Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland) recently presented a House citation to Burton "Bud" Reisman of Lower Allen Township, honoring him for his service in the military, for his work in numerous community organizations, and for celebrating his 90th birthday.
Reisman served as a bomber pilot in World War II and the Korean War; is the past commander of the Jewish War Veterans and is still active with the organization; was past president of the Harrisburg chapter of the Ostomy Association; is an Eagle Scout and worked for the Boy Scouts until his retirement in 2007. He also created a scout troop for the mentally challenged and was involved with Corrective or Preventive Action Response (CPAR) Intermediate Care for the Mentally Retarded. Reisman still serves as the treasurer of the Temple Beth Shalom Cemetery Foundation and is a member of the zoning board for Lower Allen Township.
Reisman's has four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and has a son Dave who is married to Anita.


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Men of the Right, Empty-Handed
Written by Louis Even on Sunday, 28 February 1971. Posted in In This Age of Plenty (book)
(Written by Louis Even. The introduction and comments are by Alain Pilote, and were published in the November-December, 1995 issue of the Michael Journal.)
The following article was written by Louis Even in 1971 but it is still relevant today as we notice a shift towards what political commentators call "the right", Neo-liberalism or Conservatism, in Canada and the United States. By this, they mean politicians who pester against the "Welfare State" or any other form of Socialism and State intervention. But, as Louis Even explains it so well, because these so-called "right-wing" politicians do not want to change or condemn the present financial system, which is at the root of all the evils they denounce, the cures they advocate are often worse than the evils they denounce, since they are bound to hurt the people they are supposed to help.
For example, they will make cuts in social programs, hospitals, health care, education, etc., in order to reduce the deficit. They say that they have no alternative but to "redefine the role of the State" (reduce programs) because they simply do not have the money to finance them. It is policies like these that lead many people, in Eastern European nations that were recently freed from Communism and converted to the "market economy", to say: "At least, in the days when the Communists were in power, we were not starving!"
These politicians say they have no alternative. Yet, they would not be forced to make all these cuts if they decided to tackle the real problem and to reform the financial system along these lines: The sovereign government of each nation must take back its right to issue the money for the nation, instead of borrowing money at interest from private banks. If this is not done, poverty will increase and become widespread among their populations.
What is needed for every country in the world is Social Credit, and Canada should be the first nation to set the example. This will come insofar as the subscribers to the "Michael" Journal make an effort to disseminate the light of Social Credit around them, by soliciting subscriptions and finding new members who will do the same, in order to educate the population, so that all Canadians will cry out to the Prime Minister in one voice: "You there! Create your own money!"
Men of the right…
Men of the right, you who reject Communism and all things that lead to it.
You who do not recognize any possibility of an alliance between the Communist heresy and the Christian truth.
You reject Communism, surely because it denies God and it wants to extinguish all religious belief. But even if it did allow the teaching and practice of religion, you would still say no to Communism because it denies human rights, because it abolishes freedom of choice, because of the tyranny of a Communist State, and because of its materialism and ideology.
You condemn any form of collectivism, of State Socialism. You do not want technocrats to be allowed to plan the life and activities of citizens. You fight back bureaucracy and the government's nose being stuck everywhere.
You deny the Government the right to substitute itself for families, for free associations and for intermediary bodies.
You loathe the growing political centralization that drives the administrators further away from those who are administered; a centralization that takes powers and means away from local public bodies and which transfers them to regional organizations, or from regional organizations to those of higher levels, where the voice of financial powers is better listened to than the voice of individuals and famiies
You also deplore the acceleration of economic concentration, which places the control of resources and manpower in the hands of a few; a concentration that creates huge plants in which hundreds, thousands of employees blindly follow orders they receive, whatever the nature or destination of the products may be.
You declare your strong attachment to a system of private property — whether of land, of housing, or of the means of production — property you wish everyone had access to.
Sadly you watch towns being filled with tenants, peasants who have left a land burdened with taxes and debts, to join our cities' proletariat. It is with sorrow that you observe the disappearance of man-size businesses that are either forced into bankruptcy or taken over by industrial or commercial monopolies.
Men of the right, you are surely worried by the attitude of rebellion that is gaining ground among the youth, by their distaste of home and family life and by their loss of respect for their parents, by the unwholesome fruits born by influences outside the family(...)
...empty-handed
But, men of the right, you must surely know that neither your laments nor your speaches will put a stop to this wave of political centralization, of economic centralization, of State Socialism, and of its culmination to Communism.
Neither will you stop it with empty hands. But is it not with empty hands that you denounce it? Have you nothing to oppose Socialism with, other than the present vitiated capitalist system which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer, which makes small owners lose the little they have left?
Oh! You may repeat your condemnations of this type of capitalism all you want. But what do you have to offer that will improve it? If you have nothing to offer, how will you prevent the discontented from turning to Socialism or Communism, even if this means to sacrifice their personal freedom, whether abruptly or gradually? The starving, the have-not, the homeless, hungers for more than freedom talk, a freedom he has already lost for all practical purposes.
You, men of the right, what do you have to offer to the hungry, to the have-not, to the homeless? What means will you take to stop the growing State interventions in areas that are up to individuals, families and local administrations? Can you not see that all these State interventions are said to be necessary, to be motivated by the financial incapacity of individuals and families to pay for municipal, school, and health services?
You are aware, just as we are, of this financial incapacity, but how do you suggest it should be remedied? What solution do you offer, other than your speeches, in which you are too often in a hurry to blame the victims for being the cause of their own financial incapacity?
What do you have to offer? Nothing. Nothing, and therefore you will stop neither nationalizations, nor State planning, nor collectivism, nor the technocrats, nor the bureaucrats, nor the spoliation, nor the regimentation, nor the State-all, nor Communism whether openly declared or disguised under some other name.
Your heart is broken when you see country people leaving their land for the pavement of the cities. But what do you have to offer to prevent taxes and debts from ruining farmers? Nothing? Well, don't be surprised if they decide to abandon a piece of land that must feed the State and the financiers before feeding their own families.
Some will say: This is part of progress. Really? Progress? In the past, with fifteen or twenty cows, a farmer could support a family of twelve children; today, one cannot raise four children if one does not have at least sixty head of cattle, a tractor, machinery... and a lot of debts!
Nothing is done to promote family life, to encourage parents to have children, to keep teenagers at home, to defend parental authority. You, men of the right, what do you have to offer to reassert the rights of the family and parental authority? Nothing! Once again, you are empty-handed!
What do you have to offer so that progress, the mechanization of production, automation, will result in free people, instead of people totally or partially unemployed, condemned to live on money taken from the wages of those who have not been displaced by progress yet? What do you offer? Nothing!
Because you are empty-handed, because you have nothing really new to offer, you are reduced to keeping quiet or to dancing to the same tune as the men of the left, to promoting the same measures that lead to the same results.
Communists of Soviet countries or defenders of the free world's Capitalism, men of the left and men of the right of our Nation, do they not advocate the same policy to solve unemployment? A policy of full employment.
And since improvements to the methods of production means that less and less human labour is needed to satisfy the normal needs of people, a solution is sought after in the promotion of new material needs, to keep production going. We no longer advocate the limitation of material needs, befitting to Christians, but on the contrary, we promote the active creation of new needs, therefore the sinking into materialism, the same materialism the increase of which worries you, men of the right. You contribute to it, because you do not know how, or do not want to, advocate a distribution of goods that is dissociated from the requirement of being employed in production.
No one can obtain goods without handing over money, without owning some purchasing power, even though the products have already been made in overabundance, and without requiring all available hands. But this purchasing power can be obtained only if one is employed in production. This wretched rule forces the creation of new jobs that create new goods, and therefore new needs to buy these new goods. You see what this leads to: To materialism. And you hold on to this wretched rule as though it were a Commandment of God.
Supremacy of money
Men of the right, can you not see that the evil in the economic and social organism lies in the submission to a financial system, which rules lead to all the conditions that you deplore.
Our whole economic life is motivated by money. Money reigns supreme. It has become the determining factor of every economic activity, and it also sets the conditions under which the operations are carried out. This supremacy of money is the great economic heresy — and more than merely economic — that Christians are too blind to see, or too bound to denounce, or too coward to overthrow.
Say, men of the right, have you ever seen governments, big or small, worried in their economic plans by anything else than money problems? When they want to build a road, a school, a hospital, do they worry about finding workers to do the work? Where to find stones, bricks, concrete or other materials? Isn't the problem of finding money the major headache of governments? Ask the Minister of Finance.
