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Transportation & Air Quality
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
In May 2003, EPA formed a technical partnership with DaimlerChrysler and UPS to conduct a unique fuel cell vehicle testing program. The Fuel Cell Delivery Vehicle Testing Program has operated a zero-emission fuel cell powered package delivery vehicle in daily commercial service, the first such demonstration in the U.S. EPA and its partners have achieved all of the goals of the program and have now brought it to a successful conclusion. A joint paper (PDF) (4pp, 210K, about PDF) documenting the experiences of this Partnership and what has been learned by each partner was published in November 2006 as a part of the proceedings of the 2006 Fuel Cell Seminar. [add link when we have the published paper.]
The Fuel Cell Delivery Vehicle Testing Program accumulated over 12,000 miles on the UPS fuel cell "Sprinter" van, developed by DaimlerChrysler. The year-round operation in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area provided a unique opportunity to test the vehicle and its systems in real-world commercial service, including operation during the Michigan winters. The program was also successful in demonstrating how a package delivery company, UPS, can incorporate such an advanced technology vehicle into its normal operations. For more information, go to our page on the Fuel Cell Delivery Vehicle Program.
Key to the development and success of the program was EPA's installation of a hydrogen fueling facility at its National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory. EPA's experience installing, operating, and maintaining this station has provided a national example of how the country might best move toward public hydrogen fueling infrastructure. For more information, go to our page on the Hydrogen Fueling Station.
In parallel with our involvement in the Partnership, EPA became a leader in the development of robust laboratory testing procedures for fuel cell and hydrogen vehicles. Testing performed on several prototype vehicles -- in laboratory facilities upgraded to accommodate hydrogen vehicles -- was critical in developing industry-standard test procedures for testing such vehicles. For more information, go to our page on the Hydrogen Vehicle Testing.
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CORBIN, Ky. (BP)—A series of bad decisions left James Price's life in shambles. He had no money, no car, no home and no hope. But a seemingly chance encounter with retired businessman Ronnie Neal is changing the trajectory of his life.
Living under a bridge on the outskirts of Corbin, Ky., Price, 24, had taken a walk along a rural stretch of highway when he saw Neal loading sheet metal onto a truck. Perhaps, Price thought, that man would be willing to hire him to help.
Neal, 64, saw in Price a young man who needed a hand up, and he was willing to provide it.
Neal's quality of life had improved since those early years. He and his wife Janet, members of West Corbin Baptist Church, credit Christ for that. For Neal, getting on the right path led to a loving wife, a successful career in grocery store management and, most importantly, a close relationship with God.
Neal accepted Price's offer to work for him that day. They talked as they worked, and Neal learned Price's circumstances. When the workday ended, Price thought he would get a few dollars and they would go their separate ways, never to meet again.
For Ronnie and Janet Neal, talking about Jesus is as natural as talking about their two sons. At the Neals' home, Price got heaping helpings of the gospel along with country cooking that would pack weight back on the hungry young man.
Price, who has an extensive rap sheet, was baptized Sunday, Sept. 1, during the 100th anniversary celebration of West Corbin Baptist Church. Now he says he regrets all his wasted years when, in his words, he laid around drunk, not knowing there was a better way.
A year before he met Neal, Price crashed a motorcycle and spent weeks in the hospital. During that time, he was evicted from his rental home.
Through the winter, he lived in a motel in Corbin that offered cheap weekly rates. When his money ran out, he moved in under the bridge.
"I'm not going to give up on him," Neal said, looking squarely at the young man wearing new clothes and a smile.
Helping Price was simply the right thing to do, Neal said.


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Huntley Gordon né le  à Montréal (Québec), et mort d'une attaque cérébrale le  à Van Nuys, en Californie à l'âge de 77 ans, est un acteur canadien. Il a servi dans l'armée de son pays pendant la Première Guerre mondiale entre fin 1916 et 1918. Il est enterré dans le cimetière de Forest Lawn Mémorial Park de Glendale, dans le même État.

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Huntley Gordon commence sa carrière pendant le conflit mondial de 1914-1918 en tant qu'acteur dès 1916. Son premier film, tourné pendant son engagement en Angleterre où il était basé, possédait comme arrière-plan le conflit de la Première Guerre. Après sa démobilisation, il est demandé par des firmes hollywoodiennes, qui recherchaient des acteurs au regard suave et à l'allure élégante et distinguée, adaptés pour les films muets. Toujours demandé par Hollywood pendant la période des films parlants à la fin des années 1920, Huntley Gordon a voyagé entre l'Angleterre et les États-Unis pour tourner plus de 120 films avec les studios de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Il se retire vers les années 1940 pour se réorienter vers la fabrication des bas de soie, affaire lucrative grâce aux restrictions de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. On l'entendra souvent dans des interviews radiophoniques canadiennes et anglaises.

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Naissance en octobre 1879
Naissance à Montréal
Décès en décembre 1956
Décès à Van Nuys
Décès à 77 ans
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Acteur québécois de cinéma
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Personnalité inhumée au Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

