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JOHN BLISS
"Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief's." William Blake
Joe, Richie, and I were about to cut open a Mosler safe the size of a commercial refrigerator. The safe was in a second floor office at a Sears store in Peekskill, NY. The year was 1976, the time 12:30 AM, a sweltering Sunday in late August. The store opened at 8 AM. Enthusiastic employees often got to work early. We had until 5 AM to finish the job.
Richie had worked at Sears and told me about all the cash they kept in the safe. There was a work area where there were lifts to raise cars, change tires, and space for the technicians to put in new batteries that jolted old automobiles to life. The garage held a loading platform where merchandise could be put onto trucks. A side door no longer in use had been welded shut. I used a hydraulic jack the size of a shoebox that I had attached to a chain with hooks at two ends to easily pry open the door.
It always amazed me how powerful my little tool was, I was very proud of it. Steel cracks when it's compressed, it strengthens when stretched. Father Martin's high school physics class turned out to be helpful. He had emphasized that we had to apply theories practically: you'd remember them that way. The hydraulic force on the door split the welded seam easily. The door remained intact and looked secure after we entered. The outside of the entryway was covered with bushes and weeds and was adjacent to a wooded area. It wasn't visible from the parking lot next to the garage. There was no alarm on the door and that side of the building wasn't lit.
Once inside the garage we walked up a few stairs to the loading dock and through two double doors into the store. The alarms were on the entrances, exits, and garage doors to the loading dock. The security system was bypassed and we now felt protected by it. An alarm would have gone off if some nosy cop, enthusiastic employee, or villainous competition broke in.
The day before, Joe, Diane (Joe's wife), and I went to Sears to check out the store's layout. The building was comprised of two stories built on a slope so the loading dock in the back of the building wasn't visible from the street. The basement was next to the loading area and the offices were up a separate stairwell from the cellar. I bought Joe a battery for his car. While they installed the battery "free of charge" we checked out the area and discover the door where we entered.
The purchase was a token of my appreciation of the internship he had provided me over the last couple of years. Joe had helped me graduate to an advanced level of stealing. Before meeting him, I had learned some neat tricks, mostly from acquaintances and a magazine called Popular Mechanics but was ignorant about bypassing alarms and opening safes. I was also lonely and we became very close friends. In his unique way, Joe was protective and concerned about my future. He wanted me to succeed.
The safe was in an office with two desks. I was concerned about the sprinkler system in the ceiling. I put a small stepladder on a desk and covered the sprinkler heads with Liquid Nails. This kept the torch's heat and smoke from inadvertently setting off the sprayers. I had remembered this kid in high school who had a hobby of setting off sprinkler systems by burning paper towels he wrapped around a broomstick and holding the fire up to a sprinkler head. I had been a Boy Scout and our motto (once you're a Boy Scout, you're a scout for life!) was "be prepared." Those lessons proved to be very helpful. Details were important; simple things like don't turn any lights on or off, get a ride to and from the job, parked cars could easily be used to identify the owner, any of those oversights could decidedly ruin an evening.
Desperation made you careless which increased your chances of being arrested. It was unusual, probably near impossible to be patient while using heroin. That night in late August, I had my act together.
The bookkeeper had closed out the day's receipts and had written the cash denominations neatly on a green ledger with red lines and boxes outlined in blue. It was easy to imagine the manager, probably two managers (to keep each other honest), counting the money then logging it with a Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencil before locking it in the safe.
The total was $137,487.86; there was $2,400.87 in change. Richie told us that the money was picked up on Monday and Thursday by a Brinks Armored car. This was a lot of money to split three ways in 1976. My share, $45,829.29, would have been enough to start a new life. After this score, I would have achieved greatness and had a great story to tell my grandchildren one day. There was no doubt that I had to stop the drugs. This was my way out.
I had been using heroin daily for the past three years. I was 22 and it was ruining me. Initially, stealing was a way to get money for drugs. Early on I showed an aptitude for larceny and demonstrated potential as a bandit. Acquaintances noticed my creative enthusiasm towards illegal wizardry. The adrenalin surge generated when the threat of getting caught combined with the elation of getting away with a crime was by far my favorite drug. Eventually being a good thief had become the antidote to being a pathetic junkie.
The money on the other side of this metal door was essential to escape the misery I was shackled in. My plan was to buy a good car and head to Mexico for a few months (I had a group of friends in Mazatlan), stop the drugs, just drink and smoke some weed. Afterwards, I'd settle in California, go back to school. Education was free in California after you lived there a year, maybe I'd learn to surf. Heroin no longer made me high it only stopped me from feeling ill. I donated everything to it, money, dignity and self-respect. Finally, I'd have enough money to leave and clean up my act.
Joe was my muse and a collaborator with dedication that is rarely experienced. He was tough, handsome with jet-black silk-like hair and verbally eloquent. In addition to being a celebrated thief, he wrote poems. I remember one he wrote about twins so indistinguishable they couldn't tell themselves apart. Joe was famous among thieves and infamous amidst the law abiding. The New York Times, NY Daily News, Time, and Newsweek magazines had covered his accomplishments. At that time, I couldn't imagine life without him. I was honored to have been his apprentice. In sad reflection, I had become competent and confident working with him.
Ironically, it was Joe that gave me the simple advice and encouragement to get out of this miserable way of living. I survived it, he did not fair so well. In hindsight, Joe was consistently encouraging and suggesting that I could do anything. He was always clear that regardless how competent a thief was an inevitable part of the career path was prison. He often teased me that underneath it all he knew I was a square and would eventually become an upstanding citizen. I would promise to have him over for holidays if that ever happened.
I met Joe for the first time buying heroin in Harlem. He took an immediate liking to me and found me refreshingly sincere, humorous, and ambitious. Our relationship deepened when I came to him with a plan to burglarize a Saks Fifth Avenue store in White Plains, NY. He was impressed with the research I had done.
In 1976 blue laws were in effect which prohibited stores from being open on Sundays and holidays. We went in on a Saturday, took a lot of merchandise and then again on Sunday to open the safe. The store was closed on Sunday and Monday, the 4th of July. I kept an eye on the place to make sure our burglary from the previous night wasn't detected. My cash share of the score was double my yearly salary. We also got over $500,000 in "fine" jewelry. I was appalled at Saks' mark up on our treasure; we sold it to a reputable fence for a pittance of the retail value. After Saks, Joe and I worked together regularly.
Joe brought out the best in people. I was done with shameful cozening of milk money, stealing siblings' bicycles, and promised myself to only commit dignified knaveries. I was a thief and wanted to be proud of it. I never wanted to hurt anyone. Joe, even though capable of it, thought violence was crass and lacked sophistication.
On the streets, there were numerous stories about Joe's skill as a pugilist. He had once had a fight with a detective named Baker. Baker was a bully and was harassing Joe, constantly pulling him over in his car. Joe challenged him to a fight and if he won Baker had to back off; if Baker won, Joe would leave town. Baker foolishly agreed. Joe left Baker whining in pain sitting on the curb trying to catch his breath. Joe barely broke a sweat. He was rumored to have taken Baker's gun and thrown it down the sewer. I never asked him about that. It was too good a story to be ruined by zealous fact checking.
Stealing from stores wouldn't hurt anyone. Insurance covered the company's losses. When the Saks job was reported in the paper the stolen loot was inflated by at least a hundred thousand dollars. I was appalled at the management's exploitation of our hard work. Bob Dylan had penned, "to live outside the law you must be honest." There was legitimacy to being a skilled burglar.
Most people built stature and self-confidence in sports, debating teams, or academic achievements. My character was developed on these late night felonious magic acts. Humiliation and remorse were exchanged for respectability and status.
I had started out stealing from my family, friends, and co-workers, and was ashamed of it. I worked hard developing techniques in breaking and entering stores. There was a romantic lineage to the legendary cat burglars that outsmarted alarms and locks. Finally, I was excelling at something and doing scores I was proud of. I had built a reputation as an inventive and trustworthy thief.
Essential to growth was access to someone you aspire to be like. Joe was one of my heroes. Our relationship and my dependency on him gave birth to my creative autonomy.
"Fuck! It's has to be one fucking hundred and fucking forty fucking degrees in there."
Richie was incapable of speaking without cursing. Unlike Joe, his use of language was limited to grunts of discomfort, he cursed in between syllables. Unprofessional would become un-fucking-professional. There was no refinement to his thought or expression. He had a rodent-like appearance and regardless of the weather, always wore a leather jacket with a denim vest, and an oversized black wallet void of cash that attached to his garrison belt by a fat chain that held up his blue jeans. He stomped around in black engineer boots. He dressed as if he was in a motorcycle gang. (Richie never owned a motorcycle).
He was holding open the flap of the tent that Joe and I had put around the safe to block any light that might escape from the torch we had ignited from the oxygen and acetylene tanks. Richie was annoyed it was taking so long.
Burglary was scary at times and it was disrespectful to not be afraid. Richie was not a thief. His fear had converted to irritability. He was cranky and his skills were as limited as his lexicon of communication. Other than the information about this job, he was useless.
When someone had courage we used to say they had "balls" or "heart." I was known to have heart. Fear was poisonous to me. I couldn't let it exist without confronting it. Trouble was I was afraid all the time and if I acted that way I was proving to myself that I was pathetic. The wrath of my own damnation and conviction of cowardice was more terrifying than any cop or foe I ever encountered. Fear gave me my balls.
"Do you have to curse so much? You're too loud! You tired, you need a nap?" I enjoyed teasing Richie.
My comments provided him a more precise outlet for his annoyance. He responded with a verbal barrage directed at me. He was on a methadone maintenance program. No one remembered him ever using heroin. Maybe the methadone program was his way to belong to a community; we all needed to be a part of something. We lived in White Plains, NY. We all knew him but when we went home, no one was sure where he went.
Like the horse flies at the beach, Richie could subtly ruin your day.
Joe was growing impatient and turned off the gas. "Stop bickering you two. You're right Richie, John shouldn't talk to you like that. I'll talk to him. Try to keep your voice down; go take a walk and cool off. Hey! Go get us some sodas. Get me a coke."
"Get me a root beer." I wanted to get the last word in.
Richie shouted at the air. Fucking this, fucking that, where was he supposed to find fucking soda. I wish he would just fucking leave.
Joe was gentle with him. "Richie, you worked here remember? The soda machines are right downstairs by the pay phones, try to relax, take your time, try on some jeans."
Sears had their own brand of jeans called "Toughskins." The children's pants were guaranteed that a kid would grow out of them before they got damaged. If they did Sears would replace them free of charge. They made a trampoline out of the material to demonstrate how tough they were.
Richie walked off. We were making progress; it was a little after 1 AM.
Breaking in and leaving were the most precarious times. Once inside after quiet was reestablished, you felt like you owned the joint. When we robbed Saks, Joe asked me to get a bag to put the cash and jewelry in. When I got back, he asked what had taken me so long. I had tried on a suit, gotten a shirt and shoes, but was having trouble picking out a tie. He laughed when he saw the suitcase; it was so big. I went and got a practical leather gym-type bag. Adrenalin gave me a sense of invincible euphoria.
I adjusted the tanks, and one spark from the striker and the cutting gun was spitting fire. I tinkered with the gas until the white flame was the shape of a fine chandelier bulb.
