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Pretty Dead Queens
by Alexa Donne
Pub Date: 04 Oct 2022 | Archive Date: 04 Nov 2022
Tasya D, Reviewer
Overall, Pretty Dead Queens is a solid YA mystery thriller with great characters and fun twist and turns! I wish it was a bit longer on the investigation and digging into the town secrets, but in general, I really recommend this one if you're looking for some Nancy Drew x Agatha Christie to read!
Carly O, Reviewer
Cecilia moves in with her famous author grandma after her mom dies
Her grandma's books started after a murder in high school. Soon Cecilia is living the same story and she decides to investigate herself
I figured out who the killer was closer to the end of the book.
Megan G, Reviewer
Everyone loves a good murder mystery for the spooky season and the month of October, in the peak of fall and homecoming dances, horror movies and the promise of a new season, and you have Alexa Donne's new book!
Brightly Burning was my favorite work from her (A very successful Jane Eyre retelling in a sci-fi space opera vibes which were perfect!) And I get to add this on to the list. The murder mystery itself was really good, with a plot twist I did not expect at all (But hey, murder authors in books are meant to be creepy!)
Top 5 reasons to consider this one is as follows:
We can all relate to Cecelia's feeling of being an outsider in a new place in the middle of a chaotic year
If you're the type of person to enjoy murder mysteries with LGBTQ+ characters who ACTUALLY get to do some important things, read this one!
A good plot twist that has you wondering which love interest will stay with Cecelia is also worth checking out
It is in the homecoming season we all either hate/love but it gives Riverdale vibes and I AM HERE FOR IT
Alexa Donne has a way to pull you in with vivid imagery and topics that will really make you enter Cecelia's shoes and will have you rooting for her.
In summary, add this to the spooky October list now!
Overall:5/5
Brittany B, Reviewer
Being a woman on the edge of her 30s, I do find a good young adult novel to be my guilty pleasure and this one did not disappoint! There were a good mix of predictable twists that made you feel like you had the whole thing figured out, but also some big jaw-droppers that I never would've seen coming in a million years.
This novel hearkens back to some of the campy thriller and horror movies of the '80s, like Carrie or Heathers. Growing up having watched those movies, this one spoke right to my heart but I think would've missed the point if someone from the book's intended audience picked it up. Though a knowledge of the foundation isn't required to enjoy these books, I think an affinity for that moment in pop culture really enhanced it's appeal.
That being sad, I LOVED this book and simply could not put it down. I raced to the finish, thinking I had it all figured out but boy, was I wrong! I will recommend this one to literally anyone that asks, especially those that are specifically triggered or find the books of Karen McManus or Holly Jackson to be too dark. Really enjoyed this one!
Raji S, Reviewer
Thank you to the publisher, Penguin Teen, and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Cecelia Ellis arrives in Seaview, a small coastal California town, to live with her estranged grandmother after her mother's death. Her grandmother is a famous author who initially rose to fame when she wrote a murder mystery novel based on the real life events that took place in the town surrounding the death of a homecoming queen. Seaview seems rather ordinary these days though, until history repeats itself with another homecoming queen murdered. Certain that there is a copycat killer around, Cecelia starts investigating, but the further she digs, the more questions come up and it's starting to look more and more like this case might be related to the first murder in more ways than one.
This review is so long overdue, especially as I had an ARC of this, but with the terrible couple of reading months I've been having, I only managed to sit down with this book two weeks ago. Having read The Ivies last year, I was excited to pick up another mystery by this author. This was a compact read and didn't waste time going off track, which I really appreciated since I wasn't at all in the mood for something that required too much analysis. The pacing was good and the investigation was interesting, with the events leading up to it starting off relatively quickly. The setting of a small town with so many generations of secrets provided a great backdrop to this story and it set the scene and mood quite well.
On the downside, just like with The Ivies, I felt there was a disconnect with the main character Cecelia and couldn't really bring myself to care about her, or indeed any of the characters. They didn't feel very well defined, and to be honest, there were far too many of them for my taste (especially given that this a single POV story), and I kept having to go back and remind myself who was who. Then there's the fact that Celia has next to no reason to be investigating at all, apart from the fact that she was the one who stumbled onto the body. This resulted in a lack of any emotional connection to the story for me, despite the mystery itself being interesting. The romance arc was extremely insta-lovey and it also had such a typical love triangle trope that automatically had me marking it down half a star.
The big reveal was very well orchestrated, and I didn't really suspect anything until well past the 75% mark – and even after that, I certainly wasn't prepared for the last minute twist at the end of it all. In hindsight, it doesn't really make sense from a logical angle that the killer would have gotten away with it for so long, but I think this is the type of book you just enjoy and don't read too much into. Even though Halloween has long passed, this book is definitely a read that suits the spooky season and fans of mysteries and thrillers are sure to enjoy this intriguing whodunnit!
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Cecelia Ellis moves in with her famous-author grandmother to a small seaside town in Northern California...a town famous for a murdered homecoming queen, and the book about it that made her grandmother famous. When another would-be queen ends up dead, Cecelia is determined to find the killer.
Allison L, Reviewer
Pretty Dead Queens is a new young adult thriller written by Alexa Donne. Fifty years ago, the homecoming queen was murdered and founded laying facedown in the high school pool. Since then it has become tradition to honor her memory and to never forget what happened that fateful night. Recently, Cecelia Ellis moved in with her grandmother after losing her mother to cancer. Her grandmother is a famous author who actually has written a fictional account of that tragic night.  It isn't long before Cecelia is making new friends and preparing for her own homecoming. This is when tragedy strikes again and another home coming queen is found laying facedown in the pool.
Cecelia is the one who finds the homecoming queen in the pool. Her name was Natalie and she comes from a mostly well to do family.  At first, it is a question of if this event is a tragic attempt at copying the original murder? Or does this one have absolutely nothing to do with the one previously? It doesn't take long before Cecelia finds herself deep in the investigation trying to figure out exactly what happened that night. Nothing is exactly as it seems on the surface and people will do anything is keep their secrets hidden.
The Seaview town where the drownings occur is a very small area where everyone knows everyone. There are long lasting friendships along with long lasting enemies. The children of these friendships are friends but, they will never be friends with their parents enemies. In alot of ways there is a sense of old money floating around and the idea that money can and will help cover anything up. As a reader, the vibe of the town really played into the investigation. There were so many possible leads! I understood why Cecelia was having such a hard time weeding them out. Neither she nor I want it to be someone that she had come to know and trust.
There is an attempt at a love triangle through out the story which I felt didn't really mesh with the rest of the story. It just didn't feel necessary along with the murder mystery. A little bit of romance would have been alright, I think but to have the main character conflicted over two boys as she's investigating the murder didn't sit well with me. Especially since it seemed like she was only really invested in one of the boys. The other thing that didn't seem to fully mesh was the use of teenage slang throughout the book. It just didn't feel natural. It was like someone's attempt at what teenagers should sound like.
All in all, I enjoyed Pretty Dead Queens. The murder mystery portion was well written and kept me turning pages, I likely would have been even more engrossed if it wasn't for the awkwardness of the teenage slang and the inserted love triangle.  The Seaview small town setting was easy to visualize and the characters were able to be distinguished from each other.  Cecelia definitely had the family gene for murder mysteries even wen it meant putting herself in danger. This was my first Alexa Donne book but, I look forward to reading more from her soon!
Meghan R, Reviewer
I tried to like this one. The premise was great, the characters were really well thought out and fun. I really enjoyed the internal monologue. However, it was predictable and I just struggled to get excited. Everything I thought was going to happen did and it just was a little boring to read. I do believe this book was well written and I have no double many will love it, it just wasn't for me.
Katrina B, Reviewer
I don't know why it took me so long to pick this book up because once I did... I couldn't put it down! The twists, the lies, the utter mess of these characters were so addictive to read. Sure, it was a little predictable, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing - just slightly disappointing. This is my first book from author Alexa Donne but it certainly won't be my last after this!
Lydia H, Reviewer
A terrific YA mystery that was engaging, entertaining as well as fun! The author did a wonderful job of making the story and writing enjoyable for adults as well as teens which I feel like is sometimes difficult to do! The lengthy amount of characters had me constantly guessing who was who & what had happened (in a fun way)! I am a major fan of Twilight and Pretty Little Liars and so this stunning blend of both brought me back to the good old days! I would recommend this books to just about anyone!!
Joanne K, Librarian
A fun read that hits all the marks for a small-town murder mystery. Plenty of drama, misdirection, and amateur sleuthing.
Arianna M, Reviewer
Pretty Dead Girls is a fun YA thriller that immediately made me think of some of the classics by authors like Caroline B. Cooney and Lois Duncan.
After the death of her mother, Cecilia moves in with her famous author grandma (Maura) who she has been estranged from for reasons unknown. Maura's success started with a retelling of the real murder of her friend and homecoming queen, Caroline. Now it seems like history is repeating itself as the current queen bee is killed exactly the same way…
Cecilia is trying to balance life as a teenage girl in a new city; making friends; crushing on boys; but ultimately her inner Nancy Drew wins as she dives deeper into the present day copycat murder.
The plot is twisty, well- developed and definitely caught me off guard with one major twist. It retrospect, it's just what I wanted, though I didn't know that yet. I hope the openish ending means we're not done with Cecilia and Seaview yet.
And Alexa Donne, I hold you personally responsible for the number of times I've sung (belted out) "Cecilia" since finishing the book. My husband is less amused : )
Thank you to Penguin Teen Canada and NetGalley for the eARC to read and review.
Daiana N, Reviewer
𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 Pretty Dead Queens
Autor: Alexa Donne
Género: thriller juvenil
Puntuación: 3,5 / 5⭐
HOLIS! Hoy les traigo la reseña de este libro que leí como advance copy reader de penguin y que me gustó bastante.
La reina del baile de la escuela de Seaview está muerta y no es la primera. Luego de que su mamá muera, Cecelia Ellies se va a vivir con su abuela una aclamada escritora de misterio que se hizo famosa cuando escribió sobre una muerte en su escuela secundaria. Su pueblo es tranquilo pero cuando en la secundaria de Cecelia se repite el mismo patrón de ascesinato, las cosas se empiezan a complicar y Cecelia hará lo imposible para investigar qué sucedió.
Bueno me entretuvo y se me hizo bastante dinámico de leer y me intrigó. El misterio principal me dejo 😨 mis teorías se fueron al tacho aunque había una sospecha ahí jajja soy malisima para estas cosas. Si buscan un thriller juvenil sobre asesinatos onda pretty little liars o alguien está mintiendo, este es ideal!
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🐱 ⋆ 🐾  🎀  𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓊𝓊  🎀  🐾 ⋆ 🐱.
Lauren G, Reviewer
Pretty Dead Queens is a fast-paced mystery thriller. I enjoyed this except for the overwhelming drama in the latter parts of the book. Though I'm not the biggest fan of thrillers, this will definitely entertain fans of Karen M. McManus and Holly Jackson.
Amanda C, Reviewer
I will be reviewing a physical copy I bought of this book on my social media platforms because I loved it so much but thank you agin to Random House  for the digital arc
Bri M, Reviewer
A fun read! I enjoyed the mystery and fast pacing of the plot, but I do think it came at the expense of the characters and learning more about them. In the end, a lot of them blended together - Ben and Luke, Amber and Morgan. Very common names given to characters that you don't really come to know as the reader, which meant that I had to constantly try and remember who was who (especially since almost all of them were introduced at the same time). I wish there were either less characters or not as many killing motivations for some of those characters so I wouldn't have been as lost.
The twist at the end was fairly predictable, but I still enjoyed the reveal. Donne's writing is great, and I think that helped me power through to the end. Excited to see what she does next!
Linda N, Reviewer
Cecelia Ellis moves in with her grandmother, Maura Weston, a woman she barely knows...who also happens to be a best-selling mystery author. Grieving the loss of her mother, and finding herself the new girl a month into the school year, Cecelia faces a bit of a culture shock being in this sleepy coastal town unlike any part of California she knows. When a homecoming queen turns up murdered and it's not the town's first dead queen, Cecelia makes it her mission to solve the case.
While the plot started out promising, it plateaued in the second half of the book for me when it came to the drama. That being said, I did find the premise to be engaging and I thought Donne's writing to be very palatable, the plot wasn't marred with unnecessary interludes and the mystery was well thought out. This was my first book from Donne and I found it to be a solid, if a bit predictable, thriller.
Calley J, Reviewer
Love me a great YA mystery!
Truly enjoyed this one! The author does a great job of making you trust certain characters and then throwing in a couple
Of great plot twists! Wonderfully written and will be reading more from this author.
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I really enjoyed Alexa Donne's writing. I can relate to the mc Cecelia on multiple levels. I found the book engaging as well as entertaining. I really can't say much without giving it away but I loved the ending. I would tell you to read this if you enjoy Pretty Little Liars. It definitely gives me those vibes. I am definitely adding a hard copy to my library.
Thank you Net Galley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review
Jennifer C, Reviewer
This was such a wild ride. I love teenage sleuth books. This small town had so many dirty little secrets that the death of the almost homecoming queen didn't even feel like the spotlight story. Add in a mystery/thriller author for a grandma and this whole thing is just one twist after another.
3.5 stars because of the unneeded death of a rabbit in the first page of the book. Stop thinking rabbits are expendable pets. It's disgusting.


