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Former Va. first lady at heart of gift scandal
VIRGINIA BEACH – Elaine Kubiak finds it impossible to reconcile the social-climbing, bullying and bizarre-acting for...
Former Va. first lady at heart of gift scandal VIRGINIA BEACH – Elaine Kubiak finds it impossible to reconcile the social-climbing, bullying and bizarre-acting for... Check out this story on newsleader.com: https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2014/02/23/former-va-first-lady-at-heart-of-gift-scandal/5765769/
By Allen G. Breed ; Published 8:42 p.m. ET Feb. 23, 2014
Bob McDonnell waves to the crowd along with his wife, Maureen during his inaugural ball in Richmond in 2010.(Photo: AP)
VIRGINIA BEACH – Elaine Kubiak finds it impossible to reconcile the social-climbing, bullying and bizarre-acting former first lady of Virginia being portrayed in federal court papers and the media with the woman she's known for two decades.
The Maureen McDonnell that Kubiak remembers was a thrifty woman of faith who cleaned the house and sprayed for bugs herself; who supplemented the household income by selling vitamins and making custom drapes on the sewing machine future governor Bob McDonnell gave her as a wedding present; who prayed over the car whenever one of their five children went out for a drive.
"I know her as a very, very nice, unassuming person, and a very frugal-living person — a very hardworking person," said Kubiak, whose attorney husband worked and socialized with the ex-governor.
That is not how the U.S. Department of Justice sees it.
Barely a week after McDonnell left office last month, a federal grand jury indicted him and his wife on 14 counts each of trading on their influence to enrich themselves and family members. And while investigators say the once-rising Republican star accepted lavish gifts, golf outings and other favors in exchange for boosting businessman Jonnie Williams and his company, Star Scientific, the 43-page indictment paints Maureen McDonnell as the one who had her hands outstretched the most.
What started with a request for help purchasing a designer gown for her husband's inauguration in 2009 ballooned into gifts of designer clothes and accessories, personal loans, a Rolex watch and a large check for her daughter's wedding reception, prosecutors allege. In return, they say, Williams got special access to state officials, a reception at the executive mansion and McDonnell's endorsement for what was to be Star Scientific's breakthrough product : Anatabloc, an anti-inflammatory.
Both have pleaded not guilty. Bob McDonnell maintains he did nothing illegal for Williams "in exchange for what I believed was his personal generosity and friendship." Maureen and her attorneys have declined comment .
'Awkward Cinderella'
"Awkward Cinderella trying too hard to fit in at the castle" read one headline in The Washington Post about the 59-year-old first lady when the scandal broke last summer.
Indeed, many in the state have wondered whether this was a case of a one-time middleclass girl trying to fit in to a new world and, in doing so, possibly crossing the line.
For much of her life, extravagance seemed to matter little to Maureen McDonnell.
Born in McLean, she was the third of nine children to Frank and Geraldine Gardner, civil servants who met while working at the FBI — he as an agent, she as a stenographer. Gardner moved the family to Mexico in 1966 to take a string of consular positions.
Maureen attended a high school in the border town of Laredo, Texas, where she won a coveted spot on the high school's nationally recognized dance team and was voted first runner-up for "most beautiful" her senior year . That same year, doctors discovered a tumor in one of her breasts. It was benign, but doctors told her she was predisposed to cancer — a warning that she credits for her lifelong focus on health care and wellness.
"That day in my youth governed my life," she told a crowd at a women's forum in 2010.
After graduation, Maureen followed her parents into civil service. She worked for a time with the FBI, then moved to the State Department, where she rose from secretary-stenographer to an assistant handling security clearances, according to a 2010 interview with Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine. She also took classes at a Virginia community college.
During the summer of 1973, the 19-year-old was attending a party when she caught the eye of a young University of Notre Dame student.
After a three-year courtship, Bob McDonnell proposed over a four-pack of "cheap ale" in a grocery store parking lot, his wife told the Washington Post.
"It was very simple," she said in the 2010 interview. "Our life always was."
Bob McDonnell joined the Army, and the couple married in 1976 at Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia.
McDonnell's career as a medical supply officer carried them to West Germany and back to Virginia, where Maureen gave birth to their first of five children, Jeanine, in 1981.
After graduating law school, Bob McDonnell worked his way up in the Virginia Beach commonwealth's attorney's office. In 1991, he won a tight election to the House of Delegates.
Even as her husband's clout grew, Maureen remained thrifty, friends have said. The couple lived in middle-class neighborhoods in suburban Virginia Beach filled with one-story brick homes and traditional two-story colonials that are within earshot of Navy fighter jets roaring overhead. Their children attended public schools. If the kids wanted luxuries, they had to work for them. Jeanine mucked out stalls to pay for horseback-riding lessons, Maureen told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Robyn Deane says her former sister-in-law sold everything from vitamin supplements and skin-care products to home decorating items and teddy bears with Bible verses sewn on their chests.
"She was very much the enthusiastic entrepreneur," Deane told The Associated Press.
A one-time cheerleader for the NFL's Washington Redskins, Maureen brought her enthusiasm to promoting her husband's political career. She was a big part of his successful 2005 campaign for Virginia attorney general and played a crucial role four years later in his quest for the state's highest office, appearing in ads, using her rusty Spanish to court Latino voters and rallying women at campaign events.
Bob McDonnell's relationship with Jonnie Williams dates to March 2009 when, the federal indictment alleges, members of his staff asked about using Williams' jet in the gubernatorial campaign. But it was a postelection meeting in New York City that prosecutors say began the soon-to-be first lady's relationship with Williams.
Williams, the Post reported, mentioned that he was friends with designer Oscar de la Renta. When Maureen McDonnell asked for help finding a dress for the inauguration, the indictment alleges, Williams offered to buy her one.
"I need to talk to you about Inaugural clothing budget," she wrote in an email to one of her husband's senior staffers. "I need answers and Bob is screaming about the thousands I'm charging up in credit card debt. We are broke, have an unconscionable amount in credit card debt already, and this Inaugural is killing us!! "
Staffers convinced her that such a gift would be inappropriate but, according to prosecutors, she told Williams "that she would take a 'rain check' from him."
Once ensconced in the governor's mansion, she oversaw renovations that included refinishing floors, repairing the roof and restoring ceilings. She launched a privately funded project to paint portraits of all surviving first ladies — including a depiction of her the blue inaugural gown she ended up wearing.
But behind closed doors, it was clear this was no Camelot.
Last summer, the Post quoted unnamed sources about an alleged incident in which Maureen McDonnell stripped down to her underwear to show a maid the proper way to scrub a floor, then insisted that two professional staffers do the same.
Former mansion chef Todd Schneider told Washingtonian Magazine that the first lady had a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" personality.
"If the first lady did not get her way, she pouted, screamed, yelled," Schneider, who declined interview requests from the AP, told the magazine. Schneider was fired in 2012 amid a probe of what state police called "improprieties involving the kitchen operation at the governor's mansion."
By late 2011, things had gotten so bad that several members of the staff drafted a letter to the governor to complain about the hostile environment his wife had created, and threatened to resign. Several news outlets have reported about the letter, but it has yet to surface publicly.
An event held a few months later suggests the administration was trying to fix things inside the mansion.
On Jan. 4, 2012, the Performance Management Group at Virginia Commonwealth University put on a team-building event for the first lady's staff that included role playing, leadership coaching and a working lunch session led by Maureen McDonnell.
"You listened when needed, inserted preferences appropriately and were very honest and direct in discussing some events of the past and how they might effect culture," consultant Linda Pierce wrote to the first lady in a Jan. 5, 2012, email.
By early 2012, investigators were investigating Williams, which led to the first couple. Williams has declined to comment.
Schneider had helped cater the June 2011 wedding reception of the McDonnells' daughter, Cailin, for which Williams chipped in $15,000, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors say the Rolex, golf rounds, loans to purchase shares of Star Scientific and even rides in Williams' Ferrari were all quid pro quo for the first couple's help in promoting Star Scientific and its product, Anatabloc — including getting the governor to attend a launch party at the mansion for the supplement billed as billed as showing promise in treating Alzheimer's disease.
In an August 2011 email to her husband and included in the indictment, Maureen McDonnell quoted an analyst who followed Star Scientific's stock as saying, "I am utterly certain that Anatabloc is going to shake our political system to its very roots."
The analyst was right. In a little over a year, Bob McDonnell went from being a possible running mate for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to fighting not just for his political future, but for his freedom.
Schneider, the ex-chef, pleaded no contest in September to reduced charges that he stole food from the mansion kitchen and was ordered to pay $2,300 in restitution.
Williams, who stepped down from Star Scientific, has not been charged. Anatabloc is still on the market.
The charges against the former first couple carry potential sentences of up to 30 years in prison and fines ranging from $250,000 to $1 million. Their trial is scheduled for July 28.
At their Jan. 24 arraignment, Maureen McDonnell, looking tired and visibly thinner, told the judge she was taking medications for "concentration" and "anxiety."