As Joe took the torch, I said to him, "You're really sweet sometimes. He really gets on my nerves, I'm glad he's gone."
Joe continued cutting the doors to the safe. He was able to talk while he worked. "You should be more patient. He did find out about this and told you about it. It wouldn't hurt to show him some gratitude."
I still had a lot to learn and didn't understand the philosophy behind Joe's perspective.
"We could of just thrown him a few dollars, without having him come and he would have been thrilled. He did tell me but he isn't capable of doing something like this."
Joe was standing now holding the lit touch; he raised the welding helmet. "John, to not include him wouldn't have been right. He may be annoying. He has no skill set to help him feel useful. It's safer to have him here. He'd be entitled to his third regardless if he were here or not. If something goes awry and he is responsible I can kill him with a clear conscience." He slightly shrugged his shoulders, put the helmet down, and went back to cutting.
His comments congealed in the air. I had been around violence, had been robbed at gunpoint buying drugs in Harlem one night. My friend Charlie Williams was shot in the forearm after arguing with some "stick up kids" intent on taking our money. They subsequently got our cash and then gave us enough to get home. Charlie laughed while he withered in pain after I thanked them for giving us carfare. It was considerate.
The real tough guys never had to tell you they were tough, you just knew. Joe was one of those men. I never heard him raise his voice and he either answered truthfully or not at all. There were things I was better off not knowing. Joe trusted me and as long as I kept my mouth shut about what we did I had no reason to fear him.
He added with less conviction, "Plus who would we send to get the soda?"
Our tent was roomy enough for Joe to work and for me to stand and regulate the gas flow from the tanks if necessary. I had a tendency to talk when I got excited, this time I couldn't shut up.
"Hey Joe, I bet it's that DieHard battery that's bringing in all this cash, that and their tires. Sears does make very good hand tools, Craftsman; they are as good as anything Stanley makes. It's so close to Labor Day. Everyone is fixing stuff around their house. Did you notice the barbecues are on sale? Their electric tools are mediocre. They don't hold up the way the DeWALTS or Mikita's do. I think Black & Decker owns DeWALT now. You are going to love that battery."
He responded as he was re-positioning himself. "Thank you, by the way." He continued to cut through the steel doors.
I wasn't sure if he was even listening to me; his presence was enough. That night was the culmination of our growing relationship. It was a crook's debutante ball and my date Joe was the prom king. There was this sense of congruency where any fear or anxiety melds into your body and moments where the only thing that existed in the world was the immediate task, a moment of omnipotence. Cutting through this Mosler was one of those times. Our crew was mocking the legendary manufacturer known for the strongest safes in the world that were revered by security experts and thieves. There was no place on earth I'd have rather been.
I rambled on. "They did say a money back guarantee, not sure if this is what they meant. This Mosler must have been one of the original ones. How long has this Sears been here? The guy that started all these stores, his name was Sears. He worked for the railroad and got a shipment of gold watches by mistake. He might have stolen them? I guess you'd call that Karma. It was in the 1890's. He gets these watches and sells them to all his railroad buddies and Sears was born. You have to admire entrepreneurial spirit like that. I wonder if they all have Moslers? This is a beautiful safe. Did you know Mosler had two safes in a bank in Hiroshima that survived the nuclear attack?"
"We haven't opened it yet. What about Roebuck?" Joe asked as he realigned his body to move with the cut he was making in the door.
His question worked like an alarm clock. It was 2 AM. We were on schedule. I felt we had everything covered. I had found a fire extinguisher in the event our flame ignited the cash. I was about to learn that there is nothing more precarious than a sure thing.
I was puzzled.
"You know Sears and Roebuck. When did Roebuck come into it?"
"Joe, how should I know?"
"John, I'm messing with you."
"Oh! Roebuck, right, very funny. "
Everyone referred to it as Sears. I wondered if that bothered Roebuck. I had taken cushions off a lawn chair (part of an end of the season sale display) to put under our knees as we knelt down to work. I thought this was a very good idea. Joe adjusted my cushion when he moved with the torch. We were cutting a square through the steel, removing the concrete behind the metal to create a window where we could watch the lock mechanism fall into place as we turned the dial.
We were drinking water to replenish ourselves. It was hot. We were sweating profusely and smelled of hard work.
"Hey Joe, I used to love it when I was a kid and the Sears Christmas catalogue would come, Sears and Roebuck. My brothers and I would run and make these lists, never got anything on the list but it didn't seem to matter. Christmas was pretty cool, I was usually pretty happy. Did you know Sears used to sell houses?
"They were kits, called Sears Modern Homes. The houses came in pieces, you just had to pour a concrete slab foundation and assemble it. Sears owned lumber mills so they made money starting with the trees all the way to the doorbell ringing. Not sure why they stopped. Hey, maybe we can buy a house."
I was surprised Joe was listening to me. "Yeah we'll just grab one on our way out. I'm kidding, no house, OK? God, you never shut up, where do you come up with this stuff? It's rhetorical. Don't answer it. Don't talk. You can talk all you want on the way home."
Richie returned. Joe and I came out of the tent. It was 2:30; we had time for a break. It felt like we were in some kind of union.
"I got fucking chips, fucking coke and a fucking Dr. Pepper!"
"Dr. Pepper? I asked for a root beer, you did this on purpose!"
I was angry. Dr. Pepper tasted like cough syrup.
Richie was physically provocative. He got very close, his face was inches away from mine then he started yelling.
"Don't fucking like it then fucking go fucking get it your fucking self."
He actually poked me in the chest and added, "I am fucking sick of your fucking bull-fucking-shit, fucking stuck up, fucking ass-fucking-hole."
Out of some vague sense of obligation, more than any malicious intent, I punched Richie in the face. My fist slid off the side of his cheek, and knocked him into the oxygen tank, which dominoed into the acetylene tank. The tanks toppled over. The pressure regulator on the oxygen tank broke off, emitting a loud hiss. The oxygen was rendered as useless as the air we were breathing. No oxygen, no fire.
"You dipshits just cost us a hundred grand, over a soda," Joe barked. He was angry.
I shut the tank. I was ashamed of my amateurish behavior. Joe and I looked at one another. I mumbled, "I'm sorry." Joe's disappointment in me doused any desire to continue fighting with Richie. Hitting him was blatantly unprofessional. My behavior jeopardized and possibly ruined what was up until then a perfect night. That thought disgusted me.
I lit a cigarette and watched the match die as it swallowed the cardboard stem and led itself to its smoky finale. I let the match burn my fingers, opened the Dr. Pepper, and took a swig. The three of us sat there. No one wanted to break the icy silence.
A solution struck me like lightning cracking a dark sky. "We're in Sears. 'This is where America shops.' I know they don't carry welding supplies, but they have everything else, grinders and drills. We're almost through. We can cut through the rest, we're inches away from finishing. We need a four and half inch grinder and seven-eighth's grinding wheel, get two wheels, they can shatter, an extension cord, and clear plastic goggles, get two grinders, a hammer drill and several steel bits any high speed or cobalt, they'll say 'for drilling through steel' on the package."
My humiliating behavior and the challenge to finish the job created a perfect opportunity to vindicate myself as well as utilize everything I had learned up until that moment. Joe and Richie allowed me to tell them what to do. Joe's quiet deference to me acknowledged that I had come into my own. He just nodded and we went to work. The clarity in how to proceed was now in charge.
It was 3:15 AM. This was the Super Bowl of scores; we had possession of the ball, no time outs left, with 90 minutes on the clock. We had to be precise. I drilled several holes in a square to create lips for the grinder blade to catch. The deeper the cut, the more secure the grinder blade became.
A rooster tail of sparks followed the grinder, leaving in its wake a canal that neatly separated the steel and concrete. I wondered aloud why we bothered with those cumbersome torches. I could hear sparrows chirping and the dark night cover began to give way to the day. It was 3:45 AM.
"We probably have an hour at most, should be enough time," I said, while grinding through the safe door.
Joe sent Richie to keep an eye out downstairs, in case any early birds wanted to get a jump on the day. The hole was cut. I could now see the drive cam gate, as I turned the dial, the three wheel gates lined up and the fence fell in. The safe was now unlocked. I lifted the handle up before pushing it down to open the crypt of my salvation. Joe went to the pay phone down by the soda machines. He called Diane to tell her to meet us in ten minutes. We had to use pay phones and Diane had to be waiting by the phone booth that Joe had designated. You could call a pay phone the way you did a house phone.
I opened the door to the safe and looked inside.
Joe returned. "What are you doing? Fill the bag we have to go."
I was speechless. I wanted to stay and wait for everyone to come to work and ask how they could do such a thing. I wanted to know who was responsible for such perverted foulness. I even wondered if there were grounds for a lawsuit.
Joe saw the source of my quiet. Inside the Mosler, the beautiful safe that we spent hours opening, laid another safe. "Did you try to open it?"
"Of course I did. There's no time. It's locked and I can't budge it. There are no wheels. It's too heavy to bring with us. We have to get out of here."
Joe's summation, "Obsessive motherfuckers! I never heard of some shit like this let alone see it."
The change sat on top of the second safe, two thousand and four hundred dollars and eighty-seven cents. The cash was safely cradled inside the second safe. We took the torches and the change and went to meet Diane. No one said a word.
This happened over 40 years ago. Human beings inexplicably attach to loss much more powerfully than to gains. Failure is more imbedded in memory than success and often more useful. I remembered and learned more from Sears than any other job. It always felt like it happened yesterday.
I ran into Joe a couple of weeks later. I was out on bail for an arrest for possession of stolen property and possession of burglary tools unrelated to the Sears debacle. We talked and I told him I was ready to just take a plea and go to jail and get off the streets for a while. I felt like I was going to die if I kept using heroin. Joe gave me the name and phone number to someone he knew who worked at Daytop Village; it was some type of rehabilitation program. He explained that you go there, "clean up" and "go straight." I didn't think that was possible.
We hugged. I started crying and he rubbed my head kind of the way he did Richie's in Sears. I realized he wouldn't be coming with me and was sad.
I eventually called Daytop. I went into the rehab in September 1976 and stayed there for two years. Joe was a predicate felon that meant another arrest and a prison sentence was mandatory. He did get arrested. He had opened another safe and tripped an alarm on his way out. He was caught in the parking lot behind a department store in Elmsford, NY with over $125,000. Rehab wasn't an option for him. He had to go to jail. I don't know what happened to him after that. Once, I signed up for an Internet service to find people but I couldn't locate him.
I learned a few things since then. Competency is acquired by hard work. Taking well-planned risks is reward in itself. Ability and courage are transferable. If you got good at one thing you could get good at other things and you could always be better. Most importantly we all need help and should help others. All worthwhile accomplishments are motivation distilled with commitment, dedication, and love.
I think about Joe every day. I wonder if in his wisdom he knew that we had to go our separate ways. He was like a parent that wanted his kids to have a better life than he had. I was so close to a point where I would not have been able to change direction, rescue myself, and become that square he teased me about. He didn't want to share his doom with me. To me he was an angel. The pain of losing him cradled my happiness and has been a crucial part of everything I've accomplished since then.
Copyright © March 2019 John Bliss
John Bliss lives with his wife Leslie in New York City. He is a psychoanalyst and clinical social worker that co-founded an outpatient licensed substance abuse clinic thirty years ago where he continues to work. He has focused on writing about personal experiences at the encouragement of his wife, daughters Jenna and Jillian, and musician friends, and now his writing buddies. The process of developing narratives in his therapy practice, playing saxophone, and writing, is exhilarating to him. Writing has a special appeal, he can do it anytime and it doesn't wake up the neighbors the way the horn does.


