Slightly fruity beer with a bitter taste, but perfectly balanced. A pleasant craft beer blonde, as the emotional and dreamy Madama Butterfly is, with a slow gradation suitable to all situation.
An american pale ale in perfect harmony between sweetness and bitterness, as the passionate namesake character. The high body and the gradation combined with the irresistible fruit cocktail make this red craft beer seductive like the Bizet gipsy.
Winner of the 3rd place 'BEER OF THE YEAR 2011'.
Classic english style beer, characterized by a lasting bitter and a spicy and fruity flavour. There is a strong call to anglo saxon amber red craft beers, with some references to the british atmosphere of Donizetti opera and to Lucia as well, crazy of love and sadness.
It is a delicate craft beer, with notes having a hint of orange and scents of coriander, which lead to a resulting freshness of the palate and a floreal honey fragrance.


This was an 'exhibit only' event but our decorated display cakes drews gasps of admiration from the visitors. Always nice to see my customers at these events. And so many lovely people to meet! Thank you all for making this another successful evening for The Sugar Studio.


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Life Lessons: My Story of Life-Changing Trauma
In 2006 my Dad saved my life. Had I chosen the gym rather than a visit to my local GP life could have been extremely different, no son, no attendance at friends weddings, social activities, watching my son play football, golf and a life of endless possibility… Split second choices and decisions are life-changing.
When sustaining a full rupture of my patella tendon, broken tibia and fibula I underwent the most gruelling rehab ever imaginable. But despite such traumatic circumstances there was still that glimmer of hope I could defy the odds along with the Consultant's recommendation never to play rugby or full contact sport again. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy was a completely different ball game, a silent killer that has taken far too many of our promising up and coming athletes let alone those who have dedicated their lives to professional sport.
Remember the movie, "Any Given Sunday", where Al Pacino gives a breathtaking motivational speech about the inches being all around you (or something to that degree…) well life I feel is very much the same. I remember a conversation with Mitchell Cole, a former professional footballer only a year earlier where we met and spoke about the diagnosis of our condition. Mitch, much to my admiration still played football without the fear despite his diagnosis albeit at a non-professional level. However, I made the conscious decision to steer away from physical activity through fear of dying or experiencing the intense clamping pain that triggered a few years earlier.
Getting that phone call to say Mitch had passed away from a cardiac arrest was numbing. Did I feel guilt in not telling him to stop playing football or to just get the ICD? Of course, but despite this I have still chosen against such advice. Like Mitch I wanted to live my life as normal as possible, be a great dad like Mitch was to his children and push myself beyond my limitations in new and different ways.
Yes, I lost my identity and who I was as a person, or who I believed I should be in the face of other people. Not having that athletic status made me feel empty. I had nothing to fill the void, instead mourning the life that I use to have, feeling completely dead from the inside out.
My black hole was an incredibly gloomy place with no exit or light, just a void of intense darkness. Normality became somewhat of a forgotten word or a word without meaning. What became normal was living a party lifestyle existence that wasn't authentic to me. Binge drinking, women and thoughts of wishing my heart had sounded its last beat on the rugby pitch were regular. Talking to others was not a consideration as how would you or anyone else understand what it was that I was going through… I felt paralysed and incapable of expressing how I truly felt to anyone other than myself.
When people use to tell me how lucky I was it was the exact opposite how I felt inside. I had to live with the consequences, the feelings of intense jealousy towards others who could jog on the road in the summer, attend the gym and participate in all sporting activity. I had to deal with the vulnerability of entering a chapter of my life that was uncertain and often met with awkward silences when someone put their big size 9's into the deep dark hole, saying something they felt they shouldn't have.
Questions circulated like a man possessed with "Who am I?" often on repeat as I no longer had a clear answer. I had failed to achieve my goals in sport, academically I was never interested, reflected in my poor initial grades and not much else was of interest. My life looked like one of underachievement, failure and lacked intent and ambition.
What changed after the birth of my son, Jerome (Read Life, Death and Business Article to learn more…) was a magical moment of clarity. Rather than be argumentative with those that I loved I had a choice… either I continue and make my son resent me or put what happened to positive use… I really thought deeply about what I had in my life rather than being totally self-centred and thinking only about number one. There was so much to be thankful for, I had a real opportunity to move forward and achieve in areas of my life that would have remained untapped. The challenge was laid down it was a question of whether I had the strength to draw upon all that I had learnt from life to steer my ship in a positive direction…?
Life was not over as first feared, it just opened a new and exciting chapter, one that was unknown and uncertain adding to the excitement. I knew I wanted to serve others and create something that was far bigger and greater than myself. Living and not dying, visiting the GP as opposed to going down the gym were all significant moments and potential turning points that paved the opportunity to make a powerful and lasting difference to the lives of others who had or would face a similar path.
It would be a journey that would explode into a mix of emotions contributing to an overwhelming crisis in identity, isolation, fear, anxiety and a sense of no longer belonging. A life shattered before your very eyes in a matter of seconds, outside of your control and comfort zone but one that would ultimately result in the biggest blessing and turning points you could ever imagine.
Stepping into my discomfort zone was easier than I thought. Life experiences and learnings along the way have brought me to this point where I feel able to move forward rather than treading and being swallowed up by the quicksand beneath my feet. Distressing circumstances like the full rupture of my patella tendon, broken tibia and fibula gave me the strength to foresee the difficult road ahead despite the tremendous obstacles that would be encountered.
Once moving past the dark black hole that I stared at directly the denial changed into greater acceptance as the mist and depth of suffocation began to clear. My son was the immediate trigger for wanting to live but years down the line I recognised the need to give back to others.
I would use my own experiences to share, expand and create a depth of awareness about ones self that would allow people not to suffer in silence but to move beyond the pain and into the light. I recognised that the learnings from my past would skyrocket the resilience in others so that their own transition into a life of uncertainty would be built on the strength needed to overcome obstacles and challenges with speed.
It took me years to appreciate all the good things in my life and use the past to create magnificent experiences in others so you continue moving and progressing beyond your own perceived limitations. My life has changed dramatically, not always in positive ways but I have learnt to use my past to provide me with the strength to deal and overcome situations far quicker than ever before.
Studying psychology degrees and investing heavily in personal development has ignited a much faster response due to my ever expanding toolbox but the biggest satisfaction is my continued passion to helping others shift into an optimistic mindset. You will encounter heightened levels of happiness, joy, and camaraderie with others in the tribe alongside intense feelings of euphoria and vigour when rising to and overcoming the challenges that exist.
Everything comes down to attitude and mindset. Let me ask you this… Who is more disabled… the person who sits on the sofa eating crisps, watching the latest episode of Eastenders refusing to move and do anything constructive or Kyle Maynard, the first quadruple-amputee to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Aconcagua without the aid of prosthetics?
Class of Courage was established to utilise my personal experiences, in-depth knowledge and understanding of Psychology and Personal Development alongside the inspirational stories of optimism, the striving to overcome and the mental toughness to succeed from others within our incredible tribe. I am still learning each and everyday but I know that together WE will achieve more. Our community is always looking for those who have suffered life changing physical trauma, health conditions and/or disfigurements but are open to igniting a change in mindset and moving towards
"Finding Your New Awesome"
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About the Author: CoC
Aged 26 I suffered a potential cardiac arrest when diagnosed with a life threatening heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy when an aspiring rugby player. Within 24 hours I lost my identity as my life spiralled out of control with sex, alcohol, and the constant party lifestyle being my only escapism and feeling of normality. Nine months later my son was born out of an illegitimate relationship and proved to be my saving grace triggering the emotional change of care, love and affection. Years later I had the burning desire to change the mindset of others who believed life was over after they too had suffered their own traumatic life-changing event. In 2018 Class of Courage, a powerful Personal Transformational Company for people with life-changing trauma was born, combining a powerful blend of personal experience, psychology, and ancient Greek, Roman, and Buddhist philosophies to evoke mind-blowing shifts in mindset and supercharging peoples futures.
How To Rid The Thought Of "Never Feeling Good Enough"
Death, Life, and Business
My Group Why

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Q: How do I a string of the form "[int, int..]" and convert it to a list of int? I have a string that looks like
"[1, 45, 3, 4, 54, 299]"

Although the length is arbitrary. There will be more than one list, that is just an example.
I want to convert it into a list of integers such as
[1, 45, 3, 4, 54, 299]

I have tried
strToInt :: String -> [Int]
strToInt xs = map digitToInt $ filter (`elem` ["0"..]) xs

But it isn't working.
error:
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Thank you.

A: To use digitToInt, you must import Data.Char. You can discover this kind of thing for yourself with Hoogle. (Fixing this will get you to your next problem -- there are a few to work through.)

A: Haskell already has a function that does what you want. It's called read:
read :: Read a => String -> a

It turns out that there's a Read instance for [Int], so you can define strToInt as:
strToInt :: String -> [Int]
strToInt = read

Given this, however, if you give an invalid string that doesn't match the expected format, it will throw the following error:
> strToInt "incorrect"
*** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse

If you want more robust handling, you can look at Text.Read.readMaybe and Prelude.reads, as Daniel Wagner pointed out in the comments.

