchment paper are compostable as well (including Reynolds and If You Care) or else biodegradable (such as PaperChef).
I'm not saying there aren't some bakers out there who prefer silicone, or enjoy the differences that it can produce! Only that when cookies don't turn out how they should, it's worth exploring the small but important details that may have been neglected along the way.
Stella Parks bravetart
Stella Parks is our CIA-trained baking nerd and resident pastry wizard, dubbed one of America's Best New Pastry Chefs by Food & Wine. She's also the James Beard Award–winning cookbook author of BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts, a New York Times best-seller. When not in the kitchen, Stella spends most of her time polishing Star Trek quotes, re-watching Battlestar Galactica, and playing video games.
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Guggenhome exhibit a curated collection of furniture/art/accessories for the most stylish interiors. With their slogan "Where the art of living meets the art we live with" Gugggenheim team offer unique and modern style design pieces starting with lighting up to delicate home accessories.
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La 'hallah ( ,  ou , plur. 'halloth), également connue dans les langues germaniques comme bar'hes, barkis ou bergis, est un pain traditionnel juif, de consistance riche, proche de la brioche mais sans beurre, habituellement, mais pas obligatoirement, tressé. Tirant son nom de la  (mitzvat terumat challah) pour en faire don aux prêtres (matanoth kehouna), la 'hallah est consommée en l'honneur du chabbat et lors des fêtes juives, à l'exception de pessa'h au vu des restrictions en ce jour sur le pain levé.

Cousins de la 'halla

On retrouve des pains similaires dans la cuisine tchèque (vánočki), hongroise (kalács), roumaine et moldave (cozonaci, pasca), grecque et chypriote (τσουρέκι - tsoureki, initialement pâtisserie de Pâques recouverte d'un œuf cuit teint en rouge), arménienne (khoreg) ou turque (çörek). Cette coutume se retrouve aussi dans la tresse au beurre de la cuisine suisse, ou encore dans la cuisine portugaise. Les similitudes avec la 'halla seraient-elles des traces de marranisme, la 'halla étant parfois enrichie d'un œuf afin d'en dorer la surface ? C'est possible, mais incertain.

Sources halakhiques de la 'halla

Le shabbat, il est prescrit à tout Juif pratiquant de manger trois repas :
 Seouda Rishona (premier repas), le vendredi soir,
 Seouda Shenit (deuxième repas), samedi après l'office du matin,
 Seouda Shlishit (troisième repas), en fin d'après-midi,
Un quatrième repas après le Shabbat, Mélavé Malka (« en raccompagnant la reine », c'est-à-dire le shabbat), prend place le samedi soir.

Selon la loi juive, un « repas » doit contenir du pain, d'où la tradition de commencer le repas par un morceau de pain. La bénédiction récitée avant de manger le pain, Baroukh ata Adonaï, Elokenou Melekh ha'olam, hamotzi lekhem min ha'aretz (« Béni es-Tu, Seigneur notre Dieu, Roi du monde, qui fait sortir le pain de la terre ») est ici particulièrement appropriée, car la Halla du Shabbat symbolise la Manne qui nourrit les enfants d'Israël dans le désert : il en tombait double ration la veille de shabbat, et rien durant le shabbat. Chaque tablée de shabbat est donc garnie de deux pains le vendredi soir, qu'on consomme au cours de la journée.

Le terme 'Hallah fait originellement référence à la première portion de la pâte, de la taille d'un œuf, qu'il faut prélever du pain (ou de la matza). À l'époque du Temple, cette part revenait au Cohen, qui en tirait sa subsistance. La Halla était donc, comme la Terouma, l'un des aliments sanctifiés (kodashim), que ne pouvaient manger que des prêtres en état de pureté rituelle, et les gens de leur maison.Le Temple n'étant plus en service de nos jours, cette partie prélevée est jetée au feu. La mitzva a donc donné son nom au pain par glissement de sens.

Une bénédiction peut être dite ou pas, en fonction de la quantité de pâte prélevée.

La 'hallah dans la littérature rabbinique

Le Midrash et la Kabbale abondent en considérations profondes sur la 'hallah. La mitzva halahique de la 'hallah exposée ci-dessus est traditionnellement considérée comme l'une des trois mitzvot incombant spécifiquement aux femmes (les deux autres étant l'allumage des bougies de Shabbat et le maintien de la pureté au sein de la famille).
Elaborant sur cela, le midrash voit dans le tressage de la 'hallah une allusion à la façon par laquelle Dieu orna les cheveux de la première femme, Ève, avant de la donner pour épouse à Adam dans le jardin d'Éden.