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Cadillac ELR Electric Coupe Debuts Next Month
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General Motors has announced that they will be debuting the new Cadillac ELR extended range luxury coupe at next month's North American International Auto Show on January 15th. They haven't revealed much about this car yet, and they're still pretty tight-lipped, but we do have this one shadowy image to whet our appetites until the show in Detroit.
The Cadillac ELR is basically the production version of the Converj concept car that debuted back in 2009 with the tagline "The Cadillac of Electric Vehicles." The tagline was cute, but that didn't help the car see the light of day. It's taken a few years, but now the ELR has built on what the Converj started and taken it further with a T-shaped lithium-ion battery, an electric drive unit, and a four-cylinder engine-generator.
Electricity will be the car's sole power source which means less filling your tank and no nasty emissions, unless the battery gets low. This will trigger what's touted as a seamless switch to a gasoline-powered electric generator similar to what is currently in the Chevy Volt. No short drives and long recharges to hold up your vacation with this luxury coupe. Drivers will instead get hundreds of extra miles thanks to the gas-electric combination.
The battery will be built at GM's Brownstown Battery Assembly, but the vehicle will come from their Detroit-Hamtramck plant. Back in October, General Motors announced a $35 million investment in Detroit-Hamtramck to prepare for production of the Cadillac ELR. The plant is the only one in the United States that mass produces extended-range electric vehicles. It also marks the first time this plant will be producing a two-door vehicle since back in 1999 when it made the Cadillac Eldorado.
In addition to the Cadillac ELR, the plant also produces the Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera, and Holden Volt extended-range electric vehicles. These cars are exported to some 21 different countries.
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Funding now open for multicultural festivals and events in NSW
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Applications for the NSW Government's Celebrating Diversity Events Grants are now open.
Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti said all eligible community organisations should consider applying for the program.
"NSW is home to hundreds of world class multicultural festivals and events that celebrate our diversity," Sidoti said.
"This program offers a helping hand of up to $10,000 to the many hardworking community organisations who promote social cohesion in our community."
Co.As.It. General Manager Thomas Camporeale said the organisation was delighted to receive support from the NSW Government for its Multicultural Moonlight Cinema, held earlier in the year.
"We were able to hold a free event over three nights to share the best of world cinema with all members of our community," Camporeale said.
"Our open-air cinema featured films representing Italian, Spanish, French languages."
"The cinema was a huge success, bringing more than a 1000 film lovers from all backgrounds together to enjoy diverse cultures and traditions through film."
Event grants have previously supported Australia Day and Harmony Day celebrations, sporting, art and interfaith events.
Celebrating Diversity Events Grants are now open and will close 5pm Friday, 20 September 2019. For more information about the Celebrating Diversity Events grants program, visit https://multicultural.nsw.gov.au/grants/
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Q. It's unusual for a nonSpaniard to get the kind of reception you got at the end of the match today. Was that right up there? Spaniards standing on their feet giving an ovation is rather unusual. What do you make of it?
ROGER FEDERER: I was curious myself to see how they were going to react when seeing me. After all the matches I've had with all the Spaniards, not only Rafa, but especially not having been here for a few years.
The reception was great on Tuesday when I played Massu. That kind of calmed me down and I thought, okay, this is actually going to be a fun week, an enjoyable week.
In the finals I actually expected them to be obviously 50/50 because he had a great match yesterday as well. Obviously he's also Spanish speaking, so that helps. But people here took my win very nicely, and I appreciate that very much. It's not always the usual. To have so many fans around the world, now I can count definitely the Spaniards in that as well. It's a nice thing for me.
Q. In terms of back to back performances to win a championship, how good is that, your performances against Nalbandian and obviously today?
ROGER FEDERER: Obviously excellent. Two 6-0's against players of that caliber is always a bit surprising. I played well the entire tournament, didn't drop a set. Only got broken once. There's not much I can say about that. I really turned it on when I had to from the semis on. So I'm really, really happy.
Q. Your injury in your right ankle is serious enough to keep you out of Basel?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I can walk now, so it's okay. And I could continue to play. It happened to me in Toronto. It happened to me at the U.S. Open against Blake as well. It's the third time it happened. Every time I could get up, continue to play. I definitely will have to see how it reacts tomorrow morning to know exactly how I feel. I'm confident, you know. As usual, I'm a positive thinker. I don't have pain now. That's a good sign.
Q. You don't have pain?
Q. Are you happy that -- also what he's been telling you for a couple of years that you're the best in history. He knows a little about tennis.
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah. It's very nice to hear. After last year being upset that the top guys didn't come, I'm happy I could make it up and come and win this year. We're on good terms again.
Q. You don't feel like it yet?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't feel?
Q. Like the best in history.
ROGER FEDERER: I don't understand.
Q. You don't feel like you are the best tennis player in history?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I am the best right now. But in history, I guess we'll never know except I break all the records there are.
From that I'm still away of keeping everything. There's definitely a long way to go. I'm definitely in the fast lane right now. That's for sure.
Q. How confident are you to be able to play at that level to the end of the year? Do you feel steady enough?
ROGER FEDERER: The tough thing now is different balls, different surface for Tuesday. That's a bit of a problem that go like about some seasons, that they change it up too much. I think it would be easier for all the players to keep it all the same instead of having to adjust, having to -- it takes time to get used to different circumstances.
I feel like I can play a solid match in any given day. It's definitely going to be tough. A lot of tennis. I hope I get over this little issue with my ankle so I can play Basel. And then I hope that I feel fine also after that tournament so then I can play Paris. That's the plan. I have a week anyway between Paris and Shanghai. We'll see what happens. At the moment I feel great. I I'll try to carry the confidence over to the next two tournaments.
Q. Will you travel with your coach again every week?
ROGER FEDERER: I'll see him in Basel. He won't be in Paris. And then he'll come to Shanghai again. And then I'll see him in December.
Q. Roger, there were lots of fine things about his performance. What pleased you both? You served particularly well as the match went on. And just like before your movement was very good. What did you like best?
ROGER FEDERER: I knew the match would be dangerous and difficult from the start, because I know he has an excellent serve, a great fore hand. He's improved his back hand. He can volley. He plays a lot of doubles. So I know that the first set was going to be crucial against a player like that.
For me, even though I might lose a first set, I always try to stay poised and everything. It wasn't needed this time around.
Obviously I tried to jump on top of him in the second set. He didn't swing his serve any more as hard as he did. I took advantage of that. I got into more service games, and I kept up my good work and my own serve. And that put the pressure up on him.
And right away it was two sets to love. And then obviously things were getting really difficult for him. He couldn't keep up the pace. I found another gear and played great tennis. I think it was one of those matches I actually kind of prepared early on in the match to then take control later on.
Q. Winning straight sets all the time, would that help when you've got three weeks of tennis?
ROGER FEDERER: Obviously. I actually didn't know it was a 48 draw here when I came here. I was actually prepared to play six matches if I had to. Like the usual Masters Series. Then I heard I had a bye. I was actually very happy about that.
Again it's kind of dangerous, too, because Massu comes in with a win against another good player and so forth. It was just important to get over the first and second round. And I'm happy that actually the Masters are all a 48 draw. That gives me a better chance of playing them all.
Q. Not to bother you, but the people in Spain, they like you. But do you think you would play against Spain in the Davis Cup because of Switzerland because of this? Or is it still too long a period of time to February of 2007?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, it's still a long way. I'm, of course, trying to clear my head before making a decision, because I want to let my fans know, I want to let my team know, if it's a good or less good decision for the people. I'm talking to my team right now to try to make the schedule for the beginning of the season to see what's best, if it fits in or not. I'll probably know the news in the next couple of weeks.
Q. Your game is going up and up. Is it too easy? Perfection can be boring? Because we don't get tired watching you.
ROGER FEDERER: If you're not getting tired, I'm definitely not getting tired either. I'm also very happy with the progress I'm making. It's bit by bit. I know that eventually you reach a certain level or standard. You're not going to change much in your game. There's little details that in the end make quite a bit difference. I really feel over the last couple of years now I've become a much more steady player with more choices in my game. I can vary really great now. I can rely on my serve. That wasn't always the case. And physically I've improved so much that I'm not scared of any five setters, of any tournament anymore. And also I've really come a long way in the last four or five years. And I hope to stay healthy, to keep winning. Because I like it.
Q. On just a slightly different tact, Roger. Britain has just announced that Peter Lundgren is becoming our Davis Cup coach?
ROGER FEDERER: There you go.
Q. Hopefully that will spark a major improvement in our fortunes. Could you just give us a little idea of his qualities and maybe a little bit of what he can do for us and what sort of a guy he is.
ROGER FEDERER: What's his position?
Q. Coach. John Lloyd is the captain.
ROGER FEDERER: He's got experience for that. He was in the Swiss Davis Cup team for a couple of years alongside me and everybody. Actually the plan was that Peter Carter becomes the captain eventually and Peter stays the coach. And then obviously the tragic accident happened, and he stepped down as well. And then Mark took over actually because we asked if he could do, it and he said, "Okay, I'll do it." Be a playing captain, which is very nice. Peter has experience. Obviously for a job like this, he's especially good in a team. He brings great spirit to the team and obviously as a Swede, Davis Cup is a huge motivation every time. I think he's a good guy to have and the team. I guess for him it's just a matter of getting to know the players.
Q. What is more important for you? To win the title in Basel or in Paris? If you have to choose?
ROGER FEDERER: It's obvious the win in Basel will be much more emotional because I went through the whole system of being a ball boy, my mom doing the credentials there, and having so many people and friends there. But Paris is a bigger tournament. It's a tournament that I haven't been able to win yet.
ROGER FEDERER: Probably Basel right now.
Q. How dangerous is the champagne?
ROGER FEDERER: It's dangerous for my eye. I thought I lost it. I was looking for it on the ground. It was just rolling away. He got me good, Fernando. Good fun actually.
ROGER FEDERER: It's fun. In five seconds it was okay.