Yet, following ten years of headache and economic paralysis, in the years preceding World War II, as soon as it was declared, all the governments of the warring countries found the billions of dollars required to finance the war for six years. This proves at least that the scarcity of money could have been ended as early as 1930, since it was ended the very day the war was declared. It also proves that we are dealing here with a criminal money dictatorship, that starved people during peacetime, and that financed slaughter and destruction without any hesitation. And which also goes to prove that the governments of those days were the lackeys, whether unknowing or accomplices, of this criminal dictatorship. Their successors today have done nothing to change the situation.
And you accept this dictatorship of money, men of the right? You attack everything except this dictatorship. As though money was a god that escapes the will of man. As though rules established in respect to money could not be changed for rules in keeping with the many human needs and the possibilities that exist to satisfy them.
Ignorance or refusal?
You, men of the right, are empty-handed in front of all kinds of disorders, in every domain, because of your refusal to correct this major disorder: the disorder of money having become a sovereign.
I dare to use the word "refusal" because it seems to me that you cannot ignore what has been presented to the world since 1918, and in Canada, with unremitting zeal, since 1935, under the name of Social Credit.
Oh! I know too well that the news media did everything to silence or misrepresent the proposals of authentic Social Credit. I also know that the creation of political parties using that name, in Canada as well as in Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia, contributed to likening this doctrine of truth and liberation to a vulgar pursuit of power, making of Social Credit a faction of politicians to be fought, or electoral speeches to be ridiculed.
But men of the right should have learnt, a long time ago, to search for the truth elsewhere than in a news media infested with leftists and liars, and elsewhere than in the waffle of politicians. And if you are prejudiced against Social Credit, you should put your prejudices aside, for they have no reason to exist in a sincere search for a solution to the serious problems that you recognize and denounce.
Social Credit, an efficient solution
Social Credit is an efficient solution, since the implementation of its financial principles would turn finance into a flexible servant, instead of a master that dictates decisions in the economic order. It would liberate every level of government from subjection to the present controllers of financial credit.
By adjusting the issuing of financial credit, i.e. of money, to the possibilities of producing the goods required by the needs, one would no longer have to look at the pityful sight offered by a production capacity that stands paralyzed before unsatisfied needs.
Today's production can easily meet the orders of consumers when they are accompanied by the proper purchasing power. Social Credit would guarantee to every individual, through a periodic dividend, a basic purchasing power at least sufficient to allow the purchase of the necessities of life, in a country where the productive capacity can easily supply this amount of goods.
Moreover, there would be no inflation in a Social Credit economy. One cannot speak of a high cost of living, since a mechanism of price adjustment (not of price fixing ) would establish a balance between total effective purchasing power in the hands of consumers, and the sum of the prices of the goods offered on the market to satisfy the needs.
A dividend or guaranteed annual income
Comments by Alain Pilote, taken from the November-December 1995 issue of the "Michael" Journal:
Present debates about the future of social programs like welfare, employment insurance and pensions for the elderly, show the urgency of implementing Social Credit. A dividend must be given to every citizen. This would be much more efficient than all these other measures. Being short of money, governments tend to cut into social programs. This will inevitably hurt some people, especially the poorest.
Welfare recipients become an easy target for bashing because their benefits are paid for by the taxes of those who work. Middle-class wage earners show discontent, not without reason, for it turns out that some people on welfare are better off than they, who have to work at the sweat of their brows.
The Social Credit dividend would be infinitely better than the present welfare system with its many inquiries to know who is eligible and who is not. Contrary to welfare, it would not be financed by the taxpayers' money, but by new money, created without interest by the Bank of Canada. Moreover, this dividend would be given to every citizen, whether he is employed or not. Those who are employed would therefore not be penalized, since they would receive the dividend plus their wages. Wage-earners could no longer accuse those who don't work of having unfair privileges, since they would receive the same privileges, in addition to their wages.
Some people may think that giving such a dividend to everyone would make people idle: That people would no longer want to work, knowing they would receive a guaranteed annual income,. To this, the Social Crediters say that, on the contrary, with a guaranteed dividend, there would be a flowering of creative activities; people would then be placed in a position where they could take part in the type of activity which appeals to them most, activities for which they are best suited.
This stand was confirmed by a study of the Science Council of Canada, as reported by the Canadian Press on July 31, 1991:
"The fears that a guaranteed annual income to each Canadian family would harm the will of the people to work are groundless, say Derek Hum and Wayne Simpson, the two researchers who signed the document... A government spokesman pointed out that this project of a guaranteed income was on the shelf for now, but could surface at the next general election."
We know that this project did not surface for the October 25, 1993 elections in Canada. The Conservatives were swept away, going from 157 seats to only 2 seats!
Interestingly enough, in November 1985, the Macdonald Commission (created by Prime Minister Trdueau a few years earlier) had released its three-volume, 1,100-page report, which recommended three major changes:
1. Free trade with the U.S.A.;
2. A shift in tax policy toward consumption; and
3. A guaranteed annual income.
The Mulroney Government carried out the first two recommendations, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Goods and Services Tax, but did not implement a guaranteed annual income, which would have done Canadians more good than the two other measures. Was it because of the pressure of the Financiers?
It is now the Liberals who are in office. Will they be more courageous than Mulroney's Tories? The idea of a guaranteed annual income is not unknown to the Liberals. Columnist Richard Daigneault wrote in the January 4, 1985 issue of Quebec City's "Le Soleil":
"A certain number of Liberals believe that the guaranteed annual income — a minimum income to which every citizen would be entitled — is the system of tomorrow. According to Mr. Armand Bannister, chairman of the Reform Committee of the Liberal Party of Canada, the issue of unemployment, for instance, can no longer be seen in the light of the past, from the standpoint of the thirties. The use of modern technology at all levels of production and commercial activity will create unemployment. Can we continue claiming that each citizen, man and woman, is entitled to a job? Mr. Bannister says that this is not the case in a technological context."
In 1982, John Farina, a professor in the faculty of Social Sciences at the Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario, said:
"Man invented machines so that man would not have to work, and we've succeeded to the point of having one and a half million unemployed. But instead of cheering about it, we're in despair. To me this is sheer raging idiocy."
In June 1990, Paul Martin, who was then a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, promised that if he was elected Prime Minister of Canada, he would hasten to set up a guaranteed annual income for every citizen. In 2004, Paul Martin was Prime Minister. Was he still willing to implement this idea?
For the Canadian Government to give this guaranteed annual income, and for the Government to serve the Canadian citizens instead of blindly complying with the orders of the International Monetary Fund, the readers of the "Michael" Journal must keep up their apostolate work to educate the population by distributing our offprints and by soliciting subscriptions to our Journal, so that the pressure of the people on the Government will be stronger than the pressure of the Financiers.
This is the only effective method to obtain a change in the right direction. For example, as was mentioned in the June 25, 1995 edition of "The Toronto Star", Finance Minister Martin attacked the banks saying that he was only responding to public anger. This support of the population also led another Liberal minister, Roy MacLaren, to say, about the banks: "Who are those sons of ( ...) to be telling us how to run the country when they're hauling in so much money?"
Readers of the "Michael" Journal, let us not deviate from our mission: let us continue to solicit subscriptions to "Michael", to make Social Credit known and to increase the support of the population. The Government will soon send the bankers packing for good, and give a dividend to every citizen. There is no other solution but Social Credit, so let us concentrate all our efforts for the triumph of this cause; all other issues are just a waste of time and energy.
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What college girl doesn't dream of meeting Mr. Darcy? Lizzie was certainly no exception. But when Darcy Fitzwilliam comes into her life, he turns out to be every bit as aggravating as Elizabeth Bennett's Fitzwilliam Darcy. So what's a modern girl to do?
Jeanette Watts' satire pokes loving fun at Jane and all of us who worship the characters who shall forever be our romantic ideals.
Well! That was interesting. My roommate invited me along to this frat party she was going to. She went through something called rush week, and she is now pledged to a sorority. She said the frats are less formal than the sororities, and even though I wasn't a pledge I could go with her. I figured, why not, it should be fun, right?
I got to meet the guy she's chasing. I couldn't blame her for being interested. He's cute, and sweet, and considerate, and a total people-pleaser. One of his parents must be the demanding sort who is never happy.
He introduced us to his friend… whose name is Darcy Fitzwilliam! I wasn't sure at first that the guy wasn't just pulling our legs.
"Your mother obviously loves Jane Austen," I laughed.
"Obviously," he answered. Not much to go by.
"I love Pride and Prejudice," I continued.
"I hate Pride and Prejudice," I can only describe the look he was giving me as hostile.
"I think you will find yourself very much in a minority," I answered, returning his look with one of my own.
We didn't talk any more that night. Talk about getting off on the wrong foot!
She has written television commercials, marketing newspapers, stage melodramas, four screenplays, three novels, and a textbook on waltzing. When she isn't writing, she teaches social ballroom dances, refinishes various parts of her house, and sews historical costumes. She has just relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina and is loving her new home town.


