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MINI-REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS (Harbinder Kaur #2)
September 18, 2021 · 6 Comments ·
Elly Griffiths's second Harbinder Kaur mystery tells us more about her love of Golden Age mystery writers, Murder She Wrote, and Georgette Heyer than it stands as exemplary crime fiction. I did not give an owl's hoot about this, but to the tightly-plotted-is-best mystery reader, Postscript Murders is a sprawling mess, an octopus of great characters going nowhere in a plot meandering towards the improbable. Still, I liked it. I'm a fan of character-driven mystery, especially when the characters, amateur and professional, work together to solve the crime.
The blurb will lead us by setting things up:
The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy's caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith's passing. But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy's flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy. And each psychological thriller included a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS. When a gunman breaks into the flat to steal a book and its author is found dead shortly thereafter—Detective Kaur begins to think that perhaps there is no such thing as an unsuspicious death after all. And then things escalate: from an Aberdeen literary festival to the streets of Edinburgh, writers are being targeted. DS Kaur embarks on a road trip across Europe and reckons with how exactly authors can think up such realistic crimes . . .
Um, there's actually no road trip "across Europe", unless you count the characters' miles-long foray from Shoreham-by-Sea to Aberdeen? Truth be told, Griffiths's plethora of characters, plenty of them "found dead" like Peggy Smith, and convoluted plotting left me confused and indifferent to the goings-on. What did I enjoy? Her detecting crew, made up of adorable eccentrics. (more…)
Mini-Review: Elly Griffiths's THE NIGHT HAWKS (Ruth Galloway #13)
I avoided coming to the point where I must wait for the next Ruth Galloway (next June, folks), but here I am after tapping the last Kindle page of The Night Hawks. What I concluded was: with every Ruth Galloway, I care less about the mystery and more about the characters. (If you love the series, the review might be fun to read; if not, it'll definitely have an insiders feel to it.) It's great to have Ruth and twelve-year-old daughter Kate back in their Saltmarsh cottage: Ruth, now head of archaeology at the University of North Norfolk, the usual gang circling them, especially the complicated relationship with "the love of her life," DCI Harry Nelson of King's Lynn police and Kate's father. DC Judy Johnson, still married to Ruth's friend, Cathbad, is back; Harry's family: wife Michelle; baby George, now three; adult daughters, Laura and Rebecca; and my favourite still makes an appearance, DCI David Clough, "Cloughie". The murder is complicated and atmospheric and involves amateur archaeologists, illegal medical experimentation, and the eponymous "night hawks" discovering a washed-up body at Blakeney Point. Nelson calls Ruth and she is once again part of a police investigation as forensic expert. Their personal lives' dangerous currents are the narrative's focus as much as the investigation. The blurb provides further details:
Ruth is back as head of archaeology at the University of North Norfolk when a group of local metal detectorists—the so-called Night Hawks—uncovers Bronze Age artifacts on the beach, alongside a recently deceased body, just washed ashore. Not long after, the same detectorists uncover a murder-suicide—a scientist and his wife found at their farmhouse, long thought to be haunted by the Black Shuck, a humongous black dog, a harbinger of death. The further DCI Nelson probes into both cases, the more intertwined they become, and the closer they circle to David Brown, the new lecturer Ruth has recently hired, who seems always to turn up wherever Ruth goes.
David Brown is irritating and arrogant, though an interesting addition to the cast of characters Griffiths is constantly shifting and developping. Equally compelling is Griffths's homage to Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles as the farmhouse murder-suicide has Ruth and Nelson sight the Black Shuck on several ominous occasions! (more…)
REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE LANTERN MEN (Ruth Galloway #12)
July 25, 2021 July 25, 2021 · 4 Comments ·
I am nearing the finish-line to the Ruth Galloway series, with only the most recent left to read, the June-released Nighthawks, before I join the thousands of readers awaiting the next installment. Chatting with a fellow-reader in church today, we agreed it's time for Dr. Galloway and DCI Nelson to be together, pretty please, Ms Griffiths …
Like the previous eleven, The Lantern Men sees the familiar team, this time initially separated by choice or circumstance, come together to find a serial killer's missing and murdered women (the women are long-buried and I can vouch, for the squeamish, that nothing gross, or violent appears in the novel; sentiments are terrible, but descriptive physical detail is at a minimum). Here are further details from the publisher's blurb:
Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway changed her life—until a convicted killer tells her that four of his victims were never found, drawing her back to the place she left behind.
Everything has changed for Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home, and partner, and she is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried—but only if Ruth will do the digging.
Curious, but wary, Ruth agrees. March tells Ruth that he killed four more women and that their bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens, said to be haunted by the Lantern Men, mysterious figures holding lights that lure travelers to their deaths.
Is Ivor March himself a lantern man, luring Ruth back to Norfolk? What is his plan, and why is she so crucial to it? And are the killings really over?
REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE STONE CIRCLE (Ruth Galloway #11)
After that at best forgettable romantic suspense, it was great to be back with Ruth, Kate, DCI Harry Nelson and his team, and the delicious complications of their personal lives amidst a series of crimes, a decades-long missing child, the murder of a King's Lynn eccentric, and thank the reading gods after the last book's Italian setting, Norfolk-set in the fog, rain, and cold.
The Stone Circle is definitely a Ruth Galloway which sees the past impinge on the present like the tides that rise near Ruth's cottage, both in terms of the crime and the lives of its detecting figures. The publisher's blurb will provide further detail:
DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they?
Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh – another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle – trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago.
As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
The bearing the past has on the present is treated in a more reflective fashion than the blurb's somewhat sensationalist final sentence. Ruth often ruminates how the past plays its role in the present, how it should be studied and respected. Griffiths' themes are always about solving a crime to put the past to rest, offer restitution to lives lost unjustly, and let their rest-in-peace give way to the living being able to carry on, even thrive. (more…)
MINI-REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE DARK ANGEL (Ruth Galloway #10)
Of all the Ruth Galloways I've read, this is the one I liked least. Not that it would convince me to abandon the series, that, I still adore and anticipate the next read and the one after that, until, alas, I'll have to wait for the next book to be published.
In The Dark Angel, Griffiths transports her protagonists, Dr. Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson, to Italy, where they become involved in a murder investigation. The blurb sets out some of the details for us:
It's not often that you're called to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway's help identifying bones found in picturesque Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she hears murmurs of Fontana Liri's strong resistance movement during World War II, and senses the townspeople have a deeply buried secret. But how could that connect to the ancient remains she's been studying? Just as she's getting her footing in the dig, DCI Nelson appears, unexpectedly and for no clear reason. When Ruth's findings lead them to a modern-day murder, their holidays are both turned upside down, as they race to find out what darkness is lurking in this seemingly peaceful town.
Be warned, dear reader, that I will discuss the series' happenings and bring about SPOILERS. If you're keen on reading from book #1, and I encourage you to do so, you may want to return to the review in future.
I've realized that one of my favourite things on the blog is to foil the publisher's blurb. 😉 Truth be told, Ruth jumps at the chance to go to Italy (accompanied by her friend, Shona, and Shona's son, Louis, whose relationship with Ruth's daughter, Kate, makes for the only comic relief) because her relationship with Harry, ever complicated, has become more so. Secondly, though Harry, because reasons, is still with his wife Michelle, he goes to Italy when he sees there's been an earthquake in the region and is worried about Ruth and, as he calls her to Ruth's annoyance, their daughter, "Katie". (more…)
REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE CHALK PIT (Ruth Galloway #9)
July 8, 2021 July 8, 2021 · 4 Comments ·
If there's one thing I love about being on summer break, it's catching up on my favourite contemporary mystery series, Elly Griffiths's Ruth Galloway. If you haven't read them, what are you waiting for when you can have the perfect combination of archaeological (bones!) detail, northern England coastal descriptions, a wonderful, smart, funny heroine, a broody, old-fashioned-copper hero, his engaging team, and literary allusions, wonderful writing, great pacing? With every mystery, Griffiths intertwines it with parallel literary references; needless to say, I love this. In The Chalk Pit, Ruth's daughter, Kate, has a tiny part in an Alice In Wonderland production. Alice, with its subterranean nightmarish surrealism, reflects Ruth's recent excavations in Norwich's chalky tunnels, the world of people who "sleep rough", lives swept under the rug by society, and DCI Harry Nelson's pursuit of those who are murdering them and snatching, "disappearing", Norfolk's women. The blurb provides further details:
Far below Norwich is a maze of old mining tunnels. When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human remains in one of them, she notices the bones are almost translucent, a sign they were boiled soon after death. Once more, she's at the helm of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, DCI Nelson is looking for a homeless woman who he hears has gone "underground." Could she have disappeared into the labyrinth? And if so, is she connected to the body Ruth found? As Ruth and Nelson investigate the tunnels, they hear rumors of secret societies, cannibalism, and ritual killings. And when a dead body is found with a map of what seems to be the full maze, they realize their hunt for the killer has only just begun—and that more bodies may be underfoot.
While this description does credit to Griffiths's mystery, it doesn't capture what the series's fans enjoy as much: the complex relationship between Ruth and Harry, Griffiths's shifting perspectives as investigations occur, making the mystery more compelling, the likeable secondary characters with fully-formed personalities, including the children, and Griffiths's ability to create fascinating, multiple settings, whether police headquarters and its interview rooms, Ruth's isolated coastal cottage, a school-playground, a cathedral, a homeless drop-in centre and shelter, a hospital waiting-room, and a narrative seamlessly immersive in action and introspective in the glimpses we get of the characters' inner lives. (more…)
REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE WOMAN IN BLUE
June 4, 2020 · 4 Comments ·
I wasn't enamoured of the last Ruth Galloway mystery I read, The Ghost Fields, though the previous one, The Outcast Dead, was one of my favourites. My moue of disappointment with The Ghost Fields didn't deter me from plunging into another Ruth Galloway, The Woman In Blue. Griffiths's Norfolk-set mystery series is one of my great comfort reads and I'll never miss a one. I read many series (my favourite being, as you may well know by now, C. S. Harris's Sebastian St. Cyrs), but the Ruth Galloways, though not cozies by far, offer a true comfort escape. Maybe it's because Ruth reminds me of yours truly: living on her own for years, with a gourmandesque penchant for overeating, content with her books, work, and cat, Flint. Now somewhere along the way, Ruth manages (be warned, spoilers ahead, if you're not up-to-date on the series) to have a tender, not-icky, one-night-stand with my second favourite series character, DCI Harry Nelson, fall in love but retain her proud independence (Nelson is married to the ethereally beautiful Michelle) and the result: the know-her-own-mind, mulish Kate, Ruth's daughter, five in The Woman In Blue. Ruth teaches at North Norfolk University, has a vain peacock of a dislikeable boss, and is, in each book, embroiled, in her capacity as a forensic archaeologist, in a police murder investigation and once more, is close to her unrequited love, DCI Harry Nelson. (more…)
What Else I've Read
December 31, 2019 · 5 Comments ·
Though it's been a slow-reading year since the fall (thanks, all-consuming day-job), the Christmas holidays offered an opportunity to polish off two books I've been making my way through: Ben Macintyre's A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal and Elly Griffiths's Ruth Galloway murder mysteries #7, The Ghost Fields. I enjoyed both in that distracted, desultory way one does when other obligations and responsibilities get in an uber-reader's way. Of the two, Macintyre's book proved the more compelling. An account of the activities of one high-profile Soviet spy in the UK's MI-6, Macintyre, rightly so, is more interested in telling the story of how the old boys club that was Britain's spy agency bolstered, supported, and lauded a traitor, a snake in their arrogant, smug grass. Griffiths's volume, on the other hand, contained a lacklustre mystery, but my love for Ruth, her five-year-old daughter, Kate, friend Cathbad, DCI Nelson and his team, and Nelson's wife, Michelle, proved to be strong enough, and their continued relationship complications interesting enough, to keep me reading past the ho-hum mystery plot.
MINI-REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's THE OUTCAST DEAD (Ruth Galloway #6)
My love for Griffiths's Ruth Galloway mysteries continues with the sixth installment, The Outcast Dead. I loved catching up with Ruth, daughter Kate, and DCI Harry Nelson and his team of DIs, as well as Cathbad and his dog, Thing. It's the reason I return again and again to the series: because the core characters are likeable and interesting. With every book, while Griffiths has stalled any further relationship between Harry and Ruth, the group grows ever closer, either in friendship, or intimacy. The Outcast Deads sees an addition: a new DI who, Griffiths hints in one sly little scene, may play an ever-more interesting part in Nelson's life (or this could be a red herring, only more reading will answer my questions) and a possible new love interest for Ruth, an American no less! Events concluding The Outcast Dead, in particular, see interesting developments and changes. As for the mystery itself, while compelling and seeped in Ruth's love of the "dig," well, it was emotionally the most difficult of the lot. (more…)
MINI-REVIEW: Elly Griffiths's A DYING FALL (Ruth Galloway #5)
August 3, 2019 · 7 Comments ·
Gosh, I love these Ruth Galloway mysteries. Totally hooked. Reader-ga-ga. I have six in the TBR and one anticipated in 2020 before I await the next volume (as I do C. S. Harris's Sebastian St. Cyr historical mysteries). As always, I try to read each volume slowly and savor, but the last quarter sucks me in; today, errands and chores forgotten, I sat in the old reading chair and inhaled A Dying Fall.
To sustain a great series, as Griffiths and Harris do, requires a lovely balance of various elements: firstly, there must be an element of surprise in the mystery, its context and motivations; secondly, an element of familiarity, in the detecting figures; thirdly, those familiar figures, if they prove introspective about their lives, which Ruth and Harry prove to be in every volume thus far, and the events occurring around the crime, grow more compelling. So, the new, the familiar, and the nuance in the familiar make for a beloved, anticipated-next-book series. (more…)