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There is only 1 Dojo listed in Godmanchester. This page shows 20 Martial Arts Schools found within 8 Miles of Godmanchester. Based on the information available from these Dojos, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Karate, Tang Soo Do, Jiu-Jitsu (Jujutsu/Jujitsu), Qi Kwan Do, Shotokan Karate & Muay Thai are the most offered Martial Arts in Godmanchester area. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for men, women and children near Godmanchester.
Chart based on information available from Martial Arts Schools in Godmanchester area.
Distance is shown approximately from the downtown area of Godmanchester. For a list of Martial Arts Schools near you, Search with your complete address. Click on a Dojo name to view details. Clicking on 'Map' next to a Dojo will show the school on the Map.
See Martial Arts Schools in places nearby Godmanchester: Huntingdon, Great Stukeley, Hemingford Grey, Buckden & Papworth Everard.
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Al-Sadd x Qatar SC game postponed
The Competitions Committee of the Qatar Football Association decided to postpone Al-Sadd's match against Qatar SC in the Round 13 of the QNB Stars League 2021-22, which was scheduled to be held on Friday evening, January 7, 2022 at the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium. The decision was made after Al Sadd requested a postponement due to a number of players testing positive for Covid-19, and therefore the unavailability of sufficient players to play the match.
The decision was taken in accordance with the circular issued by the QFA regarding the procedures for requesting the postponement of matches.
A new date will be set for the match at a later time.
← Tarek Salman: The game against Qatar SC is important, our goal is to continue winning
Al-Sadd training suspended until further notice →


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Nick is a principal hydrogeologist and has worked on a variety of groundwater resource and remediation projects in California. He received the "Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award," which honors individuals who have achieved significant accomplishments in various areas of engineering. He was given the award at the 62nd Annual Honors & Awards Banquet that celebrates engineers from all over the country for National Engineers Week.
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Sandra Daniela Gerber (born 13 June 1985 in Langnau im Emmental) is a Swiss snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.

Gerber competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. She was 10th in the snowboard cross seeding round, and then 4th in her quarterfinal, not advancing and finishing 13th overall.

As of September 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 19th, in 2013.

Gerber made her World Cup debut in March 2011. As of September 2014, her best finish is 10th, at a pair of events in 2013–14. Her best overall finish is 15th, in 2013–14.

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1985 births
Living people
Olympic snowboarders of Switzerland
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Sequoia Personnel Services is far northern California's premier provider of staffing and human resource services. These include temporary help, permanent hiring, executive search and human resource management consulting.
On January 1, 2016, Sequoia Personnel Services became part of Cardinal Services. Cardinal is a family-owned, Oregon-based staffing and human resources firm with roots in Humboldt County. Tapping Cardinal's expertise, we are now rolling out new services for Humboldt, including processing payroll, providing products such as an affordable 401k plan, and offering full co-employment. To inquire about these new services, call us or stop by.
We are a small business with 38-years of recruiting and placement experience in Humboldt County. We guarantee our placements and are here to put folks to work where they can grow and become vital parts of successful organizations in our area.


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Nowoczesny zespół Pampulha () – projekt miejski w Belo Horizonte w stanie Minas Gerais w Brazylii. Został zaprojektowany przez Oscara Niemeyera na zlecenie Juscelino Kubitschka, ówczesnego prefekta Belo Horizonte i wzniesiony w latach 1942-44.

Juscelino Kubitschek zamierzał rozbudować rejon Pampulha, położony w północnej części miasta. Wykonanie projektu zlecił młodemu, ale już wówczas znanemu architektowi Oscarowi Niemeyerowi. Projekt obejmował zespół budynków wokół sztucznego jeziora Pampulha: kasyno, kościół, salę balową, klub golfowy i hotel. Niemeyer współpracował z inżynierem Joaquimem Cardoso oraz grupą artystów, m.in. Cândido Portinarim. Stworzyli oni innowacyjne formy architektoniczne, wykorzystując plastyczne właściwości betonu oraz połączyli ze sobą różne formy sztuk plastycznych, takie jak ceramika i rzeźba. O harmonijne połączenie budynków z otoczeniem zadbał architekt krajobrazu Roberto Burle Marx, projektując ogrody i ścieżki spacerowe.

Inauguracja większości budynków, poza hotelem, miała miejsce 16 maja 1943 r. w obecności prezydenta Getúlio Vargasa i gubernatora stanu Minas Gerais Benedito Valadaresa.  W 1957 r. kasyno przekształciło się w Muzeum Sztuki Pampulha.

W 2013 r. miasto Belo Horizonte zaczęło zabiegać o wpisanie zespołu Pampulha na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO, miejsce przeszło gruntowną renowację i 17 lipca 2016 r. na 40. sesji odbywającej się w Stambule, w Turcji, Pampulha została wpisana na listę dziedzictwa UNESCO.

Budynki

Kościół
Kościół św Franciszka z Asyżu został zaprojektowany przez architekta Oscara Niemeyera w tzw. organicznym stylu nowoczesnym, w formie parabolicznej fali ze zbrojonego betonu. Jest to pierwsza budowla na liście nowoczesnych zabytków architektury w Brazylii.
Powstawaniu kościoła od początku towarzyszyły liczne kontrowersje. Pomimo zakończenia budowy w 1943 r.  nie został konsekrowany. Ówczesny arcybiskup Antonio dos Santos Cabral przeciwny jego artystycznej formie architektonicznej ogłosił, że "kościół jest niezdatny do celów religijnych". Po wielu wewnętrznych walkach pomiędzy państwem a kościołem, wyświęcono go ostatecznie w 1959 roku.

Muzeum Sztuki (Museu de Arte da Pampulha - MAP)
Budynek Muzeum Sztuki powstał jako pierwszy z całego kompleksu architektonicznego i widać w jego kształcie wpływ Le Corbusiera, szczególnie w fasadzie wykonanej w trawertynu i szkła. W budynku do 30 kwietnia 1946 r. mieściło się kasyno, czyli do momentu, kiedy prezydent Gaspar Dutra zabronił gier hazardowych w całej Brazylii.

W 1957 r. kasyno przekształciło się w Muzeum Sztuki.

Zbiory muzeum liczą ok. 1500 przedmiotów, wśród nich dzieła brazylijskiej sztuki współczesnej autorstwa m.in. Alberto da Veiga Guignarda, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Ivana Serpy, Tomie Ohtake, Franza Weissmana i Amilcara de Castro.

Casa do Baile
Casa do Baile (Sala Balowa) została zainaugurowana w 1943 r. i była popularnym miejscem rozrywki zamożnych klientów pobliskiego kasyna, ale po zamknięciu kasyna w 1946 r., sala z powodu braku gości również została zamknięta dwa lata później. Znajduje się na sztucznej wyspie, na którą można dotrzeć przez most o długości 11 m. Sala została ponownie otwarta w 2002 r. i dzisiaj mieści się tu Miejskie Centrum Urbanistyki, Architektury i Wzornictwa.

Iate Tênis Clube
Zbudowano go w 1942 r. i nosił wówczas nazwę Klubu Golfowego, był miejscem rozrywki i sportu. W latach 60. władze miasta potrzebowały środków i postanowiły sprzedać kilka nieruchomości, jedną z nich był Klub Golfowy. Po przejściu w prywatne ręce dokonano tu kilku znaczących przeróbek. Oryginalny budynek ma kształt wychodzącej w jezioro łodzi, ale w latach 70. dobudowano aneks, gdzie mieści się siłownia, sala bankietowa, salon piękności oraz parking. Aneks był powodem, dla którego wpisanie zespołu Pampulha na listę dziedzictwa UNESCO było zagrożone. Władze miasta Belo Horizonte wywłaszczyły klub i dzięki temu mogły być dokonane niezbędne działania, aby spełnić kryteria UNESCO.

Casa Kubitschek
Casa Kubitschek (Dom Kubitschka) został zaprojektowany w latach 40. i miał służyć jako weekendowa rezydencja Juscelino Kubitschka. Zbudowano go w nowoczesnym stylu, a ogrody i sady są autorstwa Burle Marxa. Dzisiaj znajduje się tu przestrzeń kultury oraz muzeum, w którym zgromadzono obiekty z czasów powstania budynku.

