Last week, the Federal Reserve's decision not to raise rates caused equities to sell off sharply. Yet according to one widely followed technician, it may have put the bite back into one group of stocks.
Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro told CNBC's "Fast Money" that investors should stick with Jim Cramer's so-called FANG stocks—Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google—high-growth names that investors have been bidding up this year. Google shares have surged about 20 percent in 2015, the bulk of which came during a particularly torrid late-summer run.
"This was a day for perspective change. There was no change. That's the definition of status quo, which means you stick with what you've been doing," said Worth. Rather than rushing for the exits, he said the Fed's decision just gave investors time to stick with one winning theme this year: Favor growth over value.
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According to Worth, investors should place their bets on two winning trades: the S&P 500 consumer discretionary and the S&P 500 Internet retail industry groups. Consumer discretionary is the top-performing group of the 10 S&P 500 sectors, and is up 5 percent on the year. The Internet retail industry index is the best performer of the 138 groups in the S&P 500, further proving high-flying stocks are back in play, even during such volatile times.
"If it's Fed on hold, you want to stick with this as a premise," said Worth.
According to his chart work, the Russell 3000 growth began outpacing the Russell 3000 value in September 2012, around the time the Fed announced its third round of quantitative easing, a period when the bank bought mortgage-backed securities and Treasurys to curb the economy's downward slide. The tremendous outperformance in growth stocks suggest they are the best place to hide out, the analyst said.
"It's the industry leading all others in the S&P 500," said Worth, referring to the S&P 500 Internet retail index. The group is comprised of stocks like Netflix, Priceline and Amazon—all considered high-growth names—have seen a well-defined uptrend.
According to Worth's data, the group saw a move higher, then a pullback, followed by another uptick. The historic pattern suggests these stocks could continue to head higher.
Amazon holds the biggest weighting in the S&P 500 Internet retail index, and Worth said Amazon looks attractive from a technical perspective. Additionally, the tech titan will take out its July highs around its second-quarter earnings report. Worth said he "expects a 7-8 percent move from here."
"These stocks held out so much better than the market did in the swoon of Aug. 19 through Aug. 25. Why would we expect them to do worse," Worth asked.
"The world is starved for growth ... you don't want to dig in the trash and find a beaten-up industrial ... that's exactly what doesn't work," he added.


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Breaking it down: Barkley looking to continue emergence vs. SDSU
Who: San Diego State vs. Penn State
When: 3:30 p.m. ET
Where: Beaver Stadium, Penn State
TV: Big Ten Network
Spread: Penn State -15
Matchup to watch: Penn State D-line vs. Donnel Pumphery
The Aztec tailback hasn't broke out big yet this year, but he's coming off a school record 1,867-yard, 20-touchdown sophomore season. He and former Badger Melvin Gordon were the only two players in the country to rank in the top 10 in rushing yards per game, all-purpose yards per game, rushing touchdowns and rushing yards per carry. He, however, will not be facing a Mountain West Conference line. He'll be greeted by the likes of Anthony Zettel and Carl Nassib. The nation's 12th-ranked run defense has surrendered just 87 yards per contest so far, a number that would be vastly improved if not for one bad fourth quarter against Temple. Needless to say, Pumphrey's breakout game might have to wait another week.
Thing I'm excited for: Saquon, Saquon, Saquon
I realize I'm repeating myself here. How can you not get excited to see what Saquon Barkley is going to do whenever he touches the ball? Maybe the true freshman will take it 54 yards like he did last week. Maybe he'll stop on a dime and turn upfield for a score. Whatever he does, it's worth watching. Does anybody else realize that this guy has 310 rushing yards in his last six quarters of football? The Lions have 45 points in that stretch. Before that, they had 20. Barkley was hyped throughout training camp, though many expected it'd be a year or two before we really saw him take on a significant workload. Right now, James Franklin's offense can't afford to have Barkley on the bench.
Number to remember: 0
That's how many sacks the Penn State line has allowed in the last two games. After that Temple disaster, that's saying something. Add the fact that the Lions dealt with an injury to Andrew Nelson during that stretch, and that's a small miracle. Christian Hackenberg shouldn't have any reason not to feel comfortable in the pocket if that continues. He knows he needs to be more assertive on his throws. Without Hackenberg feeling like he's going to be drilled on every play, we shouldn't see a guy who's bracing for the worst. He shouldn't lack confidence on Saturday.
Prediction: Penn State 24, San Diego State 7
The Lions showed the last two weeks they can win playing a run-heavy, ball control style. Don't expect James Franklin to all of the sudden let Hackenberg air it out 35 times. He's found a formula to make sure the Lions don't look completely overmatched on offense. A major part of that equation is increased work for Barkley, which should continue on Saturday. The Lions get some more offensive momentum and nab their third straight comfortable victory.

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Hobbies Will Save You
Growth and success can sometimes be hard to gauge. Maybe you've grown a lot in your career over the past five years. It feels good looking back, but it has prolonged gratification. When you're in the process of growing or obtaining success, it's easy to feel stuck.
The gratification of larger successes are most definitely going to feel best in the long run, but sometimes it's nice to have little "pump me up" success.
I've found that learning a new skill or forming a hobby is a really good way to feel productive and successful if you're feeling stuck in the growth process.
Recently I've been learning knife tricks. This isn't something that's going to benefit my career, but it's a way out of the cyclical mindset and a reminder that success can be obtained, and when it is, it feels good.
If you're feeling tied up even though you know you're being productive, try to pick up a new skill or hobby. Finishing a book, crafting, woodworking, etc. It could be anything. It might work wonders!