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Thursday | November 7, 2019
South Dakota's electric cooperatives applaud an interim committee of the South Dakota Legislature for supporting a framework for a compromise which has the potential to bring long-needed improvements to electric service territory disputes.
An exception in current state law allows the 35 municipal electric systems in South Dakota to take territory in newly annexed areas from electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities. That exception has been the focus of the nine-member Electric Services in an Annexed Area legislative summer study committee for the past five months.
The framework of the compromise that was adopted on an 8-1 vote by the legislative committee on November 6 would require regular meetings and good faith negotiations between all utilities involved in electric service territory boundaries in newly annexed areas. The compromise framework further states that if the utilities cannot negotiate an agreement as to who will serve the newly annexed areas the Public Utilities Commission would settle the dispute.
"The framework of a compromise that was overwhelmingly adopted by the legislative summer study committee is a good start to bring long-needed improvements to the state law governing electric service territory," South Dakota Rural Electric Association (SDREA) General Manager Ed Anderson said.
South Dakota electric cooperatives have been telling lawmakers for the past year that it is fundamentally unfair for municipal electric systems to have the option to take service territory from another utility. The proposal passed by the nine-member legislative committee provides a path forward to solve this problem.
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South Dakota's electric cooperatives would especially like to thank Sen. Alan Solano (R-Rapid City) for chairing the committee and Rep. Thomas Brunner (R-Nisland) for serving as vice-chair of the panel. Co-ops would also like to recognize Sen. Susan Wismer (D-Britton), Sen. Jordan Youngberg (R-Madison), Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-Mission), Rep. Kirk Chaffee (R-Whitewood), Rep. Spencer Gosch (R-Glenham), and Rep. Tim Reed (R-Brookings) for supporting the compromise.
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The research report focuses on the Clayton Valley South ("CVS") project being developed by Pure, and the innovative processes the Company is testing for the extraction of lithium from brine into high value battery materials. The report was prepared and funded by RB Milestone, however other RB Milestone services have been commissioned by Pure.
Gerhard Jacob, P.Geo, EFG (European Geologist), is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in the report. Mr. Jacob, P.Geo is not independent of the Company as he is a director.
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This tour will specially introduce you to the Bhutan tradition and culture. You will be visiting monasteries,centuries fortress,farm house and short day hikes to relax you. This tour can be taken in large groups but not more than 40 to 50 pax per tour. You will be escorted by veteran cultural guide who will take you to cultural journey of Bhutan and its beauty.


Woods came in with high hopes to the PGA Championship at Oak Hill this past week, fresh off of dominating the WGC Bridgestone Invitational the week before that included a round of 61 on Friday. None of that momentum carried over into the PGA Championship though, as the No.1 ranked player in the world was never a factor.
Jason Dufner won his first Major Championship, just two years after losing in a playoff at this very same tournament to Keegan Bradley in Atlanta. Dufner tied a Major record with a round of 63 on Friday to give him the lead going into the weekend. He lost that 36-hole lead to Jim Furyk heading into Sunday's final round, but carded a two-under round of 68 to win by two shots over Furyk.
Thus, ended the Major Championships.
It all started back in April with Adam Scott getting his first Major win at the Masters. From there, another well-known player got his first Major win, when Justin Rose claimed the U.S. Open.
Phil Mickelson got his sixth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open, but his anguish lasted only until the final putt dropped for him at the British Open, with Lefty winning his first Claret Jug of his career.
And then came Dufner, a journeyman who won his first PGA Tour event a season ago, and turned that into a couple of wins in a breakout 2012. We knew it wouldn't be long until he was back in the mix late on a Sunday, and this time he got the job done.
Overall, the 2013 crop of Majors produced some big winners and plenty of excitement, two of the most important factors fans want. There were no long shots who came from nowhere to make a Major their first win of their career, not in the slightest.
But yet again we were left without Woods winning a Major championship, which will now stretch into the 2014 Masters.
There were some close calls with Woods, who was in the mix in all three Majors with the exception of the PGA Championship. In fact, had Woods not hit the flagstick on No.15 at the Masters on Friday, where he then received a penalty stroke for an improper drop, it's possible that this conversation might not be happening at all and Woods could have won his fifth Masters and 15th overall Major title. But that's golf, and it was Scott's time to end the career-long Major frustration.
What will the 2014 Majors produce? Only eight months to go!


