On this week's edition of Dateline, the panel discusses the campaign so far and the role of the military in the election.
Kyaw Zwa Moe: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy. From Sept. 8, political parties running for the November election began airing their policies on radio and television. Last week, the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) gave their televised campaign speech and on Monday, leader of National League for Democracy (NLD) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi talked about her party platform. This week, we'll be discussing how the policies of these two big parties differ from each other, to what extent the election can be free and fair, and if the election will run smoothly until the power transfer (to the next government). Ko Aung Moe Zaw, chairman of the Democracy Party for Myanmar New Society, and Irrawaddy Burmese edition editor Thalun Zaung Htet will join me for the discussion. I'm Irrawaddy English editor Kyaw Zwa Moe.
Ko Aung Moe Zaw, the political landscape is very exciting right now. To begin, we would like to assess the policies of these two big rival parties. Last week, when USDP secretary U Tin Naing Thein aired the party's televised campaign speech, I found a sentence interesting. He said, "Democracy originates with the USDP." Ko Aung Moe Zaw, you and your party members took part in the pro-democracy activities in 1988 when the military was shooting on the streets and launching a coup. And you founded your party, which also took part in pro-democracy activities, at that time. So how much do you agree what U Tin Naing Thein has said?
Aung Moe Zaw: It is the people who gave birth to democracy in our country. It is the people and the students. Democracy has come into existence on a wide scale in our country as a result of nationwide demands of the people. Before today's democracy, people had had to struggle—they were jailed, had to live in the jungle away from their parents, and going through severe trauma—almost for three decades. I totally disagree the claim that the USDP is the father of democracy.
KZM: Ko Thalun Zaung Htet, U Tin Naing Thein says the U Thein Sein government introduced democracy after it came into power in the 2010 election. Previously, the government was controlled by the military. How fair is what he said?
Thalun Zaung Htet: (Former) USDP leaders U Htay Oo and U Shwe Mann always said that the 2008 Constitution was drafted by the military and the current democratization process is the consequence of the 2008 Constitution. They always say to let bygones be bygones about 1988, and the democratic gains today are a result of the 2008 Constitution drafted by them. In fact, we are not enjoying the real democracy. We all know that the 2008 Constitution itself has many shortcomings. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has said that it is the most rigid law needing change. From their point of view, what they say is right to a certain extent. But from the point of view of democracy, what they say is very wrong.
KZM: Let's move to Snr-Gen Than Shwe. He was the deputy leader of the regime in 1988. In 1992, he became the top leader. He transferred power and election was held in 2010 according to the regime's (democracy) road map. But then, nothing could be done if he did not transfer power, so it seems that what USDP claims is correct. What do you think?
AMZ: He had no choice but to transfer power that time. The government and the military leaders of that time had to transfer power for their political survival, to survive.
KZM: By saying survive, you mean to maintain their grip on power?
AMZ: Either to maintain their grip on power or to survive politically, they had to do it. They did it because it was their Hobson's choice, I think. I don't think they did it with goodwill for the sake of national development.
KZM: What is your assessment of the policies of the USDP? Which areas do they focus on?
AMZ: They focus on change and peace. I listened to USDP's televised campaign speech and I understand that they have basically three priorities. They have yet to achieve internal peace and political dialogue. What I understand is that both President U Thein Sein and the USDP are determined to continue working on it. Again, U Shwe Mann, who was widely tipped as a potential presidential candidate, was removed in intra-party purge last month. There must be links between these two cases. I think U Thein Sein is utterly determined that the he or someone else who would continue the process he has initiated should form the next government. NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in her televised campaign speech, talked about building a democratic, federal Union and holding political dialogue. In the case of political dialogue, it has to be held by the next government. I found that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi wants political dialogue to be organized by her own government. It can arouse confrontation and I'm little concerned. Since the ruling party is the current government, it is in a position to give a blow to the NLD, democratic forces, and ethnic forces in the electoral process.
KZM: People and voters in our country are thirsty for change. And most of the parties are campaigning with slogans emphasizing change. The NLD's slogan says 'Let's vote for the NLD for real change' and the USDP's slogan says 'Let's vote for future development.' People have a desire for change. Parties know that and are campaigning on that theme. Ko Thalun, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi focused on several areas in her campaign speech regarding change— rule of law, internal peace, constitutional amendment, and establishment of a democratic federal Union. What else did you find interesting?
TZH: She mentioned the role of the military in her speech. She said she and the military are in agreement. Though she says so, in fact the reverse is true. NLD members can't go to Cocokyun Township (in Rangoon Division) to carry out their campaign. They are not allowed to come by the cantonment there on some excuses. Cocokyun is a cantonment township. No matter how much the military leaders are repeating democratic rhetoric, their actions are clearly different from those of the NLD.
KZM: I think Daw Aung San Suu Kyi honestly believes that nation building, change and democratization is impossible without the involvement of the military. She said she wants to dispel the suspicions between the NLD and the military and establish a federal Union with mutual respect, she said, "Between the military and the NLD." From the point of view of the military, the military was established even before 1948 and military leaders view the military as the sole, strongest institution that has saved the country. Will the military leaders like Daw Aung San Suu Kyi saying this?
AMZ: The fundamental problem facing our country is that the military is involved in politics. If real changes are to take place, the military has to quit politics.
KZM: It is not possible in reality.
KZM: Nothing could be done.
AMZ: Nothing happened. What is sure is change can't be made without the agreement of the military in our country. It is the toughest challenge. Personally, I think the military basically needs to cooperate with people. The current leaders are former military leaders. For a long time, everyone has said that those leaders, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic leaders should hold talks and walk together on the path of national reconciliation.
KZM: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has repeatedly emphasized the importance of free and fair elections. But then she has a greater concern. I would call it a power transition trauma. She might have suffered a political trauma when the military did not transfer power in 1990 election despite her party's landslide victory. Therefore, in her video message on Sept 8, she said that a peaceful transition is more important than holding a free and fair election. Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, as he met the press on Monday, pledged again that the military would not stage a coup at all, he has no intention to stage a coup at all, that he does not like military takeovers. He said the military has no intention to stage a coup and he himself does not have such intentions. How much people will trust his words, given that the past examples of the refusal to transfer power still casts a shadow?
TZH: I don't think those words come out of his heart. I think he said so only to ease international pressure, as he was asked if the military would stage a coup again when he visited foreign countries. We don't know if the military would seize power if NLD won the election.
AMZ: I think the military does not need to seize power. The military does not need to seize power if things go on within the framework of 2008 Constitution. It automatically has power. Again, it has already barred influential people like Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president. And, the NLD has to win a landslide.
KZM: They can form a government only if they win a landslide.