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'What you get with a Jean Grainger book is warm, authentic writing that welcomes you into the heart of Ireland'
Kate Kerrigan, New York Times bestselling author of the Ellis Island trilogy.
Handsome, charming Conor O'Shea has had enough of driving and guiding tours of Ireland.
So when an opportunity to renovate and run the magnificent but rundown Castle Dysert as a five-star resort presents itself, he grabs it with both hands.
But problems arise almost immediately when his business partner appears to have more on her agenda than just business.
To add to that, his darling wife seems discontented as a stay at home mom, and his in-laws have moved in.
With his family's future now entangled in a stunningly beautiful old castle on the coast of Clare, Conor undertakes a mammoth project, and in so doing, he uncovers the troubled past of this ancient stronghold. The mystery of the family who lived, loved, and lost their lives within the walls of the castle are reflected in his own family as they too struggle to let go of the past.
Like in every small Irish village, gossip abounds. But do the ghosts of regret still haunt these ancient hallways? It is now left to Conor to explore the truth and uncover a heartbreaking lesson on the power of memory and the long threads that bind us together.
In The Story of Grenville King, Jean Grainger takes you once again to the real heart of Ireland.
What reviewers are saying:
'Move over Maeve Binchy, Jean Grainger's novels are a fresh new voice in Irish literature, but with all of Maeve's warmth and emotional intelligence.'
'Grenville King is the third book in the Conor series. I loved them all but this is my favourite.'
'A sexy Irishman, a haunted castle and a plot that twists and turns unexpectedly. What's not to love?'
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These Tweets About Colton & Tia's Breakup Show Fans Speculating About 'The Bachelor'
By Hannah Orenstein
Oh, boy. Bachelor in Paradise's episode on Monday, Sept. 3 contained one scene that was pretty brutal to watch: a split between one of the franchise's most buzzed-about couples. Colton Underwood broke up with Tia Booth, and these tweets about Colton and Tia's breakup show fans speculating about The Bachelor's upcoming season.
At the start of the episode, Tia told the producers that she and Colton were "on the same page" about their relationship. But meanwhile, he expressed doubts about the strength of their connection to Kevin. He explained that he looked at couples like Kevin and Astrid and wanted the kind of easy bond that they seem to share. He also expressed that he felt worn down from years of making decisions that pleased other people, stemming from his career as a professional football player. He concluded that Tia is a "great girl" who deserves someone who can truly appreciate her. Soon after, Colton pulled Tia aside for a private discussion on a daybed on the beach.
In an emotional conversation, Colton told Tia that he wanted to end their relationship. She cried on his shoulder while he comforted her. Finally, she left him behind on the beach to cry while she went back into the house. He exited the show immediately.
"I want someone I can spend the rest of my life with," he said during his tearful final scene on the show. "I really did give it my all. I really did try. This hurts. I'm broken."
The shocking breakup points to one specific rumor: that Colton could be the next Bachelor. Three hours before the Sept. 3 episode aired, Reality Steve tweeted that viewers should expect Colton to be announced as Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s successor on the Sept. 4 episode of Good Morning America.
Indeed, the Good Morning America Twitter account shared on Friday, Aug. 31 that the next Bachelor would be announced on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Colton has yet to address the rumors publicly. But it's fascinating that in the wake of Colton's on-screen breakup with Tia, a lot of fans are wondering if the former athlete left Paradise as a single man because he was preparing to be named the next Bachelor.
Colton has widely been viewed as a frontrunner for the upcoming season of The Bachelor ever since he captured fans' hearts on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette with his easygoing charm and sweet, sensitive side.
Of course, casting rumors weren't the only reaction that emerged on Twitter. A lot of fans were truly heartbroken about the split and felt especially sad for Tia.
For the record, Tia didn't shy away from telling fans exactly how she felt about watching her breakup play out on screen.
No matter what happens during Tuesday's Good Morning America broadcast, hopefully Colton and Tia are both able to move on from their split in healthy ways and find the happiness they're both searching for — whether that happens to be off screen or on another ABC show.
Bachelor in Paradise continues on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.


You need to learn a few facts of life. You are not part of the "elite" because you are necessarily more intelligent and more deserving to be there. You are there because you have had more opportunities to learn and more room to grow than others who may not be as fortunate. You are not there just on your own merit much as you would like to think so; you are there because your parents have had the resources to put you in good stead. Try surviving on your own merit if you have to help your parents put food on the table, or if you can't afford to have books let alone Internet access at home.
Your principal was warning against the problems with income inequality becoming more entrenched – where the not-so-rich or the poor loses even the chance of upward mobility. There was a point in Raffles history, when if you were poor but smart and willing to work hard, you could still make it there and make it everywhere. One key reason for that is that the opportunities the richer parents could provide your peers were not so insurmountably high that you could not overcome them. Now however, the difference in opportunities is much wider and the richer have such a head start that sheer effort and brilliance alone may (read: are) no longer be enough.
This is not the dark side of meritocracy as you speak of it – this is income inequality subverting the system of meritocracy.
You are right that the solution is not a knee jerk affirmative action policy, such that poorer students with less stellar grades are given a handicap and admitted into the school on that basis alone; that's only addressing a symptom. The solution is sharper public policy led by a more humane and insightful leadership, and kept honest by an active, engaged and educated civil society, that can understand and address issues of income inequality and social stratification. This is the elite you mention, leaders capable of building Singapore to greater heights.
You don't seem to be one of them. At least not yet, but there is hope that you will be more mature with years.
I was from Raffles too, and today, with your letter, I felt only embarrassed being associated with the school.
This brings me to my pet topic. I have two major causes in life: LGBT equality and access to early childhood education. I firmly believe that the difference that income levels make in education attainment starts before formal schooling and if you don't catch the children early, the ability to bolster upward mobility later becomes even harder.
Take my family for instance. I am well aware that we are among the privileged and we have been exploiting that privilege to give the lil boss the best possible environment without being opulent. Not that I negate the fact that quite a fair bit of educating a child has less to do with what money can buy than what the parents spend time doing with the child, but honestly, money helps.
At the very basic level, we do not have to worry about necessities, so we are spared from having to choose between spending a few more hours at work to earn enough to feed and clothe the lil boss and spending that time bonding and just plain playing with them, because that is the fastest young children learn.
We have also been able to afford a wide variety of experiential learning. The lil boss has attended art groups, and theatrical and orchestral performances. We visit the zoo and aquarium regularly, and we have brought him to places of interest depending on the flavour of the month. We also do a lot of parks, pools and fields – free spaces – but we broaden what horizons we can.
We provide him with luxuries at home. The luxury of bookshelves with a constantly growing collection. The benefit owning a book has over borrowing from the library? He has manhandled books from a very young age without fear of damage; he wakes up everyday to a wall of books, so it has become a way of life; he can draw similarities immediately between books and ideas because they are physically in front of him. The luxury of an art station filled with art materials that this minion is obsessed with and the luxury of musical instruments.
From an intellectual stimulation angle, the lil boss is privileged. Even then, he does not necessarily have a head-start in academic terms. We do not send him for the enrichment classes that so many parents have already started their children on – brain training, memory training, infant instrument classes. We have also tried to be very practical about choices of preschool ($2,000/month for a branded preschool with fabulous facilities? Absolutely not.) Heaven forbid, preschool tuition!
What does the difference in early childhood mean? It means that the experience and exposure children have prior to entering primary school would already be highly differentiated. Those who have learnt concepts either from parents who have more time at home or at classes are better able to catch on during the formal classes, and are more likely to be confident in their abilities. Those who have not, will then have to play catch-up, even as their peers push on ahead.
Then there are the more subtle differences. I am a firm subscriber to the notion that early childhood education shapes the way an individual can process information and learn dramatically. It's when the brain is at its most elastic and "spongiest" – a young child learns new tricks, new ideas, new ways of thinking far faster. The more you teach a young child, the more they can be geared to learn later on.
What then for children living in less privileged households? Children whose parents have to struggle to ensure that their basic living needs are met? Children who do not have extensive tuition and extra-curricular classes, who may not be able to understand the concepts that their school teacher has glossed over because the rest of the class has already learnt them outside of the classroom? Children who do not have access to a computer much less the Internet? How much harder do they and their parents have to work to bridge the gap and 'catch up'?
Now how do we help change that, such that every child has a good chance? Not necessarily equal, because leveling the playing field requires a bloody miracle and a global reset button, but at least a good chance. I donate resources where I can, but I long for a systemic solution. At minimum, I reckon, make early childhood classes with its pooled resources free. Those who can afford it will pay the premium still to go to better preschools, but at the very least, those who can't have an option. If necessary, reduce the subsidies for university education to help foot the bill, or shift to a needs-based subsidy system. Shift the funds we are investing year after year in bigger, brighter state of the art facilities in government schools – invest in the people first, the infrastructure is the icing. The school does not need a pool, an air conditioned sports hall, its own performing arts facility. Those are luxuries- access to early childhood is not.
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Peru marks Kudu's fifth country in South America and our itinerary concentrates on the Inca and colonial sights in the Andes. From Lima we travel to Arequipa, Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca. We travel by the luxury Belmond Andean Explorer train overnight to Cusco, the starting point for our exploration of the Incas' Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
This classic tour of Peru focuses on the incredible landscapes and history of the country. After sampling the cuisine of Lima, continue to Arequipa and into the Colca Canyons. From there it's onto Lake Titicaca, and to the Sacred Valley and mighty Machu Picchu, finishing in Cusco.


