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Rural Arizona county delays certifying midterm results as election disputes persist
By Fredreka Schouten and Maeve Reston, CNNUpdated: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:56:36 GMTSource: CNNOfficials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November's midterm elections, mi
By Fredreka Schouten and Maeve Reston, CNN
Updated: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:56:36 GMT
Officials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November's midterm elections, missing the legal deadline and defying state election officials who have threatened legal action for failure to sign off on the results.
By a 2-1 vote Monday morning, the Republican majority on the Cochise County Board of Supervisors pushed back certification until Friday, citing concerns about voting machines. Because Monday was the deadline for all 15 Arizona counties to certify their results, Cochise's action could put at risk the votes of some 47,000 county residents and could inject chaos into the election if those votes go uncounted.
The standoff between officials in Cochise County and the Arizona secretary of state's office illustrates how election misinformation is continuing to stoke controversy about the 2022 results in some corners of the country even though many of the candidates who echoed former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election were defeated earlier this month.
A crowd of grassroots activists turned up at a special meeting of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to loudly protest that county's election administration procedures during a public comment portion of the meeting after problems with printers at voting locations on Election Day led to long lines at about a third of the county's voting locations. In a new letter to the state attorney general's office -- which had demanded an explanation of the problems -- the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said that "no voter was disenfranchised because of the difficulty the county experienced with some of its printers."
Disputes over the results have erupted elsewhere.
In Pennsylvania, where counties also faced a Monday deadline to certify their general election balloting, local officials have faced an onslaught of petitions demanding recounts. And officials in Luzerne County, in northeastern Pennsylvania, deadlocked Monday on whether to certify the results, according to multiple media reports. Election officials there did not respond to inquiries from CNN on Monday afternoon.
In a statement to CNN, officials with the Pennsylvania Department of State said they have reached out to Luzerne officials "to inquire about the board's decision and their intended next steps."
On Election Day, a paper shortage in Luzerne County prompted a court-ordered extension of in-person voting.
Arizona, another key battleground state, has long been a cauldron of election conspiracies. GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and GOP secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem, both of whom pushed Trump's lies about 2020, have refused to concede their races, as they continue to sow doubts about this year's election results.
Lake's campaign filed a lawsuit last week demanding more information from Maricopa County's elections department about the number of voters who checked in to polling places compared to the ballots cast. And Arizona's GOP attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh -- who, like Lake and Finchem, was backed by Trump -- filed a lawsuit in the state superior court in Maricopa County last week challenging the election results based on what the suit describes as errors in the management of the election.
Hamadeh is trailing his opponent Democrat Kris Mayes by 510 votes as their race heads toward a recount. But the lawsuit asks the court to issue an injunction prohibiting the Arizona secretary of state from certifying Mayes as the winner and asks the court to declare Hamadeh as the winner. A recount cannot begin until the state's votes are certified.
Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director of All Voting is Local, said the drama over certification of the votes and the refusal by losing candidates to back down is part of an "infrastructure of election denial" that has been building since the 2020 election in Arizona.
"Those folks are going to continue to try and find fertile ground for their efforts to undermine our elections. They are not going to give up," Gulotta said. "We had a whole slate of election deniers, many of whom were not elected."
But their refusal to concede "was inevitable in Arizona, at least in this cycle, given the candidates. These aren't good losers," he added. "They said from the beginning that they would be bad losers."
In Cochise County, the Republican officials on the county Board of Supervisors advocated for the delay, citing concerns about voting machines.
Ann English, the Democratic chairwoman, argued that there was "no reason for us to delay."
But Republican commissioners Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, who have cited claims that the machines were not properly certified, voted to delay signing off on the results. Monday's action marked the second time the Republican-controlled board has delayed certification.
The state's election director Kori Lorick has confirmed in writing that the voting machines had been tested and certified. And in a statement before Monday's vote, Lorick warned that Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs would "take all available legal action ... to compel the Board's compliance." If the board had not signed off on the results by the December 5 deadline for statewide certification, she added, Cochise County voters would be disenfranchised.
In an email following Monday's vote, Sophia Solis, a spokeswoman for the secretary of state's office, said the Cochise Board "had all of the information they needed to certify this election and failed to uphold their responsibility for Cochise voters."
If votes from this Republican stronghold somehow went uncounted, it could flip two races to Democrats: the contest for state superintendent and a congressional race in which Republican Juan Ciscomani already has been projected as the winner by CNN and other outlets.
In a recent opinion piece published in The Arizona Republic, two former election officials in Maricopa County -- said the courts were likely to step in and force Cochise to certify the results.
But Republican Helen Purcell, a former Maricopa County recorder, and Tammy Patrick, a Democrat and the county's former federal compliance officer, warned that "a Republican-controlled board of supervisors could end up disenfranchising their own voters and hand Democrats even more victories in the midterms."
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Water is free all the time - perfect But the previous garbages such as bottles, lunch boxes, and papers left around the room! Extremely bad!
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If guys aren't on the list, I'm either assuming they're already owned or they're not worth looking at. If you have questions about any players, feel free to drop then in the comments section. I've also included the appropriate amount I think people should bid on the player in a FAAB system.
Just don't go nuts on anyone this week. The best is yet to come.
Don't blow your waiver wad on this guy. He's the #4 receiving option on the Cowboys. Let him prove himself as the next Lauren Robinson first. It's only one game.
Pitta took advantage of the middle of the field against Cincinnati last night. He's a high-upside TE if you're desperate.
With Steve Smith drawing attention on one side of the field, LaFell will continue to succeed on the other.


