We are 26,000 members in 120 chapters nationwide focused on making our communities a better place to live.
To give children in-need a real "shopping experience" with greater clothing selections, many Assistance League chapters have switched from clothing school children in-house to retail shopping. Collaborating with a store, chapters set up a plan to meet the students at the selected store.
How this is accomplished varies from chapter to chapter. Usually, the selected children are brought to the store by their parents at a scheduled time. Volunteer members help the children select their new school wardrobes. Money allotted per child can depend upon the child's grade level, the chapter's budget and the store's discounts.
The bottom line is smiling, happy children waiting to wear their new clothes to school, proud, beaming parents and Assistance League volunteers who are pleased to be Assistance League members.
Assistance League of Omaha was fortunate to have a community volunteer design a computer program for scheduling children for their shopping experiences. This enabled the chapter last year to clothe almost 3,500 students in Kindergarten through grade 8 in one store in 12 days. At checkout time, each child received a new book of their choice.
The Greater Portland chapter clothes schoolchildren in different ways. Selected children, Kindergarten through grade 5, from 28 schools, are clothed in their building, where each child receives a jacket, 2 shirts, 2 pairs of jeans, 6 pairs of socks, 6 pairs of underwear, a $22 shoe voucher, a book of their choice and a dental kit. For children in Kindergarten through grade 5 in 28 schools in another district, counselors send the chapter required information that enables members to package new clothes for each child selected. The school district picks up and delivers the clothes to the schools. Assistance League of Greater Portland also sets up retail shopping at local chain stores for children in grades 6 through 12 in January. Between taking advantage of seasonal sales and the extra 10% discount the stores give them, students can buy a few extra pieces for their wardrobes.
Assistance League of San Antonio dresses their Operation School Bell children on their premises in a lovely wing, where clothing is hung-up as in stores. The children have shopping "sacks" for their new clothes and try on their selections in dressing rooms before leaving the facility. Each child receives two complete outfits, a school box, toiletries, underwear, socks and a jacket. A new book is included in each sack; every boy takes home a belt.
Mecklenburg County schoolchildren wear uniforms to school, so Assistance League of Charlotte dresses their Kindergarten through fifth grade children in uniforms: two shirts and two pairs of pants. In addition, each child selected, based upon need by school counselors, receives a jacket, a pair of shoes, socks and underwear. Upon leaving the center, children choose a new book and receive a hygiene kit.
Every chapter's Operation School Bell program meets the needs of the students in their communities. Each program is designed to provide the clothing children need to keep them warm and in school.
From coast to coast, over 90 Assistance League chapters run thrift shops to raise money to fund their Operation School Bell program and other philanthropic programs. For children not selected to be clothed by the program, thrift shops that carry children's clothes offer sales just before school begins. Assistance League of Charlotte sells uniforms in their shop at just a little above cost, while Assistance League of San Antonio has school supplies on sale in their thrift shop.
You can help support Operation School Bell and other programs by checking to see if there is a chapter in your area and if it has a thrift shop. Then, by donating gently used items and/or shopping in that shop, you, too, can be part of keeping children in your community in school.
Can you imagine never having a new pair of shoes, only attending school half of the time as you must share your clothes with a sibling or an entire family sharing one toothbrush? This is happening to 50% of the children in our country. Operation School Bell, the national program of Assistance League, strives to meet the needs of children across our country. During the past year, over 331,000 children were reached by the 120 chapters. Since the program was started in 1958, over 4.3 million school-age children have been served.
Many chapters provide new school clothing, shoes and coats along with other items, including backpacks, books, school supplies and food for the weekend, in their programs. Another aspect of this program is to provide dental or vision care and personal care kits. The goals of providing children with these items are raising self-esteem, building confidence in the students and make a tremendous impact in their education. This program also reduces the teasing and bullying of these students.
Watching the children as they are given new shoes, shop for clothing for the first time or receiving a new backpack is as rewarding to the member as it is for the children. Whether the chapter provides vouchers, shops with the students in a local store or clothes them in their own facility, the members feel such a bonding with these students. Operation School Bell takes a huge amount of effort, dedication, funding and manpower, which is willingly given by the members.
How does a career as a crime scene cleaner, a bachelors degree in psychology, and experience working on a crisis hotline all combine to make the perfect community volunteer at a furniture store? Just ask Kathy Baskerville, who volunteers 12 hours per month at Assistance League of Salem-Keizer's Encore Furniture Store. When Kathy came in to shop for furnishings a few years ago and learned that one of the chapter's programs helps young adult foster children set up their first household, she immediately wanted to help- and knew she could. Her skills all came together to give her the volunteer job she loves- working with furniture and décor, keeping things very clean and knowing how to listen to customers.
Kathy feels that her contribution helps provide the kind of helping hand she wishes she had received when she was a foster child in Portland during her youth. Sometimes everything comes together for just the right reasons!
Join us! Become a part of an incredible group of volunteers who are dedicated to making a difference in your community. Assistance League offers unique volunteer opportunities that fit your interest and time.


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As part of UC Cooperative Extension's effort to spotlight volunteers, we are so happy to draw attention to another special volunteer, Ernest Miller, Master Food Preserver Program instructor, Master Gardener and executive chef at Farmer's Kitchen in Hollywood.
The Master Food Preserver Program's tremendous success, since its resurrection in LA County last year, could have not been possible without Miller's talent and commitment to food safety and the local food preservation "movement."
For the first class in spring 2011, after a 10-year absence, Cooperative Extension received applications from more than 70 residents, all competing for 18 spots. The first group of highly-qualified students were selected to be the core group to help revitalize the Master Food Preserver Program in Los Angeles. The first graduating class included Rachel Narins (Chicks with Knives), Karen Klemens (Mothercluck Jams and Preserves and Mother Moo Creamery) and Milli Macen-Moore (Milagro-Allegro Community Garden).
Miller's path to the food world was a varied one. In 1992, he graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy and served overseas as an officer in the Navy. While traveling around the world, during his decade-long military career, he discovered and explored diverse cuisines. Often, he attempted to cook what he encountered for family and friends at home.
Although Miller is enthusiastic about food from all corners of the world, his affection lies in Southern California cuisine and food preservation.
After Yale Law School and a brief legal career, he enrolled in culinary school to pursue his passion for food.
While working as a line cook at the Disneyland Resort hotels, Miller heard about UC Cooperative Extension's Master Food Preserver Program. When he inquired, he discovered that the program was defunct for more than a decade. Determined to get certified, he made the dreadful commute to San Bernardino County to attend the only active Master Food Preserver Program in Southern California. In 2009, Miller received his certificate.
Upon graduating, Miller began volunteering by teaching classes on the basics of food preservation for the Master Gardener Program. He played a key role in bringing back the Master Food Preserver Program in LA County. In addition, he volunteered countless hours attending farmers markets and sharing his knowledge.
In 2010, Miller went onto receive his Master Gardener certificate, which marks the beginning of his seed-to-plate interest. Now, he seldom discusses food preservation without discussing how to grow food.
Today, Miller is at the center of the food preservation community in Los Angeles. He continues to organize and teach for the Master Food Preserver Program as well as conduct food preservation demonstrations and talks around the county (including Eat Real Festival, Huntington Library, Workman-Temple Homestead Museum, Natural History Museum and the LA County Fair).
"As people grow more of their own food and insist on locally-grown farmers market produce, they are becoming more and more interested in food preservation," said Miller. "The Master Food Preserver Program complements and extends the utility of the Master Gardener Program and Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative," he added.
Many LA County residents are familiar with Miller. Since 2010, he has received recognition on KCRW's "Good Food" and has been blogged about on several occasions by the LA Times and LA Weekly. He has attained household-name status in the local sustainable food community.
Thank goodness for activists like Ernie, without whom the MFP program would probably still be dead as a doornail. Just look at the number of applicants so far to see how much hunger there is for this program!
Had the real pleasure of attending Mr. Miller's class on making Old Fashioned Ice Cream at the Homestead Museum. Not only did we get a nice booklet giving both the original version and updated version for vanilla, orange, and walnut ice cream, we made them in hand-crank machines. We were told not only the history of ice cream but also the history of Southern California agriculture. And, he considered those of us hard of hearing by front seating, making sure we could follow along.
I am so inspired by Ernest's perseverance and commitment. It reminds me, once again, that great things rarely "just happen," but are made manifest through consistent effort and partnership. Kudos to Cooperative Extension for working to make this program a reality. Now...can I drive to San Berdo from Santa Barbara next spring...hmmmm... Thank you!!!