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Federer Celebrates His 100th Match at Rod Laver Arena With a Win
The Quint 18 January 2019
Ageless defending champion Roger Federer marked his 100th match on Rod Laver Arena on Friday by storming past American Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 in the third round.
The 21-year-old world number 50 had no answer to the precision and finesse of the Swiss master, who extended his Open-era record for the most appearances in the fourth round of a Grand Slam to 63 with an 88-minute demolition.
Federer, Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson have all won six Australian Opens -- although the Australian great's victories all came before the Open era.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion will continue his quest for a record seventh Australian Open title against Greek 14th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last 16.
United States' Taylor Fritz makes a forehand return to Roger Federer during their third round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019.
Federer blitzed the young American from the start, barrelling through the first set in just 20 minutes.
It prompted Nick Kyrgios, commentating on Australian TV, to proclaim: "The way Federer is moving is scary. This is ridiculous tennis."
Former junior world number one Fritz was bidding to reach the last 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time and put up a better fight in the second stanza. He held serve to lead 4-3 and had a glimmer of hope at 0-30 in the next.
But Federer, as he has done so many times in the 20 years he has been coming to Melbourne, stepped up through the gears and got out of trouble by unleashing a repertoire of great shots including a serve-volley, a forehand winner up the line and ace.
At 5-5, Federer converted the second of two break points and served out for a two-set lead.
Roger Federer is congratulated by United States' Taylor Fritz after winning their third round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday, Jan. 18.
""Taylor played really well. The first serve dropped up at times, but you can see the upside. He is going to have many more years on tour playing at this level. It is pretty cool to watch him play." " - Roger Federer
Federer was clearly in no mood to hang about and put his foot back down on the gas to race through the third in just 26 minutes.
Ominously for his rivals, he is yet to drop a set this year and came into the Australian Open on the back of victory in the mixed teams Hopman Cup.
Federer has won the last two tournaments at Melbourne Park in a late career resurgence and on this form will be hard to stop from extending his all-time record with a 21st major victory.
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SEASON TWO BACHELOR JORDAN MAUGER WITH CERI (IMAGE: SUPPLIED)
'Not enough food, no running water': a NZ Bachelorette tells all about life in the mansion
Ceri McVinnie | Guest writer
Serious production issues – 'not enough food, no running water' – have been alleged by season two bachelorette Ceri McVinnie in a blog post we have republished with permission below. MediaWorks have been approached for comment, and we will update as soon as we receive a response.
The below is an updated and amended version of the original blog post published by Ceri, updated to feature excerpts from an interview with Ceri conducted by The Spinoff. Warner Brothers NZ, who produced the series, have provided a two line statement which we reproduce in full at the end.
I don't really watch much television. And when I do, it's usually not reality TV. But despite this, I found myself watching parts of The Bachelor NZ season one. Art was a total babe, (yes, I had a wee crush) and I became transfixed watching him find love with Matilda. It was like a modern day fairytale.
I wanted that fairytale, so when applications opened for season two, I jumped at my chance. I naively thought that I could find a potential Prince Charming, with the nation watching. Whoever they picked to be the Bachelor had to be an amazing guy, right? I had a definite idea of the kind of man I thought would be waiting for me when I got out of that Suzuki Swift.
Let's just say my expectations were not met… Before the end of the first cocktail party, my wee bubble about how amazing and authentic my Bachelor experience was going to be had burst.
For nearly two months, I felt locked in a nightmare. When we weren't on dates, we weren't able to leave the house. I didn't go on a date for three weeks, so just had to stay in the mansion. I did a lot of baking during the day because that's my way of relieving stress. It's probably a good thing I did, because there was never enough food in the house. Some days if I hadn't had made muffins there wouldn't have been lunch for all of us.
Our caterer didn't seem to know how to feed 20 girls, so she told us we should just eat less. She would keep the food in her sleep-out and bring out our rations for the day. There would be three bananas for breakfast, the three girls would eat a banana each and then there was nothing for the rest of us.
We would often go hungry, so a few of us got in touch with our families back home to send food. It was like boarding school, we'd give them the MediaWorks address and they would send us through actual food parcels. I got my mum to send me a big jar of peanut butter, some pasta and other things I could cook for myself and eat.
The worst instance was after we had a roast chicken cooked for us. When we took the plastic wrap off it to make sandwiches, there were flies that had been trapped under it for who knows how long. Naz threw it out, and our chaperone picked it out of the rubbish, washed it in the sink and tried to feed it back to us. That was the very worst.
Eventually her contract finished, and we were able to go to the supermarket and buy food to cook for ourselves.
The mansion was also supplied by tank water, and in the first couple of days I was halfway through my shower – all lathered up – and the water just stopped. The crew had the day off the next day, so we told our chaperone but nobody fixed it for the entire following day. We were all stuck in the mansion with no running water. We did get bottled water to drink, but the toilets were completely destroyed because they couldn't be flushed, and we were instructed to have a bath in the pool if we wanted to get clean.
It got fixed, and then we ran out again the next week. Turns out there were some selfish Bachelorettes who insisted on having hour-long showers.
For anyone who thinks The Bachelor is a luxurious experience: it's not. When we were staying in Auckland it was like a dormitory with all the single beds lined up, and some of the girls had to share beds early on. There was a shortage of beds in Hawaii, so some of us were on airbeds and me and Shari shared a mattress of the floor. For two weeks. Not being able to get a good night's sleep made us feel even more uncomfortable, more vulnerable, more tired.
The combination of all these things made me feel more like I was on Survivor, not a show where I could potentially find my soul mate. With such limited contact to the outside world, it's easier for producers to mind f*ck you into thinking you have feelings for a guy that, in real life, let's be honest, you would never have looked twice at.
I started to lose sight of myself and how I actually felt – I was an emotional wreck, crying for pretty much no reason and just wanting to go home but being told that I'd regret it if I left and that "you have a real connection."
Deep down I knew from the first night there was nothing and never would be, but it took not receiving the rose and getting sent home, flooded with an overwhelming sense of relief, for me to actually admit this to myself. Not the fairytale I had hoped but there is a silver lining – I made some amazing friends. I have days were do I regret being on the show but then I think of the wonderful girls I now have my life, and know that it was worth it purely for the lifelong friendships made.
Anyway, onto the most recent season of the Bachelor NZ. Kudos to Mediaworks for finding a much more genuine guy this time around. Zac gets nervous, he blushes when he talks to or kisses the girls, and actually seems to care about them – he seems a lot more human and real in his interactions and emotions. After the final last night, him and Viarni do seem to have potential for a real relationship but I guess time will tell.
Although Zac is an improvement, I've found season 3 a tad lacklustre and even a bit boring at times (and yes, it could possibly be because I was personally more invested while watching last season). Don't get me wrong, this season has definitely had its moments and I love some of the girls (the ones I've met are all amazing) but it just seemed to be missing something.
I do really feel for the girls. I've been in their shoes and know it's not easy. Editing can completely alter or take something you did or said out of context. Not to mention the emotional drain of being isolated from friends and family. It's enough to make anyone start to appear crazy on screen. So although I may not have enjoyed this season as much, I have so much respect for all the girls for giving it a shot and putting themselves out there.
I really hope they had a better experience than I did.
Republished with permission from Ceri's blog.
Statement from Warner Brothers NZ: "We are disappointed to only hear of Ceri's concerns now, but do note she then went on to apply to be a participant on Season 3 of The Bachelor which is surprising given the allegations. Furthermore, she then put herself forward to be the Bachelorette should the programme be produced".
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The Italian Paper Chase – Part II
Now that we had the fiscal codes, we were "legal" to sign the compromesso and send the deposit. Since we had no bank account in Italy, sending the deposit posed some logistics issues that we hoped could be overcome quickly since Pietro was becoming a bit nervous as time went on. Regarding the compromesso, the following excerpt from an email from Francesco says much, including a comment on how beautiful his English is.
"Please pay attention to not confuse the compromesso stage with the final deeds of sale stage.
The compromesso (the right word should be "preliminary contract") is what we are going to do in the next 10-15 days. The final deeds is the final document which under the italian law transfer the house in your name.
About your question how to send the money, the best option for you is that you should transfer the money into our company account (when and if you decide to do that you have to diclare at your bank that you are transfering that money for "acquisto casa in locorotondo alla contrada marinelli" which means "money sent to purchase a house in locorotondo'; with that description under the italian law I'm committed to give the money to Pietro when he will sign the "compromesso" and only in that moment!
Also, I don't know how much time it will take to send the money from your bank to an italian bank, but with the other american clients it took about 10 days. Then my suggestion is that you should make the transfer even this week if is possible for you. If you agree with my suggestion, let me know and I'll send you the instructions for the bank transfer.
Excuse me, if this email sounds rude or impolite, wasn't my intention at all, I use to write in english as I think in italian, and some time Colleen tells me that in english sound very bad!"
I left all of the violations of the rules of English in this excerpt so that this might serve as a teachable moment. Here is a man who has lived all of his life in southern Italy who apologizes for a command of English that exceeds that of many of the college students I taught in the 1970s. For this and many other reasons, Jessica and I have developed such affection and respect for him that it belies the fact that we have only known him for a very short time.
But, back to the compromesso. I went to my bank armed with the latest dollar-to-euro exchange rate. My assumption was that, given that large number of euros I would be buying, there would be some discount from the retail price banks charge for foreign currency. I was summarily disabused of that assumption. The cost of a euro was the current exchange rate ($1.26, at the time) plus ten cents per euro, effectively, an 8% surcharge. When, in the past, I had bought a couple hundred euros before heading to Europe so that we had some usable cash in our pockets when we arrived, the few dollars extra was inconsequential. When it's a matter of tens of thousands of euro, then it becomes an amputation. Unfortunately, I knew of no other way, at that moment, to make the exchange so I paid the premium and the bank wired the money per Francesco's instructions.
About a week later, on October 22nd, we received the compromesso, signed by Pietro. Jessica and I placed our signatures where they were called for and sent them off back to Colleen for recordation. The deposit money was released to Pietro, the compromesso was recorded, and we prepared for the closing scheduled for five weeks later.
The only remaining complication was getting our dollars for the closing into Italy. First, we had to convert the dollars into euros and do so in a way that avoided the bank premium. Once again, the internet was a savior. Some research was required, but I was able to find a foreign exchange firm that, once I opened an account, would take deposits in dollars and, for a very small margin, would convert them into euros. The euros could then be wired into a bank account in Italy. Unfortunately, however, we had no account into which the funds could be deposited. Furthermore, though Colleen and Francesco tried mightily to find a bank that would permit us to open an account in Italy without us being physically present, once again the Italian anti-money laundering laws interceded. The only option available to us was to deposit the funds into Colleen's personal checking account.
Of course, it couldn't be that simple and it wasn't. In order to comply with yet another Italian regulation, I first had to execute a procura, what we might call a power of attorney, indicating that the funds were being placed into Colleen's account temporarily and for the purpose of buying the property. It had to be in Italian, signed in the presence of an official of the Italian government and stamped by the official to verify that the taxes for the document had been paid. The result of this effort was a delicious example of the Italian bureaucracy at work.
Francesco sent me a form of procura to use, which I then sent on to the Consolato Onorario d'Italia (the honorary consulate office) in Pittsburgh. I told the Honorary Consul the purpose of the procura and asked if they had the authority to authenticate it. The response was that they could. The problem, she said, was that the form of procura was inconsistent with the purpose.
"The entire document must be written in the form of 'Scrittura privata' and NOT as 'Atto pubblico," her response ran. "If you wish to retain the document as is, then you must go to philadelphia. Only the Consulate General can authenticate an "Atto pubblico.'" She went on to say that whoever prepared the document "does not know the Italian law."
When I sent her reaction to Francesco, he informed me that the person who produced the procura was the notaio who would be conducting the closing and that this was the form she would accept. So, now we had the Honorary Consul refusing to accept the document that the notaio was insisting on. And, since I could barely translate a word of it, I was utterly incapable of arguing with either one of them. Francesco took over. He spoke to both the Consul and the notaio, negotiated a compromise and we produced a form that satisfied both women.
The funds were sent, the closing was scheduled and our plane tickets were purchased for our return to Puglia and to, what would become, our heaven on earth.
Colleen & Francesco, i nostri cari amici (our dear friends)
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Nobody had dreamed that there was to be a break at last in our long-established custom, and nobody dreamed that the break was to be made in such a quarter. One of the most well-to-do, if not the most well-to-do, of us all, took the first boarders ever taken in Linnville. When Amelia Powers heard of it she said, "Them that has, gits."
"Tommy! Tommy!" said I, "where is the fire?"
"Where is it? Oh, where is it?" said she, and Candace put her head out of the window and called out, "Where is it? Is it near here?"
Pretty soon we heard the fire-engine coming, and Amelia Powers cried out: "Oh, it's going to Mrs. Liscom's! It's her house! It's Mrs. Liscom's house!"
Candace Powers put her head farther out of the window, and screamed in a queer voice that echoed like a parrot's, "Oh, 'Melia! 'Melia! it's Mrs. Liscom's, it's Mrs. Liscom's, and the wind's this way! Come, quick, and help me get out the best feather bed, and the counterpane that mother knit! Quick! Quick!"
"I suppose she thought she would earn some money and have some extra things," said Mrs. Jones.
"It must have been that," said Mrs. Ketchum, panting—she was almost out of breath—"for, of course, the Liscoms don't need the money."
"They must own that nice place clear, if it ain't going to burn to the ground, and have something in the bank besides," assented Mrs. Peter Jones.
Mrs. Peter Jones, who is very small and alert, said suddenly that it looked to her as if the smoke were coming out of the kitchen chimney, but Mrs. Ketchum said of course it was on fire inside in the woodwork. "Oh, only to think of Mrs. Liscom's nice house being all burned up, and what a dreadful reception for those boarders!" she groaned out.
I never saw such a hubbub, and apparently over nothing at all, as there was. There was a steady yell of fire from a crowd of boys who seemed to enjoy it; the water was swishing, the firemen's arms were pumping in unison, and everybody generally running in aimless circles like a swarm of ants. Then we saw the boarders coming out. "Oh, the house must be all in a light blaze inside!" groaned Mrs. Ketchum.
Of course, the family did not nearly reach to the well, and she beckoned to us imperatively. "Come immediately!" said she; "if the men of this village have no head in an emergency like this, let the women arise! Come immediately."
Then suddenly we saw Caroline Liscom appear. She snatched the bucket out of the hands of the boy boarder and gave it a toss into the lilac-bush beside the door; then she stood there, looking as I had never seen her look before. Caroline Liscom has always had the reputation of being a woman of a strong character; she is manifestly the head of her family. It is always, "Mrs. Liscom's house," and "Mrs. Liscom's property," instead of Mr. Liscom's.
"You just get out of my house; every one of you!" said Caroline in a loud but slow voice, as if she were so angry that she was fairly reining herself in; and they got out. Then she called to the firemen who were working the engine, and they heard her above all the uproar.
"You stop drenching my house with water, and go home!" said she.
"There is no fire," said Caroline Liscom. "My house is not on fire, and has not been on fire. I am getting tea, and the kitchen chimney always smokes when the wind is west. I don't thank you, any of you, for coming here and turning my house upside down and drenching it with water, and lugging my furniture out-of-doors. Now you can go home. I don't see what fool ever sent you here!"