For the past few weeks Jimmy Kimmel Live has been showing previously unaired episodes of the very first show Scandal created Shonda Rhimes ever made, a teen drama that actually starred many of the same actors who are now on Scandal. The final installment of the four part series "Scandal High" aired last night (NOVEMBER 19) with an especially emotional election day. See the surprising result of what happened when Izzy Langham (Portia de Rossi) challenged Hunter (Tony Goldwyn) on the big day in the finale episode above. Missed one of the four hilarious installments? Watch the entire four-part series below.


Provide comfort for the family of Beth Miller with a meaningful gesture of sympathy.
Beth A. Miller, 79, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019, after a brief illness. She is at peace now being united in heaven with her husband and true love William, whom she married June 29, 1973.
She was born April 28, 1939, in Crestline, Ohio to Doris and Aaron Solinger, and a resident of Ashland since 1971.
She was a member of Emanuel United Methodist Church and the Senior Club, having graduated in Shelby, Ohio in 1957. She retired after working for 25 years in the office at J.C. Penny, briefly volunteered at Samaritan Hospital, was a poll worker at the Board of Elections, gate worker at the Ashland County Fair, and had a passion for sports, especially The Ohio State Buckeyes and her grandchildren's sports.
She loved to read and had over 100 books by her favorite author.
She leaves behind daughters, Julie (Joseph) Dewey of Florida, Janie (Tim) Rogers, Jill Simon (Shane Queer) of Ashland, and Pamela Kuhn of Mansfield; sons, Michael (Jill) of Medina, and John (Maria) of Washington state.
She would like to thank all her children who were there for her in the years she was alone. She also leaves behind her brother, Edward (Judy) Solinger of Twinsburg, Ohio, and sister, Shaaron (Elwin) Muntz of North Carolina, her 14 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, stepchildren Jim, Bill, Darlene, Debra and great grandchild Emeri Billinghurst.
Funeral services will be Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in Emmanuel United Methodist Church with Reverend Jeff Coggins officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A meal and time of fellowship will the follow. Interment will be in the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.
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Beth was my brother Joe's mother in law. She was always very kind to me. I ate with them in their home for several holidays years ago. She was a wonderful lady.


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5 Big stories of the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season
Saurashtra celebrate their 2019-20 Ranji Trophy title.
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5 big stories of the recently-concluded 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season
A look at the history makers and the record holders
The 2019-20 season of the Ranji Trophy, Indian cricket's premier domestic cricket competition, saw Saurashtra become the newest team to be crowned champions, after they beat Bengal in the final courtesy of a first-innings lead.
Retaining the format of the previous edition of the competition, the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy featured a total of 38 teams - two groups (Group A and Group B) of nine teams each and two groups (Group C and Group D) of 10 teams each.
The top five teams from a combined table of Group A and B teams, along with the top two teams from Group C and the top team from Group D progressed to the quarter-finals.
Madhya Pradesh (Group B), Uttarakhand (Group C), and Arunachal Pradesh (Group D) were the only teams that did not win a game in the group stage, while the only debutants in this season's competition, Chandigarh, finished third in Group D.
On that note, let us have a look at the five big stories of the recently-concluded 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season.
#5: Taruwar Kohli becomes the fifth player to score multiple triple centuries in the Ranji Trophy
Taruwar Kohli became the fifth player to score multiple triple centuries in the Ranji Trophy when the 31-year old scored an unbeaten 307 for Mizoram against Arunachal Pradesh in a drawn group-stage game in the recently-concluded 2019-20 Ranji Trophy.
Having made his first-class debut in 2008, the right-hander scored his first triple hundred (300*) in the Ranji Trophy for Punjab against Jharkhand in the 2012-13 season.
You may also like: 5 players to have scored multiple triple centuries in the Ranji Trophy
#4: Wasim Jaffer becomes the first player to score 12000 runs in the Ranji Trophy
10-time Ranji Trophy winner Wasim Jaffer scripted more history in the Ranji Trophy in 2019-20 when the elegant right-handed batsman from Mumbai became the first player in competition history to score 12000 runs.
The 42-year-old achieved the landmark during an innings of 57 scored for Vidarbha against Kerala in a Group A league match.
Earlier in the season, Jaffer also became the first player to appear in 150 games in the Ranji Trophy.
You may also like: 4 Ranji Trophy records of a colossus in domestic cricket - Wasim Jaffer
#3: Ravi Yadav becomes the first player to bag a hat-trick in the first over of his debut first-class match
Left-arm fast bowler Ravi Yadav became the first player to bag a hat-trick in the first over of his first-class debut when he did so for Madhya Pradesh against Uttar Pradesh in a group-stage game of the recently-concluded 2019-20 Ranji Trophy.
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Ironically, the 28-year-old Yadav achieved the landmark against his native state Uttar Pradesh.
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Watch Madhya Pradesh's Ravi Yadav's special hat-trick against Uttar Pradesh
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Yadav is the eighth Indian to take a hat-trick on his first-class debut, a list which consists of players like Javagal Srinath and Salil Ankola who went to play international cricket for India.
#2: Jaydev Unadkat records the most prolific season by a fast bowler in Ranji Trophy history
Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat led from the front as the Gujarat-based team won the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy after edging out Bengal in the final.
The left-armer bagged 67 wickets in 11 matches during the season to usurp previous record-holder Dodda Ganesh's record of 62 wickets taken for Karnataka during the 1998-99 season.
Unadkat picked up seven five-wicket hauls during the campaign, with one of his most decisive performances coming in a semi-final thriller against Baroda where he picked 10 wickets in the match as Saurashtra won by 92 runs.
You may also like: 3 key performers in Saurashtra's maiden Ranji Trophy triumph
#1: Saurashtra become the newest team to win the Ranji Trophy
Following final reverses against Mumbai (2012-13, 2015-16) and Vidarbha (2018-19), Saurashtra came good at the fourth time of asking when the Gujarat-based team beat Bengal in the final of the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy to become the newest team to win the competition.
Saurashtra, in the process, became the third team from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat to win the Ranji Trophy, the two other teams to do so being Nawanagar (1936-37) and Western India (1943-44).
Losing their only game of the campaign to Uttar Pradesh in the group stage of the competition, Saurashtra qualified for the knockout round as one of the top five teams from the combined Group A and B table.
In the quarter-finals, Jaydev Unadkat's men beat Andhra Pradesh by six wickets and edged out Gujarat by 92 runs in the semi-finals before taking the all-important first-innings lead in the drawn final against Bengal to be crowned the newest Ranji Trophy champions.
You may also like: Saurashtra's road to becoming Ranji Trophy champions in 2019-20
Ranji Trophy 2019-20 Saurashtra Cricket Vidarbha Cricket Wasim Jaffer Jaydev Unadkat Ranji Winners List