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White Tiger: Analysing Dan Rooney at Truro
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by Nick Saunders Smith | Nov 13, 2018 | Analysis | 0 comments
Since joining Truro City on loan, Plymouth Argyle reserve Dan Rooney has excelled. The central-midfielder recently won the player-of-the-month award for October and has helped to turn around the club's fortunes. With performances and results picking up over the past five games, the White Tigers have lifted themselves out of the relegation zone.
Along with ex-Argyle youth product River Allen, Rooney has been central to the turnaround in performances as part of a more balanced midfield unit. Indeed, to get an idea of how influential he has been, just listen to the commentary from Truro's 1-1 draw with high-flying Bath City:
Rooney's success has a lot to do with the position he's been played in. Truro play a 3-1-4-2 formation, with a midfield trio highly similar to that used by Argyle last season: a sitting midfielder who is comfortable passing the ball and two central-midfielders pressing on ahead of him. With Allen behind, Rooney has started all five matches in the more advanced position alongside a midfield partner.
This formation suits his attributes. For those who have not seen him play, the best player to compare him to in Argyle's squad would be Antoni Sarcevic. Like Argyle's number 7, his main strengths lie in his attacking movement and his ball-carrying attributes. Playing on lesser quality pitches in the National League South has limited the number of opportunities he has had to dribble at opponents, but that hasn't impacted his movement off the ball, as you can see in the next highlight:
Just like Sarcevic, Rooney displayed an astute awareness of the space around him. First, he moved forward to provide another crossing option for the wing-back, Thompson, before peeling off into space once Thompson was in a position to cut the ball back instead. This kind of run, into space around the edge of the box, is one that Sarcevic often makes to position himself for a cut-back and get off a shot at goal.
Rooney (number 15) also demonstrated good attacking awareness when scoring Truro's goal in this match:
Though this appears to be a routine goalmouth scramble (and in many ways it was) there were pieces of skill demonstrated during, particularly by Rooney. It may take a couple of replays to fully appreciate the movement, but once you see it you will understand the intelligence behind it.
Having initially made a run to the back post, Rooney circled back into the centre of the box following the blocked shot for a potential rebound or cross. From there, once Harvey returned the ball to the centre, Rooney was positioned six-yards from goal, unmarked, for a tap-in.
This kind of movement that has increased Truro's attacking threat. Prior to his arrival, the strikers had too often been isolated by the midfield and supplied mainly by long-passes. Since, Rooney has proved to be a valuable link between midfield and attack, helping to generate dangerous positions.
This can also be seen in the goal he assisted for Tyler Harvey against Dartford:
Again, we're looking at a piece of good attacking awareness and movement. Rooney saw the space beyond the full-back and attacked it. Though he was fortunate to receive the ball, that was partly due to the pressure he put the defender under, while his quick thinking to cut the ball past the 'keeper created an open-goal for Harvey.
It has been this role, as the link between the midfield and the attack, that has noticeably improved Truro and won him the player-of-the-month award. Since his arrival, the rate at which Truro have scored goals has doubled. Tyler Harvey, who scored once in the opening seven games, has thrived since Rooney arrived because of this improved link. With markedly improved service, he is currently on a run of four goals in four matches.
However, where the Sarcevic comparison falls down is in defending and passing. One of Sarcevic's great strengths is his all-action pressing style that restricts the opposition's time and space in midfield. It is not yet apparent whether Rooney has these qualities, though that does not make it a weakness in his game – rather, it isn't an area in which he currently specialises. Given that he only turns 20 this month, there is still a lot of time for him to improve on this.
What he lacks in defensive awareness, he makes up for in passing ability. Whereas Sarcevic's passing is holding him back – if he were to improve his awareness and consistency in this area, he'd probably be of Championship quality – Rooney's passing is just another string to his bow.
Though not at the level where he has the ability to run games single-handedly, like Carey did in his first two seasons at the club from central attacking-midfield, Rooney's passing is certainly a stronger part of his game than Sarcevic's is. It may not be strong enough to dictate the play of matches, like Fox can, but it is good enough to make him a player capable of playing in a number of roles and formations.
Indeed, Rooney is a classic box-to-box midfielder. Solid – but currently unremarkable – in defence, comfortable in possession, capable of opening up defences with a well-timed attacking run, and an able finisher to boot. He has all the tools required at his age to succeed in that position.
However, it should not be missed that football has trended away from box-to-box midfielders in the past decade. The era of Lampard and Gerrard faded into one of Xavi and Iniesta. Midfields have become more technical – the best sides now require the capability to dominate possession. The 4-2-3-1 formation, the most common style used in England, is mostly constructed around solid defensive midfielders (like Tom Purrington), deep-lying playmakers (like Cameron Sangster) and technically excellent creators (like Rio Garside).
As an all-round, box-to-box midfielder, Rooney – like Sarcevic – currently falls into none of those categories. That's not to say that he cannot make it. Many sides, including Argyle, currently operate outside of that 4-2-3-1 system, while others incorporate these kinds of midfielders into the formation. Rather, he has to ensure that he picks the right clubs to join after his spell at Truro is complete.
Dan Rooney's time at Cornwall's premier football club has, thus far, been a success. It has demonstrated that Argyle's reserves can not only compete, but excel, alongside more seasoned professional. Yet, in order for any young player to become a successful, professional footballer, they must show consistent improvement.
Rooney has made an excellent start, but to continue progressing he must ensure that he makes the right move after his loan with Truro is complete. By picking the right sides to join, ones that will emphasise his strengths, Rooney will increase his chances that he can be a success story for Plymouth Argyle's academy.


