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New charges against funeral director accused of stealing money meant for funeral expenses
Investigators believe there will be more victims
Jackie Cain
Anchor & Reporter
WEBVTT REPORTER: THIS WAS A MAN MANY OF THE VICTIMS FELT THEY KNEW AND SAY THEY TRUSTED, AND TODAY HERE IN COURT HE LEARNED HE FACES AN ADDITIONAL 89 COUNTS ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM HIS CLIENTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STOLE MORE THAN $500,000. TROUBLE IS MOUNTING FOR THIS MAN, THE FORMER UNIONTOWN FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND TARGET OF A JOINT INVESTIGATION BETWEEN THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FAYETTE COUNTY. >> THAT'S THE SHA OF THIS, TO VIOLATE SOMEONE'S TRUST THIS WAY IN SUCH A VULNERABLE MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES IS AMAZINGLY UNCONSCIONABLE. REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS CLIENTS, MANY OF THEM ELDERLY, WERE PREPAYING FOR THEIR FUNERALS AND MAKING PAYMENTS ON OTHER THINGS, LIKE HEADSTONES, BUT THE MAN WAS STEALING THE MONEY. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRUST AND THEY FEEL BETRAYED. REPORTER: HE WAS CHARGED BACK IN JANUARY, BUT ADDITIONAL COUNTS WERE ADDED TODAY AFTER MORE VICTIMS CAME FORWARD. >> THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR FUNERALS. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT KIND OF THING TO BE COVERED. REPORTER: THE MAN WAS STRIPPED OF HIS LICENSE AND CAN'T EVEN GO INTO A FUNERAL HOME, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS HE'D HAVE TO SEEK SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE COURT TO ATTEND A FAMILY MEMBER'S FUNERAL. THE MAN WILL BE ARRAIGNED NEXT MONTH. MEANTIME INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE MORE VICTIMS WILL COME FORWARD AND THEY ARE ASKING THEM TO DO SO. IN FAY
Investigators say a former Uniontown funeral director stole more than $525,000 from his clients and he is now facing more than 170 counts of theft and fraud charges.Stephen Kezmarsky, III, left a Uniontown courtroom Wednesday facing 89 additional counts following a joint investigation between the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office and Fayette County's district attorney.Investigators originally charged Kezmarsky in January, but say additional victims have come forward. Court documents allege that when Kezmarsky ran a funeral home in Uniontown, he took money from his clients that was intended to pay for their funerals and headstones. Many of the victims are elderly, according to investigators.Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower says he is working with the Attorney General's office to establish a fund to help the victims.Investigators believe there will be more victims and they're asking those people to come forward. Kezmarsky will be arraigned in June.
Investigators say a former Uniontown funeral director stole more than $525,000 from his clients and he is now facing more than 170 counts of theft and fraud charges.
Stephen Kezmarsky, III, left a Uniontown courtroom Wednesday facing 89 additional counts following a joint investigation between the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office and Fayette County's district attorney.
Investigators originally charged Kezmarsky in January, but say additional victims have come forward. Court documents allege that when Kezmarsky ran a funeral home in Uniontown, he took money from his clients that was intended to pay for their funerals and headstones. Many of the victims are elderly, according to investigators.
Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower says he is working with the Attorney General's office to establish a fund to help the victims.
Investigators believe there will be more victims and they're asking those people to come forward. Kezmarsky will be arraigned in June.


Print advertisement created by DDB, Dominican Republic for Pepto-Bismol, within the category: Pharmaceutical.
The expected gets boring no matter how nice the art is.
I seem to notice a lot of indigestion ads use the cow and pig, I wonder if the writers/clients think vegetarians don't get upset stomach and the like.
Interesting observation Noswadizzle. It's been embedded in us that meat products are the main cause of upset stomachs, so its hard to imagine anyone getting sick after eating an orange for example. I guess they all go for the expected.
I think they go for pigs and cows because they cover both those points easily.


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The Germany women's national water polo team represents Germany in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches.

Results
All results before 1990 are for the West German team.

World Championship

1986 – 6th place
1991 – 6th place
1994 – 8th place
2003 – 10th place
2005 – 8th place
2007 – 11th place
2009 – 10th place

World League
2012 – 6th place

European Championship

1985 –  Bronze medal
1987 – 4th place
1989 – 5th place
1991 – 6th place
1993 – 6th place
1995 – 7th place
1997 – 6th place
1999 – 7th place
2001 – 7th place
2003 – 7th place
2006 – 7th place
2008 – 7th place
2010 – 7th place
2012 – 8th place
2016 – 8th place
2018 – 8th place
2020 – 11th place
2022 – 10th place

Current squad
Roster for the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship.

Head coach: Arno Troost

Under-20 team
Germany lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.

References

External links

Women's national water polo teams
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Relaxing in the Sunroom – Uniquely Yours… or Mine!
I hope everyone who got snow enjoyed a little snow day! I know we did here, we got about 5 inches of powdery snow so I took the opportunity to get some pictures of the Sunroom to share with you.
This Sunroom is hands down one of my favorite rooms in our new home here in Kentucky. One of the reasons I like it so much is because of the view, it feels like you are in a tree house!
The Sunroom leads out to the deck and has a cased opening over the kitchen sink (seen to the right).
This is the view from the room looking back through the kitchen eating area into the Family room. All the floors had JUST been refinished prior to us buying the house… so thankful for that because they really are pretty!
In addition to the green paint there were also some not very well covered up ceiling stains from a roof leak which has now been repaired. The first thing we did was apply a primer to the ceiling stains and paint the ceiling.
In addition to the broken seals the original builder grade windows were just not very efficient. Particularly in the Sunroom which was hot in the summer and cool in the winter, not a good combination for our favorite room to have.
We chose a vertical style window in order to have an uninterrupted view and we could replace 2 windows with one unit, a HUGE savings in addition to being gorgeous!
The Sunroom is back in business just in time for Christmas!!
The paint color is Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray (HC-170), it is a light gray / blue color.
I did choose to reinstall the original blinds, I really like the texture they bring to the room. I will replace them at some point, but for now they work perfectly. With our new windows I don't have to close the blinds in the afternoon to keep the room from over heating… the only time I have to close them is to keep the sun out of my eyes!
This is such a cozy spot!
I have two of these vintage stands I bought off of Craig's List a couple of years ago, they are very versatile and adore them!
This is another favorite piece of mine, I got it at auction, it has adjustable height iron legs and at one time had a hinged top to it. I added the marble piece to the center and now use it as a small side table, but I think it may have been a piano stool… if you have an idea of what it was originally please let me know!
The rug I purchased from Joss & Main, it's thick, soft and just the perfect shade! I also bought the poufs from there too, they are indoor / outdoor so they can also be used for extra seating on the deck if need be.
This is my favorite spot to relax, I get to look out into the tree tops! The vintage frames I originally had in my office with picture of past projects, but I changed out the photos for nature shots I took on vacations. I love looking at them and remembering the trips, easy instant art!
No that's not black, it's navy blue and I am in L-O-V-E with the transformation! I'm hoping to finish the painting today!
I hope you liked my Sunroom makeover! I know I am enjoying relaxing in it and enjoying the fact that it is DONE!!
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Beautiful!! Ya'll got snow, we got ice! Hope you all are doing well!
Thanks so much Leigh Ann! We got about 5″ of snow and are getting another inch or so today. Miss you guys and hope all is well with everyone!
It turned out beautifully Susan! Sounds like you're doing well!
Thanks Deb! I'm doing pretty good, but focusing on getting this house to feel like us maybe a little too much… I'm having TONS of problems finding just the right paint colors for sure… Argh!
Beautiful Susan! I love your sunroom.
Thanks Sherry, it's the perfect place to read or have a glass of wine or a cup of coffee… It's especially pretty now with all of the snow on the ground!
Your sunroom is gorgeous! Can't wait to see the rest of the rooms.
Thanks so much Susan! I'm working through these rooms, but picking paint colors has been a pain!
So pretty! I love the wall color, do you mind telling me what color/maker it is? Thank you!
Thanks so much Martina, I'm on my way!
Your sunroom looks gorgeous! I also love that NAVY wall. LOVE!
Thanks Danielle! I finished painting it yesterday and it's just gorgeous!!
Your sunroom is very pretty with the new (and efficient!) windows and lovely grey colour. The tall shelf is perfect and you have two of them, lucky you. Looking forward to seeing the dining room as I love navy.
Thanks Elizabeth! The dining room is looking great in navy blue, nowhere near ready to share, but the paint is up!
LOVING that gray! So gorgeous and dreamy! I'm still on the search or the perfect gray to repaint all our common areas… adding that one to our list. I'm featuring your lovely sunroom in this week's PoPP Spotlight.
Wow! That's awesome thanks so much!
Your sunroom is beautiful! I considered Stonington…my best friend has that color in her house and it's gorgeous! Isn't it amazing how a coat of paint can completely change the look of a room? Not that the green wasn't super-fancy or anything. 😉 Those blinds look great in your room now. Before you didn't really even see them! Awesome.
Thanks Andi! I'm still on what seems like the never ending hunt for a good gray for the kitchen! I hope you find your perfect shade!
So pretty. Susan, your home is coming along beautifully! Still wish I would have met you sooner so I could have had a few pieces done by you!
Love, Love, Love! It is beautiful! Where did you get your couch? Is it Pottery Barn? I am looking for something similar but without the PB price.
Thanks so much Kaylor! The couch looks like it's PB, but it's not. I got it from a store called Haynes in Richmond, VA… about half the price as PB and I think more comfortable.
Where did you get your couches that are in your sunroom. I have been looking everywhere for them.
Hey Debbie! I got mine at a store in Richmond, VA called Haynes. Hope that helps!
I LOVE my navy walls! I do have white wainscotting below, but I think the navy blue is just perfect. My color is Old Navy by BM, and it certainly looks blue not black.
I forgot to mention I also painted the trey ceiling in our master bedroom the same Old Navy and it's just perfect!


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\section{Introduction}

   Centaurus A and M87 are two giant elliptical radio galaxies, which are classified as
   Fanaroff-Riley I (FR I) type sources \cite{FRI}. Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128,
   is located at a distance of $3.4 \, \mbox{Mpc}$ from the Earth  \cite{Quillen06}.
   Meanwhile, M87 is some $16.7 \, \mbox{Mpc}$ away \cite{m87-multi09}. These galaxies
   host the closest active galactic nuclei to the Earth and are the sources of high-energy
   radiation in the form of TeV $\gamma$-rays \cite{centA-egret98}-\cite{m87-fermi09}.
   Recently, the Pierre Auger observatory (PAO) detected some ultrahigh-energy
   cosmic ray (UHECR) events within $3.1^\circ$ around the direction of Centaurus A
   \cite{Auger07}. Besides, the PAO showed a weak correlation between
   the arrival direction of cosmic rays with energies above $6 \times 10^{19} \,
   \mbox{eV}$ and the distribution of AGN's \cite{Auger07}. Both PAO's results
   suggest, in this way, that Centaurus A and M87 could also be the production
   place of UHECR.