Przypisy

Obiekty z listy dziedzictwa UNESCO w Brazylii
Architektura Brazylii
Belo Horizonte


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Carlton Historical Tour
Explore the history of Carlton, Oregon
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Carlton, Oregon 97111, United States
Created By: Visit Carlton
Take a tour of Carlton, Oregon's historic buildings and landmarks!
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The Carlton Grain Elevator
The Carlton Grain Elevator has been a prominent, visual landmark for the community for many decades. It is associated with the economic importance of agriculture to the growth and vitality of Carlton. The current elevator complex is the res... Read more
Carlton Farmers Creamery Company
Built: 1915 In early 1914, a Southern Pacific Railroad-Oregon Agricultural College demonstration train stopped in Carlton. Inspired to increase agricultural cooperation, local dairymen organized a stock company to raise funds for a cream... Read more
W.A. Howe General Store / Log Cabin Tavern
Built: 1904 Burned: 1995 On this now vacant lot once stood a large two-story brick building. It was built in 1904 as W.A. Howe's General Merchandise store. In this building was Carlton's first bank, a private operation run by W.A. Howe. ... Read more
Carlton Street Scene - Early 1900s
Multiple views looking west in the early 1900s. The bank is on the right. The brick building on the left and warehouse on the right are no longer standing. The last picture shows the other direction in the 1930s
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
Built 1923 The town of Carlton is located on the Oregon & California Railroad—later Southern Pacific Railroad—that was constructed in the early 1870s between Portland and St. Joseph. Carlton had a small depot building, constructe... Read more
Carlton Schoolhouse
Built: 1907 Converted to apartments: 1966 This two-story building (and basement) was built of brick in 1907 on the same site where a previous schoolhouse burned. Originally the first floor had four large classrooms for the eight elementa... Read more
The Carlton State & Savings Bank
Built 1910 The Carlton State & Savings Bank, was built in 1910 by W.A. Howe. Prior to this, Howe had offered private banking in his General. Howe served as president of the Carlton State and Savings Bank until the 1920s, but the bank... Read more
Hotel Brooks
Completed: 1914 Construction on the Brooks Hotel began in 1912. The building was finished in 1914. On opening night, February 21,1914, a large crowd gathered and an orchestra signaled the opening of the new accommodations. The building h... Read more
Carlton Theater (1940s-1960s)
Built: 1945 (In 1914 building) Closed: 1960s The Carlton Theater was opened in 1945 after a fire in the former Brooks Hotel gutted the upstairs apartments. Operated by Clifford and Hazel Briggs, it cost 25 to 50 cents to see a movie and ... Read more
Downtown Road Work
An 1916 view of a street paving team at the corner of Main Street and S Park Street 1899: Wooden sidewalks were built in the commercial district along Main Street. A road tax was later instituted. 1901: Crushed rock was added to the previou... Read more
Downtown Buildings
Multiple views of the buildings in downtown Carlton in the late 1800s and very early 1900s
Carlton Fires
Carlton has seen many disastrous fires over the years. Wooden buildings, and often wooden sidewalks were highly flammable. Combined with heating and cooking fires, the risk of fire was high. Some of the major fires in Carlton: 1907: T... Read more
Carlton Pool
First built in 1935, the vision for a community pool was initiated by the Carlton Community Foundation and supported by the Mayor and City Council. The Carlton residents voted overwhelming in favor of a bond to build the pool in 1935. The p... Read more
Ladd Park
Ladd Park, formerly known as City Park or Upper Park, was purchased from the Hoffman family in 1921. Samuel Lancaster, architect of the Columbia River Highway was hired as landscape architect. The Brooks Nursery donated plants, which were p... Read more
Carlton Fire Department
Built: 1943 (or late 1940s?) The exact origins of the Carlton Fire Department are difficult to discern, as its early records were burned in the 1942 fire that destroyed the combination City Hall-Fire Department. Organized about 1905, the Ca... Read more
Old Grocery Store
Built sometime after 1913, this building has served multiple purposes. At one time it was a Safeway grocery store. Later, it became the site of several bars. From the late 1950s through In the 1970s, Junys Inn operated here. By the late 199... Read more
Hotel Carlton (Burned)
Built: 1905 Burned: 1907 W.A.Howe, of Carlton and W.M. Ladd of Portland, built the Hotel Carlton in 1905 for $40,000. This large, well-appointed hotel was built to accommodate increased demand for lodging brought on by expected economic ... Read more
Burns Garage / The Glove Factory
Built: 1916 George Carl, built this brick structure in 1916, replacing a wooden building. The previous structure housed the first auto repair shop in Carlton, which Carl founded about 1915. He sold the garage to Banrey Burns in 1920. Bar... Read more
Carlton and Coast Railroad Depot
Built: About 1910 This unassuming warehouse is one of the last remnants of the Carlton and Coast Railroad. The C&C was a logging railroad, hauling logs from the forests in the Coast Range to the mills on Carlton Lake. Completed in 19... Read more
Carlton Frozen Food Lockers
Built: 1940 After the Co-Op Creamery was moved to McMinnville, Carlton still felt the need for a creamery. A Chamber of Commerce committee was formed. They recruited Bill and Opal McGhie of Sheridan to operate the creamery. The building ... Read more
Built: 1915 The Carlton Baptist Church was established in May 1870. The Baptists joined with the Christan Church to purchase the current property in 1877. The denominations split costs and usage of the building until 1898. The present st... Read more
Methodist Episcopal Church
Built: About 1902 First church was built in 1855, on land donated by Peter Smith. Smith is buried in a grave beside the church. The building was abandoned for a few years, then became a Finnish Lutheran Church in 1927. In 1949, it became... Read more
Wennerberg Park
The Wennerberg Park was acquired by the City of Carlton in two pieces. The first piece was given in July 1912 by John Wennerberg. The second property was sold to the city by Wennerberg in July 1915. The park was popular for picnics and b... Read more
Smith/Meadowlake Road Bridge
Known as one of the earliest bridges transversing the North Yamhill River, Smith Bridge became an important crossing point to settlers west of the future community of Carlton. Constructed by Peter Smith on his donation land claim, it access... Read more
Carlton Lake
Note: The lake is on private property. It is visible from Meadowlake Rd and Westside Rd. The former dam site can be viewed from the river access point at Wennerberg Park. In an effort to jumpstart the lumber industry in Carlton, W. A. Ho... Read more
John B. Wennerberg Barn
Built: Ca. 1895 Built by John Wennerberg c. 1895, the Wennerberg Barn was first used a part of his commercial farm. The three-aisled, end-opening barn's design, as well as the remnant notches in the crossbeams and posts of the ground-l... Read more
Westerlook House
Built: 1911 Note: This house is on private property. Do not disturb. The Westerlook Farm, at 9771 Hwy 47 in Carlton, has a classic American picket fence at the entrance. The Colonial Revival-style estate was designed by renowned architect... Read more
Photo By: Agricultural demonstration train, 1914
Photo By: Carlton & Corners 1950s
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The Java High Level REST Client currently has support for the more commonly used APIs, but there are a lot more that still need to be added. You can help us prioritise by telling us which missing APIs you need for your application by adding a comment to this issue: Java high-level REST client completeness.
Any missing APIs can always be implemented today by using the low level Java REST Client with JSON request and response bodies.
You first need to make sure the x-pack-transport-6.2.4 JAR file is in the classpath. You can extract this jar from the downloaded X-Pack bundle.
Acknowledging a watch enables you to manually throttle execution of the watch actions. The action's acknowledgement state is stored in the status.actions.<id>.ack.state structure.


Louis Vuitton's fall 2015 fashion show closed the last day of Paris fashion week with a star-studded show outside of the show. By now it's obvious to even neophytes that runway shows are events for brands to flex their muscles and set the course for the next selling period. Celebrities are an essential part of this effort and Vuitton, one of the most desirable luxury brands within the powerhouse of LVMH, has enormous clout. Who wouldn't love to attend the Vuitton extravaganza held at the dome-like structure near the recently opened Foundation Louis Vuitton? It's definitely worth the flight to the City of Lights.
Inside, models sported brushed sheepskin bear-like coats and carried vanity cases as they strutted down the runway. Outside the star-power was boundless. Catherine Deneuve, Jennifer Connelly, Michelle Williams, Selina Gomez, Fan Bingbing, ( a top actress in China) happily posed for photographers. Jennifer Connelly, Michelle Williams and Selina Gomez wore a look from the spring runway while Catherine Deneuve sported a Vuitton tunic.It's been reported that Ms. Gomez will be in the next ad campaign but its not confirmed.
Michelle Williams and Jennifer Connelly at the Louis Vuitton fall fashion 15 fashion show. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
Selina Gomez at the Louis Vuitton fall 15 fashion show. Photo courtesy of Louis Vuitton.


Disney just released a new trailer for the live-action "Beauty and the Beast" during the Golden Globes, and it shows off more of Emma Watson's singing talents as Belle. She sings the opening tune "Little Town" — complete with a shot of her standing on the mountain tops of her small French village.
The first trailer for the upcoming remake showed off shot-for-shot recreations of scenes from the 1991 movie. Another TV spot released by Disney shows Belle and the Beast flirting after the iconic "wolf rescue" scene fans of the original movie will remember well.
Disney also released a new poster for the upcoming movie, and it features all of the human versions of each character (except for the Beast, of course).
In the lower section of the poster you can see Luke Evans as Gaston alongside Josh Gad as LeFou. Across from them is Ewan McGregor as Lumière, and Kevin Kline as Belle's father — Maurice.
Ian McKellen is barely recognizable as Cogsworth, while Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts) holds the still-teacup version of Chip. You can also make out Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza and Audra McDonald as Madame de Garderobe (the wardrobe). Last but not least there's Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette (the feather duster).
"Beauty and the Beast" arrives in theaters on March 17.