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Unfortunately the world is not contained in four walls and the emotions felt on graduation day are not the same ones you feel weeks later when parents' phone rings at 2:00 in the morning and the voice on the other end says "I am sorry but I need you to identify a body." After a night of celebration and drinking, new high school graduate has taken one too many sips of alcohol and died from alcohol poisoning or chose to drive home drunk and ran a stop sign in the process (Fleming, p. 1), killing himself and others, or fell into a depressed drunken state and committed suicide (Carpenter, p. 831-842). These are not the scenarios anyone wants to think about however they are very real. Eighteen may be the age of adulthood or independence but it is not the age of reason, responsibility, maturity, or discernment. An adult under the age of 21 should not be able to legally consume alcohol, nor should they be able to vote, enlist in the military, or enter into legal contracts such as marriage. Studies show these developing minds are just not ready to take on such levels of responsibility.
Those who argue that the legal drinking age should be lowered from 21 years of age to 18 years of age believe this is the age of accountability since it is the age that U.S. citizens have the right to vote. Although 18 are considered the age of adulthood, it should not automatically establish maturity or responsibility. Some also believe the legal drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18 because 18 year olds are able to get married and be held liable for financial matters which are legally binding contracts. I would argue that a legal contract should not be executed or honored by individuals who do not understand the seriousness of the agreement of commitment. At 18 one is considered an adult in the United States; however the law cannot determine one's maturity level or readiness to deal with alcohol and legal matters.
More than 50 million people have alcohol problems in the USA (Klein, 149-169). Alcohol is related to 1000,000 deaths per year. Teenagers are probably most associated with alcohol. However, the drinking age should be kept at 21 for many reasons. One good reason to keep the drinking age at 21 is the physical effect that appears by the use of alcohol. Alcohol starts to play a big role in the early stage of someone's life. It can be fatal if it's consumed in large amounts. But even in small amounts alcohol can have damaging effects on the brain, liver, heart, stomach, and the kidney. Drinkers have to fight with confusion and memory loss. Even memorizing a name can become a big problem.
In addition to the confusion and the memory loss the motor functions of the body can be damaged. That leads to coordination problems and can result in driving accidents, falls, and other injuries (Fleming, p. 16-24). But not only the brain and the motor functions are impaired. The heart, which is one of the most important organs in our body, can also be attacked by the alcohol. Drinking causes a change in the heart vessels. In the long run it can lead to heart attacks and heart failures. Alcohol can also become dangerous for women who are pregnant. It might affect the Childs health. A newborn can face seeing and hearing problems and more damaging effects. The consequence of the alcohol is a baby for his whole life under medication.
The second reason why we should prevent an early use of alcohol is the physical effect. Alcohol is depressant. It can lead to behavior problems such as unprotected sex, violence, and drunken driving (Klein, 149-169). More than 70% of all households that consume alcohol are involved in child abuse cases. 86% are homicides cases and more than 40% car accidents per year happen through influence of alcohol (Fleming, p. 16-24). Drinkers have problems to set goals and are unable to handle responsibility. It could influence schoolwork and other activities outside the school. They can't carry the responsibility and schoolwork can result in bad grades and a bad scholarship.
The last reason why drinking should be kept at 21 is the social issue. Drinkers are separating themselves from the society. They hardly speak to anyone and stay out of conversations. They have mostly no friends and no support from their family. Alcoholics live most of the time alone and have no contact to the outside world. Besides going to work they only go out when they need to take care of their groceries. Most drinkers however deny that they depend on alcohol and look for other excuses to blame on why they are separating themselves. Most likely, young drinkers will avoid any contact to the parents and their friends. That can result in overdose of alcohol and an early death.
We have to prevent our children from drinking alcohol and the best way we can do it is to keep the drinking age at 21. It can get out of control and we have to prevent more car accidents and alcohol related deaths in total. Teens cannot fully understand the situation that occurs by consuming alcohol. We can reduce this risk by just setting the drinking age at 21. However, we have to get more involved in the control over the buying of alcohol. It is still not enough done to make it more difficult to buy alcohol.
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Just as with other games with cards, blackjack refers to a one-of-a-kind casino game of skill and luck. Even though no man has ever won every single blackjack game he has played, several blackjack tips are able to help players win more often. Here are some of them.
Never split your 10s. Given the gaming situation, this hand already totals 20, making it excellent. Your goal would be to reach 21. However, if you have 20 as your first hand, the only way the dealer will be able to beat you is with a hand of 21. In general, this would be hard for him to do.
Always split your 8s. Regardless of what hand the dealer is holding, even if he has an Ace showing, split your 8s. 16 happens to be the worst blackjack hand out there, so splitting your 8s will give you higher odds of winning one hand, and eventually saving you some money. If you win one hand and lose the other, the winning one will pay off the other, so you won't lose anything (provided you followed the regular rule requirement by placing the exact same amount for the second bet). Plus, if you end up drawing 10s for both, you will end up with two 18s as opposed to a 16, which will give you better chances overall.
Never split your 5s. This will give you a total of 10, so it would be smart to just double down in order to get a single card. Think about it: splitting two 5s and getting two 10s will just give you two horrible hands and you could have gotten a 20 with a double down.
When your total is 11, don't hesitate when the dealer has an Ace or a 10 showing.
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When your total is 9 while the dealer is showing a card between 2 and 8.
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When you hold soft 15s or 16s while the dealer holds a card between 4 and 6.
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Russian Regions Dream of Autonomy Not Independence, Belanovsky Says
May 13, 2019 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Regions, Cities, Municipalities
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, May 10, 2019)
Moscow sociologist Sergey Belanovsky, who attracted widespread notice for accurately predicting the 2011-2012 protests in Russia, says that people and officials in most Russian regions dream of gaining significant autonomy but that at present they are not thinking about independence.
His observation comes in a Facebook post that has been reposted by Novyye izvestiya which also features reactions by other experts to this idea and its possible realization (facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=657568768014119&id=100012830048721 and newizv.ru/article/general/10-05-2019/sotsiolog-rossiyskie-regiony-mechtayut-ob-avtonomii). [note from JRL web editor: google automatic translation of second webpage, from Russian to English, can be viewed here: translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=newizv.ru%2Farticle%2Fgeneral%2F10-05-2019%2Fsotsiolog-rossiyskie-regiony-mechtayut-ob-avtonomii]