Snowy Owl, Warren County, N.J., Jan 2012, Adrian BinnsI'm three weeks into my Big Green Year—my attempt to see as many birds in one year using only environmentally responsible transportation. I'm already up to 100 species. Besides birds I've encountered just walking and biking around the city, I've take several trips.
I carpooled with my father and two other buddies up to North Jersey for Snowy Owl, a rare visitor from the Arctic, and a Chaffinch, a vagrant bird from Europe. This could be Jersey's first record of a Chaffinch, if accepted. In each state there are rare bird committees who may determine the bird is an escaped cage bird rather than one way off course migration—known in the bird world as a "vagrant". Birding is so often about chasing vagrants, often with only one person in a car. So instead, we carpooled and lined up a bunch of vagrants to get maximum bang for our gas.
On the way back from North Jersey we picked up a Say's Phoebe in Bucks County, a vagrant from the western U.S., and a Clay-colored Sparrow in Pennypack Park, a vagrant from the Midwest. We finished the day at FDR Park in South Philly for a Cackling Goose, also a western vagrant. These were all previously reported birds.
Another trip was to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in my friend's work hybrid. He had to go to this part of Jersey to pick up snakes from a colleague for environmental education programs, so we able to add some birding to his trip. We picked up many species of duck, which are just now moving south in numbers due to our mild winter. Forsythe is a place I'll visit many times during my year as I can bike to it from the Absecon New Jersey Transit train station.
I also visited Peace Valley Park in Bucks County to accompany my friend who was releasing a Cedar Waxwing for Tri-State Bird Rescue. Waxwings are a flocking bird and Cindy had found a flock two days before. We released the bird across a field from a flock foraging in some cedars (true to their name). Our bird immediately flew into a tree 10 feet above our head and called intently for 10 minutes until joining a small flock that flew overhead and united with the other birds. This was one of the most moving wildlife experiences in my life. My heart was so warmed to see this bird so intent on reconnecting with it's own kind. We also picked up some other good birds for my list including Screech Owl, which was peaking out of a bird box.