Skylar's Blog | "I was born human, but raised to be a beast."
"I was born human, but raised to be a beast."
I am competitive. I know a lot of people are, I mean no one would pick losing over winning but that's different. I am overly competitive. While most will settle for average, or slightly above average, I can't… we can't.
I am competitive. When you say "You're being too hard on yourself," all I can hear is "You're not good enough, why even try?" Although we desperately want to believe winning isn't everything, we can't, we can't believe.
I am competitive. I can't lose, If I do I cry, If I cry I feel weaker, If I feel weaker I feel as if I had lost. I can't lose. If I do I cry, If I cry I feel weaker, If I feel weaker I feel as if I've lost…. It's a never ending loop. I don't like to lose. It's soul crushing, and feels as if the whole world is going to collapse around me. Let's say I get a bad grade on a test, even if everyone else failed with me it makes no difference. I have lost. Not only have I failed to get a good grade, but I feel as though I have failed life. I start to think that I'm not going to get into college and not going to get a good job and not going to get a nice house and not get a nice car and….
I am competitive. I am ambitious, zealous, keen, pushy, aggressive, fierce, and all things in between. I am not perfect, I am not amazing, and I can't do it. I can't always win.
I am competitive. They say nobody's perfect, They can see that no one is, I can't, I am blind. All I see are these perfect little people who are going to beat me and take my place. Sadly the eye doctor doesn't make glasses for people who can't see things like me. Sadly no surgeon can fix us. No doctor has a diagnosis. There is no treatment. You can't just simply carry the x and find the answer. There is no answer. You can't just sing a little song and a bird will swoop by and carry all your problems away. You just have to grin and bear it.
I am competitive. I have a fear of trying new things. If I try something new I'm not going to be the best at it. I'm not instantly going to remember everything, and win every competition. It takes time. I am not patient.
I am competitive. I feel that no one understands me, I know that someone does. I feel I am alone, yet I know that I am not. It's indescribable. How can you feel that no one understands you but know that they do? I don't know how it all works exactly… but it does. It's the same way that someone can write down an answer on a test and know that it could be wrong, yet they don't change it.
We are competitive. It's as simple as that. We don't think like others do. We can't be proud of ourselves for doing our best. Our best isn't good enough. Everyone says that it is, but we don't believe them. We want to, really, really bad, but we don't. We are competitive. We are smart, and strong, and just down right amazing, but we don't know that we are. We are competitive.
This weekend I'm taking my dog to Hearts and Paws tryouts. Well sorta. We take our dog to a tryout type thing where we see if my dog is eligible for a dog training camp.
My dog, the crazy Rhodesian Ridgeback, is very energetic. Last year we took her to the the camp at Hearts and Paws. She was crazy and was a lot to handle because we had to keep our dogs at least 6 feet away from all other dogs. My dog loves to play and it was hard for her to be around dogs she can't play with. My dog, Moxie, is way stronger than me, so she pulled me many times across the camp last year. So I, being the smart person I am, decided to take her back to the camp again. My dog is very smart and knows lots of tricks, and is really good at agility, but when she sees another dog, she goes insane. Although she went insane, the people working at the camp said that she could come back and try the advanced camp. So this weekend I'm going to take my pup to a tryout. They have about 6 dogs per tryout and they see if the dogs are aggressive if they are not they get into the camp. They also go over things like what to bring to camp and what to do when you arrive.
I'm nervous for camp tryouts, but I'm sure the camp will let us in. I just hope Moxie doesn't go crazy!
My dog is a amazing rescue dog that we believe is part Rhodesian Ridgeback. She is very athletic, and energetic. She is very smart, and knows lots of tricks. This is why I am training her to break records.
My dog, Moxie, has been going to a camp with me called Hearts and Paws. At the camp, the dogs learn tricks and agility with their owners. This year Moxie and I are going to the advanced class. The camp inspired me to start training Moxie in agility. We got a hurtle/jump thing for Moxie but she very quickly outgrew it. We realized then how much talent she has. We started researching and found out the World Record for highest jump cleared by a dog. We realized then that with practice, Moxie could set the world record and beat the current 68 inches or 172.7 centimeters in height.
We have started a journey of setting a world record. We practice everyday, and maybe eventually we will be able to beat the record.
I think that the Might Texas Dog Walk that I am doing this weekend is going to be horifically awesome, and here's why.
First of all I'm bringing my one year old puppy to the Mighty Texas Dog Walk for my birthday. There should be a lot, and I mean A LOT of dogs. You know how that's going to go. Terrible! She's going to be tugging on the leash non-stop. She will be barking and crying to be let off leash and run around with the other dogs. I am not looking forward to my crazy puppy tugging the leash.
Another reason this dog walk is going to be horrific is the weather forecast. It's supposed to be very rainy and cold. I don't know about you but I would not prefer to walk my dog when I am wet and cold. I am definitely not excited about the terrible, rainy weather.
Although the weather will be terrible, and my dog will be crazy, I think that this walk will be very fun. I love spending time with my dog, and I can't wait to walk a mile or so with her. I also can't wait to see other dogs, and how well trained they are. I can't wait to spend time with dogs!
I think that the Mighty Texas Dog Walk is going to be horifically awesome, and I will enjoy spending time with my pup. I can't wait!
Recently, our lake was drained. It was drained so that people can clean their docs or the lake. So my sister, Dad, and I decided to go to our lake house.
As soon as we got to our house, still in our street clothes, my sister and I ran to our dock to see the bottom of our lake for the first time. It was really, very cool. My dad told us we had to pick up all the trash, so my sister and I ran and got a trash can, and started picking up on the a little bit muddy lake. We were not sinking in the mud in front of our house, but little did we know that further into our cove it got very, VERY deep.
My sister and I were working, then all the sudden a dog appeared. It was out naibors dog that had escaped! His name was Charlie, and every time my family goes to the lake we go over to my naibors house to play with him. My sister and I ran after him and tried to catch him in order to bring him back to his home. He ran, and ran, and he wouldn't stop until… he got stuck in the mud! We ran to try and get to him but we could feel our selves sinking in the mud. It got deeper and deeper the farther we went into the cove. All of the sudden both of my shoes fell off. They got stuck in the mud then pulled off my feet. I picked them up and walked them over to the edge of the cove and set them down on a brick. I then kept running, but then all of the sudden my sisters shoes fell off, but she just left them there. We kept running, and when we finally caught up to him, he was covered in mud. We dove into the mud in effort to rescue him, but all we did was scare him. My sister picked him up, and passed him to me. We passed him back and forth as the one without the dog moved forward a few steps then took the dog. We kept doing that until we got back to or dock and could stand up again.
We climbed up the steps dog in hand, and went straight for the hose. We then hosed our selves and the dog off. The dog put up a fight, he obviously didn't like baths, but we got him to comply eventually.
As soon as we got most of the mud off ourselves we took the dog over to our naibors house. They where so excited to see him. They didn't even know he had gotten out! They thanked us, and my sister and I left. That was our exciting weekend!
I Can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe. I hate Galveston.
Galveston is the worst place to visit. First of all the beaches are rocky and full of trash. You can hardly relax when you find a soda can under neath your blanket. You can hardly relax with the terrible rocks along the whole beach, covering the sand. I hate the Galveston beaches.
Secondly, when I was five years old, the hotel room we stayed in was very VERY dusty. Galveston was terrible for me because little did me and my family know that I had asthma, and would soon hardly be able to breathe. It was the last day we spent at Galveston before we had to go home, and on that day I had my first ever asthma attack because of the dusty room. Keep in mind I was only five. My parents wouldn't take me to the doctor until we got home so basically I felt like I was dying the whole car ride. As soon as we got home my parents took me to the doctor, and at the doctors office, one of the doctors said that I would need to go to the hospital for an x-ray. It was only supposed to be an x-ray until I started throwing up when ever I drank water. I ended up staying at the hospital for about a week, and it was so boring. I hate the dusty rooms at Galveston.
I hate the Galveston beaches, and I hate the Galveston hotel rooms. I hate Galveston.
Music is very important to me. It makes up who I am. I have been playing guitar for more than a few years now, and I'm not planning on quitting any time soon. My sister used to play guitar, but later decided to stick to singing. My mother nor my father are very musical people so my sister and I are kind of on our own.
My type of music is heavy metal, and I started listening to it because of my dad. I love being able to rock out the air guitar in the car sometimes with my dad. My first rock song that I ever listened to was probably Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd. Now I'm very into Metallica, Black Sabbath, and System of Down. Right now I'm working on a few songs by Metallica on my guitar. I can't say that I'm the worst at guitar but I'm sertainly not Eddie Van Halen or anyone like that. I can also say I'm not the most dedicated guitarist because martial arts is really more my thing, but guitar is still a large part of my life.
Guitar, and music is very important to me, and I don't plan on quitting anytime soon.
UFC 107's main event was supposed to be 29 year old Ronda Rousey's comeback, but the world had a different plan.
On December 30 in Las Vegas Ronda Rousey's fight against Amanda Nunes ended within 48 seconds. This was supposed to be Rousey's comeback fight after sadly loosing to Holly Holm. The fight didn't go as plan with Nunes, and the first round Nunes got a TKO on Ronda. This was devastating for any "Rowdy" fan. At least I know it was for me. After the Holms fight everyone thought Rousey wouldn't return, but she did. Now the odds aren't in her favor of a return. Most people think Rousey should fire her horrible coach, and I agree, but she is hesitant to do that.
Ronda Rousey's devastating UFC fame came to an end within only 48 seconds. We can only pray that she comes back, but the odds aren't in her favor.
My dog, Moxie, is a very energetic dog to say the least. We got her from the pound, so we don't exactly know what breed of dog she is. We are pretty sure she is a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix. Recently I started training her on agility. She is great and jumping, and can run extreamly fast.
We have a small rock in our backyard, and it's great for working on her jumping. She really loves doing tricks and agility courses because she knows that it means that she will get lots of treats. Another good thing about the agility is, when we do it it makes her very tiered, which is great because she is very high energy.
Last year we took Moxie to a dog camp called Hearts and Paws. It was a great camp for training dogs. My dog and I went, and she learned all kinds of tricks, and did lots of agility. She benefited greatly from that camp. Moxie is a very smart dog, but loves to play which made the camp kind of difficult because the dogs aren't aloud to get close to each other. Again it was still a great camp, and was very beneficial.
I can't wait to see how much more Moxie will improve with her agility in the future, and I hope that she will continue to improve. I'm sure she will be going back to Hearts and Paws next year.
During the Thanksgiving break, I went to California to visit my cousins in Peidmont. My two cousins are close in age to me and my sister, so we all had someone our age to talk about things like school, sports, and other things going on in our lives. My cousins entire backyard is a forest. They had all kinds of things to explore and do, such as, they had a zip line, and a giant swing.
They didn't have the ordinary type of swing though, it stretched over two trees as tall as a four story building, and one small wooden platform attached at the bottom where you would sit. It also had a very long rope to hold on too. You had to climb up very slippery steps to mount the colossal swing.
I had gone on this swing quite few times before it happened, for normally it was fun and enjoyable. It was the mourning before we left to go back to Texas, and I wanted to go one the swing one last time. I climbed the slippery steps, and mounted the swing. I took off, flying, soaring through the air, it was fun, on the first swing. After I had swung from the platform, as I was swinging backwards I noticed something off, the swing was headed stairght for the steps. I slammed into the steps, hard, and fast. My legs came untangled from the wooden platform I was sitting on, but my hands held on tightly. My cousins all watched in terror as they saw me gripping the rope with only my hands to protect me from the rocky ground below. My face flushed from all emotions but fear. If I slipped there was a more than likely chance that I would break a bone, or even get a concussion. My hands held onto the rope as if it were the only thing separating me from life, or death. I swung back to the place where I could get off. My cousins yelled for me to jump. I lept off the swing, nothing could keep me from doing that. I jumped off and felt the ground, the amazingly awesome ground, beneath my feet. You could tell I was shaking, not from the cold, not from the rain, but from fear. I lived. I got a rope burn, but that's a lot better than a concussion.
That day I learned that no matter what situation your in, all you have to do is hold on, just a tiny bit longer, and you will be able to get off the swing.


