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Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
Toleration as Recognition
Galeotti, Anna Elisabetta, Toleration as Recognition, Cambridge University Press, 2002, 242pp, $60.00 (hbk), ISBN 0521806763.
Reviewed by Richard Dees, Saint Louis University
In Toleration as Recognition, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti offers a revision of the ideal of toleration that she hopes will deal effectively with the problems that face us in the twenty-first century without abandoning the core liberal ideals of equal respect and state neutrality. Traditionally, she argues, problems of toleration centered on issues of individual choices, but in today's pluralistic societies, the difficult cases increasingly involve problems of identity for marginalized groups who lack respect from the broader society. The problem with all current liberal theories—whether they are a version of neutrality or a form of perfectionism—is that they have "a fundamental insensitivity to difference" (57). The members of oppressed groups are given individual rights, but they are not given the respect they need to be full participants in political life; they do not enjoy the "equal worth of liberty." What is needed, she argues, is a symbolic recognition of their place in society "to reverse the previous invisibility, marginality, and stigmatization" (194): "The legitimation of their presence in public signifies their inclusion in the public sphere on the same footing as those whose practices and behavior are 'normal'" (101). Such a position does not, she argues, require that others endorse the values of the group or even that they value differences as such; it only requires society to recognize the group because of its significance to the individuals who are a part of it.
Galeotti's view is a significant contribution to a theory for a multicultural liberalism. She understands the ways in which the members of minority groups can be undermined by the majority culture both in overt actions and in more subtle misunderstandings, especially in the numerous ways white male Christian values are simply accepted as the norm by which everyone is judged. In addition, Galeotti adds a European perspective to a debate that is, ironically, often focused on North American problems. She nicely illustrates her view through the use of three extended case studies: the wearing of veils by Muslim schoolgirls in France, the existence of speech codes and hate-crimes legislation, and the debates surrounding the marriage of homosexuals. In a post-September 11 world, we might wonder about the relevance of the often-subtle forms of discrimination that are Galeotti's chief focus. But, if anything, suspicion of those who fall outside the mainstream has been greatly amplified by the tragedy. So, just to take a random example, 82 percent of the readers of a reasonably well-known conservative journal, Insight on the News, could declare that practically speaking, there is no such thing as "moderate Islam" (Internet poll, September 24, 2002). The stakes have become higher for everyone, and so the vigilance that Galeotti advocates is needed more than ever. For these reasons alone, I find Galeotti's view both interesting and important.
Nevertheless, I want to raise a few questions about her approach. First, I would like to raise a minor caveat about the way Galeotti frames the issues. She thinks debates about toleration have centered on issues of individual choices, but choice, I think, has rarely been the focus of toleration. In the twentieth century, issues of toleration focused on race and gender, neither of which can be seen as identities which are chosen, and in the classic literature, even religion was not seen as a matter of choice. One of Locke's central arguments for toleration, recall, is that belief cannot be compelled because it is not a matter for the will. So the question of toleration has always been a question about how to accommodate different group identities. Nevertheless, Galeotti offers a new approach to toleration, even if its originality lies in its emphasis, rather than in a radical break with past theory.
Second and more importantly, her insistence on symbolic changes raises a few problems. Galeotti seeks a "public recognition of differences" for marginalized groups that is meant to undercut the feelings of impotence and inferiority that plague these groups: "Public toleration of differences is, however, pursued for its symbolic meaning: the official public acceptance of a different behavior or lifestyle, if properly grounded, signifies recognition of that difference" (100). By "symbolic," Galeotti insists that she does not mean "meaningless," "trivial," or "unreal." The symbolic recognition is supposed to lead to real changes in people's lives (220-21). However, by suggesting that the changes are merely "symbolic," Galeotti, I think, de-emphasizes the potentially dramatic changes she seeks. Since, by hypothesis, the public acceptance that is part of a citizen's equal rights is not enough, the recognition that comes from being a citizen who happens to have another identity is not enough either. Equal respect for groups, she thinks, sometimes requires more than equal treatment. What marginalized groups need, then, is to be treated in ways that others are not treated, both to overcome their past and to expose the ways in which majority norms dominate public life.
Some might object that no group ever needs more than the recognition that is given to its individual members insofar as they are citizens. Such groups, they would argue, would only need special protection in one of two circumstances: if the group is harmed because the state illegitimately promotes values that lie outside those necessary for a liberal state (where what those values are will be thinner or thicker depending on whether the objector accepts neutralism or perfectionism), or if the group itself is promoting values that are at odds with those values. In the first case, the problem is not with the liberal theory, but with its execution, so no change in the theory is needed. In the second case, they would argue, the problem is with the group itself. If its values actively conflict with the requirements of a liberal society, then they cannot be expected to be tolerated, much less recognized.
To respond to this dilemma, Galeotti must make two claims. First, she must show that even if a liberal state does not promote values beyond the minimum, these groups will still be marginalized and stigmatized. But for this argument to be decisive, she must also show that the state is not passively promoting values: a state that simply allows racism to affect people's chances to advance themselves is not promoting even a minimal form of equality that every liberal theory recognizes. Galeotti is able to support an argument for the first point very well, and her claim does begin to address the second, even if she has not gone far enough to prove what is undoubtedly a difficult point to prove. Nevertheless, I am willing to grant her this point for the sake of argument: she could, after all, simply claim that her theory is meant to force the agents of the state to think more actively about the goals they passively promote, and even if we do not think a change in liberal theory is needed to accommodate her point, the new emphasis on these issues may lead us to accept Galeotti's view.
However, to respond to the second half of the dilemma, Galeotti must also show not only that the groups themselves pose no threat to the liberal society, but also that their values are in harmony with that society. Some groups, we might argue, like a pacifist version of the Ku Klux Klan or the Nation of Islam, should be tolerated because they do not pose a direct threat to people, but because the values of the groups are at odds with the basic tenets of a liberal society, we should do nothing to recognize them as a group. The individuals in them deserve nothing more than the individual rights that they have as citizens to freedom of thought, speech, and religion, and to assemble peaceably. To deserve recognition, then, a group must promote values that do not conflict with those in the society at large. If so, then Galeotti's claim that recognition does not require society to endorse the values of a marginalized group rings hollow. While the members of a society do not need to see the group as a positive addition to the society, they do have to see that the group can work within the norms of the society. Although others do not have to endorse everything about the group, they do have to endorse its values, at least for political purposes. That endorsement is fairly minimal, but it goes beyond what mere toleration requires.
In her defense, Galeotti often notes that many marginalized groups are stigmatized even when their values are consonant with those of liberal society in general. So the problem is really that majority groups should be more willing than they are to endorse the political values of marginalized groups. Insofar as this problem is significant, Galeotti's "toleration as recognition" is an important positive program.
Nevertheless, Galeotti often glides past the important issues that are usually the key to the debate about whether a particular group deserves recognition. Opponents often suggest that some groups deserve to be marginalized because they promote values that do in fact harm the society at large. The extent to which, for example, homosexuals should be tolerated turns precisely on the question of whether their full acceptance in society would undermine the family. To argue successfully for the full inclusion of gays and lesbians in society, we must argue that they pose no such threat. Such a debate cannot take place at a high level of abstraction; the outcome of such a debate does and should depend on the particular qualities of the group in question. What Galeotti's account needs is a straightforward discussion of how we can assess the kinds of threats a group—be it minority or majority—might pose to a liberal state and society.