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Jail for pervert who secretly filmed woman in his bathroom
Pervert who secretly filmed woman in bathroom gets 10 months inside
By Amy Farnworth @FarnworthAmy News Reporter
Jeffrey Seel
A PERVERT who set up a covert camera in the bathroom of his home when a young woman came to stay has been jailed.
Jeffrey Seel, 65, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to voyeurism.
The court heard how on the weekend of September 14, the woman, who had been staying at his house in Longridge, had gone to the bathroom and put some rubbish in the bin.
When she went to sit on the toilet, she noticed a light coming from a hole in the pocket of a dressing gown hanging on the back of the door.
Upon inspection she discovered a device that looked very much like a USB stick, which had been taped into the pocket and coloured black to make it less visible.
The court heard that Seel had been convicted of a similar offence 11 years ago.
Prosecuting, Joe Boyd said: "The woman left the house and went to a friend's house and watched what was on the device through a computer.
"The footage showed Seel setting up the spy camera and footage of her using the bathroom, but nothing private.
"The police were called and the defendant was interviewed.
"In the interview he fully admitted responsibility for putting the device there and said he took the opportunity to get the USB out which was the same one he'd used 11 years before, and put it in the dressing gown.
"He did it out of lust and was going to use what was on it for sexual gratification."
The victim, who was in the courtroom, read out her personal statement from the witness box.
She said the incident had had a huge impact on her mental health and felt she had been violated.
She explained how it had caused her anguish and anger even though she had never been an angry person before.
She said: "At the time, my marriage was breaking down, and because of the incident I haven't managed to deal with this properly.
"It has had a huge impact on my mental health.
"When I am out on my own I feel everyone is looking at me and knows what has happened."
Defending, Daniel Prowse said his client was remorseful and offered his apologies.
Seel, now of Green Lane, Oldham, was sentenced to 10 months in prison with an extra 12 months to be served on licence upon his release.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years and was handed an indefinite restraining order.
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The writings of one of the most respected and knowledgeable people on the subject of the SM/leather/fetish erotic style, Guy Baldwin, has been compiled in this book. Issues regarding relationships, the community, the SM experience, and personal transformation, as they relate to this form of play, are addressed. Unlike many in the mental health field, Mr. Baldwin takes the approach that this style of erotic play can definitely be part of a healthy expression of one's sexuality. Many have benefited from his sound advice in seminars, workshops, and through his many published articles. Now, much of Guy Baldwin's wisdom had been published for you in this book.
Guy Baldwin, M.S. is a Los Angeles based psychotherapist who has specialized in working with erotic minorities for the last 20 years. He is perhaps best known for his essays, some of which appear in his second book, TIES THAT BIND: The SM, Leather, Fetish Erotic Style-Issues, Commentaries and Advice. He has also authored THE LEATHER CONTEST GUIDE: A Handbook for Promoters, Contestants, Judges and Titleholders and, most recently, SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude. In frequent demand as a prolific author, teacher, mentor and speaker, Guy has traveled the U.S. and Canada extensively to present a wide array of workshops, demonstrations, seminars and lectures to audiences of both players and health-care professionals, alike. In 1989, Guy served concurrently as International Mr. Leather, and as Mr. National Leather Association----the only person ever to do so. In 1999, he was keynote speaker at the Third Leather Leadership Conference held in San Francisco. In 2001, Guy was awarded both the Pantheon and Dominion lifetime achievement awards.


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Susuman () is a town and the administrative center of Susumansky District in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Byoryolyokh River,  northwest of Magadan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Geography
The town lies in the Upper Kolyma region near where the Susuman River joins the Byoryolyokh. The town sits on the M56 Kolyma Highway, an unsealed track often known as the "Road of Bones", which connects Yakutsk with Magadan.

History
It was founded in 1936 as a settlement of a sovkhoz called Susuman, named after the nearby river of the same name. In 1938, the settlement was greatly expanded to become a center of gold mining in the western part of what is now Magadan Oblast under the control of Dalstroy.

Gold mining and other industrial operations in the region were largely reliant on corrective labor camps of the Gulag system, with a large number operating in Susuman's vicinity. From 1949 until 1956, Susuman was the base for one of the Soviet Union's largest corrective labor camps, the Zaplag of the Dalstroy program. During this time, up to 16,500 prisoners were kept in the camps.

Susuman was granted town status in 1964. In the post-Soviet period, the population dropped significantly, from a high of around 18,000 inhabitants in 1991, down to 5,855 as of the 2010 Census.

Climate
Susuman has an extreme dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwd/Dwc) with extremely cold, dry winters and short, very mild summers. It is one of the coldest permanently inhabited settlements in the world, with yearly mean temperature of

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Susuman serves as the administrative center of Susumansky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Susuman is incorporated within Susumansky Municipal District as Susuman Urban Settlement.

Economy
The town's economy relies mainly on its status as one of the centers of gold mining in the Kolyma region.

Transportation
The town is served by the Susuman Airport, with four flights a week from Magadan.

Documentary
Susuman and its nearby Dalstroy goldmine is portrayed in the prizewinning documentary on the Gulag in the far east of Siberia GOLD Lost in Siberia (VPRO/The Netherlands 1994) YouTube: [* www.imdb.com  by a Dutch filmteam, led by author Gerard Jacobs and filmmaker Theo Uittenbogaard

References

Notes

Sources

External links
Official website of Susuman
Unofficial website of Susuman
 Documentary  *** GOLD*** - lost in Siberia  by Gerard Jacobs and Theo Uittenbogaard (VPRO/The Netherlands/1994) was filmed in the summer of 1993 in Magadan, along the Road of Bones, through Ust-Umshug and Susuman and at the Sverovostok Zoloto gold mine, Siberia, by the first foreign film crew ever, visiting the Kolyma District -which had been under control of the Soviet secret service, under the company name Dalstroj, for over 60 years.

Cities and towns in Magadan Oblast
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1936
1936 establishments in the Soviet Union

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XOR Media--Marcello Dellepiane, Vice President, Worldwide Sales – EMEA
End-to-end, file-based digital production whilst adding complexities to the production workflow is a great opportunity for creativity and budget-saving.
Q. What broad technology trends do you think will be front-and-centre at IBC2012?
End-to-end, file-based digital production whilst adding complexities to the production workflow is a great opportunity for creativity and budget-saving. I expect that file-based workflow management tools and solutions will be the top hit showcases at the IBC convention this year. Media asset management solutions, grid and private cloud-based storage will be the flavor of the month at the IBC2012.
Q. Any thoughts on how the current economic climate will affect the show?
The recession, at least in Europe, will call for a smarter and more efficient use of the customer's resources. This will push even further the need for better understanding of the production and distribution processes and workflow in order to optimize resources and seek for long-term, stable and predictable profitability.
Q. What's new that you will show at IBC2012 and that broadcasters should look for there?
At IBC2012, we will showcase the integration with MXFserver and the XOR Universal MediaLibrary E-series, a compact and affordable media storage with up to 48 TB in only a 3RU chassis. The integration is the basis for a powerful and collaborative production environment with Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid MediaComposer and Adobe Premiere Pro. The Universal MediaLibrary T-series with up to 144 PB cloud storage will also be there, along with the edge video server MediaServer 1200 with high-density channel ingest and playout.
Q. How is your new product offering different from what's available on the market?
We always highlight that our open technologies are fully integrated into various IP-based media workflows. XOR Media is a vital part of an ecosystem of best-in-class broadcast applications providers servicing end-to-end customer requirements for ingest and playout; production; media asset management; disaster recovery; digital media factory; and active archive.
Q. Where are you based, and how many employees do you have? Anything else we should know about your company?
XOR Media is headquartered in Greenville, N.H., but we have engineering, support, R&D and sales offices around the world. In Europe, we have offices in both Italy and France.
Q. How many years have you been going to the IBC show and what's your fondest memory? What's your favorite restaurant or pub?
Well, given my age… my very first IBC was in 1985 in Brighton, staying in London and commuting back and forth by a steam train! My favorite restaurant in Amsterdam is a Uruguayan steak house in Spui Street, Alberto Carreta. Ask for the maître d' Oscar, and tell him you are my friend.
Q. Last year I asked whether 3D was Hope, Hype or In Between. This year I want to know similar thoughts on social media and broadcasters.
3D was (and maybe still is) an excuse to convince consumers to trash their HD-ready plasma TV with one that is full HD. As you can imagine, the difference between an HD-ready TV set and a full HD TV is too difficult to explain to the average TV reseller and too difficult to understand for the average consumer. 3D capability is a much more understandable reason to convince an average consumer to spend money on a new TV set. So my judgment on 3D was (little) Hope.
As far as social media is concerned, let me throw in some numbers: 41 percent of Internet users read blogs. 47 percent of the time people spend on the Internet is spent looking at content and 33 percent in communicating. 91 percent of users are keen to buy on recommendations. The average number of online video viewers per day is 330 million. Twitter has more than 500 million users and more than 340 million messages a day. Broadcasters, vendors and all enterprises and professionals working in the media space are better off finding a way to adapt their business model to the industry and lifestyle watershed imposed by social media. So, once again, I see the need for understanding and implementing a new set of workflows that allows the media enterprise and community to quickly adapt to this dramatic transformation of the way video is delivered. A seachange, in fact.
Chyron—Paul Glasgow, Vice President of EMEA Sales
I'm absolutely sure the real buzz will be around the integration of second screen and social media into broadcast workflow.
Anton/Bauer—Shin Minowa, Vice President of Mktg. and Business Development
I believe 4G network video transmission, cloud broadcasting, OTT TV and 4K production workflow will be at the forefront of this year's IBC.
Broadcast Pix - Arco Groenenberg, Vice President of Sales
The term "television" no longer applies exclusively to the screen in your living room.
Autodesk — Alex Micallef, Media & Entertainment Manager, EMEA
It won't be a show that's focused on individual products, but on workflows and interoperability, ensuring companies have pipelines that are tailored to their specific needs.
Front Porch Digital—Rino Petricola, Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Multiplatform content delivery and cloud computing will certainly be front-and-centre of industry interests.
Grass Valley—Graham Sharp, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
I think a huge focus will be on multiplatform distribution.
Harris Broadcast Communications — Richard Scott, Vice President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Operations
Broadcasters will be coming to this year's show looking for a lot more than new product announcements and gadget updates.
Harmonic—Peter Alexander, Senior Vice President of Mktg. and Chief Mktg. Officer
To us, the most significant developments in the last year have been around the acceleration of technology to enable viable multiscreen/OTT services.


