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US Considers Broad Curbs on Chinese Imports
The present administration of the US is considering to cut down on the investment of the Chinese nation in the United States and at the same time impose tariffs on a wide range of its imports as an intention to punish China for its alleged theft of intellectual property. This report is according to the people who are quite familiar with the matter. In the weeks to come it is expected that an announcement will come after an investigation by the office of trade representatives of the United States into the intellectual property practices of China as a result of which the US president Donald Trump will further impose trade restrictions. In the previous week, Trump announced the tariffs on aluminum and steel imports which has already intensified global trade tensions which led to the resignation of the chief economic advisor of Trump's administration Gary Cohn on Tuesday because he opposed these measures by the president.
As a result of the resignation, Donald Trump mentioned on Twitter that he will be making a decision soon for the replacement of Gary Cohn and he also stated that there are a number of people who are wanting this post. At this point of time, the president is fighting trade assaults on a number of fronts ranging from targeting the strategic rival China to infuriating allies like Canada and the European Union with threats for creating fresh barriers. While the counterparts of the US president have threatened retaliation, solid action which would be indicating the start of an all-out trade war has yet to come.
Liu He who is the top economic adviser of the President of China Xi Jinping met with Gary Cohn in Washington in the previous week, told the delegates at the National People's Congress in Beijing that both sides had expressed their intention of avoiding a trade war. This is per reports of the Beijing Youth Daily. The officials of China who have been studying curbs on the products of the United States like soybeans. Otherwise the officials were largely quiet on the question regarding the tariff on Wednesday. According to the most severe scenario, the US could actually impose tariffs on a large range of Chinese imports that are ranging from shoes and clothing to consumer electronics. This is per the reports of two people who are quite familiar with the overall matter. The two officials did not want themselves to be named because these discussions are not public.

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Specology: Why Is The Project Manual So Big?
Why Is The Project Manual So Big?
Sooner or later, on almost every construction project, somebody in a meeting comments on the size of the project spec, to general guffaws all around. Each participant tries to outdo the other in displaying a dismissive attitude toward construction specs.
But the minute that any of the actors in a construction project need support for a position they're taking, where do they look?
If the spec has information that settles the issue, everything's fine. But if the answer can't be found in the spec, the spec writer puts on his or her thinking cap and wordsmiths something to make the documents better on the next project.
That's why the spec book is so big. We spec writers get a lot of feedback. And we're driven by the need to strive for a loophole-proof set of construction documents.
The inevitable result of such feedback is more words and more pages in the Project Manual.
Ultimately, though, we've got about as much chance of eliminating contract document document loopholes as the IRS has of eliminating tax law loopholes. Why?
Numero Uno, The Last War Syndrome: No two projects are really the same, and the solution to the last project's problem may not quite cut it for the current project. Frequent criticism of the military is that they're always fighting the last war. Same thing for spec writers and loopholes.
Numero Two-o, Contractor Attitude: No two projects have the same cast of characters. Project A's contractor may be super-cooperative and dedicated to really satisfying the owner and getting continuing business. Project B's contractor may have bid the job low, always intending to make up the difference on change orders, in which case even a good set of contract documents will be under constant attack. Contractor B might challenge provisions in the documents that contractor A would accept without question.
Numero-Four-o, Contractor Creativity: The loophole-exploiting creativity of contractors, like that of tax lawyers, seems to be boundless.
Even though it's a never-ending task, eliminating contract document loopholes remains an ideal we have to strive for, kind of like the holy grail. Hence big spec books are here to stay.
Oh, by the way, the numero-uno, numero two-o thing. I borrowed it from one of my favorite writers, the late Molly Ivins, who was fond of using this device for lists in her newspaper articles about Texas politics.
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Moses Cleaveland Trees in Westlake
by William Krause
A recent Observer article by Kay Laughlin about Moses Cleaveland trees in Bay Village stated that the last few original Moses Cleaveland trees were gone – that they had all succumbed to lightning strikes or Lake Erie. This led me to wonder how many were left in Westlake.
The designation of Moses Cleaveland trees began in 1946 as part of the celebration of the sesquicentennial of Cleveland's founding in 1896, spearheaded by the Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. The idea was to identify 150 trees that had been growing when Moses Cleaveland first arrived in northeast Ohio to survey the Connecticut Western Reserve.
The Committee on Moses Cleaveland Trees of the Sesquicentennial Commission was chaired by Arthur B. Williams, curator of education at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. It was estimated that there were thousands of such trees deep in the remote parts of the Cleveland Metroparks where they were still pretty much inaccessible to the public in 1946.
Volume 11, Issue 11, Posted 10:25 AM, 06.04.2019
Westlake Historical Society yard sale marks spring arrival
by Lysa Stanton
Signs of spring have arrived in Westlake. The days are slowly warming and spring flowers are blooming. If you look closely you will see the new buds on the trees. The spring flowers are poking out of the ground after that long, cold winter. The feel of spring is in the air! With the start of a new baseball season I am optimistic that the Cleveland Indians will do well this year. Hope does "spring" eternal.
Spring also means that it is time for the Westlake Historical Society's Spring Yard Sale. This yearly sale is looked forward to by many. The bargains are plentiful, but the sale also means winter is out of here.
The sale will take place on the lawn of the Clague House Museum on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The rain date will be the following Saturday, May 1.
Volume 11, Issue 8, Posted 9:43 AM, 04.16.2019
Pet photos with the Easter Bunny at Clague House Museum
Did you know that our beloved Clague family were also pet owners? Old pictures and family stories tell us they owned both dogs and cats, while living on the Clague Road farm.
Many years ago, it was common to have pets working on family farms in places such as Dover, now Westlake. Although most of our beloved pets are not working on farms these days, they are still a big part of our families.
Can you imagine if Sophronia Clague were here today! She would enjoy seeing all the pets at the Clague House having their photos taken. This month you have the opportunity to have your pet's photo taken, as the Easter Bunny returns to the Clague House Museum on Sunday, April 7, for pet photos from noon to 6:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, April 9, from 6-9 p.m.
Dover/Westlake Then and Now
Eighty-three-year-old Bob Collins has resided in Westlake for close to 70 years. He says that it was his high school history teacher here that got him interested in history. One way this has manifested itself is his collection of postal cards.
Early postal cards could be printed with a photograph on one side in the same way that a Christmas card can be printed today with a family photograph at Costco. A number of the cards that Bob owns have been printed and re-printed in local history books but the level of detail that can be captured and printed digitally today was not possible even a few short years ago.
Bob shared the collection with me last summer and my plan is to share them with Observer readers along with a recent photograph of the same location. I have tried to duplicate the location and angle of the new photograph as closely as possible with the old photograph.
Volume 11, Issue 2, Posted 10:04 AM, 01.22.2019
Two share title of Cutest Pet in Westlake
Each year the Westlake Historical Society holds a contest to find Westlake's Cutest Pet. The money raised goes toward children's programming at the Clague House Museum.
This year, as in all years, the competition was fierce.
It is our pleasure to introduce to you, our readers, our 2019 Cutest Pets: Shelby, age 3, and Jett, age 2.
Although not the first year for a tie, 2019's title of Cutest Pet in Westlake will be shared within the same family.
Pet dad, Bill Hornack of Westlake, wrote a bio about Jett and Shelby that we would like to share.
Cooley historical marker contains error
The one thing that I am hoping for Christmas from Santa is a corrected Cooley historical marker under my tree. In an ongoing effort to bolster the importance of the Asher Cooley house at 2871 Dover Center Road, an error on the Ohio Historical Marker needs to be corrected. The marker was dedicated in 2015 and placed next to a meandering driveway off Dover Center Road, east of the current police station.
The marker, as well as the promotional material written at the time, states of George L. Cooley, the subject of the marker: "He was born on a farm at the northwest corner of Dover and Hilliard Roads in Dover Township." This is not true. George L. Cooley was most likely born and raised on the family homestead, known as the Asher Cooley house, which still stands at 2871 Dover Center Road, south and across the street from the Porter Library drive which connects with Dover Center Road.
Westlake Historical Society placing holiday wreaths
Benjamin Franklin once said, "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have."