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El Magnifico Chivo's Art Blog (n Stuff): Scrunge!!
This is a picture of 'Faceache', one of my childhood heroes from 'Buster' comic (i think) back in the old days! He could change his face (& body) into any shape, or 'scrunge' as he put it, which got him into allsorts of hi-jinks & misadventures. This is a tribute to the mad genius of Ken Reid the original artist & drawn for The Weekly Themed Art Blog.


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CEPI CEO calls for Japan, Komeito and G7 to continue fight against infectious diseases
Yamaguchi and CEPI CEO Dr. Richard Hatchett met in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2022
Komeito's Japanese daily organ, Komei Shimbun, published an opinion piece submitted by Dr. Richard Hatchett, chief executive officer of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), an alliance to spur the development of new vaccines against both existing and emergent epidemics. In his submission, CEO Hatchett expresses his hopes that Japan and Komeito will persist in the battle against the covid pandemic while counting on the G7 summit to be held in Hiroshima later this year for a continued coordinated response to combat a host of infectious disease epidemics.
Preventing Pandemics: Preparing to Beat the Next Disease X
Dr Richard Hatchett, Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Three years into COVID-19, the world is still counting the enormous costs of this devastating pandemic. It's true to say, for anyone who has lived through these shattering years, that we will probably never be the same again. We are exhausted by the relentless toll that COVID has taken on us, and pandemic fatigue is setting in.
Yet at the same time—as we continue to take stock of the pandemic damage and loss to both lives and economies—we are also being hit by other crises that demand our attention: a terrible war in Europe, soaring energy costs, political and economic instability, and food shortages.
At CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, where I am Chief Executive Officer, we are very aware of these crises stacking up around the world. We are also very sure that the world must not let its guard down against pandemic threats. Infectious disease epidemics are ever-present and recurring—be they in the form of mpox, Ebola, influenza, or any other viral pathogen lurking on the sidelines, ready to exploit any weaknesses in humanity's pandemic defences.
Over recent years I have watched in admiration as Japan set new standards in how best to tackle and contain infectious disease epidemics and pandemics. The nation's response to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 is a case in point. Despite having one of the G7's largest and oldest populations, it has had the lowest numbers of COVID-19 deaths per capita, thanks largely to the strength of its leadership and its peoples' well-earned trust in that leadership.
During a visit to Japan in October 2022, I was struck by the commitment of the Japanese Government and the Komeito Party to tackling the threat of emerging infectious diseases—both at home and abroad—and by the drive and innovation that characterise Japan's world-leading biomedical industry and scientific institutions.
We are thankful that Japan, as a founding member of CEPI, has remained steadfast in its commitment to pandemic preparedness, and I am grateful to the Komeito Party for the strength of its support. At our Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit in March 2022, Japan renewed its commitment once more, with a pledge of $300 million over five years to support CEPI's five-year pandemic preparedness plan. This represents our largest single pledge to date, and will allow us to press ahead with critical preparedness work to build defences against future pandemic threats.
While we would all like it to be over, the threat of COVID-19 is still with us. And despite the record-breaking pace at which COVID vaccines were developed, we always seem to be one step behind the virus, chasing each new variant as they cause fresh waves of infection. It's clear that the world needs to get faster and smarter in its responses – ideally getting ahead of the virus and its variants before they take off.
To do that, we need to continue to put our scientific ingenuity into developing sophisticated tools that can control not only SARS-CoV-2, but also other coronaviruses, in the longer term. It is time to double down on developing the kinds of innovations that offer us the best chance of anticipating new viruses and new variants, getting ahead of them and hence—finally—moving us towards ending this pandemic.
At CEPI we are supporting the development of vaccines that we hope will protect against a wide range of COVID variants and coronavirus threats. So far, we have funded 13 such projects to develop broadly protective or even "pan-coronavirus" vaccines around the world, with Japan's NEC as one of our critical partners.
Beyond developing variant-proof and pan-coronavirus vaccines, CEPI is now pioneering much of the vital wider work needed to help the world get ahead of future pandemic threats. Along with G20 nations and the leadership of the G7, whose Presidency has now passed to Japan, we are embarking on an ambitious mission—the 100 Days Mission—to help the world dramatically accelerate the development of new vaccines against emerging viruses so that we can stop them before they spawn deadly pandemics. CEPI is enormously grateful that Japan has embraced the 100 Days Mission as a critical pillar of its G7 Global Health agenda, and I am honored to be contributing to this agenda as an advisor to the G7 Global Health Task Force. I look forward to deepening and strengthening our ties with Japanese institutions as we work towards the shared goal of making epidemics and pandemics a thing of the past.
There's no doubt in my mind that we have entered a new era of epidemic and pandemic risk, demonstrated in the increasing prevalence, speed and spread of outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging diseases. Even as our political leaders grapple with a host of other crises, now is not the time to deprioritize such threats. We need to recognize that infectious diseases can undermine our health, economic, and even national security—and plan, prepare, and invest accordingly. As the Japanese Government moves toward the Hiroshima G7 meeting in May 2023, it must seize the urgency of the moment and boldly lead the world in preparing to stop future pandemics from crushing the world as COVID-19 has done.
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CDC: Don"t let dengue outbreak change Hawaii…
CDC: Don"t let dengue outbreak change Hawaii travel plans
By The Associated Press and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher |
HONOLULU (AP) — The growing dengue fever outbreak on Hawaii"s Big Island isn"t a reason to cancel vacation plans to the Aloha State, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
As of Friday, the number of confirmed cases has grown to 88 since September 11, the state Department of Health said. Seventy-five cases are Big Island residents and 13 are visitors.
As many as 400 million people worldwide are infected yearly with the viral illness spread by mosquitoes. "This isn"t a huge outbreak compared to elsewhere," said Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the CDC"s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
In Puerto Rico, where the disease is endemic, 95 percent of the population has been infected already, he said.
While the Big Island outbreak isn"t huge, it"s unique for Hawaii, where the last major outbreak was in 2001. Dengue fever is not endemic to Hawaii, but can be spread by infected travelers from endemic areas. It"s spread through the bite of infected mosquitoes, not directly from person to person.
"Many, many more people are traveling internationally, thus the possibility of importing a disease like dengue to a place like Hawaii …. is obviously going up," Petersen said.
Depending on the quality of medical treatment, dengue fever isn"t a common cause of death. Symptoms include high fever, headache, nausea, muscle aches, bone and joint pain and rash. There"s no specific treatment — bed rest and acetaminophen for fever and pain are recommended. There"s no vaccine. Symptoms usually go away completely within 1 to 2 weeks.
There have been no deaths during recent Hawaii outbreaks, said state Department of Health spokeswoman Janice Okubo.
There"s a Hawaii travel alert on the CDC dengue website, but Petersen said no one should alter vacation plans. "If you consider how many tens of thousands of people come to the islands every day the risk is extremely small," he said. "Simple measures like mosquito repellent … can greatly reduce your risk."
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is monitoring the situation to keep visitors to the Big Island informed. "To date, we have not seen an increase in cancellations due to dengue fever," Hawaii Tourism Authority President and CEO George Szigeti said in a statement. "And at this point, it is too early to determine if there has been any economic impact on our industry."
Meanwhile on the Big Island, officials are trying to educate people living in rural areas about mosquito control. Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira told lawmakers at an informational briefing that officials are working on getting fliers out in languages spoken on the Big Island.
"I know our message isn"t getting out to everyone out there," said State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park told the lawmakers. She asked that residents look out for their neighbors and help them with ways to reduce mosquito breeding grounds, such as clearing standing water.
The CDC is providing support to Hawaii health officials and the Hawaii National Guard flew some sprayer equipment to Hilo from Honolulu.
Follow Jennifer Sinco Kelleher at http://www.twitter.com/JenHapa .
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I really enjoyed stitching this. The pattern could not have been clearer or easier to use. Tereena provides excellent customer service as well. When I mentioned the trouble I had using the pattern on my tablet with a PDF viewer, she figured out the issue and sent me an updated file for free the same day! The mock up photo was helpful, but the finished piece does have a bit more detail and looks nicer, so I'm really pleased.