"No," said Caroline Liscom, "I want you to go home, and that is all I do want of you."
Then the mother boarder spoke—she was evidently not easily put down. "I refuse to return to the house or to allow my family to do so unless I am officially notified by the fire department that the fire is extinguished," said she.
"Then you can stay out-of-doors," said Caroline Liscom, and we all gasped to hear her, though we secretly admired her for it.
The boarder glared at her in a curious kind of way, like a broadside of stoniness, but Caroline did not seem to mind it at all. Then the boarder changed her tactics like a general on the verge of defeat. She sidled up to Mr. Spear, the chief engineer, who was giving orders to drag home the engine, and said in an unexpectedly sweet voice, like a trickle of honey off the face of a rock: "My good man, am I to understand that I need apprehend no further danger from fire! I ask for the sake of my precious family."
Mr. Spear looked at her as if she had spoken to him in Choctaw, and she was obliged to ask him over again. "My good man," said she, "is the fire out?"
Mr. Spear looked at her as if he were half daft then, but he answered: "Yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am, certainly, ma'am, no danger at all, ma'am." Then he went on ordering the men: "A leetle more to the right, boys! All together!"
"Thank you, my good man, your word is sufficient," said the boarder, though Mr. Spear did not seem to hear her.
"I am sorry for you, Caroline," said I.
"Look at my house, Sophia Lane," said she, and that was all she would say. She shut her mouth tight over that. That house was enough to make a strong-minded woman like Caroline dumb, and send a weak one into hysterics. It was dripping with water, and nearly all the furniture out in the yard piled up pell-mell. I could not see how she was going to get supper for the boarders: the kitchen fire was out and the stove drenched, with a panful of biscuits in the oven.
"What are you going to give them for supper, Caroline?" said I, and she just shook her head. I knew that those boarders would have to take what they could get, or go without.
I went through the house to the front entry, thinking I would go out the front door—the side one was dripping as if it were under a waterfall. Just as I reached it I heard a die-away voice from the front chamber say, "My good woman."
So I kept right on. Then I heard a despairing sigh, and the voice said, "You speak to her, Harriet."
Then I heard another voice, very sweet and a little timid, "Will you please step upstairs? Mamma wishes to speak to you."
I began to wonder if they were talking to me. I looked up, and there discovered a pretty, innocent, rosy little face, peering over the balustrade at the head of the stairs. "Will you please step upstairs?" said she again, in the same sweet tones. "Mamma wishes to speak to you."
I have a little weakness of the heart, and do not like to climb stairs more than I am positively obliged to; it always puts me so out of breath. I sleep downstairs on that account. I looked at Caroline's front stairs, which are rather steep, with some hesitation. I felt shaken, too, on account of the alarm of fire. Then I heard the first voice again with a sort of languishing authority: "My good woman, will you be so kind as to step upstairs immediately?"
"I am sorry you have had such an unpleasant experience," I began, but she cut me short.
"My good woman," said she in little more than a whisper, "do you know of any house in a sanitary location where we can obtain board immediately? I am very particular about the location. There must be no standing water near the house, there must not be trees near on account of the dampness, the neighbors must not keep hens—of course, the people of the house must not keep hens—and the woman must have an even temper. I must particularly insist upon an even temper. My nerves are exceedingly weak; I cannot endure such a rasping manner as that which I have encountered to-day."
She gave another sigh, as if of the most determined patience. "Have I not already told you, my good woman," said she, "that I cannot endure such a rasping manner and voice as that of the woman of the house? It is most imperative that I have another boarding-place at once."
"My good woman," said she, "you look very neat and tidy yourself, and I don't doubt are a good plain cook; I am willing to try your house if it is not surrounded by trees and there is no standing water near; I do not object to running water."
In the midst of this speech the elder daughter had said in a frightened way, "Oh, mamma!" but her mother had paid no attention. As for myself, I was angry. The memory of my two years at Wardville Young Ladies' Seminary in my youth and my frugally independent life as wife and widow was strong upon me. I had read and improved my mind. I was a prominent member of the Ladies' Literary Society of our village: I wrote papers which were read at the meetings; I felt, in reality, not one whit below Mrs. H. Boardman Jameson, and, moreover, large sleeves were the fashion, and my sleeves were every bit as large as hers, though she had just come from the city. That added to my conviction of my own importance.
"Madam," said I, "I do not take boarders. I have never taken boarders, and I never shall take boarders." Then I turned and went out of the room, and downstairs, with, it seemed to me, much dignity.
However, Mrs. Jameson was not impressed by it, for she called after me: "My good woman, will you please tell Mrs. Liscom that I must have some hot water to make my health food with immediately? Tell her to send up a pitcher at once, very hot."
Indeed, the story purported to come from Tommy Gregg, who declared that the boy at Liscom's had "hollered" fire, and when he was asked where it was had told him at Liscom's. However that may have been, I looked around at our humble little home, at the lounge which I had covered myself, at the threadbare carpet on the sitting-room floor, at the wallpaper which was put on the year before my husband died, at the vases on the shelf, which had belonged to my mother, and I was very thankful that I did not care for "extra things" or new furniture and carpets enough to take boarders who made one feel as if one were simply a colonist of their superior state, and the Republic was over and gone.
We also knew just how old they all were, and how the H. in Mr. Jameson's name stood for Hiram. We knew that Mrs. Jameson had never liked the name—might, in fact, have refused to marry on that score had not Grandma Cobb reasoned with her and told her that he was a worthy man with money, and she not as young as she had been; and how she compromised by always using the abbreviation, both in writing and speaking. "She always calls him H," said Grandma Cobb, "and I tell her sometimes it doesn't look quite respectful to speak to her husband as if he were part of the alphabet." Grandma Cobb, if the truth had been told, was always in a state of covert rebellion against her daughter.
Grandma Cobb always carried about with her a paper-covered novel and a box of cream peppermints. She ate the peppermints and freely bestowed them upon others; the novel she never read. She said quite openly that she only carried it about to please her daughter, who had literary tastes. "She belongs to a Shakespeare Club, and a Browning Club, and a Current Literature Club," said Grandma Cobb.
"That book must be current literature," said Mrs. Ketchum one day, "but I looked into it when she was at our house, and I should not want Adeline to read it."
And as for Harry Liscom, it was plain enough to be seen that, aside from his discomfiture at the close attendance of Mrs. H. Boardman Jameson, he was blissfully satisfied and admiring. I was rather sorry to see it on his account, though I had nothing against the girl. I think, on general principles, that it is better usually for a young man of our village to marry one of his own sort; that he has a better chance of contentment and happiness. However, in this case it seemed quite likely that there would be no chance of married happiness at all. It did not look probable that Mrs. H. Boardman Jameson would smile upon her eldest daughter's marriage with the son of "a good woman," and I was not quite sure as to what Caroline Liscom would say.
Then Mrs. Jameson spoke; she had not before said a word. "These are enough to poison the whole village," said she, and she sniffed with a proud uplifting of her nose.
Mrs. Jameson lifted this cracker-box on to the table and opened it. It was quite full of thick, hard-looking biscuits, or crackers. She laid them in a pile beside the other things; then she took up the basket and opened that. There was another kind of a cracker in that, and two large papers of something. When everything was taken out she pointed at the piles of eatables on the table, and addressed us: "Ladies, attention!" rapping slightly with a spoon at the same time. Her voice was very sweet, with a curious kind of forced sweetness: "Ladies, attention! I wish you to carefully observe the food upon the table before us. I wish you to consider it from the standpoint of wives and mothers of families. There is the food which you have brought, unwholesome, indigestible; there is mine, approved of by the foremost physicians and men of science of the day. For ten years I have had serious trouble with the alimentary canal, and this food has kept me in strength and vigor. Had I attempted to live upon your fresh biscuits, your frosted cakes, your rich pastry, I should be in my grave. One of those biscuits which you see there before you is equal in nourishment to six of your indigestible pies, or every cake upon the table. The great cause of the insanity and dyspepsia so prevalent among the rural classes is rich pie and cake. I feel it my duty to warn you. I hope, ladies, that you will consider carefully what I have said."
Jonas Green marched straight up to Mrs. Jameson under her tree, and said in a loud voice: "Ma'am, if this boy and girl are yours I think it is about time you taught them better than to tramp through folks' fields picking things that don't belong to them, and I expect what I've lost in squashes and potatoes to be made good to me."
"My good man," said she, "if, when you come to dig your squashes, you find less than usual, and when you come to pick your potatoes the bushes are not in as good condition as they generally are, you may come to me and I will make it right with you."
"I never saw such beautiful yellow flowers," Sarah said, sobbing and looking ruefully at her great bouquet of squash blossoms. This little Sarah, who was only twelve, and very small and childish for her age, said sooner and later many ignorant, and yet quaintly innocent things about our country life, which were widely repeated. It was Sarah who said, when she was offered some honey at a village tea-drinking, "Oh, will you please tell me what time you drive home your bees? and do they give honey twice a day like the cows?" It was Sarah who, when her brother was very anxious to see the pigs on Mr. White's farm, said, "Oh, be quiet, Cobb, dear; it is too late tonight; the pigs must have gone into their holes."
Caroline Liscom came with her boarders, and I knew, the minute I saw her, that something was wrong. She had a look of desperation and defiance which I had seen on her face before. Thinks I to myself: "You are all upset over something, but you have made up your mind to hide it, whether or no."
"Let me cut something out," said she in her brisk manner; "I have come here to be useful. What is there needing to be cut out?"
"Mrs. Jameson," said she, "these are cut just alike back and front, and they are large enough for a boy of twelve." She spoke very clearly and decisively. Flora Clark never minces matters.
We fairly shivered with terror as to what would come next, and poor Mrs. White clutched my arm hard. "Oh," she whispered, "I am so sorry she spoke so."
To our horror, Flora Clark spoke again. "I guess you are right about their lasting," said she; "I shouldn't think those trousers would wear out any faster on a five-year-old boy than they would on a pair of tongs. They certainly won't touch him anywhere."
"Ladies," said she. "Ladies, attention!"
Mrs. Jameson continued, utterly unconscious of having given any offence. We supposed that she did not once think it possible that we knew what the usages of ladies' societies were. "Ladies," said she, "I am sure that you will all prefer having your minds improved and your spheres enlarged by the study and contemplation of one of the greatest authors of any age, to indulging in narrow village gossip. I will now read to you a selection from Robert Browning."
Presently Mrs. White stole in again and tried to listen politely to the reading, but her expression was so strained to maintain interest that one could see the anxiety underneath. I knew what worried her before she told me, as she did presently. "I have rolled those biscuits up in a cloth," she whispered, "but I am dreadfully afraid that they will be spoiled."
Mrs. Jameson read selections from Robert Browning until six o'clock, and by that time Mrs. White had attained to the calmness of despair. At a quarter of six she whispered to me that the biscuits were spoiled, and then her face settled into an expression of stony peace. When Mrs. Jameson finally closed her book there was a murmur which might have been considered expressive of relief or applause, according to the amount of self-complacency of the reader. Mrs. Jameson evidently considered it applause, for she bowed in a highly gracious manner, and remarked: "I am very glad if I have given you pleasure, ladies, and I shall be more than pleased at some future time to read some other selections even superior to these which I have given, and also to make some remarks upon them."
"What is the matter?" said I.
Flora Clark's eyes snapped. She could not be repressed any longer, so she turned on poor Louisa as if she were the offender. "Let her go home, then!" said she. "She sha'n't have any hot water in this house!"
Flora spoke very loud, and Mrs. White was in agony. "Oh, Flora! don't, don't!" said she. But she looked at the cold kitchen stove in dismay.
I wondered if Flora Clark had said anything. I heard afterward that she had not, but I saw at once that she was endeavoring to wreak a little revenge upon Mrs. Jameson. By a series of very skilfull and scarcely perceptible manoeuvres she gently impelled Mrs. Jameson, without her being aware of it, into the seat directly in front of the stove. I knew it was not befitting my age and Christian character, but I was glad to see her there. The heat that night was something terrific, and the fire in the stove, although we had made no more than we could help, had increased it decidedly. I thought that Mrs. Jameson, between the stove at her back and the hot water in her health food, would have her just deserts. It did seem as if she must be some degrees warmer than any of the rest of us.
"Indeed, my place is quite cool, mamma," she said. So Mrs. Jameson and her daughter exchanged places; and I did not dare look at Flora Clark.
"You are so far above me," said a boy's voice which I knew was Harry Liscom's.
Then came the voice of the girl in reply: "Oh, Harry, it is you who are so far above me." Then I was sure that they kissed each other.
"What do you think, Sophia?" said Louisa when she came in—she did not wait to take off her hat before she began—"the Jamesons are going to leave the Liscoms, and they have rented the old Wray place, and are going to run the farm and raise vegetables and eggs. Mr. Jameson is coming on Saturday night, and they are going to move in next Monday."
"Old Jonas Martin is planting the garden now," said Louisa. "I saw him as I came past."
"The garden," said I; "why, it is the first of August!"
"Mrs. Jameson thinks that she can raise late peas and corn, and set hens so as to have spring chickens very early in the season," replied Louisa, laughing; "at least, that is what Mrs. Gregg says. The Jamesons are going to stay here until the last of October, and then Jonas Martin is going to take care of the hens through the winter."
"I don't believe that he will have much to say about the farm while Mrs. Jameson has a tongue in her head," said Louisa; and I agreed with her.
"Caroline had them about nine weeks, and at fifteen dollars a week she will have one hundred and thirty-five dollars," said Louisa. "That will buy her something extra."
"I know that she has been wanting some portieres for her parlor, and a new set for her spare chamber, and maybe that is what she will get," said I. And I said furthermore that I hoped she would feel paid for her hard work and the strain it must have been on her mind.
"It ain't very handsome," said Tommy Gregg with a kind of disappointment and wonder. "There ain't no carpets in the house except in Grandma Cobb's room, and that's jest straw mattin'; and there's some plain mats without no roses on 'em; and there ain't no stove 'cept in the kitchen; just old andirons like mother keeps up garret; and there ain't no stuffed furniture at all; and they was eatin' supper without no table-cloth."
Old Jonas Martin was a talker, and he talked freely about the people for whom he worked. "Old Deacon Sears had a cow once that would jump everything. Wa'n't a wall could be built that was high enough to stop her," he would say. "'Tain't no ways clear to my mind that she ain't the identical critter that jumped the moon;—and I swan if Mis' Jameson ain't like her. There ain't nothin' that's goin' to stop her; she ain't goin' to be hendered by any sech little things as times an' seasons an' frost from raisin' corn an' green peas an' flowers in her garden. 'The frost'll be a-nippin' of 'em, marm,' says I, 'as soon as they come up, marm.' 'I wish you to leave that to me, my good man,' says she. Law, she ain't a-goin' to hev any frost a-nippin' her garden unless she's ready for it. And as for the chickens, I wouldn't like to be in their shoes unless they hatch when Mis' Jameson she wants 'em to. They have to do everything else she wants 'em to, and I dunno but they'll come to time on that. They're the fust fowls I ever see that a woman could stop scratchin'."
At last it came out. Old Jonas came leading back two fine Jerseys to Sim White's, and he said, with a great chuckle: "Want to know what ails these ere critters, Sim? Well, I'll tell ye: they ain't got no upper teeth. The Jamesons ain't goin' to git took in with no cows without no teeth in their upper jaws, you bet."
"Why, bless you, ma'am," said he, "if you want your ham streaky all you have to do is to feed the pig one day and starve him the next."
"Harry!" said I, "is that you?" They started, and I suppose poor Harriet was horribly frightened; but I tried to speak naturally, and as if the two being there together were quite a matter of course.
"I wonder if it will be too much for me to ask of you," said I, when Harry had responded quite boldly with a "Good-evening, Aunt Sophia"—he used to call me Aunt when he was a child, and still kept it up—"I wonder if it will be too much to ask if you two will just step in here a minute while I run down to Mrs. Jones'? I want to get a pattern to use the first thing in the morning. Louisa has gone to meeting, and I don't like to leave Alice alone."
I met him the next day, and his face was completely changed, all radiant and glowing with the veritable light of youthful hope upon it. He bowed to me with such a flash of joy in his smile that I felt quite warmed by it, though it was none of mine. I thought, though I said nothing, "Harry Liscom, you have had a letter."