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More Evansville retail stores reopening, Eastland Mall reopening during phased process
Brook Endale
Evansville Courier & Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Retailers continue to reopen, including Khol's this week.
The store has reduced its hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is dedicating the first hour of operation to at-risk individuals.
The store is opening with increased safety precautions, including closing fitting rooms and removing beauty testers to minimize touchpoints.
Kohl's employees will have temperature checks before every shift and will wear masks.
Eastland Mall opened its doors to a greater number of customers May 11 as part of Gov. Eric Holcomb's phased reopening plan for Indiana.
Under phase two, shopping malls may open at 50 percent capacity with indoor common areas restricted to 25 percent capacity.
Macy's is one of several stores at Eastland opening its doors to customers for the first time in weeks.
The department store has new safety regulations including making sanitizer available to customers. Employees are given wellness checks before each shift, are expected to wear masks, and there are plexiglass shields installed at counters.
More:Two men found dead in Peggy Drive residence in Henderson
More:Local priest Ziliak has traveled all over the world, but is grounded by pandemic
Customers are encouraged to remain six feet apart, and there will be increased air ventilation inside the store.
Customers can also opt for contact-free curbside pickup. Items bought for store pick-up on macys.com or the Macy's mobile app will be eligible for free curbside pick-up Monday through Friday between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Retail giant Dillard's is expected to open on May 12 along with Hollister & Company.
Other stores will be waiting until closer to the end of the month — such as Sephora and Maurices, which both open May 22.
Eastland Mall has a list of all stores that are open on its website. There are currently 20 stores operating, including the new vendor mall that opened in the former Toys R Us building.
Eastland Mall will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m Monday through Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m Sunday.
After being closed for about a month, the mall initially opened May 4 at a diminished capacity.
As part of phase three of the re-open plan, the mall will be allowed to re-open at 75 percent capacity on May 24.

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Top of todays list would be to go to San Marino to go on the cable car. No-one knew what to expect but we hadn't predicted how narrow, windy and steep the roads would be, not quite as bad as the Austrian Alps but the crazy Italian / San Marinon drivers did not help.
Crossing from Italy into San Marino we gained another star on our map and fuel became cheaper 👍 The main and only road in led us straight to our free campervan parking right at the bottom of the cable car.
Amy seemed fine as we purchased the cable car tickets but as it pulled up and it came time to board she went very quiet and glum, as her face went white we knew she was not happy, her eyes closed and they stayed that way till we got to the top. As for the rest of us we loved it, Lucy stood at the front with her arms in the air trying to get the car to rock. The view was amazing, quite breath taking.
Once Amy had stopped shaking we discovered hundreds of tax free shops which sold everything from guns and tsasrs to frilly tea towels, tat, tat and more tat – I was in heaven. We wondered randomly in and out of shops mostly buying junk or being chased out as Lucy would knock over glass or china.
One of the best shops happened to be a crazy alcohol shop with a very friendly assistant who had well practiced his English speeches, unfortunately he could not be interrupted as if he was he had to start the whole sentence from the start. When he produced shot glasses and began handing out tasters I thought we'd never leave but he then scared us off with his absinth which he claimed was illegal in the UK, it was horrid.
We could have carried on looking in the shops for hours but as our arms got longer and our feet got tired we decided to start prepping Amy for the cable car. Luckily the cart down was busier so Amy could not see out the windows, it seemed to go down quicker than it went up.
From San Marino we headed to the beach, a bit of seaside fun was needed whilst the sun was shining. Our stopover was in Rimini in a lovely marina with toilets, showers, laundry and the all important bars 🍻 while Neil checked us in with documents and security deposit Amy, Garf and I found a beachside bar so Lucy could build a sand castle which turned into a sandman.
Lucy could have spent hours in the sand and play park but due to the fact we hadn't had dinner we thought it would not have been wise for us to sit drinking in the sun for much longer, Garf had begun turning red. We walked back to the van for dinner the long way round along the sand looking like proper British tourist – we even rolled our jeans up.
After dinner we strolled heading toward The Rimini Eye, smaller than The London Eye but bigger than a fair ground ferris wheel. To Lucy's complete meltdown the wheel which looked only a few hundred feet away was actually the other side of the marina across a river, not walkable 😠 as a compromise to cheer her up she purchased a donkey space hopper from the nearest tat shop, another annoying toy to drive us all nuts.


My trip to England was an experience that I mostly enjoyed. Of course the best part was going on trips to different parts of the island. On our first trip to London, three of us went on a bike tour and got to see the sites that way and then experience some of them later up close as we visited them. We were able to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and enjoy that on the tour. I went to Westminster for Evensong and it is one of my favorite experiences of the entire time. Another girl and I went to Zoo Late Nights, which is an after-hours event at the London Zoo, and met up with Nick, one of my friends from back home in South Carolina who was also studying abroad in England while we were there. We got to see animal feedings and it was a fun time. My favorite feeding was that of the penguins because they were pretty active and it was neat seeing them swim around and jump out of the water.
The next week I went on a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland with four other ACU students and Nick. Before we left on the overnight bus, three other girls and I went to go see Wicked, which was a fantastic musical. Seeing shows was a highlight of my time in England. Once in Scotland, we went to Edinburgh Castle, which is at the end of the Royal Mile and sits above the city. From there, we had a great view of the city. We took the tour around it and got to learn about some of its history. We also went to the Mary King's Close which is one of the few places left of what was once part of the town that is now underground. Scotland was beautiful and I really liked the scenery.
I also went with others on day trips to London. As a class we had gone to the Natural History Museum but I also went back another afternoon. The Natural History Museum was fascinating, especially the history behind it as well as its architecture. Two other girls and I were able to see Les Misérables. Another time a girl and I went to see Vivaldi's Four Seasons at St. Martin in the Fields. I enjoyed my time in London and in all of England during my time studying abroad.


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Enjoy Happy Hour at The Sitting Duck every day from 4-7pm at the bar! Specials include a ton of appetizers for $5, House Wines & Martinis for $5, Premium Pints for $4.50, Domestic Pints for $2.50 and a Beer Paddle Sampler for $5. Take a look at the Happy Hour food & drink menu here.


Another dragon. Canson makes a pretty great mixed media sketchbook — a nice surface for pencils that erases well, while just heavy enough to accept washes.
Some dragon designs for a new project I've started. Still deciding whether I want to go digital or traditional for this one. Flexibility versus comfort, same old battle.


You just broke the FKT for summitting the mountain of smarmy self-righteousness. Criticizing hikers because they carry things in a backpack? Every park ranger in the world instructs to pack for emergencies. Twenty miles with no calories? One-speed only? Death wishes for Phil Gaimon? Your world revolves around you, nowhere did you take an ounce of responsibility for your bike being lifted in a big city. You're better than everyone and it's never your fault when something goes wrong. Good luck in the world.
Boom! Gimme that FKT. Do me a favor and nominate me for FKT of the year. I don't think you can nominate yourself.