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Artist: Toots Thielemans w/Billy Joel
Performance date: November 29, 2002
At 80, Thielemans Orders It Sweet; Illinois Jacquet, Tart
Just a reminder: In 1950, there were no 80-year-olds playing jazz, anywhere; appreciating the aged was not part of the discourse. Now jazz-club schedules are filled with birthday celebrations for milestones of 60 and up. Age is instant venerability, and venerability helps sell tickets; these gigs generally aren't complete until an enormous cake gets trundled out.
Two famous figures who turned 80 this year are celebrating in New York clubs through tomorrow; they are very different kinds of 80. Toots Thielemans, the Belgian harmonica-player, seemed dazzled by his glorious sunset, and found shelter under the umbrella of sophisticated schmaltz; Illinois Jacquet, the great swing saxophonist, remains as earthy as his Louisiana accent, still ordering his big band through blasting riff-tunes reminiscent of the 1950's Count Basie band; he tempered his own birthday moment with tart-tongued humor.
Mr. Thielemans, at the Blue Note, played most of his early set on Tuesday with his regular quartet, including the pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Billy Hart. He's in good shape, only losing wind at the end of a long string of notes; but he finds off-centered rhythms, attaining a little bit of freedom, knocking his instrument from side to side for tremolos. His song-choices were the sort of up-market, relaxing classics appreciated from here to the Côte d'Azur: Brubeck, Gershwin, Ivan Lins, Luiz Bonfa. At the end, he brought out a guitar, his first instrument, which he played more hesitantly.
Billy Joel appeared for some duets, and the flashbulbs went crazy. They played "Just the Way You Are" and "New York State of Mind," with Mr. Thielemans at home and happy in the songs, piping out chromatic obbligatos and harmonizing on choruses; he was joie de vivre itself. (The pianist George Shearing is to join Mr. Thielemans tonight, and the guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves tomorrow night.)


"But if they choose a confrontational scenario, we will be responsive," he said.
There was strong condemnation of Medvedev's announcement from Washington and several European capitals, and no sign that any nation of strategic significance will follow Russia's lead.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the Kremlin's decision "extremely unfortunate."
"Abkhazia and South Ossetia are a part of the internationally recognized borders of Georgia and it's going to remain so," Rice said.
President Bush urged Russia to "reconsider this irresponsible decision," which he said was inconsistent with U.N. Security Council resolutions that predate the conflict and a French-brokered cease-fire agreement.
The conflict began with fighting earlier this month between the U.S.-backed Georgian government and Russia-backed South Ossetian forces, turning into a five-day war in which Russia crushed the Georgians.
A U.S. Navy destroyer is now off the coast of Georgia, with two more military ships reported to be on the way, carrying humanitarian aid. At least one of those ships is scheduled to dock at the port of Poti on Wednesday, within sight of a newly built Russian military position.
The Russian government was displeased by the U.S. moves at sea but didn't seem overly alarmed.
"Of course this raises some questions, because normally battleships do not deliver aid and if it is a battleship diplomacy or rather battleship humanitarian diplomacy, of course it does not make the situation more stable," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a teleconference with reporters. "But this is the choice of those who deliver aid."
Medvedev said Tuesday that sovereignty for the regions and strong Russian military support was necessary to prevent a Georgian "genocide" of their residents, many of whom recently have been issued Russian passports.
Georgian leaders say the Russians long have planned to make a brutal example of their country in retribution for pursuing NATO and European Union membership.
"This is like a bullfight in Spain, when someone sticks a knife in the bull, and it is bleeding and people are waiting for the bull to die," said Georgian parliament member Dmitri Lortkipanidze. "The Russian political strategy is based on destroying Georgia."
Lavrov said during his conference call with reporters that in entering South Ossetia by force, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili "buried the territorial integrity of his country."
Moscow has had a long-running dispute with Georgia since it broke off from the Soviet Union in 1991 and declared the two enclaves to be part of Georgian territory. Russian anger sharpened this year over NATO expansion and a planned U.S. missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Kosovo's February declaration of independence, backed by Washington, further raised Kremlin ire.
"Each case of recognition is by its nature a separate case — a special case in Kosovo, a special case in South Ossetia and Abkhazia," Medvedev said in the television interview. Russian newswires ran several reports confirming that the governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia hope to establish close ties with Moscow.
"We will always be with Russia," Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh was quoted as saying.
Medvedev's announcement Tuesday came a day after the Russian parliament passed a nonbinding resolution calling for Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence.
Gennady Gudkov, a Russian legislator, said the speed with which the decision was made reflected Russia's anger over what it perceives as Western bias against it.
"This super-tough attitude angered Russia and finally it kind of took the bit between its teeth and said: All right, if this is the way you make the world see it, we shall go the way we want," said Gudkov, who is deputy head of the defense committee in Russia's Duma, its lower house. "Today's decision has brought clarity to an ambiguous situation."
Vladimir Pribylovsky, a Moscow analyst, said he expects more tension in the days ahead as oil- and gas-rich Russia flexes its muscles.
"This decision is fraught with serious consequences, and primarily with a deepening crisis in Russia's relations with the West," said Pribylovsky, the head of the Western-leaning Panorama think tank in Moscow. "The war with Georgia dealt these relations a crucial blow, but the Kremlin does not care. . . . It is willing to demonstrate that it can afford to ignore Western opinion."
Despite Russian claims that Georgian forces are regrouping in the center of the country, officials in Tbilisi say they're pinning their hopes not on military action, but on Russia isolating itself by overplaying its hand.
"We have already seen the Georgian army cannot resist the Russian army, and I don't see that any Western countries are eager to send their forces here," said Temuri Yakobashvili, Georgia's minister for reintegration, who was a principal negotiator with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Talk of more fighting misses the point, he said: "It's high time to understand what's happening in Georgia is not about Georgia, it's about the world order."
Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, was asked Tuesday whether he was concerned about international reaction.
"I don't think we should really be afraid of isolation," he said. Lavrov added that "common sense should prevail" and reminded reporters that some countries are more self-sustaining than others, a thinly veiled reference to Europe's heavy dependence on Russian natural gas.
Amid the conflicting interests being played out across Georgia, Pribylovsky, the Moscow analyst, said he was certain that "we are in for a long period of mutual malevolence."