with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace."
In December of 2013, I started searching the internet for an inspirational quote for my Christmas Card, and happened upon this amazing quote. . . when it was actually credited, it was credited to Agnes Mae Pharo, or A. Pharo or Agnes Pharo. So, I thought it might be nice to actually learn a little about this person and ask permission to use the quote.
The Agnes M Pharo? A writer of such eminence that even the otherwise open-to-all-comers Wikipedia has no entry for her. Still, as a purveyor of vacuous pap to America's credentialed class for all-purpose cultural cringe, she's hard to beat.
Well, he ticked me off and I kept searching for more information about her, digging deep and deeper until I found links to a Pharo family out in Colorado, and The Pharo Cattle Company. Digging still deeper in the Colorado Connection, I emailed the Pharo Cattle Company and asked if they had any connection to Agnes M. Pharo. What I received back was wonderful and remarkable. Within a few days I heard from three out of five of Agnes' grandchildren, Brett, Kit and Kathy wrote with very loving words about their Grandmother Agnes and her husband Charles.
"I can honestly say that Grandma and Grandpa Pharo taught me as much about the true meaning of love, commitment, service, and marriage as anyone I've ever known. My wife, Deb, and I used to just marvel at the tenderness those two showed each other (especially when they didn't think anyone was watching).
I also received an email from Kit with a link to a Devotional Page he created back in 2008 where he spoke about his Grandmother.
our father, the loved, appreciated, and inspiring grandmother to we five Pharo kids, and the ever-faithful friend to countless fortunate people.
that legacy to her when she is old enough.
I tried to create a Wikipedia page for Agnes, but couldn't link enough documentation to make it pass the Wiki Rules- so they deleted it. Therefore, I've decided to create a web site where hopefully, over the next few months, her family (and I) can share photos, paintings and more memories.
I consider this my Christmas present to Agnes in gratitude for letting me share her words with my friends and family and making my 2013 Christmas Card a very memorable and special one. . . One where I connected with some great people. This page is a work in progress, but at least it's HERE- and anyone else like Mark Steyn who wants to know about "THE AGNES M PHARO?" can come right here and educate themselves.
May all our paths "lead to Peace."
Copyright Brad Gilchrist. All Rights Reserved.