Préparation de la 'hallah
Il n'y a pas de recette « canonique » pour la préparation de la pâte. Les recettes traditionnelles recommandent un grand nombre d'œufs, de la farine blanche, du sel (plutôt chez les Ashkénazes) ou du sucre (plutôt chez les Sépharades).

L'hygiène diététique moderne recommandant de traquer le cholestérol et de rechercher les fibres, certaines 'hallot (pluriel de 'halla) sont préparées avec moins, voire pas d'œufs, de la farine entière, de l'avoine et du miel pour adoucir ou juste de la farine, du levain, du sel et de l'eau. La pâte ainsi obtenue est roulée en trois, quatre ou six cordes, tressées ensemble avant la cuisson. Des grains de pavot ou de sésame sont parfois également égrenés au-dessus des tresses avant cuisson (les grains étant eux aussi associés à la manne). On peut badigeonner un œuf sur la pâte afin de la faire dorer lors de la cuisson.
À Rosh Hashana, le Nouvel An juif, des raisins, du miel, des pommes, peuvent être rajoutées à la pâte qui n'est pour la circonstance pas tressée, mais enroulée, afin de symboliser le cycle de l'année. La ressemblance avec la brioche est particulièrement frappante.

Certains insèrent une petite échelle au sommet de la 'hallah, en souhaitant que les prières de ces deux jours montent directement au ciel.

En Judéo-alsacien, ce pain se nomme Berches.

Notes et références

Articles connexes
 Hefekranz
 Tresse au beurre (Zopf)

Liens externes
  Aspects halakhiques de la 'Hallah
  Aspects culinaires de la 'Hallah