Each year the Westlake Historical Society makes and places holiday wreaths on the graves of founding and pioneer citizens of early Dover (now Westlake). We believe placing a wreath on a grave is not only a symbol of remembrance, it is a sign of respect for that person and who they were.
We would like to extend the opportunity for you, your family, organization, group or business to place a wreath this year in memory of one of our pioneer families or one of your departed loved ones. Volunteers from the Westlake Historical Society will be placing wreaths soon at either Evergreen or Maple Ridge cemeteries.
Santa returns to Clague House Museum in December
As you start your holiday shopping list, please take time to stop by the Clague House Museum for your holiday pet photos with our lovable Santa Claus for a $10 suggested donation. Families, individuals, groups and children are also welcome to get photos taken with Santa.
Photo dates available are Saturday, Dec. 1, 2-6 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 2, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Thursday, Dec. 6, 6-9 p.m. To make your appointment, please call Lysa at 440-808-1961 or 216-848-0680. Don't delay, time slots fill up quickly!
Volume 10, Issue 22, Posted 9:33 AM, 11.20.2018
With Landmark closing, Westlake loses another link to farming roots
With the recent closing of the Landmark Lawn & Garden Supply at 677 Dover Center Road, another link to Westlake's agricultural past is gone. Landmark was a lawn, garden and pet supply business that had served the area for over 75 years. This family-owned operation also delivered bulk landscape supplies for do-it-yourself projects. Landmark Lawn & Garden Supply was located on Dover Center Road, right next to the railroad tracks.
Before it was known as Cuyahoga Landmark Inc., it was the Dover location of the Cuyahoga Farm Bureau Co-Op Association Inc. According to Case Western Reserve University's Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, the Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau was organized in 1915 to provide farmers in the county with a vehicle for collective action in representing, promoting and protecting farm interests.
Lilly Weston House restoration project update and fundraising
In 2000, when the city of Westlake accepted the gift of the 1844 Lilly Weston house and one acre of land abutting the Westlake Recreation Center Park from Alice Ladanyi, a Weston descendant, they set aside $50,000 to stabilize and button up the exterior envelope of the building and install the historic marker.
The city hired Lewin and Associates, consulting engineers, to do a structural analysis in 2017. The city of Westlake and the Westlake Historical Society shared the cost of the $7,000 study. The city's $3,500 share of the cost of the study was taken from the original $50,000 set aside by the mayor and City Council, which now has a remaining balance of $5,000. The rest of the original $50,000 was used to remove a 1960s addition and modern improvements from the interior of the house, re-construct a portion of the rear wall, put on a new roof, chemically strip mustard-colored paint off the exterior stone and brick, repair and paint exterior windows, doors and trim, and repoint the mortar.
Fall fun with the Westlake Historical Society
Fall is in the air! Along with apple cider, falling leaves and carved pumpkins, the Westlake Historical Society is busy with various fall activities.
The Clague House Museum will host an Open House on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 2-4 p.m. There will be guided tours as well as crafts for the kids. There is no admission but donations are always appreciated.
Our October general meeting will take place on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. Thomas Strong will be our guest speaker. His topic is "The History Of Medications." Our meeting will take place at the Westlake Recreation Center, 28955 Hilliard Blvd.
Learn the true story of the Lake Erie shipwreck, 'The Success'
by Cynthia Eakin
Learn the true story of the sunken prison ship, "The Success," at a program hosted by the Bay Village Historical Society on Thursday, Sept. 20.
Mike and Georgann Wachter, well-known authors of "Erie Wrecks and Lights," "Erie Wrecks East" and "Erie Wrecks West" have been diving around the world since the mid 1970s. However, nowhere else in the world have they discovered the kind of pristine and perfectly preserved shipwrecks that lie in the fresh waters of the Great Lakes.
Historical society has free BHS yearbooks
by Eric Eakin
The Bay Village Historical Society is offering old Bay High yearbooks free of charge.
The following years are available: 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1999.
Ready, set, duck! Annual rubber duck race returns to Westlake on Aug. 25
The Westlake Historical Society's annual Great Rubber Duck Race is a fun fundraising event that will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m., at the Westlake Recreation Center pond. Funds raised will benefit Clague House Museum upkeep, children's programs and special projects.
You can join the race and adopt your ducks – $5 for a single duck, $25 for a "Six Quack," and $49 for a "Quacker Pack" with 12 ducks! For each duck you sponsor, you will receive an adoption certificate with a number that corresponds to a duck in the race. When the rubber ducks are released into the Westlake Recreation Center pond, the first duck to cross the finish line wins!
Meet the Clagues, Part II
Second in a series of articles on the Clagues, one of the founding families of Dover (now Westlake). Part I was published Dec. 5, 2017, and is archived at wbvobserver.com/read/columns/digging-dover.
The best known Manx emigrant to America was Myles Standish – the military leader of the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed for New England in 1620. Why Robert Clague, the patriarch of the Dover/Westlake Clagues left the Isle of Man and came to Dover nearly 200 years later, in 1829, is unknown, but we have some clues.
John Feltham, an English travel writer, describing the Isle of Man in 1797, stated that: "The population of the island in general is excessive: it is no uncommon thing for fourteen to be grown up in one family. But in general, except the eldest son and daughter, the whole are obliged to quit the island to gain their bread, and seldom return." It was also stated that the increase in population had pushed the cultivation of unsuitable land and the rulers of the island raised the rents and tithes, including a tithe on potatoes in the 1820s.
'Old Hurst Home' at 2004 Dover Center Road dates to 1854
Hurst has been a fairly common name in Dover which makes it difficult to research. It has been hard to determine if they represent one or multiple families who settled in the geographic area that now encompasses Bay Village, Westlake and Avon.
Multiple sources state that three or four brothers named Hurst emigrated directly from England to Dover Township and Avon in the early 19th century to take up sheep farming. Both Josiah and Thomas Hurst's homes are featured in an 1874 atlas of Cuyahoga County. Thomas Hurst's circa 1838 brick home, which still exists on the north side of Detroit Road, west of Bradley, is marked with an Ohio Historical Marker. Josiah N. Hurst's home was located west of Thomas's home and while the house is gone, one of his barns pictured in the 1874 drawing still exists, painted white, at 31450 Detroit Road.
Westlake Historical Society yard sale ushers in spring
The Westlake Historical Society is collecting items for the spring yard sale, which will take place on Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Clague House lawn, 1371 Clague Road. We are happy to have your classy cast-offs and no-longer-needed knickknacks. As you are doing your spring cleaning, please remember the historical society. What a great way to rid the clutter and get an end-of-year tax deduction.
For more information, or if you would like us to pick up items, please call Jan at 440-227-0061 or Dave at 440-610-2728, or email claguemuseum@yahoo.com. Letters of donation (for tax purposes) are available upon request.
Beloved artist and Westlake native son passes away
Celebrated artist and sculptor Harold Balazs passed away on Dec. 30, 2017, in Mead, Washington. He was 89 years old.
Harold was born in Dover (now Westlake) in 1928 and graduated from Dover High School in 1946. While in school he participated in basketball, hockey, volleyball, football, track, and student council. He was president of student council during his senior year.
Harold started art lessons at the Cleveland Museum of Art at the age of 12, and continued them for several years after. He was encouraged in this by his mother, who worked as a telephone operator. His father's work in sheet metal fabrication and air conditioning repair provided young Harold the opportunity to become familiar with materials he would later use in his art.
The Asher Cooley house becomes the Power house
The last in a series of articles on the Asher Cooley house.
The family legend from both the Cooley and the Power families is that a Mr. Cooley was putting up a real estate sign indicating that the Asher Cooley house was for sale and Frank and Claribel Power were driving by and bought the house on the spot. Other Cooley relatives deeply regretted the sale.
A 1930s directory of Dover has Dr. R.S. Cooley residing at 2871 Dover Center Road. Arthur, grandson of Asher and Lydia, had died in 1926 and his widow, Flora, died in 1933. Probate was complete in 1935 and the property was inherited by Arthur and Flora's three children – their son, Dr. Richard S. Cooley, and twin married daughters, Ellen Carter of Cleveland Heights and Lucy Koones of Shaker Heights. At the time, Richard Cooley was married to Myrle Krause (no relation to the author). In 1936 half of his 1/3 share was transferred to Myrle Cooley. By the time the deed for the property was transferred to Frank and Claribel Power, Myrle was now named Myrle Potter and Richard was with his new wife, Hallie Cooley, in Oklahoma.