AMZ: Only then can they push to form a government. If they don't win a landslide, there is a problem for them. Ethnic political parties will win in their regions. Under such circumstances, the commander-in-chief has to say what he did. By saying so, he will win the support of international community and people will like him. Even if he does not say so, there is no need for a military coup.
KZM: Ko Aung Moe Zaw, Ko Thalun, thank you for your contributions.
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Outback Noir: Australian Darkness in the Noon Day Sun
Posted on June 27, 2014 by billnichols99
No doubt other, similar films exist but three Australian films set in the outback and made over the span of a decade suggest a persistent obsession with the darkness of the landscape, the nation (and its origins), and the pathologies that lurk in the hearts of men. We find little of the romanticism that masks the dark deeds behind the "winning" of the west in the United States. Instead, The Proposition, Swerve, and The Rover paint a picture of a harsh, unforgiving, uninviting, barren and even vile world that brings out the worst in those who wander through it. Settled life scarcely exists and when it does it is extremely precarious, most poignantly in the white picket fenced off house of Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) and his wife Martha (Emily Watson). The fence is purely symbolic and its violators pay it no heed.
We find few women as well. The femme fatale seems superfluous to the deranged damage men can inflict on each other and themselves. That there is such a character in Swerve is mainly a sign of the film's loss of nerve: it falters and swings toward the American model, Red Rock West in particular as others have noted, when the male hearts of darkness are more than enough to prople the story forward (as they do brilliantly in the opening sequence).
The Proposition and The Rover are the stronger films of the three. Each pursues its premise with relentless energy and each, it turns out, features a superb performance by Guy Pearce. Hard, determined and utterly obsessed in The Rover, Pearce brings a demonic energy to these films that is lacking in the slightly softer personalities of Swerve.
All three suggest that the Mad Max, Road Warrior world of one generation has not exhausted efforts to fathom what kind of men inhabit the outback and how they can be tied to Australia's origins as a penal colony and colonial like expansion at the expense of the Aboriginal population. That population is marginally present in The Propostion particularly as a base note of foreboding retrospectively cast back upon the past. It is a reminder of deeds done and their repercussions into a subsequently darker, bleaker present.
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Gli archivi segreti del nunzio: diplomazia papale e società multiconfessionale europea prima della Guerra dei Trent'anni
The Nuncio's Secret Archives: Papal Diplomacy and European Multi-denominational Societies Before the Thirty Years War
Ambito disciplinare Macroarea 3
Area scientifica Area 16 - Scienze politiche e sociali
Tipologia finanziamento P.R.I.N. (Ex 40%) - Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (Finanziamenti MIUR)
Tipo di progetto Nazionale
Stato progetto Aperto
Data avvio: 28 March 2020
Data termine: 27 March 2023
Importo: 113.160,00
Coordinatore: Antonella Barzazi (per l'Università degli Studi di Padova)
Coordinatore di progetto Prof.ssa Elena Bonora (Università di Parma)
Responsabile Unità Prof.ssa Dorit Raines (Università Ca' Foscari)
Responsabile Unità Prof. Matteo Al Kalak (Unversità di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Through a pioneering approach integrating Digital Humanities and traditional research, the project aims to reorganize for the first time an extraordinary private archive, now divided between Italy and Kansas, decisive for reconstructing the history of papal diplomacy in the crucial period between the peace of Augsburg (1555) and the Thirty Years War. The archive, created by two of the most high-ranking diplomats of the late 16th century, G.F. Commendone and A.M. Graziani, will be valorized through the portal Graziani Archives, which, in addition to providing a reference model for the interrogation and study of private political archives of modern age, will give access to unpublished documentation, mostly informal and very different from the official and already known one, describing with unprecedented richness and depth the vast networks activated by papal diplomats, their relationship with the regular orders and the clash between papacy and multi-confessional space. The construction of the portal, combined with a rigorous historical-archival investigation, will activate a research laboratory that will give an impulse to a new interpretive perspective, capable of finally including the history of papal diplomacy in the European historiographical debate on multi-confessionality.
Obiettivi:
The so-called Graziani archives is an exceptional documentary complex, made up of letters and memorials, hand-written newsletters, reports and travel diaries, orations and instructions that allow us to explore an extremely vast geo-political territory, extended to Central-Eastern Europe (Holy Roman Empire, Grand Duchy of Poland-Lithuania), eventually to include both Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The archives is today materially divided between the Graziani family of Vada (Livorno) and, for a minor part, the manuscript section of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library (Lawrence, KS). The dispersal of materials and the archives' huge size (including more than 2000 letters) has so far discouraged systematic inventory, hindering their use by scholars. Yet, these precious documents open a window onto a universe rich in relations and exchanges on both sides of the Alps, from which emerges also an activity of information gathering on the territory by a cohesive group of papal diplomats. Exploring this network will lead to a better understanding of the extraordinary wealth of European-wide political exchanges, as well as, above all, to the discovery of an unexpected image of a papal diplomacy intent on confronting itself in a free and proactive manner with an unprecedented fabric of jurisdictions, powers and institutions shaped by the religious peaces.
The project proposes to:
a) enhance this stratified private political archive through the creation of an "open access" research portal, which virtually unites the two sections of the original archive, allowing the scholar to use them in an integrated manner;
b) make an innovative contribution to the understanding of the early stages of papal diplomacy in the aftermath of the peace of Augsburg (1555) through a complete divulgation of Graziani's archives, bringing to light an unexpected range of perceptions, knowledge and orientations developed by Roman mediators in the face of heresy and European multi-denominational space.
Piano delle attività:
Starting from this point of new information, the research will focus primarily on investigating the projects promoted by the papal envoys and their awareness of practices of religious coexistence. Some preliminary studies conducted by members of the working group on the documentation show how Commendone and Graziani identified in Poland an area of strategic importance not only for the expansion of Catholicism, but also for a re-articulation of trade between the Baltic area, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean based on new confessional geographies. Correspondences and other materials also reveal the progressive transformation of the language of papal diplomats, increasingly emancipated from the nosological and botanical metaphors of theological origin on heresy.
Secondly, in line with the historiographic renewal that took place in the history of diplomacy, the proposed project aims at the reconstruction of the formal and informal networks in which the envoys of Rome inserted themselves, their role in the intellectual and artistic exchanges in Italy and beyond the Alps, as well as their function as intermediaries between cultures and extremely different educational institutions. An in-depth analysis will be dedicated particularly to the links between the network of relations which gravitated around Commendone and Graziani and the environment of the University of Padua (professors, students from Germany, Poland, Hungary) as well as the intersections of this network with the circle of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, another important terminal in Padua of international information and political communication circles extended to the central-eastern areas of Europe.
Thirdly, the early and intense relationship established by these papal diplomats with the Society of Jesus will be reconsidered, focusing on collaborative relationships but also on the differentiation of roles, prerogatives and methods of intervention of the various mediators in the service of Rome.
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scientifica.spgi@unipd.it