Pain
Cuisine du chabbat
Korban

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Tumbalalaika Around the World: Mike Burstyn's Yiddish Lesson
In November 2012 we started a series tracking the Yiddish song Tumbalalalaika around the world, sharing versions performed in Amsterdam, Milan, Russia, and Belarus.
In 2009 Yiddish actor and singer Mike Burstyn performed the song at Kehilath Israel Synagogue in Overland Park, Kan.
The concert was one of a series of events celebrating the traditional synagogue's 100th anniversary. Burstyn presented the song in the form of a Yiddish lesson, by translating the song from Yiddish to English. Bur judging from the audience reaction, they didn't need much translation.
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Anonymous Friday, August 8, 2014 at 9:22:00 AM EDT
The sound quality was so poor, that it was hard to understand what the words were, so unfortunately, this didn't get to be a Yiddish lesson for me.
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Reality Winner Sentenced to More than 5 Years in Prison for Leaking Classified Information
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A judge sentenced former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Reality Winner to more than five years in federal prison Thursday for leaking classified information on Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election.
The judge sentenced Winner, 26, to 63 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after she pleaded guilty in June to passing along the classified NSA report to the left-wing news site The Intercept in 2016.
Winner, who had already served two years in jail, will receive credit for time served.
The judge's sentence took into account recommendations from prosecutors and Winner's defense team that the former government contractor serve five years and three months in prison.
Winner's sentence is reportedly "the longest sentence served by a federal defendant for an unauthorized disclosure to the media," prosecutors stated in a court filing.
The 26-year-old government contractor was arrested in June 2017 and faced charges in federal court under the Espionage Act for taking classified material from a U.S. government facility and mailing the information to a media outlet.
Her arrest was announced shortly after the left-of-center investigative news site posted a story about how Russian hackers sent "spear-phishing" emails to hundreds of local election officials and attacked a U.S. voting software supplier.
Winner, who held a top-secret clearance in her work for defense contractor Pluribus International Corporation, once tweeted that "being white is terrorism" and posted disparaging remarks about President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
In several social media posts, she called the president an "orange fascist" and called Sessions a "Confederate general" who encourages racism.
The left-wing activist also reportedly backed Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election and followed NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Twitter.
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Angel Oi Yee Cheng	Education ReformCommunity College, Hong Kong
Community Colleges in Hong Kong: Are they helpful or harmful?
When we mention the term "community college," most of us will naturally relate it to the North American education system. Surprisingly, the Hong Kong government adopted the idea of community colleges in 2000. As Hong Kong's education system is deeply based on the British model, introducing community colleges has not only been a dramatic change for educators and students, but also a huge mismatch of expectations among different stakeholders.
In North America, the system of community colleges is very well developed and has a long history. It first started in the early years of the twentieth century to cater to the need of the nation's expanding industries. Community colleges are seen as important higher education institutions.[1] In addition, they have comprehensive articulation arrangements and credit transfer systems between community colleges and nearby four-year institutions. Therefore, students mostly are able to go on to obtain bachelor's degrees.[2]
In Hong Kong, following the Annual Policy Address from the Chief Executive Tung Chee-Wah in 2000, the government encouraged establishing community colleges as a part of education reforms and life-long learning. It also aimed to have 60% of the senior secondary school leavers receive tertiary education in ten years.[3] In this context, the industry of community colleges has blossomed.
Eight public universities in Hong Kong, one after another, started setting up community colleges under their umbrellas. Most of them have been self-financing. In other words, their income has depended heavily on the numbers of enrolled students. The speed of expansion has been incredible.
At the same time, the concept of community colleges has been a brand new idea to the general public in Hong Kong, partially because the education system has been greatly influenced by the UK model where community colleges are non-existent. Moreover, according to the traditional mindset, merely the top 18% of the post-secondary students are qualified to enter the formal tertiary institutions.[4] Those who cannot proceed to the mainstream universities would be considered to be academically inferior. Choosing the path of community colleges in Hong Kong would be one of the alternatives for students to try to find a way out.
The incorporation of the elements of the American education system into the British one triggered many problems. First, naming the Associate Degree Programs from community colleges as "sub-degree programs" would give a very wrong perception, implying the inferior status of the community college program to the bachelor's degree programs. The notion would be radically different from the North American system, where community colleges have been considered to be a vital part of its higher education system.
Second, when community colleges were first established, all the parents, students, and educators lacked basic confidence in the Associate Degree Programs. They were unaware of where these diplomas would lead students to. Moreover, the idea of community colleges has not gained recognition from employers who received education in previous decades and had no concept of community colleges. In other words, community colleges created much uncertainty in the society.
Third, as most of the community colleges are self-financed, they appear to use this opportunity to make education a business. Community colleges thus become one example of commercializing education. The more students community colleges enroll, the more profit they earn. In 2012, Lingnan Institute of Further Education and the Community College of Lingnan University admitted 5,300 new students, three times more than the previous year. Among other problems, there were reports of lacking chairs in classrooms.[5] This case caught the attention of the public, leading to the investigation by the Legislative Council. More importantly, however, it shook the foundation of trust in education quality in Hong Kong.
Fourth, an ongoing opening of new community colleges has led to over expansion. A total number of full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programs jumped from 41 in the 2001/2002 academic year to 199 in the 2004/2005 academic year.[6] It contributed to over supply of post-secondary degrees in Hong Kong, putting the quality of education into question.
Last but not least, the link between community colleges and universities have not been clearly established. Most of the students from community colleges who attempted to transfer into universities have failed to get admission to local tertiary institutions owing to fierce competition and highly selective admission conditions.[7] Even though some overseas universities have recognized the diplomas issued by community colleges in Hong Kong, a large percentage of local students could not afford paying the tuition fee and living expenses. Unfortunately, this group of students would end up facing a dilemma. They could neither have good jobs from employers nor gain access to bachelor's degree programs.
Clearly, the community college system in Hong Kong needs a complete re-evaluation. Although the government would like to have almost everyone to receive post-secondary education, the solution of the community colleges has generated more difficulties. The implementation of the community colleges in Hong Kong not only failed to capture the essence of the North American community college system, but also has revealed the shortsighted weakness of the HKSAR government.
[1] Yung, Man Sing (2005). Globalization and sustainability of the community college in the Asia-Pacific region: the case of Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal, 4,
[2] Brawer, F., Cohen, A. & Kisker, C. (2013). The American Community College, 6th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
[3] Yung, Man Sing (2002). Community College: A new born baby of the Hong Kong education system for the new millennium. Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal, 1, 22.
[4] Time Out Group Limited (2013, August 27). Hong Kong's growing shortage of university places. Retrieved March 4, 2014, from http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/60578/hong-kongs-growing-shortage-of-university-places.html
[5] Chong, Dennis (2012, October 17). Lingnan students warn burgeoning numbers threaten education quality. South China Morning Post. Retrieved March 4, 2014, from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1062640/lingnan-students-warn-burgeoning-numbers-threaten-education-quality
6 Yung, Man Sing (2005). Globalization and sustainability of the community college in the Asia-Pacific region: the case of Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal, 4.
7 Yung, Man Sing (2002). Community College: A new born baby of the Hong Kong education system for the new millennium. Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal, 1, 22.
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2 thoughts on "Community Colleges in Hong Kong: Are they helpful or harmful?"
Gary Morrison says:
This one is excellent – well written, clear, informative, with a single theme. CHECK YOUR STATS in the paragraph re Lingnan. You say in 2012 they accepted 13.(that's a period whicb ends the sentence). Then you say 5300 new students were admitted, three times more than previous year. 13 in 2012 and 5300 in 2013? You don't give the date so I don't understand … That first paragrah has adopted ok but you give a date which means you have to dele has and say simply past tense adopted.
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Angel Cheng says:
Thank you, Gary! That was a typo and I corrected it.