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The Dome Has a New Look
by etuk | Jun 13, 2018 | Faculty, Staff
Today's edition of The Dome debuts a fresh new look. The biggest change you will see is that articles appear in blue text on a white background. This format is more in line with the style of the college's website. We hope you find it visually appealing and easier to read. We also removed functionality items that were obsolete and moved others around to make them easier for you to use. We hope you like the updates to your Dome newsletter. Feel free to let us know what you think!
Beaty ᾿86 Honored by NAACP
(L-R) Sababu Norris, director of ALANA; Terri Mangione, PhD, vice president for student affairs; Kathleen Brucato, director of international student programs; Kimberly Beaty ᾿86, director of public safety; Anne Marie Dobies ᾿92, MS ᾿99, MS ᾿06, assistant vice president and director of the Griff Center and Mike Hayes, director of campus ministry.
Canisius Director of Public Safety Kimberly Beaty ᾿86 received a Medgar Evers Award from the Buffalo chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She accepted the award at a ceremony June 9.
Beaty was recognized for espousing the spirit of the NAACP in practice and in deeds. Medgar Evers Awards are named for the Civil Rights activist who served as the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi until his assassination in 1963.
Congratulations Kimberly!
Employee of Distinction
by browkaa | Jun 13, 2018 | Faculty, Staff
(L-R) Matt Kochan, librarian, head of public services and John J. Hurley, president.
The Human Resources Department announced Matt Kochan as the Canisius College Employee of Distinction for May 2018! Matt was nominated for the award by several of his coworkers.
At Canisius for eight years, Matt currently works as the librarian, head of public services in the library. Matt was selected for this award based on his outstanding customer service skills when interacting with students, faculty, staff and visitors; his consistent embodiment of Canisius' vision and ideals; and his willingness to regularly perform tasks above and beyond the call of his job duties.
Please join us in congratulating Matt on this achievement!
To nominate a coworker for future months, click here. As a reminder, this month's nominations are due by Friday, June 15.
Submitted by: Linda M. Walleshauser, associate vice president, Human Resources and Compliance
Dedicated to Serve
Every year, members of our graduating class decide to do something courageous. Before continuing their education or finding a job, they decide to put their Jesuit education to good use immediately by committing a year or more of full-time volunteer service to marginalized communities all over the world.
To these 14 young alumni we want to say, Canisius is proud of you!
Let's give them a round of applause!
The following new graduates committed to a year of service:
Lindsey Bradley, Mercy Volunteer Corps, Friendship Park Loaves & Fishes in Sacramento, CA
Emily Smith, Mercy Volunteer Corps, Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland, CA
Rachael Weissenburg, Mercy Volunteer Corps, Saint Michael's Association for Special Education, Window Rock, Arizona
Amanda Momoh, Mercy Volunteer Corps, Mercy High School, Baltimore, MD
Pamela Rivas, Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest, Community Health Specialist for House of Charity, Spokane, WA
Lydia Beinhauer, Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest, YMCA ASPIRE program, Yakima, WA
Madelyn Reed, Faith Community at Covenant House, New York City, NY
Zachia Gayle, AmeriCorps, City Year, Miami, FL
Timothy Utz, AmeriCorps, Washington AIDS Partnership, Washington, D.C.
Christina Kolbmann, AmeriCorps, Dune Steward through the Student Conservation Association, Watertown, NY
Manenfy Tavarez, AmeriCorps VISTA, Erie County Youth Bureau, Buffalo, NY
Patricia Beaulieu, AmeriCorps, City Year, Philadelphia, PA
Grace Lindsey, AmeriCorps VISTA, Family Promise of Western New York, Buffalo, NY
Peyton Richmond, AmeriCorps VISTA, Rural Outreach Center, Western New York.
Submitted by: Sarah Signorino, assistant director, Campus Ministry
Venti Named Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Kimberly A. Venti has been named associate vice president for institutional advancement (AVPIA) at Canisius. She is responsible for creating, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive, multi-year plan to increase donors and dollars in support of Canisius. Venti is charged with engaging internal and external stakeholders in the planning and implementation of a compelling case for support of Canisius.
Venti works closely with President John J. Hurley and Vice President for Institutional Advancement William M. Collins, members of the Board of Trustees, and staff on development and implementation of a high-level prospect strategy. She also serves as leader of the development team, and provides day-to-day oversight for the staff by providing advice and guidance to development officers and support staff.
Venti has more than 15 years' experience in development and fundraising for higher education and several of Buffalo's major medical centers. Prior to Canisius, she was director of campaigns and major gifts at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), where she created and directed a multi-million dollar capital campaign for the hospital's new Trauma Center and Emergency Department. Venti also previously served as director of development for the University at Buffalo's Jacob's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences where she was a key staff member in raising funds to build a new medical school downtown as part of a $200 million comprehensive campaign.
Venti holds a master's degree in multidisciplinary studies and a bachelor's degree in general studies from the State University College at Buffalo.


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package org.antbear.imapprowler.cache;

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.Interval;

public class DefaultMessageCacheExpirationStrategy implements MessageCacheExpirationStrategy {

    private int olderThanDays;

    public DefaultMessageCacheExpirationStrategy() {
        this.olderThanDays = 30;
    }

    public int getOlderThanDays() {
        return olderThanDays;
    }

    public void setOlderThanDays(final int olderThanDays) {
        this.olderThanDays = olderThanDays;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean shouldExpire(final DateTime cacheEntryTimestamp) {
        DateTime start = new DateTime().plusDays(-this.olderThanDays);
        Interval interval = new Interval(start, new DateTime().plusDays(1));
        return !interval.contains(cacheEntryTimestamp);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "DefaultMessageCacheExpirationStrategy{" +
                "olderThanDays=" + olderThanDays +
                '}';
    }
}

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This is an ongoing story that has really not gotten a lot of coverage. It is now estimated that over $600 Million was profited from the pre trading of the interest rate change in September. Three to seven milliseconds before the fed moved interest rates, billions of dollars of trades were input that took advantage of the changed rates, reaping huge profits. According to a report at Mother Jones, 'Last Wednesday, the Fed announced that it would not be tapering its bond buying program. This news was released at precisely 2 pm in Washington 'as measured by the national atomic clock.' It takes 7 milliseconds for this information to get to Chicago. However, several huge orders that were based on the Fed's decision were placed on Chicago exchanges 2-3 milliseconds after 2 pm.
Small Pullback in Money Printing = Big Spike in Interest Rates?