   The presence of high-energy gamma- and cosmic rays in Centaurus A and M87
   would imply the existence of an associated flux of high-energy neutrinos
   produced from the interactions of both types of high-energy radiation with
   the ambient gas and photons of the corresponding galaxies. For the case
   of UHECR, $\nu$ production mediated by pion photoproduction has been widely
   studied in the literature (see, for example, \cite{Kachelriess09, Hylke08,
   halzen08, halzen11}) and its contribution is though to be the main
   mechanism of $\nu$ emission. However, it remains to be proved beyond any
   reasonable doubt that UHECR are produced in Centaurus A and M87 to guarantee
   the production of neutrinos from the above process. On the other hand,
   although it is known that several AGN's are $\gamma$-ray emitters, the
   mechanisms of neutrino production induced by $\gamma$-ray collisions
   \cite{Razzaque06, Menon09, Beaudet66} in that context are scarcely studied,
   mainly because they are not expected to produce important $\nu$ fluxes
   due to their low cross sections. In any case, these secondary processes should
   be also contributing to the production of high-energy neutrinos in active
   galaxies. In the present work, one of such $\nu$ production mechanisms is
   studied: the photo-hadronic interaction of gamma-rays with the gas and dust
   content of active galaxies, in particular, for NGC5128 and M87, assuming
   that the gamma sources are located at the core of their AGN's \footnote{The
   exact position of the high-energy source inside active
   galaxies is still an open problem. One candidate is the core of AGN's. In
   fact, multi-wavelength observations of M87 point out that the TeV gamma-ray
   production site could be located at the nucleus of its AGN \cite{m87-multi09}.}.
   Accordingly, the corresponding $\nu$ fluxes are estimated and compared with
   those calculated in the framework of some astrophysical models involving
   UHECR.

   \section{The neutrino induced flux}

   Let's be $L_\gamma^{*} (\epsilon_\gamma, r) = dN_\gamma/dt\,d\epsilon_\gamma$
   the photon spectral luminosity of the AGN measured  in the source frame
   for a photon energy $\epsilon_\gamma$ at a distance $r$ from the core.
   Let's also assume that the gas and dust of the host galaxy are found in the
   form of protons and that their kinetic energies are negligible in
   comparison with the energies of the gamma-rays (supposition that can work
   for the hot, warm and cold gasses of the interstellar medium
   \footnote{For example, the temperature of the gas supply for the central
   engine of some AGN's has been estimated to be of the order of $\mbox{keV}$
   \cite{Allen06, Evans06, centA-Evans04}, in such a medium, the mean kinetic
   energy expected for protons is roughly of the same order of magnitude,
   which results to be small in comparison with the gamma energies considered
   in this work ($\epsilon_{\gamma} > 10^{-0.8} \, \mbox{GeV}$).}).

   In this way, the neutrino spectral luminosity, $L_\nu(\epsilon_\nu)$
   induced by the interaction of the gamma-photons with the intergalactic
   material of the galaxy on their  way out along the direction of the
   observer is given by
   \begin{equation}
     L_\nu(\epsilon_\nu) d\epsilon_\nu =
     \int_0^{r_f} \int_{\epsilon_{\gamma, i}}^{\epsilon_{\gamma, f}} \rho_{\small H}(r)
     \sigma_{\gamma P}(\epsilon_\gamma)
     Y^{\gamma P \rightarrow \nu}(\epsilon_\gamma, \epsilon_\nu)
     L_\gamma^{*} (\epsilon_\gamma, r) d\epsilon_\gamma dr,
     \label{eq1}
   \end{equation}
   where $\rho_{\small H}$ is the density of target protons at the distance
   $r$,  $\sigma_{\gamma P}$  is the $\gamma P$ cross section at a photon energy
   $\epsilon_\gamma$  and $Y^{\gamma P \rightarrow \nu}(\epsilon_\gamma,
   \epsilon_\nu)$ is the neutrino yield, which is defined as the number of
   $\nu$'s with energy in the interval $d\epsilon_\nu$ around $\epsilon_\nu$
   produced by a photon with energy in the range $[\epsilon_\gamma,
   \epsilon_\gamma + d\epsilon_\gamma]$ after a collision with a
   proton at rest. Energy losses of the parent particles in the
   $\nu$-production chain have been neglected.

    Since, $L_\gamma^{*}(\epsilon_\gamma, r)$ is unknown at the  core of the
    AGN, the gamma-ray luminosity at source derived from Earth  observations,
    $L_\gamma(\epsilon_\gamma)$, will be used instead in equation
    (\ref{eq1}). Note that by doing so the estimated $\nu$ flux could be
    lower than the real one, since the actual $\gamma$-ray luminosity could be
    bigger than $L_\gamma(\epsilon_\gamma)$ at the interior of the AGN
    \cite{Ostap}. Now, by using the above approximation, equation (\ref{eq1})
    is reduced to the following expression:
   \begin{equation}
     L_\nu(\epsilon_\nu) d\epsilon_\nu =
     \Sigma_{\small H} \int_{\epsilon_{\gamma, i}}^{\epsilon_{\gamma, f}}
     \sigma_{\gamma P}(\epsilon_\gamma)
     Y^{\gamma P \rightarrow \nu}(\epsilon_\gamma, \epsilon_\nu)
     L_\gamma (\epsilon_\gamma) d\epsilon_\gamma,
     \label{eq2}
   \end{equation}
   with
   \begin{equation}
     \Sigma_{\small H}  =  \int_0^{r_f}   \rho_{\small H}(r)  dr.
   \label{eq3}
   \end{equation}
   Here, $\Sigma_{\small H}$ is the column density of target protons along
   the line of sight from $r = 0$ up to $r_f$, which corresponds to the
   size of the halo of the active galaxy. Integration limits for the
   energy parameters are defined as follows:
   $(\epsilon_{\gamma, i}, \epsilon_{\gamma, f}) =
   (10^{-0.8}  \, \mbox{GeV}, 10^{6} \, \mbox{GeV})$
   and
   $(\epsilon_{\nu, i}, \epsilon_{\nu, f}) =
    10^{-5}  \, \mbox{GeV}, 10^{6} \, \mbox{GeV})$.
   The lower limit on the gamma-energies is set just at the
   threshold for pion photoproduction, $\epsilon_{\gamma, th} =
    m_\pi(m_\pi c^2 + 2m_p c^2)/2m_p \approx 10^{-0.8} \, \mbox{GeV}$
   \cite{Propagation-uhecr}. Meanwhile, the upper limit is fixed
   at $10^{6} \, \mbox{GeV}$, considering that the gamma-ray emission
   could be of leptonic origin and therefore that it could have a cut
   at the high-energy regime, somewhere around $10^{2} \, \mbox{TeV}$
   (see, for example, \cite{Reynoso10}).

   The flux of neutrinos at Earth is estimated from the $\nu$
   luminosity of the active galaxy by means of the formula
  \begin{equation}
    \Phi_{\nu + \bar{\nu}}(\epsilon'_\nu) = \frac{(1+z)^2}{4\pi D^2_L} \cdot
    L_{\nu + \bar{\nu}}(\epsilon_\nu)
   \label{eq4}
  \end{equation}
  where $z$ is the redshift of the galaxy and $\epsilon'_\nu =
  \epsilon_\nu/(1 + z)$ is the neutrino energy after redshift energy
  losses\footnote{Primed quantities are measured at Earth.}. $D_L$ is the
  luminosity distance to the source, which is defined as
  \begin{equation}
    D_L(z)  = (1 + z) \int_{0}^{z} c\,dz/H(z).
    \label{eq5}
  \end{equation}
  Here, $c$ is the speed of light in vacuum and $H(z)$ is the Hubble
  parameter at redshift $z$. For a cosmological scenario
  dominated by vacuum energy, with $\Omega_\Lambda = 1 - \Omega_m$,
  \begin{equation}
      c/H(z) = (c/H_0) [1 - \Omega_m + \Omega_m (1 + z)^3]^{-1/2}.
  \label{eq6}
  \end{equation}
  Along this paper, the following parameters will be used: $\Omega_\Lambda =
  0.74$ and $c/H_0 = 1.28 \times 10^{28} \, \mbox{cm}$  \cite{PDG10}.

  For the final fluxes of individual $\nu$ flavors, neutrino oscillations
  will be taken into account \cite{nakamura2010}. That implies that after a
  long way to the Earth, neutrinos of different types will be present in
  the total flux in a $(\nu_e + \bar{\nu}_e)$:$(\nu_\mu + \bar{\nu}_\mu)$:
  $(\nu_\tau + \bar{\nu}_\tau)= 1:1:1$ ratio.

  \section{Gamma ray luminosities}

  Several gamma-ray observatories have measured the differential photon
  spectra of Centaurus A and M87 in the MeV-TeV regime. For Centaurus A,
  measurements of the $\gamma$-ray flux in the interval $0.1 - 1 \, \mbox{GeV}$
  have been performed with the EGRET detector on board of the Compton
  Gamma-Ray Observatory \cite{centA-egret98, centA-egret99}, while in the
  $0.1 - 30  \, \mbox{GeV}$ energy range, data has been collected
  with the \textit{Fermi}-LAT instrument \cite{centA-fermi10}. Besides in
  the very high-energy region ($\epsilon'_\gamma >100 \, \mbox{GeV}$),
  data has been registered with the telescopes of the H.E.S.S. experiment
  \cite{centA-hess09}. In case of M87, its gamma-ray flux has been measured
  with the \textit{Fermi}-LAT telescope in the range from $0.2$ to $32 \,
  \mbox{GeV}$ and with HEGRA \cite{m87-hegra}, HESS \cite{m87-hess} and
  VERITAS \cite{m87-veritas08} in the energy regime of $0.1 - 30 \, \mbox{TeV}$.

  Using the above observational data, the $\gamma$ luminosities of the sources
  can be easily estimated. Let's be $\Phi_\gamma(\epsilon'_\gamma) = dN_\gamma/dt'
  dA' d\epsilon'_\gamma $ the differential photon spectrum (in units of
  photons per unit time, unit area and interval of energy)  detected at Earth
  from the active galaxy. Assuming a steady and isotropic emission, the photon
  spectral luminosity of the AGN is calculated by using
  \begin{equation}
   L_\gamma (\epsilon_\gamma) = 4\pi D^2_L \cdot
   \frac{\Phi_\gamma(\epsilon_\gamma)}{(1+z)^2} \cdot
   \mbox{e}^{\tau(\epsilon_\gamma, z)},
   \label{eq7}
  \end{equation}
  where corrections for both adiabatic energy losses due to the redshift and
  attenuation due to interactions with the background radiation are
  considered. The latter is done introducing the exponential term, where
  the parameter $\tau(\epsilon_\gamma, z)$ appears. Here, $\tau$ represents
  the $\gamma \gamma$ optical depth for a photon traveling from the source
  with initial energy $\epsilon_\gamma$. The values used for $\tau$
  were taken from reference \cite{gg-optical-depth}.