Being busy trying to edit the last in the Kent History Project series: Early Medieval Kent, 800–1220, which needs to be finished and off to the publisher by the 1 September this year, I was grateful to a friend who suggested taking a few hours off to watch a cricket match. As a result we watched Kent comfortably beat Hampshire in a 50-overs a side match, although it had looked less comfortable during Hampshire's opening stand and Kent's minor batting collapse. It was a very pleasant atmosphere, and walking through the redesigned entrance to accommodate the housing and retail developments that have been built in recent year, it made me think of my research report for Canterbury Archaeological Trust regarding the 'Bat and Ball' site as it is designated. Thus as a way of providing something this week, I thought I would draw on a couple of aspects of the site's history but not the medieval leper hospital, rather the Tudor/Jacobean mansion house that followed it, as happened to so many of Canterbury's religious houses (and similarly nationwide), and then just a couple of what I think are interesting points about the early cricket ground.
The 'death' of St Lawrence's hospital was a protracted affair, beginning in 1538 when the hospital site was leased for ninety-nine years to Sir Christopher Hales of Hackington, who may have rented it out to a Canterbury yeoman because Dedyer Tompson styled himself 'of St Laurence beside Canterbury' in 1545. At this time a few of the sisters were still there and they were allowed to remain as part of the terms of the agreement, and, indeed, some managed to survive into Elizabeth's reign, the last having gone or died at some point in the 1560s. Even with the sisters the property attracted considerable interest and there were a number of disputes over who held it in the late 16th century because not only did it comprised a substantial mansion house and subsidiary buildings (barns, stables, a dovehouse, other buildings, orchards and gardens) by this time but the holder also had the St Lawrence Tithery. Being a tithe collector offered rich pickings, especially as the farm land in these Canterbury suburbs was being turned over to the new hop gardens at a time when the demand for beer, and thus hops, was on the increase.
By early in James I's reign the St Lawrence estate was in the hands of Richard Best, albeit on a lease from the Crown. However we get a really good idea of the estate not from the royal records but from Richard's probate documents. In 1633 he bequeathed his goods, lands and tenements to his son John, but it is his inventory where we get a far better idea of what this meant regarding the mansion house. Consequently, even though the appraisers may not have mentioned all the rooms in the house, they did list a hall, parlour, study, kitchen, buttery, bakehouse, chamber over the kitchen, a gallery over the parlour, a chamber over the hall, a chamber over the study, a garret over the hall, a barn and podder house. Presumably within the main house on the ground floor were the hall, parlour, study and kitchen, the latter presumably no longer detached, yet still forming a group with the buttery and bakehouse. There were fireplaces in the parlour and study but there is no mention of utensils for fire making in the hall (but there was an iron cradle?). Instead the hall had a plain table and forms, playing tables, a clock and a considerable amount of glassware, perhaps for dining or entertaining. The parlour also seems to have been used for recreation because there was a pair of virginals and six green cushion stools among other things. The study was not just used for the keeping of books, having as well 128 pieces of pewter, much of it old and battered, and a set of scales with weights. The kitchen was well stocked with cooking equipment and utensils, and the buttery and bakehouse were similarly well supplied. The household apparently slept on the first floor. The chamber over the kitchen, that over the study and the gallery over the parlour each had a bedstead and its furniture varying in value between £3 10s and £6 13s 4d. In addition, there were two trundle beds and a servant's bed in the garret over the hall, but none at all in the chamber over the hall. Several rooms had chests, cupboards and presses, yet only the chamber over the study contained any fire-making equipment. Nevertheless, there would appear to have been enough hearths for the house to have had a forest of chimneys, presumably elegant brick ones that you can still see on late 16th- and 17th-century houses, and can sort-of be seen on the later maps of the St Lawrence estate. There are a number of these in the St Lawrence Tithery collection at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library, as well as a map of the late Poor Priests' hospital estate (see above) that came into the hands of the city corporation in Elizabeth's reign.
Just as a footnote, John Best did not keep the estate, selling it together with the Tithery of St Lawrence to William Rooke, esquire, for £2080. I am going to skip the Rooke family's residence at St Lawrence and pick up the story again around 1800 when the old mansion house was in a bad state of repair. At some point in the first decade of the 19th century a new house called Nackington House was built and St Lawrence House (except the more modern kitchen apartments) was pulled down and the site grassed over. According to the 1839-tithe map, the field between the house and the Old Dover Road is labelled pasture and that between this field and the junction with Nackington Road is described as arable. Behind the house and 2-acre garden is a 16-acre block of parkland, its southern and eastern boundaries being that of the later cricket field. By the time the tithe map was drawn, the property was owned by Lord Sondes (whose landholdings locally included the Nackington estate) and was occupied by George Mount as part of Winters Farm.
George Mount continued to farm this area even after it started to be used as a cricket ground. From Lord Sondes' estate records for 1850, a 14-acre block of pasture was known as the cricket field, which suggests that only a few matches were played there and the rest of the time the land was used by Mount for grazing, probably as sheep pasture. Certainly Beverley Cricket Club had begun to play matches at St Lawrence in 1847, but Lord Sondes' Club is also known to have used Lees Court, where his team played a match against Beverley Cricket Club in 1835.
The St Lawrence Club was formed in 1864 as a consequence of Lord Sondes' enthusiasm for the game, but it seems the St Lawrence cricket field was still only used for a few games each season. Initially the facilities for players and spectators were basic. However conditions did improve after the club amalgamated with the famous Beverley Kent Club to form the Kent County Cricket Club, the two committees agreeing that St Lawrence would be the county cricket ground. Consequently several improvements were made to the ground in the 1870s, the cost borne by Lord Sondes, as landlord, and the cricket club from its funds. From a picture, published by Barraunds Ltd of London in 1877, the facilities included a number of large tents and a structure that looks like a wooden shed. On one side of the ground is a hedge and there are numerous trees, this parkland atmosphere was noted by contemporaries, the whole area said to be surrounded by hop fields. For the next twenty-five years this arrangement was retained but in 1896 the club purchased the ground and thereafter permanent buildings began to be constructed (prior to this date there had been a thatched wooden shed). A wooden pavilion was built in 1900, three years after the erection of a corrugated iron stand, although many of the structures around the ground were still tents. During the twentieth century, as can still be seen today, there was a considerable building programme, leading to the construction of numerous buildings beyond the boundary rope. As is even more obvious, recently there has been an increasing move to expand the activities available on the site, and even though cricket remains the primary focus, Kent Cricket Club has become a multipurpose venue used by other groups as well as by its staff and members. Such developments have necessarily had a considerable impact on the previously rural nature of the ground, as can be seen when comparing St Lawrence today with photographs of the ground from the late 1940s. Indeed in the last decade such changes have become even more pronounced and as always it is a matter of personal opinion whether this is for the better or not. However from a medievalist's point of view, the biggest loss has been the missed chance to explore the archaeology of the site of this leper hospital. The limited 'dig', led by James Holman of Canterbury Archaeological Trust in this case, having found tantalising glimpses of what seems to have been a relatively prestigious daughter establishment of the great abbey of St Augustine.
To those who have got this far, apologies for the length but it seemed worth taking two 'snapshots' in time of this fascinating area of Canterbury. Next week, I promise, it will be shorter!


The horse industry has grown very big and it continuously provides rewarding equestrian careers to those who seek to become a useful member of it. It is for this reason that several equestrian colleges have opened up in the effort of molding and equipping the horse lover individuals and in guiding them in their chosen career path. Many people have been so expressive in thanking the equestrian colleges that have given them the proper training and support. They are aware that these colleges have become the avenues of making their dream come into a realization. Horse training actually begins as soon as you get your horse. Now with all of the excitement that you feel for the new adventure that awaits you, you would surely want to learn everything about horse rearing and training.
There's no need for you to worry about how to get the information that you need. There are a lot of equestrian colleges that have their very own portals in the internet. You can always surf the net and log on to the websites that can provide you with the details on horse training and rearing. What can the online portals of these equestrian colleges do for you? Of course it is time saving. If you are pretty busy with your day to day activities, then taking the online classes would be a good idea.
You would just have to spare a few minutes of the time that you have in a day and be able to learn the aspects that come along with horsemanship. Plus, you could avail of free tips which are relatively valuable for the career path that you are taking. Here are among the aspects that you would be able to learn from the equestrian colleges. It is important to provide an atmosphere wherein the horse would be able to discover things on its own besides the formal training that you are giving to it. Other fundamentals of training include training the animal to do some tricks and movements which can please you. With this, the horse would behave accordingly when it is taken out into the track. Right from the very start, it is important that the horse is trained to behave properly. You must understand that the animal should know how to keep you safe during a ride. It must likewise realize that its task is to go on rides. Do some horse grounding so that it would know how to ride fast when needed and how to slow down too.
Be in command. Initially, the horse will feel afraid. When it undergoes trauma, it would be hard for you to train it to execute the necessary actions that you require. Once your horse has been trained to follow your command and other instructions, training it would be far easy. Train the horse to be calm at all times. Do not hurt the horse or else it would have the feeling that it would die whenever you ride on it. Do some training exercises. You can use tack, horse walker, and other equestrian equipment for this. These are just some of the things that the equestrian colleges would emphasize in the training. It is always your call to let the animal respect and obey you as its master.
Enrolling in equestrian colleges would make you more capable of handling these animals. .


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Huddersfield è un collegio elettorale inglese della Camera dei comuni del Parlamento del Regno Unito, situato nel West Yorkshire. Elegge un membro del Parlamento con il sistema maggioritario a turno unico. Il rappresentante del collegio dal 1983 è il laburista cooperativo Barry Sheerman.

Confini
1983-2010: i ward del Borough di Kirklees di Almondbury, Birkby, Dalton, Deighton, Newsome e Paddock.
dal 2010: i ward del Borough di Kirklees di Almondbury, Ashbrow, Dalton, Greenhead e Newsome.