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The French Senate is debating a controversial law oneuthanasia overnight. Debate has been influenced by two cases - Vincent Humbert, whose mother helped him die after he was paralysed after an accident, and Rémy Salvat, a 24-years-old dying of a rare disease, who killed himself. The Catholic church and many politicians who still think that trying to help a patient live as long as possible is better, and morally more justified than helping him to die.


Puerto-Escondido is a town in Mexico located on the coast of Pacific Ocean. You can visit a lot of beaches there. Every beach in Puerto Escondido has character and specialties. We will visit 9 beaches in our Mexico travel «Pacific Mexico beaches of Puerto Escondido» + 1 hidden beach (if there is an access to that beach in that day).
Trip to Mexico beaches of Puerto Escondido takes around 3 hours (10-15 minutes in each beach; 9 beaches + 1 hidden beach if there is an access to that beach in this day).
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A fat man goes into a fast food restaurant and orders his food.
The cashier says that it will be a minute or two for his food.
Finally his food is ready.
The cashier hands the food to the fat guy and tells him, "Sorry about your weight."
Q: Why can't you tell an egg a joke?
A: Because it will crack up.


The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and Multnomah County Library, with support from Metro, are celebrating Bike Month with "Bike to Books," a program to encourage residents to ride their bicycle to their local library.
As part of the program, PBOT and Multnomah County Library are bringing back Portland's "Bike to Books" Bike Month coloring contest. Students living in Multnomah County from Pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade are invited to design bike lane art for installation in one of the City's bike lanes. Portland's bike lane art, found in bike lanes and on neighborhood greenways across the city, is well known nationwide. Designs are created by crew members on their own time using leftover materials that would otherwise go to waste. In 2017, in the first year of our Bike to Books program, PBOT crews installed four winning Bike to Books bike lane art designs near each winning artist's neighborhood library branch.
It's easy to enter, with a variety of great prizes. Young people in Portland and Multnomah County can submit their own designs using the bike symbol coloring page. The winning art will be installed on a bike lane this summer by one of PBOT's striping crews. Second prize winners will each receive four full-day passes to ride your bicycle at the Lumberyard Bike Park (including rental bikes and safety equipment if needed) and third prize winners will win a bike helmet from Portland-based Nutcase Helmets. Coloring pages can be picked up at all Multnomah County Library branches (click here for locations) or downloaded online. Contestants must drop-off their entry at a library branch in person, to be entered into the contest. Full contest rules are available online.
In addition to the coloring contest, every person who bikes to a Multnomah County Library branch will receive a free bike light provided by Metro (while supplies last). Special Bike Storytimes for young readers are also being offered at numerous library branches across the county.
Books and bikes are two pillars of Portland culture. One of the busiest public libraries in the United States, Multnomah County Library is beloved by the community it serves. In addition, Portland's young readers bike to school in record numbers. Today, thanks to PBOT's Safe Routes to School Program, 36.8 percent of trips to school in Portland are on foot or by bike – among the highest in the nation.
Portland Bike Month runs throughout the month of May with events happening across the city sponsored by multiple organizations to encourage people of all ages to get on their bike and enjoy the spring sunshine and hundreds of miles of bike lanes and neighborhood greenways in the city of Portland.
A budget is a reflection of priorities, and Multnomah County's budget is no different. The programs and projects we invest in should be a reflection of our community's values, concerns, and aspirations.
That's why I'd like to solicit your top priorities. Please take a moment to identify your top concerns by filling out this survey.
With Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury scheduled to release her proposed budget on April 26th, I want to know your thoughts as we determine how best to spend the vital funding provided by hardworking taxpayers like you.
Just as last year, I'll report back on the results, and your feedback will inform my thinking during the budget process.
You can find out more information about the county's budget, as well as opportunities to weigh in during our budget hearings here. I encourage you to share your thoughts and concerns not only with me but also with my fellow commissioners.
Together, we can continue to make our community one we can be proud of.
The third meeting of the Foster Steering Committee will be held on Wednesday, April 18th, from 6:00 – 7:30PM at SEIU, 6401 SE Foster Rd.
The main topic will be a discussion of public safety topics relating to the shelter. Representatives from the Portland Police Bureau will be in attendance to provide a presentation on the topic and answer questions.
You can find the minutes and materials from the second Steering Committee meeting here. An agenda for the April 18th meeting will be sent out one week prior.
All meetings of the Steering Committee are open to the public, and have a public comment period at the end of the agenda.
Don't miss our monthly meeting, TONIGHT, April 5th, 2018, 7:00-9:00PM at the Brentwood-Darlington Community Center. Featuring special guest Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson.
La Asociación de Vecinos de Brentwood-Darlington invita a todos sus vecinos y propietarios de negocios a participar en nuestras próximas reuniones, que incluyen los siguientes invitados especiales Comisario Jessica Vega Pederson.


BANGKOK -- Thailand's prime minister warnedon Friday that if more Rohingya migrants head to the country'sshores they might steal jobs from Thais.
Thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmarare spirited across the Bay of Bengal by human traffickingnetworks each year, most thought to be heading to Muslim Malaysia.
But, like Thailand and Indonesia, Malaysia has said it willpush boats full of migrants back to sea.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, whose government hasannounced a regional meeting on the crisis for May 29, said hiscountry did not have the resources to look after the migrants.
"As there are many of them, we cannot look after themproperly. Where will we put them?" Prayuth told reporters.
"Right now we have to find a place for them to stay. In thefuture, if many more of them come, it will cause a problem. Theywill steal the jobs and livelihoods of Thais."
Nearly 800 "boat people" were brought ashore in Indonesia onFriday but other vessels crammed with migrants were sent back tosea despite a U.N. call to rescue thousands set adrift inSoutheast Asian waters.
Following a Thai crackdown on human trafficking, smugglershave abandoned ships full of migrants, many of them sick andhungry, in the Andaman Sea.
Thailand is frequently used as a transit route by smugglingnetworks that prey on migrants from Myanmar and Bangladeshlooking to escape ethnic and religious persecution.


This is a card game that is extremely popular because of the provision for a higher payout in specific circumstances.
The basic target of the player is to draw cards until he reaches a total as close to 21 as possible but without crossing that magic figure. If he breaches the figure of 21, he loses their stake to the dealer. The player is dealt two cards for an initial fixed stake. Thereafter, he has to stake additional money for each card he wishes to have dealt by the dealer.
If the total of the player's cards is below 21 and higher than that of the dealer, he wins an even money payout.
If a two card total of 21 is achieved, it is called a blackjack and the player is entitled to a 2:1 payout.
If the dealer produces a blackjack, then all players lose their stakes except the players with a total of 21. Their stake is protected but they get no winnings.
If the total of the player and the total of the dealer is the same, the dealer is the winner.


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If your vehicle's battery suddenly dies, a quick fix is to jump start the battery using another vehicle and a set of jumper cables. This may require the help of another driver on the road, should the battery die during a commute, or you can call a friend or neighbor should it happen close to home.
Regardless, you will need a vehicle with a similar sized engine as well as the jumper cables to connect both batteries.
Damage to the battery, be it leakages or corrosion. Never jump start if this is the case, as it's safer to call an auto repair specialist.
Electronics and headlights are turned off, and the keys are out of the ignition.
Be sure that both vehicles are in neutral (or park) with the ignition turned off while being parked within close proximity with each other. Pop the trunk on each vehicle and check that the jumper cables can reach both engines.
Grab the red cable (positive) and attach one end to the positive terminal on your vehicle's car battery followed before attaching it to the same terminal on the working battery. These are easily recognized by the POS or + situated on the battery. It should also be noticeably larger than the negative terminal.
Grab the black cable (negative) and attach it to the negative terminal on the working battery.
Using the same black cable, attach the other end to some sort of metal material on your vehicle that isn't close to the battery. This can be a bolt, bracket, struck or possibly a jump start pole, although these poles will not be present in every vehicle.
The main point at this stage is to make sure the black cable is only connected to the negative terminal on the working battery, making sure to connect the other end to metal fixture away from the dead battery.
Turn on the engine for the working vehicle, letting it run for a moment on its own.
Now attempt to start your own vehicle. If everything goes according to plan then your engine should come to life. If not, be sure to double check all the connections for the cables, and maybe allow the working engine to run for 5-10 minutes before starting again.
If it still doesn't work, the chances are you need a new battery, meaning there will be no quick fix!
Don't turn off your engine if you get it working again, as you will want to keep it running to help charge the battery – aim to drive for at least 15 minutes before turning off the engine.
If the next time you try to start the engine and nothing happens, you will more than likely require a replacement battery as it can no longer hold a charge.