Bonang Matheba has much to celebrate this week. Her book, 'Bonang From A-B', made the best sellers list and she made GC4W Top Women in the World list.
Local celebrity Bonang Matheba has much to celebrate this week.
Her book, 'Bonang From A-B', made the best sellers list at Exclusive Books and she ranked 14th on Global Connections for Women Foundation's (GC4W) 100 Top Women in the World list.
Long-term rapper boyfriend AKA took to social media to congratulate his lady on her success — well, kind of. He tweeted: Congratulations on your #1 BEST SELLER Look!! We're both on (top) of the charts now @bonang_m (sic).
But the TV presenter might not have much time to celebrate her feats, as she'll be busy promoting her top-selling book this weekend. She shared the news of her upcoming book tour on Twitter on Tuesday.
Fans have much to look forward to, as they'll have the opportunity to meet Queen B in person.


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Does anyone perhaps know how or whether I can get my new browser (Google-Chrome) to perform like the old one (Internet-Explorer) when displaying the "Trending-Now" items?
My IE11 prefixes the display of trending-now threads with a blue/white-page-icon-thingy that indicates whether the thread contains unread posts, but my CHROME does not display the same thingy, as shown below.
1858118582If I use Chrome it does that as well also it happens on my Mob.
Hi Andy, sorry for the inconvenience.
Anyway, it's actually a 3rd party plugin for the forum software, it's quite out of date now and I've had to patch it up/modify it previously to keep it "alive" so to speak, it's quite bloated in terms of features compared to the pretty simple functionality we use it for, as such I've coded my own much simpler version to get the job done on the new forum iteration I'm slowly working on.
While the kettle was boiling...I quickly jumped in and made a modification to this one, if you hit refresh on your browser this bug should now be fixed on the top 5 browser's being used (most recent version for each).
Many Thanks Lee, that's absolutely marvelous!!!
Also found it very interesting to see those top ten browsers.


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Earlier this year I was rooting through some old tapes and came across this film I edited which I had forgotten about. It was made as part of a scheme in the 2002 Galway Film Fleadh where several crews went out and made a film in a few days during the duration of the festival.
The film charts a day in the life of High street in Galway on the 8th of July 2002. Galway has change a bit since then, with lots of the business featured in this have gone but yet somehow it still remains the same. I felt it was appropriate to upload it today ten years later.
This film was directed by Thomas Hardiman, a Tuam sham who has directed a number of high profile documentaries, including one on his fellow Tuam sham Tom Murphy and who also ran the Galway Arts Centre for years. It was shot by Colm Hogan who has shot a rake of things since, some of whom I have edited.
Very nice to see this, John. A blast from the not too distant past.


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Public urged to know their healthcare options over the festive period
Wednesday 23rd December 2020 Bath Echo News Team Health
Many pharmacies and GP practices across Bath and North East Somerset will be closed for four consecutive days over the Christmas period, residents are being warned.
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Due to Boxing Day falling on a Saturday, a substitute bank holiday will be held on Monday 28th December, meaning many pharmacies and GP practices will close at the end of the day on Christmas Eve, and not reopen until Tuesday 29th December.
Health and care professionals in the region have advised members of the public to familiarise themselves with the healthcare options nearest to them that will be open over the long weekend.
As well as hospital emergency departments, which remain open 24 hours a day, some minor injuries units will also be open to offer care and treatment.
However, any person wishing to use these facilities is advised to first contact NHS 111, either by phone or online, as doing so will help ensure that people needing help are directed to the most appropriate service.
People contacting NHS 111 first will also be given a specific time at which to arrive at either their nearest hospital or minor injuries unit, which will help reduce crowded waiting rooms and ensure those most in need are given priority.
Dr Andrew Girdher, Clinical Chair, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, said: "This year, more than ever, has shown us that the NHS never completely shuts down and, as we approach Christmas and New Year, I want people to know that the NHS will continue to be there for them.
"But we all know that the festive period can be particularly busy for the NHS, and sometimes those small Christmas-related illnesses and injuries, such as upset stomachs, minor burns and sore throats, are best treated at home with medicine that can be bought over the counter.
"To support our busy hospitals and minor injuries units, both of which have reduced capacity to help with social distancing, please always contact NHS 111 before leaving home, as this will mean you are signposted to the service that's right for you, which in turn ensures staff are able to tend to those most in need.
"Of course, when it comes to very serious health conditions which could be life-threatening, do not hesitate in phoning 999 straight away."
In Bath, Jhoots Pharmacy in Odd Down will be open between 1pm and 3pm on Christmas Day.
Christmas opening times for all pharmacies in Bath and North East Somerset can be found online by visiting at www.bswccg.nhs.uk.
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Formatting is yet another consideration that should be front and center in the minds of designers. Through the technique know as chunking, you'll succeed in arranging the content to encourage easier reading in your visitors and, therefore, a better user experience.
When you consider how the average person "reads" on the web (hint: it's not really reading at all) you'll see exactly why chunking is vital to organizing web content.
How exactly do people read on the web?
If you think that people read most or even half of the written content on the web, you're giving them too much credit. Study after study that's looked at web-reading habits concludes that people simply don't take the time to properly read every single word, paragraph or page on the web.
Instead, they're fond of skimming or scanning your content.
A classic study on this subject is the Nielsen Norman Groups F-shaped pattern study from more than a decade ago, which established that users don't read word-for-word and just scan copy. A much more recent study from 2013 looking at this phenomenon concluded the same thing, namely that users don't read word-for-word, don't finish reading the entire article, and stop reading about halfway through.
Looking at these landmark studies, what can we conclude, then?
A lot of your content doesn't get read—whether that's ad or business copy or information in a news article—and most people will, at best, just skim or scan your written text.
So what are designers to do, faced with this seeming dilemma?
When you're arranging content on your client's webpages, be sure to go with smaller and shorter paragraphs. Both of the studies above specifically found that your visitors won't be reading word-for-word and instead love to skim and scan.
Content that's formatted into thicker and longer paragraphs isn't conducive to easy eye scanning and skimming. When paragraphs are longer, readers will be discouraged from staying on the page and have the tendency to bounce. This ties into how they naturally read on the web, which is by scanning and skimming.
When readers scan and skim, they're trying to pull out bits of information from content that can help them decide if they want to continue reading on. Longer paragraphs don't let them do this, but shorter paragraphs—which readers can more quickly scan through—allow them to get a better sense of what the content on the whole page will be like.
For an example of a site with shorter paragraphs, we look to National Geographic. Its articles rarely contain paragraphs with more than three sentences. It's skimming perfection.
The beauty of bullet points is that they draw the eye to pithy pieces of info that are easy to read and retain. Because they're presented in short and consecutive fashion, they're ideal in supporting how your visitors read content.
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One of the best places to observe bullet points used successfully is usually on ecommerce sites like Flipkart. On this page for the Samsung Galaxy J5-6, note the use of bullet points to quickly communicate the phone's features.
These are excellent for breaking up content into more easily readable and digestible sections. In addition, headlines and subheadings also work as short "previews" of the next section of content, thereby enabling readers to immediately understand what the upcoming section will talk about and decide on whether or not to keep reading.
Studies have shown as well that many web readers are headline-readers, for the most part. This complements the above studies exposing that people are, for the most part, just skimmers and scanners on the web.
The Washington Post reports that approximately 60% of Americans just read the headlines on the web, whether they're reading on desktop or mobile.
This ties in perfectly to the short-attention span behavior of your visitors, leads, readers and customers. When many just read the headlines, it's your job as a designer to ensure that your content's headline clearly spells out what readers can expect—otherwise, they may decide not to delve into your content deeper to read more.
An example of a site that lives and dies by the headline is Listverse, the listicle compiler of all things strange, shocking and sensational. In its article on strangeness at Disneyland, note how the site uses a crystal-clear headline that explicitly previews what the content will be about. When one scrolls down, note how each subheading also makes it very clear what each section will cover, therefore making reading and retaining this info a breeze.
The key to showing your visitors better content is presenting them said content in the way that they already naturally absorb it. That means chunking. Since your content is going to face an uphill battle on the web to be read anyway, not chunking your content virtually assures that very few people will read it.
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Site-specific allylic C–H bond functionalization with a copper-bound N-centred radical
Jiayuan Li1,
Zhihan Zhang2,
Lianqian Wu1,
Wen Zhang1,
Pinhong Chen1,
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Guosheng Liu1
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Synthetic chemistry methodology
Methods for selective C–H bond functionalization have provided chemists with versatile and powerful toolboxes for synthesis, such as the late-stage modification of a lead compound without the need for lengthy de novo synthesis1,2,3,4,5. Cleavage of an sp3 C–H bond via hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) is particularly useful, given the large number of available HAT acceptors and the diversity of reaction pathways available to the resulting radical intermediate6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. Site-selectivity, however, remains a formidable challenge, especially among sp3 C–H bonds with comparable properties. If the intermediate radical could be further trapped enantioselectively, this should enable highly site- and enantioselective functionalization of C–H bonds. Here we report a copper (Cu)-catalysed site- and enantioselective allylic C–H cyanation of complex alkenes, in which a Cu(ii)-bound nitrogen (N)-centred radical plays the key role in achieving precise site-specific HAT. This method is shown to be effective for a diverse collection of alkene-containing molecules, including sterically demanding structures and complex natural products and pharmaceuticals.
Fig. 1: Site- and enantioselective oxidation of sp3 C–H bonds.
Fig. 2: Enantioselective allylic cyanation of alkenes.
Fig. 3: Mechanistic studies.
Fig. 4: Substrate scope and late-stage cyanation of drug derivatives.
The data supporting the findings of this study are available within the paper and its Supplementary Information. Metrical parameters for the structure of reagents 2c, 2d and products 10d, 17c and S8 (see Supplementary Information) are available free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/) under reference numbers CCDC 1945032, CCDC 1945034, CCDC 1945035, CCDC 1945033 and CCDC 1945036, respectively.
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Financial support was provided by the National Basic Research Program of China (grant number 973-2015CB856600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 21532009, 21821002, 21790330 and 21761142010), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (grant numbers 17XD1404500, 17QA1405200 and 17JC1401200), the Strategic Priority Research Program (grant number XDB20000000), the Key Research Program of Frontier Science (grant number QYZDJSSW-SLH055) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association (grant number 2018292) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (grant numbers HKUST 16304416 and 16304017). J.L. thanks Y. Zhang for performing the electron paramagnetic resonance manipulation and analysis and X. Wan for HPLC analysis. G.L. thanks H. Guan (University of Cincinnati) and S. Stahl (University of Wisconsin-Madison) for discussions.
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J.L., L.W., W.Z. and G.L. conceived the work and designed the experiments. J.L. performed most of the laboratory experiments (with help from L.W. and W.Z.). Z.Z. and Z.L. conducted density functional theory calculations. J.L., P.C., Z.L. and G.L. analysed the data and wrote the manuscript.
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Harijs Zariņš is a well-known Latvian musician. Unfortunately, similarly as many others, he has been diagnosed with cancer. Zariņš got to know about his disease accidentally, four years ago, during a general medical check-up. The results showed that he had had Stage 2 cancer for some time.
It should be also noted that Harijs Zariņš drew inspiration from the life of the inventor of virotherapy, scientist Aina Muceniece and created a song. Aina Muceniece, despite war and difficult circumstances, was persistent, brave and determined to work and invented medicines that have returned health of many cancer patients.
The song is dedicated to everybody who is not afraid of difficult and creative work and whose contribution allows us to hope for the best in future.