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Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker, anime movie
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James Whittle January 13, 2013
A mad bomber is on the loose in Tokyo, and the only one who can stop him is Japan's smallest detective Conan Edogawa.
The feature-length movie The Eleventh Striker is the 16th film based on the manga created by Gosho Aoyama. The manga was made into a popular TV anime following the exploits of Shinichi Kudo, a secondary school sleuth.
In the pilot episode, our protagonist was fed a new, experimental poison and left for dead; luckily, it didn't work. But it did have a life-changing effect: Shinichi was transformed from a teenager back into a primary school child.
Fearing for those close to him, Kudo adopts the name Edogawa Conan, and persuades his secondary school sweetheart Ran and her private investigator father, Kogoro Mouri, to take him in. Since then, the little detective has solved literally hundreds of murders via his unconscious proxy Kogoro Mouri.
The new movie finds Conan facing off against a mad bomber who has left Mouri a riddle which points to the location of his bombs.
Conan quickly figures out the solution, and races to the location, but will he be able to get to the bombs in time? And will he be able to diffuse all of them before it's too late?
The pace and amazing action in Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker make James Bond, Tony Hawk, and Lionel Messi look like wimpish amateurs.
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The teaching is a little slow at times, but White is a great magician and a good teacher for the most part, so I think this is a worthwhile buy. It's a bit expensive, perhaps overpriced, but, other than Ammar's series (which I also recommend), there's not much out there on the subject. White is very opinionated in his approach to the C&B, some ideas which you might agree with, some which you may not, but his experience in performing the above must be respected, so I appreciate all the input he gives, regardless. Overall a good disc.