[embedded live feed from facebook post referenced in original article, inserted here by JRL web editor]
Preliminary data from a study Belanovsky is conducting show, he says, that "in many regions, the majority of residents support autonomy, that is, they are not for withdrawal from Russia but rather for an essential broadening of rights in the area of forming regional legislation." Many cite the US as a model in this regard.
The sociologist says that many governors support the same goal. As a result, "a new political idea is arising, which [he says he] describes here as a logical construction and not as a political supporter or opponent." That is the idea of a kind of governors' party to press for greater autonomy.
"I remember a phrase from Soviet times that the authorities … could remove from his position any obkom secretary but they couldn't remove all the secretaries of the obkoms. A similar situation has arisen today," Belanovsky says. And that gives the governors an opening if they can come together.
The more of them who can come together and make an appeal to the center on the basis of loyalty, saying that more autonomy is needed to do what the center wants, the fewer chances there will be that the Kremlin will remove any of them. How possible such an alliance is, of course, is far from clear at least anytime soon.
Luiza Akiyeva, a Moscow political analyst, in a comment to Novyye izvestiya agrees with this logic but says that it is unlikely to happen for two reasons. On the one hand, the center retains the whip hand and needs the current high level of extraction of resources from the regions to pursue its geopolitical goals.
And on the other, she continues, the governors come out of this system typically from the center and are not very inclined to challenge Moscow individually or collectively even if changes in the direction of greater federalism are very much in their interests, the interests of their regions, and those of Russia as a whole.
Publicist Igor Stadnik agrees. He doesn't think the governors can press this agenda on their own. They would have a chance only if there were to appear a powerful social movement from below that would allow them to argue that only the decentralization of financial and legislative power would allow them and thus Moscow to retain control of the situaiton.
[Article also appeared at windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2019/05/russian-regions-dream-of-autonomy-not.html]
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As a doctor, with different social and professional background, which was the source of your willpower to help people leaving in slums in India? Which is the story behind becoming a philanthropist?
While working with Government of Rajasthan, under its health department, I realised that development has different meanings and to improve health, more proactive and people centric interventions are necessary to be introduced. Since, health infrastructure was not available in slum areas, people used to avail curative services from unqualified / under qualified personnel, who would play with their health. It was there that I sensed the need to establish a health system in slum areas. Also, I found that it is because of poor education or literacy that people are being exploited. Just by framing policies and plan health cannot reach to people living at bottom of pyramid. There were certain defects, like policy and planning at top level, instead of involving people in the process. Though, many attempts were made by the Govt to provide health care services to common man, but those didn't reach to the real beneficiaries, as benefits were stolen by chunk of people who otherwise could have afforded. So, with this, I decided to work with public, instead of public sector. Initially, I thought of establishing free health clinics and schoolrooms in the slum areas, but, despite of best efforts, nobody turned up. They simply said that their priority is bread! It was then that I realized the hierarchy of needs, and started working on creating sustainable livelihood for people at the bottom of pyramid.
The Centre of Development Communication (CDC) has a long and successful history in cooperating with poor urban communities. Which are the primary objectives of the CDC, and what makes its actions different than others?
At the time of initial formation of CDC, our focus was on health and education, but after gaining some hands on work experience, we realised that unless issues related to economic empowerment of people and sanitation are not taken care of, health objectives cannot be achieved. So, as I mentioned above, we shifted our focus to creation of sustainable livelihood. I think statistics can alone prove CDC to be different from others, to quote, daily average income of waste workers increased from US$ 0.2 to US$ 3, apart from benefits like mediclaim, provident fund and pension funds. In fact, our models are now being replicated across India. Further, it is pertinent to note here that with establishment of CDC, we also had an ulterior intention to demystify the myth of NGOs being dependent on grant funding, and institute the thought that NGOs can run without grant funding, with models of self sustenance. Development indicators are not achieved because of the welfare approach. And so we have, for last 18 years we have been working without any grant funding and with the hypothesis that every component of development should take place with a business model; and that we could establish in sector of waste management.
The ability of informal sector to get organized is most of the times questioned. Private sector customarily is unwilling to cooperate seriously with waste pickers, arguing that they are not trustworthy partners. Nevertheless examples like yours exist, where informal sector managed to improve working manners, organization and as an outcome they managed to improve the life of their families. Which was the parameter that made it possible for them, and not for others?
By them you probably mean CDC, accordingly, I would like just to say that we started as a non profit organization, and worked at ground levels with these workers initially. But later, when we had to make things happen, we did not take any grant-in-aids, rather, we preferred to collaborate with an Indian corporate giant, ILFS group, to fund our objectives. The beauty of this partnership is that CDC, the NGO, is itself member of the profit-making entity, and not any individual, ensuring that the profit is routed back to CDC alone, and not to anybody's personal motive. So, ILFS group kept an eye on funds, and we, CDC, ensured welfare of our employees, waste workers and rag pickers. Additionally, informal sector gets organized only when your objectives and intents are clear. They are very wise in judging what hidden objectives you possess. So, once you establish that trust and confidence, nothing remains impossible. One thing has to be established that you are not there to cheat them, as it usually happens. Historically, people may blame poor for not being trustworthy, but it is vice versa. What is required is a mix of passion, transparency and clear objectives to make them partners not to be employees.
Which were the main problems you had to confront when applying your project? How did you manage to attract slum inhabitants to follow your idea?
Your project is a reference initiative for India and all over the world. CDC has already begun setting up an operation in the Maldives, and plans to enter select African nations in the near future. What is your vision for the association and the future of waste management in general?
Let thousand flowers bloom... We understand our limitations, we are aware that CDC alone cannot bring the desired change, but then we are also aware that this particular intervention can create millions of livelihood opportunities for people. Thus, we will be happy to collaborate with those who are compassionate about people living at bottom of pyramid and treat at them as partners. Within waste mgt segment we consider and emphasis that primary collection should remain in domain of waste workers and they should also get rights over recyclable material.