Sullivan has been known as the Johnston Settlement, Sullivan Station, as well as Sullivan. It is the district that is centered on 152nd Street and 64th Avenue. It is a heritage centre and former economic heart of Surrey. At one time it was a major logging, lumber milling, and shingle manufacturing community that had an important station on the BC Electric Railway. This page will provide some background on Sullivan.
The original settlement was known as the Johnston Settlement when James Johnston and sons William and Issac preempted land in 1866 on the uplands west of the Serpentine Valley, south of Mahood Creek and between Mahood Creek and Bear Creek. They were joined by the other sons Billy and John. They cleared the land and homesteaded the area, but as the region developed the name Sullivan dominated.
James Johnston preempted land and settled north of Mahood Creek on what became Johnston Road. He and his wife raised four sons who joined them in the settlement. The homestead extended from Panorama Ridge (Hwy. 10), north to Newton Road (72nd Ave.), east to the line of 160th Avenue, and west to the vicinity of 144th Street.
This group photo is the Johnston family with William, Isaac and John and their wives and children.
The Sullivan area had been a center for logging operations after 1898. Henry Sullivan was a timber cruiser operating out of Everett, Washington. The timber he saw in the Sullivan district was some of the best he had seen. Henry brought his brothers Tom and Jeremiah(Jerry) into the operation along with Tom Hiland. Tom Hyland's family name had a "y" but early in his association with the Sullivan Brothers the "y" was dropped in favour of an "i", thus Hiland. The Sullivan's acquired the Johnston family quarter section south of Mahood Creek. Initially the Sullivan's and Hiland hand logged the immediate Sullivan District and exported the logs via the Alluvia Station on the Victoria Terminal Railway. Lumber and shingles were hauled by sled along a skid road from the logging operations to Alluvia. In 1909 the Sullivan logging crews built the B.C. Electric Railway right of way from Newton to Cloverdale. The junction with Johnston Road became Sullivan Station, and to the west the next station was Hyland Station(west of 144th St and south of 68th Ave, along the present Hyland Avenue). After 1910 lumber and shingles were moved via the B.C. Electric Railway.
The opening of the Station at the BC Electric Railway junction with Johnston Road saw Sullivan develop as a regional focus.
Sullivan Station provided an important link for the district eastward to Cloverdale and into the markets of New Westminster and Vancouver. It was vital for the movement of product from the Sullivan mills.
Sullivan Station became the hub of the community. Here a group of children are enjoying themselves around the station.
Hiland and the Sullivan brothers acquired property and timber rights east towards Cloverdale and west along Panorama Ridge. With a secure timber supply they opened two mills. The Hiland/Sullivan Lumber Mill and the Surrey Shingle Manufacturing Co. mill were located a 100 yards west of what is now the northwest corner of 64th Avenue and 152nd Street. Between 1910-1920 Mahood Creek was dredged for the Dyking District from Sullivan to the Serpentine River. Logs and shingles bolts could now be floated up to the mills at Sullivan.
This photo is looking north towards part of the Hiland/Sullivan lumber mill and the Surrey Shingle Manufacturing Co. This is now the northwest corner of 64th Avenue and 152nd Street.
Early in the new century, 1901 or 1903, a store at Sullivan began operation. It was operated by Jerry Sullivan who was the mill's timekeeper and office manager. The store began as a small stock of goods stored under the counter of the mill office. However, when the BC Electric Railway line (BCER) was being constructed in 1908, a two-story building was built south of the right of way on the west side of Johnston Road. The store occupied the ground floor, with the upper floor used as a hall. Community gatherings, meetings and dances were held in that hall for many years, until the present Sullivan Community Hall was built in 1928.
The original Sullivan Hall, built in 1928, is shown on the left with the Hall and an addition shown on the right.
A post office opened in 1913 in the store building with Jerry Sullivan the postmaster. There was a blacksmith shop on the east side of Johnston Road opposite the store, and next door was the pool room, confectionery, barber shop and brick yard. The heyday's of Sullivan were 1920 to 1922 inclusive. Pacific Highway was being surfaced and was closed to traffic. For two years all traffic south from Vancouver to Blaine went via Johnston Road and Sullivan. A garage was built and operated by the Johnston brothers, Bill and Albert, who later formed Johnston Motors in Vancouver in 1923.
To meet the needs of a growing community a two room elementary school was built in 1912 and was named the Johnston Road School. By 1950 it accommodated 81 students.
On Friday afternoon January 13, 1950, in the middle of a blizzard, fire started where the chimney went through the roof. The building was entirely gutted. The 45 pupils were led to safely. The school was replaced later that year with a new facility which was located further south than the old school. This is the present Sullivan Elementary at 60th Avenue and 152nd Street. The name was changed from Johnston Road to Sullivan Elementary in 1975.
Sullivan Fire Hall has been a vital part of the Sullivan Community. The volunteer brigade operated as a service during the Second World War. The fire hall was opened after the war and most of the equipment was war surplus.
Annual May Day parades took place down the main street of Sullivan. Community spirit was very evident. In more recent times this event has developed into "Sullivan Days".
The BC Electric Railway was the mainstay for Sullivan District. From 1910 to the 1940s it provided transportation to New Westminster and Vancouver, carried the mail, and was used by the mills to ship shingles and lumber. Sullivan students attended Surrey High School in Cloverdale by riding the interurban. The railway also ran a branch line from its mainline, about 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile west of 152nd Street, and south east to the vicinity of 60th Ave. and 152nd Street. From this line the railway mined gravel to ballast its line east towards Langley.
The closure of the mills due to fires, the opening of Pacific Highway, and later King George Highway, and the ending of passenger service on the BC Electric Interurban saw Sullivan eclipsed by other centers.