Nokia sold 4.4m Lumia Windows Phones last quarter, "exceeded expectations"
Nokia has faced an uphill struggle to assert itself in the smartphone market, ever since it first announced that it would be adopting Windows Phone as the platform for its smartphone strategy. There's still a long way to go for the company - its CEO, Stephen Elop, stated this week that a major target is to achieve double-digit market share, and given the continued rapid growth of Android and iPhone sales, even that seems like an ambitious target.
But as Nokia today revealed preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012, it seems that the company is beginning to see its efforts pay off. Nokia stated that its Devices & Services division "exceeded expectations and underlying profitability" during the last quarter, with total global sales of 86.3 million devices.
Nokia makes numerous efforts to the results being "better than expected" and "exceeding expectations"
The company's outlook for this quarter is somewhat more cautious, citing "competitive industry dynamics continuing to negatively affect the Smart Devices and Mobile Phones business units", "the macroeconomic environment", and "the first quarter being a seasonally weak quarter". Nokia will make further details on its Q4 results later this month, when it publishes its full-year financial results on January 24.
A recent report pointed to Nokia's dominance of the Windows Phone ecosystem, with Lumia sales far outstripping those of rival manufacturers. With 4.4m Lumia sales last quarter, this suggests that Windows Phone sales across the board are still selling in very modest numbers compared with rival platforms.


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I'm tired and gaining weight. Is it my thyroid, doc?
Problems with fatigue and weight management are extremely common and the much-maligned thyroid gland is often blamed.
When this butterfly-shaped gland is underactive, it can cause a variety of symptoms (e.g. feeling cold easily, loss of energy, constipation, menstrual changes and weight gain).
The thyroid gland produces hormones which regulate human metabolism (how the body uses and stores energy). When a person fails to make enough thyroid hormone, we refer to it as hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid). Thyroid function is further controlled by a gland in the brain, known as the pituitary. The pituitary secretes thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which prompts the thyroid to produce and release thyroid hormone. When the thyroid underproduces hormones, the pituitary releases more TSH encouraging the thyroid to work harder.
Hypothyroidism is, therefore, easy to diagnose using a simple blood test.
We look at the levels of thyroid hormone (T4) and TSH.
If a patient's TSH and T4 levels are normal, the thyroid is functioning well so her symptoms must be caused by something else.
Primary hypothyroidism will be seen when TSH levels are higher than 4.5 mIU/L (local laboratory values may differ) and associated with a low T4. These patients require thyroid supplementation.
Sometimes, we find that the TSH level is high but the T4 is normal. This state is called subclinical hypothyroidism and shows mild thyroid failure. Research is conflicted whether it is necessary to treat subclinical hypothyroidism at all.
If the TSH is greater than 10, treatment is necessary. If, however, the TSH is between 4.5 and 10, I discuss it with the patient and individualize the decision to treat. Under these circumstances, it can be helpful to check for thyroid antibodies (TPOab) because patients with a positive TPO blood test will be at a higher risk of developing overt hypothyroidism in the future.
When someone is started on thyroid medication, repeat blood testing is needed every 6 weeks until normal levels are achieved.
Patients on long-term thyroid supplementation will need to have their thyroid levels monitored. If the dose of thyroid medication is <125mcg, levels need to be rechecked, at minimum, in 2 year intervals. If the dose is >125mcg, repeat testing is recommended in 1 year.


Sunday morning with a high tide Captain Thomas took them for a dinghy ride up in the mangroves and estuaries to see tons of turtles, some eagle rays and even a shark!
On the island of Manjack we know several people that have built houses on the island and we knew several people on their boat in the anchorage. So when our friends heard we were going to go sailing that afternoon we had 10 people join us on board for the afternoon. This was only the 2nd time our crew had hoisted sail so they wanted to look good in front of the guests. They did a fantastic job and we were sailing full sailing going about 8 knots which was a thrill for everyone!
Spannker Crew back wind to starboard!!
PJ was in charge of the mainsail sheet and he did such a great job!
Sweating off the mainsail throat. That takes some sweat – right Paul?
We ended the day with another fun snorkel!


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Robert Mathis stacks up the sacks for Indianapolis Colts
By Randy Covitz
The Kansas City Star
Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Robert Mathis busted out of the shadows this season.
The departure of perennial sack leader Dwight Freeney could have exposed Mathis as just another pass rusher who benefited from the attention teams paid to Freeney.
Instead, Mathis produced a season that has made him a leading candidate for NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Mathis, 32, led the NFL with 19½ sacks and shattered Freeney's single-season club record of 16. And with 111 career sacks, he also surpassed Freeney's franchise record of 107½.
All it took was a move from the defensive left side to the right side vacated by Freeney.
"Rush backer is awesome," Mathis said of being in the quarterback's blind spot. "It's the first time in 11 years to be put in that position.
"It maximizes my skill set. Also, the guys in coverage … we have great defensive backs ... and the defensive line does a great job of helping me out."
The Chiefs saw firsthand what kind of havoc Mathis can create. In the Colts' 23-7 victory at Arrowhead on Dec. 22, Mathis not only sacked Alex Smith once, but his hit on Smith caused a pass to flutter into the arms of Indianapolis linebacker Jerrell Freeman for an interception.
"Not many people have found a way to stop him," Smith said of Mathis, who has recorded an NFL-record 42 sacks/forced fumbles in his career. "Nineteen and a half sacks ... that's a lot of sacks, and a lot of them (13) have come at home.
"It will be on all of us ... certainly me included ... with movement within the pocket, being sound with the ball in the pocket, making good decisions."
While Freeney was known for his signature spin move, Mathis brings a wide repertoire of ways to get to the quarterback.
"He's got a bull rush ... spin moves, speed rush ... he can pretty much do it all," said Chiefs offensive tackle Donald Stephenson. "With him, it's a game within a game.
"He sets up his moves (by) certain quarters, I believe. He might hit you with one move the whole first half, and he sets you up with a different move in the second half."
Mathis, who also caused two fumbles in the Colts' win at Arrowhead, is making sure the victory over the Chiefs has not lulled his teammates into a false sense of security.
All he had to do is point out what happened to the Colts in 2005.
The Colts had beaten Pittsburgh 26-7 in a Monday night game in Indianapolis, and six weeks later, the Steelers — as a No. 6 seed — returned to Indianapolis and upset the Colts 21-18 en route to a Super Bowl title.
"We were a one-and-done team," Mathis said, "and that was arguably the best team we had ... since I've been here.
"So don't fall for the banana in the tailpipe. The (Chiefs) are coming to play."
Indianapolis bounced back from that 2005 disappointment and won the Super Bowl. But that was with Tony Dungy as head coach and Peyton Manning at quarterback.
Mathis, selected to his sixth straight Pro Bowl, is one of just four players remaining from the Super Bowl XLI champions, joining safety Antoine Bethea, kicker Adam Vinatieri and injured wide receiver Reggie Wayne.
So Mathis has taken pride in the club's winning the AFC South this year and reaching the playoffs in both seasons since Chuck Pagano took over as coach and Andrew Luck replaced Manning.
"We were left for dead two years ago. People saying we couldn't do this or we couldn't do that. It was impossible," Mathis said. "It's amazing how we've made that leap and that transition in two years' time. To be able to go from 2-14 to 11-5 and 11-5 and to be in a position to make some noise in the postseason is tremendous."
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NFL CAREER SACK LEADERS
(Active players )
Indianapolis' Robert Mathis ranks fifth among active players in career sacks.
Player, sacks
John Abraham, 133.5
Jared Allen, 128.5
Julius Peppers, 119.0
DeMarcus Ware, 117.0
Robert Mathis, 111.0
Dwight Freeney, 108.0


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Hampton Alumna Rashida Jones Named MSNBC President, First African American to Head Major Cable Network
Hampton University alumna and veteran television news executive Rashida Jones was today named as the president of MSNBC.
She will be the first African American to run a major cable network in television history when she takes the helm in February 2021.
From CNN:
Jones has been at MSNBC and NBC News since 2013. She previously worked at The Weather Channel and at local stations. She rose through the ranks at NBC and became the senior vice president for specials in 2017.
Jones' portfolio was expanded earlier this year when she was put in charge of MSNBC's daytime and weekend news schedule.
"In the last year alone that has meant, of course, that she has masterfully guided our coverage of the global pandemic, the social justice protests and unrest, Decision 2020, and the two most-viewed Democratic presidential debates in television history," NBCUniversal News Group chair Cesar Conde wrote on in a memo Monday.
The 2002 Hampton graduate and member of the school's Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications Hall of Fame also serves as co-chair of the school's advisory board.