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A Whole New Ball Game (Paperback)
The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
By Sue Macy
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 9781627790604, 144pp.
"Play ball!" yelled the umpires as the teams of the AAGPBL took the field in the tense, war-torn days of 1943. Like all professional baseball players, these athletes scrambled to their positions, tossed balls across diamonds, and filled the air with chatter. But there was something different about them--they all wore skirts, went to charm school, and continually had to answer one question: "What is a woman doing playing baseball?"
What were they doing? Having a great time, playing top-notch ball, and showing that a woman's place was at home only when she was at bat, behind the plate, or scoring a run. For twelve seasons, from 1943 to 1954, some of America's best female athletes earned their livings by playing baseball. This is their story in their own words, a tale of no-hitters and chaperones, stolen bases and practical jokes, home runs and run-ins with fans.
Life in the league, however, was not all fun. Born out of a wartime "manpower" shortage, the AAGPBL ended with the growth of television and the ideal of the suburban home. Here, too, is the story of America's changing attitudes toward men and women and the roles we expect each to play. Author Sue Macy spent eleven years tracking down the women of the AAGPBL, interviewing them, and looking at their scrapbooks. Along the way she found that their odyssey did not end with the collapse of the league.
The same courage and spunk the players displayed on the field led them to get back in touch with each other in the 1980s, to remind the world of what they had achieved, and to take their rightful places in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Balancing the voices of the women of the league with a lively, insightful overview of the changing patterns of American life, A Whole New Ball Game is a sports story full of telling insights about who we expect to be at home and how women can get back to first base.
Sue Macy is a lifelong baseball fan and has been a writer and editor for children and young adults for more than fifteen years. A member of Princeton's first women's softball team as an undergraduate, she is now an editorial director in the magazine division of Scholastic Inc. She lives in Englewood, New Jersey.