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Q: How do I store all the responses of an api in a dataframe? I am taking a column from a dataframe and I am sending it as a parameter to an api, but I want to put this entire response in a new dataframe. But it is only saving the last response of the api. To which I am trying to put all the answers in an api, but it still does not work for me if you could help me please
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response example:
    {'code': 0, 'description': 'Done', 'response': {'id': '9wnuief', 'idType': 'IPD',   'suscriptionId': '12324w3', 'clientType': 'Appoint', 'clientSubType': 'Normal', 'regionalSegment': None, 'status': 'Active'}}

df3 = pd.DataFrame()
for x in df2:
    params = str(x)
    url = f"https://api.com"
    print(url)
    response = requests.get(url, verify= False).json()
    response_json = json.loads(response)
    df3 = pd.json_normalize(response_json)
    df3 = pd.concat([df3, pd.DataFrame(response_json)])
    df3.to_csv('/Users/users3/Downloads/example.csv')

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I wish I could save the properties of the 'response' object please and thanks.

A: You're overwriting the df3 in each iteration of the loop.
You can define an empty DataFrame before for loop and then append to it using concat.
# define empty DF before the for loop
df3 = pd.DataFrame()

...

df3 = pd.concat([df3, pd.DataFrame(response) )  # concat the response to df3

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It's immensely pleasing when the barber doesn't need to ask how you want your hair done, or when the barista hands your favorite drink the second you sit at the bar, or even when things go wrong and apologies are made.
More than ordinary. We love that.
And we give back. It's no longer just 'a barber', it's 'my barber'. Not a random bar, 'my favorite bar'.
We return the favor. Always.


Today I want to talk about one of my favorite types of clothing, coming only second to rompers. Maxi Dresses are so awesome, seriously they are just the best. I love a good summer dress but make it long, and preferably floral, and pair it with some wedges and I am good to go! Now I've met people that say "oh they don't look good on me", well that is just a heinous lie and you know it. They come in all different styles and varieties that there is one out there for you, you just haven't looked hard enough!
I personally own five but I am always looking for more to add to the collection. The options are endless! I just love them so much! Ifyou don't already own one you should probably go out to the store and buy one. Like right now.
I'm all about maxi dresses, such a beautiful look.


I'm having lots of fat feels today. I mean, I'm a fat feminist, and I study fat stuff, so I usually have lots of fat feels, not to mention fat thoughts. But my feels are at about an 11 right now.
This morning I after I woke up, I saw the new JCPenny campaign video for #HereIAm, thanks to Fat Heffalump.
The video celebrates fat and very fat women (though no fat and disabled women). It says their lives can be great and give you examples of fat fabulous successful awesome women. It's fat positive, body positive, and a campaign for a mainstream corporation. It's not everything, but it is SO MUCH. In fact, in it, Ashley Nell Tipton says, "I am everything," which was my favorite line of all.
Now, I've seen a lot of fat positive or body positive or otherwise adjacent videos, both mainstream and not. Many of them completely leave out or tokenize women of color. Many of them only show small or medium fat folks. Others end up doing their own body shaming. Not this video.
For me, as a super fat woman (size 32 or 5X), seeing people who are as fat or almost as fat as I am doesn't happen as much as you'd expect even in fat positive or body positive places, and it certainly doesn't happen in campaigns for mainstream companies. As far as I know, a video like this for a company like this has never happened before. And it certainly wouldn't have happened 12 years ago when I first found fat acceptance or 20 years ago when I was 13. No, then, I had a complicated relationship with other fat women. But I can tell you that I cherished every example of strong, empowered, happy fat women I got. They were family members or friends of the family. They were unusual in my mind. You certainly didn't see many fat, happy, strong, empowered women in the media and absolutely not all in one space, and NEVER talking about fat and acceptance and fighting fat stigma.
Then, tonight, I listened to the new "Tell Me I'm Fat" episode of This American Life. I was familiar with Lindy West and Roxanne Gay (who were interviewed), but I still worried about what turns this episode would take. I steeled myself. Thin or average white progressive men still aren't typically friends of fat women (*cough* Dan Savage *cough*). I learned a long time ago when researching fat representations in media that pieces that addressed fat in any positive way almost always ended with apologia or some negative sentiment about fat, so that readers/listeners didn't dare go away with the idea that being fat might be okay...at least, not really.
I felt more at ease about the episode when I heard Ira Glass talk, and he said Lindy West's book "made [him] see this whole thing differently." That, I was not expecting. At all. Still, he said the episode would feature people who didn't see fat in the same way as Lindy, and it was hard to know what that meant.
I gotta say, though, that I'm really pleased with it. It did, in fact, feature varied perspectives, but it was nuanced and there was not that same counter-narratives that are designed to make you question any fat positive sentiment presented.
The pieces with Lindy outline her disagreements with Dan Savage's fat bigotry and how she personally came to accept her body. Elna Baker's piece is tragic and hard, but it reveals fat stigma and discrimination in a really important way. Roxanne Gay talks about being a fat African American woman and a superfat woman. Again, the superfats were represented, and I'm super pleased with that. Both Elna and Roxanne were more cynical about living as fat in our society, but none of it rested the blame on fat people. The 4th Act was the most divergent, not only because it featured thin men, but because it delved into a specific angle of weight stigma: the Christian weight loss movement (particularly focused on televangelist Oral Roberts). The episode ended back on a hopeful note, with an poignant excerpt from Lindy's book.
In sum, while you should be aware that the 2nd Act is particularly hard and potentially extra triggering for discussion of body image issues, disordered eating/eating disorders, cosmetic medical procedures, and stigma, I highly recommend you take a listen.
These two mainstream fat media pieces seem overwhelming for one day. In terms of happy fat feels, that is. Again, they are not everything--they don't address men's experiences or lots of other intersections--and I'm not sure they can be, but they are very significant.
I am overwhelmingly happy--and let me tell you, I have needed the hope lately--but I am not surprised. I know that people have been fighting like hell for these things. The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance began in 1969, and there were certainly people who were fighting weight stigma before then. Fat feminist queers wrote and fought for Fat Liberation. NOLOSE: the National Organization for Lesbians of Size (a queer fat org) began in the late 90s. People have written books, countless articles, talked and talked and talked about fat, talked fat 101 with people over and over and over, dealt with backlash, fought city, state, and federal policy, demanded fat intersectionality over and over, supported each other, held events, blogged, researched, argued, cried, yoga'd, shared resources, laughed, challenged each other, protested, podcasted, and written written written tons of amazing fat positive and fat liberation pieces...and more.
Thanks to all who have fought and continue to fight for our right to exist in this world. Your work matters. Your work is making a difference. Your work is creating change.
P.S. -- My friend Carrie just linked me to this video from Top Knot/Buzzfeed that is also awesome, though more fashion oriented overall.