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City set for Festival of Architecture
Published on Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 11:43 am
WFA 2014 takes place from September 26th to 28th.
The Waterford Festival of Architecture (WFA) is a festival which supports architects and works towards enhancing the understanding and appreciation of architecture among the wider community, including creative practitioners of other artistic disciplines. It produces a high quality programme of events that maximise its unique status in Ireland as the only festival of architecture outside of the capital.
This year's Festival is taking place in association with Focus Ireland.
There is clear synergy between WFA promoting and raising awareness of architecture where the theme is "Walls" and a charity both seeking to break down barriers around the issues of homelessness and to provide shelter, protection and assistance for those that are homeless through the provision of physical structures and services.
With an exciting three-day programme of events to engage local and regional public and specialist audiences, the festival promotes the importance of architecture as an artistic practice. In 2014 there theme "Walls" will celebrate the life of the City through the built environment and encourage the public to engage with the city and its catchment area on a more intimate level, with events tours and walks exploring different aspects the theme in the city and county
Through a family and schools programme, specialist lectures and talks, workshops and exhibitions, the Waterford Festival of Architecture continues to grow its profile and audiences by delivering a programme that aims to engage the public with the built environment.
Awareness of architecture as an art form is central to the festival. Through these creative collaborations, the festival can demonstrate the necessity for and contributions of, architecture in our daily lives.
Programme 2014: Our very successful outreach programme, Architects in Schools, ran in two county primary schools in June, and will culminate in an exhibition opening during the festival.
There will be a Schools Heritage Trail, where schools are invited to follow a heritage trail through the city centre, and we are inviting primary school children to take part in the theme for this years' festival, through a drawing competition that can be used as a mural on a wall to be selected in the city.
Contemporary and historic venues within Waterford City will be used actively during the festival to house exhibitions, workshops and artist talks.
Friday is Open Day in the WIT Dept of Architecture, and will feature a keynote talk with Denise O Brien and Catherine Crowe, presenters of RTE One's "The Design Doctors". Denise and Catherine have valuable advice on how to transforming and re-organising our interior spaces can greatly improve our quality of life.
There will be a bus tour departing from the Granary to Mount Congreve and Fairmount house and gardens. The tour will include a guided walking tour of the gardens, lunch and a tour of Mt Congreve House.
Friday evening will also see a public debate and the Official Launch of the Festival, and we are delighted that Robin Mandell, President of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland will officially open the festival, and deliver the keynote talk in the Granary. 2014 been a very eventful year for the practice of Architecture in Ireland and the construction industry generally with the introduction of the new Building Control regulations
Friday evening will see an exciting vertical Studio collaboration between WIT Architecture students and Saw Fest (Sonic Arts Waterford).
Sonic Arts Waterford is an Experimental Electronic Arts festival. The festival was established with the Aim of creating a hub in Waterford City for the area of Experimental Electronic Arts, with a cultural exchange between various national and international acts from countries such as Poland, Malta, Italy and the UK. As well as live performances, the aim is to provide workshops and talks in the various fields of experimental electronic and Visual Arts
Friday Evening finishes with a sleep out / Pillow fight by WIT Architecture students in aid of Focus Ireland.
Saturday sees a varied programme, including City Architectural and Heritage walks, and a Scavenger Hunt, linking several areas of the city, from the Viking Triangle, through John Roberts Square, to O'Connell St. WFA are delighted to link up with several other arts and community groups for this project, including Animated State, Spraoi, the GIY Project and the Civic Trust. There's also a varied programme of exhibitions and talks in the Granary Waterford.
Sunday will feature the annual wreath laying ceremony at John Roberts Grave in Greyfriars,
There will also be a Family Funday in aid of Focus Ireland in Waterford Castle.
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This summer, two teams of Bryant students, one working in the field of applied psychology, the other in microbiology, took advantage of an invaluable opportunity to build skills and conduct research alongside their professors. These paid research positions, supported by the Rhode Island Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE), were offered as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, organized jointly by RI NSF EPSCoR/RI C-AIM and RI-INBRE.
"I hope to get my Ph.D. someday so this is really fantastic experience," says Dana Blasi '19, who worked with Associate Professor of Applied Psychology Heather Lacey, Ph.D., on measuring and evaluating how individuals process risk. "We're learning so much about the research process as well as new techniques we can use going forward.
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BICS and Airtel Africa boost African roaming
Belgium's BICS has signed an agreement with Airtel Africa to improve its roaming services across 17 countries in the African region.
Airtel Africa will deploy a range of BICS services which will allow the operator to monitor inbound and outbound roaming traffic, enhance international SMS traffic revenues, and grow its overall roaming footprint.
"Our range of value-added services will allow Airtel Africa's operating companies to fix potential quality issues in real time, optimise roaming strategies, and monetise international SMS traffic, improving profitability quickly," said Clémentine Fournier, regional VP for Africa at BICS.
The solutions include BICS' SMART Webvision – launched in August last year– the Roaming Hub and Roamfast service, designed to allow for roaming expansion, and its Data Roaming Booster solution which will enable Airtel to avoid unexpected data roaming charges.
"With this roaming value-added service we are able to achieve higher levels of visibility of the performance of our networks, which in turn allows us to improve the quality of our roaming offering," said André Beyers, chief marketing officer at Airtel Africa.
"The platform also enables us to identify and resolve performance issues in real time to provider higher service levels to our customers."
BICS has places a heavy focus on African roaming in the last 12 months and last year significantly increased its presence in the region with the launch of three adiitional regional branches.
In October 2013 the Belgian telco partnered with Unitel in Angola for 4G roaming.
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Is there a company that make non OEM parts of good quality for Toyotas?
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The Fed under Gary Cohn would 'reverse' Yellen era policies, says strategist Mark Grant
Published Wed, Jul 12 20177:47 AM EDT Updated Wed, Jul 12 201711:15 AM EDT
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A new report says National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn is the top to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair.
Such a move would be great, strategist Mark Grant says.
He says Yellen has hurt the economy.
Markets will concentrate on Fed and fundamentals not Trump 'fluff': Hilltop Securities' Mark Grant
A new Federal Reserve under Gary Cohn would likely reverse the policies of Chair Janet Yellen, closely followed strategist Mark Grant told CNBC on Wednesday.
The chief strategist at Hilltop Securities spoke as a new report said President Donald Trump could nominate his National Economic Council director to lead the Fed.
Citing four sources, Politico said Cohn is now the leading candidate to replace Yellen once her term ends in February. CNBC and other media outlets have also been buzzing for months about the possibility of a Cohn appointment.
Cohn, as the world's most important central banker, is needed because "we need a more pragmatic Fed," Grant said on "Squawk Box."
Before joining the Trump administration, Cohn was the No. 2 executive at investment bank Goldman Sachs. A Cohn appointment would break with a tradition of having an economist as Fed chairman.
For its part, the White House told CNBC that Cohn is focused on his responsibilities at the NEC, pointing to recent comments in which Cohn told MSNBC on June 29: "I love my job. Think of the opportunity I have. I have the opportunity to do something that hasn't been done in 30 years, which is reform the U.S. tax code. I have the opportunity to be involved in redoing the United States infrastructure, something that desperately needs to be done. I don't know how many people can sit here and tell you that they have that opportunity."
Meanwhile, Grant said current Fed Chair Yellen has hurt the economy with interest rate hikes, and anytime he hears the central bank talk about normalcy he winces.
"We are not in a normal world," Grant said. "We have the central banks in all over the world — Japan, ECB, even our own Fed — with the $4.5 trillion balance sheet. There is no normalcy. This is not normal, and I don't know why the Fed is talking about it."
The central bank reiterated its federal funds rate forecast in June, saying it still expects its benchmark rate to reach 1.4 percent by the end of 2017.
In the interview, Grant also spoke about Donald Trump Jr.'s email exchange with a Russian lawyer allegedly linked to the Kremlin. He said the chatter was "fluff" and the markets will likely focus on fundamentals and earnings.
It's getting increasingly difficult to know "what's real about anything," he said.
Grant said on the morning of Election Day that investors would be smart to buy stocks in the event of a surprise Trump victory.
That advice sure paid off. Since the election, the Dow Jones industrial average has surged more than 16 percent, the S&P 500 has gained 13 percent and the Nasdaq composite has risen 19 percent as of Tuesday's close.
Grant has since said he thinks the Trump rally is over, and investors should employ a new strategy to make money. Still, he said the Trump agenda is not dead and will likely be extended out.
WATCH: Trump vs. Obama: Here's who inherited the better economy
Trump vs. Obama: Here's who inherited the better economy