Clague House Museum is struck by Cupid's arrow
The Westlake Historical Society is in the mood for love this month. The Clague House Museum is the place to be to celebrate your special valentine, with several romance-themed offerings.
Valentine's Day Party: Visit the Clague House Museum on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2-4 p.m., for an old-fashioned Valentine's Day party with the Westlake Historical Society. Shake off the winter chills and come inside the Clague family home, located at 1371 Clague Road.
Enjoy an afternoon of crafts and making valentines, decorating cookies, and historic museum tours. There is no charge for the event, but donations are gratefully accepted.
In addition to tours of the Clague Museum, get your Valentine's Day photo taken in the museum parlor. The society will also honor past presidents of the United States born in February with birthday cupcakes.
Corgi selected as Westlake's Cutest Pet for 2018
The Westlake Historical Society would like to congratulate the Nutter family and their corgi, "Harry." He has been selected as Westlake's cutest pet for 2018 by a panel of judges including celebrity judge Tiffani Tucker from Channel 19 news.
"Harry was born on Thanksgiving Day 2009," the Nutter family wrote. "He is a great fan of all food, is a super nosy and friendly guy that loves to go for walks. He loves to check out the neighborhood and say hello to everyone. Harry loves to play in the snow, as well as inside with his toys. He especially enjoys his squeaky tennis balls and platypus. When Harry is tired, he is a fan of curling up on a blanket or pillow on the couch. He hates loud noises and the hiccups make him crazy; both send him straight into the bathtub to take cover until he decides it's safe.
Porter Library seeks veterans' stories
by Westlake Library
Are you a veteran of the U.S. military? If so we would like to hear your story. The Westlake Porter Public Library is participating in the Veterans History Project. This project, sponsored by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, seeks to gather the oral histories of men and women who served in one of the following conflicts and is no longer on active duty:
Local Questers chapter receives restoration grant
by Terri Miyares
The Westshore Questers chapter, David R. Bain #1491, is applying a grant it received from the International Questers Organization for the restoration of the first floor of the Briggs House, located in the Frostville Museum on Cedar Point Road in North Olmsted.
The restoration project includes the removal of the old carpeting, thin plywood underlayment and the various adhesives (installed in the 1990s) to reveal and restore the original tongue-and-groove hardwood floor. This will enhance the appearance and authenticity of this 1800s home.
Fall yard sale to benefit Lilly Weston House
The Westlake Historical Society is excited about the return of the fall yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale will be held on the lawn of the historic Clague House Museum located at 1371 Clague Road. Anyone wishing to donate "stuff" for the sale, is ask to leave it on the side porch of the Clague House. Volunteers who would like to help with the sale should call Jan at 440-227-0061.
The Fall Yard Sale proceeds will benefit the Westlake Historical Society's restoration efforts of the Lilly Weston House. The Lilly Weston House, located at 27946 Center Ridge Road, is a splendid example of the skill and craftsmanship of early Ohio builders, dating back to 1844. The sandstone used to construct the home came from a local quarry, probably near Porter Road.
Volume 9, Issue 17, Posted 9:36 AM, 09.06.2017
Bay Men's Club celebrates centennial
This year marks the centennial of the founding of the Bay Men's Club, which lays claim as the oldest club organization in the city.
Formally known as the Community Club of Bay Village, the men's club was founded in the summer of 1917 when a handful of village men, gathering on the steps of what is now the Rose Hill Museum in Cahoon Memorial Park, met to form a non-partisan organization whose purpose was, and is, to promote good fellowship.
With an eye to the future, its platform from the start was sponsorship of civic, social and moral activities for the benefit of the village.
The new club began meeting in the old red brick schoolhouse at the southeast corner of Lake and Bassett roads, and dues of one dollar per year were assessed.
Owners of century homes get plaques
The Bay Village Historical Society offers plaques to the owners of homes older than 100 years. Pictured here are Gary and Connie Clifford with their daughter Grace and granddaughter Rory. They live across the street from each other on Lake Road in century homes, and both recently purchased plaques from the society. Information on ordering the plaques can be found on the society's website, www.bayhistorical.com.
The Lilly Weston House matters
What better way to celebrate Preservation Month than to gather in the front courtyard of the Lilly Weston house, one of the two structures in Westlake on the National Register of Historic Places? That is what 30 citizens of Westlake did on the evening of May 31.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has designated May as Preservation Month for many years and uses it to showcase their "This Place Matters" campaign. The Lilly Weston committee of the Westlake Historical Society thought it would be a good chance to express our affection for the historic house.
The committee has been re-activated and meeting monthly since January 2016 with the goal of making the Lilly Weston house an integral part of the Westlake community.
Summer kicks off at the Clague Museum
You know summer has arrived when the Westlake Historical Society hosts their annual ice cream social. The Society invites you to an old-fashioned ice cream social on Saturday, June 10, 1:00-4:00 p.m. It will be held on the lawn of the historic Clague House Museum, 1371 Clague Road.
This is a great opportunity to meet other people in the community and members of the historical society. Families and friends can all enjoy the beautiful setting, guided tours of the museum, and some of the best ice cream and treats around. The museum grounds are the perfect setting for this kickoff to summer. There is no charge for this event, but any donations received will benefit the historical society. A wide variety of cold and delicious ice cream, toppings of all kinds, and old-fashioned root beer floats will be available. Both cups and cones will also be available.
Popular cemetery tour returns to Evergreen on May 20
The Westlake Historical Society is preparing to present our very popular Evergreen Cemetery Walk. It will be held this year on Saturday, May 20, 1-3 p.m.
Join historical past residents of our community, portrayed by historical society members and volunteers, as they help the cemetery to come alive! The tour will begin at 1 p.m. under the Evergreen Arch with the laying of a wreath at the entrance to the cemetery. It will end at the 200-year-old Moses Cleveland Tree in the back of the cemetery with refreshments. There is no cost for this community event, but your donations do help to continue the work of the Westlake Historical Society.
The return of Leonard Porter
by Mel Maurer
Greetings to all my friends in Dover – oops, Westlake – from the Great Beyond. As great as the Beyond is – and it is, except for golf since everyone always gets holes in one – I always look forward to getting back to my home town every year for the Westlake Historical Society's Evergreen Cemetery Walk.
I enjoy coming back, meeting with some of my former neighbors and fellow founding families above ground and meeting with the good folks who live in Westlake now. Someone once said, "It's hard to know where you are if you don't know where you've been." That's what history is all about – letting people know where their families have been, letting people know where their country has been and letting people know where the area they live in came to be and how it advanced.
The history of Detroit Road, Part IV: Straightening the curve
According to "The Lakewood Story" by Margaret Manor Butler, the last mayor of the hamlet of Lakewood, J.J. Rowe, when discussing his administration which was in place from 1902 to 1905, listed as his first accomplishments: "We abolished the old plank road on Detroit, that was laid before the Civil War … [and] abolished the tollgate at Warren Road and Detroit Avenue."
Hadsell and Rutherford's "History and Civics of Dover Village" states that Detroit Road in Dover (Westlake) was first paved with brick in 1908. There is a little patch of brick paving still visible if you know where to look for it.
The history of Detroit Road, Part III: Taverns and political symbols
Part three in a series about Detroit Road.
As earlier parts of this series on the history of Detroit Road explain, Margaret Manor Butler's "The Lakewood Story" discusses in detail the construction of a wooden Plank Road from West 25th Street to five miles beyond Rocky River. Construction of it began in 1849 and it lasted for over 50 years as a toll road until 1901 when the gates were removed and the tolls abolished. Butler wrote that it was a great boon to produce farmers who made the trip to Cleveland and that although it eased travel, it had several drawbacks.
One drawback was noise! Butler stated that it was the end of peace and quiet on Detroit with a constant stream of wagons, carts, oxen and horses, clumping and creaking over the planks very early in the morning and making the same noise on the return trip later in the day. Sundays brought a steady stream of carriages from Cleveland, with the occupants enjoying an early version of the "Sunday drive." The other drawback she mentioned was the increase in the number of taverns and the sale of alcohol along Detroit. Farmers returning home after a day at the market would stop for refreshment and if they stayed too long after dark would spend the night.