A lot of you may be enjoying the pumpkin spice everything craze so much that you would drown yourself in it. My husband is one of those people. Mike would go for this madness year-round if he could. Our house smells like pumpkin spice; his car does, too. I'm surprised his skin hasn't turned a pumpkin orange by now! Maybe not that extreme, but he does consume pumpkin spice whatever on the regular until it's officially over.
As for myself, I never really had a 100% love for pumpkin spice, but I do like it, especially the smell. I'm more of an apple cinnamon kinda gal. It makes me believe that my sometimes dissatisfaction with pumpkin flavor has contributed to my not-being-100%-crazy-for pumpkin spice everything. BUT if pumpkin pie is brought up a notch, like being a cheesecake instead, yeah, I'll drown myself in it!
I honestly cannot remember where this recipe had come from. Maybe from my mom, or she got it from someone else, but this is one of those pumpkin recipes that I enjoy way more than traditional pumpkin pie. This is a great dessert for all your fall gatherings, especially Thanksgiving, and year-round, too. I think the next time I make this I'm going to double the recipe to make it thicker, or use a smaller baking dish. Doing so may require time adjustments to the baking, so if you do use a smaller dish, keep an eye on it so you don't dry it out or burn it!
And don't forget the Cool Whip or whipped cream!
Preheat oven to 325 degrees and spray the bottom and side of 8-inch spring form pan or pie plate.
Crush graham crackers and pour into a small or medium bowl; melt margarine and mix in with graham cracker crumbs until crumbs are completely moistened. Pour crumb mixture into prepared pan and press gently to completely cover the bottom of the pan to its sides.
In a large mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
Add in the eggs; do not over mix!
Remove half of the batter to another large bowl, and add the canned pumpkin and spices.
Pour the cream cheese batter into the prepared pan first; spread to sides. Then pour the pumpkin batter over top; spread to sides.
Bake for 35-40 minutes until the center is set. Place a toothpick in the center of the cheesecake. If toothpick comes out clean, it is set. If not, place the cheesecake back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
Cool cheesecake and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight until ready to serve. Use Cool Whip or whipped cream for topping.


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La Course 2017: GB's Lizzie Deignan second as Annemiek van Vleuten wins first stage
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Annemiek van Vleuten celebrates victory on the Col d'Izoard
Britain's Lizzie Deignan finished second as Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won stage one of the two-day La Course by the Tour de France.
Orica-Scott's Van Vleuten, 34, attacked the lead group in the final 5km to take victory on the Col d'Izoard summit.
Boels-Doemans rider Deignan, 28, was 43 seconds behind, with Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini a further 40 seconds back in third.
The race ends on Saturday with a 22.5km 'chase' in Marseille.
The top riders will set off according to the time gaps established on the opening stage, with Van Vleuten first on to the course.
Van Vleuten returned to action last year following a horrific crash while leading the road race at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Deignan rues domestique role
Deignan, the British road race champion and former world champion, started the 67km stage in support of American team-mate Megan Guarnier and did the majority of the riding on the front of the peloton.
She helped bring back lone attacker Linda Villumsen of New Zealand with 9km to go, before an elite group of 10 riders established themselves in the final 6km of the Alpine climb, which averages 7.3% in gradient.
However, Deignan broke free with Australia's Shara Gillow before trying in vain to chase down Van Vleuten, while Guarnier recovered to finish fourth.
"I messed up by being a domestique then a leader, so it's my own fault for not having confidence in myself," Deignan told ITV4.
"Megan put her hand up at the start of the day and said she could be leader.
"I wouldn't call myself a time triallist but perhaps this gives me a chance [for overall victory]."
Guarnier finished 45 seconds behind Deignan, who could choose to wait for her team-mate on Saturday's stage so they can work together to chase down Van Vleuten.
'I didn't used to be a climber' - Van Vleuten
Van Vleuten suffered severe concussion and three small fractures in her back when she crashed heavily in the Olympic road race last year.
She has been in impressive form this season, winning two stages of the Giro Rosa stage race and leading the women's World Tour standings.
"To finish here in front of so many people is amazing," she said.
"I didn't used to be a climber but after the Olympic Games I proved that I can do it, so have worked more on my climbing."
Stage one result:
1. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Orica-Scott) 2hrs 7mins 18secs
2. Lizzie Deignan (Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam) +43secs
3. Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle Highs) +1min 23secs
4. Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam) +1min 28secs
5. Shara Gillow (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) +1min 33secs
6. Amanda Spratt (Orica-Scott) +1min 41secs
7. Lauren Stephens (Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank) +1min 51secs
8. Ana Christina Sanabria Sanchez (Servetto Giusta) 2mins 24secs
9. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (WM3 Procycling) 2mins 52secs
10. Hanna Nilson (BTC City Ljubljana) 3mins 04secs
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Most poaching happens in Zimbabwe, which is a country in Africa. The second country with the most poaching is Kenya, which is also in Africa. More than half of the worlds poaching happens in Africa because there are a lot of rare animals there.
The Worst Elephant Poaching Countries
According to the EIA report, China is the world's largest destination for ivory. Uganda is in the top 10 countries in terms of the number of large-scale ivory seizures. Tanzania has suffered one of the most dramatic declines in its elephant populations.
South Africa holds nearly 80% of the world's rhinos and has been the country hit hardest by poaching criminals, with more than 1,000 rhinos killed each year between 2013 and 2017.
CITES is the treaty signed by 182 countries that regulates wildlife trade across borders. In 1990 CITES banned the international trade in elephant ivory in an attempt to stem poaching, but the slaughter continues unabated.
According to the Humane Society, "For every animal that is hunted legally, there is another one that is poached, adding up to tens of millions of animals being illegally killed every year." Poaching has become a widespread crisis, devastating wildlife to the point where species are becoming endangered.
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Ask before you buy.
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For example, animal poaching is a hunter's defiance of the local laws with respect to hunting, often hunting species who are in danger of becoming extinct.
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Wildlife poaching has negative side-effects that affect local communities, wildlife populations, and the environment. It is a crime fueled by a lucrative black market trade of animal parts. The animal parts are sold as novelty items and are sold for their "medicinal" properties.
The current wave of poaching is carried out by sophisticated and well-organised criminal networks – using helicopters, night-vision equipment, tranquilisers and silencers to kill animals at night, avoiding law enforcement patrols.
Effects. Poaching has negative side effects that can have an effect on local communities, wildlife populations and the environment. There are many devastating effects on animals, with extinction the greatest threat to animals that are victims to poaching.
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At its peak in 2014 wholesale prices for raw ivory stood at $2,100 (1,900 euros) per kilogramme in Chinese markets, but by 2017 the price had fallen to $730 per kilogramme, according to the report by two ivory trade experts, Lucy Vigne and Esmond Martin.
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True Blood (título no Brasil) ou Sangue Fresco (título em Portugal) é uma série de televisão norte-americana  criada por Alan Ball, baseada na série de livros The Southern Vampire Mysteries da escritora Charlaine Harris. O programa foi exibido pela HBO nos Estados Unidos indo ao ar pela primeira vez no dia 7 de Setembro de 2008.