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11 Most-Read Posts in the Year of the Rat
Happy New Year! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Exit the Rat; Enter the Buffalo.
In Vietnam, the Year of the Rat was defined by the pandemic: the first cases of Covid-19 were detected here in late January, 2020, when most of the country was on their Tet Lunar New Year vacation. Now, at the dawn of the Year of the Buffalo, a new outbreak has surfaced just as the Lunar New Year holiday is beginning. With borders closed for almost a year now, The Year of the Rat was a torrid time for travel. And yet, for much of the year, travel within Vietnam was still possible, thanks largely to the government's successful pandemic response. This website, of course, has suffered during the Year of the Rat, but my traffic remains relatively healthy and people inside and outside Vietnam still read and engage with my content. So I thought it would be interesting to take a look at which posts, guides, and articles my audience has been reading during the Year of the Rat. Are the most popular posts of the pandemic different from those of 'normal' times? Are there any surprises? Any anomalies? Below I've compiled an illustrated and annotated list of the 11 Most-Read Posts in the Year of the Rat.
GUIDE: 11 MOST–READ POSTS IN THE YEAR OF THE RAT
The list of posts below is arranged in order of popularity during the Year of the Rat, starting with the most popular. For each of the 11 posts, I've included a brief description, a direct link to the full post, and a cover image. Each post is also plotted on my map. In analyzing my site's traffic for the Year of the Rat, it's clear that the addition of pandemic-related content has made an impact, with the result that posts such as Pandemic Season and The Quarantine of Taz feature in the 11 most-read. On the other hand, it's good to see perennially popular posts, such as The Ha Giang Loop and Phu Quoc's Beaches still receiving a lot of attention, presumably from people in Vietnam who have been able to travel during the pandemic, but also, I hope, from readers around the world entertaining the idea of a trip to Vietnam whenever borders reopen, or perhaps just travelling vicariously from lock-downs in their own countries via the words and images on this site.
1: Plants, Flowers & Trees of Vietnam
2: Pandemic Season in Vietnam: Pre-Covid | Lock-Down | Post-Virus
3: Ha Giang: Extreme North Loop
4: Con Dao Islands: A Guide
5: Phu Quoc's Beaches: A Guide
6: Saigon to Hanoi by Motorbike: 5 Routes
7: The Quarantine of Taz in Vietnam
8: Riding the Great North: 9 Routes
9: Ho Chi Minh Road: Rider's Guide
10: 25 Greatest Riding Roads in Vietnam
11: The Northeast by Motorbike: 5 Routes & Loops
THE 11 MOST-READ POSTS IN THE YEAR OF THE RAT
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1. Plants, Flowers & Trees of Vietnam
• Region & Province: nationwide [MAP]
• Full Guide: Plants, Flowers & Trees of Vietnam
• Description: The popularity of this post has surprised me: for the last 12 months it has been by far the most-read page on my website. I compiled this informal, illustrated index of more than 50 plants, flowers & trees in Vietnam over the course of a couple of years. I'm no botanist, but when I started living in Vietnam and, in particular, when I started making road trips through the countryside, I was mesmerized by the colours, smells, shapes, sizes & variety of the flora I saw……read more
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2. Pandemic Season in Vietnam: Pre-Covid | Lock-Down | Post-Virus
• Region & Province: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vung Tau, Mekong Delta, Phu Quoc Island [MAP]
• Full Guide: Pandemic Season in Vietnam: Pre-Covid | Lock-Down | Post-Virus
• Description: Part travelogue, part personal narrative, part analysis of Vietnam's so far successful containment of Covid-19, I began writing this long-form account of the pandemic as a way of organizing my thoughts, experiences & emotions during mùa dịch ('pandemic season' as this period of time is known in Vietnam). I've divided the narrative into three parts, thus forming a 'Covid Trilogy' of sorts: 1. Pre-Covid; 2. Lock-Down; 3. Post-Virus. At the time of writing, the first two parts of the trilogy are complete……read more
3. Ha Giang: Extreme North Loop
• Region & Province: Ha Giang Province; northern Vietnam [MAP]
• Full Guide: Ha Giang: The Extreme North Loop
• Description: In 'normal' times the Ha Giang Extreme North Loop is one of the most popular guides on my website. And, it would seem, even during a global pandemic which has forced Vietnam to close its borders to international travellers for nearly a year, interest in this spectacular motorbike route is still high. Vietnam's northern-most province, Ha Giang is home to a mythical landscape of conical limestone peaks & craterous valleys. Over the years, it has gained an almost legendary status among riders. This is perhaps the most thrilling road trip in the country……read more
4. Con Dao Islands: A Guide
• Region & Province: Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province; the south coast [MAP]
• Full Guide: Con Dao Islands: A Guide
• Description: I have always felt a deep attachment to these rugged, isolated & beguiling islands: a feeling which gets stronger each time I visit. With its wild & beautiful beaches, mountainous, jungle-covered interior & fascinating but tragic history, the Con Dao Islands is a remarkable place. Once a brutal penal colony established by the French colonial administration, today the Con Dao Islands is one of Vietnam's most captivating destinations……read more
5. Phu Quoc's Beaches: A Guide
• Region & Province: Kien Giang Province; southwest coast [MAP]
• Full Guide: Phu Quoc's Beaches: A Guide
• Description: A halo of sand encompasses this green & forested island in the Gulf of Thailand. Even during the pandemic & without any international arrivals, Phu Quoc has remained popular with both domestic tourists & expatriates. Despite rapid development & environmental destruction, there are still dozens of excellent beaches on Phu Quoc & a plethora of good places to stay……read more
6. Saigon to Hanoi by Motorbike: 5 Routes
• Full Guide: Saigon to Hanoi by Motorbike: 5 Suggested Routes
• Description: Riding by motorbike from south to north between Vietnam's two largest cities is unquestionably one of the best ways to see & experience the country. Thanks to new roads there are now dozens of different potential routes to take between Saigon & Hanoi: from lazy coastal roads to twisting mountain passes, slow back-roads to fast highways. Here are but 5 suggested routes, each one specifically designed to suit the needs of different travellers, based on scenery & time-frame among other things……read more
7. The Quarantine of Taz in Vietnam:
• Region & Province: Binh Duong Province; the southeast [MAP]
• Full Guide: The Quarantine of Taz in Vietnam
• Description: Beginning the last week of March, 2020, Vietnam closed all its land borders & ceased all international flights in & out of all domestic airports. The nation effectively went into self-isolation. My friend, Taz, returned to Vietnam just before the borders closed & was quarantined for 17 days as part of the government strategy to contain Covid-19. After her release, I interviewed Taz about her experiences at the quarantine facility just outside Ho Chi Minh City……read more
8. Riding the Great North: 9 Routes
• Region & Province: the northern provinces [MAP]
• Full Guide: Riding the Great North: 9 Motorbike Routes
• Description: Northern Vietnam offers some of the best motorbiking opportunities anywhere in the world. In the north, the mountains are higher, the passes are loftier & the scenery is more majestic than anywhere else in the country. Before the pandemic, motorbike tourism in parts of the north was exploding: it remains to be seen whether or not it will return……read more
9. Ho Chi Minh Road: Rider's Guide
• Full Guide: Ho Chi Minh Road: Motorbike Guide
• Description: One of the most evocative road names in the world, The Ho Chi Minh Road stretches over 2,000km along the mountainous spine of Vietnam. Now fully paved from south to north, the Ho Chi Minh Road is littered with historical sites, largely from twentieth century conflicts, but also passes through some glorious areas of undisturbed natural beauty……read more
10. 25 Greatest Riding Roads in Vietnam:
• Full Guide: 25 of the Greatest Riding Roads in Vietnam
• Description: Vietnam might have some of the best riding roads in the world. Over the years I've been running this website, dozens of motorbiking enthusiasts (who have ridden extensively in countries across the globe) have written to say that, with the possible exceptions of northern India, Nepal & parts of Andean South America, Vietnam has offered some of the greatest riding roads in the world. Based on my experience of motorbiking the country for the last decade, I have compiled a list of what I consider some of the best riding roads in Vietnam……read more
11. The Northeast by Motorbike: 5 Routes & Loops
• Region & Province: Bac Kan, Lang Son, Cao Bang provinces; the northeast [MAP]
• Full Guide: The Northeast by Motorbike: 5 Routes & Loops
• Description: In my opinion, the three northeastern provinces of Cao Bang, Lang Son & Bac Kan currently offer the best on-road motorbiking opportunities anywhere in Vietnam. A bucolic corner of the country, the Northeast is a garden of rice fields, forests, lakes & rivers ambling through limestone corridors. This guide focuses on 5 motorbike loops on meandering back-roads & freshly-sealed highways through three provinces……read more
The Pandemic Sessions | Interviews from Vietnam
A series of long-form interviews with people in Vietnam focusing on their experiences & opinions of the pandemic, and how their lives have changed as a result of Covid-19
Vietnam Coracle Video Library
A categorized archive of over 30 short films shot during my travels in Vietnam & intended to inspire wanderlust.
Vietnam Reading List & Book Reviews
A categorized reading list including personal reviews of over 50 books about Vietnam, ranging from Vietnamese authors in translation to travel writing, journalism, history, poetry, politics & more…
The Southern Dry Season: Travel Guide
A period of glorious, warm, sunny weather in the lower regions of Vietnam, the southern dry season lasts from November to May. Here are some of the best places to travel & stay during this time of year.
23 Differences from South to North Vietnam
One of the most interesting aspects of travelling through Vietnam is observing & experiencing the changes that occur from one region to the next. Whether serious or superficial, significant or frivolous, I've jotted down some of the differences I notice when travelling south to north…
23 of the Best Beaches in Southern & Central Vietnam
With a coastline of over 3,200km & thousands of islands lying offshore, Vietnam is a great beach destination. Blue bays, hidden coves, white sands, swaying palms & dramatic cliffs, Vietnam has it all….
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Arthur C. Clarke: 90 Orbits Around The Sun (1917-2008)
Well, I guess this is something that we should get used to: Living in a world without our heroes. This year, Robert James Fischer, a hero of childhood died, and now it is Arthur Clarke, who died today(19 March 1:30am Sri Lanka local time) at the Apollo Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sir Arthur Clarke was a writer (among other things), whose work we have hard time classifying. Was he a fiction writer? He could be, because he wrote about computers with human intelligence, extra-terrestrial worlds, different living species and so on. Was he writer and a technology popularizer? He could be since he write about computers, space expeditions, wireless communications and being a step ahead from his time, predicted the man on the moon by 1970, the invention of satellites and so many other. His "Space Odyssey", 'featuring' the HAL supercomputer (actually a wordplay of IBM, if you shift by one the letters), was directed by Stanley Kubrick and is one of the kind in science fiction films.
However, my favorite was by far "The Sentinel", a short passage that I read years ago. It is a about an artifact that astronauts discover in Moon and bring to Earth, but the humans cannot decode what it is, only that it constantly transmits a "beep" over the universe. They want to analyze the artifact but it resists until nuclear power is used to crack it open. "Now its signals have ceased, and those whose duty it is will be turning their minds upon Earth. Perhaps they wish to help our infant civilization. But they must be very, very old, and the old are often insanely jealous of the young...Now we should wait them to come..." The artifact was put there by an extra terrestrial civilization to warn them for the development of intelligence in this little promising planet, called Earth! If someone could make it stop, he must be intelligent enough to manage powers such as the nuclear. Brilliant and thrilling!
It is weird enough that Clarke was born nearly at the time Jules Verne, another writer of his kind, who envisioned space and underwater travels with spaceships and submarines, passed away. He lived for the last 50 years of his life in Sri Lanka and since 1989 needed to use wheel chair since he was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome.
Recently, approaching the age of 90, or as he humorously says "completing the 90th orbit around the sun", Clarke created a moving goodbye video for all of his fans. You can find it also in Youtube here. He prefers to be remembered as a writer and his last words on the video are from Rudyard Kipling's, "The Books I Leave Behind",
If I have given you delight
By aught that I have done,
Let me lie quiet in that night
Which shall be yours anon:
And for that little, little span
The dead are borne in mind
Seek not to question other than
The books I leave behind.
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I Served on the Committee – The Paranoid Style E.P.
One of the best things about the Cool Cat Club on Friday was being introduced to the Paranoid Style. Whilst their set was as brief as brief can be, I did get hold of their rather brilliant 'Paid To See A Trainwreck' E.P. And have barely stopped listening to it since.
It's an infectious slice of Americana pop with some wonderful melodies. Lead track 'A Girl's Gotta Eat' for some reason reminds me a little of the Triffids, it's vaguely reminiscent of 'Field of Glass', but the remainder of the songs are probably closer to the likes of the New Pornographers, particularly second track 'Subtraction By Subtraction'.
'Numb It Up and Go' meanwhile is a harder rocking tune whilst closing song 'More Than Faintly Absurd' eases off on the gas a little.
Since the EP was just on a CD-R, it's probably more of a smapler and I'm not sure where you can get it from. But there's apparently a full length debut LP in the works. Can't wait.