Volume 9, Issue 9, Posted 9:35 AM, 05.02.2017
Bay Women's Club Centennial: The second 50 years
by Jennifer Gallant
The Bay Village Women's Club is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Its first 50 years focused on children, community health and education, along with social activities of the era. The second 50 years evolved to support new essentials for the growing community and the changing role of women. Club support for Bay Village included:
Selling zip code books for the new five-digit codes (implemented in 1963)
Performing many needed tasks at the library by the Club's literature group, eventually forming the Friends of the Bay Village Library
Refurbishing the Community House, including a "modern electric range with self-cleaning oven," a soap dispenser in the restroom, and a railing outside (early 1970s), followed later by new furnishings, drapes and a sink
Spearheading the drive for a Bay Village Paramedic Unit which was the club's Bicentennial Project (1975)
Assisting with Swine Flu shot drives in the 1970s
Contributing toward the Fire Department's rescue boat (1977) and later a CPR monitor
Donating a recorder to the Police Department to trace calls (1980)
and the list continues.
Easter Bunny returns to Clague House for pet photos
Did you know that the Clague family were pet owners? Old pictures and family stories tell us they owned both dogs and cats, while living on the farm. Sophronia Clague was especially taken by both cats and dogs.
Many years ago, it was common to have pets working on family farms here in Dover, now Westlake. Although most of our beloved pets are not working on farms these days, they are still a big part of our families.
I can imagine if Sophronia were here today, she would enjoy seeing all the pets at the Clague House having photos taken. This month you have the opportunity to have your pet's photo taken, as the Easter Bunny Returns to the Clague House Museum on Sunday, March 19, for pet photos from noon to 5:00 p.m.
Bay Women's Club Centennial: The first 50 years
The first in a two-part series on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bay Village Women's Club.
The Bay Village Women's Club observes its 100th birthday this year. The Women's Club is the oldest such organization in Bay Village. Mrs. Florence Whitney, a school board member, served as the Club's first president. Beginning Jan. 5, 1917, she and four women called on every mother in the Village to attend a meeting on Jan. 25 in the little Red Brick School House on Lake Road. The response was overwhelming with an overflow attendance of 52 women.
According to notes on the early meetings, "Tea was made over a fire of coals and china was transported to meetings in a little red wagon. The ladies sewed, had musical recitals and, with the proceeds, bought footstools for the children to raise their feet from the draughty floors." A neighbor's outhouse was the only "facility" for the school house.
The history of Detroit Road, Part II: Bridging the Rocky River
Part two in a series about Detroit Road.
The first westward settlers traversing what became Detroit Road had to swim, wade or ford the Rocky River until a ferry service began in 1810. In 1820, Captain Rufus Wright, the owner of a tavern located where the Westlake Condominiums are now, took the lead in constructing the first bridge to cross the valley. According to "Rocky River Yesterday" by the Rocky River Historical Society, due to the capsizing of two stage coaches on the bridge in 1842, this low wooden span, which hung just above the flood-plain, was deemed unsafe due to deterioration and there were calls to build a new bridge and plank the road to improve travel conditions.
George A. Christensen wrote in "Incidents & Episodes: Tales of Rocky River and Rockport Township, Ohio" that the replacement wooden bridge, built in 1850 at a cost of $6,000, was constructed of oak timbers in the important parts of the structure, yellow pine, fir or ponderosa pine in the decorative area, with abutments of sandstone and a deck that was 24 feet wide. According to Christensen, the location of the mud ramp on the west side of the river came up behind the Westlake Hotel (now Westlake Condominiums) in Rocky River. He also says that the bridge was approximately halfway between the height of the water and the height of the natural grade on either side of the river.
Westlake Historical Society picks cutest pet
The Westlake Historical Society is happy to announce the winner of our 2017 Cutest Pet Contest: Iggy, a 2-year-old Shih Tzu. She was adopted from the Toledo Area Humane Society as a puppy and moved to Westlake with her owner, Sarah Howard, in 2015. When she was rescued, she was one of 35 Shih Tzus from a hoarding situation in Toledo.
Iggy was born without a tail, and has a 90-pound Aussie Doodle brother by the name of Bentley. They are the best of buddies, though Iggy is the boss. She also enjoys the company of two cats, Max and Louie, but the feeling is not always mutual. Her favorite toy is her pink Lambchop. She simply adores soft squeaky toys. She also enjoys running around the house with empty milk cartons or cardboard boxes. Iggy is a sweet and friendly dog who loves to play, but is also happy to curl up on the couch for a laid back evening at home. Her nickname is "Wiggles."
The history of Detroit Road: From stumps to planks
Part one in a series about Detroit Road.
According to "A History and Civics of Dover Village" written by Hadsell and Rutherford in 1930, Detroit Road follows the shoreline of an ancient lake known as Lake Warren. At different geologic times lakes have formed four different cliff-like ridges at what today is Butternut Ridge in North Olmsted, Center Ridge and Detroit roads in Westlake (known as Middle Ridge and North Ridge roads in the early days) and Lake Road in Bay Village.
Hadsell and Rutherford go on to say that both Lake Road and Center Ridge were used as Native American trails (other sources say Detroit Road was an Indian trail as well) and that the early Euro-American pioneers used the ridges as the earliest roads. Stumps were left in place and the authors go on to say that there were people alive in 1930 who remembered when the main "highways" were rows of stumps. They also say that as the number of pioneers increased the number of stumps decreased to create more desirable dirt roads. Unfortunately due to our climate the dirt roads were often mud roads.
An old name in grocery shopping once called Westlake home
by Dan Hirschfeld
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. While to some that might sound like a new upscale boutique tea shop, others may recognize it as the full name of the old A&P supermarket chain.
Area grocery shoppers once had the option of patronizing an A&P store in Westlake. That A&P occupied a brick colonial-style building located at 27255 Detroit Road, on the southwest corner of Detroit and Dover Center roads. The same building is now home to the E&H Ace Hardware store. Being that same Ace Hardware store was mentioned in the Jan. 10 Observer article I penned recalling past and present Westlake / Bay Village lawn mower maintenance hot spots, this is a sort of follow-on to that piece.
Because the first ad I could find in the Plain Dealer archive listing an A&P at 27255 Detroit Road ran in the June 18, 1964, issue, and a want ad in the May 11, 1964, issue sought help for the "new Union Commerce Bank office" in a wing attached to the east side of the store, I believe A&P opened for business at that location in 1964.
Clague Museum celebrates Valentine's Day with party, candy bouquets
The first mailed valentine in the United States was sent in 1806. However, this most personal communication actually dates back much farther to ancient Roman times.
In keeping with the Valentine tradition, please join us on Sunday, Feb. 12, starting at noon, for an old-fashioned Valentine's Day party with the Westlake Historical Society. Shake off the winter chills and come inside the Clague family home located at 1371A Clague Road in Westlake. This annual party for the community began several years ago as a way to forget Old Man Winter, and enjoy an afternoon of crafts, sweet treats and museum tours.


If you could only preach one sermon in 2015, what would it be? What would you say to people that would communicate to them your pastoral heart? In this day and age, what do people need to hear most from the Word of God?
These are the questions we posed to pastors in Singapore. What Pastors Want Christians to Understand is the result—a collection of heartfelt sermons, hand-picked by pastors themselves, from denominations across Singapore. So come and be blessed—these writings represent the hearts of our pastors and the key messages they feel are important for Christians to hear today, especially as Singapore celebrates its Jubilee year.


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Tag Archives: congenital heart disease
Pulse Oximetry During the First 24 Hours as a Screening Tool For Congenital Heart Defects
Mihaela Patriciu1, Andreea Avasiloaiei2, Mihaela Moscalu3, Maria Stamatin2
1 "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, România
2 Mother and Child Care Department, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Cuza Voda" Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Iași, România
3 Interdisciplinary Sciences Department, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, România
Introduction: Although screening for congenital heart defects (CHD) relies mainly on antenatal ultrasonography and clinical examination after birth, life-threatening cardiac malformations are often not diagnosed before the patient is discharged.