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Zhang Zongye (; born 29 January 1935) is a Chinese nuclear physicist. She is a research professor at the Institute of High Energy Physics and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Biography
Zhang was born in Yenching University, Beijing, on January 29, 1935, to Zhang Dongsun, a philosopher and social activist, and Wu Shaohong (). Her eldest brother Zhang Zongbing () was an entomologist. Her second eldest brother Zhang Zongsui was a physicist. Her third elder brother Zhang Zongying () is also a physicist. Her ancestral home is in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

In September 1949 she attended the Beiman Girls' School (now Beijing No. 166 High School). In September 1952 she was accepted to Peking University, where she majored in physics.

After university, she was assigned to the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences as an assistant research fellow. In 1984 she conducted research at the University of Tübingen in West Germany. She was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1999.

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O 'Campeonato Maldivo de Futebol (nome oficial, Dhivehi League) de 2020–21''' foi a edição 48 desde seu estabelecimento em 1972.

Início
O torneio começou em 13 de dezembro de 2020 e foi finalizado em 2 de maio de 2021.

Equipes Participantes
 Club Valencia (Machchangolhi)
 Green Streets (Machchangolhi)
 Eagles (Maafannu)
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 Maziya SRC (West Maafannu)
 Super United (Machchangolhi)
 TC Sports (Henveiru)
 United Victory (Galolhu)

Campeão
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Classificados para Copa AFC
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NYT: Crime In The Dakota Oil Patch: It's A Trend! (Unlike The Knockout Game)
Another headline from the New York Times in its continuing series: "Blue Collar Prosperity in North Dakota — Yecch!"
As Oil Floods Plains Towns, Crime Pours In
One cold morning last year, a math teacher jogging through her hometown in eastern Montana was abducted, strangled and buried in a shallow grave. Charged in her death were two drifters from Colorado, drawn to the region by the allure of easy money in the oil fields.
One hundred fifty miles away, in a bustling oil town in North Dakota, a 30-year-old man disappeared one afternoon from the street where he had been putting in water and sewer pipes, leaving behind a lunchbox with his paycheck inside and a family grasping for answers. After months of searching, his mother said she now believes her son is gone, buried somewhere on the high plain.
Two crimes, 150 miles apart: It's a trend, and therefore, unlike Knockout Game, it's news.
Stories like these, once rare, have become as common as drilling rigs in rural towns at the heart of one of the nation's richest oil booms. Crime has soared as thousands of workers and rivers of cash have flowed into towns, straining police departments and shattering residents' sense of safety.
"It just feels like the modern-day Wild West," said Sgt. Kylan Klauzer, an investigator in Dickinson, in western North Dakota. The Dickinson police handled 41 violent crimes last year, up from seven only five years ago.
To the police and residents, the violence shows how a modern-day gold rush is transforming the rolling plains and farm towns where people once fretted about a population drain. Today, four-story chain hotels are rising, and small apartments rent for $2,000 a month. Two-lane roads are jammed with tractor-trailers. Fast-food restaurants offer $300 signing bonuses for new employees, and jobs as gas station attendants can pay $50,000 a year. Workers flush with cash are snapping up A.T.V.s, and hotel menus offer crab and artichoke dip and bacon-wrapped dates.
A pattern I've noticed is the New York Times' fear and loathing of prosperity in North Dakota. It's weird. The normal human reaction to a cold, emptying-out place finally getting a lucky break would be, "Oh, that's nice." But to the NYT, North Dakota is an endless horrorshow of cashiers making $24 per hour and other atrocities.
Last year, a study by officials in Montana and North Dakota found that crime had risen by 32 percent since 2005 in communities at the center of the boom.
According to the report by North Dakota and Montana law enforcement agencies wanting, not unreasonably, their cut of the new tax dollars, the population in the Williston area is up 17 percent. So, per capita, the crime rate is up 13% over seven years, or, in effect, a couple of percent per year. A per capita increase in crime of two percent per year doesn't sound like all that much, but it's a Trend! So, therefore it's National News.
A very large fraction of the newcomers are younger men, so the crime rate may even have fallen per capita among, say, males 18-45.
Still, you don't want to statistically adjust away everything: obviously, it's a rowdier place than a decade ago when so many young people were leaving North Dakota.
Relative to inner city America, how crime-ridden is the Oil Patch? Well, toward the end of the long article:
While the raw numbers of murders and rapes remain low, every few months seem to bring an act of violence that flares like a gas flame on the dark prairie, shaking a community and underscoring how much life here is changing.
I think that answers your question.
Knockout Game