It was authored by the Sackville Board of Trade and contained a major section entitled Our Industries. Could Margaret and I have asked for anything better on a silver plate? Although the document was not dated, it contained in the back section, two Letters from Satisfied Settlers dated March 21 and 27, 1912. But the booklet probably appeared on store shelves in 1913 since on page 21 it states (regarding the Sackville Paper Box Company) that "the output for the year 1912 was about $12,000". So, on that basis, it's probably safe to assume that it was published in 1913.
Unfortunately, as I devoured it with my eyes, I quickly noted that 27 pages were missing! But on the front page, I had noticed the signature of "Norma Campbel". So I contacted Barb Campbell who informed me that the booklet had belonged to her late mother-in-law and that she remembered seeing it fairly recently when she put away her late husband's (former mayor Will Campbell's) book collection. Soon thereafter, I received a welcome call from Barb to tell me that she had found the original! And below, you will find the first fascinating 30 pages and (lo-and-behold!) much of it was about the same businesses that Margaret had written about but with all the names and precise dates (with pictures!) in great detail.
At the time it was written, it was clearly for a very special audience. Obviously, over the first decade of the new century, many folks of British origins were arriving on the east coast and obviously going for the golden promise of the new west opening up in Canada (see the "Foreword" below). And Sackville clearly wanted more of their British brothers and sisters who landed along this coast to stay around. So, to keep them here, what better thing to do than brag about the great prosperity and business opportunities in Sackville, New Brunswick! Note how the text talks about the situation "now" (i.e. 1912-1913) and assumes significant growth ahead. Upon reading it, you will note some slight "exaggerations" which are especially notable. For example, it's cold in winter in Sackville in 1912 but there are never any blizzards! Figure that one out . . .
But note, as you read, how it is written and where emphasis is placed. First of all, women were obviously not considered particularly important in the business community of those times as the anonymous writer(s) constantly addresses men or "men and boys". The only workplace where the other gender is noted is reference to the "girls" who are hired at the Sackville Paper Box Company and the two papers in the town which employ 22 "people" and other businesses which have so-many "hands" in their employ. It was a different time.
This is a very telling document at many levels. I am certain that many of you may read it slightly differently and note other innuendoes that I missed. To make sure you get all of the original document, I even left in the spelling errors and all capital letters are as I found them in the original text (I know that "wagon" doesn't have two g's!). It's all there! It is a document worthy of reading many times over. Because of its length, I could not have all of it printed in this newsletter. So, for the first time, expect to find a summer White Fence in your mailbox with Part 2! After all, I can't leave you all hanging for another year before finishing the story!
Thank you Barb for making this wonderful document available (via The White Fence) to all of us. Your willingness to take the time to search and uncover this document is much appreciated by all of us at the Tantramar Heritage Trust.
But before I end, it is my pleasure to dedicate this issue of The White Fence to Mrs. Margaret Henderson. Thank you Margaret, I believe that the story you wanted to tell us is all here!
Tantramar Historical Society Meeting: Thursday, May 27 at 7 pm, St. Paul's Anglican Church. Al Smith will be introducing his new Trust publication regarding the history of Sackville street names.
This booklet is addressed by the Citizens of Sackville to those in Great Britain who intend seeking homes in Canada, and is compiled under the authority of the Sackville Board of Trade, a guarantee that the information is accurate and thoroughly reliable.
A truthful statement of great resources and opportunities offered to those seeking desirable homes under the British flag. Correspondence is cordially invited, and any further information in regard to Sackville town and parish will be gladly supplied.
SACKVILLE, New Brunswick, and offered by them to intending settlers from Great Britain, as a truthful description of one of the finest sections of Canada.
SACKVILLE PARISH, like many other parts of the province of New Brunswick, has unoccupied farms, which comprise fertile lands with good dwellings, commodious barns and outbuildings which, in all respects, are well adapted to profitable agriculture, whether it be Dairying, the Rearing of Cattle, Sheep, Swine or Poultry, Fruit Culture or General Mixed Farming.
Every Spring great numbers of Emigrants from England arrive at our nearby Seaport Cities of Halifax and Saint John. But, after leaving the steamers, they proceed at once upon a railway journey of four or five days and are transported thousands of miles inland to become settlers on the lonely prairies of the West, where success is attained only through the stern hardships of pioneer life. In this hurried journey these British Home-seekers are rushed by train through the many beautiful counties of this Eastern Province, which offer opportunities unsurpassed the world over.
In the past few years, however, some British Settlers, more leisurely and shrewd in their selection, after a personal examination of the much advertised West, have settled by choice in New Brunswick. Here they have attained prosperity; while they also share those advantages and refinements, which are enjoyed only in established and long settled communities.
We value highly the industry and citizenship of these newcomers among us, and we are moved to advertise our resources by the regret that more people in the United Kingdom are not aware of the great opportunities this section of Canada has to offer them.
WE have the COUNTRY, the SOIL, the CLIMATE, and the OPPORTUNITIES. YOU have the PEOPLE and the INDUSTRY and you are SEEKING HOMES UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG.
SACKVILLE, the geographical, educational and industrial centre of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, is situated in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, on the Isthmus of Chignecto, a few miles northeast of the boundary line separating the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It is on the line of the Intercolonial Railway, about midway between the cities of St. John and Halifax, and is the junction point of the Intercolonial with the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Railway, which commands the shortest route between Prince Edward Island and the mainland.
Sackville has unsurpassed water and sewerage systems, splendid common schools, the Mount Alison Institutions, and a number of important manufacturing industries, including two large stove foundries, which send their products all over Canada; three harness factories, two boot and shoe factories, important stone quarries, a paper box factory, two woodworking factories, shook, grist and carding mills, two carriage factories, a machine shop, a factory that manufactures concrete building blocks, fence posts, etc. These industries are making excellent progress and employ a large number of men. Several new industries are in contemplation, our people are becoming imbued with the spirit of optimism, and the outlook for the town is bright.
The Town of Sackville was incorporated in the year 1902 and contains about 2500 people. Middle Sackville is an important village with about a thousand inhabitants, situated about two miles from Sackville, while Upper Sackville, an exceedingly prosperous agricultural community is about four miles remote from the town. West Sackville, Wood Point, Rockport, Midgic, Centrevillage, Cookville, Anderson Mount View and Fairview are some of the most important hamlets in Sackville Parish.
Sackville lies about a mile from the mouth of the famous Tantramar, a river navigable for ships of a thousand tons capacity. A fine new wharf, costing about $30,000, is now nearing completion. Stretching out to the east and south are the far-famed Tantramar marshes, a vast area of very fertile lands.
The Town of Sackville has four churches, eleven fraternal societies, wholesale and retail grocery firms, grain and seed stores, departmental stores, a hardware store, a photograph studio, three barber shops, four tailor shops, four hotels, two banks, two semi-weekly newspapers, two meat markets, three bakeries, two plumbing shops, three restaurants, several variety stores, monument works, two telegraph offices, two express offices, two drug stores, several furniture stores, a skating rink, real estate offices, etc.
Sackville and Middle Sackville are lighted by electricity, a local company giving an all day and all night service, as well as supplying power for local industries, including the Sackville Freestone Co., Ltd., A. E. Wry Limited, etc.
Sackville has an excellent mail, telephone and train service. Ten Intercolonial express passenger trains, besides numerous freights and specials, stop at Sackville station every day in the week except Sunday. Mails are brought to town by eight of these expresses, while mail carriers cover well the outlying parts of the parish. A passenger and mail train makes a round trip each week day between Sackville and Cape Tourmentine, the eastern terminus of the N. B. and P.E.I. railway. Practically the whole of the parish is covered by telephone lines, and telephones can be obtained at reasonable rental.
Sackville has neither workhouse nor poorhouse, and poverty is almost unknown. Nearly all are in comfortable circumstances and for the most part are contented and happy.
The growth of Sackville, while not rapid, has been steady. When other towns complain of "hard times," Sackville is unaffected, and pursues the even tenor of its way, each year seeing progress and development.
SACKVILLE has many important industries, of which a much larger town could well be proud. Their progress has been steady and in some cases rapid. Sackville manufactured goods have gained an enviable reputation, notably our stoves, ranges and furnaces, boots, shoes and moccasins, our grindstone and building stones. Many of our stoves, ranges and furnaces and leather goods are sent as far as Vancouver, British Columbia, our grindstones are largely sent to the United States, our freestones to various points in the Maritime Provinces, to Quebec, Ontario and the West. Sackville is a splendid location for new industries, because of its central location, as will be seen by reference to the map, which appears at the beginning of this booklet, its excellent shipping facilities both by rail and water. These advantages have done much to assist the growth of our present industries and will prove of inestimable value to industries, to be established in the future. Every year additional men are required for these industries.
Offices and Warehouse, Charles Fawcett, Limited, Sackville, N.B.
The business of the CHARLES FAWCETT, LIMITED, was established something over half a century ago by the late Charles Fawcett. From small beginnings this industry has grown until it is now the largest stove foundry in eastern Canada. From one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty men are employed and the company now have important branches in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver. They manufacture high grade stoves, ranges and furnaces. Employees of stove foundries receive good wages and many boys and young men become apprentices and learn the trade.
The STANDARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, is one of the largest and most important industrial concerns in Westmorland County, and indeed of a wider section. The company carries on a tanning business and manufacture harness, boots and shoes and oil-tanned moccasins. The company's plant includes five factories, three warehouses and a general store. About one hundred men are employed, the pay roll is over $55,000, while the total output is nearly $300,000 annually. Workers in leather are well paid and the company are on the look out for good men and offer excellent openings to apprentices.
The Factories of the Standard Manufacturing Company, Limited, Middle Sackville, N.B.
THE ENTERPRISE FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED have one of the best equipped stove foundries in Canada. Their buildings are of brick, built in 1909 to replace wooden structures destroyed by fire in July, 1908. They employ one hundred men and their annual pay roll is $55,000. From eight to ten thousand ranges of different kinds are manufactured every year besides furnaces and open fireplace goods. The industry, which is an important one, is steadily growing and adding to the number of its employees.
A practically inexhaustible supply of freestone of a superior quality and an equipment of machinery admirably suited for quarrying advantageously and economically - it is this that makes the plant of the SACKVILLE FREESTONE COMPANY, LIMITED, a particularly valuable one and gives the company a place as one of the foremost industrial concerns in Sackville. Fifty to sixty men are employed and the pay-roll is a very considerable sum indeed. Last year a railway siding to the quarries was built and the company expect to double its output during the present year, necessitating the employment of a larger number of men. The product of the company is one of the best building stones in Canada and has been used in many of the public buildings in Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, St. John and other Canadians towns and cities.
The A. E. WRY LIMITED, organized in the fall of 1909, manufacture harness, men's, women's and children's boots and shoes. This concern has made splendid progress and bids fair to become a very important industry indeed. Fifty hands are presently employed; the annual wages amount to $16,000 and the output for the past year was $125,000. Within a few years no doubt fully a hundred men will be given employment by this company, whose goods are fast winning their way into popular favor.
Harnesses of various kinds are manufactured by EDGAR AYER, who employs about five or six men, pays out upwards of $3,000 in wages and has an output of about $16,000 a year.
The SACKVILLE PAPER BOX COMPANY, LIMITED, organized in 1907, manufacture all kinds of paper boxes, which find a market in the Maritime Provinces. About a dozen hands are employed and the output for the year 1912 was about $12,000. The majority of the employes are girls, who have steady work, good wages, at a clean, healthy trade.
SACKVILLE WOODWORKERS, LIMITED, manufacture all kinds of building materials, interior finish, office and store fittings and cabinet work. They make a specialty of hardwood flooring, which finds a ready market. About twenty-five men are employed, the annual pay-roll amounts to about $15,000 and the output about $40,000. There are good openings in this business for men and boys.
B. C. RAWORTH manufactures carriages, truck waggons, sleighs, etc, and runs a machine shop, where considerable work is done. During the year 1911 Mr. Raworth employed twelve men and paid out in wages over five thousand dollars.
Sackville possesses a well-equipped laundry, which attends satisfactorily to the needs in this line of the people of Eastern Westmorland County. Mr. Leslie C. Carey, who is a member of Sackville Town Council, is the owner of this industry, which is known as the SACKVILLE LAUNDRY. About seven hands are employed.
Sackville has two eight-page semi-weekly newspapers, the TRIBUNE and the POST, which cover well the eastern parishes of Westmorland County. The two papers employ about twenty-two people and are on the watch for more hands to look after increasing business.
GEORGE CAMPBELL AND SONS, LIMITED, of Middle Sackville, founded over half a century ago by the late George Campbell, manufacture carriages, waggons, sleighs, etc. They employ about nine men and pay out a considerable sum in wages. They are always on the lookout for the right sort of apprentices.
MORICE BROS., of Middle Sackville, conduct a shook, grist and carding mill, and employ about six or seven men. They own a gasoline launch, sail boats and row boats, which are utilized by picnic parties on the beautiful sheet of water known as Morice's or Silver Lake.
At West Sackville MR. SETH BULMER conducts a grist mill and a saw mill, both of which are run by water power. Mr. Bulmer owns a large pond, which has been well stocked with beautiful trout from a hatchery situated near the mills.
The READ STONE COMPANY, LIMITED, have extensive stone quarries at Rockport and Wood Point. About thirty-six men are employed seven months of the year and the annual output of grindstones and building stones is about $15,000.
Departmental Store of George E. Ford & Sons, Sackville, N.B.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES Every village and hamlet in this large Parish has its district school, which is managed by the people who live in the district. Once a year the ratepayers meet in the school meeting, choose from their number those who shall act as trustees and decide how much money they will tax themselves to support the school. The balance of the money required is granted by the government of the province.
The district school is not under the control of any religious body, nor is the teaching of any denominational principles permitted. Loyalty to Canada and to the British Empire and reverence for the British flag are instilled into the minds of the young. In many schools the flag floats over the school building each school day. No charge is made to any parent for sending his children to school in his own district. The schools are free.
In Sackville and Middle Sackville there are High Schools, which are founded on the same non-sectarian principles. Besides being well supplied with public schools, Sackville may well claim to be the educational centre of the Maritime Provinces, for here are situated the Mount Allison Institutions, consisting of the University of Mount Allison, Theological College, McClelan School of Applied Science, Mount Allison Ladies' College (including colleges of Literature, Science and Fine Arts, a Conservatory of Music, and Massey-Treble School of Household Science), Mount Allison Academy and Mount Allison Commercial College. Mount Allison possesses magnificent buildings, splendid libraries, unexcelled equipment, and a professoriate that ranks with the very best to be found in Canada to-day. Students from the Maritime Provinces, from Ontario, from Quebec, and from various other parts of the world, attend Mount Allison and receive a liberal education. Mount Allison students who attend other colleges, stand very high, and included in her alumni are men occupying some of the most prominent positions in Canada and the United States. About six hundred students attend Mount Allison.
In these days everyone is willing to admit the great value of an education. Parents want to give their boys and girls a better education than they themselves have. If you settle in Sackville Town or Parish you will be able to educate your children for a nominal sum. The tuition fees are small. At the University students take courses in Arts, theology and electrical and civil engineering; at the Ladies' College, courses in Literature and Science, violin and piano, oratory, household science, and fine arts; at the Academy, courses leading to matriculation into the colleges of medicine, dentistry, law, engineering, etc., courses in business, shorthand and typewriting.
One of the chief reasons for the popularity of Mount Allison lies in the fact of its splendid residential accommodations for students of both sexes. The spacious University Residence for young men, the commodious dormitories of Hart hall and annexed buildings for young ladies, and the large and roomy Academy building for the boys, afford comfortable and very pleasant homes for the students, who attend these institutions.
The engineering school, established a few years ago, is undoubtedly the best in the Maritime Provinces. Students, who having taken the two years engineering course at Mount Allison, go to McGill College, Montreal, make splendid records, a credit to themselves and their Alma Mater.
We enjoy a temperate climate without extremes of heat or cold. Cyclones, blizzards, droughts or hailstorms are never experienced in New Brunswick. Our Summers are marked by bright sunshine, relieved by gentle breezes with frequent rains of a day or night�s duration. The parching effects and discomforts of extreme heat are unknown to us, and work is never suspended by reason of great heat even in the open fields. The evenings are long, cool and delightful, free from frost and very invigorating. A man would be very difficult to suit indeed if he were not greatly charmed with our beautiful summer evenings. Hay fever and malaria are unknown here.
Autumn or Fall commences in September and extends through October and November. By many it is considered the most beautiful of our seasons. Then the days are distinguished by a peculiar warmth and purple glow, succeeded at night by the chill of occasional light frosts, which lend a bracing exhilaration to the atmosphere.
Winter sets in during the first week of December and extends into March, when it gives way to Spring, which becomes well advanced before April. The average winter in this section brings enough snow for steady sleighing and sledding traffic, to the great advantage of the Farmer and Lumberman.
While the weather is sufficiently cold to maintain the snow during these months; yet we do not suffer the extremes falls of temperature and intense cold, which distinguish the winters of Northern Canada and the Prairie Provinces, and which too often are imputed by the uninformed to other Provinces of Canada.
In conclusion let it be said that, although the winters in this part of New Brunswick are undoubtedly more severe than those in England, and the snowfall for the season is far more heavy; yet, the Summers are much warmer and more genial. Even in winter what is called zero weather often does not set in till the end of December. And it is not unusual for the farmers to be ploughing up to Christmas. The excellence of our Summer Climate is well shown in the fact that cucumbers and tomatoes are commonly grown in profusion in the open air. The former begin to ripen their fruit early in August and their season is not over, as a rule, till the third week in September and frequently runs into the month of October.
All in all the climate of Sackville has a great deal in its favor and very little against it. There are certain times, of course, when the weather is not all we could wish for but taking the good with the bad, the bitter with the sweet, our climate is all right, and will stand the test of comparison with many places which have much more written and said about them than have the town and parish of Sackville, about which we are giving a few facts in this booklet.
This much-anticipated publication will be available in the Fall for $31.95. Use this order form to pre-order your copy and SAVE $1.95!