Aim: To assess the use of routine pulse oximetry in the delivery room and at 24 hours postpartum, and to study its feasibility as a screening test for CHD.
Material and Methods: In this prospective study, all infants born in "Cuza Voda" Maternity Hospital, Iasi, Romania, were enrolled over a thirteen-month period. Preductal oximetry was assessed during the first hour, and postductal oximetry was evaluated at twenty-four hours postpartum. Data were then analyzed to establish the sensitivity and specificity of pulse oximetry, as a screening test for CHD.
Results: 5406 infants were included in the study, with a mean gestational age of 38.2 weeks and a mean birth weight of 3175 grams. During the first minute, blood oxygen saturation varied between 40% and 90% and at 24 hours of life, it ranged between 90% and 100%. Following oximetry assessment, 14 infants with critical CHD were identified. Blood oxygen saturation values in infants with CHD were lower throughout the entire period of evaluation. Pulse oximetry had good sensitivity and specificity at 1 hour (Se=87.5%, Sp=95.5%) and 24 hours (Se=92.5%, Sp=97.4%) for the diagnosis of CHD. Blood oxygen saturation values at one minute, 1 hour and 24 hours are strong discriminative parameters for the early diagnosis of CHD.
Conclusion: Routine pulse oximetry during the first 24 hours postpartum represents an early indicator of CHD to facilitate timely intervention. Pulse oximetry provides excellent sensitivity and specificity and has tremendous potential as a standard screening test for CHD during the first 24 hours of life.
Keywords: congenital heart disease, pulse oximetry, screening
This entry was posted in issue, Original Research, JCCM 2017, Vol. 3, Issue 1, JCCM 2017, Volume 3 and tagged congenital heart disease, pulse oximetry, screening on January 25, 2017 by administrare.
Congenital Heart Disease Requiring Maintenance of Ductus Arteriosus in Critically Ill Newborns Admitted at a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Manuela Cucerea1*, Marta Simon1, Elena Moldovan2, Marcela Ungureanu3, Raluca Marian1, Laura Suciu1
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tirgu Mureș, Romania
2 Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Transplant Tirgu Mureș, Romania
3 Department of Neonatal Intensive Care,County Clinical Emergency Hospital Tirgu Mureş, Romania
Introduction: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) have been reported to be responsible for 30 to 50% of infant mortality caused by congenital disabilities. In critical cases, survival of newborns with CHD depends on the patency of the ductus arteriosus (PDA), for maintaining the systemic or pulmonary circulation. The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and side effects of PGE (prostaglandin E) administration in newborns with critical congenital heart disease requiring maintenance of the ductus arteriosus.
Material and method: All clinical and paraclinical data of 66 infants admitted to one referral tertiary level academic center and treated with Alprostadil were analyzed. Patients were divided into three groups: Group 1: PDA dependent pulmonary circulation (n=11) Group 2: PDA dependent systemic circulation (n=31) Group 3: PDA depending mixed circulation (n=24)
Results: The mean age of starting PGE1 treatment was 2.06 days, 1.91 (+/-1.44) days for PDA depending pulmonary flow, 2.39 (+/-1.62) days for PDA depending systemic flow and 1.71 (+/1.12) for PDA depending mixing circulation. PEG1 initiation was commenced 48 hours after admission for 72%, between 48-72 hours for 6%, and after 72 to 120 hours for 21% of newborns detected with PDA dependent circulation. Before PEG1 initiation the mean initial SpO2 was 77.89 (+/- 9.2)% and mean initial oxygen pressure (PaO2) was 26.96(+/-6.45) mmHg. At the point when stable wide open PDA was achieved their mean SpO2increased to 89.73 (+/-8.4)%, and PaO2 rose to 49 (+/-7.2) mmHg. During PGE1 treatment, eleven infants (16.7%) had apnea attacks, five children (7.5%) had convulsions, 33 (50%) had fever, 47 (71.2%) had leukocytosis, 52 (78.8%) had edema, 25.8% had gastrointestinal intolerance, 45.5% had hypokalemia, and 63.6% had irritability.
Conclusions: For those infants with severe cyanosis or shock caused by PDA dependent heart lesions, the initiation and maintenance of PGE1 infusion is imperative. The side effects of this beneficial therapy were transient and treatable.
Keywords: patent ductus arteriosus, prostaglandins, congenital heart disease
This entry was posted in issue, Original Research, JCCM 2016, Vol. 2, Issue 4, JCCM 2016, Volume 2 and tagged patent ductus arteriosus, prostaglandins, congenital heart disease on October 30, 2016 by administrare.


Someone finds out that a person has died. Their heart fills with sadness and they want to solicit prayers for the grieving.
How do they let people know? They can call, but everyone is busy and phone numbers change quite often. The easiest path is to Facebook it. However, they must stop and think before they do.
Yet, social media presents a formidable obstacle in handling this properly. Families must develop a policy concerning deaths among their relatives. Absolutely no one announces the death on social media until all the relatives and close friends are properly notified and permission is granted.
With almost one billion accounts on Facebook, we must all be aware of these things. No one should find out about the death of a loved one through social media. The wounds of grief are too deep to make it worse by callousness.
Soliciting prayers for the suffering before they know they are grieving is cruelty.
Death is coming for everyone (Hebrews 9:27) and grieving for a deceased loved one is part of the human experience (John 11:35). Accordingly, how would we want to be treated (Matthew 7:12)?
The Lord is full of compassion (Psalm 86:15; Matthew 9:36) and we must be, as well. Be cautious and gentle. It's about the grieving, not us.
Grief creates wounds that are second to none and those who suffer are especially fragile and vulnerable. Therefore, one misstep can turn a person away from the Lord forever. Are we willing to do that just so we can make an announcement?
Sensitivity is paramount since people say some heartless things to the grieving. So let us be very careful in these matters.