  Photon spectral luminosities of Centaurus A and M87 at source,
  multiplied by $\epsilon_\gamma$, as derived from experimental data
  are presented in figure \ref{fig1}. Along the plots, individual fits
  using a power-law function with a cut-off at high-energies,
  \begin{equation}
   L^{\mbox{\tiny{fit}}}_\gamma (\epsilon_\gamma) =
   b \cdot
   \left[\frac{\epsilon_\gamma}{\mbox{TeV}}\right]^{a} \cdot
   e^{-(\epsilon_\gamma/10^{2} \, \mbox{\footnotesize{TeV}})},
   \label{eq8}
  \end{equation}
  are presented. The cut in expression (\ref{eq8}) is introduced to model
  a $\gamma$-ray flux of leptonic origin. In the above equation, $a$ and $b$
  stand for the fit parameters.  The results of the fit are shown in table
  \ref{tab1}. Formula (\ref{eq8}) will be employed in expression (\ref{eq2}),
  when calculating the $\nu$ luminosities.

  By integrating $L_\gamma (\epsilon_\gamma)$, the integral luminosity,
  $\mathcal{L}_\gamma$, is obtained. Using equation (\ref{eq8}) along
  with the parameters of table \ref{tab1}, a value of $\mathcal{L}_\gamma
  (\epsilon_\gamma > 100 \mbox{MeV}) = 7.2 \times 10^{40}
  \, \mbox{erg} \cdot \mbox{s}^{-1}$ is derived for NGC 5128 and,
  $\mathcal{L}_\gamma(\epsilon_\gamma >100 \, \mbox{MeV}) = 1.1 \times
  10^{42} \, \mbox{erg} \cdot \mbox{s}^{-1}$, for M87. The integral
  luminosity of M87 results to be almost one order of magnitude
  bigger than that of Centaurus A.

  \begin{figure}[!t]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=77mm, height=56mm]{gLuminosity_CentaurusA.eps}
    \includegraphics[width=77mm, height=56mm]{gLuminosity_M87.eps}
    \caption{Photon spectral luminosities for Centaurus A (left) and M87 (right)
      derived from $\gamma$-ray measurements (data points) performed with
      different experiments (see text). The results of the fits with formula
      (\ref{eq8}) are shown in each case (segmented lines).}
    \label{fig1}
  \end{figure}

  \begin{table}[!b]
    \begin{center}
      \caption{Values of the fit parameters $a$ and $b$ of formula (\ref{eq8})
        for Centaurus A and M87.}
      \begin{tabular}{lccc}
        \hline
        \textbf{AGN} &&\textbf{$\log_{10} [b/\mbox{s}^{-1} \cdot \mbox{TeV}^{-1}]$} & \textbf{$a$}\\
        \hline
        Centaurus A  && $38.53 \pm 0.09$ & $-2.44  \pm 0.03$ \\
        M87          && $40.53 \pm 0.03$ & $-2.08  \pm 0.02$\\
        \hline
      \end{tabular}
      \label{tab1}
    \end{center}
  \end{table}

 \section{Gas and dust distributions of the galaxies}

  \subsection{Centaurus A}

  Due to its proximity to Earth, Centaurus A has been well studied in the
  literature (see for example, the reviews \cite{Morganti10, Israel98}).
  To calculate $\Sigma_{\small H}$ along the line of sight a simple model is
  built based on the observational data. The main parameters are presented in
  table \ref{tab2}.

  The most prominent features of Centaurus A are the nuclear region, the
  circumnuclear disk, the dust lane, the jets and the halo \cite{Morganti10,
  Israel98}. All of them,  but the jet structures, are included in the
  model, since the jets do not lie along the line of sight.

  In this model of Centaurus A, the VLBI radio core \cite{Kellerman97} is
  assumed to be the source of the $\gamma$ radiation. This supposition is not
  yet confirmed, but it is still consistent with observations
  \cite{centA-hess09, centA-fermi10}. A source with radius $R = 0.01 \, \mbox{pc}$
  (corresponding to the upper limit on the size of the radio source
  established by VLBI observations \cite{Kellerman97}) and density
  $n_{\small H} \approx 10^6 \, \mbox{cm}^{-3}$ (as derived  in \cite{Abraham07}
  assuming free-free absorption in the core of Centaurus A and using data
  from mm and X-ray observations) will be considered in this paper.

  X-ray observations of the nucleus of Centaurus A reveal the presence of two
  spectra with different degrees of nuclear absorption \cite{Suzaku07}. The
  spectra could be associated either with the emission of a single X-ray
  source attenuated by different components of a strong absorber \cite{Suzaku07,
  Turner97, Wozniak98} or  with the combined emission from the accretion disk
  and the pc-scale VLBI jet \cite{centA-Evans04}. Here, the first scenario
  will be considered. In particular, it will be assumed that the absorber
  is in the form of a cold cloud entirely surrounding the core \cite{Miyazaki96}
  characterized by a column density with weighted-mean of $2.4 \times 10^{23} \,
  \mbox{cm}^{-2}$ (best-fit model from \cite{Suzaku07}). For simplicity,
  a cloud with uniform density and radius $R = 0.1 \, \mbox{pc}$
  (equivalent to the emission radius of the Fe K$\alpha$ lines observed in
  the X-ray spectra, which seem to belong to the absorber \cite{centA-Evans04})
  will be employed in the calculations.

  \begin{table}[!t]
    \begin{center}
      \caption{Extension and density distribution of the gas structures
        in the model of Centaurus A. Here, $R$ represents the cylindrical
        radius and $r$, the spherical one.}
      \begin{tabular}{lccc}
        \hline
        \textbf{Structure}     & & \textbf{$R\,[\mbox{pc}]$}& \textbf{$n_{\small H} \, [\mbox{cm}^{-3}]$} \\
        \hline
        Core                    & & $0.01$                   & $10^{6}$\\
        X-ray absorber          & & $0.01 - 0.1$             & $8.6 \times 10^{5}$\\
        Nuclear disk            & & $0.1  - 40 $             & $3.4 \times 10^{2}$\\
        Circumnuclear disk      & & $40 - 200  $             & $(5.5 \times 10^{5})/r^2$\\
        Dust lane               & & $(0.8 - 7)\times 10^{3}$ & $(3.6 \times 10^{13})/r^4$\\
        ISM and halo            & & $35 \times 10^{3}$       & $4 \times 10^{-2}  [1 + (r/500 \, \mbox{pc})^2]^{-0.6}$\\
        \hline
      \end{tabular}
      \label{tab2}
    \end{center}
  \end{table}

  Along the central region of Centaurus A, gas and dust seem to be organized in
  the form of a warped disk \cite{Quillen06, Tubbs80}, which can be modeled
  by means of  tilted rings with different position ($PA$) and inclination
  ($i$) angles (see \cite{Quillen09} and references therein). These tilted rings
  will be incorporated into the models of the nuclear disk \cite{Neumayer07}
  and the dust lane \cite{Morganti10}. However, for the circumnuclear
  disk, only a single ring will be used \cite{Israel90}.

  The nuclear disk will be considered as the result of individual tilted rings
  distributed between $r = 0.1$ and $40 \, \mbox{pc}$. The position ($PA$) and
  inclination ($i$) angles of the rings are taken from the SINFONI data
  \cite{Neumayer07}. Since observations in \cite{Neumayer07} are reported only
  for $r = 0.824 - 31.3 \, \mbox{pc}$, for those nuclear rings lying outside
  the previous range the angular parameters will be kept constant. An aspect
  ratio  $k(R) = h(R)/R = 0.5$ is assumed for the rings, where $h(R)$ is the
  thickness as a function of the cylindrical radius, $R$.

  For the circumnuclear disk a single ring with external radius $R = 200 \, \mbox{pc}$,
  thickness of $80 \, \mbox{pc}$ and internal radius $R = 40 \, \mbox{pc}$ will be
  assumed, in accordance with the studies of $CO(1-0)$ absorption and $H_2$ emission
  against the  nucleus \cite{Israel90}. The disk with $PA = 155^\circ$ and
  $i = 70^\circ$ is considered to have a gas mass of $\sim 10^{7} M_\odot$
  distributed in the form $n_{\small H} \sim r^{-2}$, where $r$ is the spherical
  radius \cite{Israel90}. This expression will be extrapolated up to the region
  $r < 40 \, \mbox{pc}$ in order to find the density inside the nuclear disk.

  The dust lane, extended from  $r = 800 \, \mbox{pc}$ \cite{Morganti10} up to
  $7 \, \mbox{kpc}$ \cite{Israel98}, will be also described with the tilted ring model
  \cite{Morganti10, Nicholson92, Quillen92}. The position and inclination angles of the
  rings are taken from references \cite{Quillen06, Quillen09, Espada09} and the
  disk aspect ratio ($k(R) = h(R)/R = 0.1 \cdot [R/824 \, \mbox{pc}]^{0.9}$), from
  \cite{Quillen06}. A dusty disk with a mass of the order $1.3 \times 10^{9} M_\odot$
  \cite{Israel98} and a density distribution of the form $r^{-4}$ \cite{Quillen06, Quillen92}
  will be assumed in this work.

  Finally, the last structure to include is the halo, which has a radius of
  at least $r_f = 35 \, \mbox{kpc}$ according to XMM-Newton observations
  \cite{Kraft09}. It has been found from studies of NGC 5128 performed with
  the Chandra and XMM-Newton, that the density profile of the halo
  for $r \lesssim 10 \, \mbox{kpc}$ can be very well represented by a beta
  model for distances,  $n_{\small H} = n_0  [1 + (r/r_0)^{-1.5\xi}]$, with
  $n_0 = 4 \times 10^{-2} \, \mbox{cm}^{-3}$, $r_0 = 500 \, \mbox{pc}$ and
  $\xi = 0.40 \pm 0.04$ \cite{Kraft09}. Along the paper, this expression will
  be used to infer the density distribution of  the interstellar medium (ISM)
  and the material in the halo up to a distance of $35 \, \mbox{kpc}$
  form the AGN's core.

  By integrating numerically the density of target protons along the line
  of sight, the corresponding column density is found and amounts to
  $4.4 \times 10^{23} \, \mbox{cm}^{-2}$.