Tune-up: Residents Carl and Burt Wieman getting themselves checked out by nurse Jaswinder Kaur.
Each hour, five Australian men die from potentially preventable conditions.
To make matters worse, men are more likely than women to shy away from medical treatment of any kind.
With Men's Health Week coming up, many local organisations are finding inventive ways of getting men to have regular checkups.
The WA government has introduced a program, called 'Pit Stop' aimed specifically at men which they are hoping will bring more blokes and their health care professionals together.
As men regularly take an interest in the on-going maintenance of their cars, the Pit Stop program is designed to attach this concept of regular mechanical tune-ups to men's bodies.
To coincide with Men's Health Week, SwanCare aged care facility in Bentley is holding a 'pit stop health check' at the men's shed.
Residents will undergo a range of health checks in the form of a motor vehicle examination, including 'oil pressure' or blood pressure checks and 'chassis checks', which measure waist size and body mass index (BMI).
SwanCare CEO Graham Francis said the aged care facility saw this initiative as an important part of the overall health of male residents.
"There is a very real need in the community for increased education about healthy lifestyles to avoid health problems such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease," Mr Francis said.
Residents Burt and Carl Wieman were the first to volunteer for the check ups.
The brothers, who saw it as a bit of fun, also understand the importance of looking after their health.
"We will certainly be discussing this initiative with the residents to see if it's something they'd like us to do annually," Mr Francis said.
Men's Health Week runs from June 15 to 21.
For more information about the week, visit Men's Health Week.