Membri del Parlamento

Risultati elettorali

Elezioni negli anni 2010

Elezioni negli anni 2000

Risultati dei referendum

Referendum sulla permanenza del Regno Unito nell'Unione europea del 2016

Note

Huddersfield

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Q: Mail::to() solo envía a un usuario de la colección, Laravel tengo el siguiente problema con Laravel:
Estoy tratando de enviar un correo electrónico, masivo, mediante la Facade Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail de Laravel con el siguiente código en mi controlador:
$users = User::select(['name', 'email'])
   ->get();

// $validator solo es una Array con los datos de la Request una vez validados
Mail::to($users)->send(new MassiveMail($validator['subject'], $validator['title'], $validator['body']));

Y esto es lo que tengo en mi clase MassiveMail:
<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;

// Pueden ver que se despachan en la cola de trabajos, por defecto
class MassiveMail extends Mailable implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    public $subjectMessage;
    public $title;
    public $body;

    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($subject, $title, $body)
    {
        $this->subjectMessage = $subject;
        $this->title = $title;
        $this->body = $body;
    }

    /**
     * Build the message.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function build()
    {
        return $this->subject($this->subjectMessage)
        ->view('emails.massive', [
            'title' => $this->title,
            'body' => $this->body
        ]);
    }
}

Lo que sucede es que al enviar el correo solo se le envía a un usuario de la Collection, el cual supongo es el primero, de 20 usuarios a los que debería enviarse.
Todos estos usuarios son creados con Faker por lo cual sus emails no son reales, así que tengo configurado el desvió en de los correos a una sola dirección (La mía); en mi config/mail.php:
/*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Global "From" Address
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | You may wish for all e-mails sent by your application to be sent from
    | the same address. Here, you may specify a name and address that is
    | used globally for all e-mails that are sent by your application.
    |
    */

    'from' => [
        //....
    ],

    'to' => [
        'address' => env('MAIL_TO_ADDRESS', 'micorreo@ejemplo.com'),
        'name' => env('MAIL_TO_NAME', 'Usuario'),
    ],

Entonces, no se si la verdad esto es lo que me esta causando este problema y de ser así funcionaria con normalidad una vez estando en producción, pero por ahora no tengo como probarlo.
Intente pasar la collection a un Array asociativo pero esto tampoco funciono, seguía enviándose a un solo destinatario. Lo único que funciono para mi fue iterar la collection con un foreach así:
foreach($users as $user)
{
    Mail::to($user)->send(new MassiveMail($validator['subject'], $validator['title'], $validator['body']));
}

Pero claro que esto aumenta potencialmente el tiempo de respuesta de la aplicación, a pesar de que los despacha en una cola de trabajos y no es lo ideal. Espero puedan ayudarme con esto o aclarar mi inquietud.
Mil gracias de antemano, un saludo

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What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty
Автор: Liane Moriarty
Название: What Alice Forgot (Что забыла Алиса)
Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13(EAN): 978-0-14-104629-7
Название: Truly Madly Guilty
Автор: Moriarty, Liane
Название: Three Wishes
Описание: They say trouble always comes in threes. And for sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. Through everything, the bonds of the sisters are strong enough to withstand whatever life throws at them. That is until the night of their thirty-fourth birthday dinner...
Автор: Moriarty, Nicola
Название: The Fifth Letter
Название: The Husband`s Secret
Цена: от 752 р.
Описание: Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband`s hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death. Curious, she opens it - and time stops. John-Paul`s letter confesses to a terrible mistake which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others.
Название: The Last Anniversary
Описание: Over seventy years have passed since sisters Rose and Connie Doughty found an abandoned baby near their home on the island Scribbly Gum. With no one to take care of it, Rose and Connie took the baby in as their own. Since then the `Munro Baby Mystery` has brought fame and fortune, putting Scribbly Gum on the tourist map.
Название: Big Little Lies
Описание: Jane hasn`t lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. She keeps moving in an attempt to escape her past. Now the idyllic seaside town of Pirriwee has pulled her to its shores and Jane finally feels like she belongs.
Название: The Hypnotist`s Love Story
Описание: Hypnotherapist Ellen is fascinated by what makes people tick. So when she falls in love with Patrick, the fact that he has a stalker doesn`t faze her in the slightest. If anything it intrigues her, and the more she hears about Saskia, the more she wants to meet this woman. But what Ellen doesn`t know is that they`ve already met...
Автор: Moriarty, Sinead
Название: Pieces of My Heart
Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.)
Описание: The modern woman is a Jill of all trades ...Ava is a wife, lover, mother, daughter, friend, fixer, boss ...so many different people, in fact, she no longer knows what it means to be herself. Not that anyone will let her - not her work-obsessed husband, nor her tearaway younger daughter, nor her out-of-control Dad, nor even her best friend.
Автор: Horowitz, Anthony
Название: Moriarty
Издательство: Orion Publishers
Описание: Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind who has risen to take his place. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, Frederick Chase must forge a path through the darkest corners of the capital to shine light on this shadowy figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, a man determined to engulf London in a tide of murder and menace. Author of the global bestseller The House of Silk, Anthony Horowitz once more breathes life into the world created by Arthur Conan Doyle. With pitch-perfect characterisation and breath-taking pace, Horowitz weaves a relentlessly thrilling tale which teases and delights by the turn of each page. The game is afoot...
Название: Little Lies
Цена: 869 р. 1086.00 -20%
Автор: Moriarty Liane
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Описание: The #1 New York Times bestseller that Entertainment Weekly called "a surefire hit."
NOW A GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY-WINNING HBO(R) LIMITED SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, LAURA DERN, ADAM SCOTT, AND ZOE KRAVITZ FROM THE DIRECTOR OF WILD AND DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, JEAN-MARC VALLEE, AND WRITER DAVID E. KELLEY
Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal...
A murder...a tragic accident...or just parents behaving badly?
What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what?
Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline's youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline's teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline's ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).
Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn't be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.
New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.
Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.


If you have a problem with the health of your teeth, then it may be time to consider getting dentures. Dentures are a great alternative to living without teeth if you have a health issue that forces you to have your teeth removed. While the process of getting dentures may seem overwhelming, they can be an easy and affordable option to more invasive dental treatments. Don't waste your hard earned money when you can get the quality smile you have always wanted by getting new dentures.
The process of getting dentures can differ by dentist, but will generally follow these three basic steps.
One of the first things to be completed when getting dentures Watertown TN is a full exam. The doctor will look at your gums and determine if your mouth is health enough for dentures and if you will need any additional work prior to having your dentures created. They will also conduct x-rays to look for any problem areas, and they will ask you for information relating to your past personal health and any family health issues that should be considered.
After the consultation the doctor will then determine what work needs to be done prior to getting your dentures made. This will include any work to your gums and removing any teeth. This will delay when you will get your dentures, but helps ensure that they will fit comfortable. Don't let a dentist talk you into having dentures installed over problem teeth and gums. Make sure they keep your health and well being as their focus during treatment.
After the work is completed, it will be time to have your dentures Watertown TN fitted so they properly and comfortably fit in your mouth. During this time the doctor will have you bite down on several different surfaces to help determine if they are fitting properly. It will take some time to get use to eating with dentures, but with patience and a little help from your doctor you can be back to eating normally in no time.
Get the smile you have always wanted. Talk to your doctor about getting dentures today.


Discus and support Windows 10 x64 bit Pro, Cortana and Start bar non-responsive in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Windows start bar and cortana not responding. tried clean installs, sfc, powershell fix. everytime windows updates it kills the OS. 23117 Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by NativeJoe, Sep 18, 2015.
Windows start bar and cortana not responding. tried clean installs, sfc, powershell fix. everytime windows updates it kills the OS.


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Marisol Touraine (; born 7 March 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault, Manuel Valls, and Bernard Cazeneuve.

Early life and education
Touraine was born on 7 March 1959 in Paris. She graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). She studied at the École Normale Supérieure, where she specialised in economic and social issues. She also attended Harvard University but did not receive a degree. She is fluent in Spanish.

Political career
From 1988 to 1991, Touraine was an advisor to Prime Minister Michel Rocard on geostrategic issues.

Touraine served as a member of the National Assembly of France for Indre-et-Loire (3rd constituency) from 1997 to 2002 for the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche political party. She was defeated in the second round of the 2002 elections by Jean-Jacques Descamps (UMP). She regained the district in the 2007 elections with a small majority (50.22%), and served until 2012.