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Bibliography of Frank H. Winter
Page Last Updated: 14 March, 2019
(See also, Finding Aid to F.H. Winter Bibliography)
Works in Progress | Books | Papers | Articles | Misc. Conferences/Talks | Editorships | Columns | Misc. | Selected Articles as a Journalist for U.S Air Force
Misc.:
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, America 's Hangar — Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center (Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington, D.C., 2003 and other editions), articles by Frank H. Winter, et. al., but without author citations.
Valerie Neal and Cathleen S. Lewis, eds., Smithsonian Guides — Spaceflight (Macmillan Publishing Co. New York, 1995), articles by Frank H. Winter, et. al., but without author citations.


Home All Things Doggy	Help! There's Pup In The Car!
You're making a quick grocery run, and decided to bring your pup along. After all, she gave you those puppy dog eyes and you know how much she loves sticking her head out the window. You get there and realize that there are no dogs allowed, so you decide to leave Fido in the car.
Well, think twice before you do so.
On hot days, a car's internal temperature can climb quickly– a grocery trip that takes 10-15 minutes could make your car super hot, with the inside of your car being 20 degrees hotter than the weather outside. Experts say that even if you crack open a window to provide your pooch with some ventilation, it doesn't help with airing out the internal temperature. Did you know that dogs can't sweat like people do? Their fur coats keep heat in, and panting is one of the main ways that dogs regulate temperatures. However with humidity inside of a car, panting gets harder, and your dog gets hotter. The effect of extreme heat on your pup can damage their internal organs.
So what should you do if you see a dog in a hot car? Here are 5 steps that you can take to help save the dog's life.
Take down the car's make, model, and license plate number and write the information down. If you don't have a pen and paper, type the information into your phone.
Only take this step if there's time. Remember, it only takes moments for a dog to suffer brain damage from a heated car. Ask the store manager if you can get help over the intercom. Be polite, but stress the urgency of the situation. At this point, your job is to get the message out there.
See how the dog is, and evaluate its condition. Wait by the car until the owner arrives. Check for signs of heat exhaustion, like excessive panting, or the dog attempting to find shade in the car. Often a scared pooch will try to hide under the car seats to try and cool off. Also, if the dog is scratching at the window or whining, these could be signs of heat stroke.
If the owner still does not appear, call the local authorities. They can come and open the car safely to get the dog out. If it seems like the dog is suffering and there isn't time for the authorities to arrive, then do what is necessary to save the dog. In some states, it is legal to break into a car to save a dog after you've tried to contact the owner and the local authorities.
So next time it's hot outside, leave your pup at home. Trust us, it's better for everyone's safety and will keep your doggo healthy and happy.
Do you have any tips to help your puppy stay cool on a hot day? Let us know in the comments below.


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Q: Startup warnings after upgrading from MongoDB 2.6 to 3.4 I removed MongoDB 2.6 and installed MongoDB 3.4. When I connect to the MongoDB 3.4 server there are several new startup warnings:
MongoDB shell version v3.4.2
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
MongoDB server version: 3.4.2
Server has startup warnings:

2017-03-20T20:27:36.175+0545 I STORAGE  [initandlisten]
2017-03-20T20:27:36.175+0545 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: Using the XFS filesystem is strongly recommended with the WiredTiger storage engine
2017-03-20T20:27:36.175+0545 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] **          See http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/prodnotes-filesystem
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: Access control is not enabled for the database.
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] **          Read and write access to data and configuration is unrestricted.
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is 'always'.
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] **        We suggest setting it to 'never'
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag is 'always'.
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] **        We suggest setting it to 'never'
2017-03-20T20:27:36.855+0545 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]

How do I remove these warnings?

A: The MongoDB 3.4 log messages you have highlighted are startup warnings, not errors. These warnings are intended to alert administrators to configuration settings that may have potentially detrimental impact (particularly for production deployments).
If this is a development environment (or you are not concerned about maximizing performance) you can choose to ignore these.
For a more detailed list of recommended settings you should review the Production Notes in the MongoDB manual. Successive versions of MongoDB have added more server warnings for detectable configuration settings as many administrators are unaware of the production notes or what may apply to their deployment.

WARNING: Using the XFS filesystem is strongly recommended with the WiredTiger storage engine

This warning indicates you are using WiredTiger and a filesystem other than XFS (see http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/prodnotes-filesystem for more information).

WARNING: Access control is not enabled for the database.

This warning indicates you do not have access control enabled, so any user/application that can connect to your deployment will have unrestricted access. To secure your deployment please review the measures in the MongoDB Security Checklist.

WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is 'always'.
We suggest setting it to 'never'
WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag is 'always'.
We suggest setting it to 'never'

Transparent Huge Pages (THP) is a Linux memory management setting that can adversely affect database workflows. For more information see: Disable Transparent Huge Pages in the MongoDB manual.

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Combo of Antioxidants Helps Ease Pain in Endometriosis Patients, Study Reports
by Patricia Inacio, PhD
A six-month treatment with a daily combination of antioxidants was found to significantly reduce endometriosis-associated pelvic pain, according to researchers.
Their study, "Effectiveness of an antioxidant preparation with N-acetyl cysteine, alpha lipoic acid and bromelain in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pelvic pain: LEAP study," was published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
Research suggests that oxidative stress — an imbalance between the body's production of potentially harmful reactive oxygen species and its ability to contain them — may promote endometriosis and infertility.
Recently, a cocktail of antioxidants containing a combination of N-acetyl cysteine, alpha lipoic acid (a natural antioxidant that exists in many foods), bromelain (an enzyme found in pineapple), and zinc has shown promising results as a strategy to control endometriosis-associated pelvic pain in animal models of the disease.
Also, supplements of antioxidants along with vitamins C and E reduced chronic pelvic pain and markers of inflammation in a randomized trial with women with endometriosis compared to placebo.
Researchers from Spain tested the effects of the antioxidant preparation with N-acetyl cysteine, alpha lipoic acid, and bromelain in endometriosis-associated pelvic pain.
The study enrolled 398 women with endometriosis (mean age 34.6) with 92.7% of them reporting moderate to intense pain at the start of the study — a score above 4 on the visual analogue scale (VAS).
The VAS is a scale from zero (no pain) to 10 (worse pain imaginable). Around half of them (55.5%) have never been pregnant.
Endometriosis-associated pelvic pain "was classed as mild when VAS was 4–5, moderate when VAS was 6–7, and severe when VAS was 8-10," researchers wrote.
Women began treatment with the antioxidants at a dose of two tablets a day — N-acetyl cysteine (600 mg), alpha lipoic acid (200 mg), bromelain (25 mg), and zinc (10 mg) — administered for six months. Researchers evaluated patients' pain scores after three months of treatment and again at the end of the treatment.
At the beginning of the trial, the mean VAS score for pain was 6.68. To control the pain, 86.4% of the women (344 participants) required the use of analgesic medication, specifically nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs), like ibuprofen.
"Of the patients who took NSAIDs, 55.8% were taking them every 8 hours for 4–5 days per cycle and 13.6% needed to take an NSAID continuously each day," researchers wrote.
Within three months of treatment, researchers analyzed the outcomes of 373 participants. The analysis showed the mean VAS score for pain showed a significant decease to 4.55, and fewer women, 57.4%, required the help of NSAIDs to deal with the pain.
The percentage of women taking NSAIDs daily also decreased, and was now at only 4.3%.
At the end of the six-month treatment period, the mean VAS score for pain continued to decrease and reached a score of 3.52, with only 37.4% of the participamts taking NSAIDs. Daily use was reported by only 1.3%.
The results showed the combination of antioxidants improved the pain score in 91% of women with severe pain and 67% of those with moderate pain, researchers found.
"At the 6-month visit, 52% of patients reported pain equal to or less than 3," they wrote.
"Our study shows that women with endometriosis who wish to become pregnant and are treated with a preparation containing N- acetyl cysteine, alpha lipoic acid, and bromelain experience a significant improvement in pain associated with endometriosis and require lower intake of rescue analgesics," the researchers added.
Patricia Inacio, PhD
Patricia holds her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from University Nova de Lisboa, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European Agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Laboratory of Doctor David A. Fidock, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York.
Tagged antioxidants, combo therapy, endometriosis-associated pelvic pain, N-acetyl cysteine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, NSAIDs, oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species, visual analogue scale.
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editor : Bernard Schwartz, New York University School of Law.
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Q: HTML CSS Cannot click on links There are quite a lot of questions asking almost the same questions. Now I have met the same issue and I find out that rarely there are answers that explains how to find out the root cause. It seems that the reason is some other div overlays on top of the links, but how could I find out which div is the one to blame. I have set the link's z-index to large numbers but it doesn't work. I don't know why. Could anyone help me on how to debug this issue?
My tougher situation is that the website is a Wordpress one. There are a lot of nested divs. Can I use the browser's inspect tool to quickly find out how to fix such issues?
link - on this website, the left sidebar's links are not clickable.