This is a list of historical figures that chose The Holy Book of Mormon over the teachings of Joseph Smith and the Doctrine & Covenants.
Josiah Stowell (Stoal) had employed Joseph to look for treasure. He was the first to see the plates once retrieved from the Hill Cumorah.
I have left you, not because I disbelieve the Bible, for I believe in God, the Saviour, and religion the same as ever; but when I retrace our track, and view the doings of the Church for six years past, I can see nothing that convinces me that God has been our leader; calculation after calculation has failed, and plan after plan has been overthrown, and our Prophet seemed not to know the event till too late. If he said go up and prosper, still we did not prosper; but have labored and toiled, and waded through trials, difficulties, and temptations, of various kinds, in hope of deliverance. But no deliverance came. The promises failed, and time after time we have been disappointed; and still were commanded, in the most rigid manner, to follow him, which the Church did, until many were led into the commission of crime; have been apprehended and broken down by their opponents, and many have been obliged to abandon their country, their families, and all they possessed, and great affliction has been brought upon the whole Church. What shall we say to these things? Did not your prophet proclaim in your ears that the day was your own, and you should overcome; when in less than a week you were all made prisoners of war, and you would have been exterminated, had it not been for the exertions and influence of a few dissenters, and the humane and manly spirit of a certain officer?
William Law is more misunderstood than John Corrill and David Whitmer.
The mere mention of his name is enough to send chills down the spine of most church members. Law is attributed with the cause of the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum.
The truth is, Law was a wealthy Irishman who joined the Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo from Canada. He and his elder brother Wilson migrated with their families and other church members in a wagon train.
In Nauvoo Law was counseled by Joseph to invest in land, which he did so by buying from the church, i.e. Joseph. This pitted the two largest land owners against one another. Joseph trumped Law by issuing a decree that church members must only buy land from the church, i.e. Joseph. Law lost, he could not sell his land nor recoup his investment.
Law was counselor to Joseph in the First Presidency for a couple of years, even publicly defending Joseph character. During that time Law became privy to some of the inner workings of the church, but not all. What he did see though bothered him tremendously. For example, he saw Joseph promise a prominent lawyer/politician (Cyrus Walker of McDonough County, Illinois. A Whig candidate for the United States House of Representatives) that he would swing church votes his way in lieu of legal help. Joseph received the legal help, but reneged on his promise and swung the vote of the members for Joseph P. Hoge.
Law tried to get Joseph and Hyrum to abandon this practice but they refused. Law therefore began the " Reformed Mormon Church" as his alternative. This was the first use of the word "reformed" among Mormons.
Forasmuch as the public mind hath been much agitated by a course of procedure in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, by a number of persons declaring aginst certain doctrines and practices therein, (among whom I am One,) it is but meet that I should give my reasons, at least in part, as a cause that hath led me to declare myself. In the latter part of the summer, 1843, the Patriarch, Hyrum Smith, did in the High Council, of which I was a member, introduce what he said was a revelation given through the Prophet; that the said Hyrum Smith did essay to read the said revealtion in the said Council, that according to his reading there was contained the following doctrines; lst the sealing up of persons to eternal life, against all sins, save that of sheding innocent blood or of consenting thereto; 2nd, the doctrine of a plurality of wives, or marrying virgins; that "David and Solomon had many wives, yet in this they sinned not save in the matter of Uriah. This revelation with other evidence, that the aforesaid heresies were taught and practiced in the Church; determined me to leave the office of first counsellor to the president of the Church at Nauvoo, inasmuch as I dared not teach or administer such laws. And further deponent saith not.
"About the year 1842, he was present at an interview between his father and the Prophet Joseph. The topic under discussion was the doctrine of plural marriage. William Law, with his arms around the neck of the Prophet, was pleading with him to withdraw the doctrine of plural marriage, which he had at that time commenced to teach to some of the brethren, Mr. Law predicting that if Joseph would abandon the doctrine, 'Mormonism' would, in fifty or one hundred years, dominate the Christian world. Mr. Law pleaded for this with Joseph with tears streaming from his eyes. The Prophet was also in tears, but he informed the gentleman that he could not withdraw the doctrine, for God had commanded him to teach it, and condemnation would come upon him if he was not obedient to the commandment.
"During the discussion, Joseph was deeply affected. Mr. Richard S. Law says the interview was a most touching one, and was riveted upon his mind in a manner that has kept it fresh and distinct in his memory, as if it had occurred but yesterday.
"Mr. Law also says, that he has no doubt that Joseph believed he had received the doctrine of plural marriage from the Lord. The Prophet's manner being exceedingly earnest, so much so, that Mr. Law was convinced that the Prophet was perfectly sincere in his declaration.
"The gentleman says his father believed that Joseph had become possessed of an evil spirit and had been deceived. He also claims that the foundation for his father's disaffection, and final withdrawal from the Church, was owing to the teaching of plural marriage to him by the Prophet Joseph Smith. He declares further that his mother was taught the same doctrine by the 'Mormon' Prophet.
Regionally acknowledged as a competent physician and surgeon, Dr. Law practiced nearly forty years near Apple River, Illinois, and at Shullsburg, Wisconsin. He died of pneumonia at the age of eighty-two.
William E. McLellin was an early apostle who left Joseph's church and was later excommunicated. McLellin continued to believe in The Most Holy & Sacred Book of Mormon. There are three separate jounal publications of his listed below. He also published a circular in 1847 called the Ensign of Liberty that was similar to the writings of David Whitmer.
William Earl McLellin's writings document aspects of a community of believers that coalesced around Joseph Smith in nineteenth-century America, showing the church's place in its historical context. McLellin's notebooks and letters portray the Mormons from their inception in the 1830s up to the 1880s when they began to evolve from a mystical Christian offshoot into a modern world church. In the twenty-first century, his perspective provides a marker for comparing that bygone spiritualist movement with a church much less isolated from competing faith ideas and society's widespread skepticism.
McLellin's name became prominent in 1983-86 through the forger Mark W. Hofmann. When Hofmann invented a phantom "McLellin Collection" based on historical references, portions of the apostle's writings were found to reside in LDS archives. Some of these were published by the University of Illinois Press and BYU Studies thirteen years ago. Now other portions of the collection – including additional material at LDS archives and documents housed at the Marriott Library and Community of Christ archives – become available for the first time.
One of the original twelve apostles of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as Mormons then presented themselves, McLellin advocated the genuine antiquity of the Book of Mormon. However, when questions emerged in 1837 Kirtland, Ohio, about founder Joseph Smith's connection to a live-in housekeeper, Fanny Alger, then issues of money and control of property, divided church leadership, McLellin criticized his once-beloved leader. Most pointedly, he questioned additions to an 1831 revelation regarding a second priesthood. A year after this dispute, McLellin was tried and excommunicated along with fellow stalwarts Oliver Cowdery, Apostles Luke and Lyman Johnson, David Whitmer, John Whitmer, and in 1839 William W. Phelps and Frederick G. Williams, all of whom had joined in the dissent against Joseph Smith.
Yet even after the prophet's death in 1844, McLellin remained close to the Smith family. It was McLellin whom the prophet's primary wife, Emma Smith, had told in Kirtland of seeing her husband, through a barn door, positioned on a hay mow with a young servant girl. McLellin recalls the struggle within the Smith family as Frederick Williams and others encouraged Joseph to offer a public apology. McLellin later related these incidents to the prophet's son, Joseph Smith III. An apostle at the time Joseph Jr. was offering new revelation to the church, McLellin was able to record early LDS events as an eyewitness, in their cultural context.
Ensign of Liberty, of the Church of Christ. nos 1-7. Kirtland, OH: W. E. McLellin, 1847-49.
Memorabilia collector Brent Ashworth announced last week the rediscovery of a notebook of William E. McLellin, a Mormon apostle who was excommunicated for apostasy in 1838.
Make no mistake about it. William E. McLellin had no love for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his excommunication in 1838. But the former apostle's testimony of the Book of Mormon survived and forms a significant part of his recently rediscovered 1871 notebook. McLellin's widow, who had joined the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now the Community of Christ), gave or sold the notebook to W.O. Robertson, who sold it to John Resch in 1919. Resch then sold it to RLDS apostle Paul M. Hanson, who put excerpts into a newspaper in 1929. Photographs exist from the 1920s or '30s of a few pages of the notebook. The notebook remained in Hanson's family until Brent Ashworth acquired it this summer at his store, B. Ashworth's, in Provo, Utah. The following excerpts are presented with the original spelling and punctuation as they appear in the notebook. Deletions are crossed out and insertions are in <brackets>. Editorial insertions are in (parenthesis). Ashworth hopes to have the full notebook published soon.
I do not endorse many of the acts of Joseph Smith. And the older he grew, the wider of the mark his course until finally he died at the hands of his enemies, as "a fool dieth." In his afterlife he introduced great wickedness, and even abominations the "church of Latter Day Saints." And to day that people at the great Salt Lake valley are carrying out the measures introduced by him in Nauvoo. I firmly believe that the people called Latter Day Saints are the wickedest people of any that now live on this wide earth. But here I will stop, but could say more.
12. In 1833, when mobbing reigned triumphant in Jackson Co. Mo. I and O. Cowdery fled from our homes, for fear of personal violence on Saturday the 20th day of July. The mob dispersed, agreeing to meet again on the next Tuesday. They offered eighty dollars reward for any one who would deliver Cowdery or McLellan in Independence on Tuesday. On Monday I slipped down into the Whitmer's settlement, and there in the lonely woods I met with David Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery. I said to them, "brethren I never have seen an open vision in my life but you men say you have, and therefore you positively know. Now you know that our lives are in danger every hour, if the mob can only only catch us. Tell me in the fear of God is that book of Mormon true"? Cowdery looked at me with solemnity depicted in his face, and said, 'Brother William, God sent his holy Angel to declare the truth of the translation of it to us, and therefore we know. And though the mob kill us, yet we must die declaring its truth". David said, 'Oliver has told you the solemn truth, for we could not be deceived. I most truly declare declare to you its truth"!! Said I, boys, I believe you. I can see no object for you to tell me false<hood> now, when our lives are endangered. Eight men testify also to handling that sacred pile of plates, from which Joseph Smith <read off the> translated<ion> that heavenly Book.
13. One circumstance I'll relate of one of these eight witnesses. While the mob was raging in Jackson Co. Mo. In 1833 some young men ran down Hiram Page <in the woods> one of the eight <witnesses,> and commenced beating and pounding him with whips and clubs. He begged, but there was no mercy. They said he was <a> damned Mormon, and they meant to beat him to death! But finally one of them said to him, if you will deny that damned book, we will let you go. Said he, how can I deny what I know to be true? Then they pounded him again. When they thought he was about to breathe his last, they said to him, Now what do you think of your God, when he don't save you? Well, said he, I believe in God – Well, said one of the most intelligent among them, I believe the damned fool will stick to it though we kill him. Let us let him go. But his life was nearly run out. He was confined to his bed for a length of time. So much for a man who knows for himself. Knowledge is beyond faith or doubt. It is positive certainty.
14. I in company with friend, visited one of the eight witnesses <in 1869.> – The only one who is now alive, and he bore a very lucid and rational testimony, and gave us many interesting particulars. He was a young man when he had those testimonies. He is now <was then> sixty eight years old, and still he is firm in his faith. Now I would ask what will I do with such a cloud of faithful witnesses, bearing such a rational and yet solemn testimony? These men while in the prime of life, saw the vision of the Angel, and bore this testimony to all people. And eight men saw the plates, and handled them. Hence these men all know the things they declared to be positively true. And that too while they were young, and now when old they declare the same things.
Although he had left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was highly critical of its leaders, practices and doctrines, McLellin has left a record of value to those who believe in the Book of Mormon and in the prophet Joseph Smith.
In 1880 James T. Cobb, a graduate of Dartmouth and Amherst colleges and a resident of Salt Lake City, was making an attempt to establish the falsity of the Book of Mormon through an extensive examination of its origins. Among those to whom he directed letters of inquiry was William E. McLellan, whose close association with Joseph Smith and the witnesses of the Book of Mormon in the early years of the Church made him an appropriate subject for correspondence.
The following testimony was written in reply to James T. Cobb's inquiry. Its significance lies in the fact that even though McLellan was disillusioned with Joseph Smith and other Church leaders, as the letter makes clear, nevertheless was unable to deny his conviction that the Book of Mormon was what it claimed to be. The original of this letter is located in the New York Public Library, New York City.
Yours of Aug. 9th lies before me, and has been carefully read and considered. I did not answer your former letter because I did not think I could do any good by it, and I now have doubts as to any good resulting, but I'll comply with your request.
I am opinionated. When I thoroughly examine a subject and settle my mind, then higher evidence must be introduced before I change. I have set to my seal that the Book of Mormon is a true, divine record and it will require more evidence than I have ever seen to ever shake me relative to its purity." I have read many 'Exposes.' I have seen all their arguments. But my evidences [p 1] are above them all!
"I have no faith in Mormonism, as an ism, even from its start, neither have I in Latter day Saintism from its start – through all of its developments. I have no confidence that the church organized by J. Smith and O. Cowdery was set up or established as it ought to have been. And the further its run, its run still further from the true way – further from the plain simplicity of that Divine record, the Book of M. I don't know that I am surprised at a thinking man for rejecting L.D.S.ism as it's now developed in any and all branches of what is called Mormonism. But when a man goes at the Book of M. he touches the apple of my eye. He fights against truth – against purity – against light – against the purist, or one of the truest, purist books on earth.I have more confidence in the Book of Mormon than any book on this wide earth! And its not because I don't know its content, for I have probably read it through 20 times. I have read it carefully through within a year, and made many notes on it. It must be that a man does not love purity when he finds fault with the Book of Mormon!! Fight the wrongs of LDSism as you please, but let that unique, inimitable book alone. I have but little confidence in the purity of a man's life or in his principles of action after becoming acquainted with that Book, and then fighting or opposing its divine excellence! Hence, you may know what I think of your course!!
When I first joined the church in 1831, soon I became acquainted with all the Smith family and the Whitmer family, heard all their testimonies, which agreed in the main points; and I believed them then, and I believe them yet. But don't believe the many stories (contradictory) got up since, for I individually know many of them are false.
My advice to you is cease your opposition and strife against the Book, and fight against wrong doing in professors; for you might just as well fight against the rocky mountains as the Book!!
David Whitmer has lost his thumb on his right hand several years ago, and cannot write. And he would not be willing to write much to a man who fights the Book of M. which he knows to be true. I saw him June 1879, and heard him bear his solemn testimony to the truth of the book – as sincerely and solemnly as when he bore it to me in Paris, Ill in July 1831. I believed him then and still believe him. You seem to think he and I ought to come out and tell something – some darkness relative to that book. We should lie if we did, for we know nothing against its credibility or divine truth.
I can but hope you will alter your course and use your talents, energy and all your exertions in behalf of the truthfulness of that glorious volume!!
With profound respect for truth, purity & holiness I subscribe myself a lover of all that is true and wholesome.
P. S. Like you I want to add a few words. I never had but one letter from you until this one. You seem to think S. Rigdon the bottom of all M.ism. Many people know better. He never heard of the work of Smith & Cowdery until C. and P. P. Pratt brought the Book to him in Mentor, OH. True enough, I have but little confidence in S. Rigdon, but I know he was more the tool [p 3] of J. Smith than his teacher and director. He was docile in J. S. hands to my knowledge.
The last persons to know Oliver's views regarding Mormonism before he died was David and Oliver's brother Warren.
I will now make this subject SO PLAIN THAT YOU CANNOT HELP BUT UNDERSTAND ME, IF YOU DID NOT BEFORE.
I did not say that Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer had not endorsed the Doctrine and Covenants in 1836. They did endorse it in 1836; I stated that they came out of their errors (discarded the Doctrine and Covenants), repented of them, and died believing as I do today. I have the proof to verify my statement. If anyone chooses to doubt my word, let them come to my home in Richmond and be satisfied.
And after this manner did he command me that I should baptize them Behold ye shall go down & stand in the water & in my name shall ye baptize them And now behold these are the words which ye shall say calling them by name saying Having authority given me of Jesus Christ I baptize you in the name of the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Ghost Amen And then shall ye immerse them in the water & come forth again out of the water & after this manner shall ye baptize in my name For behold verily I say unto you that the Father & the Son & the Holy Ghost are one & I am in the Father & the Father in me & the Father & I are one.
The last of the Whitmers who believed as he was John C. Whitmer's daughter Mayme Janetta Whitmer Koontz who died in 1961.
Defense of the Church of Christ, and Exposure of the Errors of Mormonism. Newton, KS: Democrat Publishing House, 1887, 30 pp.
Pamphlet No. 2, Exposure of the Errors of Mormonism, and Defense of the Church of Christ. Newton, KS: Republican Printing House, 1887, 52 pp.
Exposure of the Errors of Mormonism and Defense of the Church of Christ, Pamphlet No. 3. Newton, KS: Reynolds Bros., Printing House, 1888, 103 pp.
25 May 1816 – 11 Mar. 1891. Printer, editor and publisher, born at Floyd (near Rome), Oneida Co., New York, son of Nathan Robinson and Mary Brown. Moved to Utica, Oneida Co., ca. 1831 and learned printing trade at Utica Observer. Moved to Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, Aug. 1833, and worked as compositor on The Ohio Star. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, May 1835, and worked in printing office. Baptized into the LDS church by Joseph Smith, 16 Oct. 1835. Married first Angelina (Angeline) Eliza Works, 13 Dec. 1835 in Kirtland, OH. Ordained an elder 29 Apr. 1836 and a seventy 20 Dec. 1836. Served a mission to Richland Co., Ohio, June – July 1836 and shortly after served a mission to New York. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, spring 1837. Assisted with the publication of the Elders' Journal summer 1838. Church clerk and recorder and clerk of Missouri high council, 1838. Member of Far West high council, Dec. 1838. Justice of the peace, 1839. When driven from Missouri, moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, and worked on Quincy Whig, 1839. Became publisher, coeditor, and editor of Times and Seasons 1839 – 1842 at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Justice of the peace in Hancock Co., by 1842. Served mission to New York, 1843. Moved to Pittsburgh, June 1844. Affiliated with Sidney Rigdon and served as his counselor. In May 1846, moved to Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, where he edited Rigdonite Messenger and Advocate of the Church of Christ. Moved to Decatur Co., Iowa, Apr. 1855. Baptized into RLDS church by William W. Blair, 29 Apr. 1863, at Pleasanton, Hamilton Township, Decatur Co. Wife died, 1880. Married second Martha A. Cunningham, 5 Feb. 1885. Affiliated with David Whitmer's Church of Christ, 1888. Edited Whitmerite periodical The Return, 1889 – 1891. Died at Davis City, Decatur Co.
Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. Vol. 1, 1830 – 1847. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997.
After Pauline's death, members of her church voted against the Book of Mormon in 1973, and sold the church in 1984.
"An Open book : the Book of Mormon : dedicated to harmonious truth as found in the Bible and the Book of Mormon" edited by Jim Snell. (Kansas City, KS : Snell Printing, No. 1-36, 1970-1980.
Book of Mormon Texts, Snell Printing, 1993.
"The Tanners would publicly give up the Book of Mormon in 1962, making the case for doing so in a tract called 'Facts Concerning the Book of Mormon.' This tract became the basis for a chapter in Jerald's Mormonism: A Study of Mormon History and Doctrine, a book that in turn would become the basis of the various editions of Mormonism – Shadow or Reality?