Pittsburgh won, 4-2, over Columbus on Saturday and have taken points in four straight. The Penguins have converted 37.9 percent of power plays on the road compared to just 14.3 percent at home, the largest differential in the NHL.
Winnipeg defeated the Blues, 8-4, scoring its most goals in a road game since a 9-8 win at Philadelphia on October 27, 2011. Since the start of last season, the Jets are 40-9-4 (.792) at home, the best record in the NHL.
The Penguins have taken 13 of 17 meetings with the Jets since they moved to Winnipeg before the 2011-12 season. The Jets won the teams' last meeting, 7-1, on October 29 last season; prior to that, the Penguins had won four of the previous five on the road.
Jake Guentzel logged a hat trick in the win and has six points (5g, a) in his last four games after managing just five points (g, 4a) in his previous eight. The Penguins are 2-0-2 in the last four after going 1-6-1 in the previous eight.
Patrik Laine tallied five goals against the Blues, the first five-goal game in the NHL since Detroit's Johan Franzen scored five on February 2, 2011 in Ottawa. Laine totaled 11 goals over the Jets' four-game road trip, the most goals in a four-game span since Mario Lemieux scored 11 from March 18-23, 1993.
Sidney Crosby has 52 points (16g, 36a) in 34 career skates against the Jets, while Evgeni Malkin has 50 (20g, 30a) in 33 games. The two rank second and third, respectively, all-time in points per game against the Jets/Thrashers; Robert Lang ranks first with 1.55 points per game (min. 20 games played).
Fast forward to today and the Jets now boast the league's leading sniper after winger Patrik Laine notched a quintet of goals in an 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night, giving him 19.
Less than four weeks ago, Laine was bouncing around the line-up, even spending some time on the fourth line, having scored just three times in a dozen games. Then the Jets flew to Finland for a pair of contests against the Florida Panthers and Laine suddenly regained his scoring touch, scoring four goals, including one hat-trick.
His torrid pace has continued, including two more hat-tricks and 11 goals in his last four games. In fact, he's the only player in NHL history to record a hat-trick in three different countries in the same season.
He'll be looking to increase his lead in the race for the Rocket Richard trophy when the Jets host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night at Bell MTS Place.
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin said he and his teammates are well aware of what happened in St. Louis on the weekend.
"(Laine) doesn't need a lot of room to get his shot off. And it's so heavy, it's tough for goalies to react to. He's a dynamic player and he's also got really good hands and can create space for himself," he told The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The visitors have hardly been acting like perennial Stanley Cup contenders and currently sit in sixth places in the Metropolitan Division, but they got a boost last week when captain Sidney Crosby returned to the line-up after missing a troika of games with an upper-body injury. He has five points in three games since his return, two of them wins.
The Penguins know they've got a tough week ahead as they have to travel to Colorado for Wednesday night, where they'll face arguably the hottest line in the league, center Nathan MacKinnon and wingers Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog.
Jets coach Paul Maurice was quick to praise not only Laine but his entire second line, including center Bryan Little and left winger Kyle Connor, who each had four points against the Blues.
"What the three of them were able to do was impressive. They're going to do things differently based on the style of player but the end result is they had a lot of offensive zone time," he said in a scrum after practice on Monday.
"At times when Patty weighed in, he's a physical presence down there. I'm not talking about dropping guys or knocking guys down, I'm talking about controlling the puck and holding people off. Each one of them does it differently but they're starting to bring their own individual gifts to the line and play off each other well."


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Davis Polk advised a group of prepetition term loan lenders of Essar Steel Algoma, Inc. (together with its affiliates that were debtors in the below-referenced proceedings, "Algoma"), certain of which were also term lenders under Algoma's debtor-in-possession credit facility, in connection with a credit bid for substantially all of the assets of Algoma by Algoma Steel Inc. ("Algoma Steel"), a newly-formed entity controlled by Algoma's prepetition term lenders and senior secured noteholders. The transaction was approved by the courts presiding over Algoma's restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada and chapter 15 in the United States.
In connection with the asset purchase, Davis Polk also advised Algoma Steel, as borrower, in connection with (i) a $285 million senior secured term facility and (ii) a $250 million asset based revolving credit facility. The proceeds of the facilities were used to repay Algoma's DIP facility and prepetition revolving credit facility in full, satisfy certain other priority claims and finance the asset purchase and the related restructuring transactions and will be available for Algoma Steel's general corporate purposes.
Based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Algoma Steel is the second-largest steel producer in Canada and the largest employer in Sault Ste. Marie.
The Davis Polk insolvency and restructuring team included partner Damian S. Schaible and associate Christopher Robertson. The corporate team included partner Stephen Salmon and associates Bryan M. Quinn and Donald K. Lang. The credit team included partners J.W. Perry and associates Jonathan B. Brown and Louis Labriola. Partner Lucy W. Farr and associate Tracy L. Matlock provided tax advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York and Northern California offices.


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Q: What to monitor (key indicators) on web and database server I just installed Munin for monitoring my web and database server. I lot of plugins were included out-of-the box, but I could use some advice on which one is actually good key indicators to monitor.
Disk IOs per device
Disk latency per device
Disk usage in percent
Inode usage in percent
Throughput per device
Utilization per device

Fork rate
Number of threads
Processes
Processes priority
VMstat

CPU usage
File table usage
Inode table usage
Load average
Memory usage
Swap in/out

So my question is; which of these parameters are key indicators and has any value to monitor?
Note: I also use the plugins for Apache and MySQL, but here I am interested in the disk/system/process plugins. I have asked advice for what to monitor on the database on Database Administrators: https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/77162/what-to-monitor-key-indicators-for-mysql-server

A: Collect it all. You'll find a use for it later, or wish you had been collecting it from the beginning.
Of course, the things you aren't collecting here are the most important things. Is the database working? How well? Is the web server serving? Is the web site functioning? Can people still place orders?

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Here's a guest post to get us all in the Christmas spirit.
Most people have no idea how perfect and holy Mary was.
She was named by God, consecrated to be holy and ordained to be the mother of His Son. Isolated from the public during 3 years at home and over a decade in the Jerusalem Temple, she had never seen crude, rude or disrespectful actions. She had never heard profanity or witnessed anger or fighting. The angels kept her busy during her waking hours at the temple, perhaps so she would not venture outside. She was not an ordinary young woman when promised to a very reluctant Joseph for marriage. While living in the temple, she had vowed to remain a virgin all her life. The priests knew she and Joseph would never consummate the marriage or have children except for Jesus, Immanuel.
She lived her life with angels almost every day until she went to reside in Joseph's home. Her holy upbringing was dictated by angel messengers from God. All of Galilee knew of Mary and her destiny. She was so famous, others visited the temple hoping to catch a glimpse of Mary and her angels. According to God's messengers to Mary's parents, Mary would be the most important woman to ever be born on Earth. The only person to be born on Earth more important than Mary was her Son, Jesus, Immanuel, whose name was announced by God.