On the regional level, Touraine has been general councillor for Indre-et-Loire since the 2001 elections. She served as Vice-President of the General Council of Indre-et-Loire from 2008 to 2011, and as its President from 2011 to 2012, when she resigned. She has served as General councillor of Indre-et-Loire since 1998, having been re-elected in 2004 and in 2011.

In the French presidential election, Touraine endorsed Dominique Strauss-Kahn before later supporting Hollande.

Minister of Health and Social Affairs
On 16 May 2012, Touraine was named by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault as Minister of Health and Social Affairs. The designation was accepted by President of France François Hollande, in line with tradition. In her ministerial post, she worked to improve HIV/AIDS prevention and early diagnosis, promoted universal hepatitis C treatment with innovative drugs, implemented plain tobacco packaging and launched a nutrition labelling system.

In October 2012, Touraine announced that trial centres could open in 2012 in France for drug addicts to safely inject their own drugs. This measure met with criticism coming from both the opposition and members of the majority. She entered into negotiations with doctors and health insurance professional organisations to limit the prices of medical assistance.

During her time in office, Touraine oversaw a 2013 pension reform which gradually extended the mandatory pay-in period from 41.5 years to 43 by 2035 and required workers, retirees and employers to fill in an annual deficit set otherwise to reach 20 billion euros ($26 billion) in 2020. She also worked on implementing a 2015 reform aimed at making it easier for low-earners to get access to a doctor.

Also during her term, Touraine steered France's response to both a MERS outbreak in 2013 and the Western African Ebola virus epidemic from 2013, during which several French nationals contracted the virus. After a review of the measure from 2012 until 2015, she opted to lift blood donation restrictions on men who have sex with men that had been in place since 1983.

By the end of her term, Touraine was widely expected to join her party's presidential primaries in 2017; she eventually decided not to run for president. When Prime Minister Valls declared that he would seek the Socialist Party's nomination and quit the government to focus on campaigning, Touraine was seen by news media as possible choice to replace him and lead what would effectively become a caretaker government; instead, the post went to Bernard Cazeneuve. In the ensuing cabinet reshuffle to form the Cazeneuve government, she lost the responsibility for women's rights to newly appointed minister Laurence Rossignol.

Life after politics
In 2019, Touraine was elected chair of the Executive Board of Unitaid.

Other activities
In 2009, Touraine belonged to the "Future of Health Club" (Club Avenir de la santé), a lobby group funded by GlaxoSmithKline, the world's No. 7 of pharmecetics products, producing amongst other things, nicotine patches.

Political positions
In 2016, Touraine was one of two ministers who came out in open disagreement with the government's stance on a ban of burkinis. She argued that "to pretend that swimming veiled or bathing on a beach dressed is in itself threatening to public order and the values of the Republic is to forget that those (secular) values are meant to allow each person to safeguard their identity."

Personal life
Touraine is the daughter of French sociologist Alain Touraine and Chilean academic Adriana Arenas Pizarro (d. 1990). She has a brother, Philippe, who is professor of endocrinology. She is also first cousin of Alberto Arenas, Chile's Budget Director during Michelle Bachelet's presidency.

Touraine is married to diplomat Michel Reveyrand de Menthon, who is currently French ambassador to Chad. She is a mother of three. When President Hollande published a list of bank deposits and property held by all 38 ministers for first time 2012, Touraine declared personal assets worth 1.4 million euros, mainly property.

In September 2013, Touraine's elder son was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for extortion and sequestration.

References

External links

 Her biographical page on the web site of the National Assembly
 Marisol Touraine's blog

1959 births
École Normale Supérieure alumni
French Ministers of Health
French people of Chilean descent
Government ministers of France
Harvard University alumni
Living people
Politicians from Paris
Women government ministers of France
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
21st-century French women politicians


No Carosa Commentary appeared this week. In its place appeared an unsigned "Editorial" concerning the school budget vote.
Author's Comment: Without my knowledge, my Commentary wasn't published this week for a special, albeit anonymous, editorial on the controversial school budget vote. I did not write that editorial nor did I want would have been a twelfth straight week of serious op-eding. I felt it was time for humor. Apparently, I was overruled and humor would have to wait another week.


Courtney Brewer is an educator and freelance researcher specializing in educational studies. She has worked on a variety of collaborative projects while pursuing her own independent research interests. After receiving her Master's degree in Education, she has applied her research to practical settings by speaking to educators and community programmers.


The Northeast survived the first major weather-related threat of 2015 earlier this week: Blizzard Juno came and went, donning New York City with it's first white coat of the season.
Meanwhile, I donned my favorite red coat to traipse around a wonderfully snowy rooftop! Winter is a season I never really experienced before I moved to the east coast for college. California "winters" consisted of jeans, UGGs and a hoodie, but it took no more than a few days into my first Northeastern October to realize I needed a winter wardrobe makeover.
This London Fog raincoat is surprisingly weighted, making it a great go-to choice for wind and cold weather insulation. But unlike my usual black wool coat, my "Little Red Riding Hood" (and yes, I have been referred to as such) piece is water resistant and works well for protection against light rain and snow. And the removable hood makes it a versatile piece even when there's no precipitation!
Best of all, it comes in petite sizing, which is a huge plus for those of us who are "vertically challenged." The coat hits at mid thigh, and the shorter length allows the puffer jacking lining I wear underneath to peep through just a touch!
The silver clasps add an elegant touch, and look far sleeker than the buttons you find on other coats. My only complaint here is that the top clasp has an unfortunate knack for coming undone when I wear chunky scarves to keep my neck warm.
I'm partial to the red-black color combo; cozy scarf + bright splash of color brings a welcome change to the generally drab and dark colors of the city's winter coats. It makes it easy (or at least easier) to find me in crowds!
What are your favorite winter weather outerwear pieces?


Diagnosis: shell brown, spherical or hemispherical, usually composed of large quartz particles but may also include diatom frustules; general appearance rough, although some smoother forms have been seen; aperture circular and surrounded by smaller particles which often appear smooth due to the overlaying cement; variation in this species is prolific, both in the composition of the shell and the size of the aperture in relation to the diameter of the shell.
Ecology: Peatbogs, between wet sphagnum; oligotrophic ponds.
Remarks: Shells of this species can be confused with those of Phryganella nidulus which are more flattened.
Penard (1902) describes this species as having two distinct forms, the typical form and one varying between 135 and 155 µm. He also described two smaller forms 50 to 70 µm in size. Cash et al. (1909) describe a small form (15-50 µm) under the name D. globulus, and suggest that Dujardin's original description of D. globulosa was ambiguous.
Original drawings of Penard (1902) in Faune Rhizopodique du Bassin du Léman.


Why do we see investors are pouring money into businesses of Social networking? Why are we using social networks like Facebook and WhatsApp? Why is WhatsApp become so popular that even it has reached users those who don't even use computer?
Because all of us do certainly need each other and want a platform where we can share our thoughts. Relationships are indeed important. It's very simple to break a relationship but close to impossible to re-build. Why? it's not only the relationship that we lost, but also trust.
So let's consider building more and more relationships and make the world unite.


Combining field observation, alternative knowledge gathering and experimental geography techniques with a range of other standard and non-standard research methods, the ORP is an open project leading to the development of an online database and physical collection.
The ORP Resource will also act as a focus for engaging networks of amateur and alternative researchers who would like to contribute their own findings as intelligence to projects. Documentation of interpretive interventions, ongoing or historic will also be sought.