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Analytics: What do the numbers mean?
It seems that whenever business or the economy slows it falls on marketing to increase sales and lead generation. After all isn't that the function of marketing? How do you know if all your marketing pieces are working? How do you know which headline or offer or call to action will be most effective? Traditionally the process would include developing your marketing pieces whether they be direct mail, print, TV or whatever medium. Then you might launch an A/B test, if you have the budget? The best part is what happened next - you would wait to see if the phone rings or try to somehow associate leads or sales to a specific campaign. If you're lucky, you might find some indicators as to which campaign generated the best response, but for the most part it will be a WAG.
I recently read an article in which an executive of an international advertising agency said that 70% - 80% of their efforts for their clients will be digitally based by the end of the year. Why this migration to digital marketing? Basically it's because most consumers, whether B-to-B or B-to-C, start their brand interaction online. Digital or interactive marketing, unlike most other mediums gives marketers the ability to track every visitor and their interactions. Even the smallest of companies can do many of the same things the big boys do to increase their marketing effectiveness. That's the great thing about the Internet -no matter the size of your company you can use it to grow your business. It is very effective and cost efficient!
It's important to note, if you are not currently tracking your web traffic, I highly recommend you take the time to add it to your web site. It doesn't cost a ton of money to add this to your site, in fact Google offers an analytics program called Google Analytics that's free. Adding an analytics program to your web site can require adding a snippet of code to every page. There are content management programs, like our CMS - FlipperSiteDeveloper, that can automate this process and add the code to every page for you.
What is the basic information you should be looking at in your sites analytics report?
Pageviews: Pageviews is the total number of pages viewed on your site and is a general measure of how much your site is used. This a good basic measurement of the traffic load on your site.
Average time on site: This is what it sounds like, an estimate of how long an average visitor stayed on your web site. This is a good way to estimate the quality of visitors you are getting. Remember, this is an estimate, not an exact measurement of time spent on your site.
Traffic Source: Where are your visitors coming from? Did they find you through a search engine, a link from a referring site or type in your URL directly? If you run a marketing or ad campaign and you notice that your direct traffic increased on the day you launched your campaign, it was most likely as a direct result of your campaign. Conversely, if you see no or a minimal increase then maybe your campaign is not very effective.
Keywords: This lists the keywords your visitors used in a search engine to find your web site. This is very important because this gives you insight into what keywords and phrases your visitors use. This will not only tell you which keywords are being used to find you, but it will also tell you which keywords you are not found with. For example, if you want your site to rank for "mountain bikes" and you notice that "fix flat tire" is one of your top keywords, maybe you need to work on optimizing your site for your most important keywords.
Top Content: This describes the most commonly viewed pages on your web site. You can use this information to see if visitors are going to the web pages you want them to go to. If not, maybe you can place an ad on your high traffic pages that promote other products and services you offer. Cross promoting your products and services throughout your web site is something everyone should do.
Top landing pages: Most companies focus on setting up their homepage as the main point of entry and it is, usually. However, search engines index the entire site and serve up the pages they think are most relevant to the search request. You would be surprised how many companies have internal pages that rank higher than their homepages, due to the content of the page. Check to see which are your top landing pages and if those pages are receiving are a lot of direct views - it means these pages are ranking high in search engines which gives you more of an opportunity to sell. This is a good thing.
Analytics provides an enormous amount of information and it can be overwhelming at first. I recommend you start by just tracking a few key statistics like the ones outlined above. Don't forget to exclude your IP address(s) so it will not track internal traffic. This will provide a truer sense of what your customers are interested in.
Once you have an understanding of how analytics work you can begin to use your web site as a true marketing tool to test messages, calls to action, offers and/or price points.
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La prefectura autónoma mongol de Bayingolin (en mongol: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠤ; ) es una prefectura autónoma del noroeste de la República Popular China perteneciente a la región autónoma de Sinkiang. Su área es la más grande de la región autónoma con 482 700 km² y su población total es de 1 189 400 habitantes (de los que el 57% son de la etnia han). Su capital es Korla.

Administración
La prefectura autónoma de Bayingolin se divide en 1 ciudad y 8 condados:
 ciudad Korla (库尔勒市); Sede de gobierno
 condado Luntai (轮台县);
 condado Yuli (尉犁县);
 condado Qiemo (且末县);
 condado Hejing 8和静县);
 condado Hoxud (和硕县);
 condado Bohu (博湖县);
 condado autónomo hui de Yanqi (焉耆回族自治县);

La prefectura autónoma mongol de Bayingolin es la división administrativa más grande a nivel de prefectura y la que posee el mayor desierto de China, el río más largo, el mayor lago de agua dulce y una reserva natural de cisnes.