Sewanee (3-5, 2-4) vs. Rhodes (4-3, 2-3) | Oct. 27, 1:30 p.m.
Historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium | Sewanee, Tenn.
HALL OF FAME WEEKEND: This weekend, Sewanee Athletics will induct seven individuals into the Athletics Hall of Fame: Dr. Hallie Blunck, Laura Fanjoy, Dr. Harry Hoffman, Luke Lea, Jerre Maynor, Mike Mondelli and Sally Jackson Williams. The inductees will be enshrined at a dinner Friday night and will be recognized at halftime of Saturday's football game. Click here for more information on the inductees.
CLASS OF 2019: A total of 22 seniors between the football team and the cheerleading squad will be recognized prior to Saturday's kickoff: Karim Antoine, Daniel Armagh, Elle Barnes, Sabrina Caldwell, Trey Claus, Anna Kate Foshee, Tristan Fuller, John Gaither, Chris Howe, Michael Jacobs, Kalon Johnson, Zach Keller, Conoly Koontz, Jo Jo Matlock, Lee Menefee, Travis Nadalini, Allan Parrott, Brinley Rhys, Jack Spencer, Will Sutton, Rocky Tips and Melanie Vaughn.
THE ORGILL CUP: The strong football rivalry of Rhodes-Sewanee dates back to 1899, but since 1954, the two Tennessee schools have battled each fall for possession of the Edmund Orgill Trophy.
Edmund Orgill (1899-1983), who was ironically born the year the cross-state rivalry began, had close ties to both schools. He was Chairman of the Board of Regents at Southwestern and the chairman of the Board of Regents at Sewanee. A 1920 graduate of Virginia, Mr. Orgill received honorary degrees from Rhodes and Sewanee in 1954. He was elected mayor of Memphis in 1956.
Saturday's contest will be the 65th meeting for the Edmund Orgill Trophy. The Tigers will look to snap a six-game losing streak to the Lynx, with their last win in the series coming in 2011, which was also in Memphis.
The Lynx won the inaugural game in November of 1954 at home 32-19. In Orgill Cup history, Rhodes holds a 35-28-1 lead over Sewanee, however the all-time series is tied 41-41-3 after Rhodes' 28-10 victory last year. When Southwestern changed to Rhodes in 1984, it sparked a six-game win streak over Sewanee. Rhodes is 25-8-2 in the series since that year and have won each of the last six matchups.
This is the 11th-oldest rivalry in NCAA Division III, joining the Old Tin Cup between Gettysburg and Muhlenberg.
20-PLAY DRIVE: In the third quarter of Week 8's contest against Trinity, Sewanee used a 20-play drive in the third quarter to score a touchdown. The drive started after Trinity made the contest 21-0. The Tigers went 5-of-6 on third down and scored on a fourth down play from the 5-yard-line.
WELCOME HOME: This will be the 70th Homecoming contest in the program's history, and Sewanee is 34-35 in these contests. The last homecoming win came on Nov. 8, 2014, when the Tigers downed the Vikings of Berry, 31-26. This will be the first time Sewanee and Rhodes have squared off on Homecoming since 2012 and the 16th time overall. Sewanee holds a 9-5 record in such games.
A LOOK AT THE LYNX: After a three-point win against Millsaps on the road on Sept. 29, Rhodes has lost its last two contests, being outscored by their opponents, 65-21, as they lost to Trinity and Centre.
One offensive weapon the Tigers will focus on is senior quarterback PJ Settles. The Google Cloud Academic All-District, selected by CoSIDA honoree became the first Rhodes student-athlete to surpass 10,000 offensive yards, currently at 10,191. Additionally, the Nashville native broke the 31-year record of 2,650 career rushing yards in the contest. With 59 more passing yards, the 2017 All-SAA First Team selection can surpass the career-mark in passing yards at Rhodes.
Two Lynx on Defense: D'On Coofer and Trent Holt, have 11 of the team's 16 sacks on the 2018 season.
The NCAA ranks Strength of Schedule for all 250 NCAA Division III football teams. Rhodes has the toughest schedule out of the nine SAA schools that play football, and they are 11th in the country in past competition. To compare, Sewanee is seventh in the SAA and 133rd in the nation.
Last season in Memphis, they Lynx scored 28 points and were leading 28-0, which would hold up as Sewanee scored 10 second half points.