Pianist-organist Kit Downes is one of the brightest and most articulate talents to emerge from the British and European scenes in recent times. His refusal to be pinned down to any specific career path or musical trajectory is to his credit but even more so is his ability to produce authentic music without compromise across style, genre or approach. Downes has that quality to his work that says, "Never mind the situation, this is me. This is my music."
From the jazz-rock of Troyka and his piano trio The Enemy to his remarkably mature playing on Thomas Strønen's recent ECM release Time is a Blind Guide and his duo Tricko with cellist Lucy Railton, Downes is a coming man. He has been so, since he arrived on the British scene with Empirical. At the time, some might have questioned his decision to leave a group just in the process of establishing itself. In practice, the decision has proven a sound one both for the pianist and Empirical, allowing both to develop their talents in new ways.
Downes' latest project was assisted by Aldeburgh Music's Open Space programme. It takes him into whole new areas, though the forthcoming album Vyamanikal with saxophonist Tomas Challenger was in some ways presaged by Wedding Music, the duo's previous download only release. Featuring Challenger on tenor and soprano and Downes on various church organs in the county of Suffolk, the music is as beautiful and emotionally moving as the project itself is both practical and whimsical. It was hatched in Huddersfield, has spread its wings at Aldeburgh and will shortly take flight at the annual Aldeburgh Festival in June and later this year in Cologne and at the Manchester Jazz Festival.
"We first met at the Glamorgan summer school, where I was working as an assistant in 2005. He must have been 18 or something—I was 22. After that, we worked together sporadically but maintained a strong link socially. We were always on the same page musically—I always liked his groups—and I remember we decided to solidify the partnership backstage somewhere in the RFH. We asked each other what we both wanted to do and both said we wanted to make some music that involved the organ. Then it was just a matter of making it happen—which was actually fairly easy!"
The result was Wedding Music, which began with a residency at Huddersfield University. As part of the project, they were allowed to record in St Paul's church with its fine concert organ, which is used for the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. They recorded hundreds of minutes of improvisation, finally settling on some forty minutes that seemed to best represent their intentions.
However, they were also able to transform some of the improvisations into formal pieces and perform Wedding Music live using Hammond organ and keyboards in club situations, as well as playing a concert at London's Festival Hall on the venue's newly refurbished organ. The Aldeburgh project has grown from that through an extended residency courtesy of Aldeburgh Music, which the pair obtained "on the premise that we wanted to do a series of recordings at various local churches in the Suffolk countryside," Downes explains.
On Thursday 23rd June, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival, Downes and Challenger will take their audience with them in a vintage bus around the beautiful Suffolk countryside, performing the music in three of the churches used on the album. In fact, the project takes Downes back to his very first steps in music. As choirboy, Downes learnt to play on the organ of his local church in Norfolk, where he grew up. "The first thing I really learnt to do on the organ was improvise because I had a teacher who was very interested in that area," he says, "but not in a jazz style. It was more in an extemporizing sense of taking hymns or psalm themes but placing them in different contexts. Through my interest in that, my mum suggested I listen to Oscar Peterson. That was when I started getting more into the jazz thing."
At weekends and in school holidays, Downes would "hop on a train and play different organs around Norfolk," "organ-crawling," as he called it. With the support of the Aldeburgh Music programme, Downes and Challenger checked out a number of churches with notable instruments before settling on the six they used to record Vyamanikal.


Performing Dance Arts consists of four dance studios in Vaughan and three in Etobicoke built with raised flooring for injury prevention and state-of-the-art sound systems to provide our dancers with an unprecedented dance experience. PDA also has large dressing rooms, open "high tech" foyer, lunch area and lots of parking. All rooms have cameras so parents can watch their children in comfort from our lounge.


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Lisinopril is an ACE inhibitor and works by relaxing blood vessels to ensure that blood can flow more easily.
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For the treatment of hypertension, it might take 2 to 4 weeks before you will get the benefit that is full of medication. For the treatment of heart failure, it may take weeks to months before you get the full benefit of this medication. Tell your physician when your condition does not improve or if it worsens (such as your blood pressure readings remain high or increase).
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Inform your doctor appropriate away if some of these unlikely but serious part effects occur: fainting, outward indications of a high potassium blood degree (such as muscle weakness, slow/irregular heartbeat).
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Scandal Season 7 Episode 3 Review: Day 101
Paul Dailly at October 20, 2017 3:20 am . Updated at October 20, 2017 11:31 am .
Moving on is a difficult thing to do.
On Scandal Season 7 Episode 3 we finally found out what Fitz was doing when he left the oval, and it resulted in an hour I would very much like to get back.
After what happened at the close of Scandal Season 6, fans thought there were going to be some big moments for Olitz during Scandal Season 7. Instead, we've had the core couple apart, and no sign that they're getting back together.
It was fun to see how Fitz adapted to this new chapter in his life.
Getting to see him calling up to activate his debit card and do other things ordinary people do helped solidify the fact that this man has had a privileged lifestyle for far too long.
Moving to Vermont, he wanted to have more control of situations, and that's not a bad thing.
There's only so long people can go on with having everything done for them and for Fitz it was evident he was done with it. That's why I was surprised at the way he told Marcus to get the other bottle.
Getting to see him and Marcus fight was not what I was expecting, but it was just another random moment in an episode that probably should not be airing this early in the season.
Despite how he and Marcus feel about each other, they have a strong bond, and that's how they work so well together.
Their work seemed a little on the light side. Like, what did Fitz really accomplish during his first 100 days? He activated his debit card, so I guess that was a big turning point for him.
In the previews, I thought for sure Rowan was there to warn Fitz off of Olivia because she was the most powerful person around. I did not expect for one minute that Rowan would ask for help to "fix" Olivia.
That's not to say that Rowan is not manipulating Fitz because we've witnessed this villain cause a whole lot of trouble throughout his tenure on the show. Fitz knows this, and that's why he'll never really be able to trust him.
Seeing Rowan with so little power was a delight because this is the man who has always had a say in what's going on because he's so power hungry. Hypothetically speaking, If Fitz was to find a way to reform Olivia, does this mean Rowan would be forever grateful?
I can't imagine Fitz being invited along to the Pope family dinners, but stranger things have happened. I'm sure if they used plastic cutlery, they would be able to get along.
It remains to be seen how things will play out with Olitz now that they have crossed paths once again. The annoying thing about that final scene was that it was the same as the one on Scandal Season 7 Episode 2.
You would think that we would at least get to see a minute or two of the pair in the house bickering, or something. Spoonfeeding the audience is one thing, but airing virtually the same scene twice is not good enough.
It was reminiscent of Huck being shot on Scandal Season 6 and the next episode glossing over the events and giving absolutely no resolution. Instead, it just showed it all from another perspective.
"Day 101" was not Scandal at its finest. It was slow and littered with too much exposition. Like most final seasons, it already looks like Scandal is going down the disappointing route and we are just three episodes in.
With fifteen episodes left, it's time to crank up the pace and give viewers some good storytelling.
It's a real shame that this show was once appointment TV. Watching how far it has fallen proves it should have ended long before now.
Other tidbits from the episode:
The shout out to Olitz was a great nod to the shippers. Scandal is a show that has a rabid fanbase that debates who the characters should end up with in the end.
Did anyone else find Marcus' vacation to be more fun than the rest of the episode? I could have watched him have fun in the sun all day long.
Marcus calling Fitz an "insane narcissist" really hurt Fitz. It made him realize that he's not been living up to his potential and that's why he started to change things up.
Fitz firing the staff at the house was a typical Fitz thing to do.
Remember you can watch Scandal online right here via TV Fanatic. Get caught up on all the action right now!
Over to you, Scandal Fanatics! What did you think of the episode? Are you bored of the final season? Sound off below!
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Fitz: Have you talked to her?
Marcus: No.
Fitz: You spoken to Mellie?
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Fitz: I haven't spoken to Olivia.
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Q: Tween move and changing direction I'm attempting to make a ball drop down on stage and then changing direction upon impact of another object. In this scenario the ball falls on a slide and suppose to roll down the slide to the bottom of the stage. however before it continue down the slide, it jumps to another location and then slides down. I can't put my finger on the problem. Also I want it to stop at the bottom left and not the center. Can you help me figuring it out?
Below is the code and a Gif that demonstrate the problem. I'm using BitmapData hitTest event listener to generate the impact effect. and I'm using localToGlobal variable to find the location of the ball to use in the tween for changing direction.
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;