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December 11, 2014 at 3:30 pm EDT | by Terri Schlichenmeyer
A so-so murder mystery
(Photo courtesy Minotaur Books)
'The Old Deep and Dark'
By Ellen Hart
c.2014, Minotaur Books
$25.99/ 296 pages
Your favorite Hollywood star is in the headlines – again.
By now, it shouldn't surprise you. He's in some sort of scrape a couple times a year, probably just so he can keep top of mind. Staying in the news: that's the way stardom works.
Then again, as you'll see in the new mystery "The Old Deep and Dark" by Ellen Hart, he could have secrets he wants good and buried.
When Cordelia Thorn bought a crumbling old theater in downtown Minneapolis, she hoped to restore it to its former grandeur. The basement of the building held a century of performing bric-a-brac, proof that many stars had strode across its stage.
The theater – renamed the Thorn Lester Playhouse – had also been the site of a rumored gangland murder back in the '30s. That didn't bother Cordelia – it was "tradition" to have a ghost in an old theater, just as it was good business to bring back stars from the stage's heyday. She was considering, in fact, bringing back Kit Deere.
It had been many years since Kit had appeared onstage in Minneapolis, though she was still considered "theatrical royalty" in Minneapolis. Still acting, and now living in Nashville with her husband, country singer Jordan Deere, Kit had a dream life – until Jordan called for an ominously mandatory family meeting.
Booker Deere, Kit's son, had been fully aware of his parents' unique lifestyle, and he knew that long-kept secret was about to blow sky-high: his father had penned a "novel" that was a little too close to the truth. Booker knew that absolutely nobody in the family wanted that book published. Nobody.
But who would want it quashed enough to murder Jordan Deere?
Private investigator Jane Lawless definitely had her hands full: She was trying to keep her restaurant smoothly running, trying to help her lawyer-father in his defense of Kit and trying to understand what was going on with her new girlfriend, Avi.
The former could take care of itself. The latter, well, it was probably over anyhow. And the Deere investigation? That was complicated – more so when the skeletal remains of three people tied to Kit were discovered…
As mysteries go, "The Old Deep and Dark" is OK.
There are plenty of distractions here to keep whodunit fans guessing, at least for a while. The characters – though there are way too many of them – are fine: quirky enough to be interesting, but not nasty enough to completely hate. It's good to see Jane Lawless again in a setting that's cozy and familiar, though the story itself contains implausible plotlines, including a lawyer who pushes the boundaries of ethics and a family secret that seems un-keepable for the decades that author Ellen Hart wants us to accept.
Ultimately, though I'm so-so on this book, I think Jane Lawless mystery fans will rejoice at a new installment with their favorite PI. If you're new to this series, however, this isn't the book to start with. If you're new, you may find "The Old Deep and Dark" to be too shallow and light.
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As social media usage continues to soar, you should establish a social media policy, if you haven't yet. Such a policy communicates to employees your expectations on the use of social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc., as they relate to your business. If you already have a policy, good for you!
Now take a little time to review it to make sure it's legally compliant, especially in light of guidance from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB.) Even if you are not a union shop you need to take NLRB guidance and rulings seriously. Why? Read on.
The Acting General Counsel of the NLRB has just issued a report on employers' social media policies for the third time in less than a year. The report serves as guidance for employers as they craft and revise their social media policies.
Such protection covers an employee's right, without fear of retaliation, to discuss their pay, benefits and other working conditions.
Section 7 says: "Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any and all such activities."
It's important to realize that Section 7 protection applies to union and non-union members alike; so even if your organization is not unionized, employees' rights to engage in concerted activity are protected. Your social media policy should not restrict that right. Further, you should understand that the use of social media, such as Facebook postings, for engaging fellow employees in conversation is considered by the NLRB to constitute protected concerted activity if the discussion involves pay, benefits or other aspects of working conditions. The protected discussion may well be mixed in with language that you or others at your organization find objectionable, such as disparaging remarks about supervisors or profanity. Although possibly offensive, it is nonetheless still protected.
1. "Don't comment on any legal matters, including pending litigation or dispute."
NLRB: We found that the prohibition on employees' commenting on any legal matters is unlawful because it specifically restricts employees from discussing the protected subject of potential claims against the Employer.
2. "Think carefully about 'friending' co-workers . . . on external social media sites. Communications with coworkers on such sites that would be inappropriate in the workplace are also inappropriate online, and what you say in your personal social media channels could become a concern in the workplace."
NLRB: The provision of the Employer's social media policy instructing employees to "[t]hink carefully about 'friending' co-workers" is unlawfully overbroad because it would discourage communications among co-workers, and thus it necessarily interferes with Section 7 activity. Moreover, there is no limiting language clarifying for employees that it does not restrict Section 7 activity.
3. "If you enjoy blogging or using online social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube, (otherwise known as Consumer Generated Media, or CGM) please note that there are guidelines to follow if you plan to mention [Employer] or your employment with [Employer] in these online vehicles. . .
Don't release confidential guest, team member or company information. . . ."
NLRB: We found this section of the handbook to be unlawful. Its instruction that employees not "release confidential guest, team member or company information" would reasonably be interpreted as prohibiting employees from discussing and disclosing information regarding their own conditions of employment, as well as the conditions of employment of employees other than themselves-activities that are clearly protected by Section 7. The Board has long recognized that employees have a right to discuss wages and conditions of employment with third parties as well as each other and that rules prohibiting the communication of confidential information without exempting Section 7 activity inhibit this right because employees would reasonably interpret such prohibitions to include information concerning terms and conditions of employment.
Companies can get themselves into big trouble when they fire someone based solely on a social media posting that violates their social media policy. Of course, termination may be warranted when postings portend violence or constitute bullying, harassment, racial slurs or defamation. But when the employee addresses working conditions, you need to tread lightly. Getting qualified legal advice is usually a good idea when considering an adverse action; when related to the possibility of protected activity, it's a must!


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Q: Selenium Server doesn't bind to socket after being killed with SIGTERM After being killed once, selenium server hangs on all further startups without even trying to acquire the server port.
Rebooting fixes the problem. Running as a different user makes selenium start up again as well, but after that process gets killed it won't work no more.
This is on Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (debian squeeze) in a VirtualBox VM. Looking at a log of the system calls when it's working and when it's not, some component seems to lock up before the socket is even bound. The selenium log isn't of much help.
The output doesn't give any indication either:
$ java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.28.0.jar
Dec 27, 2012 5:41:35 PM org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncher main
INFO: Launching a standalone server
17:41:35.703 INFO - Java: Sun Microsystems Inc. 14.0-b16
17:41:35.704 INFO - OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 amd64
17:41:35.737 INFO - v2.28.0, with Core v2.28.0. Built from revision 18309
17:41:35.867 INFO - RemoteWebDriver instances should connect to: http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
17:41:35.868 INFO - Version Jetty/5.1.x
17:41:35.868 INFO - Started HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver]
17:41:35.869 INFO - Started HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server]
17:41:35.869 INFO - Started HttpContext[/,/]

A: This is a Java problem; its RNG needlessly reads from /dev/random. On a VM, the random pool is limited and often exhausted after one or two runs. For some reason, a part of the selenium/Jetty startup asks for the problematic RNG. To fix the problem, advise Java to use /dev/urandom instead:
java -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom \
     -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.28.0.jar

works fine.