It is a tradition among many Vietnamese families to make trôi and chay cakes to celebrate Tet Han Thuc, which falls today on the lunar calendar.
There is the bánh chưng (square-shaped sticky rice cake) and onion pickles for the Lunar New Year Tet, the bánh trung thu (moon cake) for the Tet Trung Thu (Mid-autumn), and cơm rượu (fermented glutinous rice) for Tet Doan Ngo.
Then there is the Tet Han Thuc (or Cold Food Festival) that falls on the third day of the third lunar month (April 12 this year). For this festival, many Vietnamese families, especially in the north, made the delicious trôi and chay cakes. Not surprisingly, these "cool" dishes are just right for the weather that prevails at festival time.
The Cold Food Festival originated in China. Legend has it that in 654 BC, Chong'er, King of the Jin Dynasty, endured many hardships while he was fleeing warring states with his courtiers. Once, in order to help the king who was tormented by hunger, one of his courtiers, whose name was Jie Zhitui, cut off the flesh from his thigh and offered it to the king for sustenance.
Nineteen years later, Chong'er regained the throne and rewarded the courtiers generously but forgot about Jie Zhitui. Jie Zhitui, however, did not care much about this and took his mother to a remote mountain and lived in peace. The king later remembered Jie Zhitui's service and invited him to the royal palace but he refused. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down in order to force Zhitui out of hiding.
Unfortunately Zhitui did not give in and the fire killed him and his mother.
Filled with remorse, Chong'er ordered that no fire will be lit for three days every year and people must eat cold food.
In Vietnam, the Cold Food Festival is mostly celebrated in spirit. People light the kitchen stoves, and instead of eating cold food, they cook trôi and chay cakes to offer their ancestors, friends and relatives.
Trôi and chay cakes are both made of glutinous rice flour. The ingredients and the recipe are quite simple. To make the trôi cake, flour is kneaded into balls and stuffed with small pieces of dried treacle, and for the chay cake, flour is kneaded into flat rounds and stuffed with steamed, crushed green beans mixed with sugar and grated coconut.
Both cakes are then boiled in water until they float to the surface. The floating trôi cakes are taken out and immediately dipped in cold water so that they do not stick together.
Trôi cakes are arranged in small round plates and sprinkled with fried sesame. Meanwhile, the chay cakes are placed in small bowls and sprinkled with fried sesame or green beans and served with an amber mixture of boiled kudzu flour, pomelo flower-scented water, and sugar.
Both dishes are soft, sticky, sweet-smelling and most importantly, cool. Whether they are eaten on their own or as dessert after hot or spicy food, they live up to their traditional name, and soothe the palate and the stomach with their cooling effect.
In fact, in Hanoi, trôi and chay cakes nowadays are not only cooked for the Cold Food Festival, but have also become popular breakfast snacks that can be found everyday at many food stalls.
Some of the best places to get trôi and chay cakes in Hanoi are: Pham Bang at 30 Hang Giay Street; Diep Beo at 52 Hang Dieu Street; a stall at 4 Hang Can Street; and another at 250 Bach Mai Street.


Hot Topic's Suicide Squad collection announcement.
Directed almost exclusively to Harley Quinn fans, there are one or two items paying homage to the group as a whole and, more specifically, this pair of suspendered hot pants w/ a "HaHa" Joker shout-out in the pattern.
Fashionista, On-Camera Talent, Proud Mother, Wife, and Pop Culture Enthusiast.


Has Anyone Been Watching Weeds?
what are the best/your favourite sites/blogs for film?
Is Beyond the Implode the best blog in the world?
Is there much point posting Literature threads?
POETS. Do they still exist?
anyone read any JONATHAN LETHEM?
What's the wierdest fiction book you've ever read?
Confederacy of Dunces - The Movie. Wha'ppen?
what's that free magazine called??
Does anyone read Dave Eggars?
The Wire, Arrested Development - Prototypes of a new type of telly?


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Announcing the Winners! New Voices Contest 2015
See the Elephant has Twins
From editor-in-chief Melanie Lamaga
As it turned out, we got so many great entries to both the contest and open submissions that we were able to put together two issues of the magazine. That means we were able to choose two first place, two second place and two honorable mention contest awards. Without further ado here are the winners.
First Place: "The Absence of Cows," by Kristin Falso-Capaldi and "They End Up in Space" by J. August__ .
Why we chose them: Aside from being well-written, these stories are opposites in many ways."The Absence of Cows" is subtle and wry with only a whiff of the fantastic. In this story, a woman on the verge of divorce goes to stay with her mother in the country. All she wants to do is run. All her mother wants to do is look at the living landscape and speculate on the fate of the herd of cows gone missing from a nearby field. This elegant story explores some of the metaphysical aspects of family, marriage, grief and change.
"They End Up in Space," is satirical, apocalyptic, transgressive and absurd. What happens when you mix an alien college student and her souped up ride, an art opening and homophobia? Could be the end of the world. Literally.
We didn't set out to pick stories at the polar ends of the literary spectrum, but I love that it worked out that way. If you want to know what See the Elephant is all about, take a look at these two stories and imagine the possibilities in the universe that lies between.
Second Place: "The Court Marshall of Samuel James Wilson," by Frederick Foote and "Kaia," by Brian T. Hodges.
Why we chose them: "The Court Marshall of Samuel James Wilson" takes place during the Vietnam war. In this story, a white, Southern soldier-lawyer must defend a black soldier accused of treason, but as the lawyer learns, what happened is not always what Happened. Though grounded in history, this story has intensely surreal moments that lead to a radically ambiguous ending.
In "Kaia," Tim, a man grieving the suicide of his lover Matt goes to Uppsala in Sweden. Outside the cathedral, thousands of crow-like kaia congregate. A local tells him, "The kaia, they carry the souls of the lost, those seeking forgiveness. Hoping for salvation. That's why they come to the cathedral." When Tim thinks he finds Matt in one of the kaia, he has a decision to make.
Honorable Mention: "Butterflies," by Zoe Fowler and "Crocodile Tale," by Michael Glyde.
Why we chose them: "Butterflies" is a beautifully written "deal with the devil" story. "Crocodile Tale" is a vivid, magical realist parable about grief repressed.
Many thanks to all who submitted. Keep writing!
You will be able to read all of the New Voices winners in upcoming issues of See the Elephant, alongside stories by emerging and established writers. The first issue will be available in July, and the second in December. Stay tuned for the first issue's full table of contents, a cover reveal and sneak preview stories as we count down to July. We are very excited to send all of these stories out into the world.
As always, we greatly appreciate your support. Any little thing you to do share us, and the authors we represent, with your world makes a big difference.
Cover Reveal, See the Elephant Issue 4, Beyond Dea...
Announcing the Winner of the 2016 New Voices Conte...
Announcing Release of See the Elephant, Issue 3: S...
Open for Submissions & New Voices Contest 201...
Memorial Day in the Slipstream
May 1 Launch Date for See the Elephant, Issue Two!
Cover and TOC Reveal! See the Elephant, Issue Two
Bad Angels by Dennis Danvers, animated cover
Reviews of Short Fiction
Weird Pairings: Quotables