var blueClip: objct2 = new objct2();
addChild(blueClip);
//blueClip.x = 196;
//blueClip.y = 73;

var tweenY: Tween = new Tween(blueClip, "y", Regular.easeIn, 73, 0, 0, false);
var tweenX: Tween = new Tween(blueClip, "x", Strong.easeIn, 196, 0, 0, false);

var redRect: Rectangle = redClip.getBounds(this);
var redClipBmpData = new BitmapData(redRect.width, redRect.height, true, 1);
redClipBmpData.draw(redClip);

var blueRect: Rectangle = blueClip.getBounds(this);
var blueClipBmpData = new BitmapData(blueRect.width, blueRect.height, true, 1);
blueClipBmpData.draw(blueClip);

Button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_MouseClickHandler);

function fl_MouseClickHandler(event: MouseEvent): void {
  var tweenY: Tween = new Tween(blueClip, "y", Regular.easeIn, 100, 400, 1, true);

  addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrame);
}

function enterFrame(e: Event): void {

  if (redClipBmpData.hitTest(new Point(redClip.x, redClip.y),
  255,
  blueClipBmpData,
  new Point(blueClip.x, blueClip.y),
  255
  )) {
  var yourMC: DisplayObject = blueClip;
  var point1: Point = yourMC.localToGlobal(new Point(yourMC.getRect(yourMC).x, yourMC.getRect(yourMC).y));
  var point2: Point = yourMC.localToGlobal(new Point(yourMC.getRect(yourMC).x + yourMC.getRect(yourMC).width, yourMC.getRect(yourMC).y + yourMC.getRect(yourMC).height));

  var alef: Number = point1.x; //x position of the object.
  var bet: Number = point1.y; //y position of the object.
  //var gimel: Number = point2.x - point1.x; //width of the object.
  //var daled: Number = point2.y - point1.y; //height of the object.