True Blood fala sobre a co-existência de vampiros e humanos em "Bon Temps", uma pequena cidade fictícia baseada na cidade real de Clifton, Louisiana. O nome da cidade foi baseado no ditado francês "Laissez les bons temps rouler!", que significa "Deixe os bons tempos acontecerem!

A série é focada em Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), uma garçonete telepata que se apaixona pelo vampiro Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).

Exibida no Brasil pela HBO aos domingos e na TV Aberta de 13 janeiro de 2013 a 16 de março de 2014 no SBT, na madrugada de domingo para segunda após o De Frente com Gabi. Em Portugal a série estreou em canal aberto pela RTP mas é transmitida em exclusivo pelo canal de cabo MOV, que estreou a primeira temporada em dezembro de 2008.

A série recebeu elogios da crítica e ganhou vários prêmios, incluindo um Globo de Ouro, um Emmy e quatro Satellite Awards.

Sinopse
Em uma nova era de evolução científica, os vampiros conseguiram deixar de serem monstros lendários para se tornarem cidadãos comuns. Essa mudança, que aconteceu do dia para a noite, deve-se a cientistas japoneses, que inventaram um sangue sintético, fazendo com que os humanos deixassem de ser o seu prato principal. Já os humanos, ainda não se sentem totalmente seguros convivendo lado a lado com toda a legião de vampiros que está saindo de seus caixões. Ao redor do mundo, cada um escolheu o seu lado a favor ou contra essa revolução, mas em uma pequena cidade de Lousiana, chamada Bon Temps, as pessoas ainda estão formando a sua opinião. Sookie, garçonete de um pequena lanchonete, tem o poder de ouvir os pensamentos das pessoas e não vê problemas na integração desses novos membros à sociedade, principalmente quando se trata de Bill Compton, um atraente vampiro de 173 anos de idade. Mas ela pode vir a mudar de opinião, à medida que desvenda os mistérios que envolvem a chegada de Bill a sua cidade.

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Produção

Desenvolvimento
O criador da série, Alan Ball já havia trabalhado com o canal pago AMC no seriado Six Feet Under, que teve cinco temporadas. Em outubro de 2005, depois do fim de Six Feet Under, Ball assinou um contrato de dois anos com a HBO para desenvolver e produzir um novo seriado para o canal. True Blood se tornou o primeiro projecto do acordo, após Ball torna-se familiarizado com Charlaine Harris, a criadora dos livros que inspiraram a série. Tudo começou quando Ball fora a uma consulta odontológica, e estava navegando pela Barnes and Noble e deparou-se com Dead Until Dark, o primeiro volume da série de Harris. Apreciou e leu instantaneamente o primeiro livro, e acabou se interessando em "trazer a visão de Harris para a televisão". No entanto, Harris já tinha duas opções para a adaptação de outros livros.  Ele disse que ela o escolheu porque Ball "realmente a convenceu, por sentir que ele entendia seus livros".

Gravações
Após o piloto concluído (intitulado "Forbidden Love") gravado no Verão de 2007, a produção da série começou no outono do mesmo ano. Filmagens ocorreram principalmente na Califórnia e Louisiana. As filmagens da segunda temporada começaram 6 de janeiro de 2009, da terceira temporada 2 de dezembro de 2009, a quarta temporada 1 dezembro de 2010, e a quinta temporada começou no final de 2011, logo após a Ação de Graças. Cada estação ocorre ao longo de 10 dias, e cada episódio um dia e uma noite.

35 mm
True Blood foi gravado com com equipamento Arricam LT e ST, com película no formato 35 mm, sendo assim possível a série ser remasterizada em resolução 4K ou superior, mesmo processo feito pela Sony com Breaking Bad para o Netflix.

Locações
Alguns locais, como a casa de Sookie e Merlotte são filmados em estúdio, e outros estão em lugares que realmente existem. Por exemplo, as cenas que acontecem no Fangtasia estão voltados para Bar do Alex, em Long Beach (Califórnia), aqueles que tomam lugar na casa do personagem de Sophie-Anne são filmados no Villa Contenta, uma casa em Malibu (Califórnia), e Russell Edgington, é filmado em Longwood, mansão em Natchez (Mississippi). Além disso, Ball diz que os escritores sempre tem a "bíblia" da série por perto, capaz de rastrear o passado dos personagens e evitar qualquer má interpretação.

Visita à Louisiana
No início das filmagens, a equipe foi visitar Louisiana e foi observado que as pessoas estão lentamente à se mover. Em uma entrevista, Stephen Moyer, contou que ele adaptou sua interpretação de Bill Compton em conformidade, sem gesto supérfluo, sem se contorcer ou agitar, e que "todos os movimentos parecem lhe custou. Ele acrescentou que, para este papel: "... tenho que pintar meu cabelo de preto, descolorir minha pele, me vestir de um jeito que não é meu estilo e, o mais importante, abrir mão do meu sotaque britânico. Ao contrário de James Frain (alias Franklin Mott), a quem os escritores explicou que "No exterior, [tal foco tinha] um pequeno lado" império do mal, "muito do século XIX".

Modelo
Stephen Moyer e Joe Manganiello (que interpreta Alcide Herveaux) não queriam imitar qualquer modelo; Joe Manganiello passou algum tempo com um lobo, para observar estes animais "para se aproximar de você, olhar para você, testar como você se sente, testar suas reações." James Frain e Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman), que são vampiros na série, destacam a dificuldade de falar com dentes falsos.

Marketing

Acusação
O lançamento das duas primeiras temporadas da série foi precedida de realidade de jogo e de marketing viral, campanhas promocionais alternativas. A Agência New yorkai Campfire e comercialização foi acusada pela campanha publicitária do canal HBO nos Estados Unidos, antes da divulgação de True Blood. No vídeo apresentando este trabalho, a agência anunciou que "criou uma prequela de série, que apresenta os temas que são abordados e que geraram o burburinho [...]. " Seu objetivo era "transformar curiosos fãs pregadores e construir um público, o que fez True Blood umas das premiere de temporadas mais esperadas e bem sucedida."

Alternativa
Ela consiste em enviar e-mails em massa de texto (alguns foram escritos em japonês e acompanhado por amostras da bebida "Tru Blood", apresentado como o sangue sintético) e e-mails em Maio de 2008; a implementação de vários funcionários de sites fictícios (os da liga americana de vampiros, da Irmandade do Sol, um blog que segue a integração dos vampiros na sociedade); propaganda enganosa com cartazes que incentivam as pessoas a apoiar a alteração nos direitos dos vampiros ou o contrário, negar a sua integração na sociedade; e um jornal falso chamado New York Anouncer, anunciando que os vampiros existem.

Estreia
O piloto logo foi encomendado, com a direção, roteiro, e produção por Ball, que termina de escolher vários outros roteiristas. Os membros do elenco Paquin, Kwanten e Trammell foram anunciados em fevereiro de 2007 e Moyer mais tarde, em abril. O piloto foi filmado no início do verão de 2007 e foi oficialmente escolhido para exibição em Agosto, altura em que Ball já tinha escrito vários outros episódios. A produção sofreu uma perda depois que Brook Kerr (que retratou Tara Thornton no piloto original) saiu, mas logo foi substituída por Rutina Wesley. Mais dois episódios da série tinham sido filmados antes da greve dos roteiristas, encerrando o ciclo de 12 episódio da primeira temporada em 2008. Em setembro, depois de apenas dois primeiros episódios da série terem ido ao ar, a HBO encomendou uma segunda temporada de doze episódios, com produção programada para começar em janeiro de 2009 para a estreia no verão do mesmo ano.