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My girlfriend Paula Christison had been over, and we'd been studying, then watching something on the little black and white TV we had. My Carleton roommate, Lee G. Hill, was there too. Lee and I had been great friends in Calgary. In junior high, we'd started a couple fanzines with Beatles-centric themes. In our shared room on Second Russell, we had a couple John Lennon posters up amongst the punk rock stuff.
Paula left for her place downtown, so Lee and I were studying when the phone rang. It was Paula. "John Lennon's been shot, babe," she said. "It's on the radio."
His assassination, on December 8, 1980, was of course a terrible tragedy – and so, to me, was the fact that his last album (before the inevitable avalanche of ham-fisted compilations and retrospectives) was a piece of self-indulgent, saccharine shite like Double Fantasy.
Generally, he always needed Paul as an editor, and vice-versa. But his best album – and one of the best albums of all time, in my view – was Plastic Ono Band. It was like him: it was stark, and raw, and different, and deeply, deeply personal. Some say the LP was the product of his dalliance with primal scream therapy, or his response to the (necessary, and overdue) collapse of the Beatles. To me, it was instead an actual piece of art and great rock'n'roll, improbably found under the same piece of shrink wrap. Like listening to someone's soul, without having received an invite to do so. You should listen to it today.
The next morning, exams weren't cancelled, though it felt to me like they should have been. When I walked into Carleton's gym, there was a guy sitting there, already wearing a John Lennon T-shirt. I wanted to punch him. Instead, I just took my seat and wrote the stupid exam.
So long ago. I can't believe he's been gone that long; I can't believe I'm way older than he ever got a chance to be. It sucks.
Here's my favourite picture of him, the one I used to use on posters I'd make up for Hot Nasties shows. I liked it because he looked like a punk. That's Stu in the background, I think. Also long gone.
We miss you, John. Hardly knew you.
harvey bushell says:
I was watching Monday night football when Howard Cosell abruptly stopped his game commentary and gravely announced John's assassination. I was shocked and that moment is still indelibly etched in my mind as a seminal moment in my life. I don't remember the game itself at all but thinking of that moment still gives me a lump in my throat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gcdz1IRVoM
By the way, re: the photo (with Stu Sutcliffe in the background), two very good, underrated films that cover that time in John Lennon's life are Backbeat and Nowhere Boy.
Sean Cummings says:
He would be kicking Donald Trump's ass if he were alive today. He'd be all over that.
Had a chance to go to Liverpool a few years ago, so we walked through the Beatles museum down on the docks. The last thing you see, after walking past all the kitschy displays, is a white room, requisite white Steinway, and Imagine playing softly in the background. It stops you in your tracks and you can't help standing there looking and listening and thinking.
For some reason I haven't been around this site for a while. I had forgotten how well you did these touching pieces on our past. Thanks.
As I get older I realize how events, in my case the assassination of Bobby K, knock the wind out of you and change your attitudes forever.
He was a wife beater and an abusive father.
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/ypa9b5/you-dont-have-to-imagine-john-lennon-beat-women-and-childrenits-just-a-fact
Interesting article. I was taken by how the author uses negative and agressive language to characterize those she wants us to feel negatively towards, and gentler, more positive language for those she doesn't, in similar situations. So on the one hand Lennon "impregnated" Cynthia, which casts him as an agressor and her as a victim. On the other hand, Ono "reveals" her pregnancy – obviously she was a willing conspirator confessing to something they had hidden. Or while Lennon's father owning up to his faults evokes sympathy, Lennon is a villain because supposedly he would never forgive his father. But Lennon himself, in spite of having owned up to his brutality, had a "God complex" and showed "general self-satisfied douchiness".
Made me feel like I was reading a Sham-Wow script – "Our brand good" (loud and proud), versus (sotto voce) "The other brand evil and nasty"!
It's not the best article, but the subject matter is well documented. Lennon was a prick to a lot of people. Brilliant musician, but Spacey is a great actor, Cosby made a lot of people laugh, and Franken was a fantastic Senator. It's human nature to overlook the shitty things artists do because their art touches us on an emotional and visceral level, doesn't excuse what they did, and it doesn't mean they deserve canonization when they die. I had everything Cosby ever did on original first press vinyl. I didn't think twice about throwing them in the trash when the truth about him came out. Hero worship of people who abuse women is one of the reasons they get away with it.
You could be right – so many of the people we admire for one thing are rotten for another thing. From sex symbol Jim Morrison who was actually an impotent drunk all the way to Mother Teresa who loved her first-class travel. Why are we so disappointed when they turn out to be human after all?
No, it's not the best article. The blatant manipulation really grates.