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On 8th May 1945 Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, announced to waiting crowds that the Allies had accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and that the War in Europe was over. For the next two days, people around the world celebrated but the summer of 1945 was fraught with difficulties and violence. Our book is 'a people's history', gathering voices from all levels of society and around the world to explore four months that would dictate the order of the world for decades to come. Quoting from generals, world statesmen, infantrymen, prisoners of war, journalists, civilians and neutral onlookers, here are memories of who danced alongside Princess Elizabeth and Margaret outside Buckingham Palace on that first night of peace, reactions of the vanquished and those faced with the rebuilding of a shattered Europe, the 'Forgotten Army' still battling against the Japanese in the East, the election of Clement Attlee's reforming Labour government, the beginnings of what would become the Iron Curtain and testimony from the first victims of nuclear warfare in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Chapters include The Future of a Ruined Germany, The Potstam Conference, From Belsen to Vichy: Justice and Revenge and Demob Happy. 311pp, 16 pages of photos, some harrowing.
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We had this adorable family in our studio just before Christmas for little Jackson's six month photos. It was so fun to see how big he's gotten since I took his newborn photos last summer. I love the six month age, there personality really starts to shine and nothing can beat that smile!
These handsome fellas were in the studio a couple of weeks ago!


This unannounced inspection was carried out on the 26 and 27 July 2017. The inspection team on the first day consisted of one inspector, a specialist nurse adviser and an expert by experience and two inspectors on the second day. An expert by experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of service.
We spent time observing the care and support being provided to people, spoke with 10 people who used the service. We also spoke with five members of staff, the provider, the registered manager, the deputy manager and health care professionals. We looked at eight people's care records and eight staff recruitment files and staff training files. We also looked at records relating to the management of the service including audits, incident logs, feed-back questionnaires, staff rotas and minutes from meetings. In addition, we looked at all areas of the building including bedrooms, communal areas, the kitchen, the main office and outside grounds.


I have a short story to tell you kids. While traveling on a train, I looked out of the window and saw an immense field wherein planted were hundreds, yes thousands, of little trees. I asked the man who sat beside me, "What are those little trees for?" He said, "They are growing those little trees to reforest the desolate, burned over regions of the Adirondacks." I said to myself, "That is just what we are doing in my church. We are growing girls and boys to reforest the needy places of the earth."
I asked, "How long do they keep those little trees there?" "Not very long," said he, "just long enough to give them a good start. Then they transplant them." Again I said to myself, "That is exactly what we do. We keep the girls and boys only a little while, then they are transplanted."
I had another question. "When they transplant these little trees how do they plant them, every-which-way?" "No, indeed," was his answer, "they are planted in rows, and close together." Exactly what we are doing in our church, I thought. We are growing our girls and boys, and we are keeping them close together, because they are such a help to one another, and there is great inspiration in numbers.
Looking out of the train window at those trees of future forests, I thought of the verse in Isaiah, "The mountains and the trees shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands." I can hear the mountains and the hills of the Adirondacks singing because of the growing trees, and I hear the mountains and the hills of earth singing because of the millions of growing girls and boys who shall reforest the desolate places of earth.
Reflection: How are little girls and boys like those little trees? Why do little girls and boys need to go to church? How can growing girls and boys reforest the earth?
"Those planted in the house of the LORD will flourish in the courts of our God.
After the object lesson about trees, enjoy making this Tree Craft as demonstrated by Sarah of Sunfish Press.


Current Affairs 24th July 2017 (today). the below are the current affairs of 23rd July of this year. For more current affairs on National, International and other current affairs in India stay updated to the current affairs pages in the Indi job alert. Current affairs today, GK today.
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Lok Sabha has given its approval to a bill amending the law on free & compulsory education to extend the deadline for teachers to acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment.
Ministry of Rural Development will launch a new sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana which will be called Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana.
India is collaborating with the US on research and development of traditional medicines for various diseases including cancer.
UN has selected Dubai as data hub for the Middle East North Africa & South Asia region for its initiatives to mine & manage its data.
UK govt is mulling introducing drone registration & safety awareness courses for owners of the small unmanned aircraft.
Seven Indian companies have made it to the latest Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest corporations in terms of revenue, with the retail giant Walmart topping the global rankings.
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Q: React state keeps resetting on form submittal. How to persist state? I'm trying to teach myself React and have been struggling with this all night. What the following code is intended to do is iterate over my questions array and dynamically update my render to replace the message, type and name of each of my form elements. However what keeps happening, and what I can't find a way around, is that on each submittal the page updates for a split second to the next object in the questions array but then refreshes and the form resets to the page: 0 state asking 'how many teams?' (instead of incrementing to the 'how many rounds?' question as intended). I tried moving the state up to the parent of the form but that ended up just kicking the can down the road and the same problem occurred.
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

export class Form extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
        questions : [
            {   message: 'How many teams?',
                type: 'number',
                name: 'numberOfTeams'
            },
            {   message: 'How many rounds?',
                type: 'number',
                name: 'numberOfRounds'
            },
            {   message: 'How long for each round?',
                type: 'number',
                name: 'lengthOfRounds'
            },
            {   message: 'What is your team name?',
                type: 'text',
                name: 'teamName'
            }
        ],
        page : 0
    }

    this.updatePage = this.updatePage.bind(this);
}
updatePage() {
    this.setState(prevState => ({
        page: prevState.page + 1
    }))
}

render() {
    if(this.state.page < this.state.questions.length){
        return (
            <form onSubmit={ this.updatePage }>

{ this.state.questions[this.state.page].message }

                        <input type={ this.state.questions[this.state.page].type } name={ this.state.questions[this.state.page].name }></input>

            </form>
        )
    } else {
        return null
    }
}

}

A: You need to preventDefault() on the event passed to the onSubmit function to avoid the default web form submission, as you are getting a page reload.
updatePage(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    this.setState(prevState => ({
      page: prevState.page + 1
    }))
}

A: This doesn't solve this situation, but I'm going to add it since it solved my question that brought me here
I had a button within a form to complete a non-submission action which kept resetting react.
Remember to add type="button" to avoid the form submitting on button clicks
<button type="button" onClick={(e) => {handleClick(e)}}>Expand Options</button>