Escolha do elenco
True Blood engloba um conjunto amplo de um elenco composto por personagens regulares e centrais, e um grupo rotativo de personagens coadjuvantes. Embora a série seja rodada na cidade estadunidense ficcional Bon Temps, Louisiana, um número notável de atores que compõem o elenco são de várias nacionalidades, não sendo portanto apenas atores americanos. Em uma entrevista, Allan Ball explicou que não intencionalmente procurou atores que não sejam americanos, mas estava disposto a ir a qualquer lugar que precisasse para "encontrar atores que fariam os personagens dos livros respirarem ". Ball também explicou que desde do início havia um foco em procurar atores que interpretassem o personagem de maneira convincente e não aqueles que se assemelham fisicamente às personagens descritas nos livros. Observando que há uma nítida diferença entre os personagens retratados em True Blood e os descritos nos livros da coleção Vampiros do Sul, ele descreveu seu trabalho como bem compreensivo em termos de uma reinterpretação do trabalho da criadora dos livros Charlaine Harris.

Abertura
Indicada ao Emmy na categoria de melhor abertura foi criada pela Digital Kitchen, um estúdio de produção, que também foi responsável por criar a abertura dos seriados Six Feet Under e Dexter. A abertura tem como música de fundo a canção "Bad Things" de Jace Everett, e conceitualmente, é construída a partir da mistura de imagens contraditórias que envolvem sexo, violência e religião, projetadas ao ponto de vista do "sobrenatural".

Desejava também explorar ideias de redenção e perdão, além de reproduzir a atmosfera típica de Lousiana, pois a maioria das imagens utilizadas na abertura foi filmada por quatro dias nesta cidade, além de gravações em Chicago com pequenas participações de vários membros da Digital Kitchen na abertura.

Na edição da abertura, quis expressar-se o "fanatismo religioso" e "energia sexual" que pode corromper o homem e torná-los animalescos. Assim, vários quadros foram cortadas para dar uma sensação de movimentos agitados, enquanto outras cenas foram simplesmente jogados, e alguns exibidas no slow motion. Alguns cortes, tal como a decomposição de um animal, foram feitos digitalmente, e algumas cenas produzidas quadros por quadros.

Mitologia
Dentro do universo ficcional retratado em True Blood, a série traz uma realidade com a existência de várias criaturas sobrenaturais, tais como telepatas, metamorfos e vários outros. O seriado dá enfoque aos vampiros e sua mitologia pois, dois anos antes dos eventos que ocorrem durante a série, os vampiros "saíram do caixão" quando cientistas do Japão inventaram uma forma sintética de sangue chamada "True Blood". Com isto, estes não necessitam mais do sangue humano para sobreviver e são capazes de se integrar na sociedade humana, desenvolvendo assim uma trama que traz o preconceito e a "luta" entre raças e por direitos vampíricos como enfoques principais.

O universo retratado na série se assemelha muito com a série de livros de RPG de The World of Darkness, da editora White Wolf, principalmente em seu livros sobre vampiros, em português "Vampiro: A Máscara".

Diferenças com o livro
O mundo de fantasia fictício em que os personagens da série foi tomado e adaptado de um desenvolvido por Charlaine Harris na comunidade Sud. True Blood se diferencia em vários pontos em relação ao livro. Nos romances, a vista é interna porque Sookie é o narradora, enquanto na adaptação para a TV, o espectador vê os outros personagens evoluírem de forma independente.

Tara e Lafayette, que são os personagens principais de True Blood, são pouco desenvolvidos nos livros e sua história é diferente em muitos aspectos. A história de muitos outros personagens também foi alterada: por exemplo, nos romances, Bill está trabalhando duro em um banco de dados secreto cobiçado sobre vampiros, e não é aquele que mata ao longo do show para proteger Sookie, junto com Eric; Jason não toma sangue de vampiro, não aderiu à Comunidade do Sol e não vai incorporar a fonte.

Alguns personagens da Comunidade do Sul, como JB Du Rone (namorado, então marido de Tara), Bubba (cantor Elvis Presley vampiro), Felipe de Castro (o vampiro rei de Nevada); e Ápio Livius Ocella (criador de Eric) não aparecem na série; Por outro lado, foram introduzidos personagens que não existem em no romance como Jessica Hamby (os filhos de Bill), Srta Jeanette (a exorcista Lettie Mae e Tara), Tommy (irmão de Sam) e Jesus (o namorado de Lafayette).

Em menor medida, também existem diferenças físicas. Eles abrangem aspectos como os olhos de Sookie (azul nos livros, marrom na série) e cabelo de Eric (longo e trançado nos livros). Além disso, o nome do Pam ("Ravenscroft" em livros, "Swynford de Beaufort" na série) foi alterado; a bruxa Hallow Stonebrook é nomeado Marnie na adaptação para a TV, ao contrário dos livros, ela não tem um irmão.

Audiência

1ª temporada

A audiência da primeira temporada fora razóavel, tanto que no segundo episódio desta, a segunda temporada foi confirmada. O primeiro episódio de True Blood estreou em um modesto 1.440.000 telespectadores, no entanto, no final de Novembro de 2008 , 6,8 milhões por semana estavam a ver o programa, incluído repeticões e a exibição em outros meios. O final da temporada teve audiência de 2,4 milhões de espectadores.

2ª temporada

A estreia da segunda temporada da série (14 de junho de 2009) foi visto por 3,7 milhões, tornando-se o programa mais visto na HBO desde o final da série de Os Sopranos. O número total de telespectadores para a estreia da temporada, incluindo a repetição da madrugada, foi de 5,1 milhões. O décimo episódio da segunda temporada (23 agosto de 2009) foi visto por 5.300.000 espectadores, um novo recorde para a série. A temporada teve uma média de 12,4 milhões por semana (somando-se todos os meios visuais). E por alcançar ótimos índices de audiência e firmar-se como "hit" da mid-season, a emissora HBO foi levada a confirmar mais duas temporadas para o programa.

4ª temporada

Somente o segundo episódio sofreu uma queda considerável, embora previsto, devido ao feriado americano 4 de julho, e por isso foi exibido online no site da HBO, um dia após a exibição da premiére. No mais a temporada esteve acima da expectativa da HBO, batendo recordes de audiência em muitos episódios.

A média foi de 4.96 milhões de espectadores e 2.73 milhões no seu público alvo.
Confira os números por episódio

 6 de junho de 2011 - Episódio 01 - 5.42 Milhões - 3.00 na demo - "She's Not There"
 3 de julho de 2011 - Episódio 02 - 2.90 Milhões - 1.46 na demo - "You Smell Like Dinner"
 10 de julho de 2011 - Episódio 03 - 5.04 Milhões - 2.80 na demo - "If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin"
 17 de julho de 2011 - Episódio 04 - 5.10 Milhões - 2.70 na demo - "I'm Alive and On Fire"
 24 de julho de 2011 - Episódio 05 - 5.26 Milhões - 2.80 na demo - "Me And The Devil"
 31 de julho de 2011 - Episódio 06 - 5.18 Milhões - 2.80 na demo - "I Wish I Was the Moon"
 7 de agosto de 2011 - Episódio 07 - 5.14 Milhões - 2.90 na demo - "Cold Grey Light of Dawn"
 14 de agosto de 2011 - Episódio 08 - 5.30 Milhões - 3.10 na demo - "Spellbound"
 21 de agosto de 2011 - Episódio 09 - 5.52 Milhões - 3.10 na demo - "Let's Get Out of Here"
 28 de agosto de 2011 - Episódio 10 - 5.31 Milhões - 2.90 na demo - "Let's Get Out of Here"
 4 de setembro de 2011 - Episódio 11 - 4.39 Milhões - 2.40 na demo - "Soul a Fire"
 11 de setembro de 2011 - Episódio 12 - 5.05 Milhões - 2.80 na demo - "And When I Die" Season Finale

6ª temporada

A estreia da 6ª temporada registrou 4,5 milhões de telespectadores, números muito bons para a TV a cabo, mas a audiência do drama caiu ano após ano. Mesmo assim Michael Lombardo, o presidente de programação da HBO, mostrou-se empolgado ao anunciar a renovação da série.