redClip.filters = [new GlowFilter()];
  var tweenY: Tween = new Tween(yourMC, "y", Regular.easeIn, alef, 392, 1, true);
  var tweenX: Tween = new Tween(yourMC, "x", Regular.easeIn, bet, 0, 1, true);
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Las Piñas / News
There's water at the end of the diggings
by AlabangBulletin · February 1, 2011
From pia.gov.ph
by Jell E. Guzman
PARANAQUE CITY, Jan.24 (PIA) – Maynilad will soon bring more water to residents of southwest portion of Metro Manila as PAGCOR's P680- million pumping station and reservoir located inside PAGCOR city in Parañaque City is expected to provide 300 million liters of potable water per day.
Customers of Parañaque, Las Piñas, Cavite City, and five other municipalities of Cavite province will soon benefit from the new facility as Maynilad finishes pipe-laying activities in these areas.
According to Ronald Padua, Maynilad's water network head, this will initially benefit 64,629 existing customers in Cavite and Las Piñas. But as soon as the primary line pipe-laying along Aguinaldo Highway and Tirona Road are completed, Maynilad's services will expand its services to around 166,295 households more, added Padua.
Padua also said that the beneficiary area is currently being supplied by Maynilad's Pasay pumping station. He cited the need to replace higher capacity booster pumps and reservoir due to the increasing demand in the area. Padua said further that the new PAGCOR facility will allow Maynilad to deliver more water to existing customers living in elevated portions and to those living in the farthest extremities of Cavite and Las Piñas
The PAGCOR pumping station and reservoir can store up to 23 million liters with a pump station that can generate up to 330 million liters per day (MLD) sufficient to meet the 100MLD additional water supply requirement of its service area.
The facility also complements other Maynilad projects in the south, such as the state-of-the-art Putatan Water Treatment Plant in Muntinlupa City that can provide water supply to the lower southeast of Metro Manila.
The upgrading of the pumping station in Pasay and construction of yet another pumping station in Villamor will also augment the volume of water that will flow through mainlines along Aguinaldo Highway, Alabang-Zapote Road, and other areas in the south
Maynilad currently serves the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area composed of the cities of Manila (all but portions of San Andres & Sta Ana), Quezon City (west of San Juan River, West Avenue, EDSA, Congressional, Mindanao Avenue, the northern part starting from the Districts of the Holy Spirit & Batasan Hills), Makati (west of South Super Hi-way), Caloocan, Pasay, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon all in Metro Manila; Cavite City, and the towns of Bacoor, Imus, Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario, all in Cavite Province. (Maynilad/PIA-NCR/Jell E. Guzman)
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Soon after, Weatherford surrendered, and peace was made with the Indians, whereupon the people of Georgia commenced moving upon the Alabama.
I determined to select a location, and went up with eight others to settle about the Tallapoosa. I made a location on the bluff where Montgomery now stands.
At the same time, Col. Fisher, of St. Stephens, induced a man by the name of Jones, wife and two daughters, to occupy a Mail Stand, on the road above Murder Creek, near a small creek, with a view of resuming the transportation of the mail, and upon my return, I reached within five miles of Jones—leaving the road some half mile, camped for the night, lest the Indians might be on my track, as it was known that small parties were still out.
I pursued on until they approached the swamp. I then drew up and looked back and abused my Company for not coming up. Three of the Indians fired on me as they entered the cane, without effect. I remained there some ten minutes, talking all the time, that they might believe that I was not alone. On my return, Jones and his family, whom the Indians had not seen, being after water, had packed up their clothing and were on the way to Claiborne. I remained with them for some ten miles, I then left, and reached Claiborne that night. The next day Jones arrived and said to me he would stop until he reached the Mississippi.
Soon after, the Government forbid all persons from settling upon public land without a special permit. My uncle, Col. D. Files, was then opening a store at St. Stephens, and urged me to abandon my contemplated location at Montgomery, and act as clerk for him; this was in the latter part of 1815, where I remained until the month of November, when John Hillard died in Mobile, to whom my Uncle had given a letter of credit for twenty thousand dollars, and had just arrived with a stock of goods. On receipt of the news, I mounted a horse and reached Mobile at sunrise, discharged the goods, and opened the store and sold about three-fourths of the stock up to the first of June. I then shipped the balance to St. Stephens.
Soon after my Uncle was appointed paymaster to settle the debts incurred during the war, with a draft on New Orleans for the money. I set out for New Orleans, and arrived there by steamer the 28th July, drew the money, bought a bill of groceries, and on the first clay of August was taken with yellow fever, and would certainly have died but for Dr. Carr, who insulted me very highly, and I discharged him, and my friends called in a German doctor—and from one hundred and eighty pounds I was reduced to less than one hundred, and did not leave until the 8th of September, and it is more than probable that I would have been robbed and murdered on my return.
Two butchers and a Creole, hearing that I was to bring a considerable amount of money on my return, waylaid the road fifteen miles above Mobile for some time, being disappointed, they robbed a stranger coming down to the city of six hundred dollars. The Creole was taken upon suspicion and turned State's evidence. The butchers escaped, so ended the case.
My grandmother's family was from the Tallapoosa area.
Larry Jones. Didn't you teach me about this? Is the Jones OURS?
Yes, I did teach you about it, but I don't know about the Jones person.
I have driven across this creek and read the story about it.
I really enjoy history. Love these stories.