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Argon Medical is a global manufacturer of specialty medical products headquartered in Plano, Texas. We offer a broad line of medical devices for Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, and Critical Care procedures.
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Incorporated since 1984, Arthrex has been a privately held corporation committed to just one thing: providing the finest quality products and educational services to meet the special needs of orthopaedic surgeons and their patients. Arthrex has a focused dedication to creative product development and medical education with an experienced, devoted team of professionals who are truly committed to continuing this tradition.
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Innovative Medical Products, Inc., is a global leader in patient positioning devices for orthopedic surgical procedures. Established in 1983, in Plainville, CT, IMP has been focused on developing and marketing innovative products to benefit and improve efficiency in the operating room and hospital clinics where patient stability and positioning are required. Our primary focus has been in Orthopedics, Anesthesiology, Radiology and Home Healthcare. Our products are designed to provide accuracy for the surgeon, save time for O.R. personnel, and benefit the overall patient surgical experience.
InSitu Technologies Inc
InSitu Technologies Inc. is a privately held medical device company specializing in intra-vascular stents and cardiovascular products. InSitu Technologies is dedicated to providing the world with a full portfolio of state-of-the-art minimally invasive products with a strong focus on the well being of our patients.
Lake Region Medical
Founded in 1947, we have evolved from a manufacturer of pacing lead coils and precision machined products into a global leader and partner in the design, development and manufacture of medical devices.
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Medline Industries Inc
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Medtronic Inc
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Merit Medical Systems Inc
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Sklar Corp
Sklar Instruments is a leading provider of quality surgical instruments to doctors, hospitals and health service agencies worldwide. Our product line includes more than 10,000 patterns of precision-crafted, stainless steel surgical instruments for the OB/GYN, orthopedic, dental, ENT, cardiovascular, endoscopic, dermatology and veterinary markets. We also carry an impressive line of sterile disposable instruments, procedure trays and supplies as well as polishes, lubricants and disinfectants for superior instrument care.
TeleMed Systems Inc
TeleMed Systems Inc. is a privately held company established in 1988 by the founder and chairman of the board Gilbert M. Wilcox MD. TeleMed was initially founded to develop and test innovative Gastroenterology endoscopic devices.
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First exam recommended between 6-9 months of age. Annual eye exams are recommended from age 2.5 and older.
A comprehensive ocular and visual assessment.
A comprehensive ocular and visual assessment with the latest technology including retinal photos.
Allows imaging and measurement of all retinal layers.
Contact lens fitting with the optometrist.
Photography of the back of the eyes (retina) for early detection of eye diseases.
High definition 3D scan of the back of the eyes (retina) for extremely early detection of eye diseases.
A revolutionary new patented BlephEx handpiece is used to very precisely and carefully, spin a medical grade micro-sponge along the edge of your eyelids and lashes, removing scurf and debris and exfoliating your eyelids.
Advanced Dry Eye Testing Meibography: HD high resolution images of meibomian glands.
Ophthalmic imaging device to capture digital images of the meibomian glands.
86% of those diagnosed with Dry Eye actually have symptoms caused by meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
This can tell how many of your glands are still functioning and how many are at risk of atrophy because of too much oil clogigng the opening of the gland. This is a valuable too to guide your dry eye treatment.


This is a very interesting article about the the Meadowmount School of Music. The unnamed writer of the article (s/he identifies himself or herself as a lapsed cellist) suggests that perhaps quantity of practice is more important than talent.
I am very excited about the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis because I will have the opportunity to go to Indianapolis to hear the final round of the competition and write about it for Strings and the American Record Guide. The competition begins on September 3, and all the rounds will be broadcast in real time over the web through the competition website.
Though I don't like "competition" as a rule when it comes to music, some of my most interesting experiences, musical and otherwise, happened at an international flute competition in Budapest, Hungary. I went to Budapest to play in the competition in September of 1980, between a summer orchestral job in Graz, Austria, and a job that I was going to begin at the end of September in Schladming, Austria.
Hungary was still a communist country in 1980, and its currency was "soft," meaning you could convert currency from Western Europe into forins, but you couldn't convert forins back into Western European currency. I didn't know anything about this at the time, so I converted nearly all my cash (it wasn't much) into forins, and had a blast in Budapest buying music (it was really cheap) and eating in restaurants. When it was time to leave Budapest I had what amounted to $35.00 tucked in a hiding place in my wallet, and that was the only way I could take the train from the Hungarian border to my destination in Austria.
All the flutists who played in the competition stayed in the same dormitory. There were people from all over the world, and I found that the people from Eastern Europe were particularly friendly. German was the common language then, but there were a bunch of people who were excited to speak in English. I remember one flutist from Budapest invited me to her house, which was palatial. Her father was some kind of party official, and she lived a rather charmed life. I also visited with a violinist friend named Maria Vermus who taught at the music academy in Budapest and was not connected with the party. She was a great violinist, one of finest I have ever heard, but even with a teaching position at a fine school she lived in near poverty.
The first round of the competition consisted of one of the Bach Sonatas for flute and continuo (the C major, E minor, or E major--I chose the E major). I remember reading through the piece with the harpsichordist who played for everyone in the competition, and then meeting another harpsichordist, a student at the Academy named Geza, who was very eager to talk (in English) about my rather funky (now it would be considered historically-informed performance practice) way of playing Bach. He also wanted to talk about Western philosophy and play some sonatas together. Geza brought up all kinds of things that I had never thought about like the different national styles in Bach's writing for flute.
When I heard the Italian flutist Massimo Merceli play the C major Bach Sonata, I understood exactly what the Italian style, as explained to me by Geza, was all about. Massimo played beautifully, but he didn't make it past the preliminary round. When it was time for me to play I completely re-thought my E major Sonata, and I played it in the Italian style. I had a wonderful time pIaying, and was really happy to have gotten new musical insights from Geza, the Hungarian harpsichordist, and from hearing one of my fellow competitors play in a way that was truly beautiful. I didn't make it into the semi-final round either. Maybe the judges, who I believe were mostly French, didn't particularly like the Italian style of playing Bach. Who knows.
I had a great time in Budapest after the prelimary round was over. I can't remember who won the competition, but I do know that Massimo, who played in a way that really meant something, has a career as a soloist now.
I just learned from my husband Michael that Pluto was voted out of our solar system. It is indeed a sad day in my house. The only consolation for me is that the solar system as described musically in Gustav Holst's The Planets from 1916 once again reflects the current "face" of our solar system.
My mother was a flutist until she was no longer able to play because of an operation she had on her hands. Though she has had arthritis since she was a little girl, she was still able to play flute until she was in her forties. I started playing the flute (her flute) when she stopped.
When she had to stop playing she decided to follow another creative path and became a painter. The paintings I remember from my childhood were not particularly impressive--mostly trees and flowers. She studied and worked very diligently at her painting while I moved to Illinois and raised a family of my own, so I saw very little of her more mature work. I was proud of my mother's accomplishments as a painter, and I liked the paintings I had seen, but I had no idea about the scope and quantity of her work.
My mother's vision has been deteriorating for the past ten years, and she is now completely blind. She asked me if I would like to take some paintings home with me on my next visit. My next visit was this past week. I felt odd taking paintings off her walls, but It felt wonderful to be able to have a piece of my mother's lost vision. That she was able to acquire enough technique to capture what she saw was a great gift. She put a tremendous amount of love into her work, and it is still there in her paintings. Her love can hang on my walls, and I can see it and feel it any time I want.
My mother also let me have her flute. It was the flute I practiced on for hours and hours every day during the first two years I played. She had extra keys and levers put on the instrument to make it possible for her to play it (they didn't really work--the surgeon she had put a pin in her thumb so that she couldn't bend it enough to hold the flute). I played it in her living room the day before yesterday. I played the siciliano from the Bach E flat Sonata, a piece I haven't thought about in years. It felt unusual and exciting to play, bringing back my tactile and aural memories from playing the instrument when I was 14, and feeling the similarity of my "voice" and my mother's "voice."
For the second summer in a row a friend and I have "run" a program that we call "Summer Strings." We meet once a week during about 8 weeks of the summer, and we play music. The general favorites are pieces by Handel, Vivaldi, and Mozart, but we also mix things up with arrangements of show tunes and music from movies. Since there is not that much music for string orchestra that is accessible to younger kids, we play a lot of "custom" arrangements (in other words, quartet arrangements I have made over the years) of pieces. We have unwritten and unspoken guidelines for our group: anyone of any age and any playing level can come and play, nobody is required to come, it doesn't cost anybody anything (the local arts council gave us money for photocopying) anyone can sit wherever he or she wants, nobody practices the music (they can't--it stays in the place we play), anyone can make comments and tempo suggestions, and we do not have a conductor.
At the beginning of each summer things are a bit rough. People are shy and a bit insecure. By the end of the summer we have real music making. Without having to be told in any way at all, the people who participate in Summer Strings know the social and musical rewards of practicing, and they learn the joy of playing music in a situation that is totally devoid of pressure.
I'm really looking forward to next summer.