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Lake Metroparks questions organization's legal move
Lake Metroparks took a day to absorb the legal punch thrown Monday by the Slovene Home for the Aged in the former's bid to acquire the 150-acre Camp Klein property.
Parks system officials put on their own gloves, calling into question the home's legal response to the agency's eminent domain proceedings on the Concord Township site.
"The issue in this case is simple: Does Lake Metroparks have a right to acquire and expand an environmental camp that would benefit the children and residents of Lake County, or does a nursing home have the right to tear down the existing camp and construct a multimillion-dollar nursing home business in a residential area?" said Theodore R. Klammer, president of the three-member Lake Metroparks Board of Park Commissioners.
The Slovene Home for the Aged filed an 11-page response Monday in Lake County Probate Court, charging the parks system had "commenced in bad faith" the eminent domain proceedings only after repeatedly assuring the home that the agency simply wanted a conservation-scenic easement on a portion of the property.
Among the charges laid out by the Slovene response were:
n Parks system Executive Director David A. Noble had discussed with at least one park board member the possibility of conveying about 40 acres of the property to one of the township residents who opposes the Slovenes' plan to build a retirement complex on the property.
n Lake Metroparks officials met on several occasions with individuals and an attorney representing some of these individuals who are opposed to the Slovene's plan.
n The parks system repeatedly assured the Slovenes the agency only wanted a conservation-scenic easement.
Klammer denies any collusion exists between the parks system and Concord Township residents, calling such thoughts "absurd."
"They've spent thousands of dollars in hiring a public relations firm and in advertising to intimidate this board, but it hasn't worked. Nor will it," Klammer said.
Craig S. Miller, the attorney representing Lake Metroparks in its eminent domain bid, also called the Slovene response "factually incorrect and grossly misleading."
"In any case, it is irrelevant under Ohio law in eminent domain proceedings, but I don't want to say anymore. We'd rather argue our case in court," Miller said.
"I think you'll see very clearly what is the truth once this case appears in court," Miller said.
The Slovene Home's attorney, Benjamin Ockner, continues to defend the positions which appear in the response.
"It's all entirely taken from documents supplied by Lake Metroparks, and I'm not surprised that Lake Metroparks is attempting to distance itself from those documents.
"We continue to hold to a glimmer of hope that Lake Metroparks will come to its senses, but I don't think it will," Ockner said.
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I am at it again sharing my absolute favorite, go-to Sugar Cookie recipe on Reese Witherspoon's Draper James Blog! If y'all have not tried my favorite Sugar Cookie recipe yet, it's an absolute must! ;) I know I regularly mention these cookies to you guys, but this recipe is an absolute keeper! It's the ONLY Sugar Cookie that will hold its shape and not break when transporting. I'm telling you right now, it'll be love at first bake!
So the truth is, I have been using this recipe for the past 12 years and it has yet to fail me! I tried several different variations, but none are quite as heavenly sweet as this recipe. The secret is the hints of almond extract. I'm definitely a little biased because I may or may not be a bit of an almond addict (hide your bear claws and almond paste), but trust me! The almond seriously gives the cookies the most amazing taste.
Okay so back to cookie talk! Once I cracked the code for these Sugar Cookies, they quickly became a family tradition. I even used this recipe for Charlie's baby shower cookies. When I was planning, I knew I needed a simple recipe that I could easily make in large quantities that all of my guests could enjoy. What better option than some tasty Sugar Cookies? Plus I swear these cookies never lose their shape when baking! Just another reason to whip out a batch for any event or party!
I can't help myself and bake these cookies year-round… Seriously, one year I baked them and my mom and I snuck these exact cookies into the movie theatre. They're THAT good! ;) You truly don't need a holiday to bust out this recipe. But I do look most forward to making them around Valentine's Day! I know plenty of people are firm believers in Red Velvet EVERYTHING for the 14th, but Sugar Cookies trump Red Velvet every time in my book ;) Plus, who needs all of that red dye, right?! ;) Of course you can snack on them just the way they are, but you can also get so creative with Sugar Cookies! I think it's the versatility of Sugar Cookies that makes them a perfect pairing for Valentine's Day.
Every year I love making a ton of these cookies and assembling little bags for our team, friends, and family members. It's such an easy and inexpensive gift, but still a great way to show them some love. You can cut a few of the cookies into different sized hearts, play with a combination of pink, white, and red frosting, and of course pile on the sprinkles! ;) No matter what, you end up with a tasty treat for Valentine's Day!
If we're being honest here, my Valentine's Day celebrating doesn't exactly end with my Sugar Cookie marathon. If anything, that's only where it starts! I was actually just confessing to being a Valentine's Day fanatic in a recent interview with Draper James. You should totally read the full interview to hear just how crazy I get with the holiday, but I can't help myself!
Now that I've admitted to all of my holiday craziness, what are some of your favorite Valentine's Day traditions? I can't wait to hear how you all share the love with the people you care about and I really can't wait to hear about all the different ways you guys use and decorate these Sugar Cookies! Happy baking and Happy Valentine's Day!
These are so beautiful! I adore gingham, especially if it's pink. I almost wouldn't want to eat these, they're just too pretty ????
How did you create the gingham effect on the cookies?


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who are also "contributors to the Foundation". But the only "members"
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the BoD whose members are people just like them.
> the seat in the Advisory Board.
two ways. What would you suggest ?
> on the number of members of the ESC."
> majority in the special college for the Chairmain election's.
> collective votes expressed (quorum of 2 collective votes).
> oversee the election of the BoD"
> other committee, ESC included?
> met, then it forms (or dissolves?) the ESC so that a new ESC "helps"
> the old BoD members during the "overseeing" of the next BoD election.
> committee that guarantees the regularity of the BoD election.
employed by any sponsor but by the Foundation. What do you think?


Thalictrum thalictroides. Unlike many spring ephemerals that use sweets to reward pollinating visitors, the Rue-anemone has no nectar. Instead, it offers only pollen to passing insects. And though it has no scent either, the petal-like white sepals — often tinged with pink, as here — are showy enough to attract bees and flies. The bee is what it wants, for that insect collects the pollen to bring back to the hive — in the process, dropping some grains while visiting other Rue-anemone flowers and thus accomplishing pollination duties. Flies just eat the pollen right there, accomplishing little except fly survival. It and its cousin, the Wood Anemone, are both members of the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae), many of whose members — including Rue-anemone — contain acrid substances that can blister flesh and cause poisoning if eaten in large enough quantities. This is protection against both browsing mammals and herbivore insects. Perhaps because they bloom amid the early spring breezes, anemones are called windflowers; anemone is from the Greek for "wind." For a long time, scientists called Rue-anemone Anemonella thalictroides — literally, "little anemone thalictrum-like." Thalictrum is the generic name for meadow-rue, mostly summer-blooming plants with leaves similar to Rue Anemone's. Around 1990, Rue-anemone was reclassified into the Thalictrum genus, but the old specific name was retained. Thus, we have the rhythmic, but seemingly silly scientific name, Thalictrum thalictroides — "a meadow-rue that's like a meadow-rue." Botanists are still debating this reclassification, so perhaps the name will change again.


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By Pamela J. Richart 5 June, 2012
Stand beside women in Chicago affected by coal plant pollution for the second of two tribunals held in the US on Women and Climate Justice. Help render a verdict on the impacts of coal pollution in Chicago on women, their families and their communities!
Will you join us?
When: Sunday, June 10, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where: Sacred Heart Church, 329 S Ottawa St, Joliet, IL
This tribunal – a mock trial – will highlight impacts on women and their communities realized from living with air pollution generated by MW Generation's coal plants in Joliet and Romeoville and the dumping of toxic coal ash by MW Generation in a nearby unlined quarry. The tribunal also will highlight the importance of cleaning up heavily polluted sites after power plants are closed, using MW Generation's Fisk and Crawford as examples.
Experts will frame each case. Women will share their experiences and stories, judges will render a verdict along with recommendations that will be taken to Rio.
Click here to download this flier in Spanish
What is a Tribunal?
Historically, tribunals of opinion have been used to create a public space for people to draw attention to critical issues at local, national and global levels. At tribunals, individuals directly affected by a specific situation can present testimony; raise awareness; and advocate for fundamental human rights and policy change.
Brian Urbaszewski, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago
Brian Perbix, Prairie Rivers Network
Jerry Mead-Lucero, Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization
Jurists
Marta Benavides, Human Rights Activist, El Salvador
Jacqui Patterson, NAACP's Climate Justice Initiative
Kelly Mitchell, Greenpeace
Loretto Community at the UN
Feminist Task Force
Eco-Justice Collaborative
Citizens Against Ruining the Environment
Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization
Background for Chicago Tribunal
Women from Pilsen and Little Village who have been breathing air from two of the oldest and dirtiest coal plants in the nation and, through recent grass-roots efforts, helped bring about their closure. The plants were rated #1 (Crawford) and #3 (Fisk) by the NAACP as the worst environmental justice offenders out of 431 coal plants reviewed nationwide. Although the plants will close by the end of this year, properties remain toxic and polluted.
Women from the Joliet and Lockport area who have been working for 20 years to call attention to and stop the pollution from two area coal plants and the quarry waste disposal site. They, too have been breathing harmful emissions from two polluting coal fired power plants in Will County; one of these plants is in Romeoville and the other is in Joliet. They are both grandfathered under the Clean Air Act and since 1996 the Joliet facility has been exempt from the IL Class 1 Groundwater Standards. This Joliet facility also ranks in the top 40 for contaminated sites in the United States.
Also, women in the historic African-American Smiley subdivision live next to an unlined coal ash landfill known as Lincoln Stone Quarry. Coal ash and slag has been dumped in this quarry since 1962. Since 1995 the IL Environmental Protection Agency has been aware that this landfill is the source of toxic contaminates and heavy metals such as "arsenic" which have already been detected off site. They also know there is a strong indication that these contaminates and toxic metals can potentially impact drinking water.
All facilities are owned by Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison Mission Group, a holding company which acts through numerous subsidiaries to manage the competitive power generation business and other unregulated subsidiaries of Edison International.
Resources from the May 10 Tribunal
In Appalachia
Appalachian women put coal on trial
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2012/05/10/appalachian-women-put-coal-on-trial/
Appalachian women put strip-mining on trial
http://wvgazette.com/News/201205110127
Women & Climate Justice Tribunal
Coal Education with Tax $$ Doesn't Add Up