"True Blood continua sendo uma série referência para HBO e um verdadeiro fenômeno entre os nossos telespectadores", disse Lombardo e completou: "Graças ao Brian Buckner e sua talentosa equipe, a série continua sendo eletrizante como nada mais na Tv".

Evolução da audiência
A audiência da primeira temporada da série nos Estados Unidos, começou relativamente baixa, com 1,44 milhão de espectadores para o primeiro episódio.

A segunda temporada atraiu uma média de 4,27 milhões, alcançando assim o melhor índice do ano de 2009 para uma série da HBO. Neste mesmo ano, True Blood foi a segunda série da HBO mais visto depois de Os Sopranos.

O nono episódio da quarta temporada alcançou recorde de audiência da série, através da recolha de 5.530.000 de espectadores. O recorde anterior foi realizado pelo décimo episódio da terceira temporada, com 5,44 milhões de espectadores.

Alegoria dos direitos LGBT
A luta pela igualdade discutida sobre vampiros em True Blood, alegoricamente, tem sido interpretada como um movimento pelos direitos das lésbicas, gays, bissexuais e transgêneros. Várias frases da série (no original) também são emprestadas. Adaptadas para expressões em inglês usadas contra pessoas LGBT.

De acordo com Ken Tucker da Entertainment Weekly, True Blood é construída "em torno de uma série de metáforas: os direitos dos vampiros substituto para direitos dos homossexuais [...]" e David Bianculli, NPR, a tensão sobre a aceitação de vampiros na sociedade da série é "um jogo óbvio sobre os direitos civis em gerais e gays em particular".

De acordo com o 15 º relatório "Where We Are on TV" da GLAAD, True Blood foi em 2010, a série atual, incluindo o maior número de personagens LGBT (seis ao todo). Nesse mesmo ano, o GLAAD também declarou "a série gay-friendly".

De acordo com o presidente da associação, Jarrett Barrios, o aumento de séries de televisão com temática LGBT reflete "a mudança na cultura americana, [...] a compreensão da comunidade "e" um novo padrão da indústria que um crescente número de criadores e as redes estão adotando".

Trilha sonora
Gary Calamar, o supervisor musical da série, disse que seu objetivo para a trilha sonora era criar "algo pantanoso, blues e assustador" e que remete-se ao estilo de música local de Louisiana, com a colaboração de Nathan Barr, que escreve intrumentais originais para a série, tais como "Take Me Home" e "Strange Love". O tema principal é "Bad Things", música country do artista Jace Everett que ganhou o prêmio da Broadcast Music Incorporated.

A trilha sonora da primeira temporada, indicada ao Grammy Awards, foi lançada em 19 de maio de 2009, e figurou em boas posições no chart das trilhas sonoras mais vendidas, com peak na posição #4.

Recepção da crítica
A recepção crítica de True Blood, foi em geral favorável, apesar do fato de que as impressões iniciais foram misturadas. O crítico do New York Post escreveu sobre o primeiro episódio: "Se o novo show de vampiros da HBO merece alguma indicação, haveria inúmeras mortes, principalmente entre os telespectadores que estariam morrendo de tédio. E assim é a nova série da HBO e do obcecado pela morte, Alan Ball, criador da lendária Six Feet Under, cujo novo show True Blood não faz nem correr o sangue, deixando-o até frio".

Já o Today USA trouxe críticas boas ao seriado: "Sexy, espirituoso e descaradamente peculiar, True Blood é um conjunto parte romântico, parte fantasioso, e parte misterioso e parte comédia em um mundo onde os vampiros revelaram-se e buscam por direitos iguais".

Ao final da primeira temporada, True Blood teve uma pontuação de 64 pontos, no Metacritic, um agregador de respostas críticas. A segunda temporada recebeu uma pontuação mais favorável: 74 de 100 no Metacritic.

Bebida
A Sociedade americana Omni Consumer Products, fez a bebida "Tru Blood" - inspirado por aquilo que aparece na série. Consistente com HBO, esta laranja de sangue à base de refrigerante é comercializado nos Estados Unidos, exclusivamente no Guarde Online Home Box Office. Em julho de 2009, Alan Ball e vários atores da série estavam presentes na Comic-Con de San Diego para promover a bebida, que foi planejado para começar em 10 de setembro de 2009.

HQ da série
O primeiro número HQ (intitulado "All Together Now") de True Blood foi apresentado na Comic-Con de 2010, esses livros são criados por Alan Ball, Elizabeth Finch e Kate Barnow (escritores da série de televisão), David Tischman, Mariah Huehner e David Messdina.; e projetado em associação com a Diamond Comic Distributors Publishin juntos a IDW.

O universo é o mesmo que a série, mas a história é diferente; vários personagens principais, como Sookie, Tara, Sam, Bill e Eric são apresentados. Em um vídeo, Ball explicou que nos quadrinhos, ele pode fazer coisas que seriam impossíveis na série devido limitações de tempo e orçamento. Cinco livros foram publicados entre agosto e novembro de 2010 nos Estados Unidos pela HBO loja on-line.

Livro de receitas
True Blood Cookbookest, é um livro de receitas ilustradas, inspirado no universo da série. É escrito por Alan Ball e Gianna Sobol, e é comercializado desde 5 de setembro de 2012.

Outros produtos
O designer de Nova-Iorque Udi Behr criou uma coleção de jóias (anéis, brincos, colares) inspirado por temas da série. Por ocasião de seu lançamento, 18 de setembro de 2009, em Beverly Hills, a imprensa e os fãs foram convidados. Em 22 de junho de 2011, poucos dias antes do lançamento da quarta temporada nos Estados Unidos, a marca lançou uma Makeup Palette Tarte Cosmetics (sombra, delineador, rímel, blush e batom) derivado da série, em edição limitada. A Loja Online HBO também oferece outros produtos, incluindo camisetas, óculos e bustos em semelhança de personagens de True Blood.

Referências na cultura popular
Em 2009, o cantor americano Snoop Dogg havia confessado seu interesse em True Blood, por meio de seu título Gangsta Luv. Em 2010, ele declarou seu amor por Sookie Stackhouse em seu single "Oh Sookie", o clipe começa com coisas ruins (a música tema da série) e inclui trechos da série.

Em 2010, o primeiro episódio de True Blood e créditos de abertura foi parodiado no programa Sesame Street, em uma esquete de dois minutos chamada "True Mud" (Verdadeira Lama). Ela mostra o Muppets de Sookie Stackhouse, Bill Compton, Lafayette Reynolds, Sam Merlotte, Tara Thornton e xerife Bud Dear nascidos no Merlotte.

Para Terri Schwartz Hollywood Crush (MTV), esta paródia de Sesame Street "é certamente o sinal de um elevado nível de significância cultural "para a série.

Prêmios e Indicações
Em 2008, Anna Paquin e Nelsan Ellis ganharam o Satellite Awards pelos seus papéis em True Blood. Paquin venceu na categoria de Melhor Atriz em Série Dramática derrotando Glenn Close (Damages), Holly Hunter (Saving Grace), Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intente), Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters) e Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)e Ellis na de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante em Série, Mini-Série, ou Filme para TV.

Já em 2009, Paquin recebeu o Globo de Ouro de Melhor Atriz em Série Dramática, vencendo Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), January Jones (Mad Men) e Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer).

Ainda, no "10º Prêmio Anatômico Anual do Mr Skin", que celebra o sexo e a nudez em filmes e na televisão, True Blood ganhou como melhor show de TV e Lizzy Caplan ganhou o prêmio de "Melhor Primeira Cena de Nudez".