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characteristics of oryza sativa
{oryza sativa l.) - barnyardgrass (echinocloa crus-galli l. japonica), sometimes called sinica rice, is one of the two major domestic varieties of Asian rice.Japonica rice is extensively cultivated and consumed in China, Japan, and Korea, whereas in most other regions indica rice [] is the dominant type of rice. Red rice is a major weed of rice in the southern U.S. and can intercross with rice. Quantitative study of root morphological characteristics of plants is helpful for understanding the relationships between their morphology and function. Mostajeran A(1), Rahimi-Eichi V. Author information: (1)Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. Source: James A. Duke. ); … The results revealed wide variation in these traits. Further reading. Weedy rice (Oryza sativa complex) is an annual grass which is relatively similar with cultivated rice (Oryza sativa). 91 (pg. However, few studies and little detailed and accurate information of root characteristics were reported in fine-rooted plants like rice (Oryza sativa L.). DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2173.2183 1. Uses Rice is cultivated primarily for the grain which forms an important part of the … References. An abundance of phenotypic variation was present in the three stigma characteristics of these collections. Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2012, A. Samina and others published Cooking and eating characteristics of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)-A review | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate 0 Altmetric. Handbook of Energy Crops. Both are cultivated plant species, which means they have developed as a result of humans growing them over many centuries, selecting the traits they consider the most important (e.g. Pot experiments were conducted in the field at Stuttgart, AR, during 1982 and 1983 to evaluate growth and morphological differences between strawhull and blackhull red rice (Oryza sativa L. ♯ ORYSA) biotypes collected from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.All red rice biotypes were compared with rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars 'Lebonnet' and 'Nortai'. T. T. T. Anh et al., "Phenotypic Performance of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Populations Induced by the MNU Mutant on the Adaptive Characteristics", Journal of Horticulture and Plant Research, Vol. Acknowledgments. T, Omasa. An experiment was conducted during 2000 to study physico-chemical characteristics of 10 non-aromatic and 4 aromatic varieties of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in Punjab. by Shoukun Chen, Hongyan Zhao, Tengli Luo, Yue Liu, Xiaojun Nie * and Haifeng Li * State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712000, China * Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed. Oryza sativa. Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. Characteristics and Expression Pattern of MYC Genes in Triticum aestivum, Oryza sativa, and Brachypodium distachyon. About Oryza sativa Indica. Tillering in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important agronomic trait for grain production, and also a model system for the study of branching in monocotyledonous plants. Floral characteristics and environmental factors for increasing natural out‐crossing rate for F 1 hybrid seed production of rice Oryza sativa L. Japanese Journal of Breeding 37 Association of waxy gene single nucleotide polymorphisms with starch characteristics in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Patrick D. Larkin 1 & William D. Park 2 Molecular Breeding volume 12, pages 335 – 339 (2003)Cite this article. In Oryza, two sterile lemma simulate glumes. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a major staple food worldwide [].Faced with an increasing demand for rice, China established a "super rice" mega-project in 1996 to breed rice varieties with high yield potential [].The use of heterosis resulting from crossing japonica with indica parents is considered a potential pathway to increasing aboveground biomass and grain yield [3,4]. 2007 Dec;131(4):614-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00978.x. We identified four significant SNPs associated with stigma length, 20 SNPs with style length (SYL), and 17 SNPs with the sum of stigma and style length, which were detected repeatedly in more than four environments. Cadmium accumulation characteristics of low-cadmium rice (Oryza sativa L.) line and F1 hybrids grown in cadmium-contaminated soils. 5/26 °C day/night) at flowering. beauv.) Abstract. unpublished. Crossref. Search ADS. There are only two species of cultivated rice in the world: Oryza glaberrima, or African rice, and Oryza sativa, or Asian rice.Native to sub-Saharan Africa, O. glaberrima is thought to have been domesticated from the wild ancestor Oryza barthii (formerly known as Oryza brevilugata) by peoples living in the floodplains at the bend of the Niger River some 2,000–3,000 years ago (1, 2). Percentage fertility was negatively correlated with the … Proteomics identification of differentially expressed proteins associated with pollen germination and tube growth reveals characteristics of germinated Oryza sativa pollen. We examined the relationship between morphological characteristics of anthers and fertility in japonica rice cultivars subjected to high temperature (37.5(26 degrees C day/night) at flowering. Drought Stress Effects on Root Anatomical Characteristics of Rice Cultivars (Oryza sativa L.). Oryza sativa L. Poaceae Common rice. Data source Beijing Genomics Institute 1983. Black rice (Oryza sativa L.) is popular with its distinct characteristics like black color grain and high anthocyanin and mineral content, including several health benefits, and mainly distributed in Asian countries like China and India.Black rice becomes more important because of its nutrient value. Photosynthetic rate (P N), SPAD value, specific leaf area (SLA), flag leaf area (FLA), and nitrogen content (LN) of genus Oryza were investigated and their correlation was analyzed to assess some of the main photosynthetic traits among different species in the genus Oryza. Author information: (1)College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road 211#, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. Characteristics of photosynthesis and functions of the water-water cycle in rice (Oryza sativa) leaves in response to potassium deficiency Physiol Plant . … Male-sterile long-grain tropical japonicas 'Kaybonnet-1789' and 'Cypress-1819' were crossed with two awned and two awnless U.S. red rice types. We thank the College of Resources and Environment, Sichuan Agricultural University, for providing the meteorological data. 473-477) Google Scholar. Rice (Oryza sativa L., 2n = 24), a member of Poaceae (Gramineae) is the world's most important staple food crop that feeds over half of the global population (Ishimaru et al., 2017).It is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions. 5, … competition 61 1. abstract 61 2. introduction 62 3. materials and methods 64 4. results and discussion 69 chapter v. effects of timing fertilizer application on rice {oryza sativa l.) - barnyardgrass {echinochloa crus-galli (l.) beauv.) Taxonomy ID 39946. Cadmium accumulation characteristics of low-cadmium rice (Oryza sativa L.) line and F1 hybrids grown in cadmium-contaminated soils June 2017 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24(21) It has a unique history of its cultivation and consumption practices in China. Therefore, it also has the same pattern of growth such as vegetative phase (from seed germination to panicle), reproductive phase (from panicle initiation to anthesis) and ripening phase (from anthesis to full maturity). Two Oryza species are important cereals for human nutrition: Oryza sativa (Asian rice), grown worldwide, and Oryza glaberrima (African rice), grown in parts of West Africa. Therefore, the relationship between key enzyme activity of starch and starch pasting characteristics, and the technique of rice breeding and cultivation to improve shade endurance require further investigation. Oryza is situated in tribe Oryzeae, which is characterized morphologically by its single-flowered spikelets whose glumes are almost completely suppressed. Metrics details. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 11: 2173-2183. Of these SNPs, 28 were novel. Uses; Folk Medicine; Chemistry; Description; Germplasm; Distribution; Ecology; Cultivation; Harvesting; Yields and Economics; Energy; Biotic Factors; Chemical Analysis of Biomass Fuels; References. K, Horie. Li K(1), Yu H(2), Li T(3), Chen G(1), Huang F(4). Abstract. 571 Accesses. Characteristics and Expression Pattern of MYC Genes in Triticum aestivum, Oryza sativa, and Brachypodium distachyon Shoukun Chen, Hongyan Zhao, Tengli Luo, Yue Liu, Xiaojun Nie * and Haifeng Li * State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712000, China * Correspondence: [email protected] (X.N. Oryza sativa Indica is one of the two most commonly cultivated sub-species of rice (along with O. sativa Japonica) and is the most widely grown in the hot climates of Southern Asia.The genome of Indica is very similar to that of Japonica, which is generally restricted to temperate climes such as Japan. Characteristics of Time-Dependent Selenium Biofortification of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Gaoxiang Huang CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Drought stress effects on root anatomical characteristics of rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.). Almost 90% of the world's rice is grown and consumed in … Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the major and staple foods for more than half of the world's population. Physico-chemical characteristics of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) grain imparting resistance and their association with development of rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) G. Basana Gowda 1, Naveenkumar B. Patil 1, Totan Adak 1, Guru Pirasanna Pandi 1, Nabaneeta Basak 2, Kingshuk Dhali 3, M. Annamalai 1, G. Prasanthi 1, S. D. Mohapatra 1, Mayabini Jena 1, Somnath … It ... 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Mary Frisbee's novel, Black Fin, inaugural winner of North American Review Press's new Gas Station Pulp fiction contest, is a book that pays homage to its own crime noir tradition while also moving forward to modernize the pulp genre. In her coastal Oregon town, twenty-seven-year-old tech specialist Olive Wiley (a name that is somewhat on the nose) is the last person anyone expects to be a con artist and blackmailer. However, Olive's ability to memorize passwords, access private information, and make complex connections in her head has made her a wealthy woman. It is also the skill set she will rely on to protect herself and a young girl named Sarah from people who mean to kill them.
We meet Olive at the end of her rope. She is critically ill and has chosen her favorite sea cave as the perfect place to commit suicide. When two shadowy figures in firefighting gear drag a dead woman and her daughter into the cave, Olive must abandon her plans and rely on her wit and instinct to keep the girl safe. Sarah, as Olive will soon find out, has selective mutism, a trauma response to seeing her mother murdered. However, this doesn't prevent Olive and Sarah from communicating in meaningful ways, and Frisbee wisely takes care not to allow Sarah to become an afterthought despite her lack of dialogue.
Frisbee relies on spare prose to create a heightened sense of suspense as the unlikely pair travel down the Oregon coast, holing up in abandoned summer homes and cheap motels, remaining one step ahead of the killers. The Oregon setting, with its black basalt cliff walls and unforgiving Pacific tide, does a lot to ground the story and keep things fresh while Olive and Sarah elude danger: "Towering wooded cliffs rise up on our left, plummeting to our right to the surf below... I concentrate on the road and stay at the speed limit, drawing no attention. Firefighter X will return." The lengths they go to avoid detection are smart and convincing, there are plenty of near misses that leave you holding your breath.
Eventually, the plot evolves into a "howdunnit" involving the theft of a rare Fabergé egg. It's during these moments that the narrative veers most sharply away from gritty realism, focusing on the lineage of the Russian bauble instead of the compelling ersatz mother-daughter bond that Olive and Sarah have formed. Frisbee's background in jewelry fabrication, and her detailed research, make this plot twist feel plausible if not necessary.