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Bentley Motors celebrated its 100th birthday by unveiling its vision of the future of luxury mobility at the home of Bentley in Crewe. The Bentley EXP 100 GT is a physical embodiment of the future Bentley brand, reimagining Grand Touring for the future.
Beyond mere mobility, the Bentley EXP 100 GT concept car will enhance the owner's Grand Touring experience, whether driving or being driven autonomously.
Designed from the inside out and taking advantage of an all-electric platform, Bentley EXP 100 GT reimagines the Grand Tourer for the world of 2035. This is a world of shared luxury experiences where passenger and driver enjoy equal status in their enjoyment of their extraordinary journeys. The cars' presence and impressive exterior proportions are reminiscent of many of Bentley's historic Grand Tourers but take these luxury hallmarks into the future. The result is a future vision commensurate with Bentley's status as the world's most sought after luxury brand.
Adrian Hallmark, Bentley Chairman and CEO, said:
"Today, on our Centenary, we demonstrate our vision of the future of our Marque, with the Bentley EXP 100 GT – a modern and definitive Grand Tourer designed to demonstrate that the future of luxury mobility is as inspirational and aspirational as the last 100 years. Bentley has, and will continue to enhance and enrich every single journey and the lives of every single person who travels in, or has the honour to be a part of creating our extraordinary products."
Stefan Sielaff, Director of Design added:
"The Bentley EXP 100 GT represents the kind of cars we want to make in the future. Like those iconic Bentleys of the past, this car connects with its passengers' emotions and helps them experience and safeguard the memories of the really extraordinary journeys they take."
Unfortunately I had left Bentley Motors before this concept was unveiled. However I did get to play a central role in the design and development of the GT for several months. Having considerable involvement in the early concept development, platform proportions, and the final design proposal before l leaving the company late last year. It was amazing several months later to see the actual car. What an amazing achievement by the team at Bentley. Well done everyone!
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Q: Trouble updating my site to Drupal 7.34. Maybe problems connecting programs to webserver I am new to this, and I hope someone can help me with the supposedly simple task of downloading an update of Drupal. A few months ago I finally created a website at Unoeuro and with Drupal. I even got around to chose themes and put content in.
My system: Windows 7, Webserver Apache, host: Unoeuro, run Drupal 7.32 just fine, besides the warning message on most of the pages on my site's Admin.
Problem: A little while ago Drupal started saying "There is a security update available for your version of Drupal. To ensure the security of your server, you should update immediately! See the available updates page for more information and to install your missing updates."
When I follow the link, it says: "Manual updates required" and "Updates of Drupal core are not supported at this time."
Do you think THAT is the reason, why I can't make it work?
However, since there is a link to the latest update, Drupal 7.34. and it is coloured red and looks like I need it.
When I follow the Update link, I'm told to download it through one of three methods- https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal After checking my Systemrequirements through NetCraft.com, reading the Installation Guide, and downloading and extracting the 7.34 zip-file with Zipwizzard, my command prompt doesn't know, what I'm talking about.
I've tried alsmost every combination of methods, both the Drush and Command Prompt, and different zip-files and tar-files and extracting in every command prompt.
Problem: It seems like none of them are not connected to a 'prober Drupal environment', as they say.
I've tried changing the PATH to the drupal-7.34 folder, where the environment should be (I suppose, because I just downloaded it). But the command prompt still says '... is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file' or that the command is not made in a 'prober Drupal Environment'.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong and I hope someone can give me a hint about it.

A: Bro you need to be in the correct folder to use drush to update your site.  If you are running a non-multi site instance move to [drupal_root]/sites/all and run the command "drush up", press y a few times and enjoy.  SO thats:

*

*ssh selsen@selsonssite.com

*cd [drupal_root]/sites/all

*drush up -y

PS using -y on drush up means you don't have to press y multiple times.
You can also contact me @ josh@hamrent.com for more Drupal support.