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Себис (Собис, Тобиш) () е река в Република Коми на Русия, десен приток на Ижма (ляв приток на Печора). Дължина 230 km. Площ на водосборния басейн 4260 km².

Река Себис води началото си ниското Печорско вързвишение, на 163 m н.в., като по цялото си протежение е типична равнинна река, с широка, плитка, много залесена и заблатена долина, в която силно меандрира. В горното си течение до устието на левия си приток Лундож тече на юг, а до устието на левия си приток Льокю – на запад. След това завива на север и запазва това генерално направление до устието си. Влива се отдясно в река Ижма (ляв приток на Печора), при нейния 88 km, на 29 m н.в., на 7 km южно от районния център село Ижма в Република Коми. Основни притоци: десни – Нирес (71 km), Седмес (78 km). По течението ѝ няма постоянни населени места.

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 Государственный водный реестр России река Сэбысь

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Brazil's top overclocker, Ronaldo(known as rbuass online), just put up some very strong benchmarks on HWBOT with a 45K single card 3DMARK Vantage. He switched to GIGABYTE X58A-OC and saw an unprecedented OC on his CPU.
Seems "another board" was from ROG range judging by the CPUz skin in the screen. Ronaldo was being polite, that's understandable.
I don't know about you but i like putting a name to a face. Here is Ronaldo (middle) with OC friends chew* (left) and FUGGER (right) during last year's Campus Party in Brazil.


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Home Books L.A. Is Losing Another Iconic Bookstore
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L.A. Is Losing Another Iconic Bookstore
Samuel French's Hollywood store—the company's last surviving physical outlet in the U.S.—is closing at the end of the month
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A bookseller beloved by those in the film, TV, and theater communities is closing up shop in Hollywood, citing increased competition from e-retailers.
Samuel French Bookshop, which has been operating on Sunset Boulevard since 1947, will close its doors at the end of the month, according to a press release sent this morning. The shop was known for its enviable collection of hit plays, industry memoirs, and self-help books for actors and writers.
"Although the community loves the store and its exceptional staff, most people are choosing to buy their books from e-retailers these days," said Samuel French president Nathan Collins. "It is an unfortunate situation, in which many other bookshops find themselves. However, the good news is that Samuel French continues to serve the world online with an unparalleled range of shows to license and scripts to purchase."
Today, we announce the closing of our Bookshop at the end of March. Our deepest gratitude goes out to the dedicated staff and loyal customers who have made this place a beloved landmark for decades. @SamuelFrenchNYC looks forward to continuing to make theatre happen with all of you through our @samuelfrenchltd Bookshop at London's Royal Court Theatre, as well as online, where our collection of play scripts and musical libretti are available. #samuelfrenchbookshop For more information, visit www.samfren.ch/HollywoodBookshop. – Update on 3.5.19: Our Bookshop was broken into and vandalized last night. It is closed pending police investigation until further notice.
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The bookseller previously closed its Studio City location in 2012. According to the press release, Samuel French will donate its scripts and other materials to local libraries, theaters and educational institutions.
Samuel French's closure comes amidst a broader exodus of niche and indie bookstores in the L.A. region. Last year, Caravan Book Store closed after nearly 64 years in Downtown L.A., followed by the closure of Meltdown Comics a month later. This year, Circus of Books closed in West Hollywood after 57 years in business.
The company, which began publishing contemporary American dramas in the late 1800s, will continue to operate a bookstore at the Royal Court Theatre in London. A petition is currently circulating to save the L.A. outpost.
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Q: Why does the homology of the this plain simplicial complex vanish? I can't find a solution to the following exercise:
Let $K$ be a plain simplicial complex, which can be represented as a union of simplices
$\sigma_1, \dots, \sigma_n$ (and their boundary simplices), such that for some integer $d \geqslant 2$ we have
$\operatorname{dim} \sigma_i \geqslant d$ for all $i$ and
for every $1 \leqslant i < j \leqslant n$ the intersection $\sigma_i \cap \sigma_j$ has dimension at most $d − 2$.
Show that the homology of $K$ vanishes in dimension $d$ and above.
Could somebody eventually help me? If any definition is not clear, just ask me and I will give it to you.

A: Let's write out the boundary of each $\sigma_i$:
$$\partial \sigma_i = \tau_{i,0} + \tau_{i,1} + \tau_{i,2}
$$
where $\tau_{i,j}$ ($j=0,1,2$) is a simplex of dimension given by $\text{dim} \tau_{i,j} = \text{dim}\sigma_i - 1$ (in that summation, each term might have a $+1$ or $-1$ coefficient, which I am suppressing for ease of notation).
Your hypothesis implies that if $i \ne i'$ then $\tau_{i,j} \ne \tau_{i',j'}$ (no matter what $j$ and $j'$ are).
So, now choose some dimension $\ge d$ and consider a chain of that dimension:
$$c = \sum_i {a_i} \sigma_i
$$
Taking the boundary we get
$$\partial c = \sum_i a_i (\tau_{i,0} + \tau_{i,1} + \tau_{i,2})
$$
To determine whether $c$ is a cycle, i.e. whether $\partial c = 0$, we must collect terms and see if there is any cancellation. BUT, there is no cancellation at all, because of the fact that $\tau_{i,j} \ne \tau_{i',j'}$ if $i \ne i'$. So if $c \ne 0$ then $\partial c \ne 0$.
Thus the cycle group in the chosen dimension is trivial, and so the homology group (cycles modulo boundaries) is also trivial.

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Mitra S1, Deshmukh A, Sachdeva R, Lu J, Mehta JL.
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol is important for cellular function, but in high concentrations, it can lead to atheroma formation. Over the past several decades, it has become abundantly evident that the oxidized form of LDL-cholesterol (ox-LDL) is more important in the genesis and progression of atherosclerosis than native unmodified LDL-cholesterol. Ox-LDL leads to endothelial dysfunction, an initial step in the formation of an atheroma. Ox-LDL acts via binding to a number of scavenger receptors (SR), such as SR-A1, SR-A2 and lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor (LOX-1). Ox-LDL can upregulate expression of its own receptor LOX-1 on endothelial cells and activate these cells. In addition, ox-LDL promotes the growth and migration of smooth muscle cells, monocytes/macrophages and fibroblasts. Ox-LDL also leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species that in physiologic concentrations combat invasion of the body by noxious agents, but when in excess, can lead to a state of oxidative stress. There is evidence for the presence of oxidative stress in a host of conditions such as atherosclerosis and aging. In this review, we discuss the role of oxidative stress, ox-LDL and LOX-1 in atherogenesis and the reasons why the traditional approaches to limit oxidant stress have not been successful.