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Agenda Item No.
CABINET: 1ST OCTOBER, 2012
REFERENCE FROM SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (LIFELONG LEARNING): 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2012
" YOUTH SERVICE PROVISION TASK AND FINISH GROUP PROGRESS REPORT (MD) -
Members were informed of progress with implementing the recommendations arising from the Scrutiny Committee (Lifelong Learning)'s Task and Finish Group Review of the Youth Service in April 2012. The Task and Finish Group had been tasked with undertaking a comprehensive review of the Vale of Glamorgan Youth Service between October 2011 and April 2012. The review followed a restructuring of the Service with the aim of ensuring the Council had appropriate organisation and arrangement practices in place to meet its statutory obligations. Cabinet had, on 30th May 2012, approved the recommendations of the Task and Finish Group subject to a further report being submitted to Cabinet on progress made in implementing the 21 recommendations of the Task and Finish Group.
Appended to the report was an action plan which showed the progress made to date with regard to each of the 21 recommendations of the Task and Finish Group. Further information on the progress made in collaboration with Bridgend County Borough Council was also appended to the report.
The Principal Youth Service Officer updated Members in respect of the Youth Service Plan at the meeting, examples of which included:
Further Progress
The expansion of the use of the V-Pod was being undertaken in partnership with Bridgend County Borough Council and most communities within the Vale had been visited.
Consultation was being undertaken with young people at the end of September to enhance the involvement of the Youth Forum in the decision-making process with a view to annual elections being held to elect a Youth Mayor to represent the views of that elected body and of young people in the Vale. A report would be made to Scrutiny and Cabinet in due course.
Communications with young people and improved marketing would be made via social media site and the improved use of new technologies.
It was anticipated that a presentation evening recognising Youth Service achievements would be held in March 2013.
(11) and (19)
A consultation paper had been produced regarding a possible partnership for a joint Youth Service. The service has already taken views and opinions from bodies such as the Welsh Local Government Association, Welsh Government and Estyn. Recommendations were expected by the end of September as to which model would be suitable following which a further report would be submitted to this Committee and to Cabinet.
When asked whether contact had been made with Town / Community Councils on the proposed collaboration with Bridgend County Borough Council, the Principal Youth Officer indicated that all had been contacted some time ago but that only two had responded to date. Several Members of the Committee indicated that they would draw the attention of their respective Councils to the same. In response to a question in relation to the future of Cowbridge Youth Centre, the Principal Youth Officer indicated that, as shown in the report, further advice was awaited prior to any decision being taken. The progress report had also referred to the development of new social networking sites which, the Principal Youth Officer confirmed, would be moderated and were being developed in partnership with Bridgend County Borough Council.
Following comments in relation to the good progress made to date and the improved visibility of the Service, it was
RECOMMENDED –
(1) T H A T the report be endorsed and referred to Cabinet for consideration on 1st October, 2012.
(2) T H A T the consultation document referred to above be forwarded to all Members of the Committee.
Reasons for recommendations
(1) To ensure Cabinet is aware of the progress made.
(2) To inform Town / Community Councils of the current position."
Attached at Appendix - Report to Scrutiny Committee (Lifelong Learning): 10th September 2012