"And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free", John 8:32. Amazing how words spoke and written over two thousand years ago apply today.
Maybe that's because evil really hasn't changed very much over the entire existence of mankind. Evil is ever present and it feeds on the poor and uneducated of mankind. One would think with all the instant communications we have today getting to know the truth would be easier than ever.
Well, that simply is not the case. The rise of "fake news" is now all the rage and it may be harder than ever to learn the truth. One thing for sure is that the deceivers are out in full force. Deceivers take advantage of the poor and uneducated among us. They count on people simply believing what they say and not making an effort to examine the truth. Those of us that are aware of evil in the world and watch out for the signs of evil can detect a deceiver more easily.
When politicians rely on one of the seven deadly sins such as envy to sway your opinion it can be a sure bet you have found one. For the past decade we have listened to politicians play the envy card. They have created a war on success. Being successful is now considered by many to be a bad thing. I guess these stupid folks think we should all live in poverty and starve to death. And to make matters worse the deceiver politicians have convinced many people violent demonstrations against long held American values are now the thing to do.
Let's examine how their latest round of deception is working. The new tax cut plans issued by the President are a fine example of liberal deception. As soon as the tax cuts were announced the leader of deception Senator Chuck Schumer was touting the cuts as a giveaway to the rich and hurting the poor. What a load of deceit.
at Wal Mart. Business taxes are rolled up into the price you pay for their products.
So if we lower the business taxes from 35% to 15% we are in effect lowering the price we pay for the products that we all buy. And that includes a gallon of milk the poor purchase at Wal Mart. Business taxes are a hidden tax, and evil politicians like Chuck Schumer are counting on the poor and uneducated not knowing the truth about the hidden taxes they themselves prey on the poor with.
After all, these deceiver politicians need tax money so they can promise government handouts for votes. It is illegal to buy your vote with currency, but it is not illegal to buy your vote with a handout paid for with your own tax money.
"For many deceivers have gone out into the world", Second John 7. Liberalism is evil. It hides behind a deception cloaked in righteousness, but the truth is you cannot claim to be righteous while promoting jealousy and envy. Goodness does not come from the promotion of evil. Our founding fathers new full well the evil in government taxation.
Remember the tea party in Boston harbor? All we have accomplished in the ever increasing taxation of the American people is a bloated government full of deceivers who have put our country in a financial peril of debt. Whatever these evil politicians have taken, or will take, from us it will never be enough. They will violently protest and demand more. It is time to call them out for who and what they are. Enough is enough.
Please take the time to study what the deceivers are doing with your money. It just may change your life for the better. And just maybe your grandchildren will thank you someday.