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A 6-Part Checklist to Keep Veterans Motivated in the New Year
Tech. Sgt. Anthony Montgomery, 201st Airlift Squadron flight attendant, takes pre-flight notes before a Mission Readiness Airlift at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jordyn Fetter)
Military.com | By Lida Citroën
For most people, a new calendar year brings celebration, enthusiasm and possibility. We write hopeful resolutions in our journals, craft vision boards to set positive intentions, and greet every conversation with a resounding, "Happy New Year!"
But 2021 is not normal or typical for many people, especially if you're in the midst of a job transition or moving from the military to the civilian sector. While you're focused on potential career options, connecting with prime networking contacts, and ensuring your resume and cover letter are in ideal shape, the people around you might come across as stressed, anxious and less than optimistic.
This part is not normal. With more people working remotely, job sectors feeling the strain of shifting and uncertain markets, and pandemic fatigue taking over, your ability to be patient and diligent is critical.
Consider this checklist to help you stay focused, motivated and ready when opportunity presents itself:
1. List what you can (and can't) control. Seriously, make these lists. Even if it feels foolish, write down what you have the power to influence (i.e., how you organize your day, how much time you spend on social media, who you follow up with) and what's outside of your control (i.e., unexpected emergencies that arise, what someone else says online, whether someone answers your call or responds to your email).
Stress often comes when we feel we're losing control over things we actually can't control. By listing what's realistic, you may see you have more options than previously believed.
2. Write down what gives you energy. Do you feel inspired watching TEDx Talks about overcoming challenges or new technologies? Are you energized when you help others? Do you feel uplifted when your workspace is clean and organized? Make note of what gives you energy and makes you feel inspired and happy.
3. Ask yourself: Who inspires you? Who, in your life, lifts you up? Are there people in your network who are consistently cheerful, motivating and positive? Are there online influencers who post messages that you're always saving and referring to later? Do you reference literary figures or heroes from books who inspire you to persevere?
Make note of these people and where they are in your life.
4. Celebrate every positive milestone. Did you send a resume and get a positive response? Celebrate! Did you reach out to three contacts on LinkedIn with a well-written note and schedule two phone meetings? Cheers! Were you able to look at the camera during the entire Zoom job interview without getting distracted? Yay for you! When stressed or uncertain, celebrate the milestones that confirm your actions are moving you forward.
It's important to recognize the things you're doing well and seeing positive results from.
5. Keep communicating. If you're tempted to retreat when things get stressful or you're feeling anxious, now more than ever you need to connect with others and communicate. Likely, the person you're reaching out to is feeling similar emotions and could also use a check-in.
Now is not the time to isolate and wait for the stress to pass.
6. Draw upon your skills of resilience. During your time in the military, you learned how to be resilient, to adapt and to overcome -- physically, emotionally and spiritually. Draw upon the same strength and focus you used then to help you now.
The environment you're in today will change -- maybe tomorrow, next week or this Spring -- and you want to be ready and prepared to meet the opportunities that are presented.
As you navigate your military-to-civilian transition in 2021, recognize that the things that feel "off" or different to you are likely new for all of us. The world changed in 2020, and so did many of the companies, industries and systems on which we all relied. This is a great time to learn, adapt and find new paths forward to create a career for yourself in the private sector, if you can stay focused, motivated and open to possibilities.
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Parliament Moves to Slash Number of Legislators to Free up Resources
Inzillia Sasi
The devolved government structure is taking up more than it can give in terms of public funds and the need to rework it all seems dire.
A proposal by the Controller of Budget to abolish 25 counties to be made to the constitutional reforms team, Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga, is the most recent plan of action to put the taxpayers' money into good use.
According to Controller of Budget of the Republic of Kenya Ms Agnes Odhiambo, reworking the devolved government structure by slashing the number of counties, constituencies, wards and independent commissions, could free up more resources for development.
"While the devolved governance structure is commendable, questions have arisen over the number of counties and whether they are sustainable. The structure is expensive and holds back the country from achieving its developmental goals. We can do with 22 counties and reduce the number of independent commissions and offices. The number of commissioners in these commissions is high and is draining public funds. We can have two for each commission who can even work part-time," she said.
Up to date figures from the Controller of Budget reveal that counties were allocated Sh303.8 billion with recurrent expenditure eating up the highest amount of Sh236.9 billion (77.9 per cent) while development was allocated a meagre Sh66.9 billion (22 per cent). The aggregate annual own source revenue target for counties was Sh49 billion compared to the actual collection of Sh32.5 billion, a significant drop from compared to last year target.
Ex-chair for Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya Patrick Mtange said the country can save so much yearly if the number of elected leaders is cut by half.
"With this over-magnified structure of Government, the obvious cause is a burden to the taxpayer. The burden includes the cost of maintaining administrative support staff that comes with the many offices. With a lean government, starting with halving the number of elected leaders, we can save this country at least Sh1 trillion. In the process leading to the promulgation of the Constitution, we advised that the current government structure was too big for an emerging economy like ours. But we were ignored," he said.
To reduce the burden of representation and the public wage bill, some elective positions would have to be removed according to Gatundu South Moses Kuria.
"I propose that there should be no nominated MCA or senator, and no position of woman rep, but only nine nominated MPs – three representing people with disabilities, three representing youth and three representing women. We continue to see a high number of elected leaders but without a corresponding improvement in service delivery. One of the sectors where this is evident is the political sector where the number of representatives is unduly high," he said.
SOURCEStandard Media
Controller Of Budget
Devolved Government
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[Free eBooks] Afternoon Reads That Are Free
Dec 1, 2012 | 0
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Things Left Unspoken: A Novel
by Eva Marie Everson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Religious Fiction | Religion & Spirituality
Jo-Lynn Hunter is at a crossroads in life when her great-aunt Stella insists that she return home to restore the old family house in sleepy Cottonwood, Georgia. Seeing the project as the perfect excuse for some therapeutic time away from her self-absorbed husband and his snobby Atlanta friends, Jo-Lynn longs to get her teeth into a noteworthy and satisfying project. But things are not what they seem, both in the house and within the complex history of her family. Was her great-grandfather the pillar of the community she thought he was? What is Aunt Stella hiding? And will Jo-Lynn's marriage survive the renovation? Jo-Lynn isn't sure she wants to know the truth, but sometimes the truth has a way of making itself known.
The past comes alive in this well-written and thoughtful novel full of secrets, drama, and family with a hint of Southern drawl.
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House of Slide Hotblood
by Juliann Whicker
Genre: Fantasy | Romance
He stole a kiss from the wrong girl…
Left without a soul, 17-year-old Dariana Sanders waited to die. There was nothing left to live for, nothing to feel besides the aching cold that never stopped. Her parent's marriage was in shambles, and her brother, the only one who understood, the only one who knew how to make the cold go away, was gone forever. The only thing Dariana knew with absolute certainty was that nothing could possibly be right again. Enter Lewis Axel Nialls. Luckily for her, impossible is right up his alley. He can save her from the forces that wish to destroy her. Of course who's going to save him, from her?
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Money Over Errythang
by Jai Ellis
Genre: Arts & Entertainment | Drama
Imani AKA Money, has always gotten her way. Raised by her drug lord father she is groomed to follow in his footsteps. He has many rules that she must follow but the most important one is Money over errythang. Imani never forgets this golden rule and she'll manipulate,cross, or kill anyone to have her way. She is a cold, guarded and truly heartless bitch. That is until she meets Santiago. He challenges everything that she has ever believed and awakens emotions inside of her that she didn't even know she was capable of feeling. Santiago's love softens Imani but will he be able to save her from her own destructive actions? Or will she do what she has always done and choose money over errythang?
Hidden in the Shadows
by T. L. Haddix
Even the good guys sometimes have secrets they don't want revealed to the rest of the world….
For thirty years, Wyatt Dixon had worn a badge. Sworn to protect and serve, he'd done just that for the people of Olman County, Indiana. He'd even sacrificed his first marriage on the altar of the office of Sheriff. But then the blackmail letter came… And everything he'd worked so hard to build threatened to crumble around him.
Wyatt wasn't the only one to receive a letter, either…
Fighting a deep attraction to a woman he should know better than to become involved with, Wyatt's professional frustration also grows as the investigation is thwarted at every turn by a master extortionist who has the citizens of Olman County, Indiana, in an uproar. With decisions to make that will affect his life and the sheriff's department for a long time to come, Wyatt has to choose, to reach for personal happiness and risk it all, or to walk away from what could be his soul mate.
Come to Leroy, and see just how dangerous small-town living can be. "Hidden in the Shadows" is the fourth book in the Shadows collection, standalone but linked Romantic Suspense novels by T. L. Haddix. Other titles include "Secrets in the Shadows", "Under the Moon's Shadows", and "Shadows from the Grave."
Sea Sick: A Horror Novel
by Iain Rob Wright
Genre: Horror | Mystery & Thrillers
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELAXING…