The book ends with a dramatic love-it-or-hate-it scene that may ruffle the feathers of some readers who seek traditional closure, but it is an ending that feels inevitable and necessary. It also contains some of Frisbee's best writing as it reaches for and attains another register in its poignant final moments.
Dark and tender, Black Fin should appeal to lovers of noir, though not exclusively. There is a lot of heart to this story. Frisbee's world may be full of opportunism and violence, but it's also a place where memorable antiheroes like Olive Wiley and resilient children like Sarah Atkinson find each other, and in doing so find a way to survive the rising waters around them.
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Global Coalition to Facebook: 'Authentic Names' Are Authentically Dangerous for Your Users
Call To Action by Dia Kayyali
Facebook claims its practice of forcing users to go by their "real names" (or "authentic identities" as Facebook spins it) makes the social network a safer place. In fact, the company has often claimed that the policy protects women who use the social media platform, even when faced with community advocates pointing out that the policy facilitates harassment, silencing, and even physical violence towards its most vulnerable users. EFF has been among the voices telling Facebook that its real name policy is in serious need of revisiting, and we've heard from users across the world that they've been kicked off the site unfairly.
It's time for Facebook to provide equal treatment and protection for all who use and depend on Facebook as a central platform for online expression and communication.
That's the message 75 human rights, digital rights, LGBTQ, and women's rights advocates have for Facebook. We've joined a broad global coalition to send a letter to Facebook explaining exactly why the policy is broken, and how Facebook can mitigate the damage it causes. We're looking forward to seeing Facebook's response.
The Nameless Coalition1, which drafted the letter, "believe[s] Facebook should get rid of its real names policy altogether," especially considering that it clearly violates European data protection laws. In the meantime, we wanted to create demands that would "support the dignity, safety, and expressive rights of all users," including those outside of the US and Western Europe, where users are less likely to get native language proficiency and cultural competency from Facebook, and may not have regular internet access. Our demands, which we ask Facebook to respond to by October 31, are:
Commit to allowing pseudonyms and non-legal names on its site in appropriate circumstances, including but not limited to situations where using an every day name would put a user in danger, or situations where local law requires the ability to use pseudonyms.
Require users filing real name policy abuse reports to support their claims with evidence. This could come in written form, multiple-choice questions, or some alternative documentation.
Create a compliance process through which users can confirm their identities without submitting government ID. This could include allowing users to submit written evidence, answer multiple-choice questions, or provide alternative documentation such as links to blog posts or other online platforms where they use the same identity.
Give users technical details and documentation on the process of submitting identity information such as where and how it is stored, for how long, and who can access it. Provide users with the ability to submit this information using PGP or another common form of encrypted communication, so they may protect their identity information during the submission process.
Provide a robust appeals process for users locked out of their accounts. This could include the ability to request a second review, to submit different types of evidence, and to speak to a real Facebook employee, especially in cases involving safety.
The policy now
Under Facebook's current policies, users create profiles using the names they use "in real life. When a user first creates a profile, Facebook does not require proof of identity.
Any user can easily file reports with Facebook claiming that a fellow user is violating this policy, and has no obligation to submit evidence supporting their claim. Any user can file as many reports as they wish, as quickly as they wish, allowing targeted reporting sprees. This has led to unfair application of the policy, and provides people who wish harm upon communities like ours with a dangerous and effective tool. One abuse report can silence a user indefinitely—and has.
Once a user has been placed in "enforcement" due to a report, they are forced to submit ID or lose access to their account. While some users are given time to comply, we're still receiving reports that some are kicked off the site immediately. While Facebook's much-lauded announcement that it was modifying its policy did expand the way users can comply, as we point out in the letter:
[T]he types of ID that Facebook asks for in the "report abuse" process, whether issued by a government or private entity, do not necessarily feature a person's nickname or "real life" name—especially for transgender people and others who modify their names to protect themselves from harm. ID from a private institution is also often linked to a person's legal identity and government-issued identification number.
This process can put users who use a name other than their legal name for safety or privacy purposes in real danger. In some cases Facebook has reinstated accounts with the legal name of users who have submitted government-issued ID in accordance with Facebook's policies, exposing them to abusive former partners, politically-motivated attacks, and threats of real-life violence.
In an appendix to the letter, we provide a disturbing sample of personal stories (including some from signatories to the letter) that demonstrate exactly how these harms happen.
How Facebook's policy fails users
There's no doubt that reporting can—and has been—used to silence users. Facebook groups have been created specifically for the purpose of reporting accounts, and in Vietnam government supporters have organized reporting sprees against political activists. Feminist activists from India recently faced a focused reporting attack specifically aimed at silencing their voices on the social media giant—a problem compounded by Facebook's continued failure to provide culturally competent support staff.
The policy has also been used to push out Native Americans, people using traditional Irish and Scottish names, Catholic clergy, transgender people, drag queens, and sexworkers. LGBTQ users outside the US have been kicked off due to the policy. Even Facebook employees have been kicked off the platform, and the policy has placed domestic violence survivors and targets of harassment in danger by restoring suspended accounts with legal names, allowing their attackers to find them. For even more detailed stories, check out the appendix to our letter to Facebook.
In addition to our coalition letter to Facebook, we've created an open petition to Facebook in support of our demands. Sign on, and we'll deliver the signatures on October 30th, in advance of the deadline for a response from Facebook. With your help, we can make sure Facebook is truly a safe and accessible place for those who truly make it a rich community: women and girls, human rights activists, LGBTQ people, domestic violence survivors, targets of harassment, and more.
The bottom line: we won't stop advocating
We look forward to working with Facebook to develop concrete and meaningful changes to its name policy and would welcome the opportunity to participate in strengthening these policies to ensure the rights and free speech of all Facebook users. But we are also dealing with communities that have had their ability to communicate with each other decimated by this policy…Our communities recognize the common injury this policy currently inflicts and we will not stop advocating until fundamental changes are made.
1. The Nameless Coalition includes Access, ACLU of California, EFF, Center for Democracy and Technology, Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan, ForABetterFB, Global Voices, Human Rights Watch, the Internet Democracy Project, One World Platform, Point of View India, and Take Back the Tech. Please note that this was updated 10/7 to reflect that DRF is part of the Coalition.
Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | May 21, 2019
Reddit Commenter's Fight for Anonymity Is a Win for Free Speech and Fair Use
A fight over unmasking an anonymous Reddit commenter has turned into a significant win for online speech and fair use. A federal court has affirmed the right to share copyrighted material for criticism and commentary, and shot down arguments that Internet users from outside the United States can't...
Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman | May 8, 2019
Coin Center's Report Explores Privacy Coins, Decentralized Exchanges, and the First Amendment
Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh published a report exploring the potential Constitutional concerns should aggressive regulators attempt to crack down on the coders developing ideas for cryptocurrencies and decentralized exchanges. For long-time readers of the EFF blog, some of these ideas will seem familiar. EFF has been asserting that publishing...
Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope, Aaron Mackey | February 6, 2019
Texas Supreme Court Subtly Provides Stronger Protections for Anonymous Speakers
The Texas Supreme Court upheld protections for anonymous online speakers in a January ruling, albeit in a way that sidestepped thorny legal questions but will likely have the effect of vindicating First Amendment rights going forward. The case, Glassdoor, Inc. v. Andra Group, concerned an effort by clothing...
Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | October 16, 2018
Lawsuit Seeking to Unmask Contributors to 'Shitty Media Men' List Would Violate Anonymous Speakers' First Amendment Rights
A lawsuit filed in New York federal court last week against the creator of the "Shitty Media Men" list and its anonymous contributors exemplifies how individuals often misuse the court system to unmask anonymous speakers and chill their speech. That's why we're watching this case closely, and we're prepared...
Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | September 24, 2018
Facebook Warns Memphis Police: No More Fake "Bob Smith" Accounts
Facebook has a problem: an infestation of undercover cops. Despite the social platform's explicit rules that the use of fake profiles by anyone—police included—is a violation of terms of service, the issue proliferates. While the scope is difficult to measure, EFF has identified scores of agencies who maintain policies that...
Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | June 22, 2018
Journalists and Digital Security: Some Thoughts on the NYT Leak Case
The leak investigation involving a Senate staffer and a New York Times reporter raises significant issues about journalists, digital security, and the ability of journalists to protect confidential sources. The New York Times recently revealed that the FBI had been investigating a former aide to the Senate Intelligence Committee...
Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, Karen Gullo | March 6, 2018
Offline/Online Project Highlights How the Oppression Marginalized Communities Face in the Real World Follows Them Online
People in marginalized communities who are targets of persecution and violence—from the Rohingya in Burma to Native Americans in North Dakota—are using social media to tell their stories, but finding that their voices are being silenced online. This is the tragic and unjust consequence of content moderation policies...
Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker | January 22, 2018
EFF Asks California Supreme Court to Defuse a Time Bomb That Could Harm Anonymous Speech
Update (February 15, 2018): The California Supreme Court denied Yelp's request to depublish the lower court's opinion. In recent months, we've seen worrying decisions in state and federal courts that weaken the First Amendment protection for anonymous speech. Last week, EFF called on the California Supreme Court...


Filipino developer Ranida Games has just announced that its Kickstarter for the upcoming fighting game Bayani is available to back today until December 30, with a funding goal of $20,000 CAD (around $15,000 USD). If funded, the game will be released as an Early Access title on Steam during Q1 of 2019, and will feature 8 different playable characters based on famous Filipino figures.
BAYANI is a fast-paced, 1-on-1, indie fighting game made by an all Filipino development team and it draws heavily from the Philippines' rich and colorful history, culture, and mythology. The game features a combination of 2D fighting gameplay and full 3D graphics that modern fighting game players will be familiar with.
BAYANI [3 syll. ba-ya-ni] is the Filipino term for Hero–someone who is admired for their outstanding qualities, valor, and noble qualities. It is also related to the Filipino word, Bayanihan, which is the Filipino spirit for camaraderie and community spirit. The title Bayani is given to notable individuals who have impacted the history of the country in a meaningful way.
During the game's initial launch, BAYANI will have 8 playable characters that are all inspired by real-life historical figures that have had significant impact in the country's history. More characters can be added at a later date via updates and DLCs.
While the game has many different tiers to back, you can get a copy of the PC version for around $15 USD, or around $10 USD with the early tier. While we've seen Filipino representation in fighting games with Josie Rizal in Tekken and Talim from SoulCalibur, it's going to be a pretty fun time duking it out with heroes inspired by Filipino history. Check out the trailer above, and stay tuned for more news here on Gaming Trend.


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Conservatives Might Agree With Hillary Clinton's Thesis on Saul Alinsky, If They Read It
The devil's in the details: Clinton's almost half-century-old college paper on the "radical" Chicago community organizer has ideas that resonate with current GOP philosophy.
Hillary Clinton Photo: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune
Last night at the Republican National Convention, neurosurgeon and former candidate Ben Carson stole the spotlight by connecting Hillary Clinton to Lucifer. Clinton wrote her senior college thesis on the legendary Chicago organizer Saul Alinsky, and Alinsky, in his book Rules for Radicals, gave an arch dedication of sorts:
Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins—or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom—Lucifer.
Lol. But it was enough thread for Carson to hang the question, "So are we willing to elect someone as president who has as their role model somebody who acknowledges Lucifer?"
Alinsky, a product of Chicago's slums and the University of Chicago, who gave up a promising career as a criminologist to become a community organizer, has been a chew toy for the GOP since the current Chicago community organizer in the White House ran for office. Conveniently for them, Clinton might be a Park Ridge suburbanite who went east to Wellesley—where she was converted from a moderate Republican to a Democrat by Nixon's southern strategy—but she fell under Alinsky's spell, writing her thorough and quite readable thesis with his participation.
And… a lot of it reads like a moderate Republican, daughter of a small-business owner from a prosperous suburb, finding surprising common ground with someone then and now considered to be a threat to the republic.
Take, for instance, how Clinton treats Alinsky's skepticism of government anti-poverty programs:
The sense of dignity is particularly crucial in organizational activity among the poor whom Alinsky warns to beware of programs which attack only their economic poverty.
Welfare programs since the New Deal have neither redeveloped poverty areas nor even catalyzed the poor into helping themselves. A cycles of dependency has been created which ensnares its victims into resignation and apathy. To dramatize his warning to the poor, Alinsky proposed sending Negroes dressed in African tribal costumes to greet VISTA volunteers arriving in Chicago. This action would have dramatized what he refers to as the "colonialism" and the "Peace Corps mentality" of the poverty programs.
Alinsky is interested in people helping themselves without the ineffective interference from welfarephiles.
Welfare as creating dependence, check; poking fun at naive do-gooder big-government liberals, check; what's not to like?
Clinton then quotes Charles Silberman, from his book Crisis in Black and White: "The essential difference between Alinsky and his enemies is that Alinsky really believes in democracy; he really believes that the helpless, the poor, the badly-educated can solve their own problems if given the chance and the means… [they should] have the right to decide how their lives should be run and what services should be offered to them instead of being ministered to like children."
Alinsky made powerful enemies with his attacks on the welfare state, going after the Office of Economic Opportunities for what he viewed as generous salaries and waste, calling the War on Poverty "a prize piece of political pornography… a huge political pork barrel, and a feeding trough for the welfare industry." When the OEO's director, Sargent Shriver, said that Lyndon Johnson's efforts had "done more for the Negro in 25 months than Alinsky has in 25 years," Alinsky pointedly responded that "we've never done anything for Negroes; we've worked with them."
If anything, what conservatives might find chilling about Clinton's thesis is her skepticism of Alinsky's model. While generally impressed with the idealism of Alinsky's radically small-"d" democratic approach, she thought some places could not achieve the necessary critical mass to begin the process. "Alinsky's prescription for the poor was to motivate the powerless to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to to control their own affairs," Clinton writes. "Often the application of the Alinsky model in geographically bound lower-class areas assumes an almost bootstrap formula which is too conservative for our present situation."
Alinsky was emphatic about that necessity. "A community which can first organize to achieve financial independence has already begun to fight," Clinton writes. In the Back of the Yards, that included the organization of a credit union. He actually refused to help a coalition of clergy in Woodlawn until they could put cold hard cash to their ideals; when they raised $27,000—over $200,000 in 2016 dollars—he agreed to help them organize what would become The Woodlawn Organization. No form of self-improvement was too small; Clinton emphasizes how the Back of the Yards Council so emphatically pressed the "basic facts of nutrition" at union meetings, schools, and churches that "no resident could move through his neighborhood without being reminded to drink his orange juice."
So what did Alinsky see as the most powerful motivating force to get people to solve their own problems? "The concept of social equality is a part of Alinsky's social morality that assumes all individuals and nations act first to preserve their own self interests and then rationalize any action as idealistic," Clinton writes. "Alinsky claims a position of moral relativism, but his moral context is stabilized by a belief in the eventual manifestation of the goodness of men."
When it worked, Alinsky's tactics produced something resembling an idealistic conservatism:
The [Back of the Yards] Council's ability to fulfill most of the residential needs has locked the neighborhood down so that few residents ever leave. One criticism of the Alinsky method is that such strong community organizations tend to "nail down" a neighborhood, retarding social and political development.
You mean standing athwart history yelling "stop"? Not seeing what's radical here. Except maybe for this:
The collective manifestation of such retardation is reactionary, segregationist politics. Alinsky recognized such tendencies in the Autumn of 1968 when he walked through the neighborhood seeing Wallace posters and "White Power" slogans on fences and car bumpers.
In other words, one danger of Alinsky's tactics is excessive conservatism mutating into reactionary ethnocentrism. His solution to this was, again, self-interest, which he used to unite the various ethnic factions he found in Back of the Yards.
What made Alinsky a radical for young Hillary Clinton was not a fear that he would introduce alien, anti-democratic ideas into America, but that Alinsky took American democratic ideals farther than most of us. "His are the words used in our schools and churches, by our parents and friends, by our peers," Clinton writes. "The difference is that Alinsky really believes in them and recognizes the necessity of changing the present structures of our lives in order to realize them."
There are aspects of Alinsky's work no current Republican will come around on, like his unionizing. But viewed that way, the party who's been running against him for almost a decade might have reason to have a little sympathy for the devil.
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