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The Fort Lauderdale law partner guided all of American Landmark Apartments' multifamily acquisitions this year, and more are in the works.
Throughout American Landmark Apartments' ambitious multifamily acquisitions this year, there's been at least one constant — attorney Michael Denberg.
"I did all their acquisitions this year. I don't think there was one I didn't do. They've had a very good year, very good year," said the partner at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr in Fort Lauderdale.
American Landmark, a Tampa-based multifamily owner and operator, has bought 22 apartment properties throughout the Southeastern U.S. for a combined $1.4 billion and plans to pick up about $200 million more by year's end.
"We have five, six, maybe seven" more deals on tap, Denberg said.
Most recently, he represented the company on its purchase of the 292-unit Siena apartments in Plantation and the 200-unit Verse at Royal Palm Beach for $105 million from San Diego-based Fairfield Residential in a deal that closed Nov. 1. The combined purchase price breaks down to about $214,431 per unit.
American Landmark bought the two properties with Palm Beach-based equity partner Electra America. It's an affiliate of Electra Real Estate, which focuses on the acquisition, management and improvement of multifamily properties, and is owned by Israel-based, publicly traded Elco Ltd.
American Landmark has been targeting value-add properties to renovate and reposition them in areas with population and job growth.
In a Nov. 5 Associated Press article, American Landmark CEO Joe Lubeck said his focus was on secondary markets.
"Our business model is simple: identify value-add properties in secondary markets and boost NOI by providing 'best in class' customer service, superior amenities and top-notch management," Lubeck said.
The Plantation and Royal Palm beach apartment communities are near big employers.
Siena is a five-mile drive from Plantation General Hospital and the collegiate education center in Davie and about a mile from Magic Leap's headquarters. Verse at Royal Palm Beach is a short drive from the The Crossroads shopping mall.
American Landmark also did some strategic dispositions this year, generating some good returns, Denberg added.
Other acquisitions this year included three multifamily communities in Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina. The company bought them for $167 million from LivCor, a Chicago-based, multifamily-focused Blackstone Group company.
American Landmark has focused its acquisitions in the Southeast and Texas.
He said he doesn't know if American Landmark will increase its rents at Siena and Verse at Royal Palm Beach, which previously was called Hidden Harbor apartments.
Generally, Denberg said value-add investors want to recapture their investment.
American Landmark plans to invest $3.54 million at Siena and $2.7 million at Verse, MultifamilyBiz reported Nov. 5.
Siena offers one-bedroom apartments starting at $1,425 and two-bedroom apartments starting at $1,499, according to its website. Verse has two-bedroom apartments available for $1,385, according to its website.
Michael Wolfe at Meltzer Purtill & Stelle in Schaumburg, Illinois, represented the seller.