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Fall for Louisiana's Holiday Trail of Lights
Written by Trilla Cook
A majestic and stately oak – one of the treasures of the South. Photos by Trilla Cook.
Fa La La, Louisiana! – Mid November to the end of December brings on Louisiana's Holiday Trail of Lights. Make it a mini-vacation, or if you have more time on your hands, stay longer. There are so many activities to see and do!
Our tour started in Shreveport/Bossier City in northern Louisiana at IH-20 and IH-49, and it ended in the oldest city in the state – Natchitoches (Nak-a-tish) for the "Turn on the Lights" event and Tri-Centennial Kick-Off that featured fireworks, food and bands from the entire north Louisiana region.
There are many quaint and beautiful small towns along Louisiana's Holiday Trail of Lights. Our first day was mostly spent in the very interesting and bustling Shreveport-Bossier City area.
A visit to Shelby Lane's Closet in Bossier City is a fantastic stop for do-it-yourself crafts. They produce items for purchase, as well as offering public and private crafting. We made wooden Santa boot plaques and decorated them in our individual tastes – fun!
Even Santa Bob and Mrs. Beth Claus showed up to bring cheer and to admire our work (I'm almost certain). Santa Bob is a card-carrying member of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas. He takes his vocation very seriously and appears locally throughout the season.
Lunch at Shelby Lane's Closet was culturally prepared by Chef Pansou of Soumas Heritage Creole Creations, and it was definitely Creole "Taste-Sinsationeauxl."
It was a blast at the Louisiana Boardwalk Tree Lighting.
There was much more to see and do in Bossier City that day, and as luck would have it, Les Boutiques De Noel was in progress at the Bossier Civic Center. Each year more than 10,000 holiday shoppers visit 100 holiday-themed booths, which represent 10 states. Proceeds from Boutiques De Noel benefit the Shreveport Opera.
Shreveport and Bossier City are merely separated by the Red River, so we crossed the river to see a screening at the IMAX Dome Theater, which is located at Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center in Shreveport. Featuring more than 290 science, space, technology and math exhibits, it's a great place to bring the family. My group was especially drawn to their new Lego Exhibit.
During the holiday season, frozen eggnog daiquiris are a Shreveport tradition and, not to feel left out, we stopped to enjoy the take-out service at Tony's Discount Beverage. It's a good way to beat holiday shopping stress! We thanked manager Joseph "Bubba" Cordaro and went on our way.
Strolling among the Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk, which is the largest outlet, lifestyle, dining and entertainment destination in the State of Louisiana, is a shopper's must-do. There are more than 70 retail stores and restaurants, including Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, to keep every shopper happy.
This night was different from any other! It was time for the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, on the Louisiana Boardwalk! Maybe it was fake snow, but children of all ages loved it!
Our next adventure took us east on I-20 to Minden, our second stop on the Holiday Trail of Lights. Minden is known for the Fasching Fifth Season Festival, which celebrates the community's German heritage, and the Winter Wonderland Festival. We took a brief driving tour of the charming, lighted streets.
While in the town of Minden, we visited an eclectic, and very interesting shop called Second Hand Rose, among others. This vintage boutique is filled to the brim with Coca Cola memorabilia, antique jewelry, housewares and much more. Visitors take away more than a shopping experience, as they listen to the eccentric owner's delightful stories. Millie Rose welcomes everyone with a smile and sometimes a song.
Enjoy the serenity of Cane River Lake.
Also in Minden, we found a unique Mexican place for dinner, Habascus. This restaurant serves the biggest burrito we have ever seen – probably would feed a half dozen folks! Just recently, LA Rider TV filmed there, which made the restaurant an instant big hit!
The next morning we drove further east on IH-20 to visit and explore Monroe-West Monroe. While in Monroe, we toured the Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, which was beautifully decorated for the Holiday Season. We loved that each room epitomized a unique theme designed by Monroe Garden Study League. Biedenharn created the Coca Cola formula and the house and furnishings reflected his abundant affluence of that time period.
The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, which would delight any history buff, is also in Monroe. They take great pride in preserving military history memorabilia, and it is well worth the time we spent there – very inspiring.
Each year Monroe-West Monroe hosts the Christmas on the River Festival, where parades and foodie activities prevail, with displays of dancing lights all season long. Someone mentioned Duck Dynasty, but we were unable to fit them into our schedule.
We came away from Big Mamma's Fine Foods with the satisfied feeling that a home-cooked meal brings. It's been a featured restaurant in Louisiana Cookin magazine's Ultimate Fried Chicken Trail. Known for Big Mamma's hot water cornbread and desserts, we could understand why it's a place the locals go to time and again.
Stop in to meet Chef Pansou of Soumas Heritage Creole Creations.
Ever heard of Antique Alley in West Monroe? This list of 30 different shops is an antique shopper's must see, located primarily on the banks of the Ouachita River. Most shops are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., while some shops are open Monday and Sunday afternoons, offering antique treasures, clothing, kitchenware and much more.
From Shreveport-Bossier City, IH-49 took us south to the Alexandria-Pineville area, passing by Natchitoches along the way (we'll get back to that part later.)
After having a superb dinner at Diamond Grill in Alexandria, we ventured out to explore the Alexandria Zoo Holiday Light Safari. Thousands of lights glistened all around, giving the zoo the feel of a sparkling winter wonderland. Generally held on weekends in December, this safari will excite the entire family. Jack Hanna, so we're told, once said that this zoo is one of the "best small town zoos in America."
Alexandria hosts An Old Fashion Christmas at the historic Kent Plantation House, which we toured the next day, after spending the night at Lloyd Hall Plantation (rumored to be haunted) in the Alexandria-Pineville area. Kent Plantation House is an authentic Creole house, steeped in history, and is the oldest known standing structure in Rapides Parish, circa 1794.
We also visited the Inglewood Plantation, which hosts a weekly Harvest Barn on Tuesday afternoons and Saturdays, plying their wares, such as produce, fruit, meats, eggs and other local organic products. Inglewood is one of the few plantations to survive the ravages of the Civil War.
We checked out Atwood's Bakery, which is a local favorite, before heading to Melrose Plantation, which is now a hub for art and education.
Melrose Plantation is a popular destination for tourists.
As an interesting side story, Solomon Northup's book and the recent movie by the same name "12 Years a Slave" took place in Central Louisiana. Northup told his story to a carpenter named Samuel Bass, while working on the cedar house for plantation owner Edwin Epps. The Epps House now stands on the campus of Louisiana State University Alexandria.
Our last stop was my personal favorite. Natchitoches, founded in 1714, comes from a Caddo Indian word meaning "Chinquapin eaters." This city is currently celebrating 300 years and has hosted many events commemorating their tri-centennial throughout 2014.
Here you will find a house built in the 1830s where the movie "Steel Magnolias" was filmed in 1989. In 2013, it opened as a bed and breakfast. Can you imagine spending time in that house with so much Southern charm and history?
Nestled along the Cane River, historic Natchitoches transports visitors back in time. Quaint shops and restaurants line the street overlooking the river. The oldest store in Louisiana is located here – Kaffie Frederick General Mercantile. What a treat to explore!
Touring the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Regional Museum in Natchitoches brought us back to the future! The architectural style of this 27,500-square-foot contemporary building compliments Louisiana's rich sports heritage.
We waited with excitement in the air for the "Turn on the Holidays!" event, which included fireworks and live entertainment. The light displays alone that run along the river bank bring holiday enjoyment and delight, infusing a nostalgic feel to the season.
"Santa Bob" and Beth Claus are fixtures in Shreveport-Bossier City.
This year Louisiana's oldest celebration, The 88 Annual Festival of Lights, is sure to bring more excitement to the holidays – culminating the end of Natchitoches' tri-centennial events. The city hosts 10 hotels and more than 30 B&B's.
To wind down our Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights tour, we relaxed at "2439 - A Bed and Breakfast" located in Shreveport on Fairfield Avenue. A sublime complimentary breakfast was included and topped off the comforts of this establishment, which was once showcased in Southern Living.
For more information and dates for scheduled events in central Louisiana, visit holidaytrailoflights.com.


I was given this to colour and put in a prominent place. I laughed so much it stopped me whinging.
And goes so well with the growth mindset (vs fixed mindset) that you shared some time back.
But YET, one day I will do all of these things. Thanks for sharing Mrs B.


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November 15th– Bring a Friend Day at both CFH & CFHE!
November 23rd– Rowing Challenge Begins, more info coming soon!
08 Nov October Committed Club!
Congratulations to our October Committed Club Members. These people attended (and signed into!) 20 or more classes during the month of October. They showed a solid commitment to CrossFit and, more importantly, to their own personal goals. Keep up the good work!
Next time you see them around the gym, give them a high five (or a hug, hugs are great too)!
We do our best to make sure we give credit to everyone who has reached the 20 classes each month. If you think you should have made the club and don't see your name, PLEASE reach out and we will right our wrongs!