AGCS chief regions and markets officer Sinead Browne said this trend, which she directly linked to climate change, was pushing premiums up around the world, adding this "correction" was likely to continue for the "next few years".
"The average business interruption claim that we pay out is €3 million, versus a property damage claim of €2 million," Ms Browne, who is based in the UK but has responsibility for the Australian arm of the business, said.
Ms Browne said global interconnectedness including Asian countries being used for low-cost manufacturing was pushing premiums up around the world. "We're seeing what we would call corrections, which means an upwards movement in insurance pricing following many, many years of downward pricing movement. That's absolutely a global trend," she said.
"If we look at natural catastrophe events, we've seen over the last two years very heavy events not just in the US but also in Asia. That is of course driving unprofitability into global portfolios which then requires remediation action, leading to pricing increases."
She said the spike in natural catastrophes was "all ... about climate change" and the net effect was increased premiums.
"The insurance industry needs to protect its balance sheet, and if the insurance industry is to sustain its ability to cover natural catastrophe disasters, it has to increase premiums in order to ensure that the premium pool is there to pay for these claims when they do arrive," she said.
"I would certainly see over the next few years we will be taking serious steps to adequately price our property portfolios and any portfolios that are subjected to nat cat."
Last week, global reinsurer Swiss Re put out its 'sigma' reinsurance figures for 2018, in which it found total insured losses from natural catastrophe events in 2018 were $US76 billion, the fourth highest on sigma records.
So-called "secondary perils" – which are events such as river floods, heavy rainfall and bushfires, as opposed to traditional catastrophes such as cyclones and earthquakes – accounted for more than half of these claims.
Swiss Re warned these secondary perils were increasing, and the huge losses over the last year should serve as a "wake-up call for the insurance industry".
Allianz is one of an increasing number of global insurers to join climate change action initiatives, such as UN's Principles for Sustainable Insurance. It has also reduced its underwriting of and investment in coal.
Ms Browne did not comment on Australian government policy, but she said she was "quite impressed" with what the UK government and the European Union were doing to mitigate climate change.


Payless ShoeSource said Tuesday that it has filed for bankruptcy and will immediately close 400 stores in the US and Puerto Rico.
The discount shoe chain has filed for Chapter 11 protection on less than $1 billion in assets and $10 billion in liabilities.
Payless has been in talks with its lenders for months over a restructuring plan that at one point included closing as many as 1,000 stores, or a quarter of the company's locations.
Additional store closures are likely. The company said it planned to "work to aggressively manage the remaining" stores through additional closures — beyond the initial 400 — or modified lease terms.
Payless has 4,400 stores in 30 countries and employs nearly 22,000 people.
It was bought in 2012 by private equity firms Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital partners.
Payless CEO W. Paul Jones cited a challenging retail environment in announcing the bankrupcty proceedings.
"This is a difficult, but necessary, decision driven by the continued challenges of the retail environment, which will only intensify," he said in a news release. "We will build a stronger Payless for our customers, vendors and suppliers, associates, business partners and other stakeholders through this process."
By closing stores, Payless joins a long list of other retailers cutting back on their physical presence.
Department stores like JCPenney, Macy's, Sears, and Kmart have all announced store closures this year, along with middle-of-the-mall chains like Crocs, BCBG, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Guess.
Others are going out of business altogether, like The Limited which recently shut down all 250 of its stores.


text:
// mapnik
#include <mapnik/version.hpp>
#include <mapnik/unicode.hpp>
#include <mapnik/feature_factory.hpp>
#include <mapnik/memory_datasource.hpp>
#include <mapnik/value_types.hpp>

#include "mapnik_memory_datasource.hpp"
#include "mapnik_featureset.hpp"
#include "utils.hpp"
#include "ds_emitter.hpp"

// stl
#include <exception>

Nan::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate> MemoryDatasource::constructor;

void MemoryDatasource::Initialize(v8::Local<v8::Object> target) {

    Nan::HandleScope scope;

    v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate> lcons = Nan::New<v8::FunctionTemplate>(MemoryDatasource::New);
    lcons->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
    lcons->SetClassName(Nan::New("MemoryDatasource").ToLocalChecked());

    // methods
    Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(lcons, "parameters", parameters);
    Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(lcons, "describe", describe);
    Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(lcons, "featureset", featureset);
    Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(lcons, "add", add);
    Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(lcons, "fields", fields);

    Nan::Set(target, Nan::New("MemoryDatasource").ToLocalChecked(), Nan::GetFunction(lcons).ToLocalChecked());
    constructor.Reset(lcons);
}

MemoryDatasource::MemoryDatasource() :
    Nan::ObjectWrap(),
    datasource_(),
    feature_id_(1),
    tr_("utf8") {}

MemoryDatasource::~MemoryDatasource()
{
}

NAN_METHOD(MemoryDatasource::New)
{
    if (!info.IsConstructCall())
    {
        Nan::ThrowError("Cannot call constructor as function, you need to use 'new' keyword");
        return;
    }

    if (info[0]->IsExternal())
    {
        v8::Local<v8::External> ext = v8::Local<v8::External>::Cast(info[0]);
        void* ptr = ext->Value();
        MemoryDatasource* d =  static_cast<MemoryDatasource*>(ptr);
        d->Wrap(info.This());
        info.GetReturnValue().Set(info.This());
        return;
    }
    if (info.Length() != 1){
        Nan::ThrowTypeError("accepts only one argument, an object of key:value datasource options");
        return;
    }

    if (!info[0]->IsObject())
    {
        Nan::ThrowTypeError("Must provide an object, eg {type: 'shape', file : 'world.shp'}");
        return;
    }

    v8::Local<v8::Object> options = info[0].As<v8::Object>();

    mapnik::parameters params;
    v8::Local<v8::Array> names = Nan::GetPropertyNames(options).ToLocalChecked();
    unsigned int i = 0;
    unsigned int a_length = names->Length();
    while (i < a_length) {
        v8::Local<v8::Value> name = Nan::Get(names, i).ToLocalChecked()->ToString(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToLocalChecked();
        v8::Local<v8::Value> value = Nan::Get(options, name).ToLocalChecked();
        if (value->IsUint32() || value->IsInt32())
        {
            params[TOSTR(name)] = value->IntegerValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked();
        }
        else if (value->IsNumber())
        {
            params[TOSTR(name)] = value->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked();
        }
        else if (value->IsBoolean())
        {
            params[TOSTR(name)] = value->BooleanValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked();
        }
        else
        {
            params[TOSTR(name)] = const_cast<char const*>(TOSTR(value));
        }
        i++;
    }
    params["type"] = "memory";
    //memory_datasource cache;
    MemoryDatasource* d = new MemoryDatasource();
    d->Wrap(info.This());
    d->datasource_ = std::make_shared<mapnik::memory_datasource>(params);
    info.GetReturnValue().Set(info.This());
}

v8::Local<v8::Value> MemoryDatasource::NewInstance(mapnik::datasource_ptr ds_ptr) {
    Nan::EscapableHandleScope scope;
    MemoryDatasource* d = new MemoryDatasource();
    d->datasource_ = ds_ptr;
    v8::Local<v8::Value> ext = Nan::New<v8::External>(d);
    Nan::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> maybe_local = Nan::NewInstance(Nan::GetFunction(Nan::New(constructor)).ToLocalChecked(), 1, &ext);
    if (maybe_local.IsEmpty()) Nan::ThrowError("Could not create new MemoryDatasource instance");
    return scope.Escape(maybe_local.ToLocalChecked());
}