  \subsection{M87}

  Astronomical observations show the presence of a core \cite{Cohen69}, a
  nuclear disk  \cite{Ford94}, a kpc jet \cite{Curtis18, Biretta95} and a halo
  \cite{Malina76, Schreier82, Sarazin88} in M87. As it was the case for
  Centaurus A, only the jets will be left out of the present model of M87.
  The principal structures involved in the model, as well as their densities
  and sizes, are summarized in table \ref{tab3}.

  The source of gamma rays will be located located at the core of the radio
  galaxy in the model. In fact, results of the $2008$ multi-wavelength
  campaign on M87  show evidence in favor of a correlation between the radio
  core and the TeV emissions \cite{m87-multi09}. Following the model proposed
  in  \cite{m87-fermi09} to explain the \textit{Fermi}-LAT MeV/GeV
  observations, a gamma source with a radius of $r_1 = 4.5 \,  \mbox{mpc}$ is
  assumed. Since the density of the source is uncertain, the value $n_{\small
  H} = 10^6 \, \mbox{cm}^{-3}$ will be used, which is in agreement with limits
  presented in \cite{Neronov07} and estimations from \cite{Sabra03} (based on
  observations of UV and optical emission lines measured with instruments of
  the Hubble Space Telescope).

  The nuclear disk of M87 will be modeled using a thin disk with a radius $r =
  100 \, \mbox{pc}$  \cite{Ford94, Ford98} and thickness of $10 \, \mbox{pc}$
  (as in reference \cite{Tan08}). This is just a simplified picture, since the
  nuclear disk has a more complex structure. Observations with the Hubble
  Space Telescope show spiral arms in the nuclear disk, which are apparently
  connected with $1 \, \mbox{kpc}$-scale filaments of gas \cite{Ford94,
  Ford98}. The position and inclination angles of the nuclear disk are $PA = 6^\circ$
  and $i = 35^\circ$, respectively \cite{Tsve98}. The mean surface density of
  the disk in the model will be $\Sigma_{\small H} = 10^{20} \,
  \mbox{cm}^{-2}$, which is within the range of values derived from the
  results of different studies \cite{Sabra03, Tan08, Dopita97}.

  The density profile of the ISM and halo of M87 will be described with the
  beta model of reference \cite{Fabricant83}, $n_{\small H} = n_0 [1 +
  (r/r_0)^{-1.5\xi}]$, where $n_0 = 4.2 \times 10^{-2} \, \mbox{cm}^{-3}$,
  $r_0 = (7.87 \pm 1.36) \times 10^{3} \, \mbox{pc}$ and  $\xi = 0.436 \pm
  0.008$. The parameters of the above function were obtained from fits to the
  X-ray data from the Einstein observatory of the hot halo of M87
  \cite{Fabricant83}. The radius of the halo will be set at $r_f = 260 \,
  \mbox{kpc}$, distance at which the measured gas is still associated with
  M87 \cite{Fabricant83}.

  Using the model described in this section, the column density of
  target protons in M87 along the line of sight of the active galaxy is
  estimated. The result is $\Sigma_{\small H} = 2.90 \times 10^{21} \,
  \mbox{cm}^{-2}$, two orders of magnitude lower than that for Centaurus A.

   \begin{table}[!t]
     \begin{center}
       \caption{Extension and density distribution of main gas structures
         in the model of M87. Here, $R$ represents the cylindrical radius and
         $r$, the spherical one.}
       \begin{tabular}{lccc}
         \hline
         \textbf{Structure}      & & \textbf{$R\,[\mbox{pc}]$}& \textbf{$n_{\small H} \, [\mbox{cm}^{-3}]$} \\
         \hline
         Core                    & & $0.0045$                 & $10^{6}$\\
         Nuclear disk            & & $100$                    & $3.24$\\
         Halo                    & & $260 \times 10^{3}$       & $4.2 \times 10^{-2}  [1 + (r/7.87 \, \mbox{kpc})^2]^{-0.654}$\\
         \hline
       \end{tabular}
       \label{tab3}
     \end{center}
   \end{table}

  \section{The $\gamma P$ hadronic cross section and the neutrino yields}

  The total $\gamma P$ hadronic cross section above $\sqrt{s} = 5 \, \mbox{GeV}$
  is evaluated with the parameterized formula of references \cite{PDG10, Compete02}:
  \begin{equation}
   \sigma_{\gamma P} = \delta\cdot Z +  \delta\cdot B \log^2(s/s_0) + Y(s_1/s)^{\eta_1},
   \label{eq18}
  \end{equation}
  where  $\sqrt{s}$ is the center-of-mass energy and $\sqrt{s_1}$ is an energy
  scale fixed at $1  \, \mbox{GeV}$. $\delta = 0.00308$, $Z = 35.45 \,
  \mbox{mb}$, $B = 0.308 \, \mbox{mb}$,  $Y = 0.0320 \, \mbox{mb}$ and $\eta_1
  = 0.458$, while $\sqrt{s_0} = 5.38 \ \mbox{GeV}$ \cite{PDG10}. These
  parameters were obtained by the COMPETE Collaboration by means of a global
  fit to current accelerator data with $\sqrt{s} \geq 5  \, \mbox{GeV}$
  \cite{Compete02}.

   For center-of-mass energies inside the interval $\sqrt{s} = 1 - 5 \, \mbox{GeV}$
  the total hadronic cross section is calculated by interpolating the
  $\sigma_{\gamma P}$ data presented in \cite{PDG10}.

  On the other hand, neutrino yields are obtained using the Monte Carlo
  program SOPHIA 2.01 \cite{Sophia}\footnote{Simulations with PYTHIA 6.4
  \cite{Pythia} were also used to check out the results for the neutrino
  yields at high-energies. They gave also values of the same order of magnitude
  than those found with SOPHIA.}. The procedure is as follows: Gamma-photons and
  neutrino energy ranges are divided in several intervals (in logarithmic
  scale). Then collisions of gamma-photons with energy $\log_{10}
  \epsilon_{\gamma,i}$ against protons at rest are simulated with SOPHIA and
  the number of neutrinos, $n_{ij}$, produced with energy in the bin
  $\log_{10} \epsilon_{\nu,j}$ is counted. Neutrino yields, $Y^{\gamma
  P\rightarrow \nu}_{ij}$, are estimated averaging $n_{ij}$ over all events
  induced by photons with energy $\log_{10} \epsilon_{\gamma,i}$. The $\nu$
  yields were calculated only for  electron and muon neutrinos, since
  simulations show that the tau neutrino production in $\gamma P$ collisions
  is negligible in  the energy range under consideration.

  \section{Results}

  Electron and muon neutrino luminosities at source for NGC 5128 and M87 are
  shown in figure \ref{fig2}. They are restricted at low- and high-energies
  by the pion photoproduction energy threshold and the exponential energy
  cut imposed on the $\gamma$-ray luminosities, respectively. Inbetween,
  $\nu$ luminosities follow a simple power-law  only interrupted at
  low-energies ($\epsilon_{\nu} \sim 10^{-4} \, \mbox{TeV}$) by a small bump
  that emerges as a result of the enhancement of the cross section due to the
  production of hadronic resonances in $\gamma P$ interactions.

  From data presented in  figure \ref{fig2}, integrated neutrino luminosities
  can be derived. They are found to be quite low. Integrating $L_{\nu +
  \bar{\nu}}$ for energies above $100 \, \mbox{MeV}$ and summing for electron
  a muon neutrinos, in case of Centaurus A, the following value results
  $\mathcal{L}_{\nu + \bar{\nu}} (\epsilon_\nu >100 \, \mbox{MeV}) =
  1.04 \times 10^{36} \, \mbox{erg} \cdot  \mbox{s}^{-1}$. Meanwhile, for M87,
  the value $\mathcal{L}_{\nu + \bar{\nu}} (\epsilon_\nu >100 \, \mbox{MeV}) =
  1.28 \times 10^{35} , \mbox{erg} \cdot \mbox{s}^{-1}$ is obtained. These integrated
  luminosities are from $5$ to $7$ orders of magnitude smaller than the ones
  corresponding to $\gamma$-rays.

  \begin{figure}[!t]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=77mm, height=56mm]{Neutrino_luminosity_los_CenA.eps}
    \includegraphics[width=77mm, height=56mm]{Neutrino_luminosity_los_M87.eps}
    \caption{Electron (dotted line) and muon (solid line) neutrino luminosities
      expected from Centaurus A (left) and M87 (right) at source and produced by
      interactions of their own $\gamma$ radiation with the gas and dust in the
      corresponding galaxies. }
    \label{fig2}
  \end{figure}

  In figure \ref{fig3}, the final neutrino fluxes (per flavor) arriving
  at Earth are presented and are compared with the $90 \%$ confidence level
  upper bounds obtained with the Antares\cite{antares2011}, Amanda\cite{amanda2007}
  and ICECUBE\cite{ic402011} detectors for the $\nu$ fluxes from Centaurus A
  and M87. The difference between experimental bounds and expected values are
  too big, the latter ones are more than $6$ orders of magnitude smaller
  than the experimental limits. Therefore, neutrinos from Centaurus A and M87
  coming from interactions of their own $\gamma$-ray flux with the respective
  gas and dust could escape detection at the modern neutrino observatories.

  In figure \ref{fig3} (left panel), the expected $\nu$ fluxes from Centaurus A
  from three different models involving cosmic rays are also shown for
  comparison. In all cases, the cosmic ray fluxes (composed by protons) are
  normalized using the data from the Pierre Auger observatory
  \cite{Auger07}. One model, due to Hylke et al., assumes that acceleration
  takes place at the jets \cite{Hylke08}. The second model, worked out by
  Kachelriess et al., invokes cosmic ray acceleration close to the core
  (with spectral index $\alpha = 2.7$) \cite{Kachelriess09}. The last model,
  proposed in \cite{halzen08}, uses also the $\gamma$-ray data from
  the HESS detector \cite{Aharonian05} to put an upper limit on the neutrino
  flux assuming a pionic origin of the TeV radiation. This limit is also
  applied in \cite{halzen11} to M87 (see right panel of figure \ref{fig3}) by
  noting that luminosities from Centaurus A and M87 are similar at TeV
  energies. It is clear from the above figure that at high-energies, relevant
  for neutrino astronomy ($\epsilon_\nu \gtrsim 1 \, \mbox{TeV}$), neutrinos
  from the cosmic ray channel dominate over the modest contribution from
  $\gamma P$ interactions studied in this paper.