A: the problem is with this class #theme-page:before it has position: absolute; and it's covering all of the page elements, when you removing it everything will work properly.

A: you may try this : include it at the very bottom of your css style:
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Please comment below if you have problem with this :)

A: It is pretty obvious that you have problem with position: absolute; when you inspect element. Look at the image and remove it , and it should be work
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A: You need to change the stack order of #theme-page::before You can simply fix this with z-index property
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What Happens to the Supercommittee's Records?
This story by Richard Lardner of the Associated Press ("Debt-reduction 'supercommittee' hid in plain sight") discusses how the "Supercommittee" has conducted its business largely behind closed doors. The article cites this blog's view that the committee's narrow interpretation of the term "meeting" as used in its open meeting rule enabled it to conduct virtually all of its deliberations out of public view.
Lardner also raises an interesting question regarding the disposition of the committee records. Rule III(3) of its rules provides that "[u]pon termination of the Joint Select Committee, the records of the Joint Select Committee shall be treated as Senate records under S. Res. 474, 96th Congress as directed by the Secretary of the Senate." S. Res. 474, in turn, provides that committee records, once archived, are to be made available to the public after 20 years unless (1) the records were already public before being archived (in which case they can be made available to the public immediately), (2) the records contain information relating to the privacy of specific individuals, such as investigative or personnel files (in which case they are not available for 50 years) or (3) the committee prescribes a different time for public release of its records.
As a practical mater, the decision as to what committee records are to be archived will be made by Senate archivists working with committee staff. My understanding is that the Senate archivists consider notes, emails and similar documents to be committee records, at least to the extent that they document significant committee matters. This understanding is based in part on my experience with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; following the enactment of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the committee's archivist asked staff to identify and collect emails, notes and drafts that would document the negotiating and deliberating process. (We grumbled, but made reasonable efforts to comply).
In the case of the Supercommittee, the fact that it has no permanent or clearly demarcated offices may make this process even more haphazard than usual. But one assumes that the Senate archivists, acting under the Secretary's direction, will do their best to gather those records that would shed light on the committee's work.
But who will see these records? Unless the committee adopts a resolution or order providing for earlier public release, all of these records (save those already public) will remain sealed at the National Archives until at least 2031.
Perhaps the Congressional Transparency Caucus would like to weigh in?