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The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Part I: Riot in Chicago Part II: Funeral in Atlanta
Browse photos of the Dr. King funeral services
Download Dr. King's funeral program
Two services were held for Dr. King in Atlanta on April 9. The first funeral was at 10:30 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where both he and his father had served as pastors for many years. Since it could only hold 1,300 people, attendance was restricted to family, friends, distinguished guests and members of the congregation. A second service was held for the public in the quadrangle of Morehouse College, Dr. King's alma mater, later that afternoon. Numerous tributes to his life were given at both events.
At Ebenezer, the crowd was so thick that family and friends, let alone dignitaries, could get inside only with difficulty. Rev. Abernathy, who succeeded Dr. King as President of SCLC, opened the service by calling it "one of the darkest hours of mankind." At Mrs. King's request, the service included a tape recording of a sermon Dr. King had preached at Ebenezer describing the simple funeral he wanted -- and didn't get. Attending were many of the country's political leaders, as well as quite a few labor leaders, foreign dignitaries, entertainment and sports figures and leaders from numerous religious faiths.
A lengthy funeral procession walked the three and a half miles through Atlanta from Ebenezer to Morehouse. It was a silent procession, though occasionally bystanders sang freedom songs. In accordance with a prior agreement, the police confined their efforts to traffic while SCLC provided marshals to manage the crowd. Between 50,000 and 100,000 people participated in or observed the procession and services. Dr. King's casket was carried in a wooden farm wagon drawn by two local mules. Several of his aides walked in front or immediately behind the wagon. After the public service, the casket was loaded into a hearse for the trip to South View Cemetery, founded by former slaves in 1866. His body was later moved to a crypt at the King Center after it was constructed. Not one incident of violence was associated with the funeral.
Photos of the Dr. King Funeral Services
by Jo Freeman
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Dr. King grew up in Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King Sr. was the pastor. During the years he led SCLC, he was associate pastor of this church.
The casket passes through the streets, drawn by mules to highlight
Dr. King's connection with the lives of ordinary people.
A glimpse through the pall bearers as
the casket is moved from Ebenezer for the procession.
From L to R: Bernard Lee and Hosea Williams. Holding the reins of the mule, barely seen, is Albert Turner, SCLC's Alabama director.
Mourners line the streets waiting
for the funeral procession to pass.
People stand everywhere craning to see.
Rev. Ralph Abernathy was Dr. King's best friend and served as Secretary-Treasurer of SCLC. Right behind him is the Rev. A.D. King, Dr. King's brother; to his left is the Rev. King Sr; the Rev. Jesse Jackson is further behind.
Coretta Scott King, the widow.
Jesse Jackson carries the UN flag in the funeral procession.
The funeral procession passes the state capitol. This cross of white chrysanthemums and lilies had flanked the casket during the first funeral service.
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These peat and grass moors are below Shining Tor. I first walked there many years ago, ten or more, then forgot about the walk and how you get there. It's a short distance from the Cat and Fiddle pub, an isolated hostelry on the main road from Manchester to Buxton. That's the walk I undertook. This time, autumn 2014, I walked up from the area below Foxlow Edge. It's a delightful circuit dropping down into woodland, rising up into open moors, down and up to Shining Tor, then down this slope back to the start. This is not quite a tapestry shot, which is the term I use for some of my Peak District work. There's not a great deal of detail. There is however a pleasing simple composition which testifies to my photographic eye. The moors here are not formally controlled. They're a big open space where light and colour are the chief photographic component. There are occasional moments like this which you can arrange in a camera, but not many.