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Posted 10:37 pm, January 15, 2019, by Tim Simpson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Louise Cox is a hard-working woman. She volunteers at her church and has spent years raising kids and grandkids. But she's also had to deal with some heartbreaking events.
"Some years ago she suffered a tragedy with her daughter, after that she was living with her son and her son passed away," her friend Gerrilynn Crawford said. "Christmas Eve the house burned."
She's now living in the Residence Inn.
Let's Pass It On. We gave Gerrilynn $300 from News Channel 3, plus $300 more from an anonymous donors.
"We're here because we love you and want to pass something on to you," Gerrilyn tells Louise at the Residence Inn.
She starts counting out the cash, and it's greatly appreciated.
"Yes we thank y'all very much. It will be a help to us," Gerrilynn said.
But this story takes an unexpected twist.
"If it weren't for my great grandson, I think all of us would have been gone," she said, referring to her great grandson, six-year-old Jeremy.
"The dryer in the back room caught fire and he said, 'I smell smoke,'" she said.
Jeremy said: "And then I closed the door back and then granny opened the door and the fire came out. Then she closed the door real fast. Wow. And then she started running."
She tells Jeremy: "So everybody got out of the house because you smelled smoke and alerted them. That's it, that's it."
"I just thank god because it could have been the other way. We've been seeing so many fires on TV. How families die, but he chose us."
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New York woman becomes oldest living person in US at 114
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