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What is the existing situation of wild fish are overfished as bait of industrial farmed fish?
Larvae as alternative bait for wild fish
Up to this point regarding of industrial news, we have learned the possibility of mackerel born tuna and the advanced technologies and development of fully-closed life-cycle farming of brand fish. It is believed that armed with successful aquaculture of brand fish, we will be able to maintain the balance of endangered species and protect natural resource. However, a definitive conclusion cannot be drawn that easily.
According to Nikkei electronic version, from the book, Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat (2014) by Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming and Isabel Oakeshot, current situation of aquaculture has trigger an alarm.
In response to the decline of natural fish resources, most people would agree that fish farming is a preferred solution. However, Mr. Lymbery denies the theory for the following reasons: "Fish farming is designed to reduce the tension of the marine ecosystem by protecting the wild small fish from becoming prey of carnivorous fish such as salmon and trout, yet result shows more fish are actually taken from the sea", the ration of "invested fish" versus "farmed fish" also evidently points out the fact that aquaculture is the use of extremely inefficient fish resources.
Reference Nikki Electronic Version:
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO82827310V00C15A2000000/
From Mr. Lymbery's research "It takes up to 5 kilograms of wild fish to produce one kilogram of farmed salmon. By increasing amount of farmed fish, we will only accelerate the decreation of wild fish"
The curtained replacement of wild fish used as bait becomes the immediate challenge. Already industrial aquaculture in Japan is able to produce a safer alternative bait on land. It is the larvae of insects. In 2013, one of NHK programs called "OHAYO JAPAN" has reported the new update of bait used for fish farming.
"By using artificial fish powder or using insects as bait can be options to prevent depletion of natural resources." By feeding Sparidae with this particular bait, with just 3 months, Sparidae can increase weight up to 20% more than regular fed ones. Moreover, it has been confirmed that insects contain a type of sugar, which enhances immunity of fish. Experiments also showed that fish infected with bacteria have significantly better survival rate.
Reference NHK OHAYO JAPAN:
http://www.nhk.or.jp/ohayou/
Recently, due to increased price of wild small fish, chemical has been used to feed those farmed fish, and it has become a new problem. Certainly, by using cheaper and easily reproducible insects as bait, and at the same time can increase the quality of fish, no one would disagree with this idea.
For the future of technology development direction, especial for tuna that only take alive fish as bait, larvae might be able to use as substitution.
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Roy Tomizawa September 15, 2017 Boxing, Economics, Gender, Japan, Olympics, Pop Culture, Tokyo 1964
Faces of Tokyo Part 2: We are International and Sophisticated
This is part two of Faces of Tokyo, a series of posts on how Dentsu wanted to portray the Japanese to foreign visitors of Japan, as explained in a set of pictures and profiles of Japanese and the work they do. The profiles below, from the book, "Tokyo Olympics Official Souvenir 1964," are intended to leave the foreign reader the impression that the Japanese, in 1964, are indeed savvy internationalists.
Ballerina: She's been to Europe twice to study dance and performed with a visiting opera company from Italy in 1963. On top of that, ballerina, Yukiko Tomoi, was given the task of organizing a special performance of La Turandot during the Tokyo Olympics, not only for the Japanese who grew up loving classical European music and dance, but for the Westerner who needed assurances that the Japanese were not all shamisen and kabuki.
The Artist: Not only do the Japanese know ballet in 1964, they know how to paint using techniques introduced to Japan from Western Europe in the Meiji Period. Featured here is Takeshi Hayashi, an established painter and professor of the Tokyo Art Museum. Dentsu even mentioned artist Tsuguji Fujita, a Japanese artist who moved to Paris, and even traded in his Japanese passport for a French passport.
Fashion Model: Dentsu selected Reiko Kawasaki as the face of the young model, likely because she evokes a young Audrey Hepburn. There's very little detail in this profile, except that she has been a model for three years "who has not attempted to get ahead faster than her shadow." More interestingly, the profile refers to Akiko Kojima, who was crowned Miss Universe in 1959, the first ever from Asia. A triumph over the beauties from Norway, the US, England and Brazil, Kojima's victory was yet another milestone in Japan's march to international acceptance.
Fashion Designer: She was one of the biggest names in fashion in Japan. Hanae Mori in 1964 was particularly well regarded for her costume designs in film. A year later, she debuted internationally with a show in New York City, and 12 years later opened up shop in Paris.
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Test Event in Archery: "Ready Steady Tokyo" in Yume no Shima
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Japan's Team - The Oriental Witches of the 1964 Olympics Part 2: Was the Training of the Women's Volleyball Team Abuse or Tough Love?
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We Have Lift Off: "1964 The Greatest Year in the History of Japan" Launches!
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My sister flew up to visit for a few days and escaped hurricane Matthew, so we had a sister weekend for the 3 of us girls roaming around Minnesota. We hopped on a trolley in Stillwater, hiked Taylors Falls and did a road trip up to Grand Marais to try to find some wandering moose, see the fall colors and listen to the waves crashing against the rocks on Lake Superior. On the way home, we stopped at one of the apple orchards to pick apples for our dessert.
We bought a few different kinds of apples. (That's the secret to the best flavor and texture of an apple crisp or apple pie). Shhhhh! Pair a tart apple with a sweet apple and a firm textured apple with one that's juicy or mushy when baked. I used Honeycrisp, SweeTango and Haralson. If I had some McIntosh, they would have gone in there as well. I love the smell of apple crisp baking in the oven and watching the leaves swirl around outside. It's what fall should smell like. This recipe has a ridiculous amount of topping that's not too much, because that's really not possible! The best way to mix the topping is to get in there with your hands. Mix it up well and drop the clumps of deliciousness on top of the apples.
Apple Crisp is the perfect easy-to-prepare dessert this time of year. This recipe is made with a variety of apples, cinnamon, vanilla and sugar under a bed of buttery oats and brown sugar.
In a large mixing bowl, toss together the apples, the white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla beans. Pour the apple mixture into a 13x9 baking dish.
For the topping: Combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Add the butter and mix until it comes together in large clumps. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the apple mixture.
Bake the apple crisp until the fruit is bubbling and the topping is golden brown and crisp, about 45 minutes.
You can also make apple crisp in individual ramekins or in a cast iron skillet.
Yum! I can hardly wait to try this! Thoughts of heavy topping PLUS lots of whipped cream makes my mouth water now! Thanks for the tip about mixing apple types!
Let me know how it turns out Rachel!
I'm going to try this. Love Apple crisp.
Thanks Kathy. I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Delicious! Thanks Susie for a perfect recipe and really pretty photos!
I do the same…i usually throw granny smith in with a golden delicious or a honeycrisp. Love the contrast. Going to try this recipe!
Granny Smith are pretty easy to find where Haralson might be more local, but I love them! Seriously, you can't go wrong with any apple in the crisp.


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Middle-Aged Blonde Woman Washes Up Dead, Half-Naked, on Long Beach
She was wearing just a bra and underwear and didn't appear to have been in the water long, a law enforcement source said
By Pei-Sze Cheng and Greg Cergol	• Published June 21, 2019 • Updated on June 21, 2019 at 6:47 pm
A white woman about 40 to 50 years old with blonde hair was found face down, dead, on Long Beach, early Friday, authorities say
A jogger made the grisly find and contacted authorities; the dead woman was wearing just undergarments, police said
The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to try to determine who she is, and how she died
A runner stumbled upon a grisly discovery during a morning jog on a Long Island beach early Friday — the body of a woman, face down, wearing just a bra and underwear, law enforcement sources and authorities tell News 4.
Cops responded to Long Beach, between Monroe and Lincoln boulevards, after the jogger called authorities around 5:30 a.m. to report the find. Long Beach police found the blonde woman face down in the sand; she appeared to have washed ashore, but there was no speculation about from where she had come.
One investigator told News 4 the woman didn't appear to have been in the water long. Police also say no foul play is suspected.
She was about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, white and thought to be around 40 to 50 years old. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene; the medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to try to determine who she is, and how she died.
Sources say there were no obvious signs of trauma to her body and no missing persons reports that match her description. Long Beach police and Nassau County police are leading the joint investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call authorities.
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