NAN_METHOD(MemoryDatasource::parameters)
{
    MemoryDatasource* d = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<MemoryDatasource>(info.Holder());
    v8::Local<v8::Object> ds = Nan::New<v8::Object>();
    if (d->datasource_) {
        mapnik::parameters::const_iterator it = d->datasource_->params().begin();
        mapnik::parameters::const_iterator end = d->datasource_->params().end();
        for (; it != end; ++it)
        {
            node_mapnik::params_to_object(ds, it->first, it->second);
        }
    }
    info.GetReturnValue().Set(ds);
}

NAN_METHOD(MemoryDatasource::describe)
{
    MemoryDatasource* d = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<MemoryDatasource>(info.Holder());
    v8::Local<v8::Object> description = Nan::New<v8::Object>();
    if (d->datasource_)
    {
        node_mapnik::describe_datasource(description,d->datasource_);
    }
    info.GetReturnValue().Set(description);
}

NAN_METHOD(MemoryDatasource::featureset)
{
    MemoryDatasource* d = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<MemoryDatasource>(info.Holder());

    if (d->datasource_) {
        mapnik::box2d<double> extent = d->datasource_->envelope();
        if (info.Length() > 0)
        {
            // options object
            if (!info[0]->IsObject())
            {
                Nan::ThrowTypeError("optional second argument must be an options object");
                return;
            }
            v8::Local<v8::Object> options = info[0]->ToObject(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToLocalChecked();
            if (Nan::Has(options, Nan::New("extent").ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(false))
            {
                v8::Local<v8::Value> extent_opt = Nan::Get(options, Nan::New("extent").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked();
                if (!extent_opt->IsArray())
                {
                    Nan::ThrowTypeError("extent value must be an array of [minx,miny,maxx,maxy]");
                    return;
                }
                v8::Local<v8::Array> bbox = extent_opt.As<v8::Array>();
                auto len = bbox->Length();
                if (!(len == 4))
                {
                    Nan::ThrowTypeError("extent value must be an array of [minx,miny,maxx,maxy]");
                    return;
                }
				v8::Local<v8::Value> minx = Nan::Get(bbox, 0).ToLocalChecked();
				v8::Local<v8::Value> miny = Nan::Get(bbox, 1).ToLocalChecked();
				v8::Local<v8::Value> maxx = Nan::Get(bbox, 2).ToLocalChecked();
				v8::Local<v8::Value> maxy = Nan::Get(bbox, 3).ToLocalChecked();
                if (!minx->IsNumber() || !miny->IsNumber() || !maxx->IsNumber() || !maxy->IsNumber())
                {
                    Nan::ThrowError("max_extent [minx,miny,maxx,maxy] must be numbers");
                    return;
                }
                extent = mapnik::box2d<double>(minx->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked(),miny->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked(),
                                               maxx->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked(),maxy->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked());
            }
        }

        mapnik::query q(extent);
        mapnik::layer_descriptor ld = d->datasource_->get_descriptor();
        auto const& desc = ld.get_descriptors();
        for (auto const& attr_info : desc)
        {
            // There is currently no way in the memory_datasource within mapnik to even
            // add a descriptor. Therefore it is impossible that this will ever be reached
            // currently.
            /* LCOV_EXCL_START */
            q.add_property_name(attr_info.get_name());
            /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
        }
        mapnik::featureset_ptr fs = d->datasource_->features(q);
        if (fs && mapnik::is_valid(fs))
        {
            info.GetReturnValue().Set(Featureset::NewInstance(fs));
        }
    }

    // Even if there is an empty query, a featureset is still created
    // therefore it should be impossible to reach this point in the code.
    /* LCOV_EXCL_START */
    return;
    /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
}

NAN_METHOD(MemoryDatasource::add)
{
    if ((info.Length() != 1) || !info[0]->IsObject())
    {
        Nan::ThrowError("accepts one argument: an object including x and y (or wkt) and properties");
        return;
    }

    MemoryDatasource* d = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<MemoryDatasource>(info.Holder());

    v8::Local<v8::Object> obj = info[0].As<v8::Object>();

    if (obj->Has(Nan::GetCurrentContext(), Nan::New("wkt").ToLocalChecked()).ToChecked() ||
			(obj->Has(Nan::GetCurrentContext(), Nan::New("x").ToLocalChecked()).ToChecked() &&
			 obj->Has(Nan::GetCurrentContext(), Nan::New("y").ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(false)))
    {
        if (obj->Has(Nan::GetCurrentContext(), Nan::New("wkt").ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(false))
        {
            Nan::ThrowError("wkt not yet supported");
            return;
        }

        v8::Local<v8::Value> x = Nan::Get(obj, Nan::New("x").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked();
        v8::Local<v8::Value> y = Nan::Get(obj, Nan::New("y").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked();
        if (!x->IsUndefined() && x->IsNumber() && !y->IsUndefined() && y->IsNumber())
        {
            mapnik::context_ptr ctx = std::make_shared<mapnik::context_type>();
            mapnik::feature_ptr feature(mapnik::feature_factory::create(ctx,d->feature_id_));
            ++(d->feature_id_);
            feature->set_geometry(mapnik::geometry::point<double>(x->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked(),y->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked()));
            if (obj->Has(Nan::GetCurrentContext(), Nan::New("properties").ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(false))
            {
                v8::Local<v8::Value> props = Nan::Get(obj, Nan::New("properties").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked();
                if (props->IsObject())
                {
                    v8::Local<v8::Object> p_obj = props->ToObject(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToLocalChecked();
                    v8::Local<v8::Array> names = Nan::GetPropertyNames(p_obj).ToLocalChecked();
                    unsigned int i = 0;
                    unsigned int a_length = names->Length();
                    while (i < a_length)
                    {
                        v8::Local<v8::Value> name = Nan::Get(names, i).ToLocalChecked()->ToString(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToLocalChecked();
                        // if name in q.property_names() ?
                        v8::Local<v8::Value> value = Nan::Get(p_obj, name).ToLocalChecked();
                        if (value->IsString()) {
                            mapnik::value_unicode_string ustr = d->tr_.transcode(TOSTR(value));
                            feature->put_new(TOSTR(name),ustr);
                        } else if (value->IsNumber()) {
                            double num = value->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked();
                            // todo - round
                            if (num == value->IntegerValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked()) {
                                feature->put_new(TOSTR(name),static_cast<node_mapnik::value_integer>(value->IntegerValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked()));
                            } else {
                                double dub_val = value->NumberValue(Nan::GetCurrentContext()).ToChecked();
                                feature->put_new(TOSTR(name),dub_val);
                            }
                        } else if (value->IsNull()) {
                            feature->put_new(TOSTR(name),mapnik::value_null());
                        }
                        i++;
                    }
                }
            }
            mapnik::memory_datasource *cache = dynamic_cast<mapnik::memory_datasource *>(d->datasource_.get());
            cache->push(feature);
            info.GetReturnValue().Set(Nan::True());
            return;
        }
    }
    info.GetReturnValue().Set(Nan::False());
}

NAN_METHOD(MemoryDatasource::fields)
{
    MemoryDatasource* d = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<MemoryDatasource>(info.Holder());
    v8::Local<v8::Object> fields = Nan::New<v8::Object>();
    if (d->datasource_) {
        node_mapnik::get_fields(fields,d->datasource_);
    }
    info.GetReturnValue().Set(fields);
}

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