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You are here: Home / What Is Information Marketing?
Information Marketing is a great way to build a solid, reliable and profitable online business - and if you've ever considered creating an online business, this may be exactly what you've been looking for.
So What Is Information Marketing?
Information marketing is the process of creating, promoting and selling digital products which help to solve a common problem within a specific niche or "topic".
These products are often created in the form of e-books, video training courses, software, live coaching programs, audio interviews and more.
For example, if you're having trouble training your new dog, there are countless information products available to teach you all the strategies you need to transform your dog into an obedient family friend.
So if you have expertise in a specific topic - or even if you have a semi-popular hobby - there's a good chance you can create an information product around it and establish yourself as an expert on that topic.
This really gives a great opportunity to immerse yourself in what you love the most!
The beauty of creating and selling information products is that once the product is created, it can be sold an unlimited amount of times to many different customers (without any need for storage, shipping or delivery costs), as there aren't any additional costs to do this.
Plus, the selling price of the product is always completely flexible, and is often dependant on the quality of information within it - giving information marketers a huge opportunity to earn very high profit margins.
Because information products are digital, the majority of the marketing and selling of them is done online - meaning no office space or vast start-up costs are required, allowing you to work from anywhere in the world with just a laptop and an internet connection.
In fact, the only start-up costs required are the price of a domain name and hosting account!
Consequently, the "information product" business model has a low barrier to entry (unlike typical offline businesses which require a large amount of capital to get started), and can be made profitable very quickly with the right strategies.
The promotion, selling and delivery processes are based around squeeze pages, sales pages and download areas.
A "squeeze page" is a simple web page with one goal - to generate a prospect or "lead" by giving them a free information product, who will then be persuaded to buy the main information product through a series of marketing strategies.
When the prospect wants to learn more about the product, they are taken to the "sales page" for it, which explains everything they need to know to make an informed buying decision.
If they decide to purchase, they are usually given access to their product within a "download area" (or "members area"), accessible only after their purchase has been completed.
From then on, other products are often sold to them via affiliate marketing, to increase the total customer value.
Due to everything taking place online, there is a very strong influence of the traditional direct marketing principles within this business model, allowing results to be tracked and improved at all times.
In conclusion, information marketing is a great way to supplement your income or create an entirely new career. The entry is low-risk, and the potential is amazing - whoever you are, whatever your background.
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Now, a new study jolts us back to reality. Sleeping six or fewer hours per night is inadequate to sustain health and safety in adults. Adults need sleep just as much as children do, seven hours or more to be specific, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Sleep Research Society.
The study was conducted by a Consensus Panel of 15 of the nation's foremost sleep experts over a 12-month period. The 15 experts used a modified RAND Appropriateness Method to develop a recommendation for sleep duration that promotes optimal health in adults 18 to 60 years of age.
To reap the full benefits of a healthy sleep, appropriate timing, daily regularity, good sleep quality and the absence of sleep disorders must also be taken into consideration.
Try to go to bed at the same time every day, for the same amount of hours, (six or more,) every day. Invest in a good quality mattress to properly support your spine. If you think you may have a sleep disorder, see your doctor about your concerns.
According to incoming AASM president and Consensus Panel moderator Dr. Nathaniel F. Watson, sleeping for a long time, (more than nine hours,) is usually the result of a chronic illness rather than the cause of it, and few experimental laboratory studies have been done to examine the health effects of long sleep durations.
The Consensus Panel refrained from placing a maximum limit to sleep duration since young adults, individuals recovering from sleep debt, and individuals with illnesses might need nine hours or more of sleep for optimal health.


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Philadelphia Museum Shows Off Ornament & Patterns In Design - Antiques And The Arts Weekly
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Philadelphia Museum Shows Off Ornament & Patterns In Design
Patricia Urquiola (Spanish, b 1961), designed "Antibodi Chaise, †2006, stainless steel, PVC, polyurethane and felt, made by Moroso SpA, Cavalicco, Italy.
During the early Twentieth Century, the use of ornament in industrial design received hostile response from avant-garde designers who increasingly favored the clean, austere lines of Modernism. Suppressed, but not completely eradicated by economic swings and personal taste, ornament quietly persevered until designers' moods once again began to incorporate pattern into production.
An exhibition on view through September in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Perelman Building celebrates the reemergence of ornament. "Visual Delight: Ornament and Pattern in Modern and Contemporary Design" encompasses more than 30 works from the collection, starting with the late 1960s, when ornament began to reenter into the critical discourse of the time.
"Visual Delight" encompasses a wide range of mediums, featuring furniture, lamps, hanging screens, textiles and smaller decorative objects, including a series of eight enameled-steel panels by Philadelphia-based architect Robert Venturi.
The panels are just a fraction of the decoration that once adorned the façade of the Best Products Showroom in Langhorne, Penn. The use of large, bright flowers on the exterior of a building was revolutionary at the time, and represents one of the most iconic examples of Venturi's concept of the "decorated shed."
"Sheraton †chair designed by Robert Venturi (American, b 1925) 1978 ‸4, made 1985; bent laminated wood, plastic laminate with applied pattern, upholstery, made by Knoll, East Greenville, Penn.
Other works, such as "Antibodi Chaise," 2006, by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola emphasize the chaise's decorative rather than functional aspect. Other pieces equally highlight their ornamental character, such as the "Corallo Armchair," 2004, by Fernando and Humberto Campana, constructed of epoxy-coated steel, welded together to form a tangled mass of wires, or Joris Laarman's "Heatwave" radiator, 2003, its function virtually disguised by its beautiful scrolling shape.
"Visual Delight" also highlights the way technologies have influenced designers' use of ornament. While laser cutting, injection molding and digital printing have made it possible to mass-produce intricate patterns and three-dimensional shapes, designers continue to incorporate handcrafting, as exemplified by Hella Jongerius's "Layers Park Double" textile, 2004, for American manufacturer Maharam. Though the botanical designs are machine-embroidered on large industrial machines, the top layer of this textile is hand cut to reveal the felt layer beneath.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th Street. For more information, www.philamuseum.org or 215-763-8100.


And the late change explains the errant "rookie" notation on the front of Clark's card … the worker thought they all said that in the set.
Fools. They should have added Vaughn and Hayes to the set instead of dropping Pedro.
The Clark card is easy to find, but I'm told that the Cerrano card is a toughie. He gave me a handful because he was happy to see them before he taped one in his locker right above Jobu.


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2018 March 7 - 13 [SOCIAL ISSUES]
Bipartisan parliamentary league formed to help victims of forced eugenic sterilization
Cross-party Dietmembers on March 6 formed a league to establish relief measures for victims, including people with mental retardation, who were forced to take sterilization under the former Eugenic Protection Law.
The law, which was enacted in 1948, was aimed at preventing the birth of "defective" children from a eugenic point of view. Under the law, around 25,000 people nationwide underwent sterilization operations and 16,000 of them were forced to undergo surgery against their will. In 1996, articles based on eugenics were removed from the 1948 law and it was renamed the Maternity Protection Law.
In the league's inauguration meeting held in the Diet building, over 20 lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties took part and adopted a document regarding the league's objectives and activities. The lawmakers included Japanese Communist Party members of the House of Representatives Takahashi Chizuko and Hatano Kimie and House of Councilors member Kurabayashi Akiko.
The document points out that forced sterilization made it impossible for the victims to realize their hope of having children and caused health damage in some cases, and states, "It was a clear violation of basic human rights of self-determination and the pursuit of happiness."
The parliamentarians' group plans to conduct surveys and hearings to assess the actual situation in regard to the damage that the former law caused. It also seeks to promote the cooperation between lawmakers and the victims, their organizations, and civil groups. The league will study and report on what should be done to help the affected persons.
Concerning the coercive sterilizations performed under the former Eugenic Protection Law, a female victim living in Miyagi Prefecture in January filed a lawsuit against the state with the Sendai District Court, demanding an apology and compensation. This is the first court battle of this kind ever.