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clay and limestone: It Was A Dark & Scary Walk!
It Was A Dark & Scary Walk!
A gnarly dead tree and shadowed woodland paths.
Wasn't that last year's dark and spooky garden post?
the wayback backyard REALLY was scary?
If you don't recall go here to see it!
Today, it's all dressed up in fall colors.
hidey hole for the dear deer that found the gate open!
It was a dark and scary walk, but not anymore.
The Dancing Tree kicking up her heels in celebration.
Here are a few really scary things going on at C&L!
Vampire mosquitoes still biting when it's 50 degrees!
20+ inches of rain that's be-witched hamamelis 'Diane' to mildew!
New invasives taking root overnight!
Were they dropped off by alien space ships?
Close your eyes if you don't want to see anything too scary!
has spilled over into bedlam!
Take a look at my mosaic shed! There are surely cobwebs in the corners!
This scary looking Pterodactyl Seedpod has taken up residence in the garden!
But, it's not completely horror filled!
for a few minutes and fall has arrived in Middle Tennessee!
I sure hope your holiday has just the right amount of spookiness!
You are lucky your shed only has cobwebs. Mine has camel crickets by the thousands and spiders to go along with those webs. ewww Oh, and that space by your computer looks perfectly normal to me.
Thanks for the email with the link, will be checking out lots of plants today!
Happy and spooky Halloween to you Gail! I especially love the seedpod.
Whoa, loved the beautiful foliage color, Gail! (And yes, that B&W shot of the lawn chair really *was* kinda creepy... ) If you think that mildly toppled pile by your computer looks bad, you should see the piles all over our home office floor while we're writing two books. Yikes!!! As for cobwebs, you just need to adopt the attitude the irrepressible Maxine displayed on my favorite Hallowe'en card this year. She looks around at her spooky, cobwebbed Hallowe'en display and announces that she didn't really decorate for Hallowe'en this year, she just stopped cleaning the house! A very happy Hallowe'en to you and yours!
You are not the only gardener/crafter with piles and piles of stuff sitting around..Now, I feel much better. Your garden sure has come a long way, just beautiful!
I love your mosaic shed! I really admire you for sharing, I couldn't bear to show my workspace without cleaning! I can tell a lot of creativity is happening in there. I love the little windows, looks like a lovely studio! It's funny how spooky regular things look poping out of the fog. I ran into a couples of cow, almost literally, on a foggy night. It scared all of us, me, the dog, and the cows. LOL! Happy Halloween!!
I had to go take a nerve pill. Probably won't be the same all day. You'll have to think of posting something more calming in the near future. I do remember last year's haunted trees too.
All those scary images. "Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts!" This is the time of year when every shadow is mysterious, and cobwebs, spiders, and all kinds of scary critters get a little braver about showing themselves.
Dark and scary night indeed! It feels like that now with all this wind right now.
Hi Gail, Wow! You have more unread material than I do! Love the cat pumpkin, too. Yay, fall!
If you think your pile of reading material is scary, you should see my laundry! Happy Halloween!
Pterodactyl seedpod indeed! I just love what we see in our gardens. Happy Halloween, Gail.
Awesome pumpkin! For a minute there I thought I was suffering from deja vu. I'm having a hard time restraining myself from complaining about all the rain, but after the last drought, I promised myself I never would. At least things look good from a distance at Clay & Limestone. Happy Halloween!
Gail....am I the only one sitting on the edge of their seat, terrified in case something scary takes place.
I am having a halloween party for the grandchildren....I have my costume and wig waiting (there will not be any photos!!).
Happy Halloween! When Mark says the piles next to the computer are getting dangerous, I know it's time to clean up. Compared to mine, yours look under control. Love that final pumpkin image!
As little Loudon would say--I no like mosquitoes! But we DO like the Pterodactyl Seedpod. And I LOVE all your Autumnal color. I am jealous of your mosaic shed--I don't even have a potting or tool shed! I bet you do lots of lovely work in that space. You were very brave to show the pile of books near your computer area. Although I have you beat by several piles, I wouldn't have the nerve to expose my messy reading obsession (I need to have a garage sale)!
What a fun post to read today. Thanks for the before and after pics, too! Very creative writing, indeed!
The area round your computer looks most comforting - not at all scary :) A happy and spooky Halloween to you Gail.
Cute post for the scary weekend.
I'll show you the meaning of the word bedlam... and not just beside the computer. One look, and you'll feel infinitely more organized. All part of the service.
I love reading this post.
Glad to see I'm not the only one with piles and stacks around my desk and kitchen, maybe it's a gardener thing.
Lots of great scary pictures, especially the one of the chair under the tree.
Mania, The tree was struck by lightening and we left it for the woodpeckers and other birds. A hawk loves to hang out there in the winter.
A fun, scary post Gail! It's looking mighty colorful there - enjoy!
I'm working on the Lawn Man to leave nice dying juniper in our wayback for the wildlife. Wish me luck!
You have so much colour in your garden now it is beautiful .. so secluded .. yes .. I know you are mixed in with civilization but wow .. this is a garden I could love no doubt about it .. and it can take a Halloween type of mood easily too .. perfect !
I hope you have that black and white of the chair framed and hanging on a wall somewhere.
Happy Halloween, Gail. That pumpkin is fantastic. I can't believe it's 12 months since your dark and scary walk.
What a wonderful post! Totally perfect for Halloween.
Your fall color looks beautiful - I'm enjoying every minute of ours.
I liked that post too! The wayback backyard looks wonderful now.
The spce around my computer tends to collect a lot of books too, even though there's a bookcase right there.
Oh, you have a MOSAIC shed! It's not scary at all, it's lovely, even with cobwebs. Happy Halloween to you, too, Gail.
I enjoyed your Halloween post. Love the trees and all their colours. Love your Mosaic shed great place to potter away.