Ligações externas

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Q: How do I compare large stored procedures? I want to compare stored procedures that should be identical in several different databases, by retrieving and comparing  the definitions from sys.sql_modules.
Currently I'm thinking about procedures which are "identical" except that one or other copy has blank lines or other white space at the start or end.  These seem to be added by making a script of a procedure.  I'd like to remove the blank lines and such and compare what's left.  So I could do:
IF ( LEFT(@definition1, 2) = NCHAR(13) + NCHAR(10) )
    SET @definition1 = SUBSTRING(@definition1, 3, 1048576)

That will work if the length of the procedure is less than 1048576 bytes.  But what is the actual limit on length - if any?
I suppose actually I should ask: what is a good way to compare procedures?  (Apart from "Buy the SQL Compare utility from Red Gate.")
Updated
(revised)
I just realised that sys.sql_modules.definition has data type nvarchar(max) and that has a specified length... in bytes, POWER(2, 31)-1, except that that formula doesn't work ;-)  In nchar characters, no more than POWER(2, 30)-1.
So this ought to do it:
IF ( LEFT(@definition1, 2) = NCHAR(13) + NCHAR(10) )
    SET @definition1 = SUBSTRING(@definition1, 3, 2147483647)

Yes, that is 2^31-1, it ought to be 2^30-1, but as long as it's bigger than @definition1 is or can be, I get away with it.  Until they increase "max" to 2^63-1 bytes.  Before there was "max", I used 8000.
And maybe I should include double-checking the DATALENGTH() in case it accidentally gets truncated to the first 8000 bytes somewhere.
As for your wise words about good code management to not have this need in the first place - useful ammunition, thank you (now to extract the bullets from my own hide).  I recognise the value of methodical working practices, even when they have to apply to me, as well.  But a problem is management who let's just say hypothetically just want a report or a result produced -now-, and who have been getting and expecting service like that for many years - and now they've learned to call it "Agile".

A: This question exists on two levels:

*

*Comparing between two databases:
In this context you do not need to worry about length (outside of perhaps using DATALENGTH as a quick indicator of there being a difference and hence no need to compare the actual string values). Here you just need to make sure that the definitions are identical, and that does not require SUBSTRING, but it does require adding COLLATE Latin1_General_100_BIN2 to the comparison to ensure that you catch differences in case, etc that otherwise evaluate as being equal (using an everything-sensitive Collation, such as anything ending with _CS_AS_WS_KS[_SC], can't catch differences when equality is determined by combining characters and/or linguistic rules).
Within a particular environment, an object should be identical across all databases where it is deployed to. There can't be any differences due to scripting since none of the definitions are being compared to the actual source.
While comparisons on this level are easier (since you need not worry about white-space differences), they can also be misleading if all definitions are identical, yet they are all different from the source definition in the exact same way.

*Comparing between database and source script
In this context you do need to worry about length and white-space variation depending on how your source object scripts are written and how they are packaged up for deployment. Here T-SQL is not going to help you as there are too many variations in what could be different yet still be "the same".
This is where several 3rd party tools come into play and you should choose one of them. They can be configured to ignore certain white-space as well as include additional properties and sometimes even permissions.
If you want to know if there are differences in Production that should either be removed OR factored into the source definition, you can only determine that by comparing to the source object script.
If you do not have source scripts for each object, then you absolutely need to do this and now is as good of a time as any to start.
If you do not have your source scripts in some sort of version control (Git, SVN, TFS, anything..), then you absolutely need to do this and now is as good of a time as any to start.

On a related note, the equation for the max size (in bytes, not "characters") is correct:
SELECT POWER(CONVERT(BIGINT, 2), 31) - 1
-- 2147483647

That value matches the max size of an INT as noted here. Since NVARCHAR is UTF-16, that is either 2 or 4 bytes per Code Point (a "character" is comprised of 1 or more Code Points, such as when using combining characters), hence the max "length" of a string is half of that, assuming that all "characters" are of the single, 2-byte variety (and they usually are). Meaning:
SELECT 2147483647 / 2
-- 1073741823

So the max amount of "characters" in an NVARCHAR(MAX) column is 1,073,741,823.
HOWEVER, this is irrelevant for SUBSTRING since it doesn't error in T-SQL if requested to return more characters than are in the input string. For example:
SELECT SUBSTRING('A', 1, 100);
-- A

So you can just put an arbitrary high value as the 3rd parameter.

A: I'd suggest to take a look at some third party tool, have a look at Apex SqlDiff.
We use it to synchronize two identical databases in production.

A: Other than RedGate's tools (which I do recommend highly), I usually use Notepad++ and its COMPARE plugin.  It lets you compare two files (of any language) and allows for settings changes on white space, case sensitivity, etc.
http://www.technicaloverload.com/compare-two-files-using-notepad/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-compare/
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
However, as stated above, it seems like you have other issues than just comparing two files.

A: As suggested in the comments, SQL Server Data Tools has a schema compare tool.  Its free, configurable and simple to use.  It runs from inside Visual Studio or from a Command line using SQLPackage.exe, some details of which I blogged here


Do you enjoy giving and receiving Valentines gifts? When did it all start? Where did it begin and who was the founder of this interesting tradition?
History shows a potential start back during the Roman Empire when Claudius was emperor. With long battles occurring during the time of roman conquest seeming to lose their force by homesick husbands and promised soon to be husbands, the emperor thought it best to do away with the act of marriage. He would not allow men to marry thinking that love and family time would take away his men's strength for battle.
One story says that there may have been a man, Saint Valentine, who would defy the order and perform weddings for promised couples that would ask him. Claudius learned of it, arrested him and sentenced him to death. He was put into prison and as the story goes, the grateful couples that had been helped by him would slip flowers and notes to him through his jail cell bars. It was thought that on his dying day he wrote to his love interest, who was possibly the jailer's daughter, with the special farewell "from your Valentine."
Whether or not St. Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter or was slipped notes by those that came to see him, many "valentine traditions" have become established today.
We see that Valentine's Day is not all about the love stories. There are certain foods and details that have grown into traditions. Chocolate has been a favorite gift for a long time, as couples remember the "sweetness of their relationship." Other changes from within religious traditions, the altering of the roman god of love, Cupid, now has become a winged cherub shooting arrows to bring couples together. Many other alterations to Valentine's Day have taken place over time, one being the removal of its first roots, found in an ancient Roman fertility ritual. The combination of great fun and silly romance make for a mid-February tradition that can warm hearts on these cold days and sweeten many a smile. With 100 million roses and 36 million boxes of candy being sold for Valentine's Day it is one of the largest spending holidays after only a few other major holidays.
Ask some whether they spend extra on Valentine's Day, and you would possibly hear that it has to be the best if it is for the love of ones life.
The holiday brings in $14 billion annually. It is not surprising as men will often get talked into getting the "finest" and usually most expensive of everything to make it special. We know how difficult it can be for men to find the perfect Valentine flowers or sweep their women off her feet with that box of chocolates. Why not throw in a professional auto detail job? Consider adding a gift certificate for a full or partial detail under that box of chocolates and flowers.
Do you take a romantic drive during the holiday? Where do you like to go? If it involves driving a little ways, it may pay to have the vehicle as fresh as possible for that special someone in your life. Consider having an interior detail and washing that paint to make your ride sparkle when you take your sweetheart to dinner. To help you celebrate we would like to give you the opportunity to express your love a little differently this year and keep your vehicle smelling sweet for a perfect Valentine treat. Make it an extra special thing to help remember this Valentines Day.
Well.. here is the updated web site I was planning to have up before Christmas. Thankfully I was too busy with family and work to get it done. However, this last cold snap that reached -30 degrees seemed to have frozen business along with everything else. I am happy to report we were able to catch up on some much needed maintenance at the shop and, yes, finish the new web site.
Do you like, or dislike, any or all of it?
Could it be easier to navigate? If so, how?
Is there anything you would have liked to se included that is not?
Just as an aside, winter does some amazing things to the sky here in Bozeman.


Every Wednesday, 2pm–6pm, early June to early October. 1100 Block Station Street along Thornton Park across from the VIA Rail Station and near the Main St Skytrain Station. Perfectly situated for shopping on the way home from work! Check website or social media for exact dates and times.