Last week on November 17, 2006, Solarvalue AG (XETRA:SV7) (http://www.solarvalue.com) held a coming out press conference coincident with the 7. Forum Solarpraxis in Berlin, Germany.
Of the three open areas I wanted to learn more about (see previous post), Solarvalue addressed one in detail disclosing their near term plans, solar grade silicon production process, and strategy.
Solarvalue elaborated on their relationship with joint venture partner W&P Profil d.o.o. Although W&P Profil will own 51% and Solarvalue Production d.d. 49% of TDR – Metalurgija, Solarvalue Production d.d. will be a separate legal entity with dedicated management and independent decision control regarding solar grade silicon production.
"We will begin by setting up the 12 MW M5 arc furnace for silicon production. At temperatures of 2,200 °C, the furnace is used for the reduction of high-purity quartz with high-purity carbon to produce metallurgical silicon of 99.9+% purity." said John Mott, Chief Operating Officer of Solarvalue Production d.d. This will be Process I of the enhanced Solarvalue Method. In Process II, several refining steps involve re-melting silicon in induction furnaces, and directional solidification to remove heavy metals and most of the phosphorus. Special slags are added to bind other impurities including boron, carbon, and oxygen. Process III uses a special temperature profile during directional solidification to further reduce the impurity levels of boron and phosphorus to achieve high-quality solar grade silicon.
Solarvalue expects the first solar grade silicon (SGS) to be available in the spring 2007 and plans to produce 850 metric tons of solar grade silicon by year end 2007. Expected production capacity in 2008 is 4,400 metric tons of solar grade silicon. In terms of material, 12.5 metric tons of quartz will be needed to yield one (1) metric ton of solar grade silicon. Solarvalue claims the Solarvalue Method will enable solar grade silicon to be produced at half the cost of polysilicon from the industry standard Siemens process. Here is a video bite (on YouTube) with John Mott answering a question about why the Solarvalue Method is cheaper than the Siemens process.
"In the first six months, strategic investors will provide €20 million for setting up the production of solar grade silicon," said Strategy Advisor Joerg Duske. One strategic investor from India has a technology expertise focus, while the second strategic investor from Europe is obtaining a stake in the TDR Ruse plant to secure silicon for solar cell production. An additional €10 million investment will be required in 2008 to complete the 4,400 metric ton capacity ramp. Later, Solarvalue may forward integrate ingot and wafer production from solar grade silicon at the TDR facility in Ruse, Slovenia.
You can read the Solarvalue Press Conference release on the DGAP ad hoc service (English, Deutsch).
Although there are other possibilities, could the strategic investor from India be Moser Baer India Limited (BOM:517140)?
why do you thing that Moser Baer India Limited is one of the investors in solarvalue? Can you tell me?
Moser Baer is investing like mad in diverse solar technologies including SolFocus, Solaria, and Stion. Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV) is building an 80 MW silicon solar cell line (Phase I) and needs silicon.