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George Rogers Clark: An Interview with Gwynne Tuell Potts, Part 3
Posted by arts_louisville | Apr 18, 2020 | Literature | 0
Interview by Katherine Dalton
Entire contents are copyright © 2020 by Katherine Dalton. All rights reserved.
Gwynne Tuell Potts is a historian, Louisville native, and the former executive director at Locust Grove, the final home of Louisville founder and Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. Her new book, George Rogers Clark and William Croghan: A Story of the Revolution, Settlement, and Early Life at Locust Grove has recently been published by the University Press of Kentucky. She was interviewed by Katherine Dalton.
This is the third of three parts.
Q: Can you talk about certain key moments in George Rogers Clark's life when, if he or someone else had made a different decision, the remainder of his life would have been very different?
Potts: I think if his parents had not been willing to remove him from school after one year his career may have been otherwise; it would have kept him in Virginia. After all, James Madison was in his class. There were students who emerged from that environment and did other things besides go to Kentucky and fight Native Americans. I think if Patrick Henry not been John Clark's lawyer and therefore Clark had not been comfortable going directly to Henry for assistance with Kentucky, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to lead the Illinois Regiment to Kaskaskia, Vincennes, and (he hoped) to Detroit. In fact, there probably wouldn't have been an Illinois Regiment at all. That was certainly a turning point.
Had Jefferson not had so much confidence in Clark's apparent superhuman abilities, Clark's state of mind might have been calmer in his body less ravaged at the end of the day—and his reputation less electric. But instead, between Henry and Jefferson, Clark is in Kaskaskia, and then he's in Vincennes; he's negotiating a Native peace alliance; he's chasing down Girty and McKee at Bryan's Station; he's building a hopeless fort at the mouth of the Ohio; he's planning for a campaign to Detroit; he's in Virginia on the James River firing at Benedict Arnold; he's pleading for volunteers at Fort Pitt; he's begging a Lincoln County militia to stay with him. He's supposed to quiet all Indian unrest in Ohio without any support whatsoever from anywhere.
Had anyone been there to help, his life would have been better. But those governors of Virginia seemed to think all they had to do was tell Clark, and he was going to magically create this thing that no human being could have done.
Finally, had Virginia paid him, he could have retired in Louisville or anywhere else as a comfortably wealthy man who was a great Revolutionary hero. But Virginia didn't bother to add up the money that it owed Clark until 1831, 13 years after his death. The balance then came to more than $31,000, which would have been a fortune in Clark's lifetime. He never saw any of it, and so he lived his life always scrapping for something that would get him out of debt and restore his reputation and make him whole again. He never, ever found it.
Q: William Croghan was not the renowned hero Clark was, but he was interesting in his own right: an Irish immigrant who became a Revolutionary officer, fought, and finally settled down on the edges of his new country in order to establish his own future—and Kentucky's. What about his life or character stands out to you?
Potts: I like Croghan a lot. Think about it: not many men who fought with Washington, drilled with von Steuben, rode with Lafayette, survived as a prisoner of war and witnessed Cornwallis' defeat could show up in a backwater like Louisville. I'm not even sure Louisville was called Louisville then–Fort Nelson or the falls of the Ohio. And then he went on to spend the rest of his life essentially playing second fiddle to the Clarks. He didn't only do that; he accomplished his role with steadiness and compassion and generosity and apparently quite a lot of patience, all qualities I think are admirable.
He was born in Dublin, and he formed the 10th company of the Eighth Virginia Continental Regiment, which was also Jonathan Clark's regiment. Jonathan Clark and William Croghan were close friends all through the Revolutionary War, and it was actually Jonathan Clark who ended up getting George Rogers Clark together with William Croghan. He became a major when he was at Valley Forge, and I don't want that to just lie there: while George Rogers Clark was leading his little band away from Corn Island, over the Falls and on to history, William Croghan was at Valley Forge learning to become one of Washington's trusted spies.
And once the two men were in Louisville together, it was Croghan who carried the load of surveying, because Clark was called to New York almost immediately as Indian Commissioner. As they went on through life together, when Clark was low, when he was unsure of his authority on the frontier issue, when he was ill, it was Croghan who always shared the burden, who protected him–taking careful minutes at militia meetings, making Clark's local authority clear to future readers so there would be no problem there. It was Croghan who, at the end, took him in. Clark died at Croghan's house; he was buried in Croghan's family graveyard. Can we expect more from our citizens, our family members, than this?
He was also apparently a careful and tender father; he was a faithful husband; he was an excellent provider. We have to acknowledge that, for all of this, he and Clark owned men, women and children, and somehow the Enlightenment that they all so admired simply did not extend to abolition in that generation. There's the totality of the man: he was a man of his era, and he was an exceptional man of his era. Still, this is where we end up, on a farm with fifty enslaved people. But if you asked William Croghan about that, he would say, "This is an indication of my success." Again, they were people of their time, as are we. No excuse for it; it's just what it was.
Q: There are many more Croghans besides William. What is your favorite story about a member of the extended family?
Potts: I actually have two favorite members of the Croghan extended family. The first one is his Uncle George; he's my all-time favorite. He had come to this country in 1741, trading Philadelphia goods to Western settlers and Native Americans as far as Cleveland–think about that. There was no Cleveland, but he was at Cleveland. He became Sir William Johnson's Deputy Indian Supervisor; he participated in dozens of negotiations. Finally, he was one of America's first successful land developers. He was all set to become the governor of a new, 14th colony named Vandalia when the Revolution wrecked all of his hopes. Vandalia would have extended south from Pittsburgh all the way through West Virginia and into Kentucky, almost as far west as Lexington.
He survived a shipwreck off the coast of France; he married a Mohawk woman; he convinced Pontiac to stop his war, and he lived in one of the finest houses in Philadelphia. His life was extraordinary. And in the book, I use it to exemplify the British colonial experience in the American West, because he lived through every bit of it.
My second favorite Croghan was William and Lucy's granddaughter Mary, who at the age of 14 eloped from her tony New York boarding school with her headmistress's 42-year-old former brother-in-law. She gave birth to her first two children in South America, where her husband was stationed as a British diplomat. She was a darling in Victoria's court circle; she maintained a vacation home in Cannes; and she lived across the street from Hyde Park in the house that was later purchased by her neighbor John Pierpont Morgan, whose son donated it to the U.S. Government. Robert Worth Bingham and Joseph P. Kennedy brought their families to Mary's house during their stints as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James. And though she didn't live in America, her estate was always in Pittsburgh, and she was the wealthiest woman in the United States at her death. Mary was amazingly lucky, but she was also a little more Clark than Croghan. She had a great big life.
Q: Any recommendations on what early American or Kentucky history books to read during this time we are spending most of our days at home?
Potts: I would start with The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover. It's one of my favorite windows into what real life for an early Virginia planter was like. It covers the years 1709 to 1712.
The book I've told my husband I want to be buried with is B. and M. Gratz, Merchants in Philadelphia, 1754-1798 by William Vincent Byars. It's my favorite source for the late Colonial Ohio River Valley activity, despite its title; a wonderful source.
I would also recommend Isabel Thompson Kelsay's biography Joseph Brant, 1743-1807: Man of Two Worlds, because anybody who wants to understand the British-Mohawk colonial connection can learn it here. It also provides a human perspective to the Native experience during the American Revolution, which is critical.
Even though I have strong feelings about James Wilkinson, I would have to suggest Andro Linklater's biography Artist in Treason. If you want to understand why Anthony Wayne and Clark and Aaron Burr and Washington were against this fellow, and why three United States presidents continued to promote him, even though he was a known traitor, read this book.
Finally, if you haven't read Ron Chernow's excellent biographies Alexander Hamilton or Washington: A Life, I want to know what you're waiting for.
KD: How much do you think is left to learn about early Kentucky history?