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Q: Something wrong when deleting an element in a Binary search tree I only use function insert, remove and midorder.
#include<iostream>

template<class Elem>
class BinNode
{
public:
    virtual Elem& getVal() = 0;
};

template<class Elem>
class BinNodePtr:public BinNode<Elem>
{
public:
    Elem val;
    BinNodePtr* lc;
    BinNodePtr* rc;
    BinNodePtr()
    {
        lc = rc = NULL;
    }
    ~BinNodePtr()
    {
        delete lc;
        delete rc;
    }
    Elem& getVal()
    {
        return this->val;
    }
};

template<class Elem>
class BST
{
public:
    BinNodePtr<Elem> *root;
    int nodenum;
    void midorder(BinNodePtr<Elem>* start);
public:
    BST()
    {
        root = NULL;
        nodenum = 0;
    }
    bool insert(BinNodePtr<Elem>*&ptr,const Elem &e);//
    void remove(BinNodePtr<Elem>*&start,const Elem &e);//
    BinNodePtr<Elem>* getRoot(){return root;}
};

template<class Elem>
void BST<Elem>::midorder(BinNodePtr<Elem> *start)
{
    if(start == NULL) return;
    midorder(start->lc);
    printf("%d ",start->getVal());
    midorder(start->rc);
}

template<class Elem>
bool BST<Elem>::insert(BinNodePtr<Elem>*&ptr,const Elem &e)
{
    if(ptr == NULL)
    {
        ptr = new BinNodePtr<Elem>;
        ptr->lc = NULL;
        ptr->rc = NULL;
        ptr->val = e;
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        if(ptr->val < e || ptr->val == e)
        {
            insert(ptr->rc,e);
        }
        else
        {
            insert(ptr->lc,e);
        }
    }
    return false;
}

template<class Elem>
void BST<Elem>::remove(BinNodePtr<Elem>*&start,const Elem &e)
{
    if(start == NULL)
        return ;
    if(start->val < e)
        remove(start->rc,e);
    else if(start->val > e)
        remove(start->lc,e);
    else
    {
        if(start->lc == NULL && start->rc == NULL)
        {
            delete start;
        }
        else if(start->lc == NULL)
        {
            BinNodePtr<Elem> *temp = start;
            start = start->rc;
            delete (temp);
        }
        else if(start->rc == NULL)
        {
            BinNodePtr<Elem> *temp = start;
            start = start->lc;
            delete temp;
        }
        else
        {
            BinNodePtr<Elem>* temp = start->rc;
            while(temp->lc!= NULL)
            {
                temp = temp->lc;
            }
            start->val = temp->val;
            remove(start->rc,temp->val);
        }

    }
}
int main()
{
    BST<int> myBST;
    (myBST.insert(myBST.root,10));
    (myBST.insert(myBST.root,20));
    (myBST.insert(myBST.root,5));
    (myBST.insert(myBST.root,30));
    myBST.midorder(myBST.getRoot());
    myBST.remove(myBST.root,10);
    myBST.midorder(myBST.getRoot());
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

I have successfully inserted 10, 20, 5, 30 because I can "printf" them out, but the program breaks down when I use function remove. I debugged this and found that there is something wrong in function remove but I don't know how to fix it.

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Guess what? Chances are, if you're doing content marketing, you're also dipping your toe into SEO. Some SEO specialists and content marketers will try to convince you that the two are not at all related or that each can thrive on their own. I'd like to argue that this perspective can be disastrous to your campaign and kill your chances at running a successful content marketing campaign.
This siloed approach stems from a long standing competition between SEO's and content marketers. As content marketing became a popular tactic, marketers began to view SEO as an outdated approach. This is partially true. Some SEO's still use tired tactics that don't work and worse yet, get you a Google penalty that keeps you from getting any organic traffic. On the other hand, if executed properly, SEO can be extremely effective in reaching your content marketing objectives.
I've always taken a holistic approach when it comes to SEO and content marketing. They go together like salt and pepper. One without the other will only get you so far. In other words, If you want to run a successful content marketing campaign, there needs to be an SEO component and vice-versa.
So, how do you know if your SEO strategist is overdoing it? Look for these 3 signals.
1. No regard for who your audience is.
Understand your audience, know who you're writing for. How would they search to find what you're writing about? What keyword do they use to search for your topic? If your SEO doesn't ask about your audience and doesn't know who your audience is, proceed with caution. Understanding your audience is BASIC and should not be ignored.
Don't cram keywords in after your content is written. Before you start writing, decide what your main topic is and write with that topic in mind. That way, your content will read more naturally. Keyword stuffing may have worked in 1996 but it doesn't anymore.
Stay away from link anchor text that is over-optimized; don't choose the same anchor text for every link. Back in the day, optimized anchor text was influential to rankings and securing a good search position. This is no longer the case. Over-optimized anchor text can look like you're gaming the system and negatively impact your ranking.
Is your content marketer ignoring SEO opportunities? Look for these 3 signals from your content marketer.
Your page titles and descriptions should be unique and relevant to the page they reside on. If all your page titles and descriptions are the same, you're missing opportunities to get your content in front of your audience.
If your content marketer has no plans to optimize or promote the content but they're relying on the value of the content alone, be suspicious. Even the best content needs to be optimized and promoted.
*Read more on this in "If you build it, they will come (not really): Best practices for optimizing blog content."
There's a fine balance between content that's over-optimized and content that doesn't consider optimization at all. Your content will be more visible if you optimize for your primary keyword and make sure that your content, title, description, URL and image attributes all support your defined keywords.
If your SEO or content marketer tells you that the other discipline is unnecessary, be cautious. SEO and content marketing shouldn't compete with one another. A plan that incorporates content marketing and SEO will take your content to the next level.


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Q: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property '0' of undefined I am trying to insert a value into an array but when i try to insert the value it gives me the Connot set Property '0' of undefined. But clearly i defined the array already.
Error Line:
this.enemyMinions[i] = new EnemyCombatMinion(new Minion(enemyMinionInfo[0], 0, enemyMinionInfo[1], enemyMinionInfo[2], enemyMinionInfo[3], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0));

And this is the entire code:
function Combat() {
  this.enemyMinions = [];
  this.playerMinions = [];
  this.currentEnemyMinion = null;
  this.currentPlayerMinion = null;
}

Combat.prototype.initialize = function() {
  var o = 0;
  for(var i = 0; i < partySlots.length; i++) {
    if(partySlots[i]) {
      this.playerMinions[o] = PlayerCombatMinion(partySlots[i]);
      o++;
    }
  }
  this.currentPlayerMinion = this.playerMinions[0];

   $.ajax({
      url: "./api/generateEnemyCombatMinions.php",
      cache: false
    })
    .done(function( html ) {
      var response = html.split(":::");
      for(var i = 0; i < response.length; i++) {
        var enemyMinionInfo = response[i].split("::");
        this.enemyMinions[i] = new EnemyCombatMinion(new Minion(enemyMinionInfo[0], 0, enemyMinionInfo[1], enemyMinionInfo[2], enemyMinionInfo[3], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0));
      }
      alert(this.enemyMinions.length);
    });

}

As you see, i declared this.enemyMinons as a literal in the class constructor, and try to define a value to it in the initialize method.