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For travelers, history buffs, readers, writers, and even the health conscious
The Perfect "Dry Dock" for Any Relationship
On the second day of an extended weekend celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary, my wife and I were standing on the top deck of a Hornblower dinner cruise. Sure, it was touristy, but this was our first time to San Diego, and it was our anniversary weekend.
As we watched a postcard-perfect sunset, people of all ages were expressing wondrous moments of love in their own individual ways—holding hands, taking pictures, kissing, hugging their children, or simply sitting in quiet companionship.
Taking a moment from the people watching, we turned to look at the sunset playing gently across the San Diego skyline. Just then our ship began passing a series of Naval dry docks, where tired looking military vessels were in the process of being spruced up.
We both laughed out loud—the analogy was just too obvious, and funny: Our "battleship" was in San Diego to get a little sprucing up.
Happily, we knew everything was structurally sound with our vessel, but life has a way of taking its toll on the finest of finishes. All our ship needed was a little renewed love and attention and it would be ready for many more years of cruising.
We couldn't have picked a better -- nor prettier -- dry dock.
With a mild, Mediterranean-type climate, picturesque bay, broad, welcoming beaches, and refreshing sea breezes, San Diego has abundant natural charms. It also boasts a dynamic historic district and harbor, diverse shopping and world-class dining. Going the extra mile is one-of-a-kind, 1,200-acre Balboa Park, just southeast of downtown, and laid-back Coronado, which used to be an island directly east of the city but is now connected in the south to the mainland and forms the eastern side of San Diego Bay.
We decided to stay two nights in downtown San Diego, next to the Gaslamp Quarter, and three nights on Coronado so we could sample two distinctly different areas. Reluctantly, we left big attractions such as the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Midway aircraft carrier, and most of Balboa Park for another trip. Even so, our introductory weekend to San Diego gave us a good mixture of scenery and activities, from urban to resort, city to beach. The highlights fell nicely into the following four categories: "Fun History," "Just Chillin' -- Shopping and other Activities," "Memorable Meals" and "Most Romantic."
Getting around was easy and fun, either walking, grabbing cabs, or using what every major city now has -- a city trolley tour that allows passengers to get off and on at multiple tourist attractions. In this case, the Old Town Trolley's major stops are at Old Town, harbor/seaport, downtown, Gaslamp Quarter, Balboa Park and Coronado. To us, it was the fastest and easiest way to get a clear picture of how the metropolitan area is laid out.
So where did we start? Where it all began, of course.
Fun History
Just northwest of downtown is San Diego Old Town, where the city was born. We were surprised to find a sprawling area that included fascinating Old Town San Diego State Park, filled with 1800s adobe buildings that encircle a green square. Each building is free to enter and has its own pamphlet of historical facts. At La Casa de Estudillo (built in 1827), we found out what it was like to be a prominent early San Diego family, while at the 1868 San Diego Union office we learned about the birth of the city's newspaper.
Cooled by a light breeze and plenty of shade trees, we thoroughly enjoyed strolling in and out of the historical adobe buildings and shopping the numerous little stalls and stores where colorful ceramics and artwork highlight generations of Mexican heritage. In the large open air Fiesta de Reyes, we had a relaxing lunch with great clips and salsa and good sangrias.
To the southeast of downtown, 1,200-acre Balboa Park was created for the 1915 Panama-California World Exposition and expanded for the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition. Today it boasts 15 major museums, several performing arts venues, cultural and recreational activities, formal gardens and the renowned San Diego Zoo.
With limited time (and vowing to return someday), we wandered, awe-struck, through the Jules Verne-ish 1915 Botanical conservatory, strolled down the dramatic El Prado pedestrian walkway with its ornate Spanish-Renaissance style buildings, and actually shopped at the surprisingly good Visitors Center. Along the way we were treated to the haunting sounds of a busker's mournful saxophone that echoed off still reflecting pools.
Travel Article -- Romantic San Diego
Just Chillin' -- Shopping and Other Activities
It's true that shopping is the number one activity of many tourists. For us, shopping is just the excuse for slowing down, strolling, stopping for a snack or coffee, and simply catching up with each other. If we find a few trinkets along the way, great, but that's not the real reason we "shop."
We found San Diego has numerous places to do all the shopping we wanted. At Seaport Village (south of the aircraft carrier Midway), we loved the oceanside boardwalk and watched a fascinating display of concentration by a distinguished looking Asian street performer who balanced rocks on anything and everything. Oh, and by the way, the shops in the complex were surprisingly diverse and interesting, everything from Haberdashery (men's sportswear), to Upstart Crow (bookstore and coffee shop).
On Coronado, we rented bikes near the magnificent Hotel del Coronado (affectionately called the "Del" by locals and the location for Marilyn Monroe's movie, Some Like it Hot ). We had an incredibly fun afternoon pedaling on the seaside promenade that runs in front of the Del and then around the south and east part of Coronado to Ferry Landing Marketplace. We were lucky enough to be riding on a sunny Sunday and found at the Ferry Landing an outdoor jazz band belting out tunes to a highly appreciative crowd who cheered, clapped and danced.
Exercising couldn't get any more fun than the dancing and riding we did that day.
On another day, we took a few hours and got rejuvenated by sitting on the public beach in front of the Del. Sitting on a beach is one of our favorite pastimes that we rarely do anymore, and was heightened by pretending the red-roofed Hotel Del sprawling out behind us was where we were staying!
Memorable Meals
Eating, or what we call "foraging for food," is one of those critical functions that can make or break any vacation. There are some meals we've had that were so good we still talk about them. San Diego has just added two more to our list.
The first was in the Gaslamp Quarter (4th, 5th and 6th avenues between Broadway and K Street). Joining hordes of other tourists and locals one night, we wandered up and down 4th and 5th checking out the wall-to-wall restaurants. Escape Fish Bar stood out. Comparatively speaking, the entrance was tiny, the outdoor tables looked rickety and the chairs reminded us of ones from high school. But the menu was inspired and creative.
Started only a few years ago by a local fishing family, the restaurant offers such dishes as the Chipotle Coconut Milk Seafood Chowder (lots of fish chunks and real curry heat), while the Tacones (Japanese style seafood tacos) is dressed with roasted pumpkin seed slaw, lime picked jicama and onions, daikon radish sprouts and smoked chili avocado sauce.
While Escape Fish Bar was good because of its individual dishes, the opposite was true for the other memorable meal, where no single menu item stood out, but the entire experience was so wonderful that it made our top list. It was the Sunday brunch at the Hotel del Coronado. Staged in the Crown Room that boasts a see-it-to-believe massive, redwood-beamed ceiling, the brunch has historical ambience, first-rate service and above-average food (don't miss the wall of breads, or the crab claws). While the price is steep ($79.50 per person), the finest compliment we can give is that we -- a couple that speeds through any good meal in half-an-hour -- spent two hours there!
Runners up to those two memorable meals was the harborside's Fish Market Restaurant, where the Dungeness crab louie was incredible, and the French restaurant Mistral (at Loews Coronado Bay Resort), where the salmon and ravioli starters were only topped by the delectable black cherry jam dessert.
Most Romantic
As mentioned earlier, while the dinner cruise was very romantic, it didn't take top prize. On Coronado, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort marina, we discovered something even better: a moonlit ride in an authentic Venetian gondola. Gliding in and out of "canals" that service grand mansions and luxury yachts, we couldn't have picked a better way of peeking in on the lifestyles of the rich.
And as the full moon's glow rippled across the water, it kissed our gondola and softly illuminated the face of the woman I fell in love all those years ago. As our champagne bubbled happily in our crystal glasses, the gondolier began an Italian ballet that quietly echoed off the dark, still waters.
We raised our glasses to each other…and to San Diego, a memorable dry dock!
Jeff Miller is a Denver-based freelance writer, www.jbmwriter.com
When to Go: San Diego has world-class attractions and a generally mild climate that makes it a year round destination.
Old Town Trolley: Daily, 9-5. $36 for boarding and reboarding privileges at 11 stops throughout the metro area. 619-298-8687, www.trolleytours.com/san-diego
Hornblower Dinner Cruise: The nightly three-hour dinner cruise includes a free welcome glass of champagne, three-course meal and DJ with music. Boarding at 7:30 p.m. from Grape Street Pier, 1800 N. Harbor Dr. $84 per person. The company also offers numerous other types of cruises, 1-888-979-6927, www.hornblower.com
Accommodations: The metro area is filled with a wide selection of places to stay, from luxury hotels to intimate B&Bs. Four recommendations:
Downtown San Diego:
1. The classic hotel in the city, the US Grant was built in 1910 and has a good location one block from the
Gaslamp Quarter. $179-$569; 326 Broadway, 619-232-3121, www.usgrant.net.
2. Across the street from the Seaport Village, the Embassy Suites San Diego Bay offers a free, cooked-to-
order breakfast.$149-$299,601PacificHighway,619-239-2400, http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/index.html
Coronado:
1 The Hotel del Coronado (aka the Del) is the majestic and grand hotel of Coronado and celebrates its 125th
birthday in 2013; $300-$2,800; 619-435-6611, www.hoteldel.com.
2. If you want a taste of the Del's luxury at reduced rates, try across the street at the Glorietta Bay Hotel, which
was the dream home that Del owner, John Spreckels, built for himself and his family; $209-$700; 619-435-
3101, www.gloriettabayinn.com.
Restaurants Mentioned: Escape Fish Bar is a modest but creative seafood restaurant with a menu influenced by the Pacific Northwest, Central America and Asia; 619-702-9200, www.escapefishbar.com, Mistral, in the Loews Coronado Bay Resort, is a gourmet, fine dining French restaurant with great views of the bay and the San Diego city skyline; 619-424-4000, www.dineatmistral.com
Coronado Bike Rental: Seven-speed and single-speed bikes are available at PeDel on the grounds of the Hotel del Coronado. Rentals include helmets and locks. Daily, 9:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; 619-917-3282, www.hoteldel.com
Gondola Ride: Cruises are available weekdays, 3 p.m. to midnight and weekends 11 a.m. to midnight. Each ride is 50 minutes, includes a blanket and complimentary appetizer or dessert plate. Guests can bring their own beverage and the company will provide free ice buckets, glassware and wine openers. Each gondola can accommodate up to six people. Reservations are required. The Gondola Company, Loews Coronado Bay Resort Marina, 619-429-6317, www.gondolacompany.com
For More Information: 619-236-1212, www.sandiego.org
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Downy Infusions Fabric Softener, Citrus Spice-Old Product
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Market: US/Canada
Date entered: March 26, 2013
Citrus Spice is safe for all washing machines. HE compatible.
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Usage: Fabric softener
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Customer Service No: 866-511-6529
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Fragrance(s)/perfume(s) 000000-00-1 -- No
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Calcium chloride anhydrous 010043-52-4 -- No
Formic acid 000064-18-6 0-1.0 No
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Water 007732-18-5 231-791-2 --
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Diethyl ester dimethyl ammonium chloride 888888-02-8 -- --
Fragrance(s)/perfume(s) 000000-00-1 -- --
Starch 009005-25-8 232-679-6 --
Ammonium chloride 012125-02-9 235-186-4 --
H302, H319 ------- No
Calcium chloride anhydrous 010043-52-4 233-140-8 --
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Formic acid 000064-18-6 200-579-1 0-1.0
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Polydimethylsiloxane 009016-00-6 -- --
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In his new book, self-taught historian Michael Lemish chronicles the loyalty and courage of the "unsung heroes" of the Vietnam War who got no parades when they came home. In his just-published "Forever Forward," the author recounts the service of Lobo, Toby, Nemo, Hans and many of the 4,000 dogs used by American and Allied forces in Vietnam.
In his new book, self-taught historian Michael Lemish chronicles the loyalty and courage of the "unsung heroes" of the Vietnam War who got no parades when they came home.
They never saluted officers, they drooled more than average grunts, and they risked or lost their lives saving an estimated 10,000 Americans.
In his just-published "Forever Forward," the Westborough, Mass., author recounts the service of Lobo, Toby, Nemo, Hans and many of the 4,000 dogs used by American and Allied forces in Vietnam.
Subtitled "K-9 Operations in Vietnam," his 286-page book is published by Schiffer Military History in Atglen, Pa.
During his research phase, Lemish made eight trips to Washington, D.C., and two other states to visit the military museums and archives of each service branch.
Based on extensive research, he has written a factual, readable and comprehensive history of how the U.S. military employed dogs from 1960 to the withdrawal of American forces in 1973.
Throughout the war, he wrote, German shepherds were used as scout dogs "like four-legged radar" to sniff out the enemy or bombs. Sentry and patrol dogs were trained to be aggressive, which made it difficult to find them homes after retirement. And Labrador retrievers worked in five-man teams as trackers for reconnaissance and to follow the scent of fleeing Vietcong.
"I wanted it to be a big book that would reach people," Lemish said, relaxing in his kitchen office. "Things were different then. When the Americans withdrew, 900 dogs were left behind in South Vietnam. Only about 200 military dogs were sent home."
Lemish, who describes himself as "the only military dog historian in the U.S.," also published his first book, "War Dogs: A History of Loyalty and Heroism" in 1996. Published by Potomac Books, it sold out its first edition and has sold 12,000 copies since then.
He works as a field service engineer for PerkinElmer Life Science, which produces analytical instruments for the pharmaceutical and medical industries.
On a quiet Thursday afternoon, Lemish fed treats to Lucy, a friendly 3-year-old German shepherd who "bombed out of bomb school" for the U.S. Air Force because she got jittery after sniffing explosives in training exercises. He adopted Lucy in January from the U.S. Air Force base in Lackland, Texas.
After visitors arrived, the tall, affable Lemish had his hands full calming down Riley, an energetic Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever mix who climbed onto guests to greet them with slobbering kisses. He recently adopted Riley through Petfinder, an organization that finds homes for animals in "kill shelters" where they're typically euthanized after 72 hours.
He got the idea for his first book on war dogs when visiting a local library and not being able to find any information on that subject after 1954.
"I thought, 'Here's a subject that hasn't been beaten to death,"' he said.
Over the next two years, he taught himself to write query letters, hired an agent to help find a publisher and typed out several manuscripts.
"Basically, I learned how to write by doing it," he said. "It was like on-the-job training."
Lemish credited his wife, Susan, a technical writer for Oracle Corp., for proofreading his text and correcting occasional spelling and grammatical errors.
As a result of contacts he made, he's now involved with some organizations he wrote about that honor the dogs' service and find them good homes after they can't work. He's the official historian of the Vietnam Dog Handler Association, a board member for the Florida Space Coast War Dog Association and has worked as a researcher for the History Channel, BBC and PBS.
With two history books about dogs behind him, Lemish plans to change direction and write a children's book, a novel and a screenplay about humans.
But he expects dogs will appear, one way or another, in them.
Asked about balancing his full-time job with the demands of writing fiction, Lemish laughed and said, "My wife doesn't need a starving writer at home."
For more information, visit www.K9writer.com.