Album information about PJ Harvey's new release, entitled Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, were announced today. The album, Harvey's sixth LP, will be released on October 23 and will feature Thom Yorke as a guest vocalist on a duet called "This Mess We're In". Harvey reportedly wrote the song with Thom in mind.
Thom will also be providing backing vocals on two other tracks from the album.
For more information about PJ Harvey and the new album, head on over to www.pjh.org.
Slowly the details are trickling in from the grapevine about the cover for the highly-anticipated Kid A. From what we've heard, the cover will be plain in a similar style as the recent tour posters. Also, "Radiohead" and "Kid A" are written at the top right. Also, the booklet will not be as thick as the one from OK Computer.
Stanley commented about the artwork yesterday saying that "it's a nightmare for record companies.
You can now read the "delightful" column written by Steven Wells for the NME about Radiohead and their fans. Click here to read it.


Best way to display number of selected objects in a Status Bar?
I am thinking ways to display number of selected objects on my application Status Bar.
The application is basically a gird view of objects and I intend to show the number of objects listed as well as the number of objects selected by the User.
I browsed through multiple apps and found various implementations e.g.
I couldn't clearly derive a best approach. Some applications are using Items and Selected keys, some show just the numbers.
What do you guys think. From a user's point of view, what is more relatable?
You shouldn't overthink much such small details - just pick one if you are stuck. You'll be able to improve letter - when you work longer on the product and get more familiar with it.
Two of 100 of what?
Thanks, I preferred the Mac Finder too.


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import static org.chocosolver.solver.constraints.checker.DomainBuilder.buildFullDomains;

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Q: Difference between words 'stench' and 'stink' What is the difference between 'stench' and 'stink', both used as nouns and smells? I want the  olfactory distinction of these words. I am very much aware of the other meanings of stink but that is not what I want.
For example:

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*There was a stench in the bathroom.

*There was a stink in the bathroom.

What's the distinction here?

A: The Oxford dictionary describes stench as:

A strong and very unpleasant smell

It describes stink as:

A strong unpleasant smell; a stench

So according to this, both words mean the same. I found also that both have the same etymology. They arise from the Old English stenc.
I was wondering if there were a shred of difference in their meanings but I am not able to find any. An English professor, very long ago, had told me that no two words in the English language have the same meaning. They may have similar meanings, but not same. But here we seem to have refuted his ideology.

A: "Stench" is always a bad smell, but "stink" can have other meanings too - for example, "Kick up a stink" means to make a fuss about something.

A: They mean essentially the same thing. "Stench" is probably the stronger word, to be used for more extremely bad smells.

A: After doing some research on this, I suspect the following. Please tell me if this is right or wrong...
A stink is a foul smell of an organic origin - rotting corpse, fart, skunk, rotten eggs, etc.
A stench can be any kind of bad smell, not necessarily organic - chemicals, pollutants, etc.
What does everyone think of this?

A: Stink is the verb and stench is the noun. Using stink as the noun is or was gramatically incorrect but now commonly done.
A similar relationship occurs between drink and drench, link and lynch, break and breach etc.