When you're looking to buy a home, there are many options to choose from when it comes to financing. From adjustable to fixed, to various loan types, there are a number of considerations for a home buyer to weigh. If you're a first-time homebuyer, your loan options include a conventional loan or an FHA loan. Here you'll learn the differences between them to help you determine which could be right for your situation.
A conventional loan is not backed by the federal government, so there are no guarantees to the lender should a borrower default. This is why lenders prefer homeowners make a downpayment of 20% of the sale price of the property for a conventional loan. When the borrower does not make the 20% downpayment, they are required to pay private mortgage insurance (PMI) in addition to the monthly mortgage payment for a certain period. However, you could put as little as 3% down on a conventional loan.
As compared to FHA loans, conventional loans have stricter credit requirements. There is a loan limit based on your location, but if you need a higher mortgage amount, you can apply for a jumbo loan. Currently the maximum limit in higher-cost areas is $625,500. Conventional loans can also be used to purchase a second home, retirement or investment property.
FHA loans is a government program for first time home buyers and is insured by the Federal Housing Administration, an agency of the U.S. government. As compared to conventional loans, FHA-insured loans generally have smaller downpayment requirements and in some cases may have more flexible underwriting requirements. However, there is a maximum loan limit depending on your location. See the HUD limits for 2018.
With FHA loans, you have to pay an upfront MIP (mortgage insurance premium) as well as a monthly MIP fee that will be calculated as part of your monthly mortgage payment. MIP must be paid for over the life of the loan if you put less than 10% down.
If you don't have much money in the bank and your credit scores are not as strong, an FHA loan may be a good option for you to become a homeowner. However, conventional loans can be more flexible, but you need to ensure your credit score and down payment meet the minimum requirements determined by each lender.
Call Freedom Mortgage and speak to a home loan specialist to get more details and to walk you through all your loan options.


Titan Cement Company SA has announced that the Annual General Assembly of Shareholders, held on 17 June, elected a new Board of Directors, which compised of 15 members, and designated its independent members in accordance with Law 3016/2012.
The new Board of Directors held its first meeting on the same day, was constituted as a body and designated its executive and non-executive members as follows.
The term of office of the new Board of Directors is three years expiring the latest at the Annual General Assembly of Shareholders of 2019.
Greek cement maker Titan is issuing bonds worth €300 million after increasing the offer due to high investor demand.
Organisations around the world are ramping up their contributions to climate change mitigation.
The offering of a total nominal amount of €300 million Guaranteed Notes due 2021, with a coupon of 3.50%/yr, has been completed.
Kevin R. Peterson, Vortex, USA, outlines the development of three new diverters to handle situations where extreme abrasion is causing difficulties.


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Diocese of Winona-Rochester to file for bankruptcy
Winona Daily News staff
The Diocese of Winona-Rochester is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Matthew Willkom, communications director for the Diocese, said the decision is being made in cooperation with legal counsel representing the survivors of sexual abuse
"Bishop (John) Quinn believes this is the best path forward to bring healing and justice to survivors of past child sexual abuse by clergy in our Diocese," Willkom said in an email.
Quinn wrote a letter announcing the decision that was included in the bulletins at Sunday Mass across the Diocese.
The bankruptcy will not impact the day-to-day operations of the Diocese, parishes and schools, Willkom said.
There are 17 men who served as priests in the Diocese of Winona, which changed its name to the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in March 2018, accused of sexual abuse.
Many of the claims came after 2013, when the Minnesota state Legislature passed the Minnesota Child Victims Act. The law lifted the statute of limitations, giving past victims of child sexual abuse three years to sue abusers and the organizations that employed them or directed their volunteer activities.
There were 115 claims of sexual abuse brought against the diocese during this time.
In September, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed in part a summary judgement dismissing claims of negligence by the diocese in the sexual abuse of a boy by a St. Mary's Catholic Church priest in the 1960s. It was to head to a jury trial next year.
The diocese will be the fourth in Minnesota to file for bankruptcy. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is emerging from bankruptcy. The dioceses of Duluth and New Ulm also have filed for bankruptcy amid abuse claims. The St. Cloud diocese announced its intention to file in February but hasn't done so.
Chapter 11 is a specific type of bankruptcy that allows an organization to restructure so it can pay its debts. It puts on hold an organization's assets, but allows the organization to continue operations.
Bishop John Quinn
Ryan Henry, Houston County News
Matthew T. Willkom
Matthew Willkom
State appeals court overturns dismissal of lawsuit against Diocese of Winona; case will head for jury trial
A lawsuit brought against the Diocese of Winona by a man who claims he was sexually abused by a St. Mary's Catholic Church priest is heading to a jury trial.
Another case filed against Adamson, Diocese of Winona as deadline nears
The Diocese of Winona and the cathedral of the Sacred Heart face yet another allegation of sexual abuse of a young boy by former priest Thomas Adamson.
With abuse law ending, Diocese of Winona faces uncertain future
On May 31, 1958, Thomas Paul Adamson was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona.
Jerome Christenson: In diocese abuse cases, we owe it to the children
Sometimes you don't have to see the movie. Sometimes it's not a movie at all.
Winona Diocese not planning for bankruptcy
The announcement Friday that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has filed for bankruptcy does not affect the Diocese of Winona, which last year raised the possibility of doing the same but said it would depend on whether it's presented with new legal claims.


An enameled cast-iron Dutch oven (or "cocotte" to use Staub's term) is an absolute essential for any serious cook. These large, heavy-lidded pots are perfect for braising and roasting, whether in or on top of the oven. The enamel finish makes it nonreactive and less likely to stick to foods. Staub's uniquely designed lid fits snugly and retains more moisture than other models. The wide side handles are easy to grip with oven mitts. Though Staub sells cocottes in many sizes, if you have to choose just one the 5.5-quart is the most versatile for home cooks.


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