 \begin{figure}[!t]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=77mm, height=56mm]{Neutrino_flux_los_CenA.eps}
    \includegraphics[width=77mm, height=56mm]{Neutrino_flux_los_M87.eps}
    \caption{Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes expected from Centaurus A (left)
      and M87 (right) at Earth for each neutrino type. The flux is produced by
      interactions of their own $\gamma$ radiation with the gas and dust at the
      sources. Neutrino oscillations are taken into
      account. Individual $90 \%$ C.L upper limits on the neutrino fluxes
      established with the Amanda \cite{amanda2007}, ICECUBE \cite{ic402011} and
      Antares \cite{antares2011} detectors for each galaxy are also
      shown. For M87, two different $\nu$ limits from Amanda are presented (segmented
      lines). They were estimated assuming different spectral indices
      for the differential $\nu$ flux: $\gamma = -2$ and $-3$ (horizontal and inclined
      lines, respectively) \cite{amanda2007}. Finally, predictions for Centaurus A
      (Kachelriess \cite{Kachelriess09}, Hylke \cite{Hylke08} and Halzen
      \cite{halzen08, halzen11}) and M87 (Halzen \cite{halzen08, halzen11}) based on
      different models involving cosmic rays are plotted.}
    \label{fig3}
  \end{figure}

  \section{Conclusions}

  The GeV-TeV gamma-ray flux detected from Centaurus A and M87 should be
  producing a feeble $\nu$ flux arising from its photo-hadronic interactions
  with the material of the sources. Estimated $\nu$ luminosities are from
  $10^{-5}$ to $10^{-7}$ times the corresponding luminosities for
  $\gamma$-rays, in case of Centaurus A and M87, respectively. For the simple
  models here analyzed, derived $\nu$ fluxes are found to be $E^2 \Phi_{\nu +
  \bar{\nu}} \, \lesssim 10^{-13} \, \, \mbox{s}^{-1} \, \,
  \mbox{GeV} \, \mbox{cm}^{-2}$, i.e. more than $6$ orders of  magnitude below
  the upper experimental limits. That result implies that these fluxes
  could escape experimental detection at modern neutrino telescopes like
  ANTARES and ICECUBE. Estimations are still dependent on the real position
  of the $\gamma$ ray source at the active galaxy and on the shape and
  magnitude of the $\gamma$-ray spectrum at the interior of the source,
  which are at the moment unknown.

  \section*{Acknowledgments}

  The author thanks R. Engel for his suggestions on the Monte-Carlo programs for
  photo-hadronic interactions. This work has been partially supported by the
  Coordinaci\'on de la Investigaci\'on Cient\'\i fica de la Universidad
  Michoacana.\\

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For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are the results for 1958.
The 1958 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the AVRO Studies in Hilversum, Netherlands on Wednesday 12 March 1958. Presented by Hannie Lips.


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The "Weird Objects" in the New York Public Library's Collections: Virginia Woolf's Cane, Charles Dickens' Letter Opener, Walt Whitman's Hair & More
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On March 28, 1941, Virginia Woolf took her final walk, into the River Ouse near her home in Sussex. She did it with her trusty cane in hand, the very cane you can see laid out alongside other Woolf-related artifacts in the New Yorker video above. Its five minutes provide a short introduction to the "weird objects" of the New York Public Library's Berg Collection, an archive containing, in the words of the New Yorker's Gareth Smit, "roughly two thousand linear feet of manuscripts and archival materials" donated in 1940 by the brothers Henry W. and Albert A. Berg, doctors who were also "avid collectors of English and American literature — and of literary paraphernalia."
The NYPL labels as "realia" such non-paper items as Woolf's cane as well as "Charlotte Brontë's writing desk, with a lock of her hair inside; trinkets belonging to Jack Kerouac, including his harmonicas, and a card upon which he wrote 'blood' in his own blood; typewriters belonging to S. J. Perelman and Paul Metcalf; Mark Twain's pen and wire-rimmed glasses; Vladimir Nabokov's butterfly drawings; and the death masks of the poets James Merrill and E. E. Cummings." We've previously featured Nabokov-drawn butterflies here on Open Culture, as well the letter opener seen in the video that Charles Dickens had made from the foot of his beloved cat Bob.
All this may sound on the grim side, but these objects bring their beholders that much closer to the long-passed literary figures who once possessed them. "If you are looking at, say, Jack Kerouac's lighter or his boots, you're seeing the man, in a sense," the NYPL's director of exhibitions Declan Kiely says in the video. "What you're trying to get closest to is the creative spirit at work, and I think that's why these objects are so evocative." Though visitors to the Berg Collection can only do so by appointment, the library, as Kiely told Smit, "does intend to have an exhibition to present these and other treasures in the Gottesman Hall by 2020." Something to look forward to for anyone who yearns to approach the creative spirit — and who among us doesn't?
The New York Public Library Lets You Download 180,000 Images in High Resolution: Historic Photographs, Maps, Letters & More
The Smithsonian Design Museum Digitizes 200,000 Objects, Giving You Access to 3,000 Years of Design Innovation & History
Vladimir Nabokov's Delightful Butterfly Drawings
Charles Dickens Gave His Cat "Bob" a Second Life as a Letter Opener

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Reed Ferguson Mystery Books In Order
Publication Order of Reed Ferguson Mystery Books
This Doesn't Happen In The Movies (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Reel Estate Rip-Off (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Maltese Felon (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Elvis And The Sports Card Cheat (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Farewell, My Deuce (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Out of the Past (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Torch Scene (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Lady Who Sang High (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Sweet Smell of Sucrets (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Third Fan (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Back Story (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Night of the Hunted (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Postman Always Brings Dice (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Road Blocked (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A Gun for Hire (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Small Town Focus (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Ace in the Hole (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Nightmare Sally (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Cool Alibi (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Damned Don't Die (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Big Steal (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Wrong Woman (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Double Iniquity (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Lady Rambles (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Walk Softly, Danger (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A Killing (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
In a Lowly Place (2022) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The name 'Reed Ferguson' refers to a series of noir mystery novels written by Renee Pawlish. The books are crafted to mimic the detective noir movies of old.
+The Story
One wouldn't expect the Reed Ferguson Mystery Series to elicit much interest from readers. After all, how many mystery novels have been published in the last several decades? Why would another one amongst the multitudes elicit any interest?
However, as with every book in an established genre that somehow manages to draw the interest of readers, the Reed Ferguson Mystery Series is a little different from what most people expect.
The books revolve around Reed Ferguson, the owner of the Reed Ferguson Detective Agency. Reed Ferguson wants to be a detective. It has always been his dream to be a real-life private eye. He idolized the detectives Humphrey Bogart played in his movies, and the Reed Ferguson Mystery Series find Reed Ferguson trying to make his dreams come true.
Of course, Reed is hardly the best detective in Denver and, on many occasions, it does feel like he is simply playing at being a detective. However, Reed always seems to catch his man because he is so determined.
He hasn't been blessed with unrivaled intellectual capabilities or overwhelming physical strengths. The beatings Reed takes are sometimes a little difficult to read about. But Reed never gives up. He keeps pushing and prodding and searching until all the pieces fall into place.
And he is assisted in his efforts by the Goofball Brothers and a computer hacker called Cal. Sometimes, Reed's girlfriend gets involved in the mix. Either way, Reed is pretty much living his dream, or at least he is walking in the footsteps of the detectives his cinematic hero Humphrey Bogart played. He engages with mysterious figures and solves intriguing cases. And on a number of occasions, Reed's knowledge of detective novels and movies has been the key to solving his cases.
One of the most notable aspects of the Reed Ferguson Mystery series is the many references that are made to classic detective stories from film and even literature. They definitely grow tiresome in some places, though Renee Pawlish works really hard to keep them fresh.
+The Author
When Renee Pawlish first arrived on the scene with her Reed Ferguson Mystery Series, she was described as a fresh voice in the genre of comic murder mysteries. She has since delivered on these claims and expectations with all the Reed Ferguson novels she has written over the years.
Renee is an American author. Specifically, she is a native of California where she was born, though a lot of her life was spent in Colorado. Renee is always on the move. She loves the outdoors, which is probably the reason why she is always hiking and cycling.
A lover of sports, Renee isn't too shy about chasing after ballplayers to get their autographs. An avid traveler, Renee is a pretty dynamic author who has written horror, paranormal and historical novels, on top of comic murder mysteries.
The most notable aspect of Renee's Reed Ferguson Mystery Series is the noir film references. Renee is a fan of mystery and detective stories, and names like Chandler, Hammett, and Cain mean a lot to her.
As a fan of old movies, Renee was working hard to develop the character of Reed Ferguson when she concluded that making him a copy of those detectives she saw in old noir films could add a spark to his character.
Renee wanted to play with some of her favorite detectives from those old movies but she didn't want her character to carry nearly as much baggage, which is why a lot of Reed Ferguson mystery stories are filled with wit and humor.
Because of the eminence Humphrey Bogart enjoyed during Renee's childhood, it made sense to her to make Reed the sort of person who worked hard to emulate Bogart above all else. While these decisions have alienated some readers who think that the Reed Ferguson Mystery books are too silly, Renee has definitely succeeded in creating a character that stands out amongst the numerous detectives on the literary market. At the very least, everyone agrees that Reed Ferguson is a breath of fresh air.
+This Doesn't Happen in the Movies
A Wannabe P.I. loves noir films so much that he decides to take his dream to the next level by becoming an actual detective. And fortunately for him, there's a case perfectly tailored to his fantasies. A beautiful woman is looking for a competent detective to find her husband, and it looks like Reed Ferguson might be that detective.
The first book in the Reed Ferguson Mystery Series sets the tone for what readers can expect. Reed Ferguson is Renee Pawlish's protagonist. Reed loves old detective stories more than life itself, and he has loved Humphrey Bogart for as long as he can remember.
Reed is determined to follow in his hero's footsteps, and when a rich woman with a missing dead husband hires Reed, he can barely believe his luck. Of course, now that Reed has a case, he must solve it.
Reed is fascinated by his client, not only because of her beauty but the fact that she seems so certain her husband is dead. And if he was such a notorious cheater, why does she want to find him? It doesn't take Reed long to smell a lie, and the lies only continue to pile up from that point onward. Unfortunately, Reed already promised to help her and that puts him in a dangerous place.
+Real Estate Rip-Off
With a brother on the hunt for the truth, a mysterious death and a devious ex-wife, Reed Ferguson has a lot on his plate as he returns once more to undertake another adventure that will see him emulate some of his favorite detectives from the old noir films.
The second Reed Ferguson novel introduces Jack Healy as Reed's next client. Jack's arrival is a little unexpected because Reed is looking forward to a free, relaxing and uneventful weekend with his friends.
But Reed cannot turn a client away, and Jack has important business. He needs Reed to find the person or people that killed his brother. Reed is certain that he is up to the task, though the case quickly proves to be a complicated one.
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Truck run and drving lights/signals work, but the heater, stereo, fuel/temp gauges, gear display in dash panel do not work, and the battery symbol shows in message center. Checked fuses and battery voltage and all is ok.
What's your battery voltage when the engine is running?
Ok that's good...It sounds like you have a bad module. Is the check engine light on?
Reply to Kyle Northrop's Post: no... I do have a 220 amp alternator and a lot of stereo equipment if that matters.... although it's been in a while and this is a first.
hmmm, how long have you had those upgrades ?
How are the fuses for the stuff that's not working?
That's what I think happened too. The body control module sounds like it's smoked to me. It's hard to diagnose online but I'd lean towards that as the problem.
Yeah do you have any idea what that will cost me.. I have a 1000 mile move in 4 days.
I haven't replaced one of those on your year truck yet. I'd call your local dealer and ask and also try a recycler/junkyard too on a used one. You could save a lot of $$ that way.