Police Officer Jack Wardsley's life ended the moment his partner died, stabbed to death by a deranged druggie.Now, years later, Jack is a changed man, with a head full of secrets driving him insane.His recent record of police brutality and a reputation for not following the rules has prompted his seniors to give him an ultimatum:take a few weeks off, relax, and find some way to let go of all the anger, or else find another job.
That's why Jack is about to board The Spirit of Kirkpatrick, a cruise liner built for relaxation and fun.Pretty soon, however, Jack realizes that a little R&R is the last thing he's ever going to get aboard the cursed ship.There's a virus on board, making people insane and bleeding from the eyes.The whole ship is overrun with blood and death, and there is nowhere to escape.
Just when Jack thinks his number is up and his life is over, he wakes up.The day is exactly the same.In fact, everything is the same.Jack is forced to witness the viral outbreak again and again as it ravages the ship and its passengers over and over, day after day. Jack finds himself trapped in a repeating hell.
It won't be long before Jack realizes there are others on board just like him, and that some of them know more than they're letting on.
Ghost of Summer
by Sally Berneathy
A magical story of love.
When Kate Fallon tells her father she's going to be married, he insists she discuss it with her mother. Kate's mother died when she was two. Kate is immediately concerned about her father's welfare. She adores him, he's her whole world AND the sheriff of Briar Creek County. If he's seeing Mama's ghost, will he also see the ghost of Billy the Kid or Jessie James…and try to arrest or even shoot them?
When Kate goes to Briar Creek, she is shocked to find Luke Rodgers, her best friend when they were children, has returned to town and is her father's new deputy. Luke left town when she was eleven. The pain of losing first her mother and then her best friend set Kate on a path to avoid further involvement. Her planned marriage is a sensible, mutually beneficial agreement, but her heart isn't involved. Luke reaches her heart, and that terrifies her. She tries to stay away from him, but circumstances continue to throw them together.
If one is to believe her father, Mama is responsible for much of this. It's Mama who suggests they invite Luke for dinner, insisting they use her good china, Mama who prompts Papa with answers to Kate's questions about what to cook for the dinner, Mama who seems to know which dishes are Luke's favorites.
Can Mama help Kate and Luke recapture the wonder and magic of their childhood love, the ghost of their summers past and the promise of all the summers to come?
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The world of documentaries and film is a fantastic medium for interacting with the sport you love – and the sport you enjoy betting on.
Below is our list of the best documentaries ever made about football and the riveting world of the NFL.
The Irrelevant Giant
This short-format documentary remembers the life of John "Mr Irrelevant" Tuggle, who was drafted by the New York Giants back in 1983.
Tuggle was however diagnosed with a rare form of cancer only a year later and passed away in 1985.
The short is narrated and carried by Bill Parcells.
A Football Life: Chris Spielman
Part of a series of documentaries produced by the NFL Network, A Football Life: Chris Spielman will resonate heavily with most fans.
Spielman opted to sit out of the 1998 NFL season as his wife had been diagnosed with breast cancer. But then only a year later in 1999, Spielman received more bad news: a neck injury would mean the end of his professional football career.
America's Game
Full title, America's Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers is possibly one of the best-made NFL documentaries we've seen.
Carried by John Lynch, Warren Sapp, and Jon Gruden, the documentary is insightful as well as entertaining. Definitely worth watching more than once.
Elway To Marino
Elway to Marino tells the story of how agent Marvin Demoff kept notes on record leading up to the 1983 draft.
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The "what ifs" will leave you tickled for days and you'll want to check out the latest NFL expert picks to see if you can back a winner from today's teams.
The Best That Never Was
In 1981, there would come a major change in the world of college football recruiting. A dozen or so major football programs hung in suspense as they waited for high school running back Marcus Dupree to make a decision.
At the time, Dupree had been about to beat Herschel Walker's record for the most touchdowns in the history of high school football. But nobody foresaw what would become a star burned out way too young.
According to director Jonathan Hock, he accepted ESPN's invitation to make the documentary without as much as a second thought. To him, he explained, it was a story he had wanted to tell for many years – a story that draws a distinct line between what is wrong and what is right in the world of American sports.
Undefeated is a documentary directed by T.J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay. Released in 2011, it tells the story of the many struggles faced by a high school football team: the Manassas Tigers of Memphis.
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Crow Valley
Crow Valley (HM1M30)
Location: Dalton, GA 30720 Whitfield County
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"...too strong to be carried without great slaughter."
— Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail / Historic Driving Route —
The opening actions of the Atlanta Campaign occurred around Dalton during early May 1864. Union Major General William T. Sherman's strategy, as two of his three armies approached from the north and northwest, involved a series of demonstrations by his main force against Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's "Army of Tennessee" at Dalton. Simultaneously, over 23,000 troops of Union Major General James B. McPherson's "Army of Tennessee" made a flanking movement to the west through Snake Creek Gap in an attempt to break Johnston's railroad supply line fifteen miles south at Resaca and trap the Confederates in Dalton.
Federal movements against Johnston's heavily fortified defenses around Dalton began on May 8 with assaults against the western slope of Rocky Face Ridge around Mill Creek Gap and Dug Gap areas. In addition, Brigadier General John Newton's division of the th Corps attacked the northern edge of the ridge.
Union Major General John Scholfield's "Army of the Ohio," also known as the 23rd Corps, roughly 13,500 strong, received Sherman's orders to "feel the enemy's position" north of Dalton in Crow Valley. Scholfield's three infantry divisions were aligned across the valley, which stretches about one mile between Rocky face and Hamilton Mountain. Two of these divisions, under Brigadier Generals Henry Judah and Jacob Cox, formed for the advance while Brigadier General Alvin Hovey's inexperienced division was in reserve. Brigadier General Edward McCook's cavalry division covered Schofield's left flank. Opposing Schofield's demonstration were two Confederate divisions, under Major Generals Carter Stevenson and Thomas Hindman, numbering 12,400 effectives in strongly entrenched positions.
Early on May 9, Judah's and Cox's divisions moved toward the Confederate lines. Supported by Newton's division atop Rocky Face Ridge, their advance pushed back the gray skirmishers and, in Schofield's words, "finally drove the enemy into their main works, pressed them closely, and occupied their attention until dark." The Federals were impeded by several lines of barricades and artillery batteries, most notably from Potato Hill (aka Picket Top). Brigadier General Milo Hascall, commanding the 2nd brigade of Judah's division, reported the Confederate position was "too strong to be carried without great slaughter."
Also that morning, McCook's cavalry encountered Confederate cavalry and infantry at Poplar Springs and was severely repulsed, threatening to expose Schofield's left flank. Schofield sent one brigade of Hovey's infantry division plus additional cavalry to strengthen his left flank.
About 15,000 soldiers from both sides were engaged in Crow Valley. Schofield's infantry losses were approximately 60 total casualties (killed, wounded, missing). McCook reported his losses at about 140. Partial Confederate reports indicate total casualties of about 130 on Rocky Face Ridge and in Crow Valley.
Sporadic skirmishing continued in Crow Valley over the next three days until the Federal and Confederate armies marched south toward Resaca. Schofield shifted his army north of Rocky Face Ridge on May 10, before following McPherson's army south through Snake Creek Gap on May 12. Johnston abandoned Dalton during the night of May 12 and the Battle of Resaca erupted on the 14th.
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At or near 763-819 Poplar Springs Rd NW, Dalton GA 30720, US
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Public Release: 31-Oct-2005
The secret of impressive writing? Keep it plain and simple
Writers who use long words needlessly and choose complicated font styles are seen as less intelligent than those who stick with basic vocabulary and plain text, according to new research from the Princeton University in New Jersey, to be published in the next edition of Applied Cognitive Psychology.
This implies that efforts to impress readers by using florid font styles and searching through a thesaurus may have the opposite effect.
Study author Daniel Oppenheimer based his findings on students' responses to writing samples for which the complexity of the font or vocabulary was systematically manipulated. In a series of five experiments, he found that people tended to rate the intelligence of authors who wrote essays in simpler language, using an easy to read font, as higher than those who authored more complex works.
"It's important to point out that this research is not about problems with using long words but about using long words needlessly," said study author Daniel Oppenheimer.
"Anything that makes a text hard to read and understand, such as unnecessarily long words or complicated fonts, will lower readers' evaluations of the text and its author."
The samples of text included graduate school applications, sociology dissertation abstracts, and translations of a work of Descartes. Times New Roman and italicised Juice font were used in samples to further assess the effect of fluency on rating levels.
Interestingly, by making people aware that the source of low fluency was irrelevant to judgement, Oppenheimer found that they overcompensated and became biased in the opposite direction. In a final experiment, he provided samples of text printed with normal and low printer toner levels. The low toner levels made the text harder to read, but readers were able to identify the toner as being responsible for the difficulty, and therefore didn't blame the authors.
"The continuing popularity amongst students of using big words and attractive font styles may be due to the fact that they may not realise these techniques could backfire," Oppenheimer noted.
"One thing seems certain: write as simply and plainly as possible and it's more likely you'll be thought of as intelligent."
Daniel M. Oppenheimer, Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly, Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology 2005, DOI: 10.1002/acp.1178
Amy Molnar
amolnar@wiley.com
Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology
LEARNING/LITERACY/READING
SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE


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Wonderful Country, The
Reviewed by: Joe Marchese
Review Date: Feb 17, 2016
1959 (September 29, 2015)
Studio(s)
United Artists (Kino Lorber)
Film/Program Grade: B+
Video Grade: B
Audio Grade: B-
Extras Grade: D-
The Wonderful Country (1959) could hardly be called a typical western. Though many of the elements of the genre are there, the film instead is a melancholy exploration of violence, betrayal, loyalty, community, guilt and responsibility. The movie by director Robert Parrish (an Academy Award-winning editor whose directorial credits include The Bobo and segments of Casino Royale) has recently been released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber as part of its Studio Classics series.
Featuring a screenplay by Robert Ardrey (Madame Bovary, Khartoum) based on the popular 1880s-set novel by Tom Lea, The Wonderful Country stars Robert Mitchum as Martin Brady. Brady, an American, had fled to Mexico years earlier after killing his father's murderer, but is forced to return to his homeland to broker a weapons deal for Mexican Governor Castro (Pedro Armendariz). But when the guns are stolen, Brady's life is turned upside down. Before long, he's fallen in the sights of an army major (Gary Merrill) and his wife (Julie London) as well as a captain of the Texas Rangers (Albert Dekker). Everybody wants something from Brady, including the Mexican Governor and his brother, a general, and his loyalties are tested for the duration of the 98-minute film.
Director Parrish keeps the elegiac story moving at a deliberate slow burn, with plenty of time for audiences to savor the grand vistas, and striking and beautiful Technicolor location photography, by Academy Award winner Floyd Crosby (father of Crosby Stills and Nash's David) and Canada-born, Mexico-based Alex Phillips. Crosby and Phillips emphasize the vastness of the Mexican locations and just how small humans are in relationship to nature. Thoughtful and moody, The Wonderful Country is short on violence and thrills but long on characterization and intensity. There are climactic scenes of gunplay and action on horseback near its conclusion, however, when Mitchum encounters Apaches, and in its final moments.
Mitchum, speaking with a subtle Mexican-tinged accent, plays the brooding Brady well, emphasizing his weariness and resignation. The supporting cast is uniformly strong, too, although it's Mitchum who carries the picture. (His company, D.R.M. Productions, also produced the film and set it up at United Artists.) Siren of song Julie London shows admirable restraint in her role as Helen Colton. London, no stranger to westerns, uses her breathy, smoky voice well and conveys warmth as a conflicted wife torn between her husband and the fugitive Brady. The small but pivotal role of Sgt. Tobe Sutton is portrayed by Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the baseball hero who was the first Negro League player to pitch in the World Series. Pedro Armendariz conveys the requisite menace as the Mexican Governor. (Unsurprisingly, his character's surname of Castro didn't go over well when the movie reached Cuban shores in 1961.) The original novel's author, Tom Lea, also has a cameo as a barber.
Kino Lorber's 1:66:1, 1080p Blu-ray presentation has inconsistent video quality, though by and large this is the best The Wonderful Country has looked on home video. The Technicolor hues, particularly in the outdoor, daylight sequences, are often vivid. Grain is intact, but there are numerous examples of scratching, speckling and blemishes throughout. Audio quality is acceptable on both dialogue and Alex North's melodic, rousing score. North (A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus) provided a classic Hollywood-style score that could only have been composed for a western, with moments of adventure, high drama and playful humor. The Blu-ray includes English subtitles. The only bonuses are the film's trailer plus trailers for 1955's Man with the Gun and 1969's Young Billy Young, both starring Robert Mitchum.
A "thinking man's" western, The Wonderful Country may not be the most exciting western to come out of an era in which so many remarkable motion pictures were made. Its potent performances, exquisite cinematography, stirring score, and provocative story, however, make Kino Lorber's Blu-ray well worth the time for enthusiasts of the genre.
- Joe Marchese
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