So far, over 230 people have died in Ghana in road accidents between January and February 2018 and 2,671 have experienced serious injuries, according to figures from the Road Safety Commission.
As passengers blame drivers for speeding leading to fatal accidents, drivers are blaming the government for poor road construction, potholes and other problems.
The Accra-Kumasi highway, Accra aflao-Togo boarder, Accra- Cape Coast through to Takoradi and Kumasi – Techiman-Kintampo through to Tamale highways are noted as hotspots for road crashes in Ghana.
In the Greater Accra region, the George Bush motorway alone has experienced 300 deaths as a result of road accidents since its construction in 2011, while the Tema motorway records over 200 deaths every year.
52 year old Monica Tevi, who lost her daughter Esi Arabela Mensah recently in one of the fatal car crashes between a VIP bus and a cargo truck near Suhum on the Accra Kumasi highway, blamed the driver of the VIP vehicle for speeding, hence his inability to control the bus when it was hit by the cargo truck which came its way.
According to Mrs. Tevi, though it was obvious that the cargo truck veered onto the path of the bus, leading to the accident, more casualties were recorded as a result of the speeding bus. She also blamed the police for allowing heavy trucks to drive on highways at night.
In a related development, 37 year old Akua Dzako died instantly at big Ada junction in January 2018, when a Toyota Urvan bus she was travelling in from Aflao to Accra burst its front tyre. The vehicle somersaulted several times in the bush, hitting a rock in the process.
The deceased who was scheduled to marry in February 20th 2018 was returning from Togo's capita, Lome where she had gone to buy vegetables to be sold in Ghana as part of her usual business activities. Her 70 year old mother, Afua Dzako, who had partially gone blind due to old age, was sad that her daughter could not give her a grandchild before departing. "She told me she was going on a business trip and on her return she would visit and update me on her upcoming marriage ceremony. I woke up the next day only to be told of her death by her friends". I still don't believe my daughter is dead, I want her to come back and take care of me" she said, as she sobbed.
The painful story of Martin Ayeh, a 48 year old factory hand who has survived four different deadly accidents is also recounted. "In 2004, I experienced my first car crash in the centre of Accra which almost disabled me. I spent about six months at the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital before being discharged. This was followed by another strange car crash in 2009 at Abeka Lapaz and another one in 2012. The last one happened in 2017 August on the Tema Aflao highway when I was visiting my hometown Akatsi. A car from the opposite lane veered into our lane and hit the car I was travelling in.
All I heard was "bam" sound. As I speak to you here at the 37 military hospital. My two legs are broken into pieces and the doctors are working hard to treat me. I appreciate their effort and I thank God for helping me survive accidents on four occasions".
Martin blames drivers for not adhering to road traffic signs, poor regulatory and law enforcement on the part of the police and the road traffic agencies like the road safety commission.
According to The Executive Director of National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Engineer May Obiri Yeboah, figures collated by her outfit on the numerous road crashes recorded on roads in Ghana shows that most drivers do not act in accordance with road signs.
"Preliminary investigations conducted by the National Road Safety Commission on the above crashes have revealed multiple contributory factors. The most prevalent among the factors being negligence and disregard for road traffic regulations on the part of the drivers involved in the crashes, particularly excessive speeding ( usually referred to as over-speeding) and overtaking without due care for on-coming vehicles (referred to as wrongful overtaking) Other contributing factors are deficiencies associated with road infrastructure. ".
She was emphatic that the absence of road signs, roadway markings, street lighting and safe crossing facilities for pedestrians are issues that continue to find space in the list of crash contributory factors.
"I cannot talk about the road crashes and not talk about the danger confronting motorists at the appropriate traffic management and safety signs and expose motorists to open trenches and physical objects without any protection".
Engineer May Obiri Yeboah said some of the contributory factors to the avoidable road crashes are the non-roadworthy vehicles, unqualified drivers and gross indiscipline by majority of road users.
"The task of ensuring safety on our roads is a shared and collective responsibility. Everyone must play his/her role. Government on its parts has, through the passing of the Road Traffic Act and Regulations (e.g. Road Traffic Act 683 of 2004 and Road Traffic Regulations 2012, LI 2180), provided policy and Regulations for safe management of transport and traffic in the country. It required that institutions and individuals apply the provisions for the good of public safety on our roads".
She said her commission, as the lead agency for road safety management in the country, is consistently at the forefront carrying out education and sensitisation programmes across the country and constantly engaging stakeholders at all levels to take the necessary steps in their various endeavours to prevent human deaths and injuries on our roads.
She also said, on their part, they are doing everything possible within their mandate to prevent road accidents but most of the crashes occurring on the roads could have been prevented if all road safety stakeholders and parties involved acted in compliance with the existing safety procedures, standards and regulations.
The NRSC is therefore seeking more powers as it stated that, "it is important that our role as a lead agency is legally enhanced to ensure that we are able to compel institutions whose operations have a bearing on safety on our roads to adhere to standards.
The NRSC is as a matter of urgency calling on NGOs, CSOs, Religious Bodies, Traditional councils/leaders, Professional Bodies, Musicians, and captains of industry and the Media especially to discuss road safety at their various platforms since the fight against road accidents can only be fought and won collectively.
So far, over 230 people have died in Ghana in road accidents between January and February 2018 and 2,671 have experienced serious injuries.
"I want all the heavy trucks to be barred from travelling at night since most of the drivers get tired and unable to control the trucks."


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Tea from an Empty Cup
by: Pat Cadigan (author)
"How can you drink tea from an empty cup?"That ancient Zen riddle holds the key to a baffling mystery: a young man found with his throat slashed while locked alone in a virtual reality parlor.The secret of this enigmatic death lies in an apocalyptic cyberspace shadow-world where nothing is... show more
"How can you drink tea from an empty cup?"That ancient Zen riddle holds the key to a baffling mystery: a young man found with his throat slashed while locked alone in a virtual reality parlor.The secret of this enigmatic death lies in an apocalyptic cyberspace shadow-world where nothing is certain, and even one's own identity can change in an instant.
Publish date: September 15th 1999
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Detective, Cyberpunk
Series: Artificial Reality Division (#1)
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What a waste of time. Back on page 71, she told us where this story was going. But when we got there...Nothing happened. There's no conclusion to this book, and I feel ripped off.One of my GR Friends is reading books with strong female protagonists. This book's only strong characters are female, but...
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The speculative fiction of the 1980s and the early 1990s by and large treated Japan as an economic powerhouse that threatened to subsume the United States and Europe — mirroring, unsurprisingly, the view that prevailed in the culture at large. Japanese companies outperformed their American counterpa...
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What is Florida Drug Court?
Gregory Salnick
Some Florida cases qualify for drug court, a rehabilitation-focused alternative to the standard punishment.
If you have been charged with a drug-related crime in West Palm Beach, you may wonder what your options are. Drug charges often result in jail time, but not always. Some Florida cases qualify for drug court, a rehabilitation-focused alternative to the standard punishment. Here is some basic information about Florida Drug Court including who is eligible for the program and what happens with your case after you complete the program.
Drug court is a pretrial intervention program available to Florida residents charged with a non-violent drug offense. As a pretrial intervention, qualified individuals enter the program before any kind of trial or decision is made as to whether they are guilty of the alleged crime. This is different than being sentenced to probation.
The goal is to rehabilitate individuals struggling with drug addiction, rather than just punishing them for their crime. This helps to reduce recidivism rates while providing individuals with an opportunity to develop the skills they need to get back on a clean path. Individuals must complete strict program requirements timely, generally within one year. Requirements including counseling, drug testing, support groups, and regular case reviews with their probation officer and/or the judge.
Once an individual completes drug court, pending drug charges are dismissed. There is no official finding of guilt, no sentencing, and no conviction.
Who is eligible for Florida Drug Court?
Drug court is an option for both misdemeanor and felony offenders. To qualify for drug court, an individual must have a substance abuse problem and be willing to participate in treatment, there can be no violent crime charges pending or on the individual's record, and the individual must have no more than two felony convictions. If you have been charged with drug trafficking, you will not be eligible for drug court.
Will my drug charges be dismissed if I complete Drug Court?
Yes, the charges against you will be dismissed upon successful completion of drug court. This means your record will show you were arrested, but a dismissal will be noted rather than a conviction.
Will my arrest be erased from my record?
Not necessarily. If you are successful in completing drug court, the charges against you will be dismissed but expunging the arrest from your record is not automatic. To have the arrest removed from your record, you must file a Certificate of Eligibility from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Your arrest will be expunged from your record once this request is granted.
Contact a West Palm Beach drug crime lawyer today
Whether you are unsure if you qualify for drug court or need help getting an arrest expunged from your record after completing drug court, our experienced West Palm Beach drug attorneys are here to help. Contact us today and gain an advocate to help you fight your drug charges.
Mr. Salnick is a Florida Board Certified Specialist in Criminal Law. He began his legal career at the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office where he prosecuted over 90 jury trials, ranging from DUI to murder, armed robbery and drug trafficking. Mr. Salnick quickly gained a reputation as a tenacious and ethical attorney at law. Mr. Salnick now serves as state and federal criminal defense attorney at Salnick & Fuchs, P.A.
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Mandatory sentencing guidelines tell a judge how to sentence a particular case. Here is a brief overview of the penalties you can expect for a drug conviction in Florida.
What happens after a DUI arrest in West Palm Beach?
Driving in Florida is a privilege that can be lost. When our clients are arrested for driving under the influence in West Palm Beach, or DUI, they face serious penalties ranging from a temporary vehicle impoundment and community service, to much harsher consequences like permanent license revocation and mandatory prison time.