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Two Housing New Zealand properties in Napier have around-the-clock on-site security after being burgled twice while under construction.
Now recently finished, an HSM security guard is stationed at the Onekawa addresses and is expected to be there until tenants move into the Constable Cres homes.
A Housing New Zealand spokesman would not disclose the expense of the site security, but said the step was a rare one.
"We installed a security guard at this property on Wednesday, August 8 to ensure the security of the site until it is tenanted."
Thieves took a heater, stove, rangehood, hot water cylinder, toilet, hand basin and sensor lighting.
"We are disappointed by this, which involved removing chattels and causing real damage to the new home.
"Incidents like this have implications on our ability to house families that are in real need of warm and dry housing in Napier."
He said they are looking to tenant the property in the coming weeks.
Master Builders Hawke's Bay president Scott Taylor said it was certainly very unusual in a residential building contract to have a security guard watching the property.
He said, although from a builders' perspective they have a health and safety responsibility to keep people out of the building site by fencing off the property, 24/7 watch was not typical.
"It is more than likely a short-term measure until the house can be fixed back to its original state, ready for some deserving family.
"We have had our own experiences of burglaries to new builds and it can be heartbreaking to see all our hard work ruined. It is up to the individual if they want to go to that extent, but it's not a requirement or law to have security watching it.
"I'm sure the [builders] will be disappointed, as will Housing New Zealand, that this has happened, and will be taking all steps to avoid it happening again."
He said given the rise in the region's burglaries, security guards could well become a "more familiar sight".
However HSM group director Matt Stevenson said several building firms in the region used their services.
"When the building is not fully secure, there can be incidents of people breaking in and stealing bits and pieces that are in the house, or damaging the house."
He said it was "not necessarily" a costly experience, but depended on the type of security needed and was not a permanent fixture.
Stevenson has seen incidents of houses under construction being stripped of their contents, and others where squatters had taken over.
"The advantage of having a guard on site is deterring them before they break in."


The Micato Grand Safari's six flights make travel between game preserves and luxury camps a seamless, time-saving joy. And our stays in places like the airy Tortilis Camp in Amboseli; Bateleur or Governor's Il Moran camps in the Maasai Mara; the charmingly luxe Four Seasons Safari Lodge in the Serengeti; and, of course, the Lewa Safari Camp on the Laikipia Plateau bring us into close and comfortable contact with some of Africa's richest game lands and most stirring landscapes.
A welcoming meal at home with Micato founders Felix and Jane Pinto.
One of Africa's finest and most cheerfully luxurious hotels, Hemingways Nairobi is a supremely reposeful pre- or post-safari haven, set in Nairobi's leafy suburbs, near Isak Dinesen's beloved Ngong Hills.
Surrounded by the umbrella-topped acacias that give it its name, overseen by the continent's colossal apex, Mount Kilimanjaro, thoughtfully luxurious Tortilis Camp brilliantly realizes the golden Africa of our dreams.
"A wonderful slice of safari heaven," one visitor wrote of Lewa Safari Camp, a luxurious tented camp created by the Craig family in their UNESCO World Heritage Site Lewa Conservancy.
Nestled in a lush riverine forest overlooking the great plains of the fabled Maasai Mara, the romantic and wonderfully private Bateleur Camp provides the elegant ambience of safaris in the 1920s.
Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti seamlessly combines thoughtfully enthusiastic luxury with a deep engagement with the pan-galactically spectacular Serengeti.
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is dramatically set on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, looking down upon a Lost World of free-roaming animals, a natural and soul-stirring natural extravaganza.
Your adventure begins today as you enplane for Africa.
Upon arrival in the Kenyan capital, we'll be met by our Micato Safari Director and driven to Hemingways, a hotel that great lover of Africa would have savoured for its classic African ambience and old-school luxuries.
The next day, we'll wend our way over to the Giraffe Centre for some interspecies camaraderie, and visit the former home of Karen Blixen, author—writing as Isak Dinesen— of Out of Africa, one of the most evocative books ever written about any earthly place. And we'll head over to Lavington, the home of Felix and Jane Pinto, Micato's founding couple, for a hearty, familial, and story-flavoured lunch, then tour the excellent National Museum before returning to our hotel.
Set high up on the Laikipia Plateau, graced with unendingly various views of lordly Mount Kenya, Lewa Safari Camp is the jewel of the famed Lewa Conservancy, which has helped create the template for the successful conservancy model of wildlife and habitat preservation. Lewa's wide range of terrains support a full cast of predators and prey; it's home to the world's largest concentration of Grevy's zebra, and its 130 happily roaming black and white rhinos are a testament to the Conservancy's resolute and ingenious conservation efforts. Lewa Safari Camp's 11 thatched roof tents are classically airy and simply, easefully luxurious. Each has a modern en suite bathroom and a large private verandah overlooking one of the continent's vastest and most vibrant African landscapes.
This morning we'll fly over the planetary rumple of the Great Rift Valley—it makes "the Grand Canyon look like a line scratched with a toothpick," John Gunther wrote in Inside Africa—to the Maasai Mara, the northern sector of the bigger-than-Belgium Serengeti–Maasai Mara ecosystem, unquestionably the earth's greatest haven for large mammals, more than 70 species of which go about their business in the oceanic Serengeti–Maasai Mara grasslands.
Based from equally splendid Bateleur Camp or Governor's IL Moran Camp, we'll game drive throughout the Mara, spend rewarding time with the local Maasai people, and make side trips to the Mara River and its tributaries for a gander at leviathan crocodiles and hippos. And we'll have sundowners in the gentle evening warmth of the "true world" Ms. Dinesen wrote her mother about, breathing its clean and guileless air, watching Africa's showy stars come out to dazzle, feeling like we might have dallied in these parts, 10,000 years ago.
On our second day in the Mara, we'll sweep in a hot-air balloon above the siringet, or the "endless place," as the Maasai call this great land (normally an additional cost, ballooning on the Micato Grand Safari is part of the luxe experience). And at flight's end, we'll savour a champagne breakfast; we'll already be a little giddied by the plain's beauty and our good fortune to be so welcome and at ease in its presence.
We fly to the Serengeti via Nairobi and Arusha, Tanzania. Three million or more large mammals—elephants, cheetahs, gazelles by the gazillions, wildebeest, zebras, giraffes "floating across the plain" (thanks, Ms. Dinesen), lions, rhinos, and going on 60 more species— inhabit the great grassland, its riverine forests, and bustling, set-piece kopjes, rock islands that pop up from the plain.
We'll spend our two Serengeti nights in either the Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti or Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp. The magnificently conceived Four Seasons is set on a fine collection of kopjes, looking out at what seems to be a golden eternity, with sunrise skies "banded with rose and lemon and the colour of flamingo wings," as Elspeth Huxley wrote. Grumeti is a chic, 10-tent camp set along the banks of river, bustling with stunningly sizable crocs and hippos, always heftier than we remember. These are the kinds of African places that Micato loves to introduce our guests to, places that seduce us into slowing down.
We fly southeast from the unforgettable Serengeti to Lake Manyara – the lake that heart-stirringly erupted with thousands of flamingos in the film Out of Africa. Ernest Hemingway thought, and many of us think, – that Manyara is Africa's loveliest lake. We'll have splendid views of the lake during lunch at the refreshing Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge, and perhaps have time to amble, maybe catching sight of some local predators and sprightly birds.
Now we make the lovely drive across the Crater Highlands and up to the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, perched on the rain-forested rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, one of our solar system's greatest geographic ornaments.
In The Tree Where Man Was Born, Peter Matthiessen captured one of the crater's enigmas: "How did the hippopotamus find its way up into the Crater Highlands, to blunder into the waters of Ngorongoro? Today one sees them there with wonder, encircled by steep walls." Indeed, meandering around the softly lush caldera floor, we may feel like Professor George Edward Challenger and Lord John Roxton in Arthur Conan Doyle's thriller The Lost World. True, we won't see any Aardonyxes or Zupaysauri, but—as we often say—once you've really looked at a rhino, or contemplated the gigantic unlikeliness of an elephant, your old sadness at never having seen a dinosaur will be lightened.
After breakfast and a last look at the Edenic lands below, we'll drive to Lake Manyara and hop on our flight to Nairobi, where we'll have a day room at Hemingways or the near-the-airport Boma Nairobi, and get a bite to eat before being driven to the airport for our late flights back to the Northern Hemisphere.
Spectacular hot air balloon safari followed by a champagne breakfast upon descent.
Luxury accommodations and all meals, including a welcome meal at the private home of Micato founders Felix and Jane Pinto.
A highly-credentialed Micato Safari Director and Driver-Guide during your journey.
24/7 Concierge Team poised to meet last minute, unexpected, and unusual requests.
Every last gratuity, even substantial ones to Safari Directors, Driver-Guides, waiters, porters… and everyone else, from beginning to end of your safari.
Regional wine and beer at mealtimes, vehicles stocked with soft drinks and bottled water.
Daily valet laundry service. You can pack less and even return home with a bag of clean clothes… now that's luxury!
Complimentary in-vehicle Wi-Fi as well as free Wi-Fi wherever else it exists on safari, including camps and lodges.
All airport transfers, game park, national park, and conservancy fees. · Sublime safari swag! Bush hats, specially designed Micato Safaris duffels, luggage tags, document wallets, flashlights, and more.
For every safari sold, Micato sends an African child to school.
Contact our experts or your travel advisor to find out how to make this safari a private journey with your own Safari Director and vehicles.