There isn't a lot in some ways, but yet, truthfully, I think there's much. I don't mean that scholars and researchers haven't combed the archives for official documents, but the point of historical research is not to memorize the chronology of well-known events or the lineages of well-known families; the point is to understand the cause or the causes of consequential events, and the effects of events that change human nature. The religious, the political, the economic European upheavals that ignited immigration in the 17th and 18th and 19th centuries resulted in the creation of the United States we know today, and while it's lovely to recite your family tree back to 1738, I'm interested in learning about what happened in 1738 to bring your ancestor here, and how did that experience impact his life in North America–because that's the story.
We also need to learn more about the people whose lives and in some cases whose civilizations were destroyed by our invasive ancestors. Joseph Brant, who devoted a good part of his life to trying to kill George Rogers Clark, fought for the British because he believed the Mohawk nation would be annihilated if the rebels won the Revolutionary War. Was he prescient? Yes.
Our ancestors were not the only human beings who lived through the frontier wars, and we can only understand that era if we dignify the perspectives of all the people involved in it. And that includes the enslaved men and women whom both settlers and Natives involved in the conflict. People should remember that Lord Dunmore, the last colonial governor of Virginia, emancipated Tidewater slaves who agreed to fight for him when Virginia decided to join the Revolution, only to abandon them to die on the shore after smallpox broke out among them, while he sailed away for New York. We know Clark took several enslaved people with him to Kaskaskia, as did most of his officers, and Croghan took his man all the way through the Revolution, including into prison, when Charleston was surrendered to the British in 1780. And in 1785, when Clark called for all the Ohio River Valley chiefs to attend the federal Native conference, he told them to bring all their captives with them, black and white–so the Natives were also capturing enslaved people to keep as prisoners. Every human being who lived in the Ohio River valley between 1774 and '95 was involved in that war, and there does remain much to do to understand all their stories. Until we can talk to each group's experience, we haven't finished our work.
Q: You have had a long association with Locust Grove, as its executive director, its board president, and its historian. What makes Clark and his final home so compelling to you?
Potts: Maybe eight generations ago my father's ancestor was a member of the Illinois Regiment, and he rode with Clark and Boone and Kenton and all the others in the 1782 Chillicothe campaign. He, his brother, his sister-in-law and their children were among the families who arrived with Clark at Corn Island in 1778. I learned about all of this in the swing on my grandfather's front porch, and, remarkably, much of what he told me actually turned out to be true. That was my favorite fairy tale, George Rogers Clark.
And as for Clark's home, Locust Grove, I was introduced to it one perfect fall evening sometime around 1978, when one of Sam Thomas's coworkers took me to his cabin (which is now part of the Locust Grove Visitors' Center) after she and I had had dinner, and we three sat out on the cemetery wall and Sam told us about the restoration. It never left me. I lived in two states subsequently, and I always knew while I was gone from Kentucky that I was going to come back and I was going to be at Locust Grove. These are long-held feelings that came from a really deep place, and it just feels natural to me to talk about Clark.
Katherine Dalton (Boyer) is a writer and editor, and a former board president at Locust Grove. She is a contributor to Wendell Berry: Life and Work (University Press of Kentucky), Morris Grubb's volume Conservations with Wendell Berry, and Localism in a Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Pre-booking Starts in India: Price, Specifications, and Features
Victoria Verma
The wait for Galaxy Note 9 ended last night as Samsung President DJ Koh took the center stage in New York. The South-Korean giant streamed the event live on samsung.com and across all popular social media channels. The newly launched Note series smartphone holds immense significance for the company, as it will be pitched against an unreleased Google's Pixel 3 and next-gen iPhones that are scheduled for a launch in the next two months.
The phone hasn't really changed much from its predecessor Note8 in terms of design. However, Samsung has updated the Galaxy Note 9 with Bluetooth enabled S-pen stylus, scene detection enabled dual cameras and updated Bixby assistant. Also, you will only need a USB Type-C to HDMI connector (instead of Dex) to connect your phone to any monitor.
What's new in the Galaxy Note 9 S-Pen:
Well, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 S-pen is now Bluetooth enabled and it can be used for from clicking images, to play pause videos, or to change presentation slides. That's not all, the S-Pen can be used to control music or to unlock the Galaxy Note 9. Samsung has promised to release the S-Pen SDK for developers to develop a new way to use the S-Pen.
It takes less than a minute (40 seconds) to charge it and its battery lasts for about an hour. Regular work like doodling or jotting down notes doesn't require power.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Features
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 sports the biggest ever screen on a Samsung smartphone. It houses a 6.4 inches Super AMOLED capacitive display with 2K resolution( 1440 x 2960), 18.5:9 ratio, ~514 PPI pixel density and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The smartphone encases an efficient Snapdragon 845 processor with Adreno 630 GPU. The mobile will be available in two memory variants- 128GB and 512GB, packing 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM respectively.
Talking about the rear camera specifications, the Samsung Galaxy Note9 carries a 12 MP main camera with f/1.5-2.4 aperture, dual pixel PDAF, and OIS, along with an auxiliary 12 MP camera with f/2.4 aperture, AF, OIS, and 2x optical zoom. In selfie camera specifications, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 features an 8 MP selfie shooter with a f/1.7 aperture.
The new Note gets a new and bigger 4000mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery. Of course, it supports Quick Charge 2.0 fast charging and Wireless charging. The Galaxy Note 9 runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Samsung Experience UX interface.
Connectivity features on board in Samsung Galaxy Note9 include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth, NFC, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, No radio, USB Type-C 1.0. Sensors on board include Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Price in India, Availability
In the US, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 price starts at $999 for the 6GB RAM variant while the 8GB RAM variant is set to retail for $1250. The Galaxy Note 9 Pre-orders in the US to commence from August 10 while the phone will become available from August 24.
Samsung has also revealed the Galaxy Note 9 India price as it opened up its pre-booking in the country. The Galaxy Note 9 now can be pre-booked from Amazon.in, Flipkart.com, PaytmMall.com, samsung.com online store and offline stores. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 price in India for the base 6GB RAM variant is Rs 67,900. The Note 9 8GB RAM and 512GB inbuilt storage variant price in India is set at Rs. 84,900. The Galaxy Note 9 pre-orders will remain open till August 21 and will go on sale on August 22.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 India Launch Offers
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 launch offer also revealed today. There is a cashback of Rs. 6,000 courtesy HDFC Bank cards. Apart from the bank offer, Samsung is also offering an attractive discount on the pre-booking combo of the Galaxy Note 9 and Gear Sport. Under this combo, the Gear Sport watch which generally costs Rs. 22,900 will be avialable for Rs. 4,999 on pre-ordering the new handset.
Samsung Shop is also offering exchange discount of up to Rs. 6,000 on the Note 9. There's an option for no-cost EMIs on credit cards and Bajaj FinServ cards. The phone is available in Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black color options.
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Samsung Note 9 gets Fortnite as exclusive for a brief time
Much awaited the Fortnite game is finally coming to Android and for the time being, it will be exclusive to the Galaxy Note 9 and other Samsung Galaxy devices. The Fornite now available for download on its creator – Epic website and the Samsung Galaxy Apps store. The game is exclusive to Samsung phones till August 12 as confirmed by Epic games.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Specifications
Model Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Display 6.4 inches Super AMOLED capacitive display (1440 x 2960), having 18.5:9 ratio, ~514 ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
Processor Exynos 9810 Octa, Adreno 630 GPU
RAM 6GB/8GB
Internal Storage 128/512 GB
Software Android 8.1 (Oreo), SAMSUNG Experience skin
Selfie Camera 8 MP
Rear Camera 12 MP + 12 MP, Single-tone LED flashlight
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM)/Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth, NFC, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, No radio, USB Type-C 1.0
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Colors Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black
India Price Rs 67,900 / Rs 84,900
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