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Netanyahu should be vindicated, not blamed
Spending Thanksgiving in Long Island made me proud to be a former New Yorker. Despite the distance, the level of concern and regard for the suffering the people of Israel are enduring, heartwarming - and a mind opener. No self-blame, no irrational Jewish morality that blames the Jewish victims, no twisted logic that never holds the Palestinian Arabs accountable for their murderous behavior while blaming Netanyahu and the current government of Israel instead. No demand that Israel continue to abide by the rules of the "Oslo peace process" and allow Israelis to be sitting ducks waiting innocently for the next stabbing or road terror.
The overwhelming majority of the people with whom I spoke understood without any doubt, hesitation or need to apologize, that the current terror wave is just another stark reminder that the incessant demands by the Israeli left and their American supporters that Israel make more concessions to "give peace a chance" are utter nonsense.
From both religious and secular people, I heard voices unified in their demand that Israel get tough and do what is necessary to end the terror wave. I don't know where the leftist liberal Jews we read about were hiding, but it wasn't there.
Netanyahu and the government he leads elicit hope rather than blame. The Palestinian Arabs and their ideology of accepting nothing else than the demise of Israel are seen correctly as the fuel that has ignited the insatiable urge to go out and stab, shoot and run over any Jew they can get near. Once again, the Palestinian Arabs have shown their inability to let go of the pan-Islamic shackles that have prevented their political emancipation over the past century. All of this is as clear as daylight for my many hosts here in Long Island yet remains far removed from the collective understanding of so many Israelis who choose to blame Netanyahu.
This being said, Israel and her supporters throughout the world are still left wondering how the Netanyahu government will end the wave of terror. If on one hand the government acts to make it more difficult for the Palestinian Arabs to kill Jews by limiting their access to roads and Jewish communities, the government will be widely accused of apartheid-like oppression. If the government does nothing as President Obama has continued to urge, or takes measures in order to "build confidence," they will not only will have rewarded the Palestinian Arabs for murder but will make it easier for the wave of terror to continue and escalate.
So the dilemma remains: Can the Netanyahu government ignore all of these wider considerations and simply squeeze the Palestinian Arabs until they cry uncle?
According to this kind of logic, the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip should have been eradicated after the first missile was fired on Israel years ago, yet two wars later, Israel has chosen to enable Hamas to continue existing as a political and territorial governing entity.
Should Israel choose to, it can overrun and regain control of the Gaza Strip in less than 72 hours, so the issue is not one of military strength and capability. This kind of scenario could result in hundreds of Palestinian Arabs killed and wounded, but that would not be the main consideration if it was deemed necessary for the normalization of Israeli life. There seem to be other wider strategic considerations at work that might explain what is perceived by many supporters and foes alike as weakness and political hesitancy, both in Gaza and Judea and Samaria.
Sooner, rather than later, the terror wave will come to an end, signaling the end of the Palestinian Authority.
From the leftist perspective, tough security measures are counter-productive and sow the seeds for more terrorism. They claim that it is in Israel's interest to leave Judea and Samaria and separate from the Palestinian Arabs in order to preserve Israeli democracy. They demand a unilateral withdrawal from Judea and Samaria knowing full well that this would only create another larger and more dangerous version of the Gaza terrorist state created by Ariel Sharon's 2005 pullout from the Katif Bloc. Since the first obligation of any government is to defend the safety of its people, all of these Oslo inspired retreats have been proven again and again over the years to empower terrorists and whet their appetite for more terror to bring on more Israeli withdrawals.
The answer to these competing perspectives is more obvious than it would seem. Over the years as the Palestinian Authority (PA) has become a basket welfare state basing its very existence on handouts from the State Department and the European Union. It did not establish any real public services or infrastructure for the Palestinian Arabs that were supposed to be the primary beneficiaries of this outside budgetary funding.
Instead, Israel provides employment for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arab workers; electricity, water, and other vital services are all provided by Israel. Israel and the Palestinian Arabs have become more intertwined and interdependent than ever before.
As Israel's industrial and residential expansion creeps eastward beyond the 1949 Armistice Lines changing the demographic reality in Judea and Samaria, the Jewish population is expected to reach one million residents by the end of the decade. During this period, the Palestinian Authority will lose any semblance of legitimacy in the eyes of the very people that they are representing. Filling the political void will be Hamas and the Islamist ideology which fueled the current terror wave. An absolute majority of terrorists have come from East Jerusalem and the Hevron area, both hotbeds of Hamas, with the PA having little if any influence on these Arab residents except for adding incitement.
Sooner, rather than later, the terror wave will come to an end, signaling the end of the Palestinian Authority. With Hamas replacing Abbas and his corrupt bureaucracy, not one word of condemnation will be uttered by Obama, or the Europeans. Hamas will not be hampered by any human rights organizations as they execute and throw PA officials and supporters off the 15th floor, as they enthusiastically did the last time around in Gaza - without any international response.
With Hamas at the helm, Israel will be able to respond forcibly as a sovereign state should and put an end to the nascent Palestinian Arab terror state The great majority of Israelis and their American supporters will have no qualms about destroying the terror infrastructure of Hamas. The silent majority of Palestinian Arabs will weigh in with Israel and opt to strengthen this interdependency.
Netanyahu is a statesman of historic proportion who knows full well that the current terror wave, despite the high price in loss of life - and even though every Jewish life is a high price - will enable Israel to emerge stronger, united, and invincible in the eyes of its adversaries in the Middle East. For this, Netanyahu should be vindicated and not blamed; we all owe him our gratitude.
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Residents first thought police presence was at their apartment building in New York on Tuesday because of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin, but that turned out not to be the case as it was discovered that a woman's body was found in the building's trash compactor in Manhattan's Union Square.
Crime scene investigators were on the scene at 1 Irving Place Tuesday evening, collecting evidence in the bizarre and grisly death. Police say it's not clear yet how the 48-year-old woman died, but her body was found at around 5 p.m.
Police officers and paramedics told the New York Post they responded to a call on Tuesday afternoon and "discovered a 48-year-old female unconscious and unresponsive inside a trash compactor."
Abedin had renewed the lease on the apartment in May 2017 and allegedly invited Weiner back home to the luxury three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot pad at 1 Irving Place, which a Corcoran listing said features an "expansive, panoramic view of Union Square Park and the midtown skyline."
That shouldn't surprise anyone as there has still been no verifiable reason as to how thousands of Clinton State Department emails ended up on his laptop .
Of course, he's not spending one day in jail for that, and neither is Huma.


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Operatives of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Monday stormed the head office of Peoples Gazette in Abuja, demanding to see the online newspaper's managing editor, a reporter and bearing a letter that threatened "other options" should the journalists fail to cooperate with stipulation for the source of a confidential memo that was published in December.
The Gazette had obtained — and published in a series of three articles — a memo that spy chiefs at the foreign intelligence office had written to President Muhammadu Buhari, warning him against retaining Rufai Abubakar as the director-general on the grounds that he lacked intellectual and physiological rigour for the position.
On Monday, nearly three weeks after the articles, four officers arrived in a white Toyota Hilux truck shortly after 1:00 p.m., intimidated security personnel at the gate and forced their way into our offices on the second floor.
The agents from the nation's external security service then demanded to see The Gazette's Managing Editor Samuel Ogundipe and reporter Hillary Essien. One of the officers, who adorned a cream kaftan with a matching cap, gave a letter to The Gazette's front desk staff. Pages of the letter were subsequently scanned and transmitted to The Gazette's lawyers in Lagos.
The officers left after they realised that Mr Ogundipe and Ms Essien were not at the office, but indicated in their letter that they will make additional efforts to realise the agency's mission.
The three-page letter described the content of the memo written to the president by the directors as being "full of falsehood," adding that "it is even worse that Peoples Gazette did not deem it necessary to validate the allegations in such a letter with the other party before running to press."
The NIA, in the letter signed for the DG by Amstrong Machunga, asked The Gazette to reveal the identities of the officers responsible for the memo and its disclosure.
"It should be on the record that the NIA, as a Secret Service, is sensitive to undue publicity, but not shy of accountability and ready to engage on any issue of concern with responsible media outlets. The malicious publication under reference falls in the category of undue publicity and is most unwelcome.
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"Peoples Gazette, therefore, has to come clean not the falsehood it published and prove that it is not working for people with ulterior negative motives against the NIA, by forwarding to us a copy of the letter from which the publication emanated and identify signatories to the purported letter.
"This could set the stage for engagement and resolution of the damage that has been caused to the image of the Director General of the NIA and the organisation. Failure to take advantage of this opportunity may lead to activation of other options to seek redress," the letter, dated December 23, 2021, but delivered today, said.
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The Gazette made efforts to obtain comments from the NIA prior to running the articles but received no response. However, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu acknowledged the letter and said the president had addressed the concerns raised by the directors.
The Gazette stands by its story and urged Mr Abubakar and the NIA management to focus on addressing the protests of the officers who wrote the letters rather than deploying resources towards unearthing their identities.
"The NIA directors recognised the risks involved when they pushed that confidential memo to the president," Mr Ogundipe said. "Our newspaper will not take part in breaking that confidentiality."
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"Mr Abubakar should clear the air on whether or not he failed promotional exams on three different occasions, as well as the allegations of corruption and nepotism we saw in the memo," the Managing Editor added.
Chidi Odinkalu, a constitutional law expert and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, said the NIA had breached the Nigerian Constitution by sending its agents to The Gazette's office in the manner it did.
"The NIA acted unlawfully," Mr Odinkalu said by telephone on Monday afternoon. "If they have anything, they should collaborate with the State Security Service or the Nigeria Police Force who have the responsibility of internal security operations and law enforcement, respectively."
Mr Odinkalu said the NIA's move against The Gazette underscored the growing threats to journalism practice under the Buhari regime. It came a year after the regime blocked The Gazette's website in Nigeria after a report exposed the dwindling capacity incompetence of the president's chief of staff Ibrahim Gambari.
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