Since Spirton has become a blog that is mostly used for program releases and other related things, I thought it was time I started a separate blog for personal things.
That's where all my personal posts will be done from now on, while the program stuff (PS3MS, InterFrame, MPlayer, etc.) will still happen here like before.
As a follow-up to my recent post, I thought I should note that Peter Jackson has officially announced that his upcoming film The Hobbit is 48fps.
James Cameron is really pushing hard for higher framerates, with talk of releasing Avatar 2 at either 48fps or 60fps.
This is great news; our scripts are great at guessing what should be there, but it will be much better to have the real frames.
Considering the massive success James Cameron has had throughout his career (obviously Avatar is the one on everyone's lips, but my personal favourite of his is The Abyss) this means there is a lot of attention on higher framerates from people who have enough influence to make it happen.
The articles also mention Peter Jackson and George Lucas being on board, so basically that is 3 of the most well-known, financially successful directors wanting this.
We – the readers of this blog – often watch higher framerates with 2D content, but with 3D content it becomes even more important as the filmmakers are trying to increase the level of immersion but are stuck with this unrealistic framerate. The level of realism will increase by a lot.
People are really divided on the issue since a lot of people are used to 24fps and see it as "cinematic", they don't want more realistic motion because to them it looks "cheap".
All I can say is that I think we all have that impression at first, or at least the majority of us.
I was compelled to make this after watching UFC 118.
My friends Steven and David and their family were the focus of a TV segment this week. If anyone wants to see the 5 minute clip it's here.
It shows some of the surgery to correct Steven's cleft lip and palate, and before-and-after shots of David's.
A group of my friends just made this cool song and music video called Salt of the City. It sounds and looks great, so check it out if you like discovering new music.


The Leadville Railroad takes passengers into the Rocky Mountains. Adventure, relaxation and sightseeing cannot be topped when riding in the Rocky Mountains on board the Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad. This 2 and ½ hour adventure through the untamed wilderness of the San Isabel National Forest is not to be forgotten. Family and friends of all ages have a chance to engage in learning about the historic Leadville, Colorado, take time to hear about the fascinating history of the railroads, ghost stories and tales of the wild from the conductor on board the trip.
Other highlights include a chance to meet the engineer, take a tour of the caboose and engine. Zipline and rafting package combos are available, If you come in July and August warm weather exceeds expectations at 75°, it is not surprising to find snow through June and in late September. Although cool, the fall colors are not to be missed with amazing displays of gold, red and orange Aspen trees lighting up the mountain side. Bring a picnic lunch and eat on the train if you wish, but be sure to not forget your cameras and jackets.


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Looking to organise a concert or live music event? From a programme for a violin quartet to a full band performance or an orchestra, we've got two venues to show you, all within a 2.7 mile radius of Swansea. Make your event one that keeps people talking, at one of these top-notch locations, for events big or small with a capacity for up to 700 people.
Find out all you need to know, from sound and lighting capabilities to seating arrangements and stage set ups. There are experienced events co-ordinators who will work with you to create the event of your dreams. You'll find plenty of useful information and photos to browse, then all you need to do is pop as few or as many as you like on your shortlist and contact them all with one easy enquiry.


When you search for jobs at the USAJobs website, it is essential to understand the components of a Federal job vacancy announcement. The first page you reach will be the Job Overview, which provides enough information about the position to determine if you want additional details. If you decide from the Job Overview that you want more facts about the Federal position posted, the next section to review is the Job Duties.The Duties section of a Federal job vacancy announcement clearly details all the responsibilities required to fulfill the position. While the Job Overview offers a summary of what needs to be done if you get the job, the Duties section outlines all the duties involved when you secure a particular Federal position. You should carefully review the extent of the duties so you can ensure you are a viable candidate for the Federal position you consider. If you have not performed some of the duties or they sound unfamiliar to you, you may not be the best candidate for that particular job. On the other hand, if the duties sound like tasks you are familiar with and feel confident about performing, you may wish to consider this Federal job further and included these elements in your Federal resume.If a review of the Job Overview and the detailed Duties section of the Federal job vacancy announcement sound appealing, you are ready to move on to the next section of the online posting to get additional information about your potential dream job.


As part of the information on Doctor Who Season 7 the BBC have released this interview with The Doctor's companion Amy, actress Karen Gillan.
Here he tells she feels that the series will be scary again with the return of the Daleks!
She also tells of a different on-screen atmosphere between Amy and Rory and how she feels about leaving the series.
It's Karen Gillan's last series as Amy Pond. Having travelled through space and time for three years, she is about to hang up her TARDIS key. Here she gives us a glimpse at what is to come in episodes 1 to 3, from Daleks to Dinosaurs, and some thoughts on her departure.
"It was AMAZING! We have totally made them scary again. I expect everyone to be watching from behind their sofas, I know I will…" Karen is talking excitedly about the return of the Doctor's most fearsome and famous enemy the Daleks.
"I think my favourite is the 1960s Dalek with the white and blue armour", she continues, "there is something more menacing about them as they are smaller and they just look so original. If I was going to own one, it would be one of those", Karen concludes, "I would keep it in my kitchen".
"We actually kick-off the series with Amy and Rory's relationship in a sticky situation; it is less than marital bliss".
And Mark Williams comes along for the ride as Rory's dad Brian Williams, "He was so fantastic, naturally funny and such great casting, you could totally imagine Rory having a dad like that. This series has some great guest stars, characters and of course monsters", she teases.
While the majority of the filming was done in the home of Doctor Who, Cardiff, the cast and crew found themselves in the perfect spaghetti western location of Almeria, Spain, giving Toby Whithouse's episode 3, A Town Called Mercy, a truly authentic western feel.
Featuring an alien with a score to settle A Town Called Mercy also reveals a different side to the Doctor as Amy claims, 'So this is what happens when you travel alone. In the series we see a slight shift in the Ponds' relationship with the Doctor, Just as any relationship changes when it matures", explains Karen. "We get to see a glimpse of what Amy and Rory do when the Doctor isn't around and how the adventures and time away from home has affected their own relationships with friends and family. I think the Doctor also begins to realise how he has changed Amy and what happens when he isn't there, and at first he doesn't really understand it. There is a really sweet moment in episode 5 when the Doctor notices Amy is wearing glasses", she hints.


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Q: Using the exec method in Node.js I have been following a series of tutorials on Node.js.  To demonstrate child processes using exec, I have been given the code below under the file of exec.js   When I go to the command line for node, I type in
node exec.js

then nothing happens.  Why would this be?
var exec = require("child_process").exec;
exec("open http://www.linkedin.com");

A: Your code works for me.
To diagnose and fix this, I would try:

*

*In your terminal (not using Node), verify that open http://www.linkedin.com works at all. You should see your default web browser open to the appropriate URL. If that doesn't happen, then Node can't magically fix it. Most likely, you'll need to set the default browser.

*Wrap the URL in single quotes just for good measure. This protects you in some cases where the URL contains certain reserved characters.
exec("open 'http://www.linkedin.com'");

*Add a callback so you can see the command's output and verify it completed successfully.
exec("open 'http://www.linkedin.com'", function (err, stdout, stderr) {
    console.log('err:', err);
    console.log('stdout:', stdout);
    console.log('stderr:', stderr);
});

The ideal solution is to use opn, a high-quality module that already exists for this exact purpose.

A: For Windows, use the start command instead of open (which is for Mac) as below:
exec("start http://www.linkedin.com");

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John was first introduced to the Luangwa Valley as a young boy in the 1960s…just a century after David Livingstone crossed the Luangwa on his final expedition. John's father was surveying the Great East Rd and the family would join him and proceed to the Valley for long weekends. Thus, began a passion for the area that would last a lifetime. In 1984, whilst seeking work as a bush pilot, he was invited by Robin Pope to work as a Guide at Nsefu Camp for the season, an offer that he found irresistible. Carol joined him and together they have worked every season in the Valley since then. A few years after getting married, whilst running Wilderness Trails and based at Chibembe Lodge, (upstream of Tafika and no longer operational) Carol gave birth to their first daughter Christine. Just over a year later Jenny was born on the banks of the Luangwa at Chibembe.
The local community and Chief, eager to encourage development and job opportunities, gave John and Carol a prime site from which to develop their own safari operation. In 1995, together with their two young daughters, long-time friend and safari guide Bryan Jackson, an orphan elephant and two cats they took up residence on this virgin tract of Luangwa riverine bush and began to create Tafika. It was a family affair from the start with the girls being very much a part of the team, albeit just 5 and 6 years old. It was a unique and usually idyllic (sometimes fairly tough!) upbringing – Carol homeschooled the girls in the presence of pets ranging from an elephant, banded mongoose, night ape, grysboks, bushbucks, zebras, cats and dogs. During the rainy season the camp is totally impassable by road for 4 months, the only means of access being via a 2 hour journey in a boat, provided the Luangwa is flowing strongly enough to be navigable. During this time they had the opportunity to explore the river further afield and on one occasion the entire family canoed all the way to the confluence with the Zambezi River.
In 2018 Jenny and her partner, Nick Riddin, returned to join the company again which has now grown significantly to include the two walking camps at Chikoko Trails plus Mwaleshi and Takwela in North Luangwa, with an overall staff of around 100 people. In 2019 Mark McAdam joined the team as a new investor and director, bolstering the team for a bright and exciting future.
The Remote Africa ethos
The local community has been an integral part of the development of the company. Remote Africa's ethos has always been to build camps with local materials and utilise local skills as far as possible. Being traditionally reliant on subsistence farming as a way of life, unless the communities derive direct and significant benefits from tourism there is little incentive to protect the wonderful wildlife that they share the area with. Consequently, apart from merely providing jobs, a great deal of work has gone into projects sponsoring education, building and supporting a clinic, developing a massively popular football league and supporting community tourism development projects. Almost all the wildlife guides are from the immediate area and have received their training from scratch.
John, Carol, Bryan, the two girls, two cats and an elephant arrive onsite with all their worlds possessions, to build Tafika Camp. Remote Africa Safaris is born!
In May Bryan heads up to the North Luangwa National Park to take over Mwaleshi Camp
The welcoming committee welcome the first ever guests at Tafika Camp in July.
Dancing in the Rain
The first river safaris commence from Tafika Camp. The heavy rains make moving around an adventure.
Sad Goodbyes
Mphamvu leaves her home, Tafika, and goes north.
Chikoko Tree Camp is built on the west bank of the South Luangwa National Park, and Chikoko Trails is born. The girls head off to boarding school.
Trails Make Tracks
Crocodile River Camp is built on the west bank of the South Luangwa National Park, expanding the Chikoko Trails and our offering of exploring the bush on foot.
Micolight Medevac
Our first medevac. Jenny breaks her arm and is medevacced out in the microlight during the Emerald Season.
The Luangwa River floods and our river safaris are discontinued.
Luangwa Expeditions
In March the family canoes the Lower Luangwa.
The Skies Open
RASair, our Cessna 210, joins the company.
Year round Microlighting is discontinued at Tafika Camp but microlighting is still offered in May.
John and Carol's daughter, Jennifer, and her partner, Nick, return to the Luangwa to join the team.
Takwela Camp is built at the Mwaleshi and Luangwa river confluence in the North Luangwa.
Welcome Mark
Mark McAdam, John's long standing friend, joins the Remote Africa Safaris family as investor and director along with his children, William, Jack and Lucy.