What is the normal Christian life?
"We do well at the outset to ponder this question. The object of these studies is to show that it is something very different from the life of the average Christian. Indeed a consideration of the written word of God—of the Sermon on the Mount for example—should lead us to ask whether such a life has ever in fact been lived upon the earth, save only by the Son of God Himself. But in that last saving clause lies immediately the answer to our question."
The Normal Christian Life is Watchman Nee's bestselling, classic exploration of what this Christian life is meant to be. The average believer settles for far less than the miraculous, divine life of Christ Himself, never dreaming that what is often rare should simply be the norm. In this beautifully clear teaching, some of the deepest mysteries of the Gospel are made accessible to believers young and old. The Cross, the cleansing of the Blood of Jesus, the power of faith, and the issue of sin—all are presented to the reader in scripturally-rooted simplicity.
The Normal Christian Life is a must-read for new believers, burnt out missionaries, discouraged veteran saints, and any other believer wondering why their life so little resembles the life that Jesus promised His followers.
"God does not give His gifts at random, nor dispense them in an arbitrary fashion. They are given freely to all, but they are given on a definite basis. God has truly 'blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ' (Ephesians 1:3), but if those blessings which are ours in Christ are to become ours in experience, we must know on what ground we can appropriate them."
This product is the Mass Market Paper Back edition of The Normal Christian Life published by Tyndale House.
Also available is the CLC version and additionally the Normal Christian Life study guide.
Without a doubt, this book reveals Th Normal Christian Life better than any I have read. Clear, introspective, precise, without the politics or religiousity somehow mangled today by the evil one. Book revelation to me as a new Christian in the 60's amidst th Charismatic movement. A must read!! A must experience of the Lord!!
I always come back to this book time and time again. It always speaks to me and helps me abide in Christ.


The iPhone is great, but it's not the only great cell phone out there. And it doesn't need to be killed.
I cringe every time I hear the phrase "iPhone killer." And in a month like this, when we've reviewed the Palm Pre, the iPhone 3G S, and the next Google Android phone that is expected to land at T-Mobile, I've heard it way too many times.
My biggest issue with the phrase is not that's it's overused--though that's part of it--it's that it implies that the iPhone needs to be killed. Calling the latest touch-screen phone an "iPhone killer" automatically elevates the iPhone to a place that it doesn't deserve. Yes, it's an excellent, innovative device that does many things well, but it's not the best cell phone on the planet. And with the possible exception of its multitouch Web browser, it's not the ultimate pinnacle of cell phone development.
We need only to look at the iPhone's 3G's latest rivals to know that other devices can pose serious competition. No, they're not perfect either, but they're certainly innovative in their own way. And despite what some Apple fans may argue, they're not going anywhere.
Palm's innovative new WebOS is like nothing we've seen before. The Pre multitasks beautifully, its Synergy feature and notifications system are incomparable, and its multitouch browser almost beats the iPhone at its own game. We didn't love the Pre's hardware, but Palm will be coming out with more WebOS devices. Who knows what round two will bring?
Android handsets like the Google Ion/HTC Magic offer a fantastic interface, great integration with Google services, and a truly user-customizable experience. What's more, since Android will run on more than one device, consumers will have a real choice of hardware. Of course, that last point depends on Google and handset manufacturers actually introducing more Android devices. I'm impatiently awaiting the follow-up T-Mobile G1.
There will never be a "world's greatest phone," though people will find the best phone for their needs. We also should remember that competition and choice are good things. We should not desire a world where there is only one kind of cell phone, much like we shouldn't desire to drive one kind of car, drink one kind of soda, or wear one brand of shoes. There is plenty of room in this world for multiple brands of phones, whether they be flashy, multimedia handsets like the iPhone or simple candy bar models that just makes calls.
So, please lay off the "iPhone killer." It's not fair, it's not accurate and it's just not right.


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Q: UITextField not responding to tap I'm trying to highlight the text in my UITextField when it is tapped by the user. The behaviour works as expected the first time I tap into the field. Once I tap out (resign first responder) and then tap back in, the text field does not regain focus unless I double-tap or long press the text field.
Here's my code.
override func viewDidLoad() {
    textField.delegate = self

    // tap gesture to resign first responder
    let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(dismissKeyboard(gestureRecognizer:)))
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
}

@objc func dismissKeyboard(gestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
}

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {

    // if I comment out this line or replace with a print statement, the text field regains focus on a single tap as expected
    textField.selectedTextRange = textField.textRange(from: textField.beginningOfDocument, to: textField.endOfDocument)
}

If I remove the code in textFieldDidBeginEditing that is responsible for selecting all text, the text field successfully regains focus on a single tap (but obviously does not highlight the text).
I tried placing a print statement in textFieldDidBeginEditing and it doesn't get called until the double-tap or long-press when the textField.selectedRange = ... line is present. However, if I comment this line, then the print statement executes every time I tap into the text field.

A: I fixed it like this:
self.textField.resignFirstResponder()
self.textField.selectedTextRange = nil


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The Americas in the Spanish World Order
The Justification for Conquest in the Seventeenth Century
James Muldoon
"It is Solorzano's indestructible competence, his exactness and certainty in applying the categories of Aristotelian analysis, that makes reading about him a valuable experience. . . . Muldoon has done admirable work in restoring Solorzano to life, and it is clear from his conclusion that his commitment as a historian is to the recovery of the scholastic intellect no less than to the narrative of the Spanish encounter with the New World. It is this duality of interest which gives his book its very considerable value."—J. G. A. Pocock
"Muldoon is an able analyst, particularly apt at discerning nuance. Like a latter-day scholastic political theorist of the seventeenth century, he immerses himself and his reader in prevailing views on justification of colonial enterprise deeply rooted in medieval history and medieval concepts and notions about the nature of the world. Muldoon seems to admire Solorzano, to get inside him, in a way that Solorzano's views become Muldoon's, a virtue of this book, which can be read profitably today by those vexed by the need to justify intervention in the affairs of other nations or societies where tyranny, monumental injustice, exploitation, and inhumanity prevail."—American Historical Review
"Muldoon does an excellent job of Placing Solorzano's ideas into the context of medieval and early modern political theory and philosophy. He makes careful speculations about the intellectual process behind the composition of the De Indiarum Jure and therefore reconstructs an intellectual debate that will be useful for many scholars."—Renaissance Quarterly
"An important book that clarifies both the continued Spanish preoccupation with the legitimacy of conquest and colonization of the Americas and the persistent strength of medieval intellectual thought dating back, in large part, to the thirteenth century."—Sixteenth-Century Journal
Juan de Solorzano Pereira (1575-1654) was a lawyer who spent eighteen years as a judge in Peru before returning to Spain to serve on the Councils of Castile and of the Indies. Considered one of the finest lawyers in Spain, his work, De Indiarum Jure, was the most sophisticated defense of the Spanish conquest of the Americas ever written, and he was widely cited in Europe and the Americas until the early nineteenth century.
His work, and that of the Spanish School of international law theorists generally, is often seen as leading to Hugo Grotius and modern international law. However, as James Muldoon shows, the De Indiarum Jure represents the fullest development of a medieval Catholic theory of international order that provided an alternative to the Grotian theory.
James Muldoon is Professor of History Emeritus at Rutgers University, Camden.
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