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Home Front Page Balboa Peninsula Trolley Returns, Crosswalk Update
Balboa Peninsula Trolley Returns, Crosswalk Update
Passengers disembark from the Balboa Peninsula Trolley during the inaugural run.
— Photo by Christopher Trela ©
The Balboa Peninsula Trolley returns this weekend, Newport Beach officials stated this week.
Councilwoman Diane Dixon, whose district covers the peninsula, made the announcement during Tuesday's Council meeting.
"Let the fun begin to get around the peninsula and serve our businesses and residents and visitors," she said.
In a press release on Wednesday, city staff hyped the return of the free shuttle service.
"The familiar gold and burgundy trolleys will shuttle visitors and locals to enjoy and explore all that the Peninsula has to offer," city spokeswoman Mary Locey wrote.
The trolley's second year will roll out on Saturday, with a few changes, including the earlier start date in order to run the service on Memorial Day.
There are 22 designated stops along the peninsula. Riders can get on and off at any stop.
A slightly modified route has the trolley first stopping next to the Avon Street parking lot, which is located near the intersection of Tustin Avenue and Avon Street within Mariners' Mile. Trolley drivers will provide riders with a code to cover the cost of parking in the lot.
The free service is scheduled to operate each Saturday and Sunday during the summer, as well as Fourth of July. Regular hours of operation are from 9:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m.
A fleet of four vehicles will run the service. Authorities estimate a shuttle will be at each stop every 15 minutes, although it may be delayed during heavy traffic.
"For those planning a day at the beach, the trolley can accommodate bicycles, surfboards under six-feet long and beach gear," Locey wrote in the announcement.
Riders can obtain real-time trolley locations online or by downloading the mobile app "Ride Systems" and searching for Newport Beach from the list of agencies.
There has been a mixture of support and opposition from locals.
Critics have raised concerns about the cost of the program. In 2016, the city was awarded $685,454 in grant funding by Orange County Transportation Authority for a seven-year operating period and is required to match the funding by 12 percent.
Others have said that the shuttle isn't as popular as the city reports seems to indicate. According to officials, last year the trolleys carried a total of 23,560 passengers during the 26-day trial period.
A bicyclist rides across a crosswalk on the Balboa Peninsula. The city is working on enhancing the safety and visibility of several crossings on the peninsula.
— Photo courtesy the city of Newport Beach
Another Balboa Peninsula project was briefly discussed during Tuesday's Council meeting, as Dixon asked about an update on the Balboa Peninsula Crossings Improvement project.
The Public Works Department is installing "newer, safer, better" crosswalks on the Balboa Peninsula, Dixon explained.
"We all are, I think, driving more carefully as we see these new crosswalks across the peninsula," Dixon said.
This has been an exciting project, said Senior Civil Engineer Brad Sommers. It came from a transportation study requested by the community in an effort to increase awareness about the more than 40 crossings on the peninsula, he noted.
Last year, Council approved implementing a number of enhancements that came out of the study. The first phase revises current striping and signage, and the second phase will improve curbs, street lighting and flashing beacons.
More visible crosswalks and a "robust" pedestrian warning signage plan have been incorporated as part of the project, Sommers said.
The project should be "substantially complete" by the end of the week, Sommers said. There will likely be a few "catch up" items over the next few weeks, he added.
There have been quite a few positive comments about it, he said, as well as a number of questions. As a result, the city created a FAQ page on the city website.
For more information, visit newportbeachca.gov/trolley, peninsulatrolley.com, and newportbeachca.gov/BalboaCrossings.
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The model of Native women's rights gave suffragists the ammunition they needed, and the vision of something better. For years, white women had been told by their ministers that the position of women was decreed by God as the eternal punishment women would suffer because of Eve's sin. Clergy quoted the Bible: "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee" (Genesis 3:16), the command declared all the way through the Bible to the Ephesians, Stanton pointed out. To work for your rights meant going against the will of God. You also were defying biology, since science of the time maintained that women had smaller brains, with less intelligence and physical strength than men. Hence, it was natural that they should be under the authority of men. Seeing Native women who farmed with strong bodies, had total authority over their lives, and lived in equality with men put the lie to religion and science's teachings of women's subordination and inferiority.
Indigenous women of numerous Native Nations had rights, sovereignty, and integrity long before European settlers arrived on these shores. They had complete control of their lives, maintained economic independence in marriage, and lived in a culture free from gender-based violence. While women in the United States are recognizing that 100 years ago the Constitution finally recognized the right of U.S. women to vote, Native Nation women have had political voice on this land for thousands of years.
Despite differences among hundreds of First Nations tribes, prior to the arrival of Europeans, the balance between women and men's roles were typically different but complementary. Women worked the land, while the men hunted, fished, and went to war. Many tribes were also matrilineal — wealth, power, and inheritance were passed down through mothers.
When European settlers arrived, they brought with them the patriarchal European value system. Many settlers believed that women were delicate and ill-equipped for hard labor, so when they saw the women working the land, they viewed it as proof that native men treated their women as inferior. They also refused to deal with women when making trade deals. Overall, colonialism functioned to dehumanize indigenous women, forging a culture where women were less valued and thought of as property.
According to the National Institute of Justice, 84% of Indigenous women have experienced psychological, sexual, or physical violence in their lifetime, with more than half of that abuse endured at the hands of an intimate partner. More than 66% of Native women say they have been the victims of psychological abuse by a partner. Comparatively, 35% of women and 28% of men in the mainstream population can say the same. Additionally, more than half of the women that experienced physical abuse also experienced sexual abuse. Nearly 97% of these cases were committed by non-Native individuals.
On top of these shocking statistics, only 38% of those victims were able to access legal, medical, or other support services.
Source: National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/how-native-american-women-inspired-the-women-s-rights-movement.htm


Established PaintBox Laboratories, LLC in 2006, after 15+ years of multicultural and general market experience. A creative visionary and strategist, Chris has focused his creative talents on integration of new, interactive and entertainment media.
During his time with (or prior to) PaintBox Labs, Chris has worked for several of the top advertising agencies including PACE Communications, GlobalHue, R2C Group, SpikeDDB, Digitas, Momentum, MRM//McCann, Cline Davis Mann, TBWA/Chiat/Day, UniWorld Group, Deutsch, Havas, and Ogilvy & Mather.
Since 2016, Chris has served as a creative consultant to several agencies on new business acquisitions. More recently, helping PACE secure the FY17 holiday in-store radio production campaign for Walmart and GlobalHue land their first digital assignment with St. Jude's Research Hospital. In addition, his work in 2003, helped McClain Finlon Advertising win the $20 million Budget Truck Rental account and The Cartel Group (a Hispanic agency in San Antonio) win the $10 million Church's Chicken account. Both efforts generated new revenue flow for the agencies totaling millions of dollars.
In the year 2000, as a Senior Creative at Deutsch, he co-created a national campaign for Domino's Pizza called "Bad Andy. Good Pizza." which helped win the account worth $100 million dollars.