The Hancock Chamber of Commerce in Mississippi is seeking an experienced company to create, develop, produce, and execute marketing tools for the Hancock County Board of Supervisors.
The Hancock County Board of Supervisors works in partnership with numerous agencies and organizations across a spectrum of interests and activities and regards effective marketing as an essential, foundational requirement for success. Marketing messages should be frequent, consistent, clear and professional. Marketing tools should be focused on generating exposure and information through a variety of sources that maximize targeted coverage and response.
The Hancock Chamber partners with the Hancock County Board of Supervisors by focusing on small businesses, retail sectors, economic development, relocation, and quality of life opportunities – all essential elements to support Hancock County's marketing efforts. To support the County's efforts, the Chamber recently launched three new marketing campaigns: Through the Hancock Chamber, Your Business Just Got Better. When you take the award-winning Hancock County Scenic Byways, Your View Just Got Better; and, when you move to Hancock County; Life Just Got Better.
The hancockMSMyhome.com site highlights the many positive attributes of living in Hancock County from affordable cost of living to high-performing schools. It includes testimonials from actual full-time residents and vacation home owners about what they love about living in Hancock County.
The gulfcoastscenicbyways.com site showcases Hancock County's two scenic byways designations — the Byways to Space trail network and the Beach Boulevard Byway. These scenic byways feature captivating coastlines, winding rivers, pristine marshland teeming with wildlife, scenic bayous, peaceful pine forests, magnificent beaches, and tranquil trails lined with majestic live oaks. Hundreds of historic homes, heritage sites and landmarks add to the ambiance, attracting residents and visitors from across the country.
The hancockchamber.org site is the leadership hub, bringing together business, civic and government leaders, working toward common goals.
The Chamber team has the experience in branding, logo development, the production of websites and videos, collateral printed materials, and social media sites. The Hancock County Board of Supervisors is partnering with the Chamber to apply this experience to the continued success of Hancock County.
It is important that any marketing strategy for the County starts by creating an identifiable brand and tagline for the Hancock County Board of Supervisors and its properties, amenities and services.
Three or four focus group sessions will be required to gather input and feedback from target stakeholders, businesses and residents to be best identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
The brand should be regionally recognized and meaningful to targeted markets.
An iconic logo should be developed that captures the qualities, capabilities, and amenities of Hancock County.
The Hancock County Board of Supervisors will launch a new website that is easy to maintain, navigate and access. The website should clearly and professionally showcase the capabilities, amenities, resources, projects, and activities of the County.
It should include new photography (provided by the Hancock Chamber and other sources), fresh copywriting and content, current cutting edge videos, and relevant blogs.
A new vanity URL that incorporates the new tagline may also be secured or the current www.hancockcounty.ms.gov may be used.
A new Content Management System will be necessary.
Secondary "hidden" redirect sites may also be secured to increase visitation.
Content -. Some existing content can be updated but new photography (provided) and fresh copywriting will be required.
Design site layouts – Develop the hypertext structure and organizing the content for ease of use.
Promotional materials. Create promotional materials (logos, color schemes) to create the site's graphical design.
Navigational tools. Design the navigational tools-buttons, menu bars, icons etc.
High bandwidth. Solution must have capacity of handling video applications and graphics for multiple accesses to the public.
Hosted Facility. Facility must offer the highest level of redundancy in servers and back-up power.
On-site services. Create various on-site services and features to include built-in search features, site maps and current online payment systems.
Tracking. Implement tracking software to produce user defined site log reports.
SEO. An aggressive targeted "natural" or unpaid ("organic") SEO for the new website with terms and phrases (keywords) that generate traffic, increases hits through the site, and markets the unique value of the organizations will be included for 120 days after the initial site launch.
Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) shall be secured with relevant content and video and staff shall be trained to consistently maintain engagement with prospects, businesses, stakeholders, the media, residents, and the community at large.


The performance of browsers is getting to a point where playing a game online in a browser is no different to playing it the old-fashioned standalone way.
Miniature-sized PC. Decent characteristics, price.
APK Leecher has a Chrome Extension that allows one to download apps from Play Store.
As I am unable to download one particular (free) application, for some crazy reason like geographical location or whatever, although I have an account with the company, this extension should help out with that nuissance.
Some Android apps have nasty limitations on Google Play store. One such app is Bloomberg+. While it is true that it has issues on different devices, it is also true that it does not work on a tablet after it was flashed with a custom ROM, which is an updated version of the official ROM. The app that worked fine does not worked after the identification of the ROM has changed. This annoying although it errs on the safe side for an average user.
The helpful site in this case is Apk Leecher. It claims that it downloads the files from Play Store. Well, I took the risk, downloaded the Bloomberg+ app and everything seems fine.
Go to Google Webmaster Tools, Add a Site, type the custom domain name. This will provide instructions on registering the domain. Option of adding a TXT record is quite simple so I'll use that.
Go to your domain provider control panel. Add a TXT record for the custom domain. For the value, use the code generated above.
Back to Google Sites, go to Settings -> Manage Site -> Web Address. Type in the custom (full) address into the input box and click Add button at the top of the page.
That's it. The domain should be recognized immediately.
The instructions from Google are here.
Here is a solution to remove a blank page at the end of SSRS reports.
reporting services - How to get rid of blank pages in PDF exported from SSRS - Stack Overflow: " set the "report property" called ConsumeContainerWhitespace to True (the default is false)"
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Adding new functionality with Angular JS to a page with existing Backbone.js pieces, would sometimes affect the behaviour of Backbone router. Simply adding target="_self" to links containing Backbone routes seems to do the trick.
Replacing #! Routes with PushState Using Backbone.js - Artsy Engineering - using pushState to avoid hashbangs. This didn't seem to help in the case I had.


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Die nach dem Ort Taubach bei Mellingen benannte Taubacher Straße führt von Oberweimar, wo sie am Plan beginnt, nach Taubach, wo sie über die Schatzgrube in die Ilmtalstraße übergeht. Es ist die Verbindungsstraße K 600. Außerdem ist der Ortsteil Ehringsdorf über die Ehringsdorfer Brücke, die über die Ilm führt, mit der Taubacher Straße verbunden. Der Bahnhof Oberweimar ist über der Bahnhofstraße mit der Taubacher Straße verbunden.

In der Taubacher Straße 14 befindet sich die Walkmühle, die heute einem Kanuverein dient, die eine der ältesten Mühlen Thüringens überhaupt ist.
Die Schlaraffia Vimaria hat in der Taubacher Straße 25 ihren Sitz. Dieses Lokal heißt auch Ilmschößchen. Die Taubacher Straße steht mit den Hausnummern 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 9a, 11, 13, 15 auf der Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Oberweimar (Thüringen). An der Ecke zum Plan mit der Hausnummer 1, an der der Papierbach vorbeifließt, befindet sich die Pension/Restaurant "Scharfer Kessel". Das Gebäude besitzt ein Portal und ist aus dem Jahr 1791. In der Taubacher Straße 9 ist die katholische Gemeinde Maria Königin der Apostel (Oberweimar) ansässig. Zwischen Taubacher Straße und Klostergasse stehen mehrere Wohnblocks.

Nahe am 5,6. Kilometerstein wurden im 19. Jahrhundert Funde gemacht, die in die Museen nach München, Halle und Jena  gingen. Diese Funde sind nicht mit der Fundstelle des Ehringsdorfer Urmenschen identisch, können jedoch vielleicht in dieselbe Zeit gehören. Taubach jedenfalls gehört in die Fundlandschaft des Ehringsdorfer Urmenschen und damit die Fundstelle nahe der Taubacher Straße.

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Are you looking for affordable whole life insurance in New Auburn, MN? We can help you compare the best options. Enter your zip code at the top of the page and browse through Minnesota whole life insurance providers. Comparing quotes is the most effective way to lower your whole insurance premium in Sibley county.
One of the easiest ways to get New Auburn, MN whole life insurance quotes is to use any number of the sites online. This will allow you seek out several quotes and see which one suits your specific needs. As you search online you will be able to read about the specific policies the company has available as well as get a free quote. You should seek out at least three quotes in order to find the best rates and plans that are available.
There are a few things you will want to consider when looking at various life insurance quotes in New Auburn, MN. We hope that this article will allow you to make the best decision when providing for your family after you are gone. It is the last act you can do that will allow them to live the life they have become accustomed to.
Choosing the proper daily life insurance policy plan is specifically critical for those who are dependable for the cash flow of their household. If something transpires to you and you are no longer capable to operate, lifestyle insurance policy funds can assistance your family. Study this post for tips on how to choose the right coverage.
Lifestyle insurance coverage will aid out your beloved types that are remaining driving if you go absent. Funerals these days are pricey, and if you have daily life insurance coverage, it will not likely leave the ones that are even now residing an astronomical monthly bill to pay out. It can also aid pay out for your children's college, if you are not around to do so.
Do not acquire more lifestyle insurance policy than you truly need to have. You want to purchase just enough for your family's demands. Getting too considerably daily life insurance policies indicates that you may stop up spending a good deal a lot more in rates. Be confident, though, that you will not skimp on your insurance coverage and end up with a policy that will not likely provide for your household.
You need to make sure your lifestyle insurance policy business has a great track record when you are searching to enroll in a plan. A less expensive coverage via an unreputable agency will provide small convenience if they are not able to honor the payout when necessary.
Lifestyle insurance coverage guidelines are far more expense powerful the earlier they are started. Even if there is no one that right away is dependent on your income, if this kind of a scenario is probably a long time in the long term, then lifestyle insurance is something you must take into account. For case in point, if you don't have youngsters however but anticipate to have a youngster one particular working day, investing in a lifestyle insurance coverage plan now will be more price successful than investing later on.
Daily life insurance is in fact less expensive if you selected multiples of $250,000 in protection. So, if you want $230,000 you will truly have to pay out more then just rounding it up to $250,000. It is never a undesirable issue to preserve a little money, and you can use that savings for one thing else.
Improve your credit score score to save cash on lifestyle insurance coverage. Stats have demonstrated insurance policies businesses that folks with inadequate credit score are increased hazards. Raising your credit rating score could influence your charges otherwise relying on which insurer you choose, but it truly is constantly a great idea to get numerous estimates since every insurance provider evaluates new policies differently. Feel via how you want to purchase lifestyle insurance policy. There are a good deal of alternatives available, so you will save oneself time and aggravation by selecting how you want to acquire your coverage. Some of the options incorporate acquiring the insurance coverage right from the business, buying it by means of an insurance policies agent or likely by way of a monetary planner.
Getting lifestyle insurance policies is not just for wealthy men and women. In simple fact, it is probably much more critical for those with lower to medium incomes than for these in higher tax brackets. Closing bills and living charges won't go away with the death of a loved ones member. You need to have protection to make sure these fees are protected.
Now that you have go through this report, you have the assurance of some understanding that will truly assist you in your research for new or much better life insurance coverage. Preserve in thoughts the guidelines that have been protected in this article and you are confident to do a good occupation in maintaining your beloved types lined, also.


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