A: The done() callback does not use your Combat object as this. Save a pointer to the object in the initialize() function, so that you can access the object later on.
Combat.prototype.initialize = function() {
  var o = 0;
  for(var i = 0; i < partySlots.length; i++) {
    if(partySlots[i]) {
      this.playerMinions[o] = PlayerCombatMinion(partySlots[i]);
      o++;
    }
  }
  this.currentPlayerMinion = this.playerMinions[0];

  // this is new
  var that= this;

   $.ajax({
      url: "./api/generateEnemyCombatMinions.php",
      cache: false
    })
    .done(function( html ) {
      var response = html.split(":::");
      for(var i = 0; i < response.length; i++) {
        var enemyMinionInfo = response[i].split("::");
        // use "that" here instead of "this"
        that.enemyMinions[i] = new EnemyCombatMinion(new Minion(enemyMinionInfo[0], 0, enemyMinionInfo[1], enemyMinionInfo[2], enemyMinionInfo[3], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0));
      }
      alert(that.enemyMinions.length);
    });

}


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Certain times of the year are more popular vacation times than other times of the year. Summer days and the days leading up to and surrounding holidays are popular vacation times for employees. Unfortunately, unless your business policy is to close down the office at slow times of the year, all of your employees cannot take a vacation at the same time. You can avoid employee vacation tracking nightmares by employing these three tactics.
Offer employees that opt to work rather than take vacations during popular times incentives. You can pay a bonus or increase their hourly rate. You can also offer non-monetary incentives. Bring in lunch for employees that work through the summer or holiday weeks. Hand out gift cards to the favorite nearby coffee shop. Find the sweet spot for your employees and offer it as a way to entice them to work instead of taking vacation.
Not all employees are going to opt for the incentives over taking their vacation time. When employees are going to be out of the office, reassign their duties and responsibilities to another employee during their absence. Have the vacationing employee meet with their supervisor prior to leaving to handoff any work that can't be neglected while they are out of the office. The supervisor can then decide which employee should manage the work in the employee's absence.
Have the employee taking over the vacationing employee's work and the vacationing employee meet with each other. The employee going on vacation should go over all of the work with the covering employee. This allows the employee that is responsible for completing the work to ask questions to make sure that they fully understand. Preparing for employee vacations in this manner can help to ensure that nothing falls through the cracks while an employee is out on vacation.
Vacations are a time for employees to relax and come back to work refreshed, clear and ready to work. Problems arise, however, when all of your employees want to take the same vacation days. Since all of the employees being out of the office at the same time causes work to come to a halt, you have to find ways to avoid vacation tracking nightmares. When you implement these three points of advice, you can take your first few steps in avoiding a vacation issue.


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Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa students will be expected to wear face coverings when classes resume in the fall.
Classes at both universities will include fewer students to accommodate social distancing recommendations, and the semester will begin a week earlier and end before Thanksgiving to reduce the movement of students on and off campus.
These are some of the changes the universities announced Wednesday as they prepare to restart in-person classes for the fall semester.
"Although it will not be possible to mitigate every risk, every person must contribute to reducing those risks," Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen wrote in a letter to students and staff. "Physical distancing and the wearing of face coverings when in class or shopping at stores, or when we're around others, will be expected."
Iowa State, UNI and the University of Iowa canceled in-person classes in March after Iowa Board of Regents President Mike Richards declared a state of emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic. The schools remained closed for the rest of the spring semester.
Although Iowa State and UNI both say they expect students to wear face masks when social distancing is not possible, neither school said it would require face coverings to enter classrooms.
"We're going to ask students to hold each other accountable," said John Lawrence, chairman of the Iowa State committee that developed recommendations for the return to classes.
The school is launching a Cyclone Cares marketing campaign to encourage students to wear masks and observe social distancing and personal hygiene recommendations.
"Our expectation is anytime they cannot socially distance (wearing a mask) is recommended," Lawrence said. "Certainly, if they are in a crowd, they should have them on. If they're in a classroom, they should have them on."
Both Iowa State and UNI will start classes a week early, on Aug. 17, and wrap up the fall semester Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, rather than stretching into mid-December as they would in a normal year. Both schools will hold classes on Labor Day.
"These changes will give us the opportunity to further protect our campus community while still holding a full semester of on-campus teaching and learning activities," UNI President Mark Nook wrote in a campus email.
The University of Iowa will resume classes Aug. 24. It has not yet announced changes for the fall, but said in a statement that it "will implement recommended best practices for limiting exposure to COVID-19 in a campus setting."
Iowa State's fall planning committee has been meeting daily since May to develop a plan to safely reopen.
"We've made several important decisions, but our work is ongoing," Lawrence said in a news release. "What we know about COVID-19 will change between now and when classes start in August. We are working through a variety of issues to make sure the university is prepared."
Both universities will reduce the number of students in classrooms.
At Iowa State, that will include holding the school's largest lecture classes online, and moving smaller classes into larger lecture halls where students can be spread out to avoid close contact.
Students at both colleges will have more options in how they take classes, whether in person, online or a hybrid approach.
"Our intent is for courses with labs, studio sections, capstone projects and other interactive experiences to largely be delivered through in-person instruction," Wintersteen said.
Residence halls and dining centers at both schools will reopen in the fall, although Lawrence said gathering spaces would be restricted and dining hall capacity would be reduced.
Iowa State will set aside space in the Oak-Elm residence hall and another facility to isolate students who test positive for COVID-19. The university had planned to close Oak-Elm hall this year because of an increasing number of vacancies in on-campus housing.
Iowa State's student health center is is working with the Story County Health Department to develop a COVID-19 testing program for students, faculty and staff that will include contact tracing to identify those who may have been exposed to the virus in classrooms, residence halls and other campus facilities.
"The expectation is that all faculty and staff and the students living in residence housing will be tested when they come to campus," Lawrence said.
Once a student tests positive, Iowa State's team of contact tracers will work with the student to "track down people who might have been exposed very quickly and get them tested as well," he said.
Charles Flesher covers K-12 education for the Register. He can be reached by email at cflesher@registermedia.com or by phone at 515-284-8481. Follow him on Twitter @CharlesFlesher.


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The property was brought to the market in September and we are pleased to have secured a sale within four months. There was significant interest from a wide range of local, regional and national buyers, attracted by the tenant profile, 100% occupancy and the prospect to add value with a number of asset management opportunities. The sale concluded a successful year for the investment team with a number of noteworthy transactions and we look forward to improving on this in 2019.


Crude oil prices have eased back at the start of this week, with a barrel of Brent costing $62.25 and WTI $57.25. From their post-OPEC highs, Brent was $1.90 lower and WTI was $1.60 worse off at the time of this writing. Still, oil prices remain very close to their 2017 highs they had reached in November. In other words, the OPEC's meeting last week has had a very little immediate impact on oil prices. In part, this is because of their improving communication strategy. Almost everyone had expected the oil cartel to extend their production agreement with the selected non-OPEC members to the end of 2018. The lack of a surprise or shock meant oil traders had little reason to sharply expand or reduce their positions.
But their agreement to review the duration of oil output cuts based on fundamentals at the OPEC's next meeting in June means there is a possibility they could end the arrangement sooner than expected, which is somewhat bearish, I think. With oil prices being already significantly higher compared to their 2016 lows, there will be less incentive for the OPEC and Russia to maintain their oil supply collusion, especially as U.S. shale producers continue to win market share. Thus there is a risk that the agreement could end prematurely, resulting in another supply war. Indeed, it will be rather easy for U.S. shale producers to ramp up oil output when prices rise above their production costs. I think oil prices will struggle to go north of $65-$70 per barrel for this reason. However, I don't anticipate to see low $40s, let alone $30s, again as the fundamental picture is a lot healthier compared to a few years ago.
Meanwhile, from a technical standpoint, both oil contracts have reached and are respecting key resistance levels after the recent rally. The small pullback we have seen so far wouldn't worry the long-term bulls unless it leads to a break in market structure of higher highs and higher lows. The last swing low on WTI was at just below $55. Thus, only a clean break below this level would be bearish as it will create a lower low. Unless that happens, we would remain technically bullish medium-term. In the short-term, there is scope for a deeper pullback as prices continue to unwind from overbought levels.


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