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In the generation that followed Pericles's appearance on the public stage shortly after the Persian wars, Athens rapidly transformed the alliance of Greek states—an alliance first created as a defense against the Persians—into a true Aegean empire, dominated by the Athenians and their mighty navy.
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Dive Awards 2017
Innovator of the Year: Flexe
The on-demand warehouser is shaking up the industry with its flexibility and ease of access
Published Dec. 4, 2017
Kate Patrick Macri Contributor
Flexe
Karl Siebrecht
Target customers:
Retailers, e-commerce sites, 3PLs and warehouse providers
Triples year-over-year
Next-day delivery and 24/7 inventory visibility
When Karl Siebrecht launched Flexe, an on-demand warehouse provider based on customized software, he successfully met a need within the warehousing market: to utilize unused space, improve cost-efficiency for retailers and give 3PLs a chance to turn a profit. Since the company's 2013 launch, the Flexe network has expanded from Seattle down to southern California and now nationwide to include companies from a variety of industries, even Fortune 1000 companies.
Flexe's successful venture to provide a sustainable solution to a big logistics problem is the reason why Supply Chain Dive bestows the company with the Innovator and Disruptor of the Year Award.
Flexe aims to decrease the amount of unused warehouse capacity
Flexe is a software platform that matches unused warehouse space with retailers who need space. That way, the warehouse provider makes money year round by avoiding empty space, while the retailer finds the right amount of space for its specific needs. Warehouse providers — mainly 3PLs — and e-commerce companies or retailers in need of warehouse space are the two types of customers that use Flexe.
See more award winners here!
Until Flexe arrived, retailers would rent out big warehouses that would be filled to the brim during peak season, but then sit more than half empty during the off-season. Not only would they waste space, but they'd also lose money paying for space they weren't using. Siebrecht said more than 20-30% of warehouse capacity is underutilized, and Flexe works to bring that stat down.
"Our vision is that on-demand warehousing will be 30% of total warehousing," Siebrecht said.
Flexe Network by region
Data from Flexe
A solid software platform is key to success
Even though the company is technically still a startup — the company launched in 2013 — it has grown by multiples every year. According to Siebrecht, Flexe's growth has tripled YoY, and he attributes that mainly to the company's solid funding base and "robust" software platform.
"We've seen some other companies that look like they're doing something similar to us, it's kind of hard to tell based on what their website says, but we haven't seen any of these companies get funding in investment capital to build out their platform and drive growth, which is a very important thing," Siebrecht said. "The core of our business is the software platform. Without the software the model doesn't work. The key part of the value is any one of our customers can use the platform and have access to any one of our providers."
Siebrecht said neither he nor the company's co-founders actually generated the vision for the company — instead, someone in the Seattle area came to him with the idea.
"It was based in how he had experienced the need for a different kind of warehousing, specifically something that was more flexible," Siebrecht told Supply Chain Dive. "The way he put it was, he was running a high-growth business that also had some seasonality, and when he was going from signing long term lease to long term lease. What he experienced was often too much or too little capacity as his business fluctuated. So his observation was, I've talked to a lot of business owners around here and they experience the same thing, but our needs offset each other. Is there an opportunity where we could leverage each other's capacity?"
Flexe meets an industry need that continues to grow
From there it was all downhill. Siebrecht talked to other businesses and discovered a widespread need, and thus launched Flexe. From the very beginning,Siebrecht knew creating a solid software base was extremely important, as he was a veteran of the software business (he was a founding board member of the SaaS-based provider EnergySavvy).
"We were able to build the very first software platform based on a real customer," he said. "It's a pretty important attribute of a new company: if you can jump into operations fairly quickly, it can really help drive a better outcome with the software you develop."
As the company continues to grow, Siebrecht expects warehouse capacity to be more efficiently used, but he also expects other competitors to jump into the space and help on-demand warehousing really take off. He compared Flexe's success to the phenomenon of Amazon Web Services: Amazon was the first one to do it, curated it for on-demand purposes to fit individual business needs, and now everybody's doing it.
"We're seeing the same thing happening in warehousing," Siebrecht said. "We fully expect competitors to jump in and follow us. But it will require significant amounts of capital."
Flexe is just another example of the sharing economy and the benefits in can bring to both buyers and suppliers. While this is somewhat new in business-to-business circles, it's likely more platforms like Flexe will pop up as the e-commerce market continues to grow and warehouse space and space management becomes critically important to companies' bottom line. Flexe is still a pioneer in this area, but perhaps not for long.
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Memorias del desarrollo  es un largometraje cubano independiente. Fue escrito y dirigido por Miguel Coyula, y está basado en la novela homónima de Edmundo Desnoes, también autor de la novela Memorias del Subdesarrollo. La película se estrenó en el festival de Sundance del 2010 y luego obtuvo varios premios en festivales internacionales. La Guía de Cine Internacional la eligió como la mejor película cubana del año, y la describe como una de las mejores películas cubanas de todos los tiempos.

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Un intelectual cubano abandona la revolución y el subdesarrollo solo para
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 Elegida como Mejor Película del año 2010 en la revista "Cinema Without Borders"

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 Premio del Público a Mejor Película Extranjera, Arraial CineFest, Brasil, 2012
 Mejor Largometraje de Ficción, Festival Mundial de Cine Extremo San Sebastián de Veracruz, México, 2012
 Biznaga de Plata a Mejor Director latinoamericano, Festival de Málaga, España 2011
 Premio Cine Latino, Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2011
 Premio Especial del Jurado, El Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba, 2011
 Premio de la Asociación Cubana de Prensa Cinematográfica, Premios Caracol, Cuba, 2011
 Mención, Premios Caracol, Cuba 2011
 Premio Especial, Encuentro Nacional de Video, Cuba, 2011
 Premio UNEAC, Encuentro Nacional de Video, Cuba, 2011
 Mejor Película, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2011
 Mejor Música Original, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2011
 Premio FIPRESCI-Cuba, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2011
 Premio SIGNIS, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2011
 Premio Editora Musical, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2011
 Distinción Especial, Premios ACE, USA, 2011
 Premio Semilla a la Innovación, Festival Cero Latitud, Ecuador, 2010
 Mejor Película, Dallas Video Fest, USA, 2010
 Mejor Largometraje, New Media Film Festival, USA 2010
 Mención Honorífica, Festival Internacional Cine Las Américas, USA, 2010
 Mejor Película, Havana Film Festival New York, USA, 2010

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Ron Blair (Sergio Garcet)
Susana Pérez (Julia)
Eileen Alana (Deirdre)
Lester Martinez (Pablo)
Dayana M Hernández (Ana María)
Jorge Ali
Wanda O'Connell
Reb Fleming
Trent Harris
Jeff Pucillo

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 5 mejores películas cubanas del año (Guía de Cine Internacional) (en pdf)

 Diario de Cuba (Orlando Luis Pardo)
 Granma (Rolando Pérez Betancourt)
 Cine Cubano (Dean Luis Reyes)
 Bisiesto Cinematográfico (Carlos Velazco)
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He was born to Mary Jane Smith MacKenzie and Dr. William Scobie MacKenzie, both of Scottish extraction.
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The investment firm's estimate for fiscal 2018 was reduced to $7.75 from $8.10 previously and compared to consensus estimate of $7.96. The consensus estimate for the current year is €6.64 with Cowen's estimate for this year at $6.77.
Cowen's price target was trimmed to $195 from $210. Cowen is also reducing its FY18E revenue estimate to up 6 percent reported growth (12 percent constant currency) from up 7 percent (13 percent constant currency) prior and versus consensus of up 9.8 percent.
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The possible weakening in Europe was traced to Foot Locker's comments on its third-quarter conference call. The retailer noted that Stan Smith and Superstars were seeing "slow sell-through" at Foot Locker Europe and slowing sales of some other Adidas styles contributed to Foot Locker Europe's low-double-digit same-store decline in the quarter. Adidas makes up a greater portion of the mix at Foot Locker's Europe stores than in the U.S.
Other concerns on Adidas mentioned by Cowen included the high level of promotions across athletic retail to clear inventory surplus and currency fluctuations.