KWO seeks to achieve the basic rights of all children and youth living with disabilities in Karen refugee camps and enable them to take part in community life, KWO supports children and youth with disabilities and their families, expands the care and educational services available to them and attempts to strengthen community awareness and acceptance. KWO started the Special Education (SE) Project in 2003. It now runs in all 7 Karen refugee camps. This project directly benefits some of the most vulnerable members of the community, assists disabled children's educational and personal needs, and raises awareness about the rights of children with disabilities.
Saw Moo Ler Poe is 6 years old and lives in Umpiem refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border. In 2011 he was suffering from severe malnutrition and multiple disabilities, including speech and developmental problems. That year he enrolled in the KWO Special Education project. When he first came to us, he couldn't turn his body or move around and resisted joining in the activities with his Special Education (SE) teacher and other children. Like many teachers around the world, the KWO teacher didn't give up. She continued to work with him during home visits and specially designed play sessions. These changed his life. In 2014 he began coming to small group learning sessions at the Special Education Centre everyday. Now he joins activities with other children, can walk, eat, drink, and clean himself. He likes to sing, dance, and come to school every day. During story time he pays attention, looking at the pictures as he listens to the story. Saw Moo Ler Poe loves to color in and do other art. His speech is still limited but he uses facial expressions and gestures to communicate with the teachers and other people. He's one story among many of the big difference this program is making in people's lives.
The KWO Special Education project also works with parents to help them support their children. Saw Moo Ler Poe's parents tell us all the time what a difference the project has made. They use the activities the SE teacher has shown them and it's meant they have to spend less time taking care of him. Just the fact that he can eat by himself and wash up has made everything easier and better for him and them.
We are in desperate need of funding for this project for the coming year. If you can give please do.
Karen Women's Organization held a Special Education Project, Training of Trainers from January, 12, 2015 to Feb, 11, 2015.
For the 2014-15 project year, there are 420 students in 7 camps, 142 SE staff in camp and 11 SE town based staff members. So far in this project year, the SE project has done many activities.
The Karen Women's Organization's Special Education Project works to positively impact the lives of children with special needs and advocate on their behalf to achieve basic rights. One way KWO's SE Project is working towards this goal is through the creation of the Karen Sign Language (KSL). There are currently 7 volumes of KSL. Volumes 1 -5 were produced by World Education. World Education then handed over the SE project to KWO in 2007. KWO has now produced volumes 6 and 7 of KSL through a collaborative effort of KWO SE project staff, former deaf students, SE teachers and trainers. All the volumes that KWO has produced include NEW signs. These words never had a sign in KSL before, so they could not be used in communication. Thanks to the hard work of KWO's SE team, communication in Karen for those who are deaf has improved and diversified.
KWO SE staff, in town and in camps, will continue to create new signs and produce KSL videos in the future. We hope that these videos will be a helpful resource for the community (deaf and non-deaf) and aid in positively impacting the lives of the members of the Karen community who are deaf.


The first day of spring has arrived and many of us are thinking about the opportunity to get organized and start spring cleaning. Chances are that our homes are not the only place in need of some attention; the resume that you wrote a few months ago has probably become stale and your LinkedIn profile is showing gaps that may be turning off potential employers. Why not do a little spring cleaning for your job search?
With the average Canadian owing an average of $22,000 (without mortgage), the debt levels continue to hit record highs in our country.
Are you a millennial and struggling in your search for a job? You are not alone.
Most recent post-secondary graduates find that their degree cannot guarantee stable employment. Christian McCrave, 21, studied engineering at the University of Guelph, but cannot find a job in his field. His most recent job experience on his resume is a sales associate at Winners. McCrave believed that if you work hard at school, you will end up with a good and stable job. However, he found that after graduating, that was not the case. McCrave has applied to over 250 engineering-related jobs and has only landed 4 interviews, with 0 job offers. Unfortunately, he is not the only one in this case. Over 12% of Canadians, who are between the ages of 15 and 24 are unemployed, and more than a quarter have their degrees, but ended up in jobs that do not even require their credentials.
With the snow storm approaching, many Torontonians may want to work from home. Over 10% of Canada's population is now working from home on a part-time or full-time basis, according to the Canadian Telework Association. With technology advancing each day, telecommuting has become easier and more flawless than ever. With the right equipment and dedication to the organization, telecommuting increases work-life balance, creates cost savings and sustains personal flexibility and freedom.
The Toronto Career Fair is fast-approaching! Taking place on March 29th, 2017 at the Roy Thomson in Toronto. Take a look at some of the 400+ positions our employers are hiring for!
Don't miss your chance to attend - pre-register now @ www.TorontoJobs.ca/careerfairs.
March 8th is International Women's Day – a day to recognize women's achievements and acknowledge the challenges they continue to face in the quest for gender equality.
The Mississauga Career Fair is fast-approaching! Take a look at some of the 400+ positions our employers are hiring for! Don't miss your chance to attend - pre-register now!
With approximately 2/3 of one's day being spent at work, it's only natural that relationships will develop within the workplace. Working with others to successfully complete projects, taking lunch breaks together and working in a close environment on a regular basis are definite ways to assist in the development of sparks!
There are many things you can do to enhance your performance at work...things that don't occur to many other people. Your chances of success at work can be determined mainly by your attitude and the way you spend your time both in and out of the workplace.


WFDF is pleased to announce that the Congress has accepted the Asociación de Deportes con Disco Volador de la República Argentina (ADDVRA) as regular national member association of the World Flying Disc Federation.
"We are pleased to welcome Argentina as a full regular member of WFDF and view it as furthering the development of Flying Disc sports in South America," commented WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch.
"We are very excited to finally become full members of WFDF. This means a lot to us as we strongly believe it will boost our growth and development as a country and as a region. We are looking forward to working together with the rest of the International Community to make sure Disc Sports become much bigger in Latin America," stated ADDVRA President Ian Mackern on the decision of the Congress.
WFDF's membership now totals 60 member associations in 56 countries.


The Riley-Gardner Memorial Service Company is a family owned and operated business with the current ownership of Robert W. (Bob) Gardner and his son, Riley F. Gardner. The Gardner family, in its fourth generation in Hamilton, Texas, were preceded in ownership by original owners, Bob Riley, Kenneth Gardner and Melvin Henkes, who purchased the business in 1957 from Elder Lynn Dalton. Ken Gardner became the sole owner of the company in 1980 who was joined by his son, Bob, in the operation of the business in 1982 and began company expansion with multiple retail locations and funeral homes throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Riley F. Gardner returned to Hamilton and the business in 2003 implementing many state-of-the-art technological advances; gaining access to increased granite market from across the globe; and increasing opportunities for agents to work directly with the customer to design custom products at many locations. Jon Lengefeld, who opened and operated Central Texas Memorial in 1999 to 2001, rejoined the Riley-Gardner Memorial family business in 2013 as Sales Manager.


- Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South, edited by professors William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins, and Robert Korstad, and the staff of the Behind the Veil project at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, received a 2002 Lillian Smith Book Award. Presented annually by the Southern Regional Council, the awards recognize authors whose fiction and nonfiction writing extends the legacy of the outspoken writer, educator, and social critic who challenged her fellow Southerners and all Americans on issues of social and racial justice. The awards are the South's oldest literary honor. Remembering Jim Crow was also awarded the 2002 Carey McWilliams Award, presented annually by the MultiCultural Review to an outstanding scholarly or literary work related to the U.S. experience of cultural diversity.
- Edward Hull, former director of residence life and student housing at Southern Methodist University, was appointed to the newly created position of director of residence life and housing services. With oversight of an annual budget in excess of $25 million, he is responsible for the management of programs that support undergraduates and graduate students living in university residence halls and apartments.
- Reynolds Price, novelist, poet, dramatist, and essayist, was awarded the 2002 John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities from the North Carolina Humanities Council. The Caldwell Award recognizes those who strengthen the educational, cultural, and civic life of North Carolina through the humanities. Price '55, James B. Duke Professor of English, was cited for his work as a "writer, devoted scholar and educator, and mentor to aspiring writers."
- R. Sanders Williams M.D. '84, dean of Duke's medical school, and Debra A. Schwinn, professor of anesthesiology at Duke, have been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, one of three institutes within the NAS. Medical professionals consider it a high honor to be included in the group, which consists of national scholars and leaders in health and medicine, behavioral and social sciences, administration, law, the physical sciences, and engineering. Williams, a physician-scientist, has made major contributions to the understanding of the basic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. He was appointed dean of medicine and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Duke Medical Center in April 2001. Schwinn joined the Duke faculty in 1989; she is also professor of pharmacology/cancer biology and surgery, vice chair for research in anesthesiology, and director of the Molecular Pharmacology Laboratories and Perioperative Genomics, and she chairs the third-year medical student (research year) curriculum. Her research focuses on better understanding how stress and genetic differences between people relate to disease outcomes.
- James A. Nunley, an orthopedic surgeon on the faculty at Duke Medical Center, was named chief of the division of orthopedic surgery. He succeeds James Urbaniak, Virginia Flowers Baker Professor of orthopedic surgery, who stepped down after seventeen years as division chief but who will continue in his role as vice chair of surgery. Nunley specializes in surgery of the hand and foot, as well as total joint replacements and the use of microsurgical techniques. He joined the faculty in 1980.


You'll be proud to make this clean, beautiful place your home. This front, lower unit of a triplex has been upgraded within the last 4 years with granite counters in the kitchen and bathroom, new paint, new ceiling fans. The spacious front room has a large window, the kitchen has a good size window to enjoy your breakfast in the natural sunlight. The bedrooms have ample closet space and built-in drawers. The bathroom looks flawless. The kitchen boasts newer stainless steel gas stove, microwave, dishwasher and plenty of cabinetry for storage. The kitchen has enough space for a small dining table. There are washer/dryer hook ups in the sizable laundry room just off the kitchen. You have your own garage with a garage door opener! The back has a small concrete patio area. Apartment located close to beach, shopping and schools.